This day in history is perhaps one of the greatest achievements of humankind. Less than 70 years of powered flight, three men were sent to the moon. It started on July 16, 1969 when Apollo 11 successfully launched. Three days later it settled into lunar orbit and on this day, July 20th, the Lunar Module landed on the moon. That was followed by Neil Armstrong being the first man to walk on the moon, utter the famous words:
“That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind”
A neat video from YouTube which shows a quick highlight of the mission: