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2001 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer
1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1996 Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at 90 1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 1995 Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87 1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington 1985 International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit 1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays 1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit 1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays 1968 Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m) 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1967 U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km) 1966 Explorer 33 launched 1963 Explorer 18 launched 1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) 1963 Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday 1963 Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer, South Pole 1962 William Beebe, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 84 1962 Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78 1961 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched 1960 Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer, dies 1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit 1960 Roy Chapman Andrews, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 76 1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth 1959 Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space 1958 Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1958 Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV 1958 U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit 1958 1st U.S. satellite, Explorer I, launched 1958 U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1 1957 Richard E Byrd, U.S., explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 1955 Ann Bancroft, American Explorer 1955 Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1955 Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1951 Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 1948 Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer 1944 Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist 1944 Ranulph Fiennes, British Explorer 1942 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 1942 Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1940 Timothy Severin, author/explorer 1940 Frederick A Cook, U.S., explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 1940 Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer 1937 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 1935 Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD 1934 U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere 1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier and explorer in Sudan, dies at 70 1933 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54 1933 Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 1929 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies 1928 Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies 1928 Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer 1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 1927 Harry Johnston, British Explorer 1924 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at 65 1922 Jacques Piccard, born in Switzerland, undersea explorer, bathyscaph Trieste 1922 John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 1922 Ernest H Shackleton, British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47 1922 Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1921 Bat Masterson, American Explorer 1920 Hudson Stuck, English Explorer 1920 Robert E Peary, U.S. pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 1919 Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1916 Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58 1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer, Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku 1914 Tenzing Norgay, Explorer 1912 Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies 1912 L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies 1912 Edgar Evans, British explorer of Antarctica, dies 1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1911 Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister 1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer, Calypso 1910 Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1910 Wilfred Thesiger, explorer/writer 1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 1909 British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole 1908 Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer 1908 Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer 1908 Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer, British Antarctic Survey 1907 Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, La civilisation du phoque 1906 Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist 1905 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies 1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51 1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German African explorer and Governor East-Africa, dies 1904 Henry M Stanley, John Rowlands, British explorer, dies 1904 Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer 1903 Ella Maillart, explorer 1901 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86 1901 Nils Adolf Erik, Baron Nordenskjold, geologist/explorer, dies 1899 Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer 1897 Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 1896 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies 1894 Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 1893 Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78 1892 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52 1892 Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies 1890 John C "Pathfinder" Fremont, U.S. explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76 1888 George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic 1888 Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer 1885 Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer 1884 Martin Elmer Johnson, explorer/photographer 1884 Auguste Piccard, born in Switzerland, scientist and explorer, balloonist 1884 Jean Felix Piccard, born in Switzerland, scientist, explorer, and balloonist 1884 Roy Chapman Andrews, U.S., scientist/explorer 1883 Olivier Gloux, Gustave Aimard, French world explorer, dies at 64 1882 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 1882 Philips C. Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat 1882 Douglas Mawson, born in Yorkshire, England, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole 1879 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist 1879 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer, Thule 1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 1877 Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo 1874 Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica 1874 Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1873 David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 1873 Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mount St. Elias 1873 Boyd Alexander, English explorer 1872 Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1871 Russell W. Porter, Vermont, explorer, Alaska 1870 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, Greenland 1869 Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ 1869 David Grandison Fairchild, U.S., botanist and explorer, brought plants to U.S. 1866 Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1865 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat, China 1865 Frederick A. Cook, U.S., explorer, claimed falsely to be at North Pole 1865 Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer 1865 Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer, Tibet 1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier and explorer, Sudan 1863 Hudson Stuck, English Explorer 1863 Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer 1862 Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies 1862 James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies 1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian, Nobel 1922 1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1859 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies 1858 Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit 1858 Harry Johnston, British Explorer 1857 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 1857 Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37 1856 Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1856 William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen 1854 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer 1853 Bat Masterson, American Explorer 1853 Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa 1852 Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 1852 Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa 1850 Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat 1850 Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia 1849 John Godden, English explorer, Curacao 1847 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, South America 1844 Verney L. Cameroon, English explorer, Tanganyika 1844 Alophus Washington Greely, U.S., Arctic explorer 1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer 1841 Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer 1841 Henry Stanley, England, journalist/explorer, found Livingston in Africa 1840 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor, Equatoria 1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia, OS 1834 John Wesley Powell, U.S., geologist/explorer/ethnologist 1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer 1832 John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone 1832 Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold, Sweden, Arctic explorer 1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia 1829 Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer, Tarimbekken 1821 Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1821 Richard Burton, explorer/translator, Arabian Nights 1821 Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer, Central Africa 1820 Elisha Kent Kane, U.S. Arctic explorer, Kane Basin off NW Greenland 1818 Olivier Gloux, Aimard, French world explorer/writer, Grande Flibuste 1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica 1813 Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 1813 David Livingstone, born in Scotland, explorer, found by Stanley in Africa 1813 John C Fremont, Pathfinder, map maker/explorer, western U.S., Gov, AZ 1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado) 1800 James Clark Ross, explorer, British Antarctic 1799 Rene-Auguste Caillie, French explorer 1799 Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. fur trader/explorer 1798 George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 1796 George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada 1795 Charles Sturt, England, explorer, Australia 1790 William Parry, England, Arctic explorer 1790 Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville, explorer 1788 Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer 1787 James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea 1786 John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic 1779 James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii 1779 James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian 1779 Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak 1778 Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 1772 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 1771 Mungo Park, Scotish explorer, Africa 1770 David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River 1763 Pehr Forskahl, Finnish botanist/explorer, dies 1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies 1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1734 Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer, U.S. Hall of Fame-1915 1728 James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands 1728 Samuel Wallis, explorer, Wallis Island 1725 Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1702 Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies 1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer 1687 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43 1652 William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana 1643 Rene R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer 1622 William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 1620 William Adams, English Explorer 1616 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies 1596 At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya 1594 Martin Frobisher, English Vice-Admiral/explorer, dies 1575 Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer, Hudson River 1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain 1564 William Adams, English Explorer 1559 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla 1557 Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 1557 Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 1542 Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast 1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima 1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River 1539 Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida 1526 Juan Sebasti n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies 1524 Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 1519 Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer, found St. Augustine Florida 1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain 1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curaeao and Bonaire), dies 1512 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 1506 Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 1501 Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon 1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India 1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, America 1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer and Governor of Nanking, dies |
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