BIRTHS

Evgeny Umnov (1913-22.07. 1989), a well-known Soviet problemist.
Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), a Russian-Latvian Grandmaster who is known to have studied and developed the B33 Sicilian Pelikan variation known today as the Sveshnikov variation.
Gennady Zaichik (1957), a Georgian Grandmaster who was Georgian Champion in 1978 and 1979.
Antomy Kosten (1977), an English Grandmaster who is living in France and playing for Monaco.
Valeri Yandemirov (1963), a Russian Grandmaster.
Alexander Kovacevic (1974), a Serbian Grandmaster who was joint Yugoslav Champion in 2001.

DEATHS

Vitaly Chekhover (22.12.1908-1965), a Soviet International Master, a pianist, theorist, and composer. The author of the several books and more than 100 problems.

WORLD EVENTS

660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
1814 Norway’s independence proclaimed
1826 University College London is founded as University of London.
1843 Giuseppe Verdi’s opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1858 Bernadette Soubirous’s first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1943 World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
2013 Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415.
(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday)