2002 Death Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist/adventurer, Kon-Tiki, dies at 87 1994 Death Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76 1993 Death Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69 1970 Event Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft 1969 Event Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1958 Event USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's 1947 Event Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia 1917 Birthday Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor 1914 Birthday Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer, Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku 1913 Birthday Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1958 1909 Birthday Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman, Gold Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics 1900 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge"
