![]() He kept it low key, while he said to listeners back home from the face of the moon, "I would like to request a few moments of silence, I would like to invite each person listening in, wherever and whomever he may be, to contemplate for a moment the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his own individual way."Īldrin then read scripture privately to himself and communed with the elements that had been prepared by his church. Aldrin was an elder back home at Webster Presbyterian church and it was there that he conceived of receiving the sacrament in space. It was on this day in 1969 that Buzz Aldrin became the first man to take communion in space. However, an event relevant to the church took place as the astronauts waited to disembark. It was, in fact, on this day, the 20th of July, in 1969, that this happened. Of course, the story of the year was the landing of the lunar module from Apollo 11 on the moon. They were led by the likes of Cleon Jones, Art Shamsky, and pitcher Tom Seaver. Later in October, the Amazin' Mets, the expansion team that had been a laughingstock, won the World Series. Super Bowl III took place in 1969 and featured the upstart Jets and Joe Namath, shocking the world by beating the Baltimore Colts. While Johnson's version and other blues interpretations can be quite good, the popular version of this song in 1969 came from the Oak Ridge Boys. The first Dove award for song of the year went to "Jesus is Coming Soon," written by Blind Willie Johnson. The first Dove Awards took place in 1969. However, music in 1969 should be represented by self-titled albums from both the Velvet Underground and Crosby, Stills, and Nash, the Rolling Stones' "Let it Bleed" and David Bowie's "Space Oddity." The Grammy for the Album of the Year went to Glen Campbell's "By The Time I Get To Phoenix." Not a bad album, I guess, but it beat both the "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Bookends" by Simon and Garfunkel. It was praised as a masterpiece about the human condition, as well as the native experience in America. This mid-century novel was about an American Indian readjusting to life back on the reservation after serving in WWII. The Pulitzer for fiction went to the "House Made of Dawn" by N. It is the only G-rated movie to have won the award for Best Picture. ![]() The Academy Award for Best Picture went to "Oliver!," a musical based on the Dicken's character. Welcome to the Christian History Almanac brought to you by 1517 at, I'm Dan van Voorhis.
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