1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
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
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
1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
1962 Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63
1959 AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, QB, 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 (QB)
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 (QB)
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 (QB)
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
1913 Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively
1908 Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach, Notre Dame
1902 Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo
1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star, Notre Dame
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
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, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame
1720 Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor (Nazarin, Le Notre), dies at 80
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