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1997 U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
1995 "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki 1990 HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague 1990 George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki 1990 Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1983 Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon 2:10:03 1983 Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin) 1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) 1983 Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS) 1983 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) 1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki 1976 Ville Valo, born in Helsinki, Finland, musician, singer, songwriter, leader, HIM rock band, baritone voice, Moto Moto in Finnish version of movie, Madagaskar 2 1975 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord 1975 Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations 1972 Juha Ylonen, Helsinki, Finland, NHL forward, Phoenix, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0) 1970 Teemu Selanne, born in Helsinki, Finland, NHL right wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1970 Mika Stromberg, Helsinki FIN, hockey defenseman, Team Finland 1969 Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system 1969 SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland 1968 Kata Karkkainen, Helsinki Finland, playmate, Dec, 1988 1967 Markus Ketterer, Helsinki FIN, hockey goalie, Team Finland 1965 Esa Tikkanen, Helsinki FI, NHL left wing, Panthers, Canucks, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics 1960 Jari Kurri, Helsinki Fin, NHL left wing, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki 1958 Esa-Pekka Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, conductor, Giro 1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland 1952 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland 1944 Leif Segerstam, born in Vaasa, Finland, composer, chief conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 - 2007, professor Sibelius Academy 1939 Russian air raid on Helsinki 1939 U.S.S.R. invades Finland, bombs Helsinki 1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland 1933 Jorn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director, Anna, Tenderness 1931 Taina Elg, born in Helsinki, Finland, actress, Hercules in, New York, Les Girls 1929 Pentti Siimes, Pentti Kalevi Siimes, Helsinki Finland 1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Finland, composer, Kaivos 1917 George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor, Henry-Punky Brewster 1900 Sibelius' "Finlandia," premieres in Helsinki |
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