August 13, 2010

1,110 years ago
900

Died on this date
Zwentibold, 30 (?). King of Lotharingia, 895-900. Zwentibold, the grandson of King Louis the German of East Francia and illegitimate son of disputed Holy Roman Emperor Arnulf, was granted the throne of Lotharingia by his father in 895. Louis the Child, the 6-year-old legitimate son of Arnulf, became King of East Francia upon Arnulf's death in 899, and Zwentibold attempted to use this as an opportunity to establish complete independence for his Lotharingian kingdom. However, the nobility opposed him, and he was killed in battle by Count Reginar I of Hainault near present-day Susteren.

360 years ago
1650

Defense
Colonel George Monck of the English Army formed Monck's Regiment of Foot, which later became the Coldstream Guards.

190 years ago
1820

Born on this date
George Grove. U.K. musicologist and historian. Sir George, a civil engineer by trade, was amusic enthusiast who was the first director of the Royal College of Music (1883-1894). He wrote program notes for concerts at the Crystal Palace in London, which served as the basis for Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which was published in four volumes from 1879-1889. Sir George also had a scholarly knowledge of the Bible, producing a concordance in 1854 and about 1,000 pages of Sir William Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863). He died on May 28, 1900 at the age of 79.

150 years ago
1860

Born on this date
Annie Oakley. U.S. marksman. Miss Oakley, born Phoebe Ann Mosey, became an expert marksman in childhood, and became internationally famous in a career running from the 1880s to the 1920s, including time spent as a star with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She died of pernicious anemia on November 3, 1926 at the age of 66, and her husband of 50 years, Frank Butler, died just 18 days later at the age of 79.

110 years ago
1900

Died on this date
Collis Potter Huntington, 78. U.S. railroad magnate. Mr. Huntington was one of the Big Four--with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker--who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Mr. Huntington also helped to develop and lead other major railroads, such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O).

Technology
In St. George, New Brunswick, Joseph S. Clark patented the Key-opening Can, a container process still used today for such foods as canned luncheon meats, corned beef and ham.

A mechanical pitching gun, the invention of Princeton University professor Charles Hinton‚ was used in a game between the Memphis Chicks and the Nashvilles. The machine struck out 2 and allowed 3 hits in 2 innings.

100 years ago
1910

Died on this date
Florence Nightingale, 90. Italian-born U.K. nurse. Miss Nightingale, born in Tuscany to English parents, began her career in the mid-1840s, and became known for her treatment of British soldiers in the Crimean War (1854-1856). She was largely responsible for the professionalization of nursing for women in the United Kingdom, and her war experiences prompted her to advocate improved sanitary conditions for soldiers. Miss Nightingale began suffering from depression shortly after the end of the war, and was often bedridden for many years; many modern historians believe that she suffered from an extreme form of brucellosis.

90 years ago
1920

War
The Battle of Warsaw began in the Polish-Soviet War.

Golf
Ted Ray shot respective scores of 2-over-par 73 and 4-over 75 to win the U.S. Open at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio with an 11-over total score of 295, 1 stroke ahead of Jack Burke, Leo Diegel, Jock Hutchison, and Harry Vardon. First prize money was $500.



Baseball
Del Pratt batted 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, a run, and a run batted in to help the New York Yankees edge the Cleveland Indians 4-3 before 18,000 fans at Dunn Field in Cleveland to complete a 4-game sweep of their series. Bob Shawkey (14-8) allowed 7 hits and 3 earned runs in 7.1 innings to get the win over Ray Caldwell (14-7), who allowed 10 hits and 4 earned runs in a complete game. The Indians led the American League with a 70-40 record, with the Yankees and Chicago White Sox percentage points behind at 72-42.

Tilly Walker hit a 2-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to enable the Philadelphia Athletics to defeat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Scott Perry (10-19) pitched a 2-hitter to outduel Sad Sam Jones (9-12), who pitched an 8-hit complete game. Elmer Myers (4-5) pitched a 5-hit shutout and singled and scored as part of a 4-run 4th inning as the Red Sox won the second game 7-0, with Rollie Naylor (7-19) taking the loss.

Hod Ford drove in 3 runs with a double and a sacrifice fly to help the Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader at Braves Field, with Hugh McQuillan (7-10) pitching a complete game victory over Eppa Rixey (9-16), who also allowed 10 hits. Tom Phelan played the last 5 innings at first base for the Braves, striking out and drawing a base on balls, making 4 putouts and no assists in his only major league game. Russ Wrightstone drove in 3 runs with a single and triple to help the Phillies win the second game 8-2. Bill Hubbell (4-6) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory over Dana Fillingim (8-16), who allowed 15 hits in a complete game. Boston second baseman Charlie Pick batted 1 for 3 with a base on balls and a run in the first game, and singled home a run in the 1st inning of the second game, making 1 assist, but leaving early in the 367th and last game of his 6-year major league career.

70 years ago
1940

On the radio



Died on this date
Brudenell White, 63. Australian military officer. Henry Gullett, 62; Geoffrey Street, 46; James Fairbairn, 43. Australian politicians. General White was Chief of General Staff from 1920-1923 and March 1940 until his death. Sir Henry (Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research); Mr. Street (Minister for the Army and Repatriation); and Mr. Fairbairn (Minister for Air and Civil Aviation) were members of the cabinet of Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies. The were among six passengers and four crew members aboard a Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Hudson II bomber that crashed near Canberra. There were no survivors.

War
German bombers launched an all-out attack on British Royal Air Force bases, but failed to put any out of commission because of heavy cloud cover.

Law
The French Supreme Court of Justice opened at Riom to review evidence in secret for the purposes of indicting political criminals and determining who was responsible for France's defeat in the European war.

Defense
U.S. Senate Naval Committee Chairman David Walsh (Democrat--Massachusetts) said that any transfer of ships to the United Kingdom would be an act of war.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill requiring all government agencies to report to the Bureau of the Budget.

Nobufumi Ito was appointed to the Japanese cabinet as Minister of Propaganda.

60 years ago
1950

On the radio
Voice of America, in the first of a new daily series of 15-minute programs beamed to Indochina, presented recorded statements from U.S. President Harry Truman and Assistant State Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs Dean Rusk.

Diplomacy
Pakistan and Iran agreed to set up a joint boundary commission to fix the undemarcated sectors of their border.

Baseball
In an International League game at Red Wing Stadium in Rochester, the hometown Red Wings edged the Jersey City Giants 3-2 in 22 innings as Tom Poholsky of Rochester and Andy Tomasic of Jersey City each pitched complete games.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Just a Closer Walk with Thee--Jimmie Rodgers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Il nostro concerto--Umberto Bindi (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Milord--Dalida (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Please Don't Tease--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley
2 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland
3 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
4 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
5 Tell Laura I Love Her--Ray Peterson
6 Please Help Me, I'm Falling--Hank Locklin
7 Image of a Girl--The Safaris with the Phantom's Band
8 Finger Poppin' Time--Hank Ballard
9 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
10 Feel So Fine--Johnny Preston

Singles entering the chart were The Same One (#66)/Kiddio (#70) by Brook Benton; Hot Rod Lincoln, with versions by Johnny Bond; and Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders (#89); Nice 'n' Easy by Frank Sinatra (#94); Gee, But I'm Lonesome by Ron Holden (#96); No by Dodie Stevens (#97); I Love You in the Same Old Way by Paul Anka (#98); Candy Sweet by Pat Boone (#99); King of Love by Fabian (#100); Blue Velvet by the Statues (also #100); and Let's Have a Party by Wanda Jackson (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley
2 The Blamers--Les Vogt
3 Storm Clouds--Buddy Knox
4 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
5 No--Dodie Stevens
6 Yogi--The Ivy Three
7 The Twist--Chubby Checker
8 Cool Water--Jack Scott
9 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
10 Pineapple Princess--Annette with the Afterbeats

Singles entering the chart were Hot Rod Lincoln by Johnny Bond (#21); G.I. Rock by Red Robinson (#32); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon by Ray Stevens (#37); Pipeliner by Teddy Redell (#39); Ta Ta by Clyde McPhatter (#41); Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares by Phil Phillips (#44); Cholley-Oop by the Hong Kong White Sox (#45); The Brigade of Broken Hearts by Paul Evans (#46); My Blue Heaven by John Stone (#47); Mr. Custer by Larry Verne (#48); Happy Shades of Blue by Freddy Cannon (#49); and I Can't Remember When I Didn't Love You by Freddie Fender (#50). The Hong Kong White Sox were actually the Hollywood Argyles; Cholley-Oop was a spoof of Alley-Oop, a recent major hit for the Hollywood Argyles. I Can't Remember When I Didn't Love You was the B-side of Wasted Days, Wasted Nights, which was not on the chart.

Africana
The Central African Republic declared independence from France.

Communications
The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo I, an American balloon satellite launched the previous day.

40 years ago
1970

War
Israel lodged the first of many charges of Egyptian cease-fire violations along the Suez Canal, asserting that new SAM-2 missile batteries had been run in the night the cease-fire started, and the following night. Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan placed responsibility on the United States, saying, "They initiated the cease-fire, and we agreed to it only after they had informed us that the Russians would abide by the standstill."

Business
General Motors paid consumer advocate Ralph Nader $425,000 in an out-of-court settlement of his invasion of privacy lawsuit. Mr. Nader said he would use the money, said to be the largest payment ever made for invasion of privacy, to monitor General Motors’ safety, pollution, and customer activities.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (1-2) 3 @ Toronto (1-1) 29
British Columbia (2-2) 35 @ Edmonton (1-2) 7

Don Jonas threw touchdown passes to Dave Raimey, Tom Bland, and Dick Thornton, while Tom Wilkinson, who alternated at quarterback with Mr. Jonas, added a touchdown pass to Tony Moro before the usual CNE Stadium sellout crowd of 33,135. Mr. Jonas converted 3 of the touchdowns and Dave Mann punted for 2 singles. The Tiger-Cats scored a safety touch and Tommy-Joe Coffey missed a field goal for a single point.

Jim Evenson carried 23 times for 147 yards and 2 touchdowns and added another touchdown on a 6-yard pass reception from Paul Brothers to lead the Lions in the rout before 18,992 unhappy fans at Clarke Stadium. Backup B.C. quarterback Carroll Williams finished the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Rhome Nixon; it was Mr. Nixon’s first CFL touchdown. Ted Gerela converted all 4 touchdowns and added 2 field goals and a single. The Eskimos’ only touchdown came in the 2nd quarter on a 6-yard rush on a reverse by flanker Mike Eben, converted by Dave Cutler. A.D. Whitfield added to the B.C. ground game with 68 yards on 16 carries.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (Hot Press): Xanadu--Olivia Newton John/Electric Light Orchestra (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
W.G. Morrow, 63. Canadian lawyer and judge. Mr. Morrow, the son of an Edmonton lawyer, graduated from the University of Alberta Law School in 1939, served as a lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II, and was on a minesweeper in the D-Day invasion. As a lawyer, he argued the last Canadian case before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council at 3 Downing Street in London in 1959. As Judge of the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories (1966-1976) he ruled in Regina v. Drybones (1967) that the Canadian Bill of Rights superseded a portion of the Indian Act of Canada. This ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1969, and remains the only case in which the Bill of Rights was held to take precedence over another act of Parliament. In 1973 he stood his ground when Prime Minister (and former law professor) Pierre Trudeau and "Justice" Minister (and former University of Saskatchewan Dean of Law) Otto Lang, along with Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (and thug) Jean Chretien illegally attempted to fire him by challenging his jurisdiction in the case of Indians attempting to file a caveat concerning Crown land in the Mackenzie River Valley that would be affected by a proposed oil pipeline. As the father of this blogger, he’s greatly missed. His autobiography, Northern Justice, was published in 1995.

Protest
The worst communal violence in India in 11 years broke out in the city of Moradabad after a rumour started that police were allowing pigs to graze near a mosque. The Muslim worshippers turned on the police, who fired into the crowd. As the crowd panicked, many victims were trampled to death. 86 people were killed in the riot. Violence between Muslims and Hindus spread throughout the state of Uttar Pradesh, and the army was called out in the cities of Ranpur, Kanpur, and Meerut.

Cuban refugees, frustrated by the lack of sponsors to help them settle in the United States, rioted at the refugee camp in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Terrorism
Seven Cuban refugees took over an Air Florida jetliner and hijacked it to Cuba by threatening to ignite a bottle of gasoline.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-2) 18 @ Toronto (3-3) 16
Edmonton (5-0) 30 @ Winnipeg (1-4) 17

Backup quarterback Dave Marler relieved injured starter Bruce Lemmerman early in the game and directed the Tiger-Cats to victory, rushing for a touchdown and handing off to Ron Rowland for another. Bernie Ruoff’s 13-yard field goal early in the 4th quarter gave Hamilton a 17-16 lead, and a single on a missed field goal later in the quarter ended the scoring. The Argonauts scored a touchdown just 2:08 into the game on an 86-yard pass from Mark Jackson to Dave Newman. Mr. Jackson connected with Peter Muller on a 10-yard scoring pass in the 3rd quarter. 45,201 fans at Exhibition Stadium witnessed a game in which the Toronto cheerleaders were sent off the field early because their halter tops weren’t halting enough, and their shorts were too cheeky.

The Eskimos scored 2 touchdowns in 12 seconds late in the second quarter to turn a 3-3 game into a 17-3 halftime lead. Neil Lumsden rushed 2 yards for a touchdown, converted by Dave Cutler, to give Edmonton a 10-3 lead at 12:29 of the 2nd quarter. One play after the kickoff, Dieter Brock’s pass was intercepted by Joe Hollimon, who returned it 17 yards for a touchdown, converted by Mr. Cutler at 12:41. Two more field goals by Mr. Cutler and a 2-yard touchdown run by Jim Germany gave the Eskimos a 30-3 lead early in the 4th quarter. The Blue Bombers scored 2 touchdowns of their own within 35 seconds late in the game. Mr. Brock passed to Robert Woods for an 8-yard touchdown and to Mike Holmes for a 2-point convert at 12:34 of the 4th quarter. A short kickoff was recovered by the Eskimos, but they fumbled the ball away on the next play, and Mr. Brock completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to Mr. Holmes at 13:09. A 2-point convert attempt was unsuccessful. Attendance at Winnipeg Stadium was 26,422.

25 years ago
1985

Medicine
Three-year-old Jamie Gavin of Dublin became the world’s youngest recipient of a heart and lung transplant.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Dear Friend--Akina Nakamori (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Verdammt, Ich Lieb' Dich--Matthias Reim (13th week at #1)

Music
This blogger was one of those at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton to see Bob Dylan in concert. Sue Medley was the opening act.

World events
Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 was hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sank in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This was the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.

Politics and government
Bloc Quebecois candidate Gilles Duceppe became the first candidate from a separatist party to be elected to Canada’s House of Commons when he won a federal by-election in the riding of Laurier-Ste. Marie, winning 16,818 votes to 4,802 for the Liberal candidate and 1,120 for the Progressive Conservative candidate. Mr. Duceppe joined seven other BQ members in the House of Commons, but they had all been elected as PCs or Liberals. BQ leader Lucien Bouchard said that the result showed that Quebeckers were serious about political sovereignty.

Former Ontario Member of the Provincial Parliament Michael Breaugh won a federal by-election in Oshawa for the New Democratic Party, taking 12,046 voted to 9,000 for Liberal candidate Cathy Flynn. Mr. Breaugh, who had been an MPP for the past 15 years, replaced Ed Broadbent, who had represented Ottawa in the Houose of Commons from 1968 and had led the federal NDP from 1975 until his retirement on February 1, 1990.

Under pressure from parliament, the Communist-dominated government of Armenia resigned.

10 years ago
2000

Politics and government
More than 2,000 Somali clan elders, religious leaders, businessmen, and peace activists formed a provisional parliament after almost a decade of chaos. However, Somalia was still so unstable that they met in neighbouring Djibouti.

Authentic Radical Liberal Party candidate Julio César Franco was elected Vice President of Paraguay, receiving 49.6% of the vote to 48.8% for Colorado Party candidate Félix Argaña and 1.5% for Paraguayan Humanist Party candidate Ricardo Buman. The election was held to replace Luis María Argaña, who had been assassinated on March 23, 1999.

Business
Four days after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. had announced a recall of 6.5 million tires--most of them produced for sport utility vehicles made by Ford Motor Company--because of numerous reports of accidents and deaths caused by blowouts, Ford said that Bridgestone/Firestone had known since 1997 of problems with the tires.

Baseball
The Houston Astros tied a team record with 6 home runs and Jeff Bagwell batted in 7 runs as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-7 before 20,129 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. Mark Holzemer, the fourth and last Philadelphia pitcher, allowed 4 hits and 2 runs--earned--in 2 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out 1 in the 94th and last game of his 6-year major league career.

Robin Ventura doubled home Edgardo Alfonzo and scored on a single by Mike Bordick as the New York Mets broke a 0-0 tie with 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning and shut out the San Francisco Giants 2-0 before 39,841 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Al Leiter (13-5) allowed 2 hits in 8 innings to get the win, outduelling Livan Hernandez (11-9), who allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 7.2 innings.

Neifi Perez tripled home Ben Petrick and Juan Pierre with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning and scored on a wild pitch by Steve Kline as the Colorado Rockies scored 3 runs to overcome a 3-2 deficit and defeated the Montreal Expos 5-3 before 10,606 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

John Flaherty hit a 3-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Tampa Bay Devil Rays a 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox before 19,685 fans at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Albie Lopez (10-8) pitched a 5-hit complete game victory.

Alex Gonzalez batted 3 for 6 with a home run, 2 runs, and 5 runs batted in to help the Toronto Blue Jays rout the Minnesota Twins 13-3 before 25,656 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. The Blue Jays amassed 20 hits.