September 1
Today is the 244th day of 2015, 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 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 2 million left homeless.
1939 - World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
1942 - A federal judge in Sacramento, 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 Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet after the airliner entered Soviet airspace; 269 people were killed.
1985 - A joint U.S. and French exploration located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 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 siege.
2009 - A law allowing gay marriage took effect in Vermont.
Birthdays
29 - Sidney Rice (football player)
36 - Tim Kennedy (MMA fighter)
49 - Tim Hardaway (basketball player)
58 - Gloria Estefan (singer)
65 - Dr. Phil McGraw (TV host)
69 - Barry Gibb (singer)
76 - Lily Tomlin (actress/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - September 1
1890 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves played baseball's first tripleheader.
1906 - Joseph Harris of the Boston Red Sox and Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics both pitch complete 24-inning games in their matchup.
1918 - The baseball season is ended due to World War I.
1923 - The U.S. defeats Australia to win a fourth straight Davis Cup.
1945 - Vince DiMaggio of the Philadelphia Phillies ties a major league record with his fourth grand slam of the season.
1947 - The New York Giants set a new major league record for team home runs in a season with 183, breaking the mark of 182 set by the New York Yankees in 1936.
1958 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record nine men in a shutout win.
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, a first for Major League Baseball.
1973 - George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman in the first round to retain the heavyweight championship.
1975 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets becomes the first pitcher to strike out 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons.
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeated Baylor 13-0.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 56th and 57th home runs of the year, setting a new National League record.
2001 - #5 Nebraska defeated Troy State 42-14.
2004 - In Colorado, sexual assault charges against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant were dropped after the victim decided not to press charges.
2007 - #20 Nebraska defeated Nevada 52-10.
2012 - #17 Nebraska defeated Southern Mississippi 49-20.
Today is the 244th day of 2015, 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 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 2 million left homeless.
1939 - World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
1942 - A federal judge in Sacramento, 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 Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet after the airliner entered Soviet airspace; 269 people were killed.
1985 - A joint U.S. and French exploration located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 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 siege.
2009 - A law allowing gay marriage took effect in Vermont.
Birthdays
29 - Sidney Rice (football player)
36 - Tim Kennedy (MMA fighter)
49 - Tim Hardaway (basketball player)
58 - Gloria Estefan (singer)
65 - Dr. Phil McGraw (TV host)
69 - Barry Gibb (singer)
76 - Lily Tomlin (actress/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - September 1
1890 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves played baseball's first tripleheader.
1906 - Joseph Harris of the Boston Red Sox and Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics both pitch complete 24-inning games in their matchup.
1918 - The baseball season is ended due to World War I.
1923 - The U.S. defeats Australia to win a fourth straight Davis Cup.
1945 - Vince DiMaggio of the Philadelphia Phillies ties a major league record with his fourth grand slam of the season.
1947 - The New York Giants set a new major league record for team home runs in a season with 183, breaking the mark of 182 set by the New York Yankees in 1936.
1958 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record nine men in a shutout win.
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, a first for Major League Baseball.
1973 - George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman in the first round to retain the heavyweight championship.
1975 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets becomes the first pitcher to strike out 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons.
1990 - #7 Nebraska defeated Baylor 13-0.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 56th and 57th home runs of the year, setting a new National League record.
2001 - #5 Nebraska defeated Troy State 42-14.
2004 - In Colorado, sexual assault charges against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant were dropped after the victim decided not to press charges.
2007 - #20 Nebraska defeated Nevada 52-10.
2012 - #17 Nebraska defeated Southern Mississippi 49-20.
