1961 Event Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 1961 Event Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) 1946 Birthday Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut, backup TM-6 1935 Birthday Gherman Stepanovich Titov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok II