October 8
1869 - Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, New Hampshire at age 64.
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago started, which ultimately killed four square miles of the city. That same day, in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.
1918 - American Army Sgt. Alvin York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain.
1959 - Margaret Thatcher was first elected to the British Parliament as a Conservative representing the north London suburb of Finchley.
1981 - At the White House, President Ronald Reagan greeted former presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
1982 - All labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
1985 - The hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro killed American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and dumped his body and wheelchair overboard.
1997 - Scientists reported the Mars Pathfinder had yielded what could be the strongest evidence yet that Mars might once have been hospitable to life.
1998 - The House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote; 31 Democrats joined majority Republicans in opening the way for nationally-televised impeachment hearings.
2001 - Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as director of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2002 - A federal judge approved President George W. Bush’s request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labor lockout that was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 to $2 billion a day.
2004 - TV lifestyle guru Martha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp for lying about a stock sale.
2005 - A 7.6-magnitude earthquake centered in the Pakistani-controlled part of the Kashmir region killed more than 80,000 and injured 65,000.
2011 - Scott Anderson became the first openly gay ordained Presbyterian minister during a ceremony at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
2016 - Donald Trump vowed on Twitter to continue his campaign even though he said the “media and establishment” wanted him out of the race “so badly”; many Republicans were calling on Trump to abandon his presidential bid in the wake of the release of a 2005 video in which he made lewd remarks about women and appeared to condone sexual assault.
2020 - Authorities in Michigan said six men had been charged with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power.” (One of the six pleaded guilty and was sentenced to just over six years in prison.) Separately, seven others linked to a paramilitary group were charged in state court for allegedly seeking to storm the Michigan Capitol and seek a “civil war.”
Birthdays
24 - Bella Thorne (actress/singer)
25 - Kylee Russell (actress)
28 - Molly Quinn (actress)
28 - Barbara Palvin (model)
36 - Bruno Mars (singer)
36 - Max Crumm (actor)
41 - J.R. Ramirez (actor)
41 - Nick Cannon (actor)
42 - Kristanna Loken (actress)
47 - Martin Henderson (actor)
51 - Robert Kelly (actor/comedian)
51 - Matt Damon (actor)
51 - Anne-Marie Duff (actress)
52 - Dylan Neal (actor)
53 - Emily Procter (actress)
55 - Karyn Parsons (actress)
57 - Ian Hart (actor)
60 - Kim Wayans (actress)
65 - Stephanie Zimbalist (actress)
66 - Darrell Hammond (actor/comedian)
67 - Michael Dudikoff (actor)
68 - Ricky Lee Phelps (country singer)
72 - Sigourney Weaver (actress)
77 - Dale Dye (actor)
78 - R.L. Stine (author)
78 - Chevy Chase (actor/comedian)
80 - Jesse Jackson (civil rights activist)
82 - Paul Hogan (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 8
1897 - Nebraska opens the season with a 10-0 loss to Cockeye State.
1898 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 23-10.
1904 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 6-0.
1910 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 12-9.
1922 - The New York Giants sweep the New York Yankees to win the World Series.
1927 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 7-6.
1927 - The New York Yankees sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the World Series.
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the World Series.
1932 - Nebraska opens the season with a 12-6 win over Cockeye State.
1938 - Cockeye State defeats Nebraska 8-7.
1939 - The New York Yankees sweep the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.
1940 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers in seven games to win the World Series.
1949 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 13-6.
1955 - Texas A&M defeats Nebraska 27-0.
1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first, and to-date, the only perfect game in World Series history.
1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Chicago White Sox in six games to win the World Series.
1960 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 17-7.
1966 - #7 Nebraska defeats Wisconsin 31-3.
1975 - The San Antonio Spurs of the ABA defeat the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played at the Louisiana Superdome.
1977 - #9 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 26-9.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 14-10.
1988 - #9 Nebraska defeats Kansas 63-10.
1994 - #2 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 32-3.
1995 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins breaks Fran Tarkenton's NFL career completions record.
2003 - Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames) became the first black player in the NHL to become captain.
2005 - #15 Texas Tech defeats Nebraska 34-31.
2009 - #21 Nebraska defeats #24 Missouri 27-12.
2009 - The UFL (United Football League) began it's first season with four teams.
2011 - Al Davis, the Hall of Fame owner of the Oakland Raiders, died at age 82.
2011 - #14 Nebraska defeats Ohio State 34-27 to record their first-ever Big Ten Conference win.
2018 - Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints becomes the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards, breaking Peyton Manning's record.
2018 - Red Sox utility Brock Holt becomes first MLB player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game during Boston's 16-1 Game 3 rout of the NY Yankees in the AL Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
2020 - Whitey Ford, a Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees, died at 91.
1869 - Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, New Hampshire at age 64.
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago started, which ultimately killed four square miles of the city. That same day, in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.
1918 - American Army Sgt. Alvin York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain.
1959 - Margaret Thatcher was first elected to the British Parliament as a Conservative representing the north London suburb of Finchley.
1981 - At the White House, President Ronald Reagan greeted former presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
1982 - All labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
1985 - The hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro killed American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and dumped his body and wheelchair overboard.
1997 - Scientists reported the Mars Pathfinder had yielded what could be the strongest evidence yet that Mars might once have been hospitable to life.
1998 - The House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote; 31 Democrats joined majority Republicans in opening the way for nationally-televised impeachment hearings.
2001 - Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as director of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2002 - A federal judge approved President George W. Bush’s request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labor lockout that was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 to $2 billion a day.
2004 - TV lifestyle guru Martha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp for lying about a stock sale.
2005 - A 7.6-magnitude earthquake centered in the Pakistani-controlled part of the Kashmir region killed more than 80,000 and injured 65,000.
2011 - Scott Anderson became the first openly gay ordained Presbyterian minister during a ceremony at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
2016 - Donald Trump vowed on Twitter to continue his campaign even though he said the “media and establishment” wanted him out of the race “so badly”; many Republicans were calling on Trump to abandon his presidential bid in the wake of the release of a 2005 video in which he made lewd remarks about women and appeared to condone sexual assault.
2020 - Authorities in Michigan said six men had been charged with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power.” (One of the six pleaded guilty and was sentenced to just over six years in prison.) Separately, seven others linked to a paramilitary group were charged in state court for allegedly seeking to storm the Michigan Capitol and seek a “civil war.”
Birthdays
24 - Bella Thorne (actress/singer)
25 - Kylee Russell (actress)
28 - Molly Quinn (actress)
28 - Barbara Palvin (model)
36 - Bruno Mars (singer)
36 - Max Crumm (actor)
41 - J.R. Ramirez (actor)
41 - Nick Cannon (actor)
42 - Kristanna Loken (actress)
47 - Martin Henderson (actor)
51 - Robert Kelly (actor/comedian)
51 - Matt Damon (actor)
51 - Anne-Marie Duff (actress)
52 - Dylan Neal (actor)
53 - Emily Procter (actress)
55 - Karyn Parsons (actress)
57 - Ian Hart (actor)
60 - Kim Wayans (actress)
65 - Stephanie Zimbalist (actress)
66 - Darrell Hammond (actor/comedian)
67 - Michael Dudikoff (actor)
68 - Ricky Lee Phelps (country singer)
72 - Sigourney Weaver (actress)
77 - Dale Dye (actor)
78 - R.L. Stine (author)
78 - Chevy Chase (actor/comedian)
80 - Jesse Jackson (civil rights activist)
82 - Paul Hogan (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 8
1897 - Nebraska opens the season with a 10-0 loss to Cockeye State.
1898 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 23-10.
1904 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 6-0.
1910 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 12-9.
1922 - The New York Giants sweep the New York Yankees to win the World Series.
1927 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 7-6.
1927 - The New York Yankees sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the World Series.
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the World Series.
1932 - Nebraska opens the season with a 12-6 win over Cockeye State.
1938 - Cockeye State defeats Nebraska 8-7.
1939 - The New York Yankees sweep the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.
1940 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers in seven games to win the World Series.
1949 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 13-6.
1955 - Texas A&M defeats Nebraska 27-0.
1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first, and to-date, the only perfect game in World Series history.
1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Chicago White Sox in six games to win the World Series.
1960 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 17-7.
1966 - #7 Nebraska defeats Wisconsin 31-3.
1975 - The San Antonio Spurs of the ABA defeat the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played at the Louisiana Superdome.
1977 - #9 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 26-9.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 14-10.
1988 - #9 Nebraska defeats Kansas 63-10.
1994 - #2 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 32-3.
1995 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins breaks Fran Tarkenton's NFL career completions record.
2003 - Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames) became the first black player in the NHL to become captain.
2005 - #15 Texas Tech defeats Nebraska 34-31.
2009 - #21 Nebraska defeats #24 Missouri 27-12.
2009 - The UFL (United Football League) began it's first season with four teams.
2011 - Al Davis, the Hall of Fame owner of the Oakland Raiders, died at age 82.
2011 - #14 Nebraska defeats Ohio State 34-27 to record their first-ever Big Ten Conference win.
2018 - Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints becomes the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards, breaking Peyton Manning's record.
2018 - Red Sox utility Brock Holt becomes first MLB player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game during Boston's 16-1 Game 3 rout of the NY Yankees in the AL Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
2020 - Whitey Ford, a Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees, died at 91.
