Today, 5 May in history...

[tater]

1961. Alan Shepard. First US manned, suborbital flight of Freedom 7.

[insert_name]

2 hours ago, tater said:

1961. Alan Shepard. First US manned, suborbital flight of Freedom 7.

Also the day in 1863 when the Mexican army beat the French in the battle of puebla and Americans celebrate by consuming copious amounts of Mexican "hydrazine"

[LordFerret]

14 hours ago, tater said:

1961. Alan Shepard. First US manned, suborbital flight of Freedom 7.

I actually remember watching that on tv. It was quite exciting; More-so was when John Glenn completed that first orbit.

[tater]

My first launches on TV were Geminis, though the first I remember was Apollo.

[PB666]

19 hours ago, insert_name said:

Also the day in 1863 when the Mexican army beat the French in the battle of puebla and Americans celebrate by consuming copious amounts of Mexican "hydrazine"

As long as you don't swallow the worm, your okay.

[tater]

We had some friends on college from Japan, and another friend decided that they should be initiated into New Mexico with rather too much of that same beverage... It's been decades, and I still can't stand the smell of it