October 7
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
1849 - Poet-writer Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.
1949 - The Republic of East Germany was formed.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adults only.
1982 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" opened. (The show closed on September 10, 2000 after a record 7,485 performances on Broadway.)
1985 - The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Mediterranean.
1989 - Hungary’s Communist Party renounced Marxism in favor of democratic socialism during a party congress in Budapest.
1991 - University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill's allegations and would go on to win Senate confirmation.
1992 - Trade representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
1996 - Fox News Channel made its broadcast debut.
1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed, and left tied to a fence post. He died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard’s murder.)
2001 - U.S. and British forces launched a bombing campaign against the Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
2003 - California Gov. Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected to replace him.
2012 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election for the third time. (Chavez died in March 2013 at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer; he was succeeded by Vice President Nicolas Maduro.)
2017 - Protesters rallied across Russia in a challenge to President Vladimir Putin on his 65th birthday; heeding calls from opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pressure authorities into letting him enter the presidential race.
2020 - Debating from behind plexiglass shields, Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris zeroed in on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration” while Pence defended the overall response.
2021 - Abortions quickly resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. (A federal appeals court would allow the law to go back into effect the following day.)
2021 - The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default. (The House would approve the extension days later.)
2021 - Google said it would crack down on digital ads promoting false claims about climate change, in hopes of limiting revenue for climate change deniers and stopping the spread of misinformation.
Birthdays
25 - Kira Kosarin (actress)
25 - Nicole Maines (actress)
30 - Mookie Betts (baseball player)
32 - Ayla Kell (actress)
36 - Amber Stevens (actress)
36 - Holland Roden (actress)
36 - Celeste Bonin (professional wrestler)
37 - Evan Longoria (baseball player)
40 - Jake McLaughlin (actor)
43 - Shawn Ashmore (actor)
44 - Alesha Dixon (actress)
44 - Omar Miller (actor)
46 - Taylor Hicks (singer)
48 - Allison Munn (actress)
52 - Nicole Ari Parker (actress)
55 - Toni Braxton (singer)
60 - Dale Watson (singer)
61 - Paula Newsome (actress)
63 - Simon Cowell (TV personality)
64 - Judy Landers (actress)
64 - Dylan Baker (actor)
65 - Michael W. Smith (singer)
67 - Yo-Yo Ma (musician)
67 - Christopher Norris (actor)
71 - John Mellencamp (singer)
75 - Jill Larson (actress)
80 - Joy Behar (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - October 7
1905 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 42-6.
1911 - Nebraska opens the season with a 117-0 win over Kearney State.
1916 - Nebraska opens the season with a 53-0 win over Drake.
1916 - In the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University in Atlanta 222-0.
1922 - Nebraska opens the season with a 66-0 win over South Dakota.
1933 - Nebraska opens the season with a 26-0 win over Texas.
1933 - The New York Giants defeat the Washington Senators in five games to win the World Series.
1935 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games to win the World Series.
1939 - Nebraska defeats Minnesota 6-0.
1947 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1950 - Nebraska defeats Minnesota 32-26.
1952 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1956 - Al Carmichael (Green Bay Packers) returned a kickoff 106 yards to set an NFL record.
1961 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 24-0.
1967 - #7 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 16-14.
1978 - #10 Nebraska defeats #15 Cockeye State 23-0.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears passes Jim Brown to become the NFL's career rushing leader.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 58-7.
1993 - #7 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 27-13.
2000 - #2 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 49-27.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 73rd home run of the season to establish the current single-season major league record. (He broke the record of 70 set in 1998 by Mark McGwire.)
2006 #22 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 28-14.
2010 - #7 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 48-13.
2012 - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48) in a win over the San Diego Chargers.
2017 - #9 Wisconsin defeats Nebraska 38-17.
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
1849 - Poet-writer Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.
1949 - The Republic of East Germany was formed.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adults only.
1982 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" opened. (The show closed on September 10, 2000 after a record 7,485 performances on Broadway.)
1985 - The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Mediterranean.
1989 - Hungary’s Communist Party renounced Marxism in favor of democratic socialism during a party congress in Budapest.
1991 - University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill's allegations and would go on to win Senate confirmation.
1992 - Trade representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
1996 - Fox News Channel made its broadcast debut.
1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed, and left tied to a fence post. He died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard’s murder.)
2001 - U.S. and British forces launched a bombing campaign against the Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
2003 - California Gov. Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected to replace him.
2012 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election for the third time. (Chavez died in March 2013 at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer; he was succeeded by Vice President Nicolas Maduro.)
2017 - Protesters rallied across Russia in a challenge to President Vladimir Putin on his 65th birthday; heeding calls from opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pressure authorities into letting him enter the presidential race.
2020 - Debating from behind plexiglass shields, Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris zeroed in on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration” while Pence defended the overall response.
2021 - Abortions quickly resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. (A federal appeals court would allow the law to go back into effect the following day.)
2021 - The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default. (The House would approve the extension days later.)
2021 - Google said it would crack down on digital ads promoting false claims about climate change, in hopes of limiting revenue for climate change deniers and stopping the spread of misinformation.
Birthdays
25 - Kira Kosarin (actress)
25 - Nicole Maines (actress)
30 - Mookie Betts (baseball player)
32 - Ayla Kell (actress)
36 - Amber Stevens (actress)
36 - Holland Roden (actress)
36 - Celeste Bonin (professional wrestler)
37 - Evan Longoria (baseball player)
40 - Jake McLaughlin (actor)
43 - Shawn Ashmore (actor)
44 - Alesha Dixon (actress)
44 - Omar Miller (actor)
46 - Taylor Hicks (singer)
48 - Allison Munn (actress)
52 - Nicole Ari Parker (actress)
55 - Toni Braxton (singer)
60 - Dale Watson (singer)
61 - Paula Newsome (actress)
63 - Simon Cowell (TV personality)
64 - Judy Landers (actress)
64 - Dylan Baker (actor)
65 - Michael W. Smith (singer)
67 - Yo-Yo Ma (musician)
67 - Christopher Norris (actor)
71 - John Mellencamp (singer)
75 - Jill Larson (actress)
80 - Joy Behar (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - October 7
1905 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 42-6.
1911 - Nebraska opens the season with a 117-0 win over Kearney State.
1916 - Nebraska opens the season with a 53-0 win over Drake.
1916 - In the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University in Atlanta 222-0.
1922 - Nebraska opens the season with a 66-0 win over South Dakota.
1933 - Nebraska opens the season with a 26-0 win over Texas.
1933 - The New York Giants defeat the Washington Senators in five games to win the World Series.
1935 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games to win the World Series.
1939 - Nebraska defeats Minnesota 6-0.
1947 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1950 - Nebraska defeats Minnesota 32-26.
1952 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1956 - Al Carmichael (Green Bay Packers) returned a kickoff 106 yards to set an NFL record.
1961 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 24-0.
1967 - #7 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 16-14.
1978 - #10 Nebraska defeats #15 Cockeye State 23-0.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears passes Jim Brown to become the NFL's career rushing leader.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 58-7.
1993 - #7 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 27-13.
2000 - #2 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 49-27.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 73rd home run of the season to establish the current single-season major league record. (He broke the record of 70 set in 1998 by Mark McGwire.)
2006 #22 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 28-14.
2010 - #7 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 48-13.
2012 - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas' NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48) in a win over the San Diego Chargers.
2017 - #9 Wisconsin defeats Nebraska 38-17.
