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2009 The Russian Orthodox Church enthrones Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
2007 Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure 1995 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) 1994 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1) 1994 Tiger Haynes, U.S. actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at 79 1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed 1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow 1993 Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow and NY 1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) 1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin New York City after 32 performances 1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin New York City for 32 performances 1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies 1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow 1990 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds 1988 Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow 1988 Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years 1988 Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan 1987 Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1985 "TASS" denounced U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 1985 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games 1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) 1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow 1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev 1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, U.S.S.R. 1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott 1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow 1980 U.S. boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow 1980 President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 1976 Adriana Serra-Zanetti, born in Modena Italy, tennis star, 1995 Moscow semi 1975 Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow 1975 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72 1974 David Moscow, born in New York City, New York, actor, played role of young Josh in film 'Big' 1974 Valeri Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens, Silver Meda 1998 Olympics 1974 Sergei Brylin, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center for the New Jersey Devils 1973 Alexei Kovalev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers 1973 Elena Makarova, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Val 1972 Oleg Fediukov, born in Moscow, Russia, dance skater, & Debbie Koegel 1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die 1972 East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 1972 U.S. president Nixon begins visit Moscow 1972 Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65 1972 Boris Mironov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2002 Olympics 1972 Dmitri Shostakovich' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1971 Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow 1971 Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow 1971 Elena Brioukhovets, born in Odessa, Ukraine, tennis star, finalist 1990 Moscow 1971 Oleg Petrov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens 1971 Pavel Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing, Vancouver Canucks 1971 Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1970 Alexei Zhamnov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1970 Igor Korolev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHLer, Team Russia, Winnipeg 1970 Sergei Zubov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Pittsburgh 1970 Alexander Karpovtsev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers 1969 Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1968 Dmitri Shostakovich' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow 1967 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow 1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow 1966 Andrei Olhovskiy, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis pro 1965 Dmitri Mironov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Pitts Penguins, Anaheim 1965 Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow 1965 M Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1965 Mikhail Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Team Russia, Anaheim 1965 German Titov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, Calgary Flames, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1965 KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, Idaho (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow 1964 Yuri Khmylev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1964 Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy 1964 Sergei Nemchinov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL center, New York Islanders, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins 1963 British spy Kim Philby found in Moscow 1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow 1962 D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow 1962 Dmitri Shostakovich' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1962 Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated 1962 Cubans minister of Foreign affairs Raul Castro arrives in Moscow 1962 Fidel Castro visits Moscow 1961 Moscow: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 4th Symphony (out 1936) 1961 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow 1961 Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US 1959 Dmitri Shostakovich's comedy "Cheryomushk," premieres in Moscow 1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow 1958 Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy 1958 Viacheslav Fetisov, born in Moscow, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Detroit 1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1957 Maria Conchita Alonso, born in Cuba, actress, Moscow on the Hudson 1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow 1957 Elena V. Kondakova, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, STS-84 1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow, Russia 1956 Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow 1956 Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow 1956 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow 1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow 1955 Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 1953 Alexander Fedorovich Poleshchuk, Moscow, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-16 1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow 1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow 1952 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow 1948 Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir 1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow 1945 Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1944 General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow 1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow 1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow 1943 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1943 Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow 1943 Averell Harriman named U.S. ambassador to Moscow 1942 Russian counter offensive begins in Moscow 1942 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow 1942 British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin 1941 Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army 1941 German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow 1941 Germany's drive to take Moscow halted 1941 Germany attacks Moscow 1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow 1941 Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow 1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow 1941 D Sjostakovitch plane evacuated in Moscow 1941 German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins 1941 Natalya Bessmertnova, born in Moscow, dancer, Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970 1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow 1936 "Peter and Wolf" premieres in Moscow 1935 Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 11 1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long) 1933 Dmitri Shostakovich's Preludes, premieres in Moscow 1932 Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, Moscow, composer, Humpback Horse 1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1930 Paul Mazursky, born in Brooklyn, writer and director, Moscow on the Hudson 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow 1929 Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow 1928 Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow 1928 Evgeny Svetlanov, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Siberian Fantasy 1927 Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1927 Vladimir M. Komarov, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, Voshkod I Soyuz 1 1927 Dmitri Shostakovich' Octet opus 11, premieres in Moscow 1925 Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow 1924 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow 1923 Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov 1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1922 "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize 1921 Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker, Nobel '75 1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1918 Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies 1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1914 Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow 1914 Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981 1913 John K M McCaffery, Moscow Idaho, TV host, One Minute Please 1908 Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow 1908 David Oistrakh, born in Odessa, Russia, violinist and professor, Moscow Conservatory 1906 Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor, Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong 1906 Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927 1905 Serge Alexandrovich, Governor-General Moscow, murdered 1904 George F. Kennan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. ambassador, to Moscow 1904 Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater 1902 Maksin Gorki's "Na dne," premieres in Moscow 1901 Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater 1900 Eugenie Leontovitch, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Homicidal 1899 Nikolai Batalov, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Mother 1899 Olga Baclanova, born in Moscow, Russia, actress, Freaks, Docks of New York 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow 1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia 1889 Vladimir Sokoloff, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Road to Morocco 1883 Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow 1882 Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow 1879 Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow 1878 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa," premieres in Moscow 1877 Tsjaikovski's incomplete ballet "Zwanenmeer," premieres in Moscow 1872 Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer, Prometheus 1869 Hans Erich Pfitzner, born in Moscow, Russia, composer, Krakquer Begrus 1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91 1859 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow 1854 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow 1812 Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow 1812 Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses and 1,000 churchs 1812 Fire of Moscow 1812 French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow 1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th) 1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow) 1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 1752 Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire 1699 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow 1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe 1671 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow 1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow 1649 Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow 1648 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov 1633 Filaret, Fjodor N Romanov, patriarch of Moscow, dies 1619 Tsar Michails father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow 1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar 1569 St. Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible 1569 St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible 1552 Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle 1547 Great fire in Moscow 1547 Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow 1533 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 1479 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow 1505-33 amd son of Ivan III 1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod 1472 Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow 1448 Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication 1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols 1359 Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow and Vladimir, dies |
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