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 Today in Chess HistoryOnce again, presenting "La Mecca" - the first real Encyclopedia of Chess on Internet. In this site you will find a lot of information about chess, chess players (images, biographies, etc.), chess events (tournament tables), Elo lists and calculation, ECO codes and, of course, thousands of links to best chess sites all over the world. Enjoy! - Maurizio Mascheroni, maskeret www.maskeret.com |
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Today In Chess History 1868: Janos Szirmay died in Prague, Czech Republ. 1953: Gustavus Pfeiffer died in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. 1958: Alonso Zapata was born, Colombia. 1990: Ildar Khairullin was born, Russia. 2004: Konstantin Aseev died in St.Petersburg, Russia. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History 1900: Arved Heinrichsen died in Vilnius, Lithuania. 1913: Rodrigo Flores Alvarez was born in Santiago, Chile. 1983: Gerald Frank Anderson, South African composer, died in Hove, England. 1984: Gennady Matjushin was born, Ukraine. 1986: Giuseppe Lucidi died in Imperia, Italy. 1988: Dmitry Kononenko was born, Ukraine. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History 1856: Rhodes Marriott was born, England. 1884: Giovanni Baptista Maluta died in Padua, Italy. 1904: Vladimir Makogonov was born in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. 1944: Torsten Relfsson died in Jonkoping, Sweden. 1949: Bozidar Ivanovic was born in Cetinje, Yugoslavia. 1967: Jordi Magem Badals was born, Spain. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Chess in 1475 The poem is conceived as a chess game between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles. Castellvi represented Mars, Love, and had the red pieces (White in modern chess). Vinyoles represented Venus, the Glory, and the green pieces (Black in modern chess). Mars tries to obtain the love of Venus. Mercury acts as an arbiter. The arbiter, Bernat Fenollar, comments and establishes the rules. The poem uses chess as an allegory for love. Its structure is based upon 64 stanzas, representing the 64 chessboard squares. The first stanza represents White’s move, the second stanza represents Black’s moves, and the third stanza is a comment on the rules of the arbiter. White makes 21 moves, expressed in 21 stanzas. Black makes 20 moves, expressed in 20 stanzas. The arbiter comments 20 times in 20 stanzas. There are three introductory stanzas explaining the allegory, which adds up to the sum of 64 stanzas. Francesco di Castellvi was a lord of several towns in the area of Jativa. He acted as a close advisor in the Aragonese court of King Ferdinand (1452-1516). Narciso Vinyoles was a politician and writer in Valencia. He belonged to a family of lawyers. In 1468 he was appointed a member of the City Council. He later became the supreme judge in civil cases. In 1495, King Ferdinand recommended him for the position of ‘Justicia Criminal.’ Vinyoles spoke Catalan, Castillian, Latin, and Italian. Vinyoles was married to Briandade Santangel, niece of the great banker that backed financially the first expedition of Columbus. The couple had no children. The first printed book, by Lambertus Pamert, appeared in Valencia in 1474. It contained poems by Fenollar, Castellvi, and Vinoyles. Here is the game that was supposedly played: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History 1836: Julius Mendheim, German composer, died in Berlin, Germany. 1903: Arpad Elo was born in Egyhazaskeszo, Hungary. 1919: Victor Knorre died in Lichterfelde, Berlin, Germany. 1962: Albert Bless was born, Netherlands. 1962: Alexander Nenashev(Graf) was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 1963: Alessandro Steinfl was born in Roma, Italy. 1964: Vassilios Kotronias was born in Athens, Greece. 1984: Max Blau died in Bern, Switzerland. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Tody In Chess History 1898: Vladimir Vukovic was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. 1908: Sergey Kaminer, Russian composer, was born, Russia. 1922: Petar Smederevac was born in Pancevo, Yugoslavia. 1941: Herman van Riemsdyk was born in Tiel, Netherlands. 1953: Alberto Mari, Italian composer, died in Ferrara, Italy. 1958: Jonathan D.Tisdall was born in Buffalo, New York, USA. 1959: Michael Rohde was born in New York, USA. 1969: Alexander Cherniaev was born, Russia. 1969: Aaron Summerscale was born, England. 1987: Georg Meier was born, Germany. 1988: Luigi Paletto died in Asti, Italy. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History 1802: Conrad Vitzthum von Eckstadt was born in Dresden, Germany. 1855: John Frederick Keeble, British problemist, was born in Norwich, England. 1893: Francesco Discart died in Vienna, Austria. 1904: Vladimir Makogonov was born in Nakhchivan, Azarbaijan. 1928: John Griswold White died in Jackson Lake, Wyoming, USA. 1950: Elizbar Ubilawa was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. 1973: Olivier Touzane was born, France. 1975: Vladimir Georgiev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1984: Konstantin Maslak was born, Russia. 1986: Georgy Agzamov died in Sevastopol, USSR. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History 1853: Jan Dobrusky was born in Skutec, Czech Republ. 1884: Eugene Znosko Borovsky was born in Pavlovsk, Russia. 1911: Josza Langos was born inTatabanya, Hungary. 1912: Gerhard Latzel, German composer, was born in Breslau (Wroclaw), Germany (now Poland). 1913: Leopold Hoffer died in London, England. 1918: Erich Cohn died in western front during WWI, France. 1949: Kevin O'Connell was born in London, England. 1954: Jeremy Silman was born in Del Rio, Texas, USA. 1968: Guido Bresadola was born in Milan, Italy. 1960: Edhi Handoko was born, Indonesia. 1961: Josef Boyer, French composer, died in Paris, France. 1962: Mircea Sergiu Lupu was born, Romania. 1963: Daniel John King was born in Beckenham, England. 1970: Sergey Vokarev was born, Russia. 1989: Aleksandr Rakhmanov was born, Russia. 2005: Ruben Gunawan died, Indonesia. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History - Continued 1954: Jeremy Silman was born in Del Rio, Texas, USA. From Wikipedia: "Jeremy SilmanJeremy Silman (born August 28, 1954) is an American International Master of chess. He has won the US Open, the American Open, and the National Open, and was the coach of the US junior national chess team. Silman has authored over 35 books, mostly on chess but also on casino gambling, and served as a chess consultant on the 2001 Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He has given lessons to many top players of the game and has contributed to chess magazines such as New in Chess." Books: How to Reassess your Chess The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery The Complete Book of Chess Strategy:Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z, 1998, Siles Press, ISBN 978-1-890085-01-8 The Reassess your Chess Workbook Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions, 2004, Siles Press. With Pal Benko and John L. Watson Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master, 2007, Siles Press, ISBN 1-890085-10-3. SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org |
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Today In Chess History 1831: Amerigo Seghieri was born in Montecarlo in Valdinievole, Italy. 1885: Bernhard Horwitz died in London, England. 1896: Richard Schurig died in Leipzig, Germany. 1918: Eduardo Jorge Marchisotti was born in La Plata, Argentina. 1923: Georg Marco died in Vienna, Austria. 1942: Coenraad Zuidema was born, Netherlands. 1976: Zoltan Almasi was born, Hungary. 1979: Angela Borsuk was born, Ukraine. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today in Chess History - Continued Seghieri, Amerigo Birth: Aug 29, 1831, Montecarlo in Valdinievole, Italy. Death: Feb 11, 1894, Veneri, Pescia, Italy. Nationality: ITA - Italy Biographical data: Italian player, analyst and writer. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Horwitz, Bernhard Birth: May 10, 1807, Neustrelitz, Germany. Death: Aug 29, 1885, London, England. Nationality: ENG - England Biographical data: British player and composer. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Schurig, Richard Birth: Jun 6, 1825, Aue, Germany. Death: Aug 29, 1896, Leipzig, Germany. Nationality: GER - Germany Biographical data: None found. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Marchisotti, Eduardo Jorge Birth: Aug 29, 1918, La Plata, Argentina. Death: May 3, 1967, Place not given. Nationality: ARG - Argentina Biographical data: Argentine player and theorist. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Information Courtesy of Maurizio Mascheroni. |
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Today In Chess History - Continued Zoltán Almási (born August 29, 1976) is a Grandmaster of chess from Hungary. He is a seven-time Hungarian Chess Champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2008. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, he made it to the fourth round where he lost 2-0 to Rustam Kasimdzhanov, the eventual winner of the event. In 2008 he won the Reggio Emilia chess tournament in Italy scoring 5.5/8. As of July 2009, Almasi has a FIDE rating of 2684. SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org |
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Today In Chess History - Continued Marco, Georg Birth: Nov 29, 1863, Chernovtsy, USSR. Death; Aug 29, 1923, Wien, Austria. Nationality: AUT - Austria. Biographical data: Original name: Marcu, Gheorghe. Austrian player and editor. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Zuidema, Coenraad Birth: Aug 29, 1942 Nationality: NED - Netherlands Titles: IM - International Master Biographical data: Dutch player, International Master, 1964, Dutch Champion, 1972. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Borsuk, Angela Birth: Aug 29, 1979 Nationality: UKR - Ukraine Titles: WGM - Woman International Grandmaster Biographical data: International Woman Grandmaster SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Information Courtesy of Maurizio Mascheroni. |
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Today In World History _______________________________________________________________________________ Events: 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). 1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. 1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. 1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal. 1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade. 1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. 1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. 1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge. 1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War. 1758 – The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey. 1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. 1825 – Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil. 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. 1833 – The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire. 1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. 1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. 1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway. 1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871). 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle. 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded. 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. 1910 – Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony. 1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. 1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident. 1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. 1918 – Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive 1922 – Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna in Asia Minor. 1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. 1943 – German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy;Germany dissolves the Danish government. 1944 – Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis. 1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. 1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. 1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar. 1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. 1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. 1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. 1995 – NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. 1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf. 2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage. 2007 – A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base. _______________________________________________________________________________ Births: 1619 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683) 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) 1632 – John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704) 1694 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715) 1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) 1728 – Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) 1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) 1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) 1777 – Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) 1780 – Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867) 1805 – Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894) 1810 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884) 1811 – Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888) 1842 – Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907) 1843 – David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) 1844 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) 1862 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) 1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949) 1871 – Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950) 1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958) 1876 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949) 1898 – Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959) 1901 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986) 1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979) 1905 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979) 1910 – Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985) 1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer 1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) 1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002) 1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982) 1915 – Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985) 1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008) 1916 – George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000) 1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) 1920 – Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955) 1922 – Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008) 1923 – Richard Attenborough, English film director 1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006) 1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer 1924 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005) 1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963) 1926 – Betty Lynn, American actress 1926 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer 1928 – Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000) 1929 – Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004) 1930 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006) 1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001) 1931 – Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist 1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor 1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer 1934 – Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004) 1935 – William Friedkin, American film director 1936 – John McCain, American politician 1937 – James Florio, American politician 1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor 1938 – Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury 1939 – Joel Schumacher, American film director 1940 – James Brady, American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist 1940 – Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984) 1941 – Robin Leach, English television host 1942 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006) 1942 – John Heuser, Electron microscopist 1943 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996) 1945 – Wyomia Tyus, American athlete 1946 – Bob Beamon, American long jumper 1946 – Dimitris Christofias, Cypriot politician and sixth President of the Republic of Cyprus 1947 – Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert 1947 – James Hunt, English raceing driver (d. 1993) 1950 – Doug DeCinces, American baseball player 1950 – Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff 1952 – Karen Hesse, American children's writer 1952 – Dave Malone, American rock guitarist 1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress 1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist 1954 – Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist 1955 – Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist 1955 – Diamanda Galas, American singer 1956 – GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993) 1956 – Mark Morris, American choreographer 1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey 1958 – Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor 1958 – Michael Jackson, American entertainer (d. 2009) 1959 – Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer 1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor 1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family 1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut 1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress 1960 – Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist 1961 – Rodney McCray, American basketball player 1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player 1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer 1962 – Carl Banks, American football player 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer 1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress 1965 – Will Perdue, American basketball player 1967 – Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) 1968 – Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer 1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player 1970 – Chris Daugherty, Winner of Survivor: Vanuatu 1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player 1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress 1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor 1973 – Adam Sessler, American TV show host 1973 – Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist 1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer 1975 – Dante Basco, Filipino/American actor 1976 – Stephen Carr, Irish footballer 1976 – Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player 1976 – Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player 1976 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer 1977 – John Patrick O'Brien, American footballer 1977 – Aaron Rowand, American baseball player 1977 – Devean George, American basketball player 1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player 1977 – Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian 1977 – Jo Weil, German actor 1978 – Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer 1979 – Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist 1979 – Ryan Shealy, American baseball player 1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) 1980 – Chris Simms, American football player 1980 – David West, American basketball player 1980 – Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor 1980 – Tom Allason, UK based entrepreneur 1980 – Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer 1981 – Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress 1981 – Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist 1981 – Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor 1981 – Dennis Oh, Korean-American actor 1982 – A+, American rapper 1982 – Leon Washington, American football player 1985 – Jeffrey Licon, American actor 1985 – Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player 1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress 1987 – Tony Kane, Irish footballer 1990 – Sam Stern, British chef and author 1990 – Nicole Anderson, American actress 1992 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter _______________________________________________________________________________ Deaths: 886 – Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 811) 1093 – Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) 1123 – King Eystein I of Norway (b. c. 1088) 1395 – Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) 1442 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) 1526 – King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (b. 1506) 1542 – Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (b. c. 1516) 1657 – John Lilburne, English dissenter (b. 1614) 1712 – Gregory King, English statistician (b. 1648) 1769 – Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (b. 1672) 1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713) 1799 – Pope Pius VI (b. 1717) 1844 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762) 1856 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778) 1866 – Tokugawa Iemochi, 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (b. 1846) 1877 – Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801) 1889 – Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815) 1891 – Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle 1904 – Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1840) 1930 – William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844) 1931 – David T. Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder (b. 1867) 1935 – Queen Astrid of Belgium (b. 1905) 1946 – Adolphus Busch III, American brewing magnate and President and CEO of the Anheuser-Busch Company (b. 1891) 1951 – Sydney Chapman, British economist and civil servant (b. 1871) 1966 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906) 1968 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (b. 1881) 1971 – Nathan Leopold, American convicted murderer (Leopold and Loeb) (b. 1904) 1972 – Lale Andersen, German singer (b. 1905) 1975 – Eamon de Valera, first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (b. 1882) 1976 – Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (b. 1925) 1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899) 1977 – Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923) 1977 – Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (b. 1945) 1981 – Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892) 1982 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915) 1983 – Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915) 1984 – Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901) 1985 – Evelyn Ankers, English actress (b. 1918) 1987 – Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914) 1987 – Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924) 1989 – Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909) 1991 – Libero Grassi, Italian businessman killed by the Mafia (b. 1924) 1992 – Felix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist (b. 1930) 1992 – Teddy Turner, comedian (b. 1917) 1995 – Frank Perry, American film director (b. 1930) 2000 – Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951) 2001 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952) 2001 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926) 2002 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920) 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939) 2003 – Patrick Procktor, English artist (b. 1936) 2003 – Michel Constantin, French film actor (b. 1924) 2004 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942) 2007 – Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962) 2007 – Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916) 2007 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920) 2007 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914) 2008 – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer (b. 1953) 2008 – Michael Schoenberg, Geophysicist (b. 1939) _______________________________________________________________________________ Holidays and Observances: Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Catholicism, and Roman Catholic Church commemorate the Beheading of St. John the Baptist with a feast day. Slovakia – Slovak National Uprising Day (1944, against the Nazis). The first day of Thoth – which is the first day of the Egyptian calendar. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge. _______________________________________________________________________________ SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org |
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Today In World History AD257 St. Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1998 State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1997 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (U.S. Open) 1995 Cable News Network joins internet 1995 Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record 1994 Gund Arena in Cleveland opens 1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1993 Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world 1992 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances 1992 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 229 performances 1992 92nd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard 1992 David Lewett and Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun 1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge 1991 Dan O'Brien sets U.S. decathalon record with 8,812 points 1991 France beats U.S. by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14 to 13 1991 Mike Powell of U.S., sets then long jump record at 29' 4 " (8.95m) 1991 Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi 1990 Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning 1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen 1988 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games 1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills 1987 87th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship 1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec 1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee 1987 Stefka Kostadonova of Bulgaroa sets high jump woman's record (6'10") 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls 1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54) 1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report) 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days) 1984 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 1984 Sotherby's in London begins 2 day auction of rock memorabilla 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days) 1983 Elizabeth R Zakarian (Devon Pierce), 17, New York, crowned 1st Miss Teen USA 1983 WKBC-TV (channel 48) ends broadcasting in Philadelphia 1983 Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space 1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut 1981 Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic 1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity 1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match 1979 Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in U.S. Tennis Open, she loses 1979 President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga 1979 Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated 1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show 1976 Turks and Caicos Islands adopts constitution 1975 KTW-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX) 1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1974 Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Danny Seiwell quits Wings 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden 1971 WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival 1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1969 69th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Steve Melnyk 1969 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida 1968 1st record under Apple label, Beatle's Hey Jude 1968 John and Yoko's "One on One" benefit for children at MSG 1967 U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball 1965 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open 1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins 1961 J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court 1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco 1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game 1961 U.S.S.R. says it will resume nuclear testing 1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7 1960 East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights 1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) 1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas 1954 Hurricane Carol, kills 68 1953 Future New York City mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City 1951 U.S. and Philippines sign mutual defense pact 1949 Roly Jenkins (Worcs vs. Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game 1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1945 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753) 1945 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th Symphony 1945 General MacArthur lands in Japan 1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1944 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769) 1944 Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in New York City 1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania 1942 Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg 1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1941 St. Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 2-0 1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456) 1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army 1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) 1939 Poland mobilizes 1937 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1933 Air France forms 1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1932 Hermann Goering elected chairman (Reichstag) 1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India 1927 41st U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) 1926 Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey vs. Middlesex) 1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium 1922 Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 1919 Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin 1918 Czechoslovakia forms independence republic 1918 Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin 1918 Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St. Louis Browns, 4-0 1916 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany 1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed 1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army 1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled 1912 St. Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11 1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game 1906 New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs 1905 Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa 1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro 1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km) 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner 1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed 1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education 1894 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger 1893 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64) 1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run - Confederates beat Union 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, Kentucky 1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead) 1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city 1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle 1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English 1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1776 U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City 1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia 1751 Georg Friedrich Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha" 1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1682 William Penn left England to sail to New World 1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant 1645 Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY)) 1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled 1481 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV 1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II) 1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time 1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany SOURCE: www.brainyhistory.com _______________________________________________________________________________ August 30 Birthdays In History: AD580 Mohammed, Arabic prophet/founder, Islam 1982 Andy Roddick, American Athlete 1975 Natalia Nadtochey, Miss Ukraine Universe 1997 1974 Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi 1973 Jimmy Herndon, offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears 1972 Cameron Diaz, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding 1972 Jose Herrera, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Oakland A's 1972 Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Shonte Peoples, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Aubrey Beavers, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Miami Dolphins, Rhein Fire 1971 Joseph Fitzgerald, born in Brooklyn, New York, team handball center back 1996 Olympics 1971 Tre Johnson, NFL guard for the Washington Redskins 1969 Jerold Jeffcoat, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scottish Claymores 1968 Vladimir Malakhov, Sverdlovsk Rus, NHL defenseman, Montreal Canadiens 1967 Barbara Anne Kendall, Auckland New Zealand, mistral yachter, Gold and Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Catrin Nilsmark, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1995 PING Welch's-14th 1967 Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model, Victoria Secrets 1967 Justin Vaughan, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder 1992- 1966 John Terry, CFL tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders 1966 Michael Michele, Evansville, Indiana, actress, Nikki-Central Park West 1966 Simon Wheeldon, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 1964 Joan Bennett, born in Chicago, Illinois, playmate, January, 1985 1964 Michael Chiklis, actor, Wired, Commish 1964 Stephen Baker, NFL receiver for the New York Giants 1964 Steve Smith, NFL fullback for the Seattle Seahawks 1962 Ricky Sanders, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins 1960 Vic Wilk, born in Los Angeles, California, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Knoxville Open 1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess, Live at 3 1955 Martin Jackson, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out 1955 Butch Johnson, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, archer, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2000 Olympics 1954 David Paymer, actor, Love Mary, Mr. Saturday Night 1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp 1953 Robert Parish, NBA center, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets 1951 Dana, singer and actress, Flight of the Doves 1951 Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Paper Chase, East of Eden 1950 John Landis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, American Werewolf in London 1948 Lewis Black, American Comedian 1947 Peggy Lipton, Lawrence, New York, actress, Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks 1946 Anne-Marie, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX 1945 David Schiff, composer 1944 Charles Colbert, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, American Breed 1944 Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian, Neerlands Hoop 1944 John Surman, jazz musician 1944 Tug McGraw, American Athlete 1944 Molly Ivins, born in California, newspaper columnist, author, political commentator 1943 David Henry Maslanka, composer 1943 Jean-Claude Killy, born in Saint-Cloud, France, French alpine skiier, 3 Gold Medals 1968 Olympics 1943 Robert Crumb, U.S., cartoonist, Father Time, Fritz Cat 1942 Jonathan Aitken, English MP 1942 Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner, 19 Tests 1964-73 1941 John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist and vocalist, Searchers 1941 Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess 1939 Elizabeth Ashley, [Cole], Ocala Florida, actress, Coma, Evening Shade 1939 John Peel, British Entertainer 1938 Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry, New York, newscaster, Monitor 1936 Fabrizia Ramondino, writer 1935 John Phillips, singer/guitarist, Mama and Papas-California Dreaming 1934 B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer, brother of Fergie, Indian leggie 1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor, Drop Out, Family, Flanagan 1933 Arne Mellnas, composer 1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT 1931 John Leonard Swigert, Jr., Denver Colorado, astronaut, Apollo 13 1930 Noel Harford, cricketer, brother of Roy New Zealand Test batsman in 1950's 1930 Warren Burger, U.S., author, The Midas Touch 1930 Warren Buffett, American Businessman 1928 Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart 1928 Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer 1928 Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 1927 Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer, 8 Coty Awards 1927 Pieter Willem Kee, composer 1926 Olgerts Gravitis, composer 1925 Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor, Daens/Medea 1923 Elias Victor Seixas, U.S., mixed double tennis player, Wimbeld 1953-56 1923 Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer, Glove 1922 Regina Resnik, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Sieglinde-Bayreuth 1920 Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet, Rose from Mud 1919 Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1918 Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter for the Boston Red Sox 1917 Denis Healey, English politician 1916 John Thoday, geneticist 1916 Kornelis M R van der Beek, reformed vicar, Arnhem 1916 Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker 1915 Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor 1914 Julie Bishop, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat 1914 Rafael Jose Luis Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur 1913 Allan David, actor, director andproducer, Cry of the Children 1913 Thomas Torrance, theologist 1912 Edward M Purcell, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1952 1912 Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1910 Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes 1909 Barry Appleby, cartoonist 1909 [Rose] Joan Blondell, New York City, actress, Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides 1908 Leonor Fini, painter 1908 Willie Bryant, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Sugar Hill Times 1907 Fred MacMurray, Kankakee, Illinois, actor, Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons 1907 Shirley Booth, actress, Hazel 1906 Countess of Longford, biographer/historian 1902 Arnold Maria Walter, composer 1901 John C. Stennis, born in Mississippi, Senator-D-Mississippi, 1947 - 1989 1901 John Gunther, born in Chicago, Illinois, author/host, John Gunther's High Road 1901 Roy Wilkins, civil rights director, NAACP 1900 Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister, Lutheran World Relief 1896 Raymond Massey, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Dr. Gillespie-Dr. Kildare 1893 Huey Long, American Politician 1890 Sandor Remenyik, [Vegvari], Hungary, poet, Campfire 1889 Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever 1887 Adam Kuckhoff, writer 1884 Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids, Nobel 1926 1883 Theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect, Style 1882 Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi/writer 1878 Paul Hazard, French literature historian 1871 Ernest Lord Rutherford, England, physicist, atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908 1866 Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor 1852 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Netherlands, physical chemist, Nobel 1901 1849 Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher 1844 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer, Lebensraum 1842 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer 1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady, 1881-85 1820 George Frederick Root, composer 1811 Thomas Gautier, writer 1809 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer 1805 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist 1804 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet, Sasjka, 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, born in London, England, author, Frankenstein 1772 Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader 1769 Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer 1767 Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer 1748 Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter, Death of Marat 1693 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist 1687 Francesco Maria Vallara, composer 1609 Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised 1334 Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia and Leon SOURCE: www.brainyhistory.com _______________________________________________________________________________ August 30 Deaths in History: AD524 Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 AD526 Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten 2005 James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85 2003 Charles Bronson, tough actor, Death Wish, dies at 81 2002 J. Lee Thompson, British Director 1996 Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43 1996 Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80 1996 Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89 1995 Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96 1995 Fischer S Black, Jr., financial Theorist, dies at 57 1995 Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65 1995 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53 1995 Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster, dies at 82 1994 Lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71 1994 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42 1993 Richard Jordan, U.S. actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55 1991 Alan Wheatley 1991 Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies 1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies 1989 Joe De Santis, dies at 80 1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79 1982 Leo Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1981 Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55 1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41 1970 Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53 1970 Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman 1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 1967 Ad Reinhardt, American Artist 1964 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43 1963 Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 1961 Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84 1956 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 1953 Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51 1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns 1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies 1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies 1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1939 Wilhelm Bolsche, writer, dies at 78 1935 Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62 1934 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79 1932 Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77 1930 William H Taft, 27th U.S. President (1909-13), dies 1928 Wilhelm Wien, Germany physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64 1919 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr. Rung), dies 1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czechoslovakia, dies 1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide 1910 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 1904 Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79 1903 Vincente F Lopez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87 1879 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 1879 John B. Hood, American Soldier 1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies 1826 Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies 1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 1745 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57 1666 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies 1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies 1529 Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 1483 Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 1482 Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies 1181 Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies SOURCE: www.brainyhistory.com |
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Today In World History As I was posting to our forum this morning, I noticed this odd piece of information: "1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany" And now I'm confused. I thought during this period in history, kings inherited their crown from their royal family lineage. Does anyone out there know any more about this, to help clarify the misunderstanding? Thank you, Cyna |
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Today In Chess History 1866: Constant Burille was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1910: Tigran Gorgiev, Russian composer, was born in Kizliar, Daghestan, USSR. 1915: Hermann Albrecht, German composer, was born in Marburg, Germany. 1917: Giorgio Mirri, Italian composer, was born in Imola, Italy. 1927: Giorgio Porreca was born in Naples, Italy. 1957: Hans Haberditz died in Vienna, Austria. 1967: Richard Cheney, American composer, died in Dreieichenhain, Germany. 1990: Adriano Chicco, Italian historian and problem composer died in Genoa, Italy. 1995: Lev Polugaevsky died in Paris, France. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History - Continued _______________________________________________________________________________ Constant Ferdinand Burille Birth: Aug 30, 1866, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Death: 1914, Boston. (?) Nationality: USA - United States of America. Biographical data: US player, participated and placed #15 in the Sixth American Chess Congress. The Sixth American Chess Congress was held in New York in 1889 (a 20-man double round-robin tournament; one of the longest tournaments in history). According to information found on Wikipedia's "List of Nationality Transfers in Chess" (a list of chess players who have moved to compete for another country), he moved from France to the United States to play chess for America. SOURCES: en.wikipedia.org www.maskeret.com en.wikipedia.org _______________________________________________________________________________ Tigran Borisovich Gorgiev Birth: Aug 30, 1910, Kizliar, Daghestan, USSR. Death: Dec 13, 1976, Dnepropetrovsk, USSR. Nationality: USR - USSR. Titles: IM - International Master, IMCOMP -International Master of Chess Composition, IJCOMP - International Judge of Chess Composition. Biographical data: Study composer, microbiologist, International Judge of Chess Compositions, 1956, International Master for Chess Compositions, 1969. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Hermann Albrecht Birth: Aug 30, 1915, Marburg, Germany. Death: May 26, 1982, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Nationality: GER - Germany. Titles: IJCOMP - International Judge of Chess Composition. Biographical data: German problemist and journalist, International Judge of Chess Compositions, 1957. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Giorgio Mirri Birth: Aug 30, 1917, Imola, Italy. Death: May 10, 2007, Italy. Nationality: ITA - Italy. Titles: IJCOMP - International Judge of Chess Composition. Biographical data: Italian composer, International Judge of Chess Compositions, 1985, Honorary masters of chess composition, 1999. SOURCES: www.maskeret.com 74.125.155.132 en.wikipedia.org _______________________________________________________________________________ Giorgio Porreca Birth: Aug 30, 1927, Napoli, Italy. Death: Jan 5, 1988. Nationality: ITA - Italy. Titles: IM - International Master, IMC - International Master of Correspondence Chess. Biographical data: Italian player, International Master, 1957, International Correspondence Chess Master, 1975, Italian Champion, 1950, 1956. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Hans Haberditz Birth: 1901, in Austria. Death: Aug 30, 1957, Wien, Austria. Nationality: AUT - Austria. Biographical data: Austrian player and analyst, Haberditz variation. SOURCES: www.maskeret.com www.chess-poster.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Richard Eugene Cheney Birth: May 17, 1908, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Death: Aug 30, 1967, Dreieichenhain, Germany. Nationality: USA - United States of America. Titles: IJCOMP - International Judge of Chess Composition. Biographical data: US composer, International Judge of Chess Compositions, 1957. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Adriano Chicco Birth: Feb 16, 1907, Genova, Italy. Death: Aug 30, 1990, Genova, Italy. Nationality: ITA - Italy. Titles: IM - International Master, IMCOMP -International Master of Chess Composition, IJCOMP - International Judge of Chess Composition. Biographical data: Pseudonym: Marisa, Italian chess historian and problem composer, state advocate, International Judge of Chess Compositions, 1956, International Master for Chess Compositions, 1967. SOURCE: www.maskeret.com _______________________________________________________________________________ Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky Born: November 20, 1934, Mogilev, Soviet Union. Died: August 30, 1995 (aged 60). To celebrate Polugaevsky's 60th birthday a Sicilian Defense themed tournament was held in recognition of his contributions to the opening, but he was too ill to participate. He died of a brain tumour in 1995. Country: Soviet Union Belarus. Title: Grandmaster. Peak rating: 2645 (July 1972). Biographical data: Full name Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky (Russian: Лев Абрамович Полугаевский) (sometimes transliterated as Lyev Polugayevsky) (20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title. He was one of the strongest players in the world from the late 1960s until the early 1980s, as well as a distinguished author and opening theorist whose contributions in this field remain important to the present day. Polugaevsky was a noted theorist whose work on a number of openings has stood the test of time. He is best remembered for a variation of the Sicilian Defense that bears his name: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5!? This "Polugaevsky Variation" of the Najdorf Sicilian leads to extraordinarily complicated tactical play on which the last word has still not been said, although theory as of 2005 seems to give White the upper hand. In addition to his over-the-board and theoretical successes, Polugaevsky was a highly respected chess author. His book Grandmaster Preparation (now out of print) is a classic that contains notable insights into his own thinking as he crafted the variation in the Sicilian that bears his name. He went about his writing with the same meticulous care as characterized his analyses, and was contemptuous of the many less thorough authors who sought to profit from the post-Fischer chess boom with shoddy work, memorably writing, "Ninety per cent of all chess books you can open at page one and then immediately close again for ever. Sometimes you see books that have been written in one month. I don't like that. You should take at least two years for a book, or not do it all." Publications/Books by Polugaevsky: Queen's Gambit: Orthodox Defence. Grandmaster Preparation, ISBN 0-08-024098-4. Grandmaster Performance, ISBN 0-08-029749-8. Grandmaster Achievement. Art of Defence in Chess. The Sicilian Labyrinth. Sicilian Love - Lev Polugaevsky Chess Tournament 1994 (Buenos Aires), with Jeroen Piket, the New in Chess Editorial team, 1995, 240 p., ISBN 9-07-168999-9. SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org _______________________________________________________________________________ If anyone finds any errors, please let me know... thank you... play on, play well... |
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Today In Chess History Francois Andre Danican Philidor passed away Aug 31, 1795 in Dreux, France. He was born Sep 7, 1726 in London, England. He was a French player, World Champion from 1747–1795 (unofficial), as well as a composer of music (he came from an extraordinary musical family). Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence. It was also there that he famously played with a friend from 'New England', Mr. Benjamin Franklin. The best player in France at the time, Legall de Kermeur, taught him. He was regarded as the best chess player of his age, although the title of World Chess Champion was not yet in existence. Philidor's book "Analyse du jeu des Échecs" was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century. He was commonly referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime. Trivia, by Bill Wall: His father was the royal music librarian who begat 20 children, partly by marrying a second wife over 50 years younger than himself. Andre was a child of that second marriage. His bust is carved into the Opera House in Paris, where it can still be seen along with his family coat of arms, which has a chessboard in it. SOURCES: www.maskeret.com en.wikipedia.org www.geocities.com |
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Today In Chess History Aug 31, 1795: Francois Andre Danican Philidor died in London, England. Aug 31, 1810: William Bone, British composer, was born, England. Aug 31, 1883: Zoltan Balla was born in Budapest, Hungary. Aug 31, 1907: Sandor Boros, Hungarian composer, was born in Budapest, Hungary. Aug 31, 1910: Mark Liburkin, Russian composer, was born in Vitebsk, Byelorussia. Aug 31, 1910: Petar Trifunoviv was born in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. Aug 31, 1915: Vincent Eaton, American composer, was born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Aug 31, 1915: David Hooper was born in Reigate, England. Aug 31, 1945: Alan Ludgate was born in Belfast, Ulster. Aug 31, 1974: Gamil Agamaliev was born, Azerbaijan. Aug 31, 1984: Moshe Czerniak died in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aug 31, 2003: Peter Szekely died, Hungary. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In World History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2009. There are 121 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in World History: On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason. (Burr was then tried on a misdemeanor charge, but was again acquitted.) In 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire destroyed Hinckley, Minn., and five other communities, and killed more than 400 people. In 1897, the first section of Boston's new subway system was opened. In 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Confederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada. In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140,000 lives. In 1951, the United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty. In 1969, a coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power. In 1972, American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, as Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union resigned before the resumption of game 21. In 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner had entered Soviet airspace. In 1989, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti died of a heart attack at his summer home in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., at age 51. Ten years ago: Twenty-two of baseball's 68 permanent umpires found themselves jobless, the fallout from their union's failed attempt to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract. Ten American tourists and two Tanzanians were killed when their small plane crashed as they were leaving Serengeti National Park. Five years ago: More than 1,000 people were taken hostage by heavily armed Chechen militants at a school in Beslan in southern Russia; more than 330, mostly children, were eventually killed in the three-day ordeal. Militants in Iraq freed seven employees of a Kuwaiti trucking firm after their employer paid half a million dollars in ransom. The criminal case against Kobe Bryant collapsed as prosecutors in Colorado dropped a sexual assault charge against the NBA star. One year ago: Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans. Republicans opened their national convention in St. Paul, Minn., on a subdued note because of Hurricane Gustav; John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, revealed that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon. Country singer-actor Jerry Reed died in Nashville at age 71. Voiceover artist Don LaFontaine, whose distinctive baritone graced innumerable movie trailers, died in Los Angeles at age 68. Today's Birthdays: Journalist and author Liz Carpenter is 89. Former Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird is 87. Actor George Maharis is 81. Conductor Seiji Ozawa is 74. Attorney and law professor Alan Dershowitz is 71. Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 70. Actor Don Stroud is 66. Conductor Leonard Slatkin is 65. Singer Archie Bell is 65. Singer Barry Gibb is 63. Rock musician Greg Errico is 61. Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw is 59. Singer Gloria Estefan is 52. Former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers is 48. Jazz musician Boney James is 48. Singer-musician Grant Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) is 46. Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is 45. Retired NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway is 43. Rap DJ Spigg Nice (Lost Boyz) is 39. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira ("Desperate Housewives") is 38. Rock singer JD Fortune is 36. NFL player Jason Taylor is 35. Actor Scott Speedman is 34. NFL player Aaron Schobel is 32. NFL player Clinton Portis is 28. Rock musician Joe Trohman is 25. Thought for Today: "When nothing is sure, everything is possible." - Margaret Drabble, British author. SOUCRE: The Associated Press: cbs2.com |
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Today In Chess History In 1972, American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, as Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union resigned before the resumption of game 21. SOURCE: cbs2.com |
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Today In World History - Continued 70 years ago, on Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland. In response, W.H. Auden wrote the following (now famous) poem: SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our private lives; The unmentionable odour of death Offends the September night. Accurate scholarship can Unearth the whole offence From Luther until now That has driven a culture mad, Find what occurred at Linz, What huge imago made A psychopathic god: I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. Exiled Thucydides knew All that a speech can say About Democracy, And what dictators do, The elderly rubbish they talk To an apathetic grave; Analysed all in his book, The enlightenment driven away, The habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief: We must suffer them all again. Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse: But who can live for long In an euphoric dream; Out of the mirror they stare, Imperialism's face And the international wrong. Faces along the bar Cling to their average day: The lights must never go out, The music must always play, All the conventions conspire To make this fort assume The furniture of home; Lest we should see where we are, Lost in a haunted wood, Children afraid of the night Who have never been happy or good. The windiest militant trash Important Persons shout Is not so crude as our wish: What mad Nijinsky wrote About Diaghilev Is true of the normal heart; For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone. From the conservative dark Into the ethical life The dense commuters come, Repeating their morning vow; 'I will be true to the wife, I'll concentrate more on my work,' And helpless governors wake To resume their compulsory game: Who can release them now, Who can reach the dead, Who can speak for the dumb? All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The romantic lie in the brain Of the sensual man-in-the-street And the lie of Authority Whose buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. SOURCE: www.sheilaomalley.com |
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Today's Women In Chess On September 1, 2009 there are 14 women whose rating is higher than the men's GM level of 2500: 1. Polgar Judit - 2687 2. Koneru Humpy - 2595 3. Hou Yifan - 2585 4. Zhao Xue - 2542 5. Kosintseva Tatiana - 2536 6. Cramling Pia - 2535 7. Dzagnidze Nana - 2535 8. Muzychuk Anna - 2533 9. Stefanova Antoaneta - 2527 10. Sebag Marie - 2519 11. Kosteniuk Alexandra - 2516 12. Chiburdanidze Maia - 2506 13. Hoang Thanh Trang - 2501 14. Pogonina Natalia - 2501 SOURCE: www.chessblog.com |
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Today In Chess History Sep 1, 1901: Frantisek Hladik, Czech composer, was born in Pilsen, Czech Republ. Sep 1, 1902: Alexander Kevitz was born in New York, USA. Sep 1, 1914: Ivan Savenkov died in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Sep 1, 1924: Joseph Henry Blackburne died in London, England. Sep 1, 1931: Arturo Pomar Salamanca was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Sep 1, 1957: Alessandro Almonti was born in Roma, Italy. Sep 1, 1966: Adam Raoof was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Sep 1, 1981: Tigran Kotanjian was born, Armenia. Sep 1, 1988: Laura Ross was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History - Continued Today's Highlight in Chess History is: Laura Ross (born 1988) is an American chess player. She holds the title of Woman FIDE Master. As of April 2007, her FIDE rating is 2165. In 1998 she finished eighth in the World Championship Girls Under 10. She holds the distinction of being the first female ever in the United States to head a "Top 100 Players" list of both male and female players, as published by the United States Chess Federation. In April 2002, she became the highest rated 13 year old, male or female, in the US. Laura is now a student at Binghamton University [State University of New York at Binghamton or SUNY Binghamton]. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In Chess History Sep 2, 1905: Karel Kondelik, Czech composer, died in Prague, Czech Republ. Sep 2, 1906: Alexander Kazantsev, Russian composer, was born in Tselinograd, Russia. Sep 2, 1922: Martin Christoffel was born in Basel, Switzerland. Sep 2, 1929: Mario Bertok was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Sep 2, 1932: Leonid Isaev, Russian composer, died in Moskva, Russia. Sep 2, 1974: William Langstaff, English composer, died in London, E ngland. Sep 2, 1987: Victor Erdos was born in Hungary. SOURCE: www.chess.com |
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Today In World History The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris on this day in 1783. The signing signified America's status as a free nation, as Britain formally recognized the independence of its 13 former American colonies, and the boundaries of the new republic were agreed upon: Florida north to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River. The events leading up to the treaty stretched back to April 1775, on a common green in Lexington, Massachusetts, when American colonists answered King George III's refusal to grant them political and economic reform with armed revolution. On July 4, 1776, more than a year after the first volleys of the war were fired, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence. Five difficult years later, in October 1781, British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing to an end the last major battle of the Revolution. In September 1782, Benjamin Franklin, along with John Adams and John Jay, began official peace negotiations with the British. The Continental Congress had originally named a five-person committee--including Franklin, Adams and Jay, along with Thomas Jefferson and Henry Laurens--to handle the talks. However, both Jefferson and Laurens missed the sessions--Jefferson had travel delays and Laurens had been captured by the British and was being held in the Tower of London. The U.S. delegation, which was distrustful of the French, opted to negotiate separately with the British. During the talks Franklin demanded that Britain hand over Canada to the United States. This did not come to pass, but America did gain enough new territory south of the Canadian border to double its size. The United States also successfully negotiated for important fishing rights in Canadian waters and agreed, among other things, not to prevent British creditors from attempting to recover debts owed to them. Two months later, the key details had been hammered out and on November 30, 1882, the United States and Britain signed the preliminary articles of the treaty. France signed its own preliminary peace agreement with Britain on January 20, 1783, and then in September of that year, the final treaty was signed by all three nations and Spain. The Treaty of Paris was ratified by the Continental Congress on January 14, 1884. SOURCE: www.history.com |
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