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Man on the moon: 40th anniversary special
Jul 19 2009 by Michael Kelly, Sunday Sun
THE Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, was one small step for man and one giant leap of faith for the Sunday Sun, which is believed to have been the first newspaper in the world to report the story. With the 40th anniversary of the historic event tomorrow, Mike Kelly reveals how we managed to achieve our “out of this world exclusive”.
Read our news pages covering the Moon landing from forty years ago
Chronicle front page from 21 July 1969
Chronicle story from 21 July 1969
Sunday Sun front page from 20 July 1969
Journal front page from 19 July 1969
Journal front page from 21 July 1969
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