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11th July 1961: The world's first cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union receives a bouquet of flowers from a little girl on arrival at the Soviet Embassy in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

11th July 1961:  The world's first cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union receives a bouquet of flowers from a little girl on arrival at the Soviet Embassy in London.  (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)