July 29, 2011

160 years ago
1851

Space
Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 15 Eunomia.

140 years ago
1871

Transportation
The Connecticut Valley Railroad opened between Old Saybrook and Hartford, Connecticut.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Fred Smith. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Smith was a third baseman and shortstop with the Boston Braves (1913); Buffalo Blues (1914-1915); Brooklyn Tip-Tops (195); and St. Louis Cardinals (1917), batting .226 with 8 home runs and 158 runs batted in in 438 games. He hit .244 with at least 14 homers in 939 games in 8 seasons in the minor leagues (1909-1921). Mr. Smith died on May 28, 1961 at the age of 69.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Roy Henshaw. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Henshaw played with the Chocago Cubs (1933, 1935-1936); Brooklyn Dodgers (1937); St. Louis Cardinals (1938); and Detroit Tigers (1942-1944), compiling a record of 33-40 with an earned run average of 4.16 in 216 games. His best season was 1935, when he was 13-5 with a 3.28 ERA in helping the Cubs win the National League pennant, and was 0-0 with a 7.61 ERA in his only World Series appearance. Mr. Henshaw died on June 8, 1993 at the age of 81.

Foster Furcolo. U.S. politician. Mr. Furcolo, a Democrat, represented Massachusetts' 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives (1949-1952) and was the state's Treasurer and Receiver-General (1952-1955). He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1954, but was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1956, serving one term (1957-1961). Mr. Furcolo achieved educational reforms, but often went against party interests, and was opposed by fellow Massachusetts Democrat John F. Kennedy. Mr. Furcolo was defeated in the 1960 U.S. Senatorial election, and returned to the practice of law. He died on July 5, 1995, 24 days before his 84th birthday.

Iakovos. Ottoman-born U.S. clergyman. Archbishop Iakovos, born Demetrios Koukouzis, was ordained a Greek Orthodox deacon in 1934, and was ordained a priest in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1940. He became primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America in 1959, supporting ecumenism and Negro civil rights. Archbishop Iakovos clashed with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I after he supported a move by 29 bishops towards the administrative unification of Eastern Orthodox churches in America, and resigned in 1996. Iakovos died on April 10, 2005 at the age of 93.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, frustrated by the opposition Conservatives in his attempts to implement reciprocity with the United Staes, obtained a dissolution of Parliament, and announced that a federal election would take place on September 27, 1911.

Baseball
Smoky Joe Wood (18-11) pitched a no-hitter, walking 2 batters and striking out 12 for the Boston Red Sox as they shut out the St. Louis Browns 5-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 17,596 fans at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston. The Browns scored a run in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 tie as they won the second game 5-4.

Doc Gessler and Tilly Walker hit home runs and Bob Groom (5-13) pitched a 4-hitter for the Washington Nationals as they beat the Cleveland Naps 7-1 before 7,038 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Shoeless Joe Jackson broke up Mr. Groom's bid for a shutout with a home run in the 9th inning. Losing pitcher Cy Young (3-4), in what turned out to be his last appearance for Cleveland, started and gave up 4 hits and 5 runs in just 3 innings. After the game, the Naps waived him to the Boston Rustlers.

The Philadelphia Athletics took a 5-0 lead after 1 inning and coasted to an 11-3 win over the Detroit Tigers befoere 30,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Danny Murphy batted 2 for 4 with a double, run, and 5 runs batted in for Philadelphia, while Eddie Collins was 5 for 5 with 3 runs. Eddie Plank (14-5) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory with 9 strikeouts.

The Chicago White Sox scored 3 runs in each of the 2nd and 3rd innings to take a 6-0 lead as they coasted to a 10-2 win over the New York Highlanders in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,000 fans at Hilltop Park in New York. Ed Walsh (17-10) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory. The White Sox trailed 5-2 after 7 innings in the second game, but scored a run in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to tie the score, scored 3 in the top of the 10th, and withstood a 2-run rally in the bottom of the inning to win 8-7 to complete the sweep.

The Pittsburgh Pirates amassed 17 hits in the first game and 14 in the second as they routed the Boston Rustlers 17-2 and 10-2 in a doubleheader before 12,702 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

90 years ago
1921

Politics and government
Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

75 years ago
1936

Baseball
The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader, with the Dodgers winning the first game 22-7, and the Cardinals taking the second game 5-4.

70 years ago
1941

War
The U.S.S.R. claimed to have begun an offensive at Smolensk.

Diplomacy
U.S. Senator Worth Clark (Democrat--Idaho) said that the United States "should take over control" of all Latin America and Canada and set up "puppet governments" because "the Good Neighbor Policy has been a failure."

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King told his war cabinet that he would rather resign than support conscription.

Arthur Klein (Democrat) defeated George Hastings (Republican) in a special election for the New York's 14th District in the United States House of Representatives.

Law
Paraguayan President Higinio Morinigio decreed the death penalty for revolutionaries.

Economics and finance
Japan froze assets of the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies.

Labour
A strike of 8,000 American Federation of Labor electrical workers tied up construction jobs in New York City and stopped work on defense projects at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Boxing
Freddie Cochrane (63-31-8) won the world welterweight title with a 15-round decision over defending champion Fritzie Zivic (110-26-5) at Ruppert Stadium in Newark, New Jersey.

60 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Yellow Robe, or The Lama's Amah

Defense
West German war veterans' groups merged into the German Soldiers' Federation.

Crime
U.S. federal narcotics agents in New York arrested 12 members of a drug smuggling and counterfeiting ring allegedly led by Charles "Lucky" Luciano.

Cycling
Ugo Koblet of Switzerland won the Tour de France in a time of 142 hours 20 minutes 14 seconds.



Baseball
Chicago Cubs' manager Phil Cavarretta drove in 3 runs in the first game and hit a pinch-grand slam in the second game as the Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 and 8-6 before 25,840 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Cavaretta tripled off Robin Roberts in the 6th inning of game 1, and hit his grand slam when Mr. Roberts entered game 2 in the bottom of the 7th in relief of eventual losing pitcher Bubba Church (12-6).

The New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox 8-3 and 2-0 before 70,972 fans at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio hit 2 home runs for the Yankees in the first game. Bob Kuzava (6-5) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Saul Rogovin (6-6) in the second game.

The Washington Nationals scored all their runs in the 4th inning as they beat the St. Louis Browns 7-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 9,069 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. St. Louis first baseman Ben Taylor batted 1 for 4 and hit a solo home run in the 3rd inning in his major league debut, while making 9 putouts and participating in a double play. The Browns scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th and withstood a 2-run rally in the bottom of the 9th as they won the second game 8-6. St. Louis third baseman Kermit Wahl batted 1 for 5 with a run, making 2 putouts and 3 assists and starting 2 double plays in the 231st and last game of his 5-year major league career.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Travelin' Man/Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Legata a un granello di sabbia--Nico Fidenco (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Wheels--The String-A-Longs (11th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Temptation--The Everly Brothers (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis (2nd week at #1)
2 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
3 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
4 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
5 The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton
6 I Like it Like That (Part 1)--Chris Kenner
7 Yellow Bird--Arthur Lyman Group
--[Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra]
8 Let's Twist Again--Chubby Checker
9 Together--Connie Francis
10 Last Night--Mar-Keys

Singles entering the chart were I Just Don't Understand by Ann-Margret (#82); I'll Never Smile Again by the Platters (#86); It's Gonna Work Out Fine by Ike & Tina Turner (#87); As If I Didn't Know by Adam Wade (#88); Solitaire by the Embers (#90); Back Beat No. 1 by the Rondels (#94); Water Boy by the Don Shirley Trio (#95); The Astronaut--Parts 1 and 2 by Jose Jimenez (#96); I Never Knew by Clyde McPhatter (#97); Time Was by the Flamingos (#99); Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (#100); Lover's Island by the Blue Jays (also #100); and Magic Moon (Claire de Lune) by the Rays (also #100). The version of I'll Never Smile Again by the Wanderers was listed with the version by the Platters, but not charted.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon (4th week at #1)
2 Shake Shake Sherry--The Flairs
3 Michael--The Highwaymen
4 Bobby--Neil Scott
5 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
6 Tell Me Why--The Belmonts
7 Johnny Willow--Fred Darian
8 Pretty Little Angel Eyes--Curtis Lee
9 Have a Drink on Me--Lonnie Donegan
10 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis

Singles entering the chart were Without You/Cutie Pie by Johnny Tillotson (#26); All I Have to Do is Dream by the Everly Brothers (#31); Private Eye by Bob Luman (#43); Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) by Barry Mann (#46); Black Land Farmer by Wink Martindale (#48); Sentimental Me (LP track) by Elvis Presley (#49); and The Charleston by Ernie Fields (#50). All I Have to Do is Dream was a re-release of the Everly Brothers' 1958 hit, but hadn't previously charted on CFUN.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Shake Shake Sherry--The Flairs
2 Something for Everyone (LP)--Elvis Presley
3 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
4 Michael--The Highwaymen
5 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
6 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
7 Johnny Willow--Fred Darian
8 Bobby--Neil Scott
9 Preacher Boy--Les Vogt
10 Private Eye--Bob Luman

Singles entering the chart were Rainin' in My Heart by Slim Harpo (#27); Boomerang by Donnie Brooks (#29); Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee (#31); Cutie Pie/Without You by Johnny Tillotson (#32); Blue Muu Muu by Annette (#37); Since Gary Went in the Navy by Marcy Joe (#38); and Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) by Barry Mann (#40).

Boxing
World welterweight champion Emile Griffith (25-2), fighting as a middleweight, won a unanimous 10-round decision over Yama Bahama (67-12-3) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (2-1) 3 @ Edmonton (3-0) 17
Saskatchewan (0-1) 3 British Columbia (2-1) 13 @ Seattle

The game between the Lions and the Roughriders was played before 28,000 fans at University of Washington Stadium.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pour un flirt--Michel Delpech (4th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Edmonton (0-2) 15 @ Hamilton (1-0) 17

Backup quarterback Wally Gabler completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Dave Fleming with 5 seconds left in the game to give the Tiger-Cats the win at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The Eskimos' touchdowns were scored by Bob Houmard on a 2-yard rush and a 54-yard interception return by Mike Law.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
2 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
3 Gemini Dream--The Moody Blues
4 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 The One that You Love--Air Supply
7 Hearts--Marty Balin
8 Elvira--The Oak Ridge Boys
9 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
10 You're Not the Same Girl--Blue Northern

Singles entering the chart were For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton (#18); and Thirsty Ears by Powder Blues (#20).

Died on this date
Robert Moses, 92. U.S. urban planner. Mr. Moses became known as the "master builder" of New York City and its surrounding area in the mid-20th century.

Married on this date
Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. The ceremony took place at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.



World events
After his impeachment on June 21, former Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr fled with Massoud Rajavi to Paris in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707 piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Protest
Up to 2000 demonstrators in Wellington, New Zealand protesting the tour of the Springbok rugby team from South Africa were confronted by police, who used batons to stop them marching up Molesworth Street to the home of South Africa’s Consul (ambassador) to New Zealand.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Donna Toki Mo. (どんなときも)--Noriyuki Makihara

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wind of Change--Scorpions (9th week at #1)

Died on this date
Christian de Castries, 88. French military officer. General de brigade de Castries served with the French Army from 1921-1959, fighting in World War II, and leading the French defense of Dien Bien Phu in French Indochina against Viet Minh forces in 1954. He died 13 days before his 89th birthday.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Edward Gierek, 88. Polish politician. Mr. Gierek joined the Polish United Workers' Party (Communist) in 1948 and worked his way up through the ranks before replacing Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the party in December 1970, and serving as the de facto leader of Poland until he was ousted in September 1980. His reign was marked by a poor economy, which included food shortages, and labour strife, which ultimately forced his dismissal. Mr. Gierek, a coal miner in his youth, died of miner's lung illness.