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1999 Event - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg

1995 Event - Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg

1994 Event - Goodwill Games open in St. Petersburg

1991 Event - Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg

1991 Event - 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins)

1990 Event - NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win)

1990 Event - 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St. Petersburg (3-2)

1990 Event - St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship

1971 Birthday - Peter Tchernyshev, St. Petersburg Russia, dance skater, & Naomi Lang

1969 Birthday - LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-15th

1969 Birthday - Dexter Rogers, St. Petersburg, Florida, volleyball opposite hitter 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Christina Marie Leardini, St. Petersburg, Florida, playmate, Apr, 1991

1968 Event - Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open

1967 Event - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic

1966 Event - WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast

1966 Event - Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball

1966 Event - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open

1965 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1964 Event - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open

1963 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open

1962 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1961 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1960 Event - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1959 Birthday - Dean Townson, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake

1959 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Tournament

1958 Event - WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1957 Event - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1956 Birthday - Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star

1956 Event - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1955 Event - WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast

1955 Event - WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins

1955 Event - Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1954 Event - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open

1952 Birthday - Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia

1941 Event - Blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by Germany begins

1939 Birthday - Terrence McNally, St. Petersburg, Florida, playwright, Bad Habits

1939 Birthday - Murle Breer, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, professional golfer

1937 Birthday - Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer, 1964 St. Petersburg Open

1937 Birthday - Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams

1931 Event - Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager

1924 Event - Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad

1917 Event - Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg

1914 Event - St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd

1914 Event - World's 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins

1912 Birthday - Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel

1910 Birthday - Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi

1908 Event - Leonid Andreyevs "Dui Nashey Zhizni," premieres in St. Petersburg

1907 Event - Saint-Saens/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St. Petersburg

1907 Event - Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St. Petersburg

1906 Birthday - Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer

1906 Birthday - Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer

1905 Birthday - Mischa Auer, Ounskowsky, St. Petersburg Rus, actor, My Man Godfrey

1905 Event - Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg

1905 Event - 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia

1904 Birthday - Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire,

1904 Birthday - Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya

1904 Birthday - Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire,

1903 Birthday - Nikolai Cherkasov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actor, Ivan the Terrible

1903 Birthday - Leonid Kinskey, St. Petersburg Russia, actor, Casablanca

1902 Event - Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St. Petersburg

1901 Birthday - Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari

1900 Birthday - Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54

1900 Birthday - Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47

1899 Birthday - Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, novelist, Lolita, Ada

1899 Birthday - Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, novelist

1899 Birthday - Alexander Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg Russia, composer

1896 Birthday - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St. Petersburg Russia, poet

1896 Event - Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St. Petersburg

1895 Birthday - Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance

1895 Event - Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg

1895 Event - Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg

1893 Event - Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg

1892 Event - Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St. Petersburg

1890 Event - St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg

1890 Event - Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St. Petersburg)

1889 Birthday - Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor

1888 Event - St. Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg

1887 Event - Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagnol," premieres in St. Petersburg

1882 Birthday - Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle

1882 Event - Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St. Petersburg

1882 Birthday - Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer

1875 Event - Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg

1874 Event - Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg

1873 Birthday - Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs

1873 Birthday - Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs

1867 Event - Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St. Petersburg

1865 Birthday - Alexander K Glazunov, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, Chopiniana

1865 Event - Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station)

1865 Event - Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg

1864 Event - Siege of Petersburg, VA

1864 Event - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station

1864 Event - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days

1864 Event - Battle of Petersburg, Virginia

1864 Event - Battle of the Crater: General Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg

1864 Event - Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines

1864 Event - At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults

1864 Event - Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia

1864 Event - Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults Confederate line

1862 Event - Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia)

1861 Event - Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg

1855 Birthday - Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake,

1852 Event - Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St. Petersburg

1850 Birthday - Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer

1845 Birthday - Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS

1842 Event - St. M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg

1836 Event - Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die

1836 Event - Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St. Petersburg

1826 Death - Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60

1824 Event - Storm causes St. Petersburg flood, killing 10,000

1824 Event - St. Petersburg flood

1764 Event - Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls

1745 Birthday - Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg

1703 Event - St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great

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