1961: Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space

On this day in 1961, the USSR put the first man in space.    His name was Yuri Gagarin.

The US eventually caught up and got to the moon first in July 1969.  Nevertheless, Gagarin's flight was as a big of a shock as Sputnik in 1957.

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