Events in Dagestan History
- 1921-01-20 Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR
- 2013-02-14 A suicide bombing kills 4 police officer and injures 5 in Dagestan
Sports History
2018-10-06 Khabib Nurmagomedov of Dagestan beats Irishman Conor McGregor by 4th round submission in UFC lightweight title fight in Las Vegas; instantly marred by ugly post-fight brawling incident; belt withheld pending investigation
Famous People from Dagestan
- 1877-08-09 Gamzat Tsadasa, Avar-Russian poet, born in Tsada, Dagestan, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
- 1923-09-08 Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (Zhuravli), born in Tasda, Dagestan, Russian SSR (d. 2003)
- 1931-01-15 Murad Kazhlayev, Soviet and Dagestani composer, and conductor, born in Baku, Azerbaijan (d. 2023)
- 1932-12-05 Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet, novelist and journalist who helped develop Dagestani in Russian literature, born in Khunzakhsky District, Soviet Union (d. 2016)
- 1940-08-06 Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
Famous Russians
Aleksandr Ostrovsky
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Alex Ovechkin
Alexander Gretchaninov
Alexander I
Alexander II