U.S. President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University in Houston on Sept. 12, 1962. During his address, Kennedy declared that the country would attempt to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade, a goal that was fulfilled when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University in Houston on Sept. 12, 1962. During his address, Kennedy declared that the country would attempt to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade, a goal that was fulfilled when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous address at Rice University in Houston in 1962, announcing the country’s commitment to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
On this date:
1940: Prehistoric cave paintings estimated to be thousands of years old are discovered at Lascaux in southwestern France.
1959: The television western “Bonanza” makes its debut.
1979: Boston Red Sox first baseman Carl Yastrzemski records his 3,000th MLB hit in a 9-2 home win over the New York Yankees.
1992: Astronaut Mae Jemison becomes the first Black woman to travel into space.
2013: NASA announces that Voyager 1 has become the first human-made spacecraft to enter interstellar space.
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Jesse Owens, American track and field athlete (1913)
Barry White, American musician (1944)
Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player (1980)
Jennifer Hudson, American musician and actress (1981)
Freddie Freeman, Canadian-American baseball player (1989)
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