QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Samuel Lipschutz (1863-30.11.1905), an Hungarian-America Master and author. He was chess champion of the United States from 1889 to 1890 and again from 1891 to 1894.
Alvise Zichichi  (1938-21.06.2003), an Italian International Master and former president of the Italian CF.
Orestes Rodriguez Vargas (1943), was born in Lima, Peru. a Peruvian Grandmaster who was Peruvian national champion five times.
Silvino Garcia Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba (1944), the first Cuban Grandmaster who was Cuban national champion four times.David Marciano (1969), a Monegasque-French Grandmaster.
Svetlana Matveeva (1969) was born, Russia. a Russian International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Alexey Shirov was born in Riga, Latvia, USSR. a Latvian -Spanish Grandmaster,  one of the world leading player between 1995 and 2005.

DEATHS

Leonid Stein (12.11.1934-1973), Soviet Grandmaster chess player born in Ukraine who won three USSR Chess Championships in 1963, 1965, and 1966), and was among the world’s top ten players during that era.
Miguel Najdorf (15.04.1910-1997), an Argentine Polish-born Grandmaster and author who was the best South American player for few decades.

WORLD EVENTS

1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1826 – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United State.
1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
1918 – Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1918 – Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
1994 – Rwandan Genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY