Olympique de Marseille is a French football club from the port city of Marseille, founded by Rene Dufaure de Lajarte, and is one of the best-supported clubs in France, with a passionate fan base in the Stade Velodrome. It was the first French club to win the European Cup, in 1993, beating AC Milan in the final in Munich with a goal from Basile Boli, in the Champions League era. The title was later overshadowed by a match-fixing scandal in the domestic league, which led to the club's relegation and the loss of its French title that year. The club has won the French league nine times, and its great rivalry with Paris Saint-Germain is known as Le Classique.
Before and after
- 29 July 1899Founding of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
- from August 1899 to September 1901Boxer Rebellion
- 13 August 1899Birth of Alfred Hitchcock
- 24 August 1899Birth of Jorge Luis Borges
- 31 August 1899Founding of Olympique de Marseille
- 11 October 1899Boer Wars
- from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902Second Boer War
- 19 October 1899Birth of Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 13 November 1899Birth of Huang Xianfan
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- 1903Origins of Major League Baseball
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
- 23 December 1913Founding of Federal Reserve System
The era
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