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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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