"He Is 'Trapped' in the Jewel Tower"
London turned out to give Yuri Gagarin another storming welcome today (13-7-1961) – and the enthusiasm of it kept him a prisoner in the Tower of London for ten minutes. Gagarin had to stay in the Jewel Tower until care arrived because the excited ...
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Londoners Greet American Astronaut
Colonel Frank Borman, commander of America's Apollo 8 flight around the moon, is greeted enthusiastically by Londoners as he arrives in Downing Street, to call on Mr. Harold Wilson, Britain's Prime Minister.
Col. Borman was later invited to Buckin...
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Major Gagarin Visits the Soviet Exhibiton in London
Russia's Major Yuri Gagarin, the world's first spaceman, who arrived in London by Air from Moscow this morning, toured the Soviet Exhibition at Earl's Court this afternoon. At this Exhibition he was presented with a Gold medal from the British Int...
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