October 12
1492 - Christopher Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.
1792 - The first recorded U.S. celebration of Columbus Day was held to mark the tricentennial of Christopher Columbus’ landing.
1870 - Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Virginia at age 63.
1933 - Bank robber John Dillinger escaped from a jail in Allen County, Ohio, with the help of his gang, who killed the sheriff, Jess Sarber.
1960 - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.
1964 - The Soviet Union launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
1973 - President Richard Nixon nominated House minority leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice president.
1976 - It was announced in China that Hua Guofeng had been named to succeed the late Mao Zedong as chairman of the Communist Party; it was also announced that Mao’s widow and three others, known as the “Gang of Four,” had been arrested.
1984 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at a hotel in Brighton, England, killing five people.
1986 - The superpower meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, ended in stalemate, with President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev unable to agree on arms control or a date for a full-fledged summit in the United States.
2000 - Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
2002 - A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.
2007 - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for sounding the alarm over global warming.
2012 - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering peace on a continent long ravaged by war.
2017 - The Trump administration said it would “immediately” halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law.
Birthdays
30 - Josh Hutcherson (actor)
36 - Marcus T. Paulk (actor)
36 - Tyler Blackburn (actor)
39 - Erica Dixon (reality star)
39 - Katie Piper (TV host)
40 - Lara Trump (daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump)
41 - Brian J. Smith (actor)
45 - Bode Miller (skier)
52 - Kirk Cameron (actor)
54 - Adam Rich (actor)
54 - Hugh Jackman (actor)
60 - Carlos Bernard (actor)
72 - Susan Anton (actress/singer)
75 - Chris Wallace (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - October 12
1895 - Nebraska opens the season with a 38-0 win over Sioux City Athletic Club.
1901 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 19-0.
1907 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 30-4.
1907 - The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers in five games to win the World Series.
1912 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 30-6.
1916 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Robins in five games to win the World Series.
1920 - The Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Robins in seven games to win the World Series.
1929 - Nebraska defeats Syracuse 13-6.
1935 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 12-7.
1940 - Nebraska defeats Indiana 13-7.
1946 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 21-7.
1957 - #20 Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 34-0.
1963 - Air Force defeats Nebraska 17-13.
1967 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
1968 - #6 Kansas defeats #9 Nebraska 23-13.
1974 - Missouri defeats #5 Nebraska 21-10.
1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores the first 3-point field goal in NBA history during a game against the Houston Rockets. The game also marked the NBA debut of future Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
1979 - Magic Johnson makes his NBA debut with the Los Angeles Lakers.
1985 - #9 Nebraska defeats #5 Oklahoma State 34-24.
1986 - Walter Payton (Chicago Bears) became the first National Football League (NFL) player to accumulate 20,000 yards.
1989 - The Dallas Cowboys trade running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five players and six future draft picks, including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1991 - #14 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 49-15.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) passed Jim Brown and moved into fourth place on the NFL's all-time rushing list with 12,513 yards.
1997 - Eddie Murray (Minnesota Vikings) set an NFL record when he kicked his 235th consecutive extra point.
1991 - Quarterback Doug Flutie of the British Columbia Lions sets a Canadian Football League record with 582 passing yards in a loss to the Edmonton Eskimos.
1991 - Mike Lerch of Princeton sets an NCAA single-game receiving record with 370 yards.
1992 - Art Monk of the Washington Redskins sets an NFL record with his 820th career reception.
1996 - #5 Nebraska defeats Baylor 49-0.
1999 - NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at age 63 at his Bel Air, California home.
2002 - Ron Tugnutt of the Dallas Stars became the first NHL goalie to win a game for seven different teams.
2002 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 24-13.
2010 - The Texas Rangers won the first playoff series in franchise history when they defeated the Tampa Devil Rays.
2013 - Nebraska defeats Purdue 44-7.
2019 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 34-7.
2019 - Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes the first to run a marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) in Vienna, Austria; though the mark not considered an official mark due to his use of pacesetters and pace laser markings on a doctored course.
2021 - The New Jersey Nets said Kyrie Irving could not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant; New York City required professional athletes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to play or practice in public venues. (Irving would be allowed to rejoin the team for out-of-town games in January 2022, and for home games two months later.)
1492 - Christopher Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.
1792 - The first recorded U.S. celebration of Columbus Day was held to mark the tricentennial of Christopher Columbus’ landing.
1870 - Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Virginia at age 63.
1933 - Bank robber John Dillinger escaped from a jail in Allen County, Ohio, with the help of his gang, who killed the sheriff, Jess Sarber.
1960 - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.
1964 - The Soviet Union launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
1973 - President Richard Nixon nominated House minority leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice president.
1976 - It was announced in China that Hua Guofeng had been named to succeed the late Mao Zedong as chairman of the Communist Party; it was also announced that Mao’s widow and three others, known as the “Gang of Four,” had been arrested.
1984 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at a hotel in Brighton, England, killing five people.
1986 - The superpower meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, ended in stalemate, with President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev unable to agree on arms control or a date for a full-fledged summit in the United States.
2000 - Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
2002 - A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.
2007 - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for sounding the alarm over global warming.
2012 - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering peace on a continent long ravaged by war.
2017 - The Trump administration said it would “immediately” halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law.
Birthdays
30 - Josh Hutcherson (actor)
36 - Marcus T. Paulk (actor)
36 - Tyler Blackburn (actor)
39 - Erica Dixon (reality star)
39 - Katie Piper (TV host)
40 - Lara Trump (daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump)
41 - Brian J. Smith (actor)
45 - Bode Miller (skier)
52 - Kirk Cameron (actor)
54 - Adam Rich (actor)
54 - Hugh Jackman (actor)
60 - Carlos Bernard (actor)
72 - Susan Anton (actress/singer)
75 - Chris Wallace (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - October 12
1895 - Nebraska opens the season with a 38-0 win over Sioux City Athletic Club.
1901 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 19-0.
1907 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 30-4.
1907 - The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers in five games to win the World Series.
1912 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 30-6.
1916 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Robins in five games to win the World Series.
1920 - The Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Robins in seven games to win the World Series.
1929 - Nebraska defeats Syracuse 13-6.
1935 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 12-7.
1940 - Nebraska defeats Indiana 13-7.
1946 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 21-7.
1957 - #20 Pittsburgh defeats Nebraska 34-0.
1963 - Air Force defeats Nebraska 17-13.
1967 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
1968 - #6 Kansas defeats #9 Nebraska 23-13.
1974 - Missouri defeats #5 Nebraska 21-10.
1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores the first 3-point field goal in NBA history during a game against the Houston Rockets. The game also marked the NBA debut of future Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
1979 - Magic Johnson makes his NBA debut with the Los Angeles Lakers.
1985 - #9 Nebraska defeats #5 Oklahoma State 34-24.
1986 - Walter Payton (Chicago Bears) became the first National Football League (NFL) player to accumulate 20,000 yards.
1989 - The Dallas Cowboys trade running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five players and six future draft picks, including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1991 - #14 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 49-15.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) passed Jim Brown and moved into fourth place on the NFL's all-time rushing list with 12,513 yards.
1997 - Eddie Murray (Minnesota Vikings) set an NFL record when he kicked his 235th consecutive extra point.
1991 - Quarterback Doug Flutie of the British Columbia Lions sets a Canadian Football League record with 582 passing yards in a loss to the Edmonton Eskimos.
1991 - Mike Lerch of Princeton sets an NCAA single-game receiving record with 370 yards.
1992 - Art Monk of the Washington Redskins sets an NFL record with his 820th career reception.
1996 - #5 Nebraska defeats Baylor 49-0.
1999 - NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at age 63 at his Bel Air, California home.
2002 - Ron Tugnutt of the Dallas Stars became the first NHL goalie to win a game for seven different teams.
2002 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 24-13.
2010 - The Texas Rangers won the first playoff series in franchise history when they defeated the Tampa Devil Rays.
2013 - Nebraska defeats Purdue 44-7.
2019 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 34-7.
2019 - Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes the first to run a marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) in Vienna, Austria; though the mark not considered an official mark due to his use of pacesetters and pace laser markings on a doctored course.
2021 - The New Jersey Nets said Kyrie Irving could not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant; New York City required professional athletes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to play or practice in public venues. (Irving would be allowed to rejoin the team for out-of-town games in January 2022, and for home games two months later.)
