Return to Earth
Time: Thursday Jul 24, 1969
Place: North Pacific Ocean
Details: After they re-entered the LM, the hatch was closed and sealed. While preparing for the liftoff from the lunar surface, Armstrong and Aldrin discovered that, in their bulky space suits, they had broken the ignition switch for the ascent engine; using part of a pen, they pushed the circuit breaker in to activate the launch sequence. The Eagle then continued to its rendezvous in lunar orbit, where it docked with Columbia, the command and service module. The three astronauts returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, to be picked up by the USS Hornet.
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July 1969
Richard Nixon-Nixon visited South Vietnam
Jul, 1969 - South Vietnam
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Sarawak Communist Organisation created the North Kalimantan People's Guerrilla Force
Sunday Jul 13, 1969 - North Kalimantan, Indonesia
Neil Armstrong-Apollo 11 Launch
Wednesday Jul 16, 1969 - Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, U.S.
Indira Gandhi-Minister of Finance
Wednesday Jul 16, 1969 - New Delhi, India
Richard Nixon-The United States won The Race to Land Astronauts on The Moon
Sunday Jul 20, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The Landing on the surface of the Moon
Sunday Jul 20, 1969 at 08:17:00 PM - The Moon
Neil Armstrong-The First Moon walk
Monday Jul 21, 1969 at 05:56:00 AM - The Moon
Neil Armstrong-The Second human to walk on the Moon
Monday Jul 21, 1969 - The Moon
Juan Carlos I-The Spanish Parliament ratifie on Juan as The Prince of Spain
Tuesday Jul 22, 1969 - Madrid, Spain
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Vietnam War-Troops Withdrawals
1969 - Vitnam
Shimon Peres-Minister of Immigrant Absorption
1969 - Israel
Margaret Thatcher-Her First Visit To The Soviet Union
1969 - Moscow, Russia
Iran–Iraq War-Iranian delegation
1969 - Iraq
Lula da Silva-Marriage
1969 - Brazil
BMW-BMW's first dealership in Canada
1969 - Ottawa, Canada
Fidel Castro-Castro's administration's 10th anniversary
Jan, 1969 - Havana, Cuba
Magdi Yacoub-Moving to the United States
1969 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
First Sudanese Civil War-Aggrey Jaden Left The Movement
1969 - Southern Sudan (then the Sudan)
First Sudanese Civil War-Gordon Muortat Mayen Was Elected Unanimously as The New Leader of The South
1969 - Southern Sudan (then the Sudan)
Microprocessor-The CTC 1201
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1969 - U.S.
Microprocessor-The Origination of The project That Produced The 4004
1969 - California, U.S.
Muhammad Yunus-Assistant Professor of Economics
1969 - Murfreesboro, TN, USA
Gary Ridgway-Ridgway's Graduation and marriage
Wednesday Jan 1, 1969 - 4424 South 188th Street, SeaTac, Washington 98188, United States
Robin Williams-High school graduation
1969 - Tiburon, California, U.S.
Linux-The Unix operating system
1969 - New Jersey, U.S.
Cameras-The First semiconductor image Sensor
1969 - New Jersey, U.S.
Computer animation-Scanimate
1969 - Denver, U.S.
Ted Bundy-Bundy visited the office of birth records in Burlington
1969 - Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The official announcement of Apollo 11
Thursday Jan 9, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-Andrea Dotti married Hepburn
Saturday Jan 18, 1969 - Italy
Richard Nixon-Nixon was Inaugurated as President
Monday Jan 20, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Day for Rejoicing
Monday Jan 20, 1969 - U.S.
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Sarawak United People's Party's leadership reversed the party's anti-Malaysia policy
Feb, 1969 - Sarawak, Malaysia
1973 oil crisis-American domestic output of oil was peaking
1969 - U.S.
Black History Month-Black History Month was first proposed
Feb, 1969 - Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Moved to San Francisco
1969 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Determining the first person on the Moon
Mar, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1973 oil crisis-Nixon decided to keep the quotas due to vigorous political opposition
1969 - U.S.
Itzak Stern-Death
1969 - Israel
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Indonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong
Tuesday Mar 25, 1969 - West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Death
Friday Mar 28, 1969 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Manuel Pérez-Guerrero
Mar, 1969 - Geneva, Switzerland
Josip Broz Tito-Tito removed generals Ivan Gošnjak and Rade Hamović in the aftermath of the invasion of Czechoslovakia
Apr, 1969 - Yugoslavia
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Funeral
Monday Mar 31, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Tuesday Apr 8, 1969 - California, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The reason for choosing Armstrong to be the First
Monday Apr 14, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Freddie Mercury-Graduation
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Freddie Mercury-Mercury joined a series of bands and sold second-hand clothes in Kensington Market in London with Roger Taylor
1969 - Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle resigned from the presidency
Monday Apr 28, 1969 - Paris, France
Freddie Mercury-Mercury joined Liverpool-based band Ibex
1969 - Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Ted Bundy-Bundy met Elizabeth Kloepfer
1969 - Washington, U.S.
First Sudanese Civil War-The Second Military Coup
Sunday May 25, 1969 - Khartoum, Sudan
Freddie Mercury-Mercury was registered a citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies
Monday Jun 2, 1969 - England, United Kingdom
Richard Nixon-Nixon visited South Vietnam
Jul, 1969 - South Vietnam
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Sarawak Communist Organisation created the North Kalimantan People's Guerrilla Force
Sunday Jul 13, 1969 - North Kalimantan, Indonesia
Neil Armstrong-Apollo 11 Launch
Wednesday Jul 16, 1969 - Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, U.S.
Indira Gandhi-Minister of Finance
Wednesday Jul 16, 1969 - New Delhi, India
Richard Nixon-The United States won The Race to Land Astronauts on The Moon
Sunday Jul 20, 1969 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-The Landing on the surface of the Moon
Sunday Jul 20, 1969 at 08:17:00 PM - The Moon
Neil Armstrong-The First Moon walk
Monday Jul 21, 1969 at 05:56:00 AM - The Moon
Neil Armstrong-The Second human to walk on the Moon
Monday Jul 21, 1969 - The Moon
Juan Carlos I-The Spanish Parliament ratifie on Juan as The Prince of Spain
Tuesday Jul 22, 1969 - Madrid, Spain
Flag of Bhutan-Current flag
1969 - Bhutan
The Beatles-The Last Occasion on which all Four Beatles Were Together
Wednesday Aug 20, 1969 - England
Vietnam War-Ho Chi Minh Death
Tuesday Sep 2, 1969 - South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh-The Mourning
Thursday Sep 4, 1969 - Vietnam
River Phoenix-Phoenix's parents marriage
Saturday Sep 13, 1969 - California, United States
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1969 - U.S.
The Beatles-Lennon Announced His Departure
Saturday Sep 20, 1969 - England
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky Relocated To an Apartment in Essex House In New York City
Oct, 1969 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Valentine's Day-Removal of saint valentine from the roman catholic calendar of saints
1969 - Vatican City
Vietnam War-The Vietnam Moratorium
Wednesday Oct 15, 1969 - Vietnam
Vietnam War-Operation Giant Lance
Monday Oct 27, 1969 - Soviet Union, (Russia)
Internet-Bolt Beranek & Newman and the first ARPANET link was established
Thursday Oct 30, 1969 at 12:30:00 PM - California, U.S.
Best Buy-Sound of Music had three stores
1969 - U.S.
Xerox-Xerox acquired Scientific Data Systems (SDS)
1969 - U.S.
Xerox-The laser printer was invented in 1969 by Xerox researcher Gary Starkweather
1969 - U.S.
Pedro López (serial killer)- López was imprisoned
1969 - Ecuador
Internet-4-node network was connected
Saturday Dec 6, 1969 - U.S.
April Fools' Day-Pranks (Netherlands)
1969 - Netherlands
Nobel Prize-Economic Science's Prize
Wednesday Dec 10, 1969 - Stockholm, Sweden
Disasters with highest death tolls-1969 East Pakistan Tornado1969 East Pakistan Tornado
1969 - East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Pope Francis-Priesthood
Saturday Dec 13, 1969 - Argentina
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip spoke about his views on republicanism
1969 - Canada
James Bond-On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Thursday Dec 18, 1969 - United Kingdom
Joe Biden-Biden practiced law first as a public defender
1969 - Delaware, U.S.
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1969
1969 - Vietnam