1837 Pual Charles Morphy was born in New Orleans, USA.
1863 Beniamino Vergani was born in Montebelluna, Italy.
1874 Howard Staunton died in London, England.
1884 Giovanni Martinolich was born in Trieste, Italy.
1885 Milan Vidmar was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
1912 Pavle Bidev was born in Prijepolje, Yugoslavia.
1929 Umberto Masera was born, Italy.
1933 Martin Villemson died in Parnu, Estonia.
1933 Valentin Prahov was born, Bulgaria.
1937 Ludwig Bachmann died in Munich, Germany.
1951 Miroslav Tonchev was born, Bulgaria.
1968 Pavel Blatny was born in Brno, Czech Rep.
1968 Josef Halumbirek died in Vienna, Austria.
1971 Luis Comas Fabrego was born, Spain.
1972 Tu Hoang Thong was born, Vietnam.
1976 Inna Gaponenko was born, Ukraine.
1977 Evgeniy Najer was born in Moskva, Russia.
1982 Vitaly Shinkevich was born, Russia.
1985 Mikhail Lushenkov was born, Russia.
1989 Tomasz Warakomski was born in Suwalki, Poland.