1969
Exploration
United States and Moon
Moon landing
Apollo 11 lands Armstrong and Aldrin on the lunar surface.
Why it mattered
The furthest humans have travelled, watched live by a fifth of the planet.
Information Age
1969
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
1969
Communication
United States
ARPANET
The first packet-switched network links four American universities.
Why it mattered
The direct ancestor of the internet.
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