Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) was born on August 5 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. He was an American astronaut and was the first human to walk on the moon. This occurred with the Apollo 11 lunar mission on July 20, 1969. He made the famous statement "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind".
2. Soldier and politician
Answer: Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (1786-1836) was born on August 17 in Tennessee. He was an American folk hero having been a soldier, frontiersman and politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee (1827-1831) and (1833-1835). He died at the famous Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
3. Moonwalk dance
Answer: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson (1958-2009) was born on August 29 in Gary, Indiana, USA. He was a singer and songwriter. During his career he won 15 Grammy Awards, 26 American Music Awards and had 13 number one hits on the US charts. "Thriller" (1982) is the best selling album of all-time.
4. American gangster
Answer: Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz (1901-1935) was born on August 6 in The Bronx, New York City. Dutch was a gangster/ monster of the 1920s and 1930s in the New York City area specialising in bootlegging and the numbers racket. He was shot in a restaurant by hitmen and later died in hospital.
5. Scottish scientist
Answer: Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) was born on August 6 in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 1929s he discovered penicillin and lysozyme and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1945. He received a knighthood in 1944.
6. British film director
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was born on August 13 in Essex, England. He became a famous film director and producer and was known as "the master of suspense". He directed such classic films as "Rebecca"(1940), "Rear Window" (1954), "Vertigo" (1954), "North by Northwest"(1959) and "Physco" (1960).
7. Low cost, no frills airline
Answer: Freddie Laker
Freddie Laker (1922-2006) was born on August 6 in Kent, England. He was an English entrepreneur. He founded Laker Airways in 1966 and was one of the first airline owners to adopt the business model of "low cost/ no frills". The business went bankrupt in 1986, yet many modern day airlines have copied and expanded on his original ideas.
8. English poet
Answer: Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) was born in Lincolnshire, England on August 5. He remains one of Britain's most popular poets and was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland from 1850-1892.
9. Satchmo
Answer: Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was born on August 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a trumpeter, composer, vocalist and actor. He played dixieland, jazz and swing music. He had hit numbers such as "Stardust", "What a Wonderful World", " When The Saints Go Marching In", "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and in 1964 he knocked the Beatles off the number one spot on the US charts with "Hello Dolly".
10. Pop art
Answer: Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was born on August 6 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an American artist whose visual art movement became known as pop art. His New York art studio known as The Factory became a popular meeting place for people from all walks of life. His most famous silkscreen paintings include "Campbell's Soup Cans"(1962) and " Marilyn Diptych" (1962).
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