September 9
Today is the 253rd day of 2016, there are 113 days left in the year.
1543 - Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, nine months after she was born.
1776 - The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the nation from the United Colonies to the United States of America.
1850 - California became the 31st state of the Union.
1893 - President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first and only president's child to be born in the White House.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. was incorporated by the Radio Corporation of America.
1948 - The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on television for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1971 - Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.
1976 - Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.
1993 - The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
1997 - Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.
2001 - Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists.
2003 - The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
2009 - Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) shouted "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on health care.
Birthdays
25 - Hunter Hayes (country singer)
25 - Kelsey Chow (actress)
26 - Billy Hamilton (baseball player)
26 - Haley Reinhart (singer)
29 - Riley Cooper (football player)
30 - Jose Aldo (MMA fighter)
31 - JR Smith (basketball player)
36 - Michelle Williams (actress)
41 - Michael Buble (jazz singer)
45 - Eric Stonestreet (actor)
47 - Rachel Hunter (model)
49 - Akshay Kumar (actor)
50 - Adam Sandler (actor)
51 - Charles Esten (comedian)
51 - Constance Marie (actress)
56 - Hugh Grant (actor)
65 - Tom Wopat (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 9
1895 - The American Bowling Congress forms in New York.
1898 - In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1904 - The Boston Herald refers to the American League New York baseball club as "Yankees", when it reports "Yankees take 2". The New York team would officially adopt Yankees as their nickname in 1913.
1936 - The New York Yankees clinch their eighth AL pennant.
1945 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final career home run.
1950 - Sal Maglie of the New York Giants pitched a fourth consecutive shutout. Only four other pitchers in the National League had ever accomplished this feat.
1958 - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a major league record with three triples in one game.
1960 - The fourth iteration of the American Football League plays its first game, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Boston Patriots 13-10.
1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game, the eighth in major league history, in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. It was the fourth no-hitter thrown by Koufax in his career.
1968 - Arthur Ashe wins the first U.S. Open tennis tournament held in an open format.
1968 - Tommy Krammer of the Minnesota Vikings throws six touchdown passes in a 42-7 rout of the Green Bay Packers.
1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retires.
1972 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a road loss to UCLA 20-17.
1978 - The Baltimore Orioles record their seventh triple play in franchise history against the Toronto Blue Jays.
1978 - #10 Nebraska defeats California 36-26.
1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.
1979 - John McEnroe wins the U.S. Open.
1984 - John McEnroe wins the U.S. Open.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.
1987 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros strikes out a batter for the 4,500th time.
1989 - Steffi Graf defeats Martina Navratilova to win the U.S. Open.
1989 - #4 Nebraska opens the season with a 48-17 win over Northern Illinois.
1992 - Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers became the 17th major league baseball player to reach 3,000 hits.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeats Michigan State 50-10.
1998 - The New York Yankees officially clinched the American League East title. It was the earliest in AL history. The Yankees ended the season 20 1/2 games ahead of second-place Boston.
2000 - #1 Nebraska goes on the road and defeats #23 Notre Dame 27-24 in overtime.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits three home runs to give him 63 on the year.
2006 - #21 Nebraska defeats Nicholls State 56-7.
Today is the 253rd day of 2016, there are 113 days left in the year.
1543 - Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, nine months after she was born.
1776 - The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the nation from the United Colonies to the United States of America.
1850 - California became the 31st state of the Union.
1893 - President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first and only president's child to be born in the White House.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. was incorporated by the Radio Corporation of America.
1948 - The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on television for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1971 - Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.
1976 - Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82.
1993 - The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
1997 - Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.
2001 - Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists.
2003 - The Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese agreed to pay $85 million to 552 people to settle clergy sex abuse cases.
2009 - Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) shouted "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on health care.
Birthdays
25 - Hunter Hayes (country singer)
25 - Kelsey Chow (actress)
26 - Billy Hamilton (baseball player)
26 - Haley Reinhart (singer)
29 - Riley Cooper (football player)
30 - Jose Aldo (MMA fighter)
31 - JR Smith (basketball player)
36 - Michelle Williams (actress)
41 - Michael Buble (jazz singer)
45 - Eric Stonestreet (actor)
47 - Rachel Hunter (model)
49 - Akshay Kumar (actor)
50 - Adam Sandler (actor)
51 - Charles Esten (comedian)
51 - Constance Marie (actress)
56 - Hugh Grant (actor)
65 - Tom Wopat (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 9
1895 - The American Bowling Congress forms in New York.
1898 - In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1904 - The Boston Herald refers to the American League New York baseball club as "Yankees", when it reports "Yankees take 2". The New York team would officially adopt Yankees as their nickname in 1913.
1936 - The New York Yankees clinch their eighth AL pennant.
1945 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final career home run.
1950 - Sal Maglie of the New York Giants pitched a fourth consecutive shutout. Only four other pitchers in the National League had ever accomplished this feat.
1958 - Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates ties a major league record with three triples in one game.
1960 - The fourth iteration of the American Football League plays its first game, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Boston Patriots 13-10.
1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game, the eighth in major league history, in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. It was the fourth no-hitter thrown by Koufax in his career.
1968 - Arthur Ashe wins the first U.S. Open tennis tournament held in an open format.
1968 - Tommy Krammer of the Minnesota Vikings throws six touchdown passes in a 42-7 rout of the Green Bay Packers.
1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings retires.
1972 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a road loss to UCLA 20-17.
1978 - The Baltimore Orioles record their seventh triple play in franchise history against the Toronto Blue Jays.
1978 - #10 Nebraska defeats California 36-26.
1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.
1979 - John McEnroe wins the U.S. Open.
1984 - John McEnroe wins the U.S. Open.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.
1987 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros strikes out a batter for the 4,500th time.
1989 - Steffi Graf defeats Martina Navratilova to win the U.S. Open.
1989 - #4 Nebraska opens the season with a 48-17 win over Northern Illinois.
1992 - Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers became the 17th major league baseball player to reach 3,000 hits.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeats Michigan State 50-10.
1998 - The New York Yankees officially clinched the American League East title. It was the earliest in AL history. The Yankees ended the season 20 1/2 games ahead of second-place Boston.
2000 - #1 Nebraska goes on the road and defeats #23 Notre Dame 27-24 in overtime.
2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits three home runs to give him 63 on the year.
2006 - #21 Nebraska defeats Nicholls State 56-7.
