2002 Death Barbara Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 54 2002 Death Galen Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 61 1982 Death Melville Bell Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society, dies at 80 1966 Death Gilbert H Grosvenor, president National Geographic Society, dies at 90 1952 Event 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole 1948 Birthday Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer 1945 Birthday Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1942 Event Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map 1926 Event National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1911 Birthday Melvin M Payne, president, National Geographic Society 1896 Event 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag 1896 Birthday Thomas W. McKnew, president, National Geographic Society 1888 Event National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time 1888 Event National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C. 1888 Event National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C.
