<![CDATA[#OTD May 5 1961, the flight of Freedom 7, with the first American man in space]]>

<![CDATA[#OTD May 5 1961, the flight of Freedom 7, with the first American man in space]]>#OTD May 5 1961, the flight of Freedom 7, with the first American man in space

#space

i was in grade 7 at John G Althouse school in Etobicoke, and they put the radio coverage of the flight on the PA system

pretty big deal for young impressionable me

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