2010 Event Denisova hominin - a previously unknown type of ancient human, is identified by scientists through DNA analysis from a finger discovered in a cave near Siberia, Russia 2009 Event A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia 1994 Event Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) 1994 Event Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed 1983 Event Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet 1954 Event U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1948 Death Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59 1947 Event Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia 1942 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in Siberia 1941 Event Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony 1941 Event Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia 1938 Birthday Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident 1934 Birthday Alexei A Leonov, Siberia U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Voskhod II, Soyuz 19 1932 Birthday Nikolai N Rukavishnikov, Siberia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 10, 16, 33 1928 Birthday Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 12, 18A 1919 Event Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia 1918 Event U.S. troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 1914 Birthday Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer, Princess Zondilda 1912 Event Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia 1908 Event Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet) 1908 Event New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1888 Birthday Irving Berlin, Temum Siberia, composer, White Xmas, 1741 Birthday Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, Siberia/Krim
