April 12, 1961
No, the Soviet Union USSR (Russia) astronaut Yuri Gregarin (sp?) was the first human to orbit earth in space. The first American in space was Alan Sheperd.
Yuri Gregarin
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
The first person to orbit the Earth was the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gargarin
Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961, was the first person to orbit the earth.
The first person to orbit the Earth was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, on April 12, 1961. He completed one orbit around Earth in the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union was the first human to orbit the Earth.
First man to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin was the first Russian to orbit the Earth. He accomplished this feat on April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1.