BIRTHS

Fricis Apsenieks (1894 25.04 1941), a Latvian Grandmaster who played for Latvia at seven official Olympiads
Igors Rausis (1961), a Latvian Grandmaster who represented Latvia, Bangladesh, and the Czech Republic.
Cristina-Adela Foisor (1967-22.01.2017), a Romanian International Master and Woman grandmaster who became Women’s Romanian Champion five times
Irine Kharisma Sukandar (1992), an Indonesian International Master and Woman grandmaster who became twice Asian Women’s Champion.

DEATH

Barczay Lazlo (21.02.1936-2016), a Hungarian Grandmaster and chess editor.

CHESS EVENT

2002 Peter Leko won the first FIDE Grand Prix in Dubai.

WORLD EVENTS

1805 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
1831 Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.
1906 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
1906 The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
1926 Mussolini is shot 3 times by Violet Gibson in Rome, only hitting him in the nose
1933 Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
1939 World War II: Italy invades Albania.
1946 Syria’s independence from France is officially recognisrecognized
1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
1964 IBM announces the System/360.
1969 The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1
1994 Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday)

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