September 14
1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte’s troops entered Moscow following the Battle of Borodino to find the Russian city largely abandoned and parts set ablaze.
1814 - Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.
1836 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr died in Staten Island, New York at age 80.
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 the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
1867 - Karl Marx published his most famous book, Capital (Das Kapital).
1901 - President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him as the next U.S. president, and at age 42, became the youngest president in U.S. history.
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 when it crashed onto the lunar surface.
1975 - Pope Paul VI declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first U.S.-born saint.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, died at age 52 from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.
2001 - The FBI released the names of the 19 hijackers who took part in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; President George W. Bush toured the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers over a bullhorn.
2011 - A government panel released a report saying that BP bore ultimate responsibility for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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.
2020 - In Northern California for a briefing on the West Coast wildfires that had killed dozens of people and burned millions of acres, President Donald Trump dismissed the scientific consensus that climate change was playing a central role in the historic fires; he renewed his unfounded claim that failure to rake forest floors and clear dead timber was mostly to blame. Democrat Joe Biden labeled Trump a “climate arsonist” in a speech in which Biden said the response to the wildfires would require stronger presidential leadership.
Birthdays
22 - Emma Kenney (actress)
26 - Deshaun Watson (football player)
32 - Logan Henderson (actor/singer)
34 - Jessica Brown Findlay (actress)
34 - Chad Duell (actor)
37 - Adam Lamberg (actor)
40 - Ashley Roberts (singer)
40 - Katie Lee (chef/TV personality)
41 - Ayo (singer)
43 - Danielle Peck (singer)
45 - Austin Basis (actor)
48 - Nas (rapper)
48 - Andrew Lincoln (actor)
50 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress)
51 - Ben Garant (actor)
52 - Tyler Perry (actor/producer)
54 - Dan Cortese (actor)
56 - Michelle Stafford (actress)
57 - Jamie Kaler (actor)
57 - Faith Ford (actress)
61 - Melissa Leo (actress)
62 - Mary Crosby (actress)
68 - Robert Wisdom (actor)
74 - Sam Neill (actor)
81 - Larry Brown (basketball coach)
85 - 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 Portsmouth Spartans (now Detroit Lions) play their first NFL game.
1968 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-10 win over Wyoming.
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.
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.
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 - #13 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 71-14.
1991 - San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for an NCAA record 386 yards and seven touchdowns as the Aztecs defeat Pacific 55-34.
1994 - Acting MLB commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 1994 season on the 34th day of a strike by the players. It would be the first time since 1904 there would be no World Series played.
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 upsets #8 Nebraska 40-7.
2003 - Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens set an NFL single-game rushing record with 295 yards in a 33-13 win over the Cleveland Browns, breaking the old record of 278 yards set by Corey Dillon set in 2000. (Adrian Peterson broke the record in 2007 with a 296-yard performance.)
2003 - Quarterback Vinny Testaverde of the New York Jets became the ninth player in NFL history to pass for 40,000 yards.
2010 - Reggie Bush announced he was forfeiting his 2005 Heisman title, citing a scandal over improper benefits while he was a star running back at Southern California; it was the first time college football’s top award had been relinquished by a recipient.
2013 - #16 UCLA defeats #23 Nebraska 41-21.
2019 - Nebraska defeats Northern Illinois 44-8.
1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte’s troops entered Moscow following the Battle of Borodino to find the Russian city largely abandoned and parts set ablaze.
1814 - Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.
1836 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr died in Staten Island, New York at age 80.
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 the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
1867 - Karl Marx published his most famous book, Capital (Das Kapital).
1901 - President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him as the next U.S. president, and at age 42, became the youngest president in U.S. history.
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 when it crashed onto the lunar surface.
1975 - Pope Paul VI declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first U.S.-born saint.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, died at age 52 from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.
2001 - The FBI released the names of the 19 hijackers who took part in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; President George W. Bush toured the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers over a bullhorn.
2011 - A government panel released a report saying that BP bore ultimate responsibility for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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.
2020 - In Northern California for a briefing on the West Coast wildfires that had killed dozens of people and burned millions of acres, President Donald Trump dismissed the scientific consensus that climate change was playing a central role in the historic fires; he renewed his unfounded claim that failure to rake forest floors and clear dead timber was mostly to blame. Democrat Joe Biden labeled Trump a “climate arsonist” in a speech in which Biden said the response to the wildfires would require stronger presidential leadership.
Birthdays
22 - Emma Kenney (actress)
26 - Deshaun Watson (football player)
32 - Logan Henderson (actor/singer)
34 - Jessica Brown Findlay (actress)
34 - Chad Duell (actor)
37 - Adam Lamberg (actor)
40 - Ashley Roberts (singer)
40 - Katie Lee (chef/TV personality)
41 - Ayo (singer)
43 - Danielle Peck (singer)
45 - Austin Basis (actor)
48 - Nas (rapper)
48 - Andrew Lincoln (actor)
50 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress)
51 - Ben Garant (actor)
52 - Tyler Perry (actor/producer)
54 - Dan Cortese (actor)
56 - Michelle Stafford (actress)
57 - Jamie Kaler (actor)
57 - Faith Ford (actress)
61 - Melissa Leo (actress)
62 - Mary Crosby (actress)
68 - Robert Wisdom (actor)
74 - Sam Neill (actor)
81 - Larry Brown (basketball coach)
85 - 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 Portsmouth Spartans (now Detroit Lions) play their first NFL game.
1968 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-10 win over Wyoming.
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.
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.
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 - #13 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 71-14.
1991 - San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for an NCAA record 386 yards and seven touchdowns as the Aztecs defeat Pacific 55-34.
1994 - Acting MLB commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 1994 season on the 34th day of a strike by the players. It would be the first time since 1904 there would be no World Series played.
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 upsets #8 Nebraska 40-7.
2003 - Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens set an NFL single-game rushing record with 295 yards in a 33-13 win over the Cleveland Browns, breaking the old record of 278 yards set by Corey Dillon set in 2000. (Adrian Peterson broke the record in 2007 with a 296-yard performance.)
2003 - Quarterback Vinny Testaverde of the New York Jets became the ninth player in NFL history to pass for 40,000 yards.
2010 - Reggie Bush announced he was forfeiting his 2005 Heisman title, citing a scandal over improper benefits while he was a star running back at Southern California; it was the first time college football’s top award had been relinquished by a recipient.
2013 - #16 UCLA defeats #23 Nebraska 41-21.
2019 - Nebraska defeats Northern Illinois 44-8.
