By Lady Williamson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Arguably the most notable game of Head coach John Heisman’s career was the most lopsided victory in college football history. In 1916, Cumberland College ended its football program and attempted to cancel a scheduled game with Heisman’s Jackets. Heisman, however, was seeking vengeance for a 22–0 baseball loss to Cumberland in the spring of 1916, a game in which Heisman suspected Cumberland of hiring professional players to pose as Cumberland students. Heisman refused the game’s cancellation and Cumberland mustered up a group of commonfolk to play Tech. Tech won 222–0. Neither team achieved a first down other than a touchdown, as Cumberland either punted or turned the ball over before a first down and Tech scored on almost every play from scrimmage. Jim Preas, Tech’s kicker, kicked 16 point after tries, which is still a record for a single game.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Why did the doughnut visit the dentist?
He needed a chocolate filling.
Born
- Henry Rutgers (patriot) –
- William Billings (composer) –
- James Whitcomb Riley (poet) –
- Niels Bohr (physicist) –
- Andy Devine (actor) –
- Vaughn Monroe (singer & bandleader) –
- Walt Whitman Rostow (government official) –
- June Allyson (actress) –
- Desmond Mpilo Tutu (South African archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner) –
- Leroi Jones (poet) –
- John Mellencamp (singer) –
- Yo-Yo Ma (cellist) –
- Jayne Torvill (figure skater, Olympic gold medalist; partner was Christopher Dean) –
- Simon Cowell (American Idol judge) –
- Rachel McAdams (actress) –
- Aaron & Shawn Ashmore (actors) –
Died
- Edgar Allan Poe (author) –
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (writer) –
- Christy Mathewson (baseball player) –
- Mario Lanza (singer) –
Events
- Cornell University welcomed its first students–
- Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University in football 222-0–
- German troops invaded Romania–
- Frank Sinatra’s first TV show debuted–
- First photos taken of the dark side of the Moon, by Luna 3–
- President John F. Kennedy signed nuclear test ban treaty between United States, Britain, and Soviet Union–
- Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats opened on Broadway–
- Lynette Woodard selected as the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetrotters–
- The rose was chosen to be national floral emblem of the U.S. Resolution signed on this day by President Reagan. U.S. Code Title 36, Chapter 3, Section 303–
- Adrienne Clarkson became the 26th governor-general of Canada–
- A 12-year-old caught a 618-pound bluefin tuna in the Northumberland Strait of Canada–
Weather
- A hurricane caused shore damage and snow inland in New England–
- Hurricane Daisy produced heavy rains while moving to Canadian waters near Newfoundland. Tide damage occurred in eastern New England and Nova Scotia.–
- San Antonio, Texas, received 3.1 inches of rain in 6 hours–
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