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1937–38 Belgian First Division | Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1937/1938 season . |
1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final | The 1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the thirtieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland . Dual star Turlough `` Tull '' Considine was through on goal for Clare but was tripped up , while both teams had goals disallowed , so only points decided the game , Wexford winning nine to five . It was the third of four All-Ireland football titles won by Wexford in the 1910s . |
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107th Mixed Aviation Regiment | The 107th Mixed Aviation Regiment ( Serbo-Croatian : 107 . mešoviti avijacijski puk / 107 . мешовити авијацијски пук ) was an aviation regiment established in 1944 as 421st Assault Aviation Regiment ( Serbo-Croatian : 421 . vazduhoplovni jurišni puk / 421 . ваздухопловни јуришни пук ) . |
1-Aminomethyl-5-methoxyindane | 1-Aminomethyl-5-methoxyindane ( AMMI ) , is a drug developed by a team led by David E. Nichols at Purdue University , which acts as a selective serotonin releasing agent ( SSRA ) and binds to the serotonin transporter with similar affinity to DFMDA . |
1730 in the Netherlands | Events from the year 1730 in the Dutch Republic |
1922 New Year Honours | The New Year Honours 1922 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire . They were published on 30 December 1921 . The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour , and arranged by honour , with classes ( Knight , Knight Grand Cross , etc. ) and then divisions ( Military , Civil , etc. ) as appropriate . |
1953–54 AHL season | The 1953 -- 54 AHL season was the 18th season of the American Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each in the schedule . The Cleveland Barons won their seventh Calder Cup championship . |
1887 New York Giants season | The 1887 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 5th season . The team finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 68 -- 55 , 10.5 games behind the Detroit Wolverines . |
1994 Football League Cup Final | The 1994 Football League Cup Final took place on 27 March 1994 at the old Wembley Stadium . It was contested between Manchester United and Aston Villa . Aston Villa won 3 -- 1 , with one goal from Dalian Atkinson and two from Dean Saunders , to claim their fourth League Cup final victory ; Manchester United 's goal was scored by Mark Hughes , before Andrei Kanchelskis was sent off for handball . Manchester United would go on to win both the Premier League and FA Cup that season , the result denying United a domestic treble , while Villa finished 10th in the Premier League . |
1919–20 NCAA men's basketball season | |
1925 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team | The 1925 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team represented Colorado Agricultural College in the 1925 college football season . |
1935 Academy Awards | 1935 Academy Awards may refer to : 7th Academy Awards , the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1935 8th Academy Awards , the 1936 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1935 |
1990–91 FIS Ski Flying World Cup | The 1990/91 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 1st official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup . |
1246 in poetry | |
1812 in Wales | This article is about the particular significance of the year 1812 to Wales and its people . |
.308 Marlin Express | The .308 Marlin Express is a cartridge developed in 2007 by Marlin Firearms and Hornady . It is based on the .307 Winchester with a goal to duplicate .308 Winchester performance . The cartridge uses a slightly shorter , semi-rimmed case similar to that of the .220 Swift to function in lever action rifles . As introduced in Hornady 's LEVERevolution line of cartridges , it is the highest velocity production cartridge designed for lever action rifles with tubular magazines . It is chambered in Marlin 's Model 308MX and 308MXLR rifles using the Marlin Model 336 action . |
(-)-menthol monooxygenase | In enzymology , a - menthol monooxygenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction - menthol + NADPH + H + + O2 p-menthane-3 ,8 - diol + NADP + + H2O The 4 substrates of this enzyme are - menthol , NADPH , H + , and O2 , whereas its 3 products are p-menthane-3 ,8 - diol , NADP + , and H2O . This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases , specifically those acting on paired donors , with O2 as oxidant and incorporation or reduction of oxygen . The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O2 with NADH or NADPH as one donor , and incorporation of one atom o oxygen into the other donor . The systematic name of this enzyme class is - menthol , NADPH : oxygen oxidoreductase ( 8-hydroxylating ) . This enzyme is also called l-menthol monooxygenase . |
1989 Belgian Open | The 1989 Belgian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Brussels in Belgium that was part of Tier V of the 1989 WTA Tour . The tournament was held from July 17 through July 23 , 1989 . |
1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team | The 1960 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas during the 1960 college football season . The Jayhawks were led by third-year head coach Jack Mitchell and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence , Kansas . Kansas started the season with an upset over # 11 TCU , shooting them up the polls . Losses were suffered to two top-two teams in # 2 Syracuse and # 1 Iowa , as well as a tie to Oklahoma . The Jayhawks ended the regular season with an upset victory over their arch-rivals and previously-undefeated # 1 Missouri Tigers . Their victory earned them their first outright Big 8 Conference championship since 1930 and an invitation to the 1961 Orange Bowl . They finished 11th in the final AP Poll , their second ever ranked finish , and first since 1947 . Controversy surrounded the end of the season , however , as Kansas was found to have fielded an ineligible player , Bert Coan , in their games against Colorado and Missouri . On December 8 , 1960 , the Big 8 Conference forced Kansas to forfeit those two victories and the conference championship . The forfeited games remain a topic of dispute , as Kansas and the NCAA do not record the games as losses , while Missouri and the Big 8 conference recognize the forfeits . Kansas does not claim the 1960 conference championship , despite claiming the requisite victories . |
1981 Torneo di Viareggio | The 1981 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio ( in English , the Viareggio Tournament , officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale ) , the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio , Tuscany , are listed below . |
1983–84 NCAA football bowl games | The 1983 -- 84 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 2 , 1984 . The Tangerine Bowl was renamed the Florida Citrus Bowl . |
1942–43 in English football | The 1942 -- 43 season was the fourth season of special wartime football in England during the Second World War . |
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1935–36 FC Barcelona season | The 1935 -- 36 season was the 37th season for FC Barcelona . |
1974 in Japanese football | Japanese football in 1974 |
1973 Coleraine bombings | On 12 June 1973 the Provisional IRA detonated two carbombs in Coleraine , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . The first bomb exploded at 3:00 pm on Railway Road , killing six people and injuring 33 ; several lost limbs and were left crippled for life . A second bomb exploded five minutes later at Hanover Place . This did not cause any injuries , although it added to the panic and confusion in the area . The IRA had sent a warning for the second bomb but said it had mistakenly given the wrong location for the first . As the six victims had all been Protestant , the bombings brought about a violent backlash from loyalist paramilitaries , who swiftly retaliated by unleashing a series of sectarian killings of Catholics that culminated in the double killing of Senator Paddy Wilson and Irene Andrews on 26 June . Sinn Féin councillor Sean McGlinchey , brother of former INLA Chief of Staff Dominic McGlinchey , was convicted of planting the bomb and spent 18 years in prison . He was elected mayor of Limavady Borough Council in 2011 . In his book Years of Darkness : The Troubles Remembered , academic Gordon Gillespie described the attacks as `` a forgotten massacre '' of the Troubles . |
1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season | The 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball , the 31st in franchise history . The team finished second in the National League with a record of 93 -- 58 , 10 games behind the New York Giants . During the season , Chief Wilson set a major league record by hitting 36 triples in a single season . After 118 games , Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples . |
1990 world oil market chronology | August : Crude and product prices soar upward ; exchange markets react wildly to any Middle East news events ; cash markets dominate prices after trading hours ; jet fuel prices rise to record spreads over other products due to increase in defense demand . In late August , OPEC president fails to revive floundering attempts to organize a formal OPEC meeting to discuss crisis/production strategies . Informal meetings held in Vienna result in record price falls . Conflicting reports of promises to increase OPEC output to compensate for embargo of Iraq and Kuwait oil further compound market uncertainties . August 2 : Iraq invades Kuwait . Bush orders troops to Saudi Arabia . August 27 : Market prices plunge as OPEC nears informal agreement to increase output to cover 4 MMB/D shortfall due to invasion . Cash market trading experiences abrupt decline . September 6 : U.S. citizen is shot in Kuwait . API reports 4.4 MMB weekly draw in domestic crude stocks . Oil markets surge on aggressive U.S. statements toward Iraq . September 21 : Reports that U.S refinery problems will lead to a 200,000 B/D loss in capacity and aggressive remarks by Saddam Hussein send crude prices to new highs . September 24 : Iraq invades the French and Dutch missions in Kuwait ; French President François Mitterrand called the action a violation of international law ; a U.S. warship boards an Iraqi-flagged tanker bound for the port of Basrah . September 18 : Crude prices outpace increases in product prices and there is talk of cutting refinery runs . September 20 : Poor refining margins . September 24 : Saddam Hussein states his willingness to strike first and his intention to damage oil fields in the region if Iraq does strike . October 1 : Saddam Hussein says he may be willing to negotiate the occupation of Kuwait and would consider foreign participation in negotiations . October 3 : API reports a 9 MMB weekly U.S. crude inventory draw . October 9 : Fear of war and long-term supply disruptions as Hussein threatens Israel . October 10 : API reports crude inventories dropped by more than 4 MMB in the last week . October 11 : Libya 's Muammar Gaddafi says Israel must be eliminated , and UK Foreign Secretary Hurd says force would be used if Iraq does n't withdrawal from Kuwait . November 5 : Reports of increasing Saudi production and lower world demand . November 6 : Iran 's oil-producing region suffers a serious earthquake . November 7 : API reports 5 MMB U.S. crude inventory weekly increase . November 8 : Unconfirmed rumors that Bush would announce an airlift of supplies to U.S. embassy in Kuwait , which could ultimately trigger a military clash . November 13 : Saudis ask U.S. for rights to bid on SPR crude . November 19 : Report that Iraq will bolster its forces in Kuwait . November 20 : API reports crude inventory drop in U.S. of more than 4 MMB ; Saddam Hussein announces plans to release German hostages ; Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq . November 21 : French President Mitterrand voices support of a proposed U.N. resolution that would authorize the use of force in the Persian Gulf . November 26 : U.S. proposes addition to U.N. resolution that would require Iraq 's withdrawal from Kuwait by January 1 . November 29 : U.N. Security Council approves U.S.-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15 , 1991 . November 30 : President Bush offers to send Secretary of State James Baker to Baghdad to meet with Hussein . December 4 : An Iraqi official reports that Iraq will withdraw if it can retain control of the Rumailah field and keep Bubiyan and Werbah islands ; also says that demands that the Palestinian issue be treated separately would not be surmountable . December 5 : Iraq announces willingness to speak with U.S. about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis . December 13 : Secretary of State Baker questions Iraq 's seriousness about Middle East peace . December 18 : Bush reiterates his `` no concessions '' stance against Iraq . | - | width = `` 30 % '' align = `` center '' | previous year :1989 world oil market chronology | width = `` 40 % '' align = `` center '' | This article is part of theChronology of world oil market events ( 1970-2005 ) | width = `` 30 % '' align = `` center '' | following year :1991 world oil market chronology | - Category : Oil market timelines World oil market chronology World Oil Market Chronology , 1990 |
1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships | The first World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships were held in Toronto , Canada , from 11 -- 16 August 1975 . This was the first such championships for the newly created division of the sport of athletics for people over ( at that point in time ) 40 years of age , now referred to as Masters athletics . With over 1,400 individual participants and 5,000 starts , this claimed to be the largest track and field meet ever held in North American to that point in time . A full range of track and field events were held , along with a cross country race and a marathon . |
1994 Cambodian League | Statistics of Cambodian League in the 1994 season . |
1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres | The women 's 800 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern , Switzerland , at Stadion Neufeld on 25 and 27 August 1954 . |
1967–68 Mitropa Cup | The 1967 -- 68 Mitropa Cup was the 28th season of the Mitropa football club tournament . It was contested by sixteen clubs from 15 European cities and 5 countries . Winner was Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia who beat Spartak Trnava of Czechoslovakia in the two-legged final 4 -- 2 on aggregate . |
1928 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles | First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Helen Jacobs 6 -- 2 , 6 -- 1 in the final to win the Women 's Singles tennis title at the 1928 U.S. National Championships . The event was held at the West Side Tennis Club , Forest Hills , New York City . It was Will 's fifth U.S. National singles title and her second in a row . |
1979 WBF World Championships | The 1979 WBF World Championships took place in June 1979 in Hangzhou , China . It was one of the two editions of the world championships organised by the WBF , which was a rival body of the Badminton World Federation . |
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1996 WTA Tour Championships – Singles | Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6 -- 3 , 4 -- 6 , 6 -- 0 , 4 -- 6 , 6 -- 0 against Martina Hingis . |
1940 VPI Gobblers football team | The 1940 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1940 college football season . The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of five wins and five losses ( 5 -- 5 ) . |
.dk | . dk is the country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for Denmark . The supervision of the . dk top-level domain is handled exclusively by DK Hostmaster . Any new . dk domain name has to be applied for via an approved registrator . Then the domain name applicant can ask the registrator to manage his domain name or have it managed directly by the DK Hostmaster . Registrations of domain names with the characters æ , ø , å , ö , ä , ü , and é are also allowed . |
1996 Danamon Open – Singles | Sabine Hack was the defending champion but did not compete that year . Linda Wild won the final on a walkover against Yayuk Basuki . |
1703 in Canada | Events from the year 1703 in Canada . |
1952 Cupa României Final | The 1952 Cupa României Final was the 15th final of Romania 's most prestigious football cup competition . It was disputed between CCA Bucureşti and Flacăra Ploieşti , and was won by CCA Bucureşti after a game with 2 goals . It was the fourth cup title , all in row , in the history of CCA Bucureşti . |
1982 Buenos Aires Grand Prix – Singles | Guillermo Vilas defeated Alejandro Ganzábal 6-2 , 6-4 to win the 1982 Buenos Aires Grand Prix tennis singles competition . Ivan Lendl was the champion but did not defend his title . |
1999 German Formula Three Championship | The 1999 German Formula Three Championship ( 1999 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft ) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe . The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara and Martini which conform to the technical regulations , or formula , for the championship . It commenced on 9 May at Sachsenring and ended at Nürburgring on 17 October after nine double-header rounds . Opel Team BSR driver Christijan Albers became a champion . He clinched the title , winning six of 18 races . Marcel Fässler finished as runner-up with wins at Sachsenring , Oschersleben , and Hockenheim , losing 45 points to Albers . Thomas Jäger was victorious at Zweibrücken , Oschersleben and finished third . The other race winners was Robert Lechner , Yves Olivier and Timo Scheider , who completed the top six in the drivers ' championship . |
1996 State of the Union Address | The 1996 State of the Union address was given by President Bill Clinton to a joint session of the 104th United States Congress on January 23 , 1996 . The speech was the last State of the Union address of President Clinton 's first term . This speech occurred shortly after the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996 which had resulted from disagreements on the 1996 United States federal budget . President Clinton discussed the economy and declared that `` the era of big government is over , '' and continued , `` but we can not go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves . We must go forward as one America , one nation working together , to meet the challenges we face together . Self-reliance and teamwork are not opposing virtues -- we must have both . '' The president discussed welfare reform , the V-chip , education , community policing , crime and the environment . The president also discussed foreign relations and the federal budget . The Republican Party response was delivered by Senator Bob Dole of Kansas . He stated that '' -LSB- President Clinton -RSB- is the chief obstacle to a balanced budget and the balanced budget amendment ... . While the President 's words speak of change , his deeds are a contradiction . President Clinton claims to embrace the future while clinging to the policies of the past . '' Donna Shalala , the Secretary of Health and Human Services , served as the designated survivor . |
1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake | The 1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.2 on November 17 at 06:49 UTC . The epicentre was located off the coast of Sumatra , near the island of Nias , where building damage was reported . This earthquake could be strongly felt in parts of Northern Sumatra , including Padang and Medan . The focal mechanism corresponded to reverse faulting . |
1846 in science | The year 1846 in science and technology involved some significant events , listed below . |
1999–2000 Perth Glory SC season | The 1999 -- 2000 Perth Glory SC season was the club 's fourth in the Australian National Soccer League ( NSL ) . The club won the NSL minor premiership as the leading team in the league . In the 1999 -- 2000 NSL Grand Final , the Glory missed out on the NSL championship when they lost in a penalty shoot-out after surrendering a 3-0 half-time lead . |
1948 Auburn Tigers football team | The 1948 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1948 college football season . It was the Tigers ' 57th overall and 16th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The team was led by head coach Earl Brown , in his first year , and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn , the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile , Alabama . They finished the season with a record of one win , eight losses and one tie ( 1 -- 8 -- 1 overall , 0 -- 7 in the SEC ) . |
1990 PBA First Conference | The 1990 Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) First Conference was the opening conference of the 1990 PBA season . It started on February 18 and ended on May 15 , 1990 . The tournament allows one-import each per team . |
1957 Washington Huskies football team | The 1957 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1957 college football season . In its first season under head coach Jim Owens , the team compiled a 3 -- 6 -- 1 record , finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference , and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 212 to 120 . |
1904 Massevitch | 1904 Massevitch , provisionally designated , is a rare-type asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt , approximately 16 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 9 May 1972 , by the Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj , on the Crimean peninsula . It was later named after Russian astrophysicist Alla Massevitch . |
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1980 Cincinnati Open | The 1980 Cincinnati Open ( also known as the 1980 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons ) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati , Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix . The tournament was held from August 18 through August 24 , 1980 . |
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1896 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final | The 1896 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 9th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1896 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship , an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland . The match was held at Jones ' Road , Dublin , on 27 March 1898 between Dublin , represented by club side Commercials , and Tipperary , represented by club side Tubberadora . The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 8-14 to 0-4 . |
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 4) | The four teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis . The winner Portugal qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England . |
1989 Indiana Hoosiers football team | The 1989 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season . They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference . The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington , Indiana . The team was coached by Bill Mallory , in his sixth year as head coach of the Hoosiers . |
1989 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt | The 1989 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt was allegedly an attempt at a military coup d'état , planned by Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Henri Zongo , in addition to other unnamed conspirators . The plot , as described by the government of Burkina Faso , targeted President Blaise Compaoré -- who , together with Lingani and Zongo , had previously carried out two coups in the country . All known conspirators were quickly executed . |
1969–70 National Football League (Ireland) | The 1969 -- 70 National Football League was the 39th staging of the National Football League ( NFL ) , an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland . Mayo beat Down in the final . |
1899 Harvard Crimson football team | The 1899 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1899 college football season . The team finished with a 10 -- 0 -- 1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation , Houlgate System , and National Championship Foundation . Princeton compiled a 12 -- 1 record and was named the national champion by two other selectors . They outscored their opponents 210 to 10 . |
1952 Roller Hockey World Cup | The 1952 Roller Hockey World Cup was the eighth roller hockey world cup , organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes ( now under the name of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports ) . It was contested by 10 national teams ( 9 from Europe and 1 from Africa ) and it is also considered the 1952 European Roller Hockey Championship ( despite the presence of Egypt ) . All the games were played in the city of Porto , in Portugal , the chosen city to host the World Cup . |
1937 NCAA football rankings | One human poll comprised the 1937 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) football rankings . Unlike most sports , college football 's governing body , the NCAA , does not bestow a national championship , instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies . There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason -- the AP Poll and the Coaches ' Poll . The Coaches ' Poll began operation in 1950 ; in addition , the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year . |
1943 Washington Senators season | The 1943 Washington Senators won 84 games , lost 69 , and finished in second place in the American League . They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium . |
1948 National Challenge Cup | The 1948 National Challenge Cup was the 35th edition of the United States open soccer championship . The tournament had many delays due to weather in the eastern division and by the time Brookhattan had won the eastern final it had to put off playing the national final to entertain touring Liverpool F.C. . The championship game was further put off when a number of Simpkins players had US Olympic commitments . When the final was played it took place on October 17 at St. Louis where the Simpkins defeated Brookhattan 3-2 . |
1996 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto | The 1996 Copa del Rey was the 60th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup . It was organized by the ACB and was played in Murcia in the Palacio de Deportes between February 22 and 25 , 1996 . TDK Manresa won its first title after defeating FC Barcelona in the overtime of the final game . |
1972 College Football All-America Team | The 1972 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 1972 . The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) recognizes six selectors as `` official '' for the 1972 season . They are : ( 1 ) the American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) which selected its team for Kodak based on a vote of the nation 's coaches ; ( 2 ) the Associated Press ( AP ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers ; ( 3 ) the Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) selected by the nation 's football writers ; ( 4 ) the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at NEA newspapers ; ( 5 ) the United Press International ( UPI ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers ; and ( 6 ) the Walter Camp Football Foundation ( WC ) . Eight players are recognized by the NCAA as unanimous All-America selections . They are : ( 1 ) wide receiver and 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers of -LSB- -LSB- 1972 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team | Nebraska -RSB- t -RSB- ; ( 2 ) tight end Charles Young of USC ; ( 3 ) offensive tackle Jerry Sisemore of Texas ; ( 4 ) offensive guard John Hannah of Alabama ; ( 5 ) running back Greg Pruitt of Oklahoma ; ( 6 ) defensive tackle Greg Marx of Notre Dame ; ( 7 ) middle guard Rich Glover of Nebraska ; and ( 8 ) defensive back Brad Van Pelt of Michigan State . |
1979–80 Utah Jazz season | The 1979/80 season was the Jazz sixth season in the NBA and its first in Utah . The Jazz averaged 102.4 points per game ( ranked 22 in NBA ) while allowing an average of 108.4 points per game ( ranked 10th in NBA ) . The attendance was 320,649 ( ranked 21st in NBA ) . The attendance figure was worse than the last season in New Orleans , where the club had an attendance of 364,205 ( ranked 18th in NBA ) . In addition , the Jazz move from the Central Division to the Midwest Division ( with the Indiana Pacers replacing them ) . |
1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles | The men 's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury , Ontario , Canada , at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 , 28 and 29 July . |
1897 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team | The 1897 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1897 Western Conference football season . The 1897 season was the second and final season under head coach Alexander Jerrems . The season started out well , but the team lost its last four games including all three of its conference games . The Ariel reported that there was a general opinion that the team 's difficulties were the result of poor management . Coach Jerrems was not asked to return and changes were made to the rules governing athletics at the University - managers would no longer be chosen by the students . |
1964 Australian Drivers' Championship | The 1964 Australian Drivers ' Championship was open to drivers of Racing Cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or with the Australian 1 1/2 Litre Formula . The title was contested over a five round series . Round 1 , Australian Grand Prix , Sandown Raceway , Victoria , 9 February Round 2 , South Pacific Trophy , Longford , Tasmania , 2 March Round 3 , Lakeside , Queensland , 13 September Round 4 , Craven Filter Trophy , Mallala Motor Sport Park , South Australia , 12 October Round 5 , Horden Trophy , Warwick Farm , New South Wales , 6 December Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Australian resident place-getters in each round with the championship winner awarded the 1964 CAMS `` Gold Star '' . |
1994 in NASCAR | The following NASCAR national series were held in 1994 : 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - The top racing series in NASCAR . 1994 NASCAR Busch Series - The second-highest racing series in NASCAR . Category : NASCAR seasons |
1916 in Russia | Events from the year 1916 in Russia |
1973–74 Scottish Division Two | The 1973 -- 74 Scottish Second Division was won by Airdrieonians who , along with second placed Kilmarnock , were promoted to the First Division . Brechin City finished bottom . |
1939 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final | For more detail & team line-outs see separate entry for 1939 Senior Camogie Championship . The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the eighth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship , an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland . Cork had an easy win over the inexperienced Galway team . |
1895 Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team | The 1895 Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team represented the Geneva College during the 1895 college football season . The team finished with a final record of 0 -- 5 . |
1997 D.C. United season | The 1997 D.C. United season was the clubs ' third year of existence , as well as their second season in Major League Soccer . The United successfully defended their MLS Cup title , becoming the first and only club to consecutively win the MLS Cup , until Houston Dynamo in 2007 . Additionally , United won their first ever MLS Supporters ' Shield in 1997 , earning their first league `` double '' by winning the regular season and the playoffs . |
1934 Colorado Buffaloes football team | The 1934 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1934 college football season . Head coach Bill Saunders led the team to a 6 -- 1 -- 0 mark in the RMFAC and 6 -- 1 -- 2 overall in his third and final season . The year marked the university 's adoption of the `` Buffaloes '' nickname . |
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'Tis the Voice of the Lobster | '' 'T is the Voice of the Lobster '' is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in Chapter 10 of Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland . As recited by Alice to the Mock Turtle * and the Gryphon , the first stanza describes a vain and stylish lobster who pretends not to fear sharks , but is in fact terrified by them . In the second stanza , an owl naively attempts to share a meat pie with a greedy panther . `` Carroll wrote the second stanza of the nonsense poem in 1886 for the first theatrical adaptation of Alice . '' Although the poem 's final line is left incomplete , the owl 's unhappy fate is evident to the reader . |
1930 in India | Events in the year 1930 in India . |
1995 African Cup Winners' Cup | The 1995 African Cup Winners ' Cup football club tournament was won by Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie in two-legged final victory against Julius Berger FC ( now renamed to Bridge Boys FC ) . This was the twenty-first season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country 's domestic cup . Twenty-eight sides entered the competition , with KAC Marrakech and Horoya AC withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round and Étoile du Congo withdrawing after the 1st leg of the first round . Another two teams withdrew during further stages of the competition ; Wallidan before the 1st leg of the second round and AS Marsa before the 1st leg of the quarterfinals . No preliminary round took place during this season of the competition . |
1943–44 Bohemian-Moravian Hockey League season | The 1943-44 Bohemian-Moravian Hockey League season was the fifth and final season of the Bohemian-Moravian Hockey League . Six teams participated in the league , and LTC Prag won the championship . |
17th Infantry Regiment (Poland) | 17th Infantry Regiment ( Polish language : 17 Pulk Piechoty , 17 pp ) was an infantry regiment of the Polish Army . It existed from late 1918 until September 1939 . Garrisoned in Rzeszow , the unit belonged to the 24th Infantry Division from Jaroslaw . |
1995 Rugby League World Cup Group C | 1995 Rugby League World Cup Group C was one of the three groups in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup . The group consisted of France , Wales and Western Samoa . |
1939 SANFL season | The 1939 South Australian National Football League season was the 60th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia . |
1913 Cleveland Naps season | The 1913 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball . The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86 -- 66 , 9 1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics . |
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1911 in association football | The following are the football ( soccer ) events of the year 1911 throughout the world . |
1660 in music | The year 1660 in music involved some significant events . |
1988 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes | The 1988 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 23 July 1988 . It was the 38th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes . The winner was Ahmed Al Maktoum 's Mtoto , a five-year-old bay horse trained at Newmarket , Suffolk by Alec Stewart and ridden by the South African jockey Michael Roberts . Mtoto 's victory was the first in the race for his owner , trainer and jockey . Mtoto was the first five-year-old to win the race since Park Top in 1969 . |
1989 Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor – Singles | Tim Mayotte was the defending champion but lost in the final 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 3 against Boris Becker . |
1958 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1958 in the United Kingdom . |
1989 Italian Open – Women's Singles | Gabriela Sabatini was the defending champion and won in the final 6 -- 2 , 5 -- 7 , 6 -- 4 against Arantxa Sánchez . |
1876–77 Home Nations rugby union matches | The 1876 -- 77 Home Nations rugby union matches are a series of international friendlies held between the England , Ireland and Scotland national rugby union teams . |
1973 Veracruz earthquake | The Veracruz earthquake of 1973 , also known as El Terremoto de Orizaba , occurred at 3:50 a.m. local time ( 9:50 GMT ) on August 28 , with the epicenter located in the vicinity of Serdan in the State of Puebla . It registered 7.0 on the Richter magnitude scale and had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII ( Severe ) on the Mercalli intensity scale . The effects of the earthquake were felt in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Puebla in southeast Mexico . |
142nd meridian | 142nd meridian may refer to : 142nd meridian east , a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian 142nd meridian west , a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian |
1981 Prague Skate | The 1981 Prague Skate was held in November 1981 . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . |
1913–14 British Home Championship | The 1913 -- 14 British Home Championship was the last British Home Championship played before the First World War . The competition was played between January and April 1914 and won by Ireland with a team that included Patrick O'Connell , Billy Gillespie , Val Harris , Louis Bookman , Samuel Young and Bill Lacey . 1913-14 was the first time Ireland won the competition outright . The Irish had been the tournament 's poorest performers over the years , but the previous year had demonstrated potential in beating England for the first time , in a 2 -- 1 win at Windsor Park . Ireland began the 1914 tournament beating Wales 2 -- 1 a in Wrexham on 19 January and then demolished England in England for the first time , winning 3 -- 0 at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough . Ireland clinched the title on 16 March , following a 1 -- 1 draw with Scotland at Windsor Park , while England 's away victory over Wales did not salvage their poor campaign as Scotland would eventually finish as runners up , beating England 3 -- 1 at Hampden Park . It would be six years before the trophy was again contested , and it would be with substantially different teams and in a different , increasingly global era of football . |
121st Guards Rifle Division | The 121st Guards Rifle Division was formed on September 23 , 1943 , based on the first formation of the 342nd Rifle Division , in the 80th Rifle Corps of 3rd Army . During 1943 it shared a similar combat path to that of the 120th Guards Rifle Division , which was formed in the same Army about a week later . On November 26 it was given credit for its role in the liberation of Gomel and won that city 's name as an honorific . It was soon reassigned to 13th Army and would serve under that command for the rest of the war . In 1944 the division helped form the bridgehead over the Vistula at Sandomir , and in January , 1945 , joined in the breakout from this bridgehead and the subsequent advance through Poland and into Germany , earning its final honor for the capture of Wittenberg . The 121st Guards ended the war in western Czechoslovakia with a very impressive combat record . |
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