In 1492, Martin Behaim, a German cartographer, made the oldest extant globe of the Earth.

That Cão, on his second voyage of 1484-1486, was accompanied by Martin Behaim ( as alleged on the latters Nuremberg globe of 1492 ) is very doubtful ; but we know that the explorer revisited the Congo and erected two more pillars beyond the furthest of his previous voyage.

* 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer ( d. 1507 )

* Martin Behaim constructs the first surviving globe of Earth, the Erdapfel.

* October 6 – Martin Behaim, German explorer and cartographer ( d. 1507 )

* July 29 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer ( b. 1459 )

Martin Behaim.

Martin ( von ) Behaim ( 6 October 6, 1459 – 29 July 1507 ), ( also known as Martinho da Boémia, Martin Bohemus, Martin Behaim von Schwarzbach, or ) was a German mariner, artist, cosmographer, astronomer, philosopher, geographer and explorer in service to the King of Portugal.

Monument of Martin Behaim in the Theresienplatz, Nuremberg

Behaim was born in Nuremberg, according to one source, about 1436 ; other sources suggest as late as 1459 ; while others indicate that he was born in Bohemia to Martin Behaim and Agnes Schopper, merchants and the oldest of seven sons.

Consequently, it is likely that during his familiarity with the Crown, that King John II would have purchased maps and charts from Martin Behaim, which might have depicted mysterious passages in an unknown land.

Magellan himself stated that he knew that a southern passage through a sound would lead to the " Southern Sea " ( which Balboa had discovered in 1513 through the Isthmus of Panama ), since he had seen the sound on a chart authored by Martin Behaim.

While Martin Behaim may be regarded as a contributor to the discovery of the Straits of Magellan, he might have only made a copy of an original sketch of the strait.

Martin Behaim, eastern hemisphere of his globe made in Nuremberg in 1492.

Friedrich Wilhlem Ghillany, Geschichte des Seefahrers Ritter Martin Behaim, Nürnberg, Bauer und Raspe, J. Merz, 1853.

The Nuremberg Globe of Martin Behaim

Martin Behaim, western hemisphere of his globe made in Nuremberg in 1492.

Friedrich Wilhlem Ghillany, Geschichte des Seefahrers Ritter Martin Behaim, Nürnberg, Bauer und Raspe, J. Merz, 1853.

Dr. W. B. I. Martin officiated, and the bride was given in marriage by her father.

Johnson supported Martin Van Buren and early on expressed an interest in the public lands, eventually being considered a father of the Homestead Act of 1862.

After the death of his father, he fought initially for the Neapolitan army and then for Pope Martin V and the Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti.

His plans for a new life as a bachelor are complicated when he is obliged to take in his father, a retired detective from the Seattle Police Department, Martin ( Mahoney ), who is unable to live by himself after being shot in the line of duty during a robbery.

On his deathbed, Tetzel received a magnanimously penned correspondence from Martin Luther, stating that the child ( i. e. the scandal ) had a different father.

The couple had five sons and one daughter: Abraham ( 1807 – 1873 ) a graduate of West Point and career military officer ; John ( 1810 – 1866 ), graduate of Yale and Attorney General of New York ; Martin, Jr. ( 1812 – 1855 ), secretary to his father and editor of his father's papers until a premature death from tuberculosis ; Winfield Scott ( born and died in 1814 ); and Smith Thompson ( 1817 – 1876 ), an editor and special assistant to his father while president.

Bolstered by an image overhaul — including bleached-blonde hair, frosted lips, heavy eye make-up and Carnaby Street fashions — Sinatra made her mark on the American ( and British ) music scene in early 1966 with " These Boots Are Made for Walkin '", its title inspired by a line in Robert Aldrich's 1963 western comedy 4 for Texas starring her father and Dean Martin.

These include the Emmy-nominated 1966 Frank Sinatra special A Man and His Music-Part II, and the 1967 NBC Emmy Award nominated for ' Special Classification of Individual Achievements ' by choreographer David Winters TV special Movin ' With Nancy, in which she appeared with Lee Hazlewood, her father and his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., with a cameo appearance by her brother Frank Sinatra, Jr. and guest star appearance by West Side Story dancer David Winters.

Becoming the team's majority stockholder in 1973, Hess bought Philip H. Iselin's share upon his death in 1976 after which only two of Hess ' partners remained, Townsend Martin and Helen Dillon, who had inherited the stake from her father Donald Lillis, upon his death.

Variations of the story add that he had actually met Saint Martin, that his father was a Christian king, and that he was buried in a stone sarcophagus near the altar of his church.

Leaving aside the tales regarding miracles, in the Vita Sancti Niniani Ailred includes the following incidental information regarding Saint Ninian: that his father was a Christian king ; that he was consecrated a bishop in Rome and that he met Saint Martin in Tours ; that Saint Martin sent masons with him on his homeward journey, at his request ; that these masons built a church of stone, situated on the shore, and on learning of Saint Martin's death, Ninian dedicated the church to him ; that a certain rich and powerful " King Tuduvallus " was converted by him ; that he died after having converted the Picts and returned home, being buried in a stone sarcophagus near the altar of his church ; and that he had once travelled with a holy person named " Plebia ".

Walter Gropius, like his father and his great-uncle Martin Gropius before him, became an architect.

Martin's father, Preston Martin, was a lawyer and her mother, Juanita Presley, was a violin teacher.

Martin adored her father.

Martin, who said “ I ’ d never understand the law ” ( p. 19 ), began singing outside the courtroom where her father worked every Saturday night at a bandstand where the town band played.

Martin left everything behind, including her young son, Larry, and went to Hollywood while her father handled the divorce for her.

" My Heart Belongs to Daddy " catapulted her career and became very special to Martin — she even sang it to her ailing father in his hospital bed while he was in a coma.

Martin did not learn immediately that her father had died.

" Because of the show ’ s demanding schedule, Martin was unable to attend her father ’ s funeral.

He was also known for his recurring roles, such as Beldar, father in the Coneheads family ; with Steve Martin, Georg Festrunk, one of the " Two Wild and Crazy Guys " Czech brothers ; sleazy late-night cable TV host E. Buzz Miller and his cousin, corrupt maker of children's toys and costumes Irwin Mainway ( who extolled the virtues and defended the safety of the " Bag-o-Glass " toy, perhaps the retail leader of the " Bag-o " series of toys ); Fred Garvin – male prostitute ; and high-bred but low-brow critic Leonard Pinth-Garnell.

Martin Klein is generally considered to be the " father " of commercial side-scan sonar.

Emilio Estévez and his sister Renee chose not to take their father Martin Sheen ’ s professional name and use their birth names ; however, their brother Carlos chose to use their father's professional name, and took the name Charlie Sheen.

Bryant's father had tried to purchase a Bed and Breakfast property called Seascape, but David and Noelene ( also known as Sally ) Martin bought this property before his father could ready his finances, much to the disappointment of the father who often complained to his son of the " double dealing " the Martins had done to secure the purchase.