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 US 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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