The 2020 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker
tournament held from 31 July to 16 August 2020 at the Crucible Theatre
in Sheffield. It was originally scheduled to take place from 18 April
to 4 May, but qualification and the main rounds were postponed due to
the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The event was intended to
allow limited live audiences, but apart from the first day and the final
it was played behind closed doors. The tournament was organised by the
World Snooker Tour, broadcast by the BBC, Eurosport and Matchroom Sport,
and sponsored by sports betting company Betfred. It had a total prize
fund of £2,395,000, with the winner receiving £500,000. The delayed
qualifying rounds took place from 21 to 28 July, involving 128
professional and invited amateur participants. The top 16 reached the
main stage of the tournament where they played the top 16 ranked
players. Judd Trump, the defending champion, lost in the quarter-final
stage to Kyren Wilson. Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured) won his sixth world
title, defeating Wilson 18–8 in the final.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_World_Snooker_Championship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1848:
The Benty Grange helmet, a boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet
similar to those mentioned in the contemporary epic poem Beowulf, was
discovered in Derbyshire, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benty_Grange_helmet>
1921:
Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was
partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern
Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland>
1963:
Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses
and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial
segregation in the southern United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign>
1971:
Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity
Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
legman:
1. (originally US) A person hired to carrying out errands or (often)
menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand
boy or errand girl, a runner.
2. (originally US, journalism) A reporter who frequently travels to
conduct research, interview witnesses, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/legman>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Copying is not theft Stealing a thing leaves one less left
Copying it makes one thing more That's what copying's for.
--Nina Paley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nina_Paley>