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After winning the First Test by an innings after being controversially sent in by Hutton, Australia lost its way and England took a hat-trick of victories to win the series 3 – 1.
The First Test at Lord's was convincingly won by Australia, but in the remaining four matches the teams were evenly matched and England fought back to win the Second Test by 2 runs, the smallest victory by a runs margin in Ashes history, and the second-closest such victory in all Tests.
The match ended in a 1-0 defeat His final goal had come a month earlier, on 31 March, in a 2-0 win at Southampton, also in the First Division.
The term blitzkrieg is here employed with reference to Germany ’ s efforts to win a quick victory in the First World War and is not associated with the use of armoured or mechanised forces or with airpower.
First he had to win the nomination of both the Republican party and also the " Fusion " group of independents.
Lineker began scoring prolifically in the early 1980s, helping Leicester win promotion to the First Division in 1980 and again in 1983.
Dalglish began his career with Celtic in 1971, going on to win four Scottish First Divisions, four Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup with the club.
After becoming player-manager on the retirement of Joe Fagan in the 1985 close season, Dalglish selected himself for just 21 First Division games in 1985 – 86 as Liverpool won the double, but he started the FA Cup final win over Everton.
Although the First Battle of Independence in August 1862 resulted in a Confederate victory, the Southerners were unable to follow up their win in any significant fashion, as the City of Kansas was occupied by Union troops and proved too heavily fortified for them to assault.
Liverpool reached its first FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1 – 0 to Burnley It won consecutive League championships in 1922 and 1923, but did not win another trophy until the 1946 – 47 season, when the club won the First Division for a fifth time.
* 2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.
First black athlete from any nation to win a gold medal in an individual Winter Olympics sport.
First, if the rules specify that ties are acceptable, then a player declaring swing must win or tie both directions to win anything, but if he does, he is entitled to his appropriate share.
He claimed his Test innings best of 7 / 72 in the first innings of the First Test in Madras, allowing Australia to build a large lead and win by an innings.
Benaud took 4 / 69 and 4 / 42 in the First Test in Dhaka ( now in Bangladesh ), sealing Australia's first win in Pakistan.
* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
First, the Redskins drafted Ernie Davis, the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy.
** Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
** First round of the Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election sees the Bulgarian Socialist Party win a majority.
** Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian general who has assumed command of the Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the last years of the First Punic War with Rome, helped Carthage win the Mercenary War and brought extensive territory in the Iberian Peninsula under Carthaginian control ( b. c. 270 BC )
* June 7 – First Battle of Schooneveld: In a sea battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, fought off the Netherlands coast, the Dutch win with the fleet of the United Provinces ( commanded by Michiel de Ruyter ) against the allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
Chelsea won 1 – 0, with Bonetti making a brilliant last minute save to deny George Mulhall and maintain his side's promotion chances ; a 7 – 0 win over Portsmouth secured instant promotion back to the First Division.
* First female to win Best Direction of a Musical: Julie Taymor for The Lion King in 1998.

First and 1954-55
After three years at Brentford, he returned to Chelsea, where he played 65 times and won a First Division winners ' medal in 1954-55 under Ted Drake.

First and title
First: what title, what setup??
First, it appears to be based on the fact that on its title page Utopia is described as `` festivus '', `` gay ''.
* The title is referenced in Marvel One-Shots A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer and is included on the Captain America: The First Avenger Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases.
Franklin earned the title of " The First American " for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity ; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.
The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the legal title of The Mother Church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science Church.
Branch churches of The Mother Church may take the title of First Church of Christ, Scientist ; Second ; but the article The must not be used, presumably to concede the primacy of the Boston Mother Church.
In September 1953, the Central Committee bestowed Khrushchev with the title of First Secretary, which made his seniority in the Central Committee official.
In 1952 the title of General Secretary became First Secretary and the Politburo became the Presidium before reverting to their former names under Leonid Brezhnev in 1966.
Cyril of Alexandria became noted in Church history because of his spirited fight for the title " Theotokos " during the First Council of Ephesus ( 431 ).
First published on April 16, 1989 Dilbert is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office featuring the engineer Dilbert as the title character.
First printed edition of 1472 ( by Guntherus Zainer, Augsburg ), title page of book 14 ( de terra et partibus ), illustrated with a T and O map.
This system developed gradually from a more presbyterian polity ( Joseph Smith's original title in 1830 was " First Elder ") for pragmatic and doctrinal reasons, reaching a full episcopacy during the Nauvoo period ( 1839 – 1846 ).
The title of Emperor of Austria and the associated Empire were both abolished at the end of the First World War in 1918, when German Austria became a republic and the other kingdoms and lands represented in the Imperial Council established their independence or adhesion to other states.
The use of the title First Lady to describe the spouse or hostess of an executive began in the United States.
The earliest known written evidence of the title is from the November 3, 1863, diary entry of William Howard Russell, in which he referred to gossip about " the First Lady in the Land ," referring to Mary Todd Lincoln.
The title first gained nationwide recognition in 1877, when newspaper journalist Mary C. Ames referred to Lucy Webb Hayes as " the First Lady of the Land " while reporting on the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes.
A popular 1911 comedic play by playwright Charles Nirdlinger, titled The First Lady in the Land, popularized the title further.
* First Lady — Use of the title outside the United States.
Their opponents were Tottenham Hotspur, who were a cut above everyone else having won the First Division title with ease and style.
* Oliver Elton, published 1894, title: The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus
A good summary of his position is found in his First Answer to Cardinal Perron, who had challenged James I's use of the title " Catholic ".
Liverpool retained the European Cup in 1978 and regained the First Division title in 1979.
Under Ernest Mangnall, who assumed managerial duties in 1903, the team finished as Second Division runners-up in 1906 and secured promotion to the First Division, which they won in 1908 – the club's first league title.
In 1952, the club won the First Division, its first league title for 41 years.

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