 In 1969, a Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 and its three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, would lift off from Cape Canaveral on its historic flight to the moon. The mission culminated in the first manned lunar landing four days later. And today in 1941, the New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio would hit safely his 56th consecutive game, a record that still stands.