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How would this day turn out?': The reporter covering Apollo 11 for America's biggest paper recalls July 20, 1969 - Poynter
Newspapers.com - U.S. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Americans weren't the only ones eager for
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