The 1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match took place on
27 April 1940 at the Maccabiah Stadium in Tel Aviv. Officiated by John
Blackwell of the British Army, the game was watched by around 10,000
spectators. It ended in a 5–1 victory for Mandatory Palestine, who
scored in the second minute, doubled their lead nine minutes later with
a penalty kick, and led the match 4–0 at halftime. This was Lebanon's
first official international match, and in the second half, forward
Camille Cordahi scored the team's first goal in official international
play. Werner Kaspi answered with his second goal of the game, and the
match ended 5–1. Six Lebanese players appeared again in an
international match, but of the Mandatory Palestine squad, only Shalom
Shalomzon made another international appearance. Lebanon's squad did not
play again until 1942, in a friendly against Syria, whereas the victors
did not play again until 1949, against Cyprus, and were by then the
Israel national football team.
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Mandatory_Palestine_v_Lebanon_football_match>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1928:
The Republic of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh (designer
pictured) as the official system for romanization of Mandarin Chinese.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh>
1959:
Japan was struck by Typhoon Vera, the strongest and deadliest
typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, causing damage in
excess of US$261 million and more than 5,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Vera>
2014:
Forty-three students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College
in Iguala, Mexico, were kidnapped and probably later killed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguala_mass_kidnapping>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ordoliberal:
1. (economics, politics) A proponent of the theories and ideals of
ordoliberalism (“a political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability
of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the
free market to produce results”).
2. (economics, politics) Of or relating to ordoliberalism.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordoliberal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you,
being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond
the language of the living.
--Four Quartets
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Four_Quartets>