- 1941-10-13 Nazis kill 11,000 Jewish children and old people, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; additional murders continue on the 14th [1]
- 2012-04-27 Four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, kill 27 people
- 2023-06-06 Major dam at Nova Kakhovka, in Russian-held Ukraine collapses sending flooding down the Dnipro river, prompting evacuation of thousands amid suspicions of Russian sabotage [1]
Famous People from Dnipro
- 1831-07-30 Helena Blavatsky, Russian occultist, philosopher, and author (co-founded Theosophical Society), born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1891)
- 1893-05-31 Janet Sobel [Jennie Olechovsky], Ukrainian-American abstract expressionist and drip-paint pioneering artist (Milky Way), born in Katerynoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) (d. 1968)
- 1903-04-17 Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist, born in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1976)
- 1903-06-17 Mikhail Svetlov, Russian poet and writer, born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
- 1919-10-17 Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist, Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro), Ukraine (d. 2021)
- 1953-02-27 Oleg Moliboga, Ukrainian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1980, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1978, 82), born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine (d. 2022)
- 1960-11-27 Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian politician and co-leader of the Orange Revolution, Prime Minister (2005, 2007-10), born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- 1976-07-19 Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), born in Mariupol, Ukraine (d. 2023)
- 1977-06-04 Roman Miroshnichenko, Russian jazz-fusion, rock, and world music guitarist, and composer, born in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
- 1977-11-16 Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater (World Champion, 1993; Olympic gold, 1994), born in Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- 1982-05-03 Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player, born in Dnipro, Ukraine
Famous Ukrainians
Golda Meir
Igor Sikorsky
Ilya Repin
Larisa Latynina
Leon Trotsky
Leonid Brezhnev