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betaWashington D.C., U.S. Mar, 1969 Neil ArmstrongDetermining the first person on the Moon
Washington D.C., U.S. Mar, 1969 According to Chris Kraft, a March 1969 meeting among Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, and Kraft determined that Armstrong would be the first person on the Moon, in part because NASA management saw him as a person who did not have a large ego.
West Kalimantan, Indonesia Tuesday Mar 25, 1969 Communist insurgency in SarawakIndonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong
West Kalimantan, Indonesia Tuesday Mar 25, 1969 On 25 March 1969, Indonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong in West Kalimantan following a two-day battle, wiping out the Sarawak People's Guerrilla Force's largest corps.
Washington, D.C., U.S. Friday Mar 28, 1969 Dwight D. EisenhowerDeath
Washington, D.C., U.S. Friday Mar 28, 1969 On the morning of March 28, 1969, Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C., of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at age 78. The following day, his body was moved to the Washington National Cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel, where he lay in repose for 28 hours.
Geneva, Switzerland Mar, 1969 Washington D.C., U.S. Monday Mar 31, 1969
