BIRTHS

Efim Bogoljubow (1889-18.06.1952), a leading Ukrainian-German Grandmaster who played two world championship matches against Alexander Alekhine.
Ivan Nemet (1943-16.12.2007), a Swiss Grandmaster born in Serbia.
Ara Minasian (1974), an Armenian Grandmaster.
Leif Erlend Johannessen (1980), a Norwegian Grandmaster and lawyer.
Alin-Mile Berescu (1980), a Romanian Grandmaster who won the Romanian championship in 2004 and 2005.
Salome Melia (1987), an International Master and Woman Grandmaster who won twice the European Under-18 Girls Championship, in 2004 and 2005.
Pawel Czarnota (1988), a Polish grandmaster who won the European Youth U18 Chess Championship 2005.
Adrien Demuth (1991), a French Grandmaster.

DEATH

George Henry Mackenzie (March 24.03. 1837-1891), a Scottish–American Master.

CHESS EVENTS

1964 14.04 The Candidates Quarterfinal Match Boris Spassky and Paul Keres both of the USSR ended 6-4 in the former’s favor.

WORLD EVENTS

AD 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions.
193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
1028 Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected King of Germany.
1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
1931 The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
1967 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
1988 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1999 A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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