Early years
Neil Alden Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. There were three children in a family of Viola Louise Engel and Stephen Koenig Armstrong. His father, Stephen Koenig Armstrong, worked as an auditor for the Ohio state government. Neil had younger brother Dean and younger sister June. Because of Stephen Armstrong’s service the family moved from one town to another and after Neil’s birth they lived in twenty different towns. When Neil was two years old his father took him to the Cleveland Air Races. At that time Neil grew fond of flying. The first airplane flight in Neil’s life was in July 1936 when Neil was six years old. It was in Warren, Ohio, when his father took him to go for a ride in a Ford Trimotor.
The final moving of the family was to Wapakoneta in 1944. Neil Armstrong entered Blume High School there. He started to attend flying lessons at the county airport and received the flight certificate at the age of fifteen. It should be noted that Neil Armstrong earned his driver’s license later than the flight certificate. He also was a member of the Boy Scouts and in the end he received the rank of Eagle Scout. From 1947 to 1955 Neil studied at Purdue University.
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up at seven and got up at once. I began my day with my morning
exercises. It took me half an hour to do them. Then I took a shower and
shaved, dressed and did my hair. After that I had breakfast. Then I took
my dog out for a short time. I left the house at nine o'clock and walked
to the underground station. It took me twenty minutes to get to the
office by underground. Work began at half past nine. I looked through the
morning mail and answered the letters and faxes. Then I discussed various
problems with my collegues.
Our lunch break was at one, and we all went to the canteen. I had a light lunch, so it didn't take long, and I had enough time to have a smoke and talk to my friends before
work began again. A lot of people rang me in the afternoon, and my
secretary asked me to answer the calls. That kept me busy till
half past four, when I had a tea break. After that I held a
short meeting with my collegues, and we discussed our plans for the
day. I finished work at six, and sometimes a friend drove me to the park,
where we had a game of tennis. I was quite good at tennis, so I taught
him to play. We went home together because we lived near each other. That was my usual weekday.
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