Leaders From New Mexico
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New Mexico has produced a number of Leaders who have made it big. These include Geronimo, Harrison Schmitt, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Ben Ray Luján, Geoffrey Keyes and others.
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Geronimo(Bedonkohe Apache Leader of the Chiricahua Apache)
Birthdate: June 16, 1829
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: February 17, 1909
Native American hero Geronimo is remembered for his heroics in the Apache Wars against the U.S. and Mexico. After his surrender in 1886, he lived as a U.S. prisoner of war and spent the rest of his life being exhibited at various events and selling his belongings for money.
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Harrison Schmitt(American Astronaut and the Only Person Without a Background in Military Aviation to Have Walked on the Moon)
Birthdate: July 3, 1935
Sun Sign: Cancer
Harrison Schmitt is an American geologist, university professor, and former NASA astronaut. He also served as the US Senator from New Mexico from 1977 to 1983. In 1972, Schmitt became a crew member of Apollo 17 and subsequenly the second-youngest person to walk on the Moon. In 1973, Harrison Schmitt was honored with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Birthdate: October 24, 1959
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthdate: June 7, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthdate: October 30, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: September 17, 1967
