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1982 Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at 77

1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die

1972 Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79

1972 Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, body builder, dies at 79

1968 Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79

1964 Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), dies at 71

1962 1st Atlas Centaur Launch

1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin

1957 U.S. successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile

1923 Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83

1905 Ayn Rand, writer, Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead

1902 Henry Steele Commager, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, historian, Atlas of Civil War

1893 Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, U.S., bodybuilder

1888 Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture

1800 Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies

1795 Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer, Atlas Universel

1729 Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller, Atlas of Fouquet

1726 Guillaume Delisle, French geographer (Atlas geographique), dies at 50

1675 Guillaume Delisle, Paris, France, geographer, Atlas Geographique

1673 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77

1570 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published


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