August 13, 2009

910 years ago
1099

Religion
Ranierius was elected Pope Paschal II, succeeding Urban II.

230 years ago
1779

War
A British Royal Navy relief fleet under the command of Sir George Collier arrived from New York on and defeated the Penobscot Expedition in Maine, with the most significant loss of U.S. naval forces prior to the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

130 years ago
1879

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds refused to play a makeup game at Avenue Grounds in Cincinnati against the Chicago White Stockings after a downpour of rain. The White Stockings then appointed one of their travelling party as umpire, and he declared the game a 9-0 forfeit for Chicago. The decision was upheld at National League meetings in December.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Camillien Houde. Canadian politician. Mr. Houde served in the Quebec Legislative Assembly as a member of the Conservative Party from 1923-1927 and 1928-1931, leading the party from 1929-1932. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as an independent candidate in 1949, aand represented the Quebec riding of Papineau until 1953. Mr. Houde's involvement in provincial and federal politics didn't prevent him from running for civic office at the same time, and he served as mayor of Montreal from 1928-1932; 1934-1936; 1938-1940; and 1944-1954. He spent the years 1940-1944 interned at Camp Petawawa, Ontario for his opposition to conscription during World War II and his openly Fascist sympathies. Mr. Houde died on September 11, 1958 at the age of 69.

Technology
William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut was granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."

Baseball
Ned Hanlon began a 19-year career as a major league manager by leading the Pittsburgh Alleghenys to a 9-0 win over the Boston Beaneaters at Recreation Park in Pittsburgh, knocking the Beaneaters out of first place in the National League for the first time since May 11.

110 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Alfred Hitchcock. U.K.-born U.S. film director. The Master of Suspense, who directed 53 feature films, 2 short films, and 20 television episodes, was born in Leytonstone, a district in London’s east end. After more than a decade of success in directing motion pictures in Britain, he moved to Hollywood. Sir Alfred's achievements are too numerous to mention here. He died on April 29, 1980 at the age of 80.

90 years ago
1919

Horse racing
Man o’War suffered his only defeat, finishing second to Upset in the Sanford Memorial at Saratoga, New York. His narrow defeat was mainly the result of an improper start (this was back in the days before starting gates were used to ensure a fair start).

70 years ago
1939

Baseball
The New York Giants hit 7 home runs, including 3 in a row in the 4th inning, in an 11-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader before 10,853 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Giants completed the sweep with a 6-2 win in the second game.

The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics split a doubleheader before 34,570 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The Athletics won the opener 12-9, and the Yankees won the second game 21-0 in a game that was called after 8 innings because of a 7 P.M. curfew. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren each hit 2 home runs in the second game, and each hit a home run inside-the-park.

60 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart--The Ink Spots; The Joe Loss Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como (3rd week at #1)
--Bing Crosby
2 Baby, it's Cold Outside--Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer
--Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
--Don Cornell and Laura Leslie
--Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
3 Again--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Mel Torme
--Doris Day and the Mellomen
--Vic Damone
4 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
5 The Huckle-Buck--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
--Frank Sinatra
6 I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore--The Stardusters with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Perry Como
7 You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone
8 The Four Winds and the Seven Seas--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
9 Bali Ha'i--Perry Como
10 A Wonderful Guy--Margaret Whiting

Singles entering the chart were Homework by Jo Stafford (#34) and Ting-a-Ling (The Waltz of the Bells), with versions by Blue Barron and his Orchestra; and the Three Suns (#35).

On the radio
Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Dead and Buried

At the movies
Too Late for Tears, directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, and Don DeFore, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Edward Caldwell, 88. U.S. publisher. Mr. Caldwell founded McGraw-Hill Book Company.

Charles Gould, 81. U.S. geologist. Mr. Gould discovered oil and gas fields in Texas, and founded the University of Oklahoma's school of geology.

Terrorism
Unknown assailants bombed the homes of two Negro ministers in sections of Birmingham, Alabama that ere zoned for whites only.

Scandal
U.S. presidential military aide Harry Vaughan issued a statement admitting to accepting the gift of a deep freezer, but denying that this was "improper." He claimed that other government officials, including Treasury Secretary John Snyder and Chief Justice Frederick Vinson, had also received freezers.

Economics and finance
The Organization of European Economic Cooperation approved a plan to ease trade restrictions in Western Europe by exempting certain goods from import quota limits contained in bilateral trade agreements.

Football
IRFU/ORFU
Pre-season
Hamilton Tigers (0-1) 1 @ Ottawa Rough Riders (1-0) 25

Baseball
Vern Stephens’ grand slam in the 12th inning gave the Boston Red Sox a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Ellis Kinder went the distance for the Red Sox, improving his record to 14-5.

50 years ago
1959

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Lucky Silva



Space
The United States launched the satellite Discoverer 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It was designed to test launching techniques, propulsion, communications, orbital performance, engineering, and recovery techniques. The mission failed a day later when no signals were received from the capsule after it was released over the Pacific Ocean, and it was not recovered.



War
30 armed invaders landed on Haiti's southern coast and drove out the 300 residents of Les Irois.

Diplomacy
Officials of Japanese and North Korean Red Cross societies signed agreements for the voluntary repatriation to North Korea of Koreans residing in Japan.

Transportation
Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir rejected a compromise plan for the passage of Israeli-owned cargoes through the Suez Canal in foreign-owned vessels.

Environment
The U.S. Senate approved and sent to the House of Representatives a bill establishing a Federal Youth Conservation Corps to conserve natural resources and maintain facilities in parks, forests, and wildlife refuges.

Boxing
Pete Rademacher (1-2) knocked out Tommy Thompson (20-12-1) in a heavyweight bout at Municipal Auditorium in Columbus, Georgia when Mr. Thompson was unable to answer the bell for the 6th round. It was Mr. Thompson's last professional fight.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Winnipeg (1-0) 42 @ British Columbia (0-1) 20

The defending Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers ruined the head coaching debut of Wayne Robinson, who had been an assistant coach with Bud Grant in Winnipeg in 1957. This was the first CFL game in the Hall of Fame career of B.C. running back Willie Fleming. It was also the first appearance as a Lion for Vancouver native Ted Tully, who had come to his hometown in a trade with the Edmonton Eskimos for offensive end and punter Vic Chapman. Mr. Tully had spent 9 seasons as a linebacker with the Eskimos, and played for their Grey Cup championship teams in 1954-1956. He brought some much-needed experience and leadership to the Lions.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs hit 5 home runs in a 20-9 win over the San Francisco Giants before 17,963 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago in a game that took 3 hours and 50 minutes to play, then a record for a 9-inning game. George Altman batted 5 for 6 with 2 homers, 3 runs, and 5 runs batted in, and Alvin Dark hit a grand slam for the Cubs. The Giants used 7 pitchers, the Cubs 4; Don Elston, the fourth Chicago pitcher, pitched the last 5 innings and was credited with a save.

The Cincinnati Reds took an 8-0 lead after 4 innings, and barely held on to beat the Milwaukee Braves 9-8 before 9,174 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Frank Robinson drove in 5 runs for the Reds with a grand slam and a sacrifice fly. The Braves outhit the Reds 17-12.

The Los Angeles Dodgers withstood a 5-run 9th-inning rally to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 before 15,140 fans at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Gene Oliver led of the bottom of the 9th inning with a home run and pinch hitter George Crowe hit a grand slam with none out. The Cardinals had runners on first and second bases with 2 out, but Mr. Oliver struck out to end the game.

Harmon Killebrew batted 3 for 4 and drove in 2 runs with a pair of doubles to help the Washington Senators defeat the New York Yankees 5-2 before 18,366 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Early Wynn pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1959 record to 16-7 and singled in a run as the Chicago White Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 9-0 before 9,894 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Jim Landis hit a 3-run home run and Bubba Phillips added a solo homer in the 1st inning to give Chicago a 4-0 lead, and Earl Torgeson and Sherm Lollar hit home runs later in the game.

Woodie Held hit a 3-run home run in the 2nd inning and doubled in a run to climax a 4-run 8th-inning rally to help the Cleveland Indians defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-5 before 12,510 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Jack Harshman (3-9) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (4th week at #1)

Space
The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoyed a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, they were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. The Apollo 1 crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Medals.





War
U.S. and South Vietnamese military sources in Saigon said that in the last 24 hours the heaviest fighting since the beginning of the lull seven weeks earlier had erupted. Allied forces had mounted a major counter-offensive.

Economics and finance
The British Board of Trade disclosed that the British trade deficit with France had widened since the devaluation of the franc on August 8. The pound was pressed under heavy selling, forcing the Bank of England to intervene time and again to support sterling.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (0-3) 24 @ Ottawa (3-0) 41

After Russ Jackson had given the Rough Riders a healthy lead, backup quarterback Bill Van Burkleo mopped up, and threw a 20-yard pass to rookie running back Darwin Gonnerman for the only touchdown of Mr. Gonnerman’s CFL career. It was the first CFL game for B.C. punter Ken Phillips. He had a background as a soccer player in Vancouver, and was activated by the Lions after backup quarterback Hank Grenda punted for just a 33.3-yard average in the first 2 games.

Baseball
Bowie Kuhn was elected commissioner of baseball by unanimous vote of major league owners.

Jim Palmer improved his 1969 record to 11-2 with a no-hitter, and batted 2 for 3 with a double, run, and run batted in as the Baltimore Orioles shut out the Oakland Athletics 8-0 before 16,826 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Brooks Robinson's 3-run home run was the big hit in a 5-run 7th inning.

Rich Reese batted 4 for 4 with 2 home runs and 3 runs batted to help the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 5-2 before 15,453 fans at Yankee Stadium. Tom Hall (5-4) pitched a 7-hit complete game to win the pitching matchup over Mel Stottlemyre (16-9).

Johnny Bench’s grand slam off Elroy Face with 2 out in the top of the 11th inning provided insurance runs for the Cincinnati Reds in an 8-3 win over the Montreal Expos before 17,162 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Mr. Face had just entered the game in relief of Dick Radatz, who had just walked Lee May to load the bases after throwing wild pitch that allowed Pete Rose to score the eventual winning run. Messrs. Face and Radatz had been dominant relievers earlier in the 1960s, but both were at the end of the road when they played for Montreal.

Hank Aaron batted 3 for 3 with a base on balls, 2 home runs and 3 runs batted in to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before 11,957 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Deron Johnson hit a solo homer for the Phillies, and added a solo homer in the second game to help the Phillies win 7-0, behind the 6-hit pitching of Jerry Johnson.

Denis Menke hit a 3-run home run in the 1st inning and singled in a run as part of a 5-run 3rd as the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 8-2 before 30,590 fans at the Astrodome. Larry Dierker (14-9) pitched a 5-hit complete game victory.

Chuck Taylor (5-1) pitched a 6-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals as they shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 before 26,741 fans at Dodger Stadium.

Bill Hands pitched a 5-hitter to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres before 9,625 fans at San Diego Stadium. The Cubs remained 8½ games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals and 9½ ahead of the New York Mets in the National League East Division pennant race.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Some Girls--Racey (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanpaku Sengen--Masashi Sada (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Súper, Superman--Miguel Bosé (4th week at #1)

Crime
The United States Justice Department filed a civil suit against the city of Philadelphia, mayor Frank Rizzo, and 20 high-ranking police and city officials, charging "widespread and severe" police brutality. In the first suit of its kind against a whole police department rather than individual officers, the Justice Dept. charged Philadelphia police with shooting non-violent suspects; abusing handcuffed prisoners; suppressing dissension within its ranks; and harassing its critics. According to the Justice Department, Philadelphia police officers shot approximately 75 people each year, and were the objects of 1,100 complaints annually. Mayor Rizzo, who served as police commissioner from 1967-1971, said that the suit was a politically-inspired move by the administration of President Jimmy Carter, which he said was seeking to "regroup" the support of black and liberal voters.

Diplomacy
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young met with Israeli delegate to the UN Yehuda Blum, and told him that he had discussed Security Council business at his unauthorized meeting on July 26 with Zehdi Labib Terzi, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s UN observer.

Disasters
5 workmen were killed and 15 injured when the roof of an $8 million stadium under construction near O'Hare International Airport in Illinois collapsed.

Baseball
Lou Brock‚ 40‚ collected his 3‚000th major league career hit‚ an infield single off Dennis Lamp‚ to lead off the bottom of the 4th inning for the St. Louis Cardinals as they edged the Chicago Cubs 3-2 before 44,457 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. With 1 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 9th, Ken Reitz singled, and Tom Herr made his major league debut as a pinch runner for Mr. Reitz. Mr. Herr advanced to third base on a single by pinch hitter Dane Iorg and scored on a sacrifice fly by Garry Templeton to give the Cardinals the win.



Pinch hitter Ben Oglivie hit a solo home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals before 12,578 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Jim Slaton (12-6) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 8th inning, Willie Randolph walked, stole second base, and scored on a single by Oscar Gamble to break a 2-2 tie as the New York Yankees edged the Texas Rangers 3-2 before 24,977 fans at Yankee Stadium. Ron Guidry (11-7) pitched a 7-hit complete game to win the pitchers' duel over Ferguson Jenkins (12-9).

Butch Edge allowed 6 hits and 1 run--earned--in 6 1/3 innings in his major league debut to win the pitchers' duel over Mike Norris as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-2 before 3,183 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

25 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Tigran Petrosian, 55. U.S.S.R. chess grandmaster. Mr. Petrosian defeated Mikhail Botvinnik to win the world championship in 1963, and lost it to Boris Spassky in 1969.

Politics and government
While Labor Party leader Shimon Peres continued efforts to put together a coalition government in Israel, the new Knesset was sworn in. One new member who received a lot of nervous attention was the outspoken Rabbi Meir Kahane, who had demanded that all Arabs be expelled from Israel and the occupied territories.

Disasters
Nearly 200 people were missing and believed drowned after a ferry capsized off the state of Sabah in Malaysia.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers defeated the Atlanta Braves 7-5 in the Hall of Fame game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Batdance--Prince (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Batdance--Prince (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Larkin Smith, 45. U.S. politician. Mr. Smith, a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi who had been in office since January, was killed in the crash of a small plane near New Augusta, Mississippi. Rep. Smith died the day that the wreckage of the plane that had been carrying Rep. Mickey Leland of Texas was found in Ethiopia, six days after it crashed.

Tim Richmond, 34. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Richmond finished 9th in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 and was named the race's Rookie of the Year. He moved to the NASCAR circuit shortly after, and drove stock cars for the rest of his career. Mr. Richmond's best year was 1986, when he won seven races. He then began to suffer the effects of AIDS, which shortened his career and eventually took his life.

War
Syrian troops, supported by Druze and Palestinian fighters, attacked the Christian stronghold in East Beirut with tanks and infantry.

Golf
Payne Stewart won the PGA Championship at Kemper Lake Golf Course in Hawthorne Woods, Illinois by shooting 31 on the last 9 holes and overtaking 10 other players with a final-round 5-under-par score of 67 to finish with a 12-under-par total score of 276, a stroke ahead of Andy Bean, Mike Reid, and Curtis Strange. First prize money was $200,000.



10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Jaime Garzón, 38. Colombian comedian and politician. Mr. Garzón was a comedian known for his political satire on television in the early 1990s. He was mayor of the Bogotá locality of Sumapaz in the late 1980s. Mr. Garzón was acting as a mediator attempting to negotiate the release of hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) terrorist organization when he was gunned down by right-wing paramilitary hitmen, with the suspected support of the Colombian military and security services. His murder remains officially unsolved.

Japanica
The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted in Japan, formally establishing the flag of Japan as the national flag and Kimigayo as the national anthem.

Tennis
Steffi Graf announced her retirement from tennis, saying she had lost her wish to excel. She had won 22 Grand Slam tournament titles, second to Margaret Court’s 24.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (2-4) 56 @ Winnipeg (2-4) 26
Calgary (4-2) 37 @ Saskatchewan (1-5) 22

Terry Vaughn caught 10 passes for a team single-game record 275 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Eskimos over the Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium. Eskimo quarterback Nealon Greene completed 20 of 30 passes for 373 yards, and rushed 9 times for 58 yards and a touchdown. Ed Hervey caught the other Eskimo touchdown pass, while Sean Millington carried 18 times for 98 yards and a touchdown. The other Eskimo major came on a fumble return by rookie defensive lineman Tyrone Hines. Jon Baker added 4 field goals and 6 converts. Deland McCullough carried 29 times for 174 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Blue Bombers, and added 40 yards on 3 pass receptions.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos swept two games from the Colorado Rockies 14-13 in 10 innings and 8-6 before crowds of 40,092 and 45,643, respectively, at Coors Field in Denver. The teams combined to hit 12 home runs in the doubleheader. Alfonso Marquez made his major league debut as the home plate umpire for the second game.

Matt Stairs batted 3 for 5 with 2 home runs--including a grand slam--and 5 runs batted in to help the Oakland Athletics defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-8 before 34,150 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. The teams combined to hit 8 home runs.

The New York Yankees scored 6 runs in the 3rd inning, 4 in the 4th, and 4 in the 6th as they routed the Minnesota Twins 14-2 before 44,568 fans at Yankee Stadium. New York leadoff hitter Chuck Knoblauch batted 3 for 6 with 3 runs, and hit a grand slam in the 6th.