1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City 1949 Birthday Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer, Bolshoi, defected 1979 1949 Birthday [Boris] Alexander Godunov, Sakhalin U.S.S.R., dancer/actor, Die Hard 1920 Birthday Sergei F Bondarchuk, director/actor, Boris Godunov, Step, Otello 1914 Birthday Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov 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 P. Mussorgsky, Russian composer, Boris Godunov 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
