Re:American Airlines' Legendary Mechanic Passes Away at 100 ...
by GolfPopper on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @10:44AM
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>barely anyone remembers black and white television or the feeling it must have been to view the moon landing on one.
Apollo 11 landed in 1969. Roughly a third of living Americans are of an age to remember watching it, and more than half of them would have done so on black and white TVs. (Color TV's didn't pass 50% of sales & ownership until 1972.)
Apollo 11 landed in 1969. Roughly a third of living Americans are of an age to remember watching it, and more than half of them would have done so on black and white TVs. (Color TV's didn't pass 50% of sales & ownership until 1972.)