On April 12, 1961, Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth.
Quote Of The Day
"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!" Yuri Gagarin
Image Of The Day
Yuri Gagarin with awards. By Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org