The Boat Race 2019 took place on 7 April 2019. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the fourth time in the history of the event, the men's, the women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway on the same day. Cambridge won the women's and men's races, increasing their lead in the overall record to 44–30 for the women and 84–80 for the men. In the women's reserve race, Cambridge's Blondie defeated Oxford's Osiris, their fourth consecutive victory. The men's reserve race was won by Cambridge's Goldie, who defeated Oxford's Isis. The races were watched by thousands of spectators lining the banks of the Thames, and broadcast live in the United Kingdom on the BBC. They were also live-streamed on YouTube, and by media organisations in Germany, South Africa and China, and around the world.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race_2019
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: U.S. president Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address
1942:
World War II: Soviet troops launched Operation Uranus at the Battle of Stalingrad with the goal of encircling Axis forces, turning the tide of the battle in their favour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uranus
2010:
The first of four explosions occurred at the Pike River Mine in the West Coast in New Zealand's worst mining disaster in nearly a century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_River_Mine_disaster
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ordure: 1. Dung, excrement. 2. (by extension) Dirt, filth. 3. (by extension) Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordure
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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