February 17, 2019 This day in history
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Started by metmike - Feb. 16, 2019, 10:25 p.m.

Pick a great one!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_17


I get the natural disasters again:

And as a chess coach for 25 years this one too:

1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

Garry Kasparov

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov

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By metmike - Feb. 16, 2019, 10:27 p.m.
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Americans like to refer to our world chess champion, Bobby Fischer, who of course, went insane........seriously insane by clinical standards.

Bobby Fischer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer

By carlberky - Feb. 17, 2019, 5:14 p.m.
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1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.

Wonder how different our country might be if the trecherous Burr had won.  

"Burr shot his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel in 1804, the last full year of his single term as vice president. He was never tried for the illegal duel and all charges against him were eventually dropped, but Hamilton's death ended Burr's political career. 

"Burr left Washington, D.C., and traveled west seeking new opportunities, both economic and political. His activities eventually led to his arrest on charges of treason in 1807."

By metmike - Feb. 17, 2019, 5:27 p.m.
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Great pick. That one really caught my eye too Carl, thanks for adding something extra.

Not just the tie but what seemed especially strange  was that the guy who finished 2nd in the race for president became the vice president instead........which, I didn't know was the way it used to be. 

I had to find out more on this story:

Tally of Electoral Votes for the 1800 Presidential Election, February 11, 1801

https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/1800-election/1800-election.html


By the election of 1800, the nation's first two parties were beginning to take shape. The Presidential race was hotly contested between the Federalist President, John Adams, and the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson. Because the Constitution did not distinguish between President and Vice-President in the votes cast by each state's electors in the Electoral College, both Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr received 73 votes.

The framers of the Constitution had not anticipated such a tie nor had they considered the possibility of the election of a President or Vice President from opposing factions - which had been the case in the 1796 election. In 1804, the passage of the 12th Amendment corrected these problems by providing for separate Electoral College votes for President and Vice President.

By metmike - Feb. 17, 2019, 5:30 p.m.
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How Presidents and Vice Presidents Are Elected


https://www.thoughtco.com/president-and-vice-president-opposing-parties-3367677


The president and vice president of the United States campaign together and are elected as a team and not individually following the adoption of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was drafted to prevent the nation's two highest elected officials from being from opposing political parties. The amendment made it more difficult, but not impossible, for voters to elect members of two political parties president and vice president.

 

 

Candidates for president and vice president have appeared together on the same ticket since the election of 1804, the year the 12th Amendment was ratified. Prior to the adoption of the constitutional amendment, the office of vice president was awarded to the presidential candidate who won the second-largest number of votes, regardless of which political party he represented. In the presidential election of 1796, for example, voters chose John Adams, a Federalist, to be president. Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican, was the runner-up in the vote count and thus became vice president to Adams.

By carlberky - Feb. 17, 2019, 5:43 p.m.
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I remember the match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972 for the World tittle. It was called the "Match of the Century", probably for the political implications.

Fischer came late to the first game and Spassky won by forfeit. Fischer became champion, winning the match 12 1/2 to 8 1/2.

By metmike - Feb. 17, 2019, 8:39 p.m.
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You have a wonderful memory carl.

I wasn't following the chess world back then but read up on it out of interest in recent years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972


6 part story on his life if you have nothing to do and want to watch an interesting story.

Very sad person really. The most gifted chess player in history but end up being the worst role model and hardest in history to get along with besides hating jews with a passion........even though he was jewish. 

One can respect his chess abilities but not him as a (horrible) human being. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2o3In3g3U