October 11, 2009

430 years ago
1579

Died on this date
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, 72 or 73. Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1565-1579. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, born in Herzegovina into a Serbian Orthodox Christian family, was taken from his family at an early age, and converted to Islam. He was commander of the imperial guard (1543-1546); High Admiral of the Fleet (1546–1551); Governor-General of Rumelia (1551–1555); Third Vizier (1555–1561); and Second Vizier (1561–1565) before serving as Grand Vizier, the sole legal representative in the administration of state affairs. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha planned several wars and expeditions until he was assassinated. He was succeeded as Grand Vizier by Şemsi Pasha.

360 years ago
1649

War
Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army sacked Wexford, Ireland, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.

270 years ago
1739

Born on this date
Grigory Potemkin. Russian military officer and politician. General Potemkin, a favourite of Czarina Catherine II "The Great," was President of the College of War from 1774 until his death on October 16, 1791, five days after his 52nd birthday, after falling ill during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

230 years ago
1779

Died on this date
Casimir Pulaski, 31. Polish patriot and U.S. military officer. Mr. Pulaski fought against Russian influence in Poland, but was forced to flee the country in 1772. He eventually made his way to France, where he met a visiting American named Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Franklin gave a letter of recommendation to George Washington, and Mr. Pulaski joined the revolutionary cause in 1777, serving at Brandywine and Germantown. In 1778 he resigned a cavalry command rather than continue under General Anthony Wayne, and organized his own cavalry unit, the Pulaski Legion. Mr. Pulaski was killed in the battle of Savannah.

200 years ago
1809

Died on this date
Meriwether Lewis, 45. U.S. explorer and politician. Mr. Lewis was private secretary to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson (1801-1803); after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, President Jefferson commissioned Mr. Lewis and William Clark to conduct an expedition of discovery. The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1805) began in Pittsburgh and crossed the Continental Divide, eventually returning east and ending at St. Louis. Mr. Lewis was appointed by President Jefferson as Governor of Louisiana Territory in 1807, based in St. Louis. On September 3, 1809, he set out for Washington, D.C. to resolve personal financial issues with the government. He died near Hohenwald, Tennessee, several hours after being shot. His death was generally believed to be a suicide, but some suspected that he was murdered. Mr. Lewis was succeeded as Governor of Louisiana Territory by Benjamin Howard.

125 years ago
1884

Born on this date
Eleanor Roosevelt. U.S. First Lady and social activist. The youngest niece of Theodore Roosevelt married distant cousin Franklin Roosevelt in 1905. A lifelong supporter of humanitarian causes and women’s rights, Mrs. Roosevelt was a delegate to the United Nations and chaired the Human Rights Commission during drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. She died on November 7, 1962 at the age of 78.

Football
ORFU
Round 1
Toronto 27 @ Peterboro 8
London 2 @ Strathroy 20
Ontario Agricultural College defaulted to Hamilton

120 years ago
1889

Died on this date
James Prescott Joule, 70. U.K. physicist. Mr. Joule was a full-time brewer who studied physics as a hobby. His research into the nature of heat and its relationship to mechanical work led to the law of conservation of energy and the first law of thermodynamics. The derived unit of energy is named the joule in his honour.

110 years ago
1899

War
The Second Boer War began in South Africa with declarations of war at 5 P.M. from Transvaal and the Orange Free State against Great Britain.

100 years ago
1909

Baseball
World Series
Pittsburg Pirates 8 @ Detroit Tigers 6 (Pittsburgh led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Pirates scored 5 runs in the 1st inning and 1 in the 2nd, but had to hold off a late Detroit rally to defeat the Tigers before 18,277 fans at Bennett Park. Honus Wagner led the Pirates with 3 singles, 3 runs batted in, and 3 stolen bases.

90 years ago
1919

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (0-2) 19 @ Montreal (1-1) 26
Toronto (1-1) 1 @ Ottawa (2-0) 8

Intercollegiate
Queen's (0-1) 3 @ Toronto (1-0) 41

80 years ago
1929

Baseball
World Series
Chicago Cubs 3 @ Philadelphia Athletics 1 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Kiki Cuyler singled in 2 runs in a 3-run 6th inning as the Cubs beat the Athletics before 29,921 fans at Shibe Park. Guy Bush scattered 9 hits for the win, while George Earnshaw gave up just 6 hits and struck out 10 in taking the loss. 2 of the Cubs’ runs were unearned.

70 years ago
1939

Science
A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.

Football
Canadian university
Alberta (1-1) 11 @ Saskatchewan (1-1) 13

60 years ago
1949

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

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: A Cask of Amontillado, starring Bela Lugosi and Romney Brent



Died on this date
Talmadge Bussey, 26. U.S. boxer. Mr. Bussey, a lightweight based in Detroit, compiled a record of 34-17-2 in a professional career from 1945-1949. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage 11 hours after losing a technical knockout to Luther Rawlings at Arcadia Gardens in Detroit. Mr. Bussey was knocked down just before the bell to end the 8th round, but was allowed to come out for the 9th, was promptly knocked unconscious, and referee Herman Spinelli stopped the fight. On December 26, 1945, in his sixth professional fight, Mr. Bussey was knocked out by Danny Robinson and had to be carried out of the ring, and Dr. John Drammis ordered him removed to the county hospital for treatment of a possible cerebral hemorrhage.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. formally recognized the German Democratic Republic as the "sovereign" authority in Germany, giving it the administrative powers of the Soviet military government and the Soviet sector Berlin command.

Politics and government
The East German People's Chamber met in East Berlin and unanimously elected Communist Party leader Wilhelm Pleck as President of the new government.

Medicine
The World Medical Association, meeting in London, adopted the first international code of medical ethics and medical care standards.

Economics and finance
Western Allied High Commissioners for Germany approved West German membership in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Venus--Gloria Lasso

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Appointment at Eleven, starring Clint Kimbrough and Norma Crane

Died on this date
Bert Bell, 64. U.S. football executive. Mr. Bell was a co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1933, coaching the team from 1936-1940, and co-owner and coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers (1941) before becoming Commissioner of the National Football League in 1946. As owner of the Eagles in 1935, Mr. Bell proposed the first college draft; as commissioner, he oversaw the merger with the All-America Football Conference and the NFL's television popularity. He died of a heart attack at Franklin Field in Philadelphia during the last two minutes of a game between the Eagles and the Steelers. The Eagles actually scored the game-winning touchdown at the moment he was stricken, as fans were paying more attention to Mr. Bell than they were to the game. Mr. Bell was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame as a member of its charter class in 1963.



Herman Vollmer, 63. U.S. physician. Dr. Vollmer was a pediatrician who devised the patch test for tuberculosis detection. He committed suicide in New York.

War
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville issued a French offer to discuss a cease-fire with the Algerian FLN. It was the first French statement specifically offering such negotiations.

Football
NFL
Pittsburgh (1-2) 24 @ Philadelphia (2-1) 28
New York (2-1) 10 @ Cleveland (1-2) 6
Chicago Cardinals (1-2) 14 @ Washington (2-1) 23
Baltimore (2-1) 31 @ Detroit (0-3) 24
Los Angeles (1-2) 28 @ Chicago Bears (1-2) 21
San Francisco (2-1) 20 @ Green Bay (3-0) 21

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love--Russell Morris

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Welcome Me Love--The Brooklyn Bridge

#1 single in France: Que je t'aime--Johnny Hallyday (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Il primo giorno di primavera--Dik Dik (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Je t'aime... moi non plus--Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones (5th week at #1)
2 Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love--Russell Morris
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 One/Mr. Whippy--Johnny Farnham
5 Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Green River/Commotion--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Listen to the Band/Someday Man--The Monkees
9 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
10 Sweet Caroline--Neil Diamond

Singles entering the chart were The Star by Ross D. Wyllie (#32); Put a Little Love in Your Heart by Jackie DeShannon (#37); This Girl is a Woman Now by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (#38); Picking Up Pebbles by Matt Flinders (#39); and Rain/She's a Woman by Jose Feliciano (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Bloody Mary--Tom & Dick (3rd week at #1)
2 My Special Prayer--Percy Sledge
3 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees
4 Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg
5 Deep Water--Grapefruit
6 Scarlet Ribbons--The Cats
7 Pastorale--Liesbeth List met Ramses Shaffy
8 Natural Born Bugie--Humble Pie
9 Space Oddity--David Bowie
10 Air--Ekseption

Singles entering the chart were Oh Lady Mary by David Alexandre Winter (#27); Can I Get There by Candlelight by David McWilliams (#35); The Windmills of Your Mind by José Feliciano (#37); The Band by Swinging Soul Machine (#39); and Well All Right by Blind Faith (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (4th week at #1)
2 Jean--Oliver
3 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
4 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
5 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone
6 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
7 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
8 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
9 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
10 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Singles entering the chart were Groovy Grubworm by Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies (#77); Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn (Part 1) by James Brown (#78); The Sweeter He Is--Part 1 by the Soul Children (#82); Silver Threads and Golden Needles by the Cowsills (#86); Hold Me by the Baskerville Hounds (#88); Try a Little Kindness by Glen Campbell (#89); Don't Waste My Time by John Mayall (#90); All God's Children Got Soul by Dorothy Morrison (#95); I Can't Be All Bad by Johnny Adams (#96); Love in the City by the Turtles (#99); and She Belongs to Me by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
2 Jean--Oliver
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
5 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
6 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
7 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
8 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
9 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
10 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie

Singles entering the chart were Try a Little Kindness by Glen Campbell (#71); Mr. Turnkey by Zager & Evans (#78); Turn on a Dream by the Box Tops (#82); Undun by the Guess Who (#86); Get Rhythm by Johnny Cash (#87); Shangri-La by the Lettermen (#88); Since I Met You Baby by Sonny James (#89); Rocky Raccoon by Ritchie Havens (#92); I Can't Be All Bad by Johnny Adams (#94); She's Got Love by Thomas and Richard Frost (#97); and Like a Rolling Stone by Phil Flowers and the Flower Shop (#100). Undun was the B-side of Laughing, which had peaked at #8 on August 23, and was now off the chart.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
2 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
3 Jean--Oliver
4 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
5 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
6 Carry Me Back--The Rascals
7 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie
8 We Gotta All Get Together--Paul Revere and the Raiders
9 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
10 Tracy--The Cuff Links

Singles entering the chart included Jesus is a Soul Man by Lawrence Reynolds (#66); Undun by the Guess Who (#70); Walk on By by Isaac Hayes (#74); Rocky Raccoon by Ritchie Havens (#80); Shangri-La by the Lettermen (#84); Get Rhythm by Johnny Cash (#86); Since I Met You Baby by Sonny James (#93); The Ways to Love a Man by Tammy Wynette (#95); Like a Rolling Stone by Phil Flowers and the Flower Shop (#96); I Can't Be All Bad by Johnny Adams (#97); I was Not Born to Follow by the Lemon Pipers (#98); Love and Let Love by the Hardy Boys (#99); and Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Nancy Wilson (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family (4th week at #1)
2 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie
3 Tracy--The Cuff Links
4 Sunrise to Sunset--Five Man Electrical Band
5 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
6 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
7 Sugar on Sunday--The Clique
8 Don't it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
9 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
10 Reuben James--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
Pick hit of the week: Something--The Beatles

Sugar on Sunday was co-written by Tommy James, who, if I’m not mistaken, produced their records. They sound very similar to Tommy James and the Shondells.

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched Soyuz 6, with cosmonauts Commander Georgi Shanin and Flight Engineer Valery Kubasov aboard. It became the first mission to weld metals in space.

Protest
The "Days of Rage"--four days of rioting in Chicago led by the radical terrorist group known as Weatherman (later Weather Underground)--concluded with 300 Weathermen arrested, many of them more than once, some of them on charges ranging up to attempted murder. 75 policemen were injured, and city corporation counsel Richard Elrod was paralyzed from the neck down when he attempted to tackle demonstrator Brian Flanagan and hit his head on a curb. Weather leaders such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn are now among the puppet masters pulling the strings of current White House occupant Halfblack Messiah (pbuh). In fact, Mr. Ayers has been fingered as the true author of Halfblack’s "autobiography." For more on the Weathermen, read chapter 2 of Destructive Generation by Peter Collier and David Horowitz, or search the blog The Legend of Pine Ridge.

British troops opened fire on rioting Protestants in Belfast’s Skankill Road district. The rioting started when snipers fired on police and troops who were trying to keep a Protestant mob from storming the Catholic Unity Walk housing development on the fringe of their district. A policeman and a civilian were shot to death.

Academia
Presidents of five of the eight Ivy League universities and of 74 other colleges and universities, speaking as individuals, appealed to U.S. President Richard Nixon for a "stepped-up timetable for withdrawal from Vietnam."

Football
CFL
Montreal (1-8-2) 12 @ British Columbia (3-10) 21

CIAU
St. Francis Xavier (2-0) @ Mount Allison (0-3) 6
Acadia (2-1) 20 @ St. Dunstan's (0-2) 9
New Brunswick (3-0) 27 @ St. Mary's (1-2) 19
Royal Military College (2-1) 11 @ Bishop's (3-0) 35
MacDonald (3-0) 20 @ Montreal (0-3) 16
McGill (2-1) 16 @ Toronto (3-0) 17
Queen's (2-1) 27 @ Western Ontario (1-2) 6
McMaster (1-2) 14 @ Waterloo (1-2) 13
Waterloo Lutheran (3-0-1) 15 @ York (1-2) 9
Guelph (1-2) 29 @ Laurentian (0-4) 0
Carleton (2-1-1) 21 @ Ottawa (1-2) 20
Manitoba (3-0) 31 @ Calgary (1-2) 25
Saskatchewan (1-2) 7 @ Alberta (1-2) 52

Jack Galbraith returned a fumble 10 yards for a touchdown and quarterback Bob Kraemer rushed for 47 yards, including a 41-yard TD, to help the Bisons defeat the Dinosaurs at McMahon Stadium.

The Alberta defense made 5 interceptions, recovered 4 Saskatchewan fumbles, and restricted their opponents to 12 first downs and 183 yards in total offense to lead the Golden Bears to their rout of the Huskies before 4,100 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. The win was the first for the Golden Bears under head coach Harvey Scott.

AFL
San Diego (3-2) 21 @ Miami (0-4-1) 14
Boston (0-5) 16 @ Buffalo (2-3) 23

Baseball
World Series
New York Mets 1 @ Baltimore Orioles 4 (Baltimore led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Don Buford hit Tom Seaver’s second pitch of the game for a home run, and the Orioles went on to defeat the Mets before 50,429 fans at Memorial Stadium. Mike Cuellar pitched a 6-hitter for Baltimore, while the Orioles themselves managed just 6 hits against Mr. Seaver, Don Cardwell, and Ron Taylor.





30 years ago
1979

Scandal
U.S. Senator Herman Talmadge (Democrat--Georgia), one of the Senate’s highest-ranking and most powerful members, was denounced by his colleagues for mishandling his financial affairs. He had been accused of submitting bogus expense accounts totalling more than $40,000 and of diverting campaign funds to personal use through a secret bank account. The Senate Select Committee on Ethics, which had recommended on September 14 that Mr. Talmadge be "denounced," concluded that illegal expense collections had occurred and that a secret account had been used, and Mr. Talmadge "either knew or should have known" that it was going on. The question of criminal responsibility was referred to the Justice Department. The Senate resolution that denounced Mr. Talmadge also instructed him to repay the government $13,000 in over-reimbursements in addition to the $37,000 he had already repaid.

Baseball
World Series
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 @ Baltimore Orioles 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Pinch hitter Manny Sanguillen singled in Ed Ott with the winning run in the top of the 9th inning as the Pirates edged the Orioles before 53,739 fans at Memorial Stadium. Eddie Murray hit a solo home run for the Orioles.





25 years ago
1984

Space
U.S. space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space as part of mission STS-41-G.



Politics and government
In Philadelphia, U.S. Vice President George Bush and his Democratic Party opponent, Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, participated in the first debate of vice-presidential candidates in American history. Mrs. Ferraro consistently criticized President Ronald Reagan, emphasizing alleged failures in Lebanon and negligence in the deaths of Marines killed in the October 1983 bombing. Asked about previous differences with Mr. Reagan, Mr. Bush said, "I’ve been with him every step of the way," and said he would support all of his policies.

Both houses of the United States Congress voted to continue a ban on financial support for the "Contras" fighting against the Sandanista government in Nicaragua.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Ehtaa tavaraa (80-luvun tykki)--Bat & Ryyd (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Jag mår illa--Magnus Uggla (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Helena Milner, 60. A godly Canadian woman who led three Communists to Christ, she is very much missed.

Society
The East German politburo said that it was time to examine societal problems and why nearly 50,000 people had fled to the West.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-206 to allow the federal government to pay for abortions if poor women if their pregnancies occurred as a result of rape or incest. Legislative committees of the state legislature in Florida rejected all five bills submitted by Governor Bob Martinez to restrict access to abortion.

10 years ago
1999

War
Major General Peter Cosgrove, the Australian officer in charge of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor, charged that the Indonesian army was backing the anti-independence militias.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-11) 7 @ Montreal (10-4) 43
Edmonton (5-9) 26 @ British Columbia (10-4) 20

Tracy Ham, making his first start at quarterback since injuring his knee on September 2, completed 13 of 21 passes for 304 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Alouettes to victory in front of 19,461 fans at Molson Stadium. 2 of the touchdown passes went to Alfonzo Browning and 1 to Thomas Haskins. Mike Pringle carried 19 times for 74 yards and 3 touchdowns. The Roughriders scored their only touchdown in the 2nd quarter on a pass from Steve Sarkisian to Curtis Mayfield.

Nealon Greene completed 10 of 15 passes for 141 yards and a touchdown, and rushed 8 times for 98 yards and a touchdown to lead the Eskimos to an upset win before a Thanksgiving Day crowd of 26,177 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Mr. Greene ran 68 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to break a 6-6 tie, and hit Terry Vaughn with a 27-yard touchdown pass with 43 seconds remaining to the end of the quarter. B.C. quarterback Damon Allen, who completed 31 of 47 passes for 388 yards, brought the Lions back with 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter. He ran 1 yard for the first B.C. major, and completed a 34-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Cunningham with 1:26 remaining to reduce Edmonton’s lead to 23-20. The Eskimos were able to maintain possession of the ball, and Sean Fleming’s fourth field goal in as many attempts gave them a 6-point lead. Troy Mills carried 24 times for 129 yards for the Eskimos.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Boston 12 @ Cleveland 8 (Boston won best-of-five series 3-2)

The Red Sox scored 3 runs in the 7th inning to break an 8-8 tie, and went on to defeat the Indians before 45,114 fans at Jacobs Field, winning the series after losing the first two games. Most of the scoring came early; the Indians led 5-2 after 2 innings, but the Red Sox scored 5 in the 3rd, only to have the Indians score 3 in the bottom of the inning to take an 8-7 lead. Pedro Martinez, who hadn’t started because of an ailing back, entered the game at the start of the 4th inning and pitched 6 innings of no-hit, scoreless relief to get the victory.