September 20
Today is the 263rd day of 2017, there are 102 days left in the year.
1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. (Magellan was killed en route, but one of his ships eventually circled the world.)
1870 - Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of modern Italy, seized the Papal States from the French, leading to the unification of Italy.
1881 - Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who had been assassinated.
1958 - Martin Luther King Jr. was seriously wounded during a book signing at a New York City department store when he was stabbed in the chest by Izola Curry. (Curry was later found mentally incompetent; she died at a Queens, NY nursing home in 2015 at age 98.)
1967 - The liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was christened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland.
1977 - The first wave of Southeast Asian "boat people" arrived in San Francisco under a U.S. resettlement program.
1984 - A suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people.
1984 - The sitcoms "The Cosby Show" and "Who's the Boss?" premiered on NBC and ABC, respectively.
1999 - Lawrence Russell Brewer became the second white supremacist to be convicted in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas. (Brewer was executed on September 21, 2011.)
2000 - Independent Counsel Robert Ray announced the end of the Whitewater investigation, saying there was insufficient evidence to charge President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary with any crime.
2001 - President George W. Bush addressed the nation and a joint session of Congress about terrorism. He also named Tom Ridge as head of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2005 - Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died at age 96.
2011 - Repeal of the U.S. military's 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly.
2012 - Space shuttle Endeavour, riding atop a Boeing 747, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California en route to its eventual retirement home, the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
Birthdays
22 - Sammi Hanratty (actress)
23 - Wallis Day (actress)
25 - Donna Marie Lombardi (reality star)
27 - Phillip Phillips (singer)
27 - Erich Gonzales (actress)
28 - Mallory Everton (comedian)
30 - Jessica Lesaca (model)
31 - Ricci Guarnaccio (reality star)
33 - Marissa Jade (reality star)
33 - Belen Rodriguez (TV host/model)
34 - Steven Skyler (actor)
35 - Tara Wallace (reality star)
35 - Sexy Star (professional wrestler)
41 - Jon Bernthal (actor)
49 - Michelle Visage (TV host)
69 - George R.R. Martin (author)
83 - Sophia Loren (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 20
1902 - Nebraska defeated Lincoln High 27-0 in an exhibition game to open the season.
1911 - New York Yankees set team record 12 errors in a double header.
1927 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees set the single-season home run record with his 60th of the year, breaking his own record of 59 that he had set in 1921.
1933 - Pittsburgh Pirates play first NFL game, lose 23-2.
1948 - The Mexican Baseball League disbands.
1951 - Ford Frick is named commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1952 - Nebraska defeated South Dakota 46-0 to open the season.
1955 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs set a major league record with his fifth grand slam home run of the year.
1958 - Nebraska defeated Penn State 14-7 to open the season.
1961 - New York Yankees' Roger Maris hits home run number 59 and barely misses number 60 in game 154 of the season. New York Yankees clinch pennant 26.
1968 - Denny McClain of the Detroit Tigers became the first player in 37 years to record 31 pitching victories in a season.
1968 - Mickey Mantle hits his 536th and final home run of his major league baseball career, during a 4-3 loss to the Chicago Red Sox at the Yankee Stadium.
1969 - #5 USC defeated Nebraska 31-21 to open the season.
1973 - Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a $100,000 winner-take-all battle of the sexes tennis match in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the Astrodome. An estimated 50 million people worldwide tuned in to watch the match on television.
1973 - Willie Mays announces his retirement from baseball.
1975 - #6 Nebraska defeated Indiana 45-0.
1980 - #6 Nebraska defeated Iowa 57-0.
1981 - USC running back Marcus Allen rushed for 274 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-0 win over Indiana.
1982 - The NFL Players Association announced that a strike would begin at the completion of the Packers vs. Giants Monday night game.
1984 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds recorded his 100th hit of the season. It was the 22nd consecutive season he had recorded at least 100 hits.
1985 - Tommy Kramer of the Minnesota Vikings threw for 436 yards and three touchdowns in a 33-24 loss to the Chicago Bears.
1986 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres stole five bases in a game against the Houston Astros.
1986 - #6 Nebraska defeated Illinois 59-14.
1987 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears sets a new NFL record with his 107th career rushing touchdown, breaking the old record held by Jim Brown.
1998 - Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. sat out a game, ending his consecutive game playing streak at 2,632 over 16 seasons.
1993 - John Carney of the San Diego Chargers kicked six field goals to extend his consecutive field goals made streak to 29 straight games in a 18-17 win over the Houston Oilers.
1997 - #7 Nebraska defeated #2 Washington 27-14.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeated Rice 48-3 in a game that was postponed from September 15th due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.[/b][/color]
2005 - Ground is broken for two new NFL stadiums: Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
2007 - Floyd Landis lost his doping case when two of three arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion had used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory. (Landis forfeited his Tour title and was subject to a two-year ban, retroactive to January 30, 2007.)
2014 - #24 Nebraska defeated Miami (FL) 41-31.
Today is the 263rd day of 2017, there are 102 days left in the year.
1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. (Magellan was killed en route, but one of his ships eventually circled the world.)
1870 - Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of modern Italy, seized the Papal States from the French, leading to the unification of Italy.
1881 - Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who had been assassinated.
1958 - Martin Luther King Jr. was seriously wounded during a book signing at a New York City department store when he was stabbed in the chest by Izola Curry. (Curry was later found mentally incompetent; she died at a Queens, NY nursing home in 2015 at age 98.)
1967 - The liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was christened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland.
1977 - The first wave of Southeast Asian "boat people" arrived in San Francisco under a U.S. resettlement program.
1984 - A suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people.
1984 - The sitcoms "The Cosby Show" and "Who's the Boss?" premiered on NBC and ABC, respectively.
1999 - Lawrence Russell Brewer became the second white supremacist to be convicted in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas. (Brewer was executed on September 21, 2011.)
2000 - Independent Counsel Robert Ray announced the end of the Whitewater investigation, saying there was insufficient evidence to charge President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary with any crime.
2001 - President George W. Bush addressed the nation and a joint session of Congress about terrorism. He also named Tom Ridge as head of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2005 - Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died at age 96.
2011 - Repeal of the U.S. military's 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly.
2012 - Space shuttle Endeavour, riding atop a Boeing 747, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California en route to its eventual retirement home, the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
Birthdays
22 - Sammi Hanratty (actress)
23 - Wallis Day (actress)
25 - Donna Marie Lombardi (reality star)
27 - Phillip Phillips (singer)
27 - Erich Gonzales (actress)
28 - Mallory Everton (comedian)
30 - Jessica Lesaca (model)
31 - Ricci Guarnaccio (reality star)
33 - Marissa Jade (reality star)
33 - Belen Rodriguez (TV host/model)
34 - Steven Skyler (actor)
35 - Tara Wallace (reality star)
35 - Sexy Star (professional wrestler)
41 - Jon Bernthal (actor)
49 - Michelle Visage (TV host)
69 - George R.R. Martin (author)
83 - Sophia Loren (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 20
1902 - Nebraska defeated Lincoln High 27-0 in an exhibition game to open the season.
1911 - New York Yankees set team record 12 errors in a double header.
1927 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees set the single-season home run record with his 60th of the year, breaking his own record of 59 that he had set in 1921.
1933 - Pittsburgh Pirates play first NFL game, lose 23-2.
1948 - The Mexican Baseball League disbands.
1951 - Ford Frick is named commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1952 - Nebraska defeated South Dakota 46-0 to open the season.
1955 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs set a major league record with his fifth grand slam home run of the year.
1958 - Nebraska defeated Penn State 14-7 to open the season.
1961 - New York Yankees' Roger Maris hits home run number 59 and barely misses number 60 in game 154 of the season. New York Yankees clinch pennant 26.
1968 - Denny McClain of the Detroit Tigers became the first player in 37 years to record 31 pitching victories in a season.
1968 - Mickey Mantle hits his 536th and final home run of his major league baseball career, during a 4-3 loss to the Chicago Red Sox at the Yankee Stadium.
1969 - #5 USC defeated Nebraska 31-21 to open the season.
1973 - Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a $100,000 winner-take-all battle of the sexes tennis match in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the Astrodome. An estimated 50 million people worldwide tuned in to watch the match on television.
1973 - Willie Mays announces his retirement from baseball.
1975 - #6 Nebraska defeated Indiana 45-0.
1980 - #6 Nebraska defeated Iowa 57-0.
1981 - USC running back Marcus Allen rushed for 274 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-0 win over Indiana.
1982 - The NFL Players Association announced that a strike would begin at the completion of the Packers vs. Giants Monday night game.
1984 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds recorded his 100th hit of the season. It was the 22nd consecutive season he had recorded at least 100 hits.
1985 - Tommy Kramer of the Minnesota Vikings threw for 436 yards and three touchdowns in a 33-24 loss to the Chicago Bears.
1986 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres stole five bases in a game against the Houston Astros.
1986 - #6 Nebraska defeated Illinois 59-14.
1987 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears sets a new NFL record with his 107th career rushing touchdown, breaking the old record held by Jim Brown.
1998 - Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. sat out a game, ending his consecutive game playing streak at 2,632 over 16 seasons.
1993 - John Carney of the San Diego Chargers kicked six field goals to extend his consecutive field goals made streak to 29 straight games in a 18-17 win over the Houston Oilers.
1997 - #7 Nebraska defeated #2 Washington 27-14.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeated Rice 48-3 in a game that was postponed from September 15th due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.[/b][/color]
2005 - Ground is broken for two new NFL stadiums: Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
2007 - Floyd Landis lost his doping case when two of three arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion had used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory. (Landis forfeited his Tour title and was subject to a two-year ban, retroactive to January 30, 2007.)
2014 - #24 Nebraska defeated Miami (FL) 41-31.
