1997 Event 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea 1992 Event 32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter 1979 Event Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect 1969 Birthday Alexander Mogilny, Khavarovsk, 1st soviet to defect to NHL, Sabres 1949 Event Czechoslovakian tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
