QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Arpad Elo (1903-1992), an American, physics by profession, who was the inventor of the modern Elo rating system use by FIDE since 1971.
Alexander Nenashev (1962), German Grandmaster born in Uzbekistan. He changed his name to Graf. He won the Uzbek championship in 1989 and the German championship in 2004.
Vasilios Kotronias (1964), Greek Grandmaster, coach and author who then 10 times the Greek championship.
Hamdouchi, Adina-Maria, (1979), French Women Grandmaster who married to the GM Hichem Hambouchi and is currently living in Qatar.

DEATHS

Max Blau (19.12.1918-1984), Swiss international Master who won four times the Swiss championship.
Gideon Stahlberg (1908- 25.08 1933), Swedish Grandmaster, Arbiter, and author who has participated in 13 Olympiads and won the Swedish championship in 1927.

CHESS EVENTS

1953 FIDE created pins to honour IGMs, IMs, IWGMs, IWMs and Arbiters.
1958 The FIDE GA approved the reelection of Folke Rogard as FIDE President

WORLD EVENTS

1530 Ivan the Terrible was born, Russian ruler (d. 1584)
1609 Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1768 James Cook begins his first voyage.
1825 Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
1830 The Belgian Revolution begins.
1883 France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
1914 World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1939 The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in the case of invasion by a foreign power.
1944 World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
1961 President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
1991 Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union

(Source: Wikipedia)

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