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1,2-Benzoquinone | 1,2-Benzoquinone , also called ortho-benzoquinone , is an organic compound with formula | C = 6 | H = 4 | O = 2 . It is one of the two isomers of quinone , the other being 1,4-benzoquinone . It is a red volatile solid that is soluble in water and ethyl ether . It is rarely encountered because of its instability , but it is of fundamental interest as the parent ortho-quinone , of which many analogues are known . |
1850 in paleontology | |
185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) | The 185th Infantry Brigade ( 185 Bde ) was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army raised during World War II that participated in the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944 , fighting in the Normandy Campaign and the subsequent campaign in North-West Europe with the 3rd British Infantry Division . |
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1982 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles | Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending champions but lost to Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee in the final , 3 -- 6 , 2 -- 6 . |
16th IIFA Awards | The 2015 IIFA Awards , officially known as the 16th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the International Indian Film Academy honouring the best Hindi films of 2014 , took place on 5 June 2015 . The official ceremony took place on 7 June 2015 in Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Colors for the first time . The ceremony was co-hosted by actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh , for the first time as hosts . This show was telecasted on colors on Sunday 5 July 2015 , 8pm . IIFA Rocks , otherwise known as the IIFA Music and Fashion Extravaganza took place on 5 June 2015 . |
1946–47 WIHL season | The first season of the Western International Hockey League was 1946-1947 . The West Kootenay League expanded to Los Angeles and Spokane and changed its name . |
1913–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team | The 1913 -- 14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represents the University of Tennessee during the 1913 -- 14 college men 's basketball season . The head coach was Zora G. Clevenger coaching the team in his second season . The Volunteers team captain was Victor H. Klein . |
1815 in science | The year 1815 in science and technology involved some significant events , listed below . |
1950–51 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season | Huddersfield Town 's 1950 -- 51 campaign continued Town 's post-war form of narrowly surviving relegation to Division Two . They finished in 19th place , just four points clear of the three teams below them , Chelsea , who survived relegation and the unlucky twosome of Sheffield Wednesday and Everton . |
102 Dalmatians | 102 Dalmatians is a 2000 American family comedy film directed by Kevin Lima in his live-action directorial debut and produced by Edward S. Feldman and Walt Disney Pictures . It is the sequel to the 1996 film 101 Dalmatians and stars Glenn Close reprising her role as Cruella de Vil as she attempts to steal puppies for her `` grandest '' fur coat yet . Close and Tim McInnerny were the only two actors from the first film to return for the sequel , however . The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design , but lost to Gladiator . |
1989–90 Phoenix Suns season | The 1989 -- 90 NBA season was the 21st season for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association . Cotton Fitzsimmons was head coach for a club that returned to the Western Conference Finals . All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum . The Suns finished third in the Pacific Division with a 54 -- 28 record . In the first round of the playoffs , the Suns defeated the 4th-seeded Utah Jazz in five games . In the semifinals , they upset the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in five games , but lost to the Portland Trail Blazers four games to two in the Western Conference Finals . The season was highlighted by Tom Chambers setting a franchise record for points scored in one game , when on February 18 , he scored 56 points on the road against Golden State Warriors . Just over a month later , he would break his own record when he scored 60 against Seattle SuperSonics on March 24 . Chamber 's record would be broken by Devin Booker on March 24th 2017 by scoring 70 points against the Boston Celtics . Last season 's Most Improved Player Kevin Johnson was selected to the 1990 NBA All-Star Game along with Chambers . It was his first All-Star selection . |
14th Infantry Brigade (Hungary) | The 14th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Royal Hungarian Army that participated in the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II . |
1805 in archaeology | The year 1805 in archaeology involved some significant events . |
1965 Governor General's Awards | Each winner of the 1965 Governor General 's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts . |
1897 in Denmark | Events from the year 1897 in Denmark . |
1982 Cincinnati Reds season | The Cincinnati Reds ' 1982 season was a season in American baseball . It consisted of the Reds finishing in sixth place in the National League West , with a record of 61-101 , 28 games behind of the Atlanta Braves . The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium . John McNamara managed the club to a 34-58 start before being replaced in late-July by Russ Nixon , who compiled a 27-43 record the rest of the year . 1982 was the first time that the Reds finished in last place since 1937 , as well as their first losing season since 1971 , the team 's first full season at Riverfront . |
1910 Penang conference | The 1910 Penang conference was a meeting held in Penang 404 Dato ' Kramat road on November 13 , 1910 , by Sun Yat-sen to stage a major revolt . The following day , on November 14 , 1910 , Sun Yat-sen chaired an Emergency Meeting of the Tongmenghui at 120 Armenian Street , now the Sun Yat Sen Museum Penang , and raised Straits Dollars $ 8,000 on the spot . The meeting focused on fund raising and the planning of a final revolution to overthrow the Qing government that would make or break the Tongmenghui . |
1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships | The 1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the 19th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men 's collegiate cross country running in the United States . Held on November 25 , 1957 , the meet was hosted by Michigan State University at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing , Michigan . The distance for the race was 4 miles ( 6.4 kilometers ) . With the NCAA establishing a College Division championship the following year in 1958 , this was the final NCAA cross country championship for which all NCAA members were eligible . In total , 17 teams and 124 individual runners contested this championship . The team national championship was won by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , their second . The individual championship was won by Max Truex , from USC , with a record time of 19:12.30 . Truex 's event distance record would remain in place until the distance for the championship race was changed to 6 miles in 1965 . |
1894 in literature | This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1894 . |
1998–99 St. Louis Blues season | Despite the loss of Brett Hull the Blues made the playoffs for the 20th straight season by finishing in 2nd place with a record of 37 -- 32 -- 13 . |
1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football team | The 1951 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1951 college football season . The team compiled a 3 -- 7 record under head coach Tom Hamilton . |
1972–73 Chicago Bulls season | The 1972-73 NBA season was the Bulls ' 7th season in the NBA . |
1608 in music | The year 1608 in music involved some significant events and new musical works . |
1998 Montreal Expos season | |
168 Sibylla | 168 Sibylla is a large main-belt asteroid , discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on September 28 , 1876 . Based upon its spectrum this object is classified as a C-type asteroid , which indicates it is very dark and composed of primitive carbonaceous materials . 168 Sibylla is a Cybele asteroid , orbiting beyond most of the main-belt asteroids . Photometric observations of this asteroid made at the Torino Observatory in Italy during 1990 -- 1991 were used to determine a synodic rotation period of 23.82 ± 0.004 hours . |
1986–87 Golden State Warriors season | The 1986-87 NBA season was the Warriors ' 41st season in the NBA and 24th in the San Francisco Bay Area . |
1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles | Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions , but lost in quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Helena Suková . Hingis and Suková won the title , defeating Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland 5 -- 7 , 7 -- 5 , 6 -- 1 in the final . It was the 1st Grand Slam doubles title and the 2nd title overall for Hingis , and the 9th and final Grand Slam doubles title and the 64th title overall for Suková , in their respective careers . |
1994–95 Romanian Hockey League season | The 1994 -- 95 Romanian Hockey League season was the 65th season of the Romanian Hockey League . Five teams participated in the league , and Steaua Bucuresti won the championship . |
1953 SANFL season | The 1953 South Australian National Football League season was the 74th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia . |
1959 Asian Baseball Championship | The Asian Baseball Championship was the third continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia . The tournament was held in Tokyo , Japan for the first time . It was the second time Japan had won the tournament , and was the second of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row . South Korea ( 2nd ) , Taiwan ( 3rd ) and Philippines ( 4th ) were the other participants . |
1968 in Sweden | Events in the year 1968 in Sweden . |
1991 Ottawa Rough Riders season | The 1991 Ottawa Rough Riders finished 3rd place in the East division with a 7 -- 11 -- 0 record . They were defeated in the East Semi-Final by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . |
1952–53 Luxembourg National Division | Statistics of Luxembourg National Division in season 1952/1953 . |
1939 World Ice Hockey Championships | The 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 3 and February 12 , 1939 , in Zürich and Basel , Switzerland . Austria had been annexed by Germany in 1938 , and four Austrians played this tournament in German jerseys . The fourteen teams participating in the 1939 World Championship were initially divided into four preliminary groups : two groups of four and two groups of three . The top two teams in each group advanced to the second round . The eight teams in the second round played in two groups of four , with the top two from each group advancing to the third ( final ) round . The six teams not advancing to the second round played a consolation round in two groups of 3 teams with the winners of each group playing a one-game play-off for 9th place . The four teams not advancing from the second round played a consolation round for placed 5 through 8 . Canada won its eleventh world championship winning all their games while only giving up one goal in the entire tournament . The USA had lost to the Swiss in the semi-final round , but defeated them in the final to claim silver . The host , Switzerland , won its third European championship by winning a one-game playoff against Czechoslovakia well after the World Championship had concluded . Both teams had earned one point in the final round and decided to play tie-breaking game . |
1966 Cannes Film Festival | The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 5-20 , 1966 . To honour the festival 's 20th anniversary , a special prize was given . The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Signore & Signori by Pietro Germi . The festival opened with Modesty Blaise , directed by Joseph Losey and closed with Faraon , directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz . |
119 Squadron | 119 Squadron or 119th Squadron may refer to : No. 119 ( Netherlands East Indies ) Squadron RAAF , a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force No. 119 Squadron RAF , a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force 119th Fighter Squadron , a unit of the United States Air Force 119th Command and Control Squadron , a unit of the United States Air Force 119 Squadron ( Israel ) , the Israeli Air Force `` Bat '' Squadron |
1912 Argentine Primera División | The 1912 Argentine Primera División was the 21 ° season of top-flight football in Argentina . Two tournaments were held at the same time , due to the establishment of Federación Argentina de Football ( FAF ) , a dissident association which organised its own championship . Thus , Quilmes won the official AFA tournament , while Porteño won the FAF title . The AFA season began on April 14 and ended on December 13 while the FAF season began on July 11 and ended on December 23 . |
1997 Masters of Formula 3 | The 1997 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the seventh Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 3 August 1997 . It was won by Tom Coronel , for TOM 'S . |
1974 English Greyhound Derby | The 1974 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 29 June 1974 at White City Stadium . The winner Jimsun received # 13,500 and the competition was sponsored by the Spillers . |
101.7 FM | The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 101.7 MHz : |
1986 World Sambo Championships | The 1986 World Sambo Championships were held in Saint-Jean-de-Luz , France on November 1986 . Championships were organized by FIAS . |
1973 Stanford Cardinals football team | The 1973 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season . |
1961 in Australian literature | This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1961 . For an overview of world literature see 1961 in literature . See also : 1960 in Australian literature , 1961 in Australia , 1962 in Australian literature . |
1986–87 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season | The 1986 -- 87 season is Hearts 4th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division . Hearts will also compete in the UEFA Cup , Scottish Cup , Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield . |
1725 in Japan | Events in the year 1725 in Japan . |
17th Genie Awards | The 17th Genie Awards were held on November 27 , 1996 , to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996 . They were the second Genie Award ceremony held in that year ; the 16th Genie Awards were delayed from the fall of 1995 and took place in January 1996 instead . |
1930 Senigallia earthquake | The 1930 Senigallia earthquake struck the city of Senigallia in central Italy on October 30 . It occurred just a few months after the destructive 1930 Irpinia earthquake , which had caused over 1400 casualties in the southern part of the country . |
1984–85 S.L. Benfica season | The 1984 -- 85 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica 's 81st season in existence and the club 's 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football , covering the period from 1 July 1984 to 30 June 1985 . Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão , Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira , and participated in the European Cup after winning the previous league . In the off-season , Sven-Göran Eriksson left for Roma and Benfica hired Tomislav Ivic . Major departures included Fernando Chalana and Glenn Strömberg . To counter , the club added Jorge Silva , Wando and Adelino Nunes . Even before the end of the season , Ivic resigned and Benfica was forced to replace him in August . The selected was Pál Csernai . Benfica never performed as expected and even suffered their longest ever win-less period in the Primeira Divisão . In the end , the team ended in third place , 12 points from first place , and lost the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira . Still , it was not a trophy-less season as Benfica conquered their 19th Taça de Portugal in a 3 -- 1 win against Porto . |
15th meridian | 15th meridian may refer to : 15th meridian east , a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian 15th meridian west , a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian |
1959 FIBA World Championship for Women | The 1958 FIBA World Championship for Women was the third FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA . It was held in the Soviet Union between 10 October and 18 October 1959 . Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA , the sport 's governing body . The city of Moscow hosted the tournament . The Soviet Union won its first title after finishing in first place in round-robin group . The United States were the defending champions , but did not participate in the tournament . |
1999 Australia national soccer team season | The Australia national soccer team results in 1999 . Football Federation Australia do not count two matches against Brazil as full A internationals therefore no full internationals were played in 1999 . |
1972 in Zaire | The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Zaire . |
1954 in Luxembourg | |
1998 Prague Open | The 1998 Prague Open was a men 's tennis tournament played on Clay in Prague , Czech Republic that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour . It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and was held from 27 April -- 3 May 1998 . |
12th Five-Year Plan (India) | 12th Five Year Plan of the Government of India ( 2012 -- 17 ) aims at one direction will help in doing so the growth rate at 8 % . With the deteriorating global situation , the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that achieving an average growth rate of 9 per cent in the next five years is not possible . The final growth target has been set at 9 % by the endorsement of plan at the National Development Council ( NDC ) meeting held in New Delhi . `` It is not possible to think of an average of 9 per cent ( in 12th Plan ) . I think somewhere between 8 and 8.5 per cent is feasible '' , Mr Ahluwalia said on the sidelines of a conference of State Planning Boards and departments . The approached paper for the 12th Plan , approved last year , talked about an annual average growth rate of 9 per cent . `` When I say feasible ... that will require major effort . If you do n't do that , there is no God given right to grow at 8 per cent . I think given that the world economy deteriorated very sharply over the last year ... the growth rate in the first year of the 12th Plan ( 2012-13 ) is 6.5 to 7 per cent . '' He also indicated that soon he would share his views with other members of the Commission to choose a final number ( economic growth target ) to put before the country 's NDC for its approval . Though the 12th Plan has taken off , it is yet to be formally approved . The Planning Commission set a deadline of September for taking the approval of the NDC . The council is expected to meet after July , subject to the convenience of the Prime Minister . It is mainly focused on health . The status of the 12th Plan is in question due to the dissolution of the Planning Commission . |
1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles | These are the official results of the Men 's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville , Spain . There were a total number of 42 participating athletes , with six qualifying heats , four quarter-finals , two semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday August 25 , 1999 , at 20:25 h. |
1970 in Ireland | Events from the year 1970 in Ireland . |
1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament | The 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 26 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States . It began on March 9 , 1964 , and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Kansas City , Missouri . A total of 29 games were played , including a third place game in each region and a national third place game . UCLA , coached by John Wooden , won the national title with a 98 -- 83 victory in the final game over Duke , coached by Vic Bubas . Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player . The title was the first in the history of the UCLA program , and was a sign of things to come as , the Bruins would win nine more championships in the next eleven seasons . |
1939–40 Colchester United F.C. season | The 1939 -- 40 season was Colchester United 's third season in their history and their third in the Southern League . Alongside competing in the Southern League , the club were also due to participate in the Southern League Mid-Week Section , FA Cup and Southern League Cup . They were also due to play the Southern League Cup matches remaining from the previous season during the campaign , but only played the outstanding semi-final fixture against Norwich City Reserves . The season was to end prematurely , with competitive football abandoned with the outbreak of World War II . Colchester United played regular season fixtures until 2 September 1939 , with the 0 -- 0 draw at Layer Road with Ipswich Town Reserves the final competitive fixture to be played by the club for almost six years . |
1964–65 Slovenian Republic League | |
142nd Division (3rd Formation)(People's Republic of China) | 142nd Army Division ( 3rd Formation ) was formed in November 1969 and designated in December . The division was directly belonged to Guangzhou Military Region , while administrated by 42nd Army Corps . The division stationed in Huiyang , Guangdong for agricultural production mission . In March 1977 the division was disbanded and absorbed by Independent Division of Guangdong Provincial Military District . |
1908 in Argentine football | 1908 in Argentine football saw Belgrano AC win its 3rd . title , ending a run of three consecutive championships for Alumni . In International football , Argentina won Copa Newton and Copa Lipton . On 13 September 1908 , in the Copa Newton game against Uruguay Argentina wore the light blue and white stripes ( `` Albiceleste '' ) for the first time . |
1997 Welsh International Open | The 1997 Welsh International Open was a women 's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Cardiff in Wales that was part of Tier IV of the 1997 WTA Tour . The tournament was held from May 13 through May 18 , 1997 . |
1972 European Figure Skating Championships | The 1972 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1971-1972 season . Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion . Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies ' singles , men 's singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . In 1972 , the European Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg , Sweden , from January 11 -- 15 . |
1935 WANFL season | The 1935 WANFL season was the 51st season of the Western Australian National Football League . The season saw West Perth win the premiership under the coaching of Johnny Leonard ; it was the only time in West Perth 's history that it won consecutive premierships , preceding a brief but exceptionally steep decline that saw the Cardinals four years later suffer the equal longest losing streak in WA ( N ) FL history . This season saw Claremont-Cottesloe under new president Pat Rodriguez change its name to Claremont , and at first gave promise of great improvement before returning to their worst 1934 form . 1934 finalists Victoria Park lost defenders Shepherd , A. Brown , Hungerford and Patrick Fitzgerald in the off-season to retirement of major injuries and failed to cope with these problems , finishing last for the only time in open-age competition between 1924 and 1980 . In contrast , Subiaco , who had been disappointing in 1934 with just seven victories , regained Lou Daily from Geelong and Collingwood to signal the end of a major exodus to the VFL . Daily 's brilliant play in defence , and the acquisition of Frank Murphy from the Magpies as captain-coach , made the Maroons the best team in the competition for much of 1935 , but West Perth 's defence was too much in the Grand Final and Subiaco were to have a third of a century as a cellar-dweller before their next premiership in 1973 . The Sandover Medal count was marred by overlooking a clause in the rules to deal with a tie -- Lou Daily was initially awarded the Medal on the casting vote of WANFL President Walter Stooke and became the first full-back to win a `` best-and-fairest '' medal in any leading Australian Rules state , but on 21 September it was pointed out that George Krepp should have won through having received one more three-vote than Daily . Ultimately the WANFL had no choice but to strike a second medal , which was given to Krepp at the League meeting on 16 October . |
1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins season | The 1985 -- 86 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins ' 19th season in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The Penguins did not qualify for the playoffs . |
1974 Rothmans 5000 European Championship | The 1974 Rothmans 5000 European Championship was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars . The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club , but also incorporated European rounds . It was the sixth in a sequence of annual European Formula 5000 Championships , and the second to be contested as the Rothmans 5000 European Championship . The 1974 championship was won by Bob Evans , driving a Lola T332 . |
11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry | The 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . |
1982 Tokyo Indoor | The 1982 Tokyo Indoor also known as the `` Seiko World Super Tennis '' was a men 's tennis tournament played on Indoor Carpet Courts in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the 1982 Volvo Grand Prix . The tournament was held from October 25 through October 29 , 1982 . It was a major tournament of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and matches were the best of three sets . |
1987 in Norway | Events in the year 1987 in Norway . |
1997 Benson & Hedges Cup | The 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-sixth competing of cricket 's Benson & Hedges Cup . It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 28 April and 12 July 1997 . The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club for the second time , defeating Surrey County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord 's on 12 July 1997 . |
1710s in Scotland | |
1997 in India | Events in the year 1997 in the Republic of India . |
1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships | The 1979 Men 's Stellar World Team Amateur Squash Championships were held in Brisbane in Australia and took place from October 17 to October 28 , 1979 . This was the last World Amateur Championship before the game went open . |
1909 Monterrey hurricane | The 1909 Monterrey hurricane was one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record , killing an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico . Originating from a tropical storm east of the Leeward Islands on August 20 , the storm tracked west-northwest , entering the Caribbean Sea as a minimal hurricane the next day . After striking Hispaniola on August 23 , the hurricane made another landfall in eastern Cuba before reentering the Caribbean . Once back over open water , the storm intensified into a Category 3 hurricane and moved across the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula . By August 26 , the storm had emerged into the Gulf of Mexico as a weakened , but regrouping system . It attained its peak winds of 120 mph ( 185 km/h ) that evening . Maintaining this intensity , the system made landfall in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas late on August 27 and rapidly dissipated the following afternoon . Throughout its existence , the hurricane remained relatively close to land , so consequently its effects were felt in many areas . Much of the northern Caribbean received moderate to heavy rainfall along with gusty winds during its passage ; although only Haiti reported damage from it . Its effects were far more severe in Mexico where an estimated 4,000 people were killed by record-breaking floods triggered by the hurricane . The city of Monterrey received the worst damage : more than half of the structures in the city were flooded , hundreds were destroyed , and 20,000 people were left homeless . Damage from the storm in the country was estimated to have exceeded $ 50 million ( 1909 USD ; $ USD ) . |
1988 Auburn Tigers football team | The 1988 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season . Coached by Pat Dye , the team finished the season with a 10 -- 2 record and won its second consecutive Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) title , sharing it with LSU . LSU handed Auburn its only conference loss of the year 7 -- 6 , in a game referred to as the `` Earthquake Game '' . Auburn lost to Florida State , 13 -- 7 , in the 1989 Sugar Bowl . |
13 (Six Feet Under album) | 13 is the sixth studio album by death metal band Six Feet Under . The album was released in 2005 on Metal Blade Records . |
1965 FA Cup Final | The 1965 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool and Leeds United on 1 May 1965 at Wembley Stadium , London . It was the final match of the 1964 -- 65 FA Cup , the 93rd season of England 's primary cup competition , the Football Association Challenge Cup , better known as the FA Cup . Liverpool were appearing in their third final , they had lost the previous two in 1914 and 1950 , while Leeds were appearing in their first . Both teams entered the competition in the third round . The majority of Liverpool 's matches were close affairs , they did n't score more than two goals in any of their matches and this was also their biggest margin of victory . Leeds ' matches ranged from close affairs to comfortable victories . They won their third round tie against Stockport County 3 -- 0 , while they beat Manchester United 1 -- 0 in a semi-final replay following a 0 -- 0 draw in the initial match . Watched by a crowd of 100,000 , the first 90 minutes of the match were goalless as both sides struggled to create goalscoring chances . Liverpool defender Gerry Byrne broke his collarbone early in the match but carried on as there were no substitutes . He was involved in the opening goal in extra time . Byrne found striker Roger Hunt in the 93rd minute , with a cross from the right-hand side of the pitch , which Hunt headed into the Leeds goal to give Liverpool the lead . Leeds equalised seven minutes later when Billy Bremner scored . However , Liverpool regained the lead in the 113th minute when striker Ian St. John headed in a pass from Ian Callaghan . Liverpool won the match 2 -- 1 to win the FA Cup for the first time . Liverpool manager Bill Shankly was delighted with his team 's victory and hailed it as his greatest moment in management . His Leeds counterpart , Don Revie , conceded Liverpool had been the better team , but was determined to make amends the following season . The national media was critical of the final , labelling it ` boring ' . |
1948–49 Aberdeen F.C. season | The 1948-49 season was Aberdeen 's 37th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 39th season overall . Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One , Scottish League Cup , and the Scottish Cup . |
1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football team | The 1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1926 college football season . The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in University Park , Pennsylvania . |
1995 All-Mid-American Conference football team | The 1995 All-Mid-American Conference football team consists of American football players chosen for the All-Mid-American Conference ( `` MAC '' ) teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season . MAC champion Toledo was undefeated but placed only three players on the first team : running back Wasean Tait , tight end Steve Rosi , and defensive lineman Steve Haynes . Miami ( OH ) finished in second place with an 8 -- 2 -- 1 record and placed five players on the first team : running back Deland McCullough , offensive lineman Mike Bird , linebackers Dee Osborne and Kenyon Harper , and defensive back Johnnie Williams . |
1883–84 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season | The 1881 -- 82 season was the third season in which Bolton Wanderers competed in a senior competitive football competition . The club entered the FA Cup in November 1883 , but were knocked out in the fourth round by Notts County . |
18th Filmfare Awards | The 18th Filmfare Awards were held on April 18 , 1971 , honouring the best in Hindi Cinema in the year 1970 . Chander Vohra 's Khilona was named the Best Film of the Year . Sohanlal Kanwar 's Pehchan was the biggest winner , winning various major and minor awards . |
1758 in Wales | Events from the year 1758 in Wales . |
1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres | The men 's 400 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart , then West Germany , at Neckarstadion on 27 , 28 , and 29 August 1986 . |
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1911–12 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team | The 1911 -- 12 South Carolina men 's basketball team represents University of South Carolina during the 1911 -- 12 college men 's basketball season . The head coach was James Driver coaching the Gamecocks in his first season . The team had finished with an final record of 3 -- 4 . |
1968 Surfers Paradise 6 Hour | The 1968 Surfers Paradise 6 Hour was an endurance race for sports cars and touring cars , staged at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland , Australia on 1 September 1968 . The race was dominated by the Matich SR3 Repco V8 driven by Frank Matich and Glynn Scott , however an engine failure with just over an hour to run handed the victory to the Ferrari 250LM driven by brothers Leo and Ian Geoghegan . Major outright and class placings were : |
1936 Australian Championships | The 1936 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive , Adelaide , Australia from 18 to 27 January ( No matches were scheduled on Monday 21 January after the death of King George V ) . It was the 29th edition of the Australian Championships ( now known as the Australian Open ) , the 6th held in Adelaide , and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year . The singles titles were won by Australians Adrian Quist and Joan Hartigan Bathurst . |
1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix | The 1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season . It took place on 5 -- 6 August 1978 at Silverstone Circuit . Kenny Roberts and Barry Sheene , the two championship contenders arrived in England for the British Grand Prix with only three points separating them . The race ended in controversy when torrential rains during the race , along with pit stops for tire changes by both Roberts and Sheene , created confusion among official scorers . Eventually , Roberts was declared the winner with Sheene being awarded third place behind privateer Steve Manship , who did not stop for a tire change . |
1985 African Cup Winners' Cup | The 1984 season of the African Cup Winners ' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Ahly in two-legged final victory against Leventis United . This was the eleventh season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country 's domestic cup . Thirty-five sides entered the competition , with Racing Club de Bobo withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round . |
1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team | The 1909 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1909 college football season . The program moved to the Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference for its inaugural season , which was renamed as the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference for the following season . Head coach Fred Folsom led the team to a mark of 3 -- 0 in the CFAC and 6 -- 0 overall , the program 's second undefeated season . |
161 Athor | 161 Athor is an M-type Main belt asteroid that was discovered by James Craig Watson on April 19 , 1876 , at the Detroit Observatory and named after Hathor , an Egyptian fertility goddess . An occultation by Athor was observed , on October 15 , 2002 , resulting in an estimated diameter of 47.0 km . |
1875 in rail transport | |
1920 Michigan Wolverines football team | The 1920 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1920 college football season . The team 's head coach was Fielding H. Yost . The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field . |
1,000,000 | One million ( 1,000,000 ) or one thousand thousand is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001 . The word is derived from the early Italian millione ( milione in modern Italian ) , from mille , `` thousand '' , plus the augmentative suffix - one . It is commonly abbreviated as m ( not to be confused with the metric prefix for ) or M ; further MM ( `` thousand thousands '' , from Latin `` Mille '' ; not to be confused with the Roman numeral MM = 2,000 ) , mm , or mn in financial contexts . In scientific notation , it is written as or 106 . Physical quantities can also be expressed using the SI prefix mega ( M ) , when dealing with SI units ; for example , 1 megawatt ( 1 MW ) equals 1,000,000 watts . The meaning of the word `` million '' is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems , unlike the larger numbers , which have different names in the two systems . The million is sometimes used in the English language as a metaphor for a very large number , as in `` Not in a million years '' and `` You 're one in a million '' , or a hyperbole , as in `` I 've walked a million miles '' and `` You 've asked the million-dollar question '' . |
1985 San Francisco Giants season | The 1985 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants ' 103rd season in Major League Baseball , their 28th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season , and their 26th at Candlestick Park . It resulted in the team finishing in sixth place in the NL West Division with a record of 62 wins and franchise-record 100 losses . This was the first , and as of 2015 , the only time in the history of the franchise that they reached the triple-digit mark in losses . It is also the most number of games they have lost in a season , as well . The Giants were managed by Jim Davenport , who was dismissed on September 18 , after compiling a dismal 56-88 record , and Roger Craig , who guided the team to a 6-12 mark during the final 2 1/2 weeks of the season . |
1980 NFL Draft | The 1980 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players . It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting . The draft was held April 29 -- 30 , 1980 , at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City , New York . The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season . This draft is notable as the first that ESPN aired in its entirety , and the first to be televised . |
1960–61 Football League Cup | The 1960 -- 61 Football League Cup was the inaugural staging of the Football League Cup , a knockout competition for England 's top 92 football clubs . The competition began on 26 September 1960 , and ended with the two-legged final almost a year later on 22 August and 5 September 1961 . The tournament was won by Aston Villa , who beat Rotherham United 3 -- 2 on aggregate after extra time . Rotherham won the first leg 2 -- 0 at Millmoor , their home ground thanks to goals from Alan Kirkman and Barry Webster . In the second leg at Villa Park , Harry Burrows and Peter McParland levelled the tie on aggregate and Alan O'Neill scored in extra-time to win the cup for Aston Villa . |
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