2014 Event Japan launches an explorer that will take samples and collect data from the surface of an asteroid; the six-year trip will include eighteen months of study and data collection 2014 Event Microsoft identifies a security issue in Internet Explorer that can allow hackers to take control of personal computers using the browser; the flaw affects versions 6 to 11 of the software 2014 Event Royal Caribbean's cruise liner, Explorer of the Seas, returns to port after 700 of its 3,050 passengers become ill with gastroenteritis; the illness is suspected to be the Novovirus, a variant strain of the species Norwalk virus 2013 Event Microsoft is fined €561 million for not providing E.U. residents with an alternative web browser to Internet Explorer 2001 Death Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer 1997 Event Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 Death Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1997 Event Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1996 Death Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at 90 1996 Event Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 1995 Death Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87 1988 Event Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington 1985 Event International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km 1985 Event International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 1978 Event International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit 1975 Event Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays 1973 Event NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit 1972 Event Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays 1970 Event Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays 1968 Event Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m) 1968 Event U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1968 Event Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1967 Event U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km) 1966 Event Explorer 33 launched 1963 Event Explorer 18 launched 1963 Event Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km) 1963 Death Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday 1963 Birthday Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer, South Pole 1962 Death William Beebe, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 84 1962 Death Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78 1961 Death Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 1961 Event Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 Event Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 Event NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 1961 Event Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 Event Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit 1961 Event U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched 1960 Death Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer, dies 1960 Event Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit 1960 Death Roy Chapman Andrews, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 76 1959 Event Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth 1959 Event Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space 1958 Death 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 Event Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV 1958 Event U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1958 Event Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit 1958 Event 1st U.S. satellite, Explorer I, launched 1958 Event U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1 1957 Death Richard E Byrd, U.S., explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 1955 Birthday Ann Bancroft, born in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, author, teacher, adventurer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee 1955 Death Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1955 Death Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1951 Death Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 1948 Birthday Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer 1944 Birthday Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist 1944 Birthday Ranulph Fiennes, British Explorer 1942 Death Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 1942 Birthday Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1940 Birthday Timothy Severin, author/explorer 1940 Death Frederick A Cook, U.S., explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 1940 Death Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer 1937 Death William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81 1935 Event Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD 1934 Event U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere 1934 Death Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier and explorer in Sudan, dies at 70 1933 Death Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54 1933 Death Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 1929 Death Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies 1928 Death Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies 1928 Death Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer 1928 Death Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 1927 Death Harry Johnston, British Explorer 1924 Death Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at 65 1922 Birthday Jacques Piccard, born in Switzerland, undersea explorer, bathyscaph Trieste 1922 Death John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 1922 Death Ernest H Shackleton, British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47 1922 Death Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1921 Death Bat Masterson, American Explorer 1920 Death Hudson Stuck, English Explorer 1920 Death Robert E Peary, U.S. pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 1919 Birthday Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1916 Death Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58 1914 Birthday Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer, Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku 1914 Birthday Tenzing Norgay, Explorer 1912 Death Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies 1912 Death L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies 1912 Death Edgar Evans, British explorer of Antarctica, dies 1912 Event English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1911 Birthday Lord Shackelton, explorer/government minister 1910 Birthday Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer, Calypso 1910 Birthday Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1910 Birthday Wilfred Thesiger, explorer/writer 1910 Death Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 1909 Event British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole 1908 Death Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer 1908 Birthday Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer 1908 Birthday Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer, British Antarctic Survey 1907 Birthday Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, La civilisation du phoque 1906 Birthday Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist 1905 Death Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies 1905 Death Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51 1905 Death Hermann von Wissmann, German African explorer and Governor East-Africa, dies 1904 Death Henry M Stanley, John Rowlands, British explorer, dies 1904 Death Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer 1903 Birthday Ella Maillart, explorer 1901 Death Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86 1901 Death Nils Adolf Erik, Baron Nordenskjold, geologist/explorer, dies 1899 Birthday Helge Ingstad, Norwegian Explorer 1897 Death Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 1896 Death Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies 1894 Death Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49 1893 Death Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Death Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78 1892 Death Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52 1892 Death Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies 1890 Death John C "Pathfinder" Fremont, U.S. explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76 1888 Birthday George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic 1888 Birthday Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer 1885 Birthday Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer 1884 Birthday Martin Elmer Johnson, explorer/photographer 1884 Birthday Auguste Piccard, born in Switzerland, scientist and explorer, balloonist 1884 Birthday Jean Felix Piccard, born in Switzerland, scientist, explorer, and balloonist 1884 Birthday Roy Chapman Andrews, U.S., scientist/explorer 1883 Death Olivier Gloux, Gustave Aimard, French world explorer, dies at 64 1882 Death Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 1882 Birthday Philips C. Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat 1882 Birthday Douglas Mawson, born in Yorkshire, England, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole 1879 Birthday Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist 1879 Birthday Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer, Thule 1878 Death George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 1877 Death Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo 1874 Birthday Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica 1874 Birthday Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer 1873 Death David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 1873 Birthday Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mount St. Elias 1873 Birthday Boyd Alexander, English explorer 1872 Birthday Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1871 Birthday Russell W. Porter, Vermont, explorer, Alaska 1870 Birthday Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, Greenland 1869 Death Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ 1869 Birthday David Grandison Fairchild, U.S., botanist and explorer, brought plants to U.S. 1866 Birthday Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1865 Birthday Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat, China 1865 Birthday Frederick A. Cook, U.S., explorer, claimed falsely to be at North Pole 1865 Birthday Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer 1865 Birthday Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer, Tibet 1863 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier and explorer, Sudan 1863 Birthday Hudson Stuck, English Explorer 1863 Birthday Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer 1862 Death Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies 1862 Death James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies 1861 Birthday Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian, Nobel 1922 1859 Event Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1859 Death Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies 1858 Birthday Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit 1858 Birthday Harry Johnston, British Explorer 1857 Death M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 1857 Death Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37 1856 Birthday Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 1856 Birthday William M. Conway, English historian and explorer, Spitzbergen 1854 Birthday Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer 1853 Birthday Bat Masterson, American Explorer 1853 Birthday Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa 1852 Death Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 1852 Birthday Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa 1850 Birthday Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat 1850 Event Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia 1849 Birthday John Godden, English explorer, Curacao 1847 Birthday Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, South America 1844 Birthday Verney L. Cameroon, English explorer, Tanganyika 1844 Birthday Alophus Washington Greely, U.S., Arctic explorer 1841 Birthday George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer 1841 Birthday Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer 1841 Birthday Henry Stanley, England, journalist/explorer, found Livingston in Africa 1840 Birthday Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor, Equatoria 1839 Birthday Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia, OS 1834 Birthday John Wesley Powell, U.S., geologist/explorer/ethnologist 1833 Birthday Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer 1832 Birthday John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone 1832 Birthday Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold, Sweden, Arctic explorer 1831 Birthday Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia 1829 Birthday Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer, Tarimbekken 1821 Birthday Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1821 Birthday Richard Burton, explorer/translator, Arabian Nights 1821 Birthday Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer, Central Africa 1820 Birthday Elisha Kent Kane, U.S. Arctic explorer, Kane Basin off NW Greenland 1818 Birthday Olivier Gloux, Aimard, French world explorer/writer, Grande Flibuste 1815 Birthday Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica 1813 Death Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 1813 Birthday David Livingstone, born in Scotland, explorer, found by Stanley in Africa 1813 Birthday John C Fremont, Pathfinder, map maker/explorer, western U.S., Gov, AZ 1806 Event Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado) 1800 Birthday James Clark Ross, explorer, British Antarctic 1799 Birthday Rene-Auguste Caillie, French explorer 1799 Birthday Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. fur trader/explorer 1798 Death George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 1796 Birthday George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada 1795 Birthday Charles Sturt, England, explorer, Australia 1790 Birthday William Parry, England, Arctic explorer 1790 Birthday Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville, explorer 1788 Birthday Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer 1787 Birthday James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea 1786 Birthday John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic 1779 Death James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii 1779 Death James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian 1779 Birthday Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak 1778 Death Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 1772 Event Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 1771 Birthday Mungo Park, Scotish explorer, Africa 1770 Birthday David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River 1763 Death Pehr Forskahl, Finnish botanist/explorer, dies 1741 Death Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies 1741 Event Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1734 Birthday Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer, U.S. Hall of Fame-1915 1728 Birthday James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands 1728 Birthday Samuel Wallis, explorer, Wallis Island 1725 Birthday Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1702 Death Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies 1699 Birthday John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 1697 Birthday George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer 1687 Death Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43 1652 Birthday William Dampier, English explorer/pirate 1643 Birthday Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana 1643 Birthday Rene R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer 1622 Death William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 1620 Death William Adams, English Explorer 1616 Death Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 1597 Death Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies 1596 Event At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya 1594 Death Martin Frobisher, English Vice-Admiral/explorer, dies 1575 Birthday Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer, Hudson River 1567 Birthday Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain 1564 Birthday William Adams, English Explorer 1559 Event Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 1542 Event Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast 1541 Death Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima 1540 Event Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River 1539 Event Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida 1526 Death Juan Sebasti n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies 1524 Death Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 1519 Birthday Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer, found St. Augustine Florida 1513 Event Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain 1513 Death Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curaeao and Bonaire), dies 1512 Death Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 1506 Death Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 1501 Event Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon 1500 Death Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1498 Event Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India 1454 Birthday Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, America 1324 Death Marco Polo, Venetian explorer and Governor of Nanking, dies
