Knox Coast [SEP] continent
Knox Coast
Knox Coast, part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Hordern, at 100°31′E, and the Hatch Islands, at 109°16′E.
History.
The coast was discovered in February 1840 by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, and named by Wilkes for Lieutenant Samuel R. Knox, U.S. Navy, captain of the "Flying Fish", who served as acting master on the "Vincennes" during the Antarctic cruise.
Features
6 Jul – Flag of the United States
- 13 Jul – Erwin Rommel
- 20 Jul – Dmitri Shostakovich
- 27 Jul – Semyon Timoshenko
- 3 Aug – Seishirō Itagaki
- 10 Aug – General McNaughton
- 17 Aug – Robert L. Ghormley
- 24 Aug – Jawaharlal Nehru
- 31 Aug – Gerd von Rundstedt
- 7 Sep – Frank Knox
- 14 Sep – Harold Alexander
- 21 Sep – Fedor von Bock
- 28 Sep – William Francis Gibbs
- 5 Oct