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Today in History - November 10

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1483 - Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eiselben, Germany .

1775 - The U.S. Marines were organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.

1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

1928 - Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan.

1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

1951 - The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place between the mayors of Englewood, New Jersey and Alameda, California.

1954 - The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.

1969 - "Sesame Street" premiered on PBS.

1970 - The Great Wall of China opened to the world for tourism.

1975 - The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism.

1975 - The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost.

1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, D.C.

1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75.

1997 - A judge in Cambridge, Massachusetts reduced Louise Woodward's murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to time served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.

1997 - WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.

2001 - The World Trade Organization approved China's membership.

2009 - John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C. area, was executed.

Birthdays
23 - Zoey Deutch (actress)
23 - Luke Bilyk (actor)
25 - Teddy Bridgewater (football player)
25 - Dayna Frazer (model)
26 - Kaylin Garcia (reality star)
28 - Taron Egerton (actor)
31 - Josh Peck (actor)
32 - Emily Sears (model)
34 - Miranda Lambert (country singer)
36 - Ryback (professional wrestler)
39 - Eve (rapper)
48 - Ellen Pompeo (actress)
49 - Tracy Morgan (actor)
50 - Michael Jai White (actor)
61 - Sinbad (actor)

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Today in Sports History - November 10

1894 - Nebraska defeated Omaha YMCA 36-6.

1900 - Nebraska defeated Grinnell 33-0.

1906 - Nebraska defeated Creighton 17-0.

1917 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 52-0.

1923 - Nebraska defeated Notre Dame 14-7.

1928 - Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 44-6.


1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "win won for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.

1934 - Pittsburgh defeated Nebraska 25-6.

1934 - Armand Mondou of the Montreal Canadiens was awarded the first penalty shot in the NHL.

1940 - The Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles play a penalty-free NFL game.

1945 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 24-0.

1945 - #1 Army routs #2 Notre Dame 48-0.

1951 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 34-27.

1956 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 26-20.


1957 - An NFL record crowd of 102,368 pack watch a game in Los Angeles between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers.

1962 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 40-16.

1962 - Glenn Hall (Chicago Black Hawks) missed a game due to a back injury. The missed game ended a streak of 503 consecutive games played over seven years.

1963 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings breaks the NHL career goals record with 545.

1973 - #11 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 31-7.

1975 - The Kansas City Royals released Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career with 573 home runs.

1977 - The Major Indoor Soccer League was officially organized in New York City.

1979 - #2 Nebraska defeated Kansas State 21-12.

1984 - #2 Nebraska defeated Kansas 41-7.


1984 - The Miami Hurricanes blow a 31-0 lead in the third quarter and lose to Maryland 42-40.

1988 - Orel Hershiser is named the unanimous winner of the National League Cy Young Award.

1990 - #13 Nebraska defeated Kansas 41-9.

1990 - The Phoenix Suns set an NBA record when they scored 107 points in the first half of a game against the Denver Nuggets. Phoenix won the game 173-143.

1991 - Bernie Kosar ended his NFL record streak of 308 passes without an interception.

1991 - Martina Navratilova tied Chris Evert's record of 157 career titles.

1996 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for more than 50,000 yards.

2001 - #2 Nebraska defeated Kansas State 31-21.

2007 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 73-31.

2012 - #18 Nebraska defeated Penn State 32-23.
 
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