- ACHERNAR (Alpha Eridani). There are 22 classical “first magnitude” stars in the sky. Of these, nine are so bright that in modern times they had to be placed into even brighter categories, seven into “zeroth” magnitude (the brightest of which is Alpha Centauri) and two (Canopus and Sirius) into the exclusive “minus-first magnitude” group. Of these nine, Achernar ranks last, right behind Procyon in Canis Minor and just beating out Hadar in southern Centaurus.
- Ulysses S. Grant (Wikipedia)
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war. An effective civil rights executive, Grant signed a bill to create the Justice Department and worked with Radical Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction.