Ra II, a ship built from papyrus, was successfully sailed across the Atlantic by Thor Heyerdahl proving that it was possible to cross the Atlantic from Africa using such boats in early epochs of history.

* In 1969 and 1970 Thor Heyerdahl launched expeditions to cross the Atlantic in boats built from papyrus.

* 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.

In the mid-1980s, the Maldivian government allowed the popular Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, to excavate ancient sites.

* 1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean.

* 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer ( d. 2002 )

* May 17 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II, to sail the Atlantic Ocean.

** Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer ( b. 1914 )

Thor Heyerdahl ( October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy ) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography.

In May 2011, the Thor Heyerdahl Archives were added to UNESCO's " Memory of the World " Register.

Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, the son of master brewer Thor Heyerdahl and his wife Alison Lyng.

The Tigris was crewed by eleven men: Thor Heyerdahl ( Norway ), Norman Baker ( USA ),

* The Thor Heyerdahl Institute was established in 2000.

Bust of Thor Heyerdahl.

Asteroid 2473 Heyerdahl is named after him, as is HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian Nansen class frigate.

* M / S Thor Heyerdahl, a ferry named after him ( Now M / S Vana Tallinn )

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* Thor Heyerdahl in Baku Azerbaijan International, Vol.

* Thor Heyerdahl Biography and Bibliography

* 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

This action followed the 1958 deployment of Thor IRBMs in the UK ( Project Emily ) and Jupiter IRBMs to Italy and Turkey in 1961 – more than 100 US-built missiles having the capability to strike Moscow with nuclear warheads.

* 1997 – Thor Salden, Belgian singer

* Pioneer 0 ( Thor-Able 1, Pioneer ) – Lunar orbiter, destroyed ( Thor failure 77 seconds after launch ) August 17, 1958

* Thor Able – Encyclopedia Astronautica

* July 12 – Thor Heyerdahl's papyrus boat Ra II arrives in Barbados.

* Thor Harris – drums, percussion, vibes, dulcimer, keyboards

He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War ( 1987 ), Wild Wild West ( 1999 ), The Road to El Dorado ( 2000 ), Conspiracy ( TV ) ( 2001 ), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ), Warm Springs ( TV ) ( 2005 ), Valkyrie ( 2008 ), Wallander ( TV series ) ( 2008 – present ), and My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) as Laurence Olivier ( Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor ); and directed such notable films as Dead Again ( 1991 ) ( also starring ), Swan Song ( 1992 ) ( Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film ), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ( 1994 ) ( also starring ), The Magic Flute ( 2006 ), Sleuth ( 2007 ), and the blockbuster superhero film Thor ( 2011 ).

Gray formed the Easter Island Committee, with Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ) as its honorary chairman.

* Thor Nogson – Noggin's friend and Captain of the Royal Guard.

* Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ), ethnographer and adventurer, Kon-Tiki and other primitive sailing vessels

He announced at the time that he was also writing – with Tony Law-a sitcom pilot about the god Thor, for BBC Two, and script-editing another pilot, a sitcom about the Brontë sisters.

Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ) was the expedition leader.

* Thor Polysonic Synthesizer – The Thor device simulates a semi-modular synthesizer.

* PGM-17 Thor ( 1850 – 3700 km ) ( U. S. A .) and ( U. K .)

Project Emily: The Thor IRBM and the Royal Air Force 1959 – 1963.

After a second appearance as " Him " in Thor # 165-166 ( June – July 1969 ), writer and then Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas and penciler Gil Kane significantly revamped Him as the allegorical Messiah Adam Warlock in Marvel Premiere # 1 ( April 1972 ).

* Thor Nis Christiansen ( 1957 – 1981 ), serial killer in California, USA