October 3
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.
1789 - President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the creation of the United States of America.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1922 - Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia became the first female U.S. Senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Senator Thomas E. Watson.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1932 - Iraq became independent of British administration.
1941 - Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again."
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.
1960 - "The Andy Griffith Show" premiered on CBS.
1961 - "The Dick Van Dyke Show" premiered on CBS.
1962 - Astronaut Wally Schirra became the fifth American to fly in space as he blasted off from Cape Canaveral aboard the Sigma 7 on a 9-hour flight.
1981 - Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.
1992 - Barack Obama married Michelle Robinson at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
1995 - A jury found ex-football player O.J. Simpson innocent of murder in the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Simpson was found liable for damages in a civil trial later on.)
2002 - Five people were killed in random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area within a 14-hour period. Authorities began to search for the "Beltway Sniper."
2003 - A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving him partially paralyzed.
2005 - President George W. Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. (Miers withdrew from consideration three weeks later.)
2008 - The U.S. House gave final approval to a revised $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.
2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison on Oct. 1.)
2009 - Maine voters voted to repeal a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry.
2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate.
Birthdays
21 - Adair Tishler (actress)
25 - Matthew Little (actor)
25 - Charlotte Dawson (model)
29 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
33 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
33 - Ashlee Simpson (singer)
34 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
38 - Danny O'Donoghue (singer)
38 - John Morrison (professional wrestler)
41 - Seann William Scott (actor)
42 - India Arie (R&B singer)
44 - Neve Campbell (actress)
44 - Lena Headey (actress)
46 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
48 - Gwen Stefani (singer)
53 - Clive Owen (actor)
55 - Tommy Lee (musician)
65 - Bruce Arians (football coach)
76 - Chubby Checker (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 3
1903 - Nebraska defeated South Dakota 23-0.
1908 - Nebraska defeated Doane 43-0.
1914 - Nebraska opened the season with a 14-7 win over Washburn.
1920 - The American Professional Football Association (APFA), the forerunner of the NFL, plays its first games.
1925 - Ernest E. Bearg began his tenure as Nebraska football coach and the Huskers opened the season with a 14-0 win over Illinois.
1931 - Northwestern defeated Nebraska 19-7.
1936 - Nebraska opened the season with a 34-0 win over Iowa State.
1942 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 26-0.
1951 - Bobby Thomson hit the "shot heard 'round the world" -- a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of a playoff game at the Polo Grounds to send the New York Giants to the World Series with a 5-4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1953 - Kansas State defeated Nebraska 27-0.
1959 - Nebraska defeated Oregon State 7-6.
1964 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 14-7.
1965 - Whitey Ford picks up win #232, becoming the all-time winningest pitcher in New York Yankees history.
1965 - On the last day of the season, San Francisco Giants' outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd home run to break the franchise record he established in 1955. San Francisco Giants defeat Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park, 6-3.
1970 - #6 Nebraska defeated Minnesota 35-10.
1970 - Baseball umpires call their first strike.
1971 - Billie Jean King becomes the first female athlete to earn over $100,000 in a year.
1974 - Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball, taking over as manager of the Cleveland Indians.
1981 - Nebraska defeated Auburn 17-3.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeated South Carolina 30-21.
1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.
1990 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals becomes the first player in major league history to lead a league in batting in three different decades.
1990 - Cecil Fielder of the Detroit Tigers becomes the 11th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
1998 - #2 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma State 24-17 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke Babe Ruth's single-season record for walks with 171.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.
2004 - The Montreal Expos play the final game in their 36-year history in Montreal. (The following year the franchise moved to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals.)
2012 - Miguel Cabrera achieved baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967. He finished the season leading the American League in batting average (.330), home runs (44) and RBIs (139).
2015 - Illinois defeated Nebraska 14-13.
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.
1789 - President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the creation of the United States of America.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1922 - Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia became the first female U.S. Senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Senator Thomas E. Watson.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1932 - Iraq became independent of British administration.
1941 - Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again."
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.
1960 - "The Andy Griffith Show" premiered on CBS.
1961 - "The Dick Van Dyke Show" premiered on CBS.
1962 - Astronaut Wally Schirra became the fifth American to fly in space as he blasted off from Cape Canaveral aboard the Sigma 7 on a 9-hour flight.
1981 - Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.
1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.
1992 - Barack Obama married Michelle Robinson at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
1995 - A jury found ex-football player O.J. Simpson innocent of murder in the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Simpson was found liable for damages in a civil trial later on.)
2002 - Five people were killed in random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area within a 14-hour period. Authorities began to search for the "Beltway Sniper."
2003 - A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of the duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving him partially paralyzed.
2005 - President George W. Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. (Miers withdrew from consideration three weeks later.)
2008 - The U.S. House gave final approval to a revised $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.
2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison on Oct. 1.)
2009 - Maine voters voted to repeal a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry.
2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate.
Birthdays
21 - Adair Tishler (actress)
25 - Matthew Little (actor)
25 - Charlotte Dawson (model)
29 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
33 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
33 - Ashlee Simpson (singer)
34 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
38 - Danny O'Donoghue (singer)
38 - John Morrison (professional wrestler)
41 - Seann William Scott (actor)
42 - India Arie (R&B singer)
44 - Neve Campbell (actress)
44 - Lena Headey (actress)
46 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
48 - Gwen Stefani (singer)
53 - Clive Owen (actor)
55 - Tommy Lee (musician)
65 - Bruce Arians (football coach)
76 - Chubby Checker (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 3
1903 - Nebraska defeated South Dakota 23-0.
1908 - Nebraska defeated Doane 43-0.
1914 - Nebraska opened the season with a 14-7 win over Washburn.
1920 - The American Professional Football Association (APFA), the forerunner of the NFL, plays its first games.
1925 - Ernest E. Bearg began his tenure as Nebraska football coach and the Huskers opened the season with a 14-0 win over Illinois.
1931 - Northwestern defeated Nebraska 19-7.
1936 - Nebraska opened the season with a 34-0 win over Iowa State.
1942 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 26-0.
1951 - Bobby Thomson hit the "shot heard 'round the world" -- a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of a playoff game at the Polo Grounds to send the New York Giants to the World Series with a 5-4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1953 - Kansas State defeated Nebraska 27-0.
1959 - Nebraska defeated Oregon State 7-6.
1964 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 14-7.
1965 - Whitey Ford picks up win #232, becoming the all-time winningest pitcher in New York Yankees history.
1965 - On the last day of the season, San Francisco Giants' outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd home run to break the franchise record he established in 1955. San Francisco Giants defeat Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park, 6-3.
1970 - #6 Nebraska defeated Minnesota 35-10.
1970 - Baseball umpires call their first strike.
1971 - Billie Jean King becomes the first female athlete to earn over $100,000 in a year.
1974 - Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball, taking over as manager of the Cleveland Indians.
1981 - Nebraska defeated Auburn 17-3.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeated South Carolina 30-21.
1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.
1990 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals becomes the first player in major league history to lead a league in batting in three different decades.
1990 - Cecil Fielder of the Detroit Tigers becomes the 11th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
1998 - #2 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma State 24-17 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke Babe Ruth's single-season record for walks with 171.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.
2004 - The Montreal Expos play the final game in their 36-year history in Montreal. (The following year the franchise moved to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals.)
2012 - Miguel Cabrera achieved baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967. He finished the season leading the American League in batting average (.330), home runs (44) and RBIs (139).
2015 - Illinois defeated Nebraska 14-13.
