Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (Spurs) have a long history as an English football club based in Tottenham, London. They came into existence in 1882, became professional in 1895, and in 1901 became the only non- League club to win the FA Cup since the establishment of the Football League. They have won the FA Cup a further seven times, the Football League twice, the League Cup four times, the UEFA Cup twice and, in 1963, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1960–61, they became the first team to complete The Double in the 20th century. The club languished mostly in the Second Division from the late 1920s until the 1950s before peaking in the 1960s, with a resurgence in the 1980s. They have remained a member of the Premier League since its formation in 1992, finishing in mid-table most seasons. In 1899 the club moved from Northumberland Park to a site that became known as White Hart Lane, and remained there until 2017. A new stadium has been built at the same site.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1865:

Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth fatally shot U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln

1906:

The Azusa Street Revival, the primary catalyst for the spread of Pentecostalism in the 20th century, opened in Los Angeles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azusa_Street_Revival

1944:

The freighter SS Fort Stikine, carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour in Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and killing about 800 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Bombay_explosion

1999:

A storm dropped an estimated 500,000 tonnes of hailstones in Sydney (examples pictured) and along the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Sydney_hailstorm

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pang: (transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pang

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Everywhere in the world people were expecting the latter coming of one or another kickshaw messiah who would remove the discomforts which they themselves were either too lazy or too incompetent to deal with; and nobody had anything whatever to gain with electing for peculiarity among one's fellow creatures and a gloomier outlook.   --James Branch Cabell https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell