2011 Event Boris Gryzlov, ally to Vladimir Putin and speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, resigns from his position 2007 Death Robert Pickett, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash', dies 2007 Death Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure 2004 Death Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian Statesman 2001 Death 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 Event Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO 1996 Event 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) 1995 Death Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83 1994 Death Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56 1994 Death Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88 1993 Event Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27) 1993 Event Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow 1993 Event Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin 1993 Death Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79 1993 Event Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader 1992 Event Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade 1992 Death 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 Event Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin 1991 Death Boris Pugo, U.S.S.R. minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S. 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR 1991 Event Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation 1991 Event 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64) 1991 Event Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1990 Event Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party 1990 Event Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic 1989 Event 109th U.S. Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (76 16 63 76) 1989 Event 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 1988 Death Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76 1987 Event Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns 1987 Event Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member 1986 Death Paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66 1986 Event 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75) 1985 Event 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64) 1975 Death Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72 1973 Birthday Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor 1972 Event Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title 1972 Birthday Boris Mironov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics 1969 Death Boris Karloff, Pratt, British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81 1968 Death Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 1967 Birthday Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89 1966 Death Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 1965 Birthday Alan Cumming, born in Aberfeldy, Scotland, actor, director, author, played Boris Ivanovich Grishenko in 'GoldenEye' James Bond film 1964 Birthday Boris Johnson, New York City, New York, politician, journalist, Mayor of London, formerly served as a Member of Parliament for Henley-on-Thames 1962 Death Mauritius Dekker, Boris Robazki, writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 1961 Death Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 1960 Death Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr. Zhivago), dies at 70 1959 Death Boris Vian, French Writer 1958 Event Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature 1958 Event Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1958 Event "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US 1956 Birthday Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian Statesman 1955 Birthday 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 Birthday Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1952 Birthday Boris Blank, born in Switzerland, composer, musician, member of Yello, responsible for unique sound, influenced by Yello members Carlos Peron, Deiter Meier 1951 Birthday Boris Kinberg, rock percussionist, Mink Deville 1950 Birthday Boris Vladimirovich Morukov, Russian cosmonaut 1949 Birthday [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard 1949 Death Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64 1945 Birthday Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash' 1943 Death Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies 1943 Event Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler 1941 Birthday Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist 1940 Birthday Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut 1940 Birthday Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker, Monster Mash 1939 Birthday Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer 1939 Birthday Boris Pickett, vocalist, Monster Mash 1938 Birthday Boris Lagutin, U.S.S.R., light-middleweight boxer, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1938 Birthday Boris Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold 1937 Birthday Boris Borisovich Yegorov, U.S.S.R., doctor/cosmonaut, Voskhod I 1937 Birthday Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72 1935 Birthday Bob Bouber, Boris Blom, Dutch singer, ZZ and Masks, actor 1935 Event King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties 1934 Birthday Boris Valentinovich Volynov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 5, 21 1933 Birthday Boris Strugatski, U.S.S.R., sci-fi author, Tale of Troika 1932 Birthday Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1931 Birthday Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1930 Birthday Boris Nikolayevich Belousov, cosmonaut 1927 Birthday 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 Death Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies 1923 Event Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown 1920 Birthday Sergei F Bondarchuk, director/actor, Boris Godunov, Step, Otello 1920 Birthday Boris Vian, French Writer 1919 Birthday Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer 1918 Event Boris becomes king of Bulgaria 1914 Birthday Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov 1911 Birthday Boris Kremenliev, composer 1908 Birthday Boris N Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1908 Birthday Boris N. Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1906 Birthday Boris Papandopulo, composer 1905 Birthday 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 Birthday Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble 1904 Birthday Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer, La Chatte 1903 Birthday Boris Blacher, born in Newchwang, China, German composer, Orchester-Ornament 1901 Birthday Boris Koutzen, composer 1900 Birthday Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer 1896 Birthday Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer, Merkteken 1895 Birthday Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer 1894 Birthday Boris III, czar of Bulgaria, 1918-43 1890 Birthday Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, Dr. Zhivago, 1890 Birthday Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958, 1890 Birthday Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist 1887 Birthday Boris Karloff, William H Pratt, Dulwich England, actor, Frankenstein 1884 Birthday Boris Asafiev, composer 1881 Death Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 1874 Event Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg 1839 Birthday Modest Mussorgsky, composer, Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt 1839 Birthday Modest P. Mussorgsky, Russian composer, Boris Godunov 1648 Event Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov 1605 Death Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1605 Death Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies 1603 Death Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies 1598 Event Boris Godunov crowned tsar 1598 Event Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia 1598 Event Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I 866 Event Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
