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Jul
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02:56 UTC on July 21st (10:56pm EDT, July 20th), 1969: Walter Cronkite reports Neil Armstrong’s descent to the moon surface.

Jul
18th

Walter Cronkite (born on November 4th, 1916), CBS Evening News anchorman for 19 years (1962–1981) passed yesterday (this journal in in GMT +1) at the age of 92, his family reports. According to NY Times the once most trusted man in America “… was so widely known that in Sweden anchormen were once called Cronkiters.” He will be missed, simply because “For nearly two eventful and fitful decades - Kennedy, King and Kennedy were shot, Vietnam was fought and lost, Nixon resigned, hostages were taken in Iran - he was America’s rock.”, as TIME Magazine states. A tribute by the NY Times and the belonging slideshow.

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Walter Cronkite talking about November 22nd 1963, the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

And that’s the way it is.

— Walter Cronkite

“I Can Hear It Now The Sixties” (1970), collection of Walter Cronkite’s closing comments on CBS Evening News during the 1960s.

On the day Mr. Kennedy was shot, Mr. Cronkite briefly lost his composure, taking off his glasses and wiping away a tear. It was an uncharacteristically personal note for a man who did not like to express opinion.

— NY Times

Walter Cronkite on the cover of TIME Magazine on October 14th, 1966.

In the Spotlight: Walter Cronkite (UPI.com)