November 18
Today is the 323rd day of 2016, there are 43 days left in the year.
1820 - Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
1883 - The United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones.
1886 - Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, died in New York at age 56.
1916 - The World War I Battle of the Somme pitting British and French forces against German troops ended inconclusively after 4 1/2 months of bloodshed.
1923 - Alan B. Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel in space, was born.
1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie", starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York.
1936 - Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco.
1959 - "Ben-Hur", the Biblical era spectacle starring Charlton Heston, had its world premiere in New York.
1966 - U.S. Roman Catholics did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays during Lent.
1969 - Financier and diplomat Joseph F. Kennedy died in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts at age 81.
1976 - Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
1978 - More than 900 people died in Jonestown, Guyana, after Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones urged them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape punch. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot. Jones later died of a bullet wound to the head; whether it was self-inflicted or not remains unknown. Included in the victims was U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan (D-California) and four other Americans.
1987 - The congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore "ultimate responsibility" for wrongdoing by his aides.
1988 - President Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating a Cabinet-level drug czar and providing the death penalty for drug traffickers who kill.
1996 - Former CIA station chief Harold J. Nicholson was charged with selling top secrets to the Russians for more than $120,000. (Nicholson later pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to 23 1/2 years in prison; he was spared a life sentence for cooperating with investigators.)
2002 - U.N. arms inspectors returned to Iraq after a four-year hiatus, calling on Saddam Hussein's government to cooperate with their search for weapons of mass destruction.
2003 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.
2004 - The U.N. Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of their New York headquarters.
2006 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes were married in Italy. (The couple divorced in 2012.)
2009 - Two days before turning 92, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia), became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history at 56 years, 320 days.
Birthdays
25 - John Karna (actor)
29 - Jake Abel (actor)
31 - Allyson Felix (track & field athlete)
32 - Nayantara (actress)
33 - Mila J (R&B singer)
34 - Damon Wayans Jr. (actor)
35 - Nasim Pedrad (actress)
36 - Mathew Baynton (actor)
36 - Denny Hamlin (race car driver)
37 - Nate Parker (actor)
41 - David Ortiz (baseball player)
42 - Chloe Sevigny (actress)
46 - Mike Epps (comedian)
46 - Megyn Kelly (news anchor)
48 - Owen Wilson (actor)
60 - Warren Moon (football player)
63 - Kevin Nealon (actor/comedian)
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Today in History - November 18
1893 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 18-0.
1899 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 36-20.
1905 - Minnesota defeated Nebraska 35-0.
1911 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 29-0.
1916 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 7-3.
1922 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 21-0.
1933 - Pittsburgh defeated Nebraska 6-0.
1939 - Nebraska defeated Pittsburgh 14-13.
1943 - Philadelphia Phillies president William Cox was banned from baseball for betting on his team.
1949 - Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers is named National League MVP.
1950 - #18 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 20-13.
1951 - Chuck Connors of the Los Angeles Angels became the first player to oppose the major league draft. Connors later became the star of the television show "The Rifleman."
1961 - #8 Colorado defeated Nebraska 7-0.
1966 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers announced his retirement from baseball.
1967 - Missouri defeated Nebraska 10-7.
1972 - #5 Nebraska defeated Kansas State 59-7.
1975 - Calvin Murphy of the Houston Rockets ends an NBA free throw streak of 58 games.
1978 - Missouri upset #2 Nebraska 35-31. The Huskers finished the regular season with a 6-1 record to tie for the Big 8 Conference championship.
1985 - Pitchers Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets (20 years old) and Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City Royals (21 years old) win the Cy Young Awards in their respective leagues, the youngest in each league to win the award.
1985 - Quarterback Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins severely broke his leg after being hit by Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants. The injury ended Theismann's 12-year NFL career.
1989 - #6 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 42-25 to end with a Big 8 record of 6-1 and a second-place finish in the league.
1996 - Chris Boniol of the Dallas Cowboys tied an NFL record by kicking seven field goals in a game against the Green Bay Packers.
1997 - The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays participated in their initial expansion draft.
1990 - The New York Giants improve to 10-0 on the season with a 20-0 win over the Detroit Lions.
Today is the 323rd day of 2016, there are 43 days left in the year.
1820 - Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
1883 - The United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones.
1886 - Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, died in New York at age 56.
1916 - The World War I Battle of the Somme pitting British and French forces against German troops ended inconclusively after 4 1/2 months of bloodshed.
1923 - Alan B. Shepard, the first American astronaut to travel in space, was born.
1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie", starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York.
1936 - Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco.
1959 - "Ben-Hur", the Biblical era spectacle starring Charlton Heston, had its world premiere in New York.
1966 - U.S. Roman Catholics did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays during Lent.
1969 - Financier and diplomat Joseph F. Kennedy died in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts at age 81.
1976 - Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
1978 - More than 900 people died in Jonestown, Guyana, after Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones urged them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape punch. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot. Jones later died of a bullet wound to the head; whether it was self-inflicted or not remains unknown. Included in the victims was U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan (D-California) and four other Americans.
1987 - The congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore "ultimate responsibility" for wrongdoing by his aides.
1988 - President Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating a Cabinet-level drug czar and providing the death penalty for drug traffickers who kill.
1996 - Former CIA station chief Harold J. Nicholson was charged with selling top secrets to the Russians for more than $120,000. (Nicholson later pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to 23 1/2 years in prison; he was spared a life sentence for cooperating with investigators.)
2002 - U.N. arms inspectors returned to Iraq after a four-year hiatus, calling on Saddam Hussein's government to cooperate with their search for weapons of mass destruction.
2003 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.
2004 - The U.N. Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of their New York headquarters.
2006 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes were married in Italy. (The couple divorced in 2012.)
2009 - Two days before turning 92, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia), became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history at 56 years, 320 days.
Birthdays
25 - John Karna (actor)
29 - Jake Abel (actor)
31 - Allyson Felix (track & field athlete)
32 - Nayantara (actress)
33 - Mila J (R&B singer)
34 - Damon Wayans Jr. (actor)
35 - Nasim Pedrad (actress)
36 - Mathew Baynton (actor)
36 - Denny Hamlin (race car driver)
37 - Nate Parker (actor)
41 - David Ortiz (baseball player)
42 - Chloe Sevigny (actress)
46 - Mike Epps (comedian)
46 - Megyn Kelly (news anchor)
48 - Owen Wilson (actor)
60 - Warren Moon (football player)
63 - Kevin Nealon (actor/comedian)
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Today in History - November 18
1893 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 18-0.
1899 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 36-20.
1905 - Minnesota defeated Nebraska 35-0.
1911 - Nebraska defeated Kansas 29-0.
1916 - Kansas defeated Nebraska 7-3.
1922 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 21-0.
1933 - Pittsburgh defeated Nebraska 6-0.
1939 - Nebraska defeated Pittsburgh 14-13.
1943 - Philadelphia Phillies president William Cox was banned from baseball for betting on his team.
1949 - Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers is named National League MVP.
1950 - #18 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 20-13.
1951 - Chuck Connors of the Los Angeles Angels became the first player to oppose the major league draft. Connors later became the star of the television show "The Rifleman."
1961 - #8 Colorado defeated Nebraska 7-0.
1966 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers announced his retirement from baseball.
1967 - Missouri defeated Nebraska 10-7.
1972 - #5 Nebraska defeated Kansas State 59-7.
1975 - Calvin Murphy of the Houston Rockets ends an NBA free throw streak of 58 games.
1978 - Missouri upset #2 Nebraska 35-31. The Huskers finished the regular season with a 6-1 record to tie for the Big 8 Conference championship.
1985 - Pitchers Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets (20 years old) and Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City Royals (21 years old) win the Cy Young Awards in their respective leagues, the youngest in each league to win the award.
1985 - Quarterback Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins severely broke his leg after being hit by Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants. The injury ended Theismann's 12-year NFL career.
1989 - #6 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 42-25 to end with a Big 8 record of 6-1 and a second-place finish in the league.
1996 - Chris Boniol of the Dallas Cowboys tied an NFL record by kicking seven field goals in a game against the Green Bay Packers.
1997 - The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays participated in their initial expansion draft.
1990 - The New York Giants improve to 10-0 on the season with a 20-0 win over the Detroit Lions.
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