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.NET Framework version history | Microsoft started development on the . NET Framework in the late 1990s originally under the name of Next Generation Windows Services ( NGWS ) . By late 2001 the first beta versions of . NET 1.0 were released . The first version of . NET Framework was released on 13 February 2002 , bringing managed code to Windows NT 4.0 , 98 , 2000 , ME and XP . Since the first version , Microsoft has released nine more upgrades for . NET Framework , seven of which have been released along with a new version of Visual Studio . Two of these upgrades , . NET Framework 2.0 and 4.0 , have upgraded Common Language Runtime ( CLR ) . New versions of . NET Framework replace older versions when the CLR version is the same . The . NET Framework family also includes two versions for mobile or Embedded device use . A reduced version of the framework , the . NET Compact Framework , is available on Windows CE platforms , including Windows Mobile devices such as smartphones . Additionally , the . NET Micro Framework is targeted at severely resource-constrained devices . |
1999 FIA GT Homestead 3 Hours | The 1999 FIA GT Homestead 3 Hours was the eighth round the 1999 FIA GT Championship season . It took place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway , Florida , United States , on September 26 , 1999 . This event was originally intended to share the weekend with a United States Road Racing Championship event . However , the USRRC championship was cancelled midway through the season , leaving the FIA GT Championship to run on their own . In order to increase the number of participants for the FIA GT event , as well as to allow USRRC teams to compete , a National GT ( N-GT ) designation was used for cars which had run in the USRRC 's GT2 and GT3 classes . This would be the first time the FIA GT Championship used two classes of cars since the end of the 1998 season , and the cancellation of GT1 . Cars running in the N-GT class would not be eligible for points in the FIA GT Championship . |
1996–97 Mersin İdmanyurdu season | Mersin İdmanyurdu ( also Mersin İdman Yurdu , Mersin İY , or MİY ) Sports Club ; located in Mersin , east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1996 -- 97 . Mersin İdmanyurdu ( MİY ) participated in Second League 1996 -- 97 season for the 23rd time . After first stage MİY played in promotion group . MİY had finished the promotion group in 4th place and were later eliminated in promotion play-offs . The team also participated in Turkish Cup ( Türkiye Kupası ) in 1996 -- 97 and were eliminated at Round 3 . H. Okan Merzeci was president . Kasım Gündüz managed the team during the season . Türkay Başaran and Fazlı Ulusoy were mostly appeared players with 36 appearances . Bünyamin Kubat was the league and season top goalscorer with 13 goals in league . |
1926 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships | The 1926 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested as part of the third annual NCAA swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men 's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States . The championship was hosted by the United States Naval Academy at Scott Natatorium in Annapolis , Maryland . Only individual championships were officially contested during the first thirteen-NCAA sponsored swimming and diving championships . Unofficial team standings were kept but a team title was not officially awarded until 1937 . Navy is acknowledged as this year 's unofficial team champion , the second such title ( and second consecutive ) for the Midshipmen . |
1970 European Badminton Championships | The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot ( Wales ) , between 17 and 19 April 1970 , and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union . |
1891 Penn State Nittany Lions football team | The 1891 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1891 college football season . The team played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park , Pennsylvania . Despite the article title , the school did not adopt the Nittany Lion as its mascot until 1907 . |
1773 in Wales | This article is about the particular significance of the year 1773 to Wales and its people . |
1933 International University Games | The 1933 International University Games were organised by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants ( CIE ) and held in Turin , Italy . Held from 1 -- 10 September , 27 nations competed in nine sports . Women competed only in the athletics , swimming , fencing , and tennis events ( the latter two being debut events for women ) . This edition marked the first appearance of African athletes at the competition , as South Africa and Egypt sent delegations for the first time . |
1979 Gillette Cup | The 1979 Gillette Cup was the seventeenth Gillette Cup , an English limited overs county cricket tournament . It was held between 27 June and 8 September 1979 . The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 45 runs in the final at Lord 's . |
17th New Brunswick Legislature | The 17th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between July 17 , 1856 , and April 1 , 1857 . The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton . Charles Simonds was chosen as speaker for the house . |
1963 German Grand Prix | The 1963 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on August 4 , 1963 . It was race 6 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers . The 15-lap race was won by Ferrari driver John Surtees after he started from second position . Jim Clark finished second for the Lotus team and BRM driver Richie Ginther came in third . |
1926 in science fiction | The year 1926 was marked , in science fiction , by the following events . |
1867 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1867 in the United Kingdom . |
1974 Baltimore Colts season | The 1974 Baltimore Colts season was the 22nd season for the team in the National Football League . The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League 's 1974 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses , and finished fifth in the AFC East . Head coach Howard Schnellenberger was fired after three games , after an argument with owner Robert Irsay over whether Marty Domres or Bert Jones should start at quarterback for the Colts . General manager Joe Thomas took over the head coaching duties for the remainders of the season , but could direct the team to only two wins , both on the road , as the Colts failed to win a home game during the 1974 season . This would be the last time the Colts would fail to win a home game in a non-strike season until their abysmal 1-15 1991 season , when the team was in Indianapolis . |
1992–93 Real Madrid C.F. season | The 1992 -- 93 season was the 62th season for Real Madrid C.F. in La Liga . |
1899 Argentine Primera División | The 1899 Primera División was the 8 ° season of top-flight football in Argentina . The season began on May 14 and ended on September 9 . The league was reduced to only 4 teams due to Palermo A.C. , United Banks and Banfield left the Association . Banfield registered to recently created Segunda División . Belgrano A.C. won its first Primera División title . Lanús Athletic only completed 2 games , with the other 4 fixtures being awarded to their opponents . The game between Lomas and Lobos was awarded to Lobos . |
1959 Mitropa Cup | The 1959 Mitropa Cup was the 19th season of the Mitropa football club tournament . It was won by Honvéd who beat MTK in the two-legged final 6 -- 5 on aggregate . |
1-UP Studio | , formerly , is a Japanese Nintendo-funded and owned video game developer founded on June 30 , 2000 in Tokyo , Japan . On February 1 , 2013 , the company announced that due to their recent co-development efforts with Nintendo , that they were undergoing a change in internal structure , which included changing the name of their company to 1-UP Studio . |
126th New York State Legislature | The 126th New York State Legislature , consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 7 to April 23 , 1903 , during the third year of Benjamin B. Odell , Jr. 's governorship , in Albany . |
1677 in science | The year 1677 in science and technology involved some significant events . |
1646 in music | Musical events of the year 1646 in music : |
1883 English cricket season | The 1883 English cricket season saw the first of four successive titles won by Notts , and the beginning of the `` Great Revival '' of Surrey , who had been among the weaker counties since 1866 . |
1. deild | 1 . deild is the second tier league of football in the Faroe Islands . It was founded in 1976 . The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association . It was originally the top level of Faroe Islands football but was replaced by the Faroe Islands Premier League in 2005 . It currently has 10 participating clubs . At the end of each season , two teams are relegated and two promoted from what is now the 2 . deild , pending the fact that the winning team in any given division does not already have a senior team in the division it is being promoted to . In such cases the team that finished second will be promoted instead . If a team is relegated to a division where one of its teams are already playing , the second best team will move one division down , thereby saving another team from relegation . |
1926–27 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team | The 1926 -- 27 Duke Blue Devils men 's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1926 -- 27 men 's college basketball season . The head coach was George Buchheit , coaching his third season with the Blue Devils . The team finished with an overall record of 4 -- 10 . |
173rd Support Battalion (United States) | The 173rd Brigade Support Battalion is a Combat Support Battalion of the United States Army based in Vicenza , Italy . It is a subordinate unit of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team . |
1957 Mitropa Cup | The 1957 Mitropa Cup was the 17th season of the Mitropa football club tournament . It was won by Vasas who beat Vojvodina in the two-legged final 5 -- 2 on aggregate . |
1927 Navy Midshipmen football team | The 1927 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1927 college football season . In their second season under head coach Bill Ingram , the Midshipmen compiled a 6 -- 3 record , shut out two opponents , and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 192 to 84 . The annual Army -- Navy Game was played on November 26 , 1927 , at the Polo Grounds in New York City . Army won by a 14 to 9 score . |
1895 in association football | The following are association football events in the year 1895 throughout the world . |
1988 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles | Guy Forget and Yannick Noah were the defending champions but only Forget competed that year with Henri Leconte . Forget and Leconte lost in the semifinals to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso . Flach and Seguso won in the final 6 -- 2 , 7 -- 6 against Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser . |
1990 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships | The 18th European Women 's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Piraeus , Greece , at Peace and Friendship Stadium . |
1997 US Open – Women's Doubles | Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions , but were defeated in the final by Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná with a score of 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 4 . It was the 17th doubles title , 2nd Grand Slam for Davenport and the 67th title , 9th Grand Slam for Novotná , in their respective careers . |
1990 Sligo Senior Football Championship | This is a round-up of the 1990 Sligo Senior Football Championship . Shamrock Gaels claimed their first ever senior title in this year , in their first final appearance , defeating fellow outsiders Curry in the process . This year 's final was the first which Tubbercurry did not contest since 1982 . |
1966–67 Manchester United F.C. season | The 1966 -- 67 season was Manchester United 's 65th season in the Football League , and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of English football . They finished the season as league champions for the seventh time in their history and the fifth under the management of Matt Busby , but this would be their last top division title for 26 years . United 's top scorer this season was Denis Law , with 23 in the league and 25 in all competitions . |
1952–53 in Scottish football | The 1952 -- 53 season was the 80th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 56th season of the Scottish Football League . |
1972 Peach Bowl | The 1972 Peach Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the NC State Wolfpack and the West Virginia Mountaineers . |
1898 in rail transport | |
1997 Rally El Corte Inglés | The 1997 Rallye El Corte Inglés was the 21st Rally Islas Canarias/Rallye El Corte Inglés , a rally held as part of the European Rally Championship and the Spanish Rally Championship . In 1997 , Jesús Puras ( Citroën ZX Kit Car ) had his first of three wins in this event , finishing ahead of Bruno Thiry and Juha Kankkunen . |
1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | The 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 34th staging of Ireland 's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition . Tipperary were the winners . |
1996 Eliteserien | The 1996 season of the Eliteserien , the highest women 's football ( soccer ) league in Norway , began on 21 April 1996 and ended on 13 October 1996 . 18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws . Number nine and ten were relegated , while two teams from the First Division were promoted through a playoff round . After the season had ended , Sprint/Jel øy changed its name to Athene Moss . Trondheims-Ørn won the league , losing only one game . |
...Nightmare | ... nightmare is the fourth release for the Italian hardcore punk band Negazione . |
1980 Buffalo State Bengals football team | The 1980 Buffalo State Bengals football team represents Buffalo State College . They are led by first year head coach Les Dugan and play their home games at Coyer Field . |
1975–76 Cincinnati Stingers season | The 1975 -- 76 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers ' first season of operation in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) . |
1802 in Australia | |
105th Mahratta Light Infantry | The 105th Mahratta Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . The regiment traces their origins to 1768 , when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion , Bombay Sepoys . The regiments first action was during the Mysore Campaign in the Third Anglo-Mysore War . This campaign was followed by the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War , during which the regiment fought in both the major battles the Battle of Seedaseer and the Battle of Seringapatam . They were then used in the punitive expedition in the Beni Boo Ali campaign in 1821 , against the pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf . The regiment was involved in the Siege of Kahun next during the First Afghan War . A detachment of 140 men held off the besieging force from May to September , before being forced to surrender . China was the regiments next destination during the Second Opium War . They were then part of the force used in the annexation of Burma during the Second Burmese War , this being their final action in the 19th century . After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments . In 1922 , the 105th Mahratta Light Infantry became the 2nd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry . After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army . |
1914 in Russia | Events from the year 1914 in Russia |
1994 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles | Monica Seles was the defending champion but did not compete that year . Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6 -- 3 , 7 -- 5 against Chanda Rubin . |
1980 Jordan League | Statistics of Jordan League in the 1980 season . |
184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment | The 184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment ( 184 . izviđački avijacijski puk , 184 . извиђачки авијацијски пук ) was an aviation regiment established in 1948 as the Night Bomber Aviation Regiment ( -LSB- Vazduhoplovni noćni bombarderski puk , links = no -RSB- , Ваздухопловни ноћни бомбардерски пук ) , then the 184th Light Night Bomber Aviation Regiment , before adopting its final name from 1952 until its disestablishment in 1966 . It was equipped with a number of reconnaissance aircraft , from the Soviet-made Polikarpov Po-2 to the North American F-86D Sabre . |
1965–66 ice hockey Bundesliga season | The 1965 -- 66 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the eighth season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga , the top level of ice hockey in Germany . 10 teams participated in the league , and EC Bad Tolz won the championship . |
1958–59 Beşiktaş J.K. season | The 1958-59 season was the club 's 40th official season and their 56th year in existence . The club participated in the final season of the İstanbul Football League finishing in 5th place , behind Fenerbahçe , Galatasaray , Karagümrük and İstanbulspor . By finishing in the top 8 , the team qualified for the inaugural season of the new national league ; Turkish First Football League . By winning the Turkish Federation Cup a season ago Beşiktaş qualified for the European Cup , but lost to Real Madrid 1-3 on aggregate ( 0-2 away , 1-1 home ) in the first round . Real Madrid however would go on to win the cup for a 4th time . Beşiktaş was placed into the `` White Group '' along with Fenerbahçe , Altay , Izmirspor , Ankaragücü , Hacettepe , Beykoz and İstanbulspor . Beşiktaş finished 2nd place behind Fenerbahçe missing the final match , where Fenerbahçe would beat Galatasaray for the title . |
1623 in Italy | An incomplete series of events which occurred in Italy in 1623 : Treaty of Paris - A treaty signed in France by the Savoys and the Venetians , thus also an Italian treaty . |
1996–97 Boston Celtics season | The 1996 -- 97 NBA season was the 51st season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association . Celebrating its 50th anniversary as one of the NBA 's original franchise , the Celtics struggled all season losing players like Dino Radja , Dana Barros , Dee Brown , Greg Minor and Pervis Ellison to injuries . The team suffered through their worst season posting a 13-game losing streak between February and March , then losing ten straight games near the end of the season . The Celtics lost 34 of their final 38 games finishing last place in the Atlantic Division with an awful 15 -- 67 record , which was the team 's worst record in franchise history . Top draft pick Antoine Walker led the team with 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game , while being selected to the All-Rookie First Team . Following the season , head coach M.L. Carr was fired , Rick Fox signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers , David Wesley signed with the Charlotte Hornets , Todd Day signed with the Miami Heat , and second-year forward Eric Williams was traded to the Denver Nuggets . This was also Radja 's final season in the NBA . After failing his physical exam voiding a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers during the offseason , he returned to play in Europe . |
1995 NFL expansion draft | The 1995 National Football League expansion draft was held on February 15 , 1995 . The two new expansion teams , the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars alternated picks from lists of unprotected players from existing franchises . Existing NFL teams made six players available , and the new teams were required to pick a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 42 players . Each time one of the expansion franchises selected a player from an existing team , that team was then permitted to remove a remaining player from its list of available players . In addition to these draft picks , the Panthers received the first pick in the 1995 NFL Draft , and the Jaguars were given the second pick . The Panthers ultimately picked 35 players , while the Jaguars picked 36 . |
115th Pennsylvania Infantry | The 115th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . |
1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships | The Men 's 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade , Yugoslavia from May 6 to 20 . The second edition of this competition , held two years before the Summer Olympics in Moscow , Soviet Union was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA . |
1987 360 km of Jarama | The 1987 Gran Premio Fortuna was the opening round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship . It took place at the Circuito Permanente Del Jarama , Spain on March 22 , 1987 . |
1981 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) | The 16th Infantry Division of the German Army was formed in 1934 . On 26 August 1939 the division was mobilized for the invasion of Poland ( 1939 ) . It participated in the Battle of France in 1940 . The division was then split , resulting in two independent units : The 16th Panzer Division and the 16th Motorized Infantry Division . The latter , from 1944 onward , combined with other non 16th elements , was known as the 116th Panzer Division . |
149th meridian west | The meridian 149 ° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean , North America , the Pacific Ocean , the Southern Ocean , and Antarctica to the South Pole . The 149th meridian west forms a great circle with the 31st meridian east . |
1946–47 Maltese Premier League | Statistics of Maltese Premier League in season 1946/1947 . |
1995 German Grand Prix | The 1995 German Grand Prix ( formally the XXIV Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland ) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 July 1995 at the Hockenheimring , Hockenheim . It was the ninth race of the 1995 Formula One season . The 45-lap race was won by Benetton driver Michael Schumacher after he started from second position . David Coulthard finished second for the Williams team and Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger came in third . It also was the first race since the death of Argentine five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio , who died the Monday after the previous F1 round , the British Grand Prix . |
1993 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain | The 1993 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain was a series of thirteen matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team ( the All Blacks ) in England , Scotland and Wales from October to December 1993 . Twelve of the matches took place in England or Scotland with only the final match against the Barbarians being played in Wales . New Zealand won twelve of their thirteen games , losing only the international match against England -- they won the other international against Scotland |
1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres | The men 's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma , Italy , at Stadio Olimpico on 2 , 3 , and 4 September 1974 . |
1983 BYU Cougars football team | The 1983 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University ( BYU ) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) . The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards , in his twelfth year , and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo , Utah . They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss ( 11 -- 1 , 7 -- 0 WAC ) , and with a victory over Missouri in the Holiday Bowl . The Cougars offense scored 505 points while the defense allowed 247 points . |
1924–25 Prima Divisione | The winner was Bologna F.C. . |
1884 in New Zealand | |
125th Street (IRT Second Avenue Line) | 125th Street was an express station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line . It had three tracks and two island platforms . The next stop to the north was 129th Street for terminating trains and 133rd Street for through trains . The next stop to the south was 121st Street for local trains and 86th Street for express trains . The station closed on June 11 , 1940 . |
1750 Eckert | 1750 Eckert , provisional designation , is a stony slow rotating Hungaria asteroid and Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 7 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 15 July 1950 , by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany . It was named after American astronomer Wallace Eckert . |
1903–04 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team | The 1903-04 team finished with a record 2-5 . It was the first year for head coach Wilbur P. Bowen . Wilbur Bowen became Eastern Michigan 's first athletic director in 1903 . The team captain was Wilbur Morris . |
1962–63 2. Oberliga | The 1962 -- 63 2 . Oberliga was the fourteenth 2 . Oberliga season , the second tier of the football league system in West Germany . The league operated in three regional divisions , South , Southwest and West . In Northern Germany and West Berlin the 2 . Oberliga did not existed , local Amateurligas taking their place instead as the second tier of the league system . It was the last season of the 2 . Oberliga as , following the 1962 -- 63 season , the Bundesliga was introduced which the best Oberliga teams qualified for while the best 2 . Oberliga teams went to the new Regionalligas , the new second tier of the league system . Those teams not qualified for the Regionalligas dropped to the third tier , the Amateurligas . The new Regionalligas covered the same regions as the previous 2 . Oberligas , the Regionalliga Süd taking over from the 2 . Oberliga Süd , the Regionalliga Südwest from the 2 . Oberliga Südwest and the Regionalliga West from the 2 . Oberliga West . In the two regions without 2 . Oberligas Regionalligas were also formed , the Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Berlin . |
1998 Bank of the West Classic | The 1998 Bank of the West Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford , California in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour . The tournament was held from July 27 through August 2 , 1998 . |
1990 All-Pro Team | The 1990 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press , Newspaper Enterprise Association , Pro Football Writers Association , Pro Football Weekly , and The Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 1990 . Both first and second teams are listed for the AP and NEA teams . These are the five teams that are included in Total Football II : The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League . |
1995 Australian Open – Women's Singles | Steffi Graf was the defending champion , however , she did not defend the title and withdrew due to an injury . Mary Pierce defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 -- 3 6 -- 2 in the final to win the Women 's Singles title at the 1995 Australian Open . This was notable the first Grand Slam appearance of future World No. 1 and Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis competed in the main draw . |
115th Regiment of Foot (Prince William's) | The 115th Regiment of Foot ( Prince William 's ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1794 to 1795 . It was raised in May 1794 , named for its colonel Prince William Frederick , Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh , but was disbanded the following year . |
1996 Singer Cup | The 1996 Singer Cup was a triangular cricket tournament held between 1 and 7 April 1996 in Singapore . The competition featured the national cricket teams of India , Sri Lanka and Pakistan . The tournament was won by Pakistan , which defeated Sri Lanka in the final on 7 April . |
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles | The men 's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8 -- 9 . |
1993–94 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season | The 1993 -- 1994 season was the 115th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C. 's existence , and their first season back in the Football League First Division for nine years following promotion from the Football League Second Division . It covers the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 . |
1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Singles | Jimmy Connors was the defending champion of the singles event at the ABN World Tennis Tournament , but did not participate in this edition . First-seeded Björn Borg won the title after a victory in the final against third-seeded John McEnroe 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 2 . |
1985 IAAF World Indoor Games – Men's 800 metres | The men 's 800 metres event at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy on 18 and 19 January . |
17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing | The 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing was a suicide car bomb attack on a bus stop in northern Baghdad , the capital city of Iraq , on 17 June 2008 , killing 51 people and wounding 75 . The attack happened in the Shia neighbourhood of Hurriya . The explosion struck during the early evening rush hour , when the bus stop was crowded with waiting passengers . |
113 and 117 Foregate Street, Chester | 113 and 117 Foregate Street consist of a pair of shops on the north side of Foregate Street , Chester , Cheshire , England . Each of the buildings is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building . The buildings flank a passage leading to the block of flats numbered 115 and known as Parker 's Buildings ; this is also a Grade II listed building . |
1961 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship | The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1961 season in Camogie . The championship was won by Dublin who defeated Tipperary by a ten-point margin in the final . |
1977–78 Algerian Cup | The 1977 -- 78 Algerian Cup is the 16th edition of the Algerian Cup . JS Kawkabi are the defending champions , having beaten NA Hussein Dey 2 -- 1 in the previous season 's final . |
1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup | The 1997 -- 98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started in Beitostølen , Norway , on 22 November 1997 and finished at Holmenkollen , Oslo , Norway , on 14 March 1998 . Thomas Alsgaard of Norway won the overall men 's cup , and Larisa Lazutina of Russia won the women 's . |
1991 World Table Tennis Championships | The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba from April 24 to May 6 , 1991 . |
1840 in Sweden | Events from the year 1840 in Sweden |
1968 Australian Championships – Men's Singles | Roy Emerson was the defending champion but did not compete that year . William Bowrey won in the final 7 -- 5 , 2 -- 6 , 9 -- 7 , 6 -- 4 against Juan Gisbert , Sr. . . |
1973 Virginia Slims Championships | The 1973 Virginia Slims Championships were the second season-ending WTA Tour Championships , the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1973 Virginia Slims circuit . It was held from October 15 to 23 , 1973 in Boca Raton , United States . |
1955 Michigan State Spartans football team | The 1955 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season . In their third season in Big Ten play and their second season under head coach Duffy Daugherty , the Spartans compiled a 9 -- 1 overall record ( 5 -- 1 against Big Ten opponents ) and were ranked No. 2 behind Oklahoma in the final AP Poll . Three Michigan State players were selected by the AP as first-team players on the 1955 All-Big Ten Conference football team : quarterback Earl Morrall , tackle Norm Masters , and guard Carl Nystrom . Halfback Jerry Planutis was selected for the second team . The 1955 Spartans won two of their three annual rivalry games . In the annual Indiana -- Michigan State football rivalry game , the Spartans defeated the Hoosiers by a 20 -- 13 score . In the Notre Dame rivalry game , the Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish by a 21 -- 14 score . And , in the annual Michigan -- Michigan State football rivalry game , the Spartans suffered their only loss , losing to the Wolverines by a 14 -- 7 score . In non-conference play , the Spartans also defeated Stanford , 38 -- 14 , and defeated UCLA , 17 -- 14 , in the 1956 Rose Bowl . |
1999 Citrix Tennis Championships | The 1999 Citrix Tennis Championships was an ATP tournament held in Delray Beach , Florida , United States . The tournament was held from May 3 to May 10 . |
166th Aero Squadron | The 166th Aero Squadron was a Air Service , United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Day Bombardment Squadron , performing long-range bombing attacks on roads and railroads ; destruction of materiel and massed troop formations behind enemy lines . It also performed strategic reconnaissance over enemy-controlled territory , and tactical bombing attacks on enemy forces in support of Army offensive operations . After the 1918 Armistice with Germany , the squadron was assigned to the United States Third Army as part of the Occupation of the Rhineland in Germany . It returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921 , being re-designated as the 49th Squadron ( Bombardment ) . The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron , assigned to the 53d Wing , Barksdale Air Force Base , Louisiana . |
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1989–90 Boston Celtics season | The 1989 -- 90 NBA season was the 44th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association . With Larry Bird returning after playing just six games in the 1988 -- 89 season , the Celtics struggled around .500 during the first month of the season , but would win 11 of their next 15 games , finishing second in the Atlantic Division with a solid 52 -- 30 record . Bird led the way averaging 24.3 points , 9.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game , while being selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game , and selected to the All-NBA Second Team . In the first round of the playoffs , the Celtics looked ready to make a serious run as they jumped out to a 2 -- 0 series lead over the 5th-seeded New York Knicks . However , they would collapse as they lost three straight games , losing 3 -- 2 to the Knicks . Following the season , Dennis Johnson retired and head coach Jim Rodgers was fired . |
1910 Mercer Baptists football team | The 1910 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1910 college football season . |
1971 Australian Open | The 1971 Australian Open , also known under its sponsored name Dunlop Australian Open , was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia from 7 to 14 March . The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Melbourne but was moved to Sydney on account of a $ 125,000 sponsorship deal with Dunlop . The tournament date was moved from its regular January slot to March to accommodate scheduling requirements made by the commercial promotors World Championship Tennis and National Tennis League . It was the 59th edition of the Australian Open , the 17th and final one held in Sydney , and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year . The tournament was part of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit . The singles titles were won by Australians Ken Rosewall and Margaret Court . The tiebreak was introduced for all sets except the deciding set . |
1897 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles | Juliette Atkinson won the singles title by defeating reigning champion Elisabeth Moore 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 3 , 4 -- 6 , 3 -- 6 , 6 -- 3 in the Challenge Round of the 1897 U.S. Women 's National Singles Championship , reversing the result of the previous Championships . Atkinson had won the right to challenge Moore by defeating Edith Kenderdine 6 -- 2 , 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 0 in the final of the All Comers ' competition . The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon Heights , Chestnut Hill , Philadelphia from June 15 through June 19 , 1897 . |
1992 European Cup Final | The 1992 European Cup Final was a football match held on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium , London , between Sampdoria of Italy and Barcelona of Spain . Barcelona won the game 1 -- 0 after extra time , thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick , to record their first triumph in the competition . It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups , and the winner of each one met in the final . In doing so , they became the second Spanish club to win the tournament and the 19th overall . |
1654 in Denmark | Events from the year 1654 in Denmark . |
1945 in radio | The year 1945 in radio involved some significant events . __ TOC __ |
1932 Great Britain Lions tour | The 1932 Great Britain Lions tour was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team of Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and August 1932 . The tour involved a schedule of 26 games , 18 in Australia including a three-test series against Australia for the Ashes and a further 8 in New Zealand including a three-test series against New Zealand . Captained by Welshman Jim Sullivan the Lions returned home having won 23 , lost 2 and drawn 1 of their games . They won the Ashes against Australia 2 -- 1 and made a clean sweep against New Zealand winning all three test matches . Despite being a British team - 6 of the squad were Welsh - the team played as , and were universally referred to by both the press at home and away , as England . |
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