🎂 Yuri Gagarin, first person in space, is born (1934)
Where: Klushino, Russia (near the town of Gagarin)
Nearby on the globe: Main building of Moscow State University → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: March 9
March 9, 1934: Yuri Gagarin, first person in space, is born. Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934 in the small Russian village of Klushino. In 1961, in the spacecraft Vostok 1, he circled the Earth once in 108 minutes and became the first person in space. The nearby town is now named Gagarin after him.
✨ More events on this day
- 1500 🧭 Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet sailed from Lisbon toward India, and on the way it reached the coast of Brazil.
- 1961 🚀 Sputnik 9 carried a dog named Chernushka and a dummy cosmonaut into orbit and back, a final test before the first human spaceflight weeks later. Baikonur Cosmodrome →
- 1997 🚀 People in China, Mongolia and Siberia saw a total solar eclipse with the bright Comet Hale–Bopp shining in the darkened sky at the same time.
🧠 Question of the day
How long did Gagarin's trip around the Earth take?
- 108 minutes
- 8 days
- One year
Show the answer
Answer: 108 minutes
Questions
What happened on March 9?
March 9, 1934: Yuri Gagarin, first person in space, is born. It happened in Klushino, Russia (near the town of Gagarin).
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