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1999 Dubai World Cup | The 1999 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Sunday 28 March 1999 . It was the 4th running of the Dubai World Cup . The winner was Hamdan Al Maktoum 's Almutawakel , a four-year-old bay colt trained in Dubai by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Richard Hills . Almutawakel 's victory was the first in the race for his owner , trainer and jockey . Almutawakel had been campaigned on turf in Europe in 1997 and 1998 , recording his most important success Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly Racecourse in May 1998 . The 1999 Dubai World Cup attracted a strong field including Silver Charm ( the previous year 's winner ) and Victory Gallop from North America , while the Godolphin stable were represented by Daylami and High-Rise . Racing on dirt for the first time Almutawakel took the lead in the straight and won by three-quarters of a length from Malek with Victory Gallop three-quarters of a length away in third . |
1954 Los Angeles Rams season | The 1954 Los Angeles Rams season was the team 's 17th year with the National Football League and the ninth season in Los Angeles . |
1872 Democratic National Convention | The 1872 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at Ford 's Grand Opera House on East Fayette Street , ( between North Howard and North Eutaw Streets ) in Baltimore , Maryland on July 9 to 10 , 1872 . It resulted in the nomination of newspaper publisher Horace Greeley , ( 1811-1872 ) , of New York and Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown , ( 1826-1885 ) , of Missouri for President and Vice President , a ticket previously nominated by the rump Liberal Republican faction convention meeting also in Baltimore 's newly built premier Opera House of nationally well-known theatre owner/operator John T. Ford , ( 1829-1894 ) , ( infamous as the owner of the Ford 's Theatre in Washington , D.C. where 16th President Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated in April 1865 ) of the major Republican Party which had already re-nominated incumbent 18th President Ulysses S. Grant , ( 1822-1885 ) , of the regular Republicans for another term . The convention was called to order by Democratic National Committee chairman August Belmont . Thomas Jefferson Randolph served as the convention 's temporary chairman and James R. Doolittle served as permanent president . At six hours in length , stretched over two days , the convention was the shortest meeting of a major political party convention in history . |
1992 South American Junior Championships in Athletics | The 24th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Lima , Peru from August 21 -- 23 , 1992 . |
1982 World Taekwondo Championships | The 1982 World Taekwondo Championships are the 5th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships , and were held in Guayaquil , Ecuador from February 24 to February 27 , 1982 . A total of 229 athletes from 35 nations took part in the championships . |
1997–98 Swindon Town F.C. season | During the 1997 -- 98 English football season , Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division . |
1998 Japan Women's Football League | Statistics of L. League in the 1998 season . Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won the championship . |
11:59 | 11:59 may refer to : 11:59 ( album ) , by Ryan Star `` 11:59 '' ( Star Trek : Voyager ) , a 1999 episode of the television series Star Trek : Voyager `` 11:59 '' , a song by Blondie from Parallel Lines `` Eleven-Fifty-Nine '' , a 2016 episode of the television series Arrow |
1938 Cleveland Rams season | The 1938 Cleveland Rams season was the team 's second year with the National Football League and the third season in Cleveland . |
1. FC Heidenheim | 1 . FC Heidenheim 1846 is a German association football club from the city of Heidenheim , Baden-Württemberg . The club achieved its greatest success in 2013 -- 14 when it won promotion to the 2 . Bundesliga for the first time . |
1504 in art | |
1975 Australian Tourist Trophy | The 1975 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Calder circuit in Victoria , Australia on 25 May 1975 . The race was open to Production Sports Cars and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian national title race . It was the thirteenth Australian Tourist Trophy and the first to be awarded since 1968 . The race , which was contested over two heats , was won by Peter Warren driving a Bolwell Nagari . |
1972 in animation | The year 1972 in animation involved some events . __ TOC __ |
1873 in literature | This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1873 . |
1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put | The men 's shot put event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March . |
151 Battalion | 151 South African Infantry Battalion was a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army . |
1957–58 Swedish Division I season | The 1957 -- 58 Swedish Division I season was the 14th season of Swedish Division I. Djurgardens IF won the league title by finishing first in the final round . |
1947 Lancashire Cup | The 1947 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition 1947 was the thirty-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held . Wigan won the trophy by beating Belle Vue Rangers by the score of 10-7 The match was played at Wilderspool , Warrington , now in the County Palatine of Chester but ( historically in the county of Lancashire ) . The attendance was 23,310 and receipts were # 3,043 . This was the second of Wigan 's record breaking run of six consecutive Lancashire Cup victories . It was also to be the second of two consecutive finals to be competed for by these two teams . |
1980 Italian Open (tennis) | The 1980 Italian Open was a combined men 's and women 's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts . For the first time in the history of the tournament the men and women competed in different locations . The men 's event was held at the traditional location of Foro Italico in Rome , while the women played in Perugia . It was the 37th edition of the tournament . The men 's tournament was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix while the women 's tournament was part of the Colgate Series ( Category AA ) . The women 's event was played from 5 May through 11 May 1980 while the men 's event was organized from 19 May through 25 May 1980 . First-seeded Guillermo Vilas , runner-up in 1976 and 1979 , won the men 's singles title and the accompanying $ 28,000 first-prize money . The women 's singles title was won by first-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd , her third Italian Open title after 1974 and 1975 . |
1901 Federal Flag Design Competition | The 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition was an Australian government initiative announced by Prime Minister Edmund Barton to find a flag for the newly federated Commonwealth of Australia . In terms of its essential elements the winning entry is the official flag of Australia . After Federation on 1 January 1901 and following receipt of a request from the British government to design a new flag , the new Commonwealth Government held an official competition for a new federal flag in April . The competition attracted 32,823 entries , including those originally sent to the one held earlier by the Review of Reviews . One of these was submitted by an unnamed governor of a colony . The two contests were merged after the Review of Reviews agreed to being integrated into the government initiative . The # 75 prize money of each competition were combined and augmented by a further # 50 donated by Havelock Tobacco Company . Each competitor was required to submit two coloured sketches , a red ensign for the merchant service and public use , and a blue ensign for naval and official use . The designs were judged on seven criteria : loyalty to the Empire , Federation , history , heraldry , distinctiveness , utility and cost of manufacture . The majority of designs incorporated the Union Flag and the Southern Cross , but native animals were also popular , including one that depicted a variety of indigenous animals playing cricket . The entries were put on display at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne and the judges took six days to deliberate before reaching their conclusion . Five almost identical entries were chosen as the winning design , and their designers shared the # 200 ( 2015 : $ 29,142.12 ) prize money . They were Ivor Evans , a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Melbourne ; Leslie John Hawkins , a teenager apprenticed to an optician from Sydney ; Egbert John Nuttall , an architect from Melbourne ; Annie Dorrington , an artist from Perth ; and William Stevens , a ship 's officer from Auckland , New Zealand . The five winners received # 40 each . The differences from the present flag were the six-pointed Commonwealth Star , while the components stars in the Southern Cross had different numbers of points , with more if the real star was brighter . This led to five stars of nine , eight , seven , six and five points respectively . A simplified version of the competition-winning design was submitted to the British Parliament in December 1901 . Prime Minister Edmund Barton announced in the Commonwealth Gazette that Edward VII had officially recognised the design as the Flag of Australia on 11 February 1903 . This version made all the stars in the Southern Cross seven-pointed apart from the smallest , and is the same as the existing flag except the six-pointed Commonwealth Star . |
1989 Northern Transvaal Currie Cup season | |
1947 Texas A&M Aggies football team | The 1947 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M during the 1947 college football season . |
1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game | The 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and determined the national champion in the 1978 -- 79 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The game was held on March 26 , 1979 , at the Special Events Center in Salt Lake City , Utah . It pitted the Indiana State Sycamores , who entered the contest undefeated for the season , against the Michigan State Spartans . Spartans guard Magic Johnson and Sycamores forward Larry Bird faced each other , setting up a rivalry between the two after they turned professional . Michigan State won the game by a score of 75 -- 64 to claim the school 's first national championship in men 's college basketball . The 1979 NCAA tournament final had the highest Nielsen ratings of any game in the history of American basketball . |
1972 in Canadian television | |
1977 CFL Draft | The 1977 CFL Draft composed of 10 rounds where 106 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA . A total of 18 players were selected as territorial exemptions , with the Montreal Alouettes being the only team to make no picks during this stage of the draft . Through a trade with the Calgary Stampeders , the Ottawa Rough Riders selected first overall in the draft . |
...Must Come Down (Bugs) | '' ... Must Come Down '' is the second episode of season two of the BBC technological thriller , Bugs . The original airdate was 13 April 1996 . |
1995 Copa do Brasil | The Copa do Brasil 1995 is the 7th staging of the Copa do Brasil . The competition started on February 14 , 1995 , and concluded on June 21 , 1995 , with the second leg of the final , held at the Olímpico in Porto Alegre , in which Corinthians lifted the trophy for the first time after defeating 1-0 . |
1972 in video gaming | |
1577 | __ NOTOC __ Year 1577 ( MDLXXVII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar . |
1990 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence | In 1990 , a series of attacks against the Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh occurred in late October and early November , following a rumour that the Babri mosque in Ayodhya in India had been demolished.The attacks on the Hindus began on 30 October and continued till 2 November . |
1933–34 Blackpool F.C. season | The 1933-34 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 33rd season ( 30th consecutive ) in the Football League . They competed in the 22-team Division Two , then the second tier of English football , finishing eleventh . Sandy MacFarlane succeeded Harry Evans as manager prior to the start of the season . Jimmy Hampson was the club 's top scorer for the seventh consecutive season , with thirteen goals . |
1894 in Wales | This article is about the particular significance of the year 1894 to Wales and its people . |
1962 Australia Cup | The 1962 Australia Cup was the first season of the Australia Cup , which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia . 16 teams from around Australia entered the competition . The competition consisted of four clubs from Victoria and Sydney 's competition , three from Queensland and South Australia and two from Northern New South Wales . The winner of the Australia Cup received # 5,000 . The inaugural season of the Cup was won by Yugal who defeated St George Budapest 8 -- 1 at Wentworth Park in the final . The third place playoff , between Juventus and Juventus ( from Melbourne and Adelaide respectively ) , was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks . |
1975 world oil market chronology | January 1 : U.S. Federal oil depletion allowance eliminated for large producers . January 13 : Business Week publishes Kissinger interview hinting at military action against oil countries in case of `` actual strangulation . '' April 7 -- 15 : Preliminary meeting in Paris on world economic crisis between oil-exporting ( Algeria , Saudi Arabia , Iran , Venezuela ) , oil-importing ( European countries , United States , Japan ) , and non-oil Third World countries ( India , Brazil , Zaire ) . Talks collapse after nations fail to decide whether agenda should focus on oil/energy issues or have a broader economic scope . April 9 : Twenty-four OECD members sign an agreement to establish a $ 25 billion lending facility to provide assistance to industrial nations hurt by high oil prices . June 13 : World Bank establishes its `` Third Window , '' a fund to make loans to countries too rich to qualify for `` soft '' no-interest loans , but too distressed to afford loans at the prevailing normal lending rates . Action represents significant cooperation between oil-exporting and industrial nations . September 24 : OPEC announces a 15 percent increase in government per barrel revenues as of October 1 . October 28 : Venezuela and foreign oil companies agree on nationalization as of January 1 , 1976 . December 1 : Kuwait and Gulf and BP agree on terms of nationalization . December 9 : Iraq completes nationalization by taking over the BP , CFP , and Shell shares of the Basrah Petroleum Company . December 22 : U.S. President Gerald Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( EPCA ) effective February 1976 . Authorizes the establishment of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve ( SPR ) , participation in International Energy Program , and oil price regulation . | - | width = `` 30 % '' align = `` center '' | previous year :1974 world oil market chronology | width = `` 40 % '' align = `` center '' | This article is part of theChronology of world oil market events ( 1970-2005 ) | width = `` 30 % '' align = `` center '' | following year :1976 world oil market chronology | - Category : Oil market timelines World oil market chronology Category :1970 s economic history World Oil Market Chronology , 1975 |
1998 Estonian Figure Skating Championships | The 1998 Estonian Figure Skating Championships ( Eesti Meistrivõistlused 1998 ) were the Estonian Figure Skating Championships of the 1998 figure skating season . Skaters competed in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies singles , pair skating and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels for the title of national champion of Estonia . The 1998 championships were held in Tallinn , Estonia from March 13 to March 15 , 1998 . |
13th AVN Awards | The 13th AVN Awards ceremony , organized by Adult Video News ( AVN ) honored the best pornographic films of 1995 and took place on January 7 , 1996 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts in Paradise , Nevada , beginning at 8:15 p.m. PST / 11:15 p.m. EST. . During the ceremony , AVN presented AVN Awards in 97 categories . The ceremony , taped for broadcast in the United States by Spice Networks , was produced and directed by Gary Miller and Mark Stone . Comedian Bobby Slayton hosted the show for the first time , alongside actress co-hosts Jenna Jameson and Julia Ann . Hall of Fame inductees were honored at a gala held a month earlier . Latex won the most statuettes , taking 11 . Other winners included Blue Movie with four awards and gay video The Renegade with three . |
1919–20 PCHA season | The 1919 -- 20 PCHA season was the ninth season of the professional men 's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ) league . Season play ran from December 26 , 1919 , until March 10 , 1920 . The season was enlarged to 22 games per team . The Seattle Metropolitans club would place first during the regular season and then won the play-off with Vancouver Millionaires to take the PCHA championship . The Mets then played in the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals series against Ottawa Senators , National Hockey League ( NHL ) champions . The Senators won the best-of-five series three games to two . |
1574 in Ireland | Events from the year 1574 in Ireland . |
1957–58 Seattle Chieftains men's basketball team | The 1957 -- 58 Seattle Chieftains men 's basketball team ( now known as Redhawks ) represented Seattle University . Led by Elgin Baylor , the Chieftains appeared in the NCAA men 's basketball championship game . |
1936 French Championships – Men's Singles | Gottfried von Cramm defeated Fred Perry 6 -- 0 , 2 -- 6 , 6 -- 2 , 2 -- 6 , 6 -- 0 in the final to win the Men 's Singles tennis title at the 1936 French Championships . |
'Moteng | ` Moteng is a community council located in the Butha-Buthe District of Lesotho . Its population in 2006 was 16,838 . |
13th (Service) Battalion (Wandsworth), East Surrey Regiment | |
1968 in country music | This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1968 . |
1959 Chicago Cardinals season | The 1959 Chicago Cardinals season was the team 's 40th and final season in Chicago . The Cardinals opened the season with a 49 -- 21 home win over the Washington Redskins at Soldier Field , but finished with a record of two wins and ten losses , last place in the Eastern Conference . They tied with the Los Angeles Rams for the worst record in the 12-team league . Their final home game in Chicago was on November 29 , a 31 -- 7 loss to the cross-town rival Bears at Soldier Field . The home games of October 25 and November 22 , both losses , were played in Minnesota at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington , the future home of the expansion Minnesota Vikings , starting two years later in 1961 . In March 1960 , the Chicago Cardinals relocated to St. Louis and became the St. Louis Cardinals , bringing the NFL back to Missouri . |
1998 World Monuments Watch | The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund ( WMF ) and American Express to call to action and challenge government authorities responsible for important cultural resources to identify sites immediately at risk , and to stimulate public awareness of the tremendous need to preserve and create sustainable uses for significant heritage made by man . |
1,1,2,2,3,3-Hexachloropropane | 1,1,2,2,3,3-Hexachloropropane is a compound of chlorine , hydrogen , and carbon . |
1409 | Year 1409 ( MCDIX ) was a common year starting on Tuesday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar . |
185th Paratroopers Division Folgore | 185th Paratroopers Division Folgore or 185ª Divisione Paracadutisti Folgore was a Parachute Division of the Italian Army ( in Italian Regio Esercito ) during World War II . |
1973 Davis Cup Europe Zone | The Europe Zone was one of the three zones of competition in the 1973 Davis Cup . Two sub-zones were played , with the winner of each advancing to the Inter-Zonal Zone . |
1971–72 Birmingham City F.C. season | The 1971 -- 72 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club 's 69th in the Football League and their 31st in the Second Division . They finished in second place in the 22-team division , so were promoted to the First Division for 1972 -- 73 , despite never having been in the promotion positions until after the final game of the season . They entered the 1971 -- 72 FA Cup in the third round proper and progressed to the semi-final , in which they lost to Leeds United . This was the third year of five in which the losing semifinalists were required to compete in a `` Match for third place '' ; following a goalless 90 minutes , Birmingham beat Stoke City in a penalty shootout , the first time this method had been used to determine the result of an FA Cup match . They lost to Queens Park Rangers in their opening match in the second round of the League Cup , and finished fourth of the six English entrants in the third staging of the Anglo-Italian Cup , a tournament held after the end of the league season . Twenty-five players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition , and there were ten different goalscorers . Defender Roger Hynd , midfielder Alan Campbell and centre-forward Bob Latchford played in all 53 first-team matches over the season . Latchford finished as leading goalscorer with 30 goals , of which 23 came in league competition . The average attendance in Second Division matches exceeded 32,000 . |
1968 San Diego Chargers season | The 1968 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 8 -- 5 -- 1 record in 1967 . |
1949–50 Oberliga (ice hockey) season | The 1949-50 Oberliga season was the second season of the Oberliga , the top level of ice hockey in Germany . Eight teams participated in the league , and SC Riessersee won the championship . |
1931 in country music | This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1931 . |
1888 Williams Ephs football team | The 1888 Williams Ephs football team represented the Williams College during the 1888 college football season . The team finished with a final record of 4 -- 4 . |
1965 in Kuwait | Events from the year 1965 in Kuwait . |
1950 The Citadel Bulldogs football team | The 1950 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel , The Military College of South Carolina in the 1950 college football season . J. Quinn Decker served as head coach for the fifth season . The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium . |
1982–83 Japan Ice Hockey League season | The 1982 -- 83 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 17th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League . Six teams participated in the league , and the Oji Eagles won the championship . |
1926 State of the Union Address | The 1926 State of the Union Address was given by Calvin Coolidge , the 30th United States President , on December 6 , 1926 , to the United States House of Representatives , and Senate . It was his fourth address to a joint session . He said , |
1992 Air Force Falcons football team | The 1992 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was led by ninth-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games at Falcon Stadium . It finished the regular season with a 7 -- 5 record overall and a 4 -- 4 record in Western Athletic Conference games . The team was selected to play in the Liberty Bowl , in which it lost to . |
1988 Eagle Classic – Doubles | Rick Leach and Jim Pugh were the defending champions . Scott Davis and Tim Wilkison won the title , defeating Leach and Pugh 6 -- 4 , 7 -- 6 in the final . |
1919 Big Ten Conference football season | The 1919 Big Ten Conference football season was the 24th 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 1919 college football season . The 1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team , under head coach Robert Zuppke , compiled a 6 -- 1 record , won the Big Ten championship , and was selected retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Boand System , and as a co-national champion by the College Football Researchers Association , Parke H. Davis , and Jeff Sagarin ( using his alternate ELO-Chess methodology ) . Fullback Jack Crangle and guard Jack Depler received first-team All-Big Ten honors . The 1919 Ohio State Buckeyes football team , under head coach John Wilce , also compiled a 6 -- 1 record and led the conference in scoring defense ( 1.7 points allowed per game ) . Ohio State defeated Michigan for the first time in the history of the Michigan -- Ohio State football rivalry . However , the Buckeyes lost to Illinois by two points in the final game of the season and finished in second place in the conference standings . Halfback Chic Harley was selected , for the third time , as a consensus first-team All-American . Wisconsin center Charles Carpenter was a consensus first-team All-American . Chicago led the Big Ten in scoring offense with 29.3 points per game . |
1968 FIBA Africa Championship for Women | The 1968 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 2nd FIBA Africa Championship for Women , played under the rules of FIBA , the world governing body for basketball , and the FIBA Africa thereof . The tournament was hosted by the United Arab Republic from September 9 to 15 , 1968 . The United Arab Republic ended the round-robin tournament with a 4 -- 0 unbeaten record to win their second title . |
1967 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship | The 1967 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship . |
1973 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships | The 1973 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships was held January 13 - 14 in Liptovsky Mikulas . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . |
1916 NSWRFL season | The 1916 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the ninth season of Sydney 's top-level professional rugby league competition , Australia 's first . Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in a grand final between Balmain and South Sydney . |
18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel | __ NOTOC __ The 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel was formed in 1944 around a cadre from the 1 SS Infantry Brigade and included mainly ethnic Germans ( Volksdeutsche ) from Hungary . The 1st battalion of about 1000 men was attached to SS Division Horst Wessel and sent to Galicia . It was used for `` rear-security '' duties until it was sent to the Eastern front , with the exception of one regiment that fought the Slovak National Uprising in August 1944 . It later fought as a single unit in Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia where it was destroyed . The Division was named after SA member , Horst Wessel , known for being the author of the lyrics to the Nazi party anthem , the Horst Wessel Song , and glorified by the Nazi regime as a martyr of the party 's early years . |
1940 Palestine League | The 1940 Palestine League was the eighth season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine . The defending champions were Hapoel Tel Aviv . Eight clubs took part in the league . The league was played between 27 January and 29 June 1940 . All clubs completed their schedule of 14 matches . The championship was won by defending champions Hapoel Tel Aviv . |
1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season | The 1989 -- 90 season was the 98th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence , and their 27th consecutive year in the top flight . This article covers the period from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 . Liverpool finished the season as league champions for the 18th time , and looked on course for another double , only to be knocked off course in the final stages for the third season running -- this time by a dramatic 4 -- 3 semi-final defeat against a Crystal Palace side they had beaten 9 -- 0 in the league earlier in the season . They did finish the season nine points ahead of runners-up Aston Villa in the league , but had faced a stiff challenge from Villa for much of the season and earlier in the season from neighbouring Everton . The autumn of 1989 saw the departure of striker John Aldridge to Spain . Aldridge had lost his place in the starting line-up to a resurgent Ian Rush , who had returned to the club a year earlier after an unhappy season in Italy . Injury-plagued defender Jim Beglin was transferred to Leeds United just before the start of the season , with the defence being bolstered by the arrival of Swedish star Glenn Hysén . |
1998–99 Cypriot Second Division | The 1998 -- 99 Cypriot Second Division was the 44th season of the Cypriot second-level football league . Anagennisi Deryneia won their 1st title . |
14th century in North American history | The 14th century in North American history provides a timeline of events occurring within the North American continent from 1301 CE to 1400 CE in the Gregorian calendar . This time period ( from 1000 BCE -- present ) is known as the Post-archaic period ( Post-archaic stage ) . Although this timeline segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life , it focuses on developments within Native American communities . The archaeological records supplements indigenous recorded and oral history . Because of the inaccuracies inherent in radiocarbon dating and in interpreting other elements of the archaeological record , most dates in this timeline represent approximations that may vary a century or more from source to source . The assumptions implicit in archaeological dating methods may also yield a general bias in the dating in this timeline . |
1950–51 United States network television schedule (weekday) | Talk shows are highlighted in yellow , local programming is white , reruns of prime-time programming are orange , game shows are pink , soap operas are chartreuse , news programs are gold and all others are light blue . New series are highlighted in bold . Note : The DuMont Television Network still missing in the schedules . All Monday -- Friday Shows for all networks beginning in September 1950 . |
1st Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) | The 1st Armoured Brigade was a regular British Army unit formed on 3 September 1939 , by the redesignation of the 1st Light Armoured Brigade . |
1886 Boston Beaneaters season | |
1156 in Ireland | Events from the year 1156 in Ireland . |
1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles | Martin Sinner was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tim Henman . Cédric Pioline won in the final 6 -- 2 , 7 -- 6 ( 9 -- 7 ) against Kenneth Carlsen . |
1932 Tunis Grand Prix | The 1932 Tunis Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Carthage Street Circuit in Tunis , the capital of colonial Tunisia , on 17 April 1932 . Achille Varzi , in a privateer Bugatti , won the 37 lap race ahead of fellow Bugatti driver Marcel Lehoux , with Philippe Étancelin , in an Alfa Romeo , claiming third position . The leading drivers in the voiturette class were Louis Joly , Pierre Veyron and Luigi Castelbarco . |
1921–22 Isthmian League | The 1921 -- 22 season was the 13th in the history of the Isthmian League , an English football competition . Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers were newly admitted . Ilford were champions for the second season in a row , winning their third Isthmian League title . |
1936 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles | Fred Perry ( GBR ) defeated Gottfried von Cramm ( GER ) 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 0 in the final to win the Gentlemen 's Singles tennis title at the 1936 Wimbledon Championships . Perry 's victory was notable as the last Wimbledon won by a British male until Andy Murray won in 2013 . |
1933–34 Welsh Cup | The 1933 -- 34 FAW Welsh Cup is the 53rd season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales . |
1891 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team | The 1891 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1891 college football season . It was the only season under head coach Edward `` Dad '' Moulton and it saw Minnesota 's first out-of-state trip with a pair of games in Iowa . The first of these games was against Grinnell and ended up in a 12-12 tie . The second game was Minnesota 's first meeting with long-time rival Iowa and resulted in an easy 42-4 Minnesota victory . |
13th/18th Royal Hussars | The 13th/18th Royal Hussars ( Queen Mary 's Own ) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army . It was formed by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars in 1922 and , after service in the Second World War , it amalgamated with the 15th/19th The King 's Royal Hussars to form the Light Dragoons in 1992 . |
1995 Ameritech Cup – Doubles | Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Lori McNeil . McNeil and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Marianne Werdel and Tami Whitlinger-Jones . Gabriela Sabatini and Brenda Schultz won in the final 5 -- 7 , 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 4 against Werdel and Whitlinger-Jones . |
1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage | The 1997 -- 98 Heineken Cup pool stage took place in September and October 1997 . The winner of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals , with the runners-up and best third placed team entering the quarter-final play offs for the final three quarter final places . |
13th Light Brigade (Netherlands) | The 13th Light Brigade ( 13 Lichte Brigade is one of the three brigades of the Royal Netherlands Army . The other ones are 11th Airmobile Brigade and 43rd Mechanized Brigade . The brigade is a fully motorized brigade , equipped with Fennek , Boxer and Bushmaster wheeled , armoured vehicles . |
1989 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix | The 1989 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season . It took place on the weekend of 7 -- 9 April 1989 at Phillip Island and was the first ever World Championship Motorcycle Grand Prix to take place in Australia . |
1998 in South African sport | See also : 1997 in South African sport , 1998 in South Africa , 1999 in South African sport and the Timeline of South African sport . |
1980–81 British Home Championship | The 1980-81 British Home Championship was the only British Home Nations international football championship , other than the years of the First World War and Second World War , which was not completed and thus failed to produce a winner . As with the rugby union 1972 Five Nations Championship the cause of this cancellation was The Troubles in Northern Ireland . The championship was scheduled to be played in May 1981 after the termination of the domestic season . On 5 May , however , the Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger strike leader Bobby Sands died in the Maze Prison , invoking a storm of protest and violence by republicans in Northern Ireland . Thus the English and Welsh FAs , whose teams were scheduled to travel to Windsor Park later in the month , declined to play , rendering the tournament incomplete and void . Scotland were the only team to complete all their matches , including defeating Northern Ireland in Glasgow , and were in a strong position , having also beaten England . Wales had beaten Scotland and played a tame draw with England and so too would have claimed victory with a win or draw in Belfast . England had lost one and drawn one and were not in a challenging position , whilst Northern Ireland lost their only game . Five months later , in October 1981 , Scotland were able to play a qualifying match for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Northern Ireland without significant difficulties . |
1987 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament | The 1987 Western Athletic Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament was held March 5 -- 8 at the Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque , New Mexico . Wyoming defeated tournament hosts in the championship game , 64 -- 62 , to clinch their first WAC men 's tournament championship . The Cowboys , in turn , received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament . The tournament 's top two seeds , UTEP and BYU , also earned at-large bids to the tournament . |
1993–94 Luton Town F.C. season | During the 1993 -- 94 English football season , Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division . |
1982–83 USAC Championship Car season | The 1982 -- 83 USAC Championship Car season consisted of four races , beginning in Springfield , Illinois , on August 14 , 1982 , and concluding in Speedway , Indiana , on May 29 , 1983 . The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tom Sneva . |
14th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly | The 14th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was the 22nd assembly of the territorial government . This assembly lasted from 1999 until its dissolution in 2003 . This was the first assembly in the new Northwest Territories that was split in half to create Nunavut . As a result of division membership dropped from 24 to 19 seats with the political map being radically altered . |
1979 Washington Redskins season | The 1979 season of the Washington Redskins in American professional football began with the team trying to improve on their 8 -- 8 record from 1978 . While the Redskins were able to improve their record ; finishing 10 -- 6 , the Redskins were eliminated from playoff contention on the final week of the season when , facing the Dallas Cowboys with the NFC East title on the line , Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach led a last-minute comeback to defeat Washington 35 -- 34 to win the division ; which combined with the Chicago Bears defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 42 -- 6 , resulted in the Redskins losing a points tiebreaker for the final wild-card slot . The Redskins hosted the Packers in Week 14 . It was Washington 's penultimate game at RFK in 1979 . As they left RFK 17 years later and moved to a new stadium in Landover , it was also the two teams ' final meeting at Washington for 25 years . |
1952 Philadelphia Eagles season | The 1952 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 20th in the league . The team improved on their previous output of 4 -- 8 , winning seven games . The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season . |
1969 Houston Oilers season | The 1969 Houston Oilers season was their tenth and final in the American Football League before moving to the National Football League when the two merged . The team equaled their 1968 record of 7 -- 7 ( .500 ) , finishing 6 -- 6 -- 2 . They qualified for the playoffs , but lost in the Divisional Round to the Oakland Raiders . |
1953 Albanian Cup | 1953 Albanian Cup was the seventh season of Albania 's annual cup competition . It began in Spring 1953 with the First Round and ended in May 1953 with the Final match . Dinamo Tirana were the defending champions , having won their third Albanian Cup last season . The cup was won by Dinamo Tirana . The rounds were played in a one-legged format similar to those of European competitions . If the number of goals was equal , the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout , if necessary . |
1997–98 Houston Rockets season | The 1997 -- 98 NBA season was the Rockets ' 31st season in the National Basketball Association , and 27th season in Houston . The Rockets went on a nine-game winning streak early into the season winning 12 of their first 17 games . However , they began to show their age and the wear and tear of long playoff runs as they played mediocre basketball all season . Hakeem Olajuwon missed most of the first half of the season due to injuries only playing just 47 games . The Rockets finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 41 -- 41 record , and qualified the playoffs as the # 8 seed . In the first round of the playoffs , in a rematch of last season 's Western Conference Finals , the Rockets took a 2 -- 1 series lead over the top-seeded Utah Jazz . However , they would lose the series in five games . Following the season , Clyde Drexler retired to take over the head coaching job at the University of Houston , Kevin Willis was traded to the Toronto Raptors , and Mario Elie signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs . |
1977 Winston 500 | The 1977 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 1 , 1977 , at Alabama International Motor Speedway ( now Talladega Superspeedway ) in Talladega , Alabama . The tenth of 30 races of the 1977 Winston Cup Grand National season , the Winston 500 started 41 cars . The race 's pole was won by A.J. Foyt , driving a Chevrolet Laguna racecar . His pole speed was 192 mph . Benny Parsons qualified second while the race 's defending champion Buddy Baker timed in 20th . Darrell Waltrip qualified 11th a month following a breakthrough win in the Rebel 500 at Darlington . |
1924–25 in Scottish football | The 1924 -- 25 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 35th season of the Scottish Football League . |
1952 Australian Grand Prix | The 1952 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst , in New South Wales , Australia on 14 April 1952 . The race had 43 starters and was held over 38 laps of the six kilometre circuit , a total distance of 235 kilometres . A crowd of 15,000 watched the race , which was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club . The race , which is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the seventeenth Australian Grand Prix , was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Talbot-Lago T26C Formula One car . It was Whiteford 's second Australian Grand Prix victory . |
1977–78 Boston Bruins season | The 1977 -- 78 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins ' 54th season in the NHL . The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals . |
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