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What was BT Sport and what sports did the channel show? Launched in August 2013, BT Sport is a group of paid television sports channels available in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
13 April – A 22-year-old woman is raped at her bedsit in Cambridge. Cambridgeshire Police believe that she was the sixth victim of a rapist who had been operating across the city since October last year. In June, the police arrest 47-year-old Peter Cook for the rapes; he is sentenced to life imprisonment in October.
25 February – UK miners' strike (1984–85): Nearly 4,000 striking coalminers return to work, meaning that only just over half of the miners are now on strike. 26 February – Following his trial and conviction at St Albans Crown Court, Malcolm Fairley, the sex attacker known as The Fox, is handed six life sentences.
Flat races. September 1, 1947: Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky became the first stable in Thoroughbred racing history to surpass $1 million in annual earnings when Armed won the Washington Park Handicap. Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Hiraji [4] Canada – King's Plate won by Moldy. France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Le Paillon.
American Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Fred Stolle (Australia) in straight sets 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. American Women's Singles Championship – Maria Bueno (Brazil) defeats Carole Caldwell Graebner (USA) in straight sets 6–1, 6–0. Davis Cup. 1964 Davis Cup – Australia 3–2 United States at Harold Clark ...
1954 World Cup held in Switzerland. West Germany beat Hungary 3–2. First Division – Wolverhampton Wanderers win the 1953–54 title. FA Cup – West Bromwich Albion beat Preston North End 3–2. May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation is founded in Manila. June 15 – UEFA is founded in Basel.
October. 1 October – QVC launches the first television shopping channel in the UK. 3 October – The Northern Irish journalist Rory Peck, 36, is shot and killed outside the Ostankino TV Centre in Moscow by Boris Yeltsin 's loyalists while covering the Russian constitutional crisis.
List of marathon fatalities. Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests. List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing. Rider deaths in motorcycle racing. Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway. List of driver deaths in motorsport. List of deaths on eight-thousanders. List of people who died climbing Mount Everest.