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April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin of Soviet Union becomes first man in space [1] Gagarin's Vostok 1 capsule April 19, 1961: Bay of Pigs invaders captured in Cuba April 27, 1961: Sierra Leone becomes independent. The following events occurred in April 1961:
Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток, lit. ' East ' or ' Orient ') was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 12 April 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit ...
Yuri's Night is an international celebration held every April 12 to commemorate milestones in space exploration. It is named for the first human to launch into space, Yuri Gagarin, who flew the Vostok 1 spaceship on April 12, 1961. In 2011, Yuri's Night was celebrated at over 567 events in 75 countries on seven continents. [1]
[1] [2] In 2011, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, 12 April was declared as the International Day of Human Space Flight in dedication of the first crewed space flight made on 12 April 1961 by the 27-year-old Soviet Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. [3] Gagarin orbited the Earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes aboard the Vostok ...
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year ... 1961 – Charles Mann, ... Historical Events on April 12
January 31 – Ham, a 37-pound male chimpanzee, is rocketed into space in a test of the Project Mercury capsule designed to carry U.S. astronauts into space. April 12 – Yuri Gagarin is the first human in space, making a single Low Earth orbit in Vostok 1 before parachuting to the ground.
1961 was a common year ... These events result in the beginning of the colonial war with Portugal. March 18. ... April 12. Mbarek Bekkay, 1st Prime Minister of ...
April 1961 sports events (4 C) C. April 1961 events by continent (6 C) Pages in category "April 1961" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.