Steve Bruce (born 1960) is an English football manager, currently for Hull City, and a former player. A defender, he began his professional career at Gillingham in 1979, and made over 200 appearances before transferring to Norwich City five years later. From 1987 to 1996, he played for Manchester United, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup and European Cup Winner's Cup. He was the first English player of the twentieth century to captain a team to the Double. Bruce began his managerial career with Sheffield United, and briefly managed Huddersfield Town, Wigan Athletic and Crystal Palace. He joined Birmingham City in 2001 and twice led them to promotion to the Premier League during his tenure of nearly six years, but resigned in 2007 to begin a second spell as manager of Wigan. At the end of the 2008–09 season he resigned to take over as manager of Sunderland, a post he held until he was dismissed in November 2011. Seven months later, he was appointed manager of Hull City, and has since led the club to promotion to the Premier League and the 2014 FA Cup Final.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1225:
Lý Chiêu Hoàng, the only empress regnant in the history of Vietnam, married Trần Thái Tông, making him the first emperor of the Trần Dynasty at age seven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_Chi%C3%AAu_Ho%C3%A0ng
1759:
Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness
1862:
American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began in an engagement where both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stones_River
1965:
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
1999:
Panama took control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States, in accordance with the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
watchnight: 1. (Christianity, historical) A monthly or quarterly religious service participated in by Methodists which extended past midnight. 2. (Christianity) A religious service involving a review of the year passed and preparation for the year ahead participated in by Methodists and members of other Christian denominations which starts late on New Year's Eve and ends after midnight on New Year's Day; hence, the night that begins on December 31 and ends on January 1. 3. A religious or spiritual vigil. 4. (West African) A night watchman. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/watchnight
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover. --Henri Matisse https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse