BIRTHS

George Henry Mackenzie (1837-14.04.1891) a Scottish-American Master who was one of the strongest players in the 1880’s.
Vasily Platov (1881 – 17-07-1952), a Russian editor of the chess composition columns in the chess magazines Shakhmatnoe obozrenie (1909-1910) and Shakhmaty (1922-1929).
Vasily Smyslov (1921-27.03.2010), a Russian Grandmaster who was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
Christopher John Feather (24-03-1947), a British chess composer and helpmate/fairy expert.
Litinskaya-shul Marta (1949), a Ukrainian Women Grandmaster and Mathematician who was World Senior Women’s Champion in 2002 and 2003.
Igor Shvyrjov (1955), an Estonia Grandmaster and FIDE Trainer.
Alexander Kochiev (1956), a Russian grandmaster, the winner of the European Youth Championship in 1975/76.
Yasser Seirawan (1960), an American Grandmaster, chess author and commentator born in Syria who is a four-time United States Champion and 1979 World Junior Championship.
Ivan Morovic Fernandez (1963), a Chilean Grandmaster who won the Pan American Junior Championship.
Monika Bobrowska-Socko (1978), the only Polish Grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster who won the Polish women’s championship seven times.

DEATH

Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine  (31.10.1892- 1946) a Russian and French player considered one of the greatest chess players ever who became the fourth World Chess Champion.

WORLD EVENTS 

1720 Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates.
1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.
1801 Aleksandr Pavlovich Romanov becomes Tsar Alexander I of Russia
1896 A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
1921 The 1921 Women’s Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women’s sports event.
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Argentine President Isabel Martínez de Perón is deposed in a military coup
1999 Kosovo War: NATO commences aerial bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday)

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