Birth of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
Birth of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
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Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Biography and Timeline
Follow Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin through 8 dated historical records for Russia.
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
8Distinct records
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1934–1968Years on this page
1934
1957
1st Manned Satellite
Becomes the 1st man to travel in an Earth satellite, in Sputnik I
1961
First Human Spaceflight
The achievement marks first human spaceflight as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Vostok 1
Pilots Vostok 1 during the first human journey into outer space.
1st Orbit of the Earth
1st man to orbit the Earth, Vostok -1
Vostok
1st man to orbit the Earth, Vostok -1
Visit to To Britain where he is greeted by
Begins a visit to Britain where he is greeted by ectstatic crowds
1968
Death of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
Death of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.