QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Milton Hanauer (1908-16.04.1988) American player who has played on the silver medal-winning US team in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928.
Hans Lepuschutz (1910-06.09 1984), Austrian chess composer.
Max Wotulo (1932-2000) Indonesian International Master and chess journalist.
Marina Nechaeva (1986), Russian International Master and Women Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Dmitry Urusov (1829-1903), Russian officer, a chess player and a composer.

CHESS EVENTS

1928 The Hamilton-Russell Trophy once again went to Hungary who won the Olympiad with 44 points.

1997 The Argentine team won the World U-26 Team Championship in Argentina.

WORLD EVENTS

1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1926 Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1941 World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
1962 Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1995 Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.

(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY