1966 Birthday Pavel Torgajev, Nizhnij Novgorod, NHL left wing for the Calgary Flames 1873 Birthday Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in Novgorod, Russia, composer, Prelude in C# Minor 1872 Birthday Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 1681 Birthday Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer 1570 Event Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod 1570 Event Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins 1478 Event Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod 1242 Event Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights
