2001 Death Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies 1964 Death Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66 1955 Birthday Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1944 Death Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies 1944 Death Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78 1909 Event Vassily Kandinsky forms Kunstlerverein in Munich 1898 Birthday Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh 1866 Birthday Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration
