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1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific
1990 Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies 1980 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) 1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park 1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef 1947 Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die 1900 Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author, Undercurrent, Coral Reef 1894 U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island 1770 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia |
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