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1950 College Basketball Recap

Final AP Top 20Major Conference ChampionsNCAA Tournament (8 teams)NIT Tournament (12 teams)Player of the YearConsensus All-America The NIT-NCAA double that Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp had…

Normandy campaign

(Encyclopedia) Normandy campaign, June to Aug., 1944, in World War II. The Allied invasion of the European continent through Normandy began about 12:15 a.m. on June 6, 1944 (D-day). The plan, known…

Ruskin, John

(Encyclopedia) Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, English critic and social theorist. During the mid-19th cent. Ruskin was the virtual dictator of artistic opinion in England, but Ruskin's reputation declined…

Civil Rights Cases (1883)

Historical BackgroundBetween 1866 and 1875, Congress passed several civil rights acts to implement the 13th and 14th amendments. One was the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which imposed various…

2005 Grammy Awards

The 48th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2006. Record: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic…

1959 College Basketball Coaches of the Year

Adolph Rupp, KentuckyUPIEddie Hickey, MarquetteUSBWAPlayer of the Year1959 College Basketball RecapConsensus All-America 1965 College Basketball Coaches of the Year Dave Strack…

1998 Deaths: A - F

General Sani Abacha Bella Abzug Uvaldo AcostaAlbatrossFrederick Pitt AldermanLionel AldridgeJohn Maury Allin Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezEric Ambler Cleveland Amory Harry AndersonJohn…

MLB National League No Hitters

National League Year Date Pitcher Result 1876 7/15 George Bradley St.L vs Har, 2-0 1880 6/12 Lee Richmond Wor vs Cle, 1-0       (perfect game)   6/…

NCAA Tournament (23 teams)

East RegionalFirst RoundPrinceton 60, Penn St. 58St. Joseph's-PA 67, Connecticut 61Providence 91, West Virginia 67SemifinalsPrinceton 66, N.C. State 48Providence 81, St. Joseph's-PA 73 (OT)…