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2007 Robert Pickett, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash', dies

2007 Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure

2004 Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian Statesman

2001 Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies

1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO

1996 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62)

1995 Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83

1994 Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56

1994 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88

1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)

1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow

1993 Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin

1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79

1993 Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader

1992 Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade

1992 Boris Arapov, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986

1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin

1991 Boris Pugo, U.S.S.R. minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide

1991 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep

1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S.

1991 Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR

1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation

1991 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64)

1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes

1990 Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party

1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic

1989 109th U.S. Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (76 16 63 76)

1989 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins

1988 Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76

1987 Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns

1987 Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member

1986 Paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66

1986 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75)

1985 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)

1975 Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72

1973 Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

1972 Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title

1972 Boris Mironov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics

1969 Boris Karloff, Pratt, British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81

1968 Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73

1967 Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89

1966 Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65

1964 Boris Johnson, British Politician

1962 Mauritius Dekker, Boris Robazki, writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66

1961 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61

1960 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr. Zhivago), dies at 70

1959 Boris Vian, French Writer

1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature

1958 Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US

1956 Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian Statesman

1955 Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996

1954 Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics

1952 Boris Blank, born in Switzerland, composer, musician, member of Yello, responsible for unique sound, influenced by Yello members Carlos Peron, Deiter Meier

1951 Boris Kinberg, rock percussionist, Mink Deville

1950 Boris Vladimirovich Morukov, Russian cosmonaut

1949 [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard

1949 Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64

1945 Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash'

1943 Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies

1943 Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler

1941 Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist

1940 Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut

1940 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker, Monster Mash

1939 Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer

1939 Boris Pickett, vocalist, Monster Mash

1938 Boris Lagutin, U.S.S.R., light-middleweight boxer, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics

1938 Boris Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold

1937 Boris Borisovich Yegorov, U.S.S.R., doctor/cosmonaut, Voskhod I

1937 Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72

1935 Bob Bouber, Boris Blom, Dutch singer, ZZ and Masks, actor

1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties

1934 Boris Valentinovich Volynov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 5, 21

1933 Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika

1932 Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics

1931 Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies

1930 Boris Nikolayevich Belousov, cosmonaut

1927 Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis

1925 Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies

1923 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown

1920 Sergei F Bondarchuk, director/actor, Boris Godunov, Step, Otello

1920 Boris Vian, French Writer

1919 Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer

1918 Boris becomes king of Bulgaria

1914 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov

1911 Boris Kremenliev, composer

1908 Boris N Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer

1908 Boris N. Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer

1906 Boris Papandopulo, composer

1905 Boris Arapov, born in Poltava, Ukraine, composer, studied with Vladimir Shcherbachov at Leningrad Conservatory, taught at Leningrad Conservatory, received honor Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of Lenin honor in 1986

1905 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble

1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer, La Chatte

1903 Boris Blacher, born in Newchwang, China, German composer, Orchester-Ornament

1901 Boris Koutzen, composer

1900 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer

1896 Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer, Merkteken

1895 Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer

1894 Boris III, czar of Bulgaria, 1918-43

1890 Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, Dr. Zhivago,

1890 Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958,

1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist

1887 Boris Karloff, William H Pratt, Dulwich England, actor, Frankenstein

1884 Boris Asafiev, composer

1881 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42

1874 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg

1839 Modest Mussorgsky, composer, Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt

1839 Modest P. Mussorgsky, Russian composer, Boris Godunov

1648 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov

1605 Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies

1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies

1603 Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies

1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar

1598 Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia

1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I

866 Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)


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