The 1984 World Snooker Championship was a ranking professional snooker
tournament that took place between 21 April and 7 May at the Crucible
Theatre in Sheffield, England. The event was organised by the World
Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and was the eighth
consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible since
the 1977 event. It featured 94 participants, of which 78 players
competed in a qualifying event held at the Redwood Lodge in Bristol. The
defending champion was English player Steve Davis (pictured), who had
won the title twice previously. He met Jimmy White in the final, which
was played as a best-of-35-frames match. Davis won 18–16, becoming the
first player to retain the title at the Crucible. Rex Williams secured
the championship's highest break, scoring a 138 in the 12th frame of his
first-round loss to White. Eight century breaks were made during the
competition, the fewest since the 1978 event.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_World_Snooker_Championship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1615:
The Wignacourt Aqueduct in Malta was inaugurated and was used
to carry water to Valletta for about 300 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wignacourt_Aqueduct>
1836:
Forces of the Republic of Texas led by Sam Houston defeated the
Mexican troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna in the Battle of
San Jacinto, the decisive and final battle of the Texas Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution>
1975:
South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on
hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Xu%C3%A2n_L%E1%BB%99c>
2021:
The Indonesian Navy submarine Nanggala sank with the loss of
all 53 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRI_Nanggala_%28402%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Rome wasn't built in a day:
(idiomatic) It takes a long time to create something complicated or
impressive.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rome_wasn%27t_built_in_a_day>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very
long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely
stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair,
and eventually into destructive activities.
--Rollo May
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rollo_May>