2014 Event Russia sends roughly 215 trucks of humanitarian supplies into Ukraine without permission from Kiev; the truck contents were inspected by neither Ukrainian officials nor Red Cross members as agreed to by Ukraine and Russia, but Kiev did not protest 2013 Event In Kiev, Russia, anti-government protesters topple the last surviving monument of Vladimir Lenin; the monument fell in Bessarabska Square; it was was pounded with hammers and only some parts of the Soviet hero's legs remained 1986 Event Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II 1975 Birthday Milla Jovovich, born in Kiev, Ukraine, actress, Return to Blue Lagoon, Chaplin 1975 Event Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II 1975 Birthday Julia Bikbova, born in Kiev, Ukraine, dance skater 1974 Birthday Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior 1973 Birthday Victoria Nika Zdrok, born in Kiev, Ukraine, playmate October, 1994 1972 Birthday Alexei Zhitnik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, NHL defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres 1972 Birthday Olga Chernyak, born in Kiev, Ukraine, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Natalia Medvedeva, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1993 Prague Essen 1971 Birthday Oleg Ladik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Kiev 1941 Event 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine 1941 Event Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev 1941 Event Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev 1941 Event German army conquerors Kiev 1941 Event German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine 1920 Event Polish troops occupy Kiev 1919 Event Ukranian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev 1914 Birthday Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra 1913 Event Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1913 Event Piotr Nesterow 1st flight (Kiev Ukraine) 1912 Birthday Igor Markevitch, born in Kiev, Ukraine, conductor, Le Paradis Perdu 1905 Birthday Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet 1905 Birthday Grigori Kozintsev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, director, Hamlet, King Lear 1904 Birthday Vladimir Horowitz, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist, Carmen 1900 Birthday Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer, Zavod, 1898 Event Jews are expelled from Kiev, Russia 1898 Birthday Golda Meir, Meyerson, Kiev, Ukraine, 4th Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-74 1891 Birthday Ilya G Ehrenburg, born in Kiev, Ukraine, writer, Fall of Paris, The Thaw 1890 Birthday Vaslav Nijinsky, born in Kiev, Ukraine, ballet dancer, 3/12 NS 1886 Birthday Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor, Seattle Symph 1881 Event Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine 1880 Birthday Rosina Lhevinne, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist and professor, Juiliard Graduate School 1814 Birthday Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet, painter and professor of Kiev 1794 Event Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev 1482 Event Krim-Tataren plunders Kiev 1448 Event Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication 1240 Event Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev 1054 Death Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
