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1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg
1995 Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg 1994 Goodwill Games open in St. Petersburg 1991 Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1990 NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) 1990 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St. Petersburg (3-2) 1990 St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship 1971 Peter Tchernyshev, St. Petersburg Russia, dance skater, & Naomi Lang 1969 LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-15th 1969 Dexter Rogers, St. Petersburg, Florida, volleyball opposite hitter 1996 Olympics 1969 Christina Marie Leardini, St. Petersburg, Florida, playmate, Apr, 1991 1968 Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open 1967 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic 1966 WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast 1966 Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball 1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1962 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1960 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1959 Dean Townson, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Tournament 1958 WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1957 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1956 Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star 1956 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open 1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by Germany begins 1939 Terrence McNally, St. Petersburg, Florida, playwright, Bad Habits 1939 Murle Breer, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, professional golfer 1937 Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer, 1964 St. Petersburg Open 1937 Johnny Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, comedian, Good Times, Leslie Uggams 1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager 1924 Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad 1917 Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg 1914 St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd 1914 World's 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins 1912 Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel 1910 Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi 1908 Leonid Andreyevs "Dui Nashey Zhizni," premieres in St. Petersburg 1907 Saint-Saens/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St. Petersburg 1907 Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1906 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1906 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1905 Mischa Auer, Ounskowsky, St. Petersburg Rus, actor, My Man Godfrey 1905 Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg 1905 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1904 Sergei Yutkevich, St. Petersburg Russia, director, Otello, Banya 1904 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, In the Fire, 1903 Nikolai Cherkasov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actor, Ivan the Terrible 1903 Leonid Kinskey, St. Petersburg Russia, actor, Casablanca 1902 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St. Petersburg 1901 Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1900 Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54 1900 Jennie Tourel, St. Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera 1943-47 1899 Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, novelist, Lolita, Ada 1899 Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, novelist 1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1896 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St. Petersburg Russia, poet 1896 Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1895 Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance 1895 Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg 1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg 1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg 1892 Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St. Petersburg 1890 St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg 1890 Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St. Petersburg) 1889 Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1888 St. Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg 1887 Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagnol," premieres in St. Petersburg 1882 Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle 1882 Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St. Petersburg 1882 Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer 1875 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg 1874 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St. Petersburg 1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs 1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St. Petersburg 1865 Alexander K Glazunov, St. Petersburg Russia, composer, Chopiniana 1865 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1864 Siege of Petersburg, VA 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days 1864 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia 1864 Battle of the Crater: General Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults 1864 Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia 1864 Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults Confederate line 1862 Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia) 1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg 1855 Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake, 1852 Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St. Petersburg 1850 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer 1845 Alexander III, St. Petersburg, Russian tsar, 1881-94, 3/10 NS 1842 St. M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg 1836 Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1836 Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St. Petersburg 1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60 1824 Storm causes St. Petersburg flood, killing 10,000 1824 St. Petersburg flood 1764 Smolny-institution forms in St. Petersburg for noble girls 1745 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg 1703 St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great |
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