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2003 Death - George Plimpton, writer/adventurer/actor, The Paris Review, dies at 76

2002 Death - Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist/adventurer, Kon-Tiki, dies at 87

1955 Birthday - Ann Bancroft, born in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, author, teacher, adventurer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee

1917 Event - M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer

1855 Event - U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery

1854 Birthday - Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations

1852 Birthday - Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter

1799 Death - Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55

1798 Death - Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73

1792 Birthday - Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal

1788 Birthday - Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer

1786 Birthday - Davy Crockett, U.S., frontiersman/adventurer/politician, Alamo

1756 Death - Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies

1747 Death - Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69

1743 Birthday - Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer

1725 Birthday - Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life

1677 Birthday - Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer

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