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 was born in a house in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela, on 24 July 1783. He was baptized as SimÃ³n JosÃ© Antonio de la SantÃ­sima Trinidad BolÃ­var y Palacios. His mother was MarÃ­a de la ConcepciÃ³n Palacios y Blanco, and his father was Colonel Don Juan Vicente BolÃ­var y Ponte. He had two older sisters and a brother: MarÃ­a Antonia, Juana, and Juan Vicente.