BIRTHS

Baron Ignaz von Kolisch ( April 6, 1837, Pozsony/Pressburg/Bratislava – April 30, 1889, Vienna), An Austrian Master who was considered as one the best world players in 1870’s.
Anatoly Bykhovsky (1934), an Israeli Grandmaster, International Arbiter and Honored Coach of the USSR who was the  champion of Moscow in 1963.
Darko Anic (1957),  a French Grandmaster, coach and author born in Croatia, who was the 1985 Croatian Champion.
Spartak Vysochin (1975), a Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Ruofan Li (1978), a Chinese-Singaporean International Master and Woman Grandmaster who won the 2001 Women’s Asian and 2002 .Women’s University Chess Championships.
Denes Boros (1988), an Hungarian Grandmaster who is studying and living in the USA.
Sarah Hoolt (1988), a German Woman Grandmaster.
Hrant Melkumyan (1989), An armenian Grandmaster who was the European Blitz Champion in 2011.
Jorden Van Foreest (1999), a Dutch Grandmaster who became the 2016 Dutch Champion.

DEATH

Georgy Ilivitsky (1921-1989), an Soviet International Master, a Russian champion in 1948, 1949. He committed suicide by jumping out of a window.

CHESS EVENTS

1956 Vassily Smyslov of USSR, once again, won the double-round Candidates Tournament in Amsterdam with 11½/18.
1974 At the Candidates’ match, T. Petrosian informed the Arbiter’s Board that due to his illness he would not be able to continue the match. The match was stopped with the score of 3-1 and V. Korchnoi was declared a winner.
2000 Garry Kasparov won Chess Oscar for 1999. He topped Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Khalifman RUS.

WORLD EVENTS

1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1789 On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1803 Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
1838 Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
1900 Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States.
1939 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s N.Y. World’s Fair opening day ceremonial address.
1975 Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
1993 CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
2013 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates and Willem-Alexander becomes King of the Netherlands.
2019 Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicates from his throne, the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in almost two centuries. The abdication ends the Heisei era of Japan and ushers in the Reiwa era with new emperor Naruhito ascending the throne the next day.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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