Neil Armstrong as a child in a band uniform, circa 1940
Neil Alden Armstrong is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, aerospace
engineer, university professor, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Apollo 11 mission, July 21, 1969. Armstrong descends
the ladder for the first walk on the Moon.
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)
African American track star Jesse Owens participated in the 1936 Summer
Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by
winning four gold medals. The first medal was for the 100m sprint on
August 3rd, defeating Ralph Metcalfe.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (1913-1980)
PT-109 was a Patrol Torpedo boat commanded by Lieutenant, junior grade John F.
Kennedy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kennedy’s actions to save his
crew during the sinking of their boat after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer
off Ghizo Island. made him a war hero and proved helpful in his political career.
After Kennedy became president, the incident inspired a song,many books, movies,
and various television series, The wreck of PT-109 was discovered in May of 2002
by Robert Ballard, a former U.S.Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at
the University of Rhode Island.
Dr. Robert Ballard
1962
The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles‘ "Video
Killed the Radio Star", and the second music video shown was
Pat Benatar‘s "You Better Run".
The Buggles, Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn
