Wednesday, January 9, 2019

January 9

On this day in...
1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

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Simon Vouet

Cassandra Austen

Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon

Kenny Clarke


Vic Mizzy

Joan Baez


Scott Walker


Jimmy Page


Bill Cowsill


Eric Erlandson


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