That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Neil Armstrong
Born in 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Armstrong was a test pilot and astronaut who on July 20, 1969, became the first human to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 11. He died in 2012 at age 82.
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