Wood Raft Makes 4,300-mile Voyage
Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti.
The date was August 7, 1947
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The date was August 7, 1947