Armstrong and Aldrin set up 'solar wind' collector, seismic detector and laser reflector; find surface hard when they drive coring tubes into it to get core samples; rept surface powder is dark, slippery and almost carbon-like in appearance (W Sullivan rept)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 16, 1969, covering July 21, 1969.

1
Hair
Original Cast Recording
Last week
1
Peak
1
Weeks
51
2
Romeo & Juliet (1969)
Soundtrack
Last week
2
Peak
2
Weeks
24
3
Blood; Sweat & Tears
Blood| Sweat & Tears
Last week
3
Peak
1
Weeks
25
4
The Age Of Aquarius
The 5th Dimension
Last week
5
Peak
2
Weeks
8
5
This Is Tom Jones
Tom Jones
Last week
4
Peak
4
Weeks
6

Notable Births

1969Godfrey, American comedian and actor^[†]

Godfrey C. Danchimah Jr., professionally known mononymously as Godfrey, is an American comedian, impressionist and actor who has appeared on BET, VH1, Comedy Central, and feature films, such as Soul Plane, Original Gangstas, Zoolander, and Johnson Family Vacation. He was also a spokesperson for 7 Up during the popular '7up yours' advertising campaign and a cast member on the first season of The It Factor, a reality television show. Currently, he is a regular performer at the comedy club Comedy Cellar in New York. He is also known for doing the voices of Mr. Stubborn and Mr. Tall in The Mr. Men Show and hosting the FOX game show Bullseye. Godfrey also hosted his own radio show on SiriusXM until he parted ways with the show in July 2019. He now owns and hosts a podcast called 'In Godfrey We Trust' on the “Gas Digital Network”. He is also known for collaborating with other social media stars such as King Bach, Destorm Power, etc. He was once a regular guest on VladTV.

1969Klaus Graf, German race car driver^[†]

Klaus Graf is a German professional racing driver. He is the son of rally driver Peter Graf. He lives in the United States while competing in the American Le Mans Series. He resulted LMP1 class champion in 2012, and runner-up in 2010 and 2011.

1969Emerson Hart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer^[†]

Emerson Hart is a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and producer. He is the lead singer and songwriter of the alternative rock band Tonic.

1969Isabell Werth, German equestrian^[†]

Isabell Werth is a German equestrian who has competed in dressage at seven Olympic Games —1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020, 2024— winning the gold medal in the team event in all seven, and one gold and six silver medals in the individual event. She stands alone in having medals from seven Olympics, or across a span of 32 years; her 14 medals are the most for any German or equestrian. She also has numerous titles in the World and European Championships and World Cups.

Historical Events

1969Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.^[†]

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo followed Project Mercury that put the first Americans in space. It was conceived in 1960 as a three-person spacecraft during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third American human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo.

Historical Context for July 21, 1969

In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people^[†]

Headlines from July 21, 1969

VOYAGE TO THE MOON

ASTRONAUTS LAND ON PLAIN; COLLECT ROCKS, PLANT FLAG; A Powdery Surface Is Closely Explored

Voice From Moon: 'Eagle Has Landed'; From the Lunar Surface, a Message to Mission Control: 'The Eagle Has Landed'

Nixon Makes 'Most Historic Telephone Call Ever'

Lunar Tests May Give Answer's to Old Riddles

Hair

Romeo & Juliet (1969)

Blood; Sweat & Tears

The Age Of Aquarius

This Is Tom Jones

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for July 21, 1969