BIRTHS

Max Judd (Maximilian Judkiewicz) (27.12.1851-1906), an American Master born in Poland who lost a chess match with George Henry Mackenzie for the U.S. Chess Championship (+5 -7 =3) in 1881.
Erik Lobron (1960), a German Grandmaster who won two titles of German Champion.
Bolat Asanov (1961), a Kazakh Grandmaster, coach, and writer.
Gevorg Harutjunyan (1981), an Armenian Grandmaster.

DEATH

Albert Becker (5.09.1896-1984), an Austrian–Argentine International Master who was the first top player to lose against Vera Menschik.

CHESS EVENTS

1960 Mikhail Tal overpowered Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow to win the World Championship Match 6 wins to 2 and became the 8^th World Champion.

WORLD EVENTS

1664 Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles.
1718 The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
1824 World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria.
1832 Greece’s independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
1940 The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
1945 World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany’s participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
1948 The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
1954 Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory.
2000 Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
2017. Emmanuel Macron became the President of the French Republic.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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