QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Aldo Haik (1952), a French International Master and columnist who was twice French Champion.
Ralf Lau (1989), a German Grandmaster who won the German championship in 1987.
Adrian Siegel (1963), a Swiss player, former president of the Swiss federation who is the actual FIDE Treasurer.
Erik Blomqvist (1990), a Swedish Grandmaster who was the Swedish Champion in 2016.
Mikhail Mozharov,(1990), Russian Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Berthold Englisch (08.07.1951-1897) an Austrian Master who won the first DSB (German) Congress.
Otto Wurzburg (10.07.1875-1951), a prolific American chess composer.
Dr. Berthold Lasker (1860-1928) an American player who was an elder brother of World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker.

CHESS EVENTS

1975 China held its first international event in Pekin with a match China-Philippines.
2001 The first FIDE Internet Championship including 300 participants finished with 8 players qualified directly for the World Championship in Moscow. The top three winners were: N. Vlassov (RUS), O. Touzane (FRA) and D. Rogozenko (ROM).

WORLD EVENTS

1812 Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow.
1813 The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
1900 Max Planck discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck’s law).
1912 Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1960 Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba, which was lifted in 2015.
1987 Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
2005 Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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