Margate F.C. is an English football team based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1896 and joined the Southern Football League in 1933. After a spell in the Kent League after World War II, the team returned to the Southern League in 1959 and remained there until 2001 when they gained promotion to the Football Conference, the highest level of English non-League football. Their stay at this level saw the team forced to groundshare with other clubs due to drawn-out and problematic redevelopment work at their Hartsdown Park stadium, and they were expelled from the Conference National and subsequently relegated to the Isthmian League. The team, known for a number of years during the 1980s as Thanet United, and nicknamed "The Gate", have twice reached the third round proper of the FA Cup. On the second occasion, they played Tottenham Hotspur, the reigning UEFA Cup holders.

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1795:

The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting the ability of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to sue U.S. states in federal courts, was ratified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

1914:

The film Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor Charlie Chaplin's character "The Tramp", was released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

1948:

Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harvey

1991:

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched mortars at 10 Downing Street, London, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister John Major. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street_mortar_attack

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finesse: 1. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or strategem. 2. (transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse. 3. (transitive, intransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. 4. (intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing. 5. (intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finesse

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Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.   --The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Chuzzlewit