BIRTHS

Joan Emms (1967), an English Grandmaster, author and coach.
Eric Prie (1962), a French Grandmaster and coach who was French Champion in 1995.
Sergey Fedorchuk (1981), a Ukrainian Grandmaster who became the  European U14 Champion in 1995.
Alexandre Danin (1986), a Russian Grandmaster.

CHESS EVENTS

1958 Ms. Elizaveta Bykova of USSR regained her title as Women’s Word Champion beating Ms. Olga Rubtsova USSR 8½-5½ in Moscow.
2016 In Lviv, Ukraine, for the fourth time Hou Yifan (CHN) won the Women’s World Championship Match against Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) with 6 – 3 score.

WORLD EVENTS 

1489 The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
1689 Scotland dismisses William III & Mary Stuart as king & queen.
1939 Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
1951 Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.
1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns.
1964 A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany.
1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress.
1994 Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

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