Something about this day

Strangely, every year I find more facts about October 4.
See my previous posts: OCTOBER 4 and about SpaceShip One

Now, I was looking for a something for my blog and came across another fact:
Construction of the first experimental prototype, Versuchsmuster 1, of the German rocket-powered vertical take-off interceptor Bachem Ba 349 Natter was completed on October 4, 1944. Weird coincidence, but nevertheless...

  Is there something special about this day, October 4th ?

44 Years Ago ...

44 years ago today, humans landed on the Moon for the first time. A Raytheon-MIT guidance computer enabled Apollo 11 in its journey, and its on-board microwave tube transmitted radio and TV signals to Earth, enabling millions to witness history live when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Colonel Edwin Aldrin stepped onto the Moon. The Apollo Guidance Computer gained the reputation of the most reliable digital computer of its time.

Proud to have worked at Raytheon and studied at M.I.T.