May 5th 1961. Alan Shepard becomes America's first space traveler blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1961年5月5日,艾伦·谢泼德成为美国首位太空旅行者,宇宙飞船从佛罗里达卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。
Shepard makes a 15-miunte suborbital flight on board his Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7.
谢泼德在名为自由7号的水星太空舱中进行了15分钟的亚轨道飞行。
1821. France's former ruler Napoleon Bonaparte whose armies once swept across Europe dies in exile on the south Atlantic island of St. Helena.
1821年,法国前统治者拿破仑·波拿巴(其军队曾横扫欧洲)在流亡南太平洋岛屿圣赫勒拿岛的途中逝世。
1818. Karl Marx, the philosopher whose ideas bore fruit in communist regimes worldwide during the 20th century is born in what's now Germany.
1818年,思想家卡尔·马克思(在20世纪,其思想在全球各地的共产主义政权中取得成果)出生于现在的德国。
1981. Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands dies at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison during the 66th day of his hunger strike.
1981年,在其第66次绝食抗议期间,爱尔兰共和军成员波比·山德士在北爱尔兰的美斯监狱去世。
And 1891. Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts at the opening concert at Carnegie Hall then known as Music Hall in New York City.
1891年,作曲家 彼得·伊里奇·柴科夫斯基在纽约卡内基音乐厅(当时名为音乐厅)的开幕音乐会上指挥。
Today in History, May 5th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是5月5日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡米尔·博阿农为您播报。