On average, the Atlantic is the saltiest major ocean ; surface water salinity in the open ocean ranges from 33 to 37 parts per thousand ( 3. 3 – 3. 7 %) by mass and varies with latitude and season.

On December 11, 13 games into his first NFL season as head coach, Bobby Petrino resigned without notice to coach at the University of Arkansas, leaving the beleaguered players only a note in the locker room.

On August 30, 2011, Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King, who correctly predicted the 2011 Super Bowl, made his predictions for the 2011 season and picked the Falcons to defeat the San Diego Chargers in the 2012 Super Bowl.

On March 9, 1995, Colangelo's group was awarded a franchise to begin play for the 1998 season.

On the last day of the season, Lajoie overtook Cobb's batting average with seven bunt hits against the St. Louis Browns.

On 11 January 1706, Marlborough finally reached London at the end of his diplomatic tour, but he had already been planning his strategy for the coming season.

On September 16 they won their 82nd game, securing the first season with a winning record since 1997.

On September 21, closer Jim Johnson earned his 46th save of the season, setting a new Orioles franchise record for saves by one pitcher in a single season.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Shapiro ( following the end of the 2010 season ) would be promoted to team President, with current President Paul Dolan becoming the new Chairman / CEO, and longtime Shapiro assistant Chris Antonetti filling the GM role.

On August 22, Lou Piniella, who had already announced his retirement at the end of the season, announced that he would leave the Cubs prematurely to take care of his sick mother.

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico – marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.

On October 1, the Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9 – 2, completing a season sweep of the Brewers and clinching the Rockies ' second playoff appearance in three years.

On May 24, Kazuo Matsui, former Rockies second baseman during the 2007 championship season, was resigned to the club following his unconditional release from the Houston Astros.

On the last day of the season, Young won both games of a doubleheader.

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the Red Wings set the NHL record for most consecutive wins at home in a single season by winning their 21st home game with a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars, and on Sunday, February 19, 2012, defeated the San Jose Sharks to record their 23rd consecutive home victory, breaking the overall record previously held by the Boston Bruins over two seasons from 1929-1930.

On Thursday, May 31, 2012, Nicklas Lidström retired after his 20th consecutive NHL season, and 6th year as captain of the Detroit Red Wings.

* On October 4, 1906, Princeton opened its season with a 22 – 0 win over Stevens.

* The Simpsons ( On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister, season 16, episode 11 ) ( 2005 ) ( as himself )

On July 24, Biggio announced that he would retire at the end of the season.

On September 17, the Astros clinched their first 100-loss season in franchise history, On September 28, the Astros ended the season with an 8-0 home loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

* 1980 – On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J. R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase " Who shot J. R .?

On 20 May 2009, May and Taylor performed " We Are the Champions " live on the season finale of American Idol with winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert providing a vocal duet.

In 2012, Fox TV series, Glee, gave way to a cliffhanger with its winter finale episode " On My Way " where Quinn Fabray ( played by Dianna Agron ) is involved in a car accident after responding to a text message while driving.

On several occasions, such as in Africa and Thailand, the final Tribal Council and finale are edited together to make them seem like one event, until moments later the camera shows the studio audience.

On April 27, 1988, new episodes resumed for the fourth season, and ran every weekday for exactly a month until the series finale aired on Friday, May 27, 1988.

" Carry On Wayward Son " has been included on soundtracks for the following movies and television shows: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Family Guy, Gentlemen Broncos, Happy Gilmore, Heroes ( 1977 ), Scrubs, South Park (" Guitar Queer-o " episode ), King of the Hill (" My Own Private Rodeo "), Strangers with Candy (" Yes You Can't "), and Supernatural ( during the intro for each season finale ), and Supernatural: The Anime Series ( as the ending for each episode ).

On the 2007 season finale, Hasselhoff sang " This is the Moment.

On 14 March 2009, Gibb teamed with Olivia Newton-John to present the one-hour finale performance at a star-studded 12-hour live concert at Sydney's Sydney Cricket Ground, part of Sound Relief, a fundraiser to aid victims of the February 2009 Victorian Bushfires that devastated large tracts of heavily wooded and populated south-eastern Australia, where the Gibb family once lived.

On the heels of the Griffin / Bonnar finale, a second season of The Ultimate Fighter launched in August 2005, and two more seasons appeared in 2006.

On November 25, 2007, he made a surprise appearance on the Australian Idol grand finale performing " All Night Long ( All Night )" at the Sydney Opera House.

On the season finale, Jillian received a proposal from Ed Swiderski.

* On May 14, 2009, Jones made a guest appearance and performed with many other music icons on the season finale of the NBC series 30 Rock.

McKernan would achieve a new prominence throughout 1969, with versions of " Turn On Your Lovelight " ( now the band's show-stopping finale ) regularly taking fifteen to twenty minutes.

On October 21, 2010, the finale date of the Jägermeister Music Tour, King joined Megadeth on stage, at the Gibson Amphitheater in Hollywood, California to perform " Rattlehead " which was the first time in 26 years that King has shared the stage with Megadeth and Inan with his band.

On May 20, 2001, The WB aired " Disfigured Debbie ", the second episode produced, as the season finale, leaving five episodes unaired.

On February 10, 1897, french bass Armand Castelmary suffered a heart attack onstage in the finale of act one of Flotow's Martha.

On the third day of racing, 35, 000 spectators showed up to watch the grand finale race.

On 12 August 2012, he played with The Who at the finale of the closing ceremony for the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

On 21 August 2007, they performed with Cas Haley on the America's Got Talent season finale.

On May 24, 1986, on the season finale of Saturday Night Live, co-host Martin was " fired " by executive producer Lorne Michaels for being " drunk " in a skit, slurring his lines.

One of the prayerbooks of American Reform Judaism, Shaarei Tefila: Gates of Prayer, contains a portion of the Prayer from the finale of Corwin's On a Note of Triumph ( see link to full text below ).

It song list and order sticks very closely to the 1982 Song and Dance version, with the addition of the finale song " Dreams Never Run On Time ", itself a rewrite of the song from the 2003 version " Somewhere, Someplace, Sometime ".

His character sings " Blood On The Saddle " and continues through the finale as the rest of the cast attempts to drown him out.

On May 6, 2010, she announced that the fifth season of Weeds was her last despite the cliffhanger her character had in the season finale.