October 15, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Angela Nixon and Princess Maganda!

800 years ago
1211

War
The Latin Emperor Henry of Flanders defeated Nicaean Emperor Theodore I Laskaris in the Battle of the Rhyndacus in Turkey.

310 years ago
1701

Born on this date
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville. Canadian nun. Mrs. d'Youville, a native of Varennes, Quebec, was a widow who suffered the death of her husband and four of her six children before the age of 30, but experienced a religious revival, and in 1737 with three other women founded an association that ministered to the poor in Montreal. The association became the Roman Catholic order The Sisters of Charity of Montreal--popularly known as the Grey Nuns--in 1744, and was granted an order in 1747 to operate Montreal General Hospital. Mrs. d'Youville died in Montreal on December 23, 1771 at the age of 70, and was canonized in 1990 by Pope John Paul II.

130 years ago
1881

Born on this date
P.G. Wodehouse. U.K.-born U.S. author. Sir Pelham Grenville wrote novels, plays, and songs. He was best known for his humourous stories about a rich man named Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. Sir P.G. died on February 14, 1975 at the age of 93, several weeks after being knighted.

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Enrique Jardiel Poncela. Spanish writer. Mr. Poncela wrote about 50 plays, about 40 novels and novellas, and about 25 screenplays in a career spanning more than 30 years. His works used the theatre of the absurd, and attracted much criticism in his own time. Mr. Poncela died of cancer, bankrupt and almost forgotten, on February 18, 1952 at the age of 50, but his works are more highly regarded today.

100 years ago
1911

Baseball
Walter Johnson recorded 14 strikeouts as a team of white all-stars defeated a team of Negro all-stars 5-3 in an exhibition game in New York.

90 years ago
1921

Died on this date
Charles Madill, 25. Canadian student. Mr. Madill, an Arts and Agriculture student at the University of Alberta, was hunting partridge 12 miles west of Edmonton when he slipped while crossing a log; the hammer of his gun struck another log, causing the gun to discharge, killing Mr. Madill.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Ottawa St. Brigid's (1-1) 27 @ Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (0-2) 7

ARU
University of Alberta (0-2) 17 @ Calgary (1-1) 38

The Bronks dominated the game for three quarters at Hillsborough Park, but Mr. Lamb rushed for 3 U of A touchdowns in the 4th quarter.

80 years ago
1931

Football
NFL
Frankford (0-3-1) 0 @ Portsmouth (5-0) 19

Baseball
Led by sportswriter Fred Lieb, a team of major league stars departed for a tour of Hawaii and Japan.

75 years ago
1936

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Louis Hector and Harry West, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Empty House

70 years ago
1941

War
Moscow radio reported that Russian troops had abandoned Kallinin, 100 miles northwest of the capital. Barricades were erected in Moscow.

Diplomacy
Japanese naval intelligence director Captain Hideo Hiraide said in Tokyo that Japanese-American relations "are now approaching the final parting of the ways," and declared, "the Imperial Navy is itching for action."

Defense
U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox disclosed that the Navy was making plans for the censorship of outgoing communications from the United States.

Politics and government
The Cuban Senate sent to the House of Representatives bill passed the previous day postponing to March 15, 1942 the congressional elections for 57 Representatives and one Senator scheduled for December 1, 1941.

Protest
1,000 University of Georgia students paraded before the state capitol in Atlanta in protest against Governor Eugene Talmadge, whom they accused of responsibility for the expulsion of the university from the Southern University Conference.

Economics and finance
U.S. Office of Production Management Civilian Supply Director Leon Henderson ordered autommobile production in January 1942 reduced by "at least 51%" to 204,848 cars.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor convention in Seattle ousted George Browne, on trial in New York on charges of extorting $550,000 from the motion picture industry, from his position as 11th vice president of the AFL.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Winnipeg (5-1) 12 @ Vancouver (1-7) 0

Art Stevenson led the Blue Bombers with a touchdown, convert and single. Nate Shore scored the other Winnipeg touchdown. This was the last game the Grizzlies ever played. The Vancouver entry in the WIFU fared so poorly on the field and at the gate in its only season that the city didn't re-enter the WIFU until 1954.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
I Love Lucy, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Girls Want to Go to the Night Club

This was the first broadcast of one of the most popular series in history.

Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: I Spy, starring Henry Hull, Dorothy Stickney, and Alfreda Wallace



Married on this date
U.S. actor Stepin Fetchit married Bernice Sims in Tulsa.

Literature
Years of Adventure, the first volume of the memoirs of former U.S. President Herbert Hoover, was published in New York by Macmillan.

Diplomacy
Argentine President Juan Peron charged the U.S.A. and former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Spruille Braden with encouraging the recent military revolt attempt.

Defense
U.S. Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins conferred in Belgrade with Yugoslavian Premier Marshal Josip Broz Tito on the possibility of assigning a U.S. military advisory mission to Yugoslavia.

Science
Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completed the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Price Stabilization ordered auto dealersto post ceiling prices and forbade them to require customers to buy optional equipment, buy on the installment plan, or trade in a used car.

Labour
Dock workers in Brooklyn, New York began a wildcat strike, demanding a larger wage increase.

50 years ago
1961

Football
CFL
Hamilton (8-3) 37 @ Toronto (5-5-1) 10

Carver Shannon, in his first game with the Tiger-Cats since being acquired from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, scored 2 touchdowns to help his new team beat the Argonauts at CNE Stadium.

NFL
Baltimore (2-3) 10 @ Chicago (3-2) 24
Green Bay (4-1) 49 @ Cleveland (3-2) 17
Los Angeles (1-4) 13 @ Detroit (3-2) 14
New York (4-1) 31 @ Dallas (3-2) 10
Philadelphia (4-1) 20 @ St. Louis (2-3) 7
San Francisco (4-1) 38 @ Minnesota (1-4) 24
Washington (0-5) 0 @ Pittsburgh (1-4) 20

AFL
San Diego (6-0) 25 @ New York (3-2) 10
Oakland (1-4) 24 @ Denver (2-4) 27
Dallas (3-2) 24 @ Buffalo (3-3) 27

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Co-Co--The Sweet (7th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 You--Peter Maffay (2nd week at #1)
2 Co-Co--The Sweet
3 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers
4 Tom Tom Turnaround--New World
5 Daar's Niks Soos Ware Liefde--Groep Twee
6 Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum--Middle of the Road
7 Mammy Blue--Charisma
8 Silver Threads and Golden Needles--Barbara Ray
9 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Hey--Hedgehoppers Anonymous

Singles entering the chart were Mammy Blue; I Believe by Lincoln (#15); Rings by Cymarron (#18); and Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Superstar--Carpenters (2nd week at #1)
2 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
3 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
4 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
5 Down by the River--Joey Gregorash
6 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
7 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
8 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
9 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
10 Birds of a Feather--Raiders

Singles entering the chart were The Desiderata by Les Crane (#21); Mammy Blue by the Pop-Tops (#27); Easy Loving by Freddie Hart (#28); I Believe in You by Rita Coolidge (#29); and Questions 67 and 68 by Chicago (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds (2nd week at #1)
2 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
3 If You Really Love Me--Stevie Wonder
4 So Far Away--Carole King
5 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
6 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
7 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
8 The Story in Your Eyes--The Moody Blues
9 Stick-Up--The Honey Cone
10 Marianne--Stephen Stills

Singles entering the chart were Lonesome Mary by Chilliwack (#29); I'd Love to Change the World by Ten Years After (#30); Only You Know and I Know by Delaney & Bonnie (#31); Do I Love You by Paul Anka (#36); I'm a Man by Chicago (#37); and First Sign of Love by Wishbone (#40).

Baseball
Nippon Series
Hankyu Braves 1 @ Yomiuri Giants 3 (Yomiuri led best-of-seven series 2-1)

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Du entschuldige - i kenn' di--Peter Cornelius (3rd week at #1)
2 Dance Little Bird--Electronica's
3 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
4 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
5 Strada del sole--Rainhard Fendrich
6 Kosmetik (Ich bin das Glück dieser Erde)--Joachim Witt
7 Dance Little Bird--Bobby Setter Showband
8 Only Crying--Keith Marshall
9 Eisbär--Grauzone
10 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens

Singles entering the chart were the version of Dance Little Bird by Electronica's; Kosmetik (Ich bin das Glück dieser Erde); Green Door; Draw of the Cards by Kim Carnes (#16); Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund by Nicole (#18); and Dreiklangs-Dimensionen by Rheingold (#19).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
2 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
3 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
4 The Night Owls--Litte River Band
5 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
6 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
7 The Voice--The Moody Blues
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
9 Who's Crying Now--Journey
10 Tryin' to Live My Life Without You--Bob Seger

Singles entering the chart were In Your Letter by REO Speedwagon (#17); Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner (#18); Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love) by Marty Balin (#19); and Physical by Olivia Newton-John (#20).

Died on this date
Frank de Kova, 71. U.S. actor. Mr. de Kova was a character actor on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning 30 years. He was best known for playing Chief Wild Eagle in the television comedy series F Troop (1965-1967). Mr. de Kova died of heart failure in his sleep.

Crime
The National Archives of Canada released previously secret testimony from the 1946 Taschereau-Kellock Royal Commission on Soviet espionage in Canada.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized a $200-million shipment of methaqualone--the largest drug seizure in Canadian history to date--at Collingwood airport in Collingwood, Ontario.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
New York 4 @ Oakland 0 (New York won best-of-five series 3-0)

Willie Randolph's home run off Oakland starting pitcher Matt Keough (0-1) gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead in the 6th inning, and the Yankees put the AL pennant away when Graig Nettles doubled in 3 runs with a bases-loaded double in the 9th. Dave Righetti (1-0) was the winning pitcher. 47,302 were in attendance at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.



25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Joey Killer--Magnus Uggla (4th week at #1)

Science
University of Toronto professor John Polanyi was named a joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, sharing it with Americans Dudley Herschbach and Yuan Lee for their study of energy produced by chemical reactions.

Literature
Former Québéc Premier René Lévesque's book Attendez que je me Souvienne (Wait Until I Remember) was published. In English it was published under the title Memoirs.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
New York 7 @ Houston 6 (16 innings) (New York won best-of-seven series 4-2)

The Astros struck for 3 runs off New York starting pitcher Bob Ojeda in the 1st inning, and were 3 outs away from tying the series when the Mets rallied for 3 runs off Houston starter Bob Knepper and reliever Dave Smith in the top of the 9th. Each team scored a run in the 14th, with the Astros' run coming on a home run by Billy Hatcher. The Mets scored 3 in the top of the 16th, and the Astros scored 2 in the bottom of the inning and had runners on first and second bases when winning pitcher Jesse Orosco (3-0) struck out Kevin Bass to end the game before an Astrodome crowd of 45,718 after 4 hours and 42 minutes. Aurelio Lopez (0-1) took the loss.



American League Championship Series
California 1 @ Boston 8 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3)

The Red Sox scored 3 unearned runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning and got a 3-run home run from Jim Rice in the 4th as 33,001 fans at Fenway Park saw the Red Sox win their first AL pennant in 11 years. Roger Clemens (1-1) was the winning pitcher over John Candelaria (1-1).



20 years ago
1991

Diplomacy
Baltic leaders Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia, and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki.

Law
The United States Senate voted 52-48 in favour of the Clarence Thomas as the latest member of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Energy
The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40 million times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, was observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

10 years ago
2001

Space
The U.S.A.'s Galileo spacecraft passed within 180 kilometres of Jupiter's moon Io.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Cleveland 1 @ Seattle 3 (Seattle won best-of-five series 3-2)

Mark McLemore singled home Edgar Martinez and John Olerud with 2 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 2nd inning to provide the necessary scoring for the Mariners as they eliminated the Indians before 47,867 fans at Safeco Field. Jamie Moyer (2-0) pitched 6 innings to get the win, while Cleveland starter Chuck Finley (0-2) took the loss.



Oakland 3 @ New York 5 (New York won best-of-five series 3-2)

The Athletics scored single runs in each of the first 2 innings, but the Yankees came back with 2 in the bottom of the 2nd and single runs in each of the 3rd and 4th innings, and were able to maintain their lead before 56,642 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mike Stanton (1-0) was the winning pitcher, while Mark Mulder (1-1) took the loss.