The 1985 World Snooker Championship final was a snooker match played on the weekend of 27–28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the final of the 1985 World Snooker Championship between defending world champion Steve Davis and 1979 runner-up Dennis Taylor (both pictured). The best-of-35-frames match was split into four sessions; Taylor was never ahead during the match, but tied at 17–17. The deciding frame culminated with several shots on the final ball – the black – which Taylor potted to win his only world championship. The final climaxed in the early hours of 29 April and was viewed by 18.5 million people in the UK, as of 2020 the record for a post- midnight television audience. The total match time of 14 hours and 50 minutes is the longest recorded for a best-of-35-frames match. The match is one of the most famous snooker matches of all time and part of the reason for the surge in the sport's popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.

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1521:

Filipino natives led by chieftain Lapulapu killed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan (depicted). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapulapu

1777:

American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing resistance in the Connecticut Colony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridgefield

1904:

Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Labour Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Watson

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recrudescence: 1. The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something (often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary abatement or suppression. 2. (medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its symptoms, after a period of improvement. 3. (botany) The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recrudescence

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