2026 NFL Season Week 3 Review

Below is my preview of the upcoming games for NFL 2026 week 3:

NY Giants 12, Tennessee 7 – The good news for fans of Big Blue like me: the Giants won. The bad news: they beat one of the league’s winless, struggling teams, and they did it while the offense looked flat and lifeless. That means that the G-Men’s defensive effort was very solid, from beginning to end. Holding the Titans to a touchdown for their total offensive production is impressive. In the process, the Giants improve to 2-1 on the year. However, they cannot hope to win too many games if they only score 12 points, so they need to do better. To that end, the Giants did acquire JJ McCarthy. Let's see if he can bring some life into the Giants largely lifeless offense. At least the G-Men won this game. My pick: Accurate

Detroit 31, NY Jets 24 - The Jets did not play poorly in this game. Going on the road to Detroit and taking on the Lions is not easy, but Gang Green kept this one close. It was back and forth, but this game was tied, 24-24, late in the fourth quarter. However, it was the Lions who came up with the goods at the end to earn the win. Detroit improves to 2-1 on the year, while the Jets fall to 1-2. My pick: Accurate

Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 27 - It felt like the Bengals kind of blew this one.. They had this game, and should have won, frankly  But very late in the fourth, Joe Burrow gets hit from behind and loses the ball in the process, turning the ball over and handing the Steelers a win. If Cincy wants to contend for the AFC title, or this division title, these are the games that they need to win and show a killer instinct in. Disappointing. My pick: Inaccurate

Jacksonville 35, New England 6 - Granted, I got this prediction wrong. But in my defense, I was under the impression that this game was being played in Foxboro. Instead, it was in Jacksonville, and yes, that might just have changed my prediction. That said, I did not expect the Jaguars to completely dominate and blow the Patriots out the way that they did. Very impressive win for the Jaguars. My pick: Inaccurate

Washington 33, Seattle 31 - Admittedly, I thought that the Seahawks defense would prove tougher. But they allowed a lot of points in this one, and it proved too much. Seattle's offense was not bad, but it just could not keep up with the Commanders on this day, who clearly were desperate for their first win of the season. And a solid win, as they now improve to 1-2, while the defending champs fall to 2-1, now in second place in the NFC West.. My pick: Inaccurate

Cleveland 21, Carolina 18 - There was something in the way the Browns responded to that Week 1 loss that impressed me. Which is why they were my pick in this game, which more or less went the way it could have been expected to go. A close game, with neither team blowing out the other. But it was Cleveland who came up with the goods in the end, earning their second straight win to improve to 2-1. The Panthers, meanwhile, fall to 1-2 on the year.. My pick: Accurate

Kansas City 24, Miami 10 - No surprise here, right? The Chiefs took care of business, as they have been doing so far this season. This was their first game away from home, but it also was against the Dolphins. Miami has scored a total of 36 points so far this season, tied for worst with their division rivals, the Patriots. Except New England actually won a game, and figures to be good this season. Not so much with the Fins, right? A good, solid win for KC, who improves to 3-0 on the year. Meanwhile, Miami falls to 0-3. My pick: Accurate 

Buffalo 24, LA Chargers 16 - The Chargers are probably better than their 0-3 record to this point suggests. Still, it stands as the worst start ever for any team coached by Jim Harbaugh. The Bolts were surprised by both the Cardinals and the Raiders, and just did not have enough against the Bills this week. If they don't turn things around soon, this season will spiral out of control and be a lost cause. As for Buffalo, they earn a solid win to improve to 3-0, with a big game against New England coming up next weekend. My pick: Accurate

Indianapolis 19, Houston 17 - One of these teams was going to earn their first win after this game, while the other fell to 0-3/ Not surprisingly, it was tough and a tight game throughout. It looked like the Texans had this one for a while, but the Colts managed to get that field goal right at the end for the win to stop their bleeding. Dating back to last season, the Colts had lost nine straight, so they clearly needed this one. As for Houston, this marks their second straight 0-3 start to a season. Not what I expected. Last year they recovered and qualified for the postseason. Let's see what happens this season with them, and that elite defense they have.. My pick: Inaccurate

San Francisco 36, Arizona 30 – Honestly, I saw that the score here early on in this game showed San Fran with a big lead, and figured that it was just going to be your typical blowout. So kudos to thee Cardinals for actually making a game of it, even making it a competitive, fairly suspenseful end of the game. Still, most people have to figure that the Cardinals are not going to win a game like this, especially on the road. So this one went more or less the way that most people figured it would, even if the final score was closer than expected. My pick: Accurate

Minnesota 23, Tampa Bay 16 - The Vikings did not blow away the Bucs. But clearly, Tampa Bay is seriously struggling to this point in the season, still searching for their first win of the year. But the Vikings denied them and earned the win to improve to 3-0 on the year. Meanwhile, the Bucs fall to 0-3 and have a lot of questions remaining. luckily, they are in a terrible division where every other team is 1-2, so Tampa Bay is hardly out of it.  My pick: Accurate

Las Vegas 35, New Orleans 27 - Are the 3-0 Raiders for real? That is the question on everyone's mind after the Silver & Black managed to beat the Saints on the road. Who could have foreseen such a fantastic start for the normally hapless Raiders? Still, there are questions, and a lot of people suspect that all of this will catch up with them. I happen to be one of the skeptics. Still, give them credit for this win. The Saints, meanwhile, fall to 1-2.. My pick: Inaccurate

Baltimore 34, Dallas 31 - The Ravens and Cowboys played in the first ever NFL game in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Dallas looked ready, jumping out to a 10-0 lead and looking well-prepared. It seemed that they were heading for a comfortable win. Baltimore began to settle down, however, and then began to outplay the 'Boys. Eventually, they outlasted Dallas in what proved to be a shootout, getting a key long completion late to give them a shot at a game winning field goal attempt, which was converted successfully. The Ravens improve to 2-1, while the 'Boys fall to 1-2.. My pick: Accurate

Sunday Night Football: Denver 30, LA Rams 26 - This was a tough Sunday Night Football Game between two teams who figure to rank among the elites this season. Remember, both of these teams reached the Championship Game last season, although both ultimately fell short. It was a back and forth game, and probably more or less the kind of game you would expect. In the end, Denver was just slightly better, and they earn a tough win to improve to 2-1. Meanwhile, the Rams fall to 1-2.. My pick: Accurate

Monday Night Football: Chicago 20, Philadelphia 7 – My pick was for Philly to win this one. But after watching part of the game, it made me wonder why. After all, they struggled against Washington in the season opener, and hardly blew away the Titans last weekend. Meanwhile, the Bears looked simply awesome on opening weekend, then looked startlingly flat last week against Minnesota. Figured that Da Bears would rebound with a strong performance in this one against the Eagles. And sure enough, that’s exactly what they did. It was a low scoring affair until Chicago started to find their rhythm on offense in the third quarter, pulling away. Philly simply was not able to do anything on offense themselves to answer Chicago in the second half. So that pretty much was ball game at that point. My pick: Inaccurate

30th Anniversary of a Great Concert - Pearl Jam at Randall's Island, NYC, September 29, 1996

Okay, so I wrote the following a few years ago, when I turned around and realized, on September 29, 2012, that it had been exactly 16 years since one of the most memorable concert experiences that I ever had. That would be seeing Pearl Jam for the first time at Randall's Island in New York City back in 1996, when they were finally touring in support of the "No Code" album.

There are a lot of things that immediately come to mind when I think about that concert. First of all, it happened to fall on my then girlfriend (now ex-wife) and my first anniversary. Secondly, although I was beginning to go to a lot of concerts by that point, this concert felt somehow like a turning point. Pearl Jam was a huge band, and they were my favorites. Up to that point, despite having seen a growing number of concerts, there always was that one band, my favorites, whom I had yet to see. Then, suddenly, my friend managed to obtain tickets shortly after I returned from a trip to Chicago with another friend (who also happened to be a Pearl Jam fan and wound up going with us). This was the one band that I really, at the time, felt ready to drop everything to go and see, if the opportunity presented itself, and it finally did. I came somewhat close a couple of times in 1994, but ultimately failed. So, the next time that they came around, I was determined to see them come what may. When that friend managed to snag these tickets, it felt like pure elation, and I felt like a little kid eagerly anticipating the Christmas holiday to come, knowing in my head that the date was approaching, but feeling that, somehow, it could not come soon enough.

Even today, I remember how glad that concert made me feel, and just how huge it was for me. Since then, I have been to 24 Pearl Jam concerts, and have seen almost every song that meant something special to me, and then some! Some of the shows were amazing, and for some of them, I had amazing seats, including the second time that I saw them, making a point of reciprocating my friend's purchase of these tickets back in 1996 by bringing him to Pearl Jam's concert at East Rutherford in 1998, where we had second row center.

Yet, despite having some better seats (well, Randall's Island was standing room only, so there technically were no seats) at some other concerts, this particular Pearl Jam concert really stands out for me even to this day. Rarely has any concert mad me feel this good. There have been other concerts, and I have seen some amazing bands and performances. Very few of them made me feel anywhere near what the Pearl Jam concert in 1996 made me feel.I discussed some of these a few years ago, and shared my thoughts in past blogs, and will add those to this particular blog entry below. But seeing Pearl Jam finally take the stage, after years and years of waiting for that opportunity, felt just amazing! It wound up being the longest concert to that point that the band had ever done, and attained a certain legendary status among PJ fans. I remember how crowded it was, people body surfing, and how some of the staff started spraying grateful fans with water to help cool us off. For that matter, simply arriving at Randall's Island, where just a couple of months and change before, that same friend and I had seen Lollapalooza, was an amazing experience. We were discussing the Fastbacks, and he mentioned how Eddie Vedder "creams over them." 

Hard to believe that it has been twenty years since then!

So, here are some thoughts that I had four years ago on that concert, which took place on this day, three full decades ago:

I have seen a lot of concerts in my own time. It's approaching two hundred since 1992, when my brother and I went to see Metallica and Guns 'n Roses, with Faith No More as the opening act, at Giants Stadium in the summer of 1992. That concert was intense, particularly Metallica's set. It was so loud, so long, so energetic, and it left a lasting impression. It was quite memorable. More recently, there have been other concerts that were quite memorable, as well. Seeing Pink Floyd at Yankees Stadium in 1994. Seeing the Vote for Change Finale in 2004, with incredible acts like Pearl Jam, REM, the Dave Matthews Band, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, the Dixie Chicks, and with Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band as the closers. That was incredible. I have seen Paul McCartney give a free concert in Quebec on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of that city. Sir Paul was also involved in another incredible concert memory: joining Ringo Starr on stage a couple of years ago on Ringo's 70th Birthday and playing "Birthday". It was as close to a Beatles reunion, or a Beatles show, that I'll have ever seen, most likely, and as a big Beatles fan (could you guess?), that was very memorable! And since that article that I wrote about this Pearl Jam concert, I was at the 12/12/12 Sandy Benefit concert, which included some huge names that included Eddie Vedder, who accompanied Roger Waters on "Comfortably Numb," Bruce Sprinsteen and the E-Street Band, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Kanye West (not a big fan of his, admittedly), Chris Martin of Coldplay with guest star Michael Stipes of R.E.M., Alicia Keys, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and Paul McCartney, who at one point brought out the remaining members of Nirvana to perform a song, and this wound up being the first public performance of "Sirvana." Some at the time were suggesting that this was the greatest concert ever. Nowadays, some are suggesting that the Iheart concerts in the desert, also with huge names, are the greatest. For my part, I still think that Woodstock tops all of these in terms of sheer brilliance and cultural influence, and I think that Roger Waters performance of "The Wall" live in Berlin back ni 1990 deserves honorable mention, but I digress. 

I started going to see a lot of concerts particularly starting in 1992, and especially gaining momentum in 1994. But at that point, there was one major act that I really wanted to see, probably more than all others, but which it sometimes felt I would never see: Pearl Jam. The thing about Pearl Jam was that, at the time, they were phenomenally popular, probably at the height of their power, if you will. Granted, much of that was the cult of personality surrounding lead vocalist Eddie Vedder. He was the iconic leader of the group, if you will. The type of guy that, as cliche as this sounds, women wanted to be with, and men wanted to be. They had an incredible, raw energy to them in those days. They have retained some of that over the years, but at that time, it was their defining trait. Their music was intense, and charged with powerful and meaningful lyrics, with more than a touch of poetry to them. They really were a band that seemed almost to offer at least a little something to everyone. I desperately wanted to see them, and felt, on many levels, that no matter how many concerts and acts I saw, it would not be or feel complete or impressive until I saw Pearl Jam.

But they rarely ever toured, and never seemed to come to my area, the New York greater metropolitan area, at the time. True, they came around for several shows in their earliest days in the early nineties, playing some very memorable, even legendary shows, at places like the Limelight, but I really started getting into Pearl jam early in 1993, and by then, they were becoming a rare act to see in New York. They had actually come in the area and done a show at the Paramount, in Madison Square Garden (but not outright MSG), and I had desperately tried to get tickets, but was unsuccessful. I waited outside on the side of a road in New York City with a group of equally determined friends to try and get stand by tickets to Saturday Night Live, and actually managed to get one of these tickets. But there was literally not one opening that night, and so all stand by tickets were sent home. I even tried to see them at the Boston Gardens, and came somewhat close, but no cigar. I collected bootlegs of their shows by then, and that 1994 tour still looms large in my memory, although the pleasure of actually going to one of those shows was not mine.

Eventually, however, the opportunity did come. I was friends with someone who had a penchant for obtaining rare tickets, and he managed to get tickets to one of the two Randall's Island shows that the band scheduled for September of 1996, to support their latest album, No Code. This came around a month after the release of that album, which I remember having gotten while on a trip to Chicago, in late August. So, knowing that I would finally get to see them, I was incredibly excited. I just couldn't wait to finally see this group in concert.

There were three of us who went to the concert together. We got there early, and I remember kind of just taking in the atmosphere. The Fastbacks finally came out to open the show, and then it was Ben Harper, who I was not familiar with at the time, but was tremendously impressed with. Still, the group that I wanted to see was in the waits, and the excitement grew. It seemed to take forever for them to take the stage, and it was so hot that night, I remember. Maybe it was just because we were all so tightly packed in. There were a lot of people there.

Finally, the lights went out, and I saw candles on the stage that Pearl Jam was about to take. I don't remember having seen candles at a concert before like that, so it seemed like a new touch. The band came on stage, and it was a thrill to see the immediately identifiable locks of Vedder's then still long hair, and knowing that they were finally there, that the concert had finally begun.

But the music waited, as Eddie Vedder spoke first. He assured us that while the previous night (they had played Randall's Island the night before, as I understand it, in heavy rain) had been highly charged, tonight, they were going to take it a bit easier. But he had the feeling, he told us, that the music would be better sharper, than it had ever been, and that the concert would be longer, maybe, than any other that they had ever performed.

He was right. It wound up being, at that time, the longest show that the band had ever played (it had since been overtaken, and the longest concert that they have played to date now, to my knowledge, was the third Mansfield show in 2004, when they tried to play mostly all different songs in the three shows combined, and opened that third and final show in the Boston area with an acoustic set prior to their main set).

They opened up with "Sometimes", which is also the opening song of their then new album, No Code. It was a strange choice, I thought. It was followed by an intense version of "Go", and the intensity was on. The crowd was really fired up, and seemed as excited as I was in just seeing the band, finally. The next few songs were also highly charged, despite Vedder's previous prediction. During "Animal", Vedder stopped the song and warned the crowd that people were acting crazy, and given the overly crowded circumstances, he did not want something to happen. He even mentioned that they did not think they could keep playing music if someone was to lose their life at one of their shows, something that a friend of mine mentioned some years later, following the tragic incident at Roskilde during the Pearl Jam set.

In any case, that show indeed was legendary, and just as Vedder had forecast, they did in fact play more sings, and played a longer show, than they had ever done before. Everyone went home satisfied, and that certainly included me. I was flying high for maybe a week or so after, feeling so privileged to have felt like that. Since then, only the shows that I mentioned earlier have really allowed me to feel that way, as far as concerts are concerned. Most recently, it was Ringo's 70th birthday show that made me feel that concert magic. It's a nice feeling, and I remember just feeling so content following that legendary 1996 show. Even the massive traffic jam following the show's end did not bother me. Nothing bothered me after that for a while.

That show was on this date, September 29th, exactly 30 years ago, and I was there! I was sure that it would forever be the greatest Pearl Jam show that I would ever see, but I have seen them over twenty times since then. One of the other very memorable shows that I saw of theirs also occurred on this date, back in 2004. It was also part of the Vote for Change tour, about two weeks before that Washington DC finale that I mentioned earlier in this blog. That also had an incredible set list, and was one of the most intense shows of Pearl Jam's that I had ever seen. Even that was now eight years ago. They were both a long time ago, but, ah, what memories!

Here's a link to Pearl Jam's website with the setlist of this 1996 show (as well as an illustration of the poster from the show, now a real collector's item):

http://pearljam.com/setlists/1011/1996/20122/downing_stadium_randalls_island

And here's a link to the other September 29th show, eight years later in 2004, and eight years ago on this date:

http://pearljam.com/setlists/1019/2004/20384/fleet_center

September 29th: This Day in History

  

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history 

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• 522 BCE - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.

• 480 BC - Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.

• 61 BCE - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

• 219 - Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome

235 - St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope

440 - Pope Leo I the Great, installed

855 - Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1187 - Saladins army marches into Jerusalem

1227 - Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II

1349 - People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells

1364 - Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany

• In 1399 on this day, King Richard II became the first English monarch to abdicate his throne. 

1521 - Turkish troops occupy Belgrade

1564 - Robert Dudley becomes earl of Leicester

1567 - War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX

1567 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason.

• 1608 - Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists

• 1650 - Second Fronde-uprising ends

1650 - Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)

• 1678 - France & Brandenburg signs peace treaty

Roman Military and Political Leader Pompey the GreatRoman Military and Political Leader Pompey the Great 

• 1785 - Chasidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland

• 1789 - 1st congress adjourns

1789 - US War Dept established a regular army

• 1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine

1815 - King Willem I forms Order of Dutch Lion

1829 - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)

1829 Sir Robert Peel's police force, the "bobbies," began operations at Scotland Yard. 

• 1848 - Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence.

1849 - 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)

1853 - Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348

1859 - Great auroral display in US

• 1863 - Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris)

1864 - Battle of Battle of Chaffin's Farm & New Market Heights VA

1872 - "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village

1872 - Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta & Big Tree

1875 - US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion

1879 - NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players

1885 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.

1890 - 1st pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC

1892 - 1st night football game played (Mansfield, Penn)

Picture of a bust of French chemist Louis Pasteur

• French chemist Louis Pasteur died on this day in 1895.

• 1898 - French troops reach Guinea & Sudan, Samori caught

1902 - Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater

1904 - 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio)

1906 - US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma

1907 - Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral

1908 - Calgary Rugby Football Union forms

1911 - Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode

1911 - Italy declares war on Turkey, starting the Italo-Turkish War

1911 - Yanks steal 15 bases & get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning

• 1911 - Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

• 1912 - French/British troops lands on Samoa

1913 - Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St NYC

1913 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game

1914 - Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant

1915 - 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent

1915 - British army conquerors Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamia

1915 - Dutch Opera's 1st performance

1915 - Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in NYC

1915 - Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta

1915 - Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant

Oil Industrialist John D. RockefellerOil Industrialist John D. Rockefeller 1916 - John D Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire.

1918 - Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line

1920 - Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54

• 1920 - Belgium annexes Eupen/Malmö dy

1920 - Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10

1921 - Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL

1922 - Benito Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program

1923 - 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY

1923 - Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public

1924 - Santo Domingo joins League of Nations

1924 - Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees

1925 - French Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed

1925 - Greek republican constitution enforced

1926 - Norma Shearer wed Irving Thalberg

1927 - Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games

Baseball Great Babe RuthBaseball Great Babe Ruth 1927 - Telephone service begins between US & Mexico

1927 - Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri, 85 die

1928 - Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston

1928 - Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10

1930 - 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC

• 1930 - Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute

1930 - Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons

1930 - NYC College offers 1st course in radio advertising

1932 - "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair

1933 - Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut

1935 - 5th Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club (Ridgewood, New Jersey, US)

1936 - Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign

1937 - Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)

1938 - 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in NYC

• 1938 - Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Daladier & Chamberlain

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1940 - "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net

1940 - "Strike Up Band," opens

1940 - 1st US merchant ship "Booker T. Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware

1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1941 - Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade

• 1941 - Nazi mass murder at Babi Jar, Soviet Union

1942 - 32°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept

1942 - Government of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich

1943 - 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel

General Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

• On this day in 1943 during World War II, U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson.   

1943 - German riots at Amsterdam Jews

1943 - Zjadovs 5th Gardeleger/Managarovs 53rd Army reconquer Kremenchug

• 1944 - Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia

1946 - Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 secs

1946 - Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA

1946 - NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms

1947 - Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY

1947 - Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox

1947 - Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828)

1948 - Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" opens at Park Avenue Cinema

1948 - WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins

1948 - WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 - "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV

1949 - "Inside USA With Chevrolet," debuts on CBS-TV

1949 - Elia Kazan's "Pinky" starring Ethel Waters opens at Rivoli

1950 - "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV

1950 - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories

1950 - Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel

1951 - 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS)

1951 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m & 10 mile

• 1951 - S B Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter

1952 - "Lights Out," last airs on NBC-TV

1952 - Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance

1953 - "Buick-Berle Show," debuts on NBC-TV

1953 - "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV

1953 - 1st dept store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago Ill

1953 - Balt Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000

1953 - Milton Berle Show premieres

1953 - US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China

1954 - "Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol

1954 - "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC

Actress Judy GarlandActress Judy Garland 1954 - "Star is Born" starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres

1954 - Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom

1954 - KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 - Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive

1955 - "Sergeant Preston," debuts on CBS

1955 - Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia

1957 - 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)

1957 - Buddy Holly & Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"

1957 - NY Giants play & lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)

Singer Buddy HollySinger Buddy Holly 1957 - Passenger train & oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die

1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1959 - Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, & take NL pennant

1959 - Little Anthony & the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop"

1959 - Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution

1960 - "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV

Singer-Songwriter Bob DylanSinger-Songwriter Bob Dylan 1961 - Bob Dylan's 1st recording session-backup harmonica for Caroline Hester

1961 - Mamum Kuzbari becomes premier of Syria

Flag of Algeria

• 1962 - Algerian government of Ben Bella forms

• On this day in 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy authorized the use of federal troops in response to city officials defying federal court orders to integrate public schools. The orders had been to enroll James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. 

• 1962 - Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)

1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1963 - "Judy Garland Show," debuts on CBS-TV

1963 - "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV

1963 - 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome

US President John F. KennedyUS President John F. Kennedy 1963 - Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th & 3,630th hit

1963 - Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game

1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational

1963 - Pope Paul opens 2nd sitting of 2nd Vatican council

1963 - Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros)

1963 - Stan Musial Day in St Louis

• 1964 - Greece & Bulgaria close boundaries

1965 - Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season

• 1966 - Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana

1966 - Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season

1966 - The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.

1967 - -Oct 29] Rome: 1st bishop synod

1967 - Gladys Knight & Pips releases "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

1967 - Intl Monetary Fund reforms world monetary system

1967 - Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead & plays the Straightater

1969 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1969 - Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"

1969 - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season

1969 - Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver

1970 - "NET Festival," last aired

1971 - "McMillan & Wife," debuts on NBC-TV

1971 - Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000

1971 - Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched

1971 - Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season

1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1972 - Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations

1973 - "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33

1973 - "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1

1973 - Balt Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit)

1973 - Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents

• 1973 - Soyuz 12 returns to Earth

1975 - Jackie Wilson, slips into an irreversible coma; he dies in 1984

1975 - USSR performs underground nuclear test

1975 - WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in US, began broadcasting

1975 - Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster.

1976 - "Alice," debuts on CBS-TV

1976 - 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law

1976 - Boy George expelled from school

1976 - SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0

• 1976 - Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon

1976 - Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager

1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

Country Singer Jerry Lee LewisCountry Singer Jerry Lee Lewis 1976 - Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

• 1977 - "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band," by Meco hits #1

1977 - Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship

1977 - James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid & overworked

1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1977 - Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam

1977 - Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit

Singer Maureen McGovernSinger Maureen McGovern 1979 - "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15

1979 - "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65

1979 - "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6

1979 - "Message In A Bottle" by Police peaks at #1 in UK

1979 - "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" by Stephanie Mills peaks at #22

1979 - Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313

1979 - Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong

1979 - John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at NY Film Festival

1979 - LA Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit

Picture of a bust of Pope John Paul II taken at the Basilique Saint-Sernin in Toulouse.

• In 1979 on this day, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit Ireland.

1980 - Malcolm McDowell wed Mary Steenburgen

1982 - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV

• On this day in 1982, seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide in Chicago. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products. Also as a result of this, 264,000 bottles were recalled.

1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1983 - "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show

264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 1983 - 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act

1983 - Airport of Beirut reopens

1983 - Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 US Marines in Lebanon

1983 - Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

1984 - "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39

1984 - "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9

1984 - "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3

1984 - "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66

1984 - "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince & Revolution peaks at #1

1984 - "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75

1984 - "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17

1984 - "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14

1984 - "Yes Or No" by Go-Go's peak at #84

1984 - Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic

1985 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV

Director Steven SpielbergDirector Steven Spielberg 1985 - "Amazing Stories," by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV

1985 - "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV

1985 - Deron Cherry, Kansas City vs Seattle, has 4 interceptions!

1985 - Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)

1986 - "Airwolf," TV Adventure; moves to USA

1986 - "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS

1986 - Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)

1986 - Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees

1986 - Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast

1986 - USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges

1987 - "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1

1987 - "thirtysomething," debuts on ABC-TV

1987 - 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation

1987 - NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year

Singer Whitney HoustonSinger Whitney Houston 

Picture of the space shuttle at Expo Park in Los Angeles, California

•  The 26th space shuttle mission took place on this day when Discovery 7 was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on this day in 1988. It was the first manned space flight since the Challenger disaster. It was also the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.    

1988 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34)

1988 - UN peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize

1988 - Union Station reopens in Wash DC

1989 - Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981)

1989 - Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills

1990 - "Love & Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart

1990 - "Street Scene" closes at NY State Theater NYC after 6 perfs

1990 - Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year

• 1990 - US Sect of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister

• 1990 - Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years

1990 - "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

1990 - The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.

1991 - "My Own Private Idaho" premieres

1991 - 29th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 14½-13½ at Ocean Course (South Carolina, US)

1991 - Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic

1992 - Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title

1992 - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)

1992 - Parliament suspends president Fernando Collor

The flag of Brazil.

• Brazil's Congresso Nacional (Parliament) voted overwhelmingly in favor of impeaching President Fernando Collor de Mello on this day in 1992.   

• 1993 - Bosnia's parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject an international peace plan unless Bosnian Serbs returned land that had been taken by force. 

1994 - 1st phase of OJ Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)

1994 - House votes to end lobbyists buying meals & entertainment for Congress

1994 - Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1995 - Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27½ games)

1995 - OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury

1995 - Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan v Sri Lanka

• 1995 - US space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun

1996 - "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC

1996 - 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)

1996 - Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour (Houston Texas)

Singer-Songwriter Alanis MorissetteSinger-Songwriter Alanis Morissette 1996 - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic

1996 - US wins Federation Cup over Spain

1997 - Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins

• 2001 - The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.

• 2003 - Hurricane Juan makes landfall in Nova Scotia.

2004 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

2004 - The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, the first of two needed to win the prize.

2005 - Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place on every day of the season

2005 - Amnesty referendum in Algeria.

2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.

• 2007 - Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, the magnox reactor and Calder hall was demolished in a controlled explosion.

2008 - Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.

• 2009 - An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami .

1789 - A regular army was established by the U.S. War Department with several hundred men.   1829 - The first public appearance by London's re-organized police force was met with jeers from political opponents. The force became known as Scotland Yard.   1902 - David Belasco opened his first Broadway theater.   1930 - Lowell Thomas made his debut on CBS Radio. He was in the radio business for the next 46 years.   1930 - Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee were married.   1940 - The radio quiz show "Double or Nothing" debuted on the Mutual Radio Network.   1943 - U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marchal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson.   1946 - "The Adventures of Sam Spade" debuted on CBS Radio.   1951 - The first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania.   1953 - "Make Room for Daddy" premiered on ABC-TV.   1955 - "A View From the Bridge," a play by Arthur Miller, opened in New York at the Coronet Theater.   1957 - The New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds. The next year the Giants were in San Francisco, CA.   1960 - "My Three Sons" debuted on ABC-TV.     1963 - "My Favorite Martian" premiered on CBS-TV.   1963 - "The Judy Garland Show" premiered on CBS-TV.   1967 - The International Monetary Fund reformed monetary systems around the world.   1977 - Eva Shain became the first woman to officiate a heavyweight title boxing match. About 70 million people watched Muhammad Ali defeat Ernie Shavers on NBC-TV.  1983 - The War Powers Act was used for the first time by the U.S. Congress when they authorized President Reagan to keep U.S. Marines in Lebanon for 18 more months.   1983 - "A Chorus Line" with performance number 3,389 became the longest running show on Broadway.   1984 - Irish officials announced that they had intercepted the Marita Anne carrying seven tons of U.S.-purchased weapons. The weapons were intended for the Irish Republican Army.   1984 - Elizabeth Taylor was voted to be the world's most beautiful woman in a Louis Harris poll. Taylor was at the time in the Betty Ford Clinic overcoming a weight problem.   1986 - Mary Lou Retton announced that she was quitting gymnastics.    1994 - The U.S. House voted to end the practice of lobbyist buying meals and entertainment for members of Congress.   1998 - Hasbro announced plans to introduce an action figure of retired U.S. General Colin Powell.   2010 - In China, Canton Tower became operational.

1978 John Paul I died one month after becoming pope.  2001 Former South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu died.

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