Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS (born 28 July 1956) is the first person to walk to both poles.
He is currently an advocate for the protection of Antarctica and renewable energy. Swan is also the founder of 2041, a company which is dedicated to the preservation of the Antarctic and the author with Gil Reavill of Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness.
In November 2017, Swan undertook the South Pole Energy Challenge, the first expedition of its kind: a 600-mile journey to the South Pole with his son, surviving solely using renewable energy.
Lees meer...28 juli 1956 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 209e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 69 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op maandag 28 juli 2025, 49 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op dinsdag 28 juli 2026, in 315 dagen. Je hebt 25.251 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 606.031 uur, of ongeveer 36.361.897 minuten, of ongeveer 2.181.713.820 seconden.
Date: 28 July 1956
Special to The New York Times
Newspapermen's Assn protests repressive moves by Govt against press and newsmen; urges Pres Castillo Armas guarantee no further curbs, asks return of exiled newsmen, reparations for damages to equipment
Date: 29 July 1956
By ALLEN DRURY Special to The New York Times
Allen Special
House Govt Information subcom rept assails 'paper curtain' secrecy in Govt; sees growing tendency among Govt officials to decide what pub should know; directs special criticism at Defense and Commerce Depts; calls policies of former most restrictive and confused; finds effort to extend Govt control over non-security data, unrealistic attitude of self-importance in Commerce Dept Office of Strategic Information, secrecy in Dept's Business Advisory Council and Agr Dept advisory coms, no basis for Civil Service Comm claim of 'inherent' power to withhold information from pub; urges abolition of Strategic Information Office, clarification of Advisory Council status, pub proceedings in advisory coms
Date: 28 July 1956
By JOSEPH O. HAFF Special to The New York Times.The New York Times (by Joseph O. Haff)
Joseph HAFF
Frescoes and mosaics in Ka'riye Mosque, Istanbul, uncovered by Byzantine Inst of US, called world's finest examples of Byzantine religious art; illus; on pub view
Date: 29 July 1956
By HOWARD DEVREE
Howard DEVREE
W Lewis and assocs in Vorticism movement (Tate Gallery, London)
Date: 29 July 1956
By WILLIAM M. FREEMAN
comment on bathing attire indus
Date: 28 July 1956
Special to The New York Times
Date: 29 July 1956
By DIANA RICE
Diana RICE