2013 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to pull out of a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month; the meeting was set to occur before the September G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg 2013 Event Despite differences with the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Barack Obama affirms that the U.S. will attend the G-20 meeting in St. Petersburg 1999 Event 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg 1995 Event Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg 1994 Event Goodwill Games open in St. Petersburg 1991 Event Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg 1991 Event 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1990 Event NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) 1990 Event 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St. Petersburg (3-2) 1990 Event St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship 1971 Birthday Peter Tchernyshev, St. Petersburg Russia, dance skater, & Naomi Lang 1969 Birthday LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-15th 1969 Birthday Dexter Rogers, St. Petersburg, Florida, volleyball opposite hitter 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Christina Marie Leardini, St. Petersburg, Florida, playmate, Apr, 1991 1968 Event Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open 1967 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic 1966 Event WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast 1966 Event Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball 1966 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1965 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1964 Event Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1962 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1961 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1960 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1959 Birthday Dean Townson, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake 1959 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Tournament 1958 Event WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1957 Event Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1956 Birthday Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star 1956 Event Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1955 Event WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins 1955 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1954 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1952 Birthday Vladimir Putin, born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, second President of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister of Russia 1941 Event Blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by Germany begins 1939 Birthday Terrence McNally, St. Petersburg, Florida, playwright, Bad Habits 1939 Birthday Murle Breer, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, professional golfer 1937 Birthday Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer, 1964 St. Petersburg Open 1937 Birthday Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams 1931 Event Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1924 Event Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad 1917 Event Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg 1914 Event St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd 1914 Event World's 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins 1912 Birthday Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel 1910 Birthday Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi 1908 Event Leonid Andreyevs "Dui Nashey Zhizni," premieres in St. Petersburg 1907 Event Saint-Saens/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St. Petersburg 1907 Event Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1906 Birthday Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1906 Birthday Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1905 Birthday Mischa Auer, Ounskowsky, St. Petersburg Rus, actor, My Man Godfrey 1905 Event Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg 1905 Event 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1904 Birthday Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Birthday Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya 1904 Birthday Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1903 Birthday Nikolai Cherkasov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actor, Ivan the Terrible 1903 Birthday Leonid Kinskey, St. Petersburg Russia, actor, Casablanca 1902 Event Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St. Petersburg 1901 Birthday Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1900 Birthday Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54 1900 Birthday Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47 1899 Birthday Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, novelist, Lolita, Ada 1899 Birthday Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, novelist 1899 Birthday Alexander Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1896 Birthday Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St. Petersburg Russia, poet 1896 Event Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1895 Birthday Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance 1895 Event Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg 1895 Event Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg 1893 Event Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg 1892 Event Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St. Petersburg 1890 Event St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg 1890 Event Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St. Petersburg) 1889 Birthday Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1888 Event St. Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg 1887 Event Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagnol," premieres in St. Petersburg 1882 Birthday Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle 1882 Event Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1882 Birthday Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1875 Event Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg 1874 Event Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg 1873 Birthday Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1873 Birthday Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1867 Event Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St. Petersburg 1865 Birthday Alexander K Glazunov, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, Chopiniana 1865 Event Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 1865 Event Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1864 Event Siege of Petersburg, VA 1864 Event Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station 1864 Event Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days 1864 Event Battle of Petersburg, Virginia 1864 Event Battle of the Crater: General Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 1864 Event Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1864 Event At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults 1864 Event Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia 1864 Event Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults Confederate line 1862 Event Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia) 1861 Event Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg 1855 Birthday Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake, 1852 Event Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St. Petersburg 1850 Birthday Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1845 Birthday Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS 1842 Event St. M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg 1836 Event Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1836 Event Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St. Petersburg 1826 Death Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60 1824 Event Storm causes St. Petersburg flood, killing 10,000 1824 Event St. Petersburg flood 1764 Event Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls 1745 Birthday Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg 1703 Event St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
