September 25, 2010

320 years ago
1690

Journalism
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first multi-page newspaper to appear in the Americas, was published in Boston for the first and only time. It was shut down by British colonial authorities the next day.

220 years ago
1790

Opera
Peking opera was born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduced Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.

200 years ago
1810

Journalism
The first issue of the Kingston Gazette was published in Kingston, Upper Canada.

125 years ago
1885

Baseball
The Chicago White Stockings whipped the Providence Grays 21-3 at Wright Street Grounds in Milwaukee.

120 years ago
1890

Religion
Wilford Woodruff, "Prophet, Seer, and Revelator" (i.e., President) of the Mormon church, officially renounced the practice of polygamy.

110 years ago
1900

Died on this date
John M. Palmer, 83. U.S. politician. Mr. Palmer was a member of various parties in a political career spanning more than 50 years. He was a brigadier general with the Union Army during the Civil War, and was military governor of Kentucky (1865-1868). Mr. Palmer was Governor of Illinois (1869-1873), and represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (1891-1897). In 1896 he was the U.S. presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party, a faction of Democrats opposed to the main party's presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Palmer died 12 days after his 83rd birthday.

Félix-Gabriel Marchand, 68. Canadian politician. Mr. Marchand, a native of Dorchester, Lower Canada, was a journalist and notary by trade. A Liberal, he represented Saint-Jean in the Quebec Legislative Assembly from 1867 until his death, serving as Speaker (1887-1892) and as Premier from 1897 until his death in office in Quebec City. Mr. Marchand was succeeded as Premier by Simon-Napoléon Parent.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Ralph Jordan. U.S. football player and coach. "Shug" Jordan was a baseball pitcher, basketball guard, and football center at Auburn University (1928-1932). He was basketball coach at Auburn (1933-42, 1945-46) and the University of Georgia (1946-50) compiling a record of 136-103. Mr. Jordan returned to Auburn as head football coach (1951-1975), compiling a record of 176-83-6, leading the Tigers to 12 bowl games, and achieving the national championship in 1957. He died of leukemia on July 17, 1980 at the age of 68, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

90 years ago
1920

Baseball
Shoeless Joe Jackson hit a home run and 2 doubles to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 before 33,000 fans at Dunn Field in Cleveland to move within ½ game of the American League-leading Indians. Lefty Williams (22-14) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Stan Coveleski (23-14).

Every man in the New York lineup had at least 1 hit as the Giants shut out the Brooklyn Robins 8-0 before 28,000 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, moving the second-place Giants within 4 games of the National League-leading Robins. Jesse Barnes (19-15) pitched a 4-hitter, winning over Burleigh Grimes (22-11).

Dave Robertson singled home Zeb Terry and scored on a single by Dode Paskert to break a 0-0 tie in the 9th inning as the Chicago Cubs shut out the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Redland Field. Pete Alexander (26-14) pitched a 6-hitter to outduel Ray Fisher (9-11), who allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run. Turner Barber batted 3 for 5 with a triple, run, and 3 runs batted in to help the Cubs win the second game 7-1 to complete the sweep, with Hippo Vaughn (19-15) pitching a 7-hitter to win over Jimmy Ring (17-16).

The Philadelphia Phillies scored a run in the 7th inning and 5 in the 8th as they overcame a 2-0 deficit and defeated the Boston Braves 6-2 in the first game of a doubleheader at National League Park in Philadelphia. Lee Meadows (15-14) pitched an 8-hitter, winning over Dana Fillingim (12-20). Leaodoff hitter Gene Paulette batted 5 for 6 with 2 runs and a run batted in to help the Phillies win the second game 12-10 to complete the sweep.

80 years ago
1930

Baseball
With 4 games left in the season, Joe McCarthy resigned as manager of the Chicago Cubs after failing to obtain the support of team owner William Wrigley. The Cubs were in second place in the National League with a record of 86-64. Mr. McCarthy was in his fifth season as the Cubs’ manager, and had led them to the National League pennant in 1929.

75 years ago
1935

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs clinched at least a tie for the National League pennant with a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis. Phil Cavaretta’s home run off Daffy Dean in the 2nd inning was the game’s only run. Lon Warneke pitched a 2-hitter for the win.

70 years ago
1940

War
The Canadian armed merchantman Prince Robert captured the German ship Weser off the Mexican coast. British and Free French forces abandoned the Dakar operation after meeting expectedly stiff resistance. Planes from Morocco renewed their attack upon Gibraltar. The U.S. Army General Staff warned U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Germany might invade the Western Hemisphere through northeastern Brazil.

Defense
Douglas Aircraft began construction of $20 million worth of military aircraft, the largest single contract in American history.

Politics and government
Josef Terboven, Reich commissioner in Norway, established Vidkun Quisling as Minister President of Norway.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives chose John W. McCormack (Massachusetts) as their new floor leader.

Economics and finance
The U.S.A. and Dominican Republic signed an agreement in Washington, whereby the United States gave up its control of the D.R.'s customs.

The United States announced a new loan to China.

Football
NFL
Chicago Bears (1-1) 7 @ Chicago Cardinals (1-0-2) 21

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, 10-9 in 10 innings and 3-2. Bobo Newsom pitched 2 innings of relief to pick up his 20th win of the season in the first game, and pitched an 8-hit complete game to earn his 21st win in the second game.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds split a doubleheader before 1,898 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, with the Reds winning the first game 5-0 and the Cardinals winning the second game 4-3. Harry Walker made his major league debut with the Cardinals in the first game, playing left field and batting 0 for 4; he was 1 for 4 with a run batted in in the second game. His teammate Walker Cooper made his major league debut in the second game, catching and batting 1 for 2 with an RBI.

60 years ago
1950

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Sisters of Shadow, starring William Eythe

Died on this date
Eugene O'Neill, Jr., 40. U.S. scholar. Mr. O'Neill, the son of playwright Eugene O'Neill, was a classicist and philosopher who taught at several universities. He was a heavy drinker, and committed suicide by slitting his wrist and ankle with a razor.

War
United Nations forces took control of Seoul three months after it had fallen to the North Koreans. The U.S. Army called up 1,644 female reservists, 650 of them nurses, in the first major call-up of women in the Korean War.

Politics and government
A three-day federal-provincial conference began in Québec City in an attempt to devise an amending formula for the British North America Act. The Quebec government took advantage of the conference to demand a constitution “made in Canada, by Canadians and for Canadians.”

Paul G. Hoffman, who had supervised the Marshall Plan for 2½ years, resigned as U.S. Economic Cooperation administrator. President Harry Truman selected William Chapman Foster to succeed Mr. Hoffman.

Society
Responding to a suit brought by 200 Negroes in Atlanta to desegregate the city's public schools, Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge (Democrat) predicted that integration efforts in his state "would create more confusion, disorder, riots and bloodshed than anything since the War Between the States."

50 years ago
1960

Died on this date
Emily Post, 87. U.S. authoress. Mrs. Post was a socialite who wrote magazine articles on various subjects, but was best known for her book Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home (1922), which has gone through 19 editions through 2017 and is still regarded as a textbook on the subject.

Politics and government
Former Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau founded the Montreal Civic Action Party/le parti de l'Action Civique de Montréal, as part of an attempt to regain the mayoralty in the forthcoming election.

Football
CRU ORFU
Sarnia (2-4) 6 @ Port Huron-Detroit (2-3) 32

This was the Golden Bears’ second loss in as many days, after playing at home against the London Lords the day before.

NFL
Washington (0-1) 0 @ Baltimore (1-0) 20
Cleveland (1-0) 41 @ Philadelphia (0-1) 24
Chicago (1-0) 17 @ Green Bay (0-1) 14
New York (1-0) 21 @ San Francisco (0-1) 19

AFL
Los Angeles (1-2) 0 @ Dallas (2-1) 17
Oakland (1-2) 14 @ Houston (2-1) 13

Baseball
Del Crandall drew a base on balls with 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 10th inning and Eddie Mathews followed with a home run to give the Milwaukee Braves a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 38,109 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Despite the loss, the Pirates clinched their first National League pennant in 33 years. Joe Torre made his major league debut with the Braves, singling as a pinch hitter to lead off the bottom of the 8th.

Glen Hobbie (15-20) pitched a 6-hit shutout for the Chicago Cubs as they blanked the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 before 8,558 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago to eliminate the third-place Cardinals from pennant contention. Larry Jackson (17-13) took the loss.

The San Francisco Giants scored 8 runs in the 2nd inning and 4 in the 6th as they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-9 before 25,056 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Los Angeles left fielder Tommy Davis batted 4 for 5 with a home run, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in, while center fielder Willie Davis was 2 for 5 with a homer, double, 2 runs, and 3 RBIs. Doug Camilli made his major league debut with the Dodgers, making an out as a pinch hitter for John Roseboro in the 2nd inning and remaining in the game at catcher, batting 1 for 4 with a base on balls, run, 2 putouts, and 1 assist. The teams combined for 6 errors, leading to 9 unearned runs.

The New York Yankees scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning and held on to edge the Boston Red Sox 4-3 before 32,420 fans at Fenway Park in Boston, with Luis Arroyo getting his 6th save of the season in relief of Ralph Terry (10-8). The Yankees thus clinched their 10th pennant in 12 years under manager Casey Stengel.

Pinch hitter Al Kaline doubled home Frank Bolling and Rocky Colavito with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Athletics before 6,200 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Eddie Yost hit a pair of solo home runs for the Tigers, including one to lead off the bottom of the 1st. Johnny Kucks started on the mound for Kansas City and allowed 6 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 4 innings, striking out 1 batter and walking none, allowing 3 home runs, making 1 putout, and batting 0 for 1 in the 207th and last game of his 6-year major league career. Detroit catcher Lou Berberet batted 1 for 3, making 3 putouts and 1 assist in the 448th and last game of his 7-year major league career, drawing an intentional walk to load the bases immediately prior to Mr. Kaline's hit. This was the last game at Briggs Stadium before its name was changed to Tiger Stadium on January 1, 1961.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Pinocchio--Maria Dallas (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Lola--The Kinks (2nd week at #1)
2 Brown Eyes--Chris Andrews
3 Neanderthal Man--Hotlegs
4 Lady D'Arbanville--Cat Stevens
5 The Wedding--Jody Wayne
6 Keep On Smiling--James Lloyd
7 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
8 Mademoiselle Ninette--Michael Holm
9 Love of the Common People--Nicky Thomas
10 Push Mr. Pride Aside--Percy Sledge

Singles entering the chart were Ain't Love a Funny Thing by Sam Evans (#18); I (Who Have Nothing) by Tom Jones (#19); and Lookin' Out My Back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond (2nd week at #1)
2 All Right Now--Free
3 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
4 Yellow River--Christie
5 War--Edwin Starr
6 Look What They've Done to My Song Ma--The New Seekers
7 Candida--Dawn
8 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
9 Patches--Clarence Carter
10 Neanderthal Man--Hotlegs

Singles entering the chart were The Circle Game by Buffy Sainte-Marie (#26); Fire and Rain by James Taylor (#27); Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom (#28); Soul Shake by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#29); and Do What You Wanna Do by Five Flights Up (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 War--Edwin Starr (2nd week at #1)
2 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
3 All Right Now--Free
4 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
5 Patches--Clarence Carter
6 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
7 Yellow River--Christie
8 Look What They've Done to My Song Ma--The New Seekers
9 Neanderthal Man--Hotlegs
10 Out in the Country--Three Dog Night

Singles entering the chart were See Me, Feel Me by the Who (#23); Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#28); Lucretia MacEvil by Blood, Sweat & Tears (#29); and All the Tired Horses by Bob Dylan (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Me and Bobby McGee--Gordon Lightfoot (3rd week at #1)
2 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
3 Patches--Clarence Carter
4 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
5 Lookin' Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Snowbird--Anne Murray
7 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
8 Candida--Dawn
9 Yellow River--Christie
10 Long Long Time--Linda Ronstadt

On television tonight
The Interns, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Death Wish

The Partridge Family, on ABC
Tonight's episode: What? and Get Out of Show Business?

This was the first episode of the series.

War
Fighting between Jordanian troops and Palestinian guerrillas stopped after the announcement of a cease-fire agreement. Included in the agreement was Al Fatah’s Yasser Arafat, the top rebel leader. 15 of the passengers still being held hostage aboard airliners that had been hijacked over Western Europe on October 6 and had been sitting in the Jordanian desert since then were "rescued" by Jordanian troops near Amman.

Terrorism
U.S. Transportation Secretary John Volpe announced that, commencing in one week, trained military guards would be placed on commercial airliners in an anti-hijacking effort.

Defense
The U.S.A. warned the U.S.S.R. that the establishment of a submarine base in Cuba would violate the deal made by the two countries at the end of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. The Pentagon had reported the construction of what may have been such a base in southern Cuba.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (Hot Press): Start!--The Jam

Died on this date
Lewis Milestone, 84. Russian-born U.S. movie director. Mr. Milestone, born Leib Milstein, moved to the United States at the age of 18. He directed more than 50 movies in a career spanning 45 years, and won Academy Awards for Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Mr. Milestone died five days before his 85th birthday, and 10 years to the day after Erich Maria Remarque, the author of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front.

John Bonham, 32. U.K. musician. Mr. Bonham was the drummer for the rock group Led Zeppelin from its formation in 1968 until his death from choking on vomit while unconscious after a day of heavy drinking.

Disasters
Flooding and mudslides after a week of rains in Caracas killed 20 people and left 1,000 homeless.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos rallied for 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning, but lost 5-4 to the Chicago Cubs before 2,660 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Jerry White singled home Larry Parrish and Chris Speier with 2 out and the bases loaded in the 9th, and Tim Raines was on second base, but Dick Tidrow relieved Bruce Sutter and retired Rodney Scott on a fly ball to right field to end the game. Fred Norman, the second of five Montreal pitchers, allowed 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 1/3 inning, walking 1 batter and striking out none in the 409th and last game of his 16-year major league career.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning and held on for a 2-1 win over the New York Mets before 20,525 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, moving into first place in the National League East Division, ½ game ahead of the Expos. Marty Bystrom (4-0) allowed 4 hits and 1 earned run in 6.2 innings to get the win.

Vic Correll doubled home George Foster and Ray Knight with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 before 5,309 fans at San Diego Stadium. San Diego center fielder Jerry Mumphrey got his 50th stolen base of the season, joining Ozzie Smith and Gene Richards, and making the Padres the first team in major league history with 3 players with 50 or more stolen bases in a season.

Mike Squires drove in a run with a ground out in a 4-run 2nd inning and singled home Junior Moore and Fran Mullins with 1 out in the 8th inning to break a 4-4 tie as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-4 before 3,180 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Brian Kingman (7-20), the third of four Oakland pitchers, allowed 4 hits and 2 earned runs in 5.2 innings to become the major leagues' last (so far) 20-game loser. Mr. Moore was in the 289th and last game of his 5-year major league career, and entered the game as a pinch runner for Glenn Borgmann.

Pat Putnam hit a 2-run home run with 1 out in the top of the 11th inning to break a 4-4 tie, but Dave Edler tripled home Bruce Bochte, Jim Anderson, and Julio Cruz with 2 out in the bottom of the 11th to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-6 win over the Texas Rangers before 4,472 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle.

25 years ago
1985

Baseball
Mike Greenwell’s first major league home run gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in 13 innings at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.

20 years ago
1990

Diplomacy
South African President F.W. de Klerk continued his visit to Washington, telling several members of the United States Congress that he supported the principle of one man, one vote in elections, but that it must include guarantees to protect the white minority population of South Africa.

Baseball
The first 8 New York Yankee batters hit safely, and the team hit 6 home runs as they routed the Baltimore Orioles 15-3 before 17,548 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Dave Stewart pitched a shutout and improved his 1990 record to 22-10 as the Oakland Athletics blanked the Kansas City Royals 5-0 before 22,145 fans at Royals Stadium to clinch the American League West Division pennant for the third straight year.

10 years ago
2000

Politics and government
Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow announced that he would be stepping down as soon as a new leader could be chosen.

Olympics
At the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Michael Johnson of the United States repeated his 1996 victory in the men’s 400-metre run. Mr. Johnson also ran as a member of the gold medal-winning 4 X 400-metre relay team that included Anthony Pettigrew and identical twins Alvin and Calvin Harrison.





Cathy Freeman, who had lit the Olympic torch, won the women’s 400-metre run, becoming the first Australian Aborigine to win an individual Olympic gold medal (see video).

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians scored 5 runs in the 5th inning and 3 in the 6th as they beat the Chicago White Sox 9-2 before 42,500 fans at Jacobs Field in Cleveland in the first of two games for the Indians against different opponents. The Minnesota Twins scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning as they overcame a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Indians 4-3 before 42,853 fans in the second game. It was the first time a team had played two different opponents on the same day in the major leagues since September 13, 1951.

Tom Glavine (20-9) pitched an 8-hitter for his 20th career major league shutout as the Atlanta Braves blanked the Montreal Expos 6-0 before 6,931 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.