The 1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match took place on 27 April 1940 at the Maccabiah Stadium in Tel Aviv. Officiated by John Blackwell of the British Army, the game was watched by around 10,000 spectators. It ended in a 5–1 victory for Mandatory Palestine, who scored in the second minute, doubled their lead nine minutes later with a penalty kick, and led the match 4–0 at halftime. This was Lebanon's first official international match, and in the second half, forward Camille Cordahi scored the team's first goal in official international play. Werner Kaspi answered with his second goal of the game, and the match ended 5–1. Six Lebanese players appeared again in an international match, but of the Mandatory Palestine squad, only Shalom Shalomzon made another international appearance. Lebanon's squad did not play again until 1942, in a friendly against Syria, whereas the victors did not play again until 1949, against Cyprus, and were by then the Israel national football team. Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Mandatory_Palestine_v_Lebanon_football_match> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1928: The Republic of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh (designer pictured) as the official system for romanization of Mandarin Chinese. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwoyeu_Romatzyh> 1959: Japan was struck by Typhoon Vera, the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, causing damage in excess of US$261 million and more than 5,000 deaths. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Vera> 2014: Forty-three students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Mexico, were kidnapped and probably later killed. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguala_mass_kidnapping> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: ordoliberal: 1. (economics, politics) A proponent of the theories and ideals of ordoliberalism (“a political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results”). 2. (economics, politics) Of or relating to ordoliberalism. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordoliberal> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:   What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.   --Four Quartets <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Four_Quartets>