BIRTHS

Arpad Vajda (1896-25.10.1967) a Hungarian Master who was Hungarian Champion in 1928.
Vladimir Raicevic (1949), a Serbian Grandmaster.
Jaime Sunye Neto, Jaime,(1957), a Brazilian Grandmaster and coach who was the best national player in the 1980’s.
Ramon Pita (1963), a Cuban Woman Grandmaster who is a seven-time Women’s Cuban Champion.
Jayson Gonzales (1969), a Filipino Grandmaster who was vice champion of Philippines in 2016.
Igor Nataf (1978), a French Grandmaster and coach who won few French youth champion titles.
Lázaro Bruzón Batista (1982), a Cuban Grandmaster who was World Junior Champion, two-time American Continental champion, two-time Iberoamerican champion and five-time Cuban champion.
Svetlana Cherednichenko (1984), a Ukraine Woman Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Isidor Gunsberg (02.11.1854-1930), an English Master born in Budapest, published 104 problems in the ‘Daily Telegraph’ in 1915. Famous for his Gunsberg counter attack, defense, and variation.
Olaf Barda (17 .08.1909-1971), a Norwegian International Master who was the first Norwegian awarded an International title.

CHESS EVENTS

Yugoslavia. For his first participation among the leading players, G. Kasparov (16), still unrated, finished the international tournament of Banja Luka ahead of U. Anderson, J. Smejkal, and T. Petrosian. His first rating will be 2545.

WORLD EVENTS

1729 Catherine the Great (d.1796), (Catherine II), empress (czarina) of Russia (1762-1796), was born.
1887 Hannibal W. Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film.
1919  The first U.S. air passenger service started.
1936 “Peter and the Wolf,” a symphonic tale for children by Sergei Prokofiev, had its world premiere in Moscow.
1945 The Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
1997 Tony Blair, whose new Labor Party crushed John Major’s long-reigning Conservatives, became at age 44 Britain’s youngest prime minister in 185 years.
2000 In Armenia Pres. Robert Kocharian fired Prime Minister Aram Sarkisian and his government
2012 The Hungarian parliament chose Janos Ader (52), a close ally of PM Viktor Orban, to be country’s new president.
(Source: Timeline)

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