The 1982 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 30 April and 16 May 1982 at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield, England. It was the only event of the 1981–82 snooker season that carried world ranking points. Embassy, a British cigarette company, sponsored the tournament, and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association governed the organisation of the event. It had a prize fund of £110,000, with the winner receiving £25,000. The defending champion, Steve Davis (pictured), had defeated Doug Mountjoy with a score of 18–12 in the previous year's final. In 1982, Davis was the bookmaker's favourite to win the tournament, but he lost 1–10 to Tony Knowles in the first round. Alex Higgins won his second world title by defeating Ray Reardon 18–15 in the final. Ten century breaks were made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 143 scored by Willie Thorne.

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1643:

A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_expedition_to_Valdivia

1889:

The predominantly Māori New Zealand Native football team played the last match of their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_New_Zealand_Native_football_team

1942:

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons

1992:

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew

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flutter in the dovecote: (idiomatic) A disturbance, usually one caused within a group of people who are generally placid and unexcited. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flutter_in_the_dovecote

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