On this day, 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space (hexbear.net)

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago

I feel like this should be an International Holiday kinda thing. A dude went to fucking space for the first time. We have fucking Columbus Day but leaving the actual planet doesn't even net a megathread.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Yuri's Night has been a big party thing for quite a few years amongst the less cringy tech bros

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Good.

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