2003 - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station

1937 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician is born

1905 - Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth

1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer is born (d. 1936)

1839 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist is born (d. 1896)

1737 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter is born (d. 1773)

in ancient Latvia - Labrenca Diena was held

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