Wednesday, May 05, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

Astronaut Alan Shepard photographed in flight ...Image via Wikipedia
MAY 5

1904:Boston Americans’ Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in Major League Baseball history.

1961:
Alan Shepard Jr. becomes the first American to travel in space during a 15-minute suborbital flight.

1985: President Ronald Reagan draws international ire for attending a wreath-laying ceremony at a West German cemetery where SS members were buried.

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