November 25
1758 - The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.
1783 - The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.
1841 - The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former President John Quincy Adams.
1947 - Movie executives blacklisted the "Hollywood Ten," who were jailed a day earlier for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a slight stroke.
1961 - The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was commissioned.
1963 - The body of slain President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jackie Kennedy, lighted an "eternal flame" at the gravesite.
1986 - The Iran-Contra scandal broke as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
1998 - Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.
1999 - Six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida.
2002 - President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge its first head.
2003 - The Senate gave final congressional approval to Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.
2009 - Toyota said it would replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals could get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration.
2011 - The U.S. increased pressure on Egypt’s military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals turned to Kamal el-Ganzouri, a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy more than 100,000 protesters jamming Tahrir Square.
2014 - President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters for racially charged violence in Ferguson, Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property in response to the police shooting death of Michael Brown.
2016 - Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.
2020 - President Donald Trump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts.
Birthdays
31 - Stephanie Hsu (actress)
31 - Maura Higgins (reality star)
35 - Katie Cassidy (actress)
38 - Joey Chestnut (competitive eater)
40 - Jenna Bush Hager (daughter of President George H.W. Bush)
40 - Barbara Pierce Bush (daughter of President George H.W. Bush)
41 - Valerie Azlynn (actress)
42 - Joel Kinnaman (actor)
42 - Jerry Ferrara (actor)
44 - Jill Flint (actress)
45 - Donovan McNabb (football player)
48 - Eddie Steeples (actor)
50 - Christina Applegate (actress)
52 - Jill Hennessy (actress)
55 - Billy Burke (actor)
56 - Steve Harris (actor)
58 - Bernie Kosar (football player)
58 - Kevin Chamberlin (actor)
61 - Amy Grant (singer)
70 - Bucky Dent (baseball player)
74 - John Larroquette (actor)
77 - Ben Stein (TV personality)
79 - Bob Lind (singer)
81 - Joe Gibbs (football coach)
84 - Christopher Riordan (actor)
88 - Kathryn Crosby (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 25
1897 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 6-0 to finish the year at 5-1 and champions of the Western Inter-State University Football Association (3-0).
1905 - Nebraska defeats Doane 43-5.
1909 - Haskell defeats Nebraska 16-5 to end the year at 3-3-2 and finished 5th in the Missouri Valley (0-1-1).
1911 - Nebraska and Michigan play to a 6-6 tie and end the year at 5-1-2 overall and tie for the Missouri Valley championship (2-0-1).
1916 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 34-17.
1920 - Washington State defeats Nebraska 21-20; NU ends the season at 5-3-1.
1921 - The first play-by-play broadcast of a football game was aired in College Station, TX, via an amateur radio station. The game was between the University of Texas and Texas A&M in Austin.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 54-6.
1926 - Washington defeats Nebraska 10-6; NU ends the season at 6-2 and as Missouri Valley runner-up (5-1).
1933 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 7-6.
1939 - Nebraska defeats #14 Oklahoma 13-7 to end the year at 7-1-1 and as Big 6 runner-up (4-1).
1944 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 35-0.
1950 - #1 Oklahoma defeats #16 Nebraska 49-35 to end the year at 6-2-1 and finish as Big 7 runner-up (4-2).
1951 - The Cleveland Browns are penalized a record 209 yards against the Chicago Bears.
1961 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 21-14; NU ends the year at 3-6-1 and in fifth place in the Big 8 (2-5).
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 21-9 to win the Big 8 (7-0).
1965 - The first color broadcast of an NFL game aired on CBS. The Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts played to a 24-24 tie.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Oklahoma 35-31 in the famed "Game of the Century" to clinch the Big 8 championship with a perfect 7-0 league record.
1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.
1977 - #3 Oklahoma defeats #11 Nebraska 38-7; NU finishes as Big 8 runner-up (5-2).
1979 - Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast their first game together, a pairing that lasts 22 years and becomes one of the most well-known partnerships in sportscasting history.
1980 - Larry Holmes knocked out Marvis Frazier in the first round to retain the world heavyweight title.
1994 - #1 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 13-3 to win the Big 8 (7-0).
2002 - Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bud Selig met secretly to discuss Rose's lifetime ban from baseball.
2005 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 30-3, finishing as runner-up in the Big 12 North (4-4).
2008 - Football player Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge and received a three-year suspended sentence.
2011 - #22 Nebraska defeats Cockeye 20-7 to complete its first season in the Big Ten with a 5-3 league record and a 3rd place finish in the Legends Division.
2012 - The Toronto Argonauts defeat the Calgary Stampeders 35-22 to win the 100th CFL Grey Cup.
2016 - Cockeye defeats #17 Nebraska 40-10; NU finishes as runner-up in the Big Ten West (6-3).
2018 - Philip Rivers of the Los Angeles Chargers sets an NFL single-game record, completing 25 consecutive passes in a 45-10 win vs. the Arizona Cardinals; Mark Brunell and David Carr previously shared the record with 22 consecutive passes. Rivers also set an NFL record for best single-game completion percentage (96.6).
2019 - Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,500 yards in his first two seasons.
1758 - The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.
1783 - The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.
1841 - The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former President John Quincy Adams.
1947 - Movie executives blacklisted the "Hollywood Ten," who were jailed a day earlier for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a slight stroke.
1961 - The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was commissioned.
1963 - The body of slain President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jackie Kennedy, lighted an "eternal flame" at the gravesite.
1986 - The Iran-Contra scandal broke as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
1998 - Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.
1999 - Six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida.
2002 - President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge its first head.
2003 - The Senate gave final congressional approval to Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.
2009 - Toyota said it would replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals could get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration.
2011 - The U.S. increased pressure on Egypt’s military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals turned to Kamal el-Ganzouri, a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy more than 100,000 protesters jamming Tahrir Square.
2014 - President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters for racially charged violence in Ferguson, Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property in response to the police shooting death of Michael Brown.
2016 - Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.
2020 - President Donald Trump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts.
Birthdays
31 - Stephanie Hsu (actress)
31 - Maura Higgins (reality star)
35 - Katie Cassidy (actress)
38 - Joey Chestnut (competitive eater)
40 - Jenna Bush Hager (daughter of President George H.W. Bush)
40 - Barbara Pierce Bush (daughter of President George H.W. Bush)
41 - Valerie Azlynn (actress)
42 - Joel Kinnaman (actor)
42 - Jerry Ferrara (actor)
44 - Jill Flint (actress)
45 - Donovan McNabb (football player)
48 - Eddie Steeples (actor)
50 - Christina Applegate (actress)
52 - Jill Hennessy (actress)
55 - Billy Burke (actor)
56 - Steve Harris (actor)
58 - Bernie Kosar (football player)
58 - Kevin Chamberlin (actor)
61 - Amy Grant (singer)
70 - Bucky Dent (baseball player)
74 - John Larroquette (actor)
77 - Ben Stein (TV personality)
79 - Bob Lind (singer)
81 - Joe Gibbs (football coach)
84 - Christopher Riordan (actor)
88 - Kathryn Crosby (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 25
1897 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 6-0 to finish the year at 5-1 and champions of the Western Inter-State University Football Association (3-0).
1905 - Nebraska defeats Doane 43-5.
1909 - Haskell defeats Nebraska 16-5 to end the year at 3-3-2 and finished 5th in the Missouri Valley (0-1-1).
1911 - Nebraska and Michigan play to a 6-6 tie and end the year at 5-1-2 overall and tie for the Missouri Valley championship (2-0-1).
1916 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 34-17.
1920 - Washington State defeats Nebraska 21-20; NU ends the season at 5-3-1.
1921 - The first play-by-play broadcast of a football game was aired in College Station, TX, via an amateur radio station. The game was between the University of Texas and Texas A&M in Austin.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 54-6.
1926 - Washington defeats Nebraska 10-6; NU ends the season at 6-2 and as Missouri Valley runner-up (5-1).
1933 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 7-6.
1939 - Nebraska defeats #14 Oklahoma 13-7 to end the year at 7-1-1 and as Big 6 runner-up (4-1).
1944 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 35-0.
1950 - #1 Oklahoma defeats #16 Nebraska 49-35 to end the year at 6-2-1 and finish as Big 7 runner-up (4-2).
1951 - The Cleveland Browns are penalized a record 209 yards against the Chicago Bears.
1961 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 21-14; NU ends the year at 3-6-1 and in fifth place in the Big 8 (2-5).
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 21-9 to win the Big 8 (7-0).
1965 - The first color broadcast of an NFL game aired on CBS. The Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts played to a 24-24 tie.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Oklahoma 35-31 in the famed "Game of the Century" to clinch the Big 8 championship with a perfect 7-0 league record.
1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.
1977 - #3 Oklahoma defeats #11 Nebraska 38-7; NU finishes as Big 8 runner-up (5-2).
1979 - Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast their first game together, a pairing that lasts 22 years and becomes one of the most well-known partnerships in sportscasting history.
1980 - Larry Holmes knocked out Marvis Frazier in the first round to retain the world heavyweight title.
1994 - #1 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 13-3 to win the Big 8 (7-0).
2002 - Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bud Selig met secretly to discuss Rose's lifetime ban from baseball.
2005 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 30-3, finishing as runner-up in the Big 12 North (4-4).
2008 - Football player Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge and received a three-year suspended sentence.
2011 - #22 Nebraska defeats Cockeye 20-7 to complete its first season in the Big Ten with a 5-3 league record and a 3rd place finish in the Legends Division.
2012 - The Toronto Argonauts defeat the Calgary Stampeders 35-22 to win the 100th CFL Grey Cup.
2016 - Cockeye defeats #17 Nebraska 40-10; NU finishes as runner-up in the Big Ten West (6-3).
2018 - Philip Rivers of the Los Angeles Chargers sets an NFL single-game record, completing 25 consecutive passes in a 45-10 win vs. the Arizona Cardinals; Mark Brunell and David Carr previously shared the record with 22 consecutive passes. Rivers also set an NFL record for best single-game completion percentage (96.6).
2019 - Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,500 yards in his first two seasons.
