5 May 1961 May 5, 2014 Author: Staff Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space. Famous Words of Inspiration..."You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Abraham Lincoln — Click here for more from Abraham Lincoln Related posts: 10 September 1961 10 September 1961 12 March 1961 Categories: History Tags: 1961, 5 May