2008 Death Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974, dies at 89 1993 Event Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England 1947 Event Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef 1918 Birthday Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974 1915 Event Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago 1900 Event Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache James Island, Galapagos archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago 1772 Event Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1521 Event Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus
