The Apollo program! The first one to make it to the moon was Apollo 11. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first people on the moon.
George Washington was a pivotal figure in the French and Indian War from the earliest days. For Washington the French and Indian War started in late 1753, when he was selected as the British emissary to the French frontier establishment. It ended with the fall of Fort Duquesne to the combined British and colonial forces.