October 3
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1922 - Rebecca L. Fulton became the first female U.S. senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Sen. Thomas E. Watson.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1941 - During World War II, German chancellor Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again."
1944 - During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.
1970 - The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was established under the Department of Commerce.
1981 - Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.
1995 - The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.
2001 - The Senate approved an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam.
2003 - A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving the superstar illusionist in critical condition on his 59th birthday.
2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year.)
2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
2013 - A smugglers' ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.
2017 - Yahoo announced that the largest data breach in history had affected all 3 billion accounts on its service, not the 1 billion it had revealed earlier.
Birthdays
28 - Carmella Rose (model)
35 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
35 - A$AP Rocky (rapper)
39 - Ashlee Simpson (actress/singer)
39 - Christopher Marquette (actor)
39 - Meagan Holder (actress)
39 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
40 - Drake White (singer)
40 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
41 - Erik Von Detten (actor)
42 - Seth Gabel (actor)
44 - John Morrison (professional wrestler)
45 - Shannyn Sossamon (actress)
47 - Seann William Scott (actor)
48 - Alanna Ubach (actress)
50 - Lena Headey (actress)
50 - Neve Campbell (actress)
50 - Keiko Agena (actress)
52 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
54 - Gwen Stefani (singer)
54 - Janel Moloney (actress)
59 - Clive Owen (actor)
61 - Tommy Lee (musician)
64 - Jack Wagner (actor)
64 - Greg Proops (actor/comedian)
64 - Fred Couples (golfer)
67 - Peter Frechette (actor)
67 - Hart Bochner (actor)
69 - Al Sharpton (civil rights activist)
69 - Dennis Eckersley (baseball player)
72 - Dave Winfield (baseball player)
74 - Lindsey Buckingham (singer)
82 - Chubby Checker (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 3
1903 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 23-0.
1908 - Nebraska defeats Doane 43-0.
1914 - Nebraska opens the season with a 14-7 win over Washburn.
1925 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach Ernest E. Bearg with a 14-0 win over Illinois.
1931 - Northwestern defeats Nebraska 19-7.
1936 - Nebraska opens the season with a 34-0 win over Cockeye State.
1942 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 26-0.
1951 - The New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the "shot heard 'round the world."
1951 - CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1953 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 27-0.
1959 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 7-6.
1964 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 14-7.
1970 - #6 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 35-10.
1974 - Frank Robinson became the first African American manager in Major League Baseball, taking the role with the Cleveland Indians.
1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his final MLB at-bat, driving in his 2,297th career run.
1981 - Nebraska defeats Auburn 17-3.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats South Carolina 30-21.
1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.
1998 - #2 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 24-17 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) broke Babe Ruth's major league single-season record for walks at 171.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.
2004 - The New England Patriots, dating back to the prior season, defeat the Buffalo Bills to win their 18th consecutive NFL game.
2004 - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners sets a MLB single-season record with 262 hits.
2012 - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers achieved MLB's first "Triple Crown" since 1967. He finished the season leading the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.
2015 - Illinois defeats Nebraska 14-13.
2021 - The Cleveland Indians play their final game under the "Indians" moniker, beating the Texas Rangers 6-0. (The franchise was renamed "Guardians" the following season.)
2021 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady becomes the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yards, surpassing Drew Brees' record of 80,358 yards.
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1922 - Rebecca L. Fulton became the first female U.S. senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Sen. Thomas E. Watson.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1941 - During World War II, German chancellor Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again."
1944 - During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.
1970 - The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was established under the Department of Commerce.
1981 - Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.
1995 - The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.
2001 - The Senate approved an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam.
2003 - A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving the superstar illusionist in critical condition on his 59th birthday.
2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year.)
2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
2013 - A smugglers' ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.
2017 - Yahoo announced that the largest data breach in history had affected all 3 billion accounts on its service, not the 1 billion it had revealed earlier.
Birthdays
28 - Carmella Rose (model)
35 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
35 - A$AP Rocky (rapper)
39 - Ashlee Simpson (actress/singer)
39 - Christopher Marquette (actor)
39 - Meagan Holder (actress)
39 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
40 - Drake White (singer)
40 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
41 - Erik Von Detten (actor)
42 - Seth Gabel (actor)
44 - John Morrison (professional wrestler)
45 - Shannyn Sossamon (actress)
47 - Seann William Scott (actor)
48 - Alanna Ubach (actress)
50 - Lena Headey (actress)
50 - Neve Campbell (actress)
50 - Keiko Agena (actress)
52 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
54 - Gwen Stefani (singer)
54 - Janel Moloney (actress)
59 - Clive Owen (actor)
61 - Tommy Lee (musician)
64 - Jack Wagner (actor)
64 - Greg Proops (actor/comedian)
64 - Fred Couples (golfer)
67 - Peter Frechette (actor)
67 - Hart Bochner (actor)
69 - Al Sharpton (civil rights activist)
69 - Dennis Eckersley (baseball player)
72 - Dave Winfield (baseball player)
74 - Lindsey Buckingham (singer)
82 - Chubby Checker (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 3
1903 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 23-0.
1908 - Nebraska defeats Doane 43-0.
1914 - Nebraska opens the season with a 14-7 win over Washburn.
1925 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach Ernest E. Bearg with a 14-0 win over Illinois.
1931 - Northwestern defeats Nebraska 19-7.
1936 - Nebraska opens the season with a 34-0 win over Cockeye State.
1942 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 26-0.
1951 - The New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the "shot heard 'round the world."
1951 - CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1953 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 27-0.
1959 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 7-6.
1964 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 14-7.
1970 - #6 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 35-10.
1974 - Frank Robinson became the first African American manager in Major League Baseball, taking the role with the Cleveland Indians.
1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his final MLB at-bat, driving in his 2,297th career run.
1981 - Nebraska defeats Auburn 17-3.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats South Carolina 30-21.
1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.
1998 - #2 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 24-17 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) broke Babe Ruth's major league single-season record for walks at 171.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.
2004 - The New England Patriots, dating back to the prior season, defeat the Buffalo Bills to win their 18th consecutive NFL game.
2004 - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners sets a MLB single-season record with 262 hits.
2012 - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers achieved MLB's first "Triple Crown" since 1967. He finished the season leading the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.
2015 - Illinois defeats Nebraska 14-13.
2021 - The Cleveland Indians play their final game under the "Indians" moniker, beating the Texas Rangers 6-0. (The franchise was renamed "Guardians" the following season.)
2021 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady becomes the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yards, surpassing Drew Brees' record of 80,358 yards.
