Birthday of FM Christopher Wood (11-xii-1940)
Birthday of FM Christopher Baruch Wood (11-xii-1940)
Birthday of FM Christopher Baruch Wood (11-xii-1940)
Death Anniversary of Richard Griffith (22-vii-1872 11-xii-1955) See Chess World, Volume 11, Number 6, June 1956, page 128. Here is his Wikipedia entry.
We remember David Pritchard who passed away on Monday, December 12th, 2005. David Brine Pritchard was born on Sunday, October 19th, 1919. On this day the first US Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to a living female recipient, Anna Howard Shaw. He was born in Wandsworth taking his mothers' Winifred maiden name of Brine (as … Continue reading Death Anniversary of David Pritchard (19-x-1919 12-xii-2005)
Happy Birthday to David Shire. David John Shire was born on Saturday, December 13th 1947. On the same day "Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra hit #1 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores record chart.
Birthday of Colin Peter Sydenham (13-xii-1937)
Happy Birthday Wishes to IM Brandon George I Clarke born on this day (December 14th), 1995. "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson was the UK Number One single. In the 2003 London Junior Championships he was =13 with 4/7 In July 2004 he secured his first published standard play grading of 84D and 62D for rapid … Continue reading Birthday of IM Brandon Clarke (14-xii-1995)
Birthday of IM Ian Thomas (14-xii-1967)
Birthday of IM Karl CC Mah (14-xii-1980) IM Karl CC Mah IM Karl CC Mah
We remember Horatio Caro who passed away on Wednesday, December 15th, 1920. Horatio Caro was born on Saturday, July 5th 1862. On the same day Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist passed away. His parents were (in the 1861 census) Jacob and Mathilda Caro (née Lüpschütz, possibly Lipschütz) living at 4, Warwick Place, Jesmond, … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Horatio Caro (05-vii-1862 15-xii-1920)
Death Anniversary for Thomas Charles Donald Ricketts (03-vii-1896 15-xii-1979) See Sunnucks