September 9, 2011

870 years ago
1141

War
Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeated Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces in the Battle of Qatwan north of Samarkand in what is now Uzbekistan.

450 years ago
1561

Religion
The ultimately unsuccessful month-long Colloquy of Poissy opened in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

300 years ago
1711

Born on this date
Thomas Hutchinson. American politician. Mr. Hutchinson was a merchant and historian, who wrote a three-volume History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1764-1798). He was first elected to the Massachusetts Bay General Court (legislative assembly) in 1738, and was defeated and elected in several subsequent campaigns. Mr. Hutchinson was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Bay in 1758, and served as acting governor from June 3-August 2, 1760, following the departure of Governor and adversary Thomas Pownall. Mr. Hutchinson opposed British measures to impose taxes on the American colonies, but remained loyal to the Crown, thus incurring the wrath of radicals. When Governor Francis Bernard was recalled to England in 1769, Mr. Hutchinson was appointed acting Governor again, serving from August 2, 1769 until March 14, 1771, when he was appointed to the office of Governor. He faced strong and mounting opposition from anti-British radicals, and resigned as Governor on May 17, 1774, departing for England two weeks later for what he thought was a temporary exile. Mr. Hutchinson's exile turned out to be permanent, and he worked on the third volume of his history of Massachusetts Bay, which was published posthumously. Mr. Hutchinson died on June 3, 1780 at the age of 68, after suffering a stroke.

220 years ago
1791

Americana
The city in the federal district comprising the capital of the United States was named after President George Washington.

180 years ago
1831

Politics and government
Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, having previously been a Commander in the British Army stationed in India, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

120 years ago
1891

Died on this date
Jules Grévy, 84. President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra, 1879-1887. Mr. Grévy was a Freemason and a leader of the Opportunist Republicans, and is regarded as the first true republican President of France. He resigned during his second term because of a scandal involving his son-in-law, in which Mr. Grévy was not personally involved.

110 years ago
1901

Died on this date
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 36. French artist. Mr. Toulouse-Lautrec was known for his paintings and illustrations of Paris night life in the late 19th century. He died from drink and syphilis.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Paul Goodman. U.S. author. Dr. Goodman was a public intellectual who wrote fiction and poetry, but was primarily known for his works of social criticism, particularly Growing Up Absurd (1960). He was heavily influenced by psychoanalysis and gestalt therapy, and was perhaps the most prominent non-Marxist philosopher of the "New Left" of the 1960s, supporting anarchistic youth movements, although he admired traditional American values associated with Thomas Jefferson. Dr. Goodman was an open bisexual, and his homosexual activities frequently cost him jobs. He died of a heart attack on August 2, 1972 at the age of 61, and is now largely forgotten.

John Gorton. Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-1971. Sir John was a member of the Liberal Party for most of his career, representing Victoria in the Australian Senate (1950-1968) and Higgins in the House of Representatives (1968-1975). He held several cabinet posts before succeeding the late Harold Holt as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister; he was in the Senate at the time he took office, but soon resigned, and was elected to the House in a by-election. Sir John's government continued Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, but began withdrawing troops. His domestic policies emphasized centralization and economic nationalism, contributing to a greatly-reduced majority in the 1969 federal election. Sir John resigned as Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader after a motion of confidence in his leadership resulted in a tie vote; he remained as a backbench MP resigned from the Liberal Party when Malcolm Fraser became party leader, and unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 1975 as an independent candidate. Sir John quietly rejoined the Liberals in the 1990s, and died on May 19, 2002 at the age of 90.

Baseball
Buck O'Brien (1-0) pitched a 6-hitter, walking 3 batters and striking out 3, batting 0 for 3 and making 1 putout and 2 assists in his first major league game, as the Boston Red Sox shut out the Philadelphia Athletics 2-0 before 9,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Losing pitcher Eddie Plank (21-7) allowed 2 hits and 2 runs in 1 inning, while Harry Krause allowed 3 hits in 7 scoreless innings of relief.

The New York Highlanders scored 4 runs in the top of the 13th inning to break a 1-1 tie as they beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 before 1,395 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Russ Ford (20-7) pitched a 6-hitter to outduel Dixie Walker (7-12), who allowed 11 hits, with both pithers going the distance.

Ty Cobb drove in Oscar Stanage in the 5th inning with the game's only run as the Detroit Tigers edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 before 4,565 fans at Bennett Park in Detroit. George Mullin (14-10) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitcher's duel over Jim Scott (7-9), who also pitched a 4-hitter.

The New York Giants scored a run in the bottom of the 9th to tie the score, and the game was called after 9 innings with the Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers tied 4-4 before 8,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. New York first baseman Fred Merkle hit a single, double, and triple, scoring a run and driving in 2. Brooklyn pitcher Nap Rucker pitched a 6-hit complete game.

90 years ago
1921

At the movies
Sappho, directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, and starring Pola Negri, Alfred Abel, and Johannes Riemann, received its premiere screening in Berlin. A censored version was released in the United States in 1923 under the title Mad Love.



Died on this date
Virginia Rappe, 26. U.S. model and actress. Miss Rappe was a model who began her career in her native Chicago before moving to San Francisco in 1916 and then to Los Angeles, where she appeared in several films. She died from a ruptured bladder four days after suffering a trauma while at a party in the suite occupied by famous movie comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Witnesses later testified that Miss Rappe suffered from cystitis and previously had had a case of venereal disease, but Mr. Arbuckle was charged with manslaughter, with Miss Rappe's death from severe bleeding alleged to be the result of rape. Two trials resulted in mistrials before Mr. Arbuckle was finally acquitted, but the scandal ruined his career. The exact events at the party resulting in Miss Rappe's death remain unclear.

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox scored 4 runs in the 1st inning and 5 in the 2nd to take a 9-2 lead, but had to overcome an 11-9 deficit to defeat the Detroit Tigers 20-15 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Chicago first baseman Earl Sheely batted 5 for 5 with a home run, double, 5 runs, and 5 runs batted in, while Johnny Mostil added a single, double, and triple, and 5 RBIs. Bobby Veach and Harry Heilmann each drove in 4 runs for Detroit, while Ty Cobb was 3 for 3 with 2 bases on balls, a sacrifice, 4 runs, and an RBI. The White Sox had 22 hits and made 3 errors, while the Tigers had 20 hits and 4 errors. Dickie Kerr (17-14), the second of three Chicago pitchers, allowed 10 hits and 9 runs--7 earned--in 4 innings, but was credited with the win.

Jack Scott (14-11) pitched a 2-hitter for the Boston Braves as they shut out the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 before 2,000 fans at Braves Field. Losing pitcher Huck Betts (3-6) allowed 8 hits and 1 earned run in a complete game.

75 years ago
1936

Baseball
The New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians 11-3 and 12-9 to clinch the American League pennant.

70 years ago
1941

At the movies
Ladies in Retirement, directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes, and Elsa Lanchester, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Hans Spemann, 72. German embryologist. Dr. Spemann was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development." He discovered what is now known as embryonic induction, an influence exercised by various parts of the embryo that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues and organs.

War
The U.S.S.R. reported that Russian troops had mopped up 250 square miles of terriroty and recaptured 50 villages around Elnya, 50 miles southeast of Smolensk.

Movies
U.S. Senator Gerald Nye (Republican--North Dakota) testified before the Senate subcommittee investigating the motion picture industry that a small group of movie producers, "all born abroad and animated by the persecutions and hatreds of the Old World," were injecting war propaganda into their films.

Diplomacy
A Japanese news agency reported that three passenger ships would be sent to the United Kingdom, Malaya, India, and the Near East to bring about 1,600 nationals back to Japan. German Ambassador to Argentina Edmund von Thermann protested to the Argentine Foreign Office against a report by a Chamber of Deputies committee accusing his embassy of financing subversive activities. The Iranian government agreed to close the German, Italian, Romanian, and Hungarian legations, and establish British and Soviet occupation zones according to ther terms of an agreement announced in London and Tehran.

At the trial in Brooklyn of accused German spies, William Sebold testified that he had been forced to become a Nazi spay in 1939 on a visit to Germany, but had turned over his instructions to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which then built a radio station to pass harmless defense information to Germany in exchange for information on espionage in the United States.

Labour
Five major railroad brotherhoods in the United States set September 15 as their strike date, following the collapse of mediation attempts.

60 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Unhappy Firebug

Died on this date
Chappie Snodgrass, 81. U.S. baseball player. Amzie Beal Snodgrass played left field with the Baltimore Orioles (1901), batting .100 (1 for 10) with no home runs and 1 batted in in 3 games. He played with the Baton Rough Red Sticks of the Class D Cotton States League (1904), batting .228.

Married on this date
U.S. conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre were married in Boston.

War
Communist China reported the entry of its troops into the Tibetan capital of Lhasa.

Politics and government
The Greek general election resulted in a plurality for the new Ellīnikٍs Synagermَs (ES) (Greek Rally), a right-wing party led by Alexandros Papagos just a month earlier. ES took 114 of 258 seats, 16 short of a majority. The Ethniki Proodeftiki Enosis Kentrou (EPEK) (National Progressive Centre Union), led by Nikolaos Plastiras was second with 74 seats, an increase of 29 from its total in the most recent election in 1950. The Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Sophocles Venizelos, was third with 57 seats, and increase of 1. The Eniéa Dimokratikي Aristerل (EDA) (United Democratic Left), led by Ioannis Passalidis, was fourth, winning 10 seats in its first election. The People's Party dropped from 62 seats to 2, and the Georgios Papandreou Party lost all 35 of its seats. The EPEK and Liberals joined to form a governing coalition.

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru became president of the governing Indian National Congress Party, following the resignation of Purchottamdas Tandon in a policy dispute.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (2-1) 33 @ Montreal (0-3) 8

The Rough Riders had beaten the Alouettes 13-9 at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa the previous day.

Baseball
Sal Maglie (20-5) pitched an 8-hitter for the New York Giants as they edged the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1 before 34,004 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, reducing the Dodgers' lead over the Giants in the National League pennant race to 5½ games. Monte Irvin hit a 2-run home run for the Giants in the 4th inning off losing pitcher Ralph Branca (13-7).

Willard Marshall led off the bottom of the 8th inning with a single, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Roy Hartsfield, and scored on a 2-out triple by Sibby Sisti to break a 4-4 tie as the Boston Braves edged the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 8,588 fans at Braves Field. Warren Spahn (19-12) pitched a10-hit complete game, while losing pitcher Ken Johnson (5-6) allowed 10 hits and 4 earned runs in a complete game. Dave Cole (2-4) pitched a 7-hitter and batted 3 for 3 with a home run--his first in the major leagues--a double, and 3 runs batted in to lead the Braves to a 4-1 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Losing pitcher Niles Jordan (1-3) allowed 9 hits and 4 earned runs in 7 innings. Boston catcher Ray Mueller batted 0 for 2 with a base on balls and a run in the second game, making 2 putouts and 2 assists, participating in a double play in the 985th and last game of his 14-year major league career.

Yogi Berra, Gil McDougald, Mickey Mantle, Gene Woodling, and Bobby Brown hit home runs for the New York Yankees as they defeated the Washington Nationals 7-5 in the first game of a doubleheader before 37,711 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Berra added a home run in the second game as the Yankees won 2-0 in a game that was called because of darkness after 5½ innings, as American League rules forbade the use of lights on Sundays. Vic Raschi (18-9) allowed 1 hit to outduel Don Johnson (7-10) in the second game.

Eddie Joost's 3-run home run was the big blow of a 6-run 8th inning for the Philadelphia Athletics as they broke a 4-4 tie and defeated the Boston Red Sox 10-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 13,349 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Gus Zernial's 2 run homer with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th enabled the Athletics to win the second game 3-2 to complete the sweep. Bobby Shantz (15-9) pitched a 3-hitter to outduel Chuck Stobbs (10-6) in a game that was played in 1 hour 40 minutes.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: La novia--Domenico Modugno

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): La Paloma--Freddy Quinn (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Johnny Remember Me--John Leyton (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Michael--The Highwaymen (4th week at #1)
2 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
3 Wooden Heart--Joe Dowell
4 Hurt--Timi Yuro
5 School is Out--U.S. Bonds
6 The Mountain's High--Dick and Dee Dee
7 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)--Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
8 My True Story--The Jive Five with Joe Rene and Orchestra
9 Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)--Barry Mann
10 You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)--Ral Donner

Singles entering the chart were Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#84); Sweets for My Sweet by the Drifters (#88); This Time by Troy Shondell (#90); It's Your World by Marty Robbins (#91); My Blue Heaven by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#92); Keep on Dancing by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (#93); Sometime by Gene Thomas (#95); Let's Get Together by Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills (#98); Baby You're So Fine by Mickey & Sylvia (#100); and Anniversary of Love by the Caslons (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Crying--Roy Orbison
3 You Mostest Girl--Bob Lee
4 Black Land Farmer--Wink Martindale
5 Little Sister--Elvis Presley
6 This Time--Troy Shondell
7 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
8 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby--Bobby Darin
9 Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills--Ray Stevens
10 Julie--Jan and Dean

Singles entering the chart were Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight) by Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group (#29); You're the Reason by Bobby Edwards (#34); Bristol Stomp by the Dovells (#37); Romeo by Janie Grant (#39); Let's Get Together by Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills (#42); Love Has Finally Come My Way by Faron Young (#45); Sweet Sorrow by Conway Twitty (#48); Make Believe Wedding by the Castells (#49); and Without Your Love by Wendy Hill (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Black Land Farmer--Wink Martindale
3 Mexico--Bob Moore and his Orchestra
4 You Mostest Girl--Bob Lee
5 This Time--Troy Shondell
6 Crying/Candy Man--Roy Orbison
7 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
8 Cinderella/Kissin' on the Phone--Paul Anka
9 Without You/Cutie Pie--Johnny Tillotson
10 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

Singles entering the chart were Candy Man; Let's Get Together; Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) by Sue Thompson (#26); Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight) by Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group (#31); I Understand (Just How You Feel) by the G-Clefs (#34); Back to the Hop by Danny and the Juniors (#38); and I'll Never Be Alone Again by Bobby Curtola (#39).

Died on this date
Rube Oldring, 77. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Oldring was an outfielder with the New York Highlanders/Yankees (1905, 1916) and Philadelphia Athletics (1906-1916, 1918), batting .270 with 27 home runs and 471 runs batted in in 1,239 games in an injury-plagued career. He helped the Athletics win four American League pennants and three World Series, batting .194 with 1 homer and 3 RBIs in 15 World Series games. Mr. Oldring played 5 seasons in the minor leagues (1905, 1919, 1921-1923). He died from severe arterial blockage.

Jesse Barnes, 69. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Barnes played with the Boston Braves (1915-1917, 1923-1925); New York Giants (1918-1923); and Brooklyn Robins (1926-1927), compiling a record of 152-150 with an earned run average of 3.22 in 422 games, batting .214 with 1 home run and 69 runs batted in in 435 games. He led the National League with 25 wins in 1919, won 20 games in 1920, and helped the Giants win World Series championships in 1921 and 1922, pitching a no-hitter in 1922 and posting a 2-0 record with a 1.17 ERA in 4 World Series games, with both his wins coming in 1921. Mr. Barnes was 84-58 in 185 games in 8 seasons in the minor leagues (1912-1915, 1927-1930), and helped the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association win the 1927 Junior World Series, posting a 2-0 record in the JWS as the Mud Hens defeated the Buffalo Bisons of the International League 4 games to 1. Mr. Barnes and his brother Zeke pitched against each other several times in the major and minor leagues, and played on a barnstorming team with their brother Clark in the early 1930s. Mr. Barnes was a policeman in El Dorado, Kansas for 17 years after his playing career was over. He died of a heart attack.

Americana
Maria Fletcher, representing North Carolina, was named Miss America 1962 at the annual pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.



Football
CFL
Edmonton (7-0) 35 @ Ottawa (4-2) 26
Calgary (2-4) 35 @ British Columbia (0-6-1) 17

The Eskimos rolled up over 300 yards rushing in their win over the Rough Riders on a hot Saturday afternoon at Lansdowne Park. It was their first regular season game in Ottawa, and they didn't win their again for 20 years.

The Lions' loss to the Stampeders at Empire Stadium in Vancouver was the last game for Wayne Robinson as their head coach. Two days later, he was "suspended" and replaced by assistant coach Dave Skrien.

AFL
New York (1-0) 21 @ Boston (0-1) 20
Oakland (0-1) 0 @ Houston (1-0) 55

Charlie Tolar rushed for 101 yards and Charlie Hennigan caught passes for 113 yards to help the Oilers rout the Raiders at Jeppesen Stadium.

Baseball
Mickey Mantle scored on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Blanchard to climax a 4-run rally for the New York Yankees as they defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 before 37,161 fans at Yankee Stadium. New York right fielder Roger Maris hit his 56th home run of the season in the 7th inning.

Leo Cardenas doubled to lead off the bottom of the 12th inning and scored from second base on a 2-out single by Frank Robinson to give the Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 11,218 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Relief pitcher Roy Face (6-8) made an error on a squeeze bunt by Roy McMillan, allowing Frank Thomas to score from third base, climaxing a 2-run 8th inning rally for the Milwaukee Braves as they came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 before 12,320 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Milwaukee reliever Don Nottebart (6-7) pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the win.

2 errors by Maury Wills and another by Charlie Neal contributed to 3 unearned runs for the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the 8th inning as they broke a 6-6 tie and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 before 28,635 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, dropping the second-place Dodgers 3 games behind the Reds in the National League pennant race. The Dodgers made 5 errors in the game.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le jour se lève--Esther Galil

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers (3rd week at #1)

Music
The album Imagine by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band was released on Apple Records.

Protest
Prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a four-day siege that claimed 43 lives.

Terrorism
Geoffrey Jackson, the British Ambassador to Uruguay, was freed near Montevideo almost eight months after being kidnapped by Tupamaro guerrillas.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
2 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
3 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
4 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
7 In the Mood--Wildroot Orchestra
8 Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores
9 The Voice--The Moody Blues
10 Thirsty Ears--Powder Blues

Singles entering the chart were Tempted by Squeeze (#14); and Who's Crying Now by Journey (#20).

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Malou Canopin!

Died on this date
Jacques Lacan, 80. French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Dr. Lacan applied concepts from fileds such as linguistics, anthropology, mathematics, and topology to psychoanalysis and made significant impacts on philosophy and cultural theory. He has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud," and with his followers, was expelled from the International Psychoanalytic Association in 1963. Dr. Lacan then founded the École Freudienne de Paris (EFP) in 1964, which he dissolved in 1980. He founded the Freudian Field Institute in Caracas in July 1980. Dr. Lacan is now regarded by many as a charlatan.

Robert Askin, 74. Australian politician. Sir Robert, a member of the Liberal Party, represented Collaroy (1950-1973) and Pittwater (1973-1975) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was elected Liberal Party leader in 1959, serving as Leader of the Opposition (1959-1965) and Premier of New South Wales (1965-1975). Sir Robert's time as Premier was marked by an increase in public works and electoral and legal reforms. He died of heart failure after years of declining health; immediately upon his death, Sir Robert was accused of corruption and bribery involving organized crime figures.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Say Yes--Chage and Aska (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai (4th week at #1)

Asiatica
Tajikistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

Business
Chief Executive Officer Fred Richardson announced that Crown Life Insurance had sold 42% of its shares to Haro Financial Corporation of Saskatchewan, with the head office to move to Regina from Toronto by 1993.

Labour
Over 70,000 members of PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) walked off the job, leaving grain handling at a standstill in Vancouver and Thunder Bay.

10 years ago
2001

Academia
Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan began hosting a seminar titled One of Freedom's Finest Hours: Statesmanship and Soldiership in WWII. One of America's most famous World War II historians, Stephen Ambrose, addressed the conference on the evening of September 9. According to Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn:

A theme began to emerge on Sunday night when the great and famous historian Stephen Ambrose argued that the twenty-first century will be the greatest and most peaceful in history because of the victory won by the "greatest generation." Several of the veterans of the war picked up this theme. Though they were not so sanguine as Professor Ambrose, they expressed the hope that no one would have to undergo what they themselves endured in the sky above Guadalcanal, crouched behind a sand dune at Omaha Beach, crawling among the sharp rocks at Iwo Jima.

Football
CFL
Montreal (8-2) 31 @ Saskatchewan (3-7) 3



Baseball
Barry Bonds hit 3 home runs in a game for the second time this season, driving in 5 runs, with his third homer, his 63rd of the seaosn, climaxing a 5-run 11th inning for the San Francisco Giants as they broke a 4-4 tie and beat the Colorado Rockies 9-4 in 11 innings before 36,862 fans at Coors Field in Denver. Bobby Chouinard, the last of seven Colorado pitchers, retired the only 2 batters he faced in the 111th and last game of his 5-year major league career.

Omar Vizquel hit a solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 9-8 win over the Chicago White Sox before 42,377 fans at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.

Olmedo Saenz hit a solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before 18,871 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.