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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 Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. In September 1951, while making a low bombing run, Armstrong's aircraft was damaged when it collided with an anti-aircraft cable, strung across a valley, which cut off a large portion of one wing. Armstrong was forced to bail out. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was the project pilot on Century Series fighters and flew the North American X-15 seven times. He was also a participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs.
Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in the second group, which was selected in 1962. He made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. During this mission with pilot David Scott, he performed the first docking of two spacecraft; the mission was aborted after Armstrong used some of his re-entry control fuel to stabilize a dangerous roll caused by a stuck thrust. During training for Armstrong's second and last spaceflight as commander of Apollo 11, he had to eject from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle moments before a crash. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon, and the next day they spent two and a half hours outside the Lunar Module Eagle spacecraft while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the Apollo Command Module Columbia. When Armstrong first stepped onto the lunar surface, he famously said: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It was broadcast live to an estimated 530 million viewers worldwide. Apollo 11 effectively proved US victory in the Space Race, by fulfilling a national goal proposed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy "of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" before the end of the decade. Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon and received the 1969 Collier Trophy. President Jimmy Carter presented him with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, he was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1979, and with his former crew-mates received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.
After he resigned from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979. He served on the Apollo 13 accident investigation and on the Rogers Commission, which investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In 2012, Armstrong died due to complications resulting from coronary bypass surgery, at the age of 82.- Branden Nadon was born in 1986 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Agent Cody Banks (2003), Taken (2002) and Fringe (2008). He was married to Loreta Costa PhD. He died in October 2023 in Cincinnati Ohio, USA.
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William Brisbane was born on 12 October 1905 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for There Goes the Groom (1937), Shall We Dance (1937) and Meet the Missus (1937). He died on 7 April 1966 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.- From Find A Grave website: "Dick Von Hoene graduated from the University of Cincinnati, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in theater; and while attending the University of Cincinnati, he acted in college productions, as well as summer stock and community theater productions; and Dick Von Hoene's professional career began as a copywriter for WCPO radio; he was employed by WXIX-TV, and he was most widely acclaimed as the creator of the very popular "Cool Ghoul" character that became a regular weekend feature hosting horror movies from the fall of 1969 until the spring of 1972; he became a reporter for WUBE 105 in 1973, and in 1979, he became a disc jockey; and in 1983, he became a news announcer for WFKB in Florence. In 1987, Dick Von Hoene was hired by Insight Communications, first as a News Director, and for the last 12 years as host of Northern Kentucky Magazine, a daily talk-variety program, where he promoted the community by welcoming representatives of counties, cities, schools, and charitable organizations to discuss their missions and activities; and he also welcomed authors and celebrities to Northern Kentucky Magazine, such as singers Chubby Checker and Judy Collins, Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton, and stage stars Cloris Leachman and Dean Jones were among those guests visiting Northern Kentucky to appear on his program; and he and Northern Kentucky Magazine received numerous awards from tri-state organizations recognizing service in enhancing coverage of the region; and In 1999, Dick Von Hoene was inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Legends of Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame, along with other former standout deejays Steve Palmer, Shad O'Shea, and Steve Kirk.
- Composer, author, pianist and organist Ruth Lyons is a Cincinnati institution, known for her work as one of the nation's premier broadcasters in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and for her charity, the Ruth Lyons Children's Fund. Ruth was educated at the University of Cincinnati, where she wrote musical productions, and the Conservatory of Music. In 1929, she began her career in radio at Cincinnati's WKRC as a pianist, organist and music librarian, eventually becoming the station's music director. She moved to WLW and WSAI in 1942 to host "Petticoat Partyline", an afternoon show for women. Next came "The WLW Consumer's Foundation", featuring Ruth, Frazier Thomas and organist Arthur Chandler. (The show was later renamed "Morning Matinee.") In 1949, while continuing her duties on "Morning Matinee," Ruth debuted the "50 Club" on WLW, the show for which she is best remembered. Named for the number of people in the studio audience each day, the 90-minute weekday show soon became the "50-50 Club" when it began simulcasting on WLW and WLWT television. By 1951, Ruth Lyons was a household name outside of Cincinnati. NBC aired the "50-50 Club" nationwide for eleven months that year, one of several programs produced in Cincinnati by WLWT and broadcast by every station in the network. The show marked another milestone in 1957 by becoming the first color TV broadcast in Cincinnati. Ruth had a number of co-hosts during her years on the "50-50 Club," including Paul Jones, Willie Thall, Peter Grant and Bob Braun, and the latter stepped in when Ruth retired in 1967. Joining ASCAP in 1957, her popular-song compositions include "Wasn't the Summer Short?", "The Ten Tunes of Christmas", "Let's Light the Christmas Tree", "This Is Christmas", and "Christmas Is a Birthday Time".
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Kathleen Myers was born on 16 April 1899 in Covington, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Babbitt (1924), Midnight Secrets (1924) and Go West (1925). She was married to Andrew H Nordheim and Harold Gowdy Ohnstein. She died on 27 September 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.- Kyle Plush died on 10 April 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
