2010 Event The European Parliament awards Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 1989 Death Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68 1986 Event U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile 1975 Event Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize 1975 Event Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize 1928 Birthday Michael Bryant, born in London, England, actor, Sakharov, Girly 1923 Birthday Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov 1921 Birthday Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker, Nobel '75
