May 15th, 1963

Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on boardied in He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space. event on May 15, 1963.

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Events around May 15, 1963

May 17th, 1963

Death

John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (born in 1888)