Former astronaut Neil Armstrong gives a thumbs up to the audience after narrating the Finale, of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait", honoring the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, during a concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at Riverbend Music Center, Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Cincinnati. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Former astronaut Neil Armstrong gives a thumbs up to the audience after narrating the Finale, of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait", honoring the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, during a concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at Riverbend Music Center, Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Cincinnati.

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  1. Former U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin listens to U.S. President Barack Obama (unseen) speak during an event to look at the stars with local middle school students and astronomers from across the country on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, October 7, 2009. Aldrin, together with Neil Armstrong, was one of the first two humans to set foot on the moon.
  2. FILE - In this 1969 file photo, astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong rehearse tasks they will perform on the moon after landing in July 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The detection of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should serve as a wake-up call for more than 130 countries who received gifts of lunar rubble from both the Apollo 11 flight in 1969 and Apollo 17 three years later. Experts say the whereabouts are unknown of hundreds of tiny rocks scooped up by U.S. astronauts and given by the Nixon administration to friendly nations.
  3. FILE - In this 1969 file photo, astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong rehearse tasks they will perform on the moon after landing in July 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The detection of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should serve as a wake-up call for more than 130 countries who received gifts of lunar rubble from both the Apollo 11 flight in 1969 and Apollo 17 three years later. Experts say the whereabouts are unknown of hundreds of tiny rocks scooped up by U.S. astronauts and given by the Nixon administration to friendly nations.
  4. Abraham Lincoln presenter Fritz Klein walks past Illinois's Old State Capitol after officials from the U.S. Mint released a new Lincoln penny in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Aug 13, 2009.
  5. Celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, the U.S. Mint releases a new penny showing Abraham Lincoln speaking to the Illinois Legislature, at the Illinois Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Aug 13, 2009.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) speaks underneath a statue of Abraham Lincoln during a ceremony to honor Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote.
  7. With a statue of Abraham Lincoln looming at left, former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke speaks in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.
  8. President Barack Obama speaks under a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, right, received the Congressional Gold Medal. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. is at center.
  9. Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke watches the colors under the statue of President Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda on Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.

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  8. Residents wade through the Huiza river after the collapse of the Melara bridge in the coastal town of La Libertad, 45 km south of San Salvador, November 9, 2009. Hurricane Ida roared through the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after triggering floods and mudslides that killed 124 people in El Salvador. Ida was expected to weaken gradually on Monday as it heads toward some of the oil and gas production facilities in the central Gulf, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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  10. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) meets with U.S. Senators including (L-R) Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Richard Lugar (R-IN) and John McCain (R-AZ) on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 9, 2009.
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  12. Former Polish President Lech Walesa, center, is hit by a cameraman on a vehicle after he pushed the first domino block on the corner of the Reichstag in Berlin, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989.
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