The Icelandic Coast Guard vessel ICGV Týr rammed the Royal Navy frigate HMS Andromeda which was escorting two British fishing trawlers in what Iceland claimed as its territorial waters in the first confrontation of the Third Cod War.
The Týr is still in service. The HMS Andromeda went on to serve in the Falklands War and was decommissioned in 1983.
Argentine guerilla commander Roberto Quieto was captured by soldiers in Martinez, Argentina during a raid on a warehouse. He'd betray his confederates under torture.
Quieto was a lawyer by training and would disappear while in Argentine captivity in 1976.
Both Chile and Argentina went through a period like this, called the Dirty War in Argentina.
Down 14-10 with 32 seconds remaining on the clock, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw a long pass to win the game. Interviewed later, he'd say:
It's a play you hit one in a hundred times if you're lucky. It's a Hail Mary pass. You throw it up and pray he catches it.
Staubach thereby coined, unintentionally the phrase that's irreverently used to refer to such desperate passes in football today. I dislike the phrase so much I thought about not posting it here, but it's so frequently used, I relented.
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