列夫·尼古拉耶维奇·托尔斯泰(俄语:Лев Николаевич Толстой,1828年9月9日(儒略历8月28日)—1910年11月20日(儒略历11月7日))俄国小说家、评论家、剧作家和哲学家,同时也是非暴力的基督教无政府主义者和教育改革家。他是在托尔斯泰这个贵族家族中最有影响力的一位。托尔斯泰著有《战争与和平》、《安娜·卡列尼娜》和《复活》这几部被视作经典的长篇小说,被认为是世界最伟大的作家之一。
Russian author Leo Tolstoy, suffering from pneumonia, died of heart failure at the railroad station of Astapovo.
American tobacco companies signed an agreement with the governments of 46 U.S. states to settle the states' claims for reimbursement of Medicaid funds they had expended to treat smoking-related illnesses, the settlement costing the tobacco manufacturers $206 billion beyond the $40 billion they had agreed to pay four other states in 1997.