1983 -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
1968 Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, U.S.S.R. cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
1963 Valentina Tereshkova (U.S.S.R.) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days
1963 Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut
1962 Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15
1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
1961 Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits)
1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1
1960 -127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1937 Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev, 1st woman in space, Vostok 6
1935 Gherman Stepanovich Titov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok II
1934 Valery F Bykovsky, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39
1934 Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut, Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31
1934 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russia, cosmonaut, Vostok 1 backup
1934 Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1
1933 Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova, cosmonaut, Vostok 6 backup
1930 Pavel Romanovich Popovich, Ukraine, cosmonaut, Vostok IV, Soyuz 14
1929 Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok III, Soyuz 9
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