September 8
1504 - Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy.
1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in the United States at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
1761 - Britain’s King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz a few hours after meeting her for the first time.
1892 - An early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in “The Youth’s Companion.” It went: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
1900 - A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing approximately 8,000 people.
1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1935 - Louisiana state senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss Jr.
1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a “limited national emergency” in response to the outbreak of war in Europe.
1941 - A 900-day siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
1943 - During World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy’s surrender; Nazi Germany denounced Italy’s decision as a cowardly act.
1951 - The San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed, formally ending World War II hostilities with Japan.
1952 - Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was published.
1964 - Public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, reopened after being closed for five years by officials attempting to prevent court-ordered racial desegregation.
1966 - The sci-fi television series Star Trek premiered on NBC.
1974 - President Gerald R. Ford gave former President Richard Nixon a full pardon for all federal crimes he may have committed while he was in office.
2006 - A Senate report faulted intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
2011 - Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress to urgently pass a larger-than-expected $450 billion jobs plan to “jolt an economy that has stalled.”
2016 - California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals.
Birthdays
23 - Sierra Capri (actress)
31 - Dianne Doan (actress)
34 - Wiz Khalifa (rapper)
39 - Chumlee (reality star)
40 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas (actor)
41 - Eric Hutchinson (singer)
42 - Pink (singer)
44 - Nathan Corddry (actor)
46 - Larenz Tate (actor)
50 - David Arquette (actor)
50 - Martin Freeman (actor)
50 - Brooke Burke (model/TV personality)
59 - Thomas Kretschmann (actor)
61 - Aimee Mann (singer)
64 - Heather Thomas (actress)
79 - Sal Valentino (singer)
80 - Alan Feinstein (actor)
80 - Bernie Sanders (politician)
81 - Willie Tyler (ventriloquist)
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Today in Sports History - September 8
1946 - The San Francisco 49ers play their first game in the AAFC, losing 21-7 to the New York Yankees.
1958 - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a MLB record with three triples in a game.
1963 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves records his 13th 20-win season.
1965 - Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City Athletics became the first major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1973 - Tom Osborne makes his debut as head coach of the Nebraska football program and leads the #4 Huskers to a 40-13 win over #10 UCLA in the season opener.
1984 - #2 Nebraska opens the season with a 42-7 win over Wyoming.
1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb's major league career hits record with 4,191.
1986 - Herschel Walker made his start in the National Football League (NFL) after leaving the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.
1988 - A. Bartlett Giamatti is selected the seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1990 - #10 Nebraska defeats Northern Illinois 60-14.
1991 - Quarterback Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills throws six touchdown passes in a 52-34 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
1994 - #1 Nebraska defeats Texas Tech 42-16.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 62nd home run of the year, breaking Roger Maris's MLB single-season record of 61 set in 1961. (McGwire would eventually hit 70 home runs for the year; the record would be broken three years later by Barry Bonds, who hit 73.)
2001 - #5 Nebraska defeats #17 Notre Dame 27-10.
2002 - The NFL's Houston Texans played their first regular season game. The beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-10. The Texans become just the second expansion team in NFL history to win their inaugural game, joining the 1961 Minnesota Vikings.
2002 - The Texas Rangers set a MLB record by recording a home run in their 26th consecutive game.
2002 - Pete Sampras won a record 14th, and final, grand slam tennis title at the U.S. Open in New York. (The record has since been broken by Roger Federer.)
2007 - #16 Nebraska defeats Wake Forest 20-17.
2012 - UCLA upsets #16 Nebraska 36-30.
2018 - After having the opening game against Akron canceled due to weather, Scott Frost makes his coaching debut with Nebraska and opens the season with a 33-28 loss to Colorado.
2019 - Rafael Nadal held off a strong comeback bid to win his 19th Grand Slam title in a five-set U.S. Open final against Daniil Medvedev.
1504 - Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy.
1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in the United States at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
1761 - Britain’s King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz a few hours after meeting her for the first time.
1892 - An early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in “The Youth’s Companion.” It went: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
1900 - A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing approximately 8,000 people.
1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1935 - Louisiana state senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss Jr.
1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a “limited national emergency” in response to the outbreak of war in Europe.
1941 - A 900-day siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
1943 - During World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy’s surrender; Nazi Germany denounced Italy’s decision as a cowardly act.
1951 - The San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed, formally ending World War II hostilities with Japan.
1952 - Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was published.
1964 - Public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, reopened after being closed for five years by officials attempting to prevent court-ordered racial desegregation.
1966 - The sci-fi television series Star Trek premiered on NBC.
1974 - President Gerald R. Ford gave former President Richard Nixon a full pardon for all federal crimes he may have committed while he was in office.
2006 - A Senate report faulted intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
2011 - Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress to urgently pass a larger-than-expected $450 billion jobs plan to “jolt an economy that has stalled.”
2016 - California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals.
Birthdays
23 - Sierra Capri (actress)
31 - Dianne Doan (actress)
34 - Wiz Khalifa (rapper)
39 - Chumlee (reality star)
40 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas (actor)
41 - Eric Hutchinson (singer)
42 - Pink (singer)
44 - Nathan Corddry (actor)
46 - Larenz Tate (actor)
50 - David Arquette (actor)
50 - Martin Freeman (actor)
50 - Brooke Burke (model/TV personality)
59 - Thomas Kretschmann (actor)
61 - Aimee Mann (singer)
64 - Heather Thomas (actress)
79 - Sal Valentino (singer)
80 - Alan Feinstein (actor)
80 - Bernie Sanders (politician)
81 - Willie Tyler (ventriloquist)
=========================================
Today in Sports History - September 8
1946 - The San Francisco 49ers play their first game in the AAFC, losing 21-7 to the New York Yankees.
1958 - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a MLB record with three triples in a game.
1963 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves records his 13th 20-win season.
1965 - Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City Athletics became the first major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1973 - Tom Osborne makes his debut as head coach of the Nebraska football program and leads the #4 Huskers to a 40-13 win over #10 UCLA in the season opener.
1984 - #2 Nebraska opens the season with a 42-7 win over Wyoming.
1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb's major league career hits record with 4,191.
1986 - Herschel Walker made his start in the National Football League (NFL) after leaving the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.
1988 - A. Bartlett Giamatti is selected the seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1990 - #10 Nebraska defeats Northern Illinois 60-14.
1991 - Quarterback Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills throws six touchdown passes in a 52-34 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
1994 - #1 Nebraska defeats Texas Tech 42-16.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 62nd home run of the year, breaking Roger Maris's MLB single-season record of 61 set in 1961. (McGwire would eventually hit 70 home runs for the year; the record would be broken three years later by Barry Bonds, who hit 73.)
2001 - #5 Nebraska defeats #17 Notre Dame 27-10.
2002 - The NFL's Houston Texans played their first regular season game. The beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-10. The Texans become just the second expansion team in NFL history to win their inaugural game, joining the 1961 Minnesota Vikings.
2002 - The Texas Rangers set a MLB record by recording a home run in their 26th consecutive game.
2002 - Pete Sampras won a record 14th, and final, grand slam tennis title at the U.S. Open in New York. (The record has since been broken by Roger Federer.)
2007 - #16 Nebraska defeats Wake Forest 20-17.
2012 - UCLA upsets #16 Nebraska 36-30.
2018 - After having the opening game against Akron canceled due to weather, Scott Frost makes his coaching debut with Nebraska and opens the season with a 33-28 loss to Colorado.
2019 - Rafael Nadal held off a strong comeback bid to win his 19th Grand Slam title in a five-set U.S. Open final against Daniil Medvedev.
