THE SUN - 1st man on the moon Neil Armstrong dies, Aug 26, 2012

"TRIBUTES poured in last night for Neil Armstrong — whose “one giant leap for mankind” made him the first astronaut on the Moon.
The Apollo 11 mission commander — whose historic lunar landing in 1969 was watched by a fifth of the world’s population — has died aged 82.
Armstrong had emergency heart-bypass surgery to relieve blocked coronary arteries on August 7, two days after his birthday."

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THE TELEGRAPH - Olympic Closing Ceremony London 2012, Aug 14, 2012

The musical director of the Olympic Closing Ceremony, David Arnold, said he had whittled down the Guinness Book of Hit Singles to thirty tracks for a curtain closer that would be a celebration of British music. But was there really a pop song that hadn’t been played at these games over the last two weeks? Because from the moment Danny Boyle had his nurses flinging themselves around to Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, London 2012 has been a cacophony of pop music. Blaring out of every arena at every opportunity have been the choruses of Dizzee Rascal’s Bonkers or Queen’s We Will Rock You. Many events seemed like they were taking part inside a nightclub with a sideshow of some sport to break up the rotation of full-throttle hits.

    

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CS MONITOR - London 2012 closing ceremony ends a 'happy and glorious' Olympics, Aug 14. 2012

 "London, after all, was not Beijing, Turin, or Salt Lake. It had nothing to prove to anyone and certainly didn't need to spend $14 billion for a party. All Britain – indeed all the British Commonwealth – had already had a rather large one to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne. After a Diamond Jubilee, wouldn't an Olympic Games, even a golden one, be a little less precious?"

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MICHAEL PHELPS with all his Olympic medals, Aug 05, 2012, Yahoo.Sports

 Medal No. 5
The U.S. team -- Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay and Klete Keller -- beat Australia to win gold in the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay in a time of 7:07.33. Phelps collects his second gold of the night.

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MICHAEL PHELPS with all his Olympic medals, Aug 05, 2012, Yahoo Sports

 

Medal No. 1
Michael Phelps wins the Olympic gold and sets a new world record in men's 400-meter Individual Medley in 4:08:26 ahead of compatriot Erik Vendt (left) and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece, August 14, 2004. It was the first of many Olympic medals for Phelps.

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