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Featured article The Championship Course, along which the Boat Race is contested The Boat Race 2020 was a side-by-side rowing race scheduled to take place on 29 March 2020. Held annually, the Boat Race is contested between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames (course pictured) in south-west London. This would have been the 75th women's race and the 166th men's race. Cambridge led the longstanding rivalry 84–80 and 44–30 in the men's and women's races, respectively. The races were cancelled on 16 March 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Other than as a result of war, it was the first time that the men's race had been cancelled since the first edition in 1845. It was also the first cancellation of the women's race since its 1964 revival. The 2020 event would have been the first time that both senior races would be umpired by women. The members of each crew were announced on the date that the race would have been contested. (Full article...) Recently featured: Dolly de Leon Banded sugar ant "Abyssinia, Henry" Zimmerman Telegram Zimmerman Telegram On February 24, .. 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar. 1803 - Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the U.S. 1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram was delivered, complicating World War I. 1999 - Arizona executed German national Karl LaGrand. Recent days: February 23 - February 22 More events in history... Did you know ...? Mirella Freni ... that Mirella Freni (pictured) and Luciano Pavarotti, who co-starred as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo in La bohème at La Scala in 1968, shared the same wet nurse? ... that Bill Chisholm's announced $6.1 billion purchase of the Boston Celtics is the largest amount ever paid for a North American sports team? ... that a former management consultant who coined the framework of "The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism" was described by The New York Times as "a kind of Malcolm Gladwell of conservative Christianity"? ... that the 2001 Zug massacre resulted in changes to security measures for public buildings, but not to Swiss gun laws? ... that Juan Soto, before his blockbuster trade, rejected a 15-year, $440 million contract extension, which would have been the largest deal in Major League Baseball history at the time? ... that about 25 percent of people experience heartburn at least once a month? ... that Miroslav Kvočka was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity against non-Serb detainees in the Omarska concentration camp during the Bosnian War? ... that the Edmonds' Clock Tower was split in two after the June 2011 Christchurch earthquakes? ... that the Overwatch character Juno was praised for her ability to reward players for having sound game sense?	In the news Azzi Fudd A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 226 people. In basketball, the UConn Huskies win the NCAA Division I women's championship (Most Outstanding Player Azzi Fudd pictured) and the Florida Gators win the men's championship. In the National Hockey League, Alexander Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals scored. In horse racing, Nick Rockett, ridden by Patrick Mullins, wins the Grand National. South Korea's Constitutional Court removes Yoon Suk Yeol as the president of South Korea, following his earlier declaration of martial law. Ongoing: Gaza war M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Roberto De Simone Amara Essy Ray Shero Peter Geiger Titiek Puspa Peter Stuhlmacher Holidays {{Holidays}} Obituaries Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died suddenly at a hotel in Rimini, Italy on February 14. Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was killed in an apparent car bomb explosion on February 13. Former leader of the Canadian liberal party, Claude Ryan, died from stomach cancer on February 9 at age 79. More recent deaths...
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