2015 Event UConn defeats Notre Dame 63-53 to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship; these results follow yesterday's Duke University win over the University of Wisconsin 68-63 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2014 Event The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season 2010 Death Famous Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland dies in Switzerland at age 83, after a lengthy illness 1996 Event Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1995 Death Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 1995 Death Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96 1995 Death Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies 1990 Death Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69 1990 Event Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) 1989 Event Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1987 Event 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR) 1986 Death James H "Jim" Crowley, U.S. football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 1983 Event Notre Dame's Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards and 6 touchdowns 1981 Event Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1975 Death Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72 1974 Event Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak 1973 Event 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23 1973 Death Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died 1973 Death Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 1971 Event UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row 1967 Event Intrepid (U.S.) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup 1964 Event 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1962 Death Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 1959 Event AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, quarterback, Notre Dame 1957 Event Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1956 Event 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1956 Event Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich 1953 Event 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) 1949 Event 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) 1947 Event 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1947 Event "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances 1946 Event "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances 1945 Event College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1944 Event France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1943 Event 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1936 Birthday Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1936 Death Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62 1934 Birthday Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer, Department of Health 1934 Birthday Barry Humphries, Australia TV host, Dame Edna Everage 1930 Event New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game 1928 Event Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years 1927 Event Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 1924 Event Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, New York Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen) 1923 Birthday Ara Parseghian, football coach, Northwestern, Notre Dame 1917 Birthday Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse, New York, president, Notre Dame 1916 Birthday Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados 1914 Birthday Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32 1913 Event Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively 1910 Birthday Dame Markova, Alicia Lilian Alice Marks, London, ballerina 1908 Birthday Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach, Notre Dame 1903 Birthday Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society 1902 Event Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo 1901 Event Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1899 Birthday Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame 1895 Birthday George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star, Notre Dame 1891 Birthday Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Britian, actress, Cleopatra 1888 Birthday Knute Rockne, Norwegian/U.S. football player and coach, Notre Dame 1887 Event Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan 1879 Birthday Walter Hampden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1878 Birthday Ernest Torrence, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Hunchback of Notre Dame 1872 Death W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut 1862 Birthday Georges Feydeau, French playwright, La Dame de Chez Maxim's 1852 Event Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camelias," premieres in Paris 1845 Birthday Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr, found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal 1844 Event University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana 1812 Birthday Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame 1802 Birthday Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1789 Death Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 1725 Birthday Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame
