July 21, 1899 – Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway is born in Oak Park, Illinois
July 24, 1783 – “The Liberator”, Simon Bolivar, is born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is known as the George Washington of South America for his efforts to liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from the rule of Spain.
July 24, 1897 – American pilot Amelia Earhart (the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and to fly solo from Hawaii to California) is born in Atchison, Kansas.
July 25, 1954 – Chicago Bear Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton is born in Columbia, Mississippi. Nicknamed “Sweetness”, he played 13 seasons with the Bears and is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all-time holding multiple league records when he retired.