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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).
1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common ... March 29 – The Eurovision Song ... 1969). July 20 . Apollo ...
The weather station of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, records the heaviest calendar year precipitation in the US east of the Cascades with 130.14 inches (3,305.6 mm), beating the previous record of Rosman, North Carolina, by 0.54 inches (13.7 mm). [11] Fall – First-generation Dodge Challenger automobile introduced in the United States.
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 ...
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July 4 – President Nixon radios a praiseful message to a group of explorers crossing the Atlantic Ocean while in an Egyptian reed boat. [69] July 5 – President Nixon announces the names of the US delegation to the discussion with Russia on strategic arm limitations. [70] July 6 – President Nixon returns to Washington from his five-day ...
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 ...
Victorian SEC workers strike for 24 hours from midnight for the fourth time this year, causing widespread disruption to power supplies. [5] 29 November – The rebuilding of the Sydney-Perth rail corridor to standard gauge is completed.