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1992 Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70

1977 Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76

1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity

1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars and returns photos

1976 U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth

1976 Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars

1976 U.S. Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing

1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars

1976 U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth

1975 Viking 2 Mars probe launch

1975 Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing

1975 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90

1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety

1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking

1962 Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks

1951 U.S. viking rocket reaches 210 km height, record

1949 1st firing of a U.S. Viking rocket; reached 80 km

1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip

1921 Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist, Eric the Viking

1880 Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker, Diagonal Symphony

1035 Knut II, the Great, Viking king of England/Den/Nor (1014-35), dies at 39

1014 Sweyn Forkbeard, Viking king of England (1013-14), dies


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