2012 Event Four genetically different types of breast cancer are identified by researchers; the study, part of the Cancer Genome Atlas, will help scientists understand how to cure breast cancer in the future 1982 Death Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at 77 1975 Event Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die 1972 Death Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 1972 Death Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, body builder, dies at 79 1968 Death Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79 1964 Death Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), dies at 71 1962 Event 1st Atlas Centaur Launch 1961 Event Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin 1957 Event U.S. successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile 1923 Death Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83 1905 Birthday Ayn Rand, writer, Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead 1902 Birthday Henry Steele Commager, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, historian, Atlas of Civil War 1893 Birthday Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, U.S., bodybuilder 1888 Birthday Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture 1800 Death Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies 1795 Birthday Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer, Atlas Universel 1729 Birthday Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller, Atlas of Fouquet 1726 Death Guillaume Delisle, French geographer (Atlas geographique), dies at 50 1675 Birthday Guillaume Delisle, Paris, France, geographer, Atlas Geographique 1673 Death Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 1570 Event 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
