September 7
1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1940 - Nazi Germany began its initial attack on London during World War II.
1968 - Feminists protested outside the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. (The pageant crown went to Miss Illinois Judith Ford.)
1977 - The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos
1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first African American to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.
2007 - Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end.
2008 - Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.
2015 - Hillary Clinton, interviewed by The Associated Press during a campaign swing through Cockeye, said she did not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.”
2017 - One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing at least 90 people. (A deadlier quake would strike central Mexico nearly two weeks later.)
2017 - Equifax, one of the three major U.S. credit bureaus, announced that hackers had gained access to credit information on 143 million Americans.
2021 - More than 400,0000 homes and businesses in Louisiana remained without power, nine days after Hurricane Ida hit; more than half of the gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge were without fuel. Louisiana health officials revoked the licenses of nursing homes that had evacuated residents to a warehouse where seven of the residents died amid squalid conditions.
2021 - The widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy said his assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, should not be released from prison; the statement further roiled a family divide over whether Sirhan should get parole for the 1968 killing. (In January 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners that Sirhan be released.)
Birthdays
26 - Donovan Mitchell (basketball player)
27 - Sayyora Badalbaeva (reality star)
31 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
33 - Jonathan Majors (actor)
33 - Loren Allred (singer)
34 - Kevin Love (basketball player)
35 - Evan Rachel Wood (actress)
36 - Wes Willis (singer)
37 - Alyssa Diaz (actress)
38 - Benjamin Hollingsworth (actor)
43 - JD Pardo (actor)
44 - Devon Sawa (actor)
46 - Oliver Hudson (actor)
49 - Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
52 - Tom Everett Scott (actor)
52 - Monique Gabriela Curnen (actress)
53 - Diane Farr (actress)
53 - Angie Everhart (actress/model)
55 - Leslie Jones (actress/comedian)
56 - Toby Jones (actor)
59 - W. Earl Brown (actor)
65 - J. Smith-Cameron (actor)
65 - Margot Chapman (singer)
66 - Diane Warren (singer)
68 - Michael Emerson (actor)
68 - Corbin Bernsen (actor)
72 - Julie Kavner (actress)
74 - Susan Blakely (actress)
79 - Gloria Gaynor (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 7
1963 - The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH.
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable television.
1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets sets a National League rookie record with 236 strikeouts on the year.
1985 - #10 Nebraska opens the season with a 17-13 loss to #17 Florida State.
1986 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th NFL game, which set a NFL record.
1986 - The Cleveland Browns become the first team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay in a contest against the Chicago Bears.
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park are inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame.
1991 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 59-28 win over Utah State.
1991 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer sets an NCAA record with 11,606 career passing yards.
1992 - MLB commissioner Faye Vincent announces his resignation; former Milwaukee Brewers owner and team president Bud Selig is appointed interim commissioner. (He would be named to the role permanently in 1998.)
1996 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-14 win over Michigan State.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals broke the single season major league home run record with his 62nd home run of the year, breaking the old record set by Roger Maris in 1961.
2002 - #9 Nebraska defeats Utah State 44-13.
2013 - #22 Nebraska defeats Southern Mississippi 56-13.
2019 - Colorado defeats #25 Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.
1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1940 - Nazi Germany began its initial attack on London during World War II.
1968 - Feminists protested outside the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. (The pageant crown went to Miss Illinois Judith Ford.)
1977 - The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos
1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first African American to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.
2007 - Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end.
2008 - Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.
2015 - Hillary Clinton, interviewed by The Associated Press during a campaign swing through Cockeye, said she did not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.”
2017 - One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing at least 90 people. (A deadlier quake would strike central Mexico nearly two weeks later.)
2017 - Equifax, one of the three major U.S. credit bureaus, announced that hackers had gained access to credit information on 143 million Americans.
2021 - More than 400,0000 homes and businesses in Louisiana remained without power, nine days after Hurricane Ida hit; more than half of the gas stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge were without fuel. Louisiana health officials revoked the licenses of nursing homes that had evacuated residents to a warehouse where seven of the residents died amid squalid conditions.
2021 - The widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy said his assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, should not be released from prison; the statement further roiled a family divide over whether Sirhan should get parole for the 1968 killing. (In January 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners that Sirhan be released.)
Birthdays
26 - Donovan Mitchell (basketball player)
27 - Sayyora Badalbaeva (reality star)
31 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
33 - Jonathan Majors (actor)
33 - Loren Allred (singer)
34 - Kevin Love (basketball player)
35 - Evan Rachel Wood (actress)
36 - Wes Willis (singer)
37 - Alyssa Diaz (actress)
38 - Benjamin Hollingsworth (actor)
43 - JD Pardo (actor)
44 - Devon Sawa (actor)
46 - Oliver Hudson (actor)
49 - Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
52 - Tom Everett Scott (actor)
52 - Monique Gabriela Curnen (actress)
53 - Diane Farr (actress)
53 - Angie Everhart (actress/model)
55 - Leslie Jones (actress/comedian)
56 - Toby Jones (actor)
59 - W. Earl Brown (actor)
65 - J. Smith-Cameron (actor)
65 - Margot Chapman (singer)
66 - Diane Warren (singer)
68 - Michael Emerson (actor)
68 - Corbin Bernsen (actor)
72 - Julie Kavner (actress)
74 - Susan Blakely (actress)
79 - Gloria Gaynor (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 7
1963 - The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OH.
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable television.
1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets sets a National League rookie record with 236 strikeouts on the year.
1985 - #10 Nebraska opens the season with a 17-13 loss to #17 Florida State.
1986 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th NFL game, which set a NFL record.
1986 - The Cleveland Browns become the first team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay in a contest against the Chicago Bears.
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park are inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame.
1991 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 59-28 win over Utah State.
1991 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer sets an NCAA record with 11,606 career passing yards.
1992 - MLB commissioner Faye Vincent announces his resignation; former Milwaukee Brewers owner and team president Bud Selig is appointed interim commissioner. (He would be named to the role permanently in 1998.)
1996 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-14 win over Michigan State.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals broke the single season major league home run record with his 62nd home run of the year, breaking the old record set by Roger Maris in 1961.
2002 - #9 Nebraska defeats Utah State 44-13.
2013 - #22 Nebraska defeats Southern Mississippi 56-13.
2019 - Colorado defeats #25 Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.
