1961
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Yuri Gagarin in London: The Soviet Cosmonaut and the ‘YG 1’ Rolls-Royce
Cruising through London on July 11, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin waves to ecstatic crowds from an open-top Rolls-Royce bearing the custom plate ‘YG 1’ and a hammer-and-sickle flag on its bonnet.