The history of Arsenal Football Club between 1886 and 1966 covers the time from the club's foundation, through the first two major periods of success and their subsequent decline to mid-table status. Arsenal were founded in 1886 as a workers' team from Woolwich, in present-day South East London. They turned professional in 1891 and joined the Football League two years later, winning promotion into the First Division in 1904. Arsenal were bought out in 1910 by Sir Henry Norris, and he moved the team to Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, North London, in 1913 to improve their financial standing. It was not until the appointment of Herbert Chapman as manager that Arsenal had their first period of major success; under him and his successor George Allison, Arsenal won five First Division titles and two FA Cups in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Tom Whittaker continued the success, leading the club to two First Division titles and another FA Cup. Arsenal's fortunes gradually declined; by 1966, they were in mid-table obscurity and had not won a trophy in thirteen years. This led to the dismissal of Billy Wright as manager, and with it the appointment of Bertie Mee. (
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1191:
Third Crusade: Forces under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin in Arsuf, present-day Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arsuf
1778:
American Revolutionary War: France invaded the island of Dominica and captured the British fort there before the latter even knew that France had entered the war as an ally of the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Dominica
1901:
With Peking occupied by foreign troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance, Qing China was forced to sign the Boxer Protocol, an unequal treaty ending the Boxer Rebellion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Protocol
1999:
Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a major earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%E2%80%93Turkish_earthquake_diplomacy
2011:
Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, killing all aboard but one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_air_disaster
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
iatrogenesis: (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iatrogenesis
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths. --Elizabeth I of England https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England