QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Ramon Rey Ardid (1903-21.01.1988),  a Spanish Master who was one of the last players to play Alexander Alekhine, in 1944 Rey Ardid lost a match to Alexander Alekhine (+0 –1 =3).
Joseph Ney Babson (1852-1929), an American chess composer famous for the creation of the Babson task problem.
Alexei Kornev (1976), a Russian Grandmaster.
David Klein, (1993), a Dutch Grandmaster.

DEATH

Albin Planinc (Planinec) (18.04.1944-2008), a Slovenian Grandmaster who was twice Slovenian Champion. died in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

CHESS EVENTS

1850. France, the English player Howard Staunton defeated in Paris the French player Saint-Amant. It was the first international match. It was played without time-control and clocks.
1858 France, The first game in Paris between Morphy and Anderssen was played.
1991 Hungary. Judit Polgar of Hungary was the youngest person to attain international grandmaster status, at 15 years and 150 days old.
2003 Levon Aronian (ARM) won the World Junior Championship in India. The 17-year old Zhao (CHN) won the Girls event on tie break.

WORLD EVENTS 

1192 Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade.
1334 Pope Benedict XII is elected.
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
1812 “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is published.
1830 Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium.
1916 World War I: The battle of Verdun results in a French victory after more than 9 months of intense fightings.
1917 Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR).
1924 Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
1955 Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
1957 The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
1960 National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns.
1992 Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia.
1999 Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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