The day Yuri Gagarin left earth

The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin 

became the first person to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1. 

Gagarin was born in Gzhatsk in Russia in 1934. He grew up on a collective farm. Having qualified as a molder he continued his studies in the industrial college in Saratov, while at the same time learning to fly. He joined the Soviet Air Force cadet school, where he graduated in 1957.

Gagarin died in March, 1968 near Moscow.

Today Gzhatsk is called Gagarin.