Cardiff City beat Leeds United 2–1 in their third-round 2001–02 FA
Cup football match at Ninian Park (pictured) in Cardiff on 6 January
2002. Premier League Leeds United were favourites as Cardiff City were
tenth in the Second Division, two tiers below. As a Premier League team,
Leeds entered the FA Cup in this round, while Cardiff had had to win two
earlier matches. The gate was more than 22,000, a record at Ninian Park
that season. Andy D'Urso was the referee. Leeds scored in the 12th
minute via a goal from Mark Viduka. Cardiff equalised soon after with
Graham Kavanagh scoring from a free-kick. Shortly before half-time,
Leeds midfielder Alan Smith was sent off after clashing with Cardiff's
Andy Legg, so Leeds had to play defensively in the second half. With
three minutes remaining, Scott Young volleyed in the winning goal.
Cardiff fans invaded the pitch and clashes between the two sets of
supporters led to police intervention. Cardiff were eventually fined
£20,000 for the pitch invasion. (
Read more:
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1322:
Stefan Dečanski became King of Serbia, succeeding his half-
brother Stefan Konstantin, whom he later defeated in battle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_De%C4%8Danski>
1839:
The worst storm to hit Ireland in 300 years damaged or
destroyed more than 20 per cent of houses in Dublin with 100-knot
(190 km/h) winds.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Big_Wind>
1907:
Italian educator Maria Montessori opened her first school and
day-care centre for working-class children in Rome, employing the
philosophy of education that now bears her name.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori>
1994:
Two-time American Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy
Kerrigan was hit on the leg with a police baton by an assailant hired by
the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Twelfth Day:
(Christianity) Synonym of Epiphany (“an annual Christian feast on the
twelfth day after Christmas Day (6 January) celebrating the appearance
of Jesus Christ to the Magi”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Twelfth_Day>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Justice Department remains committed to holding all January
6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law — whether they
were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the
assault on our democracy. We will follow the facts wherever they lead.
Because January 6th was an unprecedented attack on the seat of our
democracy, we understand that there is broad public interest in our
investigation. We understand that there are questions about how long the
investigation will take, and about what exactly we are doing. Our
answer is, and will continue to be, the same answer we would give with
respect to any ongoing investigation: as long as it takes and whatever
it takes for justice to be done — consistent with the facts and the
law.
--Merrick Garland
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland>