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Terry Griffiths (1947–2024) was a Welsh professionalsnooker player, coach andpundit. After winning several amateur titles, he turned professional in June 1978 at the age of 30. In his second professional tournament, he qualified for the1979 World Snooker Championship. He reached the final of the event where he defeatedDennis Taylor. In the1988 World Snooker Championship, Griffiths again reached the final of the competition but lost toSteve Davis. Griffiths reached at least the quarter-finals of theWorld Championship for nine consecutive years, from 1984 to 1992. He also won theMasters in 1980 and theUK Championship in 1982, completing snooker'sTriple Crown. He was runner-up at the Masters three times and reached the final of the1989 European Open, where he lost thedeciding frame toJohn Parrott. Griffiths retired from the professional tour in 1996 to become theWorld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association's director of coaching. (Full article...)
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TheBasilica of Superga is a hilltopCatholic basilica inSuperga, in the vicinity ofTurin, Italy. It was built from 1717 to 1731 forVictor Amadeus II, the duke of Savoy and futureking of Sicily, to a design byFilippo Juvarra. The building of the church fulfilled a vow Victor Amadeus had made during theBattle of Turin, after defeating the besieging French army in theWar of the Spanish Succession. The basilica is considered to be an example of late Baroque-Classicist architecture. Its royal crypt is the traditional burial place of members of theHouse of Savoy, including various kings of Sardinia andof Italy. In 1949, the basilica was the site of theSuperga air disaster when the plane carrying theGrande Torino football team collided with the church's rear supporting wall, killing the entire team and their coach. This photograph shows the basilica with theMonte Rosa massif in the background. Photograph credit:Domeian Recently featured: |
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