West Ham United on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in
London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup
competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (better known as the
FA Cup), it was the first football match to be played at Wembley
Stadium. The final was preceded by chaotic scenes as vast crowds surged
into the stadium, far exceeding its official capacity of approximately
125,000. A crowd estimated at up to 300,000 gained entrance and the
terraces overflowed, with the result that spectators found their way
into the area around the pitch and even onto the playing area itself.
Mounted policemen, including one on a light-coloured horse (pictured)
which became the defining image of the day, had to be brought in to
clear the crowds from the pitch to allow the match to take place.
Although West Ham started strongly, Bolton proved the dominant team for
most of the match and won 2–0. The pre-match events prompted
discussion in the House of Commons and led to the introduction of a
number of safety measures for future finals. The match is often referred
to as the "White Horse Final" and is commemorated by the White Horse
Bridge at the new Wembley Stadium.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_FA_Cup_Final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1887:
A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police,
Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released on order of
German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Schnaebel%C3%A9>
1949:
Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, her
daughter, and ten bystanders were assassinated by the military arm of
the Philippine Communist Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Quezon>
1952:
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei to
officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War, seven years after fighting
in that conflict ended due to World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Taipei>
1975:
Chief of the South Vietnamese army Cao Van Vien fled the
country as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Van_Vien>
1994:
Former CIA counter-intelligence officer and analyst Aldrich
Ames pleaded guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later
Russia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames>
2001:
Dennis Tito became the world's first fee-paying space tourist,
riding the Russian Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft to the International Space
Station.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
doggedly:
In a way that is stubbornly persistent: Abby marked the International
Day of the Dog with her beloved Jack Russell terrier, despite how he was
doggedly gnawing through her extensive collection of shoes.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doggedly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the
idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know
you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through
no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
--Harper Lee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harper_Lee>
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