Labels:text | screenshot | font | letter | paper OCR: CHRONOLOGY MARCH 9, 1934 Bom near Gzhatsk (subsequently renamed Gagarin), in Russia, the son of a carpenter. 1944 Two of his sisters are taken prisoner by the retreating German Army. 1951 Graduates from trade school as a molder. 1955 Gains his pilot's license. 1957 Graduates from Soviet Air Force cadet school. OCTOBER 1959 Applies for cosmonaut training. 1960 Joins team at Tyuratam Cosmodrome, near the Aral Sea. APRIL 12, 1961 Makes pioneering spaceflight in Vostok I. 1962 Becomes deputy in the Supreme Soviet. MARCH 27, 1968 Dies in air crash near Moscow.
