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July 16, 1969: Launch of Apollo 11 North America taken July 16 during the translunar part of the journey Apollo 11 , with Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins , lifted off as scheduled from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 9:32 a.m. local time (1332 UTC).
July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 155 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 587 BC ...
July 4 – Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin are shot at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. Mageau survives the attack while Ferrin is pronounced dead-on-arrival at Richmond Medical Center. July 8 – Vietnam War: The first U.S. troop withdrawals are made.
1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time. On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the Moon's surface with two astronauts aboard. . Days later the crew of three returned safely to Earth, satisfying U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1962 challenge of 25 May 1961, that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of ...
1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
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July 14 – Attorney General Mitchell announces the Nixon administration is doing less electronic surveillance than the administration of his direct predecessor Lyndon B. Johnson during a press conference. [82] July 20 – Apollo 11 lands the first two humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon. Nixon makes the longest long ...
March 7, 1969: Apollo 9 astronauts prove that the Apollo Lunar Module works March 17, 1969: Golda Meir becomes new Prime Minister of Israel March 2, 1969: Supersonic Concorde jet makes its first flight [1] March 25, 1969: Pakistan's dictator Ayub Khan resigns [2]