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Ludvík Očenášek
August 10, 1949
Czech inventor (1872–1949)
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Ludvík Očenášek was a Czech self-made man, jack-of-all-trades, entrepreneur, designer and inventor who made a significant contribution to the development of aviation and rocket technology. He never attained a university education. In his personal life, he professed the ideas of the Sokol movement and as a patriot actively participated in both the First Czechoslovak Resistance and the Second. Czechoslovak resistance.
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- Anniversary · August 10
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