QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Oswaldo Zambrana (1981), a Bolivian Grandmaster who won the Bolivian Championship five times.
Wen Yang (1988), a Chinese Grandmaster.
Fidel Corrales Jimenez (1987), a US Grandmaster who was born in Cuba.

WORLD EVENTS

1307 Edward I (b.1239), King (Longshanks) of England (1272-1307), died.
1607 “God Save the King” was 1st sung.
1815 After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the victorious Allies marched into Paris.
1898 The United States annexed Hawaii.
1922 Pierre Cardin, fashion designer, was born in Paris, France.
1954 Elvis Presley made his radio debut as Memphis, Tennessee, station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right (Mama).”
1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska statehood bill. Alaska became the 49th state in January 1959.
1967 Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” was released.
1972  Athenagoras (b.1886), 268th Patriarch of Constantinople, died.
1990 Martina Navratilova captured a record-breaking ninth women’s title at Wimbledon,
1996 In Ecuador lawyer Abdala Bucaram, aka El Loco, was elected president with 54% of the vote.
1998 In Italy Silvio Berlusconi, media tycoon and former prime minister, was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison for bribing tax officials.

GAME OF THE DAY