QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Giambattista Lolli (1698-1769), an Italian chess theorist and player.
Henri Grob (1904-05.07.1974), a Swiss International Master and Champion.
Mikheil Mchedlishvili (1979), a Georgian Grandmaster who was Georgian Champion in 2001 and 2002.
Vinay Bhat (1984), an American Grandmaster born in Georgia
Olga Girya (1991), a Russian Woman Grandmaster who was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team in the 2014 Women’s Chess Olympiad.
Aryan Tari (1999), a Norwegian Grandmaster who was the 2015 Norwegian Champion.

CHESS EVENTS

1988 A. Karpov USSR won the first European Championship in Active Chess held in Gijon, Spain.

WORLD EVENTS

1783 The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
1812 Following Louisiana’s admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1878 Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains the nominal title.
1896 Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
1919 Women’s rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women.
1919 Women’s rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women.
1942 World War II: The Battle of Midway begins.
1970 Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1989 Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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