What are some "great actions" people have done in the past?preferrably well known people or events?

Answer 1

harriet tubman----her role as conductor on the underground railroad
abraham lincoln----for not giving up the belief that slavery was WRONG.
allied troops during WWII----liberating the concentration camps across europe.
mother theresa----carrying for the sick, sufering, and dying in India.
george washington---leading the war to free England's ownership of the 13 colonies, thus giving rise to the United States of America.
FDR----for his leadership through WWII
henry ford---the automobile
bill gates---internet and zealous donations to the poor and needy worldwide.

Answer 2

Nikita Khrushchev, saved all our butts by renouncing to install soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Otherwise their would have been a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR. Nobody wins a nuclear war...

Otherwise there's Terry fox that ran almost all of Canada with a single leg to draw attention toward cancer. A fine lad.

Answer 3

Well, our grand fathers used to gather together(in mourning) wherever was raised that a person died old or young, where one was celebrating there was a spirit of oneness so that everyone around rejoiced for good causes.

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson discovered lightning by tying his house key to the kite's tail. When lightning struck it he was amazed. But he did not like when the key did not fit the lock anymore.

The first skydiver actually found out that there is gravity. He discovered it when his parachute was late opening.