2003 Death George Plimpton, writer/adventurer/actor, The Paris Review, dies at 76 2002 Death Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist/adventurer, Kon-Tiki, dies at 87 1955 Birthday Ann Bancroft, born in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, author, teacher, adventurer, Arctic and Antarctic explorer, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee 1917 Event M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer 1855 Event U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery 1854 Birthday Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations 1852 Birthday Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter 1799 Death Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55 1798 Death Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1792 Birthday Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal 1788 Birthday Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer 1786 Birthday Davy Crockett, U.S., frontiersman/adventurer/politician, Alamo 1756 Death Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies 1747 Death Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 1743 Birthday Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer 1725 Birthday Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 1677 Birthday Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer
