At Henley Royal Regatta two crews compete side by side in each round, in a straightforward knock-out format, with no repechages.

At the first regatta in 1839, the finish line was Henley Bridge itself, but it was presumably quickly realised that this had inherent problems.

At the time this channel was a winding, shallow backwater and it would clearly not be possible to lay a course of the full Henley distance without significant alteration to the bank, the island and the riverbed.

At a public meeting in Henley town hall on 26 March 1839, Captain Edmund Gardiner proposed " that from the lively interest which had been manifested at the various boat races which have taken place on the Henley reach during the last few years, and the great influx of visitors on such occasions, this meeting is of the opinion that the establishing of an annual regatta, under judicious and respectable management, would not only be productive of the most beneficial results to the town of Henley, but from its peculiar attractions would also be a source of amusement and gratification to the neighbourhood, and the public in general.

At the southern end of the peninsula Enderby's Wharf was occupied by a succession of famous submarine cable companies from 1857 onwards, including Glass Elliot, W T Henley, Telcon, Submarine Cables Ltd, STC, Nortel and Alcatel.

At approximately 3 a. m. on the morning of August 8, 1973, Henley and Kerley arrived back at Corll's home accompanied by Rhonda Williams.

At 8: 24 a. m. on August 8, 1973, Henley placed a call to the Pasadena Police.

At Guildford, houses have been built on the Pewley Hill site, but Henley Fort, Guildford, England ( aka Henley Grove ) has been well preserved as a youth education centre.

At Henley it joins the artificial channels of the Sutton Moor Rhyne and the King's Sedgemoor Drain, both of which drain the wetland.

* At Henley Royal Regatta, in the Stewards ' Enclosure gentlemen must wear a jacket and tie.

At this time, Lord Sandwich, together with the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, was advocating establishment of a British colony in New South Wales.

At the same time, he was doing his National Service with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Shrewsbury, where Busby had advised him to apply as it meant he could still play for United at the weekend.

At the outbreak of World War II he volunteered for the Royal Air Force, but was unable to serve because of a childhood illness.

At a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society in Britain, a team from University of Queensland described 40 unknown " dwarf " galaxies in this constellation ; follow-up observations with the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope revealed that ultra compact dwarfs are much smaller than previously known dwarf galaxies, about across.

At first light on 11 July, the Australian 2 / 24th Battalion supported by tanks from 44th Royal Tank Regiment attacked the western end of Tel el Eisa hill ( Point 24 ).

* 1922 – At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

At the time the British public were disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a victory on the scale of Trafalgar.

At the Battle of Coronel, it inflicted the first major defeat on the Royal Navy in over one hundred years, although the German squadron of ships was subsequently defeated at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, only one ship escaping destruction.

* 1940 – World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

* 1660 – At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.

* 1666 – At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

At the age of eight, he entered the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche.

At the same time the Royal Air Force was having problems with their IRBM missile project, the Blue Streak, which was long overdue.

At the UPenn Museum the exhibition Iraq's Ancient Past, which includes many of the most famous pieces from the Royal Tombs, is expected to be open to visitors in late Spring 2011.

* February 15 – At 04: 51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, United Kingdom with a bomb.

At sea, the powerful Royal Navy blockaded much of the coastline, conducting frequent raids.

At the end of the first performance, the audience called for Wagner, who appeared at the front of the Royal box, which he had been sharing with King Ludwig.

At MABOT's pumping lock the team's landing zone was covered in concertina wire that was unreported by their intelligence and so the SEALs and Royal Marines were forced to hover several feet off the ground.

At the time of her death, Princess Margaret's full style was: Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret Rose, Countess of Snowdon, Companion of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

* November 28 – At Gresham College in London, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray meet after a lecture by Wren and decide to found " a College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning " ( later known as the Royal Society ).

At the Theatre Royal, Marylebone, an epicene production was staged with Mary Warner, Fanny Vining, Anna Cora Mowatt, and Edward Loomis Davenport.

At the 2001 Regatta, an open event for Women's Quadruple Sculls was introduced.

The Ringsend Regatta still takes place annually. They have rowing regattas ( rowing competitions ) every Sunday At Stella Maris and St Patricks At 12ish.

At West Point, Eisenhower relished the emphasis on traditions and on sports, but was less enthusiastic about the hazing, though he willingly accepted it as a plebe ; he was also a regular violator of the more detailed regulations, and finished school with a less than stellar discipline rating.

At the end of the discourse Matthew notes that Jesus has finished all his words, and attention turns to the crucifixion.

At the 1999 World Cup, Cronje finished with 98 runs at 12. 25 as South Africa was eliminated after the famous tied semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston.

At the end of the season, Aaron again finished third in the MVP voting.

At age 37, he hit a career-high 47 home runs during the season ( along with a career-high. 669 slugging percentage ) and finished third in MVP voting for the sixth time.

At the beginning of July 1863, Booth finished the acting season at Cleveland's Academy of Music, as the Battle of Gettysburg raged in Pennsylvania.

At the end of the 2010 season, the Royals finished with a 67 – 95 record, in last place in the division for the sixth time in seven years.

At the present time ( June 2010 ) the project should have been finished.

At the time of his death, Weber had not finished writing his magnum opus on sociological theory: Economy and Society.

At the start of the project, the total cost was estimated at £ 2. 25M, although by time it was finished in 1984, it had risen by nearly four times that amount.

At her husband's urging, she finished her high school studies in 1933, at a time when less than 7 % of African Americans had a high school diploma.

At the first performances of Parsifal problems with the moving scenery during the transition from Scene one to Scene two in Act 1 meant that Wagner's existing orchestral interlude finished before Parsifal and Gurnemanz arrived at the Hall of the Grail.

At the end of the season, Carey became the youngest ever All-Australian captain at 22 years of age and finished third in the Brownlow Medal count, after being outright favourite to take out the prestigious award.

At the 1952 Jacksonville Open, Snead forfeited rather than play a 18-hole playoff against Doug Ford after the two golfers finished in a tie at the end of regulation play.

At the end of the 2008-09 season Hapoel Acre finished in the top five and so was promoted to the Israeli Premier League for a second time, after an absence of 31 years.

At the end of the 1993 – 94 season, their first year back in the top flight they finished in third, their highest league finish since 1927.

At Monza, Schumacher and Häkkinen were imposed only finished fourth due to a gearbox problem.

At the age of 16, Remarque had made his first attempts at writing ; this included essays, poems, and the beginnings of a novel that was finished later and published in 1920 as The Dream Room ( Die Traumbude ).

At night he had dinner with his friends Adam Oehlenschläger and H. C. Andersen, and he is said to have referred to the finished museum saying: " Now I can die whenever it is time, because Bindesbøll has finished my tomb.

At the age of 42, in his last substantial major league season, Henderson finished the year with 25 stolen bases, ninth in the NL ; it also marked his 23rd consecutive season with more than 20 steals.

At the end of each race, points are awarded based on what order the player finished in ranging from one point for fourth to nine points for the winner of the race.

At Harvard Law School from 1915 to 1918, however, he was swept away by the intellect of professor Felix Frankfurter and finished fifth in his class, while rooming with songster Cole Porter.

At the funeral games of Patroclus, Antilochus finished second in the chariot race and third in the foot race.

At the time of his death, there were talks about a rematch with Gómez or a challenge of world lightweight champion Alexis Argüello, Salvador Sanchez finished his career undefeated as champion ( due to his early death ).