1. Mira costa collegeSummer 2010 – level 7 “Great People”

2. Mira costa collegeSummer 2010 – level 7 Team Members Jose F. S. Juan M.

3. Mira costa collegeSummer 2010 – level 7 Santos Dumont Benito Juarez

4. SANTOS DUMONT Full name Alberto Santos Dumont July 20th, 1873 Date of birth July 23rd, 1932 Date of death Suicide Cause of death

5. SANTOS DUMONT Place of Birth Palmira, Minas Gerais – Brazil (now Santos Dumont)

6. SANTOS DUMONT Nationality Brazilian

7. SANTOS DUMONT Occupation Aviator, Inventor

8. SANTOS DUMONT Main Accomplishments

9. SANTOS DUMONT Main Accomplishments 1 - Designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible balloons. In doing so he became the first person to demonstrate that routine, controlled flight was possible on October 19th, 1901.

10. SANTOS DUMONT Main Accomplishments Dirigible Number 6 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower.

11. SANTOS DUMONT Main Accomplishments 2 - He flown in his airplane 14 Bis, and made the first public flight of an airplane “heavier than air” that could take off from the ground by its own means on October 23rd, 1906.

12. SANTOS DUMONT Main Accomplishments Airplane 14 Bis.

13. BENITO JUAREZ Full name Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia March 21st, 1806 Date of birth July18th, 1872 Date of death Apoplexy Cause of death

14. BENITO JUAREZ Place of Birth, San Pablo de Guelatao, Oaxaca-Mexico

15. BENITO JUAREZ Nationality Mexican

16. BENITO JUAREZ Occupation Lawyer, Judge, Political

17. BENITO JUAREZ Main Accomplishments

18. BENITO JUAREZ Main Accomplishments 1 - In his Government were built a lot of railroads and Schools.

19. BENITO JUAREZ Main Accomplishments 2 - The military budget was cut and the Church was stripped of its large landholding.

20. BENITO JUAREZ Main Accomplishments 3 - Most important, Mexico had its first effective government. It was based upon the constitution of 1857, which guaranteed free speech, free press, right of assembly, right to organize, and the abolishment of special legal privileges.

21. Characteristics in Common Benito Juarez Santos Dumont Intelligent Creative Thinker Strong Determination Their actions made the difference Courageous acts Great initiative

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