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British Scientists Honour Soviet Spaceman

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  • 1961-7-22

The world's first man in space, Major Yuri Gagarin, looking at some early scientific books in the library of Burlington House, headquarters of the Royal Society today. One of the books he saw was Newton's "Principia" (First edition) - Newton's the...

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Yuri Gagarin at the 'May Day' Parade

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  • 1961-5-6

The picture on top shows Major Yuri Gagarin (centre), the world's first spaceman, standing between Soviet premier Nikita Krushev (left) and President Leonid Brezhnev on a balcony of the Lenin Mausoleum to watch the traditional 'May Day' parade in ...

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