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Gherman Titov and His Daughter

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  • 1962-4-29

Now lookee here, you cannot take off just yet. Wait a little longer till your limbs are stronger. And then you Tanyusha can join cosmonaut father Gherman Titov in his space flights. Titov, it will be recalled, was the second Russian man into space...

Daily Mirror

Glenn

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  • 1962-3-9

The Times of Ceylon Press

Go-Kart Kids

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  • 1962-8-21

When a director of a British precision engineering company was asked by his nine-year-old son to make him a pedal car, he decided to design and build a go-kart which would not only stand up to hard wear but would also incorporate special safety fe...

Central Office of Information, London

God Sumana Saman meeting Lord Buddha

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  • 1984-9-8

The Lord Buddha, who sat on where the chaitiya would be built, preached dhamma to god Saman. God Sumana accepting sacred strands of Lord Buddha's hair to build a chaitiya.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Gordon Breaks His Record

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  • 1947-11-10

Champion Jockey Gordon Richards received a great ovation when he rode Twenty-Twenty in to victory in the Stoughton Plate at Leicester today (Monday). It was his 260th win of the season - a new all time record of 259 successes had stood since 1933....

The Times of Ceylon Press

Gordon Cooper at Ticker Tape Parade

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  • 1963-6-1

TICKER TAPE PARADE -- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper waves to crowds lining famed Broadway in New York May 22 during ticker tape parade, the city's traditional tribute to a hero. An estimated four million persons turned out to honor the astronaut for ...

The Times of Ceylon Press

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