September 10
1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1813 - Oliver H. Perry sent his famous message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British at the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.
1912 - The jungle character Tarzan made his debut as “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in The All-Story magazine.
1919 - New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who’d served in the U.S. First Division during World War I.
1935 - Sen. Huey P. Long died in Baton Rouge two days after being shot in the Louisiana state Capitol, allegedly by Dr. Carl Weiss.
1939 - Canada declared war on Germany, and entered World War II.
1960 - Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm eventually blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.
1962 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student.
1963 - Twenty Black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskegee, Alabama, after President John F. Kennedy sent National Guardsmen to end the standoff with Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
1979 - Four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives and a 1950 attempt on the life of President Harry S. Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter.
1987 - Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.
1991 - The Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. ary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill, a law professor who had previously worked under Thomas, came forward with allegations against him.
1998 - President Bill Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
2000 - The musical “Cats” closed on Broadway after 7,485 performances.
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2013 - The activist group ACORN fired two employees of its Baltimore office after they were seen in hidden-camera video giving tax advice to a pair of conservative activists, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, who were posing as a pimp and a prostitute.
2015 - New York State approved gradually raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour — the first time any state had set the minimum that high.
2016 - John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from a Washington mental hospital for good. (Hinckley would be freed from all court oversight in June 2022.)
2022 - King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony two days after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Birthdays
25 - Ellise (singer)
30 - Sarah Logan (professional wrestler)
32 - Hannah Hodson (actress)
33 - Chandler Massey (actor)
34 - Sanjaya Malakar (singer)
37 - Ashley Monroe (singer)
40 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
44 - Jacob Young (actor)
48 - Kyle Bornheimer (actor)
49 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
51 - Sara Groves (singer)
54 - Jonathon Schaech (actor)
55 - Guy Ritchie (director)
56 - Nina Repeta (actress)
59 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
60 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
60 - Sean O'Bryan (actor)
63 - Colin Firth (actor)
66 - Kate Burton (actress)
70 - Amy Irving (actress)
73 - Rosie Flores (singer)
74 - Bill O'Reilly (TV host)
75 - Judy Geeson (actress)
83 - Tom Ligon (actor)
90 - Greg Mullavey (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 10
1918 - Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs players threaten to boycott the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams play their first game in the NFL.
1961 - Mickey Mantle hits his 400th career home run, becoming the seventh to ever do so.
1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announces his retirement from football.
1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton in 12 rounds on a split decision for the heavyweight boxing title.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a new major league baseball record when he stole his 105th base of the season.
1977 - #15 Nebraska opens the season with a 19-10 loss to Washington State.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats Wyoming 56-20.
1988 - #5 UCLA defeats #2 Nebraska 41-28.
1988 - Steffi Graf recorded tennis' first Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970, after winning the U.S. Open.
1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the New York Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons.
1989 - Indianapolis Colts running back Eric Dickerson reaches 10,000 career rushing yards faster than any other player in NFL history, doing so in just his 91st career game.
1992 - In Minneapolis, MN, a federal jury struck down professional football's limited free agency system.
1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons.
2000 - Controversial basketball coach Bob Knight was fired by Indiana University for what was called a pattern of unacceptable behavior.
2002 - Gary Suter retired from the NHL after a 17 year career.
2005 - Nebraska defeats Wake Forest 31-3.
2006 - Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts defeated Eli Manning and the New York Giants 26-21 in the first NFL game to feature two brothers starting at quarterback.
2006 - Roger Federer won his third straight U.S. Open and his 12th overall.
2011 - #10 Nebraska defeats Fresno State 42-29.
2016 - Nebraska defeats Wyoming 52-17.
2022 - Georgia Southern defeats Nebraska 45-42. The game would mark the final one for Scott Frost as head coach at Nebraska.
1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1813 - Oliver H. Perry sent his famous message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British at the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.
1912 - The jungle character Tarzan made his debut as “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in The All-Story magazine.
1919 - New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who’d served in the U.S. First Division during World War I.
1935 - Sen. Huey P. Long died in Baton Rouge two days after being shot in the Louisiana state Capitol, allegedly by Dr. Carl Weiss.
1939 - Canada declared war on Germany, and entered World War II.
1960 - Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm eventually blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.
1962 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student.
1963 - Twenty Black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskegee, Alabama, after President John F. Kennedy sent National Guardsmen to end the standoff with Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
1979 - Four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives and a 1950 attempt on the life of President Harry S. Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter.
1987 - Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.
1991 - The Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. ary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill, a law professor who had previously worked under Thomas, came forward with allegations against him.
1998 - President Bill Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
2000 - The musical “Cats” closed on Broadway after 7,485 performances.
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2013 - The activist group ACORN fired two employees of its Baltimore office after they were seen in hidden-camera video giving tax advice to a pair of conservative activists, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, who were posing as a pimp and a prostitute.
2015 - New York State approved gradually raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour — the first time any state had set the minimum that high.
2016 - John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from a Washington mental hospital for good. (Hinckley would be freed from all court oversight in June 2022.)
2022 - King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony two days after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Birthdays
25 - Ellise (singer)
30 - Sarah Logan (professional wrestler)
32 - Hannah Hodson (actress)
33 - Chandler Massey (actor)
34 - Sanjaya Malakar (singer)
37 - Ashley Monroe (singer)
40 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
44 - Jacob Young (actor)
48 - Kyle Bornheimer (actor)
49 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
51 - Sara Groves (singer)
54 - Jonathon Schaech (actor)
55 - Guy Ritchie (director)
56 - Nina Repeta (actress)
59 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
60 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
60 - Sean O'Bryan (actor)
63 - Colin Firth (actor)
66 - Kate Burton (actress)
70 - Amy Irving (actress)
73 - Rosie Flores (singer)
74 - Bill O'Reilly (TV host)
75 - Judy Geeson (actress)
83 - Tom Ligon (actor)
90 - Greg Mullavey (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 10
1918 - Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs players threaten to boycott the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams play their first game in the NFL.
1961 - Mickey Mantle hits his 400th career home run, becoming the seventh to ever do so.
1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announces his retirement from football.
1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton in 12 rounds on a split decision for the heavyweight boxing title.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a new major league baseball record when he stole his 105th base of the season.
1977 - #15 Nebraska opens the season with a 19-10 loss to Washington State.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats Wyoming 56-20.
1988 - #5 UCLA defeats #2 Nebraska 41-28.
1988 - Steffi Graf recorded tennis' first Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970, after winning the U.S. Open.
1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the New York Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons.
1989 - Indianapolis Colts running back Eric Dickerson reaches 10,000 career rushing yards faster than any other player in NFL history, doing so in just his 91st career game.
1992 - In Minneapolis, MN, a federal jury struck down professional football's limited free agency system.
1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons.
2000 - Controversial basketball coach Bob Knight was fired by Indiana University for what was called a pattern of unacceptable behavior.
2002 - Gary Suter retired from the NHL after a 17 year career.
2005 - Nebraska defeats Wake Forest 31-3.
2006 - Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts defeated Eli Manning and the New York Giants 26-21 in the first NFL game to feature two brothers starting at quarterback.
2006 - Roger Federer won his third straight U.S. Open and his 12th overall.
2011 - #10 Nebraska defeats Fresno State 42-29.
2016 - Nebraska defeats Wyoming 52-17.
2022 - Georgia Southern defeats Nebraska 45-42. The game would mark the final one for Scott Frost as head coach at Nebraska.
