QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Rudolf von Gottschall (1823-21.03.1909), German amateur, author and journalist.
Jan Rusek (1910-09.02.1987, Polish problemist who composed more than 1,000 problems.
Janos Flesch (1933-09.12.1983), Hungarian Grandmaster, coach and writer who is best known for claiming a world record simultaneous blindfold exhibition when he played 52 opponents in Budapest in 1960.
Enamul Hossain (1981),  Bangladeshi Grandmaster who won the Bangladeshi Chess championship in 1997 and 2006.
Mikhailo Oleksienko (1986), Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Altanulzii Enkhtuul (1994), Mongolian Woman Grandmaster.

CHESS EVENTS

1961 The USSR won the 3^rd Chess Correspondence Olympiad.
1994 M. Chiburdanidze and Zs. Polgar tied for the first place in the Women’s Candidates’ Tournament, organized by Interpolis in Tilburg.
1996 The GA approved Jersey Chess Federation and Macau Chess Association as full members.
1996. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was elected FIDE President.
2007 In Cebu, Philippines, Zhang Pengxiang  of China won the Asian Individual Championship.
2007 The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, It was an eight-player, Double Round Robin tournament. Viswanathan Anand of India won the tournament and the title of World Chess Champion.

WORLD EVENTS

1399 Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
1860 Britain’s first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
1882 Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
1895 Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
1947 Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
1955 Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
1965 The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
1966 The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
1968 The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
2005 The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY