Sporting vence Hertha nos penalties

Sporting 2 - 2 Hertha de Berlim

(5-4 no desempate por "penalties")

É questionável o interesse deste jogo de final de época especialmente se associarmos aos desaires do Sporting nos últimos jogos oficiais o escasso interesse de público para este jogo em Paris (cerca de 4.000 espectadores, portugueses...pois claro!).

A primeira parte mostrou um Hertha eficaz e o resultado de 2-0 para os alemães traduzia o habitual contraste entre uma equipa que joga para o resultado e remata e outra que joga bem mas que não finaliza.

Na 2ª. parte, porém, especialmente após um penalty "fabricado" por Niculae que Sá Pinto converteu, o Sporting acreditou que podia dar a volta ao resultado e conseguiu o empate por Paíto numa jogada de insistencia iniciada já com um remate forte deste jogador para defesa incompleta do guarda-redes alemão.

O Sporting esteve então mais perto de ganhar apesar da substituição de vários jogadores com a entrada de jovens ( por ex. o Sporting fez entrar três guarda-redes Ricardo - Tiago - Nelson).

No desempate Nelson defendeu à vontade o penalty de Simunic que lhe pretendia fazer um "chapéu", porque não caíu e todos os sportinguistas marcaram trazendo assim a "Taça Amizade" para Lisboa.

O árbitro teve uma grande paciencia em não mostrar qualquer cartão especialmente depois duma briga Simunic-Niculae.

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SONNET

Il faut finir mes jours en l'amour d'Uranie;
L'absence ni le temps ne m'en sauraient guérir,
Et je ne vois plus rien qui me pût secourir,
Ni qui sût rappeler ma liberté bannie.

Dès longtemps je connais sa rigueur infinie;
Mais pensant aux beautés, pour qui je dois périr,
Je bénis mon martyre, et content de mourir,
Je n'ose murmurer contre sa tyrannie.

Quelquefois ma raison par de faibles discours
M'incite à la révolte et me promet secours;
Mais lorsqu'à mon besoin je me veux servir d'elle,

Après beaucoup de peine et d'efforts impuissants,
Elle dit qu'Uranie est seule aimable et belle,
Et m'y rengage plus que ne font tous mes sens.

Vincent Voiture (1598-1648)

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On this day in History - May 27

0866 - Ordoño I, dies. King of Asturias
0927 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria dies
1328 - Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1498 - Vasco da Gama descobre o caminho marítimo para as Índias. Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail from Europe, round Africa, to India. He landed in Southwest India, on the 27th or 28th of May, 1498, just north of the then prosperous port of Calicut.
1508 - Ludovico Sforza, dies (1452). Duke of Milan
1541 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, dies (b. 1374). Daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (executed).
1564 - John Calvin, dies (b. 1509). Religious reformer.
1610 - Ravaillac, dies (b. 1578). Assassin who killed Henry IV of France.
1652 - Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz (Charlotte Elizabeth, Duchesse d'Orléans), was born (d. 1722). Duchesse d'Orléans and sister-in-law of Louis XIV.
1661 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, dies - was beheaded. Scottish Covenanter
1690 - Morte do compositor italiano Giovanni Legrenzi
1707 - Marquise de Montespan, dies (b. 1641). Mistress of Louis XIV of France.
1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
1738 - Nathaniel Gorham, was born (d. 1796). American politician.
1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, was born (d. 1877). Entrepreneur.
1797 - François-Noël Babeuf, dies (b. 1760). French revolutionary and early socialist.
1813 - War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
1818 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer was born (d. 30 Dec 1894). Women’s rights advocate and social reformer; newspaper publisher: The Lily; social reformer; led cause for more sensible dress for women: bloomer panties named after her.
1819 - Julia Ward Howe, was born (d. 1910). Composer ("The Battle Hymn of the Republic") .
1821 - Morte de Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira. 1º conde de Amarante - Portugal.
1823 - Sublevação militar dirigida pelo infante D. Miguel, filho de D. João VI, conhecida pela Vila-Francada. Terminou com a primeira experiência liberal portuguesa, iniciada com a Revolução de 1820.
1831 - Jedediah Smith, dies (b. 1799). American explorer.
1834 - D. Pedro IV é apupado no Teatro de S. Carlos, quando assistia à representação do Il Pirata, de Belini, devido à amnistia proclamada pela Concessão de Évora-Monte. Terá um ataque de hemoptises e adoecerá. Morrerá em Setembro seguinte.
1835 - João Carlos Gregório Domingues assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.
1836 - Jay Gould, was born (d. 1892). American financier.
1837 - Wild Bill Hickok, was born (d. 1876). Gunfighter.
1840 - Nicolò Paganini, dies (b. 1782). Italian violinist and composer.
1849 - The Great Hall of Euston station, London opened.
1855 - Nascimento de Bernardo Pinheiro Correia de Melo . Conde de Arnoso - Portugal.
1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily as part of the Italian Unification.
1862 - Nascimento de Manuel Teixeira Gomes, político, diplomata e escritor português (m. 1941) 1864 - Ante Trumbić, was born (d. 1938). Croat politician.
1867 - Arnold Bennett, was born (d. 1931). British novelist.
1871 - Georges Rouault, was born (d. 1958). Painter and graphic artist.
1878 - Isadora Duncan, was born in San Francisco (d. 14 Sep 1927). Dancer. Revolutionized the concept of dance: changing ballet into interpretive dance; killed in freak accident [strangled when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of a Bugatti sports car she was riding in]
1879 - Karl Bühler, was born (d. 1963). Psychologist.
1883 - Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
1883 - Wolfgang Ostwald was born (d. 22 Nov 1943). German chemist who devoted his life as a teacher, researcher, editor and one of the founders of colloid chemistry.He was the second child of 1909 Nobel Laureate Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald.
1884 - Max Brod, was born (d. 1968). Author.
1887 - Kasimir Fajans, was born. Polish-born American chemist and physicist.
1888 - Louis Durey, was born (d. 1979). French composer.
1893 - Hermann Dornemann, was born. World's oldest man from November 19, 2004
1894 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, was born (d. 1961). French writer.
1894 - Dashiell Hammett, was born (d. 1961). American author.
1895 - Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for sodomy.
1896 - The F5-strength East St. Louis Tornado hits in East Saint Louis, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri, killing 255 people.
1897 - Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, was born (d. 18 Sep 1967). British physicist, joint winner (with Ernest T.S. Walton of Ireland) of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics for pioneering the use of particle accelerators in studying the atomic nucleus.
1901 - In New Jersey, the Edison Storage Battery Company is founded.
1904 - Chuhei Nambu, was born. Japanese athlete.
1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
1907 - A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.
1907 - Rachel Carson, was born (d. 1964). American ecologist.
1910 - Robert Koch, dies (b. 11 Dec 1843). German physician, a founder of the science of bacteriology, who discovered the tubercle bacillus (1882) and the cholera bacillus (1883). Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine laureate in 1905, "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis."
1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, was born (d. 13 Jan 1978). 38th Vice President of the United States.
1911 - Teddy Kollek, was born. Mayor of Jerusalem
1911 - Vincent Price, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri-EUA, (d. 1993). Actor.
1912 - John Cheever, was born (d. 1982). Author.
1912 - Sam Snead, was born (d. 2002). Golf champion.
1913 - Wols, was born. German painter.
1915 - Herman Wouk, was born. Writer.
1917 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, was born. Prime Minister of Japan.
1918 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Finlândia
1919 - The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
1920 - Joana d'Arc é canonizada
1921 - Caryl Chessman, was born (d. 1960). Murderer.
1922 - Christopher Lee, was born. Actor
1923 - Henry Kissinger, was born. American diplomat and recipient of the Nobel Prize in peace 1973
1923 - Sumner Redstone, was born. Entrepreneur
1923 - The first 24 hours of Le Mans race ends.
1924 - The Music Corporation of America (MCA) is founded.
1925 - Tony Hillerman, was born. Mystery writer
1926 - Srečko Kosovel, dies. Slovenian poet
1927 - The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model As.
1928 - Portugal ganha ao Chile por 4-2 no Estadio Olímpico de Amsterdam, no primeiro jogo dos Jogos Olímpicos de 1928. Aos 16 minutos de jogo Portugal perdia por 2-0.
1930 - John Barth, was born. Novelist
1930 - Gabriel Miró, dies (b. 28 Jul 1879). Spanish writer.
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.
1933 - New Deal: In America The Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
1933 - The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
1933 - The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago.
1934 - Harlan Ellison, was born. Science fiction author.
1934 - Início do Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol realizado na Itália
1935 - Lee Meriwether, was born. Catwoman actress and former Miss America
1935 - New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in the case A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
1936 - The RMS Queen Mary begins her maiden voyage.
1936 - Louis Gossett Jr., was born. Actor
1937 - Allan Carr, was born (d. 1999). Producer, writer.
1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County.
1940 - World War II: 97 out of 99 members of a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are massacred while trying to surrender at Dunkirk. The German commander, Captain Fritz Knochlein, is eventually hanged for war crimes.
1941- World War II: In America President Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
1941 - World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing 2,300 men.
1943 - Cilla Black, (Priscilla Maria Veronica White) was born . Singer: You’re My World
1943 - Bruce Weitzactor was born. Actor: Hill Street Blues, Death of a Centerfold, The Liar’s Club, The O.J. Simpson Story, Molly and Gina
1945 - Bruce Cockburn,was born. Musician
1946 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, was born (d. 2005). Jazz musician.
1947 - Branko Oblak, was born. Slovenian football player.
1950 - Indonésia passa a ser membro da UNESCO
1955 - Eric Bischoff, was born. WWE performer .
1956 - Alianza Lima supera a Universitario por 2 goles a 1 y se proclama campeon de Peru en fútbol
1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, was born. Musician ("Siouxsie and the Banshees ")
1958 - Neil Finn, was born. New Zealand singer and songwriter
1958 - Linnea Quigley, was born. 'B' Movie actress
1960 - In Turkey, General Cemal Gürsel leads a military coup d'état removing President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government.
1960 - James Montgomery Flagg, dies (b. 1877). Illustrator.
1961 - Peri Gilpin, was born. Actress
1961 - Fiorentina wins 1st Europe Cup Winners Cup in Florence
1963 - Folk music singer Bob Dylan releases The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album, which features "Blowin' in the Wind" and several other of his best-known songs.
1963 - Morte do escritor português Aquilino Ribeiro.
1964 - Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru dies in office.
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru, dies (b. 1889). Indian politician.
1964 - Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Champions Cup in Vienna beating RealMadrid 3 -1
1965 - Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Champions Cup in Milan beating Benfica 1-0
1965 - Vietnam War: United States warships begin bombardments of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam for the first time.
1965 - Adam Corola, was born. Radio Personality.
1966 - Rafael Paasio assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Finlândia.
1967 - Nascimento de Paul John Gascoigne. Jogador inglês de futebol.
1968 - Jeff Bagwell, was born. Baseball star
1968 - Frank Thomas, was born. Baseball star.
1968 - Future American president George W. Bush enlists in the Texas Air National Guard.
1970 - Joseph Fiennes, was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. English actor.
1970 - Estudiantes de La Plata se proclama tricampeón de Copa Libertadores al igualar sin goles frente a Peñarol, en Montevideo. En el partido de ida, había vencido por 1 gol a 0
1971 - Paul Bettany, was born in London. Actor
1971 - Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, was born (d. 2002). Singer.
1972 - Nasce em Juazeiro - BA , Ivete Sangalo cantora da MPB1973 - Ilona Kabos dies. Hungarian pianist.
1974 - Danny Wuerffel, American football quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner
1974 - Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France.
1974 - É fixado em decreto o primeiro salário mínimo nacional, Esc. 3.300$00 mensais.
1975 - Jamie Oliver, British celebrity chef and TV personality (The Naked Chef) .
1975 - Elijah Mudenda assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Zâmbia.
1977 - 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
1980 - É restabelecida, em Coimbra, a tradicional festa da Queima das Fitas. A festa tinha deixado de se realizar em 1969.
1986 - Maxwell Kinney was born. Airman.
1986 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, dies (b. 1921). Palestinian-American Muslim thinker, philosopher, and comparative religion scholar.
1987 - John Howard Northrop, dies (b. 5 Jul 1891). American biochemist, Nobel Prize for Chemistry-1946 laureate (with James B. Sumner and Wendell M. Stanley) for successfully purifying and crystallizing certain enzymes, thus enabling him to determine their chemical nature.
1987 - FC Porto win their first European Champions Cup, beating 2-1 Bayern München , in Prater Stadium,Wien, with goals scored by Madjer (famous goal) and Juary.
1988 - Ernst (August Friedrich) Ruska dies (b. 25 Dec 1906). German electrical engineer who invented the electron microscope. For "his fundamental work in electron optics and for the design of the first electron microscope" he was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1986 (with Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig).
1991 - Leopold Nowak, dies (b. 1904). Musicologist.
1991 - Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
1993 - Werner Stocker, dies. Actor.
1995 - In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
1996 - First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.
1997 - The F5-strength Jarrell Tornado slams into the small town of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.
1997 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
1998 - Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
1999 - The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
2000 - Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, dies (b. 1917). British Governor of Hong Kong.
2000 - Maurice Richard, dies (b. 1921). Ice hockey player.
2003 - Luciano Berio, dies (b. 1925). Italian composer.
Lag Ba'omer in Judaism (2005)

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Futsal - Playoff - Benfica ganha e obriga a 3º. jogo

BENFICA 4 - 1 ALPENDORADA

O Benfica acaba de vencer o Alpendorada por 4-1, recuperando da surpreendente derrota 3-4 do primeiro jogo e agora a passagem às meias-finais depende do resultado do 3º. jogo. Na 1ª. parte os visitantes colocaram algumas dificuldades aos encarnados tendo-se mesmo colocado em posição de vencedor. O Alpendorada numa tactica ultra-defensiva evitou durante toda a 1ª. parte que o Benfica comandasse o marcador, embora ao intervalo o resultado já estivesse igualado por um golo de André Lima.

Na 2ª. parte as coisas ficaram mais fáceis para o Benfica que cedo construiram o 3-1 por Maicky e André Lima o que obrigou a que o jogo fosse um pouco mais aberto do que na primeira parte. O excesso de faltas do Benfica permitiu um livre directo que dava a possibilidade ao Alpendorada para o 2-3 que o Zé Carlos evitou e pouco depois o 4-1 de Maicky de calcanhar arrumou o jogo num triunfo justo. Destaques para os marcadores de serviço do Benfica e para o guarda-redes do Alpendorada.

A arbitragem, num jogo muito disciplinado, esteve irregular.

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On this day in History - May 26

0604 or 0605 - Augustine of Canterbury dies
0818 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam dies (b. 766)
0946 - King Edmund I of England dies (b. 921)
1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria dies
1264 - Prince Koreyasu, was born (d. 1326). 7th Kamakura shogun of Japan.
1328 - William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII.
1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin.
1566 - Mehmed III, was born (d. 1603). Ottoman Emperor.
1637 - Pequot War: an allied Puritan and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, killing approximately 500 inhabitants.
1648 - Vincent Voiture, dies (b. 1597) . Poet.
1650 - John Churchill, was born (d. 1722). 1st Duke of Marlborough.
1667 - Abraham de Moivre, was born (d. 1754). Mathematician.
1670 - In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms.
1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, was born (d. 1760). German religious and social reformer.
1703 - Samuel Pepys, dies (b. 1633). English civil servant, famous for his diary.
1736 - Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw Native Americans defeat French troops.
1764 - Edward Livingston, was born (d. 1836). Jurist and statesman.
1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, was born (d. 1837). Russian author.
1805 - In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France is crowned King of Italy.
1822 - Edmond de Goncourt, was born (d. 1896). French writer.
1824 - Capel Lofft, sdies (b. 1751). Writer.
1828 - Mysterious foundling Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg, Germany.
1830 - The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1834. Concessão de Évora-Monte. Conhecida por Convenção de Évora-Monte este acordo tenta, com base na deposição das armas por parte dos miguelistas, uma pacificação geral da sociedade portuguesa. A D. Miguel era concedida uma pensão, não podendo regressar a Portugal. -
1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
1865 - Robert W. Chambers, was born (d. 1933). Artist.
1867 - Mary of Teck, was born (d. 1953). Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom.
1868 - The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
1873 - Olaf Gulbransson, was born (d. 1958). Painter.
1874 - Nascimento de Henri Farman, aviador e construtor francês de aviões.
1878 - Isadora Duncan, was born (d. 1927). American dancer.
1879 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
1881 - Jakob Bernays, dies (b. 1824). Philologist.
1883 - Edward Sabine, dies (b. 1788). Astronomer.
1886 - Al Jolson, was born (d. 1950). American singer.
1887 - Paul Lukas, was born (d. 1971). Actor.
1889 - Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public
1893 - Norma Talmadge, was born (d. 1957). Actress.
1895 - Dorothea Lange, was born (d. 1965). American photographer.
1896 - Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1896 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1897 - Bram Stoker's novel Dracula goes on sale in London.
1902 - Almon Strowger, dies (b. 1839). Developed the Strowger switch.
1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
1907 - Nascimento de John Wayne, ator norte-americano de cinema.
1907 - Rachel Carson, was born (d. 1964). American environmental write.
1907 - John Wayne, was born (d. 1979). American actor.
1907 - Ida McKinley, dies (b. 1847). First Lady of the United States.
1908 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, dies (b. 1839). Founder of the Ahmadi sect.
1908 - Robert Morley, was born (d. 1992). Actor.
1908 - At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
1911 - Ben Alexander, was born (d. 1969). Actor.
1911 - A Câmara de Deputados do México elege como presidente interino Francisco León de la Barra.
1912 - Jay Silverheels, was born (d. 1980). American actor.
1913 - Peter Cushing, was born (d. 1994). Actor.
1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, was born (d. 1972). Journalist.
1918 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
1920 - Peggy Lee, was born (d. 2002). American singer.
1922 - Morre Ernest Solvay, químico belga.
1923 - James Arness, was born. Actor.
1923 - Roy Dotrice, was born. Actor.
1924 - Victor Herbert, dies (b. 1859). Operetta composer.
1926 - Simon Petlyura, dies (b. 1879). Ukrainian independence fighter, known mostly by the pogroms done when he ruled Ukraine.
1926 - Miles Davis, was born (d. 1991). American musician.
1928 - Jack Kevorkian, was born. American physician.
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, dies (b. 1897). Singer.
1934 - Portugal - Tem início o 1.º Congresso da União Nacional, que se realiza na Sociedade de Geografia.
1937 - A Exposição Universal é inaugurada em Paris.
1938 - William Bolcom, was born. American composer.
1938 - Teresa Stratas, was born. Canadian soprano.
1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
1939 - Brent Musburger, was born. American sports broadcaster.
1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk - In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk.
1941 - Cliff Drysdale, was born. Tennis star.
1942 - Levon Helm, was born. Musician (The Band) .
1943 - Edsel Ford, dies (b. 1893). President of the Ford Motor Company .
1946 - Mick Ronson, was born (d. 1993). Guitarist.
1946 - Na Checoslováquia, os comunistas ganham as eleições para a Assembléia Constituinte.
1948 - Stevie Nicks, was born. Songwriter and actress.
1948 - The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
1949 - Philip Michael Thomas, was born. Actor.
1949 - Hank Williams Jr., was born. American singer.
1949 - Ward Cunningham, was born. American inventor of Wiki.
1951 - Sally Ride, was born. Astronaut.
1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth, dies (b. 1880). American scientist and polar explorer.
1953 - Michael Portillo, was born. Politician.
1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, was born. British novelist
1955 - Morimoto Masaharu, was born. Japanese chef
1955 - Alberto Ascari, dies (b. 1918). Italian race car driver.
1957 - Margaret Colin, was born. Actress .
1958 - Pete Michaels, was born. Actor, comedian, and ventriloquist.
1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait, was born. Actor and comedian.
1963 - The Organisation of African Unity is formed.
1964 - Lenny Kravitz, was born. Guitarist and singer.
1965 - Os generais Alfredo Ovando e René Barrientos assumem a presidência da Bolívia.
1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, was born. Actress.
1966 - British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark was born.
1969 - O Pacto Andino, programa de integração econômica para criar em onze anos um mercado comum, é firmado em Caracas entre os representantes da Bolívia, Colômbia, Chile, Equador e Peru.
1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
1970 - The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, was born. Manga-ka
1971- Matt Stone, was born . Co-creator of South Park
1972 - Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
1972 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1976 - Martin Heidegger, dies (b. 1889). German philosopher
1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
1978 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
1982 - Yoko Matsugane, was born. Japanese model.
1985 - O Iraque bombardeia seis cidades iranianas.
1986 - The European Community adopts the European flag.
1991 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1991 - Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.
1995 - Friz Freleng, dies (b. 1889). Animator.
1989 - É admitida a primeira mulher nos quadros de oficiais do exército português.
1994 - A cidade mexicana de Zacatecas é declarada Patrimônio Cultural da Humanidade.
1996 - Morre Attilio Veronese, pintor italiano.
1999 - Waldo Semon, dies (b. 1898). Inventor.
2002 - Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.
2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars.
2002 - Mamo Wolde, dies (b. 1932). Marathon runner.
2003 - Kathleen Winsor, dies (b. 1919). Novelist.
2003 - Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
2004 - The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - FC Porto vence o Mónaco por 3-0 e conquista a Liga dos Campeões Europeus em Futebol, a 2ª. da sua história, depois de na época anterior já ter vencido a Taça Uefa.
Poland - Mother's Day
Georgia - National Day

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