** Folio 97 recto: The third stone, Chalcedony

** UK — voltage remains at 25 kV AC — voltage change 750 V DC third rail ( The Southern Region ).

** Indiana State finished third in 1953 and fourth in the 1949 NAIA tourney

** Marathon Infinity, the third in the trilogy ( 1996 )

** Their third album, Sublime ( album )

** a third test prepared by each examining board based on the programmes of all the subjects of the last year of study

** Thief: Deadly Shadows, the third in the series

** The third period of the Second Vatican Council opens.

** Second Vatican Council: The third period of the Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.

** Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, British prince and third son ( youngest child ) of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh

** John Paxson's 3-point shot in Game 6 of the NBA Finals helps the Chicago Bulls secure a 99 – 98 win over the Phoenix Suns, and their third consecutive championship.

** Ali Fethi Okyar forms a new government in Turkey ( third government ).

** Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (" Ocean of Storms "), becoming the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

** The United Nations Charter is ratified by the United States Senate, and this nation becomes the third one to join the new international organization.

** DZBB-TV Channel 7, the Philippines ' third TV station, is launched.

** The Senegalese political party PAI-Rénovation is legally recognized, becoming the third legal party in the country.

** Sean Lemass becomes the third Taoiseach of Ireland.

** A United States Navy team becomes the third group to reach the South Pole ( arriving by air ) and commences construction of the first permanent Amundsen – Scott South Pole Station.

** Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.

** The Green Bay Packers become the first team in the modern era to win their third consecutive NFL Championship, 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys in what became known as " The Ice Bowl ".

** Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3, 200 civil rights activists in the third march from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery.

** The Soviet manned space mission Soyuz 18a ends in failure during its ascent into orbit when a critical malfunction occurs in the second and third stages of the booster rocket during staging, resulting with the cosmonauts and their Soyuz spacecraft having to be ripped free from the vehicle.

** Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke's government is re-elected for a third term.

** Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach and third President of Ireland ( d. 1975 )

** Note: In a 1995 interview Resnais states that the final version of the commentary was a collaboration between Marker and Jean Cayrol ( source: Film Comment ).

** If a team is penalized in the final minute of a half and the penalty causes the clock to stop, the opposing team now has the right to have 10 seconds run off the clock in addition to the yardage penalty.

** North America manual tranmission model now uses same shorter final drive ratio as used elsewhere, to simplify production.

** Table of contents, bibliography of On the Origin of Species – links to text and images of all six British editions of The Origin of Species, the 6th edition with additions and corrections ( final text ), the first American edition, and translations into Danish, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish.

** France defeats Italy 2-1 after extra time in the final of the European Championships, becoming the first team to consecutively win the World Cup and European Championships.

** Pelé plays his final professional football game as a member of the New York Cosmos.

** The final fighting in Croatian and Bosnian wars ends in 1995 with the success of Croatian military offensives against Serb forces and the mass exodus of Serbs from Croatia in 1995 ; Serb losses to Croat and Bosniak forces ; and finally the signing of the Dayton Agreement which internally partitioned Bosnia and Herzegovina into a Republika Srpska and a Bosniak-Croat federation.

** Stanley Matthews plays his final international game, ending an English record international career of almost 23 years.

** Hungary invades Carpatho-Ukraine ; final resistance ends on March 18.

** V-E Day ( Victory in Europe, as Nazi Germany surrenders ) commemorates the end of WWII in Europe, with the final surrender being to the Soviets in Berlin, attended by representatives of the Western Powers.

** WWII ends: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted by the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States, and delegates from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, China, and others from a Japanese delegation led by Mamoru Shigemitsu, on board the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

** Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open, to win her 19th Grand Slam title.

** Germany defeats the Czech Republic 2-1 after extra time in the final of the European Championships.

** The New York Islanders win their first Stanley Cup, from a goal by Bobby Nystrom in overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs's final round.

** In the U. S., the President's Commission on the Status of Women issues its final reports to President Kennedy.

** President Dwight Eisenhower gives his final State of the Union Address to Congress.

** President-elect Bill Clinton names the final members of his cabinet.

** Bewitched starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick Sargent aired its final episode, " The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam " on ABC.

** Rangers lift the Cup Winners Cup, defeating Dynamo Moscow in the final at the Nou Camp.

** 1936 Summer Olympics: The United States men's national basketball team wins the first Olympic basketball tournament in the final game over Canada, 19 – 8.

** In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century ; the final death toll tops 800.

** AFL Grand Final: Hawthorn Hawks defeat West Coast Eagles by 53 points at Waverley Park, the final score 20. 19. 139 – 13. 8. 86.

** Norwich City wins the English League Cup, beating Rochdale in the final.

** Chelsea and Leeds united draw 2-2 in the 1970 FA cup final it went to at replay at Old Trafford.