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1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1995 Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 1995 Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96 1995 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies 1990 Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69 1990 Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1987 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR) 1986 James H "Jim" Crowley, U.S. football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 1983 Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards and 6 touchdowns 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1975 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak 1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23 1973 Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died 1973 Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row 1967 Intrepid (U.S.) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup 1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1962 Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 1959 AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, quarterback, Notre Dame 1957 Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1956 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1956 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich 1953 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) 1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) 1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1947 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances 1946 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances 1945 College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1944 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1943 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1936 Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1936 Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62 1934 Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer, Department of Health 1934 Barry Humphries, Australia TV host, Dame Edna Everage 1930 New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game 1928 Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years 1927 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 1924 Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, New York Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen) 1923 Ara Parseghian, football coach, Northwestern, Notre Dame 1917 Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse, New York, president, Notre Dame 1916 Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados 1914 Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32 1913 Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively 1910 Dame Markova, Alicia Lilian Alice Marks, London, ballerina 1908 Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach, Notre Dame 1903 Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society 1902 Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1899 Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame 1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star, Notre Dame 1891 Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Britian, actress, Cleopatra 1888 Knute Rockne, Norwegian/U.S. football player and coach, Notre Dame 1887 Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan 1879 Walter Hampden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1878 Ernest Torrence, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1872 W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut 1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright, La Dame de Chez Maxim's 1852 Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camelias," premieres in Paris 1845 Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr, found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal 1844 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana 1812 Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame 1802 Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1789 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame |
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