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Crucible Theatre, venue of the tournament The 2023 World Snooker Championship took place from 15 April to 1 May 2023 at the Crucible Theatre (pictured) in Sheffield, England. The qualifying rounds produced a 115 break by Ng On-yee, the highest by a woman in the tournament's history. The defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan made a record 31st appearance at the tournament's main stage, surpassing the 30 appearances by Steve Davis, but he lost 10–13 in the quarter-finals to Belgian player Luca Brecel. Si Jiahui became the first Crucible debutant to reach the semi-finals since Andy Hicks at the 1995 event. Brecel came from 5–14 behind to defeat Si 17–15, the first player to win a match at the Crucible after trailing by nine frames. Brecel went on to defeat Mark Selby 18–15 in the final, becoming the sport's first world champion from mainland Europe. Two maximum breaks were made at the main stage, one by Kyren Wilson in the first round and the other by Selby, who became the first player to make a 147 in a world final. (Full article...) Recently featured: SMS Helgoland (1909) Pinkerton (album) Arthur O. Austin Archive By email More featured articles About
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Saint Ludger healing Bernlef ... that according to tradition Saint Ludger healed the Frisian bard Bernlef of his blindness (pictured) and taught him to play psalms on his harp? ... that as of 1.06 billion years ago, three supermassive black holes from a trio of galaxies in the constellation of Cancer were colliding? ... that Nicholas Carlini showed that ChatGPT could leak personal information? ... that Takara's Treasure was created because its artist wanted to draw a story about a boy who speaks a local dialect? ... that in addition to having been a centre for local involvement in Chinese politics, the Kuomintang Building in Vancouver has hosted social events including a wedding reception? ... that Ron Tiavaasue was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played college football in the United States, and now plays professional football in Canada? ... that the concept of genocide was introduced in the 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe? ... that Michael Kettle received an award at the age of 80 for his work as a cricket groundskeeper? ... that Madonna once operated an elevator at Terrace on the Park? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article

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September 26

Replica of the Golden Hind

46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical ancestor of his family.
1580 – English explorer Francis Drake's galleon the Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.
1928 – The Nationalist government of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh as the official system for the romanization of Mandarin Chinese.
1983 – Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.
2010 – Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

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