1993 Death Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54 1940 Birthday Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina, Kirov, defected 1970 1938 Birthday Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov 1938 Birthday Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer and choreographer, Kirov 1934 Death Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad 1881 Birthday Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer, Kirov is With Us
