2014 Event French author Patrick Modiano receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, winning the award over noted poet Adonis and writers Haruki Murakami, Svetlana Alexievich, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o 1984 Event Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space 1982 Event Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space 1967 Event Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S. 1967 Event Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City 1967 Event Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West 1967 Event Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US 1953 Birthday Svetlana Ulmasova, U.S.S.R., 3K, world title 1978 1951 Birthday Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut 1950 Birthday Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina, Russia, cosmonaut 1948 Birthday Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A 1946 Birthday Lana Wood, Svetlana Gurdin, born in Santa Rosa, California, Diamonds are Forever 1932 Birthday Svetlana Beriozova, ballerina 1926 Birthday Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author, My Life
