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The First Woman in Space

Russia puts a woman in orbit, America executes the Rosenbergs, the first gay marriage, the last days of the Nicaraguan civil war and the opening of the Rocky Horror Show.
Photo: Valentina Tereshkova before boarding Vostok 6, at Baikonur cosmodrome, on June 16, 1963. AFP/TASS

50 minutes

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Sat 22 Jun 2013 21:06GMT

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  • Sat 22 Jun 2013 12:06GMT
  • Sat 22 Jun 2013 21:06GMT

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