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1899 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1899 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1899 college football season . In their first season under head coach Percy Haughton , the Big Red compiled a 7 -- 3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 134 to 52 . Three Cornell pla...
1998–99 Czech 1. Liga season
The 1998 -- 99 Czech 1 . liga season was the sixth season of the Czech 1 . liga , the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic . 14 teams participated in the league , and HC Znojemsti Orli won the championship .
1998–99 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
The 1998 -- 99 Virginia Cavaliers men 's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 1998 -- 99 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The team was led by first-year head coach Pete Gillen , and played their home games at University Hall in Charlottesville , Virginia as members of the Atlantic...
14832 Alechinsky
14832 Alechinsky , provisional designation , is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 4 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 27 August 1987 , by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at ESO 's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile . The S-type asteroid is a member of...
1975–76 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1975-76 season Hibernian , a football club based in Edinburgh , came third out of 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier Division and reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup .
1892 Hampden–Sydney Tigers football team
The 1892 Hampden -- Sydney football team represented Hampden -- Sydney College during the 1892 college football season . In the fall of 1892 , William Ford Bull brought together the first official football team at Hampden -- Sydney . The 1892 team played just one game , falling 0 -- 24 at home to Richmond College .
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1982 Baylor Bears football team
The 1982 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Bears finished the season fifth in the Southwest Conference .
1959 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
The 1959 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1958-59 NCAA College Division men 's basketball season . It was won by the University of Evans...
1981–82 Liga Artzit
The 1981 -- 82 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Lod win the title and win promotion to Liga Leumit . Hapoel Ramat Gan and Maccabi Yavne were also promoted . Maccabi Kiryat Gat , Beitar Netanya and Hapoel Tiberias were all relegated to Liga Alef .
1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women 's 3000 metres event at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 3 March .
1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season
The 1985 -- 86 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers ' 19th season in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs in five game to the New York Rangers .
1991 NHK Trophy
The 1991 NHK Trophy was held in Hiroshima . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing .
1964–65 1re série season
The 1964 -- 65 1re série season was the 44th season of the 1re série , the top level of ice hockey in France . Five teams participated in the final round , and Chamonix Hockey Club won their 21st league title .
1991 All-Africa Games
The 5th All-Africa Games were held from September 20 to October 1 , 1991 , in Cairo , Egypt . Forty-three countries participated in eighteen sports . For the first time the Games were held on a four-year cycle as planned . Egypt had hoped to use the Games to showcase the city of Cairo for a possible Olympic bid . The...
119th Infantry Division (German Empire)
The 119th Infantry Division ( 119 . Infanterie-Division ) was a formation of the Imperial German Army in World War I . The division was formed on March 25 , 1915 , and organized over the next several weeks . It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915 . The division was disbanded in 191...
1246 Chaka
1246 Chaka ( 1932 OA ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 23 , 1932 , by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Union Observatory , South Africa . The eccentric asteroid measures about 18 kilometers in diameter and has a high albedo of 0.24 . It was later named after Shaka , also Chaka or Tchaka , founder and one of t...
1977 NBA draft
The 1977 NBA draft was the 31st annual draft of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The draft was held on June 10 , 1977 , before the 1977 -- 78 season . In this draft , 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players , including international players . The...
1925 Rochester Jeffersons season
The 1925 Rochester Jeffersons season was their sixth and final season in the National Football League . The team improved on their previous record against league opponents of 0 -- 7 , losing only six games and logging a tie . They tied for sixteenth in the league . The previous season saw the culmination of the team ...
1871 Troy Haymakers season
The Troy Haymakers played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players . They finished sixth in the league with a record of 13 -- 15 .
1997 Ladies European Tour
The 1997 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1997 . The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour ( LET ) .
100 Oaks Mall
100 Oaks Mall ( sometimes written out as One Hundred Oaks Mall ) is a shopping mall located three miles south of downtown Nashville , Tennessee along Interstate 65 and Tennessee State Route 155 . Neighborhoods and cities around the area include Berry Hill , Woodbine and Oak Hill .
1198th Operational Evaluation and Training Squadron
The 1198th Operational Evaluation and Training Squadron was a unit at Norton Air Force Base , San Bernardino , California from 1965 to 1972 which conducted the initial testing of Lockheed C-130 Hercules transports modified for special operations . This went on under the project names of Thin Slice and Heavy Chain which...
1886 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1886 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the early summer and the first half of fall in 1886 . This is the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin . It was a very active year , with ten hurricanes , seven of which struck the United States . Four hurricanes became major hurricane...
1986–87 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The 1986 -- 87 IHF Women 's Cup Winners ' Cup was the eleventh edition of IHF 's competition for European women 's handball national cup champions . Kuban Krasnodar defeated 1977 and 1979 champion Berliner TSC in the final , becoming the first Soviet team to win the Cup Winners ' Cup . Semifinalist Chimistul Râmnicu ...
1st Army (Wehrmacht)
The 1st Army ( 1 . Armee ) was a World War II field army .
1980 World Series of Poker
The 1980 World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion 's Horseshoe .
1994 VFA season
The 1994 Victorian Football Association season was the 113th season of the Australian rules football competition ; and , it was the final season contested under the administration of the Association as an independent body , before control of the competition was ceded to the Victorian State Football League at the end of...
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1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1920-21 French Rugby Union Championship 1920-21 was won by US Perpignan that beat Toulose in the final . The Championship , organized before by USFSA ( Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques ) , for the first time was organized by the new Fédération française de rugby . The Championship was open at...
1922 in architecture
The year 1922 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings .
1918 Washington and Lee Generals football team
The 1918 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee Generals of Washington and Lee during the 1918 college football season .
1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1939 -- 40 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team 's 14th season in the NHL , and they were coming off a disastrous 1938 -- 39 season , in which the Hawks were the only team in the 7 team league to not qualify for the playoffs . Paul Thompson , who finished the previous season as a player-coach with the Hawks , wo...
1932 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1932 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference ( SWC ) during the 1932 college football season . In their fourth year under head coach Fred Thomsen , the Razorbacks compiled a 1 -- 6 -- 2 record ( 1 -- 4 against SWC opponents ) , finished in last place in t...
1965 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1965 U.S. Open was the 65th U.S. Open , held June 17 -- 21 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country , Missouri , a suburb west of St. Louis . Gary Player of South Africa defeated Kel Nagle of Australia in an 18-hole playoff to win his only U.S. Open title . Player was the first foreign-born winner of the U.S. ...
1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification
The Japan ( hosts ) and Saudi Arabia ( holders ) qualified automatically for the 1992 AFC Asian Cup . Six other teams had to qualify for the event , scheduled from 29 October to 8 November . There were a total number of 20 participating teams in the qualifying tournament .
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... explosante-fixe ... ( ... exploding-fixed ... ) is a piece of music composed by Pierre Boulez . Initially conceived in 1971 as a memorial for Igor Stravinsky , who died in April of that year , Boulez composed several different versions of the work between 1972 and 1993 , culminating in a piece for solo MIDI-flute a...
1921 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1921 German Ice Hockey Championship was the fifth season of the German Ice Hockey Championship , the national championship of Germany . Berliner Schlittschuhclub won the championship by defeating MTV Munchen 1879 in the final .
1973 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 1973 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University The official name of Sacramento State is California State University , Sacramento . However , it is still commonly known as Sacramento State . See : Sacramento State during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season . Sacramento St...
1905 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1905 Norwegian Football Cup was the fourth season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament . The tournament was open for 1905 local association leagues ( kretsserier ) champions , except in Kristiania og omegn where a separate cup qualifying tournament was held . Odd won their third consecutive title .
1965–66 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1965 -- 66 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 58th season ( 57th consecutive ) in the Football League . They competed in the 22-team Division One , then the top tier of English football , finishing thirteenth . Ray Charnley was the club 's top overall scorer for the eighth consecutive season , with 19 goals . Alan Ball...
1990 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 1990 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964 . The championship ended on 9 September 1990 . The championship was won by Kilkenny who secured the title following a 2-11 to 1-11...
1980 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1980 in motorsport including the major racing events , motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year , championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year , births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport peopl...
1996 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1996 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder , Colorado . They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division . They were coached by head coach Rick...
1963–64 NHL season
The 1963 -- 64 NHL season was the 47th season of the National Hockey League . Six teams each played 70 games . The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third consecutive Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings four games to three in the final series .
1929 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1929 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel , The Military College of South Carolina in the 1929 college football season . Carl Prause served as head coach for the eighth season . The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and played home games at Johnson...
1943 Naples post-office bombing
The 1943 Naples post office bombing occurred on October 7 , 1943 , after the U.S. Fifth Army had captured Naples ( October 1 ) and reached the Volturno River ( October 6 ) . The Central Post Office Building , an imposing structure completed in 1936 and located in the center of the city , was looted by the Nazi troops d...
1985 Bristol Open
The 1985 Bristol Open , also known as the West of England Grass Court Championships , was a men 's tennis tournament played on grass courts that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix circuit . It was played at Bristol in Great Britain from 17 to 24 June 1985 . The final could not be played on the outdoor grass courts...
1931–32 East Stirlingshire F.C. season
The 1931 -- 32 season was East Stirlingshire Football Club 's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Division Two , having been promoted from the inaugural Division Three in 1923 -- 24 . The club also competed in the Scottish Cup and the minor Stirlingshire Cup .
1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1947 college football season . The season featured the first top-20 ranking in the school history in 1947 , where the team was ranked # 10 after opening the season with two wins . The team defended its ranking with a defeat of # 1...
1807 in South Africa
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1946 in radio
The year 1946 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history . __ TOC __
1942–43 New York Rangers season
The 1942 -- 43 New York Rangers season was the 17th season for the team in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . During the regular season , the Rangers posted an 11 -- 31 -- 8 record and finished with 30 points . The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL .
1440s in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) .
1963 in Brazilian television
This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1963 .
1973–74 UAE Football League
Statistics of UAE Football League in season 1973/74 .
10Kh
10Kh was the designation for the initial series of Soviet Union pulse jet engine powered air-launched cruise missiles , reverse engineered from the Fieseler Fi 103 ( V-1 ) flying bomb , developed in the 1950s by OKB-52 under the leadership of Vladimir Nikolaevič Čelomej ( Chelomey ) and cancelled in the same decade .
1925 Czechoslovak First League
Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1925 season . Jan Vaník was the league 's top scorer with 13 goals .
1890–91 in Scottish football
1890 -- 91 in Scottish football was the 18th season of competitive football in Scotland . This season saw the introduction of the Scottish Football League with ten teams competing .
1982 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1982 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season . The offense scored 338 points while the defense allowed 160 points . Led by head coach Vince Dooley , the top ranked Bulldogs lost to number two Penn State 23-27 in the Sugar Bowl .
1986–87 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1986 -- 87 season was Newport County 's seventh consecutive season in the Third Division , their 40th in the third tier and 59th overall in the Football League . They finished the season in 24th place and were relegated to the Fourth Division for the 1987 -- 88 season . Caretaker manager John Relish surprisingly ...
1992–93 Segunda Divisão B
The 1992 -- 93 Segunda Divisão season was the 59th season of the competition and the 43rd season of recognised third-tier football in Portugal .
1968 Illinois earthquake
The 1968 Illinois earthquake ( a `` New Madrid event '' ) was the largest recorded earthquake in the U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois . Striking at 11:02 a.m. on November 9 , it measured 5.4 on the Richter scale . Although there were no fatalities , the event caused considerable structural damage to buildings , includ...
1990 Newsweek Champions Cup – Singles
Miloslav Mečíř was the defending champion , but lost in the first round to Richey Reneberg . Stefan Edberg won the title , defeating Andre Agassi 6 -- 4 , 5 -- 7 , 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 1 ) , 7 -- 6 ( 8 -- 6 ) in the final .
1974–75 DFB-Pokal
The 1974 -- 75 DFB-Pokal was the 32nd season of the annual German football cup competition . The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship . 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 7 September 1974 and ended on 21 June 1...
1809 in archaeology
The year 1809 CE in archaeology included many events , some of which are listed below .
1982 Cleveland Indians season
1971 in Canadian television
1986 North Palm Springs earthquake
The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake occurred on July 8 at with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII ( Very strong ) . The shock occurred in a complex setting along the San Andreas Fault Zone where it bisects San Gorgonio Mountain and San Jacinto Peak at the San Gorgonio Pass and was the ...
1959–60 Liga Leumit
The 1959 -- 60 Liga Leumit season took place between September 1959 and June 1960 . Hapoel Petah Tikva won their second consecutive title , whilst Hapoel Ramat Gan were relegated . Rafi Levi of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league 's top scorer with 19 goals . The league used two points for a win and one for a draw .
1763 in Russia
Events from the year 1763 in Russia
1994–95 Slovak Superliga
Statistics of Slovak Superliga in season 1994/1995 .
154 Bertha
154 Bertha is a main-belt asteroid . It was discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on November 4 , 1875 , but the credit for the discovery was given to Prosper . It is probably named after Berthe Martin-Flammarion , sister of the astronomer Camille Flammarion . Observations performed at the Pa...
1952 Coupe de France Final
The 1952 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir , Colombes on May 4 , 1952 , that saw OGC Nice defeat FC Girondins de Bordeaux 5 -- 3 with goals by Victor Nuremberg , Luis Carniglia , Jean Belver , Abdelaziz Ben Tifour and Georges Césari .
1995 attack on the Pakistani embassy in Kabul
The 1995 attack on the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul occurred on 6 September 1995 when up to 5,000 protestors attacked and sacked the embassy of Pakistan in Kabul , Afghanistan , after the Taliban militia had captured Herat from the internationally recognised Islamic State of Afghanistan . One person was killed and twenty ...
1917 Western State Hilltoppers football team
The 1917 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School ( later renamed Western Michigan University ) as an independent during the 1917 college football season . In their 11th season under head coach William H. Spaulding , the Hilltoppers compiled a 4 -- 3 record and outscored their opp...
1989 NHL Supplemental Draft
The 1989 NHL Supplemental Draft took place in June 1989 .
1994–95 A Group
Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1994 -- 1995 season .
1935 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Fourth-seeded Helen Moody defeated Helen Jacobs 6 -- 3 , 3 -- 6 , 7 -- 5 in the final to win the Ladies ' Singles tennis title at the 1935 Wimbledon Championships .
1957 Titleholders Championship
The 1957 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 14 -- 17 at Augusta Country Club . It was the 18th edition of the Titleholders Championship . This event was won by Patty Berg .
1975 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1975 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season .
1992 CECAFA Cup
The 1992 CECAFA Cup was the 19th edition of the tournament . It was held in Tanzania , and was won by Uganda . The matches were played between November 15 -- 28 . Tanzania sent two teams : Tanzania A and Tanzania B.
1997–98 Atlanta Hawks season
The 1997 -- 98 NBA season was the Hawks ' 49th season in the National Basketball Association , and 30th season in Atlanta . Due to the demolition of The Omni , the Hawks played their home games at the Georgia Dome , and their original home from 1968 to 1972 , the Alexander Memorial Coliseum ( known as McDonald 's Cente...
1986–87 Burnley F.C. season
The 1986 -- 1987 season was Burnley 's second season in the fourth tier of English football . They were managed by Brian Miller in his first full season in charge . This season was the worst-ever Burnley season , finishing 22nd at Fourth Division ( near to be relegated to Football Conference , avoiding relegation by ...
1985–86 National Basketball League season
The 1985 -- 86 Carlsberg National Basketball League season was the fourteenth season of the National Basketball League formed in 1972 . The league was sponsored by Carlsberg for the second consecutive year and the Kingston Kings completed a Play Off 's & National Cup double but Manchester United won the League title ...
1782 in sports
1782 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport .
1994 Epsom Derby
The 1994 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 1 June 1994 . It was the 215th running of the Derby , and it was won by the pre-race favourite Erhaab . The winner was ridden by Willie Carson and trained by John Dunlop .
1988 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 1988 United States Figure Skating Championships was an event organized by U.S. Figure Skating to determine the U.S. national champions . The event was one of the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 1988 Winter Olympics , as well as the 1988 World Championships . Medals were awarded in four colors : gold ...
1922 Buffalo All-Americans season
The 1922 Buffalo All-Americans season was their third in the league . The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9 -- 1 -- 2 . They finished ninth in the league .
1985 Virginia Slims of Dallas
The 1985 Virginia Slims of Dallas , also known as the `` VS of Dallas , '' was a women 's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Dallas , Texas in the United States . It was part of the 1985 WTA Tour and was played from March 11 through March 17 , 1985 .
1973 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 1973 .
1867 San Narciso hurricane
The San Narciso Hurricane was the ninth and last known hurricane of the 1867 Atlantic hurricane season . Forming late in the month of October , the hurricane , the costliest and deadliest storm of the 1867 Atlantic hurricane season , caused at least 811 deaths in Sankt Thomas ( Danish West Indies ) and Captaincy Genera...
1928–29 Sheffield Shield season
The 1928 -- 29 Sheffield Shield season was the 33rd season of the Sheffield Shield , the domestic cricket competition of Australia . New South Wales won the championship .
1864 in Norway
1896 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1896 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1896 college football season . The team was coached by Samuel Newton and played its home games on Beaver Field in University Park , Pennsylvania . Despite the article title , the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion ...
1991–92 Denver Nuggets season
The 1991 -- 92 NBA season was the Nuggets ' 16th season in the National Basketball Association , and 25th season as a franchise . To improve defensively , the Nuggets selected Georgetown center Dikembe Mutombo with the fourth pick in the 1991 NBA draft . Mutombo was a native of Zaire , and spoke 9 languages ( English ,...
1938 Mississippi State Maroons football team
The 1938 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1938 college football season . Spike Nelson took over as head coach after the sudden resignation of Ralph Sasse . Nelson instituted new cardinal and gold uniforms , rather than the traditional maroon and white , upsetting ...
1995–96 Hong Kong FA Cup
1995 -- 96 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 22nd staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup . It was competed by all of the 10 teams from Hong Kong First Division League . The competition kicked off on 17 March 1996 and finished on 21 April with the final . South China captured the cup for the sixth time after beating Golden by 4-1 in ...
1589 Fanatica
1589 Fanatica , provisional designation , is a stony , Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 11 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 13 September 1950 , by Argentine astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata , Argentina . It was named af...
1970 Pau Grand Prix
The 1970 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 5 April 1970 at the Pau circuit , in Pau , Pyrénées-Atlantiques , France . The Grand Prix was won by Jochen Rindt , driving the Lotus 69 . Henri Pescarolo finished second and Tim Schenken third .