2013 Event Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle bearing his name, dies at his home in the city of Izhevsk at the age of 94 2012 Event Mikhail Korniyenko and Scott Kelly, veteran astronauts, are chosen to carry out the first year-long mission to the International Space Station in 2015 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 2001 Death Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies 1995 Death Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies 1992 Death Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55 1991 Event Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of U.S.S.R. Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev 1991 Birthday Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize 1990 Event Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1989 Event U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing 1988 Event Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of Soviet Union 1985 Event President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1974 Event Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west 1972 Birthday Mikhail Sloutsky, WLAF LB for the Scotland Claymores 1967 Birthday Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian Statesman Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan 1998 1965 Birthday Mikhail Shtalenkov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL goalie, Team Russia, Anaheim 1963 Birthday Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Businessman 1957 Death Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74 1956 Birthday Mikhail Burtsev, U.S.S.R., sabres 1976 Olympics gold 1955 Birthday Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1952 Birthday Mikhail Georgiyevich Potapov, Russian cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Mikhail Baryshnikov, born in Riga, Latvia, ballet dancer, That's Dancing 1945 Birthday Mikhail Woronin, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Olympic-2 gold/4 silver/bronze-1968 Mikhail Voronin, born in U.S.S.R., horse vault gymnast, 1968 Olympics gold 1937 Birthday Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61 1936 Birthday Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut 1936 Death Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61 1935 Birthday Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russia, cosmonaut 1935 Death Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75 1932 Event Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna 1932 Birthday Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev, cosmonaut 1931 Birthday Mikhail Gorbachev, born in Privolnoye, U.S.S.R., Soviet Secretary General from 1985 - 1991 1927 Death Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer, dies at 78 1919 Birthday Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian Inventor 1911 Birthday Mikhail Botvinnik, of U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1948-63 1908 Birthday Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer 1905 Birthday Mikhail Sholokhov, U.S.S.R., writer, And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965 1891 Birthday Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist, Black Snow 1883 Birthday Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer 1880 Birthday Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 1876 Death Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary 1874 Birthday Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer 1859 Birthday Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician, Armenian Rhapsody 1857 Death Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, dies at 53 1849 Birthday Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer 1841 Death Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet and novelist, dies Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet 1826 Birthday Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist, Family of Noblemen 1814 Birthday Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet and writer, Demon and other poems Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist 1804 Birthday Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer, Jota Aragonesa
