August 30, 2009

400 years ago
1609

Born on this date
Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet. English politician. Sir Alexander was elected to the Long Parliament in 1640 and sided with Parliament against Royalists during the English Civil War. He was arrested, prevented from taking his seat, and imprisoned in the Tower of London until being convicted of treason in November 1644 and beheaded on December 23, 1644 at the age of 35.

210 years ago
1799

War
In the Vlieter incident, a squadron of the Batavian Navy, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, surrendered without a fight to British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell, near Wieringen, Netherlands.

120 years ago
1889

Literature
Joseph Marshall Stoddardt, managing editor of the U.S. publication Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, which published full-length novels, was in London trying to set up a British version of his magazine. He had dinner that night at the Langham Hotel in Portland Place, where his guests were Irish journalist and Member of Parliament Thomas Patrick Gill, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde. Mr. Stoddardt commissioned works from Messrs. Doyle and Wilde, which resulted in The Sign of Four--the second Sherlock Holmes novel--by Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

100 years ago
1909

Science
Burgess Shale fossils were discovered in British Columbia by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott.

80 years ago
1929

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates amassed 21 hits as they routed the Chicago Cubs 15-0 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Pie Traynor led the attack, batting 5 for 5 with a double, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in. Heinie Meine pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1929 record to 6-4, while losing pitcher Guy Bush dropped to 18-4.

Wally Gilbert reached first base on an error by shortstop Travis Jackson to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on a double by Hank DeBerry to give the Brooklyn Robins a 2-1 win over the New York Giants at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Dazzy Vance (10-11) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Carl Hubbell (14-8), who allowed 8 hits.

60 years ago
1949

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Brotherly Murder Case

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Dressing Gown

Agriculture
U.S. Interior Secretary Julius Krug submitted a $2-billion irrigation development bill for California's Central Valley to Congress. The project would supply water for three million uncultivated acres and provide 8.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year.

Labour
Finnish metal workers ended their strike in order to resume work on ships due to the U.S.S.R. as part of Finland's World War II reparations.

50 years ago
1959

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

Died on this date
John Corbin, 89. U.S. drama critic and author. Mr. Corbin was drama critic for Harper's Weekly; The New York Times; and the New York Sun from 1897-1907, and served as literary manager of the New Theatre in New York (1908-1910) and secretary of the Drama Society of New York until 1916. He returned to The New York Times as drama critic (1917-1919) and then as an editorialist. Mr. Corbin wrote several books on drama and other subjects.

Ed Elisian, 32. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Elisian competed in the United States Auto Club Championship Series from 1954-1959. He finished 18th in the 1954 Indianapolis 500, which turned out to be his best finish in the race. In the 1955 Indianapolis 500, he stopped his car on the 54th lap in a futile attempt to help Bill Vukovich, who had crashed, and won a sportsmanship award, although incurring the wrath of his car's owner. Mr. Elisian incurred the wrath of fellow drivers when he attempted to take the lead on the first lap of the 1958 Indianapolis 500, and was widely blamed for a 15-car crash that took the life of driver Pat O'Connor. Mr. Elisian was suspended by USAC, reinstated a few days later, but was then suspended for a full year, for among other things, being charged with attempting to pass fraudulent cheques. He was reinstated after the 1959 Indianapolis 500, and was killed in a 200-mile race at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds, better known as the "Milwaukee Mile," when his car hit an oil slick on the 28th lap, hit a retaining wall, turned over, and caught fire. Mr. Elisian waved his arms and attempted to get out, but was trapped, and it took seven minutes for the fire to be put out.

Asiatica
The title of National Hero of Indonesia was awarded for the first time, to writer-cum-politician Abdul Muis.

Crime
The New York City Police Department shifted 1,400 detectives and other officers to patrol duty to combat rising youth crime.

Transportation
Mayor Sarto Fournier was among those at a ceremony marking the end of streetcar service in Montreal. On November 26, 1861, the first streetcar line was inaugurated in Montreal. The disappearance of these vehicles in 1959 was accompanied by a marked improvement in Montreal's bus network; seven years later, the city inaugurated its first metro (subway).

Auto racing
Rodger Ward won the 200-mile USAC Championship Series race at Wisconsin State Fair Grounds in which Ed Elisian was killed.

Baseball
Early Wynn allowed 7 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 innings to improve his 1959 record to 17-9 and hit a home run to begin the scoring in a 5-run 6th inning for the Chicago White Sox as they beat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 66,586 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Losing pitcher Cal McLish dropped to 16-9. Billy Goodman had 3 hits and 2 runs batted in and Al Smith added 2 hits and 3 RBIs to help the White Sox win the second game 9-4 to complete the sweep, extending their lead over the second-place Indians in the American League pennant race to 5½ games. Barry Latman (8-5) allowed 4 hits and 4 earned runs in 5 innings, but was the winning pitcher over Gary Bell (14-11). Mr. Latman also batted in 2 runs. Cleveland shortstop Woodie Held hit a home run in each game, and right fielder Rocky Colavito hit his 39th homer of the season, a 3-run shot in the second game.

Frank Sullivan (8-8) pitched a 4-hitter, while Gene Stephens singled home a run in the 1st inning and hit a solo home run in the 3rd to help the Boston Red Sox shut out the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 before 11,134 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Don Mossi (12-9) pitched a 3-hitter, singled and scored the winning run in the 7th inning, and hit his first major league home run, a solo blast in the 9th to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Kansas City Athletics 4-0 before 9,500 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Losing pitcher Bud Daley (15-10) allowed 8 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 8 innings.

Bob Skinner singled home Don Hoak with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader before 20,015 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Dick Stuart doubled home Mr. Hoak and Bill Virdon with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th to give the Pirates a 7-6 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Philadelphia manager Eddie Sawyer was ejected by home plate umpire Al Barlick during the pre-game meeting before the second game, claiming that the amount of time between games was less than regulation. The Phillies responded by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 1st, and held a 5-0 lead until the Pirates scored a run in the 7th, 2 in the 8th, and 1 in the 9th to send the game to extra innings. Ed Bouchee led off the 10th with a home run to give Philadelphia the lead, but Mr. Hoak singled to lead off the bottom of the inning, and Mr. Virdon drew a base on balls with 1 out.

Errors by third baseman Jackie Brandt and first baseman Willie McCovey allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to score 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning and defeat the San Francisco Giants 7-6 before 44,391 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, moving to within . Mr. Brandt singled home Daryl Spencer in the top of the 9th to give the Giants a 6-5 lead, but he made an error on a ground ball by Charlie Neal with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, and Wally Moon followed with a run-scoring triple. Mr. McCovey made an error on a ground ball by pinch hitter Norm Larker, allowing Mr. Moon to score the winning run.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival

#1 single in France: Alors je chante--Rika Zaraï (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lisa dagli occhi blu--Mario Tessuto (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): When the Fields are White with Daisies--Sean Dunphy

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
3 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones
4 The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe--The Beatles
5 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
6 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears
7 My Sentimental Friend--Herman's Hermits
8 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
9 Dear Prudence--Doug Parkinson in Focus
10 Along Came Jones--Ray Stevens

Singles entering the chart were A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash (#20); Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love by Russell Morris (#25); Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman (#37); and Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" by Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (3rd 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 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees
7 Scarlet Ribbons--The Cats
8 Ma Belle Amie--Tee-Set
9 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
10 Je t'aime...mon non plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg

Singles entering the chart were Bloody Mary by Tom & Dick (#22); Pinch Me by Ohio Express (#35); A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash (#38); and I Can't See Nobody by Marbles (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)
2 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
5 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
6 Get Together--The Youngbloods
7 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
9 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
10 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells

Singles entering the chart were What's the Use of Breaking Up by Jerry Butler (#64); Sugar on Sunday by the Clique (#78); Daddy's Little Man by O.C. Smith (#83); By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Isaac Hayes (#88); No One for Me to Turn To by the Spiral Starecase (#89); I Want You to Know by the New Colony Six (#90); Sad Girl by the Intruders (#91); The Ways to Love a Man by Tammy Wynette (#96); Black Berries (Part 1) by the Isley Brothers (#99); and Get Off My Back Woman by B.B. King (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (3rd week at #1)
2 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
3 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
4 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
5 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
6 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 Get Together--The Youngbloods
8 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
9 Laughing--The Guess Who
10 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White

Singles entering the chart were Rain by Jose Feliciano (#75); Don't Forget to Remember by the Bee Gees (#76); Carry Me Back by the Rascals (#77); Don't it Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South and the Believers (#79); Hook and Sling (Part 1) by Eddie Bo (#81); Black Berries (Part 1) by the Isley Brothers (#85); Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná (#87); We Gotta All Get Together by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#88); Runnin' Blue by the Doors (#90); Oh How Happy by Blinky & Edwin Starr (#93); Armstrong by John Stewart (#95); MacArthur Park by Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys (#96); Sausalito (Is the Place to Go) by Ohio Express (#97); and Tracy by the Cuff Links (#99). Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná was taken from the soundtrack of the movie Sweden Heaven and Hell (1968).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 When I Die--Motherlode (2nd week at #1)
2 Laughing--The Guess Who
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
5 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Get Together--The Youngbloods
8 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
9 Canadian Pacific--George Hamilton IV
10 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan

Singles entering the chart were Don't Forget to Remember by the Bee Gees (#78); Carry Me Back by the Rascals (#79); What's the Use of Breaking Up by Jerry Butler (#83); Black Berries (Part 1) by the Isley Brothers (#85); We Gotta All Get Together by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#86); Runnin' Blue by the Doors (#94); Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná (#97); Sad Girl by the Intruders (#99); and Tracy by the Cuff Links (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
2 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
3 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
4 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
5 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
6 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
7 Get Together--The Youngbloods
8 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
9 Soul Deep--The Box Tops
10 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
Pick hit of the week: Change of Heart--Dennis Yost and the Classics IV

Soul Deep was the third hit by the Box Tops to have been written by Wayne Carson Thompson; the others were The Letter and Neon Rainbow.

Died on this date
Stew Bolen, 66. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Bolen played with the St. Louis Browns (1926-1927) and Philadelphia Phillies (1931-1932), compiling a record of 3-13 with an earned run average of 6.09 in 41 games. He played 15 seasons in the minor leagues from 1924-1939, winning at least 190 games. His best years were with the Baltimore Orioles of the Class AA International League (1928-1930), posting respective records of 21-16, 19-14, and 19-9.

Tim McKeithan, 62. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. McKeithan played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1932-1934), compiling a record of 1-1 with an earned run average of 7.36 in 10 games. He was 13-16 with a 5.08 ERA in 75 games in the minor leagues from 1933-1935. Mr. McKeithan was fatally shot in the stomach; Britt Teseniar, 53, was charged with murder.

Baseball
The Seattle Pilots traded outfielder Tommy Davis to the Houston Astros for outfielders Danny Walton and Sandy Valdespino. Mr. Davis was batting .271 with 6 home runs and 80 runs batted in in 123 games with Seattle in 1969. Mr. Walton batted .332 with 25 home runs and 119 runs batted in in 132 games with the Oklahoma City 89ers of the AAA American Association in 1969, and was named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News. Mr. Valdespino was batting .244 with no home runs and 12 RBIs in 41 games with Houston and .275 with no homers and 16 RBIs in 43 games with Oklahoma City in 1969.

The Washington Senators overcame second baseman Tim Cullen’s errors on 3 consecutive ground balls to beat the Oakland Athletics 11-3 before 10,553 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. Frank Howard led the attack with 4 hits (including his 41st home run of the season) and his first stolen base in 3 years as the Senators took an 11-0 lead, before Mr. Cullen's errors allowed the Athletics to score 3 unearned runs in the 8th inning. Dick Bosman started on the mound for Washington and allowed 4 hits in 6 innings to get the win, improving his 1969 record to 11-5.

Dick Drago (7-11) pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Stan Bahnsen (7-13), who allowed 4 hits and 2 runs--1 earned--in 7 innings as the Kansas City Royals scored both runs in the 6th inning and shut out the New York Yankees 2-0 before 10,121 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Luis Aparicio doubled home Walt Williams and scored on a single by Woodie Held with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 6-5 win over the Cleveland Indians before 3,573 fans at White Sox Park. The Indians led 5-1 after 6½ innings, but the White Sox scored 3 in the 7th to make the score 5-4. Mr. Williams batted 4 for 5 with 3 runs and a run batted in, while Mr. Aparicio was 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs. Lou Klimchock played the first 6 innings at first base for Cleveland, batting 3 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs.

The Boston Red Sox took a 7-0 lead and withstood a 5-run 7th-inning rally to defeat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 before 19,917 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Boston second baseman Mike Andrews batted 3 for 4 with a base on balls, home run, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in, with Tony Conigliaro and Syd O'Brien also homering for Boston, allowing Jim Nash to improve his 1969 record to 10-2 despite allowing 5 earned runs in the 7th.

The Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs in the first 2 innings and held on to defeat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 before 26,630 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Larry Maxie, the third of four Atlanta pitchers, allowed 1 hit, 1 run--earned--with 1 base on balls and 1 strikeout in 2 innings in his first major league game.

Donn Clendenon hit a solo home run with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 2-2 tie as the New York Mets edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2 before 14,436 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, remaining 3½ games behind the first-place Cubs in the National League East Division pennant race. San Francisco first baseman Willie McCovey doubled into an inning-ending double play in the 9th inning. Bob Burda singled with 1 out, and Mr. McCovey doubled down the left field line. New York catcher Jerry Grote waited casually at home plate as though no throw was coming, but left fielder Rod Gaspar threw to him, and Mr. Grote tagged out Mr. Burda. Mr. Grote, apparently thinking there were 3 out, rolled the ball back to the mound; Mr. Clendenon, the first baseman, picked up the ball and threw to third baseman Bobby Pfeil, who tagged out Mr. McCovey at third base.

Claude Osteen (18-11) allowed 4 hits in 7 2/3 innings before leaving with a pulled groin muscle winning the pitchers' duel over Jerry Johnson (6-11) as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 before 35,753 fans at Dodger Stadium. Mr. Osteen batted 2 for 3, and singled as part of a 2-run 5th inning.

30 years ago
1979

Died on this date
Jean Seberg, 40. U.S. actress. Miss Seberg began her movie career by playing the title role in Saint Joan (1957) after being chosen as the winner of a nationwide talent search. The film bombed, with Miss Seberg's performance being heavily criticized. She moved to France and became a star of French New Wave Films such as À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960). Miss Seberg primarily made movies in Europe in the 1960s and '70s, making the occasional Hollywood film such as Paint Your Wagon (1969). She supported fashionable liberal causes, and her support for the Black Panthers led the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a campaign of surveillance and disinformation about her as part of their CONTELPRO program. A false story created by the FBI claimed that Miss Seberg was pregnant with the child of a black panther, and she blamed the lie for her premature labour and death of her daughter at the age of two days. Miss Seberg reportedly never recovered from the FBI's harassment, which continued through the 1970s, and she was found dead on the back seat of her car in Paris on September 8, 1979, nine days after disappearing from her home. Paris police ruled her death a probable suicide from an overdose of barbiturates, but conspiracy theories abound. Miss Seberg's second husband, French writer Romain Gary, blamed the FBI for Miss Seberg's death.

Terrorism
Two suspected members of the Irish Republican Army were charged with the murder on August 27 of Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Scandal
U.S. presidential aide Richard Harden was alleged to have perjured himself in testimony to the grand jury investigating a supposed plan to fix the legal problems of fugitive financier Robert Vesco.

Oil
The chief of Iran’s national oil company in Tehran said that the shipment of two million gallons of diesel oil and kerosene bought from the United States wasn’t needed, and would instead be sold at a higher price on the world market.

Business
Chrysler Corporation’s two top executives, president Lee Iacocca and chairman John Riccardo, announced that they would reduce their salaries to $1 a year for two years unless the company returned to profitability before then.

Labour
The United Auto Workers picked General Motors as a "target company" in negotiations for a new contract that would set the pace for other auto industry agreements in the fall.

Disasters
A Peruvian cargo ship travelling down the Mississippi River veered out of control and rammed a butane tank barge, setting off a huge fireball and killing four people.

Tennis
In a classic, tumultuous second-round United States Open match, notorious Ilie Nastase lost to infamous John McEnroe in four sets after Nastase had been held in default by the umpire only to be reinstated by the referee. Both players hurled invectives at each other in the televised night match and play was delayed some 20 minutes while fans erupted, tossing beer cans and other trash on the court.



25 years ago
1984

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off on its maiden voyage from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The crew of 6 included Judy Resnick, the second American woman in space.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos, in fifth place in the National League East Division with a record of 64-67, fired manager Bill Virdon and replaced him with Jim Fanning.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Licence to Kill--Gladys Knight (6th week at #1)

At the movies
Les noces de papier (The Paper Wedding), directed by Michel Brault and starring Geneviève Bujold, Manuel Aranguiz, and Dorothée Berryman, received its premiere screening.

Died on this date
Seymour Krim, 67. U.S. writer. Mr. Krim was a writer of the "Beat Generation" in the 1950s and '60s, writing reviews and essays for various newspapers and magazines. He committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates after years of declining health.

World events
The U. S. State Department advised American citizens in Colombia to consider leaving that country. 11,000 people had been arrested since the August 18 assassination by hitmen of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (4-4) 19 @ Edmonton (7-1) 45

31,667 fans at Commonwealth Stadium saw the Eskimos score 31 points in the 4th quarter to beat the Roughriders. Tracy Ham threw touchdown passes to Craig Ellis and Keith Wright, ran for another touchdown, and handed off to Michael Soles for another touchdown on the game’s last play. The Eskimos rolled up 228 yards rushing, led by Reggie Taylor’s 79 yards on 12 carries. Jeff Fairholm scored both Saskatchewan touchdowns, one on a 58-yard pass from Tom Burgess in the second quarter, and the other on a 42-yard pass from Kent Austin in the fourth quarter. He finished with 5 receptions for 129 yards. The Eskimos amassed 32 first downs and 435 yards in net offense. The Edmonton defense snagged four interceptions off the Roughrider quarterbacks; three of the picks were by Enis Jackson, and the other was by Larry Wruck.

CIAU
Alberta (0-1) 9 @ British Columbia (1-0) 18

Jim Stewart rushed 28 times for 180 yards as the Thunderbirds rolled up 26 first downs and 427 yards net offense at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. The only UBC touchdown came on a 1-yard run by Scott Findlay with 1:22 left in the game. Roger Hennig converted and added 3 field goals and 2 singles. The Golden Bears, who picked up just 7 first downs, scored on a 58-yard pass from Jeff Steinberg to Jason Whaley, converted by Steve Kasowski.

10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Warren Huston, 85. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Huston was an infielder with the Philadelphia Athletics (1937) and Boston Braves (1944), batting .165 with no home runs and 4 runs batted in in 71 games. He played at least 4 seasons in the minor leagues from 1938-1945.

World events
Residents of East Timor voted to secede from Indonesia in a referendum sponsored by the United Nations.

Baseball
Second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo batted 6 for 6 with 3 home runs and a double, 6 runs, and 5 runs batted in to lead the New York Mets to a 17-1 rout of the Houston Astros before 28,032 fans at the Astrodome.

Barry Bonds' second home run of the game, a 2-run blow with none out in the bottom of the 11th inning, gave the San Francisco Giants a 6-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 13,193 fans at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point in San Francisco.