September 12
Today is the 255th day of 2015, there are 110 days left in the year.
1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name.
1938 - In a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.
1943 - German paratroopers rescued former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held by his own government.
1944 - U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time during World War II, near Trier.
1953 - Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island.
1954 - "Lassie" made its TV debut on CBS.
1959 - "Bonanza" premiered on NBC.
1960 - Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy addressed questions about his Roman Catholic faith, telling a Southern Baptist group, "I do not speak for my church on public matters, and the church does not speak for me."
1974 - Emperor Hailie Selasse was deposed by Ethiopia's military after ruling for 58 years.
1977 - South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first first lady to win an election as she claimed victory in New York's Democratic Senate primary.
2000 - Dutch lawmakers gave same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children.
2001 - President George W. Bush labeled the terrorist tacks of the previous day as "acts of war" and asked Congress for $20 billion to rebuild and recover.
2002 - President George W. Bush told the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq or stand aside as the United States acted.
2003 - Country music star Johnny Cash died at age 71.
2005 - Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown resigned, three days after losing onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
2006 - In a speech in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted from an obscure medieval text that characterized some teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman", unleashing a torrent of rage across the Islamic world.
2008 - A commuter train engineer ran a red light while text messaging on his cell phone and struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing himself and 24 other people.
Birthdays
26 - Andrew Luck (football player)
26 - Freddie Freeman (baseball player)
29 - Emily Rossum (actress)
34 - Jennifer Hudson (singer)
35 - Yao Ming (basketball player)
37 - Benjamin McKenzie (actor)
48 - Louis CK (comedian)
75 - Linda Gray (actress)
84 - Ian Holm (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 12
1913 - American track star Jesse Owens was born.
1920 - The Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium.
1962 - Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators strikes out a record 21 batters in a 16-inning game against the Baltimore Orioles.
1970 - #9 Nebraska defeated Wake Forest 36-12.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks play their first regular season game, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 30-24.
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox collects his 3,000th hit.
1981 - Iowa upset #7 Nebraska in Iowa City 10-7.
1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets sets a new single season rookie record with 251 strikeouts.
1984 - Michael Jordan signed a seven-year contract to play for the Chicago Bulls.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeated #3 UCLA 42-33.
1992 - #11 Nebraska defeated Middle Tennessee State 48-7.
1998 - #4 Nebraska defeated California 24-3.
2002 - A judge announced that a jury would have to decide who would get the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his record 73rd home run. The ownership of the ball, with an estimated value of $1 million, was being disputed by two men that had been in the bleachers.
2009 - #22 Nebraska defeated Arkansas State 38-9.
Today is the 255th day of 2015, there are 110 days left in the year.
1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name.
1938 - In a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.
1943 - German paratroopers rescued former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the hotel where he was being held by his own government.
1944 - U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time during World War II, near Trier.
1953 - Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island.
1954 - "Lassie" made its TV debut on CBS.
1959 - "Bonanza" premiered on NBC.
1960 - Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy addressed questions about his Roman Catholic faith, telling a Southern Baptist group, "I do not speak for my church on public matters, and the church does not speak for me."
1974 - Emperor Hailie Selasse was deposed by Ethiopia's military after ruling for 58 years.
1977 - South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first first lady to win an election as she claimed victory in New York's Democratic Senate primary.
2000 - Dutch lawmakers gave same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children.
2001 - President George W. Bush labeled the terrorist tacks of the previous day as "acts of war" and asked Congress for $20 billion to rebuild and recover.
2002 - President George W. Bush told the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq or stand aside as the United States acted.
2003 - Country music star Johnny Cash died at age 71.
2005 - Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown resigned, three days after losing onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
2006 - In a speech in his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted from an obscure medieval text that characterized some teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman", unleashing a torrent of rage across the Islamic world.
2008 - A commuter train engineer ran a red light while text messaging on his cell phone and struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles, killing himself and 24 other people.
Birthdays
26 - Andrew Luck (football player)
26 - Freddie Freeman (baseball player)
29 - Emily Rossum (actress)
34 - Jennifer Hudson (singer)
35 - Yao Ming (basketball player)
37 - Benjamin McKenzie (actor)
48 - Louis CK (comedian)
75 - Linda Gray (actress)
84 - Ian Holm (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 12
1913 - American track star Jesse Owens was born.
1920 - The Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium.
1962 - Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators strikes out a record 21 batters in a 16-inning game against the Baltimore Orioles.
1970 - #9 Nebraska defeated Wake Forest 36-12.
1976 - The Seattle Seahawks play their first regular season game, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 30-24.
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox collects his 3,000th hit.
1981 - Iowa upset #7 Nebraska in Iowa City 10-7.
1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets sets a new single season rookie record with 251 strikeouts.
1984 - Michael Jordan signed a seven-year contract to play for the Chicago Bulls.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeated #3 UCLA 42-33.
1992 - #11 Nebraska defeated Middle Tennessee State 48-7.
1998 - #4 Nebraska defeated California 24-3.
2002 - A judge announced that a jury would have to decide who would get the ball that Barry Bonds hit for his record 73rd home run. The ownership of the ball, with an estimated value of $1 million, was being disputed by two men that had been in the bleachers.
2009 - #22 Nebraska defeated Arkansas State 38-9.
