This is the last of my three moon-landing Newsdays. There were a few pages from the July 19, nothing worth taking a photo of. Once again, a very no-frills cover.
I found this article very interesting. It kind of gives the feeling of what the astronauts were looking at. Looking briefly online it seems the causes of volcanism on the moon is still very much up for debate. However, Buzz Aldrin was correct about the basalt.
Some local pride over the successful building of the lunar module.
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New York Times I had for this day was missing the sports section, so this is the first I'd read of this story about the Yankee game being paused, with legendary PA announcer Bob Sheppard announcing the successful moon landing to the crowd. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be video of the game.
A photo of the old Yankee Stadium scoreboard with an Apollo update. Also, Bat Day!
Around the league. Gaylord Perry's home run on the day of the moon landing is probably the most famous baseball-related moon story, but it's the last item in the out-of-town scoreboard, with brother Jim getting top billing.
Perry's moon shot on the day of this historic moon landing is a pretty good piece of baseball trivia. I wonder if Topps produced a card highlighting this back in 2018 in Heritage.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how awesome would be to hear that crowd when the announcement was made.
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