QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Oct 26, 1904: Alexander Pituk, Czech player and composer, was born in Banska Stiavnica, Czech Republ.

Oct 26, 1914: Adrianus Dingeman de Groot was born in Santpoort, Netherlands.

Oct 26, 1919: Nikolai Kopylov was born in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Oct 26, 1957: Creassey Edward Tattersall, British composer, died in London, England.

Oct 26, 1964: Yury Dokhoian was born, Russia.

Oct 26, 1966: Alejandro Hoffman was born, Argentina.

Oct 26, 1967: Stefan Erdelyi died in Resita, Romania.

Oct 26, 1969: Ilan Manor was born, Israel.

Oct 26, 1990: Guilermo Garcia Gonzales died in Havana, Cuba.

CHESS EVENTS

1861 The first match by submarine cable between Liverpool CC and Dublin LC.

WORLD EVENTS

1775 – King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.

• 1863 – The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London.
• • 1905 – Sweden accepted the independence of Norway.
    • 1916 – François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France was born (d. 1996)
    • 1947 – Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State & 44th First Lady of the United States
  • • 1955 – After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declarespermanent neutrality.
    • • 1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
      • • 1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.