The UEFA Euro 1976 final was the final match of Euro 1976, and was
contested on 20 June 1976 by Czechoslovakia and West Germany, at
Stadion Crvena Zvezda (pictured), Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia
initially took the lead 2–0 during the first half, but West Germany
narrowed the gap with a goal before halftime. There was no scoring in
the second half until the final minute of regular time, when West
Germany won a corner, which was headed past Ivo Viktor by Bernd
Hölzenbein at the near post, and the game went into extra time. When
that resulted in no change to the score, the first penalty shoot-out in
a European Championships final ensued. The first seven kicks were
converted, until West Germany's fourth penalty taker, Uli Hoeneß,
struck his shot over the bar. Antonín Panenka stepped up to take the
fifth Czechoslovak penalty. Sepp Maier dived while Panenka gently lobbed
the ball straight in the middle of the net to win the shoot-out and
secure Czechoslovakia's first European Championship.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1976_final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1642:
First English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces
clashed at the Battle of Babylon Hill, after which both sides claimed
victory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Babylon_Hill>
1822:
Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal,
establishing the Empire of Brazil.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Brazil>
1901:
With Beijing occupied by foreign troops from the Eight-Nation
Alliance, Qing China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, an unequal
treaty that ended the Boxer Rebellion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Protocol>
1996:
American rapper Tupac Shakur was shot by an unknown assailant
in Las Vegas, dying from his injuries six days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tupac_Shakur>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Vulcan salute:
A gesture of greeting consisting of a raised hand with the palm forward
and the thumb extended, and the fingers parted between the middle finger
and ring finger.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vulcan_salute>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Fly me high through the starry skies Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy Help me to forget today's pain. Ooh,
dream weaver I believe you can get me through the night Ooh, dream
weaver I believe we can reach the morning light Though the dawn may be
coming soon There still may be some time Fly me away to the bright
side of the moon Meet me on the other side.
--Gary Wright
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gary_Wright>