tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post953128377154736438..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Chicago wowed in 1969 by both moon landing and by watching it on TVNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46869451630891823832019-07-20T12:32:23.228-05:002019-07-20T12:32:23.228-05:00I'm with Royko and the other grumps, especiall...I'm with Royko and the other grumps, especially the lady quoted at the end. To me, space travel always seemed expensive, boring and pointless.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59842292880714267742019-07-20T10:34:30.641-05:002019-07-20T10:34:30.641-05:00If I remember correctly, Paul Malloy was the Sun-T...If I remember correctly, Paul Malloy was the Sun-Times TV critic...and a very good one. I had that 7-21-69 edition of the paper, along with the ones that covered the deaths of RFK and MLK. I even had the "Crying Lincoln" edition (with KENNEDY KILLED! on the front page) from 11-23-63. Lost all of them in a mid-Seventies flood.<br /><br />That Sunday evening was very warm and humid in the Chicago area, but skies were clear, allowing a fine view of the moon. Many people remember that night as having a full moon, but it wasn't quite full yet. That didn't happen until the following Thursday, July 24th.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.com