1961.

Driven by the intense rivalry with America the Soviets were elated, when on April 12th 1961, Yuri Gagarin made history becoming the first human in space and the first to orbit the earth. It was the main event of 1961.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, [between 1999 and 2009?]
Series:World history in video.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Driven by the intense rivalry with America the Soviets were elated, when on April 12th 1961, Yuri Gagarin made history becoming the first human in space and the first to orbit the earth. It was the main event of 1961.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 min.).