09 March 1934 Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin is born
01 September 1940- Gagarin enrols at the 1st class Klashinsky Junior High School
24 May 1945 - The Gagarin family move to Gzhatsk
1946 - Gagarin is inspired by ex-airman teacher
May 1949 - Gagarin finishes in the sixth grade of Gzhatsk Junior High School
30 September 1949- Gagarin begins his studies at the Lyubertsy Vocational School
1955 Gagarin graduates from Saratov Industrial Technical School
July 1955 First Solo Flight in YAK 18
27 October 1955 Gagarin was drafted into the Soviet Army and sent to study in Orenburg at the Voroshilov 1st Chkalovsk Military Aviation School
1956 Gagarin met Valentina Goryacheva
22 February 1956 Gagarin makes rank of Aviation Cadet Sergeant and is permitted to fly.
26 March 1957 First Solo Flight in MiG-15 jet
27 October 1957 Gagarin marries Valentina Goryacheva
06 November 1957 Gagarin graduates from the Voroshilov 1st Chkalovsk Military Aviation School
10 April 1959 Gagarin's First child Elena was born
24 October 1959 Gagarin makes Senior Airman
11 January 1960 Gagarin is approved for cosmonaut training
07 March 1961 Second child Galya Born
09 April 1961 Kamanin informs Gagarin and Titov of the selection of Gagarin to be the first man in space.
10 April 1961 Gagarin confirmed for launch on 12/04/61
12 April 1961 YURI ALEXEYEVICH GAGARIN ORBITS THE EARTH IN THE VOSTOK-1 CAPSULE
18 April 1961 Gagarin undergoes 6 days of intensive physical test and observation
21 April 1961 Gagarin on the cover of Time Magazine
01 May 1961 Gagarin attends the May Day parade in Moscow
11 July 1961 Gagarin attends a press conference in the fashion theatre of the Soviet Exhibition
11 July 1961 Gagarin is awarded the first British Interplanetary Society gold medal
11 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception at the Soviet Embassy
13 July 1961 Gagarin visits Mansion House and meets the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen
13 July 1961 Gagarin visits the Tower of London
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception and lunch at Royal Society, Burlington House
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception at the Air Ministry in Whitehall
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a Garden Party at the Society for Cultural Relations (now SCRSS) in Kensington Square
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception hosted by the Great Britain-USSR Association at Hyde Park Hotel
14 July 1961 Gagarin attends an informal lunch with Her Majesty The Queen
05 January 1963 Hospital for an appendix operation
1965 Enrolled in the Zukovsky Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
17 February 1968 Graduated with Honors as Cosmonaut Engineer
27 March 1968 Final flight
27 March 1968 Colonel Yuri Gagarin's crashed, killing Gagarin and his instructor, Colonel Vladimir Seryogin
01 September 1940- Gagarin enrols at the 1st class Klashinsky Junior High School
24 May 1945 - The Gagarin family move to Gzhatsk
1946 - Gagarin is inspired by ex-airman teacher
May 1949 - Gagarin finishes in the sixth grade of Gzhatsk Junior High School
30 September 1949- Gagarin begins his studies at the Lyubertsy Vocational School
1955 Gagarin graduates from Saratov Industrial Technical School
July 1955 First Solo Flight in YAK 18
27 October 1955 Gagarin was drafted into the Soviet Army and sent to study in Orenburg at the Voroshilov 1st Chkalovsk Military Aviation School
1956 Gagarin met Valentina Goryacheva
22 February 1956 Gagarin makes rank of Aviation Cadet Sergeant and is permitted to fly.
26 March 1957 First Solo Flight in MiG-15 jet
27 October 1957 Gagarin marries Valentina Goryacheva
06 November 1957 Gagarin graduates from the Voroshilov 1st Chkalovsk Military Aviation School
10 April 1959 Gagarin's First child Elena was born
24 October 1959 Gagarin makes Senior Airman
11 January 1960 Gagarin is approved for cosmonaut training
07 March 1961 Second child Galya Born
09 April 1961 Kamanin informs Gagarin and Titov of the selection of Gagarin to be the first man in space.
10 April 1961 Gagarin confirmed for launch on 12/04/61
12 April 1961 YURI ALEXEYEVICH GAGARIN ORBITS THE EARTH IN THE VOSTOK-1 CAPSULE
18 April 1961 Gagarin undergoes 6 days of intensive physical test and observation
21 April 1961 Gagarin on the cover of Time Magazine
01 May 1961 Gagarin attends the May Day parade in Moscow
11 July 1961 Gagarin attends a press conference in the fashion theatre of the Soviet Exhibition
11 July 1961 Gagarin is awarded the first British Interplanetary Society gold medal
11 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception at the Soviet Embassy
13 July 1961 Gagarin visits Mansion House and meets the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen
13 July 1961 Gagarin visits the Tower of London
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception and lunch at Royal Society, Burlington House
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception at the Air Ministry in Whitehall
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a Garden Party at the Society for Cultural Relations (now SCRSS) in Kensington Square
13 July 1961 Gagarin attends a reception hosted by the Great Britain-USSR Association at Hyde Park Hotel
14 July 1961 Gagarin attends an informal lunch with Her Majesty The Queen
05 January 1963 Hospital for an appendix operation
1965 Enrolled in the Zukovsky Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
17 February 1968 Graduated with Honors as Cosmonaut Engineer
27 March 1968 Final flight
27 March 1968 Colonel Yuri Gagarin's crashed, killing Gagarin and his instructor, Colonel Vladimir Seryogin