September 9
Today is the 252nd day of 2017, there are 113 days left in the year.
1776 - The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the United States of America , from the United Colonies.
1850 - California became the 31st state.
1893 - President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first child of a president to be born in the White House.
1919 - Some 1,100 members of Boston's 1,500-man police force went on strike. (The strike was broken by Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge with replacement officers.)
1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America.
1942 - During World War II, a Japanese plane launched from a submarine off the Oregon coast dropped a pair of incendiary bombs in a failed attempt at igniting a massive forest fire; it was the first aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland by a foreign power.
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 first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction. The bill also established the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice.
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.
2016 - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, speaking at an LGBT fundraiser in New York City, described half of Republican Donald Trump's supporters as "a basket of deplorables," a characterization she ended up expressing regret over.
Birthdays
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Today in Sports History - September 9
1898 - In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1904 - The Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," name not official till 1913.
1922 - Saint Louis Browns' "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits three triples beating Detroit Tigers 16-0.
1945 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final 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 - Pittsburgh Pirates' player Roberto Clemente ties record of three triples in a game.
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 also Koufax's fourth career no-hitter.
1968 - First US Open tennis tournament, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe wins).
1968 - Minnesota Vikings' Tommy Krammer passes for six touchdowns vs Green Bay Packers (42-7).
1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires.
1972 - UCLA upsets #1 Nebraska 20-17 to open the season.
1978 - #10 Nebraska defeated California 36-26.
1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.
1983 - Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.
1984 - California Angels' Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game.
1987 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter.
1989 - Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeated Northern Illinois 48-17 to open the season.
1992 - Robin Yount became the 17th major league baseball player to reach 3,000 hits.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeated 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 defeated #23 Notre Dame 27-24 in overtime in South Bend.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco) hit three home runs to give him 63 for the season.
2006 - #21 Nebraska defeated Nicholls State 56-7.
2007 - Roger Federer won his fourth straight U.S. Open title.
2012 - Serena Williams won her fourth U.S. Open title.
2012 - Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL regular-season game, serving as a line judge in the St. Louis Rams-Detroit Lions game. (Detroit beat St. Louis 27-23.)
2016 - Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Tom Izzo and Jerry Reinsdorf were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Today is the 252nd day of 2017, there are 113 days left in the year.
1776 - The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the United States of America , from the United Colonies.
1850 - California became the 31st state.
1893 - President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first child of a president to be born in the White House.
1919 - Some 1,100 members of Boston's 1,500-man police force went on strike. (The strike was broken by Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge with replacement officers.)
1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America.
1942 - During World War II, a Japanese plane launched from a submarine off the Oregon coast dropped a pair of incendiary bombs in a failed attempt at igniting a massive forest fire; it was the first aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland by a foreign power.
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 first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction. The bill also established the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice.
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.
2016 - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, speaking at an LGBT fundraiser in New York City, described half of Republican Donald Trump's supporters as "a basket of deplorables," a characterization she ended up expressing regret over.
Birthdays
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Today in Sports History - September 9
1898 - In Omaha, NE, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, WI won the first logrolling championship.
1904 - The Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," name not official till 1913.
1922 - Saint Louis Browns' "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits three triples beating Detroit Tigers 16-0.
1945 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final 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 - Pittsburgh Pirates' player Roberto Clemente ties record of three triples in a game.
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 also Koufax's fourth career no-hitter.
1968 - First US Open tennis tournament, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe wins).
1968 - Minnesota Vikings' Tommy Krammer passes for six touchdowns vs Green Bay Packers (42-7).
1971 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires.
1972 - UCLA upsets #1 Nebraska 20-17 to open the season.
1978 - #10 Nebraska defeated California 36-26.
1979 - Tracy Austin, at 16, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open women’s tennis title.
1983 - Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player.
1984 - Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s combined yardage record when he reached 15,517 yards.
1984 - California Angels' Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game.
1987 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter.
1989 - Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeated Northern Illinois 48-17 to open the season.
1992 - Robin Yount became the 17th major league baseball player to reach 3,000 hits.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeated 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 defeated #23 Notre Dame 27-24 in overtime in South Bend.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco) hit three home runs to give him 63 for the season.
2006 - #21 Nebraska defeated Nicholls State 56-7.
2007 - Roger Federer won his fourth straight U.S. Open title.
2012 - Serena Williams won her fourth U.S. Open title.
2012 - Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL regular-season game, serving as a line judge in the St. Louis Rams-Detroit Lions game. (Detroit beat St. Louis 27-23.)
2016 - Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Tom Izzo and Jerry Reinsdorf were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
