Milestones

DIED Boris Fyodorov, 50, a former Deputy Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin, was a well-known reformer who co-founded the United Financial Group, one of Russia's leading investment banks. He spoke against corruption, demanding corporate oversight.

• Carole Caldwell Graebner, 65, a doubles champion in tennis in the 1960s, was part of the inaugural 1963 U.S. Fed Cup team and a driving force behind the Fed Cup.

• Gerald Schoenfeld, 84, chairman of the Shubert Organization since 1972, helped bring numerous shows to Broadway, including Cats and A Chorus Line. The group owns 17 Broadway playhouses, plus one off-Broadway, and theaters in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington.

• John Michael Hayes, 89, was a prolific screenwriter who worked with Alfred Hitchcock on films such as Rear Window and To Catch a Thief. After a dispute over payment and writing credit ended their partnership, Hayes went on to solo projects such as Peyton's Place.

IDENTIFIED Centuries of speculation ended on Nov. 20 after scientists announced they had identified the long-lost remains of 16th century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus using DNA testing. Copernicus was condemned for asserting that the sun was the center of the known universe.

RETIRED "It's over," said Annika Sorenstam, 38, on Nov. 22 after she failed to qualify for the third round of golf's ADT Championship. Sorenstam announced in May that she would retire at the end of the 2008 LPGA season. It became official after she came just two shots short of making it to the next round. She ends her career as a Hall of Famer with 72 LPGA wins and 89 career wins.