August 23, 2009

1,930 years ago
79

World events
Mount Vesuvius began stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

175 years ago
1834

Journalism
The first edition of The Kingston (Ontario) Whig was published.

170 years ago
1839

War
The United Kingdom captured Hong Kong as a base as it prepared for war with Qing China.

140 years ago
1869

Politics and government
Anthony Musgrave was appointed Governor of the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia; he served to July 20, 1871.

110 years ago
1899

Baseball
The St. Louis Perfectos scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning and 3 in the 9th to defeat the Chicago Orphans 8-7 in the first game of a doubleheader at League Park in St. Louis. Mike Donlin batted 4 for 6 with 2 runs and a stolen base to lead the St. Louis attack. The Orphans scored 3 runs in each of the first 2 innings and en route to a 12-7 win in the second game, which was called after 7 innings because of darkness.

The Cleveland Spiders ended the longest road trip in major league history--50 games in 52 days--with a 13-3 loss to the Louisville Colonels at Eclipse Park. The Spiders won just 6 and lost 44 of those 50 games.

100 years ago
1909

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs stole home plate 3 times as they defeated the Boston Doves 11-6 before 1,468 fans at South End Grounds in Boston. The Cubs scored 2 runs in the 1st inning and 9 in the 2nd. Cliff Curtis relieved starting Boston pitcher Lew Richie with 1 out in the 2nd inning and allowed 6 hits in 7 2/3 scoreless innings, with 3 bases on balls and 5 strikeouts in his first major league game, batting 0 for 4 with a run and a run batted in. Hosea Siner relieved Bill Dahlen at second base and batted 1 for 4, with 2 putouts, 3 assists, and an error, in his 10th and last major league game. It was the only major league game for Boston's Bill Dam, who entered the game as a substitute left fielder and batted 1 for 2 with a double and a run, making 1 putout.

The New York Giants scored 7 runs in the 4th inning as they defeated the Cincinnati Reds 12-9 at the Polo Grounds in New York. Billy Campbell, the second of three Cincinnati pitchers, allowed 3 hits and 3 runs in 2/3 inning, with 2 bases on balls and 1 strikeout in the 70th and last game of his 4-year major league career.

90 years ago
1919

Transportation
Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct) opened to car traffic; three-year construction of the 1-mile-long viaduct over the Don Valley connecting Bloor Street to Danforth Road had been completed in 1918 for streetcar traffic. The largest of three sections crossed 125 feet above the Don River.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers pulled off a triple steal (Ty Cobb, Harry Heilmann, and Chris Shorten) as they defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-4 at Navin Field in Detroit. The Red Sox’ scoring came on Babe Ruth’s 20th home run and 4th grand slam of the season. The home run, hit off Hooks Dauss, was the longest ever hit at Navin Field. Mr. Dauss pitched an 8-hit complete game, allowing 4 earned runs, to improve his 1919 record to 18-6; Waite Hoyt allowed 14 hits and 6 earned runs in a complete game, dropping to 3-2.

Hippo Vaughn (17-12) pitched a 7-hitter for the Chicago Cubs as they shut out the Boston Braves 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Braves Field. In the second game, the Cubs erased an early 3-0 deficit with a run in the 4th inning, 5 in the 5th, and 1 in the 7th, but the Braves scored a run in the 8th and 2 in the 9th and had runners on first and third bases with 1 out, but Walton Cruise struck out, and Walter Holke grounded to third baseman Charlie Deal, who threw to catcher Tom Daly, who tagged out Jimmy Rawlings at home plate, allowing the Cubs to escape with a 7-6 win to complete the sweep.

The Cincinnati Reds erupted for 8 runs in the top of the 9th inning to erase a 3-0 deficit as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 in the first game of a doubleheader at Baker Bowl in Cincinnati. Edd Roush hit 2 doubles, driving in 3 runs in the big inning, while Heinie Groh doubled and singled, with a run and a run batted in. Slim Sallee (16-6) pitched a 5-hitter for the Reds as they won the second game 6-1 to complete the sweep.

The Chicago White Sox scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning to take a 4-0 lead as they coasted to a 10-2 win over the New York Yankees before 20,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago, with Eddie Cicotte (24-7) pitching a 6-hit complete game victory.

The St. Louis Browns scored 7 runs in the 5th inning and 3 in the 6th to erase a 4-0 deficit as they beat the Washington Nationals 11-4 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

80 years ago
1929

Protest
700 Arabs, incited by rumours that Jews were planning to seize the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, gathered at the bus station in Hebron and began rioting, which culminated in the following day's massacre of 67 or 69 Jews.

75 years ago
1934

Baseball
Joe Moore’s 3-run home run off Paul Dean in the 9th inning gave the New York Giants a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals and extended the Giants’ National League lead over the Cardinals to 7 games.

70 years ago
1939

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. and Germany signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression treaty. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states--Finland, Romania, and Poland--were divided between the two nations.

Auto racing
John Cobb of the United Kingdom set the world land speed record, driving his car Railton Special at an average speed of 367.91 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, breaking the record of 357.5 mph set there 11 months earlier by fellow Briton George Eyston.

60 years ago
1949

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, read by Laidman Browne, on BBC Light Programme
Tonight's episode: The Bruce-Partington Plans, Part 2

Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Blue Penny Murder Case

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Housekeeper

Died on this date
Domingo Diaz Arosemena, 74. President of Panama, 1948-1949; Vice President of Panama, 1932-1934. Mr. Diaz, a Liberal, was Mayor of Panamá District (1910-1912). He suffered a heart attack in office and resigned as President on July 28, 1949, less than a month before his death. Mr. Diaz was succeeded as President by Vice President Daniel Chanis.

Music
On the initiative of Gilles Lefebvre, a group of musical societies from Grand-Mère, Mont-Laurier, Saint-Hyacinthe, Shawinigan, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières Quebec is formed in Saint-Hyacinthe. The organization became known as Jeunesses musicales du Canada (JMC), developing young Canadian musicians and composers, and organizing concerts by Canadian and foreign artists and ensembles, performances by opera and dance troupes, and opera productions across Canada.

Diplomacy
South Korea joined the World Health Organization as its 65th member.

Responding to the Soviet note of August 20, Yugoslavia attacked the U.S.S.R.'s attempts to "interfere in [Yugoslavia's] internal affairs, but offered to repatriate the 31 Soviet individuals held on espionage charges in return for Soviet return of Yugoslavian students held in Moscow.

Politics and government
Dutch-Indonesian discussions on the creation of a United States of Indonesia opened in The Hague.

Society
Ku Klux Klan representatives from six Southern U.S. states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America, claiming a membership of 265,000. Lycurgus Spinks of Thomasville, Alabama was named "Imperial Emperor."

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Oui, oui, oui, oui--Jean Phillipe (10th week at #1)

Defense
Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Dorji and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru conferred on measures to strengthen defenses along Bhutan's northern frontier with Tibet.

Politics and government
The South African government disclosed plans to establish full segregation in Cap Province by creating an all-African Bantustan in the nearby Transkei African Reserve.

Hawaii's first three U.S. Congressmen were sworn in.

Science
U.K. paleontologist Louis Leakey announced the discovery of human fossils believed to be 600,000 years old, in Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika.

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning and 5 in the 7th as they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 25,173 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Harvey Haddix (10-9) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory, while Don Drysdale (15-8) allowed 6 hits and 4 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings to take the loss. With 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning of the secnd game, Bill Virdon singled and advanced to third base on a single by Smoky Burgess. Bob Skinner was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Dick Groat singled home Mr. Virdon to give the Pirates a 4-3 win to complete the sweep. Roy Face pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief of Vern law to win the second game, improving his 1959 record to 16-0. Mr. Drysdale (15-9) entered the game in the 8th inning and allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings. Mr. Virdon batted 3 for 3 with a double, base on balls, run, and 2 runs batted in in the first game, and was 4 for 5 with a home run, double, and 2 runs in the second game.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 8th inning, Frank Robinson reached first base on an error by shortstop Dick Gray, and Jerry Lynch followed with a home run to enable the Cincinnati Reds to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 before 13,985 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Winning pitcher Don Newcombe (12-6) had a solo home run and a single, giving him 201 hits in his major league career.

Bob Buhl (11-8) pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Art Ceccarelli (4-2) as the Milwaukee Braves shut out the Chicago Cubs 2-0 before 33,464 fans at County Stadium in Cincinnati. Mr. Ceccarelli allowed just 1 hit and no earned runs in 6 innings to take the loss. With 1 out and nobody on base in the 5th, Ray Boone reached first base on an error by third baseman Earl Averill, advanced to third base on a single by Andy Pafko, and after a rain delay of 1 hour 46 minutes, scored on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Logan. Mr. Logan led off the 8th inning with a double against relief pitcher Don Elston, advanced to third base on an outfield fly by Del Crandall, and scored on a sacrifice squeeze bunt by Mr. Buhl.

Eddie Yost’s grand slam in the 2nd inning helped the Detroit Tigers erase a 1-0 deficit as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 in the first game of a doubleheader before 24,031 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Detroit right fielder Harvey Kuenn batted 5 for 5 with a triple and 3 runs. The second game started, but was rained out before it could go long enough to become a legal game.

Pinch hitter Enos Slaughter singled home 2 runs in the 7th inning to break a 1-1 tie and the New York Yankees added 4 runs in the 8th to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 44,520 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Art Ditmar (9-8) pitched a 3-hitter to outduel Early Wynn (16-8), who allowed 4 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 7+ innings before being relieved by Gerry Staley, who faced 4 batters, all of whom hit safely and scored. Sherm Lollar led off the bottom of the 7th inning with a home run to begin a 5-run inning as the White Sox won the second game 5-0, with Bob Shaw (13-4) pitching a 6-hitter to outduel Ralph Terry (4-9).

Tito Francona’s home run off Tom Brewer leading off the bottom of the 9th inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a doubleheader before 26,208 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Jim Perry pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1959 record to 9-5, while Mr. Brewer allowed just 5 hits in falling to 8-9. Mr. Francona added another home run in the 1st inning of the second game and Minnie Minoso added a 3-run homer in a 5-run 4th as the Indians completed the sweep with a 6-2 win. Jack Harshman pinch hit for starting pitcher Mike Garcia in the 4th inning of the second game and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly; Mr. Harshman then pitched 5 innings of 4-hit relief to get the win, improving to 5-9 for the season. The sweep moved the Indians to within 1½ games of the American League-leading White Sox.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Alors je chante--Rika Zaraï (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lisa dagli occhi blu--Mario Tessuto (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Oh Happy Day--The Edwin Hawkins Singers (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
2 The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe--The Beatles
3 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
4 My Sentimental Friend--Herman's Hermits
5 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears
6 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
7 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones
8 Frozen Orange Juice--Peter Sarstedt
9 Hair--The Cowsills
10 Dear Prudence--Doug Parkinson in Focus

Singles entering the chart were Good Morning Starshine by Oliver (#32); Conversations by Cilla Black (#36); 5.10 Man by Masters Apprentices (#37); and St. Louis by the Easybeats (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (2nd week at #1)
2 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
3 Venus--Shocking Blue
4 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
5 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
6 Ma Belle Amie--Tee-Set
7 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
8 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
9 Je t'aime...mon non plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg
10 Make Me an Island--Joe Dolan

Singles entering the chart were Maria Isabel by Los Payos (#27); T.O.P. by Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars (#31); I'm Free by the Who (#36); Nightingale by George Cash (#38); Speel Niet Met Mij by Anja (#39); and Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
2 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
3 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells
4 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
5 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
6 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
7 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
9 Get Together--The Youngbloods
10 Laughing--The Guess Who

Singles entering the chart were I'm a Better Man by Engelbert Humperdinck (#60); I'm Gonna Make You Mine by Lou Christie (#66); This Girl is a Woman Now by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (#67); Little Woman by Bobby Sherman (#73); Lowdown Popcorn by James Brown (#74); That's the Way Love Is by Marvin Gaye (#75); Rain by Jose Feliciano (#77); You, I by the Rugbys (#81); The Train by the 1910 Fruitgum Company (#82); Lodi by Al Wilson (#83); Don't it Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South and the Believers (#84); Here I Go Again by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#88); Can't Find the Time by Orpheus (#93); Walk on By by Isaac Hayes (#94); Green Fields by the Vogues (#98); All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) by Charley Pride (#99); and Memphis Train by the Buddy Miles Express (#100). Here I Go Again was the other side of Doggone Right, which had peaked at #32 on August 2 and was no longer on the chart.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)
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 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 Laughing--The Guess Who
9 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
10 Get Together--The Youngbloods

Singles entering the chart were That's the Way Love Is by Marvin Gaye (#67); What's the Use of Breaking Up by Jerry Butler (#74); Lowdown Popcorn by James Brown (#77); Daddy's Little Man by O.C. Smith (#80); No One for Me to Turn To by the Spiral Starecase (#83); Lodi by Al Wilson (#85); Questions 67 and 68 by Chicago (#86); Sad Girl by the Intruders (#89); All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) by Charley Pride (#93); Any Way that You Want Me by Evie Sands (#99); By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Isaac Hayes (#100); and One Night Affair by the O'Jays (also #100). By the Time I Get to Phoenix was the other side of Walk on By, which had yet to chart.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 When I Die--Motherlode
2 Laughing--The Guess Who
3 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
4 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
6 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
7 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
8 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
9 Canadian Pacific--George Hamilton IV
10 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White

Singles entering the chart were Now that I'm a Man by the 49th Parallel (#76); No One for Me to Turn To by the Spiral Starecase (#78); Lowdown Popcorn by James Brown (#80); Sugar on Sunday by the Clique (#81); The Colour of My Love by Jefferson (#83); Lodi by Al Wilson (#84); I Do by the Moments (#86); Daddy's Little Man by O.C. Smith (#87); I Can't Get Next to You by the Temptations (#89); That's the Way Love Is by Marvin Gaye (#91); Any Way that You Want Me by Evie Sands (#93); For What it's Worth by Cher (#94); What's the Use of Breaking Up by Jerry Butler (#95); Song for Petula by Andre Gagnon (#99); and All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) by Charley Pride (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (2nd week at #1)
2 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
3 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
4 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
5 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
6 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
7 Get Together--The Youngbloods
8 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
9 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
10 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
Pick hit of the week: Everybody Knows Matilda--Duke Baxter

Crime
Israeli authorities arrested Denis Michael Rohan, 28, an Australian sheep shearer described as a Christian religious fanatic who had come to Israel in May as a tourist , for setting the fire the previous day in the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The police emphasized that Muslim officials, especially a guard who ripped a vest from a man fleeing the mosque, provided the "initial lead" for the investigation. The Jerusalem Moslem Council called for a protest strike in Israeli-occupied areas and all of the Arab world. Egyptian President Gamal Nasser urged force to regain Jerusalem and restore the Al Aqsa Mosque, and King Faisal of Saudi Arabia called for an Islamic jihad to liberate Jerusalem.

Politics and government
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu named General Tran Thien Khiem the new Premier. The appointment of the general, who would form a new cabinet, indicated that President Thieu was not yet ready to move to the political left. Mr. Khiem replaced Tran Van Huong, who had resigned under pressure the previous day.

Law
United States Supreme Court nominee Clement Haynsworth acknowledged that he owned stock in a vending machine company that held supply contracts with a textile concern that was involved in a case before him in 1963. Judge Haynsworth said he "did not recognize, then or now, any impropriety."

Disasters
2 were dead and more than 100 injured after two days of damage inflicted upon Japan by tropical storm Cora.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-1) 42 @ British Columbia (0-5) 20

Dave Raimey, in his first game in a Toronto uniform since being obtained from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a trade for quarterback Wally Gabler, rushed for 98 yards and caught 2 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown to help the Argonauts defeat the Lions before 27,661 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. It was the only CFL game for B.C. linebacker Jim Schmidt, wearing jersey #78.



Baseball
Jerry Grote doubled home Donn Clendenon with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the New York Mets a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 40,974 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Jim Hickman hit a grand slam in the 7th inning and the Chicago Cubs added 3 runs in the 8th as they overcame a 5-4 deficit to defeat the Houston Astros 11-5 before 27,665 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Hickman also hit a solo homer in the 4th inning.

Ray Sadecki (4-8) pitched a 3-hitter, drew 3 bases on balls, and scored a run to lead the San Francisco Giants over the Montreal Expos 6-0 before 23,951 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal.

Fred Patek drove in 2 unearned runs with a single in the bottom of the 4th inning to help the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 before 16,283 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. It was the Reds’ 10th loss in their last 14 games. Bob Moose allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings to improve his 1969 record to 8-2, while losing pitcher Gerry Arrigo allowed 5 hits and no earned runs in 6+ innings, falling to 2-5.

Orlando Cepeda singled home Hank Aaron and Felix Millan with none out in the top of the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 before 40,427 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Phil Niekro (17-11) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Steve Carlton (15-7), who allowed just 3 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings, but who made an error and a wild pitch which contributed to the 8th-inning runs. The Braves' win moved them to within 1 game of the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants, who were in a virtual tie for the lead in the National League West Division.

The Oakland Athletics scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to overcome a 2-1 deficit and defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 before 12,881 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Catfish Hunter started on the mound for Oakland and opened the scoring in the 6th inning with his first home run of the season, but was relieved in the 8th inning by Paul Lindblad, who was credited with the win. With 2 out in the top of the 9th inning, Jim Roland walked 2 consecutive batters to load the bases, and Vida Blue struck out pinch hitter Chico Salmon to end the game and earn his first major league save.

30 years ago
1979

War
Kurdish rebels in Iran ousted government troops from a large area near the Iraqi border, but had full control of only one town: Mahabad.

World events
Aleksandr Godunov, a leading dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, was granted political asylum in the United States while his company was on tour in the country. He said that he wanted to work with choreographers in the U.S.A., and that he was "looking forward to broadening my experience and working in new areas of dance." Although three leading dancers from the Kirov Ballet had defected to the United States over the years, Mr. Godunov was the first member of the Bolshoi Ballet to defect.

Scandal
Eschel M. Rhoodie, a central figure in the South African influence-buying scandal, was extradited from France to Johannesburg, where he faced charges of misappropriating part of the secret $75 million fund used to seek western support for South Africa’s apartheid policies.

Energy
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission reversed itself after being criticized by a presidential panel studying Three Mile Island, for announcing the previous day that it would resume licensing of nuclear plants.

Baseball
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn fined San Diego Padres’ owner Ray Kroc $100,000 for tampering because of remarks Mr. Kroc had made about potential free agents Joe Morgan and Graig Nettles.

Oakland Athletics’ starting pitcher Rick Langford gave up 6 runs on 6 hits in the 1st inning, including a grand slam by Andre Thornton and a solo home run by Ron Hassey, but gave up just 1 hit in the next 8 innings, and his team came back to win 8-6 before 7,495 fans at Cleveland Stadium, improving Mr. Langford's 1979 record to 9-13.

25 years ago
1984

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 30 (CHED)
1 She Bop--Cyndi Lauper
2 Stuck on You--Lionel Richie
3 Ghostbusters--Ray Parker, Jr.
4 Missing You--John Waite
5 What's Love Got to Do with It--Tina Turner
6 Drive--The Cars
7 If This is It--Huey Lewis and the News
8 Sad Songs (Say So Much)--Elton John
9 Lights Out--Peter Wolf
10 Let's Go Crazy--Prince and the Revolution
11 Rock Me Tonight--Billy Squier
12 The Warrior--Scandal
13 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes--Ultravox
14 When Doves Cry--Prince
15 I'm Free--Kenny Loggins
16 She's Mine--Steve Perry
17 Panama--Van Halen
18 Right By Your Side--Eurythmics
19 Go for Soda--Kim Mitchell
20 Must I Always Remember--The Box
21 My Oh My--Slade
22 Legs--ZZ Top
23 Two Tribes--Frankie Goes to Hollywood
24 Cover Me--Bruce Springsteen
25 I Can Dream About You--Dan Hartman
26 Only When You Leave--Spandau Ballet
27 Here She Comes--Bonnie Tyler
28 Hard Habit to Break--Chicago
29 Torture--Jacksons
30 If You're Ever in My Arms Again--Peabo Bryson

Politics and government
U.S. President Ronald Reagan addressed an ecumenical prayer breakfast in Dallas and declared that "religion and politics are necessarily related." That evening, accepting his nomination as his party’s presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention, Mr. Reagan said that he had fulfilled his promises to reduce the growth of the federal government and to cut interest rates, taxes, and inflation. He noted that during his administration "not one inch of soil has fallen to the Communists," and he said "We are in the midst of a springtime of hope for America."

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Licence to Kill--Gladys Knight (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
R. D. Laing, 61. U.K. psychiatrist. Ronald David Laing wrote extensively on the experience of psychosis, and took the expressed feelings of clients as valid descriptions of lived experience rather than symptoms of mental illness. He often criticized psychiatric treatment as unhelpful to clients, and regarded schizophrenia as a theory rather than a fact. Dr. Laing, like so many, seems to have gone into his profession to find out about his own problems, and eventually was forced out of the practice of medicine after admitting to episodes of habitual drinking and clinical depression. He died of a heart attack while playing tennis.

Yusuf Hawkins, 16. U.S. crime victim. Mr. Hawkins, a Negro teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.

Protest
Observing the 50th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact that resulted in the absorption of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania into the U.S.S.R., 1 million people joined hands in the Baltic states to form a line 400 miles long, as a means of showing unity against their current status in the Soviet Union. The Lithuanian popular front called for complete independence. All three popular fronts issued a joint statement saying that the U.S.S.R. had "infringed on the historical right of the Baltic nations to self-determination," and they denounced Soviet terror and violence.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (5-2) 14 @ Edmonton (6-1) 37

Tracy Ham threw 2 touchdown passes, and Chris Johnstone rushed for 2 more scores as the Eskimos overcame a 6-3 2nd-quarter deficit. Hamilton’s only touchdown came on a pass from Mike Kerrigan to Tony Champion.

Baseball
Rick Dempsey’s home run off Dennis Martinez in the top of the 22nd inning gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 win over the Montreal Expos before 21,742 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The game lasted a record 6 hours and 14 minutes. Youppi, the Expos’ mascot, was ejected in the 11th inning for annoying Los Angeles manager Tom LaSorda by banging on the roof of the Dodgers' dugout.



10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Norman Wexler, 73. U.S. screenwriter. Mr. Wexler was nominated for Academy Awards for his screenplays for Joe (1970) and Serpico (1973), but was perhaps best known for writing the screenplay for Saturday Night Fever (1977), which made him a wealthy man. He suffered from manic psychotic episodes, and was arrested in 1972 for threatening to shoot U.S. President Richard Nixon. Mr. Wexler died of a heart attack, a week after his 73rd birthday.

Germanica
For the first time since World War II, Berlin became the capital of a united Germany when Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder moved to the city. Mayor Eberhard Diepgen welcomed Mr. Schroeder and the rest of the government, including the federal parliament.

Swimming
Jenny Thompson, a former Stanford University star, broke the world 100-metre butterfly record of 57.93 seconds set by her countrywoman Mary T. Meagher in 1981. Miss Thompson's time in the Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney, Australia, was 57.88 seconds.

Baseball
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced that Pete Rose would be invited to the World Series if he were elected to the All-Century Team. Mr. Rose had been banned from baseball since 1989.

The Montreal Expos scored 3 runs in the 7th inning and 5 in the 8th as they overcame an early 3-0 deficit to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-7 before 13,668 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Montreal catcher Michael Barrett batted 3 for 5 with a 3-run home run and a single to drive home another run, while Vladimir Guerrero was 3 for 5 with a homer, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in. Rick Ankiel made his major league debut as the Cardinals' starting pitcher; he allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 5+ innings, with 2 bases on balls and 6 strikeouts, and batting 0 for 2.

Pinch hitter Matt Franco singled home Darryl Hamilton with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the New York Mets a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros before 39,292 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

The Chicago White Sox scored 6 runs in the 3rd inning as they defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-2 before 13,329 fans at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Frank Thomas played the first 7 innings as Chicago's designated hitter, not recording an at bat, but drawing 2 bases on balls, hitting a sacrifice fly, scoring 2 runs, and driving in 2.

The New York Yankees scored 6 runs in the first inning on their way to a 21-3 rout of the Texas Rangers before 38,024 fans at the Ballpark in Arlington. The Yankees amassed 23 hits; third baseman Scott Brosius batted 4 for 6 with a home run, 2 doubles, 4 runs and 6 runs batted in, while catcher Joe Girardi was 4 for 6 with 2 doubles, a triple, and 7 RBIs, and first baseman Tino Martinez was 4 for 6 with a home run, 3 runs, and 4 RBIs.