QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Olaf Barda (1909-02.05.1971), Norwegian International Master and GrandMaster for Correspondence Chess who was  few times the champions of Norway.
Evgeny Zagoryansky (1910-25.09. 1971), Soviet player.
Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-05.05.1995), Soviet-Russian Grandmaster, the sixth Champion of the World in 1948-57, 1958-60 and 1961-63.
Wilhelm Cohn (06.02.1859-1913), German chess Master.
Willem Muhring (1913), Dutch International Master.
Aug 17, 1947: Vladislav Vorotnikov (1947), Russian Grandmaster who got his title at 59 years old.
Thomas Ernst (1960), Swedish Grandmaster.
Michael Wilder (1962), American Grandmaster who became the US Champion in 1988. He retired from chess in the late 1980s and is now a practicing attorney.
Dr; Andreas Flumbort (1984), Hungarian Grandmaster who was Hungarian U20 Champion in 2004.
Wojciech Moranda, (1988) Polish Grandmaster was the winner of  multiple Polish Junior Chess championships.

DEATHS

Ignazio Calvi (1797– 17.08 1872). Italian chess player and composer. He was the first to use the theme of under-promotion in endgame studies with some depth.
Wilhelm Cohn (06.02.1859-1913). German chess Master.
Fleischmann Leo ( Forgacs) (1881 17.08 1930). Hungarian player who was the champion in Hungary in 1902.
Alfred Kinzel (1912 17.08 2004). German chess amateur, FIDE Officer and former President of the German chess federation.
Dragoljub Miladin Čirić (12.11.1935-2014). Serbia Grandmaster in 1965 who played 2 Olympiads.

WORLD EVENTS

1560 The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
1668 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1982 The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
1988 President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1998 Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.
1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmir, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
2004 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
1998 Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.
1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
2002 The Act of Entrusting the World to the Divine Mercy and consecration of the sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki by John Paul II.
2004 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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