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Richard Nixon - The United States won The Race to Land Astronauts on The Moon

Time: Sunday Jul 20, 1969

Place: Washington D.C., U.S.

Details: After a nearly decade-long national effort, the United States won the race to land astronauts on the Moon on July 20, 1969, with the flight of Apollo 11. Nixon spoke with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during their moonwalk. He called the conversation "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House"

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