Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary, along with Steve Fossett and Patrick Morrow, flew to the North Pole in 1985. They faced little trouble on their journey and uncorked frozen champagne at the pole. The North Pole has a magnetic and fixed point, and the South Pole is colder. The best way to view the […]
Neil Gaiman is an award-winning writer with a cult following, born in England and now living in Minnesota. He achieved geek god status with his comic book hero, The Sandman, and has since conquered the world of fiction with bestsellers such as American Gods and Good Omens. He is also turning to filmmaking, producing Stardust […]
Neil Simon is a prolific American playwright known for his New York-themed plays. He began writing at 21 and wrote for television before making his Broadway debut with Come Blow Your Horn in 1961. His most famous work, Lost in Yonkers, won a Pulitzer Prize and he has won numerous other awards throughout his career. […]
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. He was an astronaut who had previously flown on the Gemini program. Armstrong was born in 1930 and became an Eagle Scout before studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University. He served in the Navy during the Korean […]
