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The "shot heard round the world" is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which sparked the American Revolutionary War and led to the creation of the United States. It originates from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1837 poem "Concord Hymn". The phrase has subsequently been applied to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, a catalyst event for World War I, and hyperbolically applied to feats in sports.

American Revolutionary War

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.

− Emerson, "Concord Hymn"

Emerson's "Concord Hymn", which originated the phrase, was written about the skirmish at the Old North Bridge, which was an early engagement on that day. Emerson lived in a house known as the Old Manse at the time when he was composing the poem, from which his grandfather and father (then a young child) had witnessed the skirmish. The house is located approximately 300 feet (91 m) from the Old North Bridge.^[1]

There is no consensus whether the shots fired at the North Bridge were truly the first shots of the American Revolution; it is an unprovable matter of opinion and of contention, particularly between the towns of Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts. ^{[citation needed]} There had been an earlier encounter at the Lexington Battle Green, when a column of British troops encountered a group of minutemen led by Captain John Parker. Neither side had orders to open fire, but the British soldiers fired a spontaneous ragged volley anyway and then made a bayonet charge (whether the first shot was fired by a British soldier or an American sniper is unknown).^[2] Eight Americans were killed, the Americans quit the field, and the British continued their march toward Concord. One British soldier suffered a flesh wound from a shot from an unknown source.^[3]^[4]

Regardless of the facts of the matter, Emerson chose, in his poem, to characterize the later engagement at the North Bridge as the opening act of the Revolution. The North Bridge fight did see the first deliberate volley by Americans acting under orders, the first British deaths, and the first British retreat. A plaque on The Minute Man statue reads in part "On the 19 of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression..."^[5]

The towns of Lexington and Concord have debated over the point where the first shot was fired since at least 1824, when Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette visited the two towns during his visit to the United States. He was welcomed to Lexington by the municipal authorities, who described it as the "birthplace of American liberty"; the Marquis de Lafayette was subsequently informed in Concord that the "first forcible resistance" was made there.^{[citation needed]} President Ulysses S. Grant considered not attending the 1875 centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue.^{[citation needed]} In 1894, Lexington petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to proclaim April 19 as "Lexington Day", to which Concord objected; the current name for the holiday is Patriots' Day.^[6]

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Internationally, the phrase "shot heard round the world", alternatively written as "shots heard round the world" or "shot heard around the world", has become primarily associated with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.^[7]^[8] The event is considered to be one of the immediate causes of World War I.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] Serbian Gavrilo Princip fired two shots, the first hitting Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and the second hitting the Archduke himself. The death of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, propelled Austria-Hungary and the rest of Europe into World War I.

Widespread idiomatic use

The phrase "Shot heard round the world" continues to be a stock phrase in the 21st century, widely used to refer to extraordinary events in general.^[13] The phrase has been applied to several dramatic moments in sports history.

In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" refers to the game-winning walk-off home run by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca to win the National League pennant on October 3, 1951. The Giants won the game 5–4 as a result of the home run, defeating their traditional rivals in the pennant playoff series, although they eventually lost the World Series to the Yankees.^[14]

In association football, the shot heard round the world refers to Paul Caligiuri's winning goal for the United States men's national soccer team in the final qualifying round for the 1990 FIFA World Cup on 19 November 1989.^[15]^[16] The US had not qualified for the World Cup since 1950. The team was in third position of the CONCACAF playoffs before their final game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. The US had to win to go to the finals, their opponents only needed a draw. Defensive midfielder Caligiuri received the ball 40 yards out from goal, and instead of passing it to a striker, beat one defender and launched a 30-yard shot that looped into the goal.^[15]

In golf, the shot heard round the world refers to an albatross (or double eagle) made by Gene Sarazen on the 15th hole in the final round of the 1935 Masters. Sarazen would go on to win the tournament in a 36-hole playoff.^[17]

References

^ "The Old Manse (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ Derek W. Bett. "Who Shot First? The Americans!". Journal of the American Revolution. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ "First Shots of War, 1775 | The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ Fischer, David Hackett (1994). Paul Revere's Ride. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-508847-6.
^ "1836 Battle Monument (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ Brock Parker (April 28, 2014). "The old tavern debate: Which town fired first?". The Boston Globe. pp. B1, B13. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
^ Michael D. Mosettig (June 27, 2014). "'The shots heard round the world' 100 years ago". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Tom Parry (March 7, 2014). "My great uncle fired the shot that started World War I and I'm proud of him". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Elizabeth Nix (January 22, 2015). "What was the "shot heard round the world"?". History.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Greg Allwood (June 28, 2016). "Sarajevo, June 28th – The Shot Heard Round The World". Forces Network. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Shea Lazansky (April 20, 2017). "The shot heard 'round Marion". The Daily Republican. Marion, Illinois. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Elizabeth Sullivan (June 28, 2014). "A century on from Sarajevo's 'shot heard round the world,' the impacts of WWI still being felt". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ Candy Spelling (October 2, 2013). "Shot Heard 'Round the World". HuffPost Entertainment – The Blog. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^ Howard G. Peretz (1999). It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time. New York: Barnes & Noble. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7607-1707-3. OCLC 43461820. OL 8012779M.
^ ^a ^b " 'The shot' ends 40 years of hurt" Archived 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com, September 10, 2015
^ Fred J. Robledo (November 19, 1999). "Kick start; ten years later, one goal still means a lot". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via The Free Library.
^ Martin Davis (March 31, 2012). "Sarazen's double eagle put Masters on the map". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

[1] "The Old Manse (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

[2] Derek W. Bett. "Who Shot First? The Americans!". Journal of the American Revolution. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

[3] "First Shots of War, 1775 | The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

[4] Fischer, David Hackett (1994). Paul Revere's Ride. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-508847-6.

[5] "1836 Battle Monument (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

[globe-6] Brock Parker (April 28, 2014). "The old tavern debate: Which town fired first?". The Boston Globe. pp. B1, B13. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.

[7] Michael D. Mosettig (June 27, 2014). "'The shots heard round the world' 100 years ago". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[8] Tom Parry (March 7, 2014). "My great uncle fired the shot that started World War I and I'm proud of him". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[9] Elizabeth Nix (January 22, 2015). "What was the "shot heard round the world"?". History.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[10] Greg Allwood (June 28, 2016). "Sarajevo, June 28th – The Shot Heard Round The World". Forces Network. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[11] Shea Lazansky (April 20, 2017). "The shot heard 'round Marion". The Daily Republican. Marion, Illinois. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[12] Elizabeth Sullivan (June 28, 2014). "A century on from Sarajevo's 'shot heard round the world,' the impacts of WWI still being felt". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[13] Candy Spelling (October 2, 2013). "Shot Heard 'Round the World". HuffPost Entertainment – The Blog. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[14] Howard G. Peretz (1999). It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time. New York: Barnes & Noble. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7607-1707-3. OCLC 43461820. OL 8012779M.

[fifa-15] " 'The shot' ends 40 years of hurt" Archived 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com, September 10, 2015

[16] Fred J. Robledo (November 19, 1999). "Kick start; ten years later, one goal still means a lot". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via The Free Library.

[17] Martin Davis (March 31, 2012). "Sarazen's double eagle put Masters on the map". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

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-The "'''shot heard round the world'''" is a phrase referring to several historical incidents, including the opening of the [[American Revolution|American Revolutionary War]] in 1775 and the [[assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] in 1914.
+{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
+[[File:Ralph Waldo Emerson by Josiah Johnson Hawes 1857.jpg|thumb|[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], whose 1837 poem "[[Concord Hymn]]" included the phrase.]]
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+The "'''shot heard round the world'''" is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the [[battles of Lexington and Concord]] on April 19, 1775, which sparked the [[American Revolutionary War]] and led to the creation of the [[United States]]. It originates from the opening stanza of [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]'s 1837 poem "[[Concord Hymn]]". The phrase has subsequently been applied to the [[assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] in 1914, a catalyst event for [[World War I]], and hyperbolically applied to feats in sports.
+== American Revolutionary War ==
-==Skirmish at the North Bridge==
+{{Quote box|align=left|
-{{Main|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}
+<poem>By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
-[[File:French's Concord Minuteman statue.jpg|thumb|right|The opening stanza of "Concord Hymn" is inscribed at the base of ''The Minute Man'' statue by [[Daniel Chester French]], located at the North Bridge in [[Concord, Massachusetts]].]]
+Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
-{{Quote box|align=left|width=33%|By the rude bridge that arched the flood,<br>Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,<br>Here once the embattled farmers stood,<br>And fired '''the shot heard round the world'''.|Emerson, "Concord Hymn"}}
+Here once the embattled farmers stood,
-The phrase is originally from the opening stanza of [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]'s "[[Concord Hymn]]" (1837), and referred to the first shot of the [[American Revolution|American Revolutionary War]]. According to Emerson's poem, this pivotal shot occurred at [[battles of Lexington and Concord#The North Bridge|the North Bridge]] in [[Concord, Massachusetts]], where the first British soldiers killed in the [[battles of Lexington and Concord]] fell.
+And fired '''the shot heard round the world'''.
+</poem>| − Emerson, "Concord Hymn"}}
+[[File:French's Concord Minuteman statue.jpg|thumb|The opening stanza of "Concord Hymn" is inscribed at the base of ''[[The Minute Man]]'' statue by [[Daniel Chester French]], located at the North Bridge in [[Concord, Massachusetts]].]]
+Emerson's "Concord Hymn", which originated the phrase, was written about [[Battle of Concord#North Bridge|the skirmish at the Old North Bridge]], which was an early engagement on that day. Emerson lived in a house known as [[the Old Manse]] at the time when he was composing the poem, from which his grandfather and father (then a young child) had witnessed the skirmish. The house is located approximately {{convert|300|ft|m}} from the Old North Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Old Manse (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/the-old-manse.htm |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
+There is no consensus whether the shots fired at the North Bridge were truly the first shots of the American Revolution; it is an unprovable matter of opinion and of contention, particularly between the towns of Concord and [[Lexington, Massachusetts]]. {{CN|date=September 2023}} There had been an earlier encounter at the [[Lexington Battle Green]], when a column of British troops encountered a group of [[minutemen]] led by Captain [[John Parker (captain)|John Parker]]. Neither side had orders to open fire, but the British soldiers fired a spontaneous ragged volley anyway and then made a bayonet charge (whether the first shot was fired by a British soldier or an American sniper is unknown).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/04/who-shot-first-the-americans/ |title=Who Shot First? The Americans! |author=Derek W. Bett |date= |work=Journal of the American Revolution |accessdate=August 10, 2023}}</ref> Eight Americans were killed, the Americans quit the field, and the British continued their march toward Concord. One British soldier suffered a [[flesh wound]] from a shot from an unknown source.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Shots of War, 1775 {{!}} The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 {{!}} U.S. History Primary Source Timeline {{!}} Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/american-revolution-1763-1783/first-shorts-of-war-1775/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=David Hackett |title=Paul Revere's Ride |isbn=0-19-508847-6 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] US |year=1994 |ref=Fischer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knC-kTFI9_gC}}</ref>
-Historically, no single shot can be definitely cited as the first shot of the battle or the war. Shots were fired earlier at [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], where eight Americans were killed and a British soldier was slightly wounded, but accounts of that event are confused and contradictory, and it has been characterized as a massacre rather than a battle.<ref name=globe>{{cite journal |last=Parker |first=Brock |date=April 28, 2014 |title=The old tavern debate: Which town fired first? |journal=Boston Globe |volume=285 |issue=118 |pages=B1, B13 |publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners LLC}}</ref> The North Bridge skirmish did see the first shots by Americans acting under orders, the first organized volley by Americans, the first British fatalities, and the first British retreat.
+Regardless of the facts of the matter, Emerson chose, in his poem, to characterize the later engagement at the North Bridge as the opening act of the Revolution. The North Bridge fight did see the first deliberate volley by Americans acting under orders, the first British deaths, and the first British retreat. A plaque on ''[[The Minute Man]]'' statue reads in part "On the 19 of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression..."<ref>{{Cite web |title=1836 Battle Monument (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/1836-battle-monument.htm |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
-The question of the point of origin of the Revolutionary War has been debated between the towns of Lexington and Concord and their partisans since at least 1824, when the [[Marquis de Lafayette]] was welcomed to the "[B]irthplace of American liberty" at Lexington, then informed in Concord that it was there that the "first forcible resistance" was made. In 1875 [[Ulysses Grant|President Grant]] almost avoided attending centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue, and in 1894 Lexington petitioned the [[Massachusetts General Court|state legislature]] to proclaim April 19 as "Lexington Day", to which Concord objected, leading to the current name of [[Patriots' Day]] for the holiday.<ref name=globe/>
+[[File:Frank T Merrill 1909 North Bridge Concord 19 April 1775.jpg|thumb|left|Artist's version of the fight at the North Bridge]]
-Emerson lived, at the time of the poem's creation, in [[The Old Manse|a house only about {{convert|90|m|ft}} from the North Bridge]], from which his grandfather and father (then a young child) had witnessed the skirmish.
+The towns of Lexington and Concord have debated over the point where the first shot was fired since at least 1824, when [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]] visited the two towns during [[Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States|his visit to the United States]]. He was welcomed to Lexington by the municipal authorities, who described it as the "birthplace of American liberty"; the Marquis de Lafayette was subsequently informed in Concord that the "first forcible resistance" was made there.{{fact|date=August 2023}} President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] considered not attending the 1875 centennial celebrations in the area to evade the issue.{{fact|date=August 2023}} In 1894, Lexington petitioned the [[Massachusetts General Court]] to proclaim April 19 as "Lexington Day", to which Concord objected; the current name for the holiday is [[Patriots' Day]].<ref name=globe>{{cite news |author=Brock Parker |date=April 28, 2014 |title=The old tavern debate: Which town fired first? |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/27/fresh-ammo-lexington-concord-skirmish/BaIpQ1XoE4DM6gmwka1crM/story.html |access-date=February 9, 2019 |pages=B1, B13 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125830/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/27/fresh-ammo-lexington-concord-skirmish/BaIpQ1XoE4DM6gmwka1crM/story.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
-==Assassination of Franz Ferdinand==
+== Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ==
-{{Main|Assassination of Franz Ferdinand}}
-In [[Europe]] and the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] (formerly known as the British Commonwealth and which is mostly made up of countries that were formerly part of the [[British Empire]]), the phrase "shot heard round the world" has become associated with Serbian [[Gavrilo Princip]]'s [[Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|assassination]] of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] of [[Austria]] in [[Sarajevo]], an event considered to be one of the immediate [[causes of World War I]].
+Internationally, the phrase "shot heard round the world", alternatively written as "shots heard round the world" or "shot heard around the world", has become primarily associated with the [[assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] in [[Sarajevo]] on 28 June 1914.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/shots-heard-round-world-100-years-ago |title='The shots heard round the world' 100 years ago |author=Michael D. Mosettig |date=June 27, 2014 |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |access-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911054449/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/shots-heard-round-world-100-years-ago |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/great-uncle-fired-shot-started-3219166 |title=My great uncle fired the shot that started World War I and I'm proud of him |author=Tom Parry |date=March 7, 2014 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |access-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911044518/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/great-uncle-fired-shot-started-3219166 |url-status=live }}</ref> The event is considered to be one of the immediate [[causes of World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-shot-heard-round-the-world |title=What was the "shot heard round the world"? |author=Elizabeth Nix |date=January 22, 2015 |work=[[History.com]] |access-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002357/https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-shot-heard-round-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forces.net/news/tri-service/sarajevo-june-28th-shot-heard-round-world |title=Sarajevo, June 28th – The Shot Heard Round The World |author=Greg Allwood |date=June 28, 2016 |work=Forces Network |access-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002432/https://www.forces.net/news/tri-service/sarajevo-june-28th-shot-heard-round-world |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/news/20170419/the-shot-heard-round-marion|title=The shot heard 'round Marion|author=Shea Lazansky|date=April 20, 2017|location=Marion, Illinois|work=[[The Daily Republican]]|access-date=September 10, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002346/http://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/news/20170419/the-shot-heard-round-marion|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/06/a_century_on_from_sarajevos_sh.html|title=A century on from Sarajevo's 'shot heard round the world,' the impacts of WWI still being felt|author=Elizabeth Sullivan|date=June 28, 2014|work=[[Cleveland.com]]|access-date=September 10, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911044514/https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/06/a_century_on_from_sarajevos_sh.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Serbian [[Gavrilo Princip]] fired two shots, the first hitting Franz Ferdinand's wife [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg]], and the second hitting the Archduke himself. The death of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, propelled Austria-Hungary and the rest of Europe into World War I.
-Princip fired two shots, the first hitting Franz Ferdinand's wife, [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg]], and the second hitting the Archduke himself. The death of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] throne, propelled Austria-Hungary and the rest of Europe into what was then known as the "Great War" and would eventually become known as [[World War I]].
+== Widespread idiomatic use ==
-==Thomson's home run==
+{{wiktionary}}
-{{Main|Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)}}
+The phrase "Shot heard round the world" continues to be a stock phrase in the 21st century, widely used to refer to extraordinary events in general.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candy-spelling/shot-heard-round-the-worl_b_3697577.html|title=Shot Heard 'Round the World|author=Candy Spelling|date=October 2, 2013|work=[[HuffPost]] Entertainment – The Blog|access-date=October 28, 2013|archive-date=October 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021202643/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candy-spelling/shot-heard-round-the-worl_b_3697577.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The phrase has been applied to several dramatic moments in sports history.
-In American [[baseball]], the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" (usually spelled with an apostrophe) denotes the game-winning [[walk-off home run]] by [[1951 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]] outfielder [[Bobby Thomson]] off [[1951 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] pitcher [[Ralph Branca]] at the [[Polo Grounds]] to win the [[National League]] [[Pennant (sports)|pennant]] at 3:58 p.m. [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]] on October 3, 1951. As a result of the "shot", the Giants won the game 5-4, defeating their traditional rivals in their [[1951 National League tie-breaker series|pennant playoff series]], 2 games to 1.<ref>{{cite book | last=Peretz | first = Howard G. | title = It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time | publisher = Barnes and Nobles Books | location = New York |year=1999 | pages =4&ndash;5 | ISBN=0-7607-1707-9}}</ref>
+<!--
-==Widespread idiomatic use==
+  All entries in this section must link to Wikipedia articles that address the use of the phrase, or be supported by reliable source that use this phrase.
-The phrase "Shot heard round the world" continues to be a [[stock phrase]] in the 21st century, widely used to refer to extraordinary events in general.<ref name=spelling>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candy-spelling/shot-heard-round-the-worl_b_3697577.html |title=Shot Heard 'Round the World |author=
+-->
-Candy Spelling |date=October 2, 2013 |work=HuffPost Entertainment - The Blog |publisher=Huffington Post |accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref> The following sections list some examples of this.
+In baseball, the [[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|"Shot Heard 'Round the World"]] refers to the game-winning [[walk-off home run]] by [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] outfielder [[Bobby Thomson]] off [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] pitcher [[Ralph Branca]] to win the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] pennant on October 3, 1951. The Giants won the game 5–4 as a result of the home run, defeating their traditional rivals in the [[1951 National League tie-breaker series|pennant playoff series]], although they eventually lost the [[World Series]] to the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Howard G. Peretz | title = It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time | publisher = Barnes & Noble|location = New York |year=1999 | pages =4–5 | isbn=978-0-7607-1707-3|oclc=43461820|ol=8012779M}}</ref>
+In [[association football]], the [[shot heard round the world (soccer)|shot heard round the world]] refers to [[Paul Caligiuri]]'s winning goal for the [[United States men's national soccer team]] in the final qualifying round for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] on 19 November 1989.<ref name=fifa>[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/the-shot-ends-years-hurt-787359 "&thinsp;'The shot' ends 40 years of hurt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428050646/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/the-shot-ends-years-hurt-787359 |date=2019-04-28 }}, FIFA.com, September 10, 2015</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KICK+START%3B+TEN+YEARS+LATER,+ONE+GOAL+STILL+MEANS+A+LOT.(Sports)-a083629709|title=Kick start; ten years later, one goal still means a lot|author=Fred J. Robledo|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=November 19, 1999|via=[[The Free Library]]|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133003/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KICK%2BSTART;%2BTEN%2BYEARS%2BLATER,%2BONE%2BGOAL%2BSTILL%2BMEANS%2BA%2BLOT.(Sports)-a083629709|url-status=dead}}</ref> The US had not qualified for the World Cup since 1950. The team was in third position of the [[CONCACAF]] playoffs before their final game against [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in [[Port of Spain]]. The US had to win to go to the finals, their opponents only needed a draw. [[Defensive midfielder]] Caligiuri received the ball 40 yards out from goal, and instead of passing it to a [[Striker (association football)|striker]], beat one defender and launched a 30-yard shot that looped into the goal.<ref name=fifa />
-===In sport===
-The phrase has been applied to several dramatic moments in sports history.
-*In International Men's Ice Hockey, it refers to the winning goal of Paul Henderson in the final seconds of the 8th and final match to secure Team Canada's victory in the [[1972 Summit Series|1972 Canada-USSR Summit-series]]. The goal was made famous by a [[Frank Lennon]] photograph.<ref name="Famous Pictures">{{cite web |ref=harv|year= 2013|url = http://www.famouspictures.org/1972-canada-soviet-hockey-goal/|title = 1972 Canada-Soviet Hockey Goal|format = |publisher = famouspictures.org| accessdate = May 22, 2013 | last=Lucas| first= Dean|quote=}}</ref>  In 1980, it was used to refer to the game-winning goal scored by U.S. Olympic team captain Mike Eruzione, putting the U.S. team in the lead for good with 10:00 minutes remaining against the highly favored Soviet Union Olympic team (the U.S. went on to win an improbable gold medal against Finland two days later). In 1987, it referred to the game-winning goal scored by Canada's Mario Lemieux with 1:26 remaining in the third and final game of the Canada Cup finals versus the Soviet Union.
-*In National Hockey League (NHL), refers to the winning goal of Bobby Orr in the May 10, 1970 playoff game, when he scored one of the most famous goals in hockey history and one that gave Boston its first Stanley Cup since 1941.{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=33}}
-*In [[golf]], it is used most often to describe [[Gene Sarazen]]'s [[Albatross (golf)|albatross]] on the fifteenth hole at the 1935 [[Masters Tournament]], which helped propel him into a 36-hole playoff with [[Craig Wood (golfer)|Craig Wood]]. Sarazen would win the playoff by five strokes.<ref>Peretz, pp 214-215</ref>
-*In [[ice skating]], "The Whack Heard Areound the World" was used to describe the incident of sabotage involving [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding#January_1994_incident|Nancy  Kerrigan and Tonya Harding]]</ref>
-*In college basketball, it refers to the last second shot by [[Ernie Calverley]] of the [[University of Rhode Island]] against [[Bowling Green State University]] which tied the [[1946 National Invitation Tournament]] quarterfinal game and sent it into overtime. Rhode Island went on to win the game 82-79.<ref>Peretz, pp 44-45</ref>
-*In U.S. [[Association football|soccer]], it is used to describe the goal scored by [[Paul Caligiuri]] for the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] against [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in [[Port of Spain]] in 1989. The win propelled the team to the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], helping to start a resurgence of American soccer, which has seen the U.S. appear in every [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] since that time, including its hosting of the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]], which in turn led to the creation of [[Major League Soccer]].<ref>{{cite news
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+In [[golf]], the shot heard round the world refers to an [[albatross (golf)|albatross]] (or double eagle) made by [[Gene Sarazen]] on the 15th hole in the final round of the [[1935 Masters Tournament|1935 Masters]]. Sarazen would go on to win the tournament in a 36-hole playoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golfchannel.com/article/martin-davis/sarazens-double-eagle-put-masters-map|title=Sarazen's double eagle put Masters on the map|author=Martin Davis|date=March 31, 2012|publisher=[[Golf Channel]]|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604183629/https://www.golfchannel.com/article/martin-davis/sarazens-double-eagle-put-masters-map|url-status=live}}</ref>
-===In popular culture===
-*''[[Schoolhouse Rock!]]'' used "Shot Heard Round the World" as the title for their episode describing the American Revolution.<ref>{{cite web
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-* "[[Dare (album)#Songs|Seconds]]" by [[Human League]] uses the phrase as a refrain.
-* The phrase is part of the chorus in the song "[[Karaoke Superstars (album)#Songs|One Girl Revolution]]" by [[Superchick]].
-*Various sources have made the play-on-words "herd shot 'round the world" in reference to rocketry and cows.<ref>{{cite news | title = Dog Story | work = Time | publisher = Time Inc. | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868045-2,00.html | accessdate = 2007-11-29 | date=1957-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = The National Reconnaissance Office has designed, built and operated the U.S. fleet of spy satellites since 1961 | last = David | first = Leonard | work = Space.com | publisher = Imaginova Corp | year = 2000 | url = http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/nro_first_side_000926.html | accessdate = 2007-11-29}}</ref>
-*In the 2006 film ''[[Delirious (2006 film)|Delirious]]'' the phrase is used by a Hollywood talk show host as a description of a photo taken by one of the film's main characters.
-*On the 2009 album ''[[Love Drunk]]'' by the pop-rock band [[Boys Like Girls]] one of the tracks is titled "The Shot Heard 'Round The World".
-*The 1986 album ''Bedtime for Democracy'' by the band [[Dead Kennedys]] contained a song called "Potshot heard around the world" which discussed the [[1983 Beirut barracks bombing]].
-*The 1986 hit single "Yankee Rose" by [[Van Halen]] singer and frontman [[David Lee Roth]] features the phrase in its first verse.
-===In media===
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-*During the [[2009 swine flu outbreak]] ''[[The New York Times]]'' referred to '[[Index case|patient zero]]', a 5-year-old Mexican boy named Édgar Hernández, as the source of "Coughs Heard Round the World."<ref>{{cite news
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-*In 2006, the phrase was used by ''[[Newsweek]]'' in describing then-[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]]'s [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|accidental shooting]] of [[Harry Whittington]] while quail hunting in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web
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-*In a December 2010 article in ''The New York Times'', [[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]] co-founder [[John Perry Barlow]] described the unprecedented [[hacktivism|online activism]] in support of [[Julian Assange]] by the collective [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] during [[Operation Payback]] as "the shot heard round the world — this is [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Lexington]]."<ref>{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Noam|title=Web Attackers Find a Cause in WikiLeaks|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/world/10wiki.html|accessdate=11 December 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 10, 2010}}</ref>
-*In 2013, by [[Candy Spelling]] to refer to the shooting of [[Malala Yousafzai]].<ref name=spelling/>
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