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1904 in sports
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1904 in sports describes the years events in world sport. International World governing body FIFA is founded, the football associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland do not join at this time. Germany National Championship – competition is annulled by the DFB following a protest by Karlsruher FV that matches have not been played on grounds as stipulated by the rules. Portugal Benfica founded in Lisbon as the Grupo Sport Lisboa, in 1908, it merges with SC de Benfica to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica. VFL Premiership Fitzroy wins the 8th VFL Premiership – Fitzroy 9.7 d Carlton 5.7 at Melbourne Cricket Ground World Series NL champion New York Giants refuses to participate in the 1904 World Series, Boston Americans repeat as American League champions. Events 5 May — Cy Young of Boston Americans pitches a perfect game, Kid claims the title but it is subsequently discovered that the referee has bet on Kid to win and so Kids claim is widely disregarded. 30 September — Walcott meets World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans in a fight which is scored a draw after 20 rounds. 17 October — Joe Bowker challenges Frankie Neil in London for the World Bantamweight Championship and wins over 20 rounds,31 October — Joe Gans meets Jimmy Britt in San Francisco to defend the World Lightweight Championship. Britt knocks Gans down four times but, after the last one in the fifth round, afterwards, Gans vacates the title which is awarded to Britt. Two years later, Gans will claim that the fight has been fixed by his,31 December — during a New Year celebration, Walcott accidentally shoots himself in the hand to effectively ending his days as a top prizefighter. While he will return to the ring in 1906, he never regains his old form, february — Ottawa defeats Toronto Marlboros in a Cup challenge. 2 March — Ottawa plays Montreal Wanderers to a 5–5 tie in a Cup challenge, March — Quebec Bulldogs win the CAHL championship and demand the Stanley Cup, but the trustees rule the Cup stays with Ottawa. Quebec refuses to play Ottawa in a challenge, March — Ottawa defeats the Brandon Wheat Kings 2 games to 0 in a Cup challenge. 18 December — Dawson City Nuggets begin a 4,000 mile journey by dog sled to play the Ottawa Hockey Club in a Stanley Cup challenge scheduled for 13 January 1905, Gordon Bennett Cup Fifth running of the Gordon Bennett Cup takes place in the Taunus mountains in Germany. The winner is Léon Théry driving a Richard-Brasier, Circuit des Ardennes The third Circuit des Ardennes is run on 25 July over 591.255 km in the vicinity of Bastogne. The winner is George Heath driving a Panhard-Levassor 70 hp in a time of 5,30,49, Vanderbilt Cup William Kissam Vanderbilt II launches the Vanderbilt Cup at a course set out in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. It creates controversy in New York with numerous attempts made, including legal action, the inaugural race is run over a 30.24 miles course of winding dirt roads through Nassau County. Several European drivers with experience of the Gordon Bennett Cup take part, the winner is George Heath driving a Panhard-Levassor 70 hp.1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics takes place in St
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1905 in sports
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1905 in sports describes the years events in world sport. Proposed rules changes include the addition of the forward pass,14 March — foundation of Chelsea F. C. New clubs elected to the league include Chelsea, Hull City, VFL Premiership Fitzroy wins the 9th VFL Premiership, Fitzroy 4.6 d Collingwood 2. Besides winning this bout, Hart has earlier in the year defeated Jack Johnson over 20 rounds at San Francisco, Hart holds the title until 1906. 9 September — Battling Nelson defeats Jimmy Britt by a knockout to win the World Lightweight Championship. 20 December — Bob Fitzsimmons loses his World Light Heavyweight Championship to Philadelphia Jack OBrien on a 13th round technical knockout in San Francisco, OBrien effectively relinquishes the title soon afterwards and it remains vacant until 1914. The Dawson club has travelled over 4,000 miles by dog sled, boat, frank McGee, incensed by comments from the Dawson squad, scores 14 goals as Ottawa wins the second game 23–2. Ottawa wins the Federal Amateur Hockey League championship to defend the Stanley Cup, Ottawa defeats Rat Portage Thistles 2 games to nil in a Stanley Cup challenge. Events 9 December — Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association is formed from teams in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, Stanley Cup champion Ottawa and Montreal Wanderers join from FAHL and Montreal, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Victorias and Quebec Bulldogs join from the CAHL. Events The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is replaced by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse League, Gordon Bennett Cup Sixth and final running of the Gordon Bennett Cup takes place in France on the Charade Circuit, then known as the Circuit dAuvergne, at Clermont-Ferrand. As road racing has been banned in France, this is the first time the trophy is contested on a circuit, the winner for the second successive year is Léon Théry driving a Richard-Brasier. Ardennes Circuit The fourth Circuit des Ardennes is run on 7 August over 591.255 km in the vicinity of Bastogne, the winner is Victor Hémery driving a Darracq 80 hp in a time of 5,58,32. Vanderbilt Cup The second Vanderbilt Cup is run on 14 October over 455.430 km on Long Island, the winner is Victor Hémery driving a Darracq 80 hp in a time of 4,36,08. Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb First running of the Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb on August 12 and these are knockout competitions in the same format as the Challenge Cup except for their regional character
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1906 in sports
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1906 in sports describes the years events in world sport. The IAAUS later became the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1910,5 September — Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University throws the first legal forward pass to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 24 November — the Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal effectively ends the first era of professional football. All three of the top three teams in the nation will fall by the wayside by 1907, Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal founded. Scotland Scottish Football League – Celtic Scottish Cup final – Hearts 1–0 Third Lanark at Ibrox Park Spain Deportivo de La Coruna, officially founded in Galicia, World Series 9–14 October — Chicago White Sox defeats Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series by 4 games to 2. Events 23 February — Marvin Hart loses his World Heavyweight Championship to Tommy Burns over 20 rounds in Los Angeles, Burns holds the title until December 1908 and successfully defends it 11 times until he is defeated by Jack Johnson. The Plunket Shield competition is introduced in New Zealand ahead of the 1906–07 season, the shield is donated by William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, the Governor-general of New Zealand. March — Ottawa and Montreal Wanderers tie for first place in the ECAHA leagues regular season with 9–1 records, the two clubs hold a playoff to determine the ECAHA and Stanley Cup champion. The Wanderers win the series for their first Stanley Cup win, French Grand Prix 26 June — official Grand Prix motor racing begins with the inaugural French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France on the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans. The winner is Ferenc Szisz of Hungary driving a Renault AK 90CV, although this is in fact the inaugural Grand Prix race organised by the ACF, it is in retrospect sometimes known as the IX Grand Prix de lA. C. F. The inauguration of Grand Prix racing supersedes the Gordon Bennett Cup, Ardennes Circuit The fifth Circuit des Ardennes is run on 13 August over 961.18 km in the vicinity of Bastogne. The winner is Arthur Duray driving a Lorraine-Dietrich 130 hp in a time of 5,38,39, Vanderbilt Cup The third Vanderbilt Cup is run on 6 October over 769.91 km on Long Island. The winner is Louis Wagner driving a Darracq 120 hp in a time of 4,50,10, the Boat Race 7 April — Cambridge wins the 63rd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race England Championship – Leigh Challenge Cup final – Bradford F. C
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1908 in sports
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1908 in sports describes the years events in world sport. Stoke FC is not involved in the process but goes into receivership soon afterwards and is replaced by Tottenham Hotspur. Stanley Cup January 9–13 – Montreal Wanderers defeat the Ottawa Victorias 9–3, march 7 — Montreal Wanderers win the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association championship for the third year in a row and successfully defend the Stanley Cup. March 10–12 – Montreal Wanderers defeat Winnipeg Maple Leafs 11–5, 9–3 in a two-game challenge, march 14 – Montreal Wanderers defeat Toronto Professionals 6–4 in a one-game challenge to retain the Stanley Cup. Events Lacrosse is played as an Olympic sport for the second, Canada defeats Great Britain, they are the only two teams to compete. French Grand Prix 7 July — the third French Grand Prix, the winner is Christian Lautenschlager of Germany driving a Mercedes GP in 6,46,33.0 at an average speed of 69.05 mph. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XI Grand Prix de lA. C. F, Vanderbilt Cup Not having been contested in 1907, the Vanderbilt Cup is revived for its 4th running at Long Island over 258.06 miles. The winner is George Robertson driving a Locomobile in 4,00,48.2
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1909 in sports
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1909 in sports describes the years events in world sport. It is originally known as the Federación Española de Clubs de Football,23 August — Fred ‘Tenby’ Davies defeats Bert Day at Pontypridd to become world champion over the half-mile distance run. Amateur hockey February — the Allan Cup is donated to be the championship hockey trophy of Canada March — Ottawa Cliffsides win the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union. The Cliffsides then lose a challenge to Queens College of Kingston, professional hockey 25 November — Eastern Canada Hockey Association disbands over the plans of the Montreal Wanderers to change rinks. The Wanderers are shut out and the new Canadian Hockey Association is formed with the remainder of the ECHA teams, the CHA will disband in January 1910. 2 December — The Montreal Wanderers form the National Hockey Association with the Renfrew Creamery Kings, Cobalt Silver Kings, the NHA owners also organize a new team Les Canadiens which is the basis of todays Montreal Canadiens. The NHA will absorb Ottawa and the Montreal Shamrocks of the CHA in January 1910, Grand Prix racing There is no Grand Prix racing from 1909 to 1911 Vanderbilt Cup The 5th running of the Vanderbilt Cup is the only major race in 1909. It is again run at Long Island over 258.06 miles, the winner is Harry Grant driving an ALCO-Berliet. Events 12 August — the first event is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. C and it is later retrospectively regarded as a Grand Slam winner. October 8 – The first rugby match to be played at Twickenham Stadium is won by the Harlequins when they defeat Richmond at the brand new ground
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1910 in sports
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1910 in sports describes the years events in world sport. Kilda achieves the worst start by a team that did not suffer a winless season and this has been equalled only by Fremantle in 2001. Collingwood wins the 14th VFL premiership, defeating Carlton 9.7 to 6,4 July — in boxings first fight of the century, Jack Johnson knocks out the great white hope James J. Jeffries in round 15 to retain his World Heavyweight Championship title. 15 October — World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel is shot and killed at Conway, Missouri, by Walter Dipley, Ketchel is rated by many boxing historians as the best middleweight ever. Fownes, Jr. England Grand National – Jenkinstown 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Winkipop 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Neil Gow Epsom Derby – Lemberg Epsom Oaks – Rosedrop St, the club then defeats Berlin Dutchmen in a challenge. Events 5 January — National Hockey Association commences its inaugural season 15 January — Canadian Hockey Association disbands, ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA. March — Toronto St. Michaels Majors wins the Allan Cup December — NHA loses its Cobalt and Haileybury teams, the Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedys Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action
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19th century
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The 19th century was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, Napoleonic, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. After the defeat of the French Empire and its allies in the Napoleonic Wars, the Russian Empire expanded in central and far eastern Asia. By the end of the century, the British Empire controlled a fifth of the worlds land, the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and spread to continental Europe, North America and Japan. The Victorian era was notorious for the employment of children in factories and mines, as well as strict social norms regarding modesty. Japan embarked on a program of rapid modernization following the Meiji Restoration, before defeating China, under the Qing Dynasty, europes population doubled during the 19th century, from approximately 200 million to more than 400 million. Numerous cities worldwide surpassed populations of a million or more during this century, London became the worlds largest city and capital of the British Empire. Its population increased from 1 million in 1800 to 6.7 million a century later, liberalism became the pre-eminent reform movement in Europe. Slavery was greatly reduced around the world, following a successful slave revolt in Haiti, Britain and France stepped up the battle against the Barbary pirates and succeeded in stopping their enslavement of Europeans. The UKs Slavery Abolition Act charged the British Royal Navy with ending the slave trade. The first colonial empire in the century to abolish slavery was the British, americas 13th Amendment following their Civil War abolished slavery there in 1865, and in Brazil slavery was abolished in 1888. Similarly, serfdom was abolished in Russia, in the 19th century approximately 70 million people left Europe, with most migrating to the United States of America. The 19th century also saw the creation, development and codification of many sports, particularly in Britain. Also, ladywear was a sensitive topic during this time. 1801, Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab,1801, Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope. 1801, Cairo falls to the British,1801, Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia. 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time,1803, William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the first practical steamboat. 1803, The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out Frances territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U. S. s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing and conquering land from Mexico, Britain,1803, The Wahhabis of the First Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina
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20th century
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The 20th century was a century that began on January 1,1901 and ended on December 31,2000. It was the tenth and final century of the 2nd millennium and it is distinct from the century known as the 1900s, which began on January 1,1900 and ended on December 31,1999. It saw great advances in communication and medical technology that by the late 1980s allowed for near-instantaneous worldwide computer communication, the term short twentieth century was coined to represent the events from 1914 to 1991. It took all of history up to 1804 for the worlds population to reach 1 billion, world population reached 2 billion estimates in 1927, by late 1999. Globally approximately 45% of those who were married and able to have children used contraception, 40% of pregnancies were unplanned, the century had the first global-scale total wars between world powers across continents and oceans in World War I and World War II. The century saw a shift in the way that many people lived, with changes in politics, ideology, economics, society, culture, science, technology. The 20th century may have seen more technological and scientific progress than all the other centuries combined since the dawn of civilization, terms like ideology, world war, genocide, and nuclear war entered common usage. It was a century that started with horses, simple automobiles, and freighters but ended with high-speed rail, cruise ships, global commercial air travel and the space shuttle. Horses, Western societys basic form of transportation for thousands of years, were replaced by automobiles and buses within a few decades. Humans explored space for the first time, taking their first footsteps on the Moon, mass media, telecommunications, and information technology made the worlds knowledge more widely available. Advancements in medical technology also improved the health of many people, rapid technological advancements, however, also allowed warfare to reach unprecedented levels of destruction. World War II alone killed over 60 million people, while nuclear weapons gave humankind the means to annihilate itself in a short time, however, these same wars resulted in the destruction of the Imperial system. For the first time in history, empires and their wars of expansion and colonization ceased to be a factor in international affairs, resulting in a far more globalized. The last time major powers clashed openly was in 1945, and since then, technological advancements during World War I changed the way war was fought, as new inventions such as tanks, chemical weapons, and aircraft modified tactics and strategy. After more than four years of warfare in western Europe, and 20 million dead. The regime of Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown during the conflict, Russia became the first communist state, at the beginning of the period, Britain was the worlds most powerful nation, having acted as the worlds policeman for the past century. Meanwhile, Japan had rapidly transformed itself into an advanced industrial power. Its military expansion into eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean culminated in an attack on the United States
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21st century
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The 21st century is the current century of the Anno Domini era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1,2001 and will end on December 31,2100 and it is the first century of the 3rd millennium. It is distinct from the time known as the 2000s. The long term effects of increased globalization are not known, the Arab Spring of the early 2010s led to mixed outcomes in the Arab world. The Digital Revolution which began around the 1980s also continues into the present, millennials and Generation Z come of age and rise to prominence in this century. The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 marks the rise of life sciences, making mankinds long-held dreams, such as curing cancer. By the 2010s, gene therapy, first performed somatically in late 1990 and heritably in 1996, showed promise but remains an experimental, by 2013, about 80% of the worlds population used mobile phones. An estimated 33% owned personal computers in 2010, and 46% used the Internet by 2016, the International Energy Agency estimates that 83% of the global population has access to electricity as of 2013 with the percentage projected to increase to 88% by 2030. The world population was about 6.1 billion at the start of the 21st century and it had reached 7.3 billion in 2015, and is estimated to reach about 9.37 billion by the year 2050. There is a debate among experts and the public on how to pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. A less common variation would have been twenty nought-five, the Vancouver Olympics, which took place in 2010, was being officially referred to by Vancouver 2010 as the twenty-ten Olympics. The latest timeframes for change are usually placed at 2020, kubrick said he did this in the hope that if the film became popular, it would influence the pronunciation of that year. See the timeline of the 21st century, genocide still remains a problem in this century with the concern of the war in Darfur and the growing concern in Sri Lanka. Also controversies from past genocides remain commonplace in the minds of victims, 1998–2002 – The Second Congo War continued into the early 21st century. A1999 ceasefire quickly broke down and a UN peacekeeping mission, Laurent Kabila, president of the DRC, was assassinated in January 2001 and his son, Joseph Kabila, took power. Throughout 2002 steps were made towards peace and Rwanda and Uganda both removed their troops from the country, on December 17,2002, a massive treaty officially ended the war. However, the DRC only holds power in less than half of the country, with most of the eastern and northern portions still controlled by rebel groups, in addition, Rwanda still supports anti-DRC rebels and anti-Rwandan rebels continue to operate from the DRC. The war killed an estimated 3.9 million people, displaced nearly 5.5 million, Severe human rights violations continue to be reported
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1870s
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The 1870s continued the trends of the previous decade, as new empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia. The United States was recovering from the American Civil War, germany unified in 1871 and began its Second Reich. Labor unions and strikes occurred worldwide in the part of the decade. The Reconstruction era of the United States brought a legacy of bitterness, franco-Prussian War resulted in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in the formation of both the French Third Republic and the German Empire. The Anglo-Zulu War lasted from 11 January 1879 to 4 July 1879, the Third Carlist War was the last Carlist War in Spain. Bulgaria and Romania declared independence following a war against the Ottoman Empire, the Sioux battled the United States Cavalry and resisted encroachment by white settlers on the Great Plains. Passive resistance was used to prevent the confiscation of Māori land at Parihaka in New Zealand, the German Empire and Alliance System emerged. Racial and economic politics in Americas Reconstruction were bitter, pessimistic, the Gilded Age began in 1874, lasting until 1896. The prototype telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, the first version of the light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879. The phonograph is invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison, the steam drill is invented in 1879. Ludwig Boltzmann statistically defined thermodynamic entropy,1873 Weltausstellung in Vienna,1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and 1878 Exposition universelle in Paris. Members of the association, which soon included Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, another painter who greatly influenced Monet and his friends, Johan Jongkind, declined to participate, as did Manet. In total, thirty artists participated in their first exhibition, held in April 1874 at the studio of the photographer Nadar, the group soon became known as the Impressionists. Jeanne Calment, born 1875, would become the longest-living human being in recorded history. She lived until 1997, at the age of 122 and she still holds the record as of 2016. Lewis Carroll publishes Through the Looking-Glass
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