#FilipinoHistorian #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #Apollo #MoonLanding On July 20, 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 11 successfully landed on the Moon, with Neil Armstrong being the first person to step on the lunar surface. It was seen as the fulfilment of President John F. Kennedy's promise to bring a man to the Moon "before the decade is out." Regarded as one of the milestones of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, it placed tremendous pressure on the Soviets to catch u