Alp Arslan ( ālp arslān ; ālb ārslān ; 1029 – 15 December 1072 ) was the third sultan of the Seljuq dynasty and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty.

* Record Store Day – usually celebrated on the third Saturday

Douglas Adams's 1982 science fiction comedy novel Life, the Universe and Everything – the third part of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series – features the urn containing the Ashes, as a significant element of its plot.

* 1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.

A third generation was led by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie ( 1929 – ) and includes Jacques Revel, and Philippe Ariès ( 1914 – 1984 ), who joined the group in 1978.

* 1695 – French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.

* Albert I of Belgium ( 1875 – 1934 ), third King of the Belgians

Joan of England, ( 22 July 1210 – 4 March 1238 ), was the eldest legitimate daughter and third child of John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.

* 1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

* 1545 – Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain ( d. 1568 )

* 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.

# Bourgogne of Lusignan ( 1176 – 1180 or c. 1178 – c. 1210 ), married as his third wife Raymond VI of Toulouse 1193, repudiated and divorced 1194 or 1196 without issue, married Gauthier I de Montfaucon aka Walter of Montbéliard ( killed in action at the Battle of Satalia, June 20, 1212 ) 1197 or bef.

He was the third of the four children of farmer Hugh Fleming ( 1816 – 1888 ) from his second marriage to Grace Stirling Morton ( 1848 – 1928 ), the daughter of a neighbouring farmer.

The Falcons went 11 – 5, winning their third division title and earning a first-round bye into the playoffs.

In 2010, with a regular season record of 13 – 3, their best regular season record since the 1998 Super Bowl season, the Falcons secured a third straight winning season, their fourth overall divisional title, and the top overall seed in the NFC playoffs ; however, the Falcons were overpowered by the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs 48 – 21.

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

The best place the club were able to achieve during the decade was third in 1974 – 75.

The elements that did were the introspective slow movement, the beautiful transition to the third movement, and the passages of filigree that laced through the bigger moments of the opening movement and the final Rondo.

This is likely due to three scenes in the Chronicles: first, when Eric paralyzes Corwin with an attack across the Trump and refuses to desist because one or the other would be dominated ; second, when Corwin faces the demon Strygalldwir, it is able to wrestle mentally with him when their gazes meet ; and third, when Fiona is able to keep Brand immobile in the final battle at the Courts of Chaos.

It inhibits the third and final stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis in binary fission, which ultimately leads to cell lysis.

In order to improve Young's and Duke's sleep schedule, the third and final moonwalk of the mission was trimmed from seven hours to five.

Flight day seven was to be Young's and Duke's third and final day on the lunar surface, for they would return to orbit to rejoin Ken Mattingly in the Command / Service Module following the day's moonwalk.

During the third and final lunar excursion of the mission, astronauts Young and Duke were to explore North Ray Crater, the largest of any of the craters any Apollo expedition had visited.

* 1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of The Law.

After some personal arguments among the three crewmembers, de Spookrijders split up in 2003, after releasing their and final third album Hee ...

It is the third and final installment in The Evil Dead trilogy.

It has also been argued that this is the third part of the poem since it describes the settings during the time lapse before the final battle between Beowulf and the Dragon.

Further success with Manchester United came at last when they beat Leicester City 3 – 1 in the FA Cup final of 1963, with Charlton finally earning a winners ' medal in his third final.

The final Big Dig plan, then, combined several projects — the depression and improvement of the Central Artery, the construction of a third Harbor tunnel ( now known as the Ted Williams Tunnel ), and massive interchange improvements to the Massachusetts Turnpike and several other major routes in the area.

Elihu's speech comes after the final words of Job in the third speech cycle ( 31: 40 ) and goes from chapters 32-37.

Their third and final album, That'll Be the Day, was put together from early recordings and was released in April.

On the third day, after James had received a report back from the bishops and made final modifications, he announced his decisions to the Puritans and Bishops.

In the 2007 World Series, the Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox, and were swept in four games ; the first game was 13 – 1, the second game was 2 – 1, the third game was 10 – 5, and the fourth and final game was 4 – 3.

* 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA ) of the Apollo 17 mission.

* 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA ) or " Moonwalk " of Apollo 17.

Wheeler-Nicholson's third and final title, Detective Comics, advertised with a cover illustration dated December 1936, eventually premiered three months late with a March 1937 cover date.

CN7 covered the final third of the measured mile at an average of, peaking as it left the measured distance at over.

In the 1922 season, back at Essendon at last, they reached the final four for the first time since 1912, finishing in third place.

A year later Essendon were if anything even more dominant, defeating the North Melbourne Football Club in both the second semi final and the grand final to secure consecutive VFL premierships for the third time.

In 1990, he released the third and final chapter of The Godfather series: The Godfather Part III.

AIX / 370 was IBM's third attempt to offer Unix-like functionality for their mainframe line, specifically the System / 370 ( the prior versions were a TSS / 370 based Unix system developed jointly with AT & T c. 1980, and VM / IX a VM / 370 based system developed jointly with Interactive Systems Corporation c. 1984 ).

Catcher must catch the third strike or batter may attempt to run to first base.

There is a third view that sees merit in both arguments above and attempts to bridge them, and so cannot be articulated as starkly as they can ; it sees more than one Christianity and more than one attitude towards paganism at work in the poem, separated from each other by hundreds of years ; it sees the poem as originally the product of a literate Christian author with one foot in the pagan world and one in the Christian, himself a convert perhaps or one whose forbears had been pagan, a poet who was conversant in both oral and literary milieus and was capable of a masterful " repurposing " of poetry from the oral tradition ; this early Christian poet saw virtue manifest in a willingness to sacrifice oneself in a devotion to justice and in an attempt to aid and protect those in need of help and greater safety ; good pagan men had trodden that noble path and so this poet presents pagan culture with equanimity and respect ; yet overlaid upon this early Christian poet's composition are verses from a much later reformist " fire-and-brimstone " Christian poet who vilifies pagan practice as dark and sinful and who adds satanic aspects to its monsters.

Starting with the third overtime, a one point PAT field goal after a touchdown is no longer allowed, forcing teams to attempt a two-point conversion after a touchdown.

The team may, however use its third down in an attempt to advance the ball and gain a cumulative 10 yards.

" This second case usually involves the town bully and mischief maker Bugs Meany, leader of a gang who call themselves the Tigers, who, after being foiled, will attempt revenge in the third mystery.

* 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

This was the third attempt to break through in the northern sector, and the Axis defenders were expecting the attack.

The colonists tried again in 1605 with the same result, but a third attempt in 1607 was more successful and in due course Stornoway became a Burgh of Barony.

This second attempt was followed by a third under Cleodaeus and a fourth under Aristomachus, both unsuccessful.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.

He then came third the following year, and his attempt to beat Arnold Schwarzenegger was the subject of the 1975 documentary Pumping Iron.

Whereas the 1980 and 1983 coup attempts against Gayoom's presidency were not considered serious, the third coup attempt in November 1988 alarmed the international community.

This was Gorbachev's third attempt to establish a political party, having started the Social Democratic Party of Russia in 2001 and the Union of Social-Democrats in 2007.

and in 1982, he proposed his ' Whorfianism of the third kind ' in an attempt to refocus linguists ' attention on what he claimed was Whorf's real interest, namely the intrinsic value of ' little peoples ' and ' little languages '.

While a third attempt was in the last stages of preparation, the operation commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Splendorelli, was ambushed between Bud Bud and Buula Barde.

" The contest was extended once more, and Germain began work on her third attempt.

Eventually, a third attempt made in 1520 with a large army of French, German and Scottish mercenaries proved successful.

After a second-down screen pass to Harraway fell incomplete, left tackle Manny Fernandez sacked Kilmer on third down for a loss of eight yards, and Washington's drive ended with no points after kicker Curt Knight's ensuing 32-yard field goal attempt was wide right.

The Steelers joined the Cowboys in their attempt to be the first team to ever win a third Super Bowl, after wins in Super Bowl IX and Super Bowl X. Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw had the best season of his career, completing 207 of 368 passes for 2, 915 yards and 28 touchdowns, with 20 interceptions.

However, linebacker Rod Martin broke up Theismann's third down pass attempt, forcing Washington to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Moseley.

After Elway threw an incomplete pass on third down, however, Karlis missed a 43-yard field goal attempt.

A 33-yard completion from Young to tight end Brent Jones helped the 49ers reach the San Diego 29-yard line on their next possession, but Young's third down pass to Jones was overthrown and rookie kicker Doug Brien missed a 47-yard field goal attempt.

From there, Favre led the Packers all the way to the New England 37, but the Patriots made a key defensive stand, stopping Green Bay running back Dorsey Levens for no gain on third down and one, and then tackling him again for a 7-yard loss on a fourth down conversion attempt.