November 11
Today is the 315th day of 2021, there are 50 days left in the year. Today is Veterans Day.
1620 - The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies.
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner, who led a violent insurrection, was executed.
1889 - Washington became the 42nd state.
1918 - On the "11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month," the Allies and Germany signed an armistice ending World War I.
1921 - The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery by President Warren G. Harding.
1938 - Irish-born cook Mary Mallon, who’d gained notoriety as the disease-carrying “Typhoid Mary” blamed for the deaths of three people, died on North Brother Island in New York’s East River at age 69 after 23 years of mandatory quarantine.
1942 - During World War II, Nazi Germany completed its occupation of France.
1965 - Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain.
1966 - Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin aboard; it was the tenth and final flight of NASA's Gemini program.
1972 - The U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese army, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
1987 - Following the failure of two Supreme Court nominations, President Ronald Reagan announced his choice of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy, who went on to win confirmation.
1992 - The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.
1998 - Israel's Cabinet narrowly ratified a land-for-peace deal with the Palestinians.
1998 - President Bill Clinton ordered warships, planes and troops to the Persian Gulf as he laid out his case for a possible attack on Iraq. Iraq, meanwhile, showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with U.N. weapons inspectors.
2000 - Republicans went to court seeking an order to block manual recounts from continuing in Florida's presidential election.
2003 - In Galveston, Texas, millionaire Robert Durst was found not guilty of murdering Morris Black, an elderly neighbor who Durst said he’d killed accidentally.
2004 - Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died in Paris at age 75; Mahmoud Abbas was elected to take his place.
2011 - Heralding the end of one war and the drawdown of another, President Barack Obama observed Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery by urging Americans to hire the thousands of servicemen and women coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
2016 - President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the operations.
2020 - Georgia’s secretary of state announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin was so tight; President-elect Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes out of nearly 5 million votes counted in the state.
Birthdays
25 - Tye Sheridan (actor)
30 - Christa B. Allen (actress)
35 - Victor Cruz (football player)
40 - Frankie Shaw (actress)
44 - Scoot McNairy (actor)
47 - Leonardo DiCaprio (actor)
49 - Tyler Christopher (actor)
49 - Adam Beach (actor)
50 - David DeLuise (actor)
54 - Frank John Hughes (actor)
57 - Calista Flockhart (actress)
59 - Demi Moore (actress)
61 - Stanley Tucci (actor)
68 - Marshall Crenshaw (singer)
70 - Fuzzy Zoeller (golfer)
83 - Narvel Felts (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 11
1893 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 30-18.
1899 - Nebraska defeats Drake 12-6.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 18-0.
1911 - Nebraska defeats Doane 27-0.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 28-0.
1933 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 12-0.
1939 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 7-0.
1944 - Iowa State defeats Nebraska 19-6.
1944 - The New York Rangers set an NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4).
1946 - The New York Knickerbockers (later the Knicks) played their first game at Madison Square Garden. New York lost the game 78-68 to Chicago.
1950 - #16 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 49-21.
1961 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 16-13.
1963 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) tied Rocket Richard's record of 544 career goals.
1967 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 9-0.
1972 - #3 Nebraska and #17 Iowa State play to a 23-23 tie.
1978 - #4 Nebraska defeats #1 Oklahoma 17-14.
1981 - Fernando Valenzuela (L.A. Dodgers) became the first pitcher to win Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young award in the same season.
1984 - The Houston Oilers ended their streak of 23 consecutive road losses when they beat Kansas City 17-16.
1989 - #6 Nebraska defeats Kansas 51-14.
1990 - Derrick Thomas of the Kansas City Chiefs set an NFL record with seven sacks in a game against the Seattle Seahawks.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeats #10 Kansas 41-3.
1997 - Roger Clemens of the Toronto Blue Jays became the third player in MLB history to win the Cy Young four times.
1997 - The WNBA announces the expansion franchises of the Detroit Shock and Washington (D.C.) Mystics, who would begin play in 1998.
1997 - It was announced that the new NHL franchise in Columbus, scheduled to begin play in 2000, would be called the "Blue Jackets" in honor of soldiers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
2000 - #16 Kansas State defeats #4 Nebraska 34-32.
2002 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants became the first-ever five-time MVP honoree in MLB history.
2004 - Shaquille O'Neal of the Miami Heat surpassed 22,000 career points.
2006 - Nebraska defeats #24 Texas A&M 28-27.
2017 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 54-21.
Today is the 315th day of 2021, there are 50 days left in the year. Today is Veterans Day.
1620 - The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies.
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner, who led a violent insurrection, was executed.
1889 - Washington became the 42nd state.
1918 - On the "11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month," the Allies and Germany signed an armistice ending World War I.
1921 - The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery by President Warren G. Harding.
1938 - Irish-born cook Mary Mallon, who’d gained notoriety as the disease-carrying “Typhoid Mary” blamed for the deaths of three people, died on North Brother Island in New York’s East River at age 69 after 23 years of mandatory quarantine.
1942 - During World War II, Nazi Germany completed its occupation of France.
1965 - Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain.
1966 - Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin aboard; it was the tenth and final flight of NASA's Gemini program.
1972 - The U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese army, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
1987 - Following the failure of two Supreme Court nominations, President Ronald Reagan announced his choice of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy, who went on to win confirmation.
1992 - The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.
1998 - Israel's Cabinet narrowly ratified a land-for-peace deal with the Palestinians.
1998 - President Bill Clinton ordered warships, planes and troops to the Persian Gulf as he laid out his case for a possible attack on Iraq. Iraq, meanwhile, showed no sign of backing down from its refusal to deal with U.N. weapons inspectors.
2000 - Republicans went to court seeking an order to block manual recounts from continuing in Florida's presidential election.
2003 - In Galveston, Texas, millionaire Robert Durst was found not guilty of murdering Morris Black, an elderly neighbor who Durst said he’d killed accidentally.
2004 - Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died in Paris at age 75; Mahmoud Abbas was elected to take his place.
2011 - Heralding the end of one war and the drawdown of another, President Barack Obama observed Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery by urging Americans to hire the thousands of servicemen and women coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
2016 - President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the operations.
2020 - Georgia’s secretary of state announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin was so tight; President-elect Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by about 14,000 votes out of nearly 5 million votes counted in the state.
Birthdays
25 - Tye Sheridan (actor)
30 - Christa B. Allen (actress)
35 - Victor Cruz (football player)
40 - Frankie Shaw (actress)
44 - Scoot McNairy (actor)
47 - Leonardo DiCaprio (actor)
49 - Tyler Christopher (actor)
49 - Adam Beach (actor)
50 - David DeLuise (actor)
54 - Frank John Hughes (actor)
57 - Calista Flockhart (actress)
59 - Demi Moore (actress)
61 - Stanley Tucci (actor)
68 - Marshall Crenshaw (singer)
70 - Fuzzy Zoeller (golfer)
83 - Narvel Felts (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 11
1893 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 30-18.
1899 - Nebraska defeats Drake 12-6.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Colorado 18-0.
1911 - Nebraska defeats Doane 27-0.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 28-0.
1933 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 12-0.
1939 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 7-0.
1944 - Iowa State defeats Nebraska 19-6.
1944 - The New York Rangers set an NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4).
1946 - The New York Knickerbockers (later the Knicks) played their first game at Madison Square Garden. New York lost the game 78-68 to Chicago.
1950 - #16 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 49-21.
1961 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 16-13.
1963 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) tied Rocket Richard's record of 544 career goals.
1967 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 9-0.
1972 - #3 Nebraska and #17 Iowa State play to a 23-23 tie.
1978 - #4 Nebraska defeats #1 Oklahoma 17-14.
1981 - Fernando Valenzuela (L.A. Dodgers) became the first pitcher to win Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young award in the same season.
1984 - The Houston Oilers ended their streak of 23 consecutive road losses when they beat Kansas City 17-16.
1989 - #6 Nebraska defeats Kansas 51-14.
1990 - Derrick Thomas of the Kansas City Chiefs set an NFL record with seven sacks in a game against the Seattle Seahawks.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeats #10 Kansas 41-3.
1997 - Roger Clemens of the Toronto Blue Jays became the third player in MLB history to win the Cy Young four times.
1997 - The WNBA announces the expansion franchises of the Detroit Shock and Washington (D.C.) Mystics, who would begin play in 1998.
1997 - It was announced that the new NHL franchise in Columbus, scheduled to begin play in 2000, would be called the "Blue Jackets" in honor of soldiers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
2000 - #16 Kansas State defeats #4 Nebraska 34-32.
2002 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants became the first-ever five-time MVP honoree in MLB history.
2004 - Shaquille O'Neal of the Miami Heat surpassed 22,000 career points.
2006 - Nebraska defeats #24 Texas A&M 28-27.
2017 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 54-21.
