United States 7/18/1969 Ted Kennedy Drove into a Pond on Chappaquiddick Island Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts left a party on Chappaquiddick Island and soon after drove an Oldsmobile off a bridge and into a pond. He escaped, but Mary Jo Kopechne died. The fatal car accident was not reported to the police for 10 hours causing concern over the circumstances of the accident.
United States 7/20/1969 First Manned Mission to the Moon Apollo 11 from the United States was the first manned mission to land on the moon - and to date, no other country has done so. This mission was crewed by Neil A Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" E Aldrin, Jr. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon with the famous quote, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."