QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Mehrshad Shariff (1952), a Franch International Master and coach born in Iran.
Lars Karlsson w(1955), a Swedish Grandmaster. as born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Vladimir Epishin (1965), a Russian Grandmaster living in Germany who was coach of Karpov for many years.was born in Leningrad, Russia.
Robert Kempinski (1977), a Polish Grandmaster who won the Polish Championship in 1992 and 2001.

WORLD EVENTS

1346 Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicates England’s King Henry VIII
1892 US Patent Office says J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp.
1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport.
1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day).
1940 Marshall Henri Petain, French hero of World War One, becomes head of the collaborative Vichy government of France.
1982 FIFA World Cup: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for football’s 12th World Cup in Madrid.
2010 FIFA World Cup: Spain beats the Netherlands 1-0 for football’s 19th World Cup in Johannesburg (Spain’s 1st title)
(Source: Timeline)

GAME OF THE DAY