The congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. President Bush was the president that signed it into he office.
Marco Polo was the trader that traveled from Venice, Italy to China and brought back information about Asia. Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant traveler. His father was the person from whom he learned the ways of mercantile trade. He did travel to China but he was not the first person. he made a detailed description in his books.
Elisha Gray was an electrical engineer. He is known for his telephone prototype and music synthesizer. Gray got over 70 patents for his inventions.
He was born on August 2nd, 1835 in Barnesville, Ohio. He died on January 21st, 1901 in Newtonville, Massechusetts.
Gray also invented the telautograph, this was a device that could transmit handwriting through the telegraph systems!