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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club earned its first FA Cup victory on 30 October 1886. The club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford (pictured) in 1910. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup, ten years after the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of eight players. The current manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has won 37 major honours since he took over in November 1986. Manchester United has won more titles than any other club in English football: 53 domestic trophies, a record 19 league titles, a record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and 19 FA Charity/Community Shields. The club has also been successful globally, winning seven international titles: three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club won a "Treble" of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the European Cup. (more...)
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1226:
Tran Thu Do, head of the Tran clan of Vietnam, forced Ly Hue Tong, the last emperor of the Ly dynasty, to commit suicide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tran_Thu_Do
1863:
Seventeen-year-old Danish Prince Vilhelm arrived in Athens to become George I , King of Greece. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece
1960:
Surgeon and scientist Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Woodruff
1961:
The Soviet hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba was detonated over Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Ocean as a test. With a yield of around 50 megatons, it is the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
1991:
The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to start a peace process through negotiations involving Israel and the Arab countries, convened in Madrid, Spain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Conference_of_1991
1995:
In a referendum, 50.58 percent of voters supported the province of Quebec remaining a part of Canada, narrowly averting sovereignty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_independence_referendum%2C_1995
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