September 13
1788 - The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital.
1803 - Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, died in Philadelphia.
1814 - During the War of 1812, British naval forces began bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore but were driven back by American defenders in a battle that lasted until the following morning.
1943 - Chiang Kai-Shek became president of China.
1948 - Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to have served in both houses of Congress.
1962 - Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s order for the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a Black student, declaring in a televised address, “We will not drink from the cup of genocide.”
1971 - The four-day revolt at the maximum security prison in Attica, New York, ended when state police and National Guardsmen stormed the facility. Forty-two people died.
1993 - At the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25 years old.
1997 - Funeral services were held in Calcutta, India for Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mother Teresa.
2001 - Two days after the 9/11 terror attacks, the first few jetliners returned to the nation’s skies, but several major airports remained closed and others opened only briefly. President George W. Bush visited injured Pentagon workers and said he would carry the nation’s prayers to New York.
2012 - Chanting “death to America,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag.
2012 - New York City’s Board of Health passed a ban on the sale of big sodas and other sugary drinks, limiting the size sold at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries to 16 ounces.
Birthdays
22 - Meghan Roche (model)
23 - Destiny Rogers (singer)
23 - Zoey Burger (actress)
26 - Lili Reinhart (actress)
27 - Mitch Holleman (actor)
29 - Niall Horan (singer)
38 - Baron Corbin (professional wrestler)
42 - Ben Savage (actor)
45 - Fiona Apple (singr)
47 - Scott Vickaryous (actor)
47 - Joe Don Rooney (singer)
51 - Goran Ivanisevic (tennis player)
52 - Louise Lombard (actress)
53 - Dominic Fumusa (actor)
53 - Tyler Perry (TV producer)
54 - Roger Howarth (actor)
55 - Michael Johnson (track and field athlete)
56 - Louis Mandylor (actor)
57 - Jeff Ross (actor/comedian)
61 - Bobbie Cryner (singer)
66 - Geri Jewell (actress/comedian)
68 - Isiah Whitlock Jr. (actor)
70 - Randy Jones (singer)
71 - Jean Smart (actress)
72 - Christine Estabrook (actress)
78 - Peter Cetera (singer)
78 - Jacqueline Bisset (actress)
81 - David Clayton-Thomas (singer)
89 - Eileen Fulton (actress)
91 - Barbara Bain (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 13
1849 - In Hastings, NY, The first recorded death in a boxing match occurred after Chris Lilly knocked out Tom McCoy. McCoy died a short time later.
1923 - George Burns (Boston Red Sox) performed the third unassisted triple play in baseball history.
1932 - Joe McCarthy became the first manager to win pennants in both baseball leagues when his New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant.
1936 - 17-year-old Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians strikes out a then-record 17 batters in a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Athletics.
1938 - Alexander Cartwright, considered the inventor of modern baseball, is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1949 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed.
1965 - Willie Mays became the fifth player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
1970 - The first New York City Marathon took place. Fireman Gary Muhrucke won the race. The race was run entirely inside Central Park.
1971 - The World Hockey Association was formed.
1971 - Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) hit his 500th career home run.
1975 - #6 Nebraska opens the season with a 10-7 win over LSU.
1980 - #8 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-9 win over Utah.
1981 - John McEnroe won his third consecutive U.S. Open.
1981 - The Atlanta Falcons tie an NFL record by scoring 31 points in the fourth quarter of a game against the Green Bay Packers.
1986 - Bert Blyleven (Minnesota Twins) surrendered five homes runs. The game raised Blyleven's total to 44 for the year setting an American League record.
1989 - Fay Vincent was named commissioner of Major League Baseball, succeeding the late A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1996 - Alex Rodriguez (Seattle Mariners) set a team record when he became the first player for the Mariners to reach 200 hits in a season.
1996 - Charlie O'Brien (Toronto Blue Jays) became the first catcher in major league baseball history to wear a hockey goalie-like catcher's mask. The game was against the New York Yankees.
1997 - #6 Nebraska defeats Central Florida 38-24.
1999 - The Denver Broncos retire John Elway's #7.
2002 - Mike Vernon retired after a 19-year career as a player in the NHL.
2003 - In Oakland, CA, Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers), a relief pitcher, threw a chair into the right field box seats. Two spectators were hit in the head. The game was delayed for 19 minutes. The Athletics won the game 7-6 in the 10th inning.
2003 - #18 Nebraska defeats Penn State 18-10.
2008 - Nebraska defeats New Mexico State 38-7.
2010 - Rafael Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic.
2013 - Jim Furyk fires 12-under-par 59 in the 2nd round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms GC in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the 6th player to shoot sub-60 in a PGA Tour event.
2014 - Nebraska defeats Fresno State 55-19.
2017 - The Cleveland Indians set an American League record with their 21st straight win, a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers. (The streak would continue to 22 before the Indians were stopped.)
2017 - The International Olympic Committee officially awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics to Paris and the 2028 games to Los Angeles.
2018 - Amazon live streams "Thursday Night Football" with the Cincinnati Bengals defeating the Baltimore Ravens 34-23; the game featured the first all-female broadcast booth, with Andrea Kremer calling the game along with Hannah Storm.
1788 - The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital.
1803 - Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, died in Philadelphia.
1814 - During the War of 1812, British naval forces began bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore but were driven back by American defenders in a battle that lasted until the following morning.
1943 - Chiang Kai-Shek became president of China.
1948 - Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to have served in both houses of Congress.
1962 - Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s order for the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a Black student, declaring in a televised address, “We will not drink from the cup of genocide.”
1971 - The four-day revolt at the maximum security prison in Attica, New York, ended when state police and National Guardsmen stormed the facility. Forty-two people died.
1993 - At the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25 years old.
1997 - Funeral services were held in Calcutta, India for Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mother Teresa.
2001 - Two days after the 9/11 terror attacks, the first few jetliners returned to the nation’s skies, but several major airports remained closed and others opened only briefly. President George W. Bush visited injured Pentagon workers and said he would carry the nation’s prayers to New York.
2012 - Chanting “death to America,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag.
2012 - New York City’s Board of Health passed a ban on the sale of big sodas and other sugary drinks, limiting the size sold at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries to 16 ounces.
Birthdays
22 - Meghan Roche (model)
23 - Destiny Rogers (singer)
23 - Zoey Burger (actress)
26 - Lili Reinhart (actress)
27 - Mitch Holleman (actor)
29 - Niall Horan (singer)
38 - Baron Corbin (professional wrestler)
42 - Ben Savage (actor)
45 - Fiona Apple (singr)
47 - Scott Vickaryous (actor)
47 - Joe Don Rooney (singer)
51 - Goran Ivanisevic (tennis player)
52 - Louise Lombard (actress)
53 - Dominic Fumusa (actor)
53 - Tyler Perry (TV producer)
54 - Roger Howarth (actor)
55 - Michael Johnson (track and field athlete)
56 - Louis Mandylor (actor)
57 - Jeff Ross (actor/comedian)
61 - Bobbie Cryner (singer)
66 - Geri Jewell (actress/comedian)
68 - Isiah Whitlock Jr. (actor)
70 - Randy Jones (singer)
71 - Jean Smart (actress)
72 - Christine Estabrook (actress)
78 - Peter Cetera (singer)
78 - Jacqueline Bisset (actress)
81 - David Clayton-Thomas (singer)
89 - Eileen Fulton (actress)
91 - Barbara Bain (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 13
1849 - In Hastings, NY, The first recorded death in a boxing match occurred after Chris Lilly knocked out Tom McCoy. McCoy died a short time later.
1923 - George Burns (Boston Red Sox) performed the third unassisted triple play in baseball history.
1932 - Joe McCarthy became the first manager to win pennants in both baseball leagues when his New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant.
1936 - 17-year-old Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians strikes out a then-record 17 batters in a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Athletics.
1938 - Alexander Cartwright, considered the inventor of modern baseball, is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1949 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed.
1965 - Willie Mays became the fifth player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
1970 - The first New York City Marathon took place. Fireman Gary Muhrucke won the race. The race was run entirely inside Central Park.
1971 - The World Hockey Association was formed.
1971 - Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) hit his 500th career home run.
1975 - #6 Nebraska opens the season with a 10-7 win over LSU.
1980 - #8 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-9 win over Utah.
1981 - John McEnroe won his third consecutive U.S. Open.
1981 - The Atlanta Falcons tie an NFL record by scoring 31 points in the fourth quarter of a game against the Green Bay Packers.
1986 - Bert Blyleven (Minnesota Twins) surrendered five homes runs. The game raised Blyleven's total to 44 for the year setting an American League record.
1989 - Fay Vincent was named commissioner of Major League Baseball, succeeding the late A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1996 - Alex Rodriguez (Seattle Mariners) set a team record when he became the first player for the Mariners to reach 200 hits in a season.
1996 - Charlie O'Brien (Toronto Blue Jays) became the first catcher in major league baseball history to wear a hockey goalie-like catcher's mask. The game was against the New York Yankees.
1997 - #6 Nebraska defeats Central Florida 38-24.
1999 - The Denver Broncos retire John Elway's #7.
2002 - Mike Vernon retired after a 19-year career as a player in the NHL.
2003 - In Oakland, CA, Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers), a relief pitcher, threw a chair into the right field box seats. Two spectators were hit in the head. The game was delayed for 19 minutes. The Athletics won the game 7-6 in the 10th inning.
2003 - #18 Nebraska defeats Penn State 18-10.
2008 - Nebraska defeats New Mexico State 38-7.
2010 - Rafael Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic.
2013 - Jim Furyk fires 12-under-par 59 in the 2nd round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms GC in Lake Forest, Illinois, becoming just the 6th player to shoot sub-60 in a PGA Tour event.
2014 - Nebraska defeats Fresno State 55-19.
2017 - The Cleveland Indians set an American League record with their 21st straight win, a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers. (The streak would continue to 22 before the Indians were stopped.)
2017 - The International Olympic Committee officially awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics to Paris and the 2028 games to Los Angeles.
2018 - Amazon live streams "Thursday Night Football" with the Cincinnati Bengals defeating the Baltimore Ravens 34-23; the game featured the first all-female broadcast booth, with Andrea Kremer calling the game along with Hannah Storm.
