The Sydney Roosters are a professional rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. They play in the National Rugby League and are one of the most successful clubs in Australian rugby league, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League and National Rugby League titles. The side holds the longest winning streak (nineteen) and the second largest margin of victory (87–7) in league history. The club was founded in 1908 in Paddington, Sydney, under the name "Eastern Suburbs"; in 1994, the name was changed to the "Sydney City Roosters", and in 2000 to just the "Sydney Roosters". The Bondi Junction-based Roosters have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with the South Sydney Rabbitohs from Redfern, who are, along with the Sydney Roosters, the only remaining foundation club in the National Rugby League.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1431: Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France after being convicted of heresy in a politically motivated trial. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc)

1434: Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great were decisively defeated in the Battle of Lipany, effectively ending the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussite_Wars)

1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas-Nebraska_Act)

1911: The first Indianapolis 500 open-wheel automobile race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500)

1922: The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, opened. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial)

1989: Goddess of Democracy, a statue made mostly of polystyrene foam and papier-mâché, was erected by student protestors in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_of_Democracy)

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