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1954 National Service riots | In December 1953 , the British colonial government in Singapore passed the National Service Ordinance , requiring all male British subjects and Federal citizens between the ages of 18-20 to register for part-time National Service ( Thum , 2012 ) . The dateline for registration was on the 12th May 1954 and those who fai... |
1993 Tel Aviv Open | The 1993 Tel Aviv Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts that was part of the World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour . It was played at the Israel Tennis Centers at Ramat HaSharon near Tel Aviv in Israel from October 11 through October 18 , 1993 . |
1981 Australian Open – Men's Singles | Brian Teacher was the defending champion , but did not compete this year . Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton 6 -- 2 , 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 1 ) , 6 -- 7 ( 1 -- 7 ) , 6 -- 4 in the final to win the Men 's Singles title at the 1981 Australian Open . |
1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III | The Group III tournament was held March 26 -- 30 , in Doha , Qatar , on outdoor hard courts . The eight teams were divided into two round-robin pools . The top two teams from each pool advanced to a promotion pool , while the bottom two were placed in a relegation pool . In contrast to earlier ( and later ) practice , ... |
1979 KFK competitions (Ukraine) | The 1979 KFK competitions in Ukraine were part of the 1979 Soviet KFK competitions that were conducted in the Soviet Union . It was 15th season of the KFK in Ukraine since its introduction in 1964 . The winner eventually qualified to the 1980 Soviet Second League . |
1982 Busch 500 | The 1982 Busch 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 28 , 1982 , at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol , Tennessee . |
1995–96 Lebanese Premier League | Statistics of Lebanese Premier League in the 1995/1996 season . |
1990 IIHF European U18 Championship | The 1990 IIHF European U18 Championship was the twenty-third playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships . |
1982 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes | The 1982 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 24 July 1982 . It was the 32nd running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes . The winner was Tony Ward 's Kalaglow , a four-year-old grey colt trained at Pulborough in West Sussex by Guy Harwood and ri... |
1931 English cricket season | The 1931 English cricket season was notable for the first tour by a New Zealand Test team which included three test matches in which England won 1-0 . The 1931 County Championship was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club . |
1995 San Francisco 49ers season | The 1995 San Francisco 49ers season was the team 's 46th year with the National Football League , and 50th season of overall existence . Fresh from their trip to the Super Bowl , the 49ers lost cornerback Deion Sanders to Dallas and running back Ricky Watters to Philadelphia . Despite a mediocre 5-4 start , the 49ers... |
1929 Kollaa | 1929 Kollaa , provisional designation , is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 7 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland , on 20 January 1939 . The bright V-type asteroid is a member of the... |
1994 French Open – Men's Singles | Sergi Bruguera was the defending champion , and he successfully defended his title by defeating compatriot Alberto Berasategui in the first ever all-Spanish men 's singles final . Pete Sampras had the chance to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slam tournaments at once , having won t... |
1971 World Weightlifting Championships | The 1971 Men 's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lima , Peru from September 18 to September 26 , 1971 . There were 144 men from 30 nations in the competition . |
1896–97 Northern Football League | The 1896 -- 97 Northern Football League season was the eighth in the history of the Northern Football League , a football competition in Northern England . |
1931–32 in Scottish football | The 1931 -- 32 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 42nd season of the Scottish Football League . |
1983 USC Trojans football team | The 1983 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California ( USC ) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their first year under head coach Ted Tollner , the Trojans compiled a 4 -- 6 -- 1 record ( 5 -- 2 against conference opponents ) , finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 C... |
1965 Hawthorn Football Club season | The 1965 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 41st season in the Victorian Football League . As of the 2016 AFL season the 1965 season is the last time the Hawks have finished bottom of the ladder . |
1992 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament | The 1992 NCAA Division I Women 's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 19 , 1992 , when Stanford defeated UCLA 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match . Stanford won the program 's first NCAA title after three previous runner-up finishes . UCLA was the top ranked team in the country and... |
1994–95 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup | The 1994/95 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 4th in a row ( 2nd official ) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men . Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix . |
1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team | The 1949 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1949 Big Nine Conference 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 Clyde B. Smith , in his second y... |
1704 in Denmark | Events from the year 1704 in Denmark . |
12th Vermont Infantry | The 12th Regiment , Vermont Volunteer Infantry ( or 12th VVI ) was a nine months ' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It served in the eastern theater , predominantly in the Defenses of Washington , from October 1862 to July 1863 . It was a member of the 2nd Vermont Brigade . |
1950–51 Panhellenic Championship | Statistics of the Panhellenic Championship in the 1950 -- 51 season . |
1888 in organized crime | See also : 1887 in organized crime , other events of 1888 , 1889 in organized crime and the list of ` years in Organized Crime ' . |
1876 in baseball | After a tumultuous five-year existence , the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players ( NA ) folded following the 1875 season . The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs ( NL ) was formed in Chicago , Illinois by businessman , and owner of the Chicago White Stockings ( now known as , the Chicago... |
.30 Newton | The .30 Newton cartridge was designed by Charles Newton for Fred Adolph , a gunsmith , in 1913 , and was originally known as the .30 Adolf Express . The Newton Arms Company was the only manufacturer of commercial rifles chambered for this cartridge . It should not be confused with the .30 Belted Newton ( a.k.a. .30 -33... |
1874–75 Northwich Victoria F.C. season | The 1874 -- 75 season was Northwich Victoria 's 1st season playing solely Association Football . Before this year , club played both Rugby and Association Football as well as hare and hounds . The club 's first game was against Stedman College on a field in the nearby village of Comberbach . |
1989 World Badminton Grand Prix | The 1989 World Badminton Grand Prix was the seventh edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals . It was held in Singapore , from December 6 to December 10 , 1989 . |
1501 in India | The following lists events that happened during 1501 in India . |
1928 in Argentine football | 1928 in Argentine football saw the Primera División league expanded to include 36 teams . They played in a single league with each team playing the other only once . Huracán won its 4th . title in Primera . |
147 BC | __ NOTOC __ Year 147 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aemilianus and Drusus ( or , less frequently , year 607 Ab urbe condita ) . The denomination 147 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar... |
1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | 1965 was the inaugural season of the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition . Castleford winning the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 4-0 The match was played at Knowsley Road , Eccleston , St Helens , Merseyside . The attendance was 11,510 and receipts were # 3,548 This was to be the first of Castleford 's t... |
1913 Boston Braves season | The 1913 Boston Braves season was a season in Major League Baseball . The Braves finished fifth in the National League with a record of 69 wins and 82 losses . |
1997 RCA Championships – Singles | Pete Sampras was the defending champion , but lost in the third round to Magnus Larsson . Jonas Björkman won the title , defeating Carlos Moyá in the final 6 -- 3 , 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 3 ) . |
1808 in birding and ornithology | Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot commences Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique septentrionale . Desray , Paris ( 1807-1808 ) . Alexander Wilson commences the nine-volume American Ornithology ( 1808 -- 1814 ) , illustrating 268 species of birds , 26 of which had not previously been described . John William Lewin 's... |
1952 Men's British Open Squash Championship | The 1952 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 02-7 April . Hashim Khan won his second consecutive title defeating four times champion Mahmoud Karim in the final . |
1-2-AX working memory task | The 1-2-AX working memory task is a task which requires working memory to be solved . It can be used as a test case for learning algorithms to test their ability to remember some old data . This task can be used to demonstrate the working memory abilities of algorithms like PBWM or Long short-term memory . It is an e... |
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1939 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships | The 1939 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 24 , 1938 at the third annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men 's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States . This year 's event was hosted at the Intramural Sports Building at the Un... |
1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill | Men 's Downhill World Cup 1968/1969 |
1247 in Ireland | Events from the year 1247 in Ireland . |
1268 Libya | 1268 Libya is a 94 km outer main belt asteroid of with an eccentricity of 0.10 . The asteroid was discovered on April 29 , 1930 , by C. Jackson in Johannesburg . |
1921–22 Magyar Kupa | The 1921 -- 22 Magyar Kupa ( English : Hungarian Cup ) was the 6th season of Hungary 's annual knock-out cup football competition . |
1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres | The women 's 200 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 4 March . |
1397 in Ireland | Events from the year 1397 in Ireland . |
18th Satellite Awards | The 18th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year 's outstanding performers , films , television shows , Blu-ray discs , and interactive media , were presented by the International Press Academy in Century City , Los Angeles on February 23 , 2014 as part of the 2013-14 film awards season . Nominations we... |
1902–03 Brentford F.C. season | During the 1902 -- 03 English football season , Brentford competed in the Southern League First Division . An appalling season led to a bottom-place finish in the First Division , but the Bees retained their First Division status with a victory over Second Division champions Fulham in a promotion-relegation test match ... |
179 BC | __ NOTOC __ Year 179 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Fulvianus ( or , less frequently , year 575 Ab urbe condita ) . The denomination 179 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar... |
1958 Illinois Fighting Illini football team | The 1958 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season . In their 17th year under head coach Ray Eliot , the Illini compiled a 4 -- 5 record and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference . Cente... |
1999 Honduran Segunda División | |
138P/Shoemaker–Levy | 138P/Shoemaker -- Levy , also known as Shoemaker -- Levy 7 , is a periodic comet in the solar system . The comet last came to perihelion on 11 June 2012 , but only brightened to about apparent magnitude 20.5 . This comet should not be confused with Comet Shoemaker -- Levy 9 ( D/1993 F2 ) , which crashed into Jupiter ... |
1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 50th staging of Ireland 's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition . Mayo won their first title . |
1882 Colorado College Tigers football team | The 1882 Colorado College Tigers football team represented Colorado College during the 1882 college football season . |
1955 in the Vietnam War | In 1955 , the Prime Minister of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm faced a severe challenge to his rule over South Vietnam from the Bình Xuyên criminal gang and the Cao Đài and Hòa Hảo religious sects . In the Battle of Saigon in April , Diệm 's army eliminated the Bình Xuyên as a rival and soon also reduced the power of the ... |
1991 Summer Universiade | The 1991 Summer Universiade , also known as the XVI Summer Universiade , took place in Sheffield , England . In the host country it was generally referred to as the World Student Games . Sheffield City Council saw the event as a catalyst for urban renewal after industrial decline . It set up a company , Universiade G... |
152nd Indiana Infantry Regiment | The 152nd Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army between March 16 and August 30 , 1865 , during the American Civil War . |
1938 NFL Championship Game | The 1938 NFL Championship Game was the sixth championship game played in the history of the National Football League . It was played on December 11 at the Polo Grounds in New York City , with an attendance of 48,120 , a record crowd for a title game . The game matched the New York Giants ( 8 -- 2 -- 1 ) , champions o... |
1872 Republican National Convention | The 1872 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , June 5 -- 6 , 1872 . President Ulysses S. Grant was unanimously nominated for a second term by the convention 's 752 delegates . Vice-President Schuyler Colfax was for some time considered a potential rival to Grant for the nomination , a... |
1715 in architecture | The year 1715 in architecture involved some significant events . |
1733 in art | Events from the year 1733 in art . |
1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon | The men 's marathon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest , Hungary , on 4 September 1966 . |
1961 Meadowdale SCCA National Championship Races | The July 23 , 1961 , race at Meadowdale International Raceway was the eighth racing event of the eleventh season of the Sports Car Club of America 's 1961 Championship Racing Series . A&B Production Results |
1980 NCAA Division I-A football rankings | Two human polls comprised the 1980 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I-A 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 ma... |
1991–92 NFL playoffs | The National Football League playoffs for the 1991 season began on December 28 , 1991 . The postseason tournament concluded with the Washington Redskins defeating the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI , 37 -- 24 , on January 26 , 1992 , at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis , Minnesota . |
1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season | The 1982 -- 83 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 66th season of the franchise , 56th season as the Maple Leafs . |
1934 Big Ten Conference football season | The 1934 Big Ten Conference football season was the 39th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference ( also known as the Western Conference ) and was a part of the 1934 college football season . The 1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team , under head coach Bernie Bierman , c... |
1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | The Men 's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla on August 28 and August 29 . After Antonio Pettigrew later admitted to taking banned substances , the winning US team was retrospectively disqualified . |
1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump | The women 's triple jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 -- 11 March . |
1997 Major League Baseball season | The 1997 Major League Baseball season was the inaugural season for Interleague play , as well as the final season in the American League for the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to the NL the following season . The Florida Marlins ended the season as the World Champions defeating the Cleveland Indians in a seven-game Wo... |
1941 Toronto Argonauts season | The 1941 Toronto Argonauts season was the 55th season for the team since the franchise 's inception in 1873 . The team finished in second place in the Eastern Rugby Football Union with a 5 -- 1 -- 0 record and qualified for the playoffs , but lost the two-game total-points ERFU Final series to the Ottawa Rough Riders . |
1955–56 Hibernian F.C. season | During the 1955 -- 56 season Hibernian , a football club based in Edinburgh , came fourth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division . |
1995 NatWest Trophy | The 1995 NatWest Trophy was the 15th NatWest Trophy . It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 2 September 1995 . The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord 's . |
1991 Toronto Blue Jays season | The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise 's fifteenth season of Major League Baseball . It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses . The team 's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues , as the Jays became the first team in MLB h... |
1997–98 Cypriot Fourth Division | The 1997 -- 98 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 13th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league . SEK won their 1st title . |
1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship | The 1979 British Open Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 31 March - 8 April 1979 . Geoff Hunt won his sixth title defeating Qamar Zaman in a repeat of the 1978 final . |
1903 Uruguayan Primera División | The Uruguayan Championship 1903 was the fourth official championship of Uruguayan football history . |
17 Avenue SW (Calgary) | 17 Avenue SW is a major east -- west arterial road in the south-west quadrant of the city of Calgary , Alberta , Canada . Between the Calgary Stampede Grounds and 14 Street SW , it is a commercial street , with bars , restaurants , nightclubs , and shops , which has been designated a Business Revitalization Zone . Of... |
1949 in fine arts of the Soviet Union | The year 1949 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts . |
1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix | The 1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season . It took place on 4 August 1996 at the A1-Ring . |
1791 in Norway | |
1911 in India | Events in the year 1911 in India . |
1975 NSWRFL season | The 1975 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 68th season of Sydney 's professional rugby league football competition , Australia 's first . Twelve teams , including six of 1908 's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydney competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season , which c... |
1935 Copa del Presidente de la República Final | The 1935 Copa del Presidente de la República Final was the 35th final of the Copa del Rey , the Spanish football cup competition . Sevilla FC beat CD Sabadell FC 3 -- 0 . |
1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team | The 1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1942 college football season . In February 1942 , following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , Rutgers head coach Harman , who had led the team to a 26-7-1 record from 1938 to 1941 , joined the United States Navy . In April 1942 , Harry R... |
1911–12 Primera Fuerza season | Statistics of Primera Fuerza in season 1911-12 . |
1989 Tour de France | The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of the Tour de France , a race of 21 stages and a prologue , over 3285 km . All of the decisive racing took place in the time trials and mountain stages . There was no significant changes among the genuine contenders in the plain stages . In the four individual races again... |
1962–63 Kuwaiti Premier League | Statistics of Kuwaiti Premier League in the 1962/1963 season . |
1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team | The 1930 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1930 college football season . In their first year under head coach Fritz Crisler , the Golden Gophers compiled a 3 -- 4 -- 1 record , shut out four opponents ( including a scoreless tie with Stanford ) , and outscored all op... |
1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team | The 1960 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1960 college football season . In their first season under head coach John F. Bateman , the Scarlet Knights compiled an 8 -- 1 record , won the Middle Three Conference championship , outscored their opponents 225 to 69 . The team 's st... |
't Zand | ' t Zand may refer to several settlements : In Belgium : in Bruges In the Netherlands : ' t Zand , Alphen-Chaam in North Brabant ' t Zand , Hattem in Gelderland ' t Zand , Nijmegen in Gelderland ' t Zand , Schagen in North Holland ' t Zand , Werkendam in North Brabant Het Zand , Utrecht in Utrecht ' t Zandt... |
1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley | The women 's 200 metre individual medley competition at the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 -- 25 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre . The last champion was Kristine Quance of US . This race consisted of four lengths of the pool , one each in backstroke , breaststroke , butterf... |
1996 Australian Grand Prix | The 1996 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 March 1996 at Melbourne . It was the first time this race was held in Melbourne , taking over from Adelaide as the host of the Australian Grand Prix . It was the first time the Australian World Championship round had been held at the site of a previ... |
1685 in art | Events from the year 1685 in art . |
1991–92 Scottish First Division | The 1991 -- 92 Scottish First Division season was won by Dundee , who were promoted along with Partick Thistle to the Premier Division . Montrose and Forfar Athletic were relegated . |
1993 European Youth Summer Olympic Days | The 1993 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was the second edition of multi-sport event for European youths between the ages of 12 and 18 . It was held in Valkenswaard , Netherlands from 3 to 9 July . |
1919 in music | This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1919 . |
1939 UCLA Bruins football team | The 1939 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California , Los Angeles during the 1939 college football season . In their first year under head coach Babe Horrell , the Bruins compiled a 6 -- 0 -- 4 record ( 5 -- 0 -- 3 conference ) , finished in second place in the... |
1994 Detroit Tigers season | The Detroit Tigers ' 1994 season had a record of 53-62 in a strike-shortened season . The season ended with the Tigers in 5th place in the newly formed American League East Division . The season featured the return of former star Kirk Gibson , the return of Ernie Harwell to the television broadcast booth and the 18th s... |
11th Indian Cavalry Brigade | The 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army that saw active service in the Indian Army during the First World War . It took part in the Mesopotamian campaign and was broken up soon after the end of the war . |
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