The one-point margin of victory came under scrutiny because of a safety that occurred early in the game.

The earliest known aerial victory with a synchronised machine gun-armed fighter aircraft occurred in 1915, by German Luftstreitkräfte Leutnant Kurt Wintgens.

He proposed the introduction of an endurance road race under the name " Marathon " which would start from the region where in 490 BC the battle of the Greeks against the Persians occurred and would end at the Pnyx of Ancient Athens, where, presumably, the messenger arrived bringing the good news of victory to the Athenians.

Two major military battles occurred near the city: in 732, the Battle of Poitiers ( also known as the Battle of Tours ), in which the Franks commanded by Charles Martel halted the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate, and in 1356, the Battle of Poitiers, a key victory for English forces during the Hundred Years ' War.

The series of battles occurred in Montana territory, Dakota territory, and Wyoming territory, and resulted in a victory for the United States military.

The Fallschirmjägers ' greatest victory and greatest losses occurred during the Battle of Crete.

On November 29, 1864, more than a decade before Colorado became a state and long before Kiowa County was formed, a massacre of Native Americans, a group of old men, women, and children, occurred on Sand Creek that initially was greeted as a victory in the Colorado War against hostile Indians ; within months, Congressional inquiries revealed the truth, and a national scandal erupted.

The Confederate victory prevented a planned Union invasion thereafter of Texas. Mansfield, also known as the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, a Confederate victory, occurred with one year and one day left in the duration of the war.

The margin of victory was less than 0. 5 % of the votes cast, so a statutorily-mandated automatic machine recount occurred.

Its subjugation may have occurred around AD 500, from the opposition of the British leader known as Arthur, the second, third and fourth of whose twelve battles were fought in ' Linnuis ' and whose twelfth victory held back Anglo-Saxon expansion for fifty years.

The second battle occurred on March 26, 1814 and resulted the victory of French under Napoleon Bonaparte against Russians under General Ferdinand Wintzingerode.

Although it is also suspected that electoral fraud may have occurred, the key to his victory in both elections was a divided opposition.

However it looked to have been rectified with a 5 – 1 thrashing of Borussia Mönchengladbach, a shock 1 – 0 win over Bayern Munich at home, which hadn't occurred for 20 years, and a thrilling 3 – 0 victory over Hamburg SV.

The Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War ( 1904 – 1905 ) occurred during his term as War Minister.

The first victory using a synchronized gun-equipped fighter, based on late 20th century research of surviving German and French early World War I aviation records, is strongly believed to have occurred on 1 July 1915 when Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of Feldflieger Abteilung 6b, flying the Fokker M. 5K / MG aircraft that bore IdFlieg's serial number ' E. 5 / 15 ', forced down a French Morane-Saulnier Type L east of Lunéville.

The main victory of Dutch forces under de Kock occurred in 1821.

A dramatic shift occurred in American policy after the victory of Mao Zedong's Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War.

For example, Publius Cornelius Scipio received the agnomen Africanus after his victory over the Carthaginian general Hannibal at Zama, Africa ( Africanus here means " of Africa " in the sense that his fame derives from Africa, rather than being born in Africa ); and the same procedure occurred in the names of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus ( conqueror of Numidia ) and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus.

Nearby the Block " A " is the lighted " A " atop the Old Main tower, which shines white throughout the entire valley, and blue on nights when a varsity sport has picked up a victory, or other special events have occurred on campus.

He then joined with the Spanish general Duke Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, ( not to be confused with the famous Spanish general of the same name, famous from the Italian Wars in Italy at the end of the 15th century ), and was victorious at the Battle of Wimpfen against Georg Fredrick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach on 6 May ; this victory occurred after the enemies ’ ammunition tumbril was hit by cannon fire and exploded.

Gloucester's single victory in the playoffs, in 2002, occurred when the league leaders, in that season Leicester, were still considered English champions, Gloucester's Zurich Championship victory being considered secondary.

This achievement occurred during their victory over the University of Missouri for the Big 12 Championship.

The initial Russo – Chinese proxy war occurred in Indochina, in 1975, where the Communist victory of the National Liberation Front ( Viet Cong ) and of North Vietnam in the thirty-year Vietnam War had produced a post – colonial Indochina that featured pro-Soviet, nationalist régimes in Vietnam ( Socialist Republic of Vietnam ) and Laos ( Lao People's Democratic Republic ), and a pro-Chinese nationalist régime in Cambodia ( Democratic Kampuchea ).

Ratified in the Republican Party victory in 1952, the Positive State is now evidenced by political campaigns being waged not on whether but on how much social legislation there should be.

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

A good feeling prevailed on the SMU coaching staff Monday, but attention quickly turned from Saturday's victory to next week's problem: Rice University.

Assistant coach John Cudmore described victory as `` a good feeling, I think, on the part of the coaches and the players.

Within a week after the injury, suffered in St. Louis's victory in the final game of the Kentucky tournament, Nordmann was sitting on the Bill's bench doing what he could to help Benington.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

After a Republican victory, but before the new administration took office on March 4, 1861, seven cotton states declared their secession and joined to form the Confederate States of America.

Spofforth went on to devastate the English batting, taking his final four wickets for only two runs to leave England just eight runs short of victory in one of the closest and most nail-biting finishes in the history of cricket.

Based on a statement by Darnley made in 1894, it was believed that a group of Victorian ladies, including Darnley's later wife Florence Morphy, made the presentation after the victory in the Third Test in 1883.

Bradman's men were greeted by packed crowds across the country, and records for Test attendances in England were set in the Second and Fourth Tests at Lord's and Headingley respectively ; the crowd at Headingley remains a record, and it was there that Australia set a world record by chasing down 404 on the last day for a seven-wicket victory.

Chris Tremlett bowls Michael Beer ( cricketer ) | Michael Beer to complete England's 3 – 1 Ashes victory on 7 January 2011

In the Battle of Abensberg on 19 – 20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Louis of Austria and General Johann von Hiller.

Sharing in the attack on the Electorate of Saxony, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by Elector John Frederick of Saxony, but was released as a result of the Emperor's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg in the succeeding April.

The battle which followed on April 6, 402 ( coinciding with Easter ), was a victory for Rome, though a costly one.

Alexander Jagellon never felt at home in Poland, and bestowed his favor principally upon his fellow Lithuanians, the most notable of whom was the wealthy Lithuanian magnate Michael Glinski, who justified his master's confidence by his great victory over the Tatars at Kleck ( 5 August 1506 ), news of which was brought to Alexander on his deathbed in Vilnius.

* 1975 – General Cao Van Vien, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.

In Berkshire, a successful skirmish at the Battle of Englefield on 31 December 870 was followed by a severe defeat at the siege and Battle of Reading by Ivar's brother Halfdan Ragnarsson on 5 January 871 ; then, four days later, Alfred won a brilliant victory at the Battle of Ashdown on the Berkshire Downs, possibly near Compton or Aldworth.

With these lessons in mind, Alfred capitalised on the relatively peaceful years immediately following his victory at Ethandrun by focusing on an ambitious restructuring of his kingdom's military defences.

His campaigns were successful and, on 25 July 1139, he obtained an overwhelming victory in the Battle of Ourique, and straight after was unanimously proclaimed King of the Portuguese by his soldiers, establishing his equality in rank to the other realms of the Peninsula.

The Germanic victory caused a limit on Roman expansion in the West.