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41st year  -  N° 138                 Monday, 18 May 2026         Antwerpen		
Die Kleinen und die Bösen
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Sunday 6th of August 1961
65 years, 2 months and 18 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.