Crowds charge to see Yuri Gagarin when he visited the Tower of London, 13th July 1961.

On 12th April 1961, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit around Earth. Seen here, Yuri Gagarin visits the Tower of London and is mobbed by appreciative crowds.