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
1965 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson
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 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/explorer (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, Fr 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 Robert E Peary, U.S. pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
1920 Hudson Stuck, English Explorer
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 (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
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, Aust, 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, Switzerland, scientist/explorer, balloonist
1884 Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer, 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
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, Mt 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
1865 Hudson Stuck, English Explorer
1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier/explorer, Sudan
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], Fren 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, Fren 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 Calcutta India
1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, America
1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
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