BIRTHS

Maximilián Samuel Rudolf Ujtelky (1915-12.12.1979), a Slovak Master and theoretician who shared 1st with Jiří Fichtl in Czechoslovak Chess Championship at Ostrava 1960.
Robert Eugene Byrne (1928-12.04.2013), an American Grandmaster who won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974.
Lars Schandorff (1965), Danish Grandmaster and author who won the Danish Championship in 1988.
Viorel Iordachescu (1973), a Moldovan Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer who was Moldovan Champion in 2016..
Gennadij Fish (1973), a German Grandmaster born in Ukraine.
Tatiana Shadrina (1974), a Russian Woman Grandmaster.
R B Ramesh (1976), an Indian Grandmaster.
Mark Bluvshtein (1988), a Soviet-born Canadian Grandmaster who became the youngest Canadian Grandmaster ever in 2004, at the age of 16. He is not active anymore.
Das Neelotpal (1982), an Indian Grandmaster.
Gyula Pap (1991), a Hungarian Grandmaster.

DEATH

Edgard Colle (18.05.1897-1932) a Belgian chess master. he is remembered today primarily for his introduction of the chess opening now known as the Colle System.
Wolfgang Unzicker ((26.06.1925 – 2006),. a German Grandmaster who won the German Championship six times.
CHESS EVENTS
1859. The first day of te match Morphy-Anderssen, Hotel Breuteil, Paris. Morphy won  (11 wins, 6 lo, ses and 2 draws).
2008 In Plovdiv, Sergei Tiviakov, and Kateryna Lahno are the winners of the European Individual Chess Championship for men and women

WORLD EVENTS

1759 George Frideric Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey, London.
1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia
1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium chloride
1810 The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain.
1862 The first pasteurization test is completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium chloride.
1918 Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
1920 Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate.
1967 US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War.
1968 Pierre Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s 15th Prime Minister.
1986 Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game.
1992 Expo ’92 opens in Seville Spain.
(Source: Onthisday)

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