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July 1969

American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin touched down on the moon near the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969. At 10:56 pm Eastern Daylight Time, Armstrong stepped out of the lunar lander Eagle and said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

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