QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Jonathan Penrose (1933), English Grandmaster, and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1983) who won the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969.
Loek van Wely (1972), Dutch Grandmaster winner of six consecutive Dutch championships.
Andrey Deviatkin (1980), was born, Russian Grandmaster, he retired from chess in 2014.
Robert Markus (1983), Serbian Grandmaster who is currently the best Serbian player.
Daria Charochkina (1990). Russian International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

DEATH

Karl Schorn (16.10.1803-1850), German painter and chess Master.

CHESS EVENTS

1974 The USSR won the Women Olympiad in Medellin Colombia after a tie-breaking match with Romania.
1990 In New York, the World Championship Match between G. Kasparov USSR and A. Karpov USSR was opened with G. Gijssen NED as Chief Arbiter.
1997 A. Kunte IND and IL Ruofan won the Asian Junior Championships for Boys and Girls in Jaipur India.

WORLD EVENTS

1826 The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1840 Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1879 Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the “Twofold Covenant” and create the Dual Alliance.
1918 The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland declares independence from the German Empire and forms the Republic of Poland.
1919 KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1933 Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
1949 The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1950 Mother Teresa build an order called Missionary of Charity
1959 U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
1996 The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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