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1932–33 Scottish Division One | The 1932 -- 33 Scottish Division One season was won by Rangers by three points over nearest rival Motherwell . Morton and East Stirlingshire finished 19th and 20th respectively and were relegated to the 1933 -- 34 Scottish Second Division . |
1960 Yorkshire Cup | 1960 Yorkshire Cup 1960 was the fifty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held . Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 16-10 The match was played at Headingley , Leeds , now in West Yorkshire . The attendance was 17,456 and receipts were # 2,937 This was Wakefield Trinity 's first of two consecutive triumphs and the club 's third appearance out of five in a period of nine years ( which included four as cup winners and one as runner-up ) |
1996 Philadelphia Wings season | The 1996 Philadelphia Wings season marked the team 's tenth season of operation . |
1789 in literature | This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1789 . |
1969 Uber Cup | The 1969 Uber Cup was the fifth edition of the Uber Cup , the women 's badminton team competition . The tournament took place in the 1968-1969 badminton season , 18 countries competed . Japan won its second title in the Uber Cup , after beating the Indonesia team in the Final Round in Tokyo , Japan . |
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170-176 John Street Building | 170-176 John Street is a commercial building erected in 1840 facing Burling Slip ( now filled in ) on John Street along the East River in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan . It is one of possibly two surviving granite Greek Revival buildings in all of New York . It was originally known as the Hickson W. Field building ; later , it was used as a ship chandlery and known as the Baker , Carver & Morrell Building . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 . |
1,2-alpha-mannosidase | 1,2-alpha-mannosidase may refer to : alpha-Mannosidase , an enzyme Mannosyl-oligosaccharide 1,2-alpha-mannosidase , an enzyme |
10th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island | The 10th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between November 3 , 1818 , and 1820 . The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island , Charles Douglass Smith . Angus McAulay was elected speaker . |
1980s in science and technology | This page contains the math and technological developments of the 1980s . This article is a summary of the 1980s in science and technology . |
1974 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | 1974 was the tenth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held . This year there was another new name on the trophy when Salford won the trophy by beating Warrington by the score of 10-5 in a replay . The final was played at The Willows , Salford , ( historically in the county of Lancashire ) . The attendance was 4,473 , receipts were # 1913 and the score 0-0 The replay was at Wilderspool . The attendance was 5,778 , receipts were # 2434 and the score 10-5 This was the first ( and only ) Floodlit final to require a replay after a drawn first match |
1992 Manchester bombing | The 1992 Manchester bombing was an attack by the Provisional IRA in December 1992 . Two bombs exploded , wounding 65 people and damaging many buildings in the city of Manchester . |
1983–84 Serie A | The 1983 -- 84 Serie A season was won by Juventus F.C. . It was a tight championship , with reigning champions AS Roma providing strong opposition to the Bianconeri , who obtained the point they needed by drawing 1-1 against Avellino on 6 May , taking the title with one match to spare . |
1953 Speedway National League | The 1953 National League Division One was the eighth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain . New Cross Rangers left the league . Wembley Lions won their fifth consecutive title and their eighth overall . |
1898 New Year Honours | The New Year Honours 1898 were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire . They were published on 1 January 1898 . The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour , and arranged by honour , with classes ( Knight , Knight Grand Cross , etc. ) and then divisions ( Military , Civil , etc. ) as appropriate . |
1999 Cleveland Browns season | The 1999 Cleveland Browns season was the Browns 51st season overall and 47th in the NFL . It marked the return of professional football to the city of Cleveland , Ohio for the first time since the 1995 season , when the franchise was deactivated following the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy , which ultimately established the Baltimore Ravens . |
1979 CFL Draft | The 1979 CFL Draft composed of seven rounds where 81 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 all nine teams making at least one selection in this stage of the draft . |
1982 Cotton Bowl Classic | The 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football game played on January 1 , 1982 . It pitted the # 6 Texas Longhorns against the # 3 Alabama Crimson Tide . Both teams entered the matchup with identical 9 -- 1 -- 1 records . |
1956 Grand National | The 1956 Grand National was the 110th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool , England , on 24 March 1956 . It is probably best remembered for Devon Loch 's sudden and inexplicable fall on the final straight , just 40 yards from a certain victory . The incident is almost always replayed during television build-up coverage on Grand National day . Owned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and ridden by Dick Francis , the well-fancied Devon Loch held a five-length lead over his nearest challenger , E.S.B. , on the run-in to the finishing post , when he suddenly half-jumped into the air and landed in a bellyflop on his stomach , allowing E.S.B. to overtake and win . Although Francis tried to cajole the horse , it was unable to continue . |
1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France | The 1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France was a series of nine matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team ( the All Blacks ) in Italy and France in October and November 1977 . The All Blacks won eight of their nine games , losing only the first of the two internationals against France . |
1978 NFL season | The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League . The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16 . Furthermore , the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference . The wild card teams played each other , with the winner advancing to the playoff round of eight teams . The season ended with Super Bowl XIII when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys at the Orange Bowl in Miami . The average salary for a player in 1978 was under $ 62,600 , up 13.2 percent over the previous year . Fran Tarkenton was the highest-paid quarterback at $ 360,000 and running back O. J. Simpson was the highest paid player , at just under $ 733,400 . |
1880 Princeton Tigers football team | The 1880 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey in the 1880 college football season . The team finished with a 4 -- 0 -- 1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis . This season marked the tenth national championship in 12 years , and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881 . |
1795–1820 in Western fashion | Fashion in the period 1795 -- 1820 in European and European-influenced countries saw the final triumph of undress or informal styles over the brocades , lace , periwigs and powder of the earlier 18th century . In the aftermath of the French Revolution , no one wanted to appear to be a member of the French aristocracy , and people began using clothing more as a form of individual expression of the true self than as a pure indication of social status . As a result , the shifts that occurred in fashion at the turn of the 19th century granted people the opportunity to present new public exterior identities that provided insights into their individual private selves . Katherine Aaslestad indicates how `` fashion , embodying new social values , emerged as a key site of confrontation between tradition and change . '' For women 's dress , the day to day outfit of the skirt and jacket style were practical and tactful , recalling the working class woman . Women 's fashions followed classical ideals , and tightly laced corsets were temporarily abandoned in favor of a high-waisted , natural figure . This natural figure was emphasized by being able to see the body beneath the clothing . Visible breasts were part of this classical look , and some characterized the breasts in fashion as solely aesthetic and sexual . In Britain , Beau Brummell introduced trousers , perfect tailoring , and unadorned , immaculate linen as the ideals of men 's fashion . In Germany , republican city-states relinquished their traditional , modest , and practical garments and started to embrace the French and English fashion trends of short-sleeved chemise dresses and Spencer jackets . American fashion trends emulated French dress , but in a toned down manner with shawls and tunics to cope with the sheerness of the chemise . However , in Spain , members of the Aristocracy , as well as citizens of the lower class , united and rebelled against French enlightenment ideals and fashion by dressing as majas and majos to contain their Spanish pride . By the end of the eighteenth century , a major shift in fashion was taking place that extended beyond changes in mere style to changes in philosophical and social ideals . Prior to this time , the style and traditions of the `` Ancien Régime '' prevented the conceptualization of `` the self '' . Instead , one 's identity was considered malleable ; subject to change depending on what clothes one was wearing . However , by the 1780s , the new , `` natural '' style allowed one 's inner self to transcend their clothes . During the 1790s , there was a new concept of the internal and external self . Before this time , there had only been one self , which was expressed through clothing . When going to a masquerade ball , people wore specific clothing , so they could not show their individuality though their clothing . Since , for everyday dress , most people wore similar clothing , people used accessories to show their individuality . These accessories and the detail on the clothing were more important than the shape of the dress . Incorporated in this new `` natural '' style was the importance of ease and comfort of one 's dress . Not only was there a new emphasis on hygiene , but also clothing became much lighter and more able to be changed and washed frequently . Even upper class women began wearing cropped dresses as opposed to dresses with long trains or hoops that restricted them from leaving their homes . In a sense , women were influenced by male fashion , such as tailored waistcoats and jackets to emphasize women 's mobility . This new movement toward practicality of dress showed that dress no longer was a way to categorize between classes or genders ; dress was meant to suit one 's personal daily routine . It was also during this time period that the fashion magazine and journal industry began to take off . They were most often monthly ( often competing ) periodicals that allowed men and women to keep up with the ever-changing styles . |
1927–28 League of Ireland | The 1927 -- 28 League of Ireland was the seventh season of the League of Ireland and was won by Bohemians . |
1996 Brickyard 400 | The 1996 Brickyard 400 , the 3rd running of the event , was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 3 , 1996 , at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway , Indiana . The race was the nineteenth of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season . Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the pole position with a speed of 176.419 mph , while Robert Yates Racing 's Dale Jarrett won the race . The track had been repaved , and speeds had been reported to have increased by 5 mph . |
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1861 in Ireland | Events from the year 1861 in Ireland . |
1992–93 IIHF European Cup | The 1992-1993 European Cup was the 28th edition of the European Cup , IIHF 's premier European club ice hockey tournament . The season started on October 9 , 1992 , and finished on December 30 , 1992 . The tournament was won by Malmö IF , who beat Dynamo Moscow in the final . |
1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles | Jana Novotná won in the final 4 -- 6 , 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 3 against Magdalena Maleeva . |
1991–92 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | The 1991/92 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 13th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 2nd official World Cup season in ski flying . It began in Thunder Bay , Canada on 1 December 1991 and finished in Planica , Slovenia on 29 March 1992 . The individual World Cup was won by Toni Nieminen and Nations Cup by Austria . Lower competitive circuit this season included the Europa/Continental Cup . |
17th parallel south | The 17th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 17 degrees south of the Earth 's equatorial plane . It crosses the Atlantic Ocean , Africa , the Indian Ocean , Australasia , the Pacific Ocean and South America . |
1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships | The 1999 Men 's Al-Ahram World Team Squash Championships were held in Egypt and took place from September 17 until September 22 , 1999 . |
1987 Dhivehi League | Statistics of Dhivehi League in the 1987 season . |
1955 Summer International University Sports Week | The 1955 Summer International University Sports Week were organised by the International University Sports Federation ( FISU ) and held in San Sebastián , Spain . At these games a number of Athletic events were contested . |
1998 Memphis Tigers football team | The 1998 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season . Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA . The team was led by head coach Rip Scherer , who was fired at the conclusion of the season . The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium . |
1100s | 1100s may refer to : The period from 1100 to 1199 , almost synonymous with the 12th century ( 1101 -- 1200 ) The period from 1100 to 1109 , known as the 1100s decade |
1916 TCU Horned Frogs football team | The 1916 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University ( TCU ) in the 1916 college football season . The Horned Frogs finished the season 6 -- 2 -- 1 overall . The team was coached by Milton Daniel in his first year as head coach . The Frogs played their home games at Clark Field , which was located on campus in Fort Worth , Texas . |
1985–86 Edmonton Oilers season | The 1985 -- 86 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers ' seventh season in the NHL , and they were coming off back to back Stanley Cup Championships . Edmonton would win the Presidents Trophy , as they finished with 119 points , which was a league high and tied the franchise record which was set in the 1983 -- 84 season . The Oilers won the Smythe Division for the 5th consecutive season , and were heavy favourites to win their third-straight Stanley Cup . It was also the fifth consecutive season in which they scored at least 400 goals . However , the Oilers were defeated by the Calgary Flames in the second round . |
1912 in Sweden | thumb | 200px | thumb | right | upright | Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie , the gold and silver medallists in the first women 's individual swimming event Events from the year 1912 in Sweden |
1989 European Tour | The 1989 European Tour was the 18th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour . It marked the tour 's first visit to Asia , with the inaugural Karl Litten Desert Classic . The Order of Merit was won by Northern Ireland 's Ronan Rafferty . |
1999 State of Origin series | The 1999 State of Origin series saw the 18th year that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was contested entirely under ` state of origin ' selection rules . The series was drawn and the shield retained by the previous year 's victors , Queensland . Each team claimed victory in a game and the deciding fixture finished at 10-all . It was the first series to end in a draw . __ TOC __ |
1370s in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1983–84 Liga Artzit | The 1983 -- 84 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Haifa win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit . Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Petah Tikva were also promoted . Hapoel Beit She'an , Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Hapoel Beit Shemesh were all relegated to Liga Alef . |
1995 AFL draft | The 1995 AFL draft was held at the conclusion of the 1995 Australian Football League ( AFL ) season . The AFL draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football clubs that participate in the main competition of that sport , the Australian Football League . Clubs receive picks based on the position in which they finish on the ladder during the season , although these picks can be swapped around by teams for trading players . |
1967 in Norway | Events in the year 1967 in Norway . |
"Civilized" Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness | `` Civilized '' Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness ( Die „ kulturelle `` Sexualmoral und die moderne Nervosität ) is an article published by Sigmund Freud in 1908 , in the journal Sexual-Probleme ( `` Sexual Problems '' ) . Referencing Christian von Ehrenfels ' distinction between cultural and natural sexual morality , Freud explains the etiological significance of cultural sexual morality as a reason for neurosis . At the beginning , Freud states that cultural sexual mores impose constraints on the individual , which can cause damage to the person , which in turn threatens the culture as a whole . While von Ehrenfels argues primarily on the basis of Social Darwinism , saying social sexual morality may prevent male sexual selection in reproduction , Freud focuses on the consequences of socially-imposed repression of the sexual instinct as a cause of neurosis . Culture is based on renunciation of drives . There is therefore a tension between a person 's body , which seeks fulfilment of drives , and the demands of culture to renounce desire . Those who can not conform to these requirements imposed by society are either viewed as criminals and perverts - if they can not fulfil society 's demand for renunciation - or escape into neurosis when the drives are suppressed to such an extent that neurotic substitute pleasures are developed in their stead . Neurosis is thus the negative counterpart of perversion , `` because they -LSB- neurotics -RSB- have the same appetites as the positive perverts in a ` repressed ' state . '' Freud said that the `` perverse '' part of the sex drive is caused by a disturbance in development . The sex drive was originally meant for deriving pleasure , not only at the genitals but also at other erogenous zones ; but education has the purpose of limiting autoeroticism and directing love towards objects other than oneself , finally achieving the `` primacy of genitals put into the service of procreation '' . Thus Freud was one of the first people who said that sexuality by itself does not generate any internal conflict , and explained that the conflict arises only through interaction with the outside world , with its social norms and its expectation of repression of instincts , which leads to disease ( repression thesis ) . The suppressed perverse drives are ideally channeled through sublimation and harnessed for cultural work . The sex drive in humans is aperiodic and is divorced from reproduction . Therefore , it can be metonymically shifted and applied to other areas . Thus , culture benefits to a great extent - and is even dependent - on sexual energy that is redirected through sublimation . Therefore , Freud concluded that a complete renunciation of the sex drive is detrimental to culture . Abstinence only produces `` brave weaklings '' , but not great thinkers with bold ideas . Freud thus describes the dilemma of culture , which simultaneously calls for renunciation while still needing the sexual instinct to preserve itself . The repression model that imposes cultural sexual morality should therefore be abandoned in favor of a sublimation , displacement , and distribution model of sexual energies . |
.25 Remington | The .25 Remington ( also known as the .25 Remington Auto-Loading ) is an American rifle cartridge . A rimless , smokeless powder design , this cartridge was considered to be very accurate by period firearm experts and suitable for game up to deer and black bear . The .25 Remington cartridge dates to 1906 and its introduction by Remington in the Model 8 rifle . Other rifles chambered for the .25 Remington include the Remington 14 slide-action , Remington 30 bolt action , Stevens 425 lever-action , and Standard Arms rifles . Due to their similar dimensions , the .25 Remington , .30 Remington , and .32 Remington together were known as the Remington Rimless cartridge series . Firearm manufacturers generally offered all three of these cartridges as chamberings in a rifle model rather than just one of the series . The series was competitive with Winchester Repeating Arms Company 's contemporary lever action offerings : .25 -35 Winchester , .30 -30 , and .32 Winchester Special . The .25 Remington case was shortened and necked down to .22 caliber to form Lysle Kilbourn 's wildcat .22 Kilbourn Magnum Junior and the rimless version of Leslie Lindahl 's wildcat .22 Chucker . Harvey Donaldson also used the .25 Remington case in early experiments that would eventually lead to the creation of the .219 Donaldson Wasp . Donaldson later switched his experimentation to Winchester .219 Zipper brass after the launch of that cartridge in 1937 . |
1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final | The 1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 1995 , to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of the Football League in the 1994 -- 95 season . It was contested by Chesterfield , who finished third in the Third Division table , and Bury , who finished fourth . The teams reached the final by defeating Mansfield Town and Preston North End respectively in the two-legged semi-finals . Chesterfield won the match 2 -- 0 thanks to goals from Tony Lormor and Phil Robinson to gain promotion back to the third tier of English football five seasons after being relegated . For the club 's manager , John Duncan , it was his second success with Chesterfield as a manager , having won the Fourth Division title in 1985 . His counterpart , Mike Walsh , parted company with Bury less than four months later . |
1985 Women's European Volleyball Championship | The 1985 Women 's European Volleyball Championship was the fourteenth edition of the event , organised by Europe 's governing volleyball body , the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball . It was hosted in several cities in the Netherlands from 29 September to 6 October 1985 , with the final round held in Arnhem . |
172nd Battalion (Rocky Mountain Rangers), CEF | The 172nd ( Rocky Mountain Rangers ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Kamloops , British Columbia , the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in Kamloops and district . After sailing to England in October 1916 , the battalion was absorbed into the 24th Reserve Battalion on January 1 , 1917 . The 172nd ( Rocky Mountain Rangers ) Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut-Col . J. R. Vicars . |
1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season . The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes : 500cc , 350cc , 250cc , 125cc and Sidecars 600cc . It began on 17 June , with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 4 September . |
1969 European Karate Championships | The 1969 European Karate Championships , the 4th edition , was held in the sports complex of Crystal Palace in London , England , from May 2 to 4 , 1969 . |
10th Massachusetts Regiment | The 10th Massachusetts Regiment was a military regiment in the American Revolutionary War . It was authorized on 16 September 1776 in the Continental Army under Colonel Marshall at Boston , Massachusetts as eight companies of volunteers from Worcester , Middlesex , Essex , Bristol , Hampshire , Plymouth , and Suffolk counties of the colony of Massachusetts and Cheshire county of the colony of New Hampshire . On 13 August 1777 the regiment was assigned to 3d Massachusetts Brigade in the Northern Department . The brigade was reassigned to the main Continental Army on 27 October 1777 . On 20 November 1778 the brigade was reassigned to the Highland 's Department and on 12 May 1779 was re-organized to nine companies . On 1 January 1781 the regiment was reassigned to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade of the Highland 's Department . On 18 June 1781 the regiment was reassigned to the New Hampshire Brigade . This brigade was reassigned from the Highland 's Department to the Northern Department on 14 October 1781 . The regiment was relieved from this brigade on 12 November 1781 and assigned to the Highland 's Department . On 29 August 1782 the regiment was assigned to the New Hampshire Brigade in the Northern Department . It was relieved from this brigade on 26 October 1782 and assigned to the Highland 's Department . The regiment was disbanded on 15 November 1783 at West Point , New York . The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth . Colonel Thomas Marshall was commanding officer of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment from 6 November 1776 until 1 January 1781 . Colonel Benjamin Tupper was commanding officer from 1 January 1781 until 1 January 1783 . |
1982–83 Tercera División | The 1982 -- 83 Tercera División season was the 6th season since establishment as the 4th tier . |
101st Logistic Brigade | 101 Logistic Brigade came into being during 1999 and is subordinate to HQ Force Troops Command . It was formerly known as the Combat Services Support Group ( UK ) ( CSSG ( UK ) ) . Under the Army 2020 plan , it has shifted under 3rd Division ( United Kingdom ) . |
1965–66 Iraq FA Premier League | The 1965 -- 66 Iraq FA Premier League was the 11th season of what is now known as the League of the Institutes ( the top division of Iraqi football from 1948 to 1974 ) , and the first under the name of Premier League ; it was open to teams from Baghdad . It kicked off on 15 October 1965 and ended on 2 June 1966 . This was the first season in the history of Iraqi football that featured a double round-robin format where each team played all the other teams in the league twice , once home and once away . Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha won their first league title , which was also the first title in the history of the Army clubs that were merged to form Al-Jaish in 1974 . Al-Firqa Al-Thalatha also beat runners-up Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 -- 0 in the one-match Al-Muthabara Cup . |
1996 Canadian Figure Skating Championships | The 1996 Canadian Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada , the nation 's figure skating governing body . Skaters compete at the senior , junior , and novice levels in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . There was also a senior fours competition . The top finishers are named to Canada 's world team , which competes at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships , the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships , and the World Figure Skating Championships . The competition took place from February 7 to 11 in Ottawa , Ontario . |
1941 National Challenge Cup | The 1941 National Challenge Cup was the 28th edition of the United States Football Association 's annual open cup . Today , the tournament is known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup . Teams from the American Soccer League II competed in the tournament , based on qualification methods in their base region . Pawtucket F.C. from Pawtucket , Rhode Island won the tournament for first time defeating , Detroit Chrysler of Detroit , Michigan in the process . |
1975–76 French Division 1 | AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1975/1976 of the French Association Football League with 57 points . |
1934 in Norway | Events in the year 1934 in Norway . |
1914 SAFL Grand Final | The 1914 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition . Port Adelaide beat North Adelaide by 93 to 14 . |
1963 in South Vietnam | The following lists events that happened during 1963 in South Vietnam . |
1987 New England Patriots season | The New England Patriots finished the National Football League 's strike-shortened 1987 season with a record of eight wins and seven losses , and finished tied for second in the AFC East Division . |
1785 in France | Events from the year 1785 in France . |
1960 Buffalo Bills season | The 1960 Buffalo Bills season was the team 's first season in the American Football League ( AFL ) . Home games were played at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo , New York . Head Coach Buster Ramsey 's Bills compiled a 5 -- 8 -- 1 record , placing them third in the AFL Eastern Division . Unlike most of the offensive-minded AFL , the Bills focused on defense , allowing the third-fewest points in the league ( 303 ) . Their defensive line boasted Laverne Torczon and Chuck McMurtry ( both of whom were 1st Team All-AFL in 1960 ) , as well as a mobile , hard-hitting middle linebacker in Archie Matsos , who was AFL All-Star in each of the three seasons he spent in Buffalo . The Bills ' defense led the league in fewest passing yards allowed ( 2,130 ) and most passes intercepted ( 33 ) , with NFL veterans Richie McCabe and Jim Wagstaff in their secondary . The Bills ' offense , however , was not as competent . The 1960 Bills had the worst passing attack in the AFL , throwing for 2,346 yards . Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Tommy O'Connell started the season 1 -- 3 before being replaced by Johnny Green . Green would go 3 -- 3 as a starter , despite only completing 39 % of his passes . Richie Lucas , the Bills ' first ever draft pick , was a bust , both at quarterback and at halfback , throwing only 49 passes all season . The Bills did show glimmers of hope on offense , however , by showcasing running back Wray Carlton and flanker Elbert `` Golden Wheels '' Dubenion , who would later go on to be AFL All-Stars for the Bills in the mid-1960s . |
1 Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) | 1 Anti-Aircraft Corps ( 1 AA Corps ) was a high-level formation of Britain 's Anti-Aircraft Command from 1940 to 1942 . It defended Southern England and Wales during the Blitz and the middle years of World War II . |
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1992–93 Olympique de Marseille season | During the 1992 -- 93 French football season , Olympique de Marseille competed in French Division 1 . |
1929 Major League Baseball season | The 1929 Major League Baseball season . |
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1920 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship | The 1920 Big Ten Conference Men 's Golf Championship was held October 22 -- 23 , 1920 at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields , Illinois . The team champion was Drake with a match play score of 28 down . |
1987 Meath Intermediate Football Championship | The 1987 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 61st edition of the Meath GAA 's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath , Ireland . The tournament consists of 19 teams . The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage . This was Bellewstown 's first ever year the grade as they were promoted from the J.F.C. after claiming the 1986 Meath Junior Football Championship title , beating Simonstown Gaels in the final . Ballivor were relegated from the S.F.C. last year , and returned to the middle grade after a 5-year absence . On 18 October 1987 , Oldcastle claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Dunderry 5-6 to 3-4 in the final at Kells . |
1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship | The 1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 9th edition of the series and the last to be run under Group A regulations . It began at Mine Central Circuit on 14 March and finished after nine events at Fuji Speedway on 31 October . The championship was won by Masahiko Kageyama , driving for Team Impul . |
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1967 Blue Swords | The 1967 Blue Swords ( Pokal der Blauen Schwerter ) was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt , East Germany . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating and ice dancing . East Germany 's Günter Zöller outscored the Soviet Union 's Vladimir Kurenbin for gold in the man 's category . East Germans swept the ladies ' podium , led by Beate Richter , who won her first gold medal at the event after three previous podium results . Soviet ice dancers Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov defeated the defending champions , Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger of East Germany , who had beaten them a year earlier . |
1954–55 Syracuse Nationals season | With the NBA struggling financially and down to just 8 teams , Nationals owner Danny Biasone suggested that the league limit the amount of time taken for a shot . Biasone was upset with the stalling tactics of opposing teams . During the summer of 1954 , Biasone had gotten together some of his pros and a group of high school players and timed them with a stopwatch . Most shots were taken within 12 seconds , Biasone discovered . Biasone calculated that a 24-second shot clock would allow at least 30 shots per quarter and assist in increasing scoring . The result would speed up a game that often ended with long periods of teams just holding the ball . Quickness and athletic ability became prized as they never had been before . Excessive fouling did n't disappear completely , but just about everyone concluded that the clock was good for the game . The shot clock was a success with the result that scoring was up 14 points per game league wide . In the first season of the shot clock , the Nats would take first place in the Eastern Division with a 43 -- 29 record . |
1983 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship | The 1983 NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Championship was the 24th organized men 's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association , to determine the top college soccer team in the United States . The Indiana Hoosiers won their second consecutive national title by defeating the Columbia Lions in the championship game , 1-0 , after one overtime period . The final match was played on December 10 , 1983 , in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , at Lockhart Stadium for the second straight year . |
1754 in Russia | Events from the year 1754 in Russia |
107 Piscium | 107 Piscium ( abbreviated 107 Psc ) is a K-type main sequence star in the constellation of Pisces , about 24.4 light years away from the Earth . 107 Piscium is the Flamsteed designation . It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 5.14 and 5.26 . |
1573 in India | Events from the year 1573 in India . |
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1974 Ice Hockey World Championships | The 1974 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 41st Ice Hockey World Championships and the 52nd European Championships in ice hockey . The tournament took place in Finland from 5 April to 20 April and the games were played in the capital , Helsinki . Six teams took part in the main tournament , all playing each other twice . The Soviet Union won the world championships for the 13th time , and also won their 16th European title . For the first time in ice hockey World Championship history , two players were suspended for doping . They were the Swede Ulf Nilsson and the Finn Stig Wetzell who tested positive for the forbidden substance ephedrine . Both players were suspended for the rest of the tournament . Nilsson tested positive after Sweden 's game against Poland , which Sweden won 4-1 . The game was awarded to Poland as a 5-0 walkover . The Finn , Wetzell , tested positive after Finland 's match against Czechoslovakia , which Finland won 5-2 , which was also awarded to Czechoslovakia as a 5-0 walkover . The Finns were able to defeat the Czechs again on the last day , which would have earned them their first medal in history , if not for the positive drug test . |
1972 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team | The 1972 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1972 college football season . In their sixth season under head coach Dan Boisture , the Hurons compiled a 6 -- 4 record and outscored their opponents , 202 to 162 . The team opened the season losing three of its first four games but ended the season with a 5 -- 1 record in the final six games , including a 28 -- 3 victory over Central Michigan . |
1940 VFL Grand Final | The 1940 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1940 . It was the 44th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1940 VFL season . The match , attended by 70,330 spectators , was won by Melbourne by a margin of 39 points , marking that club 's fourth premiership victory . This was Melbourne 's second successive premiership , having defeated Collingwood in the 1939 VFL Grand Final . |
1990 in British music | This is a summary of 1990 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year . |
1975 in Rhodesia | The following lists events that happened during 1975 in the Republic of Rhodesia . |
1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team | The 1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) during the 1959 college football season . In their fifth season under head coach Doyt Perry , the Falcons compiled a perfect 9 -- 0 record ( 6 -- 0 against MAC opponents ) , won the MAC championship , and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 274 to 83 . The team was voted by the United Press International Board of Coaches as the 1959 national small college champion . The team was inducted as a group into the Bowling Green Hall of Fame in 2013 . The team 's statistical leaders were Bob Colburn with 788 passing yards , Chuck Comer with 361 rushing yards , and Bernie Casey with 264 receiving yards . Colburn and tackle Bob Zimpfer were selected by the UPI as first-team All-Ohio players . Colburn received the team 's Most Valuable Player award . Jack Harbaugh , who later gained fame as a football coach , set a school record with three interceptions in a 1959 game against Delaware . |
1999 Bangabandhu Cup | 1999 Bangabandhu Cup was the second season of the Bangabandhu Cup , after the first edition was held in 1996-7 . The second edition ran from 27 August 1999 to 7 September 1999 . The first game was a Group D encounter between Japan League XI and Indonesian Football Club Semen Padang . Japan League XI went on to win the cup after defeating Ghana Olympic team 3-2 in the finals . Bangabandhu Cup was discontinued since the 1999 edition due to ever-changing political scenario of the country coinciding with the receding popularity of the football in Bangladesh . Bangabandhu Gold Cup was relaunched again in 2015 . The third edition is set to start from 29 January 2015 . |
1904 Washington Senators season | The 1904 Washington Senators won 38 games , lost 113 , and finished in eighth place in the American League . They were managed by Malachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan and played home games at National Park . |
1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team | The 1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1959 Big Ten 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 Phil Dickens , in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers . |
1976 Taxi Aereo el Venado Douglas DC-4 accident | The Taxi Aereo el Venado Douglas DC-4 accident occurred on 15 January 1976 when DC-4 HK-127 , crashed 50 km from Bogota when it hit a mountain and was destroyed killing all 13 on board . |
19th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) | The 19th Infantry Division was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II . |
1912 in film | The year 1912 in film involved some significant events . __ TOC __ |
1993–94 Manchester City F.C. season | The 1993 -- 94 season was Manchester City 's fifth consecutive season in the top tier of English football , and their second in the Premier League . |
1932–33 FC Basel season | The 1932 -- 33 season was the Fussball Club Basel 1893 's 40th season in their existence and their 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football . They played their home games in the Landhof , in the Quarter Kleinbasel . |
1911 SAFL Grand Final | The 1911 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition . West Adelaide beat Port Adelaide by 51 to 46 . |
1931 European Figure Skating Championships | The 1931 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1930-1931 season . Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion . Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies ' singles , men 's singles , and pair skating . In 1931 , the European Championships were held in Vienna , Austria . |
1998 Vail arson attacks | On the morning of October 19 , 1998 a group of people part of the Earth Liberation Front set fires to several lifts and buildings at Vail Ski Resort . This was one of the worst ecoterrorism attacks in the history of the United States , causing $ 12 million in damages , which caught the attention of the nation . The fires were set at Two Elk Lodge , and destroyed multiple buildings on Vail Mountain , including Two Elk Restaurant . In 2006 , Chelsea Dawn Gerlach and Stanislas Gregory Meyerhoff both pleaded guilty to the attacks . Only Josephine Sunshine Overaker still remains at large . |
.17 Winchester Super Magnum | .17 Winchester Super Magnum , is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Winchester in 2012 . It descended from the .27 caliber nail gun blank by necking down the blank case to take a .17 caliber ( 4.5 mm ) bullet . Initial loadings were with a 20 grain bullet , delivering muzzle velocities around 3000 ft/s . |
1915–16 Sheffield United F.C. season | The 1915-16 season was the 27th season in existence for Sheffield United . Following the outbreak of World War I the English Football League and cup competitions were suspended , instead the team played in two regional competitions competing in the Midland section . With players away on active service or engaged in the war effort the first team squad was augmented by a series of guest players . These players were usually local born footballers who were home on leave from the army or had returned to the city to take up their former professions . Some were former Blades players whilst others would go on to sign for the club after the end of the war . At this time the club did not employ a manager , with the team being selected by the Football Committee although the club secretary , John Nicholson , undertook many of the duties now associated with a team manager . |
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