September 29
1399 - King Richard II became the first English monarch to abdicate his throne.
1789 - The U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1829 - Sir Robert Peel's police force, the "bobbies", began operations at Scotland Yard.
1895 - French chemist Louis Pasteur died.
1938 - British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hilter by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
1943 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship MHS Nelson off the coast of Malta.
1978 - Pope John Paul I died, just one month after becoming the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
1982 - Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products. (To date, the case remains unsolved.)
1987 - Henry Ford II, longtime chairman of Ford Motor Co. died in Detroit at age 70.
1988 - The space shuttle Discovery was launched, the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.
2001 - Former South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu died.
2005 - John Roberts was sworn in as the nation's 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation.
2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a record 777.68 points after the House of Representatives defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue plan for the nation's financial system.
2016 - A New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into the Hoboken station, killing one person and injuring more than 100.
Birthdays
23 - Halsey (singer)
23 - Nicholas Galitzine (actor)
25 - Cardale Jones (football player)
27 - Doug Brochu (actor)
29 - Kevin Durant (basketball player)
30 - Vanessa Grimaldi (reality star)
31 - Lo Bosworth (reality star)
32 - Calvin Johnson (football player)
34 - Lauren Pope (reality star)
37 - Zachary Levi (actor)
41 - Ninel Conde (actress)
60 - Andrew Dice Clay (comedian)
75 - Ian McShane (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 29
1879 - National League owners' meeting in Buffalo, New York adopt the reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players.
1906 - Amos Foster began as head coach of the Nebraska football team and opened the season with a 56-0 win over Hastings College.
1920 - Babe Ruth sets the single-season major league home run record with 54.
1927 - Babe Ruth ties a major league record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games.
1928 - New York Yankees (17) Detroit Tigers (28) set 9-inning hit record (45)-Detroit Tigers win 19-10.
1934 - Nebraska opened the season with a 50-0 win over Wyoming.
1945 - Nebraska opened the season with a 20-0 loss to Oklahoma under new head coach George "Potsy" Clark.
1946 - For the first time, the National League pennant race ends in a tie between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1946 - The Los Angeles Rams play their first NFL game in L.A. after moving from Cleveland.
1951 - The first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania.
1951 - TCU upset #12 Nebraska 28-7 to open the season.
1954 - New York Giants centerfielder Willie Mays made his iconic running catch with his back to home plate on a 450-foot blast by Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the World Series.
1956 - #8 Ohio State defeated Nebraska 34-7.
1957 - The New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers played their final games in their home markets before moving to San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively, the following season.
1962 - Nebraska defeated Michigan 25-13.
1963 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals plays in his final game and collects his 3,630th career hit.
1965 - American Ralph Boston sets a new world record in the long jump at 27 feet, 4.75 inches.
1969 - Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards versus Denver Broncos.
1973 - #2 Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 20-16.
1977 - Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers. The bout, watched by an estimated 70 million viewers, saw Eva Shain become the first woman to officiate a heavyweight title fight.
1979 - #6 Nebraska defeated #18 Penn State 42-17.
1984 - #1 Nebraska was upset on the road by Syracuse by a score of 17-9.
1987 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly hits Major league record sixth grand slam of the year.
1988 - American Florence Griffith Joyner sets a new world record in the women's 200 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea with a time of 21.34 seconds.
1990 - #8 Nebraska defeated Oregon State 31-7.
1991 - US beats Europeans 14.5 to 13.5 to capture the Ryder's cup.
1992 - Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers announced that he was returning to professional basketball. The comeback ended the following November.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeated Missouri 36-3.
2004 - Major League Baseball announces that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington, D.C. and become the Washington Nationals for the 2005 season.
2007 - #25 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 35-17.
2012 - #22 Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 30-27.
1399 - King Richard II became the first English monarch to abdicate his throne.
1789 - The U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1829 - Sir Robert Peel's police force, the "bobbies", began operations at Scotland Yard.
1895 - French chemist Louis Pasteur died.
1938 - British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hilter by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
1943 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship MHS Nelson off the coast of Malta.
1978 - Pope John Paul I died, just one month after becoming the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
1982 - Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products. (To date, the case remains unsolved.)
1987 - Henry Ford II, longtime chairman of Ford Motor Co. died in Detroit at age 70.
1988 - The space shuttle Discovery was launched, the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.
2001 - Former South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu died.
2005 - John Roberts was sworn in as the nation's 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation.
2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a record 777.68 points after the House of Representatives defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue plan for the nation's financial system.
2016 - A New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into the Hoboken station, killing one person and injuring more than 100.
Birthdays
23 - Halsey (singer)
23 - Nicholas Galitzine (actor)
25 - Cardale Jones (football player)
27 - Doug Brochu (actor)
29 - Kevin Durant (basketball player)
30 - Vanessa Grimaldi (reality star)
31 - Lo Bosworth (reality star)
32 - Calvin Johnson (football player)
34 - Lauren Pope (reality star)
37 - Zachary Levi (actor)
41 - Ninel Conde (actress)
60 - Andrew Dice Clay (comedian)
75 - Ian McShane (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 29
1879 - National League owners' meeting in Buffalo, New York adopt the reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players.
1906 - Amos Foster began as head coach of the Nebraska football team and opened the season with a 56-0 win over Hastings College.
1920 - Babe Ruth sets the single-season major league home run record with 54.
1927 - Babe Ruth ties a major league record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games.
1928 - New York Yankees (17) Detroit Tigers (28) set 9-inning hit record (45)-Detroit Tigers win 19-10.
1934 - Nebraska opened the season with a 50-0 win over Wyoming.
1945 - Nebraska opened the season with a 20-0 loss to Oklahoma under new head coach George "Potsy" Clark.
1946 - For the first time, the National League pennant race ends in a tie between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1946 - The Los Angeles Rams play their first NFL game in L.A. after moving from Cleveland.
1951 - The first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania.
1951 - TCU upset #12 Nebraska 28-7 to open the season.
1954 - New York Giants centerfielder Willie Mays made his iconic running catch with his back to home plate on a 450-foot blast by Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the World Series.
1956 - #8 Ohio State defeated Nebraska 34-7.
1957 - The New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers played their final games in their home markets before moving to San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively, the following season.
1962 - Nebraska defeated Michigan 25-13.
1963 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals plays in his final game and collects his 3,630th career hit.
1965 - American Ralph Boston sets a new world record in the long jump at 27 feet, 4.75 inches.
1969 - Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards versus Denver Broncos.
1973 - #2 Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 20-16.
1977 - Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers. The bout, watched by an estimated 70 million viewers, saw Eva Shain become the first woman to officiate a heavyweight title fight.
1979 - #6 Nebraska defeated #18 Penn State 42-17.
1984 - #1 Nebraska was upset on the road by Syracuse by a score of 17-9.
1987 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly hits Major league record sixth grand slam of the year.
1988 - American Florence Griffith Joyner sets a new world record in the women's 200 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea with a time of 21.34 seconds.
1990 - #8 Nebraska defeated Oregon State 31-7.
1991 - US beats Europeans 14.5 to 13.5 to capture the Ryder's cup.
1992 - Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers announced that he was returning to professional basketball. The comeback ended the following November.
2001 - #4 Nebraska defeated Missouri 36-3.
2004 - Major League Baseball announces that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington, D.C. and become the Washington Nationals for the 2005 season.
2007 - #25 Nebraska defeated Iowa State 35-17.
2012 - #22 Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 30-27.
