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Major Yuri Gagarin at London

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  • 1961-7-11

London gave Major Gagarin, the world's first man in space, a great reception today (11-7-61). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London bef...

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Richard Beach Sculpts Major Gagarin

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  • 1961-6-3

A clay head of Major Gagarin — the world's first man-in-space, has been modelled by Sculptor Richard Beach who lives in Wakefield, Yorks. It is being produced for waxworks heads — by Jean Roger of West London. Mr. Beach used photographs and newspa...

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