November 15
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line.
1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pike's Peak in present-day Colorado.
1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1889 - Brazil was proclaimed a republic as its emperor, Dom Pedro II, was overthrown.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.
1937 - At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.
1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 - The first 75,000 men were called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription.
1942 - The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
1959 - A farmer, his wife and two of their children were found murdered in their home in Holcomb, Kansas – a crime that was the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel "In Cold Blood."
1966 - The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.
1969 - About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, D.C.
1984 - An infant who had received a baboon's heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one died at a California medical center three weeks after the transplant.
1985 - Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing Northern Ireland.
1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
1989 - Time Warner launched The Comedy Channel, which later merged with Viacom’s HA! network to form Comedy Central.
1993 - A judge in Mineola, New York, sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in jail for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher, who shot and wounded Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo.
2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
2003 - Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed.
2011 - Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, evicting hundreds of protesters and then demolishing the tent city.
2016 - President Barack Obama, opening his final overseas trip while in office, acknowledged in Athens, Greece, that he was surprised by Donald Trump’s victory, and said it stemmed from deep-seated anxieties among working-class Americans that the government needed to do better to address.
2019 - Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign. (As Stone was about to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence, Trump commuted the sentence.)
Birthdays
27 - Emma Dumont (actress/dancer)
30 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
36 - Lily Aldridge (model)
38 - Sophia Di Martino (actress)
39 - Yaya Dacosta (model)
40 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
44 - Sean Murray (actor)
45 - Virginie Ledoyen (actress)
47 - Chad Kroeger (singer)
48 - Sydney Tamiia (actress)
49 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
50 - Jay Harrington (actor)
51 - Jack Ingram (country singer)
55 - Rachel True (actress)
59 - Judy Gold (comedian)
64 - Kevin Eubanks (musician)
65 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
70 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
76 - Bob Gunton (actor)
76 - Frida (singer)
81 - Sam Waterston (actor)
87 - Joanna Barnes (actress)
89 - Petula Clark (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 15
1902 - Nebraska defeats Knox 7-0.
1913 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 9-0.
1919 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 19-7.
1924 - Notre Dame defeats Nebraska 34-6.
1930 - Nebraska and Missouri play to a 0-0 tie.
1941 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 14-7.
1952 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 13-7.
1958 - Nebraska upsets #14 Pittsburgh 14-6.
1960 - Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points against the New York Knicks.
1969 - #17 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 10-7.
1975 - #2 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 52-0.
1980 - #4 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 35-0.
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) got his 75th career hat trick.
1986 - #6 Nebraska defeats Kansas 70-0.
1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.
1997 - #3 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 77-14.
1998 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) moved into third place on the all-time touchdown list when he got his 127th.
1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.
2002 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.
2003 - Kansas State upsets #18 Nebraska 38-9.
2005 - Major League Baseball players and owners agreed to tougher penalties for steroid use for the next season. The new rules called for a 50 game suspension for a first offense, 100 games for the second, a lifetime ban for a third, plus testing for amphetamines.
2007 - Baseball home run king Barry Bonds was indicted on charges related to grand jury testimony during which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. (Bonds was later convicted of obstruction of justice; his lawyers are appealing.)
2008 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 56-28.
2017 - Three UCLA men's basketball players are suspended and detained after admitting to shoplifting in China. (They are ultimately released at the request of President Donald Trump.)
2014 - #22 Wisconsin defeats #11 Nebraska 59-24.
2018 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passes Wilt Chamberlain to move into fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
2020 - Dustin Johnson overcame a jittery start in the final round to win the Masters by five shots, finishing with a record-low score of 268, 20 under par.
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line.
1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pike's Peak in present-day Colorado.
1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1889 - Brazil was proclaimed a republic as its emperor, Dom Pedro II, was overthrown.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.
1937 - At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.
1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 - The first 75,000 men were called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription.
1942 - The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
1959 - A farmer, his wife and two of their children were found murdered in their home in Holcomb, Kansas – a crime that was the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel "In Cold Blood."
1966 - The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.
1969 - About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, D.C.
1984 - An infant who had received a baboon's heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one died at a California medical center three weeks after the transplant.
1985 - Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing Northern Ireland.
1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
1989 - Time Warner launched The Comedy Channel, which later merged with Viacom’s HA! network to form Comedy Central.
1993 - A judge in Mineola, New York, sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in jail for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher, who shot and wounded Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo.
2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
2003 - Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed.
2011 - Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, evicting hundreds of protesters and then demolishing the tent city.
2016 - President Barack Obama, opening his final overseas trip while in office, acknowledged in Athens, Greece, that he was surprised by Donald Trump’s victory, and said it stemmed from deep-seated anxieties among working-class Americans that the government needed to do better to address.
2019 - Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign. (As Stone was about to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence, Trump commuted the sentence.)
Birthdays
27 - Emma Dumont (actress/dancer)
30 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
36 - Lily Aldridge (model)
38 - Sophia Di Martino (actress)
39 - Yaya Dacosta (model)
40 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
44 - Sean Murray (actor)
45 - Virginie Ledoyen (actress)
47 - Chad Kroeger (singer)
48 - Sydney Tamiia (actress)
49 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
50 - Jay Harrington (actor)
51 - Jack Ingram (country singer)
55 - Rachel True (actress)
59 - Judy Gold (comedian)
64 - Kevin Eubanks (musician)
65 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
70 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
76 - Bob Gunton (actor)
76 - Frida (singer)
81 - Sam Waterston (actor)
87 - Joanna Barnes (actress)
89 - Petula Clark (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 15
1902 - Nebraska defeats Knox 7-0.
1913 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 9-0.
1919 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 19-7.
1924 - Notre Dame defeats Nebraska 34-6.
1930 - Nebraska and Missouri play to a 0-0 tie.
1941 - Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 14-7.
1952 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 13-7.
1958 - Nebraska upsets #14 Pittsburgh 14-6.
1960 - Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points against the New York Knicks.
1969 - #17 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 10-7.
1975 - #2 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 52-0.
1980 - #4 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 35-0.
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) got his 75th career hat trick.
1986 - #6 Nebraska defeats Kansas 70-0.
1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.
1997 - #3 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 77-14.
1998 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) moved into third place on the all-time touchdown list when he got his 127th.
1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.
2002 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.
2003 - Kansas State upsets #18 Nebraska 38-9.
2005 - Major League Baseball players and owners agreed to tougher penalties for steroid use for the next season. The new rules called for a 50 game suspension for a first offense, 100 games for the second, a lifetime ban for a third, plus testing for amphetamines.
2007 - Baseball home run king Barry Bonds was indicted on charges related to grand jury testimony during which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. (Bonds was later convicted of obstruction of justice; his lawyers are appealing.)
2008 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 56-28.
2017 - Three UCLA men's basketball players are suspended and detained after admitting to shoplifting in China. (They are ultimately released at the request of President Donald Trump.)
2014 - #22 Wisconsin defeats #11 Nebraska 59-24.
2018 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passes Wilt Chamberlain to move into fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
2020 - Dustin Johnson overcame a jittery start in the final round to win the Masters by five shots, finishing with a record-low score of 268, 20 under par.
