QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Vincenz Hruby (1856-16.07.1917), Czech  Master and school teacher who was among the best players of the world in 1883.
Dr. Erwin Voellmy (1886-1.01.1951), Swiss Master who was thrice Swiss Champion.
Hermann Neustadtl (02.04.1862-1909), Austrian player and a Viennese doctor, born in Prague, who first suggested an auxiliary scoring method He died in Roztoky, Czech Republic.
Olga Semionova-Tian-Shanskaya (1911-1970), Soviet Women Grandmaster who was twice the Women champion of the USSR.
Elmars Zemgalis (1923-08.12.2014), Latvian-American chess master and mathematics professor. He was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster title in 2003.
Edwin Bhend (1931), Swiss International Master who was Swiss Champion in 1966.
Zbynek Hracek (1970), Czech Grandmaster who won the Czech championship in 1994.
Piotr Bobras (1977), Polish Grandmaster who graduated with a degree in computer science.
Bassem Amin (1988), Egyptian Grandmaster who became few times Arab and African Champions.

DEATHS

Ernesto Hellmann(09.11.1898-1952), Italian Master who participated in the 1928 Olympiad.
Larsen  Bent (04.03 1935-2010) Danish Grandmaster and author, he was the first Western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union’s dominance in chess.

WORLD EVENTS

1488 Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
1776 The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1850 California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1922 The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
1923 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People’s Party.
1948 Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
1969 In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
1991 Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
2015 Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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