July 19, 2010

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Chris Walker and Chris Woods!

210 years ago
1800

Born on this date
Juan José Flores. President of Ecuador, 1830-1834, 1839-1843, 1843-1845. General Flores was a Venezuelan officer who was known as "The Founder of the Republic" of Ecuador. He was named as supreme chief of Ecuador when it declared its independence from Gran Colombia in May 1830 and served as provisional President from August-September 1830, when he was elected President. Gen. Flores had to deal with a couple of internal rebellions and external military threats, and was overthrown in a coup on March 6, 1845. He died of uremia on October 1, 1864 at the age of 64 while campaigning in support of the presidency of Gabriel García Moreno.

170 years ago
1840

Transportation
Samuel Cunard's first steamship, the paddle steamer RMS Britannia, arrived at Boston from Halifax 14 days and 8 hours after leaving Liverpool, England. It was the first scheduled transatlantic mail service by steamship, and a blow to the age of sailing ship.

160 years ago
1850

Died on this date
Margaret Fuller, 40. U.S. journalist. Miss Fuller was a feminist who was associated with the transcendentalist movement. She edited the transcendentalist journal The Dial in the early 1840s, and worked as a foreign correspondent with the New York Tribune in the mid-late 1840s. Miss Fuller's most notable book was Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845), originally published in The Dial two years earlier. Miss Fuller died in a shipwreck with her lover and child off the coast of Fire Island, New York.

150 years ago
1860

Born on this date
Lizzie Borden. U.S. murder suspect. Miss Borden was acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, but was still widely believed to be guilty. She and her sister Emma lived together until Emma moved out in 1905. Lizzie Borden died of pneumonia on June 1, 1927 at the age of 66; Emma Borden died just nine days later at the age of 76.

140 years ago
1870

War
The Franco-Prussian War began. France declared war on Prussia after King William of Prussia refused to guarantee that his relative Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who had recently been offered the throne of Spain, would never seek the throne. The Spanish had withdrawn the offer to Prince Leopold after the French had protested.

120 years ago
1890

Born on this date
George II. King of Greece, 1922-1924; 1935-1947. George II, the eldest son of King Constantine I, acceded to the throne when his father was forced to abdicate. He was deposed when a republic was declared in 1924, but returned to the throne when the monarchy was restored in 1935. King George II spent much of World War II in exile in Egypt and then in Britain, but returned in 1946. He died on April 1, 1947 at the age of 56 and was succeeded as King by his brother Paul.

Rube Marshall. U.S. baseball pitcher. Roy De Verne Marshall played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1912-1914) and Buffalo Blues (1915), compiling a record of 8-10 with an earned run average of 4.17 in 64 games, batting .169 with no home runs and 2 runs batted in in 65 games. He died on June 11, 1980 at the age of 89.

110 years ago
1900

Transportation
The first line of the Paris Métro opened for operation.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Harry Kinzy. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Kinzy played 13 games with the Chicago White Sox in 1934, posting a record of 0-1 with an earned run average of 4.98, batting .300 (3 for 10) with no home runs or runs batted in. He died on June 22, 2003, 27 days before his 93rd birthday.

Baseball
Dolly Gray (4-8) pitched a 4-hitter and batted 3 for 3 with a double, base on balls, run, and 2 runs batted in to lead the Washington Nationals to a 7-0 win over the Cleveland Naps in the first game of a doubleheader before 7,132 fans at American League Park in Washington. Cy Young (3-7) earned his 500th career major league victory as the Cleveland Naps scored 3 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 2-2 tie and win the second game 5-2.

Russ Ford (12-4) pitched a 1-hitter and singled in a run for the New York Highlanders as they beat the St. Louis Browns 5-1 at Hilltop Park in New York. The Browns made 5 errors.

90 years ago
1920

Died on this date
John Hinton, 44. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Hinton was a third baseman who played 4 games with the Boston Beaneaters in 1901, batting .077 (1 for 13) with no home runs or runs batted in. He played 725 games in the minor leagues from 1898-1912.

Baseball
Bob Shawkey (11-5) won his 10th straight decision as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 20,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. The White Sox won the second game 8-5, although winning pitcher Dickie Kerr (7-4) gave up Babe Ruth’s 30th and 31st home runs of the season, beating his own single-season record set with the Boston Red Sox the year before.

The Cleveland Indians scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break a 6-6 tie as hey beat the Boston Red Sox 10-6 in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox scored single runs in each of the last 3 innings as they won the second game 5-4 in 10 innings. Jim Bagby (18-5) allowed 1 hit in 2.2 innings of scoreless relief to win the first game, and then started the second game, allowing 14 hits and 4 earned runs in 8 innings for no decision.

80 years ago
1930

Died on this date
Robert Stout, 85. Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1884-1887; Chief Justice of the N.Z. Supreme Court, 1899-1926. Sir Robert represented several different ridings in the N.Z. Parliament from 1875-1898, with a couple of breaks from politics to concentrate on his law practice. As an independent Prime Minister, he achieved civil service and educational reforms, but lost his seat and his government in the 1887 election. Sir Robert returned to Parliament in 1893 as a member of the Liberal Party, but became an independent politician again in 1896. He retired from politics in 1898 and was appointed Chief Justice the following year, advocating a policy of rehabilitation of criminals, rather than the policies of punishment favoured by his predecessors. Sir Robert died after an illness of about a year.

70 years ago
1940

War
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, in an address to the Reichstag, said that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill should recognize that Germany could not be stopped in her creation of a great empire, and that "reason and common sense" should compel Britain to agree to open peace negotiations. For the first time during World War II, Mr. Hitler appointed field marshals due to military achievements. The Intelligence Corps of the British Army was formed. The British Royal Navy and Italian Regia Marina clashed in the Battle of Cape Spada; the Australian cruiser Sydney and five destroyers sank the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, with the loss of 121 sailors. The U.K. Royal Air Force suffered serious losses in dogfights with German bombers and fighters over Dover.

Diplomacy
In response to notes from the German and British legations, the government of Costa Rica appealed to its citizens to curb propaganda.

A Gallup Poll reported 53% of Americans in favour of giving more aid to the United Kingdom, short of going to war.

Politics and government
The French government appointed Admiral Jean Marie Abrial as Governor-General of Algeria.

U.S. Senator Edward Burke (Democrat--Nebraska) announced that he would lead an organization of Democrats to support the campaign of Republican Party candidate Wendell Willkie, in opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign for a third term as President of the United States.

U.S. Postmaster General James Farley announced in Chicago that he would resign as Democratic national chairman within a month.

Labour
American Federation of Labor President William Green, speaking in Quebec, claimed that the rank and file of the Congress of Industrial Organizations desired a labour truce, and that only United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis stood in the way. Mr. Green also said that his organization favoured aid to Britain "short of war."

Baseball
Buddy Rosar hit for the cycle and Babe Dahlgren hit 2 home runs as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 15-6 before 6,768 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees scored 7 runs in the 1st inning and 3 in the 2nd. Lefty Gomez was the winning pitcher, with relief from Johnny Murphy.

60 years ago
1950

Space
The launch of the U.S. sounding rocket Bumper 7 at Cape Canaveral, Florida was aborted because of a buildup of moisture within the missile; it was returned to the hangar, dried, rechecked, and launched 10 days later.



War
South Korean President Syngman Rhee put his country's armed forces under the direct command of Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Douglas MacArthur. U.S. President Harry Truman delivered an address broadcast nationally on radio and television regarding the current situation in the Korean War. He asked Congress to approve a $10-billion rearmament program that would enable the U.S.A. to win the Korean War and block possible Communist aggression elsewhere. President Truman ordered the Defense Department to draft as many men as needed and to remove the 2.05-million-man ceiling on the armed forces.



Diplomacy
West Germany and the Saar officially became members of the Council of Europe.

Law
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Judge Wilson Henry Hastie to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the highest U.S. judicial post yet held by a Negro.

Baseball
The New York Yankees acquired their first Negro players, purchasing outfielder Elston Howard and pitcher Frank Barnes from the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League. The Yankees assigned them to their Central League farm team in Muskegon.

Bobby Brown had 4 hits and Phil Rizzuto, Hank Bauer, and Yogi Berra each had 3 for the Yankees as they routed the St. Louis Browns 16-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 22,824 fans at Yankee Stadium. Every New York starter had at least 1 hit. Ed Lopat (12-5) batted 2 for 5 with a run batted in, and had a no-hitter going until Roy Sievers led off the 8th inning with a home run. The Yankees outhit the Browns 21-2, but 19 of their hits were singles. Johnny Mize's solo home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th broke a 3-3 tie as the Yankees won the second game 4-3 to complete the sweep. The Yankees scored the tying run in the 7th when Gene Woodling beat a throw to first base to prevent a double play, and Cliff Mapes scored while St. Louis first baseman Don Lenhardt argued the safe call by first base umpire Bill Grieve.

Johnny Lipon batted 2 for 5 with a double, run, and 4 runs batted in to help the Detroit Tigers defeat the Boston Red Sox 9-5 before 20,778 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 6 runs in the 2nd inning of both games as they swept a doubleheader from the New York Giants 18-4 and 10-3 before 13,602 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves

Died on this date
Charlie Whitehouse, 66. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Whitehouse played with the Indianapolis Hoosiers (1914); Newark Peppers (1915); and Washington Nationals (1919), compiling a record of 4-3 with an earned run average of 5.17 in 25 games, batting 0 for 19 with 1 run batted in. He played at least 7 seasons in the minor leagues from 1914-1922.

Boxing
Pete Rademacher (8-3-1) won a 10-round unanimous decision over George Chuvalo (17-4-1) in a heavyweight bout at Maple Leaf Stadium in Toronto.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds released pitcher Brooks Lawrence, ending his 7-year major league career. He was 1-0 with an earned run average of 10.57 in 7 games with the Reds in 1960, and left the majors with a record of 69-62 and an ERA of 4.25 in 275 games.

Juan Marichal (1-0) pitched a 1-hitter in his major league debut, giving up just a single with 2 out in the 8th inning to pinch hitter Clay Dalrymple, as the San Francisco Giants blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 before 13,279 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Mr. Marichal recorded 12 strikeouts, and retired the first 19 batters he faced before shortstop Eddie Bressoud made an error on a ground ball by Tony Taylor.

Bill Skowron hit 2 home runs and a bases-loaded double, driving in 5 runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 13-11 win over the Cleveland Indians before 26,068 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Cleveland led 9-4 after 6 innings, but New York rallied for 2 runs in the 7th inning, 2 in the 8th, and 5 in the 9th. Roger Maris hit his 30th home run of the season for the Yankees, and Yogi Berra added another Yankee home run. Jimmy Piersall homered for the Indians.

Billy Pierce (8-5) pitched a 4-hit shutout and drove in 2 runs with a double, while Luis Aparicio hit a 3-run inside-the-park home run in the 4th inning as the Chicago White Sox blanked the Boston Red Sox 6-0 before 28,673 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Rocky Colavito’s single leading off the 8th inning was the only Detroit hit as winning pitcher Pedro Ramos (6-10) and the Washington Senators shut out the Detroit Tigers 5-0 before 29,022 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Phil Regan, the second of three Detroit pitchers, allowed 2 hits and 1 run--earned--in 5 innings, striking out 3 batters and walking none, while drawing a base on balls in his only plate appearance in his first major league game.

The Baltimore Orioles scored 6 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie and defeat the Kansas City Athletics 9-3 before 8,152 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. During the 10th-inning rally, a fan ran onto the field and attacked home plate umpire Bob Stewart, and third base umpire Ed Hurley suffered three spike wounds.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Non so che darei--Alan Sorrenti (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Cara Mia--Jay & the Americans (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Xanadu--Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Xanadu--Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Late at Night--Maywood (2nd week at #1)
2 Xanadu--Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra
3 Relight My Fire--Dan Hartman
4 Cara Mia--Jay & the Americans
5 Midnite Dynamos--Matchbox
6 Power--The Temptations
7 Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again--Goombay Dance Band
8 Lost in Love--Demis Roussos
9 Theme from New York, New York--Frank Sinatra
10 Ik Weet Niet Hoe--Benny Neyman

Singles entering the chart were Doin' La Bamby By Pussycat (#25); J'veux De L'amour by Raymond Van Het Groenewoud & the Centimeters (#29); Peter Gunn by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#31); Brabantse Nachten Zijn Lang by Arie Ribbens (#32); Ibiza by Barry & Eileen (#38); and Rock Me Up a Mountain by Anita Meijer (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel
2 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
3 Little Jeannie--Elton John
4 Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time--Spinners
5 Shining Star--Manhattans
6 Steal Away--Robbie Dupree
7 Magic--Olivia Newton-John
8 The Rose--Bette Midler
9 Let's Get Serious--Jermaine Jackson
10 Let Me Love You Tonight--Pure Prairie League

Singles entering the chart were Hot Rod Hearts by Robbie Dupree (#74); Cry Just a Little by Paul Davis (#81); How Does it Feel to Be Back by Daryl Hall and John Oates (#84); Hey There Lonely Girl by Robert John (#85); Under the Gun by Poco (#86); The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin') by Gerry Rafferty (#88); You and Me by Rockie Robbins (#90); and Where Did We Go Wrong by Frankie Valli & Chris Forde (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel (2nd week at #1)
2 The Rose--Bette Midler
3 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
4 Little Jeannie--Elton John
5 Magic--Olivia Newton-John
6 Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time--Spinners
7 Steal Away--Robbie Dupree
8 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
9 Let's Get Serious--Jermaine Jackson
10 Shining Star--Manhattans

Singles entering the chart were Hot Rod Hearts by Robbie Dupree (#71); Hey There Lonely Girl by Robert John (#81); The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin') by Gerry Rafferty (#84); Just Can't Wait by the J. Geils Band (#86); How Does it Feel to Be Back by Daryl Hall and John Oates (#87); You and Me by Rockie Robbins (#88); You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me by Jermaine Jackson (#89); First...Be a Woman by Lenore O'Malley (#91); Half Moon Silver by Hotel (#94); and Mirage by Eric Troyer (#97).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel (2nd week at #1)
2 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
3 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
4 Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time--Spinners
5 Shining Star--Manhattans
6 The Rose--Bette Midler
7 Magic--Olivia Newton-John
8 Let Me Love You Tonight--Pure Prairie League
9 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
10 Little Jeannie--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were Hot Rod Hearts by Robbie Dupree (#56); The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin') by Gerry Rafferty (#75); I'm Alright (Theme from "Caddyshack") by Kenny Loggins (#84); Whatever You Decide by Randy Vanwarmer (#85); He's So Shy by the Pointer Sisters (#86); Strangers in My Home Town by Foghat (#87); How Does it Feel to Be Back by Daryl Hall and John Oates (#88); Just Can't Wait by the J. Geils Band (#89); Mirage by Eric Troyer (#98); and Shiver and Shake by the Silencers (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Little Jeannie--Elton John
2 The Rose--Bette Midler
3 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
4 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel
5 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
6 Misunderstanding--Genesis
7 Against the Wind--Bob Seger
8 We Live for Love--Pat Benatar
9 Cars--Gary Numan
10 Echo Beach--Martha & the Muffins

Singles entering the chart were Roanne by Straight Lines (#85); Sailing by Christopher Cross (#92); Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel (#94); Old Fashion Love by the Commodores (#96); and Make a Little Magic by the Dirt Band (#100).

Died on this date
Margaret Craven, 79. U.S. authoress. Miss Craven was best known for her novel I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1967).

Hans Morgenthau, 76. German-born U.S political scientist. Dr. Morgenthau was educated in his native Germany, but left the country after the Nazis took power n 1933, emigrating to France and eventually the United States. He was best known for his book Politics Among Nations (1948), in which he expressed his realist views that nation-states were the main actors in international relations, with an emphasis on national interest. Dr. Morgenthau supported the administrations of U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman and was a consultant to President John F. Kennedy, but opposed American participation in the Vietnam War, resulting in his dismissal in 1965 as a consultant to President Lyndon Johnson. Dr. Morgenthau died from a perforated ulcer.

Nihat Erim, 67. Prime Minister of Turkey, 1971-1972. Dr. Erim was a law professor who was a legal adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1943-1945). He was a member of the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Republican People's Party) (CHP), and represented Kocaeli in the Turkish Parliament (1943-1950, 1961-1973). Dr. Erim was Minister of Public Works (1948-1949) and Deputy Prime Minister (1949-1950), and served as Turkey's representative to the Council of Europe (1961-1970). After a military coup, he served as a politically neutral Prime Minister from March 1971-May 1972, resigning for health reasons. Dr. Erim was shot to death by two gunmen near his home in Istanbul; the terrorist organization Dev Sol (Revolutionary Left) claimed responsibility.

Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games began in Moscow, with dozens of nations boycotting because of Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.



25 years ago
1985

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rock Me Amadeus--Falco

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Live is Life--Opus (5th week at #1)

Disasters
The Val di Stava dam collapsed, killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

Boxing
Mike Tyson (6-0) knocked out Larry Sims (3-17-3) at 2:04 of the 3rd round of their heavyweight bout at Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Football
CFL
Montreal (3-0) 21 @ Saskatchewan (1-2) 12

Quarterback Turner Gill and fullback Rich Thomaselli each rushed for a Montreal touchdown as the Concordes held the Roughriders without a touchdown before 24,806 disappointed fans at Taylor Field in Regina.



20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Put 'em Under Pressure--The Republic of Ireland Football Squad (8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Eddie Quillan, 83. U.S. actor. Mr. Quillan began his career as a child in vaudeville, and played supporting roles in numerous films and television programs from 1922-1987. He died of cancer.

Personal
This blogger arrived in London to begin a two-week vacation in southern Ontario and Manitoba.

Scandal
The United States House of Representatives Ethics Committee voted to reprimand Rep. Barney Frank (Democrat--Massachusetts) for using his office improperly to assist a male prostitute. The committee found that Mr. Frank had used his influence to fix parking tickets for his fellow pervert, Steven Gobie, and that he had attempted influence parole officers to end Mr. Gobie’s probation on felony charges.

Business
Peter Pocklington sold Palm Dairies Ltd. to Beatrice Foods Inc. of Toronto for an estimated $100 million.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (0-2) 26 @ Hamilton (1-1) 29
Saskatchewan (1-1) 25 @ Calgary (1-0-1) 30

Earl Winfield caught 3 touchdown passes to lead the Tiger-Cats to a come-from-behind win before 13,087 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Reggie Barnes made a spectacular CFL debut as a running back with the Rough Riders, rushing 20 times for 189 yards.



24,818 fans at McMahon Stadium saw Calgary quarterback Terrence Jones throw touchdown passes to Marshall Toner and Dave Sapunjis before rushing 44 yards on a draw play for the winning touchdown.

10 years ago
2000

Music
Richard Thompson performed at Myer Horowitz Theatre in Edmonton, with local artist Terry Morrison as the opening act. This blogger won tickets to the concert, and had enjoyable female company to an enjoyable show.