1819
Protest
17 people were killed and 400-700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd of people at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England who were demanding the reform of parliamentary representation.
180 years ago
1829
Popular culture
The original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston.
150 years ago
1859
Italiana
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposed the exiled House of Lorraine.
140 years ago
1869
War
Brazilian and Argentine forces wiped out a much smaller Paraguayan army--consisting largely of boys aged 9-15--in the Battle of Acosta Ñu in Paraguay.
Baseball
In Cincinnati‚ a crowd of 8‚000 showed up to watch the Champion Eckfords play the Red Stockings. Led by Cal McVey‚ who had 7 hits and 7 runs‚ the locals overwhelmed the Eckfords 45-18.
110 years ago
1899
Died on this date
Robert Bunsen, 88. German chemist. Mr. Bunsen co-discovered the elements caesium and rubidium, and invented the Bunsen burner.
Baseball
The Louisville Colonels and Boston Beaneaters split a doubleheader at South End Grounds in Boston. Louisville won the first game 3-0‚ behind Deacon Phillippe's 3-hitter. Charlie Hickman of the Beaneaters walked 13 in the second game but won 12-4‚ allowing 4 hits.
100 years ago
1909
Baseball
The New York Giants and Pittsburg Pirates played to a 2-2 tie before 10,811 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh‚ stopped after 8 innings because of a drenching downpour. Pittsburg's Ham Hyatt, batting against Christy Mathewson, hit his third pinch triple of the year‚ a record that wouldn't be matched until 1970. New York outfielder Red Murray prevented a loss for Mr. Mathewson with one of the greatest catches ever seen at Forbes Field. With 2 outs and 2 runners on base‚ Dots Miller belted a long line drive off Mr> Mathewson into the growing darkness. With everyone straining to follow the ball‚ a bolt of lightning flashed, and Mr. Murray was seen making a barehanded grab on the dead run to end the inning. Umpire Bill Klem then called the game.
The visiting Philadelphia Athletics jumped on Washington Nationals’ ace Walter Johnson, scoring 6 runs in 5 innings, before relief came in. The Athletics won 6–1, but before exiting, Mr. Johnson hit his first major league home run, off Harry Krause, the American League’s earned run average leader. The homer, just the 3rd hit over American League park’s left field fence, went through a window of an adjoining building. Mr. Krause pitched an 8-hitter to improve his 1909 record to 15-4, while Mr. Johnson allowed 8 hits and 6 runs in 5 innings, falling to 10-21.
Disasters
The American League baseball game between the Cleveland Naps and St. Louis Browns at League Park in Cleveland was rained out, but St. Louis pitcher Rube Waddell still saw some action. While walking around, he heard a gas explosion--part of a warehouse fire that injured eight people--and hurried to the fire. Forcing his way through the barrier ropes, Rube spotted some firemen attempting to secure a rope around a wall. He shouted that they were using the wrong knot, then climbed up and knotted the rope himself. Several spectators recognized Mr. Waddell and cheered him on.
80 years ago
1929
Protest
The 1929 Palestine riots broke out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continued until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs were killed.
70 years ago
1939
Popular culture
The Hippodrome Theater in New York City closed for the last time, after 34 years of operation.
60 years ago
1949
On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, read by Laidman Browne, on BBC Light Programme
Tonight's episode: The Norwood Builder, Part 2
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight's episode: The Johnny a Murder Case
On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Souvenirs of His Dead Wife
Died on this date
Margaret Mitchell, 48. U.S. authoress. Miss Mitchell wrote feature articles for the Atlanta Journal in the 1920s, but was known for her novel Gone with the Wind (1936), which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. She died five days after being run over by a drunk driver while crossing the street.
War
Chinese Communist forces took the transport centre of Kanchow in Kiangsi Province and advanced toward the Nationalist capital of Canton.
Greek government forces announced the end of a five-day campaign in the Vitsi border area, claiming total suppression of guerrilla resistance in the region.
Direct Arab-Israeli peace negotiations began in Lausanne under United Nations sponsorship.
Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Ambassador to Yugoslavia Anatoly Lavrentiev was recalled to Moscow to serve as deputy Foreign Minister.
Politics and government
The U.S. Senate defeated a plan by the administration of U.S. President Harry Truman to transform the Federal Security Agency into a cabinet-level Department of Welfare with responsibility for federal education, health, and social security programs.
U.S. Senator Styles Bridges (Republican--New Hampshire) announced his intention to resign as trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare Fund, following criticism of his $35,000 yearly salary from the fund.
Scandal
Suspended U.S. Army Chemical Corps chief Alden Waitt appeared before the U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating influence-peddling in Washington, admitting to charges made against him in earlier testimony, but denying any illegal activity.
Adventure
Otis Barton made a record 4,500-foot deep-sea descent in the Pacific Ocean off Santa Cruz Island, California in a benthoscope owned by the University of Southern California.
Health
The U.S. Public Health Service reported that the average life span of Americans was 66.8 years, up from the pre-World War II average of 65.
Medicine
Yale University researchers reported isolation of a "false polio" virus which produced symptoms similar to those of poliomyelitis.
Agriculture
The U.S. Senate passed and sent to President Truman a bill authorizing the agriculture secretary to limit the 1950 cotton crop to 21 million acres.
Economics and finance
Galveston, Texas became the first city to qualify for U.S. federal housing construction aid under the new public housing-slum clearance program.
Baseball
Boston Braves' manager Billy Southworth took sick leave for the rest of the season and was replaced by coach Johnny Cooney. The Braves were in fourth place in the National League with a record of 55-54.
50 years ago
1959
Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Oui, oui, oui, oui--Jean Phillipe (9th week at #1)
Died on this date
William Halsey, Jr., 76. U.S. military officer. Fleet Admiral Halsey, nicknamed "Bull," served in the United States Navy from 1904 until his death, but was best known for his service during World War II, when he commanded naval forces in the South Pacific Area, participating in some of the largest naval battles in history.
Roy Wright, 41. U.S. sailor and accused criminal. Mr. Wright was the youngest of the "Scottsboro Boys," nine young Negro men convicted by an all-white jury--on no evidence other than the testimony of the alleged victims--of raping two white women on a train in Alabama in 1931. Mr. Wright was 12 when the alleged crime took place, and was the only defendant not convicted of rape and sentenced to death. The jury in his trial agreed on his guilt, but divided on whether he should be given the death penalty or imprisonment; the hung jury resulted in a mistrial being declared. Charges against Mr. Wright were dropped in 1937 and he was freed, having served six years in prison without being convicted. He became a seaman in the U.S. Merchant Marine; he thought that his wife Kathleen had been unfaithful to him while he was on his tour of duty, and shot and killed her, and then killed himself.
War
Hanoi radio broadcasts claimed that Pathet Lao guerrillas controlled "vast areas" of four Laotian provinces.
Protest
South African police killed two Africans near Pietermaritzburg after rioters protesting government apartheid policies set fire to schools and government buildings.
Exploration
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced plans for exploring Antarctica during the winter of 1959-60.
Economics and finance
The U.S. Cabinet Committee on Price Stability and Economic Growth, headed by Vice President Richard Nixon, reported that the immediate threat of inflation had been averted.
40 years ago
1969
Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
#1 single in France: Alors je chante--Rika Zaraï
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lisa dagli occhi blu--Mario Tessuto (6th week at #1)
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Oh Happy Day--The Edwin Hawkins Singers (3rd week at #1)
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (3rd week at #1)
Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
3 My Sentimental Friend--Herman's Hermits
4 Hair--The Cowsills
5 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears
6 Frozen Orange Juice--Peter Sarstedt
7 Bad Moon Rising/Lodi--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Dear Prudence--Doug Parkinson in Focus
9 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
10 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
Singles entering the chart were Yesterday, When I was Young (Hier Encore) by Roy Clark (#29); Listen to the Band/Someday Man by the Monkees (#36); That's the Way God Planned It by Billy Preston (#38); Saved by the Bell by Robin Gibb (#39); and See by the Rascals (#40).
Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
2 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
3 Venus--Shocking Blue
4 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
5 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
6 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
7 Ma Belle Amie--Tee-Set
8 I Want to Live--Aphrodite's Child
9 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Je t'aime...mon non plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg
Singles entering the chart were Good Morning Starshine by Oliver (#29); Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot) by Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group (#34); If I Stay Too Long by Big Wheel (#36); Baby, I Love You by Andy Kim (#37); and Wet Dream by Max Romeo (#38).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (6th week at #1)
2 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
3 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells
4 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
5 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
6 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
7 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 My Cherie Amour--Stevie Wonder
9 What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)--Jr. Walker & the All Stars
10 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
Singles entering the chart were Oh, What a Night by the Dells (#65); Jean by Oliver (#72); I Do by the Moments (#76); Move Over by Steppenwolf (#77); Everybody's Talkin' by Nilsson (#79); I Can't Get Next to You by the Temptations (#84); Let Me Be the One by Peaches and Herb (#85); The Colour of My Love by Jefferson (#86); What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am by Bill Deal & the Rhondels (#87); Maybe the Rain Will Fall by the Cascades (#89); Muddy Mississippi Line by Bobby Goldsboro (#91); Going in Circles by the Friends of Distinction (#92); You Got Yours and I'll Get Mine by the Delfonics (#97); Oh How Happy by Blinky & Edwin Starr (#99); and Any Way that You Want Me by Evie Sands (#100).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
5 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells
6 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
7 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
9 Laughing--The Guess Who
10 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
Singles entering the chart were Move Over by Steppenwolf (#58); I Can't Get Next to You by the Temptations (#60); I'm a Better Man by Engelbert Humperdinck (#70); This Girl is a Woman Now by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (#77); I Do by the Moments (#86); I'm Gonna Make You Mine by Lou Christie (#87); Little Woman by Bobby Sherman (#88); Green Fields by the Vogues (91); Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman (#94); Going in Circles by the Friends of Distinction (#96); You, I by the Rugbys (#98); Sugar on Sunday by the Clique (#99); and Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet " (A Time for Us) by Johnny Mathis (#100).
Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim (2nd week at #1)
2 Laughing--The Guess Who
3 When I Die--Motherlode
4 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
6 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
7 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
8 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
9 Canadian Pacific--George Hamilton IV
10 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
Singles entering the chart were Move Over by Steppenwolf (#70); I'm a Better Man by Engelbert Humperdinck (#78); This Girl is a Woman Now by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (#81); Going in Circles by the Friends of Distinction (#83); What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am by Bill Deal & the Rhondels (#84); Little Woman by Bobby Sherman (#85); I Got Stung by Bonnie Dobson (#87); I'm Gonna Make You Mine by Lou Christie (#89); She's a Woman by Jose Feliciano (#91); Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (#92); Green Fields by the Vogues (96); Oh How Happy by Blinky & Edwin Starr (#97); Peter Knight by the Irish Rovers (#98); The Hunter by Ike & Tina Turner (#99); and Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet " (A Time for Us) by Johnny Mathis (#100).
Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
3 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
4 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
5 Get Together--The Youngbloods
6 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
7 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
8 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
9 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
10 Laughing--The Guess Who
Pick hit of the week: Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
Popular culture
The crowd at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair at Max Yasgur’s farm near Bethel, New York swelled to more than 300,000, in no small part because the people who had obtained tickets for the first day’s performances decided not to leave. The scene was characterized by huge traffic jams, drenching thunderstorms, and shortages of food, medical facilities, water, and toilets.
Canadiana
The Quebec towns of Jacques-Cartier and Longueuil amalgamated to form the city of Longueuil.
Sport
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau opened the first Canada Winter Games in Halifax-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Dorothy Lidstone of Canada won the World Archery Championship in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, breaking the old world record set in 1963 by over 100 points, and leading the Canadian women's team to a second place finish, its best showing to date.
Football
CFL
British Columbia (0-4) 0 @ Hamilton (2-0-1) 25
Hamilton defensive back Charlie Brown returned an interception 115 yards for a touchdown on the last play of the game; it was the second-longest interception return in CFL history to that time. B.C. defensive end E.A. Sims went on the injured list for the rest of the season after this game because of a bad knee.
Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals’ pitcher Bob Gibson reached the 200 strikeout mark (en route to 269 for 1969) for the seventh season‚ a National League record, as he struck out 4 batters while pitching a 5-hit complete game victory as the Cardinals scored 6 runs in the 8th inning and beat the Atlanta Braves 8-1 before 24,731 fans at Atlanta Stadium.
The Philadelphia Phillies racked up their fourth straight shutout victory when Rick Wise pitched a 4-hitter to defeat the Houston Astros 7-0 before 3,113 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Phillies set a modern club record with the shutout streak. Dick Allen hit a home run, and Mr. Wise joined in with a homer and a single.
Tom Seaver and Jim McAndrew were the respective winning pitchers for the New York Mets as they swept a doubleheader from the San Diego Padres 2-0 and 2-1 before 19,940 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.
The Chicago Cubs scored 3 runs--2 unearned, after an error by second baseman Ron Hunt--after the first 2 batters in the 9th inning were retired to defeat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 before 16,236 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Ferguson Jenkins pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1969 record to 17-10, while Gaylord Perry pitched a 7-hitter, falling to 15-9.
Rich Reese hit a 2-run home run in the top of the 8th inning, but Ed Stroud tripled home 2 runs and scored on a sacrifice fly by Paul Casanova in the bottom of the 8th to enable the Washington Senators to defeat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 before 10,866 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. The first 3 Washington runs scored in the 5th inning on Frank Howard's 38th home run of the season.
With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 8th inning, Gail Hopkins singled and Bill Melton followed with a home run, enabling the Chicago White Sox to defeat the New York Yankees 5-4 before 4,135 fans at White Sox Park.
Seattle's Sick's Stadium shook when 250-pound Boog Powell legged out an inside-the-park home run in the 9th inning against ex-teammate Steve Barber. It really wasn't that vital‚ as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Pilots 15-3 before 11,550 fans. Baltimore shortstop Chico Salmon batted 4 for 4 with 2 home runs, a base on balls, 3 runs, and 6 runs batted in, while catcher Andy Etchebarren was 4 for 4, with a double, hit by a pitch, 3 runs, and 1 RBI. Dave McNally allowed 7 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 7 innings to improve his record for the season to 17-2.
Norm Cash hit a 2-run home run with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning to tie the score and Don Wert hit a solo homer with 1 out in the top of the 10th to break a 2-2 tie, but Danny Cater doubled home Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th to give the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers before 22,859 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
30 years ago
1979
Died on this date
John G. Diefenbaker, 83. Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-1963. Mr. Diefenbaker was born in Ontario, but moved with his family to Saskatchewan in 1903 and stayed there for the rest of his life. He practiced law in Wakaw, and later Prince Albert. Mr. Diefenbaker lost his first nine elections (including a federal by-election against Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1926), but was finally elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative in the federal election of 1940. He ran for the party leadership in 1942 and 1948--losing both times--before finally winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in December 1956. A narrow Progressive Conservative plurality in the election of June 10, 1957 allowed him to become Prime Minister, and he parlayed his oratorical and campaigning skills into the most smashing majority in Canadian history, winning 208 of 265 seats in the House of Commons in the election of March 31, 1958. Unfortunately, Mr. Diefenbaker gradually frittered his majority away; as Bruce Hutchison put it in his book Mr. Prime Minister 1867-1964:
He wanted so much to do his best but could not find the means of putting his abilities to work for more than election purposes, and for them only briefly.It’s often been said that John Diefenbaker was one of Canada’s greatest politicians but one of her worst Prime Ministers. He wasn’t an economic conservative and increased government spending, but killed the Avro Arrow jet fighter program, which resulted in the permanent loss to the country of many talented people. Perhaps Mr. Diefenbaker’s most notable achievement as Prime Minister was the passage of the Canadian Bill of Rights in 1960. Some take the view that Mr. Diefenbaker made a mistake in giving the country a bill of rights instead of the charter of rights that was eventually forced upon the country by Pierre Trudeau in 1982. Mr. Diefenbaker’s choice, however, was deliberate and well-considered. He believed in parliamentary supremacy and Canada’s common law tradition, inherited from Great Britain. Where Mr. Diefenbaker was mistaken, in his last years, was in his belief, while Mr. Trudeau was trying to force a written constitution upon the country, that the Canadian people couldn’t be fooled into thinking that they would be getting rights they didn’t already have. Unfortunately, Mr. Diefenbaker overestimated the intelligence and wisdom of his countrymen.
Mr. Diefenbaker’s majority was reduced to a majority in the election of June 18, 1962, and became a defeat in the election of April 8, 1963. He remained as Leader of the Opposition through another electoral defeat in 1965, and was finally defeated in an attempt to retain his position as party leader in 1967. Mr. Diefenbaker continued to hold office as a member of the House of Commons, winning his last election on May 22, 1979. John Diefenbaker did make one notably correct prediction near the end of his life: as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s popularity was declining in the late 1970s, Mr. Diefenbaker was fond of saying, "I’m the only living ex-Prime Minister--but I’m looking forward to having company very soon!" Mr. Diefenbaker got his wish: when he died peacefully while sitting in an armchair in the library of his Ottawa residence, he was a member of Parliament with the party in government.
Economics and finance
The United States Federal Reserve Board increased the discount rate (the interest charged on loans from the central bank to commercial banks that are members of the Federal Reserve system) to a record 10½% from 10% in another move to fight inflation and support the U.S. dollar in world currency markets. An increase in the rate raised the borrowing cost of banks.
Business
Chrysler Corporation announced that it would offer direct rebates of $400 to purchasers of nearly any vehicle in its fleet except fast-selling subcompacts.
Scandal
The United States Justice Department dropped its indictments against Tongsun Park, a South Korean rice trader who led a South Korean influence-buying effort among Congressmen. The two-year investigation resulted in the conviction of only one of the 31 members of Congress that Mr. Park said had received money from him. Prosecutors had been interested less in Mr. Park than in obtaining information about others who had received gifts from him.
25 years ago
1984
Hit parade
Edmonton's top 30 (CHED)
1 Ghostbusters--Ray Parker, Jr.
2 She Bop--Cyndi Lauper
3 Sad Songs (Say So Much)--Elton John
4 Stuck on You--Lionel Richie
5 Missing You--John Waite
6 What's Love Got to Do with It--Tina Turner
7 When Doves Cry--Prince
8 Drive--The Cars
9 If This is It--Huey Lewis and the News
10 Lights Out--Peter Wolf
11 I'm Free--Kenny Loggins
12 Rock Me Tonight--Billy Squier
13 She's Mine--Steve Perry
14 The Warrior--Scandal
15 Let's Go Crazy--Prince
16 Legs--ZZ Top
17 I Can Dream About You--Dan Hartman
18 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes--Ultravox
19 Run Runaway--Slade
20 Must I Always Remember--The Box
21 Right By Your Side--Euruthmics
22 Panama--Van Halen
23 Go for Soda--Kim Mitchell
24 My Oh My--Slade
25 Lovers in a Dangerous Time--Bruce Cockburn
26 Two Tribes--Frankie Goes to Hollywood
27 Infatuation--Rod Stewart
28 Cover Me--Bruce Springsteen
29 Only When You Leave--Spandau Ballet
30 Hard Habit to Break--Chicago
Diplomacy
Poland, in a diplomatic note, asked the United States to begin direct talks on the lifting of sanctions, which the note said had "harmed the entire people of Poland.’
Crime
A sensational trial in Los Angeles concluded with the acquittal of automobile executive John DeLorean on charges that he had conspired to distribute cocaine worth $24 million.
20 years ago
1989
Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Minä olen muistanut (12th week at #1)
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Licence to Kill--Gladys Knight (4th week at #1)
Died on this date
Amanda Blake, 60. U.S. actress. Miss Blake played Miss Kitty on the long-running CBS television series Gunsmoke.
Crime
New York Yankees’ outfielder Luis Polonia was arrested in his hotel room for having sex with a 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail after the season.
Football
CFL
Calgary (3-3) 24 @ Winnipeg (3-3) 27
Sean Salisbury completed 27 of 39 passes for 355 yards, and threw 2 touchdown passes to Terry Cochrane to lead the Blue Bombers. James Murphy of Winnipeg led the receivers with 6 receptions for 156 yards.
Baseball
Tom Drees pitched his third no-hitter of the season for the Vancouver Canadians‚ beating Las Vegas 5-0 in the 7-inning opener of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader. He had pitched consecutive 1-0 no-hitters‚ beating the Calgary Cannons in 9 innings (May 23rd) and the Edmonton Trappers in 7 (May 28th). After the game tonight, his record for the season stood at 12-11.
10 years ago
1999
Politics and government
John Hamm was sworn in as Premier of Nova Scotia, leading a Progressive Conservative government that had won a majority of seats in the House of Assembly in the July 27 provincial election, defeating the incumbent Liberal government of Premier Russell MacLellan.
Lamar Alexander, who received only 6% of the votes and finished sixth in the August 14 Iowa straw poll of Republican Party candidates, announced that he was withdrawing from the contest for the Republican nomination for President of the United States for 2000. He said he didn’t have enough money or support to continue.
Baseball
Cincinnati Reds’ pitcher Juan Guzman had to leave his start against the Pittsburgh Pirates after 7 innings because his shoes were too small. After Mr. Guzman was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Reds‚ he arrived with only his size 10½ orange and black Orioles shoes. Puma sent him a size 9½ in red‚ which he wore in this game until blisters developed. The Reds still won 9-2 before 19,693 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, with Pokey Reese's 3-run home run in the 2nd inning the big blow.
Jose Lima allowed 2 hits in 8 innings to improve his 1999 record to 16-7, and Billy Wagner pitched a perfect 9th inning for his 28th save of the season as the Houston Astros shut out the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 before 20,100 fans at the Astrodome. Losing pitcher Kyle Peterson allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings to fall to 1-3.
The San Francisco Giants scored 3 unearned runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 7-4 win over the Montreal Expos before 13,299 fans at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point in San Francisco. Barry Bonds drove in a pair of runs with a solo homer and a double. Tony Armas, Jr. made his major league debut as Montreal's starting pitcher, allowing 8 hits and 4 runs--1 earned--in 6 innings, with 2 bases on balls, 2 strikeouts, and 2 wild pitches in taking the loss.
Brian Daubach doubled home 3 runs with the bases loaded and 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics before 30,957 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.
The New York Yankees had 2 of their 3 hits and scored both runs in the bottom of the 8th inning as they beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 before 36,503 fans at Yankee Stadium. Roger Clemens (11-5) allowed 4 hits in 8 2/3 innings, but was relieved by Mariano Rivera after pinch hitter Marty Cordova singled and stole second base. Jacque Jones then lined out to shortstop Derek Jeter to end the game, as Mr. Rivera recorded his 33rd save of the season. Losing pitcher Eric Milton (4-10) allowed just 3 hits and 1 earned run in pitching a complete game.
Alex Rodriguez homered for the fifth straight game to pace the Seattle Mariners to a 7-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 29,308 fans at SkyDome in Toronto.
The Texas Rangers allowed 5 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning to fall behind 5-2, but scored 11 runs in the last 4 innings to beat the Cleveland Indians 13-5 before 43,226 fans at Jacobs Field in Cleveland. Texas catcher Ivan Rodriguez batted 4 for 6 with 2 home runs, 4 runs, and 3 runs batted in.
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