Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue a degree in ...
The legislature names the new school Purdue University. Groundbreaking for the first campus buildings. The first buildings on campus include the Boiler and Gas House, Military Hall and Gymnasium, ...
Related: Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon He gave testimony before Congress, commemorated past spaceflights on their anniversaries and spoke to students at Purdue, where he had earned a ...