November 9
1620 - The passengers and crew of the Mayflower sighted Cape Cod.
1872 - A fire destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston.
1888 - Jack the Ripper killed his final victim, Mary Jane Kelly.
1918 - It was announced that Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II would abdicate; he then fled to the Netherlands.
1935 - United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (later renamed the Congress of Industrial Organizations).
1938 - Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night -- referring to broken glass on streets).
1965 - A switch at a power plant near Niagara Falls failed, causing the Northeast and parts of Canada to suffer a blackout for more than 13 hours.
1970 - Former French President Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.
1976 - The U.N. General Assembly approved resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa, including one characterizing the white-ruled government as “illegitimate.”
1989 - Borders between East Germany and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.
2007 - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a day, and rounded up thousands of her supporters to block a mass rally against his emergency rule.
2012 - Retired four-star Army Gen. David Petraeus abruptly resigned as CIA director after an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was revealed by an FBI investigation.
2016 - Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential election to Republican Donald Trump, telling supporters in New York that her defeat was “painful, and it will be for a long time.”
2017 - During a visit to Beijing, President Donald Trump criticized what he called a “very one-sided and unfair” trade relationship between the U.S. and China, but said he didn’t blame China for having taken advantage of the U.S.
2020 - President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, injecting more uncertainty to a rocky transition period as Joe Biden prepared to assume the presidency; Trump said Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, would serve as acting secretary.
2021 - A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
2021 - The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.
2021 - Brian Williams, who anchored NBC’s “Nightly News” before losing that job in 2015 for making false claims about his wartime experiences, announced that he was leaving the network after 28 years.
Birthdays
23 - Karol Sevilla (actress)
29 - Shelby Wulfert (actress)
34 - Analeigh Tipton (actress/model)
34 - Nikki Blonsky (actress)
35 - Emily Tyra (actress)
38 - Delta Goodrem (singer)
42 - Vanessa Lachey (singer)
43 - Corey Smith (singer)
49 - Nick Lachey (singer)
50 - Eric Dane (actor)
51 - Jason Antoon (actor)
52 - Chris Jericho (professional wrestler)
58 - Pepa (rapper)
71 - Lou Ferrigno (actor)
74 - Robert David Hall (actor)
91 - Whitey Herzog (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - November 9
1861 - The first documented Canadian football game took place at the University of Toronto.
1896 - Nebraska defeated Kansas City Medics 6-4.
1901 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 51-0.
1907 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 16-6.
1912 - Nebraska defeats Doane 54-6.
1918 - Nebraska defeats Omaha Balloon 19-0.
1935 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 19-13.
1940 - #12 Nebraska defeats Cockeye 14-6.
1952 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the NHL's leading goal scorer with his 325th career goal. He later sent the puck to Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.
1957 - Cockeye State defeats Nebraska 13-0.
1961 - The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule.
1963 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 23-9.
1968 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 12-0.
1971 - The NHL announced that it had granted a franchise to Atlanta.
1974 - #9 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 23-13.
1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a boxing commentator for NBC.
1985 - #3 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 49-0.
1991 - #11 Nebraska defeats Kansas 59-23.
1991 - Roman Anderson (Houston Cougars) became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points when he kicked a 32-yard field goal.
1996 - Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in an 11th round knockout to regain the WBA heavyweight boxing championship; Holyfield became the second boxer, joining Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title three times.
1996 - #5 Nebraska defeats Missouri 51-7.
2002 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 45-7.
2011 - After 46 seasons as Penn State’s head football coach and a record 409 victories, Joe Paterno was fired along with the university president, Graham Spanier, over their handling of child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
2013 - Nebraska defeats Michigan 17-13.
2015 - World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends Russian Federation be banned from athletics competitions for running a "state-supported" doping program.
1620 - The passengers and crew of the Mayflower sighted Cape Cod.
1872 - A fire destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston.
1888 - Jack the Ripper killed his final victim, Mary Jane Kelly.
1918 - It was announced that Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II would abdicate; he then fled to the Netherlands.
1935 - United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (later renamed the Congress of Industrial Organizations).
1938 - Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night -- referring to broken glass on streets).
1965 - A switch at a power plant near Niagara Falls failed, causing the Northeast and parts of Canada to suffer a blackout for more than 13 hours.
1970 - Former French President Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.
1976 - The U.N. General Assembly approved resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa, including one characterizing the white-ruled government as “illegitimate.”
1989 - Borders between East Germany and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.
2007 - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a day, and rounded up thousands of her supporters to block a mass rally against his emergency rule.
2012 - Retired four-star Army Gen. David Petraeus abruptly resigned as CIA director after an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was revealed by an FBI investigation.
2016 - Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential election to Republican Donald Trump, telling supporters in New York that her defeat was “painful, and it will be for a long time.”
2017 - During a visit to Beijing, President Donald Trump criticized what he called a “very one-sided and unfair” trade relationship between the U.S. and China, but said he didn’t blame China for having taken advantage of the U.S.
2020 - President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, injecting more uncertainty to a rocky transition period as Joe Biden prepared to assume the presidency; Trump said Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, would serve as acting secretary.
2021 - A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
2021 - The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.
2021 - Brian Williams, who anchored NBC’s “Nightly News” before losing that job in 2015 for making false claims about his wartime experiences, announced that he was leaving the network after 28 years.
Birthdays
23 - Karol Sevilla (actress)
29 - Shelby Wulfert (actress)
34 - Analeigh Tipton (actress/model)
34 - Nikki Blonsky (actress)
35 - Emily Tyra (actress)
38 - Delta Goodrem (singer)
42 - Vanessa Lachey (singer)
43 - Corey Smith (singer)
49 - Nick Lachey (singer)
50 - Eric Dane (actor)
51 - Jason Antoon (actor)
52 - Chris Jericho (professional wrestler)
58 - Pepa (rapper)
71 - Lou Ferrigno (actor)
74 - Robert David Hall (actor)
91 - Whitey Herzog (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - November 9
1861 - The first documented Canadian football game took place at the University of Toronto.
1896 - Nebraska defeated Kansas City Medics 6-4.
1901 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 51-0.
1907 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 16-6.
1912 - Nebraska defeats Doane 54-6.
1918 - Nebraska defeats Omaha Balloon 19-0.
1935 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 19-13.
1940 - #12 Nebraska defeats Cockeye 14-6.
1952 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the NHL's leading goal scorer with his 325th career goal. He later sent the puck to Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.
1957 - Cockeye State defeats Nebraska 13-0.
1961 - The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule.
1963 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 23-9.
1968 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 12-0.
1971 - The NHL announced that it had granted a franchise to Atlanta.
1974 - #9 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 23-13.
1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a boxing commentator for NBC.
1985 - #3 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 49-0.
1991 - #11 Nebraska defeats Kansas 59-23.
1991 - Roman Anderson (Houston Cougars) became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points when he kicked a 32-yard field goal.
1996 - Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in an 11th round knockout to regain the WBA heavyweight boxing championship; Holyfield became the second boxer, joining Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title three times.
1996 - #5 Nebraska defeats Missouri 51-7.
2002 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 45-7.
2011 - After 46 seasons as Penn State’s head football coach and a record 409 victories, Joe Paterno was fired along with the university president, Graham Spanier, over their handling of child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
2013 - Nebraska defeats Michigan 17-13.
2015 - World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends Russian Federation be banned from athletics competitions for running a "state-supported" doping program.
