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.
Life span: Born: December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York. Died: July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York, at the age of 79. Martin Van Buren was the first American president born after the colonies declared their independence from Britain and became the United States.