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Gemini XI

Gemini XI launches, September 12, 1966. In the background stands a Saturn V on launch pad 39A, although Apollo 4, the first Saturn V flight, did not happen until fourteen months later. Source.

Écoles Samuel de Champlain

Centre Scolaire-Communautaire Samuel de Champlain, Saint John, New Brunswick. Source.

École secondaire Samuel-de Champlain, Quebec. Source.

École primaire Samuel-De Champlain, Brossard. Source.

Sir Ernest MacMillan and Seiji Ozawa, 1967

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The Westernmost Point of East Germany

Possibly raised to mark the border between Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the Electorate of Hesse. Source: Google Maps.

Sibylle of Cleves by Franz Wolfgang Rohrich

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It's Cowdenbeath

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It's the Scottish Challenge Cup, Round Three. Morton visit Cowdenbeath at the Central Park Speedway.

This round of 32 includes the ten Championship clubs, ten League One clubs, seven from League Two, two from the Lowland League, one from the Highland League and two colt teams.

Morton have never won the Challenge Cup. They reached the final once, in 1992-93, and the semi-finals six times, most recently in 2008-09. They went five straight years without a win in the second half of the last decade.

Cowdenbeath have played in the Lowland League since being relegated from the SPFL in 2022. They are currently fourteenth in the table. Their involvement in this year's Challenge Cup is seen in some quarters as a reward for having voted for the Premiership colt teams. They too have never won this cup.

Morton last played the Blue Brazil on March 25th, 2014 and lost 3 - 0 at Central Park. That was Morton's relegation year. The last Morton player to score against Cowden was Archie Campbell, February 15th, 2014. The first match I know of between Morton and Cowdenbeath was a Division One match played September 13, 1924 (100 years ago next week) which Cowdenbeath won 5 - 0.

Cowdenbeath have been in this year's tournament since Round One. They beat Kilmarnock colts and Albion Rovers to get this far.

Morton have not won a match since July 27th.

[But Morton win today, 0 - 1 on a goal by Garrity. Each team earned a red card.]

The other Challenge Cup fixtures:

Hamilton Academical (Ch) 4 - 0 Dundee United B (September 3)

Stranraer (L2) [1 - 5] Annan Athletic (L1)

East Fife (L2) [0 - 2] Dunfermline Athletic (Ch) Fife Derby.

Inverness CT (L1) [3 - 0] Stirling Albion (L2)

East Kilbride (LL) [3 - 2] Cove Rangers (L1)    Upset

Peterhead (L2) [1 - 0] Dumbarton (L1)    Upset

Kelty Hearts (L1) [3 - 1] Elgin (L2)

Partick Thistle (Ch) [1 - 3] Alloa (L1)    Upset

The Spartans (L2) [0 - 2] Livingston (Ch)

Arbroath (L1) [3 - 0] Montrose (L1) League One Angus Derby.

Stenhousemuir (L1) [1 - 1] Falkirk (Ch) [Stenny win on PK]    Upset

Queen of the South (L1) [0 - 3] Airdrieonians (Ch)

Ayr United (Ch) [3 - 2] Raith Rovers (Ch) (tomorrow)

Queen's Park (Ch) [1 - 0] Edinburgh City (L2) (tomorrow)

Rangers B vs Fraserburgh (HL) (September 17)

Other matches:

HFX Wanderers 2 - 1 York United (September 2)

Civil Service Strollers 4 - 3 Cumbernauld Colts (September 3)

Prestwich Heys 1 - 3 FC Isle of Man (September 3)

Banks o' Dee Juniors 2 - 4 Culter (September 3)

Scrosoppi 3 - 0 Burlington (September 4)

Scrosoppi have won League1 Ontario. Scrosoppi, FC Laval, TSS Rovers and Scottish United from Edmonton will all appear in the 2026 Canadian Championship.

UCD 0 - 1 Cork City (yesterday)

Tranent [3 - 1] Civil Service Strollers

Nairn County [1 - 1] Formartine United

Culter [11 - 1] Aberdeen East End

Largs Thistle [2 - 0] Sauchie (Scottish Junior Cup R2)

Knightswood [4 - 2] Carluke Rovers

FC Isle of Man [1 - 1] Bury

Pacific [3 - 0] HFX Wanderers

Serbian White Eagles [4 - 0] Spanish Future Stars

JEF United [4 - 0] Mito HollyHock

Tochigi City [0 - 0] ReinMeer Aomori

Sfida Setagaya [2 - 2] Yokohama Seagulls (tomorrow)

Westdyke [1 - 1] Morton Women (tomorrow)

Scottish Junior Cup R2:

Auchinleck Talbot [2 - 3] Lossiemouth United

Largs Thistle [2 - 0] Sauchie

Letham [2 - 1] Dunipace

WE League Cup, group stage:

INAC Kobe Leonessa [0 - 1] Elfen Saitama

North of Scotland Cup, QF (September 4):

Brora Rangers 1 - 0 Wick Academy

Forres Mechanics 1 - 1 Lossiemouth (Lossiemouth win on PK)

Inverness Athletic 3 - 3 Halkirk United (Inverness win on PK)

Nairn County 2 - 2 Clachnacuddin (Clach win on PK)

Historical matches:

1901/9/7        Morton 1 - 4 Dundee

1940/9/7        St Mirren 2 - 2 Morton

2002/9/7        Morton 2 - 3 St Mirren

League Cup, Round One. Goals by David Hopkin and Scott Bannerman.

Arthurlie FC 1926-27:

1927/8/30      St Mirren 5 - 0 Arthurlie    R Cup F leg two

1927/8/16      Arthurlie 1 - 3 St Mirren    RCup F leg one

1927/4/30      Arthurlie 4 - 0 Bathgate    SLF2

1927/4/23      St Bernard's 3 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/4/19      Arthurlie 4 - 0 East Fife    SFL2

1927/4/16      Arthurlie 4 - 1 Moorpark    RCup SF

1927/4/13      Arthurlie 4 - 2 Paisley GSFP    RCup R1

1927/4/9        Clydebank 5 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/4/2        Arthurlie 1 - 1 Bo'ness    SFL2

1927/3/26      Nithsdale Wanderers 3 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/3/19      Arthurlie 4 - 3 King's Park    SFL2

1927/3/12      Arbroath 3 - 0 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/3/8        Arthurlie 1 - 4 Albion Rovers    SFL2

1927/3/5        Arthurlie 0 - 3 East Fife    SCup R4

1927/3/2        Armadale 2 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/2/26      Arthurlie 2 - 4 Queen of the South    SFL2

1927/2/22      Arthurlie 3 - 0 Alloa Athletic    SCup R3 replay

1927/2/19      Alloa Athletic 0 - 0 Arthurlie    SCup R3

1927/2/12      Arthurlie 3 - 2 Raith Rovers    SFL2

1927/2/9        East Stirlingshire 4 - 5 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/2/5        St Bernard's 0 - 3 Arthurlie    SCup R2

1927/1/29      Arthurlie 4 - 0 Alloa Athletic    SFL2

1927/1/25      Nithsdale Wanderers 0 - 2 Arthurlie    SCup R1

1927/1/15      Dumbarton 4 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/1/8        Arthurlie 0 - 0 Ayr United    SFL2

1927/1/3        Stenhousemuir 3 - 3 Arthurlie    SFL2

1927/1/1        Arthurlie 2 - 3 Third Lanark    SFL2

1926/12/25    Forfar Athletic 1 - 3 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/12/18    Bathgate 5 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/12/11    Arthurlie 3 - 2 St Bernard's    SFL2

1926/12/4      East Fife 7 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/11/27    Arthurlie 3 - 1 Clydebank    SFL2

1926/11/20    Bo'ness 2 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/11/13    Arthurlie 7 - 1 Nithsdale Wanderers    SFL2

1926/11/6      King's Park 2 - 4 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/10/30    Arthurlie 4 - 1 Arbroath    SFL2

1926/10/23    Albion Rovers 3 - 0 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/10/16    Queen of the South 4 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/10/9      Arthurlie 2 - 0 Armadale    SFL2

1926/10/2      Raith Rovers 1 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/9/25      Arthurlie 0 - 1 East Stirlingshire    SFL2

1926/9/18      Alloa Athletic 1 - 2 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/9/11      Arthurlie 2 - 1 Dumbarton    SFL2

1926/9/4        Ayr United 1 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/8/28      Arthurlie 7 - 2 Stenhousemuir    SFL2

1926/8/21      Third Lanark 2 - 1 Arthurlie    SFL2

1926/8/14      Arthurlie 3 - 1 Forfar Athletic    SFL2

(Sources: London Hearts for the SFL Division Two and the Scottish Cup; Scottish Football Historical Archive for the Renfrewshire Cup)

Universal Carrier, Sable Island

Source. Canadian industry churned these out by the thousand during WWII. Read about them here.

Kio Shimoku Art Book

Kio Shimoku has an artbook out. How many of these characters can you identify? Source.

The Defeat of Slander

In 1909 New York City's corrupt administration responded to allegations of wrongdoing not by cleaning itself up but instead by commissioning this monumental lump of propaganda entitled "The Defeat of Slander." Source.

West Kings, 1956

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