An ITV spokeswoman said: "This was an unprecedented day of world-class sport and we know that major sporting events always have an impact on ratings.
Motivated by the trip, Mary got out of bed, prepared by sitting up in a wheelchair and enjoyed an unprecedented day out supported by staff, her daughter and the arts practitioner.
In an unprecedented day of action, Wikipedia and Reddit, a social news website, had gone offline in a protest organised by their communities of editors, and backed by thousands of other sites, large and small.
As if to symbolise the new mood, the American hosted an unprecedented Sunday lunch in his hotel suite, watching as unionist leader David Trimble broke bread with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein.
From Timothy G. Kremer, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association: The tragic events of the last few days have shocked and paralyzed our state and resulted in this unprecedented day in New York State government.
The game will be part of an unprecedented Monday Night Football doubleheader.
Tomorrow marks an unprecedented day for the 57 million children and 69 million youth who don't have the opportunity to go to school and learn.
Khamenei began on Tuesday an unprecedented, nine-day trip to Qom, the holy city that is the center for Shiite learning.
The eight cardinals picked by Pope Francis to advise him on reform of the Roman curia and the governance of the Catholic church are preparing to meet the pontiff for the first time on Tuesday, in an unprecedented three-day meeting likened to a "papal G8".
It was the first day of an unprecedented 2-day hearing granted to Avastin's maker, Genentech of South San Francisco, California, giving it the chance to basically beg FDA to rescind the withdrawal decision of 6 months ago and permit Avastin to remain easily available to breast cancer patients.
