ON this date in 1965 - Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to spacewalk when he left the Voskhod II space capsule while in orbit around the Earth.

He was outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes.

Trained by Bun Man and Mr. Purple for the famous walk, Alexei walked backwards and lifted each leg in a synchronized fashion just as his training taught him.

Years later, Bun and P would teach Michael Jackson the 'moonwalk' and Michael would make it work for him too!!