November 10
1483 - Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Germany.
1766 - Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, had its beginnings as William Franklin, the Royal Governor of New Jersey, signed a charter establishing Queen's College in New Brunswick.
1775 - The United States Marine Corps was organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.
1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1919 - The American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis.
1928 - Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan.
1938 - Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on network radio.
1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
1944 - During World War II, the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded while moored at the Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific, leaving 45 confirmed dead and 327 missing and presumed dead.
1951 - The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place with a call between the mayors of Englewood, New Jersey and Alameda, California.
1954 - The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1969 - Sesame Street premiered on PBS.
1970 - The Great Wall of China opened to the world for tourism.
1975 - The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism. (The resolution was repealed in 1991.)
1975 - The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, D.C.
1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75.
1997 - A judge in Cambridge, Massachusetts reduced Louise Woodward's murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to time served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
1997 - WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.
2001 - The World Trade Organization approved China's membership.
2009 - John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 people in the Washington, D.C. area, was executed.
2010 - President Barack Obama cut short his visit to his boyhood home in Indonesia because of an ash cloud from Mount Merapi.
2010 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 became law, a victory for the conservative government and a defeat for unions that had waged massive strikes and street protests.
2018 - President Donald Trump, in France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, canceled a visit to a cemetery east of Paris where Americans killed in that war are buried; rainy weather had grounded the presidential helicopter.
2019 - Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned under mounting pressure from the country's military and public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests.
Birthdays
20 - Mackenzie Foy (actress)
21 - Kiernan Shipka (actress)
26 - Zoey Deutch (actress)
28 - Peyton Royce (professional wrestler)
28 - Dayna Frazer (model)
28 - Teddy Bridgewater (football player)
29 - Genevieve Beuchner (actress)
30 - Zach Ertz (football player)
35 - Emily Sears (model)
37 - Miranda Lambert (country singer)
38 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
39 - Ryback (professional wrestler)
42 - Eve (rapper)
46 - Chris Lilley (actor/comedian)
49 - Walton Goggins (actor)
51 - Ellen Pompeo (actress)
52 - Tracy Morgan (actor/comedian)
52 - Chris Cagle (country singer)
56 - Michael Jai White (actor)
57 - Tommy Davidson (actor/comedian)
57 - Hugh Bonneville (actor)
57 - Vanessa Angel (actress)
61 - Mackenzie Phillips (actress)
64 - Sinbad (actor/comedian)
64 - Matt Craven (actor)
70 - Jack Scalia (actor)
71 - Ann Reinking (actress)
79 - Donna Fargo (country singer)
83 - Albert Hall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 10
1894 - Nebraska defeats Omaha YMCA 36-6.
1900 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 33-0.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Pickle Smoochers 17-0.
1917 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 52-0.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Notre Dame 14-7.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 44-6.
1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "win one for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.
1934 - Armand Mondou (Montreal Canadiens) was awarded the first penalty shot in the NHL. George Hainsworth (Toronto) stopped the shot.
1934 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 25-6.
1940 - The Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles played a penalty-free NFL game.
1945 - In a matchup of college football's top ranked teams, #1 Army defeats #2 Notre Dame 48-0.
1945 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 24-0.
1951 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 34-27.
1956 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 26-20.
1957 - An announced crowd of 102,368 people attended a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.
1962 - Glenn Hall (Chicago Black Hawks) missed a game due to a back injury. The missed game ended a streak of 503 consecutive games played over seven years.
1962 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 40-16.
1963 - Don Meredith (Dallas Cowboys) passed for 460 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
1963 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings became the NHL's all-time leader in goals when he scored his 545th career goal, surpassing Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
1973 - #11 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 31-7.
1975 - The Kansas City Royals released Harmon Killebrew. He ended his 22-year career with 573 home runs.
1977 - The Major Indoor Soccer League was organized in New York City.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 21-12.
1984 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-7.
1990 - #13 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-9.
1990 - The Phoenix Suns set an NBA record when they scored 107 points in the first half of a game against the Denver Nuggets. (Phoenix went on to win the game 173-143.)
1991 - Bernie Kosar ended his NFL record streak of 308 passes without an interception.
1991 - Martina Navratilova tied Chris Evert's record of 157 career championships.
1996 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 50,000 yards.
2001 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 31-21.
2003 - Kim Clijsters of Belgium becomes the first female tennis player to earn more than $4 million in a season.
2007 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 73-31.
2012 - #18 Nebraska defeats Penn State 32-23.
2018 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 54-35.
1483 - Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Germany.
1766 - Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, had its beginnings as William Franklin, the Royal Governor of New Jersey, signed a charter establishing Queen's College in New Brunswick.
1775 - The United States Marine Corps was organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.
1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1919 - The American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis.
1928 - Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan.
1938 - Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on network radio.
1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
1944 - During World War II, the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded while moored at the Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific, leaving 45 confirmed dead and 327 missing and presumed dead.
1951 - The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place with a call between the mayors of Englewood, New Jersey and Alameda, California.
1954 - The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1969 - Sesame Street premiered on PBS.
1970 - The Great Wall of China opened to the world for tourism.
1975 - The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism. (The resolution was repealed in 1991.)
1975 - The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, D.C.
1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75.
1997 - A judge in Cambridge, Massachusetts reduced Louise Woodward's murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to time served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
1997 - WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.
2001 - The World Trade Organization approved China's membership.
2009 - John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 people in the Washington, D.C. area, was executed.
2010 - President Barack Obama cut short his visit to his boyhood home in Indonesia because of an ash cloud from Mount Merapi.
2010 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 became law, a victory for the conservative government and a defeat for unions that had waged massive strikes and street protests.
2018 - President Donald Trump, in France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, canceled a visit to a cemetery east of Paris where Americans killed in that war are buried; rainy weather had grounded the presidential helicopter.
2019 - Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned under mounting pressure from the country's military and public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests.
Birthdays
20 - Mackenzie Foy (actress)
21 - Kiernan Shipka (actress)
26 - Zoey Deutch (actress)
28 - Peyton Royce (professional wrestler)
28 - Dayna Frazer (model)
28 - Teddy Bridgewater (football player)
29 - Genevieve Beuchner (actress)
30 - Zach Ertz (football player)
35 - Emily Sears (model)
37 - Miranda Lambert (country singer)
38 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
39 - Ryback (professional wrestler)
42 - Eve (rapper)
46 - Chris Lilley (actor/comedian)
49 - Walton Goggins (actor)
51 - Ellen Pompeo (actress)
52 - Tracy Morgan (actor/comedian)
52 - Chris Cagle (country singer)
56 - Michael Jai White (actor)
57 - Tommy Davidson (actor/comedian)
57 - Hugh Bonneville (actor)
57 - Vanessa Angel (actress)
61 - Mackenzie Phillips (actress)
64 - Sinbad (actor/comedian)
64 - Matt Craven (actor)
70 - Jack Scalia (actor)
71 - Ann Reinking (actress)
79 - Donna Fargo (country singer)
83 - Albert Hall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 10
1894 - Nebraska defeats Omaha YMCA 36-6.
1900 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 33-0.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Pickle Smoochers 17-0.
1917 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 52-0.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Notre Dame 14-7.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 44-6.
1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "win one for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.
1934 - Armand Mondou (Montreal Canadiens) was awarded the first penalty shot in the NHL. George Hainsworth (Toronto) stopped the shot.
1934 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 25-6.
1940 - The Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles played a penalty-free NFL game.
1945 - In a matchup of college football's top ranked teams, #1 Army defeats #2 Notre Dame 48-0.
1945 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 24-0.
1951 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 34-27.
1956 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 26-20.
1957 - An announced crowd of 102,368 people attended a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.
1962 - Glenn Hall (Chicago Black Hawks) missed a game due to a back injury. The missed game ended a streak of 503 consecutive games played over seven years.
1962 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 40-16.
1963 - Don Meredith (Dallas Cowboys) passed for 460 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
1963 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings became the NHL's all-time leader in goals when he scored his 545th career goal, surpassing Maurice "Rocket" Richard.
1973 - #11 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 31-7.
1975 - The Kansas City Royals released Harmon Killebrew. He ended his 22-year career with 573 home runs.
1977 - The Major Indoor Soccer League was organized in New York City.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 21-12.
1984 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-7.
1990 - #13 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-9.
1990 - The Phoenix Suns set an NBA record when they scored 107 points in the first half of a game against the Denver Nuggets. (Phoenix went on to win the game 173-143.)
1991 - Bernie Kosar ended his NFL record streak of 308 passes without an interception.
1991 - Martina Navratilova tied Chris Evert's record of 157 career championships.
1996 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 50,000 yards.
2001 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 31-21.
2003 - Kim Clijsters of Belgium becomes the first female tennis player to earn more than $4 million in a season.
2007 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 73-31.
2012 - #18 Nebraska defeats Penn State 32-23.
2018 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 54-35.
