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Event date: January 20, 1930  

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Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr, US astronaut, is born

Colonel Buzz Eugene Aldrin, Sc.D (born January 20, 1930 as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.) is an American pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. He became the second human to set foot on the Moon (after Mission Commander Neil Armstrong).

Trivia:
Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon.
In 1996, Aldrin descended to the wreck of the RMS Titanic on the INFRAER submersible.
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