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United States 6/30/1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects to the US Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered one of the world’s greatest ballet dancers, defected from the USSR. He defected in Canada and got political assylum there. He was granted asylum in the US soon after. American President Gerald Ford (8/9/1974-1/20/1977) Argentine President María Estela Martínez de Perón (6/29/1974-3/24/1976) Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (12/5/1972-11/11/1975) Austrian President Rudolf Kirchschläger (7/8/1974-7/8/1986) Bahamian Premier Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992) Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992) Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans (4/25/1974-10/20/1978) Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel (3/15/1974-3/14/1979) British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (3/4/1974-4/5/1976) Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (4/20/1968-6/3/1979) East German Chairman of the State Council Willi Stoph (10/3/1973-10/29/1976) German President Walter Scheel (7/1/1974-6/30/1979) Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (7/7/1972-12/9/1974)