1984 Yuri Sedykh of U.S.S.R. throws hammer a record 86.33 m
1984 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader
1984 Yuri Andropov, Gen Sec of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at 69
1983 U.S.S.R. party leader Yuri Andropov elected president
1983 Yuri Dumchev of U.S.S.R. throws discus a record 71.86 m
1983 Yuri Andropov invites U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith to U.S.S.R.
1982 U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader
1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work
1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, and Seryogin, in plane crash at 34
1968 Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, U.S.S.R. cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
1964 Yuri Khmylev, Moscow Rus, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres
1963 Yuri Yuriyevich Krikun, born in Russia, cosmonaut
1962 Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, born in Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1961 Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian Lt-colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-19
1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1
1961 Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut, Mir, Soyuz TM-23
1959 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1957 Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-18, TM-23
1953 Yuri Viktorovich Prikhodko, Russian cosmonaut
1953 Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec
1949 Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut, SK:Soyuz TM-28
1948 Yuri Pimenov, U.S.S.R., coxless pair rowers 1976 Olympics silver
1947 Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut
1944 Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 26, 38, TM-2
1943 Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut
1941 Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-2, T-11
1939 Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 24
1938 Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov
1937 Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut
1936 Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
1936 Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer
1934 Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1
1932 Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 18 backup
1930 Yuri Petrovich Artyukin, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 14
1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
1926 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russia, cosmonaut
1917 Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, U.S.S.R., director, Taganka
1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1898 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero,
1898 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero,
1898 Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86
1891 Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner, Olympic-silver 1920
1811 Yuri Arnold, composer
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