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41st year  -  N° 160                 Tuesday, 9 June 2026         Antwerpen		
10 Minutes Before the Worm
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Sunday 6th of August 1961
65 years, 1 months and 27 days ago




26-year-old cosmonaut Gherman Titov becomes the second person to orbit the earth aboard Vostok 2, landing in Krasny Kut, Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Titov was preceded by Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961.