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O MY GOD THIS IS RHE FIRST TUMBLR HOLIDAY I KNOW ABOUT (I only learned about it yesterday FROM tumblr so ya know)

ALSO TODAY EVERYBODY CHOSE A THEME TO DRESS YP AS AND ONE ADVISORY (THE ONE RUN BY THE LATIN TEACHER WHO IS AMAZING) DRESSED UP AS THE SENETORS/PEOPLE WHO DIED AND SAID THE CAUSE AND PERSON AND DATE OF DEATH ON THE BACK OF THEIR SHIRTS AND DIFFERENT LETTERS ON THE FRONT WHICH ALL SPELLED OUT "I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED" IN LATIN ON THE FRONT SBJJDHDBFHSSNBFJCUUSRHFHFHEJEJFUFJGJGJABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPHDHDDJJRTHFJDQRSHFJDJSJDJFTUVWXYZFHFHDHSJFHFBWJDJFJF

History Made: Apollo 11 Splashes Down Today in 1969

The Apollo 11 Command Module “Columbia” is hoisted onto its recovery ship the USS Hornet, following splashdown on July 24, 1969. Credit: NASA

Four days after their historic achievement, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:49 p.m. EDT, about 900 miles from Hawaii. The crew was recovered by the crew of the USS Hornet where President Richard Nixon was waiting to greet them. 

Watch a replay of the original live broadcast of the recovery on NASA TV starting at 12:45 p.m. EDT. 

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