October 27, 2009

1,070 years ago
939

Died on this date
Æthelstan, 45 (?). King of the Anglo-Saxons, 924-927; King of England, 927-939. Æthelstan succeeded Edward the Elder as King of the Anglo-Saxons. He achieved the unity of all England, and was the first English monarch to use the title Basileus (the Greek word for king). Æthelstan was succeeded by his half-brother Edmund the Elder.

570 years ago
1439

Died on this date
Albert II, 42. King of Hungary and Croatia, 1437-1439; King of Bohemia, 1438-1439; King-elect of Germany, 1438-1439. Albert, a member of the House of Habsburg, succeeded Sigismund in his various kingships. When Albert died he was succeeded by Vladislaus I as King of Hungary and Croatia, and by Frederick III as King of Germany.

220 years ago
1789

Died on this date
John Cook, 59. U.S. politician. Mr. Cook was President (Governor) of Delaware from 1782-1783.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Enid Bagnold. U.K. authoress and playwright. Miss Bagnold wrote novels, plays, and poems in a career spanning more than 50 years. She was best known for the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955). Miss Bagnold was married to Sir Roderick Jones, chairman of Reuters news service, from 1920 until his death in 1962. Miss Bagnold died on March 31, 1981 at the age of 91.

90 years ago
1919

Canadiana
The Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VIII, arrived in Quebec to begin a one-week visit.

Politics and government
By-elections took place in five ridings, with two others decided by acclamation, to fill vacancies in the Canadian House of Commons. United Farmers won seats in three ridings--Victoria-Carleton, Glengarry-Stormont, and Assiniboia--while Dr. Simon Fraser Tolmie, Minister of Agriculture in the Unionist government of Prime Minister Robert Borden, was elected in Victoria, and Liberal Party candidate Ernest Lapointe was elected in the Quebec riding of Quebec-East. Finance Minister Henry Drayton and Liberal Party leader Mackenzie King were acclaimed.

80 years ago
1929

Football
NFL
Providence (2-2-1) 0 @ New York (4-0-1) 19
Staten Island (1-2-1) 0 @ Frankford (4-2-2) 3
Boston (2-2) 14 Buffalo (0-5-1) 6 @ Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Minneapolis (1-4) 0 @ Chicago Bears (4-1-1) 27
Green Bay (6-0) 7 @ Chicago Cardinals (1-3-1) 6

75 years ago
1934

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (2-1-1) 18 @ Ottawa (1-3) 15
Toronto (1-2-1) 3 @ Hamilton (2-0-2) 3

70 years ago
1939

Football
CRU
WIFU
The Edmonton Eskimos, suffering financially, disbanded the day before they were to end the season at Clarke Stadium with a game against the Calgary Bronks. The Eskimos were fourth and last in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with a 3-8 record. The team was revived in 1941, but an attempt to schedule a playoff game with the WIFU fell through, and Edmonton didn’t play another game of senior football until the franchise was revived for good in 1949.

ORFU
Peterborough (0-4) 3 @ Toronto (2-1-1) 8

Toronto's Glen Salter recovered a fumble by Peterborough punt returner Rich Jackson in the Peterborough end zone in the 4th quarter for the game's only touchdown as Balmy Beach defeated the Orfuns before 2,000 fans in a Friday night game at Ulster Stadium.

60 years ago
1949

Popular culture
A capacity crowd of 6,000 filled the Edmonton Gardens to see Gorgeous George as the headline act of a professional wrestling card produced by Al Oeming. George defeated Leo Wallick, while former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera fought Laverne Baxter in a preliminary bout. Another bout on the undercard had Stu Hart defeating Sam Menacker. The card received a positive review from Stan Moher in the Edmonton Bulletin and a decidedly negative review from Johnny Hopkins in The Edmonton Journal.

War
Chinese Nationalist forces reported defeating a Communist attempt to invade Quemoy Island near the port of Amoy. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson completed a two-day meeting with Far Eastern advisers in Washington, agreeing to withhold further military aid from the Nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan, and adopt a "wait and see" attitude with respect to events on the Chinese mainland.

Diplomacy
The East German government formally asked West Germany to begin reunification talks, but West German political leaders rejected negotiations with the Communist state.

The Polish government ordered the International Red Cross, CARE, and Foster Parents Plan for War Children to cease operations and withdraw staff members.

Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco concluded a six-day visit to Portugal, his first state visit to a foreign country since becoming Spain's head of state in 1939.

The U.S.S.R. trade agency Amtorg registered in Washington as an agent of the Soviet government.

Defense
The United Nations General Assembly's Political Committee voted to establish a 300-member UN guard force.

Admiral Louis Denfield, a prominent critic of U.S. defense policy, was dismissed as chief of naval operations by President Harry Truman at the request of Navy Secretary Francis Matthews. Mr. Truman signed legislation authorizing $165.5 million for defense construction in Alaska and Okinawa and $7.7 million for expansion of military communications in Alaska.

Politics and government
The Belgian Senate approved a plebiscite on the return of King Leopold III, who had been living in exile in Austria since the end of World War II.

Medicine
The 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Walter Hess of Switzerland "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs" and António Caetano Egas Moniz of Portugal "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy (lobotomy) in certain psychoses."

Disasters
A cyclone struck the southeast coast of India, causing 1,000 deaths.

70 years ago
1959

On television tonight
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, hosted by John Newland, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Inheritance, starring Sean McClory and Jan Miner



At the movies
Solomon and Sheba, directed by King Vidor, and starring Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, and George Sanders, received its premiere screening at the Astoria Theatre in London.



Hound-Dog Man, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman, received its premiere screening in Monroe, Louisiana.

Defense
Nuclear test-ban talks resumed in Geneva after a two-month recess, with U.S. delegate James Wadsworth stressing the need for joint study of data on detecting underground nuclear tests.

Energy
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman John McCone said that his tour of Soviet nuclear facilities convinced him that the U.S.A. remained ahead of the U.S.S.R. in nuclear power, controlled thermonuclear energy, and high-energy physics.

Economics and finance
The Cuban government approved a mining insustry law requiring registration of all claims within 120 days at a fee of $100 per claim.

Labour
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld a Taft-Hartley Act injuction ordering steelworkers to end their strike. Detroit Steel Corporation, 16th-largest steel producer in the United States, signed a contract with the United Steel Workers of America on terms similar to that accepted by Kaiser Steel Corp.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Nankai Hawks 3 @ Yomiuri Giants 2 (10 innings) (Nankai led best-of-seven series 3-0)

The Giants scored a run in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the score 2-2, but the Hawks scored a run in the top of the 10th as they won before 32,056 fans at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo. Tadashi Sugiura won his third game in four days.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ningyō no Ie--Mieko Hirota (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La Charanga--Juan Pardo

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, on BBC 4
Tonight's episode: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 6, read by Nigel Stock

Defense
As part of its effort to reduce spending, the Pentagon announced that it would "consolidate, reduce, realign, or close" 307 U.S. military bases and activities at home and abroad. The action would save about $609 million per year.

Labour
A nationwide strike across the U.S.A. by 13 unions representing General Electric workers began and was reported by union leaders to be almost 100% effective.

Law
Rev. James Groppi, the militant civil rights priest jailed for leading a demonstration while on probation, was ordered set free by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall until the Court decided on his case.

Disasters
An earthquake destroyed about 80% of the buildings in the Yugoslav town of Banja Luka. 9 were known dead, 400 injured, and 60,000 left homeless, but casualties were relatively few because two earlier quakes had sent most of Banja Luka’s residents into the open.

A Mexican bus plunged into a ravine near Hurtusco, killing 10 and injuring 50.

Religion
Pope Paul VI, speaking at the closing session of the Roman Catholic Synod of Bishops in Rome, made a virtual commitment to grant the major requests of the bishops for a broader, more permanent, and more effective participation in the governing processes of the Church.

Economics and finance
The first Nobel Prize in Economic Science was awarded jointly to Dr. Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Dr. Jan Tinbergen of the Netherlands. They were honoured for the development of mathematical models for analyzing economic activity.

Football
NFL
New York (3-3) 3 @ Dallas (6-0) 25

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 1 @ Hankyu Braves 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Some Girls--The Raiders (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Se Tornassi--Julio Iglesias

#1 single in Ireland: Video Killed the Radio Star--The Buggles

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): One Day at a Time--Lena Martell

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 A Brand New Day--The Wiz Stars featuring Diana Ross & Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)
2 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough--Michael Jackson
3 We Belong to the Night--Ellen Foley
4 Sail On--Commodores
5 Arumbai/Air Mata Tumpa--Massada
6 Sure Know Something--Kiss
7 Whatever You Want--Status Quo
8 If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold it Against Me--Bellamy-Brothers
9 Message in a Bottle--The Police
10 Tusk--Fleetwood Mac

Singles entering the chart were Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight) by ABBA (#19); Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen (#28); We Got the Whole World in Our Hands by Nottingham Forest with Paper Lace (#29); Bird Song by Lene Lovich (#32); Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles (#33); and Star by Earth, Wind & Fire (#36).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Rise--Herb Alpert (2nd week at #1)
2 Pop Muzik--M
3 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough--Michael Jackson
4 Dim All the Lights--Donna Summer
5 I'll Never Love this Way Again--Dionne Warwick
6 Sail On--Commodores
7 Heartache Tonight--Eagles
8 Still--Commodores
9 Tusk--Fleetwood Mac
10 You Decorated My Life--Kenny Rogers

Singles entering the chart were What Can I Do with this Broken Heart by England Dan and John Ford Coley (#78); Don't Let Go by Isaac Hayes (#81); (Not Just) Knee Deep--Part 1 by Funkadelic (#82); Pow Wow by Cory Daye (#84); I Still Have Dreams by Richie Furay (#85); and Wait for Me by Daryl Hall and John Oates (#87).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Rise--Herb Alpert
2 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough--Michael Jackson
3 Sail On--Commodores
4 Pop Muzik--M
5 Sad Eyes--Robert John
6 Dim All the Lights--Donna Summer
7 Heartache Tonight--Eagles
8 You Decorated My Life--Kenny Rogers
9 My Sharona--The Knack
10 Tusk--Fleetwood Mac

Singles entering the chart were Wait for Me by Daryl Hall and John Oates (#83); What Can I Do with this Broken Heart by England Dan and John Ford Coley (#84); Don't Let Go by Isaac Hayes (#85); Slip Away by Ian Lloyd (#89); Peter Piper by Frank Mills (#90); Rust Never Sleeps (My My, Hey Hey [Into the Black]) by Neil Young and Crazy Horse (#97); and I Still Have Dreams by Richie Furay (#98).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Pop Muzik--M
2 Lead Me On--Maxine Nightingale
3 Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)--Robert Palmer
4 Sad Eyes--Robert John
5 Good Girls Don't--The Knack
6 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
7 Sail On--Commodores
8 I'll Never Love this Way Again--Dionne Warwick
9 The Devil Went Down to Georgia--The Charlie Daniels Band
10 Lonesome Loser--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Still by the Commodores (#79); Please Don't Go by KC and the Sunshine Band (#81); In the Stone by Earth, Wind & Fire (#84); Better Love Next Time by Dr. Hook (#85); Show Some Emotion by the Cooper Brothers (#97); I'm a Camera by Marc Jordan (#98); Ships by Barry Manilow (#99); and Little People (Une Monde Enchanteur) by Rob Liddell (#100).

Died on this date
Charles Coughlin, 88. U.S. clergyman and media figure. Rev. Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest whose parish was the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan, began broadcasting his messages on the CBS radio network in 1928. His messages increasingly included political content and were often denounced as anti-Semitic. CBS took him off the air, but Father Coughlin set up his own network, and a national poll in 1934 ranked him as second only to President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the most popular man in the United States. Father Coughlin’s messages became more extreme, and his ecclesiastical superiors forced him off the air in 1940. Father Coughlin continued to expound his views from the pulpit until his retirement in 1966. He died two days after his 88th birthday.

Weather
It was 50 F. in Edmonton.

Caribbeana
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

Energy
Quebec Premier René Lévesque presided over festivities marking the commissioning of the first of 16 turbines at the LG-2 power plant at James Bay.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (7-6-2) 8 @ Montreal (10-4-1) 24

David Green rushed 29 times for 153 yards and a touchdown for the Alouettes. Montreal quarterback Joe Barnes ran for a touchdown and completed a 58-yard pass to Keith Baker for another touchdown, while Don Sweet converted all 3 and added a field goal. Ottawa’s only touchdown was scored by Jeff Avery on a 53-yard pass from Jimmy Jones. The Rough Riders picked up just 7 first downs and 197 yards in net offense. 47,368 were in attendance at Olympic Stadium.

CIAU
Mount Allison (1-6) 6 @ St. Francis Xavier (5-2) 69
Acadia (6-1) 32 @ St. Mary’s (4-3) 7
Prince Edward Island (1-6) 26 @ New Brunswick (4-3) 53
Saskatchewan (2-6) 7 @ Manitoba (4-4) 30
Alberta (5-3) 27 @ British Columbia (5-3) 10

Playoffs
Ontario-Quebec quarter-finals
McGill 22 @ Ottawa 19
Carleton 5 @ Queen’s 25
Windsor 17 @ Wilfrid Laurier 31
Toronto 15 @ Western Ontario 28

Barry Safiniuk rushed for 3 touchdowns, bringing his season total to 12, in the Bisons' win over the Huskies at Pan-Am Stadium in Winnipeg.

Barry Kokotilo returned a fumble 107 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter to help the Golden Bears defeat the Thunderbirds at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, clinching first in the WIFL for the first time in 7 years. A Trevor Kennerd field goal and Rick Paulitsch touchdown, converted by Mr. Kennerd, had given Alberta a 10-0 lead after the 1st quarter. B.C. quarterback Greg Clarkson drove the Thunderbirds to the Alberta 5-yard line, but Rick Negrin fumbled on a second down and 2 yards to go, and Mr. Kokotilo took it back to make the score 17-0 after Mr. Kennerd’s convert. Mr. Paulitsch scored his second touchdown of the game with 7 seconds left in the 1st half to give the Golden Bears a 24-0 lead after the convert. The Thunderbirds scored a touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Mr. Clarkson to Chris Davies, and picked up a 2-point convert when Alberta defensive back Gord Syme was called for pass interference on a pass intended for Evan Jones. Mr. Syme made 2 interceptions in the game, his fifth and sixth of the season. Pieter Vanden Bos carried 18 times for 115 yards for B.C.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Hiroshima Carp 2 @ Kintetsu Buffaloes 5 (Kintetsu led best-of-seven series 1-0)

25 years ago
1984

Figure skating
15-year-old Midori Ito of Japan upset Tiffany Chin of the United States to win the Ladies Singles event at Skate Canada ‘84 in Victoria.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-9-1) 25 @ Toronto (9-6-1) 20
Winnipeg (11-4-1) 3 @ British Columbia (12-3-1) 20

Johnny Shepherd rushed 13 yards for a touchdown with 1:42 remaining to give the Tiger-Cats their third straight win, clinching second place in the East Division. The winning score came just over 2 minutes after Joe Barnes had completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Terry Greer to give the Argonauts a 20-18 lead. A key play in the game occurred in the second quarter when Toronto running back Walter Bender, playing his first CFL game, was stopped by Hamilton defensive back Paul Bennett on third down at the Hamilton 1-yard line. Mr. Bender was held to 19 yards on 6 carries, but picked up 78 yards on 6 pass receptions, including a 28-yard touchdown pass from Condredge Holloway. Steve Stapler scored Hamilton’s first touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Dieter Brock, while Mark Bragagnolo ran 1 yard for the other Tiger-Cat major. Mr. Brock completed 26 of 46 passes for 349 yards. 32,578 were at Exhibition Stadium.

Tim Cowan threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Ron Robinson and Don Taylor rushed 1 yard for a touchdown as the Lions clinched first place in the West Division in front of a B.C. Place Stadium sellout crowd of 59,421. The Lions forced 6 turnovers, including 4 interceptions. Mr. Cowan threw 3 interceptions of his own. CFL rushing champion Willard Reaves was held to 33 yards on 12 carries.

CIAU
St. Francis Xavier (4-3) 18 Acadia (5-2) 3
Mount Allison (5-2) 25 St. Mary’s (0-7) 18
Bishop’s (5-2) 0 @ McGill (4-3) 22
Queen’s (5-2) 27 @ Carleton (4-3) 24
McMaster (7-0) 32 Guelph (4-3) 21
Windsor (2-5) 35 Toronto (2-5) 9
Wilfrid Laurier (2-5) 26 Waterloo (1-6) 11
York (5-2) 27 @ Western Ontario (5-2) 35
Calgary (6-1) 29 @ Saskatchewan (3-3) 12

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Lambada--Kaoma (6th week at #1)

Diplomacy
On the first day of a two-day summit of leaders of Western Hemisphere countries in San Jose, Costa Rica, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he would end his regime’s unilateral cease-fire against Contra rebels. He claimed that the Contras had repeatedly violated the truce, leaving more than 3,000 Nicaraguans dead, wounded, or missing.

World events
Several prominent dissidents in Czechoslovakia were placed under detention.

Baseball
World Series
Oakland Athletics 13 @ San Francisco Giants 7 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 3-0)

10 days after the third game of the World Series had been delayed by an earthquake, the series resumed before 62,038 fans at Candlestick Park, with the Athletics hitting 5 home runs as they outslugged the Giants. Dave Henderson hit 2 of the Athletics’ home runs, with others coming from Jose Canseco (a 3-run shot), Tony Phillips, and Carney Lansford. Matt Williams and Bill Bathe hit home runs for the Giants. The 7 homers set a World Series record for a single game. Mr. Bathe’s home run, a 3-run blow, came when he was sent into the game as a pinch hitter in the 9th inning, and capped a 4-run rally. Dave Stewart pitched 7 innings to earn his second win of the series.



10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Vazgen Sarkissian, 40. Prime Minister of Armenia, 1999. Mr. Sarkissian was a Communist politician who was in charge of Armenia’s defense from 1992-1999, and had his own private army on the side, known as the Yerkrapah (Defenders of the Homeland). Mr. Sarkissian, who had become Prime Minister on June 11, was killed along with parliament speaker and former Communist leader Karen Demirchyan and several other politicians when gunmen led by journalist Nairi Hunanyan took over the parliament building in Yerevan. The other parliament members were held as hostages until the next day.

Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 1 @ New York Yankees 4 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-0)

Roger Clemens gave up just 4 hits in 7 2/3 innings as the Yankees defeated Braves before 56,752 fans at Yankee Stadium to win their second straight World Series. Mariano Rivera, who was voted the Series’ Most Valuable Player, picked up his second save. The Yankees scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning, and finished the scoring in the 8th with a solo home run by Jim Leyritz.



Nippon Series
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 3 @ Chunichi Dragons 0 (Fukuoka led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Junji Hoshino allowed just 3 hits in 6 1/3 innings to get the win for the Hawks as they shut out the Dragons for the second straight game, before 37,898 fans at the Nagoya Dome. Koji Akiyama singled in the first run in the 3rd inning and came around to score the second run on a single by Hiroki Kokubo, who added a solo home run in the 6th.