“...This on July 21,2011 - the 42nd anniversary of the Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong becoming the 1st man to walk on the surface of the moon (on July 21, 1969)....”
A little nit-picking here. Neil and Buzz landed and walked on the moon on July 2oth. They launched from Tranquility Base on the 21st. But who’s counting.
On a personal note, That day, today’s final landing of the space shuttle program and my 10th wedding anniversary will be forever welded together. Those are all great dates.
July 2oth = 20th. Epic ooops.
The moon mission operated using UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) and clocked the walk as beginning at 2:39 UTC on 7/21/69 - which is 22:39 EDT, 7/20/69.
So if you figure the time of your wedding in UTC, you may also have a "one small step for man" date in common. to walk on the surface of the moon