October 10
1845 - The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland.
1886 - The tuxedo dinner jacket made its debut at a ball in Tuxedo Park, New York.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China.
1913 - The Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa Dike.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after the official was refused seating in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant near Dover, Delaware.
1962 - President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing.
1970 - Fiji gained its independence from Britain.
1973 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1985 - Actor and director Orson Welles died in Los Angeles at age 70.
1985 - U.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody.
2001 - California Rep. Nancy Pelosi became minority whip.
2001 - U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital of Kabul. President George W. Bush unveiled a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.
2002 - Congress gave President George W. Bush authorization to use military force against Iraq.
2004 - "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve died in Mount Kisco, New York at age 52. Reeve had become a quadriplegic after a horse riding accident in 1995.
2005 - Angela Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor and its first leader from the former Communist east.
2008 - Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the right to marry.
2010 - President Barack Obama delivered one of his most stinging criticisms yet of the GOP record to several thousand people in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood as he urged voters not to sit out the midterm elections.
2010 - Kim Jong Il’s heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, joined his father at a massive military parade in his most public appearance since being unveiled as North Korea’s next leader.
2016 - Amid controversy over Donald Trump’s past sexual comments about women, House Speaker Paul Ryan effectively abandoned his party’s nominee, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he would not campaign for or defend Trump in the election’s closing weeks; pro-Trump members rebelled in anger, accusing Ryan of conceding the election to Hillary Clinton.
Birthdays
29 - Lali Esposito (singer)
31 - Aimee Teegarden (actress)
32 - Rose McIver (actress)
34 - Andrew McCutchen (baseball player)
35 - Marina Diamandis (singer)
36 - Cherie (singer)
37 - Lzzy Hale (singer)
38 - Dan Stevens (actor)
39 - Una Healy (singer)
41 - Mya (singer)
42 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (actress)
43 - Andrea Navedo (actress)
46 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. (race car driver)
47 - Mario Lopez (actor/TV host)
51 - Wendi McLendon-Covey (actress)
51 - Joelle Carter (actress)
51 - Manu Bennett (actor)
51 - Brett Favre (football player)
54 - Bai Ling (actress)
55 - Rebecca Pidgeon (actress)
59 - Jodi Benson (actress)
61 - Bradley Whitford (actor)
61 - Julia Sweeney (actress)
62 - Tanya Tucker (country singer)
62 - Eddie Peck (actor)
66 - David Lee Roth (singer)
71 - Jessica Harper (actress)
74 - Charles Dance (actor)
79 - Peter Coyote (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 10
1903 - Nebraska defeats Denver 10-0.
1908 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 20-5.
1914 - Nebraska and South Dakota play to a 0-0 tie.
1920 - The Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) play their first NFL game.
1924 - The Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games to win the World Series.
1925 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 9-6.
1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.
1931 - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Athletics in seven games to win the World Series.
1931 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 13-0.
1936 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 7-0.
1937 - The New York Yankees beat the New York Giants in five games to win the World Series.
1942 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 12-0.
1945 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs seven games to win the World Series.
1951 - The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants in six games to win the World Series.
1953 - #17 Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 14-6.
1956 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1957 - The Milwaukee Braves defeat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.
1959 - Kansas defeats Nebraska 10-3.
1964 - #8 Nebraska defeats South Carolina 28-6.
1964 - NBC-TV aired the opening ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was the first live color TV program to be transmitted to the U.S. by satellite.
1968 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win the World Series.
1970 - #6 Nebraska defeats #16 Missouri 21-7.
1977 - Joe Namath played in his final NFL game.
1979 - Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier made their NHL debuts with the Edmonton Oilers.
1981 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 59-0.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 54-2.
1987 - Tom McClean finished rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. It set the record at 54 days and 18 hours.
1992 - #15 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 55-0.
1994 - The New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56.
1998 - #18 Texas A&M upsets #2 Nebraska 28-21.
2011 - Nelson Cruz (Texas Rangers) hit the first-ever postseason walk-off grand slam to give the Rangers a 7-3 win. The win gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the ALCS over the Detroit Tigers.
2015 - Wisconsin defeats Nebraska 23-21.
1845 - The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland.
1886 - The tuxedo dinner jacket made its debut at a ball in Tuxedo Park, New York.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China.
1913 - The Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa Dike.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after the official was refused seating in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant near Dover, Delaware.
1962 - President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing.
1970 - Fiji gained its independence from Britain.
1973 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1985 - Actor and director Orson Welles died in Los Angeles at age 70.
1985 - U.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody.
2001 - California Rep. Nancy Pelosi became minority whip.
2001 - U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital of Kabul. President George W. Bush unveiled a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.
2002 - Congress gave President George W. Bush authorization to use military force against Iraq.
2004 - "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve died in Mount Kisco, New York at age 52. Reeve had become a quadriplegic after a horse riding accident in 1995.
2005 - Angela Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor and its first leader from the former Communist east.
2008 - Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the right to marry.
2010 - President Barack Obama delivered one of his most stinging criticisms yet of the GOP record to several thousand people in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood as he urged voters not to sit out the midterm elections.
2010 - Kim Jong Il’s heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, joined his father at a massive military parade in his most public appearance since being unveiled as North Korea’s next leader.
2016 - Amid controversy over Donald Trump’s past sexual comments about women, House Speaker Paul Ryan effectively abandoned his party’s nominee, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he would not campaign for or defend Trump in the election’s closing weeks; pro-Trump members rebelled in anger, accusing Ryan of conceding the election to Hillary Clinton.
Birthdays
29 - Lali Esposito (singer)
31 - Aimee Teegarden (actress)
32 - Rose McIver (actress)
34 - Andrew McCutchen (baseball player)
35 - Marina Diamandis (singer)
36 - Cherie (singer)
37 - Lzzy Hale (singer)
38 - Dan Stevens (actor)
39 - Una Healy (singer)
41 - Mya (singer)
42 - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (actress)
43 - Andrea Navedo (actress)
46 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. (race car driver)
47 - Mario Lopez (actor/TV host)
51 - Wendi McLendon-Covey (actress)
51 - Joelle Carter (actress)
51 - Manu Bennett (actor)
51 - Brett Favre (football player)
54 - Bai Ling (actress)
55 - Rebecca Pidgeon (actress)
59 - Jodi Benson (actress)
61 - Bradley Whitford (actor)
61 - Julia Sweeney (actress)
62 - Tanya Tucker (country singer)
62 - Eddie Peck (actor)
66 - David Lee Roth (singer)
71 - Jessica Harper (actress)
74 - Charles Dance (actor)
79 - Peter Coyote (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 10
1903 - Nebraska defeats Denver 10-0.
1908 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 20-5.
1914 - Nebraska and South Dakota play to a 0-0 tie.
1920 - The Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) play their first NFL game.
1924 - The Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games to win the World Series.
1925 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 9-6.
1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.
1931 - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Athletics in seven games to win the World Series.
1931 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 13-0.
1936 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 7-0.
1937 - The New York Yankees beat the New York Giants in five games to win the World Series.
1942 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 12-0.
1945 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs seven games to win the World Series.
1951 - The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants in six games to win the World Series.
1953 - #17 Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 14-6.
1956 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1957 - The Milwaukee Braves defeat the New York Yankees in seven games to win the World Series.
1959 - Kansas defeats Nebraska 10-3.
1964 - #8 Nebraska defeats South Carolina 28-6.
1964 - NBC-TV aired the opening ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was the first live color TV program to be transmitted to the U.S. by satellite.
1968 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games to win the World Series.
1970 - #6 Nebraska defeats #16 Missouri 21-7.
1977 - Joe Namath played in his final NFL game.
1979 - Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier made their NHL debuts with the Edmonton Oilers.
1981 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 59-0.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 54-2.
1987 - Tom McClean finished rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. It set the record at 54 days and 18 hours.
1992 - #15 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 55-0.
1994 - The New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56.
1998 - #18 Texas A&M upsets #2 Nebraska 28-21.
2011 - Nelson Cruz (Texas Rangers) hit the first-ever postseason walk-off grand slam to give the Rangers a 7-3 win. The win gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in the ALCS over the Detroit Tigers.
2015 - Wisconsin defeats Nebraska 23-21.
