2014 Event Germany beats Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals; the defeat is considered a possible explanation for ensuing incidents of bus burning around Sao Paulo 2014 Event Eric Cantor, majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, will step down from his leadership position at the end of July following a surprising primary election defeat by Tea Party candidate David Brat 2013 Event A power outage occurs during the Super Bowl XLVII at New Orleans' Superdome; the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers 34 - 31 2012 Event U.S. voters hold their 2012 presidential election, with Democratic President Barack Obama projected to defeat Republican opponent, Governor Mitt Romney 2011 Event The Superbowl XLV attracts a record high television audience; the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 - 25 2011 Event In one of the biggest upsets in NFL history, the New York Jets defeat the New England Patriots 2006 Event Super Bowl XL: Steelers defeat the Seahawks 21-10 1997 Event Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series 1996 Event Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match 1996 Event Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup 1996 Event Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo 1996 Event India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's 1996 Event South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah 1996 Event Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy 1996 Event Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup 1996 Event Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup 1995 Event Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995 Event Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 and 157 1994 Event 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Baltimore Stallions, 26-23 1994 Event Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test 1993 Event India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 Event West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide 1991 Event WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0 1990 Event 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11 1990 Event Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1989 Event Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams 1987 Event Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 minutes 1987 Death James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81 1983 Event Royals defeat Yankees, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order 1982 Event England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG 1982 Event 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4 1982 Event Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat 1982 Event President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat 1982 Event Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat 1980 Event Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat 1978 Event New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day 1977 Event N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1974 Event L.A. Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup 1972 Event "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7 1970 Event 58th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 23-10 1968 Event 56th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21 1967 Event Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7 1966 Event In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants 72-41 1965 Event 53rd CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers, 22-16 1964 Event 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 1960 Event 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7) 1958 Event 46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28 1957 Event Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 1956 Event Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt 1956 Event Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yankees 6-3 in opening game of World Series 1951 Event West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket 1951 Event Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on 1949 Event 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15 1948 Event 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7 1946 Event Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Tigers' 5-3 1945 Event England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 Event U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II 1944 Event 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 1944 Event Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands 1943 Event 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan 1943 Event Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks) 1943 Event Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1942 Event Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title 1942 Event Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Event Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 1942 Event Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1 1942 Event 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Event 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 1941 Event British troops defeat British Somalia 1934 Event New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship 1934 Event St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant 1931 Event Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak 1930 Event New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game 1930 Event 18th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6 1928 Event Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) 1925 Event Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15 1924 Event 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3 1923 Event Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day 1922 Event Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat 1919 Event Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) 1918 Event Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I 1916 Event French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun 1915 Event Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia 1915 Event Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops 1914 Event Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat 1914 Event Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops 1912 Event Red Sox defeat A's 3-0 for then AL record 105th win 1912 Event England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament 1908 Event 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 1905 Birthday James Burnham, philosopher, Coming Defeat of Communism 1904 Event Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur 1902 Birthday Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet/dramatist/novelist, The Defeat 1901 Event NSW (918) defeat S Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605 1885 Event Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game 1885 Event Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask 1883 Event Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship 1878 Event Australians Cricket 41 and 12-1 defeat MCC 33 and 19 1868 Event Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala 1863 Event Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga 1863 Event 2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities 1862 Event Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat General Sherman 1862 Event Excelsiors defeat Unions of Morrisania 13-9 1862 Event Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels 1854 Event Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1854 Event British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in Crimea 1849 Event Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1847 Event U.S. under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey 1846 Event British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1844 Event Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international 1837 Event Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians 1832 Event 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 1831 Event Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow 1824 Event Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa 1814 Event Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh 1814 Event Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat 1814 Event Battle of Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, ; Americans defeat British 1814 Event Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario 1813 Event Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British 1813 Event Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces 1811 Event Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera 1803 Event Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French 1800 Event Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi 1797 Event British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands 1792 Event French defeat Prussians at Valmy 1781 Event Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis 1781 Event French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1780 Event British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1777 Event Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt 1776 Event Battle of Trenton-major British defeat 1776 Event British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island 1760 Event Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat 1756 Event India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army 1743 Event English defeat French at Dettingen 1741 Event Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz 1736 Event Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French 1709 Event Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes 1707 Event Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese 1692 Event French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) 1690 Event Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet 1689 Event Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie 1653 Event Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth 1645 Event Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians 1644 Event Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists 1634 Event Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat 1578 Event Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed 1576 Event Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium 1525 Event Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia 1513 Event Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland 1485 Event Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 1461 Event 2nd battle of St. Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists 1450 Event French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1415 Event Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight 1402 Event Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1389 Event Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs, Bosnians 1389 Event Battle at Falkoping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden 1388 Event Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1385 Event Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence 1380 Event Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars 1364 Event Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany 1356 Event English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers 1346 Event Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle 1298 Event English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk 1241 Event Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans 1191 Event Richard Coeur de Lion and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine 1167 Event Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano 1119 Event Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders 1098 Event Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch 1097 Event 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea 1016 Event Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon) 390 Event Brennus and Gauls defeat Romans at Allia
