QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Roger Colas (1924 – 2003) a French chess composer.
Vladimir Grigorievich Savchenko (1942-14-04-1983), a Georgian-Ukrainian chess composer.
Gennady Kuzmin (1946), a Ukrainian grandmaster who was three times the Ukraine Champion. The coach of Chiburdanidze in the mid 80’s then worked with Ponomariov during the world championship of 2001.
Naira Agabebean (1951), a Moldavian Women Grandmaster.
Fyodor Vasilievich Davidenko (19-01-1952), a Russian chess composer.
Alexander Ivanov (1965), a Russian Grandmaster
Dan Zoler (1974), an Israeli Grandmaster.
Michael Prusikin (1978), a German Grandmaster born in Ukraine.
Maxim Rodshtein (1989), an Israeli Grandmaster who was a second of Boris Gelfand in top events.
Francesco Rambaldi (1999), an Italian Grandmaster who is studying in the USA. Italian Rapid Champion in 2016.

WORLD EVENTS 

1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope.
1839 Paul Cézanne (d.1906), French painter, was born in Aix-en-Provence in southern France
1853 Verdi’s opera “Il Trovatore” premieres in Rome.
1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland.
1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1899 The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1913 Raymond Poincaré installed as president of France.
1915 The 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die.
1915 The neon tube sign was patented by George Claude.
1955 “Scrabble” debuts on board game market.
1966 Indira Gandhi elected India’s 4th Prime Minister.
1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden.
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal.
1997 In Austria,  Chancellor Franz Vranitzky announced his resignation after 10 years in office.

(Source-timeline-onthisday)

GAME OF THE DAY