It was the countdown for Apollo Eleven the space flight that would carry men to the first landing on the moon.

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The countdown reached zero just as Frank Borman and James Lovell, in Gemini Seven, passed overhead.

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The countdown at Cape Canaveral reached zero as Gemini Seven passed overhead.

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Countdown host Keith Olbermann clawed into this category long before Maddow entered the fray.

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In 2004, I sat backstage with Ben Roethlisberger and his family as draft countdown began.

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WBGO's Josh Jackson hosts the countdown to 2009, central time (with help from WWNO).

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