September 24
Today is the 267th day of 2015, there are 98 days left in the year.
1755 - John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, was born in Germantown, Virginia.
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an attorney general and a Supreme Court.
1869 - Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin.
1896 - Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1955 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched by the U.S. Navy at Newport News, Virginia.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS.
1969 - The trial of the "Chicago Eight", radical antiwar and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, began.
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery.
1991 - Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, died at age 87.
1991 - The album "Nevermind" by Nirvana was released.
1996 - The United States and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
2005 - Hurricane Rita struck eastern Texas and the Louisiana coast, causing more flooding in already storm-ravaged New Orleans.
2007 - United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976. (A tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.)
Birthdays
30 - Kimberley Nixon (actress)
36 - Ross Matthews (actor)
39 - Stephanie McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
41 - Jackie Sandler (actress)
43 - Jackie Guerrido (news anchor)
51 - Robert Irvine (chef/reality TV host)
57 - Kevin Sorbo (actor)
85 - John Young (astronaut)
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Today in Sports History - September 24
1904 - Nebraska defeated Grand Island 72-0.
1906 - Stony McGlynn of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hits the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1919 - Babe Ruth sets the single-season home run record in major league baseball with his 28th home run.
1927 - The NHL's Toronto St. Patrick's change their name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1930 - Portsmouth defeated Brooklyn in the first NFL game played under lights.
1934 - Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox.
1937 - The NHL Board of Governors introduced legislation that discouraged "icing" during the League's semi-annual meeting. The new rules would cause a face-off in the defending zone if a team shot the puck all the way down the ice without scoring a goal.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon (British Open).
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 500th career home run.
1949 - Bill Glassford made his debut as Nebraska's head football coach with a 33-6 win over South Dakota.
1955 - #6 Ohio State defeated Nebraska 28-20.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field before moving to Los Angeles the following season.
1960 - Minnesota upset #12 Nebraska in Lincoln 26-14.
1966 - #4 Nebraska defeated Utah State 28-7.
1967 - Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicks a record seven field goals in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
1971 - The Houston Astros beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 in 21 innings.
1972 - Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders returns a fumble 104 yards for a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers, setting an NFL record.
1974 - Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers gets his 3,000th career hit.
1977 - #14 Nebraska defeated Baylor 31-10.
1978 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees picks up a win against the Cleveland Indians to improve to 23-3 on the season and set his ERA at 1.74.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeated UCLA 42-10.
1985 - Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos becomes the ninth player in major league history to record six RBIs in one innings.
1988 - Canada's Ben Johnson wins the 100 meter dash at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea with a world record time of 9.79 seconds. (Three days later he would be stripped of the gold and the world record after testing positive for steroid use.)
1988 - #9 Nebraska defeated Arizona State 47-16.
1993 - The IOC selects Sydney, Australia as the host for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
1994 - #2 Nebraska defeated Pacific 70-21.
2006 - Europe wins the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987, while the Atlanta Braves were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in 14 years.
2011 - #9 Nebraska defeated Wyoming 38-14.
Today is the 267th day of 2015, there are 98 days left in the year.
1755 - John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, was born in Germantown, Virginia.
1789 - Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an attorney general and a Supreme Court.
1869 - Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin.
1896 - Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1955 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched by the U.S. Navy at Newport News, Virginia.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS.
1969 - The trial of the "Chicago Eight", radical antiwar and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, began.
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery.
1991 - Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, died at age 87.
1991 - The album "Nevermind" by Nirvana was released.
1996 - The United States and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
2005 - Hurricane Rita struck eastern Texas and the Louisiana coast, causing more flooding in already storm-ravaged New Orleans.
2007 - United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976. (A tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.)
Birthdays
30 - Kimberley Nixon (actress)
36 - Ross Matthews (actor)
39 - Stephanie McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
41 - Jackie Sandler (actress)
43 - Jackie Guerrido (news anchor)
51 - Robert Irvine (chef/reality TV host)
57 - Kevin Sorbo (actor)
85 - John Young (astronaut)
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Today in Sports History - September 24
1904 - Nebraska defeated Grand Island 72-0.
1906 - Stony McGlynn of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hits the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1919 - Babe Ruth sets the single-season home run record in major league baseball with his 28th home run.
1927 - The NHL's Toronto St. Patrick's change their name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1930 - Portsmouth defeated Brooklyn in the first NFL game played under lights.
1934 - Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox.
1937 - The NHL Board of Governors introduced legislation that discouraged "icing" during the League's semi-annual meeting. The new rules would cause a face-off in the defending zone if a team shot the puck all the way down the ice without scoring a goal.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon (British Open).
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 500th career home run.
1949 - Bill Glassford made his debut as Nebraska's head football coach with a 33-6 win over South Dakota.
1955 - #6 Ohio State defeated Nebraska 28-20.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field before moving to Los Angeles the following season.
1960 - Minnesota upset #12 Nebraska in Lincoln 26-14.
1966 - #4 Nebraska defeated Utah State 28-7.
1967 - Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicks a record seven field goals in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
1971 - The Houston Astros beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 in 21 innings.
1972 - Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders returns a fumble 104 yards for a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers, setting an NFL record.
1974 - Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers gets his 3,000th career hit.
1977 - #14 Nebraska defeated Baylor 31-10.
1978 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees picks up a win against the Cleveland Indians to improve to 23-3 on the season and set his ERA at 1.74.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeated UCLA 42-10.
1985 - Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos becomes the ninth player in major league history to record six RBIs in one innings.
1988 - Canada's Ben Johnson wins the 100 meter dash at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea with a world record time of 9.79 seconds. (Three days later he would be stripped of the gold and the world record after testing positive for steroid use.)
1988 - #9 Nebraska defeated Arizona State 47-16.
1993 - The IOC selects Sydney, Australia as the host for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
1994 - #2 Nebraska defeated Pacific 70-21.
2006 - Europe wins the Ryder Cup in Ireland.
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987, while the Atlanta Braves were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in 14 years.
2011 - #9 Nebraska defeated Wyoming 38-14.
