2011 Event Moscow's Bolshoi Theater reopens after a six-year renovation, restoring it to it's pre-Soviet opulence 1992 Death Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies 1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect 1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City 1950 Death Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies 1949 Birthday Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer, Bolshoi, defected 1979 1941 Birthday Natalya Bessmertnova, born in Moscow, dancer, Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970 1925 Birthday Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet 1910 Birthday Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi
