1998 Death Leonid Kinskey, actor, Casablanca, dies at 95 1994 Death Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95 1994 Death Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/Playwright, dies at 94 1994 Event Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president 1994 Event Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m 1993 Event Ukraine premier Leonid Koetsjma, resigns 1993 Event Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns 1982 Death Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 1982 Event Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev 1982 Event U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader 1982 Death Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Soviet 1st sect, dies of a heart attack at 77 1980 Death Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), dies at 30 1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect 1979 Event President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty 1978 Event Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5) 1977 Event Leonid Brezhnev named president of U.S.S.R. 1976 Death Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1976 Event Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU 1974 Event Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty 1973 Death Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 1973 Event Leonid I Brezhnev visit U.S. 1968 Death Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86 1966 Event Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party 1960 Event Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of U.S.S.R. 1951 Birthday Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut, STS-87 1950 Birthday Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, born in Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33 1949 Death Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54 1945 Birthday Leonid Ivanovich Popov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7 1942 Death Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 1941 Birthday Leonid Denissovich Kizim, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15 1938 Birthday Leonid Kuchma, born in Chaikyne, Ukraine, statesman, politician, President of independent Ukraine 1994 - 2005 1935 Birthday Leonid Grabovsky, composer 1929 Birthday Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1924 Birthday Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist, Lenin Prize-1952 1919 Death Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48 1919 Death Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright 1912 Birthday Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel 1908 Event Leonid Andreyevs "Dui Nashey Zhizni," premieres in St. Petersburg 1907 Event Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1906 Birthday Leonid I Brezhnev, Ukraine, 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R., 1964 - 1982 1906 Birthday Leonid I. Brezhnev, Politician 1903 Birthday Leonid Kinskey, St. Petersburg Russia, actor, Casablanca 1899 Birthday Leonid Leonow, writer 1899 Birthday Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright 1894 Birthday Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer 1881 Birthday Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer 1878 Birthday Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer 1871 Birthday Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer, Red Laugh 1871 Birthday Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright
