MARK BUEHRLE TOSSED A PERFECT GAME: WATCH LIVE VIDEO

President Barack Obama congratulates Mark Buehrle through phone call after tossing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on the South Side of Chicago Thursday afternoon. Obama is a noted White Sox and baseball fan.

"I'm still in shock. Thank you, sir," Buehrle told Obama over the phone.

Buehrle who is a White Sox pitcher and the 26th pitcher who throw a no-hitter and tossed a perfect game. He made in major league history to record multiple no-hitters, and just a second to accomplish the feat multiple times. It was the only the 17th perfect game of all time in the regular season.

He was also congratulated by Manager Ozzie Guillen in the concourse outside the team locker room after tossing the game.

The perfect game helped the White Sox move into a de facto tie against the Detroit Tigers for the first place in Al Central with two teams to open for a four-game series on Friday in Detroit.

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APOLLO 11: A LANDMARK MOMENT

President Obama paid a worthy tribute on the 40th Anniversary of the first mission to the moon, Apollo 11 and welcomed at the White House Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins calling them as the "three genuine American heroes" which inspired a generation of scientists and engineers.

Forty years ago, July 20, 1969, the world was sparkled with the news of the first landing to the moon. It was the landmark moment in history when Apollo 11 led by Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. The event was the most remarkable achievements which captured the imagination of the Nation and the World.

The President also said, "I think that all of us recall the moment in which mankind finally was untethered from this planet and was able to explore the stars, the moment in which we had one of our own step on the moon and leave that imprint that is there to this day."

He also added, "We are - all of us, thankful and grateful to all of you for what you've done and we expect that there's, as we speak, another generation of kids out there who are looking up at the sky and are going to be the next Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin. And we want to make sure that NASA is going to be there for them when they want to take their journey."

Watch the timeline video of the First Mission to the Moon:

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