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1993 Ryder Cup | The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held in England at The Belfry in Wishaw , Warwickshire , near Sutton Coldfield . The United States team won a second consecutive Ryder Cup , by a margin of 15 to 13 points . Europe took a slender one point lead into the Sunday singles matches in what was a close contest . Davis Love III ... |
1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw | These are the official results of the Men 's Hammer Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki , Finland . There were a total of 33 participating athletes , with the final held on Tuesday August 9 , 1983 . The qualification mark was set at 73.50 metres . |
11th Alberta Legislature | The 11th Alberta Legislative Assembly lasted from 1948 to 1952 . The Social Credit government led by Premier Ernest Manning won a 4th term in office with a massive majority . The opposition was divided between the Liberal and Co-operative Commonwealth and 2 Independents . |
1990 Baylor Bears football team | The 1990 Baylor Bears football team ( variously `` Baylor '' , `` BU '' , or the `` Bears '' ) represented Baylor University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season . They were represented in the Southwest Conference . They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco , Texas . They were coached by head... |
1978–79 European Cup | The 1978 -- 79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Malmö FF . Forest , enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough , had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round . |
1952–53 Scottish Division Two | The 1952 -- 53 Scottish Second Division was won by Stirling Albion who , along with second placed Hamilton Academical , were promoted to the First Division . Albion Rovers finished bottom . |
1958 in music | This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1958 . |
1983 Popayán earthquake | The 1983 Popayán earthquake ( El Terremoto de Popayán ) occurred on 31 March in Popayán , Colombia . It had a magnitude of at least 5.5 with an epicenter south west of Popayán at a depth of 12-15 km . The earthquake killed 267 people and resulted in the passing of new laws requiring earthquake resistant building materi... |
1922–23 Dumbarton F.C. season | Season 1922 -- 23 was the 46th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level , entering the Scottish Football League for the 24th time and the Scottish Cup for the 35th time . |
100 Feet | 100 Feet is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Eric Red and starring Famke Janssen , Bobby Cannavale , Ed Westwick and Michael Paré . |
1790s in rail transport | This article lists events relating to rail transport that occurred during the 1790s . |
1950 Washington and Lee Generals football team | The 1950 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee Generals of Washington and Lee during the 1950 college football season . |
1978 in the United Arab Emirates | Events from the year 1978 in the United Arab Emirates . |
1887 SAFA season | The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia . 1887 saw Gawler , Hotham and West Adelaide join the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day Bloods . |
1941 Stanford Indians football team | The 1941 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) intercollegiate competition during the 1941 season . Second-year head coach Clark Shaughnessy led the team to a 6 -- 3 record . Before the season , Stanford , which the year prior had finished 10... |
1974–75 Australian Film Institute Awards | The 17th Australian Film Awards ceremony , presented by the Australian Film Institute ( AFI ) honoured the best Australian films of 1974 and 1975 and took place on 23 March 1975 , at the Sydney Opera House , in Sydney , New South Wales . Actress Glenda Jackson hosted the ceremony . |
1994 in Laos | The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Laos . |
(You're My One and Only) True Love | '' ( You 're My One and Only ) True Love '' was a hit single by Seduction . It peaked at # 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , # 56 on the R&B chart , and # 3 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart . It was an unexpected success , achieving Gold certification in the United States . This result ultimately opened the door for ... |
17 cm K (E) | The 17 cm Kanone in Eisenbahnlafette ( 17 cm K ( E ) ) was a German railroad gun used in the Second World War . |
(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear | '' ( I 'm Always Touched by Your ) Presence , Dear , '' is a song by the American band Blondie . It was released in 1978 as the second single from the band 's second album Plastic Letters , reaching # 10 in the UK singles chart in May 1978 . It was never released as a single in the US . |
1939 Australian Championships – Men's Singles | John Bromwich defeated Adrian Quist 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 2 in the final to win the Men 's Singles tennis title at the 1939 Australian Championships . |
108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot | The 108th Regiment of Foot ( Madras Infantry ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army , raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1766 . Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 27th ( Inniskilling ) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers . |
(-)-delta-cadinene synthase | - delta-cadinene synthase is an enzyme with systematic name ( 2E ,6 E ) - farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ( cyclizing , - delta-cadinene-forming ) . This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction ( 2E ,6 E ) - farnesyl diphosphate - delta-cadinene + diphosphate The cyclization mechanism involves an in... |
1760s in South Africa | |
1952 National Invitation Tournament | The 1952 National Invitation Tournament was the 1952 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition . The 1952 tournament was won by La Salle University . Tom Gola and Norm Grekin were co-MVPs . |
1983–84 Honduran Liga Nacional | A change in the rules took place in 1983-84 , the championship was decided in 36 rounds without playoffs , Vida won its second title after finishing first this season . |
1893 Rutgers Queensmen football team | The 1893 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1893 college football season . The Queensmen compiled a 0 -- 4 record and were outscored by their opponents , 88 to 8 . The team had no coach , and its captains were Chalmers P. Van Dyke , and Gabe Ludlow , George Ludlow . |
1998 elections in India | |
19th Reserve Division (German Empire) | The 19th Reserve Division ( 19 . Reserve-Division ) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I . The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 as part of X Reserve Corps . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . The divis... |
1803 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1891 West Virginia Mountaineers football team | The 1891 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1891 college football season . Led by Frederick Lincoln Emory in his first and only year as the Mountaineers ' head coach , this was the first West Virginia Mountaineers football team . They lost the only game they played Wash... |
1986 Baltimore Orioles season | The 1986 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball . It involved the Orioles finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses . |
125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) | 125th Street is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway . Located at the intersection of 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan , it is served by the A and D trains at all times , by the C train at all times except late nights , and by the B train on weekdays . Nearby l... |
1939 in Norwegian music | The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1939 in Norwegian music . |
1966 Cincinnati Reds season | The 1966 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in seventh place in the National League with a record of 76 -- 84 , 18 games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers . The Reds were managed by Don Heffner ( 37 -- 46 ) and Dave Bristol ( 39 -- 38 ) , who replaced Heffner in mid-July . |
1989 West Papua earthquake | The 1989 West Papua earthquake struck West Papua , Indonesia -- then Irian Jaya province -- on August 1 with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ) . Around 120 people were killed , mainly due to landslides and mudslides . |
1989 Dunhill Cup | The 1989 Dunhill Cup was the fifth Dunhill Cup . It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries , each represented by three players . The Cup was played 28 September -- 1 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland . The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company . The American team of Mark Calcavecchia , Tom Kite... |
135th Georgia General Assembly | The 135th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 8 , 1979 , at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta . The 135th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 134th and served as the precedent for the 136th General Assembly in 1981 . |
1983 Houston Astros season | The Houston Astros ' 1983 season was a season in American baseball . It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West . |
15-metre class | The IYRU Fifteen Metre class yachts are constructed to the First International rule of 1907 . A total of twenty 15mR yachts were built between 1907 and 1917 , the four that have survived are still actively raced . |
1992 Dunhill Cup | The 1992 Dunhill Cup was the eighth Dunhill Cup . It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries , each represented by three players . The Cup was played 15 -- 18 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland . The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company . The English team of David Gilford , Steven Richardson , a... |
1997 U.S. Cup | The 1997 U.S. Cup was a United States Soccer Federation ( USSF ) organized tournament held in January 1997 . USSF had hosted the annual U.S. Cup since 1992 , except for the FIFA World Cup years of 1994 and 1998 when no tournament took place . The 1997 U.S. Cup included the host United States , Mexico , Peru and Denmark... |
1990–91 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino | The 1990 -- 91 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino was the third season of the Spanish women 's football top tier . Oiartzun KE was the champion thanks to its better head-to-head . |
1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying | The qualifying rounds for the 1997 Wimbledon Championships were played from 17 to 22 June 1997 at the Bank of England Ground in Roehampton , London , United Kingdom . |
1967 Major League Baseball draft | The Major League Baseball draft ( or `` first-year player draft '' ) recruits amateur baseball players into the American Major League Baseball league . The players selected in 1967 included many talented prospects who later had careers in the professional league . Some selections included Bobby Grich and Don Baylor ( B... |
1923 Dartmouth Indians football team | The 1923 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1923 college football season . |
1984 Wimbledon Championships | The 1984 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England . It was the 98th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and the centenary of the Ladies Singles championship , held from 25 June to 8 July 1984 . To celebrat... |
1994–95 Algerian Championnat National | The 1994-1995 Algerian Championnat National was the 33rd season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962 . A total of 16 teams contested the league , with US Chaouia as the defending champions , The Championnat started on November 11 , 1994 . and ended on June 22 , 1995 . |
1980 US Open – Women's Singles | Tracy Austin was the defending champion , but lost in the semifinals to Chris Evert in a rematch of the final of the previous year . Chris Evert-Lloyd defeated Hana Mandlíková 5 -- 7 , 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 1 in the final to win the women 's singles tennis title at the 1980 US Open . |
1524 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1946 VFA season | The 1946 Victorian Football Association season was the 65th season of the Australian rules football competition . The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club , which defeated Camberwell by seven points in the Grand Final on 5 October . It was the first premiership in the club 's history . |
'65 Love Affair | '' '65 Love Affair '' is a song performed by Paul Davis on his album Cool Night . Released in 1982 , the song hit # 6 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1982 . It spent 20 weeks on the chart , and on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart , it placed at # 39 , and on Cashbox 's chart at # 60 . This song ma... |
1983 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team | The 1983 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1983 college football season . In their seventh year under head coach John Cooper , the Golden Hurricane compiled an 8 -- 3 record ( 5-0 against conference opponents ) and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship . The... |
1994 Sta. Lucia Realtors season | The 1994 Sta . Lucia Realtors season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) . |
1983 ABC Championship | The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29 , 1983 . Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament . |
1951 in sports | 1951 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport . |
1965 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season | The 1965 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the East division with an 10 -- 4 record and won the Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . |
1989 Auburn Tigers football team | The 1989 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season . Coached by Pat Dye , the team finished the season with a 10 -- 2 record and won their third straight SEC title . On December 2 , Alabama visited Auburn on their home campus for the first time in the histor... |
18th Field Artillery Regiment | The 18th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916 . |
1941–42 Palestine League | The 1941 -- 42 Palestine League was the ninth season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine . The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv . The Palestine League was divided into three regional divisions ( Haifa , Jerusalem , Southern ) with playoffs at the end of the season , with the league winners... |
1825 in archaeology | The year 1825 in archaeology involved some significant events . |
1938–39 Brentford F.C. season | During the 1938 -- 39 English football season , Brentford competed in the Football League First Division . A six-match unbeaten run in February and March 1939 pulled the club clear of a near-certain relegation . |
1997 Nike Tour | The 1997 Nike Tour season was the eighth season of the Nike Tour , the PGA Tour 's official developmental tour , now known as the Web.com Tour . The top fifteen players on the final money list earned PGA Tour cards for 1998 . |
1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres | The women 's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March . |
1991–92 Newport A.F.C. season | The 1991 -- 92 season was the second consecutive season played in the Southern League Midland Division . The club finished in 10th place . |
1964–65 Israel State Cup | The 1964 -- 65 Israel State Cup ( גביע המדינה , Gvia HaMedina ) was the 26th season of Israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the 11th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence . The competition began on 7 November 1964 , with first round matches , involving Liga Bet and Liga Gimel teams . For the firs... |
1975 UMass Minutemen football team | The 1975 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1975 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in NCAA Division II . The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley , Massachusetts . UMass finishe... |
1991 Copa Chile | The Copa Chile-Digeder 1991 was the 23rd edition of the Chilean Cup tournament . The competition started on March 2 , 1991 , and concluded on November 13 , 1991 . Universidad Católica won the competition for their third time , beating Cobreloa 1-0 on the final . The points system used in the first round of the tournam... |
14th Independent Battery Michigan Light Artillery | The 14th Independent Battery Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . |
1994 Salem Open-Beijing – Men's Doubles | Paul Annacone and Doug Flach were the defending champions , but did not participate this year . Tommy Ho and Kent Kinnear won the title , defeating David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 3 in the final . |
1735 in art | Events from the year 1735 in art . |
1907 Chattanooga Moccasins football team | The University of Chattanooga , located in the American city of Chattanooga , Tennessee and today known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga , fielded a gridiron football team for the first time in the 1907 college football season . This team was independent of any collegiate football conference and finished i... |
1739 in Russia | Events from the year 1739 in Russia |
13 September 2008 Delhi bombings | The 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronised bomb blasts that took place within a span of few minutes on Saturday , 13 September 2008 at various locations in Delhi , India . The first bomb exploded at 18:07 IST , and four other blasts followed in succession , with at least 30 people killed an... |
1671 in Sweden | Events from the year 1671 in Sweden |
1903–04 Northern Football League | The 1903 -- 04 Northern Football League season was the fifteenth in the history of the Northern Football League , a football competition in Northern England . |
1960 BC Lions season | The 1960 BC Lions finished the season in fourth place in the West Division with a 5 -- 9 -- 2 record . Coming off of last season 's success , the fan attendance continued to be strong , with most games close or over 30,000 fans per game . However , due to inconsistent quarterbacking from Jim Walden and Randy Duncan , t... |
1766 in Wales | Events from the year 1766 in Wales . |
1952 in South Africa | |
1962 European Baseball Championship | The 1962 European Baseball Championship was held in the Netherlands and was won by the Netherlands for the fifth time in a row . Italy finished as runner-up . |
1966–67 Serie C | The 1966 -- 67 Serie C was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C , the third highest league in the Italian football league system . |
1989 UCI Road World Cup | The 1989 UCI Road World Cup was the first edition of the UCI Road World Cup . It was won by Irish rider Sean Kelly of . |
19th Light Dragoons | The 19th Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army created in 1781 for service in British India . The regiment served in India until 1806 , and in North America during the War of 1812 , and was disbanded in Britain in 1821 . |
1931 New York Yankees season | The 1931 New York Yankees season was the team 's 29th season in New York and its 31st season overall . The team finished with a record of 94 -- 59 , finishing 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics . New York was managed by Joe McCarthy . The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium . This team is notabl... |
1991 Volvo International – Singles | Derrick Rostagno was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Goran Ivanišević . Petr Korda won in the final 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 2 against Ivanišević . |
1927 International Cross Country Championships | The 1927 International Cross Country Championships was held in Caerleon , Wales , at the Caerleon Racecourse on 2 April 1927 . A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald , and on Track Stats . Complete results , medallists , and the results of British athletes were published . |
1995 Ryder Cup | The 31st Ryder Cup Matches were held September 22 -- 24 , 1995 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford , New York , a suburb southeast of Rochester . The European team won the competition by a margin of 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 points to win back the Cup . At the time , this was only Europe 's second victory... |
1980 Japan Soccer League | Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1980 . For the first time ever , automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first and last places of the Second Division , which means that the last place in the First Division went down . |
1979 New York Jets season | The 1979 New York Jets season was the 20th season for the team and the 10th in the National Football League . It began with the team trying to improve upon its 8 -- 8 record from 1978 under head coach Walt Michaels . The Jets finished the season with a record of 8 -- 8 . Matt Robinson started the season at quarterbac... |
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1689 in Sweden | Events from the year 1689 in Sweden |
1957 in spaceflight | The first orbital flight of an artificial satellite , Sputnik 1 , was launched in October 1957 , by the Soviet Union . In November , the second orbital flight took place . The Soviet Union launched the first animal to orbit the Earth , a dog , Laika , who died in orbit a few days after launch . There were also 189 ... |
1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football team | The 1959 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season . The Buckeyes compiled a 3 -- 5 -- 1 record . |
1959 in Australian television | 1959 in Australian television was the fourth year of television broadcasts in Australia . |
1961 Boston Red Sox season | The 1961 Boston Red Sox season was the 61st season in the franchise 's Major League Baseball history . The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League ( AL ) with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses , 33 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees . |
1235 in poetry | |
1990 Blockbuster Bowl | The 1990 Blockbuster Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Florida State Seminoles . |
1755 Cape Ann earthquake | The 1755 Cape Ann earthquake took place off the coast of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay ( present-day Massachusetts ) on November 18 . At between 6.0 and 6.3 on the Richter scale , it remains the largest earthquake in the history of Massachusetts . No one was killed , but it damaged hundreds of buildings in ... |
1902–03 Colgate men's basketball team | The 1902 -- 03 Colgate Radiers men 's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 1902 -- 03 college men 's basketball season . The head coach was Ellery Huntington Sr. coaching the Raiders in his third season . The team had finished with an overall record of 7 -- 1 . |
1976 Paris Open – Singles | The 1976 Paris Open -- Singles tournament took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy from October 25 . Tom Okker was the defending champion , but lost in the quarter-finals to Jaime Fillol . Eddie Dibbs won in the final 5 -- 7 , 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 4 , 7 -- 6 , against Fillol . |
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