September 12
1609 - Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River.
1914 - During World War I, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany.
1953 - Future president John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.
1958 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously ruled that Arkansas officials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court's rulings.
1959 - The Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon.
1962 - In a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
1977 - South African Black student leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
1987 - Reports surfaced that Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden had borrowed, without attribution, passages of a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock for one of his own campaign speeches. (The Kinnock Report, along with other damaging revelations, prompted Biden to drop his White House bid.)
1992 - Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first Black woman in space when she traveled aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.
1995 - The Belarusian military shot down a hydrogen balloon during an international race, killing its two American pilots, John Stuart-Jervis and Alan Fraenckel.
1999 - Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order to East Timor.
2001 - Stunned rescue workers continued to search for bodies in the World Trade Center's smoking rubble a day after a terrorist attack that shut down the financial capital, badly damaged the Pentagon and left thousands dead. President George W. Bush, branding the attacks in New York and Washington "acts of war," spoke of "a monumental struggle of good versus evil" and said that "good will prevail."
2005 - Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown resigned, three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
2008 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was under investigation for corruption, resigned from office.
2008 - A Metrolink commuter train struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing 25 people.
2013 - Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system.
Birthdays
26 - Sydney Sweeney (actress)
27 - Colin Ford (actor)
30 - Kelsea Ballerini (singer)
34 - Freddie Freeman (baseball playr)
37 - Emmy Rossum (actress)
42 - Jennifer Hudson (singer/actress)
43 - Yao Ming (basketball player)
45 - Ruben Studdard (singer)
45 - Ben McKenzie (actor)
47 - Lauren Stamile (actress)
49 - Jennifer Nettles (singer)
53 - Josh Hopkins (actor)
53 - Will Chase (singer/actor)
54 - Angel Cabrera (golfer)
57 - Darren E. Burrows (actor)
61 - Amy Yasbeck (actress)
66 - Rachel Ward (actress)
71 - Nina Blackwood (MTV VJ)
72 - Joe Pantoliano (actor)
81 - Maria Muldaur (singer)
83 - Linda Gray (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 12
1970 - #9 Nebraska opens the season with a 36-12 win over Wake Forest.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks play their first regular season game, a 30-24 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits and 400 career home runs.
1981 - #7 Nebraska opens the season with a 10-7 loss to Cockeye.
1984 - Michael Jordan signed a seven-year contract to play basketball with the Chicago Bulls.
1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets set a rookie strikeout record with his 251st strikeout of the season.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats #3 UCLA 42-33.
1992 - #11 Nebraska defeats Middle Tennessee State 48-7.
1998 - #4 Nebraska defeats California 24-3.
2002 - A judge announced that a jury would have to decide who would get the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his record 73rd home run. The ownership of the ball, with an estimated value of $1 million, was being disputed between two men that had been in the bleachers.
2004 - The Detroit Lions defeat the Chicago Bears 20-16 to snap a NFL record 24-game road losing streak.
2005 - Mark Messier announces his retirement from hockey.
2006 - Rick DiPietro (New York Islanders) signed a 15-year contract worth $67.5 million.
2009 - #22 Nebraska defeats Arkansas State 38-9.
2011 - Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to win his first U.S. Open championship.
2015 - Nebraska defeats South Alabama 48-9.
2021 - Max Scherzer of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the 19th pitcher in major league history with 3,000 career strikeouts.
1609 - Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River.
1914 - During World War I, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany.
1953 - Future president John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.
1958 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously ruled that Arkansas officials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court's rulings.
1959 - The Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon.
1962 - In a speech at Rice University in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his support for the manned space program, declaring: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
1977 - South African Black student leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
1987 - Reports surfaced that Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden had borrowed, without attribution, passages of a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock for one of his own campaign speeches. (The Kinnock Report, along with other damaging revelations, prompted Biden to drop his White House bid.)
1992 - Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first Black woman in space when she traveled aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.
1995 - The Belarusian military shot down a hydrogen balloon during an international race, killing its two American pilots, John Stuart-Jervis and Alan Fraenckel.
1999 - Indonesia announced it would allow an international peacekeeping force to restore order to East Timor.
2001 - Stunned rescue workers continued to search for bodies in the World Trade Center's smoking rubble a day after a terrorist attack that shut down the financial capital, badly damaged the Pentagon and left thousands dead. President George W. Bush, branding the attacks in New York and Washington "acts of war," spoke of "a monumental struggle of good versus evil" and said that "good will prevail."
2005 - Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown resigned, three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
2008 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was under investigation for corruption, resigned from office.
2008 - A Metrolink commuter train struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing 25 people.
2013 - Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system.
Birthdays
26 - Sydney Sweeney (actress)
27 - Colin Ford (actor)
30 - Kelsea Ballerini (singer)
34 - Freddie Freeman (baseball playr)
37 - Emmy Rossum (actress)
42 - Jennifer Hudson (singer/actress)
43 - Yao Ming (basketball player)
45 - Ruben Studdard (singer)
45 - Ben McKenzie (actor)
47 - Lauren Stamile (actress)
49 - Jennifer Nettles (singer)
53 - Josh Hopkins (actor)
53 - Will Chase (singer/actor)
54 - Angel Cabrera (golfer)
57 - Darren E. Burrows (actor)
61 - Amy Yasbeck (actress)
66 - Rachel Ward (actress)
71 - Nina Blackwood (MTV VJ)
72 - Joe Pantoliano (actor)
81 - Maria Muldaur (singer)
83 - Linda Gray (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 12
1970 - #9 Nebraska opens the season with a 36-12 win over Wake Forest.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks play their first regular season game, a 30-24 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox became the first American League player to get 3,000 career hits and 400 career home runs.
1981 - #7 Nebraska opens the season with a 10-7 loss to Cockeye.
1984 - Michael Jordan signed a seven-year contract to play basketball with the Chicago Bulls.
1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets set a rookie strikeout record with his 251st strikeout of the season.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats #3 UCLA 42-33.
1992 - #11 Nebraska defeats Middle Tennessee State 48-7.
1998 - #4 Nebraska defeats California 24-3.
2002 - A judge announced that a jury would have to decide who would get the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his record 73rd home run. The ownership of the ball, with an estimated value of $1 million, was being disputed between two men that had been in the bleachers.
2004 - The Detroit Lions defeat the Chicago Bears 20-16 to snap a NFL record 24-game road losing streak.
2005 - Mark Messier announces his retirement from hockey.
2006 - Rick DiPietro (New York Islanders) signed a 15-year contract worth $67.5 million.
2009 - #22 Nebraska defeats Arkansas State 38-9.
2011 - Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to win his first U.S. Open championship.
2015 - Nebraska defeats South Alabama 48-9.
2021 - Max Scherzer of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the 19th pitcher in major league history with 3,000 career strikeouts.
