Today In Disney History ~ July 20th
For Todays’s In History Moment we want to share with you this article from the Disney Parks Blog.
“A Look Back at July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 Moon Landing Watched Live at Disneyland Park” posted on July 18th, 2014 by George Savvas, Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort
On the afternoon of July 20, 1969, just steps away from an attraction called “Flight to the Moon,” thousands of Disneyland park guests gathered at the Tomorrowland Stage to watch a seminal event in human history unfold on live television.
Just last week, while researching another project, I came across this rare color image in our archives that shows the Apollo 11 Moon Landing being watched live at Disneyland park.
In the years that followed this momentous event, we were fortunate to welcome two members of the remarkable Apollo 11 crew to Disneyland park.
In February 1989, Buzz Aldrin joined us for the Challenger Spirit Salute, an event to honor the Challenger Center for Space Science Education.
In July 2005, Neil Armstrong was on hand for the “re-launch” of Space Mountain. This photo was taken just above the exact spot where all those years earlier, Disneyland guests gathered in almost unimaginable anticipation to watch as he became the first man to step foot on the moon.
TMSM Today in Graphic by Sherry Rinaldi DeHart
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