Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 7000 km (4375 mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
William A. Ward
Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
