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Discovery of Moon

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1961–1969Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy1961

Washington · Science / Astronomy

"The goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon"

1969

Neil Armstrong20 July 1969

Sea of Tranquillity · Science / Astronomy

The Eagle lands on the Sea of Tranquility near the lunar equator

Names involved

John Fitzgerald KennedyNeil Armstrong

Provenance

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