Archive for January 20th, 2011

FORMER ASTRONAUT IS 81 TODAY

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Buzz Aldrin , retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the Moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong.

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                                       Aldrin on the Moon

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JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS SWORN IN ON THIS DATE IN 1961

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John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. President to have his Inauguration
telecast in color. The NBC television network covered the event.

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John F. Kennedy being sworn in as the 35th President of the United states

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                 President Kennedy delivering his Inaugural address

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