Give me the person’s name. What event, often not remembered, are we talking about here?

Note: Puzzle has been modified 5 times since morning to make it more user friendly :)
So here’s what you do: (quite simple for today):

Below is a cryptic puzzle which you have to figure out. It has a one word answer and each line points to the same answer. Use google.com or other sources*. 
Find the answer [...]