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 in Buffalo, New York from gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt then 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 when it crashed onto the lunar surface.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.
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.
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.
2017 - CIA Director Mike Pompeo canceled a planned appearance at Harvard University over the school’s decision to name Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow. Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell resigned from his post at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, saying he couldn’t be part of an organization that “honors a convicted felon and leaker of classified information.”
2021 - Standup comic and former “Saturday Night Live” star Norm Macdonald died at 61; his management team said he’d had cancer for nine years, but kept it private.
Birthdays
23 - Emma Kenney (actress)
25 - Paige Thorne (reality star)
27 - Deshaun Watson (football player)
31 - Shayne Topp (actor)
33 - Logan Henderson (actor/singer)
33 - Jimmy Butler (basketball player)
35 - Jessica Brown Findlay (actress)
35 - Chad Duell (actor)
37 - Alex Clare (singer)
38 - Adam Lamberg (actor)
40 - Sebastian Sozzi (actor)
41 - Ashley Roberts (singer)
41 - Katie Lee (TV personality/chef)
42 - Ayo (singer)
44 - Danielle Peck (singer)
46 - Austin Basis (actor)
49 - Nas (rapper)
49 - Andrew Lincoln (actor)
51 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress)
52 - Ben Garant (actor)
53 - Tyler Perry (actor/director)
55 - Dan Cortese (actor)
57 - Michelle Stafford (actress)
58 - Jamie Kaler (actor)
58 - Faith Ford (actress)
62 - Melissa Leo (actress)
63 - John Berry (singer)
63 - Mary Crosby (actress)
66 - Beth Nielsen Chapman (singer)
69 - Robert Wisdom (actor)
75 - Sam Neill (actor)
78 - Joey Heatherton (singer/actor)
82 - Larry Brown (basketball coach)
86 - 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.
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.
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 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs defeat Pacific 55-34.
1991 - #13 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 71-14.
1994 - Acting 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 of the Oakland Athletics becomes the 13th player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
1999 - Leon Lett (Dallas Cowboys) was suspended for seven games as punishment for a fifth violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.
2002 - Penn State defeats #8 Nebraska 40-7.
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).
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 in Buffalo, New York from gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt then 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 when it crashed onto the lunar surface.
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.
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.
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.
2017 - CIA Director Mike Pompeo canceled a planned appearance at Harvard University over the school’s decision to name Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow. Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell resigned from his post at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, saying he couldn’t be part of an organization that “honors a convicted felon and leaker of classified information.”
2021 - Standup comic and former “Saturday Night Live” star Norm Macdonald died at 61; his management team said he’d had cancer for nine years, but kept it private.
Birthdays
23 - Emma Kenney (actress)
25 - Paige Thorne (reality star)
27 - Deshaun Watson (football player)
31 - Shayne Topp (actor)
33 - Logan Henderson (actor/singer)
33 - Jimmy Butler (basketball player)
35 - Jessica Brown Findlay (actress)
35 - Chad Duell (actor)
37 - Alex Clare (singer)
38 - Adam Lamberg (actor)
40 - Sebastian Sozzi (actor)
41 - Ashley Roberts (singer)
41 - Katie Lee (TV personality/chef)
42 - Ayo (singer)
44 - Danielle Peck (singer)
46 - Austin Basis (actor)
49 - Nas (rapper)
49 - Andrew Lincoln (actor)
51 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley (actress)
52 - Ben Garant (actor)
53 - Tyler Perry (actor/director)
55 - Dan Cortese (actor)
57 - Michelle Stafford (actress)
58 - Jamie Kaler (actor)
58 - Faith Ford (actress)
62 - Melissa Leo (actress)
63 - John Berry (singer)
63 - Mary Crosby (actress)
66 - Beth Nielsen Chapman (singer)
69 - Robert Wisdom (actor)
75 - Sam Neill (actor)
78 - Joey Heatherton (singer/actor)
82 - Larry Brown (basketball coach)
86 - 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.
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.
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 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs defeat Pacific 55-34.
1991 - #13 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 71-14.
1994 - Acting 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 of the Oakland Athletics becomes the 13th player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
1999 - Leon Lett (Dallas Cowboys) was suspended for seven games as punishment for a fifth violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.
2002 - Penn State defeats #8 Nebraska 40-7.
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).
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.
