September 27, 2009

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Berenice Jimenez!

480 years ago
1529

War
The Siege of Vienna began when Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I attacked the city.

340 years ago
1669

War
The Venetians surrendered the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia.

130 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Cyril Scott. U.K. poet and composer. Mr. Scott was a highly-regarded pianist who composed about 400 works, including two symphonies, three operas, three piano concertos, and numerous orchestral, vocal, and chamber works. He was an occultist who wrote prose and poetry advocating alternative diet and medical practices. Mr. Scott died on December 31, 1970 at the age of 91.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Alfred Bergman. U.S. athlete. Mr. Bergman, nicknamed "Big Dutch," starred in several sports at the University of Notre Dame (1911-1914), winning 11 varsity letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He returned a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown as a freshman with the football team in 1911, and quarterbacked the Fighting Irish in 1914. Mr. Bergman played second base with the Cleveland Indians (1916), batting .214 with no home runs or runs batted in in 8 games. He died on June 21, 1961 at the age of 79.

90 years ago
1919

Football
CRU
Pre-season
Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (ORFU) 13 @ Hamilton Tigers (IRFU) 11
Toronto Argonauts (IRFU) 26 Toronto Capitals (ORFU) 4

70 years ago
1939

War
Warsaw surrendered to the Nazis after several weeks of resistance.

60 years ago
1949

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

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Comic Strip Murder, starring Lilli Palmer and Donald Briggs



Diplomacy
Yugoslavia ordered nine members of the Hungarian mission in Belgrade to leave the country within 24 hours, in retaliation for similar Hungarian action the previous day against 10 Yugoslavian diplomats in Budapest.

Nationalist China filed a complaint against the U.S.S.R. in the United Nations General Assembly, accusing the Soviets of "threats to the independence and territorial integrity of China."

Society
In a special election, Oklahoma retained its 42-year-old ban on hard liquor.

Economics and finance
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps announced a 20% profits tax increase to discourage businessmen from raising prices in the wake of devaluation.

Italy eliminated most restrictions on imports from other countries receiving Marshall Plan aid.

Labour
35 non-union coal mines, guarded by armed private and state police, reopened in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia in defiance of United Mine Workers of America pickets.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox scored 4 runs in the 6th inning to take a 6-0 lead and held on to defeat the Washington Nationals 6-4 before 9,564 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington to remain 1 game ahead of the second-place New York Yankees in the American League pennant race, with 4 games remaining for each team.

The New York Yankees scored all their runs in the 3rd inning as they defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 3-1 before 10,278 fans at Yankee Stadium. Vic Raschi pitched a 4-hitter to improve his 1949 record to 20-10, winning over Dick Fowler, who dropped to 14-11.

Danny Litwhiler singled home Ted Kluszewski with none out in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the score, and scored on a 2-out single by Virgil Stallcup to give the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs before 1,242 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Ken Raffensberger (17-17) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory, while Johnny Schmitz (11-12), who replaced starter Dutch Leonard after just 3 batters in the 1st inning, allowed 13 hits in 8 1/3 innings and was charged with the loss.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Ciao, ciao, bambina--Dalida (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Arthur, starring Laurence Harvey and Hazel Court

This was the first episode of the season.

Died on this date
Lefty Hopper, 84. U.S. baseball pitcher. Clarence Franklin Hopper posted a record of 0-2 with an earned run average of 4.91 in 2 games with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in 1898.

Miguel S. Macedo, 75. Mexican industrialist. Mr. Macedo, a multi-millionaire, died in Los Angeles.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev concluded his 13-day visit to the United States after agreeing wit U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower that negotiations on Berlin would be reopened and that Mr. Eisenhower would visit the U.S.S.R. in the following spring.



Politics and government
The Hungarian Communist Party approved a prgoram calling for total collectivization of agriculture and expansion of heavy industry.

Disasters
Typhoon Vera left at least 3,174 Japanese dead, 9,419 injured, and more than a million homeless after striking central Honshu with 160-miles-per-hour winds, causing floods and landslides.

Football
NFL
New York (1-0) 23 @ Los Angeles (0-1) 21
Philadelphia (0-1) 14 @ San Francisco (1-0) 24
Washington (0-1) 21 @ Chicago Cardinals (1-0) 49
Detroit (0-1) 9 @ Baltimore (1-0) 21
Chicago Bears (0-1) 6 @ Green Bay (1-0) 9

The Packers' win at City Stadium marked a successful debut for Vince Lombardi as Green Bay's head coach.

Baseball
Roger Craig pitched a 6-hit complete game victory to improve his 1959 record to 11-5, and Charlie Neal and Johnny Roseboro hit home runs to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-1 before 28,346 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

The Milwaukee Braves scored 3 unearned runs in the 7th inning to break a 1-1 tie as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 before 48,642 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee, finishing the regular season in a tie for first place with the Dodgers, eliminating the third-place San Francisco Giants from pennant contention and necessitating a best-of-three playoff to decide the National League pennant. Philadelphia second baseman Sparky Anderson batted 0 for 3, making 4 putouts and 5 assists in his 152nd and last major league game. Dave Philley pinch hit for him in the 9th inning and singled; he was replaced by pinch runner Solly Drake, who promptly scored on a double by Carl Sawatski. For Mr. Drake, it was the 141st and last game of his 3-year major league career. Pinch hitter Harry Hanebrink played the 177th and last game of his 4-year major league career, and flied out to right fielder Hank Aaron to end the game.

Junior World Series
Havana Sugar Kings (IL) 5 @ Minneapolis Millers (AA) 2 (Havana led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Sugar Kings scored 4 runs in the top of the 3rd inning as they defeated the Millers at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Ted Weiand pitched a 6-hit complete game victory, while Ted Bowsfield took the loss.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb

#1 single in France: Que je t'aime--Johnny Hallyday (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero d'amore--Mal Ryder (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones (3rd week at #1)
2 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
3 Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love--Russell Morris
4 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
5 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
6 One/Mr. Whippy--Johnny Farnham
7 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
8 Good Morning Starshine--Oliver
9 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
10 Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman

Singles entering the chart were Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond (#24); Put a Little Love in Your Heart by Jackie DeShannon (#38); Soul Deep by the Box Tops (#39); and Big Bad Bruce by Steve Greenberg (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Bloody Mary--Tom & Dick
2 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees
3 Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg
4 Scarlet Ribbons--The Cats
5 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
6 My Special Prayer--Percy Sledge
7 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
8 Natural Born Bugie--Humble Pie
9 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
10 Nightingale--George Cash

Singles entering the chart were Les Champs-Elysees by Joe Dassin (#27); Grootpapa by Gert Timmerman presenteert: Wilma (#34); Cha-La-La, I Need You by the Shuffles (#36); and Pastorale by Liesbeth List met Ramses Shaffy (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (2nd week at #1)
2 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
4 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
5 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
6 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
7 Jean--Oliver
8 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
9 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone
10 Oh, What a Night--The Dells

Singles entering the chart were Wedding Bell Blues by the 5th Dimension (#67); Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee (#76); Doin' Our Thing by Clarence Carter (#77); So Good Together by Andy Kim (#82); San Francisco is a Lonely Town by Joe Simon (#84); Echo Park by Keith Barbour (#85); Baby, I'm for Real by the Originals (#86); Time Machine by Grand Funk Railroad (#91); Mind, Body and Soul by the Flaming Ember (#92); Was it Good to You by the Isley Brothers (#93); We'll Cry Together by Maxine Brown (#96); Julia by Ramsey Lewis (#97); and Ruben James by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (3rd week at #1)
2 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
3 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
4 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
5 Jean--Oliver
6 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
7 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
9 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
10 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson

Singles entering the chart were Ruben James by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#64); You'll Never Walk Alone by the Brooklyn Bridge (#71); Jesus is a Soul Man by Lawrence Reynolds (#72); Was it Good to You by the Isley Brothers (#78); Love in the City by the Turtles (#83); Groovy Grubworm by Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies (#87); Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee (#88); Doin' Our Thing by Clarence Carter (#90); Cherry Hill Park by Billy Joe Royal (#92); Don't Waste My Time by John Mayall (#94); Always David by Ruby Winters (#95); Good Clean Fun by the Monkees (#96); Can You Dance To It? by Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys (#97); Time Machine by Grand Funk Railroad (#98); and Moonlight Sonata by Henry Mancini and his Orchestra (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (3rd week at #1)
2 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
3 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
4 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
5 Jean--Oliver
6 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
7 Carry Me Back--The Rascals
8 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
9 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
10 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were Your Good Thing by Lou Rawls (#71); You'll Never Walk Alone by the Brooklyn Bridge (#72); Ruben James by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#73); Love in the City by the Turtles (#74); Was it Good to You by the Isley Brothers (#75); Harlan County by Jim Ford (#76); Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee (#77); Always David by Ruby Winters (#84); Groovy Grubworm by Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies (#87); I Still Believe in Tomorrow by John and Anne Ryder (#88); Doin' Our Thing by Clarence Carter (#90); Heighty-Hi by Lee Michaels (#94); Don't Waste My Time by John Mayall (#97); Cherry Hill Park by Billy Joe Royal (#99); and Can You Dance To It? by Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family (2nd week at #1)
2 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
3 Sunrise to Sunset--Five Man Electrical Band
4 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
5 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Armstrong--John Stewart
8 Jean--Oliver
9 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
Pick hit of the week: So Good Together--Andy Kim

On television tonight
It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, on CBS

This was the first broadcast of the Peanuts special.



War
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu said that his country entertained no ambitions or pretense of taking over all the fighting from the United States by the end of 1970. However, he said, given proper support, the South Vietnamese army could take over the major part of the war against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong by that time.

Crime
Jerry Rubin and Bobby Seale accused federal marshals of "kidnapping" them when they were brought to stand trial in Chicago as two of the "Chicago Eight" who were being tried for conspiracy to incite a riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (3-7) 0 @ Ottawa (8-1) 17
Calgary (6-4) 22 @ British Columbia (1-10) 17

Edmonton quarterback Charlie Fulton tied a team record by throwing 6 interceptions against the Rough Riders before only 16,975 fans at Lansdowne Park. The Rough Riders complained that attendance was being hurt by telecasts of home games on cable television stations that weren't affected by CFL blackout rules. Vic Washington scored 2 touchdowns for Ottawa. Tom Nettles caught 5 passes for 61 yards for the Eskimos.

Larry Robinson kicked 3 field goals and Jerry Keeling completed a touchdown pass to Terry Evanshen as the Stampeders ruined the debut of Jackie Parker as B.C. head coach in front of a McMahon Stadium capacity crowd of 23,616. Paul Brothers threw a pass to Jim Young for one B.C. touchdown, while the other Lions' major was scored by Charlie Brown on a 14-yard rush, his first touchdown in the CFL.

CIAU
Macdonald College (1-0) 17 Loyola (0-1) 16
Royal Military College (1-0) 53 Montreal (0-1) 7
McGill (1-0) 28 @ Queen's (0-1) 6
Waterloo (0-1) 21 @ Toronto (1-0) 31
McMaster (0-1) 3 @ Western Ontario (1-0) 40
York (1-1) 29 Laurentian (0-2) 6
Ottawa (0-1) 7 @ Waterloo Lutheran (2-0) 37
Windsor (2-0) 21 @ Carleton (1-1) 6
Alberta (0-1) 17 @ Manitoba (1-0) 27
Saskatchewan (1-0) 31 @ Calgary (0-1) 8

Pat Rahming caught 2 touchdown passes from quarterback George Wall and Chris Rumball returned a punt 105 yards for another major score to help the Redmen defeat the Golden Gaels. Bob Berke scored the McGill's other touchdown on a 10-yard interception return before 11,000 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston.

The Bisons scored 3 touchdowns in a 10-minute span in the 3rd quarter to spoil the debut of Harvey Scott as head coach of the Golden Bears in front of 4,700 fans at Pan-Am Stadium in Winnipeg. Dennis Hrycaiko rushed 15 yards for a touchdown, and returned a punt 57 yards for another. Mike Shylo rushed 1 yard for the other 3rd-quarter Bison touchdown. Graham Kinley also scored a touchdown for Manitoba on a 43-yard pass from quarterback Bob Kraemer. Ludwig Daubner did all the scoring for the Golden Bears on touchdown runs of 43 and 24 yards, 2 converts, and a field goal.

Neil Garvie scored 3 touchdowns and Barry Reid added another for the Huskies as they took a 29-0 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Dinosaurs before 6,000 fans at McMahon Stadium. Don Heinz rushed 12 yards for the Calgary touchdown with 2 minutes remaining in the game.

30 years ago
1979

Died on this date
Gracie Fields, 81. U.K. entertainer. Miss Fields, born Grace Stansfield, had a career spanning almost 70 years on stage and in recordings, performing as a music hall entertainer and as a dramatic actress. She spent much of her life on the Isle of Capri, and was there when World War II began; she spent the war entertaining Allied forces, almost entirely outside the British Isles. Miss Fields resumed performing in England in 1948, and toured various countries, while residing in Capri until her death, shortly after contracting pneumonia while performing an open-air concert.

Jimmy McCulloch, 26. U.K. musician. Mr. McCulloch was a singer-songwriter who played lead and bass guitar with the rock groups One in a Million, Thunderclap Newman, and Stone the Crows, but was best known as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974-1977. He performed with several other bands after that until his death from heart failure caused by morphine and alcohol poisoning.

Baseball
George Hendrick batted 5 for 5 with a home run, double, 3 runs, and 2 runs batted in, and Tony Scott was 4 for 5 with 2 runs and an RBI to help the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 before 11,172 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, reducing the Pirates' lead over the Montreal Expos in the National League East Division pennant race to 1 game.

Pinch hitter Oscar Gamble hit a 3-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to conclude a 4-run rally, giving the New York Yankees a 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians before 12,111 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Gamble's homer was immediately preceded by a sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Roy White, playing the 1,881st and last game of his 15-year major league career. New York designated hitter George Scott batted 1 for 4, singling to begin the 9th-inning rally in the 2,034th and last game of his 14-year major league career.

Fred Lynn hit a 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to tie the score, and Carlton Fisk led off the bottom of the 9th with a homer to give the Boston Red Sox a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 20,853 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Joel Finch started on the mound for Boston and allowed 10 hits but just 2 runs--both earned--in 7+ innings, walking 2 batters and striking out 3, in his 15th and last major league game.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Ehtaa tavaraa (80-luvun tykki)--Bat & Ryyd (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Jag mår illa--Magnus Uggla (2nd week at #1)

10 years ago
1999

Baseball
Robert Fick drove in 5 runs with a grand slam and a sacrifice fly to help the Detroit Tigers defeat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 before 43,356 fans at the last game at Tiger Stadium, which had been the Tigers' home--originally known as Navin Field and then Briggs Stadium--since 1912.