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  1. 1459

    Born
    Martin Behaim

    German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal (1459–1507)

  2. 1887

    Born
    Le Corbusier

    Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)

  3. 1914

    Born
    Thor Heyerdahl

    Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)

Then & Now

This date about 100, 50 and 10 years ago, next to today.

Celebrated on this date

More from this date

  1. 1600

    First shown
    Euridice

    opera by Jacopo Peri

  2. 1903

    Born
    Ernest Walton

    Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903-1995)

  3. 1990

    Launched
    Ulysses

    NASA robotic space probe that studied the Sun

The last seven days

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