| 27th October 1728 | Captain James Cook born
The great sailor frm Yorkshire who was the first whiteman to land on Australia, explored the South Pacific and the Antarctic
For more information see :http://www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk/
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| 13th November 1871 | Henry Stanley finds Dr Livingstone
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| 16th July 1872 | Roald Amundsen born
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| 30th April 1873 | Explorer Dr David Livingstone dies
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| 5th July 1889 | Jean Cocteau born
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| 9th May 1904 | Explorer Sir Henry Stanley dies
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| 11th June 1910 | Jacques Cousteau born
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| 17th January 1912 | Scott of the Antarctic reaches the South Pole
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| 10th February 1913 | Scott of the Antarctic found dead
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| 20th July 1919 | Sir Edmund Hilary born
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| 5th January 1922 | Poler explorer Ernest Shackleton dies
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| 29th May 1953 | Sir Edmund Hilary and Shepra Tenzing conquer Mount Everest
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| 8th June 1955 | Tim Berners-Lee born
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| 4th January 1958 | Sir Edmund Hilary arrives at the South Pole
Conquerer of Everest New Zealander Sir Edmund Hilary arrives at the South Pole, the first person to reach it since Captains Scott's fateful journey
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