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The 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was a soccer match between Seattle Sounders FC and the Chicago Fire played on October 4, 2011, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. Seattle Sounders FC won by defeating the Chicago Fire 2–0 with goals scored by Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso. The match was the culmination of the 2011 tournament, which was open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. The tournament was the 98th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. The attendance of 36,615 at the final set a tournament record. Seattle had previously won the 2009 and 2010 tournaments, making them the first team since 1968 to win three consecutive championships (trophies pictured) and the fourth team to do so in the tournament's history. Seattle won a berth in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League and a $100,000 cash prize. Following the final, criticism arose regarding Seattle hosting each round of the tournament they played. In response, changes to the rules for determining hosting rights were announced. (Full article...)

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The Social Democrats, led by Stefan Löfven (pictured), win a plurality in the Swedish general election.
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup concludes with the United States defeating Serbia in the final.
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Scientists report the first synthesis of germanene, a single-atom-thick nanomaterial that is the germanium equivalent of graphene.
One of the ships from Franklin's lost expedition, missing since 1845, is discovered off King William Island, Canada.
Researchers announce that newly described Dendrogramma specimens may represent a previously unknown phylum of animal life.

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On this day...

September 16: Malaysia Day; Independence Day in Mexico (1810)

1400 – Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and instigated a revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England.
1810 – Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest in Dolores, Guanajuato, delivered the Grito de Dolores to his congregation, instigating the Mexican War of Independence against Spain.
1920 – A bomb in a horse wagon exploded (aftermath pictured) in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring 400 others.
1961 – The United States' National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.
1990 – Construction of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was completed between Ürümqi and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

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The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force. Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,500 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Its features include a frameless bubble canopy, side-mounted control stick, and relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control.

Photo: Andy Dunaway, United States Air Force

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