November 3
1839 - The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
1903 - Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.
1908 - Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
1911 - The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. (The company was acquired by General Motors in 1918.)
1952 - Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.
1957 - The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard Sputnik II. (Laika died in orbit.)
1961 - President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development.
1979 - Five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1986 - A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading the Iran-Contra affair.
1992 - Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1992 - Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush.
1994 - Susan Smith of Union, South Carolina, was arrested for drowning her two young sons, Michael and Alex, nine days after claiming the children had been abducted by a Black carjacker.
1997 - The Supreme Court let stand California’s groundbreaking Proposition 209, which banned race and gender preference in hiring and school admissions.
1998 - Voters in Minnesota elected professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura to be governor.
2004 - Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election.
2014 - Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, a new 1,776-foot skyscraper at the World Trade Center site opened for business, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.
2017 - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left some of his comrades severely wounded, was spared a prison sentence by a military judge in North Carolina; President Donald Trump blasted the decision as a “complete and total disgrace.”
2017 - Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky suffered five broken ribs in an attack by a longtime next-door neighbor as Paul did yard work at his home. (Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress and was sentenced to 30 days in prison.)
2020 - Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency in an election that saw more than 103 million Americans vote early, many by mail, amid a coronavirus pandemic that upended a campaign marked by fear and rancor, waged against a backdrop of protests over racial injustice. As vote counting continued in battleground states, Biden’s victory would not be known for more than three days; Republican President Donald Trump would refuse to concede, falsely claiming that he was a victim of widespread voter fraud; Kamala Harris made history as the first woman, Black person and person of South Asian descent to become vice president.
2020 - Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House but saw their majority shrink. Republicans emerged with a two-seat Senate majority that would be erased by Democratic wins in two runoffs in Georgia in January.
Birthdays
27 - Kendall Jenner (model/reality star)
35 - Courtney Barnett (singer)
35 - Cameron Lynn (professional wrestler)
36 - Antonia Thomas (actress)
39 - Julie Berman (actress)
40 - Chloe Sims (reality star)
46 - Francois Battiste (actor)
65 - Dolph Lundgren (actor)
67 - Phil Simms (football player/sportscaster)
68 - Adam Ant (singer)
69 - Kathy Kinney (actress)
69 - Dennis Miller (comedian)
69 - Kate Capshaw (actress)
70 - Roseanne Barr (actress/comedian)
74 - Lulu (singer)
92 - Lois Smith (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 3
1894 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 18-14.
1906 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 13-0.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 20-0.
1929 - Providence became the first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights. The game was against the Cardinals.
1945 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 27-13.
1951 - Kansas defeats Nebraska 27-7.
1953 - The Rules Committee of organized baseball restored the sacrifice fly. The rule had not been used since 1939.
1956 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 15-14.
1962 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 16-7.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
1973 - BYU receiver Jay Miller sets an NCAA football single game record with 22 catches (for 263 yards) en route to a 56-21 victory over New Mexico at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah.
1973 - #13 Nebraska defeats #17 Colorado 28-16.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Missouri 23-20.
1984 - #3 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 44-0.
1989 - The Minnesota Timberwolves played their first NBA game. They lost to Seattle 106-94.
1990 - Moses Malone of the Atlanta Hawks breaks Oscar Robertson's NBA career record of free throws made with 7,694.
1990 - TCU quarterback Matt Vogler completes 44 passes including 5 touchdowns for an NCAA football record 690 passing yards in a 56-35 loss to Houston at the Astrodome; Cougars quarterback David Klingler throws for 7 TDs.
1990 - #9 Colorado defeats #3 Nebraska 27-12.
1993 - Greg Maddux (Atlanta Braves) became the first player to win back-to-back Cy Young Awards on different teams.
1993 - Ken Daneyko (New Jersey Devils) set a record when he played in his 322nd consecutive game.
1996 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) became the first NFL player to catch 1,000 career receptions.
1996 - Kobe Bryant becomes the youngest player to play in the NBA at 18 years, 2 months and 11 days, debuting with the Los Angeles Lakers.
2001 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 51-7.
2007 - #8 Kansas defeats Nebraska 76-39.
2007 - Navy defeats Notre Dame 46-44 in triple overtime, ending the Midshipmen's 43-game losing streak to the Fighting Irish.
2012 - New York’s newly relocated NBA team, the former New Jersey Nets, hosted the first regular-season game by a major sports team in Brooklyn since the Dodgers left in 1957; the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 107-100.
2012 - #21 Nebraska defeats Michigan State 28-24.
2013 - Nick Foles connects with Riley Cooper 3 times to become 7th passer in NFL history with 7 TD tosses in a game during Philadelphia Eagles’ 49-20 win over the Raiders at Oakland; Foles completes 22 of 28 for 406 yards.
2018 - #8 Ohio State defeats Nebraska 36-31.
1839 - The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
1903 - Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.
1908 - Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
1911 - The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. (The company was acquired by General Motors in 1918.)
1952 - Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.
1957 - The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard Sputnik II. (Laika died in orbit.)
1961 - President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development.
1979 - Five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1986 - A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading the Iran-Contra affair.
1992 - Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1992 - Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush.
1994 - Susan Smith of Union, South Carolina, was arrested for drowning her two young sons, Michael and Alex, nine days after claiming the children had been abducted by a Black carjacker.
1997 - The Supreme Court let stand California’s groundbreaking Proposition 209, which banned race and gender preference in hiring and school admissions.
1998 - Voters in Minnesota elected professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura to be governor.
2004 - Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election.
2014 - Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, a new 1,776-foot skyscraper at the World Trade Center site opened for business, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.
2017 - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left some of his comrades severely wounded, was spared a prison sentence by a military judge in North Carolina; President Donald Trump blasted the decision as a “complete and total disgrace.”
2017 - Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky suffered five broken ribs in an attack by a longtime next-door neighbor as Paul did yard work at his home. (Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress and was sentenced to 30 days in prison.)
2020 - Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency in an election that saw more than 103 million Americans vote early, many by mail, amid a coronavirus pandemic that upended a campaign marked by fear and rancor, waged against a backdrop of protests over racial injustice. As vote counting continued in battleground states, Biden’s victory would not be known for more than three days; Republican President Donald Trump would refuse to concede, falsely claiming that he was a victim of widespread voter fraud; Kamala Harris made history as the first woman, Black person and person of South Asian descent to become vice president.
2020 - Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House but saw their majority shrink. Republicans emerged with a two-seat Senate majority that would be erased by Democratic wins in two runoffs in Georgia in January.
Birthdays
27 - Kendall Jenner (model/reality star)
35 - Courtney Barnett (singer)
35 - Cameron Lynn (professional wrestler)
36 - Antonia Thomas (actress)
39 - Julie Berman (actress)
40 - Chloe Sims (reality star)
46 - Francois Battiste (actor)
65 - Dolph Lundgren (actor)
67 - Phil Simms (football player/sportscaster)
68 - Adam Ant (singer)
69 - Kathy Kinney (actress)
69 - Dennis Miller (comedian)
69 - Kate Capshaw (actress)
70 - Roseanne Barr (actress/comedian)
74 - Lulu (singer)
92 - Lois Smith (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 3
1894 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 18-14.
1906 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 13-0.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 20-0.
1929 - Providence became the first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights. The game was against the Cardinals.
1945 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 27-13.
1951 - Kansas defeats Nebraska 27-7.
1953 - The Rules Committee of organized baseball restored the sacrifice fly. The rule had not been used since 1939.
1956 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 15-14.
1962 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 16-7.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
1973 - BYU receiver Jay Miller sets an NCAA football single game record with 22 catches (for 263 yards) en route to a 56-21 victory over New Mexico at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah.
1973 - #13 Nebraska defeats #17 Colorado 28-16.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Missouri 23-20.
1984 - #3 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 44-0.
1989 - The Minnesota Timberwolves played their first NBA game. They lost to Seattle 106-94.
1990 - Moses Malone of the Atlanta Hawks breaks Oscar Robertson's NBA career record of free throws made with 7,694.
1990 - TCU quarterback Matt Vogler completes 44 passes including 5 touchdowns for an NCAA football record 690 passing yards in a 56-35 loss to Houston at the Astrodome; Cougars quarterback David Klingler throws for 7 TDs.
1990 - #9 Colorado defeats #3 Nebraska 27-12.
1993 - Greg Maddux (Atlanta Braves) became the first player to win back-to-back Cy Young Awards on different teams.
1993 - Ken Daneyko (New Jersey Devils) set a record when he played in his 322nd consecutive game.
1996 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) became the first NFL player to catch 1,000 career receptions.
1996 - Kobe Bryant becomes the youngest player to play in the NBA at 18 years, 2 months and 11 days, debuting with the Los Angeles Lakers.
2001 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 51-7.
2007 - #8 Kansas defeats Nebraska 76-39.
2007 - Navy defeats Notre Dame 46-44 in triple overtime, ending the Midshipmen's 43-game losing streak to the Fighting Irish.
2012 - New York’s newly relocated NBA team, the former New Jersey Nets, hosted the first regular-season game by a major sports team in Brooklyn since the Dodgers left in 1957; the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 107-100.
2012 - #21 Nebraska defeats Michigan State 28-24.
2013 - Nick Foles connects with Riley Cooper 3 times to become 7th passer in NFL history with 7 TD tosses in a game during Philadelphia Eagles’ 49-20 win over the Raiders at Oakland; Foles completes 22 of 28 for 406 yards.
2018 - #8 Ohio State defeats Nebraska 36-31.
