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1998 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship 1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 1956 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 1945 Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City) 1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title 1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence |
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