On this day in 1947, Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti. Heyerdahl wanted to prove his theory that prehistoric South Americans could have colonize...
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June 15, 2003: A BBC poll to identify the ?greatest American,? run in advance of a program promising to ?confront the critical question ? what does the world think of America??, awarded the honor to Homer Simpson, the beer-drinking, donut-scarfing, bumbling nuclear-power plant technician...
26/Jan/1788Australia Day 27/Jan/1921The Imperial Bank of India (State Bank of India) came into existence 28/Jan/1986Challenger explodes 29/Jan/1967The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco ...
This Day in Pixar History: Ed Catmull and the (First?) Computer Animated Film 45 years ago, in 1972, Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull and Fred Parke created what may be the very first digital 3D film. They made this film while pursuing upper graduate degrees at the University of Utah. The ...
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This Day in Aviation Important Dates in Aviation History MenuSkip to content Friends Search for: 6 February 1991 February 6, 2025Aviation"Balls 13",190th Air Refueling Wing,58-0013,Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker,Captain Greg Mermis USAF,Captain Jay N. Selanders USAF,Distinguished Flying Cross,LCO...
“I stumbled over rocks and some heavy growth and finally spotted footprints made by U.S. combat boots. But I couldn’t locate him. Late in the day we went back and this time I found him. “We got him into the chopper okay and I was treating his abrasions when flak hit. There wa...
Bitcoin Pizza Day: 2 pies are now worth $22.5 million Every May 22, bitcoiners the world over will celebrate the anniversary of the most expensive pizzas in history. China's submersible Jiaolong starts testing ahead of Mariana Trench dive The ship arrived at the Mariana area Monday and starte...