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On 2 August, about 25 miles (40 km) from Point Barrow, Karluk thrust her way into the ice but was soon trapped, and drifted slowly eastward for three days before reaching open water off Cape Smythe. Meanwhile, Stefansson had left to travel over the ice to Point Barrow.
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1. ... North Carolina State v Duke ... 10. Richard Nixon; 81 years, 103 days; died April 22, 1994 ...
In April 2018, Robert Pope, age 39, became the first person to complete the Forrest Gump run, 15,621 miles (25,140 km), 5 times across America, in 422 days of running.. This remains the biggest continuous run in history in a single country and involved him becoming the first person to run across the United states three times in one y
You could say 114-year-old Bernando LaPallo was made to last. "My mother, 105, she went to sleep. My grandmother, 107, she went to sleep. My father, 91, he went to sleep," LaPallo told KNXV.
Living Testaments. The oldest known person in the world died at 118, far exceeding the United Nation's world life expectancy of 72.98 years. But living past 100 isn't the rarity it once was.
The fleet then fought the winds, traveling only 32 miles over 25 days, and arriving at a plain on the north coast of Hispaniola on 2 January 1494. There, they established the settlement of La Isabela. [93] Columbus spent some time exploring the interior of the island for gold. Finding some, he established a small fort in the interior.
John Frank Dalton (March 8, 1848 – August 15, 1951) [1] was an American impostor and centenarian who drew notice late in life by successively claiming to be two long-dead famous Western historical figures, lawman Frank Dalton and outlaw Jesse James.