BIRTHS

Johnatan Mestel (1957), an English Grandmaster and Chess Solving Grandmaster who became World Chess Solving Champion in 1997.
Margareta Muresan (1950), a Romanian Woman Grandmaster who won the women’s Romanian  Championship three times.
Quang Liem Le (1991), a Vietnamese Grandmaster who was World Blitz Champion in 2012.
Klaudia Kulon (1992), a Polish Woman Grandmaster who won the U12 Girls’ World Championship in 2004 and the U14 Girls’ World Championship in 2006.
Liza Soloviova (1993), a Ukraine Woman Grandmaster.

CHESS EVENTS

1896. The first Anglo-American cable match has been won by the American 4.5-3.5.
1975 Alexandria (USSR) beat Ms. Levitina USSR 9-8 in the Women’s Candidates’ final match in Moscow.
2012 In Gazianstep, Turkey, the Russian IM Valentina Gunina became the 2012 European Women’s Champion.
2013  In Astana, Kazakhstan, Ukraine won the Women’s World Chess Team Championship ahead of China and Russia.

WORLD EVENTS

1138 German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen is crowned
1697 Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1809 Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d’état.
1845 Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
1881 Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him.
1921 Mongolia is proclaimed an independent monarchy, ruled by Russian military officer Roman von Ungern-Sternberg as a dictator.
1933 Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open.
1954 First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the French to begin the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War.
1138 German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned.
1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created.
1986 Microsoft has its Initial public offering.
1991 The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

(Source:Wikipedia-Onthis day)

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