历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-05-05（在线收听） |
May 5th, 1961Alan Shepard becomes America’s first space travelerblasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. “3, 2, 1, 0， ignition.”
Shepard makes a 15-minute suborbital flight on boardhis Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7.
1821France’s former ruler Napoleon Bonaparte whosearmies once swept across Europe dies in exile on the south Atlantic Island ofSt. Helena.
1818Karl Marx, the philosopher whose ideas bore fruit incommunist regimes worldwide during the 20th century, is born in what’s nowGermany.
1981Irish Republican army member Bobby Sands dies atNorthern Ireland Maze prison during the 66th day of his hungry strike.
And 1891Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts at theopening concert at Carnegie Hall then known as Music Hall in New York City.
Today in History, May 5th, Camille Bohan, theAssociated Press. |
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