September 4
Today is the 248th day of 2016, there are 118 days left in the year.
1781 - Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1888 - George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera and registered his trademark Kodak.
1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities during World War I.
1951 - In the first live coast-to-coast TV broadcast, President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco.
1957 - Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel line.
1957 - Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
1998 - Internet services company Google filed for incorporation in California.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the FOX reality television series.
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, age 44, died after a stingray's barb pierced his chest.
2007 - Toy maker Mattel Inc. recalled 800,000 lead-tainted, Chinese-made toys worldwide, a third major recall in just over a month.
2008 - Sen. John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
2008 - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a sex scandal, forcing the Democrat out of office.
2014 - Comedian Joan Rivers died at age 81 at a New York hospital after going into cardiac arrest during a routine medical procedure.
Birthdays
25 - Tom Green (actor)
25 - Carter Jenkins (actor)
26 - James Bay (singer)
30 - Xavier Woods (professional wrestler)
33 - Jennifer Metcalfe (actress)
34 - Whitney Cummings (comedian)
35 - Beyonce Knowles (singer)
36 - Max Greenfield (actor)
38 - Wes Bentley (actor)
46 - Richard Speight Jr (actor)
48 - Mike Piazza (baseball player)
48 - Phil Lewis (actor)
56 - Damon Wayans (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1941 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant.
1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets. The record was broken in 2010.
1953 - New York Yankees become first team to win five consecutive pennants.
1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no first downs, winning 45-7.
1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz became the first person to win seven gold medals at a single Olympics at the games in Munich.
1978 - New York Yankees' pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season).
1981 - Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 innings (started September 3).
1985 - New York Mets' Gary Carter's two home runs ties record of five home runs in two games.
1988 - Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game.
1993 - #9 Nebraska defeated North Texas 76-14 to open the season.
1999 - #5 Nebraska defeated Iowa 42-7 to open the season.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the game on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game hosted the largest crowd (55,528) ever for a regular season game at the Coliseum.
2002 - St. Louis manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win. He tied Casey Stengal for eighth place.
2004 - Nebraska defeated Western Illinois 56-17 in Bill Callahan's debut game as Nebraska's head coach.
2010 - #8 Nebraska defeated Western Kentucky 49-10 to open the season.
Today is the 248th day of 2016, there are 118 days left in the year.
1781 - Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1888 - George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera and registered his trademark Kodak.
1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities during World War I.
1951 - In the first live coast-to-coast TV broadcast, President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco.
1957 - Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel line.
1957 - Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
1998 - Internet services company Google filed for incorporation in California.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the FOX reality television series.
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, age 44, died after a stingray's barb pierced his chest.
2007 - Toy maker Mattel Inc. recalled 800,000 lead-tainted, Chinese-made toys worldwide, a third major recall in just over a month.
2008 - Sen. John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
2008 - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a sex scandal, forcing the Democrat out of office.
2014 - Comedian Joan Rivers died at age 81 at a New York hospital after going into cardiac arrest during a routine medical procedure.
Birthdays
25 - Tom Green (actor)
25 - Carter Jenkins (actor)
26 - James Bay (singer)
30 - Xavier Woods (professional wrestler)
33 - Jennifer Metcalfe (actress)
34 - Whitney Cummings (comedian)
35 - Beyonce Knowles (singer)
36 - Max Greenfield (actor)
38 - Wes Bentley (actor)
46 - Richard Speight Jr (actor)
48 - Mike Piazza (baseball player)
48 - Phil Lewis (actor)
56 - Damon Wayans (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1941 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant.
1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets. The record was broken in 2010.
1953 - New York Yankees become first team to win five consecutive pennants.
1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no first downs, winning 45-7.
1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz became the first person to win seven gold medals at a single Olympics at the games in Munich.
1978 - New York Yankees' pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season).
1981 - Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 innings (started September 3).
1985 - New York Mets' Gary Carter's two home runs ties record of five home runs in two games.
1988 - Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game.
1993 - #9 Nebraska defeated North Texas 76-14 to open the season.
1999 - #5 Nebraska defeated Iowa 42-7 to open the season.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the game on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game hosted the largest crowd (55,528) ever for a regular season game at the Coliseum.
2002 - St. Louis manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win. He tied Casey Stengal for eighth place.
2004 - Nebraska defeated Western Illinois 56-17 in Bill Callahan's debut game as Nebraska's head coach.
2010 - #8 Nebraska defeated Western Kentucky 49-10 to open the season.
