The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins were issued by the
United States Mint in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the first
crewed landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronauts
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. There is a gold half eagle (five-dollar
coin), two sizes of silver dollars, and a copper-nickel clad half
dollar, all with the same design and curved, with the obverse concave
and the reverse convex. The obverse shows a bootprint on the lunar
surface, and the reverse (pictured), based on a well-known photo by
Armstrong, depicts the visor of Aldrin's space suit, reflecting
Armstrong, the U.S. flag and the Lunar Module Eagle. The depiction of
Aldrin made him the seventh individual depicted on a U.S. coin to be
alive at the time it was struck. The program was the most successful
U.S. commemorative coin issue since the 2014 National Baseball Hall of
Fame coins, with more than 600,000 Apollo 11 coins sold. The larger
silver dollar won the Coin of the Year Award for 2019-dated issues.
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_50th_Anniversary_commemorative_coins>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1982:
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two
bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing eleven British
Army personnel and seven horses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_and_Regent%27s_Park_bombings>
1997:
After being fully restored, USS Constitution, one of the
original six frigates of the United States Navy, sailed for the first
time in 116 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution>
2001:
Twenty-three-year-old Italian anti-globalist Carlo Giuliani was
shot dead by a police officer while protesting outside the 27th G8
summit held in Genoa, Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Carlo_Giuliani>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lunar:
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's
moon); Lunar.
2. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
3. (chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in
character, growth, or properties.
4. (alchemy, chemistry, historical) Of or pertaining to silver (which
was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
5. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the
Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the
Moon.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lunar>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The people we lost in Aurora loved, and were loved. They were
mothers and fathers; husbands and wives; sisters and brothers; sons and
daughters; friends and neighbors. They had hopes for the future and
dreams that were not yet fulfilled. And if there's anything to take away
from this tragedy, it's a reminder that life is fragile. Our time here
is limited and it is precious. And what matters in the end are not the
small and trivial things which often consume our lives. It's how we
choose to treat one another, and love one another. It's what we do on a
daily basis to give our lives meaning and to give our lives purpose.
That's what matters. That's why we're here.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
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