William Caxton was born in the years around 1422 in Kent, England. He became a wealthy merchant. Caxton lived and worked in Brugges, Belgium. He learned everything there is related to printing. He decided to return to England and founded his own printing. Then he became the first printer of books English. He became so rich that one day King Edward IV and his wife visited and witnessed the workings of Caxton printing.
2. William Bligh
Captain William Bligh is widely known as the captain of HMS "Bounty" (Blessing), a Royal Navy ship, which his men rebelled in the Pacific in 1789. But Bligh undergo a long and interesting life far from the famous uprising. Bligh was born in 1754 and plunged into the sea while still young. He became the navigator of a reliable and a good sailor. Unfortunately, he found it difficult to make friends and do not like the discipline of that force. In 1772 Captain Bligh joined Cook in the third voyage to the Pacific. When Cook was killed by a tribe of Hawaii, Bligh was the one who led a small entourage pulled up to save weight.
In 1787, William Bligh was elected to lead a new expedition to the Pacific. Great skill as a seaman and navigator, which coupled with the fact that he had never sailed in the Pacific before, to win it to gain position.
3. Grace Darling
September 7, 1838, the ship "Forfarshire" hit the reef in the Farne Islands because a huge storm. Ship shattered and drowned. However, some people who survived swam and crawled to the reef. Waves swept reefs and the people were in danger. A local girl, named Grace Darling and her father saw the accident. By using a small raft, both trying to rescue the victims. Although just a simple girl, Grace was driving the boat and paddled with oars with his father. The couple fought across the waves and rescued several people who are still alive. Grace Darling was given a gold medal for bravery.
4. Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon. He's Doing This heroic measures in 1969 as part of the Apollo XI mission. Armstrong was born in 1930. When young she entered service in the Korean War before becoming a test pilot and later became an astronaut.
