November 28
1520 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific Ocean.
1905 - Sinn Fein was founded in Dublin.
1919 - American-born Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat on the British Parliament.
1925 - The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville made its debut on radio station WSM.
1942 - Almost 500 people died in the Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran for the first World War II conference.
1958 - The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
1964 - The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 launched on its way to the first successful mission to Mars.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford nominated federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
1979 - An Air New Zealand DC-10 en route to the South Pole crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigned as British prime minister; John Major took over.
1994 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was slain in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
1995 - President Bill Clinton signed a bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
2001 - Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
2010 - Actor Leslie Nielsen died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 84.
2011 - Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.
2016 - The first commercial flight from the United States to Havana in more than 50 years arrived in Cuba as the island began week-long memorial services for Fidel Castro.
2020 - Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot; it was the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state.
Birthdays
26 - Chase Elliott (race car driver)
33 - Scarlett Pomers (actress)
34 - Karen Gillan (actress)
37 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead (actress)
38 - Summer Rae (professional wrestler)
40 - Erick Rowan (professional wrestler)
42 - Daniel Henney (actor)
43 - Aimee Garcia (actress)
45 - Ryan Kwanten (actor)
46 - Malcolm Goodwin (actor)
48 - Gina Tognoni (actress)
54 - Stephnie Weir (actress/comedian)
59 - Jon Stewart (TV host)
59 - Jane Sibbett (actress)
62 - Judd Nelson (actor)
71 - Ed Harris (actor)
78 - Randy Newman (singer)
81 - Bruce Channel (singer)
92 - Berry Gordy Jr. (recording executive)
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Today in Sports History - November 28
1895 - The first automobile race took place, between Chicago and Waukegan, Illinois.
1895 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 6-0, ends season at 6-3.
1896 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 6-0; NU ends season at 6-3-1.
1901 - Nebraska defeats Haskell 18-10, ends season at 6-2.
1907 - St. Louis defeats Nebraska 34-0, ends season at 8-2 and co-Missouri Valley champion.
1918 - Nebraska and Notre Dame played to a 0-0 tie.
1929 - Nebraska defeated Cockeye State 31-12, ends season at 4-1-3 and champions of the Big 6 (3-0-2).
1929 - Ernie Nevers (Chicago Cardinals) set an NFL record when he scored 40 points in a game. He scored six touchdowns and kicked four extra points.
1935 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 26-20; ends season at 6-2-1 overall and as Big 6 champions (4-0-1).
1936 - #10 Nebraska defeats Oregon State 32-14; ends season at 7-2 and as Big 6 champion (5-0) with a final national ranking of #9.
1942 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 19-0; end season at 3-7 and in third place in the Big 6 (3-2).
1961 - Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African-American to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.
1967 - UCLA quarterback Gary Beban won the Heisman Trophy.
1969 - The New York Knicks set an NBA record when they won their 18th consecutive game.
1978 - Oklahoma running back Billy Sims wins the Heisman Trophy.
1979 - Billy Smith (New York Islanders) became the first goalie in NHL history to get credit for a goal. Smith was the last Islander to touch the puck before Rob Ramage (Colorado Rockies) put it into his own net.
1981 - Alabama head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant wins his 315th game to pass Amos Alonzo Stagg as college football's winningest coach.
1982 - Ron Sutter began his NHL career as a Philadelphia Flyer. With his start a record was set when 5 brothers all played in the NHL. His brothers were Brian (St. Louis), Darryl (Chicago), Brent (Islanders) and Duane (Islanders). Ron's twin Rich signed with Pittsburgh a year later to make it six Sutters brothers in the league at one time.
1987 - #5 Nebraska defeats Colorado 24-7 to finish as Big 8 runner-up (6-1).
1997 - #2 Nebraska defeats Colorado 27-24 to win the Big 12 North (8-0).
2002 - Michael Jordan (Washington Wizards) announced that he would retire for the third and final time at the end of the NBA season.
2002 - The Dallas Mavericks lost their first game of the season to the Indiana Pacers. The Mavericks had won the first 14 games of the season.
2003 - #25 Nebraska defeats Colorado 31-22; finishes as Big 12 North runner-up (5-3).
2008 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 40-31 to finish as co-Big 12 North champion (5-3).
2014 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 37-34 in overtime to finish as runner-up in the Big Ten West (5-3); the game would mark Bo Pelini's final as Nebraska coach.
2015 - British boxer Tyson Fury defeats Vladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to win the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO, The Ring Magazine, and lineal heavyweight titles, ending Klitschko's nine-year reign as champion.
2016 - A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashed near Medellin, Colombia, killing all but six of the 77 people on board.
2020 - Sarah Fuller became the first woman to participate in a Power Five conference football game when she kicked off for Vanderbilt to start the second half at Missouri.
1520 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific Ocean.
1905 - Sinn Fein was founded in Dublin.
1919 - American-born Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat on the British Parliament.
1925 - The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville made its debut on radio station WSM.
1942 - Almost 500 people died in the Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran for the first World War II conference.
1958 - The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
1964 - The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 launched on its way to the first successful mission to Mars.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford nominated federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
1979 - An Air New Zealand DC-10 en route to the South Pole crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigned as British prime minister; John Major took over.
1994 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was slain in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
1995 - President Bill Clinton signed a bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
2001 - Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
2010 - Actor Leslie Nielsen died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 84.
2011 - Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.
2016 - The first commercial flight from the United States to Havana in more than 50 years arrived in Cuba as the island began week-long memorial services for Fidel Castro.
2020 - Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot; it was the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state.
Birthdays
26 - Chase Elliott (race car driver)
33 - Scarlett Pomers (actress)
34 - Karen Gillan (actress)
37 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead (actress)
38 - Summer Rae (professional wrestler)
40 - Erick Rowan (professional wrestler)
42 - Daniel Henney (actor)
43 - Aimee Garcia (actress)
45 - Ryan Kwanten (actor)
46 - Malcolm Goodwin (actor)
48 - Gina Tognoni (actress)
54 - Stephnie Weir (actress/comedian)
59 - Jon Stewart (TV host)
59 - Jane Sibbett (actress)
62 - Judd Nelson (actor)
71 - Ed Harris (actor)
78 - Randy Newman (singer)
81 - Bruce Channel (singer)
92 - Berry Gordy Jr. (recording executive)
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Today in Sports History - November 28
1895 - The first automobile race took place, between Chicago and Waukegan, Illinois.
1895 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 6-0, ends season at 6-3.
1896 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 6-0; NU ends season at 6-3-1.
1901 - Nebraska defeats Haskell 18-10, ends season at 6-2.
1907 - St. Louis defeats Nebraska 34-0, ends season at 8-2 and co-Missouri Valley champion.
1918 - Nebraska and Notre Dame played to a 0-0 tie.
1929 - Nebraska defeated Cockeye State 31-12, ends season at 4-1-3 and champions of the Big 6 (3-0-2).
1929 - Ernie Nevers (Chicago Cardinals) set an NFL record when he scored 40 points in a game. He scored six touchdowns and kicked four extra points.
1935 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 26-20; ends season at 6-2-1 overall and as Big 6 champions (4-0-1).
1936 - #10 Nebraska defeats Oregon State 32-14; ends season at 7-2 and as Big 6 champion (5-0) with a final national ranking of #9.
1942 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 19-0; end season at 3-7 and in third place in the Big 6 (3-2).
1961 - Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African-American to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.
1967 - UCLA quarterback Gary Beban won the Heisman Trophy.
1969 - The New York Knicks set an NBA record when they won their 18th consecutive game.
1978 - Oklahoma running back Billy Sims wins the Heisman Trophy.
1979 - Billy Smith (New York Islanders) became the first goalie in NHL history to get credit for a goal. Smith was the last Islander to touch the puck before Rob Ramage (Colorado Rockies) put it into his own net.
1981 - Alabama head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant wins his 315th game to pass Amos Alonzo Stagg as college football's winningest coach.
1982 - Ron Sutter began his NHL career as a Philadelphia Flyer. With his start a record was set when 5 brothers all played in the NHL. His brothers were Brian (St. Louis), Darryl (Chicago), Brent (Islanders) and Duane (Islanders). Ron's twin Rich signed with Pittsburgh a year later to make it six Sutters brothers in the league at one time.
1987 - #5 Nebraska defeats Colorado 24-7 to finish as Big 8 runner-up (6-1).
1997 - #2 Nebraska defeats Colorado 27-24 to win the Big 12 North (8-0).
2002 - Michael Jordan (Washington Wizards) announced that he would retire for the third and final time at the end of the NBA season.
2002 - The Dallas Mavericks lost their first game of the season to the Indiana Pacers. The Mavericks had won the first 14 games of the season.
2003 - #25 Nebraska defeats Colorado 31-22; finishes as Big 12 North runner-up (5-3).
2008 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 40-31 to finish as co-Big 12 North champion (5-3).
2014 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 37-34 in overtime to finish as runner-up in the Big Ten West (5-3); the game would mark Bo Pelini's final as Nebraska coach.
2015 - British boxer Tyson Fury defeats Vladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to win the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO, The Ring Magazine, and lineal heavyweight titles, ending Klitschko's nine-year reign as champion.
2016 - A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashed near Medellin, Colombia, killing all but six of the 77 people on board.
2020 - Sarah Fuller became the first woman to participate in a Power Five conference football game when she kicked off for Vanderbilt to start the second half at Missouri.
