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Armstrong]], [[Buzz Aldrin|Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.]], and [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]]), the date of the [[Moon landing|first Moon landing]] ("7/20/69"), and the words "Apollo XI", are set on each of the four corners of the intersection of [[Hollywood and Vine]].<ref name="LATApollo">{{cite web|title=Hollywood Star Walk: Apollo Landing|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 18, 2011|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/apollo-landing/}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page