1898 - opened Russia's first long-distance telephone line, connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg (photo)
1943 - during world war II, Soviet troops completely liberated Zhitomir from Nazi invaders (photo)
1968 - perfect test flight of the world's first supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144 (photo)
1999 - BN Yeltsin announced his voluntary resignation from the post of the President of the Russian Federation and handed over power to his successor V. Putin (photo)