π Astronaut Neil Armstrong is born (1930)
Where: Wapakoneta, Ohio
Nearby on the globe: Ohio Statehouse β π Open the 3D globe
π On This Day: August 5
August 5, 1930: Astronaut Neil Armstrong is born. On 5 August 1930, Neil Armstrong was born near Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1969 he became the first person to walk on the Moon. In his hometown, the Armstrong Air & Space Museum displays Gemini 8, the spacecraft he flew in 1966 to make the first docking of two spacecraft in space.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1681 π§ Explorer Vitus Bering was born in 1681; the Bering Strait between Asia and North America, and the Bering Sea, are named after him.
- 1884 ποΈ Workers laid the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor in 1884, two years before the statue was finished. Statue of Liberty β
- 1888 π‘ Bertha Benz drove her husband's motor car from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in 1888, making the first long-distance car trip in history.
π§ Question of the day
What first did Gemini 8 achieve?
- Docking two spacecraft
- Landing on Mars
- Visiting the Sun
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Answer: Docking two spacecraft
Questions
What happened on August 5?
August 5, 1930: Astronaut Neil Armstrong is born. It happened in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
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