The 2003–04 season was the 109th in the history of Arsenal Football Club, with competitive matches played between August and May. Managed by Arsène Wenger (pictured) and nicknamed "The Invincibles", the club ended the Premier League campaign as champions with a record of 26 wins, 12 draws and no defeats. Arsenal fared less well in the other competitions, eliminated in the FA Cup by Manchester United and in the UEFA Champions League by Chelsea in the space of a week. Over five competitions, 34 players represented the club, including 15 goalscorers. Arsenal's top goalscorer was Thierry Henry, who scored 39 goals in 51 games. The Frenchman was given the accolades of PFA Players' Player of the Year by his peers and the FWA Footballer of the Year by football writers. Awarded a golden replica trophy by the Premier League once the season concluded, Arsenal later set a new league record of 49 matches unbeaten. In 2012, the team of 2003–04 won the "Best Team" category in the Premier League 20 Seasons Awards.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1633:
Ming Chinese naval forces defeated a Dutch East India Company fleet in the Taiwan Strait, the largest naval encounter between Chinese and European forces before the First Opium War two hundred years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Liaoluo_Bay
1727:
George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned King and Queen of Great Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Ansbach
1844:
Millerites, including future members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were greatly disappointed that Jesus did not return as predicted by American preacher William Miller. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment
2008:
India launched Chandrayaan-1, the country's first unmanned lunar mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
surmise: To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surmise
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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