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2004 Russ Meyer, maker of busty movies, Vixen, dies at 82

1997 Russ "Mad Monk" Meyer, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 74

1995 Russ Karel, director, dies at 45

1994 Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41

1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ

1990 Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox

1989 Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies

1982 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies

1972 Steve Russ, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32

1971 Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61

1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88

1970 Russ Romaniuk, born in Winnipeg, NHL left wing for the Philadelphia Flyers

1970 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75

1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies

1969 Russ Bender, actor and writer (Air Patrol, Strangler), dies at 59

1969 Russ Morgan, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65

1969 Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor and director (Chechov), dies at 82

1968 Russ Springer, Alexandria, Virginia, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

1968 Russ McCullough, WLAF offensive linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1967 Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77

1966 Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79

1965 Russ Bertram, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, diver 1996 Olympics

1965 Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing, Vancouver Canucks

1964 Russ Case, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52

1961 Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies

1956 Tim Russ, born in Washington D.C., actor, Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager

1956 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54

1949 Russ Karel, director

1947 Russ Ballard, rocker, Argent

1947 Russ Abbott, British TV comedian, September Song

1946 Russ Thacker, born in Washington D.C., producer, Golden Seal

1943 Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist and vocalist, Association

1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko

1941 German air raid on Russ naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)

1940 Vladimir Koppen, Russ/German/Aust meteorologist, dies at 93

1939 Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die

1939 Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia

1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77

1937 Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx

1934 Russ Tamblyn, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Win Place or Steal, Twin Peaks

1934 Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, U.S. singer/violist, dies at 26

1934 Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38

1933 New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0

1926 Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle

1923 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49

1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russ baron/general, dies

1921 Nina Vyroubova, Russ/French ballerina, Pavlova-prize 1957

1921 Peter Kropotkin, Russ Prince/geologist/revolut anarchist, dies at 78

1920 George Skibine, Russ/US dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona

1919 Leonid N Andrejev, Russ journalist and writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48

1916 Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies

1915 Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43

1913 Russ Conway, born in Brandon, Manitoba, actor, Richard Diamond Private Eye

1912 Don Porter, Miami Oklahoma, actor, Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show

1912 Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orch leader, Julius La Rosa Show

1911 Russ Hodges, Dayton, Tennessee, sportscaster, Wednesday Night Fights

1911 Anatol Rapoport, Russ/US mathem/biologist, game theory

1910 Russ Bender, actor and writer, Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster

1906 Wassely Leontief, Russ/U.S. economist, Nobel 1973

1905 British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos

1905 Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia

1904 Russ Morgan, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, orch leader, Welcome Aboard

1898 Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russ/Aust author, Students

1897 Iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw

1895 Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist, South-West

1895 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general, WW II

1893 Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer, Persecution of Jews

1890 Ossip Zadkine, Russ/French sculptor, Destroyed City

1888 Selman Waksman, Russ/U.S. microbiologist, Nobel 1951

1879 Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, [Leib Bronstein], Russ revolutionary

1866 Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration

1864 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russ/US composer, Snow White

1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies

1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author, Tjoma Kartashov

1849 Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia

1846 Vladimir Koppen, Russ/German meteorologist

1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russ/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet

1826 Alexander Aphanashev, Russ story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki

1821 Nikolai Nekrasov, Russ, poet/journalist, Who Can be Happy in Russia?

1814 Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia

1761 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russ minister of War

1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II



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