September 16
Today is the 259th day of 2015. There are 106 days left in the year.
1630 - The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
1638 - France's King Louis XIV was born.
1810 - Mexico began a successful revolt against Spanish rule.
1857 - The song "Jingle Bells" by James Pierpont, was copyrighted under its original title, "One Horse Open Sleigh".
1893 - Hundreds of thousands of settlers took part in a land run in Oklahoma's "Cherokee Strip".
1908 - General Motors was formed in Flint, Michigan by William Durant.
1919 - The American Legion was incorporated by an act of Congress.
1940 - Rep. Samuel T. Rayburn (D-Texas), the longest-serving House speaker in history, was first elected to the post.
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history.
1966 - The Metropolitan Opera opened its new home at New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
1972 - "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS.
1974 - President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.
1982 - A massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
1994 - A federal jury in Anchorage, Alaska ordered Exxon Corp. to pay $5 billion in punitive damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oi spill. (The U.S. Supreme Court later reduced the judgment to $507.5 million.)
2002 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that Iraq had unconditionally accepted the return of U.N. weapons inspectors.
2004 - Hurricane Ivan plowed into the Gulf Coast with 130 mph winds and a major storm surge Ivan was blamed for at least 115 deaths, 43 in the United States.
2007 - A deadly shooting in Baghdad involving the U.S. private security firm Blackwater USA left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.
2007 - O.J. Simpson was arrested in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas. (Simpson was later convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery and sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison.)
2008 - The federal government announced an emergency $85 billion loan to rescue AIG, the world's largest insurance company.
Birthdays
23 - Nick Jonas (singer)
34 - Alexis Bledel (actress)
36 - Flo Rida (rapper)
44 - Amy Poehler (actress)
47 - Marc Anthony (singer)
51 - Molly Shannon (actress/comedian)
52 - Richard Marx (singer)
57 - Jennifer Tilly (actress)
59 - David Copperfield (magician)
62 - Christopher Rich (actor)
63 - Mickey Rourke (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 16
1887 - The first recorded softball game is played in Chicago.
1924 - Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals records 12 RBIs in one game.
1930 - The Philadelphia Phillies, trailing 10-5, score 5 in the 9th inning, then the Pittsburgh Pirates score four in the top of the 10th, so Philadelphia then scores 5 in the bottom of the 10th to win 15-14.
1950 - The Cleveland Rams play their first NFL game, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 35-10.
1953 - The American League approves the move of the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore to become the Orioles.
1960 - Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at age 96.
1960 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies.
1965 - Dave Morehead of the Boston Red Sox no-hits the Cleveland Indians.
1967 - Nebraska defeated Washington 17-7.
1972 - #10 Nebraska defeated Texas A&M 37-7.
1973 - O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills rushes for 250 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-13 win over the New England Patriots, setting a new NFL single-game rushing record.
1975 - The Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Chicago Cubs 22-0. Rennie Stennet of the Pirates becomes the third player in major league history to go 7-for-7 at the plate.
1978 - #12 Nebraska defeated Hawaii 56-10.
1988 - Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Over three starts he retires 40 consecutive batters, one shy of the major league record. It was the 12th perfect game in major league history.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeated Utah 42-30.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeated Arizona State 77-28.
2006 - #19 Nebraska lost on the road to #4 USC 28-10.
Today is the 259th day of 2015. There are 106 days left in the year.
1630 - The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
1638 - France's King Louis XIV was born.
1810 - Mexico began a successful revolt against Spanish rule.
1857 - The song "Jingle Bells" by James Pierpont, was copyrighted under its original title, "One Horse Open Sleigh".
1893 - Hundreds of thousands of settlers took part in a land run in Oklahoma's "Cherokee Strip".
1908 - General Motors was formed in Flint, Michigan by William Durant.
1919 - The American Legion was incorporated by an act of Congress.
1940 - Rep. Samuel T. Rayburn (D-Texas), the longest-serving House speaker in history, was first elected to the post.
1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history.
1966 - The Metropolitan Opera opened its new home at New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
1972 - "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS.
1974 - President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.
1982 - A massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
1994 - A federal jury in Anchorage, Alaska ordered Exxon Corp. to pay $5 billion in punitive damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oi spill. (The U.S. Supreme Court later reduced the judgment to $507.5 million.)
2002 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that Iraq had unconditionally accepted the return of U.N. weapons inspectors.
2004 - Hurricane Ivan plowed into the Gulf Coast with 130 mph winds and a major storm surge Ivan was blamed for at least 115 deaths, 43 in the United States.
2007 - A deadly shooting in Baghdad involving the U.S. private security firm Blackwater USA left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.
2007 - O.J. Simpson was arrested in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas. (Simpson was later convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery and sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison.)
2008 - The federal government announced an emergency $85 billion loan to rescue AIG, the world's largest insurance company.
Birthdays
23 - Nick Jonas (singer)
34 - Alexis Bledel (actress)
36 - Flo Rida (rapper)
44 - Amy Poehler (actress)
47 - Marc Anthony (singer)
51 - Molly Shannon (actress/comedian)
52 - Richard Marx (singer)
57 - Jennifer Tilly (actress)
59 - David Copperfield (magician)
62 - Christopher Rich (actor)
63 - Mickey Rourke (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 16
1887 - The first recorded softball game is played in Chicago.
1924 - Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals records 12 RBIs in one game.
1930 - The Philadelphia Phillies, trailing 10-5, score 5 in the 9th inning, then the Pittsburgh Pirates score four in the top of the 10th, so Philadelphia then scores 5 in the bottom of the 10th to win 15-14.
1950 - The Cleveland Rams play their first NFL game, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 35-10.
1953 - The American League approves the move of the St. Louis Browns to Baltimore to become the Orioles.
1960 - Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at age 96.
1960 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies.
1965 - Dave Morehead of the Boston Red Sox no-hits the Cleveland Indians.
1967 - Nebraska defeated Washington 17-7.
1972 - #10 Nebraska defeated Texas A&M 37-7.
1973 - O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills rushes for 250 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-13 win over the New England Patriots, setting a new NFL single-game rushing record.
1975 - The Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Chicago Cubs 22-0. Rennie Stennet of the Pirates becomes the third player in major league history to go 7-for-7 at the plate.
1978 - #12 Nebraska defeated Hawaii 56-10.
1988 - Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Over three starts he retires 40 consecutive batters, one shy of the major league record. It was the 12th perfect game in major league history.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeated Utah 42-30.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeated Arizona State 77-28.
2006 - #19 Nebraska lost on the road to #4 USC 28-10.
