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BIRTHS

William Shinkman (1847-25.05.1933), American chess composer and author born in the Czech Republic.
Leonid Kubbel  (1891-1942), a Russian composer of chess endgame studies and problems, the founders of the modern art endgame who died of starvation in 1942 during the Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Vera Chudova (1908-18.12.1977), a Soviet Woman Master and International Arbiter who won the first RSFSR Women’s Champion in 1934.
Alexander Baturin, (1909-15.08.1981), a Russian chess composer.
Rodolfo Tan Cardoso (1937-21.08.2013), a Filipino International Master who was the first IM in Asia.
Ivo Donev (1959), an Austrian International Master born in Bulgaria who was Czechoslovakian Champion in 1989. He is now a successful professional poker player.
Nenad  Sulava (1962), a Croatian Grandmaster and coach who is living in France.
Johan Hellsten (1975), a Swedish Grandmaster who was Swedish Champion in 2006.
Alexis Cabrera (1976), a Spanish Grandmaster born in Colombia who played few Olympiads for Cuba.
Boris Kogan (08.02.1940-1993), a Russian-born American Master who won two Soviet Junior Championships.
Vinh Bui (1976), a Vietnamese Grandmaster who was the national champion in 2009.

CHESS EVENTS

1945 The FIDE President Dr. Rueb sent a letter to all the federations asking them to resume FIDE activities after the end of WWII.
2001 In Moscow, Zhu Chen from China became the new Women’s World Champion after beating Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia after tie-break games.

WORLD EVENTS

333 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
337 Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
496 Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
800 The Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
1000 The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
1025 Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1076 Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.
1100 Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
1717 Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, thousands are killed.
1926 Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito, succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
1989 Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, First-Deputy Prime-Minister Elena are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine’s referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday.com)

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