The 1921–22 season was Cardiff City's first in the First Division of the Football League following election from the Southern Football League to the Second Division for the 1920–21 season. They had won promotion last season, finishing as runners-up behind Birmingham on goal average and becoming the first Welsh team to reach the top tier of English football. They reached the fourth round of the FA Cup. Fred Stewart remained manager and new signings included full back Tommy Brown and forward Willie Page. Cardiff were investigated by the FA and the FAW over an illegal approach for Wolverhampton's defender Dickie Baugh and club and player were both fined. John Pritchard was elected chairman, but was replaced in November by Walter Empsall. Cardiff made significant investments in the club's ground, Ninian Park, laying a new pitch and improving viewing for spectators. During the latter work, refuse dumped by Cardiff Corporation caught alight, but the blaze was doused with the aid of local supporters.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1865:

U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day manhunt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth

1941:

Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance and political organization during World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Front_of_the_Slovene_Nation

1958:

Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (train pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Blue_%28train%29

1970:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

prozymite: (Roman Catholicism, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prozymite

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate Ukraine — to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. That has failed. It’s sought to assert the power of its military and its economy. We of course are seeing just the opposite — a military that is dramatically underperforming; an economy, as a result of sanctions, as a result of a mass exodus from Russia, that is in shambles. And it’s sought to divide the West and NATO; of course, we’re seeing exactly the opposite … We don’t know how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent Ukraine will be around a lot longer than Vladimir Putin is on the scene. And our support for Ukraine going forward will continue.   --Antony Blinken https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken