QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Alexei Kopnin 1918-17.06.1991), a Russian composer.
Alexander Beliavsky (1953), Slovenian-Ukrainian Grandmaster, a trainer, and writer who won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1973 and the USSR Chess Championship four times in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1990.
William Winter (11.09.1898-1955), a British Master and writer who won the British Chess Championship in 1935 and 1936.
Carlos Matamoros (1966), an Ecuadorian Grandmaster living in Spain. He got an individual gold at the 1982 Olympiad.
Alexander Zubarev (1979), Ukrainian Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Wilhelm Karl Massmann (06.07.1895-1974), a German chess composer.
Dec 17, 1980: Harold Maurice Lommer (18.11.1904-1980), an English chess composer, died in Valencia, Spain.

CHESS EVENTS

1976 E. Akhmylovskaya (USSR) won the Women’s Interzonal in Rosendaal, Netherlands.
1988 A. Karpov (USSR) and V. Gavrikov (USSR) tied for the first place (5-5) at the FIDE World Active Championship held in Mazatlan, Mexico. Karpov won the title after a  tiebreak match.
2005 In Khanty-Mansiysk, Levon Aronian of Armenia won the 3rd World Cup after beating Ruslan Ponomariov 3-1 of Ukraine in final.

WORLD EVENTS

1586 Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.
1777 American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate.
1892 First issue of Vogue is published.
1892 Tchaikovski’s ballet “Casse-noisette” premieres in St Petersburg.
1903 The Wright Brothers make their first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM, piloted by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate.
1922 Last British troops leave Irish Free State
1923 Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic.
1925 Sultan Abdulaziz Ibn Saud conquers Jeddah, the last major stand of the Hashemites against the Saudis.
1926 Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d’état is successful.
1935 First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
1947 First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People & Places).
1964 “Goldfinger”, 3rd James Bond film, starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman premieres in London.
2010 Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
2012 Jiroemon Kimura of Japan becomes the world’s oldest verified man at 116 years old
2014 The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them 55 years ago.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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