The Moon Landing. Not Such A Hoax!
On the 20th July 1969 man finally touched down on another terrestrial body, namely the moon. It is one of those 
‘where were you when’ moments in a persons life that you will always remember. At the time I was at primary school and we were all glued to the public address system listening to the preparation of Neil doing his one giant leap for all mankind. I have to admit that most of my fellow students were more interested in getting some free time away from their schoolwork but me and my nerdy mates were captivated. It was actually going to happen. We were going to set foot onto another world – even though it was just our moon.
There have been all sorts of conspirators theories about did it actually happen. Did they really go to the moon or was it just a hoax movie. But you always get that from a minority that love to look for something that might be missing. I think the biggest conspiracy of the time was actually the early cancellation of the original series of Star Trek on the 3rd June 1969. That was just 47 days before the moon landing. If you add 4+7 you get 11 (Apollo 11). What did I tell you? Just to prove anyone can have a theory. You could now link Paramount to the hoax moon-landing movie. ‘Yeah Right’
Any how just for a bit of fun, I had a look around to see what else was happening in the world that, the moon landing over shadowed. I found some very interesting tit bits. In June, July and August of 1969 a lot of memorable stuff was going down.
Jun 3. The last episode of Star Trek aired on NBC which was Turnabout Intruder. This was a tragedy.
Jul 7. The first U.S. troops withdrew from South Vietnam left Saigon. Remember the Vietnam War?
Jul 11. David Bowie released his single “Space Oddity,”. It was supposed to be in conjunction with the July 20 Apollo 11 moon landing. Fact or fiction
Jul 18. A car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne died in the accident. There was a scandal about why he ran from the scene.
Aug 5. The space probe Mariner 7 flew by Mars, sending back 127 photographs and scientific data.
Aug 8. In England Iain MacMillan took pictures of the Beatles as they crossed Abbey Road for the cover of their “Abbey Road” album.
Aug 9. Actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home by the cult leader Charles Manson and some of his disciples.
Aug 15 to 18. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in the Bethel hamlet of White Lake, New York. 400,000 young people attended it.
So you can see 1969 was a very hot year. Where were you on the 20th July 1969?