Hi Rick. Have you ever typed in "French Military Victories" in google, and then hit "I feel lucky?" It's pretty amusing. Jim -----Original Message----- From: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Dickinson Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:30 PM To: ROC-Chat Subject: [roc-chat] Happy 50th anniversary of Alan Shepard's first spaceflight 50 years ago today, Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space, and the first person in history to do so while in control of his own spacecraft. (Seemed like a more important anniversary to celebrate today than some minor victory by Mexico over the French.) - Rick "I mean, who *hasn't* beaten the French?" Dickinson -- ROC-Chat mailing list roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat -- ROC-Chat mailing list roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat