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The history of the New York Jets American football team began in 1959 with the founding of the Titans of New York, of the American Football League (AFL). The team had little success in its early years. In January 1965, New York signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath (pictured), and showed gradual improvement in the late 1960s, posting its first winning record in 1967 and winning its only American Football League championship in 1968. By winning the title, the team earned the right to play in Super Bowl III against the champions of the National Football League, the Baltimore Colts. The Jets defeated the Colts in the game, establishing the AFL as a worthy partner as the two leagues merged. In the following years, New York had limited success, enduring a string of disastrous seasons. In 1997, the Jets hired two-time Super Bowl winning coach Bill Parcells. The new coach guided the team to its most successful season since the merger: in 1998, the Jets finished 12–4 and reached the AFC Championship Game. The team made five playoff appearances in the 2000s, their most of any decade. In 2009 and 2010, under coach Rex Ryan, the Jets achieved back-to-back appearances in the AFC Championship Game, losing to the Indianapolis Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers. (more...)

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490 BC:

Greco-Persian Wars: Athenians and their Plataean allies turned back the first Persian invasion of Greece in the Battle of Marathon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon

1609:

While sailing aboard the Halve Maen, English explorer Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River, laying the foundation for Dutch colonization of present-day New York. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson

1980:

The Turkish Armed Forces ousted Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel and would rule the country for three years before democracy was restored. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

1992:

Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Peruvian Maoist guerrilla organization Shining Path, was captured in Lima. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abimael_Guzm%C3%A1n

2007:

Former Philippine president Joseph Estrada was convicted of plunder and sentenced to reclusión perpetua. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Estrada

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