Of course you didn't know that, because he didn't. I'm not surprised that rag didn't check their facts, it rarely does.
Farrell died 30 December 2010 rather than 29 December. Rasputin died 29 December 1916 in the Julian calendar, which equates to 16 December 1916 in the Gregorian calendar.
regards,
Hein
Well spotted. Speaking of utterly useless English rags, I originally stumbled across a mention of that Rasputin/Bony M. "fact" when reading this bizarre opinion piece in another notoriously unreliable/at-times-downright-bonkers UK paper, the Guardian. In this piece, the authoress claims that Kate Bush's song "Babooshka" contributed to some degree in bringing down the Iron Curtain:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/26/kate-bush-russians-britain-babooshka
The comments section is hilarious.