The 1959–60 Burnley F.C. season was their 61st in the Football League, and their 13th consecutively in the First Division, the top tier of English football. Under their manager, Harry Potts, Burnley won their second First Division championship, the first since their 1920–21 season, on the last day with a 2–1 victory over Manchester City. Only Alex Elder and Jimmy McIlroy had cost a transfer fee; the other players had been recruited from Burnley’s youth academy. In cup competitions, Burnley reached the sixth round of the FA Cup, and won the Lancashire Cup. After the main season ended, the squad travelled to the United States to participate in the first edition of the International Soccer League. Eighteen players made at least one appearance for the club, with Jimmy Adamson, Brian Miller and Ray Pointer present in all 50 matches. The top goalscorer was John Connelly with 24 goals, including 20 in the league. The highest home attendance at Turf Moor that season was 52,850 for the FA Cup fifth round replay match against Bradford City.
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1864:
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Atlanta
1894:
Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion
1963:
The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak
1975:
Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Escape_Collapse
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untogether: 1. Not together. 2. Not cohesive or united; disunited, disparate, separated; also, not coordinated; uncoordinated. 3. (informal) Of a person or their behaviour: not composed; disorganized, sloppy. 4. (informal) Of a situation: not under control; chaotic, disorganized. 5. That which is not together. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/untogether
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I don't follow the latest fashions. I never sing a song that's badly written. In the 1920s and '30s, there was a renaissance in music that was the equivalent of the artistic Renaissance. Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer and others just created the best songs that had ever been written. These are classics, and finally they're not being treated as light entertainment. This is classical music. --Tony Bennett https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett
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