Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. He passed away on August 25, 2012. These dates are widely reported across reputable biographical sources. For example, Biography.com notes the birth date as August 5, 1930, in Ohio, and CNN’s Fast Facts also lists August 5, 1930 as his birth date [source: Biography.com, CNN]. If you’d like, I can pull up additional sources or provide a short timeline of Armstrong’s life.
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Did you know that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon? Learn all about the life of this astronaut right here.
nationaltoday.comKnown for: Forest 404, Hazardous Journey: The Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention
www.imdb.comAstronaut, military pilot and educator, Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man to walk on the moon.
www.biography.comNavy Veteran Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon and was a seasoned Naval Aviator before becoming an astronaut.
news.va.govWe will all miss him, not just because he was the first human being in the history of the world to set foot on another body in the solar system, but perhaps especially because of the honor and dignity with which he lived his life as that first Moon walker.
airandspace.si.eduNeil Armstrong. Soundtrack: Forest 404. Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue University, he studied aeronautical engineering; his college tuition was paid for by the U.S. Navy under the...
www.imdb.comRead CNN's Fast Facts on astronaut Neil Armstrong to learn about the first man on the moon.
www.cnn.comAmerican astronaut, the first man to set foot on the Moon, on 20 July 1969, 10:56 PM EDT, with the quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He returned home to a New York City ticker-tape parade on 13 August 1969. … Dr. had to take it with instruments." The letter is transcribed in "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong" by James R. Hansen (Simon and Schuster, 2005), p. 25. On page 24 of the book Hansen states that the birth occurred at "12:31:30."
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