On This Day: April 08

Valerian Onitiu 1872
Martin From 1828
Arthur Dake 1910
Michael Terebesi 1936
Julius Pelikan 1946
Marjan Kovacevic 1957
Keshab Das De 1960
Oleg Pervakov 1960
Peng Xiaomin 1973
Donald Byrne 1976
Daniel Hausrath 1976
Tamaz Gelashvili 1978
Mijo Udovcic 1984
Tamas Banusz 1989
Sayantan Das 1997


1907: Lasker defeats Marshall to retain world championship title