September 7
1822 - Brazil declared independence from Portugal.
1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1940 - Nazi Germany began its initial bombing of London during World War II.
1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel, a rooming house in Houston, claimed 55 lives.
1977 - The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.
1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first Black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.
2005 - Police and soldiers went house to house in New Orleans to try to coax the last stubborn holdouts into leaving the city shattered by Hurricane Katrina.
2007 - Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end.
2008 - Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.
2015 - Hillary Clinton, interviewed by The Associated Press during a campaign swing through Iowa, said she did not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.”
2019 - President Donald Trump said he had canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghan leaders, just days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, after a bombing in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier.
2022 - Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old suspect in stabbings that killed 11 people and injured 18 in Saskatchewan, Canada three days earlier, was arrested and died in a hospital after showing medical distress.
Birthdays
27 - Donovan Mitchell (basketball player)
32 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
34 - Jonathan Majors (actor)
34 - Loren Allred (singer)
35 - Kevin Love (basketball player)
36 - Evan Rachel Wood (actress)
37 - Wes Willis (singer)
38 - Alyssa Diaz (actress)
39 - Benjamin Hollingsworth (actor)
44 - JD Pardo (actor)
45 - Devon Sawa (actor)
47 - Oliver Hudson (actor)
50 - Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
53 - Tom Everett Scott (actor)
53 - Monique Gabriela Curnen (actress)
54 - Diane Farr (actress)
54 - Angie Everhart (actress/model)
56 - Leslie Jones (actress/comedian)
57 - Toby Jones (actor)
60 - W. Earl Brown (actor)
66 - J. Smith-Cameron (actor)
66 - Margot Chapman (singer)
67 - Diane Warren (singer)
69 - Michael Emerson (actor)
69 - Corbin Bernsen (actor)
73 - Julie Kavner (actress)
75 - Susan Blakely (actress)
80 - Gloria Gaynor (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 7
1896 - A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack. The race was held in Cranston, Rhode Island.
1963 - The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable television.
1985 - #10 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-17 loss to #17 Florida State.
1986 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th NFL game, which set a NFL record.
1986 - The Cleveland Browns become the first team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay in a game against the Chicago Bears.
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Bark are inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame.
1991 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer sets an NCAA record with 11,606 career passing yards.
1991 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 59-28 win over Utah State.
1992 - MLB commissioner Faye Vincent announces his retirement; Milwaukee Brewers president Bud Selig is named interim commissioner (Selig would be appointed commissioner in 1998).
1996 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-14 win over Michigan State.
2002 - #9 Nebraska defeats Utah State 44-13.
2013 - #22 Nebraska defeats Southern Mississippi 56-13.[/b][/color]
2014 - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan beat Spanish pair Marcel Granollers & Marc López 6–3, 6–4 to win their Open era record 5th US men's tennis doubles title; extends record for most Grand Slam doubles titles (16).
2019 - Colorado defeats #25 Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.
1822 - Brazil declared independence from Portugal.
1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
1940 - Nazi Germany began its initial bombing of London during World War II.
1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel, a rooming house in Houston, claimed 55 lives.
1977 - The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.
1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first Black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.
2005 - Police and soldiers went house to house in New Orleans to try to coax the last stubborn holdouts into leaving the city shattered by Hurricane Katrina.
2007 - Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end.
2008 - Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.
2015 - Hillary Clinton, interviewed by The Associated Press during a campaign swing through Iowa, said she did not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.”
2019 - President Donald Trump said he had canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghan leaders, just days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, after a bombing in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier.
2022 - Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old suspect in stabbings that killed 11 people and injured 18 in Saskatchewan, Canada three days earlier, was arrested and died in a hospital after showing medical distress.
Birthdays
27 - Donovan Mitchell (basketball player)
32 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
34 - Jonathan Majors (actor)
34 - Loren Allred (singer)
35 - Kevin Love (basketball player)
36 - Evan Rachel Wood (actress)
37 - Wes Willis (singer)
38 - Alyssa Diaz (actress)
39 - Benjamin Hollingsworth (actor)
44 - JD Pardo (actor)
45 - Devon Sawa (actor)
47 - Oliver Hudson (actor)
50 - Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
53 - Tom Everett Scott (actor)
53 - Monique Gabriela Curnen (actress)
54 - Diane Farr (actress)
54 - Angie Everhart (actress/model)
56 - Leslie Jones (actress/comedian)
57 - Toby Jones (actor)
60 - W. Earl Brown (actor)
66 - J. Smith-Cameron (actor)
66 - Margot Chapman (singer)
67 - Diane Warren (singer)
69 - Michael Emerson (actor)
69 - Corbin Bernsen (actor)
73 - Julie Kavner (actress)
75 - Susan Blakely (actress)
80 - Gloria Gaynor (singer)
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Today in Sports History - September 7
1896 - A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack. The race was held in Cranston, Rhode Island.
1963 - The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable television.
1985 - #10 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-17 loss to #17 Florida State.
1986 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th NFL game, which set a NFL record.
1986 - The Cleveland Browns become the first team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay in a game against the Chicago Bears.
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Bark are inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame.
1991 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer sets an NCAA record with 11,606 career passing yards.
1991 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 59-28 win over Utah State.
1992 - MLB commissioner Faye Vincent announces his retirement; Milwaukee Brewers president Bud Selig is named interim commissioner (Selig would be appointed commissioner in 1998).
1996 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-14 win over Michigan State.
2002 - #9 Nebraska defeats Utah State 44-13.
2013 - #22 Nebraska defeats Southern Mississippi 56-13.[/b][/color]
2014 - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan beat Spanish pair Marcel Granollers & Marc López 6–3, 6–4 to win their Open era record 5th US men's tennis doubles title; extends record for most Grand Slam doubles titles (16).
2019 - Colorado defeats #25 Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.
