QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Alonso Zapata (1958), Colombian Grandmaster who was seven times the national champion.
Ildar Khairullin (1990), Russian Grandmaster who was World U-14 and World U-18 World Champions.
Petra Papp (1993), Hungarian International Master and Women Grandmaster.
Marcin Tazbir (1988), Polish Grandmaster who was few times Youth Polish Champions.

DEATHS

William Lewis (1787-1870), English player and chess author.  Around 1819 Lewis was the hidden player inside the Turk.
Konstantin Aseev (20.10.1960-2004), Russian Grandmaster and coach.

CHESS EVENTS

1970 The US team won the 17^th World Student Team Championship in Haifa, Israel. Due to political problems only a limited number of teams played.
1977 The USSR won the World Team Championship under 26 in Mexico.

WORLD EVENTS

1846 The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
1848 The United States annexes New Mexico.
1849 The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
1875 The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1902 Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1932 The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.)
1962 An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
1963 American Joe Walker in an X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of 107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet).

(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY