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OCR: CHRONOLOGY JUNE 5, 1882 Bom in Oranienbaum, near St. Petersburg, the son of a bass singer at the St. Petersburg Opera. JULY 1905 Graduates in law and philosophy. JANUARY 24, 1906 Marries his cousin Catherine Nosenko (dies 1934, same year as the death of his mother, and his daughter Ludmilla). JUNE 25, 1910 Diaghilev's production of "The Firebird" premieres in Paris. MAY 29, 1913 The first performance, in Paris, of "The Rite of Spring" provokes pandemonium among the audience. JUNE 10, 1921 Premiere of "Symphonies with Wind Instruments in Memory of Debussy." 1939-40 Serves as Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard. SEPTEMBER 11, 1951 Premiere of "The Rake's Progress," his only full-length opera. APRIL 5,1971 Dies in New York.