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A girl holding a copy of The Washington Post, reporting the Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 21, 1969 As of 2018 [update] , the United States had 1,279 [ 1 ] daily newspapers that were printed and distributed in the nation .
July 21, 1969 (Monday) [ edit ] In what NASA considered to be the most dangerous part of the Apollo 11 mission, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to use rockets to lift off from somewhere other than Earth, departing the lunar surface at 17:54 UTC (1:54 p.m. EDT) in order to return to the orbiting command module. [ 83 ]
At 10:56 pm ET (02:56 UTC July 21), an estimated 650 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes the first historic steps by a human on the surface. July 21 – A. D. King, younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at age 38.
UK singles chart number ones UK singles chart 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Other charts Melody Maker – 1956–1969 Melody Maker – 1970s Melody Maker – 1980s NME – 1960s NME – 1970s NME – 1980s Record Mirror (1955–1962) Miscellaneous charts 1952–1969 Miscellaneous charts 1969–1988 Related Official Charts Company Christmas number one Melody Maker was a ...
25 July – The Family Law Reform Act 1969 receives royal assent and comes partly into effect in England and Wales. It reduces the age of majority from 21 to 18 (with effect from 1 January 1970); allows a bastard child to inherit on the intestacy of a parent; and allows competent 16- and 17-year-olds to consent to medical treatment. [33]
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1969 per Variety. The data from April 9, 1969, is per Variety' s weekly 50 Top-Grossing Films chart which was first published on April 23, 1969.
17 April – Bernadette Devlin, the 21-year-old student and civil rights campaigner, won the Mid-Ulster by-election. She was the youngest-ever female Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. 20 April – British troops arrived in Northern Ireland as a back-up to the Royal Ulster Constabulary .
July 10: The first chapter of the story Zagor Racconta ( from the series Zagor) by Guido Nolitta and Gallieno Ferri, is published and reveals the origins of the hero. [ 20 ] July 15 : In Tintin , the first chapter of Michel Vaillant 's story 5 Filles dans la Course ! by Jean Graton is serialized.