Today in History

 

2006 - Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress dies (b. 1949)

 2000 - Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz begins the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.

1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer is born (d. 1995)

1915 - Evald Okas, Estonian painter is born

1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet is born (d. 1921)

1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer is born (d. 1894)

1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet is born (d. 1878)

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