Sat
Jul 20 2019
01:06 pm
By: R. Neal
Fifty years ago today at about 10:56PM Eastern Time (02:56:15 UTC 21 Jul 1969), Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. He and Buzz Aldrin installed a plaque that said "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."
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Local TV News
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News Sentinel
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