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1989 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and successfully defended their title , defeating Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 2 in the final . It was the 7th title of the year , 10th Tour Finals title and 150th overall title for Navratilova , and the 8th title of the year , 9th...
1977 SANFL season
The 1977 South Australian National Football League season was the 97th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia and marked 100 years since the inaugural 1877 SAFA season .
1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women 's high jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki , Finland , at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971 .
1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship ( known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets ) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship . The city of Damascus , in Syria , hosted the tournament . Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most win...
17th Academy Awards
The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally , on the Blue Network ( ABC Radio ) . Bob Hope hosted the 70-minute broadcast , which included film clips that required explanation for the radio audience . This tradition ended abruptly after the 1948 ceremony as a resu...
1863 Antinous
1863 Antinous , provisional designation , is a stony asteroid and near-Earth object , approximately 2 -- 3 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 7 March 1948 , by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on the summit of Mount Hamilton , California . Antinous is also classified as a Mars-crosser ...
1928 Estonian Football Championship
The 1928 Estonian Football Championship was the eight top-division football league season in Estonia . It was played as a knock-out tournament . Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi won the championship .
1994 Champ Car season
The 1994 Champ Car season may refer to : the 1993-94 USAC Championship Car season , which was just one race , the 78th Indianapolis 500 the 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series , sanctioned by CART , who later became Champ Car
1954–55 League of Ireland
Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1954/1955 season .
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1993 2. Divisjon
The 1993 2 . Divisjon , the third highest association football league for men in Norway . 22 games were played in 6 groups , with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws . Jevnaker , Åndalsnes , Stabæk , Vidar , Stjørdals-Blink and Alta were promoted to the First Division . Number ten , eleven and twelve were relegat...
1989 English Greyhound Derby
The 1989 Daily Mirror Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 24 June 1989 at Wimbledon Stadium . The winner Lartigue Note received # 40,000 . The competition was sponsored by the Daily Mirror .
1936 British Lions tour to Argentina
The 1936 Great Britain tour of Argentina was a series of rugby union matches arranged between a British invitational team and various Argentine teams . The tourists played ten matches , nine of which were against club and combined teams while one match took in a full Argentina national team . Despite being sanctioned b...
1995 in Swedish football
The 1995 season in Swedish football , starting January 1995 and ending December 1995 :
1516
__ NOTOC __ Year 1516 ( MDXVI ) was a leap year starting on Tuesday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar .
(Formate-C-acetyltransferase)-activating enzyme
In enzymology , a -LSB- formate-C-acetyltransferase -RSB- - activating enzyme is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction S-adenosyl-L-methionine + dihydroflavodoxin + -LSB- formate C-acetyltransferase -RSB- - glycine 5 ' - deoxyadenosine + L-methionine + flavodoxin semiquinone + -LSB- formate C-acetyltransfera...
182nd Tunnelling Company
The 182nd Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I . The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines , as well as other underground work such as the c...
1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000 km
The 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000 km was an endurance race backed by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest ( ACO ) , who ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans , and the Japan Automobile Federation ( JAF ) , who ran the JGTC race series . It was run on November 7 , 1999 .
1954 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1954 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State UniversityThe official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University , San Luis Obispo . However , it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947 . See : Cal Poly during the 19...
1895–96 Scottish Cup
The 1895 -- 96 Scottish Cup was the 23rd season of Scotland 's most prestigious football knockout competition . The Cup was won by Heart of Midlothian when they beat Hibernian 3-1 in the final .
19th Alberta Dragoons
The 19th Alberta Dragoons originated in Edmonton , Alberta on 1 February 1908 , when the 19th The Alberta Mounted Rifles were authorized to be formed and was redesignated as the 19th Alberta Dragoons on 3 January 1911 . On 16 February 1936 , it was amalgamated with The Alberta Mounted Rifles . It was redesignated the 1...
1939 Rose Bowl
The 1939 Rose Bowl was the 25th Rose Bowl college football game , held in Pasadena , California , on January 2 , 1939 . It concluded the 1938 college football season and featured the USC Trojans ( 8 -- 2 ) against the Duke Blue Devils ( 9 -- 0 ) , with USC as the pre-game favorite . Scoreless after three quarters , D...
1811 in South Africa
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1951 Pepperdine Waves football team
The 1951 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine CollegePepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 -- 1970 . More commonly it was simply called Pepperdine College . See : Pepperdine during the 1951 College Division football season . Pepperdine competed in the Californi...
1921 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1921 College Basketball All-American team , as chosen by the Helms Foundation . The player highlighted by gold indicates that he was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year .
1968 Venezuelan Primera División season
The 1968 season of the Venezuelan Primera División , the top category of Venezuelan football , was played by 6 teams . The national champions were Canarias .
1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
The 1980 -- 81 Virginia Cavaliers men 's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season
The 1986 -- 87 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers ' 20th season in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Edmonton Oilers in seven games .
1998–99 Scottish Junior Cup
The 1998 -- 99 Scottish Junior Cup was a competition in Scottish Junior football . It was won by Kilwinning Rangers after they defeated Kelty Hearts 1 -- 0 in the final .
1957 William & Mary Indians football team
The 1957 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1957 college football season . On November 9 , 1957 , William & Mary traveled to Raleigh , North Carolina to play # 10 ranked NC State in Riddick Stadium . The Indians ( 2 -- 5 -- 0 ) stunned the Wolfpack ( 5 -- 0 -- 2 ) with a 7 -- 6 w...
1708 in art
Events from the year 1708 in art .
1999–2000 World Sevens Series
The 1999 -- 2000 IRB Sevens World Series was the first of an annual series of IRB Sevens World Series tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board . The 1999-2000 Series consisted of ten tournaments spread over several continents . New Zealand and Fiji each won five , with New Zealand the ov...
180/Movement for Democracy and Education
180/Movement for Democracy and Education or MDE was a U.S. national campus activist organization active from 1998-2004 . Its mission was `` dedicated to helping build a campus-based movement for political empowerment and participatory democracy . Through education and organizing we hope to encourage a radical political...
1990 Indianapolis 500
The 74th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway , Indiana on Sunday , May 27 , 1990 . Dutchman Arie Luyendyk took the lead with 32 laps to go , and earned his first-ever victory in championship-level competition . It was the second consecutive year the Indy 500 was won by a foreign-bor...
1969–70 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1969 -- 70 Eredivisie season was the tenth season of the Eredivisie , the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands . Four teams participated in the league , and S.IJ . Den Bosch won the championship .
1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland 's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition . Kerry were the winners .
1945 Texas hurricane
The 1945 Texas hurricane was a slow-moving tropical cyclone which paralleled the Texas Gulf Coast , causing extensive damage in late-August 1945 . The fifth tropical storm and second hurricane of the annual hurricane season , the storm formed out of an area of disturbed weather which had been situated over the Bay of C...
1938 Calgary Bronks season
The 1938 Calgary Bronks season was the fourth season in franchise history where the team finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with a 6 -- 2 record . The Bronks played in the WIFU Finals , but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a two-game series by a total points score of 25-9 .
1945 Outer Banks hurricane
The 1945 Outer Banks hurricane was a moderate hurricane that struck Florida and affected the East Coast of the United States in late June , 1945 . The first tropical storm and the first hurricane of the Atlantic season , it developed on June 20 in the western Caribbean Sea off Honduras . For the next two days , it move...
1861 English cricket season
The 1861 English cricket season saw the creation of the match fund committee that would become Yorkshire CCC .
1609 in Quebec
See also : 1608 in Quebec other events of 1609 , 1610 in Quebec
1993 Yokohama Flügels season
1993 Yokohama Flügels season
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1989 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1989 football ( soccer ) season in Brazil , which was the 88th season of competitive football in the country .
1070 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1070 kHz : The Federal Communications Commission classifies 1070 AM as a United States and Canadian clear-channel frequency . KNX in Los Angeles and CBA in Moncton , New Brunswick shared Class A status on this frequency . But on April 7 , 2008 , CBA moved to the FM...
1773 in Poland
Events from the year 1773 in Poland
1997 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 1997 Edmonton Eskimos , coached by Ron Lancaster , finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 12 -- 6 -- 0 record . They were upset in the Western Finals by the Saskatchewan Roughriders .
1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
The 1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men 's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney , Australia and was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix . The tournament was held from 16 October through 22 October 1978 . First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the si...
1926 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team
The 1926 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology -- now known as Carnegie Mellon University -- in the 1926 college football season . The team defeated Notre Dame in a large upset . The game was ranked the fourth-greatest upset in college football history by ESPN .
149 Squadron (Israel)
149 Squadron , often referred to as the Smashing or Shattering Parrot squadron is a former unit of the Israeli Air Force . Active from 1976 to 1991 , the squadron flew the A-4 Skyhawk and IAI Kfir .
1996 XL Bermuda Open – Doubles
Grant Connell and Todd Martin were the defending champions but did not compete that year . Jan Apell and Brent Haygarth won in the final 3 -- 6 , 6 -- 1 , 6 -- 3 against Pat Cash and Patrick Rafter .
1994 Comcast U.S. Indoor
The 1994 Comcast U.S. Indoor was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts that was part of the Championship Series of the 1994 ATP Tour . It was played at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in the United States from February 14 to February 21 , 1994 .
1998 Auckland power crisis
The 1998 Auckland power crisis was a five-week-long power outage affecting the central city of Auckland , New Zealand in February and March ( southern summer ) of 1998 . At the time , almost all of downtown Auckland was supplied with electricity by Mercury Energy Limited via four 110 kV power cables from the national...
1941 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1941 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific ( COP ) University of the Pacific ( UOP ) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 -- 1961 . See : University of the Pacific during the 1941 college football season . COP competed in the Far Western Conference ( FWC ) . The team was led...
1973 Dutch Open (tennis)
The 1973 Dutch Open was a combined men 's and women 's tennis tournament staged in Hilversum , Netherlands . The men 's event was part of the Grand Prix circuit and categorized in Group C . The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 16 July to 23 July 1973 . It was the 17th edition of the tourna...
1927 Chicago Cardinals season
The 1927 Chicago Cardinals season was their eighth in the league . The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5 -- 6 -- 1 , winning only three games . They finished ninth in the league .
1947 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1947 in Norwegian music .
10 Rillington Place
10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime drama film , directed by Richard Fleischer . It stars Richard Attenborough , John Hurt and Judy Geeson and was adapted by Clive Exton from the book Ten Rillington Place by Ludovic Kennedy ( who also acted as technical advisor to the production ) . The film dramatises the ca...
1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1939 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season . In their eighth year under head coach Bernie Bierman , the Golden Gophers compiled a 3 -- 4 -- 1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 154 to 82 . Tackle Win P...
1997 Canisius Golden Griffins football team
The 1997 Canisius Golden Griffins football team represented Canisius College in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The Golden Griffins offense scored 131 points while the defense allowed 205 points .
1953 Chatham Cup
The 1953 Chatham Cup was the 26th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand . The competition was run on a regional basis , with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds . Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Eastern Suburbs ( Auckland ) , Huntly...
1980 US Open (tennis)
The 1980 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States . It was the 100th edition of the US Open and was held from August 26 to September 7 , 1980 .
1972 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 1972 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers ' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 65 wins and 91 losses . Because of the move of the Washington Senators to Texas , the Brewers shifted from the AL West to the AL East .
1921 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1921 San Jose State Spartans football team represented State Teachers College at San JoseSan Jose State University was known as State Teachers College at San Jose from 1921 -- 1935 . See : San Jose State during the 1921 college football season . This was the first season of intercollegiate football for San Jose S...
1995–96 Washington Capitals season
The 1995 -- 96 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals ' 22nd season of play .
1973 Svenska Cupen Final
The 1973 Svenska Cupen final took place on 31 May 1973 at Stadsparksvallen in Jönköping . The match was contested by Allsvenskan sides Malmö FF and Åtvidabergs FF . The two clubs had faced each other just two years earlier in the 1971 Final . Åtvidaberg played their fourth final in total , Malmö FF played their ninth f...
1590 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1590 kHz : 1590 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency . In Mexico XEVOZ-AM in Iztacalco , DF In the United States KBJT in Fordyce , Arkansas KCTY in Wayne , Nebraska KDAE in Sinton , Texas KDAV in Lubbock , Texas KDEX ( AM ) in Dexter , Missouri KDJS ( AM...
1998–99 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1998 -- 99 Michigan State Spartans men 's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1998 -- 99 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing , Michigan and were coached by fourth-year head coach , Tom Izzo . The Spartans finished the...
1972–73 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
Mersin İdmanyurdu ( also Mersin İdman Yurdu , Mersin İY , or MİY ) Sports Club ; located in Mersin , east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1972 -- 73 . The 1972 -- 73 season was the sixth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu ( MİY ) football team in Turkish First Football League , the first level division in Turkey . They finis...
1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Jonathan Canter and Bruce Derlin . Rick Leach and Jim Pugh won in the final 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 5 ) , 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 4 ) , 7 -- 6 ( 7 -- 5 ) against Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser .
1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women 's shot put event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul , Korea , at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September .
1998 in British music
This is a summary of 1998 in music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year . 1998 was a transitional year for music , when the hyped up sound of pure pop from the mid-1990s began to fade and popular artists began to experiment with different styles and new artists were brought onto the sc...
1997 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles
Olga Lugina and Elena Pampoulova were the defending champions but only Lugina competed that year with Nino Louarsabishvili . Louarsabishvili and Lugina lost in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir and Inés Gorrochategui . Dragomir and Gorrochategui won in the final 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 0 against Meike Babel and Catherine ...
1963–64 in Belgian football
The 1963 -- 1964 season was the 61st season of competitive football in Belgium . RSC Anderlechtois won their 10th Division I title . Standard Liège entered the 1963 -- 64 European Champion Clubs ' Cup as Belgian title holder and RFC Liégeois and ARA La Gantoise entered the 1963 -- 64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup . The Belgia...
1927 Washington and Lee Generals football team
The 1927 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee Generals during the 1927 college football season .
1993 in sports
1993 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport .
1972 Australian Rally Championship
The 1972 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia . It was the fifth season in the history of the competition . Colin Bond and navigator George Shepheard won the Championship for the second year in a row in the Holden Dealer Team Torana GTR XU-1 .
1991–92 Libyan Premier League
The 1991-92 Libyan Premier League was contested between August 1991 and May 1992 . The league was composed of 21 teams . Each of these teams played each other once , meaning each side played 20 matches . The 21 sides that competed in this season were : Al Ahly Tripoli Al Ahly Benghazi Al Madina Darnes Al Wahda A...
1995–96 in Armenian football
1995 -- 96 in Armenian football was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union . It was the first of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others . Including the 1996 -- 97 season these were the only winter competitions , while all other Armenian seasons were summer...
1737 in Scotland
Events from the year 1737 in Scotland .
1965 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team
The 1965 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season . The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his 7th season at Arizona State . The Sun Devils won the College World Series , defeating the in the championship game .
146 BC
__ NOTOC __ Year 146 BCE was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Achaicus ( or , less frequently , year 608 Ab urbe condita ) . The denomination 146 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calenda...
1953 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1953 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1953 college football season . The Bulldogs were led by second year head coach Jordan Olivar , played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 5 -- 2 -- 2 record .
1983 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) . The 1983 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 35 tournaments , with prize money ranging from $ 25,000 up to $ 75,000 .
1950–51 Washington Capitols season
The 1950 -- 51 NBA season was the Capitols ' fifth season in the NBA . Midway through the season , the franchise ceased operations .
1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1971 Australian Manufacturers ' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars . The championship , which was the inaugural Australian Manufacturers ' Championship , was won by General Motors-Holden 's .
1933 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1933 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1933 college football season . The Hurricanes played their home games at Moore Park in Miami , Florida . The team was coached by Tom McCann , in his third year as head coach for the Hurricanes . The Hurricanes finished their season 5 --...
13th Division
In military terms , 13th Division or 13th Infantry Division may refer to : Infantry divisions : 13th Division ( German Empire ) 13th Reserve Division ( German Empire ) 13th Division ( Germany ) 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar ( 1st Croatian ) ( Germany ) 13th Mechanized Infantry Division ( Germ...
1925 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1925 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1925 college football season . In their 11th season under head coach Pop McKale , the Wildcats compiled a 3 -- 3 -- 1 record and were outscored by their opponents , 88 to 70 . The team captain was Charles H. Gilli...
1986 in Canada
Events from the year 1986 in Canada .
1953 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1953 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1953 college football season . In their first year under head coach Bernie Witucki , the Golden Hurricane compiled an 3 -- 7 record , 1 -- 3 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents , and finished in last place in the confe...
1976 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 1976 New Zealand National Soccer League was the seventh season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football .
1964 Lowood 4 Hour
The 1964 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland , Australia on 12 April 1964 . The race , which was promoted by the Queensland Racing Drivers ' Club Ltd. , was the first of three Lowood 4 Hour races to be held at the circuit . Whilst the emphasis was on clas...
1934 in science
The year 1934 in science and technology involved some significant events , listed below .
1887 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1887 Penn State Nittany Lions football team would become the school 's first undefeated team , going 2 -- 0 , and the school 's only unscored-upon team . The quarterback of this team was George H. `` Lucy '' Linsz ( 1887 -- 1889 ) . For whatever reason , Lucy Linsz only played for three years ( only 1887 at quarter...
1374
Year 1374 ( MCCCLXXIV ) was a common year starting on Sunday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar .
1979 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Björn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner 6 -- 7 , 6 -- 1 , 3 -- 6 , 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 4 in the final to win the Gentlemen 's Singles title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships . This edition was also the first to introduce the tie-break with the scores at 6 -- 6 instead of 8 -- 8 .
1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom
Women 's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/1989
1957 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1957 World Women 's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica , Croatia and Belgrade , Serbia within Yugoslavia in 1957 .
1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season . The team was led by captains Galen Cisco and Leo Brown . They were the third national title team in Ohio State football history . They were coached by Hall of Fame coach Woody Hayes . The Bu...