BIRTHS

Maria Ivanka (1950), a Hungarian Woman Grandmaster.
Jens Ove Fries Nielsen (1960), a Danish International Master who finished 1st in the Danish Championship of 1982 but lost the play-off.
Abraham Tolentino (1964), a Filipino chess player and politician who became FIDE General Secretary in 2014.
Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (1990), a Vietnamese youngest Grandmaster who was Asian U20 Champion.
Inna Ivakhinova (1989), a Russian Woman Grandmaster.

DEATH

Jacques Mieses (27.02.1865-1954), English Master and author born in Germany.
Reinhold Max Blümich (03-11 1886-1942), a German Master and editor.

WORLD EVENTS

532 Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
1836 Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1887 The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
1898 Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing “J’accuse”, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1904 Having occupied Korea, Japan signs a treaty with Korea under which it becomes a Japanese protectorate in return for Japanese protection from other powers.
1917 First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8th in the Gregorian calendar).
1919 Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini
1934 Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1940 Walt Disney’s animated movie “Pinocchio” released.
1941 Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1945 World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1991 In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d’état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

(Source: Wikipedia-Onthis day)

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