1988 Event Galina Chistyakova of U.S.S.R. sets long jump woman's record (24"8") 1962 Birthday Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988 1954 Birthday Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Galina Prozumenschikova, U.S.S.R., 200m backstroke 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Birthday Galina A. Kulakova, born in U.S.S.R., nordic skier, Olympics 3 golds 1972 1937 Birthday Galina Samsova, ballerina 1937 Birthday Galina Samsova, ballerina 1936 Birthday Galina Shostakovich, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri 1934 Birthday Galina Bystrova, U.S.S.R., pentathelete, 1957, 58 1931 Birthday Galina Zybina, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, 15 world records between 1952-58 1926 Birthday Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, soprano, Madama Butterfly 1919 Birthday Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer 1910 Birthday Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi
