In the 1937–38 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division South, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the eighteenth season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League. The team won only three times in nineteen Football League matches between August and December; in November and December, they played six league games and lost each one without scoring a goal, leaving them at the bottom of the division at the end of 1937. Although Gillingham's performances improved in the second half of the season, with seven wins between January and May, they remained in last place at the end of the season, meaning that the club was required to apply for re-election to the League. The application was rejected, and as a result the club lost its place in the Football League and joined the regional Southern League. The team were eliminated in the first round of the FA Cup but reached the second round of the Third Division South Cup. (Full article...).

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1800:

Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, ordered the formation of the Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse, described as the first full-time military unit raised in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_Body_Guard_of_Light_Horse

1825:

Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Konstantin removed himself from the line of succession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decembrist_revolt

1919:

American baseball player Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to their rivals, the New York Yankees, beginning the 84-year-long "Curse of the Bambino". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth

2015:

A violent tornado moved through several suburbs of Dallas, United States, killing ten and injuring almost 500 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Garland_tornado

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Wren Day: (Ireland, Isle of Man, Newfoundland, Wales) A custom on December 26 where people, especially boys, hunt a wren (originally a live bird, and now a fake one) and parade it upon a decorated pole for prosperity in the coming year. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wren_Day

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