176) Captain Martin Van Buren Bates Known as the Kentucky River Giant Born: 9 November 1837, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 19 January 1919, Seville, Ohio, United States of America Martin stood at Seven Feet Eleven and one-half inches tall and weighed 478 pounds. He was one of twelve siblings. His father…
175) John Lorenzo Hubbell Trader who was a Friend to the Navajo Born: 27 November 1853, Pajarito, New Mexico Territory (Today State), United States of America Died: 12 November 1930, Ganado, Arizona, United States of America Don Lorenzo, as he was called, opened his trading post in 1878. His family continually operated it until 1967,…
174) Pete Kitchen His Ranch Located South of Tucson was the Only Safe Place to Stay Between Tucson and Magdalena, Mexico for Many Years Born: c. 1822, Covington, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 5 August 1895, Tucson, Arizona Territory, United States of America (Present-day Tucson, Arizona, United States of America) Pete served with the…
173) William Alden Smith United States Senator who Presided Over the US Enquiry Into the Sinking of the RMS Titanic Born: 5 May 1859, Dowagiac, Michigan, United States of America Died: 11 October 1932, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America As a child he started his own Popcorn selling business where he earned twice…
172) Helmuth Hübener The Youngest Opponent of the Third Reich to be Sentenced and Executed by the Volksgerichtshof (People’s Court) Born: 8 January 1925, Hamburg, Germany Died: 27 October 1942, Berlin, Germany Helmuth was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints (more commonly known as Mormons). When he was seventeen years old,…
171) Nathan “Nearest” Green The Former Slave Turned Master Distiller Born: c.1820, Maryland, United States of America (I’m trusting the Nearest Green Foundation when they say Maryland, other sources claim Tennessee with no documentation to back it up) Died: 1890 He was the first African American master distiller in United States History. According to his…
170) Sergeant Sylvester Antolak Medal of Honor Recipient who was Awarded the Honor After Charging 200 Yards Through Open Terrain to Destroy a German Machine Gun Nest Born: 10 September 1916, Saint Clairsville, Ohio, United States of America Died: 24 May 1944, Cisterna di Latina, Italy Sylvester ran thirty yards ahead of the rest of…
169) Israel Putnam “Don’t Shoot Till You See the Whites of Their Eyes!” Born: 7 January 1718, Salem Village, the Colony of Massachusetts (Present-day Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: 29 May 1790, Brooklyn, Connecticut, United States of America He was the great-grandson of one of the prominent families in the Salem Witch Trials…
168) Kevyn Aucoin Before James, Jeffree, and Manny, there was Kevyn Born: 14 February 1962, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America Died: 7 May 2002, Valhalla, New York, United States of America He was One of, if not the First Famous Make-up Artist to ever achieve fame and celebrity (before YouTube was a thing—crazy right?…
167) Walter Knott Created Knott’s Berry Farm Born: 11 December 1889, San Bernadino, California, United States of America Died: 3 December 1981, Buena Park, California, United States of America Walter sold Knott’s Berry Farm Preserves and introduced the Boysenberry. Walter had always dreamed of being a farmer and left high school in his sophomore year…