On This Day – Goodbye to Neil Armstrong, 1st to walk on moon

ON THIS DAY - August 25th:

1910 - Yellow Cab is founded.
1932 - Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1944 - General De Gaulle walks the Champs Elysees in Paris after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation
1991 - 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley & Patricia Wettig win

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1913 - Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
1930 - Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (James Bond films)
1931 - Regis Philbin, Bronx, New York, American talk & game show host (Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
1933 - Tom Skerritt, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama), born in Detroit, Michigan
1958 - Tim Burton, Burbank California, American film director (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands)
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart)
1964 - Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor (Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident)

GOODBYE TO:

1965 - Moonlight Graham, American baseball player
1984 - Truman Capote, American author (In Cold Blood), dies of liver cancer at 59

2012 - Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, dies from heart surgery complications at 82

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