National History Day By colton222 Nov 18, 1923 Alan Shepard was born Alan Shepard was born Jul 6, 1944 D-Day D-day Jul 7, 1944 Graduated Naval Academy Jan 1, 1950 joined the navy test pilot school Jan 1, 1959 Alan became one of the 7 mercury astronauts Apr 12, 1961 First human in space: Yuri Gagarin May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard First american in space Jan 1, 1963 Designated Chief of the Astronaut office and diagonsed with Meniere's diasese Jan 1, 1969 Fixed Meniere's diasese Jan 31, 1971 Apollo 14: Alan Shepard is the commander Jul 22, 1998 Alan Shepard dies due to cancer
