Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013), (Commander, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA’s Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space. Born Malcolm Scott Carpenter in Boulder, Colorado. (d. 2013)
Gabriele Amorth
Gabriele Amorth SSP (1 May 1925 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and an exorcist of the Diocese of Rome who claimed to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms. Born in Modena, Emilia, Italy. (d. 2016)
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Amorth
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