January 1
Today is the first day of the year, there are 364 days left in the year.
1808 - A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States took effect.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves living in rebel states shall be "forever free".
1892 - The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, was born.
1898 - New York City was consolidated into five buroughs: Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn.
1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1908 - The ball signifying the new year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
1913 - The U.S. Parcel Post System went into operation.
1914 - The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1919 - J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye", was born in New York City.
1935 - The Associated Press inaugurated Wirephoto, the first successful service for transmitting photographs by wire to member newspapers.
1942 - Twenty-six countries, including the United States, signed the Declaration of the United Nations, pledging "not to make a separate armistice or peace" with members of the Axis.
1945 - France was admitted into the United Nations.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams Sr., age 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
1958 - Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1959 - Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1975 - John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate scandal.
1979 - The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1984 - AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1990 - David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1993 - Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
1999 - The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey launched the OWN cable TV network.
2014 - The nation's first legal recreational marijuana shops opened in Colorado.
Birthdays
22 - Jessica Jarrell (R&B singer)
27 - Jeremy Irvine (actor)
28 - Jason Pierre-Paul (football player)
30 - Meryl Davis (figure skater)
31 - Colin Morgan (actor)
32 - Katrina Law (actress)
39 - Vidya Balan (actress)
40 - Bobby Roode (professional wrestler)
41 - Tank (R&B singer)
48 - Morris Chestnut (actor)
48 - Verne Troyer (actor)
64 - Gary Johnson (politician)
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Today in Sports History - January 1
404 - The last known gladiator competition is held in Rome.
1897 - The first football game between black colleges takes place, with Atlanta University defeating Tuskegee 10-0.
1902 - The Rose Bowl is played for the first time. Michigan defeated Stanford 49-0.
1916 - The Rose Bowl is played for the first time in Rose Bowl Stadium. Washington State defeated Brown 14-0.
1935 - The Orange Bowl is played for the first time, with Bucknell defeating Miami (FL) 26-0.
1935 - The Sugar Bowl is played for the first time, with Tulane defeating Temple 20-14.
1935 - The Sun Bowl is played for the first time. Hardin-Simmons and New Mexico State played to a 14-14 tie.
1937 - The Cotton Bowl is played for the first time, where Texas Christian University defeated Marquette 16-6.
1941 - #2 Stanford defeated #7 Nebraska 21-13 in the Rose Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 8-2 record and a #7 final ranking.
1942 - The Rose Bowl football game was played in Durham, North Carolina because of security concerns in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Oregon State defeated Duke in the game, 20-16.
1944 - Army defeats Navy 10-7 in the "Arab Bowl", played in Oran, North Africa.
1955 - #14 Duke defeated Nebraska 34-7 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 6-5.
1964 - #6 Nebraska defeated #5 Auburn 13-7 to win the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 10-1 and a #5/#6 final ranking.
1965 - #2 Arkansas defeated #6 Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 9-2 and a #6 final ranking.
1966 - #4 Alabama defeated #3 Nebraska 39-28 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 10-1 and with a #3/#5 final ranking.
1967 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in the NFL championship game.
1967 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills 31-7 in the AFL championship game.
1969 - Los Angeles Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke fined each of his players $100 for "not" arguing with the referee.
1971 - #3 Nebraska defeated #5 LSU 17-12 in the Orange Bowl to win a share of the program's first national championship. The Huskers ended the year with a 11-0-1 record and final rankings of #1 (AP) and #3 (UPI).
1972 - #1 Nebraska defeated #2 Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl to win a second consecutive national championship. The Huskers had a perfect 13-0 record and was ranked #1 in the final polls.
1973 - #9 Nebraska defeated #12 Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl to end the year at 9-2-1 and with a final ranking of #4/#9.
1974 - #12 Nebraska defeated #8 Texas 19-3 in the Cotton Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-2-1 record and a #7/#11 final ranking.
1975 - USC defeated Ohio State 18-17 in the Rose Bowl to claim a share of the national championship with Oklahoma (who was on probation and did not participate in a bowl).
1976 - Oklahoma defeated Michigan 14-6 in the Orange Bowl to win the national championship.
1977 - Tony Dorsett of the University of Pittsburgh rushes for a record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl in a 27-3 win over Georgia and won the national championship.
1979 - Alabama defeated Penn State 14-7 in the Sugar Bowl and USC defeated Michigan 17-10 in the Rose Bowl to share the national championship.
1979 - #4 Oklahoma defeated #6 Nebraska 31-24 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-3 record and a #8/#8 final ranking.
1980 - #8 Houston defeated #7 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 10-2 record and a #7/#9 final ranking.
1980 - Alabama defeated Arkansas 24-9 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1981 - Georgia defeated Notre Dame 17-10 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1982 - #1 Clemson defeated #4 Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-3 record and a #9/#11 final ranking.
1983 - #3 Nebraska defeated #13 LSU 21-20 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 12-1 record and a #3/#3 final ranking.
1983 - Penn State defeated Georgia 27-23 in the Sugar Bowl to win the national championship.
1985 - BYU defeated Michigan 24-17 in the Holiday Bowl to win the national championship.
1985 - #4 Nebraska defeated #12 LSU 28-10 in the Sugar Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 10-2 record and a #3/#4 final ranking.
1986 - #5 Michigan defeated #7 Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-3 record and a final ranking of #10/#11.
1986 - Oklahoma defeated Penn State 25-10 in the Orange Bowl to win the national championship.
1987 - #6 Nebraska defeated #5 LSU 30-15 in the Sugar Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 10-2 record and a final ranking of #4/#5.
1988 - #3 Florida State defeated #3 Nebraska 31-28 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskers end the year at 10-2 and with a #6/#6 final ranking.
1988 - Miami (FL) defeated Oklahoma 20-14 to win the Orange Bowl and the national championship.
1990 - Miami (FL) defeated Alabama 33-25 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1990 - #5 Florida State defeated #6 Nebraska 41-17 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 10-2 record and a final ranking of #11/#12.
1991 - #2 Georgia Tech defeated #19 Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-3 record and a #17/#24 ranking.
1991 - Colorado defeated Notre Dame 10-9 to win the Orange Bowl and Georgia Tech defeated Nebraska 45-21 to win the Citrus Bowl as both teams shared the national championship.
1992 - Washington defeated Michigan 34-14 to win the Rose Bowl and Miami defeated Nebraska 22-0 to win the Orange Bowl as both schools shared the national championship.
1992 - #1 Miami (FL) defeated #11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 9-2-1 and with a #15/#16 final ranking.
1992 - The ESPN Radio Network was officially launched.
1993 - #3 Florida State defeated #11 Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-3 record and a final ranking of #14/#14.[/b][/color]
1993 - Alabama defeated Miami 34-13 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1994 - #1 Florida State defeated #2 Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 11-1 record and a final ranking of #3/#3.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeated #3 Miami (FL) 24-17 in the Orange Bowl to win the third national championship in school history. Nebraska ended the year with a perfect 13-0 record and was ranked #1 in all the polls.
2007 - #10 Auburn defeated #22 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-5 record and unranked.
2008 - At the Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York, the first regular-season outdoor NHL hockey game in the US is held. 71217 fans watch the 2008 Winter Classic, in which the Buffalo Sabres play the Pittsburgh Penguins, running into overtime, and ending with a shoot-out with the Penguins winning.
2009 - Nebraska defeated Clemson 26-21 to win the Gator Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-4 record and unranked.
2013 - #6 Georgia defeated #23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl. The Huskers end the year with a 10-4 record and #25/#23 final rankings.
2014 - Nebraska upsets #23 Georgia 24-19 in the Gator Bowl. The Huskers end the year with a 9-4 record and a #25 final ranking.
2015 - Ohio State defeated Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl and Oregon defeated Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl in the first-ever College Football Playoff semifinal games.
Today is the first day of the year, there are 364 days left in the year.
1808 - A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States took effect.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves living in rebel states shall be "forever free".
1892 - The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, was born.
1898 - New York City was consolidated into five buroughs: Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn.
1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1908 - The ball signifying the new year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
1913 - The U.S. Parcel Post System went into operation.
1914 - The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1919 - J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye", was born in New York City.
1935 - The Associated Press inaugurated Wirephoto, the first successful service for transmitting photographs by wire to member newspapers.
1942 - Twenty-six countries, including the United States, signed the Declaration of the United Nations, pledging "not to make a separate armistice or peace" with members of the Axis.
1945 - France was admitted into the United Nations.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams Sr., age 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
1958 - Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1959 - Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1975 - John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate scandal.
1979 - The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1984 - AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1990 - David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1993 - Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
1999 - The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey launched the OWN cable TV network.
2014 - The nation's first legal recreational marijuana shops opened in Colorado.
Birthdays
22 - Jessica Jarrell (R&B singer)
27 - Jeremy Irvine (actor)
28 - Jason Pierre-Paul (football player)
30 - Meryl Davis (figure skater)
31 - Colin Morgan (actor)
32 - Katrina Law (actress)
39 - Vidya Balan (actress)
40 - Bobby Roode (professional wrestler)
41 - Tank (R&B singer)
48 - Morris Chestnut (actor)
48 - Verne Troyer (actor)
64 - Gary Johnson (politician)
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Today in Sports History - January 1
404 - The last known gladiator competition is held in Rome.
1897 - The first football game between black colleges takes place, with Atlanta University defeating Tuskegee 10-0.
1902 - The Rose Bowl is played for the first time. Michigan defeated Stanford 49-0.
1916 - The Rose Bowl is played for the first time in Rose Bowl Stadium. Washington State defeated Brown 14-0.
1935 - The Orange Bowl is played for the first time, with Bucknell defeating Miami (FL) 26-0.
1935 - The Sugar Bowl is played for the first time, with Tulane defeating Temple 20-14.
1935 - The Sun Bowl is played for the first time. Hardin-Simmons and New Mexico State played to a 14-14 tie.
1937 - The Cotton Bowl is played for the first time, where Texas Christian University defeated Marquette 16-6.
1941 - #2 Stanford defeated #7 Nebraska 21-13 in the Rose Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 8-2 record and a #7 final ranking.
1942 - The Rose Bowl football game was played in Durham, North Carolina because of security concerns in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Oregon State defeated Duke in the game, 20-16.
1944 - Army defeats Navy 10-7 in the "Arab Bowl", played in Oran, North Africa.
1955 - #14 Duke defeated Nebraska 34-7 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 6-5.
1964 - #6 Nebraska defeated #5 Auburn 13-7 to win the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 10-1 and a #5/#6 final ranking.
1965 - #2 Arkansas defeated #6 Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 9-2 and a #6 final ranking.
1966 - #4 Alabama defeated #3 Nebraska 39-28 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 10-1 and with a #3/#5 final ranking.
1967 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in the NFL championship game.
1967 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills 31-7 in the AFL championship game.
1969 - Los Angeles Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke fined each of his players $100 for "not" arguing with the referee.
1971 - #3 Nebraska defeated #5 LSU 17-12 in the Orange Bowl to win a share of the program's first national championship. The Huskers ended the year with a 11-0-1 record and final rankings of #1 (AP) and #3 (UPI).
1972 - #1 Nebraska defeated #2 Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl to win a second consecutive national championship. The Huskers had a perfect 13-0 record and was ranked #1 in the final polls.
1973 - #9 Nebraska defeated #12 Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl to end the year at 9-2-1 and with a final ranking of #4/#9.
1974 - #12 Nebraska defeated #8 Texas 19-3 in the Cotton Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-2-1 record and a #7/#11 final ranking.
1975 - USC defeated Ohio State 18-17 in the Rose Bowl to claim a share of the national championship with Oklahoma (who was on probation and did not participate in a bowl).
1976 - Oklahoma defeated Michigan 14-6 in the Orange Bowl to win the national championship.
1977 - Tony Dorsett of the University of Pittsburgh rushes for a record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl in a 27-3 win over Georgia and won the national championship.
1979 - Alabama defeated Penn State 14-7 in the Sugar Bowl and USC defeated Michigan 17-10 in the Rose Bowl to share the national championship.
1979 - #4 Oklahoma defeated #6 Nebraska 31-24 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-3 record and a #8/#8 final ranking.
1980 - #8 Houston defeated #7 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 10-2 record and a #7/#9 final ranking.
1980 - Alabama defeated Arkansas 24-9 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1981 - Georgia defeated Notre Dame 17-10 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1982 - #1 Clemson defeated #4 Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-3 record and a #9/#11 final ranking.
1983 - #3 Nebraska defeated #13 LSU 21-20 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 12-1 record and a #3/#3 final ranking.
1983 - Penn State defeated Georgia 27-23 in the Sugar Bowl to win the national championship.
1985 - BYU defeated Michigan 24-17 in the Holiday Bowl to win the national championship.
1985 - #4 Nebraska defeated #12 LSU 28-10 in the Sugar Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 10-2 record and a #3/#4 final ranking.
1986 - #5 Michigan defeated #7 Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-3 record and a final ranking of #10/#11.
1986 - Oklahoma defeated Penn State 25-10 in the Orange Bowl to win the national championship.
1987 - #6 Nebraska defeated #5 LSU 30-15 in the Sugar Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 10-2 record and a final ranking of #4/#5.
1988 - #3 Florida State defeated #3 Nebraska 31-28 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskers end the year at 10-2 and with a #6/#6 final ranking.
1988 - Miami (FL) defeated Oklahoma 20-14 to win the Orange Bowl and the national championship.
1990 - Miami (FL) defeated Alabama 33-25 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1990 - #5 Florida State defeated #6 Nebraska 41-17 in the Fiesta Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 10-2 record and a final ranking of #11/#12.
1991 - #2 Georgia Tech defeated #19 Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-3 record and a #17/#24 ranking.
1991 - Colorado defeated Notre Dame 10-9 to win the Orange Bowl and Georgia Tech defeated Nebraska 45-21 to win the Citrus Bowl as both teams shared the national championship.
1992 - Washington defeated Michigan 34-14 to win the Rose Bowl and Miami defeated Nebraska 22-0 to win the Orange Bowl as both schools shared the national championship.
1992 - #1 Miami (FL) defeated #11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl. The Huskers ended the year at 9-2-1 and with a #15/#16 final ranking.
1992 - The ESPN Radio Network was officially launched.
1993 - #3 Florida State defeated #11 Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-3 record and a final ranking of #14/#14.[/b][/color]
1993 - Alabama defeated Miami 34-13 to win the Sugar Bowl and the national championship.
1994 - #1 Florida State defeated #2 Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 11-1 record and a final ranking of #3/#3.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeated #3 Miami (FL) 24-17 in the Orange Bowl to win the third national championship in school history. Nebraska ended the year with a perfect 13-0 record and was ranked #1 in all the polls.
2007 - #10 Auburn defeated #22 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl. Nebraska ended the year with a 9-5 record and unranked.
2008 - At the Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York, the first regular-season outdoor NHL hockey game in the US is held. 71217 fans watch the 2008 Winter Classic, in which the Buffalo Sabres play the Pittsburgh Penguins, running into overtime, and ending with a shoot-out with the Penguins winning.
2009 - Nebraska defeated Clemson 26-21 to win the Gator Bowl. The Huskers ended the year with a 9-4 record and unranked.
2013 - #6 Georgia defeated #23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl. The Huskers end the year with a 10-4 record and #25/#23 final rankings.
2014 - Nebraska upsets #23 Georgia 24-19 in the Gator Bowl. The Huskers end the year with a 9-4 record and a #25 final ranking.
2015 - Ohio State defeated Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl and Oregon defeated Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl in the first-ever College Football Playoff semifinal games.
