York City Football Club has a long history as a professional association football club based in York, England. Founded in 1908, they played several seasons before and after the First World War in the Northern and Midland leagues. They were elected to play in the Football League for 1929–30, in the Third Division North. They had their best FA Cup season in 1954–55, when they reached the semi-final, but lost to the First Division club Newcastle United in a replay. York played in the Third Division North until 1958–59, when a league reorganisation landed them in the Fourth Division. The same season, they finished third and won their first promotion. Their only promotion into the Second Division came in 1973–74. By mid-October 1974, they were in fifth place—their highest league ranking—before finishing the season in 15th place. They faced two successive relegations in 1976 and 1977, and a 22nd-place finish in the 1977–78 Fourth Division forced the club to apply for re-election. (

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

747 BC:

According to Ptolemy, the reign of the Babylonian king Nabonassar began and with it, a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabonassar

1233:

Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols captured Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_siege_of_Kaifeng

1815:

Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba, an island off the coast of Italy where he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau one year earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon

1917:

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues" (audio featured), the first jazz single ever released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_Stable_Blues

2013:

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Luxor_hot_air_balloon_crash

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

dressing room: 1. A room used for dressing or changing clothes. 2. A small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy. 3. A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup. 4. A changing room at a recreational or sports venue. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dressing_room

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Love is a burnin' thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire I fell into a burnin' ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire   --June Carter Cash https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/June_Carter_Cash