September 4
Today is the 247th day of 2015, 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 in 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.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the Fox TV series.
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died at age 44 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.
Birthdays
33 - Whitney Cummings (comedian)
34 - Beyonce Knowles (singer)
37 - Wes Bentley (actor)
47 - Phil Lewis (actor)
47 - Mike Piazza (baseball player)
55 - Damon Wayans (actor/comedian)
57 - Dr. Drew Pinsky (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1923 - Sad Sam Jones of the New York Yankees no-hits the Philadelphia Athletics.
1941 - The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 to 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 would be broken in 2010.)
1953 - The New York Yankees become the first team to win five consecutive American League pennants.
1966 - The Houston Oilers hold the Denver Broncos to zero first downs in an entire game en route to a 45-7 win.
1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz became the first person to win seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games when the United States won the 400-meter relay in Munich. He set world records in all seven of his wins.
1988 - The NFL's Phoenix Cardinals play their first regular season game.
1993 - New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott threw a no-hitter. Abbott had been born without a right hand.
1993 - #9 Nebraska defeated North Texas 76-14.
1999 - #5 Nebraska defeated Iowa on the road 42-7.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won an American League record 20th straight game.
2002 - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win, tying him with Casey Stengel for eighth place on the all-time list.
2004 - Nebraska defeated Western Illinois 56-17 in Bill Callahan's debut game as head coach of Nebraska.
2010 - #8 Nebraska defeated Western Kentucky 49-10.
Today is the 247th day of 2015, 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 in 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.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the Fox TV series.
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died at age 44 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.
Birthdays
33 - Whitney Cummings (comedian)
34 - Beyonce Knowles (singer)
37 - Wes Bentley (actor)
47 - Phil Lewis (actor)
47 - Mike Piazza (baseball player)
55 - Damon Wayans (actor/comedian)
57 - Dr. Drew Pinsky (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1923 - Sad Sam Jones of the New York Yankees no-hits the Philadelphia Athletics.
1941 - The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 to 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 would be broken in 2010.)
1953 - The New York Yankees become the first team to win five consecutive American League pennants.
1966 - The Houston Oilers hold the Denver Broncos to zero first downs in an entire game en route to a 45-7 win.
1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz became the first person to win seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games when the United States won the 400-meter relay in Munich. He set world records in all seven of his wins.
1988 - The NFL's Phoenix Cardinals play their first regular season game.
1993 - New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott threw a no-hitter. Abbott had been born without a right hand.
1993 - #9 Nebraska defeated North Texas 76-14.
1999 - #5 Nebraska defeated Iowa on the road 42-7.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won an American League record 20th straight game.
2002 - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win, tying him with Casey Stengel for eighth place on the all-time list.
2004 - Nebraska defeated Western Illinois 56-17 in Bill Callahan's debut game as head coach of Nebraska.
2010 - #8 Nebraska defeated Western Kentucky 49-10.
