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Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

1978-07-05 - Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
1986-12-16 - Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist party, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Gorbachev's tenure
1991-12-01 - Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
1991-12-16 - Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.
1994-01-10 - Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs
2001-06-14 - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
2003-06-02 - Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
2005-11-09 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
2005-12-23 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
2012-12-25 - 27 people are killed after an Antonov An-72 plane crashes near Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 25 of 25

1940-07-06 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
1946-07-27 - Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Kazakhstan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
1962-08-15 - Igor Dorokhin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1967-05-26 - Igor Zemlyanoy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1967-07-08 - Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
1968-01-22 - Andrey Sokolov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1968-10-28 - Aleksandr Koreshkov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1969-08-15 - Pavel Kamentsev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970-01-01 - Vadim Glovatskiy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970-01-02 - Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970-03-11 - Evgeniy Koreshkov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970-04-05 - Erlan Sagymbayev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970-04-18 - Vladimir Antipin, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1970-10-09 - Oleg Kryazhev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1972-02-19 - Andrey Pchelyakov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1972-07-20 - Jozef Stumpel, NHL forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, LA Kings)
1973-03-23 - Igor Nikitin, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1973-10-09 - Alexey Trochshinskiy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1974-01-28 - Vitaly Tregubov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1974-05-01 - Vladimir Zavyalov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
1975-03-07 - Andrey Savenkov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1975-09-08 - Elena Likhovtseva, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan, tennis star
1976-02-23 - Dmitriy Dudarev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1977-03-08 - Petr Devyatkin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1987-07-02 - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 1 of 1

2008-06-28 - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b.1987)


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