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1925 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team | The 1925 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Missouri Valley Conference teams for the 1925 college football season . The selectors for the 1925 season included the Associated Press ( AP ) . |
1948 Cairo bombings | The 1948 bombings in Cairo , which targeted Jewish areas , took place between June and September 1948 killing 70 Jews and wounding nearly 200 . Riots claimed many more lives . In a meeting with the American Jewish Committee in New York in October 1948 , the president of Cairo 's Sephardi Jewish community , Salvator Cicurel , stated his belief that `` the recent anti-Jewish outbreaks ... -LSB- were -RSB- connected with the existence of Israel and the defeats of the Egyptian Army there . '' |
1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | The 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held November 28 to December 3 , 1989 , in Colorado Springs , Colorado . The event was sanctioned by the International Skating Union and open to ISU member nations . Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men 's singles , ladies ' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . |
1985 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1985 Atlantic hurricane season had 6 U.S. landfalling hurricanes , which was the highest number in 99 years . The season officially began on June 1 and lasted until November 30 . It was an average season , with 11 named storms developing . This was partially attributed to a La Niña -- a meteorological phenomenon that produces favorable conditions across the Atlantic basin , such as lower wind shear and higher sea surface temperatures . The first storm , Ana , developed on July 15 near Bermuda and caused minor effects in Canada while transitioning into an extratropical cyclone . Three other tropical cyclones -- Claudette , Henri , and Isabel -- did not significantly affect land . Claudette developed offshore of the Southeastern United States and brushed Bermuda and the Azores . Henri and Isabel were dissipating as they approached land . However , the precursor of the latter caused a severe flood in Puerto Rico that killed 180 people . Additionally , Tropical Storm Fabian and three tropical depressions did not have any known impact on land . Although several storms caused minimal effects , several tropical cyclones also left extensive impact . Hurricane Gloria , the strongest storm of the season , resulted in 14 fatalities and about $ 900 million ( 1985 USD ) in damage in North Carolina , Virginia , the Mid-Atlantic , and New England . Hurricane Elena threatened the central Gulf Coast of the United States , then abruptly re-curved toward Florida . Unexpectedly , Elena doubled-back and struck Mississippi , resulting in two mass evacuations . The storm caused $ 1.3 billion in losses , with most of the damage in Louisiana and Mississippi . Similarly , Hurricane Juan caused $ 1.5 billion in damage due to its erratic track offshore and across Louisiana . Three other tropical cyclones -- Hurricanes Bob , Danny , and Kate -- caused moderate to extensive damage in Cuba and the United States . Overall , the tropical cyclones of this season collectively caused over $ 4.5 billion in damage and 60 deaths . |
1997–98 Azadegan League | The following is the final results of the Azadegan League 's 1997/98 football season . |
1990 Monte Carlo Open | The 1990 Monte Carlo Open was a men 's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts . It was the 84th edition of the Monte Carlo Open , and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour . It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin , France , near Monte Carlo , Monaco , 23 April through 29 April 1990 . The men 's field was headlined by Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker . Other top seeds in the field were Aaron Krickstein , Jay Berger , and Andrés Gómez . |
1777 in science | The year 1777 in science and technology involved some significant events . |
1978 Individual Speedway World Championship | The 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship . |
1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team | The 1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season . The 1988 Michigan Wolverines football team captured seven of the first-team spots on the All-Big Ten teams selected by the conference coaches for the United Press International . The Iowa Hawkeyes followed with six first-team spots , including quarterback Chuck Hartlieb . |
1979 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships | The 12th European Women 's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Copenhagen . |
1994 Bagratashen bombing | A bombing occurred in Bagratashen village market in northern Armenia on September 4 , 1994 in which 14 people were killed ( including the two perpetrators ) and 46 were injured , although initial reports talked about 10 deaths and 26 injuries . Bagratashen is a relatively large village in Armenia 's Tavush province , on the Armenian-Georgian border , not far from Azerbaijan . Sadakhlo , a large Azerbaijani populated village of 10,000 , is located on the Georgian side of the border . During the 1990s , after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the area was `` a center of mafia gangs dealing particularly in black-market fuel '' because Armenia was under embargo from Azerbaijan , while the Armenian-Turkish border was closed since 1993 due to the conflict with Azerbaijan . Armenia and Azerbaijan were involved in a bloody conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh War . The bombing was perpetrated by Imran Huseinov of Baku and Turkmen Jafarov of Bula village in Marneuli district in Georgia . Both ethnic Azerbaijanis . According to the local officials , the `` explosive device had been planted in a briefcase . '' The explosion included a wide area . |
16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | The 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . |
1975 Centennial Cup | The 1975 Centennial Cup is the fifth Tier II Junior `` A '' 1975 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League . The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Western Canadian Champions and the Eastern Canadian Champions . The finals were hosted by the Spruce Grove Mets in the city of Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . |
1873 South Australian football season | The 1873 South Australian football season was the eleventh year of interclub football in South Australia . It was notable due to the attempts of to create a standardised set of rules . Partly due to this , Adelaide did not play until 1875 . |
1930 San Diego State Aztecs football team | The 1930 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State Teachers CollegeSan Diego State University was known as San Diego State Teachers College from 1921 -- 1934 . See : San Diego State during the 1930 NCAA football season . San Diego State competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( SCIAC ) . The 1930 San Diego State team was led by head coach Walter Herreid in his first season with the Aztecs . They played home games at Navy `` Sports '' Field.The Navy `` Sports '' Field was the original name of what became Lane Field in downtown San Diego . It was converted to a baseball-only configuration in 1936 . The Aztecs finished the season with five wins and four losses and two ties ( 5 -- 3 -- 2 , 2 -- 2 -- 1 SCIAC ) . Overall , the team outscored its opponents 71 -- 45 points for the season . This included shutting out their opponents six times and being shut out three times . |
1949 All-SEC football team | The 1949 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) chosen by various selectors for the 1949 college football season . Tulane won the conference . |
1936–37 Brentford F.C. season | During the 1936 -- 37 English football season , Brentford competed in the Football League First Division and secured a 6th-place finish , one place below the previous season 's club record highest league position . |
1957 World Wrestling Championships | The 1957 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Istanbul , Turkey . |
1994 in art | |
1977 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Singles | Kathy May was the defending champion but was upset in her first match against Mary Hamm . Third-seed Laura duPont won the title beating Nancy Richey in the final . |
1976 Winston 500 | The 1976 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 2 , 1976 , at Alabama International Motor Speedway ( now Talladega Superspeedway ) in Talladega , Alabama . By 1980 , NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore . |
1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team | The 1971 Alabama Crimson Tide football team ( variously `` Alabama '' , `` UA '' or `` Bama '' ) represented the University of Alabama in the 1971 college football season . It was the Crimson Tide 's 77th overall and 38th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant , in his 14th year , and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham , Alabama . They finished season with eleven wins and one loss ( 11 -- 1 overall , 7 -- 0 in the SEC ) , as SEC champions and with a loss to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl . The 1971 squad was notable for a pair of firsts in Alabama football history . This was the first team that African Americans contributed as members of the Alabama varsity squad , with John Mitchell being the first to actually see playing time . 1971 also marked the first season the Crimson Tide utilized the wishbone offense that Alabama became noted for throughout the remainder of Bryant 's tenure as head coach at Alabama . Alabama opened the season with an upset victory at USC . This was the first game that the wishbone was utilized by the Crimson Tide offense , and their victory was attributed in part to surprising the Trojans with its introduction . They then won their next four games over , Florida , Ole Miss and Vanderbilt and set up a top 20 match-up against Tennessee . In their rival game , the Crimson Tide ended a four-game losing streak to the Vols with their 32 -- 15 victory . After a hard-fought win over and victory over Mississippi State at Jackson , Alabama defeated LSU for their third win over a ranked team on the season . The Crimson Tide next defeated Miami on homecoming and set up a match-up between undefeated teams for the first time in the history of the Iron Bowl to close the regular season . With both teams ranked in the top five , Alabama defeated Auburn 31 -- 7 and captured the outright SEC football championship . However , they were unable to capture a national championship as they were defeated by No. 1 Nebraska 38 -- 6 to close the season in the Orange Bowl . |
1343 Naples earthquake | The 1343 earthquake struck the Tyrrhenian Sea and Bay of Naples on November 25 , 1343 . Underground shocks were felt in Naples and caused significant damage and loss of lives . Of major note was a tsunami created by the earthquake which destroyed many ships in Naples and destroyed many ports along the Amalfi Coast including Amalfi itself . The effects of the tsunami were observed by the poet Petrarch , whose ship was forced to return to port , and recorded in the fifth book of his Epistolae familiares . |
"Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | `` Weird Al '' Yankovic : The Videos is a DVD and laserdisc release of every `` Weird Al '' Yankovic music video to the date of release . The DVD contains 21 music videos , which all previously appeared on the VHS tapes The `` Weird Al '' Yankovic Video Library , Alapalooza : The Videos and Bad Hair Day : The Videos , with the exception of the most recent video , `` Spy Hard '' . It is out of print , and since has been replaced with the more comprehensive `` Weird Al '' Yankovic : The Ultimate Video Collection ( 2003 ) . Yankovic 's music videos to date : `` Ricky '' ( from `` Weird Al '' Yankovic album ) `` I Love Rocky Road '' ( from `` Weird Al '' Yankovic album ) `` Eat It '' ( from `` Weird Al '' Yankovic in 3-D album ) `` I Lost on Jeopardy '' ( from `` Weird Al '' Yankovic in 3-D album ) `` This Is the Life '' ( from Dare to Be Stupid album ) `` Like a Surgeon '' ( from Dare to Be Stupid album ) `` Dare to Be Stupid '' ( from Dare to Be Stupid album ) `` One More Minute '' ( from Dare to Be Stupid album ) `` Living with a Hernia '' ( from Polka Party ! album ) `` Christmas at Ground Zero '' ( from Polka Party ! album ) `` Fat '' ( from Even Worse album ) `` Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies * '' ( from UHF album ) `` UHF '' ( from UHF album ) `` Smells Like Nirvana '' ( from Off the Deep End album ) `` You Do n't Love Me Anymore '' ( from Off the Deep End album ) `` Jurassic Park '' ( from Alapalooza album ) `` Bedrock Anthem '' ( from Alapalooza album ) `` Headline News '' ( from Permanent Record : Al in the Box album ) `` Amish Paradise '' ( from Bad Hair Day album ) `` Gump '' ( from Bad Hair Day album ) `` Spy Hard ( Theme from the Motion Picture Spy Hard ) '' |
1986 Nabisco Masters – Singles | Ivan Lendl won the singles title of the 1986 Nabisco Masters tennis tournament after defeating Boris Becker in the final 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 4 |
1967 Arab League summit | The 1967 Arab League summit was held on August 29 in Khartoum as the fourth Arab League Summit . The summit came in the aftermath of the Arab defeat to Israel in the Six-Day War and is famous for its Khartoum Resolution known as `` The Three No 's '' ; No peace with Israel , no recognition of Israel , no negotiations with Israel . The summit also resolved that the `` oil-rich Arab states '' give financial aid to the states who lost the war and to `` help them rebuild their military forces . '' The final communique of the meeting `` underscored the Palestinians ' right to regain the whole of Palestine -- that is , to destroy the State of Israel . '' The outcome of this summit influenced Israeli foreign policy for decades . |
1993 in Portuguese television | This is a list of Portuguese television related events from 1993 . |
1967 Plainfield riots | The Plainfield riots were a series of racially charged violent disturbances that occurred in Plainfield , New Jersey during the summer of 1967 , which mirrored the 1967 Newark riots in nearby Newark , New Jersey . |
1974 in Ethiopia | The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Ethiopia . |
104.9 FM | The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 104.9 MHz : |
1949 Raisin Bowl (December) | The 1949 Raisin Bowl ( December ) was an American college football bowl game played on December 31 , 1949 at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno , California . The game pitted the San Jose State Spartans and the Texas Tech Red Raiders . This was the fifth and final Raisin Bowl played . |
1872 in Australian literature | This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1872 . For an overview of world literature see 1872 in literature . See also : 1871 in Australian literature , 1872 in Australia , 1873 in Australian literature . |
1983 Geneva Open – Doubles | Pavel Složil and Tomáš Šmíd were the defending champions , but did not participate this year . Stanislav Birner and Blaine Willenborg won the title , defeating Joakim Nyström and Mats Wilander 6 -- 1 , 2 -- 6 , 6 -- 3 in the final . |
1950 Tangerine Bowl | The 1950 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1949 season , on January 2 , 1950 , at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando , Florida . The game was the fourth annual Tangerine Bowl , now known as the Citrus Bowl , and saw the Saint Vincent Bearcats defeat the Emory & Henry Wasps , 7 -- 6 . Both teams had entered the bowl undefeated . This game was the second Tangerine Bowl where MVP honors were awarded ; they were given to fullback Don Henigin of Saint Vincent and quarterback Chick Davis of Emory & Henry . |
1961–62 Oberliga (disambiguation) | 1961 -- 62 Oberliga may refer to : 1961 -- 62 Oberliga , a West German association football season 1961 -- 62 DDR-Oberliga , an East German association football season 1961 -- 62 DDR-Oberliga ( ice hockey ) season , an East German ice hockey season |
1971 UEFA European Under-18 Championship | The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1971 Final Tournament was held in Czechoslovakia . Best player : Trevor Francis ( ENG ) Best goalkeeper : António Fidalgo ( POR ) |
1962–63 Luxembourg National Division | Statistics of Luxembourg National Division in season 1962/1963 . |
1920 in Canada | Events from the year 1920 in Canada . |
1916 in Wales | This article is about the particular significance of the year 1916 to Wales and its people . |
1992 in Armenian football | 1992 in Armenian football was the first season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union . The league existed of two groups with 12 teams each . The top six of each group qualified for the Championship stage , while the others participated in the relegation stage . FC Shirak and Homenetmen Yerevan shared the championship as they both finished on 37 points in the Championship stage . |
1948–49 Greek Cup | The Greek Cup 1948 -- 49 was the seventh edition of The Greek Football Cup , or Greek Cup for short . The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final , replayed at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium , Athens on 3 July 1949 , because of the previous match ( 19 June ) draw . The match was contested by AEK Athens and Panathinaikos , with AEK Athens taking the title 2 -- 1 in extra time . |
1914 in science fiction | The year 1914 was marked , in science fiction , by the following events . |
19th Parliament of British Columbia | The 19th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1937 to 1941 . The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in June 1937 . The Liberal Party , led by Thomas Dufferin Pattullo , formed the government . The Conservative Party formed the official opposition . Norman William Whittaker served as speaker for the assembly . |
1967 NHL expansion | The National Hockey League ( NHL ) undertook a major expansion for the 1967 -- 68 season . Six new franchises were added to double the size of the league , making this expansion the largest ( in terms of the number of teams created ) ever undertaken at one time by an established major sports league . The expansion marked the first change in the composition of the league since 1942 , when the Brooklyn Americans folded , thereby ending the era of the Original Six . The six new teams were the California Seals , Los Angeles Kings , Minnesota North Stars , Philadelphia Flyers , Pittsburgh Penguins , and the St. Louis Blues . This expansion , including placing two new clubs on the West Coast , was the result of the league 's fears of a rival league that would challenge the NHL for players and the Stanley Cup . In addition , the league hoped that the expansion would result in a lucrative TV contract in the United States . |
1937–38 Czechoslovak Extraliga season | The 1937 -- 38 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the second season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga , the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia . 14 teams participated in the league , and LTC Prag won the championship . The league was not played again until the 1945 -- 46 season , due to World War II . |
01.091 Fighter Squadron "Gascogne" | 01.091 Fighter Squadron `` Gascogne '' ( French language : Escadron de chasse 01.091 `` Gascogne '' ) or EC 1/91 is a French Air Force fighter squadron currently stationed at Saint-Dizier -- Robinson Air Base . |
1985 in music | This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985 . |
1991–92 Aberdeen F.C. season | Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division , Scottish Cup , Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup in the 1991 -- 92 season . |
1968–69 Mitropa Cup | The 1968 -- 69 Mitropa Cup was the 29th season of the Mitropa football club tournament . It was won by Inter Bratislava who beat Sklo Union Teplice in the two-legged final 4 -- 1 on aggregate . |
1892 Virginia Cavaliers football team | The 1892 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1892 college football season . The team had no known coach , posting a 3 -- 2 -- 1 record and claims a Southern championship even though it was defeated by North Carolina in a rematch . Those games with UNC mark the beginning of the South 's Oldest Rivalry . |
1935 Arizona State Bulldogs football team | The 1935 Arizona State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State Teachers College ( later renamed Arizona State University ) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( BIAA ) during the 1935 college football season . In their third season under head coach Rudy Lavik , the Bulldogs compiled a 2 -- 5 -- 1 record ( 2 -- 3 -- 1 against BIAA opponents ) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 66 to 29 . Dan Pace was the team captain . |
1709 in Great Britain | Events from the year 1709 in Great Britain . |
1991 Supercoppa Italiana | The 1991 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by Serie A 1990-91 winners Sampdoria and Coppa Italia 1990-91 winners Roma . The match took place on 24 August 1991 in Marassi , Genoa and resulted in a 1-0 victory for Sampdoria . |
1977 UMass Minutemen football team | The 1977 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1977 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Yankee Conference in Division II ( NCAA ) . The team was coached by Dick MacPherson and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley , Massachusetts . The 1977 season was the last the Minutemen would play as members of Division II , as the Yankee Conference would be included in the newly formed Division I-AA in 1978 . This season was also MacPherson 's last as head coach of the team . UMass finished the season with a record of 8 -- 3 overall and 5 -- 0 in conference play . |
1874 FA Cup Final | The 1874 FA Cup final was a football match between Oxford University and Royal Engineers on 14 March 1874 at Kennington Oval in London . It was the third final of the world 's oldest football competition , the Football Association Challenge Cup ( known in the modern era as the FA Cup ) . Both teams had previously reached the final but been defeated by Wanderers . The Engineers had reached the final with comparative ease , scoring sixteen goals and conceding only one in the four previous rounds . Oxford 's opponents in the earlier rounds had included two-time former winners Wanderers . The final was decided by two goals from Oxford in the first twenty minutes . Their opponents had spent two weeks training for the match , an innovative concept at the time , but were repeatedly thwarted by Charles Nepean , the Oxford goalkeeper . The Engineers were said to have missed their best back , Lieut. Alfred Goodwyn , who had been posted overseas . |
1885 Cincinnati Bearcats football team | The 1885 Cincinnati football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the first season played under the school name . In its inaugural season the team played the Mount Auburn Athletic Club team with the games three weeks apart . |
1905 Svenska Mästerskapet | The 1905 Svenska Mästerskapet was the tenth season of Svenska Mästerskapet , the football Cup to determine the Swedish champions . Örgryte IS won the tournament by defeating IFK Stockholm in the final with a 2 -- 1 score . |
150th New York State Legislature | The 150th New York State Legislature , consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 5 to March 25 , 1927 , during the fifth year of Al Smith 's second tenure as Governor of New York , in Albany . |
1927–28 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season | |
1%Club | The 1 % Club is a non-profit organization which uses an online platform to connect people with ideas in developing countries with people , money and knowledge around the world . The basic idea is that people or organizations can offer 1 % of their time , knowledge and income directly to a development project of their own choice . These projects need to be sustainable projects that stimulate the self-reliance of individuals anywhere in the world and improve their standard of living . |
10 to Midnight | 10 to Midnight is a 1983 American police slasher crime thriller drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts . The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilbacher , Andrew Stevens , Gene Davis , Geoffrey Lewis , and Wilford Brimley . 10 to Midnight was released by City Films , a subsidiary of Cannon Films , to American cinemas on March 11 , 1983 . The movie marks the fourth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson ( following 1976 's St. Ives , 1977 's The White Buffalo , and 1980 's Caboblanco ) . |
1936–37 Svenska Serien season | The 1936 -- 37 Svenska Serien season was the second season of the Svenska Serien , the top level ice hockey league in Sweden . AIK won the league championship for the second year in a row . |
1982 World Championship Tennis Winter Finals | The 1982 World Championship Tennis Winter Finals was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts . It was the 2nd edition of the World Championship Tennis Winter Finals and was part of the 1982 World Championship Tennis circuit . It was played in the Cobo Arena in Detroit , Michigan in the United States from January 24 to January 31 , 1983 . |
1942 William & Mary Indians football team | The 1942 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1942 college football season . |
1,2-Dichloroethane | The chemical compound 1,2-dichloroethane commonly known as ethylene dichloride ( EDC ) , is a chlorinated hydrocarbon . It is a colourless liquid with a chloroform-like odour . The most common use of 1,2-dichloroethane is in the production of vinyl chloride , which is used to make polyvinyl chloride ( PVC ) pipes , furniture and automobile upholstery , wall coverings , housewares , and automobile parts.1,2-Dichloroethane is also used generally as an intermediate for other organic chemical compounds and as a solvent . It forms azeotropes with many other solvents , including water ( b.p. 70.5 ° C ) and other chlorocarbons . |
164 Squadron | 164 Squadron or 164th Squadron may refer to : No. 164 Squadron RAF , a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force was a fighter squadron during the Second World War composed mostly of Argentine volunteers 164th Airlift Squadron , a unit of the United States Air Force HMMT-164 ( Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron 164 ) , ( HMM ( T ) -164 ) , is a United States Marine Corps Fleet Replacement Squadron |
16 Vayathinile | 16 Vayathinile ( At Age 16 read as Pathinaaru Vayathinile ) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by P. Bharathiraja in his directorial debut . The film features Kamal Haasan , Sridevi , and Rajinikanth in the lead roles , with Ganthimathi , Sathyajith and Goundamani in supporting roles . 16 Vayathinile soundtrack album and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja , with cinematography by P. S. Nivas . P. Kalaimani wrote the film 's dialogue . The film focuses on the strengths and vulnerabilities of Mayil ( Sridevi ) , a 16-year-old schoolgirl , and the challenges she faces and overcomes . The film , originally titled Mayil , is set in rural Tamil Nadu and is Rajinikanth 's first colour film . 16 Vayathinile is the first Tamil film to be shot completely outdoors ; Tamil films were primarily filmed in Chennai studios . Produced and distributed by S. A. Rajkannu , 16 Vayathinile was released on 15 September 1977 to critical praise for Bharathiraja 's script , Ilaiyaraaja 's music and the performances of Kamal , Sridevi and Rajinikanth . It was commercially successful , with a 175-day theatrical run . 16 Vayathinile , considered a Tamil cult film , is the bellwether of films featuring realistic portrayals of rural life . Making stars of its director and lead actors , the film won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for S. Janaki , the Filmfare Award for Best Actor ( Tamil ) for Kamal and four State Awards , including Best Director for Bharathiraja and Best Actor for Kamal . It was remade in Telugu by K. Raghavendra Rao as Padaharella Vayasu ( 1978 ) , in Hindi by Bharathiraja as Solva Sawan ( 1979 ) , and in Malay as Melati Putih ( 1984 ) . |
1991 in South Africa | |
1936–37 Chester F.C. season | The 1936 -- 37 season was the sixth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester , an English club based in Chester , Cheshire . It was clubs sixth consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League . Alongside competing in the league , the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup . |
1262 Sniadeckia | 1262 Sniadeckia ( 1933 FE ) is a 51 km main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23 , 1933 , by S. Arend at Uccle . |
1953 Chicago Cardinals season | The 1953 Chicago Cardinals season was the 34th season the team was in the league . The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4 -- 8 , winning only one game , the final game of the season . They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season . |
1972 in Cape Verde | The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Cape Verde . |
1922 Kentucky Wildcats football team | The 1922 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the Kentucky Wildcats of the University of Kentucky during the 1922 college football season . |
1996 in Singapore | The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Singapore . |
1987 New Orleans Saints season | The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team 's 21st year in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The strike-shortened year was the Saints ' first-ever winning season . The Saints also qualified for the postseason for the first time , riding largely on a nine-game winning streak to close the season . However , they were soundly defeated at home by the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs , by a score of 44 -- 10 . The Vikings entered the playoffs with an 8 -- 7 record and needed the Dallas Cowboys to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals on the final day of the season to qualify . The Saints ' first winning season would be followed by another six consecutive non-losing seasons . Before the 1987 season , the Saints ' non-losing seasons had consisted of only two 8 -- 8 seasons , in 1979 and 1983 . Head coach Jim Mora was named NFL Coach of the Year . |
1920 VPI Gobblers football team | The 1920 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1920 college football season . The team was led by their head coach Stanley Sutton and finished with a record of four wins and six losses ( 4 -- 6 ) . |
1943 Adapazarı–Hendek earthquake | The 1943 Adapazarı -- Hendek earthquake occurred at 17:32 local time on 20 June , in Sakarya Province , Turkey . It registered an estimated 6.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale with a maximum intensity of IX ( Violent ) on the Mercalli intensity scale . |
1830 State of the Union Address | The 1830 State of the Union Address was given by the seventh United States president , Andrew Jackson on December 6 , 1830 , to both houses of the United States Congress . He said , `` What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic , studded with cities , towns , and prosperous farms , embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute , occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people , and filled with all the blessings of liberty , civilization , and religion ? '' He speaks of the Indian Removal Act , `` With a full understanding of the subject , the Choctaw and the Chickasaw tribes have with great unanimity determined to avail themselves of the liberal offers presented by the act of Congress , and have agreed to remove beyond the Mississippi River . '' |
1968 Minor States Carnival | The 1968 Minor States Carnival , known more formally as the 1968 ANFC Division 2 Championship was an edition of the lower division of Australian National Football Carnival , an Australian rules football interstate competition . The competition was won by the Australian Amateurs . The competition was held in Canberra on the Queen 's Birthday long weekend . The format was a simple knock-out tournament . The winner received the R. T. Rush Trophy , named after ANFC president Bob Rush . |
1989–90 NK Rijeka season | The 1989 -- 90 season was the 44th season in Rijeka 's history and their 28th season in the Yugoslav First League . Their 10th place finish in the 1988 -- 89 season meant it was their 16th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League . |
1943 College Football All-America Team | The 1943 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 1943 . The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as `` official '' for the 1943 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 ) Football News , ( 6 ) the International News Service ( INS ) , ( 7 ) Look magazine , and ( 8 ) the Sporting News . |
1938–39 Taça de Portugal | The 1938/39 Taça de Portugal was the 1st season of the Taça de Portugal ( English : Portuguese Cup ) , the premier Portuguese football knockout competition , organized by the Portuguese Football Federation ( FPF ) . The final was played on 26 June 1939 between Académica de Coimbra and Sport Lisboa e Benfica . The Taça de Portugal replaced the previous knockout competition , the Campeonato de Portugal ( Championship of Portugal ) , which defined the Portuguese champion . |
1956–57 La Liga | La Liga 1956-57 season was the 26th since its establishment . The season started on September 9 , 1956 , and finished on April 21 , 1957 . It was composed of the following clubs : |
12848 Agostino | 12848 Agostino , provisional designation , is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered on 10 July 1997 , by Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini at the Campo Imperatore Observatory in the Gran Sasso massif of central Italy . The asteroid is a member of the Eunomia family , a large group of stony S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt . It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4 -- 2.9 AU once every 4 years and 2 months ( 1,535 days ) . Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 15 ° with respect to the ecliptic . The first precovery was obtained at Palomar Observatory in 1950 , extending the asteroid 's observation arc by 47 years prior to its discovery . Two rotational light-curves of this asteroid were obtained from photometric observations made at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory in August 2010 and February 2012 , respectively . The light-curves gave a rotation period of and hours with a respective brightness variation of 0.51 and 0.84 in magnitude . According to the NEOWISE mission of NASA 's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer , the asteroid measures 4.9 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.23 , while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 -- derived from 15 Eunomia , the family 's largest member and namesake -- and calculates a diameter of 4.6 kilometers . The minor planet was named after Agostino Boattini ( b. 1932 ) , the father of the discoverer . Naming citation was published on 9 May 2001 . |
11th Venice International Film Festival | The 11th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 10 September 1950 . |
1969 South Carolina Gamecocks football team | The 1969 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1969 college football season . Led by head coach Paul Dietzel , the Gamecocks won the ACC championship , were defeated by West Virginia in the and finished with a record of . |
1970–71 Football League Cup | The 1970 -- 71 Football League Cup was the 11th season of the Football League Cup , a knock-out competition for England 's top 92 football clubs . The tournament started on 17 August 1970 and ended with the final at Wembley on 27 February 1971 . Tottenham Hotspur won the tournament after defeating Aston Villa in the final at Wembley Stadium , London . This was to be the last season in which it was n't compulsory to enter the tournament . The only team who did not enter in 1970 -- 71 was Everton , the previous season 's league champions . After 1971 -- 72 entry to the tournament became compulsory . |
1988 Benson and Hedges Open | The 1988 Benson and Hedges Open was a men 's Grand Prix tennis tournament held in Auckland , New Zealand . The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts and was held from 4 January to 11 January 1988 . Second-seeded Amos Mansdorf won the singles title . |
1999–2000 Cambridge United F.C. season | During the 1999 -- 2000 English football season , Cambridge United F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 19th position on 48 points . |
1894 in Canadian football | |
1832 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation 's poetry or literature ( for instance , Irish or France ) . |
1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany | The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season . It took place on 6 July in the Ellermühle Stadium in Landshut , Germany It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen . It was the fourth win of his career . |
1939 International University Games (Vienna) | An International University Games ( Studenten-Weltspiele ) was held in Vienna , Austria on 20 -- 27 August 1939 , which had originally been scheduled as the official 1939 staging of the Summer International University Games awarded to Vienna by the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants ( CIE ) in January 1938 , prior to Austria 's absorption into Nazi Germany by the Anschluss . The National Socialist German Students ' League ( NSDStB ) withdrew from the CIE in May 1939 , and the CIE at short notice moved the 1939 International University Games to Monte Carlo . The formal opening was by Bernhard Rust , the Reich Minister of Science , Education and Culture , on 20 August in the Prater Stadium , the main venue of the games . The NSDStB invited many nations to the Vienna games , but entrants were mostly from fascist associations in Axis powers . The following countries were reported to have participated in the games : Saudi Arabia , Kingdom of Bulgaria , Estonia , Finland , Kingdom of Italy , Empire of Japan , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , Peru , Sweden , Slovak Republic , Spanish State , Union of South Africa , Kingdom of Hungary , German Reich . The International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation said in 1940 , `` The results of the Monaco Games were much superior to those of the Vienna Games . '' |
1891–92 in English football | The 1891 -- 92 season was the 21st season of competitive football in England . |
1994 K League | The 1994 K League was the twelfth season of K League since its establishment in 1983 . |
1996–97 Slovak Extraliga season | The 1996-97 Slovak Extraliga season was the fourth season of the Slovak Extraliga , the top level of ice hockey in Slovakia . 10 teams participated in the league , and Dukla Trencin won the championship . |
1992–93 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | The 1992/93 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 14th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 3rd official World Cup season in ski flying . It began in Falun , Sweden on 5 December 1992 and finished in Planica , Slovenia on 28 March 1993 . The individual World Cup was won by Andreas Goldberger and Nations Cup by Austria . Lower competitive circuit this season included the Europa/Continental Cup . |
1972–73 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team | The 1972 -- 1973 Wisconsin Badgers men 's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin -- Madison . The head coach was John Powless , coaching his fifth season with the Badgers . The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison , Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference . |
1998–99 ECHL season | The 1998 -- 99 ECHL season was the 11th season of the ECHL . Before the start of the season , the league saw the Louisville RiverFrogs move to Miami , FL and the Raleigh Icecaps move to Augusta , GA as well as welcoming two new franchises in Estero , FL and Greenville , SC . The Pee Dee Pride finished first overall in the regular season , winning the Brabham Cup and the Mississippi Sea Wolves won their first Kelly Cup defeating the Richmond Renegades four games to three . |
1509 in Ireland | Events from the year 1509 in Ireland . |
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