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September 12

2 sourced moments from September 12 in history: Lascaux was found by four teens in 1940 — the dog is legend; and 'We choose to go to the Moon' renewed a goal set in 1961 (1962).

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2 things happened on September 12

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1962 Space · Space Exploration

'We choose to go to the Moon' renewed a goal set in 1961

Kennedy's famous Rice speech didn't launch the Moon race. It was a sales pitch, 16 months in, for a costly goal many Americans doubted.

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1940 History · Archaeology

Lascaux was found by four teens in 1940 — the dog is legend

Four boys found Lascaux's 21,000-year-old paintings in September 1940; the famous dog appears in retellings, not in France's official account.

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