Where were you on July 20, 1969?

[techs]

Assuming you were alive, do you remember where you were when Apollo 11 landed and Neil Armstrong set foot upon the moon?


And just a thought, but for something so historic an event, how many people knew the importance of July 20 without the year being mentioned?

 

[mnewsham]

My mother was 2 and a half.

 

[woodie1]

I was working for NASA at a down range tracking station.

 

[techs]

I was working for NASA at a down range tracking station.

No sh*t? Where?

 

[SillyOReilly]

I was watching Neil step on the moon in the movie studio.

 

[woodie1]

No sh*t? Where?

Grand Turk.

 

[techs]

I was watching Neil step on the moon in the movie studio.

I'd be careful talking that crap around Buzz Aldrin. He's still only 82 and has a mean overhand right.

 

[leper84]

I was in pair of balls

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I was about 14 years away from being born. If you hadn't included the year, I would have had no idea what you were talking about. And even if you had included the year, I would have had no idea without you specifying the moon landing. July 20th just doesn't strike me as a day that's etched into the national conscience in the same way as December 7th (Pearl Harbor) or September 11th (World Trade Center) or July 11th (free Slurpee day).

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

In the kitchen of the farmhouse my grandfather built watching it with him. It was a toss up which of us was more excited. He lived from the steam age to watching a man land on the moon. I hope to live long enough to witness half the incredible changes he saw.

 

[Dominato3r]

I was in pair of balls

this

 

[techs]

I was in pair of balls

this

Well, I am pretty sure that in some States you were considered a person.

 

[Kadarin]

I was less than a year old, so I was probably in a stroller or crawling around.

 

[Harrod]

/0

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Not alive yet, but I did know the significance of July 20 even without the year being attached.

 

[Linflas]

Summer between 7th and 8th grade, I was glued to the TV watching it and trying to record it on my cassette recorder.

 

[Paperdoc]

Not quite three years married, my wife and I watched it on live (black & white) TV in our basement apartment.

And no, I did not recognize the date.

 

[Mojoed]

I was protein in some cow.

 

[ch33zw1z]

11 years before me. I didn't know what 7/20 was.

 

[gorcorps]

my dad was 9

 

[SKORPI0]

I was 11 year 8 months old by that time and at home watching/listening to it live on TV/Radio. :hmm:

 

[Rubycon]

Broke open a thermometer and was rolling mercury around on top of the telly. It got away (quicksilver is faster than a weasel in heat!) and found the slots in the back of the chassis. Some pretty blue/green sparks from inside along with the magic smoke meant the event was missed for us. D:

 

[Bubbaleone]

...

 

[jalaram]

I was 7 days away from being born.

 

[MetalMat]

In jail