deaths
August 14, 2012
Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (born 1923)
Svetozar Gligorić
Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record 11 times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia and Yugoslavia. In 1958, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
August 14
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.