September 15
1776 - British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution.
1789 - The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of State.
1821 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador gained independence.
1835 - Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.
1857 - William Howard Taft, who served as both president of the United States and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1917 - Alexander Kerensky proclaimed Russia a republic.
1935 - The Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of their citizenship and made the Swastika the official emblem of Nazi Germany.
1940 - During the World War II Battle of Britain, the tide turned as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses upon the Luftwaffe.
1959 - Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.
1963 - A church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama killed four young black girls. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)
1972 - A federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in.
1981 - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the Supreme Court nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor.
2001 - President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to get ready for war and braced Americans for a long, difficult assault against terrorists to avenge the Sept. 11 attack. Beleaguered Afghans streamed out of Kabul, fearing a U.S. military strike against Taliban rulers harboring Osama bin Laden.
2006 - Ford Motor Co. took drastic steps to remold itself into a smaller, more competitive company, slashing thousands of jobs and shuttering two additional plants.
2012 - Four days after the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula called for more attacks on U.S. embassies. The State Department ordered non-essential government personnel and family members to leave its embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and warned U.S. citizens against traveling to the two countries.
2017 - Harvard University reversed its decision to name as a visiting fellow Chelsea Manning, the former soldier who’d been convicted of leaking classified information.
2017 - NASA’s Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn after a journey of 20 years; it was the only spacecraft ever to orbit Saturn and sent back images of the planet, its rings and its moons.
2021 - California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office.
2021 - SpaceX’s first private flight streaked into orbit for a three-day trip carrying two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor.
Birthdays
22 - Taylor Olympios (reality star)
26 - Sommer Ray (model)
34 - Chelsea Kane (actress)
35 - Kate Mansi (actress)
36 - Heidi Pratt (reality star)
38 - Prince Harry (member of British royal family)
43 - Amy Davidson (actress)
43 - Dave Annable (actor)
45 - Marisa Ramirez (actress)
45 - Tom Hardy (actor)
50 - Queen Letizia of Spain (queen of Spain)
51 - Josh Charles (actor)
54 - Danny Nucci (actor)
61 - Dan Marino (football player)
62 - Lisa Vanderpump (reality star)
76 - Oliver Stone (director)
76 - Tommy Lee Jones (actor)
77 - Carmen Maura (actress)
84 - Gaylord Perry (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - September 15
1916 - Joe Wood (Boston Red Sox) won his 16th consecutive major league game.
1946 - A Brooklyn Dodgers-Chicago Cubs game was called when players, umpires and fans were attacked by gnats.
1963 - All three Alou brothers - Felipe, Matty and Jesus - played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1969 - Steve Carlton (St. Louis) struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record.
1978 - Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win his 3rd World Heavyweight Boxing title.
1979 - Bob Watson (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros on June 23, 1977.
1979 - #8 Nebraska opens the season with a 35-14 win over Utah State.
1984 - #1 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 38-7.
1985 - Nike began selling its "Air Jordan 1" sneaker.
1990 - Bobby Thigpen (Chicago White Sox) became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season.
1996 - The Baltimore Orioles broke the major league record for most home runs in one season. They finished with a total of 243. The New York Yankees had set the record at 240 in 1961.
1996 - The Texas Rangers retire Nolan Ryan's #34, the first number retired in franchise history.
1997 - The NHL and the player's union agreed to change the format of the 1998 All-Star Game. The decision was made for the top players from the United States and Canada to play against the best players from the rest of the world.
1997 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit his 51st and 52nd home runs to become the sixth player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. He had hit 49 home runs the previous season.
1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis) hit his 63rd home run of the season.
1998 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) became the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBIs when he hit his 52nd home run of the season.
2002 - Curt Schilling (Arizona Diamondbacks) struck out eight to reach 300 for the season. Schilling and Randy Johnson became the first teammates in baseball history to each strike out 300 in the same season.
2004 - The NHL lockout began which would ultimately lead to the cancellation of the 2004-05 season.
2007 - #1 USC defeats #14 Nebraska 49-31.
2012 - Nebraska defeats Arkansas State 42-13.
2012 - The National Hockey League locked out its players at 11:59 p.m. EDT; it was the league’s fourth shutdown in a decade and one that would cost the league nearly half its season.
2017 - The Cleveland Indians saw their winning streak end at 22, an American League record, as they lost 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals.
2018 - Troy upsets Nebraska 24-19 in Lincoln.
2021 - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told a Senate panel that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
1776 - British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution.
1789 - The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of State.
1821 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador gained independence.
1835 - Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.
1857 - William Howard Taft, who served as both president of the United States and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1917 - Alexander Kerensky proclaimed Russia a republic.
1935 - The Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of their citizenship and made the Swastika the official emblem of Nazi Germany.
1940 - During the World War II Battle of Britain, the tide turned as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses upon the Luftwaffe.
1959 - Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.
1963 - A church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama killed four young black girls. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)
1972 - A federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in.
1981 - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the Supreme Court nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor.
2001 - President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to get ready for war and braced Americans for a long, difficult assault against terrorists to avenge the Sept. 11 attack. Beleaguered Afghans streamed out of Kabul, fearing a U.S. military strike against Taliban rulers harboring Osama bin Laden.
2006 - Ford Motor Co. took drastic steps to remold itself into a smaller, more competitive company, slashing thousands of jobs and shuttering two additional plants.
2012 - Four days after the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula called for more attacks on U.S. embassies. The State Department ordered non-essential government personnel and family members to leave its embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and warned U.S. citizens against traveling to the two countries.
2017 - Harvard University reversed its decision to name as a visiting fellow Chelsea Manning, the former soldier who’d been convicted of leaking classified information.
2017 - NASA’s Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn after a journey of 20 years; it was the only spacecraft ever to orbit Saturn and sent back images of the planet, its rings and its moons.
2021 - California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office.
2021 - SpaceX’s first private flight streaked into orbit for a three-day trip carrying two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor.
Birthdays
22 - Taylor Olympios (reality star)
26 - Sommer Ray (model)
34 - Chelsea Kane (actress)
35 - Kate Mansi (actress)
36 - Heidi Pratt (reality star)
38 - Prince Harry (member of British royal family)
43 - Amy Davidson (actress)
43 - Dave Annable (actor)
45 - Marisa Ramirez (actress)
45 - Tom Hardy (actor)
50 - Queen Letizia of Spain (queen of Spain)
51 - Josh Charles (actor)
54 - Danny Nucci (actor)
61 - Dan Marino (football player)
62 - Lisa Vanderpump (reality star)
76 - Oliver Stone (director)
76 - Tommy Lee Jones (actor)
77 - Carmen Maura (actress)
84 - Gaylord Perry (baseball player)
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Today in Sports History - September 15
1916 - Joe Wood (Boston Red Sox) won his 16th consecutive major league game.
1946 - A Brooklyn Dodgers-Chicago Cubs game was called when players, umpires and fans were attacked by gnats.
1963 - All three Alou brothers - Felipe, Matty and Jesus - played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1969 - Steve Carlton (St. Louis) struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record.
1978 - Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win his 3rd World Heavyweight Boxing title.
1979 - Bob Watson (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros on June 23, 1977.
1979 - #8 Nebraska opens the season with a 35-14 win over Utah State.
1984 - #1 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 38-7.
1985 - Nike began selling its "Air Jordan 1" sneaker.
1990 - Bobby Thigpen (Chicago White Sox) became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season.
1996 - The Baltimore Orioles broke the major league record for most home runs in one season. They finished with a total of 243. The New York Yankees had set the record at 240 in 1961.
1996 - The Texas Rangers retire Nolan Ryan's #34, the first number retired in franchise history.
1997 - The NHL and the player's union agreed to change the format of the 1998 All-Star Game. The decision was made for the top players from the United States and Canada to play against the best players from the rest of the world.
1997 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit his 51st and 52nd home runs to become the sixth player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. He had hit 49 home runs the previous season.
1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis) hit his 63rd home run of the season.
1998 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) became the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBIs when he hit his 52nd home run of the season.
2002 - Curt Schilling (Arizona Diamondbacks) struck out eight to reach 300 for the season. Schilling and Randy Johnson became the first teammates in baseball history to each strike out 300 in the same season.
2004 - The NHL lockout began which would ultimately lead to the cancellation of the 2004-05 season.
2007 - #1 USC defeats #14 Nebraska 49-31.
2012 - Nebraska defeats Arkansas State 42-13.
2012 - The National Hockey League locked out its players at 11:59 p.m. EDT; it was the league’s fourth shutdown in a decade and one that would cost the league nearly half its season.
2017 - The Cleveland Indians saw their winning streak end at 22, an American League record, as they lost 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals.
2018 - Troy upsets Nebraska 24-19 in Lincoln.
2021 - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told a Senate panel that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
