July 28, 2009

200 years ago
1809

War
Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeated a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte in the Battle of Talavera in Spain.

130 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Lucy Burns. U.S. political activist. Miss Burns and Alice Paul worked together to promote the cause of women's suffrage, and co-founded the National Woman's Party in 1916. The suffragettes conducted repeated protests outside the White House and were repeatedly arrested and imprisoned, but their efforts were ultimately rewarded when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into force on August 26, 1920. Miss Burns retired from public life and devoted her remaining years to the Roman Catholic Church and her orphaned niece; she died on December 22, 1966 at the age of 87.

100 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Malcolm Lowry. U.K. author and poet. Mr. Lowry was best known for the novel Under the Volcano (1947). He spent some time in Vancouver, British Columbia during World War II, but eventually returned to England, where he drank himself to death on June 26, 1957, just over a month before his 48th birthday.

Baseball
Marty Martel’s triple with 1 out in the 9th inning spoiled the no-hit bid of Jim Pastorius of the Brooklyn Superbas, but Mr. Pastorius still recorded a 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia for his first win of the season after 6 losses; it turned out to be the 31st and last win of his 4-year major league career.

80 years ago
1929

Born on this date
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. U.S. First Lady, 1961-1963. Mrs. Kennedy inhabited the White House while her husband, John F. Kennedy, was President of the United States, and she became one of the most popular and admired First Ladies in American history. Five years after the assassination of her husband, Mrs. Kennedy married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Mr. Onassis died in 1975; Mrs. Onassis died in 1994.

75 years ago
1934

Baseball
Chuck Dressen replaced Bob O’Farrell as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. For Mr. Dressen, it was the beginning of a 16-year managerial career that would total 1,990 regular season games.

70 years ago
1939

Died on this date
William James Mayo, 78. U.S. physician and surgeon. Dr. Mayo and his brother Charles were sons of William Worrall Mayo, a physician in Rochester, Minnesota. The brothers joined their father's practice, and all three worked together at Saint Mary's Hospital when it was established in 1889. They were among seven founders of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester in 1919. Dr. W.J. Mayo died of stomach cancer, 29 days after his 78th birthday.

Archaeology
During an excavation of a ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, archaeologists discovered a helmet likely belonging to King Rædwald of East Anglia.

Baseball
Ken Chase of the Washington Nationals gave up 2 hits in the 9th inning to lose his bid for a no-hitter, but held on to beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians 2-0 before 5,000 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Skeeter Webb had the first Cleveland hit. Mr. Chase improved his record for the season to 5-13, while Mr. Feller fell to 15-5.

60 years ago
1949

At the movies
Sky Liner, directed by William Berke, and starring Richard Travis, Pamela Blake, and Rochelle Hudson, opened in theatres.



Defense
The U.S. Senate passed a compromise measure on armed forces reorganization, increasing the authority of the defense secretary over the separate services but preventing the merger.

Politics and government
Panamanian First Vice President Daniel Chanis was sworn in as acting President following Domingo Diaz Arosemena's heart attack. Mr. Diaz died less than a month later, on August 23.

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan General Douglas MacArthur ordered the military government section of the U.S. occupation force dissolved at the end of the year, giving Japanese authorities unsupervised control over local affairs.

Law
U.S. President Harry Truman announced the nomination of Attorney General Tom Clark to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Frank Murphy, and asked Senator James McGrath (Democrat--Rhode Island) to replace Mr. Clark as Attorney General.

Economics and finance
The U.K. House of Lords vetoed the government's steel nationalization bill, ensuring that the plan would become an issue in the 1950 election.

Business
U.S. Institute of Foreign Trade President Anthony Marcus, testifying before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, accusing the Soviet foreign trade agency Amtorg of stealing technical and industrial secrets from U.S. firms.

Labour
Southern Coal Producers Association President Joseph Moody, testifying at the Senate Banking Committee inquiry on the coal industry, urged that the "monopoly power" of the United Mine Workers of America be curtailed by subjecting unions to antitrust laws.

Baseball
Dizzy Trout helped his cause with a 9th-inning grand slam off Al Gettel as the Detroit Tigers broke a 6-6 tie with 7 runs in the 9th to beat the Washington Nationals 13-7 before 1,485 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington.

The Boston Braves scored 9 runs in the last 4 innings as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-2 before 2,847 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, with Warren Spahn pitching a 6-hit complete game victory.

50 years ago
1959

Died on this date
Frank Ragland, 55. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Ragland played with the Washington Nationals (1932) and Philadelphia Phillies (1933), compiling a 1-4 record with an earned run average of 7.11 in 23 games. He won at least 45 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues from 1929-1936.

Diplomacy
Western and Soviet foreign ministers exchanged draft proposals in Geneva for an interim Berlin settlement and steps toward German reunification.

Politics and government
Prime Minister Norman Manley led his People's National Party to victory in the Jamaican general election, taking 29 of 45 seats in Parliament. The Labour Party won the remaining 16 seats. The most recent election, in 1955, had seen the PNP take 18 of 32 seats, with the Labour Party winning the remaining 14.

Hawaiians elected former Territorial House of Representatives Speaker Hiram Fong (Republican) and former Territorial Governor Oren Long (Democrat) to the U.S. Senate and Daniel Inouye (Democrat) to the United States House of Representatives. Territorial Governor William Quinn (Republican) defeated John Burns (Democrat) in the gubernatorial election. It was the first statewide election for Hawaii, which was still more than three weeks away from officially entering the union.

The Sicilian Parliament re-elected Silvio Miazzo, head of the dissident Sicilian Christian Social Union, as President of the Sicilian regional government.

Medicine
The British Medical Research Council reported that the virus causing trachoma had been isolated at a laboratory in Fajara, Gambia.

Economics and finance
Indian and Pakistani trade officials announced an agreement in Delhi on plans for increasing exchanges of essential commodities.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a compromise bill designed to ease reserve restrictions governing the Federal Reserve System's 6,331 member banks.

Football
CFL
Pre-Season
Calgary (0-3) 21 @ Montreal (1-0) 28



British Columbia (2-0) 15 @ Hamilton (0-1) 6

Baseball
Al Smith’s 2-run home run in the 8th inning provided the winning margin as the Chicago White Sox, behind the 10-hit pitching of Billy Pierce, edged the New York Yankees 4-3 before 43,829 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago to move into first place in the American League.

The Cleveland Indians scored all their runs in the 4th inning as they overcame a 2-0 deficit and defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 29,525 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Gary Bell pitched a 6-hit complete game victory; Earl Wilson, the third of four Boston pitchers, pitched a perfect 7th inning in his major league debut. Frank Malzone hit a 3-run home run to tie the score in the 4th inning as the Red Sox came back from a 3-0 deficit to win the second game 8-4. Boston shortstop Jim Mahoney batted 0 for 4 with 3 putouts and 4 assists, participating in a double play in his first major league game. The split left the Indians 1/2 game behind the White Sox.

The Cincinnati Reds scored 4 runs in the 7th inning and 2 in the 8th as they overcame a 4-0 deficit to defeat the St.Louis Cardinals 6-4 before 9,084 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kinjirareta Koi--Ryoko Moriyama (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): María Isabel--Los Payos (2nd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
3 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
4 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears
5 Quentin’s Theme--The Charles Randolph Greane Sounde
6 My Pledge of Love--The Joe Jeffrey Group
7 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
8 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
9 I Can Sing a Rainbow/Love is Blue--The Dells
10 When I Die--Motherlode

Singles entering the chart were Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot) by Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group (#82); A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash (#85); Saved by the Bell by Robin Gibb (#86); Let Yourself Go by the Friends of Distinction (#88); The Young Folks by Diana Ross and the Supremes (#91); In the Time of Our Lives by Iron Butterfly (#92); Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#93); Straight Ahead by Young-Holt Unlimited (#95); Sunrise to Sunset by Five Man Electrical Band (#96); Simple Song of Freedom by Tim Hardin (#97); Your Good Thing by Lou Rawls (#98); Share Your Love with Me by Aretha Franklin (#99); and Dynamite Woman by Sir Douglas Quintet (#100).

On the radio
The Challenge of Space, on Springbok Radio
Tonight's episode: The Prints on the Moon

Died on this date
Ramón Grau San Martín, 87. 6th President of Cuba, 1933-1934, 1944-1948. Dr. Grau was a physician who was a member of the Partido Auténtico (Authentic Party) who served as President during the reformist One Hundred Days Government following the Cuban Revolution of 1933. He was instrumental in passing the Constitution of 1940, and was elected President in 1944. Dr. Grau's presidency was tainted by accusations of corruption, and he resigned in 1948. He launched abortive attempts at re-election in 1954 and 1958, but withdrew just before election day both times, accusing President Fulgencio Batista of electoral fraud. Dr. Grau withdrew from public life after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.

Frank Loesser, 59. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Loesser wrote lyrics for popular songs such as Two Sleepy People and Heart and Soul, and wrote music and lyrics to musicals, including Guys and Dolls (1950) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961). He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Baby, It's Cold Outside, which was used in the movie Neptune's Daughter (1949). Mr. Loesser was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer, 29 days after his 59th birthday.

Crime
The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence recommended that the United States federal and state governments act to confiscate 90% of the estimated 24 million handguns owned by private citizens.

Health
The United States government released a report with new evidence that cigarette smoking was detrimental to the heart, lungs, mouth, and unborn infant of women who smoked.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight--Julie Covington

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Tu Sei l'Unica Donna Per Me--Alan Sorrenti (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down--Brendan Shine (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I Don't Like Mondays--The Boomtown Rats

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Theme from 'The Deer Hunter' (Cavatina)--The Shadows (3rd week at #1)
2 I was Made for Lovin' You--Kiss
3 Weekend Love--Golden Earring
4 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
5 Lavender Blue--Mac Kissoon
6 Just When I Needed You Most--Randy Vanwarmer
7 Reunited--Peaches & Herb
8 Aan de Grens Van de Duitse Heuvelen--The Sunstreams
9 Tell it All About Boys--Dolly Dots
10 Cheek to Cheek--Lowell George

Singles entering the chart were Quiereme Mucho by Julio Iglesias (#23); This is My Life (La Vita) by Shirley Bassey (#24); Lady Writer by Dire Straits (#33); Chuck E's in Love by Rickie Lee Jones (#36); and How Could this Go Wrong by Exile (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Bad Girls--Donna Summer (3rd week at #1)
2 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
3 Good Times--Chic
4 Hot Stuff--Donna Summer
5 Makin' It--David Naughton
6 Gold--John Stewart
6 Boogie Wonderland--Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions
7 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick
8 Shine a Little Love--Electric Light Orchestra
9 When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman--Dr. Hook
10 The Main Event/Fight--Barbra Streisand

Singles entering the chart were Young Blood by Rickie Lee Jones (#74); Lady Writer by Dire Straits (#78); Totally Hot by Olivia Newton-John (#79); Got to Give in to Love by Bonnie Boyer (#80); Where were You When I was Falling in Love by Lobo (#81); Cruel to Be Kind by Nick Lowe (#82); Rise by Herb Alpert (#83); Why Leave Us Alone by Five Special (#84); Hey, St. Peter by Flash and the Pan (#85); Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson (#87); Rock and Roll Dancin' by the Beckmeier Brothers (#88); Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe (#89); and In the Midnight Hour by Samantha Sang (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Bad Girls--Donna Summer (2nd week at #1)
2 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
3 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick
4 We are Family--Sister Sledge
5 Makin' It--David Naughton
6 Chuck E.'s in Love--Rickie Lee Jones
7 Gold--John Stewart
8 Good Times--Chic
9 When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman--Dr. Hook
10 Boogie Wonderland--Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions

Singles entering the chart were Don't Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra (#48); Young Blood by Rickie Lee Jones (#75); Rise by Herb Alpert (#84); Where were You When I was Falling in Love by Lobo (#85); Lady Writer by Dire Straits (#86); Got to Give in to Love by Bonnie Boyer (#87); Gone, Gone, Gone by Bad Company (#88); Totally Hot by Olivia Newton-John (#90); and Why Leave Us Alone by Five Special (#97).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
2 Bad Girls--Donna Summer
3 You Take My Breath Away--Rex Smith
4 We are Family--Sister Sledge
5 The Logical Song--Supertramp
6 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick
7 Shine a Little Love--Electric Light Orchestra
8 Chuck E.'s in Love--Rickie Lee Jones
9 She Believes in Me--Kenny Rogers
10 Shadows in the Moonlight--Anne Murray

Singles entering the chart were The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band (#85); Going Through the Motions by Hot Chocolate (#87); H.A.P.P.Y. Radio by Edwin Starr (#93); You Angel You by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#94); Hot Summer Nights by Night (#96); Lonesome Loser by Little River Band (#97); Get Up and Boogie by Freddie James (#98); Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' by Journey (#99); and Girl of My Dreams by Bram Tchaikovsky (#100).

Died on this date
Charles Shadwell, 81. U.K. orchestra conductor. Mr. Shadwell conducted the BBC Variety Orchestra from 1936-1954.

Don Miller, 77. U.S. football player and coach. Mr. Miller played halfback at the University of Notre Dame from 1922-1924, averaging 6.8 yards per rush, 19.0 yards per pass reception, and scoring 22 touchdowns and 132 points. He was one of the "Four Horsemen" of the 1924 backfield, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970. He played professionally with the Hartford Blues (1925) and was backfield coach at Georgia Tech (1925-1928) and Ohio State (1929-1932) before becoming a lawyer in Cleveland.

Frederick Stafford, 51. Czechoslovakian-born actor. Mr. Stafford, born Friedrich Strobel von Stein, fled Czechoslovakia for Australia in 1949, and worked in the pharmaceutical industry before beginning his acting career in 1964. He appeared mainly in European movies such as The Battle of El Alamein (1969) and Eagles Over London (1969), but was best known for his starring role in Topaz (1969), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Mr. Stafford returned to Australia in 1977 after 15 years in Europe, and was killed in a midair collision between two small planes over Switzerland.

Politics and government
Charan Singh, 77, having gained the support of a majority in Parliament, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India. He said that his government would "continue to follow the policy of nonalignment which will not lean on any superpower." Mr. Singh announced the formation of a 15-member cabinet that included members of his own Janata Party, the Congress Party, and the Socialist Party.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the arrest of five members of the ruling Revolutionary Council on charges of conspiring against his regime.

Oddities
A Grade A egg dropped from the CN Tower observation deck in Toronto landed unbroken in a net cushioned by shaving cream and cotton.

Baseball
Dave Kingman hit a single followed by 3 consecutive solo home runs, but his Chicago Cubs still lost 6-4 to the New York Mets before 11,359 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. The blows gave Mr. Kingman 35 home runs for the season and 5 homers in the last 2 games, tying a major league record.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored all their runs in the first 6 innings to take a 5-0 lead, and held on to defeat the Montreal Expos 5-3 before 36,661 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, taking a 1/2-game lead over the Expos in the National League East Division pennant race.



Mike Phillips led off the top of the 9th inning with a triple and scored on a 1-out single by Lou Brock to break a 4-4 tie as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 before 40,063 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Kurt Bevacqua singled home Paul Dade with the bases loaded and 2 out to climax a 2-run rally for the San Diego Padres as they edged the San Francisco Giants 4-3 before 22,815 fans at San Diego Stadium.

Dave Lemanczyk pitched a 3-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Bruce Robbins as the Toronto Blue Jays shut out the Detroit Tigers 3-0 before 30,131 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Mr. Robbins allowed 4 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 6 innings, striking out 3 batters and walking none in his major league debut.

Dennis Eckersley (12-5) pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Ferguson Jenkins (10-8), who allowed 6 hits, as the Boston Red Sox edged the Texas Rangers 1-0 before 35,207 fans at Arlington Stadium. Butch Hobson doubled with 1 out in the 3rd inning and scored on a 2-out double by Jim Dwyer. The Rangers started the bottom of the 1st inning with singles by Johnny Grubb and Buddy Bell, but Al Oliver lined out to second baseman Jack Brohamer, who threw to first baseman Bob Watson to double off Mr. Bell; Mr. Watson then threw to Mr. Hobson at third base to retire Mr. Grubb to complete the Red Sox' third triple play of the season. Mr. Hobson made a bonehead play in the bottom of the 4th: with Richie Zisk on second base with 1 out, Larvell Blanks grounded to Mr. Hobson, who stepped on third base and flipped the ball to the Rangers' third base coach. However, there was no force play in effect, and with Mr. Zisk staying at second base, Mr. Blanks was safe at first base on the error by Mr. Hobson. Jim Sundberg flied out to center field to end the inning.

The Cleveland Indians scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th inning and withstood a 3-run rally in the bottom of the inning as they defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-5 before 14,466 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

25 years ago
1984

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. sent a new draft for a joint statement on proposed talks with the U.S.S.R. on banning space weapons to Moscow.

Olympics
U.S. President Ronald Reagan officially opened the Games of the XXIII Olympiad at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Gina Hemphill, granddaughter of 1936 Olympics star Jesse Owens, circled the track with the torch, and Rafer Johnson, the 1960 decathlon champion, lit the flame.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (3-1) 42 @ Hamilton (1-3-1) 20
Montreal (1-3) 7 @ British Columbia (3-1) 22

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Das Omen (Teil I)--Mysterious Art (5th week at #1)

World events
Israeli commandos abducted Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid, a spiritual leader of the Party of God, a Shiite Muslim group in southern Lebanon. An Israeli army statement said that Sheik Obeid had been "arrested" for planning attacks against Israel.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-0) 34 @ Saskatchewan (2-1) 17

The game at Taylor Field in Regina was interrupted by a thunderstorm which knocked out power and caused a lengthy delay.



10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Trygve Haavelmo, 87. Norwegian econometrician. Dr. Haavelmo was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures."

Economics and finance
Nearly 100 countries and international organizations and agencies pledged $2.1 billion ($500 million from the U.S.A.) to assist the breakaway Yugoslavian province of Kosovo.

Football
NFL
Barry Sanders announced his retirement after a brilliant 10-year career as a running back with the Detroit Lions. He was only 1,457 yards short of breaking Walter Payton’s NFL career rushing record of 16,726 yards. Mr. Sanders won the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding player in U.S. college football in 1988 while playing for Oklahoma State, and was the National Football League’s Most Valuable Player in 1997.