The first human steps on the Moon
The first human steps on the Moon
The facts
| Dates | AD 1969 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The first human steps on the Moon falls 5973 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The detonation of the first atomic bombAD 1945The first successful climb of Mount EverestAD 1953The launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satelliteAD 1957The assassination of Martin Luther King JrAD 1968The Water gate Scandal 1973- Billy Graham preaches to 1 milliom South…AD 1972The eradication of small pox 1996-Benjamin Netanyahu elected Israel’s…AD 1980The first space shuttle launchAD 1981The fall of the Berlin WallAD 1989
Now see where it sits
Everything on this page has a place on one 45×37″ chart — and once you can see what came before and after it, it stops being a fact and starts being a story you can follow.