BIRTHS

John Lindsay McCutcheon (1857-16.07.1905), an American player, a lawyer and a generous chess patron. Known for his contribution in the chess theory with a line in the French Defense (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4).
George Allen (1876), an American chess composer.
Richard Reti (1889-06.06.1929), an Austro-Hungarian, later Czechoslovak Grandmaster, chess author, and composer of endgame studies.
Andrew Soltis (1947), an American Grandmaster, author, and columnist.
Gyula Horvath (1951),  a Hungarian International Master
Alfonso Romero Holmes (1965), a Spanish Grandmaster who was Spanish champion in 1987.
Predag Trajkovic (1970), a Serbian Grandmaster.
Mikhail Kozakov (1972), a Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Sundar Shyam (1992), an Indian Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Guy Wills Chandler (21-08-1889-1980), a British chess composer.
Borislav Milic (20.10. 1925-1986), a Yugoslav Grandmaster and writer.

WORLD EVENTS

1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel.
1889 Édouard and André Michelin incorporate the Michelin tire company
1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
1919 Armenia declares its Independence.
1928 Dodge Brothers Inc and Chrysler Corporation merge
1937 Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
1937 Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic
1940 World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
1940 World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway.
1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
1964  The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
1993 Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
2008 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
2014 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt
(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday)

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