The 1988 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker
tournament held from 16 April to 2 May 1988 at the Crucible Theatre in
Sheffield. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker
Association, it was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1987–88
snooker season and the twelfth consecutive World Snooker Championship to
be held at the Crucible since 1977. At Preston Guild Hall, 113 players
competed in a qualifying event, 16 of whom reached the final to join
the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the UK by
the BBC, and was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy. The winner
received £95,000 from the prize fund of £475,000. Defending champion
Steve Davis (pictured), who had previously won the championship four
times, met Terry Griffiths, the 1979 champion, in the best-of-35-frames
final. Davis won 18–11, after being level at 8–8 at the end of the
first day. The event's highest break was 140 by Steve James, and there
were 18 century breaks during the championship.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_World_Snooker_Championship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1025:
Constantine VIII became the sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years
after being crowned co-emperor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_VIII>
1946:
U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis
when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured
the territory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_crisis_of_1946>
1961:
Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after
being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and
crimes against humanity.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann>
1981:
The Iraqi Shia Islamist group al-Dawa carried out one of the
first modern suicide bombings, targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut,
Lebanon, resulting in 61 deaths and 110 injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_embassy_bombing_in_Beirut>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Groom of the Stool:
(Britain, monarchy, historical) Originally an official responsible for
helping the English monarch use the toilet; later a senior official who
was allowed access to the monarch's privy chamber and served as a
personal secretary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Stool>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance
to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
--Oscar Niemeyer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer>