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13th parallel north | The 13th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 13 degrees north of the Earth 's equatorial plane . It crosses Africa , Asia , the Indian Ocean , the Pacific Ocean , Central America , the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean . At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours , 53 minutes during the summer solstic... |
1992 Phoenix Cardinals season | The 1992 Phoenix Cardinals season was the 73rd season the team was in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The team matched their previous output of 4 -- 12 . The Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the tenth straight season . Two of the Cardinals ' victories came at the expense of playoff-bound teams .... |
1969–70 DDR-Oberliga | The 1969 -- 70 DDR-Oberliga was the 21st season of the DDR-Oberliga , the first tier of league football in East Germany . The league was contested by fourteen teams . FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship , the club 's last of three East German championships . Otto Skrowny of BSG Chemie Leipzig was the league 's ... |
1997 Ameritech Cup – Doubles | Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham . Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 2 against Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles . |
11th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) | The 11th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during 27 March - 2 April 1922 in Moscow . The congress elected the 11th Central Committee . During the 11th Congress , Leon Trotsky attacked Sergey Ivanovich Gusev and Mikhail Frunze over Red Army policies , specifically matters of discipline , po... |
1996 in machinima | The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 1996 . These include the release of id Software 's first-person shooter computer game Quake . This game was used to create the first machinima works later that year . |
1994 NHL Entry Draft | The 1994 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Hartford Civic Center ( now XL Center ) on June 28 -- 29 , 1994 . |
1859 in Argentina | Events in the year 1859 in Argentina . |
1998–99 Hong Kong First Division League | The 1998 -- 99 Hong Kong First Division League season is the 87th since its establishment . The first match was played on 30 August 1998 with Instant-Dict drew South China 2 -- 2 . However , as there was a suspended player played in Instant-Dict 's squad , the team was penalised by losing 0 -- 3 . |
1992 Soviet Cup Final | The 1992 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Luzhniki Stadium , Moscow , on 10 May 1992 . The country Soviet Union as well as all its government and public organizations such as the Football Federation of USSR were abandoned . Therefore , the game was administered by the Russian Football Union ... |
1739 in Scotland | Events from the year 1739 in Scotland . |
1998–99 UEFA Champions League knockout stage | The knockout stage of the 1998 -- 99 UEFA Champions League began on 3 March 1999 and ended with the final at the Camp Nou in Barcelona on 26 May 1999 . The eight teams from each of the six groups in the group stage competed in the knockout stage . For the quarter-finals , each group winner was randomly drawn against th... |
1993–94 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey) | 1993-94 was the 19th season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden , below the top-flight Elitserien ( now the SHL ) . |
1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season | |
1998–99 FAW Premier Cup | The 1998 -- 99 FAW Premier Cup was the second season of the tournament since its founding in 1997 . |
1999–2000 Luxembourg Championship season | The 1999-00 Luxembourg Championship season was the fourth season of Luxembourg 's hockey league . Three teams participated in the league regular season . The top team from the regular season , Lokomotiv Luxembourg , qualified for the final to play Tornado Luxembourg . |
1995–96 Northern Premier League | The 1995 -- 96 Northern Premier League season was the 28th in the history of the Northern Premier League , a football competition in England . Teams were divided into two divisions ; the Premier and the First . It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons . |
1948 Coupe de France Final | The 1948 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir , Colombes on May 10 , 1948 , that saw Lille OSC defeat RC Lens 3 -- 2 thanks to goals by Roger Vandooren and Jean Baratte ( 2 ) . |
1985 Amstel Gold Race | The 1985 Amstel Gold Race was the 20th edition of the annual road bicycle race `` Amstel Gold Race '' , held on Sunday April 27 , 1985 , in the Dutch province of Limburg . The race stretched 242 kilometres , with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Meerssen . There were a total of 146 competitors , and 25 cyclists f... |
1994 Calgary Stampeders season | The 1994 Calgary Stampeders '' ' finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 15 -- 3 record . They appeared in the West Final but lost to the eventual Grey Cup champions BC Lions . |
1964–65 Mersin İdmanyurdu season | Mersin İdmanyurdu ( also Mersin İdman Yurdu , Mersin İY , or MİY ) Sports Club ; located in Mersin , east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1964-1965 . The 1964 -- 65 season was the 2nd season of Mersin İdmanyurdu football team in Second League , the second level division in Turkey . The team finished 1964 -- 65 Second ... |
1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump | The men 's triple jump event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March . |
1907 in Brazil | Events in the year 1907 in Brazil . |
1971 Myers Brothers 250 | The 1971 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on August 6 , 1971 , at Bowman Gray Stadium in the American community of Winston-Salem , North Carolina . |
1988–89 United States network television schedule (late night) | These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1988 . All times are Eastern/Pacific . Talk/variety shows are highlighted in yellow , network news programs in gold , and local news & programs are highlighted in white background . |
1969 Texas Longhorns football team | The 1969 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1969 college football season . The Longhorns won all of their games to finish 11 -- 0 and win their second consensus national championship in school history . The first title was six seasons earlier , in 1963 . The 1969 team i... |
1717 in France | Events from the year 1717 in France |
140th Infantry Regiment (United States) | The 140th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army , Missouri Army National Guard . It is one of the few US Army regiments that trace its heritage to historic regiments of the Confederate States Army , the 6th Missouri Infantry . They continued to serve through the Spanish -- American War , ... |
1933 Chicago Cubs season | The 1933 Chicago Cubs season was the 62nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise , the 58th in the National League and the 18th at Wrigley Field . The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 86 -- 68 . |
19383 Rolling Stones | 19383 Rolling Stones ( 1998 BZ32 ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 29 , 1998 , by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols . It has been named in honor of the English musical group The Rolling Stones . The asteroid 's name is unusual in that it is expressed as two words , instead of `` Rollingstones '' w... |
1644 in Spain | |
1935 in country music | This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1935 . |
100th Air Refueling Wing | The 100th Air Refueling Wing ( 100 ARW ) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force , United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa . It is stationed at RAF Mildenhall , England . It is also the host wing at RAF Mildenhall . The 100 ARW is the only permanent U.S. air refueling wing in ... |
1989 Taipei Women's Championship – Doubles | Patty Fendick and Ann Henricksson were the defending doubles tennis champions at the 1989 Taipei Women 's Championship , but only Henricksson competed that year , with Beth Herr . They lost in the first round to Cecilia Dahlman and Nana Miyagi . Maria Lindström and Heather Ludloff won the final 4 -- 6 , 7 -- 5 , 6 --... |
1989–90 S.S. Lazio season | S.S. Lazio finished 9th in Serie A this season . |
1890 Yale Bulldogs football team | The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season . The Bulldogs finished with a 13 -- 1 record under third-year head coach Walter Camp , who became known as the `` Father of American Football '' . The 1890 team recorded 12 shutouts and outscored its opponents by a com... |
1972–73 Chicago Black Hawks season | The 1972 -- 73 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks ' 47th season in the NHL , and the club was coming off their third consecutive first-place finish in 1971 -- 72 , as they finished on top of the West Division with a 46 -- 17 -- 15 record , tying a club record with 107 points . The Hawks swept the Pittsburgh Pengu... |
1998 Croatia Open Umag | The 1998 Croatia Open Umag was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Umag , Croatia that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour . The tournament was held from July 27 through August 2 , 1998 . |
1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football team | The 1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season . In their third year under head coach Ray Eliot , the Illini compiled a 5 -- 3 -- 1 record , were ranked # 15 in the final AP Poll , and finished ... |
1996 Romanian Open – Doubles | Mark Keil and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions but only Tarango competed that year with David Ekerot . Ekerot and Tarango won in the final 7 -- 6 , 7 -- 6 against David Adams and Menno Oosting . |
1789 Dobrovolsky | 1789 Dobrovolsky , provisional designation , is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 8 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 19 August 1966 , by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula . The as... |
1928–29 Maltese Premier League | Statistics of Maltese Premier League in season 1928/1929 . |
1909 St. Louis Cardinals season | The 1909 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team 's 28th season in St. Louis , Missouri and the 18th season in the National League . The Cardinals went 54 -- 98 during the season and finished 7th in the National League . |
1991 Arab Athletics Championships | The 1991 Arab Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries . It took place in Latakia , Syria from 1 -- 4 October . A total of 39 athletics events were contested , 23 for men and 16 for women . The marathon race was held on a short course in Latakia... |
153298 Paulmyers | 153298 Paulmyers is an asteroid discovered on March 29 , 2001 by David Healy at Junk Bond Observatory . It is named after biologist and prominent blogger PZ Myers . |
1905 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1995 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles | The 1998 Waldbaum 's Hamlet Cup was a men 's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island , United that was part of the International Series of the 1995 ATP Tour . It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from 21 -- 27 August 1998 . |
1961 U.S. National Championships (tennis) | The 1961 U.S. National Championships ( now known as the US Open ) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club , Forest Hills in New York , United States . The tournament ran from 1 September until 10 September . It was the 81st staging of the U.S. National Championsh... |
1987 Football League Cup Final | The 1987 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 5 April 1987 between Arsenal and Liverpool . The match , played in front of 96,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium , was won by Arsenal 2 -- 1 . Ian Rush opened the scoring for Liverpool , before Charlie Nicholas equalised , turning in a cross in a crowded... |
1949 Chicago Bears season | The 1949 Chicago Bears season was their 30th regular season completed in the National Football League . The club posted a competitive 9 -- 3 record under head coach George Halas , but the team finished in second place in the NFL Western Division for a third time missing out on a chance to add more league titles to thei... |
1975 Giro d'Italia | The 1975 Giro d'Italia was the 59th running of the Giro d'Italia , one of cycling 's Grand Tours races . The Giro started in Milan , on 17 May , with a set of split stages and concluded with a summit finish to the Passo dello Stelvio , on 7 June , with another split stage , consisting of an individual time trial and a ... |
1990 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | The 1990 Big South Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1 -- 3 , 1990 at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill , South Carolina . For the first time in their school history , the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers won the tournament , led by head coach Russ Bergman . |
1925 European Figure Skating Championships | The 1925 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1924-1925 season . Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion . Skaters competed in the discipline of men 's singles . In 1925 , the European Champio... |
15th Air Defense Division | The 15th Air Defense Division ( Serbo-Croatian : 15 . divizija protivvazdušne odbrane / 15 . дивизија противваздушне одбране ) was an air defense division established in 1964 5th Air Defense Zone ( Serbo-Croatian : 5 . zona protivvazdušne odbrane / 5 . зона противваздушне одбране ) . |
1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw | The men 's javelin throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles , Belgium , at Stade du Heysel on 26 and 27 August 1950 . |
1911 in Australia | See also : 1910 in Australia , other events of 1911 , 1912 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history . |
1987 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation | The 1987 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation ( Chinese : 1987年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮 ) was held on January 1988 . It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong . |
1998–99 Golden State Warriors season | The 1998 -- 99 NBA season was the Warriors ' 53rd season in the National Basketball Association , and 37th in the San Francisco Bay Area . In the 1998 NBA draft , the Warriors selected Vince Carter out of the University of North Carolina with the fifth pick , but soon traded him to the Toronto Raptors for his college t... |
1946 Cincinnati Reds season | The 1946 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball . The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 67 -- 87 , 30 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals . |
1988 Argentina rugby union tour of France | The 1988 Argentina rugby union tour of France was a series of eight matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in October and November 1988 . |
1897 Navy Midshipmen football team | The 1897 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1897 college football season . In their first season under head coach Bill Armstrong , the Midshipmen compiled an 8 -- 1 record , shut out seven opponents , and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 111 to 34 . The Ar... |
1985 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles | John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Kevin Curren . Curren also defeated Jimmy Connors in the semifinal and became the first player ever to defeat both Connors and McEnroe in the same Grand Slam tournament . Boris Becker won the final 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 7 , 7 -- 6 , 6 -- 4 against Curre... |
1907 Romanian Peasants' revolt | The 1907 Romanian Peasants ' revolt took place between 21 February and 5 April 1907 . It started in northern Moldavia and , after three weeks in which it was localized in that area , it quickly spread , reaching Wallachia , including as far as Oltenia . The main cause was discontent of the peasants about the inequity o... |
1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres | The women 's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart , Germany . There were a total number of 42 participating athletes , with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 21 August 1993 . |
150th Division | In military terms , 150th Division or 150th Infantry Division may refer to : 150th Division ( People 's Republic of China ) 150th Rifle Division ( Soviet Union ) |
1786 in sports | 1786 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport . |
1848 Marlborough earthquake | The 1848 Marlborough earthquake was a magnitude 7.4 ( ML ) earthquake that occurred at 1:40 a.m. on 16 October 1848 and whose epicenter was in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand . In Wellington the shaking lasted for about two minutes and caused widespread damage , especially to brick or stone ... |
1963 European Cup Final | The 1963 European Cup Final was a football match between Milan and Benfica , held at Wembley Stadium , London , on 22 May 1963 . Milan won the match 2 -- 1 , winning the European Cup for the first time . |
1985 Boston Red Sox season | The 1985 Boston Red Sox season was the 85th season in the franchise 's Major League Baseball history . The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses , 18 1/2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays . |
1996 US Open – Women's Singles | Steffi Graf successfully defended her tile , defeating Monica Seles 7 -- 5 , 6 -- 4 in the final to win the Women 's Singles title at the 1996 US Open . It was a rematch of the 1995 US Open final , where Graf defeated Seles in three sets . It also marked the final time Seles and Graf would play each other at the US Ope... |
1919 in Afghanistan | |
1930–31 Irish League | The Irish League in season 1930 -- 31 comprised 14 teams , with Glentoran winning the championship . |
1972 Belgian Grand Prix | The 1972 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nivelles on 4 June 1972 . It was the fifth race of the 1972 Formula One season . The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from pole position . François Cevert finished second for the Tyrrell team and McLaren driver Denny... |
1140 | Year 1140 ( MCXL ) was a leap year starting on Monday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar . |
1967–68 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team | The 1967 -- 68 Indiana State Sycamores men 's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1968 NCAA Men 's Division II Basketball Tournament . The Sycamores won 19 games in the regular season and were led by Jerry Newsom . He led the Sycamores to the national title game versus a George Tinsley-led K... |
1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump | The women 's triple jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March . |
15-hydroxyicosatetraenoate dehydrogenase | In enzymology , a 15-hydroxyicosatetraenoate dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ( 15S ) -15 - hydroxy-5 ,8,11 - cis-13-trans-icosatetraenoate + NAD ( P ) + 15-oxo-5 ,8,11 - cis-13-trans-icosatetraenoate + NAD ( P ) H + H + The 3 substrates of this enzyme are 15-Hydroxyicosatetraenoic ac... |
110th meridian east | The meridian 110 ° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean , Asia , the Indian Ocean , the Southern Ocean , and Antarctica to the South Pole . The 110th meridian east forms a great circle with the 70th meridian west . |
1817 in Ireland | Events from the year 1817 in Ireland . |
15 Sagittarii | 15 Sagittarii ( 15 Sgr ) is a multiple star in Sagittarius . The primary is an O9 .7 supergiant . |
1983–84 FC Basel season | The Fussball Club Basel 1893 1983 -- 84 season was their 90th season since the club was founded . It was their 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after they won promotion during the season 1945 -- 46 . They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium . Urs Gribi was their newly appointed c... |
1992 Spengler Cup | The 1992 Spengler Cup was held in Davos , Switzerland , between December 26 , 1992 , and December 31 , 1992 . All matches were played at HC Davos 's home arena , Eisstadion Davos . The final was won 6-5 by Team Canada over Färjestad BK . |
1992 Maceió Open – Singles | Tomás Carbonell won in the final 7 -- 6 ( 14 -- 12 ) , 5 -- 7 , 6 -- 2 against Christian Miniussi . |
1949–50 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team | The 1949 -- 50 Michigan Wolverines men 's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1949 -- 50 season . The team finished the season in a tie for sixth place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 11 -- 11 and 4 -- 8 against conference opponents . Ern... |
127th New York State Legislature | The 127th New York State Legislature , consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 6 to April 15 , 1904 , during the fourth year of Benjamin B. Odell , Jr. 's governorship , in Albany . |
1962 in art | |
1944 in sports | 1944 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport . Note -- many sporting events did not take place because of World War II |
1999 Mercedes Cup | The 1999 Mercedes Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart in Germany and was part of the Championship Series of the 1999 ATP Tour . The tournament ran from July 19 through July 25 , 1999 . |
1981 Pacific Conference Games | The 1981 Pacific Conference Games was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between five Pacific coast nations : Australia , Canada , Japan , New Zealand and the United States . This was the first occasion that athletes from beyond the Pacific grouping were allowed to compete at the tournament .... |
1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw | The men 's hammer throw at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris , France , at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 4 September 1938 . |
1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team | The 1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season . |
1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put | The men 's shot put event at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 18 February . |
1979 Los Angeles Rams season | The 1979 Los Angeles Rams season was the team 's 42nd year with the National Football League and the 34th season in Los Angeles . It was the final season for the franchise in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 2016 , as late owner Carroll Rosenbloom previously announced the Rams would move to Anaheim Stadium for t... |
1991 Athens Open – Singles | Mark Koevermans was the defending champion , but lost in the quarterfinals this year . Sergi Bruguera won the tournament , beating Jordi Arrese in the final , 7 -- 5 , 6 -- 3 . |
148th Indiana Infantry Regiment | The 148th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army between February 25 and September 5 , 1865 , during the American Civil War . |
1991 Allan Cup | The 1991 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1990-91 Senior `` AAA '' season . The event was hosted by the Thunder Bay Twins in Thunder Bay , Ontario . The 1991 tournament marked the 83rd time that the Allan Cup has been awarded . |
1993 Storm of the Century | The 1993 Storm of the Century ( also known as the 93 Super Storm or the Great Blizzard of 1993 ) was a large cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12 , 1993 . The storm eventually dissipated in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 15 , 1993 . It was unique for its intensity , massive size , and wide-... |
107 BC | __ NOTOC __ Year 107 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ravilla and Marius ( or , less frequently , year 647 Ab urbe condita ) . The denomination 107 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar er... |
1899–1900 Netherlands Football League Championship | The Netherlands Football League Championship 1899/1900 was contested by thirteen teams participating in two divisions . The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern and western football division of the Netherlands . HVV Den Haag won this year 's championship by beating Vi... |
1901 in Colombia | Events in the year 1901 in Colombia . |
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