The Nobel Peace Prize

Alfred Bernhard Nobel  (October 21, 1833 –  December 10, 1896) 

Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, armaments manufacturer and the 
inventor of dynamite. When he wrote his last will in 1895, he left much of 
his enormous wealth for the establishment of the Nobel Prizes. Since
1901, the prize has honored men and women for their outstanding
achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for
work in peace.

             Steven Paul Jobs  (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)

         CO-founder, former chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Harland David "Colonel" Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980)
ws the founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Company, now know as KFC. His
iconic image remains in company promotions today. Sanders was given the title
of honorary "Kentucky Colonel” in 1935 by the Governor of Kentucky, Ruby
Laffoon and was “re-commissioned” by Governor Lawrence Wetherby. Over
the years Sanders developed his “secret recipe” for frying chicken in a
pressure fryer that cooked the chicken much faster than pan frying.  

On September 4, 1888, inventor George Eastman registered the trademark
Kodak and the first model of the Kodak camera (below) soon appeared. It
took round pictures 2½ inches in diameter, was of the fixed focus type and
carried a roll of film sufficient for 100 exposures.

George Eastman is shown taking pictures with his Kodak camera.

Orville Wright along with his older brother Wilbur are credited with inventing
and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled,
powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.

In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their invention into the first
practical fixed-wing aircraft.  Although not the first to build and fly experimental
aircraft, Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first to invent aircraft controls that
made fixed-wing powered flight possible. On August 19, 1940 – The new Civil
Aeronautics Administration awarded honorary license #1 to Orville Wright.

Orville Wright’s famous first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903.

Orville Wright with his brother Wilbur