Astronaut. From Rianovosti: "Gagarin visited London in July 1961, three months after his legendary flight. He met with members of the Foundry Workers Union during his visit, as he had worked as a foundryman before his career in aeronautics, as well as with the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Queen Elizabeth II."
Killed when the training jet he was piloting crashed.
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Yury Gagarin
The statue, a gift via the British Council, to the UK from the Russian Space ...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map Newfoundland, explored around Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and made the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. K...
Person, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Arctic & Antarctic, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
Trumpeter. Born in Bath into a family of musicians. Came to London with his family in 1933. Founded the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and pioneered brass chamber music. Died at home, 14 Hamilton ...
Lindsey House, built 1674 by Robert Bertie 3rd Earl of Lindsey, incorporates a house which Sir Theodore Mayerne, court physician, built o...
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