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April 12,1961, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space as well as the first to orbit Earth.
I edited this to include more information. Thank you SSG Werstak!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
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David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Great history share David.
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Remember it well, kind of put a panic to the US who thought we were so far ahead of USSR.
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Shane Couch
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They may have been first in space, but we beat them to the moon.
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