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Events on Wednesday 19 June 1963 1
1963Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in spaceSoviet cosmonaut orbits Earth aboard Vostok 6Valentina Tereshkova launched aboard Vostok 6, becoming the first woman to fly in space. She orbited the Earth 48 times over three days before landing safely. No other woman would fly in space for nearly two decades.