Manchester, England. It was the first home of Manchester United Football
Club, then known as Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Football Club. The club was formed in 1878 at the request of the railway
company's employees at its carriage and wagon works, and the ground
(which was owned by Manchester Cathedral) adjoined the works. Initially
the ground consisted only of the pitch, around which an estimated
12,000 spectators could congregate, and it was often clouded by steam
from passing trains. Players had to get changed at a nearby public
house. The addition of stands in 1891 increased the capacity to about
15,000. The football club signed its first professional players in 1886
and began to break from its sponsoring railway company, but without the
company's financial support it was unable to afford the rent on the
ground and was evicted. In 1893, the club moved to a new ground at Bank
Street, Clayton. The North Road site is now part of the North Manchester
Business Park, having previously been used as playing fields and as the
site of a school.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Road_(football_ground)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1279:
Emperor Bing, the last emperor of the Song Dynasty, died during
the Battle of Yamen, bringing the dynasty to an end after three
centuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_the_Song_Dynasty>
1921:
Irish War of Independence: About 1,300 British troops attempted
to encircle about 100 IRA volunteers at Crossbarry in County Cork.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbarry_Ambush>
1932:
The Sydney Harbour Bridge (pictured), a major landmark in
Sydney, Australia, and the world's tallest steel arch bridge, was
formally opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge>
1954:
American pool (pocket billiards) player Willie Mosconi set a
record of 526 consecutive balls sunk without a miss during an exhibition
of straight pool.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Mosconi>
1987:
American televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as the head of The
PTL Club in the midst of a sex scandal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
vaguery:
1. (uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague.
2. (countable) A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of
vagueness.
3. (countable, in the plural) An eggcorn for vagaries.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaguery>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 I am an individual … a circle touching and intersecting my
neighbours at certain points, but nowhere corresponding, nowhere
blending. … But my individuality, however all-sufficient for myself,
is an infinitesimal point, an atom subject in all things to the Law of
Storms called Life. I feel, I know that Fate is. But I cannot know what
is or what is not fated to befall me. Therefore in the pursuit of
perfection as an individual lies my highest, and indeed my only duty,
the "I" being duly blended with the "We." … I am bound to take careful
thought concerning the consequences of every word and deed. When,
however, the Future has become the Past, it would be the merest vanity
for me to grieve or to repent over that which was decreed by universal
Law.
--Richard Francis Burton
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton>
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