September 5
1698 - Russia's Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men.
1774 - The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.
1836 - The Republic of Texas made military hero Sam Houston its first president.
1864 - Voters in Louisiana approved a new state constitution abolishing slavery.
1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth naval base in New Hampshire.
1939 - Four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict.
1961 - President John F. Kennedy signed legislation making aircraft hijackings a federal crime.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California.
1986 - Four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire when the lights inside the plane failed; a total of 20 people were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner.
1991 - The 35th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas; during the four-day gathering, there were reports that dozens of people, most of them women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed. (The episode triggered the resignation of Navy Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett and the early retirement of Adm. Frank B. Kelso, then the chief of naval operations.)
1997 - Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India at age 87.
2012 - In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, former President Bill Clinton proclaimed, “I know we’re coming back” from the worst economic mess in generations, and he appealed to hard-pressed Americans to stick with Barack Obama for a second term in the White House; in a roll call that lasted past midnight, Obama was officially nominated.
2017 - President Donald Trump announced that he was phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program protecting young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally, but said he was giving Congress six months to come up with an alternative; he later tweeted that if Congress couldn’t do so, he would “revisit” the issue.
2018 - The New York Times published an opinion piece from an anonymous senior administration official claiming to be part of an internal “resistance” working to thwart President Donald Trump’s “worst inclinations”; Trump responded that if such a “gutless” person exists, “the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to the government at once!” (In late 2020, Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, revealed that he was the author of the op-ed piece.)
Birthdays
27 - Caroline Sunshine (actress)
32 - Yuna Kim (figure skater)
33 - Kat Graham (actress)
34 - Emmy Raver (actress)
36 - Brittany Furlan (comedian)
38 - Erin Krakow (actress)
45 - Sin Cara (professional wrestler)
46 - Carice Van Houten (actress)
49 - Rose McGowan (actress)
59 - Terry Ellis (singer)
66 - Debbie Turner-Larson (actress)
71 - Michael Keaton (actor)
76 - Jerry LeVias (football player)
76 - Dennis Dugan (actor)
77 - Al Stewart (singer)
82 - Raquel Welch (actress)
83 - William Devane (actor)
83 - Billy Kilmer (football player)
90 - Carol Lawrence (actress/singer)
93 - Bob Newhart (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - September 5
1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago, IL. It was the first organized baseball league.
1906 - Brandbury Robinson of St. Louis University was recognized as throwing the first forward pass in football history.
1960 - At the Rome Olympics, American boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland to win the light-heavyweight gold medal; Wilma Rudolph of the United States won the second of her three gold medals with the 200-meter sprint.
1971 - J.R. Richard, of the Houston Astros, tied Karl Spooner’s record when he struck out 15 batters in his major-league baseball debut.
1972 - The Palestinian group Black September attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing 11 Israelis and a police officer. German forces killed five of the gunmen.
1975 - In New York, Martina Navratilova appeared at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office and asked for political asylum.
1987 - John McEnroe was fined $17,500 and suspended for two months for his behavior during a match with Slobodan Zivojinovic.
1987 - #2 Nebraska opens the season with a 56-12 win over Utah State.
1989 - Chris Evert retired after a 19-year professional tennis career.
1992 - #11 Nebraska opens the season with a 49-22 win over Utah.
1994 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers breaks Jim Brown's NFL record with his 127th career touchdown.
1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles ties Lou Gehrig's "Iron Man" record by playing in his 2,130st consecutive game.
1997 - The FOX group announced a deal to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1998 - #4 Nebraska defeats Alabama-Birmingham 38-7.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 60th home run of the year, tying him with Babe Ruth for the second-most home runs ever hit in a single season; Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa hit his 58th homer of the year.
1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a major league team record for home runs in two consecutive games. The team hit 14 home runs over the two games at Veterans Stadium.
2001 - The New York Islanders signed Alexi Yashin to a 10-year $90 million contract. It was the biggest deal in NHL history.
2009 - #24 Nebraska opens the season with a 49-3 win over Florida Atlantic.
2015 - The Mike Riley era begins at Nebraska as the Huskers open the season with a 33-28 loss to BYU.
1698 - Russia's Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men.
1774 - The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.
1836 - The Republic of Texas made military hero Sam Houston its first president.
1864 - Voters in Louisiana approved a new state constitution abolishing slavery.
1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth naval base in New Hampshire.
1939 - Four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict.
1961 - President John F. Kennedy signed legislation making aircraft hijackings a federal crime.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California.
1986 - Four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire when the lights inside the plane failed; a total of 20 people were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner.
1991 - The 35th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas; during the four-day gathering, there were reports that dozens of people, most of them women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed. (The episode triggered the resignation of Navy Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett and the early retirement of Adm. Frank B. Kelso, then the chief of naval operations.)
1997 - Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India at age 87.
2012 - In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, former President Bill Clinton proclaimed, “I know we’re coming back” from the worst economic mess in generations, and he appealed to hard-pressed Americans to stick with Barack Obama for a second term in the White House; in a roll call that lasted past midnight, Obama was officially nominated.
2017 - President Donald Trump announced that he was phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program protecting young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally, but said he was giving Congress six months to come up with an alternative; he later tweeted that if Congress couldn’t do so, he would “revisit” the issue.
2018 - The New York Times published an opinion piece from an anonymous senior administration official claiming to be part of an internal “resistance” working to thwart President Donald Trump’s “worst inclinations”; Trump responded that if such a “gutless” person exists, “the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to the government at once!” (In late 2020, Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, revealed that he was the author of the op-ed piece.)
Birthdays
27 - Caroline Sunshine (actress)
32 - Yuna Kim (figure skater)
33 - Kat Graham (actress)
34 - Emmy Raver (actress)
36 - Brittany Furlan (comedian)
38 - Erin Krakow (actress)
45 - Sin Cara (professional wrestler)
46 - Carice Van Houten (actress)
49 - Rose McGowan (actress)
59 - Terry Ellis (singer)
66 - Debbie Turner-Larson (actress)
71 - Michael Keaton (actor)
76 - Jerry LeVias (football player)
76 - Dennis Dugan (actor)
77 - Al Stewart (singer)
82 - Raquel Welch (actress)
83 - William Devane (actor)
83 - Billy Kilmer (football player)
90 - Carol Lawrence (actress/singer)
93 - Bob Newhart (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - September 5
1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago, IL. It was the first organized baseball league.
1906 - Brandbury Robinson of St. Louis University was recognized as throwing the first forward pass in football history.
1960 - At the Rome Olympics, American boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defeated Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland to win the light-heavyweight gold medal; Wilma Rudolph of the United States won the second of her three gold medals with the 200-meter sprint.
1971 - J.R. Richard, of the Houston Astros, tied Karl Spooner’s record when he struck out 15 batters in his major-league baseball debut.
1972 - The Palestinian group Black September attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing 11 Israelis and a police officer. German forces killed five of the gunmen.
1975 - In New York, Martina Navratilova appeared at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office and asked for political asylum.
1987 - John McEnroe was fined $17,500 and suspended for two months for his behavior during a match with Slobodan Zivojinovic.
1987 - #2 Nebraska opens the season with a 56-12 win over Utah State.
1989 - Chris Evert retired after a 19-year professional tennis career.
1992 - #11 Nebraska opens the season with a 49-22 win over Utah.
1994 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers breaks Jim Brown's NFL record with his 127th career touchdown.
1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles ties Lou Gehrig's "Iron Man" record by playing in his 2,130st consecutive game.
1997 - The FOX group announced a deal to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1998 - #4 Nebraska defeats Alabama-Birmingham 38-7.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 60th home run of the year, tying him with Babe Ruth for the second-most home runs ever hit in a single season; Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa hit his 58th homer of the year.
1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a major league team record for home runs in two consecutive games. The team hit 14 home runs over the two games at Veterans Stadium.
2001 - The New York Islanders signed Alexi Yashin to a 10-year $90 million contract. It was the biggest deal in NHL history.
2009 - #24 Nebraska opens the season with a 49-3 win over Florida Atlantic.
2015 - The Mike Riley era begins at Nebraska as the Huskers open the season with a 33-28 loss to BYU.
