NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS BORN IN OHIO IN THE FARMHOUSE THAT BELONGED TO HIS GRANDPARENTS.
HE HAD HIS FIRST PLANE RIDE AT AGE 6 ON A PLANE CALLED THE TIN GOOSE.
AT AGE 15 HE EARNED HIS PILOT'S LICENSE BEFORE HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE.
AT AGE 17 HE ATTENDED PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN OHIO ON A NAVY SCHOLARSHIP.
NEIL FLEW A FIGHTER JET IN THE KOREAN WAR.
HE GRADUATED FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY.
NEIL ARMSTRONG MARRIED JANET SHEARON.
HIS SON ERIC WAS BORN.
HIS DAUGHTER KAREN WAS BORN.
ARMSTRONG'S DAUGHTER DIED FROM A BRAIN TUMOR AT AGE 3.
NEIL ARMSTRONG ENTERED THE SPACE PROGRAM AT NASA.
HIS SON MARK WAS BORN.
HE HAD HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN SPACE ON THE GEMINI 8.
THEY LAUNCHED APOLLO II ON JULY 16, 1969.
NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON. HE SAID, "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND."
HE RETIRED FROM NASA.
HE BEGAN TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI.
NEIL AND JANET DIVORCED.
NEIL MARRIED CAROL HELD KNIGHT.
NEIL ARMSTRONG DIED AT THE AGE OF 82 AFTER COMPLICATIONS OF HEART SURGERY.
