The irony is that the epic exploits of the Kon-Tiki’ s crew had once seemed untoppable. From the get-go, anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, the expedition’s charismatic and single-minded leader, had ...
April 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Maryland ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the seventh state of the Union. In 1789, the most famous of all naval mutinies took place aboard ...