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These American flag facts are all about its history, its stars and stripes, and how you should display the flag. There's a lot you may not know about Old Glory!
The image of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with an American flag is one of the most iconic photos in American history. The U.S. planted the first flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
It was encircled by the inscription American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 in Helvetica Regular. An early use of the logo was on a 1971 US postage stamp. The logo became a flag that flew at many government facilities throughout the United States and appeared on many other souvenirs and postage stamps issued by the Postal Service.
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
1975 1992 Cape Verde: Central African Republic: 1903 1958 Central African Republic: Chad: 1959 Chad: Chile: 1812 1817 1818 Chile: China: 1888 [4] 1912 [4] 1928 [4] 1949 [4] China, People's Republic of: Colombia: 1525 1785 1811 1814 1816 1819 1820 1821 1831 1834 1861 1861 Colombia: Comoros: 1887 1963 1975 1978 1992 1996 2001 Comoros: Congo ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. 1975 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 1975. For other uses, see 1975 (disambiguation). Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s ...
July 6 – Ruffian, an American champion thoroughbred racehorse breaks down in a match race against Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure; she has to be euthanized the following day. July 17 – Apollo–Soyuz Test Project : An American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from ...