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Birthday
*** ,1888
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Death day
March 11, 1957 (68 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
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Celebrities born on October 25
Born in 1888
Born in Winchester, Virginia
Scorpio named Richard
Explorers from Virginia
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First name Richard
Richard E. Byrd
Rear Adm. Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. is an American naval officer and explorer. He has received the Medal of Honor, the most noble title for courage bestowed by the United States, and is a pioneer of America's leading polar and polar expeditionary logistics organizer. Airplane flights he served as a pilot and expedition chief crossed the Atlantic, part of the Arctic Ocean and part of the Antarctic Shelf. Byrd declared his expeditions to be the first to reach both the Arctic and the South Pole by air. His claims to the Arctic have been contested. He is also known to have discovered Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.
Birth nameRichard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
BornOctober 25, 1888, Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1957, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Place of burialArlington National Cemetery
Years of service1912–1927, 1940–1947
RankRear Admiral
Battles/warsWorld War I, World War II

About Richard E. Byrd

Explorer Richard E. Byrd was born in Winchester, Virginia, United States on October 25, 1888. He dies at the age of 68, on March 11, 1957.

Polar explorer who participated in six of America's twelve Antarctic expeditions.

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Richard E. Byrd before becoming famous

Richard E. Byrd was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1888 is also the year of Rat (鼠) in the Chinese Zodiac.

During his service in WWI, he learned to fly and became a good pilot.

Achievement of Richard E. Byrd

He was the first to attempt a flyover of the South Pole, and he claimed to have completed it, though subsequent doubts arose.

Richard E. Byrd's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He could trace his family back to John Rolfe and Pocahontas, as a descendant of the American Founders.

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He was a member of the first American expedition to the South Pole since Explorer Charles Wilkes landed there a century before.

Charles Wilkes (1798 - 1877) (Explorer)
Charles Wilkes (1798 - 1877)

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