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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

First outer space astronaut (Alan Shepard) anniversary - 1961 date in history

From NY TIMES dot-com notice:

ON THIS DAY


On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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