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1954 Auburn Tigers football team | The 1954 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1954 college football season . It was the Tigers ' 63rd overall and 22nd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The team was led by head coach Ralph `` Shug '' Jordan , in his fourth year , and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham , Alabama . They finished with a record of eight wins and three losses ( 8 -- 3 overall , 3 -- 3 in the SEC ) and with a victory over Baylor in the Gator Bowl . |
1992 European Seniors Tour | The 1992 European Seniors Tour was the inaugural season of the European Seniors Tour , the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour . |
19:19 | '' ' 19:19 '' is the seventh episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium . It premiered on the Fox network on November 7 , 1997 . The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong , and directed by Thomas J. Wright . `` 19:19 '' featured guest appearances by Kristen Cloke and Christian Hoff . Millennium Group offender profiler Frank Black ( Lance Henriksen ) investigates the abduction of a bus full of schoolchildren , requiring the help of fellow Group members Peter Watts ( Terry O'Quinn ) and Lara Means ( Cloke ) as he tracks a man preparing for a third world war . `` 19:19 '' featured several minor guest stars who would later return to the series , as well as the second appearance by recurring actor Cloke . The episode was viewed by approximately 5.98 million households in its initial broadcast , and received a mixed response from television critics . |
1994 San Jose State Spartans football team | The 1994 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference . The team was led by head coach John Ralston , in his second year as head coach at San Jose State . They played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose , California . The Spartans finished the 1994 season with a record of three wins and eight losses ( 3 -- 8 , 3 -- 3 Big West ) . |
100 (number) | 100 or one hundred ( Roman numeral : ) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101 . In medieval contexts , it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of `` hundred '' to describe the long hundred of six score or 120 . |
1998 Qatar Crown Prince Cup | The 1998 Qatar Crown Prince Cup was the 4th edition of this cup tournament in men 's football ( soccer ) . It was played by the top 4 teams of the Q-League . Al-Sadd were crowned champions for the first time . |
1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump | The women 's long jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha , then Czechoslovakia , at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978 . |
1990 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | The 1990 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft was the seventh season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft ( German Touring Car Championship ) . The season had twelve rounds with two races each . |
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round | The CAF Second Round was the second stage of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) zone . The eight teams advancing from the first round were joined by the eight highest ranked African nations : Algeria , Cameroon , Côte d'Ivoire , Egypt , Kenya , Morocco , Nigeria and Zaire . |
1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles | Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 2 in the final to win the Gentlemen 's Singles title at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships . It was Laver 's third Wimbledon title , and his seventh grand slam overall . This was the first year when professional tennis players were allowed to compete at the Wimbledon Championships . Previously only amateur tennis players could compete . John Newcombe was the defending champion , but was defeated in the fourth round by Arthur Ashe . |
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1997 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada | The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 1997 . The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case , and which justices joined each reason . This list , however , does not include reasons on motions . |
1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team | The 1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro , Georgia . The team was coached by Frank Ellwood , in his first and only year as head coach for the Eagles . |
1961 CFL season | The 1961 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the eighth season in modern-day Canadian football , although it is officially the fourth Canadian Football League season . |
1951 in fine arts of the Soviet Union | The year 1951 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts . |
1716 in piracy | See also : 1715 in piracy , other events of 1716 , 1717 in piracy and the list of ` years of Piracy ' . |
1996 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race | The 1996 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race , sponsored by Telstra , was the 52nd annual running of the `` blue water classic '' Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race . As in past editions of the race , it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney , New South Wales . As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races , the 1996 edition began on Sydney Harbour , at noon on Boxing Day ( 26 December 1996 ) , before heading south for 630 nautical miles ( 1,170 km ) through the Tasman Sea , past Bass Strait , into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent , to cross the finish line in Hobart , Tasmania . The 1996 fleet comprised 95 starters of which 78 completed the race and 17 yachts retired . |
16th Reserve Division (German Empire) | The 16th Reserve Division ( 16 . Reserve-Division ) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I . The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 as part of VIII Reserve Corps . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . The division was recruited primarily in the Prussian Rhine Province . At the beginning of the war , it formed the VIII Reserve Corps with the 15th Reserve Division . This was the unit in which Adolf Hitler served from 1914-1918 . |
1962–63 United States network television schedule (weekday) | These are the daytime Monday -- Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1962 . All times are Eastern/Pacific . Talk/Variety shows are highlighted in yellow , Local News & Programs are highlighted in white , Reruns of Prime Time Shows are orange , Game Shows are pink , Soap Operas are chartreuse , News Programs are gold and all others are light blue . Debut Shows are shown in Bold Letters . |
1983 OFC U-17 Championship | The 1983 OFC U-17 Championship , was the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament , the biennial football championship of Oceania ( OFC ) . It was the 1st edition of the tournament and was held in Auckland , New Zealand from 3 to 10 December 1983 . New Zealand qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship , in China . |
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1933 Western State Hilltoppers football team | The 1933 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School ( later renamed Western Michigan University ) as an independent during the 1933 college football season . In their fifth season under head coach Mike Gary , the Hilltoppers compiled a 3 -- 3 -- 1 record and outscored their opponents , 66 to 64 . Center Maurice Tingstad was the team captain . |
1974 Iowa Hawkeyes football team | The 1974 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season . This was Bob Commings ' first year as head coach of the Hawkeyes . |
1997–98 Israel State Cup | The 1997 -- 98 Israel State Cup ( גביע המדינה , Gvia HaMedina ) was the 59th season of Israel 's nationwide football cup competition and the 44th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence . The competition was won by Maccabi Haifa who had beaten Hapoel Jerusalem 2 -- 0 in the final . By winning , Maccabi Haifa qualified to the 1998 -- 99 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , entering in the qualifying round . |
1970–71 in Scottish football | The 1970 -- 71 season was the 98th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 74th season of Scottish league football . |
1992–93 Philadelphia 76ers season | The 1992 -- 93 NBA season was the 76ers 44th season in the National Basketball Association , and 30th season in Philadelphia . During the offseason , the Sixers acquired Jeff Hornacek , Andrew Lang and Tim Perry from the Phoenix Suns . The Sixers got off to a bad start losing 11 of their first 14 games . The team also suffered two defeats that were greater than 50 points ( at Kings 154 -- 98 on Jan. 2 , and at Sonics 149 -- 93 on Mar. 6 ) . As the NBA in the 1990s emphasized more defensive play , head coach Doug Moe tried to implement an up-tempo attack offense similar to his Nuggets teams of the 1980s , which failed miserably . With the team holding a 19 -- 37 record in early March , he was fired and replaced with Fred Carter . On March 28 , during a nationally televised broadcast game between the Suns and the Sixers , former 76ers forward Charles Barkley received a standing ovation from his former home fans at The Spectrum . When the Sixers team was introduced , the crowd booed loudly at them . The Suns went on to win 110 -- 100 . Late in the season , the Sixers signed free agent Thomas Jordan , who played in the final four games of the season averaging 11.0 points , 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game . The Sixers finished sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 26 -- 56 record . Top draft pick Clarence Weatherspoon made the All-Rookie Second Team . Following the season , Hersey Hawkins was traded to the Charlotte Hornets , Armen Gilliam and Ron Anderson both signed as free agents with the New Jersey Nets , Lang signed with the Atlanta Hawks , Manute Bol signed with the Miami Heat , and Jordan was released and returned to playing overseas , ending his short lived stint in the NBA . |
1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team | The 1915 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina in the 1915 college football season . The team compiled a 4 -- 3 -- 1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 105 to 98 . |
1966–67 1re série season | The 1966 -- 67 1re série season was the 46th season of the 1re série , the top level of ice hockey in France . Chamonix Hockey Club won their 23rd league title . |
1978–79 Scottish Second Division | The 1978 -- 79 Scottish Second Division was won by Berwick Rangers who , along with second placed Dunfermline Athletic , were promoted to the First Division . Meadowbank Thistle finished bottom . |
1986–87 NFL playoffs | The National Football League playoffs for the 1986 season began on December 28 , 1986 . The postseason tournament concluded with the New York Giants defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI , 39 -- 20 , on January 25 , 1987 , at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California . |
1728 in France | Events from the year 1728 in France . |
1874–75 FA Cup | The 1874 -- 75 FA Cup was the fourth season of England 's oldest football tournament , the Football Association Challenge Cup or `` FA Cup '' . 29 teams entered , one more than the previous season , although four of the 29 never played a match . The final was contested by Royal Engineers -- playing in their third final in the four seasons of the FA Cup -- and Old Etonians -- playing in their first final . On their way to the final , Royal Engineers knocked out Cambridge University in the Second Round and holders Oxford University in the Semi-finals , while Old Etonians only managed to score more than one goal in one match : their second replay against Swifts , which they won 3 -- 0 . The biggest win of the competition was recorded by two-time FA Cup winners Wanderers , who beat Farningham 16 -- 0 in the First Round . In the final , played on 13 March 1875 , Old Etonians forced a replay against Royal Engineers , with the two sides playing out a 1 -- 1 draw . The replay was played three days later , when goals from Henry Renny-Tailyour and William Stafford secured a 2 -- 0 win for Royal Engineers . |
1994 Topper South American Open (tennis) | The 1994 ATP Buenos Aires was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Buenos Aires , Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts . It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from November 7 to November 14 . |
1916 in India | Events in the year 1916 in India . |
1923 Yorkshire Cup | The 1923 Yorkshire Cup was the sixteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held . This year , for the fourth consecutive year , produced another new name was inscribed on the trophy . Hull F.C. ( previously three times beaten finalists ) won the trophy by beating Huddersfield by the score of 10-4 in the final . The match was played at Headingley , Leeds , now in West Yorkshire . The attendance was 23,300 and receipts were # 1,728 . |
1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres | The men 's 1500 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8 and 9 March . |
1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season | The 1963 -- 64 season was Stoke City 's 57th season in the Football League and the 33rd in the First Division . With the club now on a high after gaining promotion back to England 's top tier manager Tony Waddington wasted no time in bringing in new signings to make sure relegation was avoided . He broke the transfer record and despite some concern during the season Stoke stayed up comfortably in 17th position . Stoke enjoyed success in the League Cup reaching the final against Leicester City before losing 4 -- 3 over two legs . |
1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump | The men 's triple jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma , Italy , at Stadio Olimpico on 8 September 1974 . |
16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) | 16.6 ( Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead ) is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Primal Fear . It is the first album by the band not featuring long-time guitarist Stefan Leibing and the first album featuring new guitarist Magnus Karlsson . The band says of the album that it `` includes a lot of the vibe of our very first albums '' and also `` a lot of fresh and new elements '' . |
1976 Rothmans International Series | The 1976 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to single seater racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 . The series , which was the first Rothmans International Series , was won by Vern Schuppan , driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet . |
1929 College Football All-America Team | The 1929 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1929 . The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as `` official '' for the 1929 season are ( 1 ) Collier 's Weekly , as selected by Grantland Rice , ( 2 ) the Associated Press , ( 3 ) the United Press , ( 4 ) the All-America Board , ( 5 ) the International News Service ( INS ) , ( 6 ) the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , and ( 7 ) the North American Newspaper Alliance ( NANA ) . |
1980 Lancashire Cup | The 1980 Rugby League Lancashire Cup competition 1980 was the sixty-eighth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held . Warrington won the trophy by beating Wigan by the score of 26-10 The match was played at Knowsley Road , Eccleston , St Helens , Merseyside , ( historically in the county of Lancashire ) . The attendance was 6,279 and receipts were # 8,629.00 |
121st Fighter Aviation Squadron | The 121st Fighter Aviation Squadron ( Serbo-Croatian : 121 . lovačka avijacijska eskadrila / 121 . ловачка авијацијска ескадрила ) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force established in April , 1961 as part of 83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment at Zemunik military airport . It was equipped with US-made North American F-86E Sabre jet fighter aircraft . In 1963 the 83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment with its both squadrons ( 120th and 121st Fighter Aviation Squadron ) has been dislocated from Zemunik to Titograd military airport . By the end of year 1964 the 83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment has been disbanded . The 121st Fighter Aviation Squadron was also disbanded . Its personnel and equipment were attached to 120th Fighter Aviation Squadron . |
1997 FIA GT Zeltweg 4 Hours | The 1997 FIA GT Zeltweg 4 Hours was the sixth race of the 1997 FIA GT Championship season . It was run at the redesigned A1-Ring , Austria on August 3 , 1997 . |
1979 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season was the first season to include both male and female names , as well as the common six-year rotating lists of tropical cyclone names . The season officially began on June 1 , and lasted until November 30 . These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin . It was slightly below average , with nine systems reaching tropical storm intensity . The first system , an unnumbered tropical depression , developed north of Puerto Rico on June 9 . Two days later , Tropical Depression One formed and produced severe flooding in Jamaica , with 40 deaths and about $ 27 million ( 1979 USD ) in damage . Tropical Storm Ana caused minimal impact in the Lesser Antilles . Hurricane Bob spawned tornadoes and produced minor wind damage along the Gulf Coast of the United States , primarily in Louisiana , while the remnants caused flooding , especially in Indiana . Tropical Storm Claudette caused extensive flooding , due to torrential rainfall . There were two deaths and damaged totaled $ 750 million . The most intense tropical cyclone of the season was Hurricane David . It moved across the Lesser Antilles in late August , with the worst hit islands being Dominica and Martinique . The storm then strengthened further and struck Dominican Republic as a Category 5 hurricane . David was the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone to make landfall in that country since 1930 . In Dominican Republic alone , the system caused approximately 1,000 death and $ 1 billion in damage . Later , David brought wind damage , tornadoes , and flooding to portions of the East Coast of the United States . Overall , the storm resulted in 2,068 deaths and $ 1.54 billion in damage . Hurricane Frederic brought destruction to the Gulf Coast of the United States , especially in Alabama and Mississippi . With $ 2.3 billion in damage , Frederic was the costliest hurricane in the history of the United States , until Hurricane Alicia in 1983 . Tropical Storm Elena brought flooding to the Greater Houston area , with five deaths and about $ 10 million in damage . However , little impact was reported elsewhere . Hurricane Henri remained offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and disrupted efforts to stop the Ixtoc I oil spill . Henri also caused flooding in portions of Mexico . In mid and late-September , a tropical depression caused flooding in the Southern United States , especially Texas . Four deaths were reported , two in Texas and two in Kentucky . Toward the end of October , a brief subtropical storm struck Newfoundland , but left little impact . Other than Tropical Depression One and the tropical depression that brought flooding to the Southern United States in mid and late-September , none of the other depressions caused significant effects of land . Collectively , the tropical cyclones of the season resulted in $ 4.63 billion in damage and at least 2,136 deaths . Pacific Storm Blanca originated in the basin . |
1963 Tampa Spartans football team | The 1963 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1963 college football season . It was the Spartans ' 27th season and competed as a member of the NAIA . The team was led by head coach Fred Pancoast , in his second year , and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa , Florida . They finished with a record of four wins , five losses and one tie ( 4 -- 5 -- 1 ) . Pancoast resigned as the Spartans ' head coach on January 20 , 1964 , to take the position of ends coach at Florida . |
1978 Macdonald Brier | The 1978 Macdonald Brier , Canada 's national men 's curling championship was held March 5 -- 10 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver . |
1975 Five Nations Championship | The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship . Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations , this was the eighty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship . Ten matches were played between 18 January and 15 March . It was contested by England , France , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . The championship was won by Wales , the team 's eighteenth title ( excluding another nine shared championships ) . The game between Scotland and Wales at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on 1 March attracted a World Record rugby attendance of 104,000 fans . This record would not be broken until a Bledisloe Cup game between Australia and New Zealand attracted 107,042 to the Sydney Olympic Stadium in 1999 . The attendance at Murrayfield remains the Championship 's record crowd , the record attendance in Europe and the third highest rugby attendance in history . With Scotland winning 12-10 it was the only loss for the Welsh during the 1975 Five Nations . |
1913 Colorado Silver and Gold football team | The 1913 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1913 college football season . Head coach Fred Folsom led the team to a 3 -- 0 -- 1 mark in the RMFAC and 5 -- 1 -- 1 overall . The team lost to Oklahoma on Thanksgiving Day . |
1998 Uganda Cup | Uganda Cup 1998 was the 24th season of the main Ugandan football Cup . |
1989–90 DDR-Oberliga | The 1989 -- 90 DDR-Oberliga was the 41st season of the DDR-Oberliga , the first tier of league football in East Germany . It was the last season of the league under the name of DDR-Oberliga as it played as the NOFV-Oberliga in the following season . East Germany saw great political change during the 1989 -- 90 season with the opening of borders in October 1989 , free elections in March 1990 and the eventual German reunification later in the year . The league was contested by fourteen teams . Dynamo Dresden won the championship , the club 's last out of eight East German championships . Torsten Gütschow of Dynamo Dresden was the league 's top scorer with 18 goals , while Ulf Kirsten , also of Dynamo Dresden , took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award . On the strength of the 1989 -- 90 title Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1990 -- 91 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Red Star Belgrade in the quarter finals . Second-placed FC Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1990 -- 91 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Borussia Dortmund in the first round while third-placed 1 . FC Magdeburg lost to Girondins de Bordeaux in the second round . With Dynamo Dresden having won the double the losing cup finalist , Dynamo Schwerin , playing in the tier two DDR-Liga , took part in the 1990 -- 91 European Cup Winners ' Cup where it was knocked out in the first round by FK Austria Wien . During the season Berliner FC Dynamo was renamed to FC Berlin , BSG Wismut Aue was renamed to FC Wismut Aue and BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt became Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl while further name changes followed in the off-season . As another sign of the changes in East Germany players were , for the first time , allowed to transfer to western clubs during the 1989 -- 90 seasons . Andreas Thom was the first , leaving BFC Dynamo for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in February 1990 , followed by others which , while financially lucrative , left DDR-Oberliga clubs like Dynamo weakened . |
1993 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle | The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women 's 400 metres Freestyle event at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Palma de Mallorca , Spain . |
1978 African Cup of Nations qualification | This page details the qualification of the 1978 African Cup of Nations |
1,1'-Azobis-1,2,3-triazole | 1,1 ′ - Azobis-1 ,2,3 - triazole is a moderately explosive but comparatively stable chemical compound which contains a long continuous chain of nitrogen atoms , with an unbroken chain of eight nitrogen atoms cyclised into two 1,2,3-triazole rings . It is stable up to 194 ° C . The compound exhibits cis -- trans isomerism at the central azo group : the trans isomer is more stable and is yellow , while the cis isomer is less stable and is blue . The two rings are aromatic and form a conjugated system with the azo linkage . This chromophore allows the trans compound to be isomerised to the cis when treated with an appropriate wavelength of ultraviolet light . |
1996 AFC U-17 Championship | 1996 AFC U-17 Championship |
112th Cavalry Regiment | The 112th Cavalry Regiment was a Texas National Guard regiment that served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II . |
.ph | . ph is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for the Philippines . |
10 Days in a Madhouse | 10 days in a Madhouse is a 2015 American biographical film about the experiences of undercover journalist Nellie Bly where , as a reporter working for Joseph Pulitzer , she got herself committed to Blackwell 's Island Asylum to report on atrocities . The production was written and directed by Timothy Hines with consultation from one of Bly 's modern biographers , Brooke Kroeger . The film draws from Bly 's exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House , which led to significant reforms in the treatment of mental health patients in her time . The cast includes Caroline Barry , Christopher Lambert , Kelly Le Brock , Julia Chantrey and Alexandra Callas . This film has garnered extreme controversy for breach of contract . Christopher Lambert , the male lead , was the only actor compensated in full for his work on the feminist film , while the female cast members remain unpaid as of 2017 . Reviews for 10 Days in a Madhouse are predominantly negative . Audiences often cite poor directing , editing , and high school production grade performances . |
1683 in Sweden | Events from the year 1683 in Sweden |
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1979–80 League of Ireland | Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1979 -- 80 season . |
1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship | The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1947 season in Camogie . The championship was won by Antrim who defeated Dublin by a three-point margin in the final . The semi-final between Dublin and Galway ranks alongside the disputed semi-final of 1966 between Dublin and Tipperary as the most controversial in camogie history . |
1949 AAA Championship Car season | The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races , beginning in Arlington , Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar , California on November 6 . There were also two non-championship events . The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons , and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland . The season was marred by George Metzler 's death at Indianapolis in practice , Bill Sheffler 's death at Trenton also in practice , and Rex Mays 's death in the final race at Del Mar. . |
186th Aero Squadron | The 186th Aero Squadron was an Air Service , United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as an Army Observation Squadron , performing long-range , strategic reconnaissance over the entire length of the United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France . After the 1918 Armistice with Germany , the squadron was assigned to the United States Third Army , VII Corps Observation Group at Trier Airfield , Germany as part of the Allied Occupation of the Rhineland . The squadron was demobilized in Germany during July 1919 and its members returned to the United States . There is no modern United States Air Force unit that shares its lineage and history . |
1991–92 Scottish Inter-District Championship | The 1991 -- 92 rugby union Scottish Inter-District Championship was a curtailed championship . Unusually 6 teams competed in this year 's tournament . Glasgow District , Edinburgh District , South , North and Midlands and the Anglo Scots were joined by a SRU Presidents XV side . Each team played only 2 matches . No winner was declared . |
1998 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles | Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná won in the final 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 3 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva . |
155th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) | The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army . Its call sign was the . It was formed 28 February 1945 in Zentsūji , Kagawa as a square division . It was a part of the 16 simultaneously created divisions batch numbering from 140th to 160th . |
1747 in Norway | Events in the year 1747 in Norway . |
1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup | The 1976 -- 77 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 20th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup ( now called EuroLeague ) . The Final was held at the Pionir Hall , in Belgrade , Yugoslavia , on April 7 , 1977 . Maccabi Elite defeated Mobilgirgi Varèse , by a result of 78 -- 77 . This year saw a competition system change , as FIBA opted to replace classic knock-out round qualifications with a group stage . |
10.000 Watts of Artificial Pleasures | 10,000 Watts of Artificial Pleasures ( often stylized as 10.000 Watts of Artificial Pleasures ) is the debut EP album , as well as the very first project by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. . It was released periodically throughout 2003 . Being self-produced and distributed , the band created a street team to sell copies of the album in order to get the attention of labels for future projects . Copies of the EP sold out quickly and boosted the band 's reputation into gaining a record deal with Trisol Music Group . |
1917 Bath Riots | 1917 Bath Riots occurred in January 1917 at the Santa Fe Bridge between El Paso , Texas and Juárez , Mexico . The riots lasted from January 28 to January 30 and were sparked by new immigration policies at the El Paso -- Juárez Immigration and Naturalization Service office , requiring Mexicans crossing the border to take de-lousing baths and be vaccinated . Reports of nude photography of women bathers and fear of potential fire from the kerosene baths led Carmelita Torres to refuse to submit to the procedure . Denied a refund of her transport fare , she began yelling at the officials and convinced other riders to join her . After three days , the discontent subsided , but the disinfections of Mexicans at the U.S. border continued for forty years . |
1991–92 Soviet Cup | The 1991-92 Soviet Cup was the last edition of an already non-existing political entity , the Soviet Union . In the spring of 1992 , all three remaining Ukrainian clubs withdrew from the competition leaving only Russian and Central Asian clubs to contest the main trophy . Because of that only one game was played during the competition 's quarterfinals , while a club from Tajikistan , Pamir Dushanbe , advanced to the semifinals where it was eliminated . The winner of the competition , Spartak Moscow , qualified for the continental tournament representing Russia . |
1999 NCAA Rifle Championships | The 1999 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 20th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States . The championship was hosted by Norwich University in Northfield , Vermont . Alaska topped the team standings , finishing 108 points ( 6,276 -- 6,168 ) points ahead of Navy . This was the Nanooks ' second team title . First the first time since 1980 , one shooter , Kelly Mansfield ( Alaska ) , captured the individual national championship for both the smallbore and air rifle events . |
1997 Brisbane Broncos season | The 1997 Brisbane Broncos season was the tenth in the history of the Brisbane Broncos club . This season was unique in that they participated in the Australian Super League 's 1997 Telstra Cup premiership and 1997 World Club Championship , winning both competitions . |
1951 Florida Gators football team | The 1951 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1951 college football season . The season was Bob Woodruff 's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . The highlights of the season included two intersectional victories over the Wyoming Cowboys ( 13 -- 0 ) and the Loyola Lions ( 40 -- 7 ) , and two Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) victories over the Vanderbilt Commodores ( 33 -- 13 ) during Florida 's homecoming and the Alabama Crimson Tide ( 30 -- 21 ) in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . For the second year in a row , Woodruff 's 1951 Florida Gators finished 5 -- 5 overall and 2 -- 4 in the SEC , placing ninth among twelve conference teams . |
1879 Chicago White Stockings season | The 1879 Chicago White Stockings season was the 8th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise , the 4th in the National League and the 2nd at Lakefront Park . The White Stockings finished fourth in the National League with a record of 46 -- 33 . |
1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | The 1970 ECAC Hockey Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th tournament in league history . It was played between March 10 and March 14 , 1970 . Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites , while the ` final four ' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston , Massachusetts . By reaching the championship game both , Cornell and Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1970 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament . |
1988 Australian Sports Car Championship | The 1988 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Group 2A Sports Cars ( including Clubman cars at the sole discretion of CAMS ) , FISA C1 cars ( up to 6 litres ) , FISA C2 cars ( up to 5 litres ) and Sports Sedans . The title , which was the 20th Australian Sports Car Championship , was contested over a four round series and was won by Alan Nolan , driving a Nola Chevrolet . As of 2014 this is the final Australian Sports Car Championship contested . |
1945 in film | The year 1945 in film involved some significant events . |
141st Air Refueling Wing | The 141st Air Refueling Wing ( 141 ARW ) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard , stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base , Spokane , Washington . If activated to federal service , the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . The 116th Air Refueling Squadron assigned to the Wings 141st Operations Group , is a descendant organization of the World War I 116th Aero Squadron , established on 28 August 1917 . It was reformed on 6 August 1924 , as the 116th Observation Squadron , and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II . |
1994–95 Sunderland A.F.C. season | During the 1994 -- 95 English football season , Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division . |
19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment | The 19th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . |
1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race | The Senior men 's race at the 1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Warszawa , Poland , at the Służewiec Racecourse on March 22 , 1987 . A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times . Complete results , medallists , and the results of British athletes were published . |
'A' You're Adorable | A ' You 're Adorable '' is a popular song with music by Sid Lippman and lyrics by Buddy Kaye and Fred Wise , published in 1948 . The biggest hit version was recorded by Perry Como , with The Fontane Sisters on March 1 , 1949 . This recording was released on single records as follows : In the United States , by RCA Victor , on 78 rpm ( catalog number 20-3381-B ) and 45 rpm ( catalog number 47-2899 ) , in 1949 , with the flip side `` When Is Sometime ? '' This record reached # 1 on the US chart on April 9 , 1949 . In the United Kingdom , by HMV , on 78 rpm ( catalog number BD-1250 ) in June 1949 , with the flip side `` Forever and Ever '' In Japan , by Victor Entertainment , on 78 rpm ( catalog number S-2 ) , with the flip side `` Bali Ha'i '' In Australia , by His Master 's Voice , on 78 rpm ( catalog number E.A. 3850 ) , with the flip side `` My Melancholy Baby '' Another recording by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae was also very popular . The recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15393 . The flip side was `` Need You . '' The recording first appeared on the Billboard charts on March 25 , 1949 , lasting 13 weeks and peaking at position # 4 . Another recording by the Tony Pastor orchestra also charted . The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38449 . The recording first appeared on the Billboard charts on May 6 , 1949 , lasting 2 weeks and peaking at position # 22 . The song formed the basis for a Morecambe and Wise sketch , where Eric Morecambe started with `` A you 're adorable , B you 're so beautiful '' and then randomly chose letters such as J , Q or Z to fox Ernie Wise . The song was used in a Star Trek : The Next Generation DVD extra , where Patrick Stewart , as Jean-Luc Picard , sang the song with slightly altered lyrics . The song was also performed by an Anything Muppet on Sesame Street to his girlfriend , who was then scared off by Cookie Monster . ` A ' , You 're Adorable is a song from the video Baby Animal Songs |
1761 in Sweden | Events from the year 1761 in Sweden |
1903–04 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team | The 1903 -- 04 Connecticut Aggies men 's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College , now the University of Connecticut , in the 1903 -- 04 collegiate men 's basketball season . The Aggies completed the season with a 6 -- 3 record against mostly local high schools . The Aggies were members of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges . |
1936 Home Nations Championship | The 1936 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-second series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship . Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations , and prior to that , the Home Nations , this was the forty-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship . Six matches were played between 18 January and 21 March . It was contested by England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales . |
103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery | The 103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment ( 103rd HAA Rgt ) was an air defence unit of the British Army 's Royal Artillery during World War II . It saw action during the Liverpool Blitz , landed on D-Day and served throughout the subsequent campaign in North West Europe and defended the cities of Belgium against V-1 flying bombs . |
1970 Dutch Open (tennis) | The 1970 Dutch Open was a men 's tennis tournament staged in Hilversum , Netherlands . The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from August 3 to August 9 , 1970 . It was the 14th edition of the tournament and Tom Okker won the singles title . |
1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | The 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Meran , Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time . The mixed C-2 team event was discontinued following the 1969 championships . Meran hosted the championships previously in 1953 , tying a record set both by Geneva , Switzerland ( 1949 , 1959 ) and by Spittal , Austria ( 1963 , 1965 ) . |
1991 AFL draft | |
1856 in paleontology | |
1993 Men's African Volleyball Championship | The 1993 Men 's African Volleyball Championship was in Algiers , Algeria , with 10 teams participating in the continental championship . |
1934 Grand Prix season | The 1934 Grand Prix season was the final year of a two-year hiatus for the European Championship . Achille Varzi proved to be the most successful driver , winning six Grands Prix . Alfa Romeo 's cars proved difficult to beat , winning 18 of the season 's 35 Grands Prix . |
1921 St. Louis Cardinals season | The 1921 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team 's 40th season in St. Louis , Missouri and the 30th season in the National League . The Cardinals went 87 -- 66 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League . |
18th Japan Record Awards | The 18th Annual Japan Record Awards took place at the Imperial Garden Theater in Chiyoda , Tokyo , on December 31 , 1976 , starting at 7:00 PM JST . The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS . |
171st Aviation Squadron (Australia) | The 171st Aviation Squadron ( 171 Avn Sqn ) is an Australian Army helicopter squadron equipped with S70A Black Hawk helicopters and provides support to the Special Operations Command . The squadron is based at Luscombe Airfield , Holsworthy Barracks , Sydney and forms part of the 6th Aviation Regiment . |
1919 Stanley Cup playoffs | The 1919 Stanley Cup playoffs were played from February 22 to March 29 , when the National Hockey League ( NHL ) champion Montreal Canadiens defeated the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ) champion Seattle Metropolitans for the Stanley Cup . The finals ended with no champion because the series was suspended after five games due to the Spanish flu outbreak . It was the only time in the history of the Stanley Cup that it was not awarded due to a no-decision after playoffs were held . |
1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake | The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake occurred on July 17 with a moment magnitude of 7.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ) . The event occurred on a reverse fault near the north coast region of Papua New Guinea , 25 km from the coast near Aitape , and caused a large undersea landslide which caused a tsunami that hit the coast , killing between at least 2,183 and 2,700 people and injuring thousands . |
1963 Western North Carolina 500 | The 1963 Western North Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series ( now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ) event that was held on August 11 , 1969 , at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville , North Carolina . The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade . Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the `` strictly stock '' vehicles of the 1950s ; most of the cars were trailered to events or hauled in by trucks . |
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