... or just someone who grew up in the generation that used to watch the Mercury launches in elementary school [It was always a big, big treat to have a TV in the classroom. Who ever heard of such a thing?], but later today is not only "Yuri's Night", the celebration of the human race's first foray into space, but it is the fiftieth anniversary of that important day in human development.
There is more information at this link. I also understand that there are two or three celebrations this evening around Connecticut.