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BIRTHS

Dimitrije Bjelica (1935), a Serbian journalist and author.
Frithiof Lindgren (1897-1957), a Swedish composer.
Dragan Paunovic (1961-17.05.2016), a Serbian Grandmaster who was living in Spain. He died from a heart attack.
Todor Todorov (1974), a Bulgarian Grandmaster.
Enrico Rodriguez Guerrero (1983), a Spanish Grandmaster.
Alexandr Kharitonov (1986), a Russian Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Albert Kniest (15.05.1908-1984), German chess composer and author.

CHESS EVENTS

2008 In Bad Zwischenahn Germany, Larry Kaufman of USA and Mihail Suba of Romania shared  first prize at the World Senior Chess Championship.
2008 In Almaty, Kazakhstan, GM Leinier Dominguez of Cuba won the World Blitz Championship undefeated with 11.5 points.
2009 08.11 In Arco, Italia, Miso Cebalo from Croatia and Nona Granprindashvili from Georgia became the World Senior Champions for men and women.

WORLD EVENTS

1644 The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
1889 Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
1895 While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
1923 Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
1960 John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the 20th century to become the 35th president of the United States.
1972 HBO launches its programming, with the broadcast of the 1971 movie Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.
2016 Republican Party nominee Donald J. Trump is elected President of the United States, defeating Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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