QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Frederick Hamilton-Russell.(1867-03.10.1941), a British chess amateur and a chess patron who sponsored the first Cup awarded to the winner of the Olympiad.
Donald Byrne (1930-08.06.1976), an American International Master and brother of Robert Byrne.
Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (1983), a Greek Grandmaster and brother of Grandmaster Athanasios Mastrovasilis.
Anton Filippov (1986), an Uzbekistani Grandmaster who was twice Asian Youth Champion.
Denis Kadric (1995), a Bosnian Grandmaster.
Daniel Forcen Esteban (1994), a Spanish Grandmaster who was twice Youth Spanish Champion.

DEATHS

Andre Dadian of Mingrelia (1850-1910), a Georgian nobleman, chess patron and a chess player.
Richard Teichmann (24.12.1868-1925), a German Master who is known as “Richard the Fifth”.

CHESS EVENT

2016  Hiraku Nakamura won the Paris’ stage of the Grand Chess Tour.

WORLD EVENTS

1442 Alfonso V of Aragon was crowned King of Naples.
1665 England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
1839 Baseball was said to have been invented.
1898 The Philippines gained independence from Spain. Emilio Aguinaldo, a rebel leader, proclaimed Philippine independence. Aguinaldo served as the first president.
1901 Cuba agreed to become an American protectorate by accepting the Platt Amendment.
1931 Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen were indicted for violating Prohibition laws. Capone was indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition & perjury.
1964 In South Africa Nelson Mandela, convicted of treason in the Rivonia Trial, was moved into a jail cell on Robben Island. He stayed there until Apr 1982.
1976 In Uruguay the military ousted Pres. Juan Maria Bordaberry (b.1928).
1981 “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” starring Harrison Ford premiered.
1990 Boris Yeltsin led a vote at the Congress of Peoples Deputies on a “Declaration of Sovereignty for Russia.” Russia Day became a national holiday honoring this day.
1991 The Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines began erupting for the 1st time in 600 years.

GAME OF THE DAY