BIRTHS

Mario Monticelli (1902-30.06.1995) an Italian Grandmaster who was Italian Champion in 1929, 1934, and 1939.
Rainier Knaak (1953), a German Grandmaster author and Mathematician who won the GDR championship in 1974, 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), a Georgian Grandmaster, coach and organizer. European Individual Champion in 2003 and the current European Continental President.
Goran Kosanovic (1962), a Serbian Grandmaster and author.
Utut Adianto (1965), the best ever Indonesian Grandmaster who became a minister.
Jean-Michel Rapaire (1965), a Monegasque player, organizer and FIDE Arbiter who is the President of the Monaco Chess Federation since 1991.
Zhu Chen (1976), Qatari Grandmaster who was the Women’s World Champion in 2001.
Iweta Radziewicz (1981), a Polish Woman Grandmaster who was seven times Polish Women’s Champion.
Arturs Neiksans (1983), a Latvian Grandmaster and an author who became three times Latvian Champion.
Kirill Stupak (1990), a Belarus Grandmaster.
Maxime Vachier Lagarde (1994), a French Grandmaster, World U20 Champion who was the second world best-ranked player in 2016.

CHESS EVENTS

1954  In Moscow at the World Championship Match, Mikhail Botvinnik tied with Vassily Smyslov. The final result was 7-7 and 10 draws. As three years ago, Botvinnik retained his title of World Champion.

WORLD EVENTS

1792 King Gustav III of Sweden is shot by Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera
1815 Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1935 Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1939 From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign
1976 British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
1977 Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1978 Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped.
2014 Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2020 The Dow Jones falls by –2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second largest percentage drop ever at −12.93 percent, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929).

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