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1993 Yokohama Marinos season | 1993 Yokohama Marinos season |
1969–70 FA Cup qualifying rounds | The FA Cup 1969 -- 70 is the 89th season of the world 's oldest football knockout competition ; The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup for short . The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds . The 30 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper . |
1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles | The men 's 110 metres hurdles at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma , Italy , at Stadio Olimpico on 6 , 7 , and 8 September 1974 . |
1978 National Society of Film Critics Awards | 13th NSFC Awards January 4 , 1979 Best Film : Get Out Your Handkerchiefs The 13th National Society of Film Critics Awards , given on 4 January 1979 , honored the best filmmaking of 1978 . |
1985–86 NBA season | The 1985 -- 86 NBA season was the 40th season of the National Basketball Association . The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their third championship of the decade , beating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals . |
1979 Atlanta Falcons season | The 1979 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons ' 14th season . The Falcons were trying to improve upon their 9 -- 7 record in 1978 and make it to the playoffs for the second time in team history , their first appearance being the year before . Rookie fullback William Andrews rushed for 167 yards in a 40 -- 34 overtime win over the Saints in the season opener in New Orleans . Andrews set a club record with 1,023 yards , while quarterback Steve Bartkowski became the first Falcon to surpass the 2,000-yard mark with 2,505 . However , the Falcons ' defense allowed 388 points in a 6 -- 10 start . |
1945 Cotton Bowl Classic | The 1945 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the TCU Horned Frogs and the Oklahoma A&M Cowboys . |
1297 Quadea | 1297 Quadea ( 1934 AD ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 7 , 1934 , by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory . Named for the parents-in-law of Karl Reinmuth 's brother . |
-th | The English suffix - th may form : ordinal numerals verbal nouns the archaic 3rd person singular form , see Early Modern English |
1999–2000 Aberdeen F.C. season | Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier League , Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 1999 -- 2000 . |
19th Air Division | The 19th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with Eighth Air Force at Carswell Air Force Base , Texas , where it was inactivated on 30 September 1988 . During World War II , the unit was designated as IX Bomber Command and was the command and control organization for Ninth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign . Using predominantly B-24 Liberator heavy and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers , it supported the British Eighth Army against the German Afrika Korps from airfields ranging from Palestine in 1942 across North Africa to the final defeat of German forces in the Tunisia Campaign in May 1943 . Later , during the 1944 Battle of Normandy and the 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany , as the 9th Bombardment Division , the unit directed B-26 Marauder medium bombers in tactical roles supporting Allied ground forces from D-Day to V-E Day . |
1892–93 Newcastle United F.C. season | The 1892 -- 93 season was the first season in the history of Newcastle United after the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End . The club started the season as Newcastle East End , taking the name Newcastle United during December . They participated in the Northern League , the only season they have not competed in The Football League , finishing in second place behind Middlesbrough Ironopolis . They also competed in the FA Cup , but lost in the first round to Middlesbrough . |
1915 Oregon Webfoots football team | The Oregon Webfoots NCAA football team contested the 1915 season in 7 games under coach Hugo Bezdek . |
1920 Clemson Tigers football team | The 1920 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College during the 1920 college football season . Under fourth year head coach Edward Donahue , the team posted a 4 -- 6 -- 1 record . Boo Armstrong was the captain . |
1799 in Wales | This article is about the particular significance of the year 1799 to Wales and its people . |
1959 Philadelphia Eagles season | The 1959 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 27th in the league . They improved on their previous output of 2 -- 9 -- 1 , winning seven games . The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season . |
1987 Athens Open | The 1987 Athens Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix . It was held from June 15 through June 22 , 1987 . |
1957 Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 1957 season . |
1961 Brownlow Medal | The 1961 Brownlow Medal was the 34th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) home and away season . John James of the Carlton Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1961 VFL season . |
1978 Canadian Grand Prix | The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 1978 at Montreal . |
1999–2000 Seattle SuperSonics season | The 1999 -- 2000 NBA season was the 32nd season for the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association . During the offseason , the Sonics acquired Horace Grant from the Orlando Magic and Brent Barry from the Chicago Bulls , while signing free agents Vernon Maxwell and second-year forward Ruben Patterson . Two years removed from the George Karl-era , the Sonics once again managed to make the playoffs finishing fourth in the Pacific Division with a 45 -- 37 record . They took the 2nd-seeded Utah Jazz to a fifth and decisive game in the Western Conference first round before being eliminated on Utah 's home floor . All-Star point guard Gary Payton earned high individual honors for the season , including All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive First Team selections , while being selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game . Following the season , Grant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and Maxwell was traded to the New York Knicks , but was released and re-signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers . For the season , the Sonics added maroon alternate road uniforms which lasted until 2001 . |
1971–72 Nationalliga A | Statistics of Swiss Super League in the 1971 -- 72 season . |
1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team | The 1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 6 -- 6 record . The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 4 -- 4 . |
1991 430 km of Silverstone | The 1991 430 km of Silverstone was the third round of the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season , taking place at Silverstone Circuit , United Kingdom . It took place on 19 May 1991 . |
1891 in Germany | Events in the year 1891 in Germany . |
1986 College Football All-America Team | The 1986 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1986 . The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) recognizes five selectors as `` official '' for the 1986 season . They are : ( 1 ) the American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) ; ( 2 ) the Associated Press ( AP ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers ; ( 3 ) the Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) ; ( 4 ) the United Press International ( UPI ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers ; and ( 5 ) the Walter Camp Football Foundation ( WC ) . Other notable selectors included Football News the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , Scripps Howard ( SH ) , and The Sporting News ( TSN ) . |
1920 Golders Green Handley Page O/400 crash | The 1920 Handley Page O/400 crash occurred on 14 December 1920 when a Handley Page Transport Handley Page O/400 on a scheduled passenger flight from London to Paris with two crew and six passengers crashed at Golders Green in North London after take-off from Cricklewood Aerodrome . The crew of 2 and two passengers were killed in the first fatal accident for the airline since the service had started in December 1919 . It was reported as the first recorded airliner crash in history , but a larger airliner had crashed the previous year . |
1949–50 Dumbarton F.C. season | Season 1949 -- 50 was the 66th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level , entering the Scottish Football League for the 44th time , the Scottish Cup for the 55th time , the Scottish League Cup for the 4th time and the Supplementary Cup for the 5th time . |
1954 Clemson Tigers football team | The 1954 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1954 college football season . |
1869 in Scotland | Events from the year 1869 in Scotland . |
1995 TVA Cup – Singles | Linda Wild won in the final 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 2 against Sandra Kleinová . |
1933 in fine arts of the Soviet Union | The year 1933 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts . |
1990 Diet Pepsi Championships | The 1990 Diet Pepsi Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in Wembley , London , England . It was part of the 1990 IBM ATP Tour . The tournament was held from November 5 through November 11 , 1990 . |
1907–08 Birmingham F.C. season | The 1907 -- 08 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club 's 16th in the Football League and their 8th in the First Division . They were in the relegation positions by mid-October , and only once , briefly , rose above them , finishing bottom of the 20-team league , four points adrift of safety , and were relegated to the Second Division for 1908 -- 09 . They also took part in the 1907 -- 08 FA Cup , entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to West Bromwich Albion after a replay . Alf Jones stepped down as secretary-manager at the end of the season . Jones began acting as unpaid secretary for Small Heath Alliance in 1885 , the year the club turned professional , became their first paid secretary with responsibility for team matters in 1892 , when the club first joined the Football League , and had held the post of secretary-manager ever since . He was succeeded by Alex Watson . Twenty-eight players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition , and there were ten different goalscorers . Forward Benny Green played in 38 of the 40 matches over the season . Edmund Eyre was leading scorer with nine goals ; in the league , Eyre and Green each scored eight . Shortly before the match against Nottingham Forest in February was due to start , a severe gale blew sections of the corrugated-iron roof off the grandstand . Although the match went ahead , it was abandoned after 35 minutes because of the wind . |
1869 in art | Events from the year 1869 in art . |
1590 in Scotland | Events from the year 1590 in the Kingdom of Scotland . |
1906–07 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team | The 1906 -- 07 Connecticut Aggies men 's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College , now the University of Connecticut , in the 1906 -- 07 collegiate men 's basketball season . The Aggies completed the season with a 5 -- 7 overall record . The Aggies were members of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges where they ended the season with a 0 -- 4 record . |
1340s in art | The decade of the 1340s in art involved some significant events . |
1987 Soviet Top League | |
1850 in Scotland | Events from the year 1850 in Scotland . |
1905–06 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season | The 1905 -- 06 season was Burslem Port Vale 's eighth consecutive season ( 12th overall ) of football in the Football League . It was another season spent struggling at the lower end of the league . On the pitch the team allowed goals and narrowly avoided the re-election zone . A poor season on the pitch was more than matched by a hopeless financial season off the pitch , with low attendance figures suggesting that the club could not sustain league football for much longer . |
1983 South American Rugby Championship | The 1983 South American Rugby Championship was the 13th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America . The tournament was played in Buenos Aires and won by Argentina . |
1918 Copa del Rey | The Copa del Rey 1918 was the 18th edition of the Copa del Rey , the Spanish football cup competition . The competition started on April 8 , 1918 , and concluded on May 2 , 1918 , with the Final , held at the O'Donnell in Madrid , in which Real Union lifted the trophy for the second time ever with a 2 -- 0 victory over Madrid FC . |
1984 National Invitation Tournament | The 1984 National Invitation Tournament was the 1984 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition . |
's-Hertogenbosch railway station | 's - Hertogenbosch ( -LSB- ˌsɛrtoːɣənˈbɔs -RSB- ) is a railway station located in 's - Hertogenbosch , Netherlands . The station and all services operating from it are run by Nederlandse Spoorwegen , the national Dutch train operating company . |
1966 Venice flood | The 1966 Venice flood ( Alluvione di Venezia del 1966 ) was an unprecedented acqua alta , with waters reaching up to 194cm . |
1993 Kansas City Chiefs season | The 1993 Kansas City Chiefs season was arguably the franchise 's most successful in 22 years : The Chiefs won the AFC Western Division and finished with an 11 -- 5 record . Kansas City advanced all the way to the AFC Championship before losing to the Buffalo Bills 30 -- 13 , which started the Chiefs ' NFL record 8 game playoff losing streak . It would be 22 years before the Chiefs would win another playoff game . The season marked the first for new quarterback Joe Montana , who was acquired through a trade with the San Francisco 49ers and running back Marcus Allen from the Los Angeles Raiders , both winners of five Super Bowl championships combined . |
1954 Peruvian Primera División | The 1954 season of the Primera División Peruana , the top category of Peruvian football , was played by 10 teams . The national champions were Alianza Lima |
1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone | The 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone is considered India 's first super cyclonic storm , affecting Andhra Pradesh and killing at least 14,204 . |
1988 PBA season | The 1988 PBA season was the 14th season of the Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) . |
174th Attack Wing | The 174th Attack Wing ( 174 ATKW ) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard , stationed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base , Syracuse , New York . If activated to federal service , the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . |
1958 All-Big Ten Conference football team | The 1958 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season . |
1993 Women's British Open Squash Championship | The 1993 Hi-Tec British Open Squash Championships was held at the Lambs Squash Club with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 10 -- 19 April 1993 . The event was won by Michelle Martin who defeated Suzanne Horner ( née Burgess ) in the final . |
1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team | The 1938 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara StateUC Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 -- 1943 . See : UC Santa Barbara during the 1938 College Division football season . This was the last year Santa Barbara State would compete in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( SCIAC ) . The following year , the Gauchos and San Diego State would leave the SCIAC and join Fresno State and San Jose State as charter members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association ( CCAA ) . The Gauchos played in the SCIAC for eight seasons ( 1931 -- 1938 ) . The Gauchos were led by fifth-year head coach Theodore `` Spud '' Harder and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara , California . They finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses ( 2 -- 8 , 0 -- 3 SCIAC ) . Overall , the team was outscored by its opponents 47 -- 109 for the season . That included the Gauchos being shut out in six of the ten games . |
1992 Cotton Bowl Classic | The 1992 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the Florida State Seminoles and the Texas A&M Aggies . |
1919 Baylor Bears football team | The 1919 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University during the 1919 college football season . |
1868 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1991 Montana Grizzlies football team | The 1991 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The Grizzlies were led by sixth-year head coach Don Read and played their home games on campus in Missoula at Washington -- Grizzly Stadium . Humboldt State W 38-6 at Louisiana Tech L 21-11 at McNeese State L 31-3 Idaho State W 24-13 at Eastern Wash. . L 20-17 Boise State W 21-7 Weber State W 47-38 at Northern Arizona W 34-27 at Montana State W 16-9 Nevada ( 2 OT ) L 35-28 at Idaho ( OT ) W 35-34 |
1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team | The 1942 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season . In their eighth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf , the Wildcats compiled a 1 -- 9 record ( 0 -- 6 against Big Ten Conference opponents ) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference . Quarterback Otto Graham was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a second-team All-Big Ten player . He was also selected as a third-team All-American by The Sporting News and the Central Press . |
1956–57 European Cup | The 1956 -- 57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup , Europe 's premier club football tournament . The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid , who beat Fiorentina 2 -- 0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium , Madrid , on 30 May 1957 . After the great success of the first tournament , six new nations entered representatives : Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , England , Luxembourg , Romania and Turkey . The English FA had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955 , and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a distraction ; however , against the wishes of the FA , Manchester United entered the competition anyway as English champions , becoming the first English team to play in Europe . An additional place was awarded to Real Madrid as the competition 's reigning champions , occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany . |
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1972–73 New York Nets season | The 1972 -- 73 New York Nets season was the sixth season of the franchise . |
1982 Bristol Open | The 1982 Bristol Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts that was part of the 1982 Volvo Grand Prix . It was played at Bristol in Great Britain and began on 14 June 1982 . |
1999–2000 Czech 1. Liga season | The 1999 -- 2000 Czech 1 . liga season was the seventh season of the Czech 1 . liga , the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic . 14 teams participated in the league , and HK Dukla Jihlava won the championship . |
1683 in Norway | Events in the year 1683 in Norway . |
1973–74 Tercera División | The 1973 -- 74 Tercera División season is the 40th since its establishment . |
1998 Idaho Vandals football team | The 1998 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Vandals , led by fourth-year head coach Chris Tormey , were members of the Big West Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome , an indoor facility on campus in Moscow , Idaho . In their third season back in Division I-A , the Vandals won their only Big West title in football and were invited to the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise , in which they defeated the heavily favored Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles of Conference USA . The Vandals were led by redshirt freshman quarterback John Welsh , in his fifth start ; his first was at sixth-ranked LSU in late September . The season surpassed all expectations of the team , one publication ranked Idaho last among all Division I-A teams before the start of the season . Idaho began the season with very little experience at quarterback and two new coordinators , both promoted from within . Sophomore Ed Dean was the opening day quarterback , then junior college transfer Greg Robertson started six of the next eight games . He re-injured his shoulder on Halloween , and Welsh took over for the remainder of the season . In the rivalry game to end the regular season against Boise State , also at Bronco Stadium , Idaho made a two-point conversion in overtime to win the conference title . This was the fifteenth win over the Broncos in the last seventeen games dating back to 1982 , but stands as the most recent ; the Vandals then dropped a dozen straight to BSU through 2010 , the last meeting in the series . The Big West Conference discontinued football following the 2000 season ; this remains Idaho 's most recent conference title in football . |
1995 Boston Red Sox season | The 1995 Boston Red Sox season was the 95th season in the franchise 's Major League Baseball history . The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 58 losses , as teams played 144 games ( instead of the normal 162 ) due to the 1994 -- 95 Major League Baseball strike . The Red Sox then lost to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS . |
14 (David Garrett album) | 14 is a studio album by German violinist David Garrett . It was released on April 2 , 2013 , by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH in Berlin . 14 is under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics , U.S. , a division of UMG Recordings , Inc. . |
1963–64 Romanian Hockey League season | The 1963 -- 64 Romanian Hockey League season was the 34th season of the Romanian Hockey League . Six teams participated in the league , and Steaua Bucuresti won the championship . |
1973–74 European Cup | The 1973 -- 74 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Bayern Munich , beginning their own three-year period of domination , in a replayed final against Atlético Madrid . This was the first time the cup went to Germany , and the first European Cup final to require a replay after the first match was drawn 1 -- 1 after extra time . Ajax , the defending champions , were eliminated by CSKA September Flag in the second round . |
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1879–80 in Scottish football | The 1879 -- 80 season was the seventh season of competitive football in Scotland . This season saw the introduction of the fourth regional competition with the inaugural playing of the Lanarkshire Cup . |
1922 Rochester Jeffersons season | The 1922 Rochester Jeffersons season was their third in the league . The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2 -- 3 , going 0 -- 4 -- 1 . They tied for fifteenth place in the league . |
1995 Sacramento State Hornets football team | The 1995 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University The official name of Sacramento State is California State University , Sacramento . However , it is still commonly known as Sacramento State . See : Sacramento State during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season . Sacramento State competed in the final season of the American West Conference ( AWC ) . In 1996 , Sacramento State would move to the Big Sky Conference . The Hornets were led by first-year head coach John Volek and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento , California . Even though the team finished with a sub-500 record , they were still champion of the AWC . Their overall record was four wins , six losses and one tie ( 4 -- 6 -- 1 , 3 -- 0 WFC ) . Sacramento State was outscored by its opponents 255 -- 377 for the season . |
1998 Fresno State Bulldogs football team | The 1998 Fresno State football team represented California State University , FresnoFresno State College was renamed California State University , Fresno in 1972 , but is still commonly called Fresno State . See : Fresno State in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season , and competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference . Led by head coach Pat Hill , the Bulldogs played their home games at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno , California . |
1980 Tel Aviv Open – Doubles | Ilie Năstase and Tom Okker were the defending champions , but lost in the quarterfinals this year . Per Hjertquist and Steve Krulevitz won the title , defeating Eric Fromm and Cary Leeds 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 3 in the final . |
1995 European Figure Skating Championships | The 1995 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Dortmund , Germany . Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . |
1923 Copa Ibarguren | The 1923 Copa Ibarguren was the 11 ° edition of this National cup of Argentina . It was played by the champions of both leagues , Primera División and Liga Rosarina de Football crowned during 1919 . Boca Juniors ( Primera División champion ) faced Rosario Central ( Liga Rosarina champion ) at Sportivo Barracas stadium . Although they had won their league titles in 1923 , the final was played in 1924 . |
1992 Epsom Derby | The 1992 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 3 June 1992 . It was the 213th running of the Derby , and it was won by Dr Devious . The winner was ridden by John Reid and trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam . The pre-race favourite Rodrigo de Triano finished ninth . |
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1996 BMW Open – Doubles | Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson were the defending champions but only Kronemann competed that year with John-Laffnie de Jager . de Jager and Kronemann lost in the quarterfinals to Lan Bale and Stephen Noteboom . Bale and Noteboom won in the final 4 -- 6 , 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 4 against Olivier Delaître and Diego Nargiso . |
1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing | The 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing was an incident that occurred on 7 January 1992 , during the Croatian War of Independence , in which a European Community Monitor Mission ( ECMM ) helicopter carrying five European Community ( EC ) observers was downed by a Yugoslav Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 , in the air space above the village of Podrute , near Novi Marof , Croatia . An Italian and a French officer and three Italian non-commissioned officers were killed . Another ECMM helicopter flying in formation with the attacked helicopter made an emergency landing . The second helicopter carried a crew and a visiting diplomat , all of whom survived . The incident was condemned by the United Nations Security Council and the EC . As a result of the incident , the Yugoslav authorities suspended the head of the air force , and the Yugoslav defense minister , General Veljko Kadijević , resigned his post . The events followed the end of the first stage of the war in Croatia and closely preceded the country 's international recognition . The MiG-21 pilot , Lieutenant Emir Šišić , disappeared after the incident . He was tried in absentia together with his superiors by Croatian authorities , convicted , and sentenced to extended imprisonment . Šišić was subsequently arrested in Hungary in 2001 and extradited to Italy , where he was tried , convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison . In 2006 , he was turned over to Serbia for the remainder of the sentence , but released in 2008 . Two other Yugoslav officers were tried in absentia in Italy and convicted in 2013 , while Serbia was ordered to pay monetary damages to the victims ' families . The victims were posthumously decorated by Italy and France , respectively . |
1837 in Portugal | Events in the year 1837 in Portugal . |
1000 Forms of Fear | 1000 Forms of Fear is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Sia . It was released on 4 July 2014 by Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records worldwide , and Inertia Records in Australia . Primarily an electropop album , the record also incorporates influences from reggae and hip hop . Lyrically , the record showcases Sia struggling to deal with drug addiction and bipolar disorder . 1000 Forms of Fear received generally positive reviews from music critics , who praised Sia 's vocals as well as the album 's lyrical content . The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 52,000 copies . The release also charted atop the charts of Australia and Canada , and reached the top five charts of Denmark , New Zealand , Norway , Sweden , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . As of October 26 , 2015 , it has been certified gold by the RIAA denoting 500,000 equivalent-album units sold in the United States . As of January 2016 , the album has sold 1 million copies worldwide . The album spawned four singles . Its lead single , `` Chandelier '' , released in March 2014 , became a worldwide top-10 single ; it also peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming the first song by Sia to enter the chart as a lead artist . `` Big Girls Cry '' was released in June 2014 . Sia 's solo version of `` Elastic Heart '' , which was originally a collaboration with The Weeknd and Diplo , was released in January 2015 , and reached the top 20 of the Hot 100 . `` Fire Meet Gasoline '' was released as the fourth and final single in Germany on June 19 , 2015 . The official music video for `` Chandelier '' has been viewed on YouTube more than 1.5 billion times , and the video for `` Elastic Heart '' has been viewed more than 800 million times . To promote the project , Sia appeared on a number of TV shows , including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live ! , where she recruited Maddie Ziegler , who starred in three music videos from the album , as her persona onstage , during 2014 and 2015 . 1000 Forms of Fear earned Sia three ARIA Music Awards in 2014 and was listed as one of the best albums of 2014 by several publications , including The Boston Globe and Rolling Stone . The lead single `` Chandelier '' received four Grammy nominations for Song of the Year , Record of the Year , Best Pop Solo Performance , and Best Music Video . |
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14 Sagittarii | 14 Sagittarii ( 14 Sgr ) is a K-type main sequence variable star in Sagittarius . |
1945–46 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team | The 1945 -- 46 Michigan Wolverines men 's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1945 -- 46 season . The team finished the season in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 12 -- 7 and 6 -- 6 against conference opponents . Bennie Oosterbaan was in his eighth and final year as the team 's head coach . Glen Selbo was the team 's leading scorer with 212 points in 19 games for an average of 11.2 points per game . Dave Strack was the team captain . |
1966 Oregon Webfoots football team | The 1966 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1966 college football season . Home games were played on campus in Eugene at Hayward Field and at Multnomah Stadium in Portland . Under sixteenth-year head coach Len Casanova , the Ducks were 3 -- 7 overall and 1 -- 3 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities ( AAWU , later Pacific-8 Conference , or Pac-8 ) . Only one of the four conference teams from the state of California was on the schedule , Stanford in Portland , the sole conference victory . Oregon finished in a tie for sixth place in the AAWU , and were outscored by their opponents , 129 to 118 . The team 's statistical leaders included Mike Barnes with 710 passing yards , Steve Jones with 542 rushing yards , and Scott Cress with 402 receiving yards . This was the final season for Casanova as head coach and for varsity football at Hayward Field ; Autzen Stadium debuted in 1967 with new head coach Jerry Frei . Casanova became athletic director and retired in 1970 . |
1988 Virginia Tech Hokies football team | The 1988 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team 's head coach was Frank Beamer . |
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1974 Dutch Open (tennis) | The 1974 Dutch Open was a men 's Grand Prix tennis tournament staged in Hilversum . The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from July 21 to July 28 , 1974 . It was the 18th edition of the tournament . |
1930–31 National Hurling League | The 1930-31 National Hurling League was the fifth edition of the National Hurling League , which ran from 1 March 1931 to 29 November 1931 . The twelve participating teams were Antrim , Clare , Cork , Dublin , Galway , Kilkenny , Laois , Meath , Offaly , Tipperary , Waterford and Wexford , who were divided into three different divisions . Each team played each of their rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game . Galway defeated Tipperary by 4-5 to 4-4 in the final . |
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1950 Australian rainfall records | The 1950 rainfall records for the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland reported probably the most remarkable record high rainfall totals ever recorded anywhere in the continent . Averaged over both of these states , 1950 is clearly the wettest year since adequate records became available circa 1885 . Queensland recorded a statewide average rainfall of around 1125 mm as against a mean since 1885 of around 640 mm , whilst New South Wales recorded around 930 mm as against an instrumental mean around 520 mm . Australia 's wettest town , Tully also recorded its highest annual rainfall total in 1950 with 7898.0 mm . |
1893 Sea Islands hurricane | On August 27 , 1893 , a major hurricane which came to be known as the Sea Islands Hurricane struck the United States near Savannah , Georgia . It was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season ; the storm killed an estimated 1,000 -- 2,000 people , mostly from storm surge . This is also the storm that made famous United States Life-Saving Service Keeper Dunbar Davis . |
1979–80 IHL season | The 1979 -- 80 IHL season was the 35th season of the International Hockey League , a North American minor professional league . Ten teams participated in the regular season , and the Kalamazoo Wings won the Turner Cup . |
1995–96 Birmingham City F.C. season | The 1995 -- 96 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club 's 93rd in the English football league system . They finished in 15th place in the 24-team Football League First Division , to which they were promoted as Division Two champions in 1994 -- 95 . They entered the 1995 -- 96 FA Cup at the third round , losing in that round to Wolverhampton Wanderers after a replay , and entered the League Cup in the first round and progressed to the semi-final , in which they lost on aggregate score to Leeds United . They also took part in the last season of the Anglo-Italian Cup , losing in the quarter-final after a penalty shootout . At the end of the season , club owner David Sullivan dismissed Barry Fry as manager and replaced him with playing legend Trevor Francis . |
1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships | The 1st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1970 at Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna , the capital of Austria , between 14-15 March 1970 . It replaced the European Indoor Games , an indoor athletics competition which had been held since 1966 . |
1999 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team | The 1999 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their third year under head coach Glen Mason , the Golden Gophers compiled an 8 -- 4 record , outscored their opponents by a combined total of 368 to 196 , tied for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference , and were ranked # 17 and # 18 in the final Coaches and AP polls . Tyrone Carter was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation , Associated Press , The Sporting News , Sportsline.com , American Football Coaches Association , College Football News and Football Writers Association of America . Carter , center Ben Hamilton , running back Thomas Hamner and defensive end Karon Riley were named All-Big Ten first team . Defensive tackle John Schlecht and corner back Willie Middlebrooks were named All-Big Ten second team . Carter was awarded the Jim Thorpe Award , given to the best defensive back in the country . Offensive lineman Akeem Akinwale , linebacker Luke Braaten , Free Safety Jack Brewer , offensive lineman Derek Burns , defensive end Mike Cernoch , punter Preston Gruening , Linebacker Justin Hall , wide receiver Ron Johnson , defensive end Astein Osei , full back Brad Prigge , long snapper Derek Rackley , defensive tackle Dave Sykora and tight end Zach Vevea were named Academic All-Big Ten . Total attendance for the season was 318,086 , which averaged out to 45,441 per game . The season high for attendance was against rival Wisconsin . |
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