On this day:
1946:Â Syria gains independence from France
1955: Polio vaccine declared safe by FDA
1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
Born on this day:
1911: Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, born in Cairo
Gone on this day:
1962: M. Visvesvaraya, Indian civil engineer and statesman (19th Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom)
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