October 13
54 - Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.
1775 - The Continental Congress authorized the construction of a naval fleet.
1792 - The cornerstone of the White House was laid in Washington, D.C. by President George Washington.
1843 - The Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded.
1845 - Texas ratified a state constitution.
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister, was born Margaret Roberts in Grantham, England.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
1943 - Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.
1944 - During World War II American troops entered Aachen, Germany.
1960 - Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in their third televised debate of the presidential campaign, with Nixon in Hollywood, California and Kennedy in New York.
1972 - A Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
1974 - Television host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 72.
1981 - Egypt's vice president Hosni Mubarak was elected president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
1999 - The JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months; prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in the six-year-old's strangulation.
1999 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratification.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution expanding the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2006 - The United Nations General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon the next U.N. secretary-general.
2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 936.42 points -- its largest one-day increase -- ending eight consecutive days of stock market declines.
2010 - Rescuers in Chile pulled 33 men one-by-one to freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
2010 - U.S. authorities announced the arrests of 73 people accused of being part of a vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates who allegedly used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million.
2015 - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed over U.S. involvement in the Middle East, gun control and economic policy in the first Democratic presidential debate held in Las Vegas, but in a moment of political unity, Sanders leapt to Clinton’s defense on the issue of her controversial email practices as secretary of state.
Birthdays
26 - Belle Lucia (model)
27 - Tiffany Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
31 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (politician)
38 - Ian Thorpe (swimmer)
40 - Ashanti (singer)
43 - Paul Pierce (basketball player)
44 - Kiele Sanchez (actress)
49 - Sacha Baron Cohen (actor)
49 - Billy Bush (TV personality)
51 - Rhett Atkins (country singer)
51 - Nancy Kerrigan (figure skater)
52 - Tisha Campbell-Martin (actress)
53 - Kate Walsh (actress)
55 - Reginald Ballard (actor)
56 - Matt Walsh (actor)
56 - Christopher Judge (actor)
58 - John Wiggins (country singer)
58 - Kelly Preston (actress)
58 - Jerry Rice (football player)
59 - Doc Rivers (basketball coach)
61 - Marie Osmond (singer/TV personality)
63 - Reggie Theus (actor/basketball player)
68 - Beverly Johnson (model)
68 - John Lone (actor)
73 - Sammy Hagar (singer)
74 - Desmond Wilson (actor)
74 - Lacy J. Dalton (country singer)
78 - Pamela Tiffin (actress)
79 - Paul Simon (singer)
81 - Melinda Dillon (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 13
1900 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 30-0.
1903 - The Boston Americans (Red Sox) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the first World Series in eight games.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Drake 5-0.
1914 - The Boston Braves sweep the Philadelphia Athletics to win the World Series.
1915 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games to win the World Series.
1917 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 47-0.
1921 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees in eight games to win the World Series.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 24-0 in the first game ever played at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Montana State 26-6.
1934 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 14-13.
1945 - #8 Indiana defeats Nebraska 54-14.
1951 - Penn State defeats Nebraska 15-7.
1951 - In Atlanta, a football with a rubber covering was used for the first time in a college football game. Georgia Tech defeated LSU in the contest 25-7.
1956 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 10-7.
1960 - The World Series ended with a walk-off home run for the first time as Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a round-tripper in the ninth inning of Game 7 against the New York Yankees.
1962 - Nebraska defeats North Carolina State 19-14.
1967 - The Seattle Supersonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) lose their inaugural NBA game, 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors.
1967 - The first game of the new American Basketball Association (ABA) is played with the Oakland Oaks defeating the Anaheim Amigos 132-129. The ABA featured a red, white and blue basketball and introduced the 3-point field goal to the sport.
1971 - The first World Series night game was telecast on NBC. Baltimore defeated Pittsburgh 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium.
1973 - #12 Missouri upsets #2 Nebraska 13-12.
1979 - #5 Nebraska defeats Kansas 42-0.
1984 - #6 Nebraska defeats Missouri 33-23.
1985 - Phil Simms of the New York Giants passed for 513 yards in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, setting NFL records for pass attempts (62) and first downs (29).
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeats Missouri 69-21.
1996 - Nick Lowery of the New York Jets breaks Jan Stenerud's NFL record with his 374th career field goal.
1998 - The NBA canceled the first two weeks of its regular season due to a player lockout.
1998 - The Pittsburgh Penguins filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in their history.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeats Baylor 48-7.
2002 - The Anaheim Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins to advance to their first World Series.
2007 - Oklahoma State defeats Nebraska 45-14.
2019 - Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
2019 - Brigid Kosgei of Kenya was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Chicago Marathon; her time of 2 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds broke the women's world record.
54 - Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.
1775 - The Continental Congress authorized the construction of a naval fleet.
1792 - The cornerstone of the White House was laid in Washington, D.C. by President George Washington.
1843 - The Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded.
1845 - Texas ratified a state constitution.
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, the first female British prime minister, was born Margaret Roberts in Grantham, England.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
1943 - Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.
1944 - During World War II American troops entered Aachen, Germany.
1960 - Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in their third televised debate of the presidential campaign, with Nixon in Hollywood, California and Kennedy in New York.
1972 - A Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
1974 - Television host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 72.
1981 - Egypt's vice president Hosni Mubarak was elected president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
1999 - The JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months; prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in the six-year-old's strangulation.
1999 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratification.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution expanding the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2006 - The United Nations General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon the next U.N. secretary-general.
2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 936.42 points -- its largest one-day increase -- ending eight consecutive days of stock market declines.
2010 - Rescuers in Chile pulled 33 men one-by-one to freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
2010 - U.S. authorities announced the arrests of 73 people accused of being part of a vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates who allegedly used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million.
2015 - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed over U.S. involvement in the Middle East, gun control and economic policy in the first Democratic presidential debate held in Las Vegas, but in a moment of political unity, Sanders leapt to Clinton’s defense on the issue of her controversial email practices as secretary of state.
Birthdays
26 - Belle Lucia (model)
27 - Tiffany Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
31 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (politician)
38 - Ian Thorpe (swimmer)
40 - Ashanti (singer)
43 - Paul Pierce (basketball player)
44 - Kiele Sanchez (actress)
49 - Sacha Baron Cohen (actor)
49 - Billy Bush (TV personality)
51 - Rhett Atkins (country singer)
51 - Nancy Kerrigan (figure skater)
52 - Tisha Campbell-Martin (actress)
53 - Kate Walsh (actress)
55 - Reginald Ballard (actor)
56 - Matt Walsh (actor)
56 - Christopher Judge (actor)
58 - John Wiggins (country singer)
58 - Kelly Preston (actress)
58 - Jerry Rice (football player)
59 - Doc Rivers (basketball coach)
61 - Marie Osmond (singer/TV personality)
63 - Reggie Theus (actor/basketball player)
68 - Beverly Johnson (model)
68 - John Lone (actor)
73 - Sammy Hagar (singer)
74 - Desmond Wilson (actor)
74 - Lacy J. Dalton (country singer)
78 - Pamela Tiffin (actress)
79 - Paul Simon (singer)
81 - Melinda Dillon (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 13
1900 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 30-0.
1903 - The Boston Americans (Red Sox) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the first World Series in eight games.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Drake 5-0.
1914 - The Boston Braves sweep the Philadelphia Athletics to win the World Series.
1915 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games to win the World Series.
1917 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 47-0.
1921 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees in eight games to win the World Series.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 24-0 in the first game ever played at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Montana State 26-6.
1934 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 14-13.
1945 - #8 Indiana defeats Nebraska 54-14.
1951 - Penn State defeats Nebraska 15-7.
1951 - In Atlanta, a football with a rubber covering was used for the first time in a college football game. Georgia Tech defeated LSU in the contest 25-7.
1956 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 10-7.
1960 - The World Series ended with a walk-off home run for the first time as Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a round-tripper in the ninth inning of Game 7 against the New York Yankees.
1962 - Nebraska defeats North Carolina State 19-14.
1967 - The Seattle Supersonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) lose their inaugural NBA game, 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors.
1967 - The first game of the new American Basketball Association (ABA) is played with the Oakland Oaks defeating the Anaheim Amigos 132-129. The ABA featured a red, white and blue basketball and introduced the 3-point field goal to the sport.
1971 - The first World Series night game was telecast on NBC. Baltimore defeated Pittsburgh 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium.
1973 - #12 Missouri upsets #2 Nebraska 13-12.
1979 - #5 Nebraska defeats Kansas 42-0.
1984 - #6 Nebraska defeats Missouri 33-23.
1985 - Phil Simms of the New York Giants passed for 513 yards in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, setting NFL records for pass attempts (62) and first downs (29).
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeats Missouri 69-21.
1996 - Nick Lowery of the New York Jets breaks Jan Stenerud's NFL record with his 374th career field goal.
1998 - The NBA canceled the first two weeks of its regular season due to a player lockout.
1998 - The Pittsburgh Penguins filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in their history.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeats Baylor 48-7.
2002 - The Anaheim Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins to advance to their first World Series.
2007 - Oklahoma State defeats Nebraska 45-14.
2019 - Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
2019 - Brigid Kosgei of Kenya was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Chicago Marathon; her time of 2 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds broke the women's world record.
