October 23
1707 - The Parliament of Great Britain, created by the Acts of Union between England and Scotland, held its first meeting.
1864 - Forces led by Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri.
1910 - Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight, reaching an altitude of 12 feet at a park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1915 - More than 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.
1925 - Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Cockeye.
1941 - The Walt Disney animated feature “Dumbo,” about a young circus elephant who learns how to fly, premiered in New York.
1942 - Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt during World War II.
1946 - The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.
1956 - An anti-Stalinist revolt began in Hungary.
1973 - President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica.
1983 - A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors.
1987 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork, 58-42.
1995 - A jury in Houston convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena. (Saldivar is serving a life prison sentence.)
1998 - Dr. Barnett Slepian, a doctor who performed abortions, was killed at his home in suburban Buffalo, N.Y., when a sniper fired through his kitchen window.
1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a land-for-peace agreement at the White House, following nine days of talks at Wye River, Maryland.
2001 - Apple Computer Inc. introduced the iPod portable digital music player.
2002 - Chechen rebels seized a crowded Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage. Russian forces stormed the building the next day.
2003 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek, widow of the Chinese nationalist leader, died in New York at age 105.
2006 - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for his role in the company's collapse.
2009 - President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect non-infected patients.
2011 - Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated, formally marking the end of Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year tyranny.
2014 - Officials announced that an emergency room doctor who’d recently returned to New York City after treating Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation. (Dr. Craig Spencer later recovered.)
2015 - The Justice Department announced that neither Lois Lerner nor any other IRS official would face criminal charges in the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status.
Birthdays
22 - Amandla Stenberg (actress)
25 - Ireland Baldwin (model)
25 - Duckie Thot (model)
26 - Margaret Qualley (actress)
27 - Taylor Spreitler (actress)
33 - Carmella (professional wrestler)
34 - Jessica Stroup (actress)
34 - Briana Evigan (actress)
34 - Emilia Clarke (actress)
35 - Masiela Lusha (actress)
36 - Meghan McCain (TV host)
43 - Saycon Sengbloh (actor)
44 - Ryan Reynolds (actor)
47 - Vivian Bang (actress)
48 - Jimmy Wayne (country singer)
51 - Jon Huertas (actor)
61 - Weird Al Yankovic (musician)
61 - Sam Raimi (director)
63 - Martin Luther King III (community activist)
64 - Dwight Yoakam (country singer)
66 - Ang Lee (director)
69 - Michael Rupert (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 23
1869 - John William Heisman, the coach who revolutionized the game of college football, was born.
1897 - Nebraska defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 11-0.
1909 - Nebraska and Cockeye played to a 6-6 tie.
1910 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs in five games to win the World Series.
1915 - Nebraska defeated Notre Dame 20-19.
1920 - Nebraska defeated South Dakota 20-0.
1921 - The Green Bay Packers play their first NFL game, a 7-6 win over Minneapolis.
1926 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 20-3.
1937 - #8 Nebraska defeated Missouri 7-0.
1943 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 7-6.
1945 - The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson.
1948 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 27-7.
1954 - Nebraska upset #11 Colorado 20-6.
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeated Colorado 38-13.
1967 - The New Jersey Americans (now the Brooklyn Nets) play their first ABA game.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma State 41-13.
1976 - #17 Missouri upset #3 Nebraska 34-24.
1978 - Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders) broke an NHL record when he scored six points in one period.
1982 - #5 Nebraska defeated Missouri 23-19.
1988 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) passed for 521 yards, three touchdowns and completed 35 of 60 against the New York Jets. It was considered the single-best passing day in NFL history.
1993 - Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter became the second player to end a World Series with a home run in an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6.
1993 - The Toronto Maple Leafs set an NHL record when they won their ninth straight game at the start of the season.
1993 - #5 Nebraska defeated Missouri 49-7.
1998 - Mark Messier (Vancouver Canucks) became only the 10th player in NHL history to reach 600 career goals.
1999 - #18 Texas defeated #3 Nebraska 24-20.
2000 - "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, New York Jets pull together an improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime.
2004 - Kansas State defeated Nebraska 45-21.
2010 - #14 Nebraska defeated #17 Oklahoma State 51-41.
2019 - Kyrie Irving scores 50 points, setting a new NBA record for most points scores on a debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets fall to the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-126.
1707 - The Parliament of Great Britain, created by the Acts of Union between England and Scotland, held its first meeting.
1864 - Forces led by Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri.
1910 - Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight, reaching an altitude of 12 feet at a park in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1915 - More than 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.
1925 - Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Cockeye.
1941 - The Walt Disney animated feature “Dumbo,” about a young circus elephant who learns how to fly, premiered in New York.
1942 - Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt during World War II.
1946 - The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.
1956 - An anti-Stalinist revolt began in Hungary.
1973 - President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica.
1983 - A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors.
1987 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork, 58-42.
1995 - A jury in Houston convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena. (Saldivar is serving a life prison sentence.)
1998 - Dr. Barnett Slepian, a doctor who performed abortions, was killed at his home in suburban Buffalo, N.Y., when a sniper fired through his kitchen window.
1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a land-for-peace agreement at the White House, following nine days of talks at Wye River, Maryland.
2001 - Apple Computer Inc. introduced the iPod portable digital music player.
2002 - Chechen rebels seized a crowded Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage. Russian forces stormed the building the next day.
2003 - Madame Chiang Kai-shek, widow of the Chinese nationalist leader, died in New York at age 105.
2006 - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for his role in the company's collapse.
2009 - President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect non-infected patients.
2011 - Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated, formally marking the end of Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year tyranny.
2014 - Officials announced that an emergency room doctor who’d recently returned to New York City after treating Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation. (Dr. Craig Spencer later recovered.)
2015 - The Justice Department announced that neither Lois Lerner nor any other IRS official would face criminal charges in the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status.
Birthdays
22 - Amandla Stenberg (actress)
25 - Ireland Baldwin (model)
25 - Duckie Thot (model)
26 - Margaret Qualley (actress)
27 - Taylor Spreitler (actress)
33 - Carmella (professional wrestler)
34 - Jessica Stroup (actress)
34 - Briana Evigan (actress)
34 - Emilia Clarke (actress)
35 - Masiela Lusha (actress)
36 - Meghan McCain (TV host)
43 - Saycon Sengbloh (actor)
44 - Ryan Reynolds (actor)
47 - Vivian Bang (actress)
48 - Jimmy Wayne (country singer)
51 - Jon Huertas (actor)
61 - Weird Al Yankovic (musician)
61 - Sam Raimi (director)
63 - Martin Luther King III (community activist)
64 - Dwight Yoakam (country singer)
66 - Ang Lee (director)
69 - Michael Rupert (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 23
1869 - John William Heisman, the coach who revolutionized the game of college football, was born.
1897 - Nebraska defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 11-0.
1909 - Nebraska and Cockeye played to a 6-6 tie.
1910 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs in five games to win the World Series.
1915 - Nebraska defeated Notre Dame 20-19.
1920 - Nebraska defeated South Dakota 20-0.
1921 - The Green Bay Packers play their first NFL game, a 7-6 win over Minneapolis.
1926 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 20-3.
1937 - #8 Nebraska defeated Missouri 7-0.
1943 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 7-6.
1945 - The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson.
1948 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 27-7.
1954 - Nebraska upset #11 Colorado 20-6.
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeated Colorado 38-13.
1967 - The New Jersey Americans (now the Brooklyn Nets) play their first ABA game.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma State 41-13.
1976 - #17 Missouri upset #3 Nebraska 34-24.
1978 - Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders) broke an NHL record when he scored six points in one period.
1982 - #5 Nebraska defeated Missouri 23-19.
1988 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) passed for 521 yards, three touchdowns and completed 35 of 60 against the New York Jets. It was considered the single-best passing day in NFL history.
1993 - Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter became the second player to end a World Series with a home run in an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6.
1993 - The Toronto Maple Leafs set an NHL record when they won their ninth straight game at the start of the season.
1993 - #5 Nebraska defeated Missouri 49-7.
1998 - Mark Messier (Vancouver Canucks) became only the 10th player in NHL history to reach 600 career goals.
1999 - #18 Texas defeated #3 Nebraska 24-20.
2000 - "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, New York Jets pull together an improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime.
2004 - Kansas State defeated Nebraska 45-21.
2010 - #14 Nebraska defeated #17 Oklahoma State 51-41.
2019 - Kyrie Irving scores 50 points, setting a new NBA record for most points scores on a debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets fall to the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-126.