October 13
1775 - The U.S. Navy had its beginnings as the Continental Congress authorized the construction of a naval fleet.
1792 - The cornerstone of the White House was laid in Washington, D.C.
1843 - The Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.
1943 - Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.
1972 - A Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
1974 - Television talk show host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 72.
1981 - Egypt's vice president Hosni Mubarak was elected president, one week following the assassination of president Anwar Sadat.
1999 - In Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year-old beauty queen’s slaying.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution expanding the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2007 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after meeting with human-rights activists in Moscow, told reporters the Russian government under Vladimir Putin had amassed so much central authority that the power-grab could undermine its commitment to democracy.
2010 - Rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
2011 - Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of one of the biggest insider-trading cases in U.S. history, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to 11 years behind bars.
2017 - President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the 2015 nuclear accord, but did not pull the U.S. out of the deal or re-impose nuclear sanctions. (Trump would pull the U.S. out of the deal the following May and restore harsh sanctions.)
2017 - Attorneys general in nearly 20 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the decision to end a federal subsidy under the Affordable Care Act that lowered out-of-pocket medical costs for consumers with modest incomes.
2021 - U.S. officials said they would reopen land borders to nonessential travel starting in November, ending a 19-month freeze.
2021 - The government reported that another jump in consumer prices in September sent inflation up 5.4% from where it was a year earlier, as tangled global supply lines continue to create havoc.
2021 - At the age of 90, actor William Shatner – best known as Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” – rode into space and back aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company, becoming the oldest person to travel in space.
Birthdays
21 - Avneet Kaur (actress)
21 - Caleb McLaughlin (actor)
29 - Tiffany Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
32 - Pooja Hegde (actress)
33 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (politician)
40 - Ian Thorpe (swimmer)
42 - Ashanti (singer)
45 - Paul Pierce (basketball player)
51 - Sacha Baron Cohen (actor)
51 - Billy Bush (TV personality)
53 - Rhett Atkins (singer)
53 - Nancy Kerrigan (figure skater)
54 - Tisha Campbell-Martin (actress)
55 - Kate Walsh (actress)
57 - Reginald Ballard (actor)
58 - Matt Walsh (actor)
58 - Christopher Judge (actor)
60 - Jerry Rice (football player)
61 - Doc Rivers (basketball coach)
63 - Marie Osmond (singer/TV personality)
65 - Reggie Theus (actor/basketball player)
70 - Beverly Johnson (model)
70 - John Lone (actor)
75 - Sammy Hagar (singer)
76 - Demond Wilson (actor)
76 - Lacy J. Dalton (singer)
81 - Paul Simon (singer)
83 - 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 modern World Series in eight games.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Drake 5-0.
1914 - The Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics to win the World Series in four games.
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; it was the final series using the best-of-nine format.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 24-0.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Montana State 26-6.
1934 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 14-13.
1945 - #8 Indiana defeats Nebraska 54-14.
1947 - The first NHL All-Star Game was held, with a team of All-Stars defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1951 - Penn State defeats Nebraska 15-7.
1951 - A football with a rubber covering was used for the first time. Georgia Tech beat Louisiana State 25-7.
1956 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 10-7.
1960 - Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a walk off home run in Game 7 to defeat the New York Yankees 10-9 and win the World Series.
1961 - Jacky Lee (Houston Oilers) threw for 457 yards and two touchdowns against the Boston Patriots. The game ended 31-31.
1962 - Nebraska defeats North Carolina State 19-14.
1967 - The first game of the new American Basketball Association (ABA) was played with the Oakland Oaks defeating the Anaheim Amigos 132-129; the game featured a red, white and blue basketball and introduced the 3-point field goal to the sport of basketball.
1967 - The Seattle SuperSonics make their NBA debut in a 144-116 loss to the San Francisco Warriors.
1970 - Dave McNally (Baltimore Orioles) became the only pitcher to date to hit a grand slam in the World Series.
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 defeats #2 Nebraska 13-12.
1979 - #5 Nebraska defeats Kansas 42-0.
1982 - The International Olympic Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1984 - #6 Nebraska defeats Missouri 33-23.
1985 - Phil Simms (New York Giants) passed for 513 yards against the Cincinnati Bengals. He set NFL records with 62 pass attempts and 29 first downs.
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeats Missouri 69-21.
1993 - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim win their first NHL game in franchise history.
1996 - Nick Lowrey of the New York Jets breaks Jan Stenerud's NFL record with his 374th career field goal.
1998 - The Pittsburgh Penguins filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in their history.
1998 - The NBA canceled regular season games, due to work stoppage, for first time in its 51-year history.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeats Baylor 48-7.
2007 - Oklahoma State defeats Nebraska 45-14.
2018 - Northwestern defeats Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.
2019 - American Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
1775 - The U.S. Navy had its beginnings as the Continental Congress authorized the construction of a naval fleet.
1792 - The cornerstone of the White House was laid in Washington, D.C.
1843 - The Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded.
1932 - President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.
1943 - Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.
1972 - A Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
1974 - Television talk show host Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 72.
1981 - Egypt's vice president Hosni Mubarak was elected president, one week following the assassination of president Anwar Sadat.
1999 - In Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year-old beauty queen’s slaying.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution expanding the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2007 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after meeting with human-rights activists in Moscow, told reporters the Russian government under Vladimir Putin had amassed so much central authority that the power-grab could undermine its commitment to democracy.
2010 - Rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
2011 - Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of one of the biggest insider-trading cases in U.S. history, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to 11 years behind bars.
2017 - President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the 2015 nuclear accord, but did not pull the U.S. out of the deal or re-impose nuclear sanctions. (Trump would pull the U.S. out of the deal the following May and restore harsh sanctions.)
2017 - Attorneys general in nearly 20 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the decision to end a federal subsidy under the Affordable Care Act that lowered out-of-pocket medical costs for consumers with modest incomes.
2021 - U.S. officials said they would reopen land borders to nonessential travel starting in November, ending a 19-month freeze.
2021 - The government reported that another jump in consumer prices in September sent inflation up 5.4% from where it was a year earlier, as tangled global supply lines continue to create havoc.
2021 - At the age of 90, actor William Shatner – best known as Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” – rode into space and back aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company, becoming the oldest person to travel in space.
Birthdays
21 - Avneet Kaur (actress)
21 - Caleb McLaughlin (actor)
29 - Tiffany Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
32 - Pooja Hegde (actress)
33 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (politician)
40 - Ian Thorpe (swimmer)
42 - Ashanti (singer)
45 - Paul Pierce (basketball player)
51 - Sacha Baron Cohen (actor)
51 - Billy Bush (TV personality)
53 - Rhett Atkins (singer)
53 - Nancy Kerrigan (figure skater)
54 - Tisha Campbell-Martin (actress)
55 - Kate Walsh (actress)
57 - Reginald Ballard (actor)
58 - Matt Walsh (actor)
58 - Christopher Judge (actor)
60 - Jerry Rice (football player)
61 - Doc Rivers (basketball coach)
63 - Marie Osmond (singer/TV personality)
65 - Reggie Theus (actor/basketball player)
70 - Beverly Johnson (model)
70 - John Lone (actor)
75 - Sammy Hagar (singer)
76 - Demond Wilson (actor)
76 - Lacy J. Dalton (singer)
81 - Paul Simon (singer)
83 - 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 modern World Series in eight games.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Drake 5-0.
1914 - The Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics to win the World Series in four games.
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; it was the final series using the best-of-nine format.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 24-0.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Montana State 26-6.
1934 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 14-13.
1945 - #8 Indiana defeats Nebraska 54-14.
1947 - The first NHL All-Star Game was held, with a team of All-Stars defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1951 - Penn State defeats Nebraska 15-7.
1951 - A football with a rubber covering was used for the first time. Georgia Tech beat Louisiana State 25-7.
1956 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 10-7.
1960 - Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a walk off home run in Game 7 to defeat the New York Yankees 10-9 and win the World Series.
1961 - Jacky Lee (Houston Oilers) threw for 457 yards and two touchdowns against the Boston Patriots. The game ended 31-31.
1962 - Nebraska defeats North Carolina State 19-14.
1967 - The first game of the new American Basketball Association (ABA) was played with the Oakland Oaks defeating the Anaheim Amigos 132-129; the game featured a red, white and blue basketball and introduced the 3-point field goal to the sport of basketball.
1967 - The Seattle SuperSonics make their NBA debut in a 144-116 loss to the San Francisco Warriors.
1970 - Dave McNally (Baltimore Orioles) became the only pitcher to date to hit a grand slam in the World Series.
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 defeats #2 Nebraska 13-12.
1979 - #5 Nebraska defeats Kansas 42-0.
1982 - The International Olympic Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1984 - #6 Nebraska defeats Missouri 33-23.
1985 - Phil Simms (New York Giants) passed for 513 yards against the Cincinnati Bengals. He set NFL records with 62 pass attempts and 29 first downs.
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeats Missouri 69-21.
1993 - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim win their first NHL game in franchise history.
1996 - Nick Lowrey of the New York Jets breaks Jan Stenerud's NFL record with his 374th career field goal.
1998 - The Pittsburgh Penguins filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in their history.
1998 - The NBA canceled regular season games, due to work stoppage, for first time in its 51-year history.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeats Baylor 48-7.
2007 - Oklahoma State defeats Nebraska 45-14.
2018 - Northwestern defeats Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.
2019 - American Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
