1 Carol Armstrong found bag in Ohio house after husband Neil, the first man to walk on the moon, died in 2012.  The so-called McDivitt purse contained priceless Apollo 11 items such as a camera that filmed moon descent.
Gregor Mendel Born 22 july 1822, died on january 6th 1884. Even though I had to go through a number of bitter times in my life, I must thankfully own that the pleasant and the good prevailed.. 1822, following two daughters; he was to have followed in his father's footsteps. This industrious peasant farmer had, for that period, a remarkable interest in breeding new fruit tree varieties, and this interest stayed with his son for the rest of his life.
SimÃ³n BolÃ­var (1783-1830) was a South American general and statesman who brought political independence to six present-day nations. Called the Liberator, he was the greatest military figure of South America. SimÃ³n BolÃ­var was born on July 24, 1783, in Caracas, Venezuela, then part of the Hispanic colonial empire. His parents belonged to the aristocratic upper class, the Creoles.