September 27
1540 - Pope Paul III approved the charter for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), founded by St. Ignatius Loyola.
1779 - John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
1825 - The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
1854 - The first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived.
1928 - The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
1939 - Warsaw, Poland surrendered to the Nazis and Soviets after weeks of resistance during World War II.
1959 - Typhoon Vera battered the Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000.
1964 - The Warren Commission report concluded that there was no conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
1979 - Congress gave its final approval to forming the U.S. Department of Education.
1991 - President George H.W. Bush announced in a nationally broadcast address that he was eliminating all U.S. battlefield nuclear weapons, and called on the Soviet Union to match the gesture.
1994 - More than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the "Contract with America," a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.
1999 - Sen. John McCain of Arizona officially opened his campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, the same day former Vice President Dan Quayle dropped his White House bid.
2013 - President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone, the first conversation between American and Iranian leaders in more than 30 years.
2017 - Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner died at the age of 91.
2018 - During a day-long hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford said she was "100 percent" certain that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers, and Kavanaugh then told senators that he was "100 percent certain" he had done no such thing.
2021 - R&B superstar R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in New York, after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children.
Birthdays
20 - Amira Harvey (actress)
21 - Jenna Ortega (actress)
31 - Sam Lerner (actor)
32 - Sierra Hull (singer)
35 - Cathy Kelley (TV host/model)
37 - Arielle Vandenberg (model)
39 - Avril Lavigne (singer)
41 - Lil' Wayne (rapper)
41 - Anna Camp (actress)
51 - Gwyneth Paltrow (actress)
52 - Amanda Detmer (actress)
53 - Mark Calderon (singer)
55 - Patrick Muldoon (actor)
58 - Steve Kerr (basketball player/coach)
60 - Marc Maron (comedian)
65 - Shaun Cassidy (singer/actor)
74 - Mike Schmidt (baseball player)
76 - Liz Torres (actress)
89 - Claude Jarman Jr. (actor)
90 - Kathleen Nolan (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 27
1902 - Nebraska defeats Doane 51-0.
1904 - Nebraska defeats Lincoln High 17-0 in an exhibition game.
1930 - Hack Wilson (Chicago) hit two home runs to give him 56 for the year.
1930 - At the annual NHL Governor's meeting a new rule was passed concerning offsides. The rule was that "the puck must be propelled into the attacking zone before any player of the attacking side can enter that zone."
1942 - The New York Giants defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 without recording a single first down.
1947 - Nebraska opens the season with a 17-0 loss to Indiana.
1952 - Nebraska defeats Oregon 28-13.
1953 - The St. Louis Browns played their final game before moving to Baltimore to become the Orioles.
1956 - Olympic track and field gold medalist and Hall of Fame golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias died in Galveston, Texas, at age 45.
1958 - Purdue defeats Nebraska 28-0.
1969 - Nebraska defeats Texas A&M 14-0.
1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) struck out 16 batters for the Minnesota Twins. The feat established a modern day single season mark of 383 strikeouts in a season.
1975 - #4 Nebraska defeats TCU 56-14.
1980 - #3 Nebraska defeats #11 Penn State 21-7.
1983 - Larry Bird signed a seven-year contract with the Boston Celtics worth $15 million. The contract made him the highest paid Celtic in history.
1986 - #4 Nebraska defeats Oregon 48-14.
1998 - In the final game of the regular season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 69th and 70th home runs of the season, establishing a new single-season major league record; Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs ended the season with 66 home runs. Both Sosa and McGwire surpassed the old single-season record of 61 set by Roger Maris.
1998 - Greg Vaughn (San Diego Padres) hit his 50th home run of the season. It marked the first time that four players finished the regular season with 50 or more home runs. (McGwire, Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr.)
2000 - Donovan McNabb (Philadelphia Eagles) signed a 12-year contract that involved a $20.5 million signing bonus. The deal made McNabb the highest paid NFL player in history.
2000 - The United States wins the Olympic gold medal in baseball at the Summer Games in Sydney, Australia; the team was managed by Tommy Lasorda.
2005 - The Atlanta Braves win a record 14th consecutive division title.
2008 - Greg Maddux wins the final start of his career, No. 355.
2008 - Virginia Tech defeats Nebraska 35-30.
2009 - The Detroit Lions defeated the Washington Redskins to end a 19-game losing streak dating back to December, 2007.
2012 - NFL referees returned to the field after a tentative deal with the league ended a lockout.
2014 - #21 Nebraska defeats Illinois 45-14.
1540 - Pope Paul III approved the charter for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), founded by St. Ignatius Loyola.
1779 - John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
1825 - The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
1854 - The first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived.
1928 - The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
1939 - Warsaw, Poland surrendered to the Nazis and Soviets after weeks of resistance during World War II.
1959 - Typhoon Vera battered the Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000.
1964 - The Warren Commission report concluded that there was no conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
1979 - Congress gave its final approval to forming the U.S. Department of Education.
1991 - President George H.W. Bush announced in a nationally broadcast address that he was eliminating all U.S. battlefield nuclear weapons, and called on the Soviet Union to match the gesture.
1994 - More than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the "Contract with America," a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.
1999 - Sen. John McCain of Arizona officially opened his campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, the same day former Vice President Dan Quayle dropped his White House bid.
2013 - President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone, the first conversation between American and Iranian leaders in more than 30 years.
2017 - Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner died at the age of 91.
2018 - During a day-long hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford said she was "100 percent" certain that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers, and Kavanaugh then told senators that he was "100 percent certain" he had done no such thing.
2021 - R&B superstar R. Kelly was convicted in a sex trafficking trial in New York, after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children.
Birthdays
20 - Amira Harvey (actress)
21 - Jenna Ortega (actress)
31 - Sam Lerner (actor)
32 - Sierra Hull (singer)
35 - Cathy Kelley (TV host/model)
37 - Arielle Vandenberg (model)
39 - Avril Lavigne (singer)
41 - Lil' Wayne (rapper)
41 - Anna Camp (actress)
51 - Gwyneth Paltrow (actress)
52 - Amanda Detmer (actress)
53 - Mark Calderon (singer)
55 - Patrick Muldoon (actor)
58 - Steve Kerr (basketball player/coach)
60 - Marc Maron (comedian)
65 - Shaun Cassidy (singer/actor)
74 - Mike Schmidt (baseball player)
76 - Liz Torres (actress)
89 - Claude Jarman Jr. (actor)
90 - Kathleen Nolan (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 27
1902 - Nebraska defeats Doane 51-0.
1904 - Nebraska defeats Lincoln High 17-0 in an exhibition game.
1930 - Hack Wilson (Chicago) hit two home runs to give him 56 for the year.
1930 - At the annual NHL Governor's meeting a new rule was passed concerning offsides. The rule was that "the puck must be propelled into the attacking zone before any player of the attacking side can enter that zone."
1942 - The New York Giants defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 without recording a single first down.
1947 - Nebraska opens the season with a 17-0 loss to Indiana.
1952 - Nebraska defeats Oregon 28-13.
1953 - The St. Louis Browns played their final game before moving to Baltimore to become the Orioles.
1956 - Olympic track and field gold medalist and Hall of Fame golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias died in Galveston, Texas, at age 45.
1958 - Purdue defeats Nebraska 28-0.
1969 - Nebraska defeats Texas A&M 14-0.
1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) struck out 16 batters for the Minnesota Twins. The feat established a modern day single season mark of 383 strikeouts in a season.
1975 - #4 Nebraska defeats TCU 56-14.
1980 - #3 Nebraska defeats #11 Penn State 21-7.
1983 - Larry Bird signed a seven-year contract with the Boston Celtics worth $15 million. The contract made him the highest paid Celtic in history.
1986 - #4 Nebraska defeats Oregon 48-14.
1998 - In the final game of the regular season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 69th and 70th home runs of the season, establishing a new single-season major league record; Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs ended the season with 66 home runs. Both Sosa and McGwire surpassed the old single-season record of 61 set by Roger Maris.
1998 - Greg Vaughn (San Diego Padres) hit his 50th home run of the season. It marked the first time that four players finished the regular season with 50 or more home runs. (McGwire, Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr.)
2000 - Donovan McNabb (Philadelphia Eagles) signed a 12-year contract that involved a $20.5 million signing bonus. The deal made McNabb the highest paid NFL player in history.
2000 - The United States wins the Olympic gold medal in baseball at the Summer Games in Sydney, Australia; the team was managed by Tommy Lasorda.
2005 - The Atlanta Braves win a record 14th consecutive division title.
2008 - Greg Maddux wins the final start of his career, No. 355.
2008 - Virginia Tech defeats Nebraska 35-30.
2009 - The Detroit Lions defeated the Washington Redskins to end a 19-game losing streak dating back to December, 2007.
2012 - NFL referees returned to the field after a tentative deal with the league ended a lockout.
2014 - #21 Nebraska defeats Illinois 45-14.