1993 - CanadiansprinterBen Johnson[?] is banned from international competition for life after testing positive for banned substances for the second time.
1998 - NASA announced that that the Clementine spaceprobe orbiting the moon had found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
... (c. 1470-1521), leader of first expedition around the world
Douglas Mawson - Australian explorer of Antarctica
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Fridtjof Nansen, (1861-1930), arctic explorer, ...