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1943 in Malaya | 1943 In Malaya . Malaya under Japanese occupation . |
14 Bis (band) | 14 Bis is a Brazilian pop-rock band . The band took its name from Santos-Dumont 's 14 Bis airplane . The band was formed in 1979 in the state of Minas Gerais , when the members of two bands , O Terço and `` Bendegó '' decided to merge . Flávio Venturini and Vermelho , two founding members of 14 Bis , were also members of the Clube da Esquina band . Música popular brasileira is a strong element in many of 14 Bis compositions . The influence of progressive rock and caipira ( hillbilly ) is evident in many of its compositions , such as in their use of analog keyboards and complex vocal arrangements . The group reached the peak of their success during the 1980s with notable compositions and performance of popular Brazilian songs . Due to the mild , often happy and soothing theme of many of its compositions , the band was quite popular among children . |
1953–54 Luxembourg National Division | Statistics of Luxembourg National Division in season 1953/1954 . |
1686 in science | The year 1686 in science and technology involved some significant events . |
1800 in birding and ornithology | Georg Adolf Suckow , 1800-1801 . François Marie Daudin Johann Conrad Susemihl began a 22 part work on the birds of Germany , '' '' completed in 1817 . Jacques Labillardière published the very popular Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse . Death of Johann Hermann Death of Jean-Baptiste Audebert Death of François-Nicolas Martinet Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour sailed from France as a naturalist on Nicolas Baudin 's expedition to Australia . In April 1803 he fell ill and had to be put ashore at Timor . He spent the next three years on Java returning to France in July 1807 with a large collection of plants and birds . Many of the new bird species found on the Baudin Expedition were described by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in ( 1816 -- 1819 ) . The specimens are in Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris . Category : Years in birding and ornithology Category :1800 in science |
1981 Edmonton Eskimos season | The 1981 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 14 -- 1 -- 1 record and won their fourth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 69th Grey Cup . |
1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final | The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland . Kerry won by double scores , their scorers being as follows : Johnny Skinner ( 1-02 ) ; Paddy Mullane ( 0-03 ) ; Jack Kennelly ( 0-02 ) ; Tom Costello ( Gaelic footballer ) ( 0-01 ) ; Dick Fitzgerald This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Louth . |
1993 DPR Korea League | Statistics of DPR Korea League in the 1993 season . |
1993 California Golden Bears football team | The 1993 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California , Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10 ) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their second year under head coach Keith Gilbertson , the Golden Bears compiled a 9 -- 4 record ( 4 -- 4 against Pac-10 opponents ) , finished in a tie for fifth place in the Pac-10 , and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 411 to 303 . The team 's statistical leaders included Dave Barr with 2,619 passing yards , Lindsey Chapman with 1,037 rushing yards , and Mike Caldwell with 962 receiving yards . |
1991–92 División de Honor de Futsal | The 1992 -- 93 season of the División de Honor de Futsal was the 3rd season of top-tier futsal in Spain . It was played in two rounds . At first round teams were drawn in two groups of 10/11 teams every one , advancing eight first to second round for title . Two/three last advanced to second round for permanence . |
1965 Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football team | The 1965 Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football team represented the Quantico Marine Base in the 1965 college football season . |
1998 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles | Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year . Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 3 against Julie Halard-Decugis and Janette Husárová . |
1990 AFL Grand Final | The 1990 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Essendon Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 6 October 1990 . It was the 94th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ) , staged to determine the premiers for the 1990 AFL season . The match , attended by 98,944 spectators , was won by Collingwood by a margin of 48 points , marking that club 's 14th premiership victory . |
1893 VAMC football team | The 1893 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1893 college football season . The team was led by their head coach E. A. Smyth and finished with a record of zero wins and two losses ( 0 -- 2 ) . |
1998 Abierto Mexicano Telcel | The 1998 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a men 's tennis tournament played on Clay in Mexico City , Mexico that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour . It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 26 October -- 1 November . |
1934 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles | Fred Perry ( GBR ) defeated Jack Crawford ( AUS ) 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 0 , 7 -- 5 in the final to win the Gentlemen 's Singles tennis title at the 1934 Wimbledon Championships . |
1. FK Příbram | 1 . FK Příbram is a Czech football club from Příbram . It is the legal successor to Dukla Prague , a club which won 11 national league titles between 1953 and 1982 . |
1997 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships | The 1997 U.S. Men 's Clay Court Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals men 's tennis tournament held in Orlando , Florida in the United States . It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from April 21 to April 28 . Michael Chang won the singles title . |
1972 in chess | Events in chess in 1972 ; |
1957 Long Beach State 49ers football team | The 1957 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented Long Beach State CollegeCalifornia State University , Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 -- 1963 . See : Long Beach State during the 1957 College Division football season . The 49ers were in their third year of existence . 1957 was the first year the 49ers played in the California Collegiate Athletic Association ( CCAA ) . They had played as an independent since they started in 1955 . The team was led by head coach Mike DeLotto , in his third year , and played home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach , California . They finished the season with a record of three wins and five losses ( 3 -- 5 , 0 -- 3 CCAA ) . |
1982 French Open – Women's Doubles | The Women 's Doubles tournament at the 1982 French Open was held from 24 May until 6 June 1982 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris , France . Martina Navratilova and Anne Smith won the title , defeating Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull in the final . |
1953 Torneo di Viareggio | The 1953 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio ( in English , the Viareggio Tournament , officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale ) , the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio , Tuscany , are listed below . |
1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | These are the results of the Men 's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens , Greece on 3 , 4 and 6 August . |
1991–92 Serbian Hockey League season | The 1991 -- 92 Serbian Hockey League season was the first season of the league after the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League was dissolved after the 1990 -- 91 season . KHK Crvena Zvezda won the inaugural Serbian Championship . |
1947 Paris–Roubaix | The 1947 Paris -- Roubaix was the 45th edition of the Paris -- Roubaix , a classic one-day cycle race in France . The single day event was held on 6 April 1947 and stretched 246 km from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome . The winner was Georges Claes from Belgium . |
1993 Bournemouth bombing | On 13 August 1993 , the IRA planted 8 bombs around the British town of Bournemouth of which 5 were detonated in 2 separate attacks . In the first , 4 bombs out of 6 were detonated in the town centre destroying a Maples furniture store and damaging 3 other shops . Later that day , a bomb went off on Bournemouth Pier which caused structural damage and another was defused by police . Only minor injuries were reported . The morning before the bombings occurred a bomb warning was called into the Brighton police . The caller claimed to be with the IRA and warned police of possible attacks on the town of Bournemouth , as well as , the cities of Brighton and Torquay . |
1910 Arkansas Razorbacks football team | The 1910 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1910 college football season . In their third year under head coach Hugo Bezdek , the Razorbacks compiled a 7 -- 1 record , shut out five of eight opponents , and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 221 to 19 . The 1910 seasons was the first in which the Arkansas football team was nicknamed `` Razorbacks '' instead of Cardinals . According to team lore , the change was inspired when coach Bezdek congratulated his undefeated 1909 team by saying they `` fought like a band of wild razorback hogs '' . However , the razorback was gaining fame by 1906 as an indigenous Arkansan hog `` that has no fear or reason '' , and there are published accounts of the nickname being in use for the football team well prior to the 1910 season . Also , in March 1910 , the Arkansas Land Congress adopted a resolution to advertise the State of Arkansas by sending one of the state 's razor back hogs on a cross-country publicity tour to refute the saying that `` even hogs can not be raised in Arkansas . '' One source suggests the nickname dates to 1905 . On October 22 , 1910 , Texas Southwestern scored to lead 12 -- 8 with less than two minutes to play . On the ensuing kickoff return , Steve Creekmore threw a lateral pass all the way across field to Russell May who went down the sideline 75 yards for a touchdown and the 13 -- 12 victory . Touchdowns were worth five points in 1910 . |
1996 Gulf Cup of Nations | The 13th Gulf Cup of Nations or Arabian Gulf Cup , was held in Oman , in October 1996 . The tournament was won by Kuwait for the 8th time Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament because of invasion of Kuwait in 1990 . |
1986 NatWest Trophy | The 1986 NatWest Trophy was the 6th NatWest Trophy . It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 6 September 1986 . The tournament was won by Sussex County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 7 wickets in the final at Lord 's . |
11th meridian west | The meridian 11 ° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean , the Atlantic Ocean , Africa , the Southern Ocean , and Antarctica to the South Pole . The 11th meridian west forms a great circle with the 169th meridian east . |
1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final | The 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 33rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland . |
.realtor | . realtor is an active generic top-level domain ( gTLD ) intended for real estate brokers who are members of the National Association of Realtors or the Canadian Real Estate Association . The registry for . realtor is run by Real Estate Domains ( RED ) . The sole registrar of . realtor domains is Real Estate Domains LLC . |
1992–93 Reading F.C. season | During the 1992 -- 93 English football season , Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division . In 1991 , following the breakaway of the 22 First Division clubs to form the Premier League , the Football League divisions were renamed . As a result of the re-branding , the Third Division was renamed the Second Division . Reading went on to finish 8th in the league , missing out on the play-offs by 3 points , reached the Third round of the FA Cup and the Second round of both the League Cup and League Trophy . |
16th (Schleswig-Holstein) Hussars "Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary" | The 16th ( Schleswig-Holstein ) Hussars `` Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria , King of Hungary '' were a cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army . The regiment was formed in 1866 . It fought in the Franco-Prussian war and World War I . In 1872 it was named after Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria , who became its colonel-in-chief . The regiment was stationed in Gottorf Castle until its disbanding in 1918 . |
114th Guards Airborne Division | The 114th Guards Airborne Division was a Red Army airborne division . It was first formed as the 14th Guards Airborne Division . In December 1944 , it was converted to the 114th Guards Rifle Division and became an airborne unit again in June 1946 . |
1968 in Chile | The following lists events that happened during 1968 in Chile . |
1949 Washington Redskins season | The 1949 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 7 -- 5 record from 1948 . |
1885 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1983–84 IIHF European Cup | The 1983-1984 European Cup was the 19th edition of the European Cup , IIHF 's premier European club ice hockey tournament . The season started on October 5 , 1983 , and finished on August 12 , 1984 . The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow , who won the final group . |
1994 African Cup Winners' Cup | The 1994 African Cup Winners ' Cup football club tournament was won by DC Motema Pembe in two-legged final victory against Kenya Breweries , who were later renamed to Tusker F.C. in 1999 . This was the twentieth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country 's domestic cup . Thirty-five sides entered the competition and despite the relatively small number of competitors , nine teams were either disqualified or decided to withdraw during the preliminary and first rounds of the competition , where AS Cimelta and Black Africa withdrew before 1st leg of the preliminary round , Al Ahly withdraw before the 1st leg of the first round due to political reasons while Renaissance withdrew after the 1st leg of the first round . On the other hand , teams from Benin , Uganda and Zimbabwe were disqualified because their federations were in debt to CAF ; Power Dynamos were disqualified because the Zambian federation did not name its entrant in time as well as the Mauritanian side ASC SNIM . Another two teams withdrew before the 1st leg of the second round , Rayon Sports from Rwanda and LPRC Oilers from Liberia . |
1926 Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team | The 1926 Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team represented the Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team during the 1926 college football season . The team led the nation with 558 points , and Mayes McLain posted a record 38 touchdowns . Prior to the Rose Bowl , they had a scrimmage with Stanford and won . McLain opened the 1926 season with two touchdowns in a 65 -- 0 victory over Drury College and followed the next week with eight touchdowns and seven extra point kicks in a 57 -- 0 rout of Wichita . After scoring 55 points against Wichita , The Wichita Eagle wrote , `` McLain put up the most astonishing exhibition of football ever seen in Wichita . '' |
1069 | Year 1069 ( MLXIX ) was a common year starting on Thursday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar . |
1,6-alpha-L-fucosidase | In enzymology , a 1,6-alpha-L-fucosidase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Hydrolysis of 1,6-linkages between alpha-L-fucose and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in glycopeptides such as immunoglobulin G glycopeptide and fucosyl-asialo-agalacto-fetuin This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases , specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse O - and S-glycosyl compounds . The systematic name of this enzyme class is 1,6-L-fucosyl-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylglycopeptide fucohydrolase . This enzyme is also called alpha-L-fucosidase . |
1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene | 1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene is a nitrated benzene-derivative that is classified as a high explosive , being moderately explosive in liquid form and extremely explosive in its dry powder form . It has a clear to light yellow sludgy appearance . It will detonate under strong shock . High temperatures , whether by sudden heating of any quantity , or by the accumulation of heat when large quantities are burning , will also cause detonation . The material can react vigorously with reducing materials and is incompatible with sodium dichromate or sulfuric acid . It must be stored in a cool , ventilated place , away from acute fire hazards and easily oxidized materials . It also reacts violently with aluminium , boron phosphide , cyanides , esters , PN2H , phosphorus , NaCN , SnC12 , sodium hypophosphite , thiocyanates , etc. . When heated to decomposition it emits highly toxic fumes of NOx . It is an extremely powerful oxidizing agent which may cause violent reaction with reducing materials . |
1997 Estoril Open – Men's Singles | Thomas Muster was the defending champion , but did not participate this year . Àlex Corretja won the tournament , beating Francisco Clavet in the final , 6 -- 3 , 7 -- 5 . |
1849 in Russia | Events from the year 1849 in Russia |
1983 in sports | 1983 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport . |
1984 World Indoor Bowls Championship | The 1984 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club , North Lanarkshire , Scotland , from 7 -- 12 February 1984 . Jim Baker won the title beating Nigel Smith in the final 21-18 . |
1967 Svenska Cupen Final | The 1967 Svenska Cupen final took place on 1 November 1967 at Idrottsparken in Norrköping . It was the first final since 1953 and the second consecutive final between Allsvenskan sides Malmö FF and IFK Norrköping . IFK Norrköping played their fifth final in total and Malmö FF played their seventh final in total . Malmö FF won their third consecutive final and their sixth title with a 2 -- 0 victory . |
1915 in Australian literature | This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1915 . For an overview of world literature see 1915 in literature . See also : 1914 in Australian literature , 1915 in Australia , 1916 in Australian literature . |
1995–96 Albanian Superliga | Statistics of Albanian Superliga in the 1995/1996 season . |
1936 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team | The 1936 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1936 college football season . This was the 36th year of football at A&M and the first under Ted Cox who formerly coached at Tulane . The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater , Oklahoma . They finished the season 1 -- 9 , 1 -- 2 in the Missouri Valley Conference . |
1938 Cincinnati Reds season | The 1938 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball . The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82 -- 68 , 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs . |
1953 Yugoslav Women's Basketball League | The 1953 Yugoslav Women 's Basketball League is the 9th season of the Yugoslav Women 's Basketball League , the highest professional basketball league in Yugoslavia for women 's . Championships is played in 1953 and played four teams . Champion for this season is Crvena zvezda . |
15 ATV | 15 ATV is the Aruba NBC affiliate , broadcasting on Channel 15 on SETAR 's Cable TV system and Channel 8 on terrestrial television in the NTSC television standard . The station has the call-sign of PJA-TV ( following the standard in the Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles , with PJ callsigns ) , though it goes by its branding of `` ATV '' . The station is an NBC licensee , the only one not located in the United States ( following the 2014 closure of VSB-TV in Bermuda ) , airing many American television programs for the tourists in the area , with programming from WNBC New York City during primetime and overnight hours . 15 ATV also broadcasts several local productions , including Noticia Awenochi , Time Out , Mesa Rondo , 15 On 15 , Pulso Latino , Trend Alert , Stylish Living and live coverage of events and breaking news . 15 ATV 's studios are located at Royal Plaza Mall in downtown Oranjestad . |
1859 in Chile | Events in the year 1859 in Chile . |
1816 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1816 in the United Kingdom . |
1977 Australian Open (December) | The 1977 Australian Open ( December ) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . The tournament was held from 19 to 31 December 1977 . Due to a scheduling change two Australian Opens took place in 1977 with the first taking place in January . |
1976 Cameroonian Premier League | Statistics of MTN Elite one in season 1976 . |
1989 LPGA Tour | The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950 . The season ran from January 13 to November 5 . The season consisted of 33 official money events . Betsy King won the most tournaments , six . She also led the money list with earnings of $ 654,132 . There were seven first-time winners in 1989 : Tina Barrett , Elaine Crosby , Allison Finney , Lori Garbacz , Tammie Green , Robin Hood , and Dottie Mochrie . The tournament results and award winners are listed below . |
1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season | The 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 52nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise ; the 47th in the National League . The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 87 -- 67 . |
1884–85 Leicester Fosse F.C. season | The 1884 -- 85 season was the first season in which Leicester Fosse competed in a senior football competition , though they would not play competitive football until 1887 and did not join the Football League until 1892 , so only friendly matches were played . |
1536 in India | Events from the year 1536 in India . |
1988 Italian Open – Women's Singles | Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year . Gabriela Sabatini won in the final 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 7 , 6 -- 1 against Helen Kelesi . |
1937 Oregon State Beavers football team | The 1937 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference ( PCC ) during the 1937 college football season . In their fifth season under head coach Lon Stiner , the Beavers compiled a 3 -- 3 -- 3 record ( 2 -- 3 -- 3 against PCC opponents ) , finished in sixth place in the PCC , and outscored their opponents , 69 to 60 . The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis , Oregon . |
1964 in Iran | Events from the year 1964 in Iran . |
10.5 cm Cannon Model 1927 | The 10.5 cm Cannon Model 1927 was a heavy field gun used by the Netherlands and Hungary during World War II . Dutch guns were known as the 10-veld . Hungary purchased a license and built them as the 31 M. Captured weapons were designated by the Wehrmacht as the schwere 10.5 cm Kanone 335 ( h ) . Four were bought by the Swedish coastal artillery as the 10.5 cm kanon m/27 . They were later upgraded to m/34 standard as the m/27 -34 . They were transferred to the field artillery in 1942 . The Dutch appear to have bought guns with both 40 and 42 caliber barrel lengths . The gun was designed for motor traction with spoked steel wheels with rubber rims . The spades were removed and placed onto the trail legs for transport . |
1936 Latvian Higher League | Statistics of Latvian Higher League in the 1936 season . |
17th New York State Legislature | The 17th New York State Legislature , consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 7 to March 27 , 1794 , during the seventeenth year of George Clinton 's governorship , in Albany . |
1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | The 1989 -- 90 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in October 1989 and concluded with the 1990 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on April 1 , 1990 , at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . This was the 43rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 95th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . |
1966–67 Algerian Cup | The 1966 -- 67 Algerian Cup is the 5th edition of the Algerian Cup . CR Belcourt are the defending champions , having beaten RC Kouba 3 -- 1 in the previous season 's final . |
1876 New York Mutuals season | After five seasons in the National Association , the 1876 New York Mutuals finished with a record of 21 -- 35 , good for 6th place in the National League . It would prove to be their only season in the league , as they were expelled from the league as punishment for refusing to make a late-season road trip during the season . |
1913 Nordic Games | The 1913 Nordic Games was the fifth Nordic Games and was held in Stockholm in February 1913 . It was formally international sports competitions in many disciplines , but because of the communications of the time it was still mostly domestic sportspeople participating . Among the sports were winter sports like bandy , speed skating and skiing but also motorsports and equestrian sports . |
1990 in Irish television | the following list of events relating to television from Ireland from 1990 |
1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship | The 1966 Men 's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Kyeemagh , New South Wales , Australia , from 10 -- 23 October 1966 . David Bryant won the singles which was held in a round robin format . The pairs and triples gold went to Australia which helped them win the overall team competition called the WM Leonard Cup . The fours gold was claimed by New Zealand . |
1926 Milwaukee Badgers season | The 1926 Milwaukee Badgers season was their fifth and final season in the National Football League . The team improved on their previous output of 0 -- 6 , winning two games . They finished fifteenth in the league . |
1956–57 Irish League | The Irish League in season 1956 -- 57 comprised 12 teams , and Glenavon won the championship . |
1972 in British music | This is a summary of 1972 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year . |
1906 San Francisco earthquake | The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ) . Severe shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley , an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area . Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days . As a result , about 3,000 people died and over 80 % of the city of San Francisco was destroyed . The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States . The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California 's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters . |
1580 in Scotland | Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland . |
1996 Nottingham Open – Singles | Javier Frana was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Marc-Kevin Goellner . Jan Siemerink won in the final 6 -- 3 , 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 0 ) against Sandon Stolle . |
1981 U.S. Clay Court Championships | The 1981 U.S. Clay Court Championships was a men 's Grand Prix and women 's Toyota Series tennis tournament held in Indianapolis in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts . It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from August 3 through August 9 , 1981 . Second-seeded José Luis Clerc and top-seeded Andrea Jaeger won the singles titles . |
...And Finally | ... And Finally is the second and final studio album by Northern Irish rock band Scheer . It was released in 2000 through the band 's own record label Schism Records , following the band 's demise in 1998 . The recording of the album started in 1997 ; nevertheless , its release was postponed indefinitely due to a contractual disagreement with 4AD record label . |
1896–97 in Scottish football | The 1896 -- 97 season of Scottish football was the 24th season of competitive football in Scotland and the seventh season of the Scottish Football League . |
1999 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship | The 1999 NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Championship was the 40th 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 fifth national title by defeating the Santa Clara Broncos in the championship game , 1 -- 0 . The semifinal matches on December 10 , 1999 , and the final match on December 12 were played in Charlotte , North Carolina at Ericsson Stadium . All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team . |
1916 Yale Bulldogs football team | The 1916 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1916 college football season . The Bulldogs finished with an 8 -- 1 record under first-year head coach Tad Jones . The team outscored its opponents by a combined score of 182 to 44 and suffered its only loss to Brown . Yale guard Clinton Black was a consensus pick for the 1916 College Football All-America Team , and four other Yale players ( ends Charles Comerford and George Moseley , halfback Harry LeGore , and a guard with the surname Fox ) also received first-team All-American honors from at least one selector in 1916 . |
1794 razees | In 1794 , three 64-gun third-rate ships were cut down to 44-gun fifth-rate frigates with a primary armament of 24-pounder guns , in a process known as razeeing . This was in response to rumours then circulating of very large French frigates supposed to be under construction . By Admiralty Order of 11 August 1794 , two 64-gun ships of the Intrepid class - Anson and Magnanime - were to be cut down by one deck level . By a subsequent Admiralty Order of 8 September 1794 , a third 64-gun ship - the Indefatigable of the Ardent class - which had been launched but never commissioned in 1784 , was similarly to be cut down . The conversion retained the primary armament of twenty-six 24-pounder guns on the gun deck ( but this deck became the upper deck rather than the lower deck ) , while the secondary armament became eight 12-pounder guns and four 32-pounder carronades on the quarter deck , and four 12-pounder guns and two 32-pounder carronades on the forecastle ; the complement was reduced to 310 men . |
1994 Virginia Slims of Florida – Doubles | Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year . Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6 -- 2 , 6 -- 0 against Manon Bollegraf and Helena Suková . |
1964 Australian Grand Prix | The 1964 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in suburban Melbourne , Victoria , Australia on 9 February 1964 . The race had 19 starters . It was the twenty ninth Australian Grand Prix and was also Round 5 of the 1964 Tasman Series and Round 1 of the 1964 Australian Drivers ' Championship . Defending winner Jack Brabham won his third and last AGP . A `` science-fiction '' version of the 1964 Australian Grand Prix was depicted five years before it took place in the USA film `` On the Beach '' ( 1959 ) , based on the Nevil Shute novel of the same title . |
1989–90 NBA season | The 1989 -- 90 NBA season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association . The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning their second NBA Championship , beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals . |
1966–67 Segunda Divisão | The 1966 -- 67 Segunda Divisão season was the 33rd season of the competition and the 33rd season of recognized second-tier football in Portugal . |
1907 Michigan Wolverines football team | The 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1907 college football season . The team 's head football coach was Fielding H. Yost in his seventh season at Michigan . The team finished the season with a record of 5 -- 1 , allowing an average of one point per game . The team did not give up a single first down in its first four games and won its first five games by shutouts , outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 107 to 0 . In the final game of the season , the Wolverines lost , 6 -- 0 , to the Penn Quakers . The Quakers were in the early stages of a 23-game winning streak that was broken by the 1909 Michigan team . Center Germany Schulz was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp . In 1951 , Schulz was selected as the greatest center in football history in a poll conducted by the National Football Foundation and became one of the initial inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame . Halfback Paul Magoffin was the team captain and led the team in scoring with 35 points and seven touchdowns . Right tackle Walter Rheinschild was the second leading scorer with 25 points . Five Michigan players received All-Western honors : Schulz , Magoffin , Rheinschild , `` Octy '' Graham , and Harry S. Hammond . |
17th Brigade (Australia) | The 17th Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Australian Army . First formed in 1917 during World War I , it did not see any action . Reformed during World War II , it took part in fighting in Libya , Greece and New Guinea before being disbanded in 1946 . Today , its name is perpetuated by the 17th Combat Service Support Brigade , which was raised as a logistics formation in May 2006 . |
1608 in Quebec | See also : 1607 in Quebec other events of 1608 , 1609 in Quebec |
1944 Governor General's Awards | The 1944 Governor General 's Awards for Literary Merit were the ninth rendition of the Governor General 's Awards , Canada 's annual national awards program which then comprised literary awards alone . The awards recognized Canadian writers for new English-language works published in Canada during 1944 and were presented in 1945 . There were no cash prizes . As every year from 1942 to 1948 , there two awards for non-fiction , and four awards in the three established categories , which recognized English-language works only . |
1985 Mr. Olympia | The 1985 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on October 26 , 1985 , at the Forest National Theatre in Brussels , Belgium . |
1031, A Number of Things From... | 1031 , A Number Of Things From ... is a 1998 demo-compilation released by a Detroit metal band Halloween to help raise money to keep the band going after a reunion with original members Rick Craig and Bill Whyte . The compilation includes five tracks from the 1990 release Vicious Demos and a number of unreleased tracks recorded through the years with different lineups . |
1998 Tulane Green Wave football team | The 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1998 college football season . The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses , one of only two NCAA Division 1-A teams to complete the season undefeated , the other being the BCS champion Tennessee Volunteers . Despite finishing undefeated , the Green Wave were not considered for a BCS game , let alone a berth in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl -- that year 's national title game -- because it was felt they had not played a legitimate schedule . They did not play a single ranked team all season , and the only AQ conference member on their schedule was a Rutgers team that finished tied for sixth in the Big East . They defeated Brigham Young University in the Liberty Bowl . The Green Wave finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in both the AP Poll and Coaches ' Poll -- in both cases , its highest rankings in school history since the 1939 Tulane football season when they were ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll . The Green Wave won all of their games by six points or more . The combined 538 points set a single-season school record . |
1917 AAA Championship Car season | The 1917 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 21 races , beginning in Los Angeles , California on March 4 and concluding there on November 29 . The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Earl Cooper . The Indianapolis 500 was not held this year . Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1917 season . Champions of the day were decided by Chris G. Sinsabaugh , an editor at Motor Age , based on merit and on track performance . The points table was created retroactively in 1927 -- all championship results should be considered unofficial . |
1932 Chatham Cup | The 1932 Chatham Cup was the tenth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand . The competition was run on a regional basis , with seven regional associations ( Auckland , Walkato , Wellington , Manawatu , Buller , Canterbury , and Otago ) each holding separate qualifying rounds . Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Auckland YMCA , Hamilton Wanderers , St. Andrews ( Manawatu ) , Wellington Marist , Riccarton , Millerton All Blacks and Maori Hill ( Dunedin ) . |
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