The 1987 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Coventry
City and Tottenham Hotspur on 16 May 1987 at Wembley Stadium in London
to determine the winner of the 1986–87 FA Cup. It was the third final
for Tottenham Hotspur in seven years and Coventry's first domestic cup
final. Both clubs recorded songs to commemorate reaching the final. With
the game tied 2–2 at full time, the match went into extra time. The
only goal of extra time was scored in its first period when a cross from
Lloyd McGrath looped off Gary Mabbutt's left knee for an own goal,
making the final score 3–2 to Coventry. The match is regarded by many
as one of the greatest finals in the history of the competition, with
BBC TV commentator John Motson calling it "the finest Cup Final I've had
the pleasure of commentating on". The 1987 FA Cup remains Coventry's
only major tournament victory. One of Coventry's fanzines is entitled
Gary Mabbutt's Knee in commemoration of the deciding goal.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_FA_Cup_Final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1856:
Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34
camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Camel_Corps>
1919:
Sir Harry Hands, the mayor of Cape Town, performed the first
public observance of a two-minute silence in remembrance of those killed
in World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-minute_silence>
1939:
In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother
in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and
twenty-one days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina>
2008:
On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between
football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester
Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_UEFA_Cup_Final_riots>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
up to something:
(idiomatic) Doing something mischievous or scheming.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/up_to_something>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero
every day of their lives … and you can either help somebody, you can
be compassionate toward people, you can treat some people with dignity
— or not. And … one way you become a hero, and the other way …
you’re part of the problem. And … it’s not a grand thing, you
know; you don’t have to get into a giant laser-sword fight and blow up
three spaceships to become a hero. I mean — it’s a very small thing
that happens every day of your life.
--George Lucas
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Lucas>
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