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 in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.
1919 - New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 American soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I.
1924 - A judge in Chicago sentenced Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb to life in prison for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks - a "thrill killing" that had shocked the nation.
1939 - Canada declared war on Germany and entered World War II.
1948 - American-born Mildred Gillars, the Nazi wartime radio broadcaster known as "Axis Sally," was indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason.
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.
1977 - A convicted murderer became the last person to be executed by the guillotine in France.
1984 - A revival of the TV game show “Jeopardy!” hosted by Alex Trebek premiered in syndication.
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.
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 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" closed after 7,485 performances over nearly 18 years as the longest-running show in Broadway history.
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2005 - Cadaver dogs and boatloads of forensic workers fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina; cleanup crews towed away abandoned cars and even began readying a hotel for reopening.
2011 - On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton paid tribute to the 40 passengers and crew who fought back against their hijackers aboard Flight 93 during a ceremony dedicating the first phase of a memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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.
2020 - Authorities in Oregon said more than 500,000 people statewide had been forced to leave their homes because of wildfires; the number represented more than 10% of the state’s population.
2020 - Twitter said it would start labeling or removing misleading claims that were aimed at undermining public confidence in elections.
Birthdays
23 - Ellise (singer)
28 - Sarah Logan (professional wrestler)
30 - Hannah Hodson (actress)
31 - Chandler Massey (actor)
33 - Coco Rocha (model)
34 - Paul Goldschmidt (baseball player)
35 - Ashley Monroe (singer)
38 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
42 - Jacob Young (actor)
46 - Kyle Bornheimer (actor)
47 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
52 - Johnathon Schaech (actor)
53 - Guy Ritchie (director)
54 - Nina Repeta (actress)
57 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
58 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
58 - Sean O'Bryan (actor)
61 - Colin Firth (actor)
64 - Kate Burton (actress)
68 - Amy Irving (actress)
71 - Joe Perry (musician)
72 - Bill O'Reilly (TV/radio host)
73 - Judy Geeson (actress)
79 - Danny Hutton (singer)
81 - Tom Ligon (actor)
88 - Greg Mullavey (actor)
90 - Philip Baker Hall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 10
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams play their first football game, a 28-0 loss to the Detroit Lions.
1960 - The U.S. men's basketball team wins its fifth straight Olympic gold medal with a 90-63 win over Brazil at the Summer Games in Rome, Italy.
1961 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his 400th career home run.
1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announced his retirement from football.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record with his 105th stolen base of the season.
1977 - #15 Nebraska is upset by Washington State 19-10 to open the season.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats Wyoming 56-20.
1988 - #5 UCLA defeats #2 Nebraska 41-28 in Los Angeles.
1988 - Steffi Graf achieved the first tennis Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970 by 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 - Running back Eric Dickerson of the Indianapolis Colts becomes the fastest player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 career yards, doing so in just 91 games.
1992 - In Minneapolis, 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 or more home runs in two consecutive seasons.
2002 - Gary Suter retired from the NHL after a 17 year career.
2005 - Nebraska defeats Wake Forest 31-3.
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.
2017 - Rafael Nadal wins his third U.S. Open title.
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 in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.
1919 - New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 American soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I.
1924 - A judge in Chicago sentenced Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb to life in prison for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks - a "thrill killing" that had shocked the nation.
1939 - Canada declared war on Germany and entered World War II.
1948 - American-born Mildred Gillars, the Nazi wartime radio broadcaster known as "Axis Sally," was indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason.
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.
1977 - A convicted murderer became the last person to be executed by the guillotine in France.
1984 - A revival of the TV game show “Jeopardy!” hosted by Alex Trebek premiered in syndication.
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.
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 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" closed after 7,485 performances over nearly 18 years as the longest-running show in Broadway history.
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2005 - Cadaver dogs and boatloads of forensic workers fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina; cleanup crews towed away abandoned cars and even began readying a hotel for reopening.
2011 - On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton paid tribute to the 40 passengers and crew who fought back against their hijackers aboard Flight 93 during a ceremony dedicating the first phase of a memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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.
2020 - Authorities in Oregon said more than 500,000 people statewide had been forced to leave their homes because of wildfires; the number represented more than 10% of the state’s population.
2020 - Twitter said it would start labeling or removing misleading claims that were aimed at undermining public confidence in elections.
Birthdays
23 - Ellise (singer)
28 - Sarah Logan (professional wrestler)
30 - Hannah Hodson (actress)
31 - Chandler Massey (actor)
33 - Coco Rocha (model)
34 - Paul Goldschmidt (baseball player)
35 - Ashley Monroe (singer)
38 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
42 - Jacob Young (actor)
46 - Kyle Bornheimer (actor)
47 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
52 - Johnathon Schaech (actor)
53 - Guy Ritchie (director)
54 - Nina Repeta (actress)
57 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
58 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
58 - Sean O'Bryan (actor)
61 - Colin Firth (actor)
64 - Kate Burton (actress)
68 - Amy Irving (actress)
71 - Joe Perry (musician)
72 - Bill O'Reilly (TV/radio host)
73 - Judy Geeson (actress)
79 - Danny Hutton (singer)
81 - Tom Ligon (actor)
88 - Greg Mullavey (actor)
90 - Philip Baker Hall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 10
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams play their first football game, a 28-0 loss to the Detroit Lions.
1960 - The U.S. men's basketball team wins its fifth straight Olympic gold medal with a 90-63 win over Brazil at the Summer Games in Rome, Italy.
1961 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his 400th career home run.
1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announced his retirement from football.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record with his 105th stolen base of the season.
1977 - #15 Nebraska is upset by Washington State 19-10 to open the season.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeats Wyoming 56-20.
1988 - #5 UCLA defeats #2 Nebraska 41-28 in Los Angeles.
1988 - Steffi Graf achieved the first tennis Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970 by 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 - Running back Eric Dickerson of the Indianapolis Colts becomes the fastest player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 career yards, doing so in just 91 games.
1992 - In Minneapolis, 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 or more home runs in two consecutive seasons.
2002 - Gary Suter retired from the NHL after a 17 year career.
2005 - Nebraska defeats Wake Forest 31-3.
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.
2017 - Rafael Nadal wins his third U.S. Open title.
