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December 16, 1905
On December 16, 1905, in rugby union, the "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
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Featured · December 16, 1905
In rugby union, the "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby involves running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, the game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch.
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1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1905th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 905th year of the 2nd millennium, the 5th year of the 20th…
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On December 16, 1905
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1905 In rugby union, the "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park. Team sport, code of rugby football
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby involves running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, the game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Other moments from 1905
- April 17 The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- April 3 Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- April 30 Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
- April 4 In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
- August 10 Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- August 13 Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
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