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BIRTHS

Jozsef Szen( 1805-13.01.1857), a Hungarian Master who was the in the top 10 world best players of his time.
Berthold Englisch (1851-19.10.1897),  a leading Austrian chess master.
Peter Lukacs (1950), a Hungarian Grandmaster, author and coach who was Hungarian Champion in 1980.
Fernando Braga (1958), an Italian Master born in Argentina who won two Italian national titles.
Aloyzas Kveinys (1962), a Lithuanian Grandmaster who won the Lithuanian championship 5 times.
Lewan Aroshidze (1985), a Spanish Grandmaster born in Georgia who won a silver medal at the World U10 Youth Championship.

CHESS EVENTS

1814 The first regular chess column appears in the Liverpool Mercury. It was edited by Egerton Smith.

WORLD EVENTS

455 – The military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1386 – The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
1816 – Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the ‘minute barrier’.
1943 – The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini.
2011 – South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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