The history of Burnley Football Club, an English professional association football club, includes an FA Cup win when they defeated Liverpool in the 1914 final, and two top-flight league titles: in the 1920–21 season after a 30-match unbeaten run, and in 1959–60 under manager Harry Potts, with a last-day victory over Manchester City. Founded on 18 May 1882 in Burnley, Lancashire, by Burnley Rovers rugby club members, Burnley F.C. were one of the twelve founder members of the Football League, in 1888–89. From the 1950s until the 1970s under chairman Bob Lord, the club became known for its youth policy and scouting system, and was one of the first to set up a purpose-built training ground. Frequently promoted and relegated, they prevented relegation to the highest level of non-League football on the last matchday in 1986–87. By winning the Fourth Division, in 1991–92, they became the second team to win all four professional divisions of English football. (This article is part of a featured topic: Burnley F.C.).
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1868:
The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanbu_clan
1955:
An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Giulio_Cesare
1998:
At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn
2012:
Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
stroke: 1. [...] (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted. [...] 2. (intransitive) 3. (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke [...]. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stroke
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Look a-here, sweet mama, Let's burn off both our shoes Well, my heart's a-beatin' rhythm And my soul is singin' the blues. --Jerry Lee Lewis https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis