September 14
1814 - Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" (later "The Star-Spangled Banner") after witnessing the American flag flying over the Maryland fort following a night of British naval bombardment during the War of 1812.
1847 - During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City.
1861 - The first naval engagement of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off Pensacola, Florida.
1867 - Karl Marx published his most famous book, "Capital" (Das Kapital).
1901 - President William McKinley died from gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
1940 - Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
1959 - The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon, crashing onto the lunar surface.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before.
1991 - The government of South Africa, the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party signed a national peace pact.
2001 - Americans packed churches and clogged public squares on a day of remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. President George W. Bush prayed with his Cabinet and attended services at Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded into the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers in a flag-waving, bullhorn-wielding show of resolve.
2009 - Death claimed "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze at 57; former White House press secretary Jody Powell at age 65; and comic character actor Henry Gibson at age 73.
2012 - Fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad spread across the Muslim world, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai.
2015 - Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis returned to work for the first time since she was jailed for defying a federal court and announced that she would no longer block her deputies from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
2018 - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from when he was in high school, saying, "I did not do this back in high school or at any time." (Kavanaugh would later be confirmed by the Senate.)
Birthdays
24 - Emma Kenney (actress)
26 - Paige Thorne (reality star)
28 - Deshaun Watson (football player)
32 - Shayne Topp (actor)
34 - Logan Henderson (actor/singer)
36 - Jessica Brown Findlay (actress)
36 - Chad Duell (actor)
38 - Alex Clare (singer)
39 - Adam Lamberg (actor)
41 - Sebastian Sozzi (actor)
42 - Katie Lee (TV chef)
42 - Ashley Roberts (singer)
43 - Ayo (singer)
45 - Danielle Peck (singer)
47 - Austin Basis (actor)
50 - Nas (rapper)
50 - Andrew Lincoln (actor)
52 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress)
53 - Ben Garant (actor)
54 - Tyler Perry (producer/actor)
56 - Dan Cortese (actor)
59 - Faith Ford (actress)
63 - Melissa Leo (actress)
64 - John Berry (singer)
64 - Mary Crosby (actress)
70 - Robert Wisdom (actor)
76 - Sam Neill (actor)
79 - Joey Heatherton (actor/singer)
83 - Larry Brown (basketball coach)
87 - Walter Koenig (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 14
1916 - Christy Mathewson (Cincinnati Reds) won his 373rd career game. It was the only victory he had earned for a team other than the New York Giants during his 17-year career.
1930 - The Detroit Lions (then known as the Portsmouth Spartans) play their first NFL game.
1959 - The $32 million Aqueduct, operated by the New York Racing Association, opened.
1968 - Denny McLain (Detroit Tigers) became baseball's first 30-game winner in 34 years. Dizzy Dean (St. Louis) had earned 30 wins in 1934.
1968 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-10 win over Wyoming.
1974 - #7 Nebraska opens the season with a 61-7 win over Oregon.
1986 - Bob Brenley (San Francisco) tied a major league baseball record when he committed four errors in one inning.
1986 - Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton reaches 15,000 career rushing yards.
1990 - Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit back-to-back home runs off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill in the first inning. The Angels won the game 7-5.
1991 - San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for an NCAA single game record 386 yards and scores seven touchdowns in a 55-34 win over Pacific.
1991 - #13 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 71-14.
1994 - Acting MLB commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by the players; the result was a year with no World Series for the first time since 1904.
1996 - Mark McGwire becomes the 13th player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
2002 - Tim Montgomery (American) set a world record in the 100 meters when he finished in 9.78 seconds. The previous record had been set in 1999 by Maurice Green (9.79 seconds).
2002 - Penn State defeats #8 Nebraska 40-7.
2003 - Jamal Lewis (Baltimore Ravens) set an NFL record for yards gained in a single-game when he gained 295 yards rushing. The Ravens beat the Cleveland Browns 33-13.
2003 - Vinny Testaverde (New York Jets) became the ninth player in NFL history to pass for over 40,000 yards.
2013 - #16 UCLA defeats #23 Nebraska 41-21.
2019 - Nebraska defeats Northern Illinois 44-8.
1814 - Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" (later "The Star-Spangled Banner") after witnessing the American flag flying over the Maryland fort following a night of British naval bombardment during the War of 1812.
1847 - During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City.
1861 - The first naval engagement of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off Pensacola, Florida.
1867 - Karl Marx published his most famous book, "Capital" (Das Kapital).
1901 - President William McKinley died from gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
1940 - Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
1959 - The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon, crashing onto the lunar surface.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before.
1991 - The government of South Africa, the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party signed a national peace pact.
2001 - Americans packed churches and clogged public squares on a day of remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. President George W. Bush prayed with his Cabinet and attended services at Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded into the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers in a flag-waving, bullhorn-wielding show of resolve.
2009 - Death claimed "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze at 57; former White House press secretary Jody Powell at age 65; and comic character actor Henry Gibson at age 73.
2012 - Fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad spread across the Muslim world, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai.
2015 - Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis returned to work for the first time since she was jailed for defying a federal court and announced that she would no longer block her deputies from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
2018 - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from when he was in high school, saying, "I did not do this back in high school or at any time." (Kavanaugh would later be confirmed by the Senate.)
Birthdays
24 - Emma Kenney (actress)
26 - Paige Thorne (reality star)
28 - Deshaun Watson (football player)
32 - Shayne Topp (actor)
34 - Logan Henderson (actor/singer)
36 - Jessica Brown Findlay (actress)
36 - Chad Duell (actor)
38 - Alex Clare (singer)
39 - Adam Lamberg (actor)
41 - Sebastian Sozzi (actor)
42 - Katie Lee (TV chef)
42 - Ashley Roberts (singer)
43 - Ayo (singer)
45 - Danielle Peck (singer)
47 - Austin Basis (actor)
50 - Nas (rapper)
50 - Andrew Lincoln (actor)
52 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress)
53 - Ben Garant (actor)
54 - Tyler Perry (producer/actor)
56 - Dan Cortese (actor)
59 - Faith Ford (actress)
63 - Melissa Leo (actress)
64 - John Berry (singer)
64 - Mary Crosby (actress)
70 - Robert Wisdom (actor)
76 - Sam Neill (actor)
79 - Joey Heatherton (actor/singer)
83 - Larry Brown (basketball coach)
87 - Walter Koenig (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 14
1916 - Christy Mathewson (Cincinnati Reds) won his 373rd career game. It was the only victory he had earned for a team other than the New York Giants during his 17-year career.
1930 - The Detroit Lions (then known as the Portsmouth Spartans) play their first NFL game.
1959 - The $32 million Aqueduct, operated by the New York Racing Association, opened.
1968 - Denny McLain (Detroit Tigers) became baseball's first 30-game winner in 34 years. Dizzy Dean (St. Louis) had earned 30 wins in 1934.
1968 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-10 win over Wyoming.
1974 - #7 Nebraska opens the season with a 61-7 win over Oregon.
1986 - Bob Brenley (San Francisco) tied a major league baseball record when he committed four errors in one inning.
1986 - Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton reaches 15,000 career rushing yards.
1990 - Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit back-to-back home runs off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill in the first inning. The Angels won the game 7-5.
1991 - San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for an NCAA single game record 386 yards and scores seven touchdowns in a 55-34 win over Pacific.
1991 - #13 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 71-14.
1994 - Acting MLB commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by the players; the result was a year with no World Series for the first time since 1904.
1996 - Mark McGwire becomes the 13th player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
2002 - Tim Montgomery (American) set a world record in the 100 meters when he finished in 9.78 seconds. The previous record had been set in 1999 by Maurice Green (9.79 seconds).
2002 - Penn State defeats #8 Nebraska 40-7.
2003 - Jamal Lewis (Baltimore Ravens) set an NFL record for yards gained in a single-game when he gained 295 yards rushing. The Ravens beat the Cleveland Browns 33-13.
2003 - Vinny Testaverde (New York Jets) became the ninth player in NFL history to pass for over 40,000 yards.
2013 - #16 UCLA defeats #23 Nebraska 41-21.
2019 - Nebraska defeats Northern Illinois 44-8.
