September 1
Today is the 245th day of 2016, there are 121 days left in the year.
1715 - Following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days before his 77th birthday.
1807 - Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.
1923 - A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. Nearly 150,000 people were killed and more than two million left homeless.
1939 - World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
1941 - The first municipally owned parking building in the United States opened in Welch, West Virginia.
1942 - A federal judge in California upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.
1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty.
1969 - A coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power.
1972 - American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
1981 - Albert Speer, a close associate of Adolf Hitler who ran the Nazi war machine, died at a London hospital at age 76.
1983 - A Korea Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet after the airliner entered Soviet air space; 269 people were killed.
1985 - A joint U.S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was opened in Cleveland, Ohio.
2004 - More than 1,100 people were taken hostage by heavily armed Chechen militants at a school in Beslan in southern Russia; more than 330 people, most of them children, were killed during the three-day ordeal.
2009 - A law allowing gay marriage took effect in Vermont.
Birthdays
20 - Zendaya Coleman (actress)
22 - Bianca Ryan (singer)
23 - Megan Nicole (singer)
28 - Chanel West Coast (reality star)
37 - Tim Kennedy (MMA fighter)
44 - Amy Anderson (comedian)
46 - Padma Lakshmi (actress)
59 - Gloria Estefan (singer)
66 - Dr. Phil McGraw (TV host)
70 - Barry Gibb (singer)
77 - Lily Tomlin (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 1
1890 - The first baseball tripleheader was played between Boston and Pittsburgh.
1906 - Joseph Harris of the Boston Red Sox and Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics both went the distance on the mound in a 24-inning game.
1945 - Vince DiMaggio of the Philadelphia Phillies ties the National League record with his fourth grand slam of the year.
1947 - The New York Giants set a new major league record with their 185th home run of the year, breaking the record of 182 set by the New York Yankees in 1936.
1967 - The San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 in 21 innings.
1971 - Danny Murtaugh of the Pittsburgh Pirates gave his lineup card to the umpire with the names of nine black baseball players on it. This was a first for Major League Baseball.
1973 - George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in Japan in the first round to retain the heavyweight boxing championship.
1975 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets becomes the first pitcher to strike out 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons.
1979 - Carney Lansford of the California Angels hits three consecutive home runs in a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeated Baylor 13-0 to open the 1990 season.
1996 - The Fitzroy Football Club (established 1883) plays its last game ever in the Australian Football League, against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval. The following season the club merges with the Brisbane Bears, ending a long history of the club in the VFL/AFL.
1998 - Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hit his 56th and 57th homeruns to set a new National League record. He would eventually reach a total of 70 for the season on September 27.
1999 - Twenty-two of major league baseball's 68 permanent umpires were replaced. The problem arose from their union's failed attempt to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract.
2001 - #5 Nebraska defeated Troy State 42-14.
2004 - In Colorado, the sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant was dropped after the victim decided not to participate.
2007 - #20 Nebraska defeated Nevada 52-10 to open the season.
2012 - #17 Nebraska defeated Southern Mississippi 49-20 to begin the season.
Today is the 245th day of 2016, there are 121 days left in the year.
1715 - Following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days before his 77th birthday.
1807 - Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
1905 - Alberta and Saskatchewan became the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.
1923 - A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. Nearly 150,000 people were killed and more than two million left homeless.
1939 - World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
1941 - The first municipally owned parking building in the United States opened in Welch, West Virginia.
1942 - A federal judge in California upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.
1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty.
1969 - A coup in Libya brought Moammar Gadhafi to power.
1972 - American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
1981 - Albert Speer, a close associate of Adolf Hitler who ran the Nazi war machine, died at a London hospital at age 76.
1983 - A Korea Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet after the airliner entered Soviet air space; 269 people were killed.
1985 - A joint U.S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was opened in Cleveland, Ohio.
2004 - More than 1,100 people were taken hostage by heavily armed Chechen militants at a school in Beslan in southern Russia; more than 330 people, most of them children, were killed during the three-day ordeal.
2009 - A law allowing gay marriage took effect in Vermont.
Birthdays
20 - Zendaya Coleman (actress)
22 - Bianca Ryan (singer)
23 - Megan Nicole (singer)
28 - Chanel West Coast (reality star)
37 - Tim Kennedy (MMA fighter)
44 - Amy Anderson (comedian)
46 - Padma Lakshmi (actress)
59 - Gloria Estefan (singer)
66 - Dr. Phil McGraw (TV host)
70 - Barry Gibb (singer)
77 - Lily Tomlin (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 1
1890 - The first baseball tripleheader was played between Boston and Pittsburgh.
1906 - Joseph Harris of the Boston Red Sox and Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics both went the distance on the mound in a 24-inning game.
1945 - Vince DiMaggio of the Philadelphia Phillies ties the National League record with his fourth grand slam of the year.
1947 - The New York Giants set a new major league record with their 185th home run of the year, breaking the record of 182 set by the New York Yankees in 1936.
1967 - The San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 in 21 innings.
1971 - Danny Murtaugh of the Pittsburgh Pirates gave his lineup card to the umpire with the names of nine black baseball players on it. This was a first for Major League Baseball.
1973 - George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in Japan in the first round to retain the heavyweight boxing championship.
1975 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets becomes the first pitcher to strike out 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons.
1979 - Carney Lansford of the California Angels hits three consecutive home runs in a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeated Baylor 13-0 to open the 1990 season.
1996 - The Fitzroy Football Club (established 1883) plays its last game ever in the Australian Football League, against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval. The following season the club merges with the Brisbane Bears, ending a long history of the club in the VFL/AFL.
1998 - Mark McGwire, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hit his 56th and 57th homeruns to set a new National League record. He would eventually reach a total of 70 for the season on September 27.
1999 - Twenty-two of major league baseball's 68 permanent umpires were replaced. The problem arose from their union's failed attempt to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract.
2001 - #5 Nebraska defeated Troy State 42-14.
2004 - In Colorado, the sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant was dropped after the victim decided not to participate.
2007 - #20 Nebraska defeated Nevada 52-10 to open the season.
2012 - #17 Nebraska defeated Southern Mississippi 49-20 to begin the season.
