On my 16th birthday ...

Jodi_SoCal

17 years ago

Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 and onto the surface of the moon. It was the best birthday present ever!

Jodi-

Here is a link that might be useful: Apollo 11 video

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evatx
17 years ago
What a cool birthday memory!
petaloid
17 years ago
Happy Birthday, Jodi!!!

I was almost 19 on that day, you youngster you!
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maryanntx
17 years ago
Happy Birthday Jodi!!!
That is a great memory to have on your day.
Jodi_SoCal
Original Author
17 years ago
Yes, unfortunately now you all know exactly how old I am. LOL

Jodi-
casey_nfld
17 years ago
Happy birthday, very cool! I was only 3 years old. LOL We didn't own a tv then so Dad rented one to watch the moon landing. He took pics of the tv screen.
phyllis__mn
17 years ago
Now that was some celebration of your birthday, wasn't it? Have a happy one.

Phyllis
patti43
17 years ago
Happy birthday, Jodie. Hope your birthday is over the moon (so to speak).
lydia1959
17 years ago
Happy Birthday Jodi! What a memorable 16th birthday that must have been.
wanda_va
17 years ago
Happy Birthday, Jodi!

My 16th birthday was also a memorable--though sad--day in American history. President Kennedy was buried on my 16th birthday...it was also John-John's 3rd birthday.
msmarion
17 years ago
Happy Birthday Jodi...who is older then me!!! LOL
Marion
glenda_al
17 years ago
{{!gwi}} Happy Birthday to Jodi, who is MUCH younger than me :o)
jannie
17 years ago
Cool! My Dad and I watched the moon landing on TV in the middle of the night. A great memory.I was 17.
alisande
17 years ago
Don't sweat it, Jodi--I was older than 16 that day.

I watched the moon landing at Lincoln Center, where I worked. I stood next to a Rockefeller, an elderly gentleman at the time. He was charming, and we were all awed by what we were watching. I always assumed he was Nelson Rockefeller's father, but I just learned that the father died in 1960. So I don't know who it was.
FlamingO in AR
17 years ago
Happy Belated Birthday, Jodi! I'm sorry I missed it.

Woody got married to his XW that very day and didn't get to see it live as he was flying to Europe. I watched it in the LR, I remember we had a carnival in the park that weekend and we all ran home to watch it on TV. I was 12.

;)

Happy, Happy! Oh, and thanks for the tassels, they arrived today and Nosey Parker is making it her mission in life to get into the bag! Brat. Woody says the bag is no longer waterproof. I told him I had no intention of immersing it in water. lolol

Moon Mission? Nope. Tassel Acquisition Mission!
Jodi_SoCal
Original Author
17 years ago
LOL Flamey. Happy the tassels arrived safe and sound and ready for kitty abuse.

You didn't miss my birthday, it is today all the way to midnight. :-)

Jodi-
gneegirl
17 years ago
Happy Birthday Jodi! That was an amazing day!!
Jodi_SoCal
Original Author
17 years ago
I probably should have mentioned in my original post that today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon walk.

And yes, it was an amazing day! I can't remember what I had for lunch today but I can tell you exactly where I was and even what the room looked like where I watched the moon walk. It was a Sunday and I was at my pastor's home with church youth group friends celebrating my birthday while watching history being made.

Jodi-
stephanie_in_ga
17 years ago
Happy Birthday Jodi!

Well, that was actually the year before I was born. ;o)

But, on the 24th anniversary of that event my first child was born. So today, on the 40th anniversary, is my DS's 16th birthday!
rthummer
17 years ago
Happy Birthday..May your wishes come true...(at least the reasonable ones!!LOL)

Darleen
FlamingO in AR
17 years ago
Oh, I hate thinking I'm late when I'm not! lol NOW, Happy Belated Birthday, Jodi!

It's weird- it happened on a Saturday 40 years ago, so I think the anniversary of it should also be on a Saturday. THAT'S where I got confused!

And yes, that was a very cool 16th birthday present for you, it was nice of NASA to time it to your special day!
ronf_gw
17 years ago
My cousin was 13 on the day of the first moon walk. I didn't want to go to the party that evening so I could stay home and watch the Apollo 11 news coverage. I finally relented when Mom assured me that they would have the TV on at Mikes house, too.

Ron

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