Famous Scientist
Jacques Cousteau
Sunday, June 09, 1985
French undersea explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau celebrated his 75th birthday at Mount Vernon.
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Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Monday, October 19, 1970
Astronaut; visited Mount Vernon with a group of Soviet cosmonauts.
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Dr. Hugo Eckener
1927
German blimp pilot; commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world.
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Thomas A. Edison
Tuesday, September 19, 1916
The American inventor "came to inspect the power-plant and lighting system he had designed for Mount Vernon."
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