BIRTHS

Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913 – 02.02.1997), an Argentine Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany, and Argentina. He was part of the German team which won the 1939 Olympiad.
Abram Khasin (1923), an International Master, and Correspondence Grandmaster. Honored coach of the USSR, who brought up Fatalibekova, Konopleva, Razuvaev, Bareev.
Bojan Kurajica (1947), a Bosnian Grandmaster living in Spain who won the 1965 World U20 Championship.
Eva Karakas.(1922-06.05.1995), a Hungarian Woman Grandmaster who won 8 Hungarian Women’s Championship.
Margeir Petursson (1960), an Icelandic Grandmaster and businessman who won the Icelandic Championship in 1986 and 1987.
Patrick Wolff (1968), an Amercian Grandmaster who was US Champion in 1992 and 1995 before to leave chess for investment business.
Marc Hebden (1958) an English Grandmaster, author, and a strong blitz player.
Dragan Kosic (1970), a Montenegrin Grandmaster who won the championship of Montenegro in 2007 and 2010.
Daniel Fridman (1976), a German Grandmaster born in Latvia who was German champion in 2008,2012 and 2014.
Juan Mario Gomez (1958), a Spanish Grandmaster who was Spanish champion in 1980 and 1992.
Petr Kostenko(1976), a Kazakh Grandmaster.
Hovik Hayrapetyan (1990), an Armenian Grandmaster.
Thorsten Michael Haub (1968) a German Grandmaster.
Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene (2000), a Mongolian International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is the best Mongolian female chess player since 2016.

DEATH

Conel Hugh O’Donel Alexander, CMG, CBE (19.04.1909 – 15.02.1974), an Irish-born British cryptanalyst, International Master and chess writer who won twice the title of British Champion.
Isaac Boleslavsky (09.06.1919-1977), a Soviet Grandmaster and author born in Ukraine who became a candidate for the World Championship in 1948 but lost the final to David Bronstein.

CHESS EVENTS

1972 The USSR won the 6th Correspondence Chess Olympiad.
1985 During the World Chess Championship press conference in where, of the players, initially only Kasparov was attended, Campomanes read the following statement:

“I declare that the Match is ended without any further decision. There will be a new match that will start from scratch with the score 0:0 on 1 September 1985.
The two players consented. The next FIDE Congress in August shall determine further necessary match provisions. The winner of that match will be the World Champion for the period of 1985-1986.”

WORLD EVENTS

1637 Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1764 The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
1804 The Serbian Revolution begins.
1879 Women’s rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1923 Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt.
1936 Hitler announce the building of Volkswagen cars (the people’s car).
1944 World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
1950 Walt Disney’s “Cinderella” released.
1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
1965 A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
1972 José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends.
2005 YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.
(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday)

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