October 21, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Donna Morrow!

430 years ago
1581

Born on this date
Domenico Zampieri aka Domenichino. Italian artist. Domenichino was a Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters, with works that included landscapes, historical religious scenes, and church frescoes. His death on April 6, 1641 at the age of 59 may have been caused by poison at the hands of the jealous Cabal of Naples.

150 years ago
1861

Died on this date
Edward Dickinson Baker, 50. U.K.-born U.S. military officer and politician. Colonel Baker, a native of London, moved with his family to the United States in 1816, settling in Philadelphia and eventually in Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1837-1840) and Senate (1840-1844), served with volunteer militia in Illinois, and with the U.S. Army in the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1847). As a Whig, Col. Baker represented Illinois' 7th (1845-1847) and 6th (1849-1851) Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives. He moved to San Francisco in 1852, but failed to win political office in several attempts through 1859. Col. Baker then moved to Oregon, and as a Republican, was elected to the United States Senate, taking his seat on December 5, 1860. He was a longtime friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and an opponent of secession; he joined the Union Army shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, and on May 8, 1861 was authorized to command the California Regiment. Col. Baker was killed by a volley of shots while leading his troops in the Battle of Ball's Bluff, and remains the only U.S. Senator ever killed in a military engagement.

War
Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker were defeated by Confederate troops in the Battle of Ball's Bluff in Virginia.

125 years ago
1886

Baseball
World Championship Series
Chicago White Stockings 5 @ St. Louis Browns 8 (7 innings) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Bill Gleason hit two 2-run singles to lead the Browns in the first game of the series to be played at Sportsman's Park.

120 years ago
1891

Died on this date
Ed Daily, 29. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Daily was an outfielder and pitcher who played for seven major league teams from 1885-1891. In 640 major league games he batted .239 with 19 home runs and 288 runs batted in, while posting a 66-69 won-lost record as a pitcher with an earned run average of 3.39. He died of consumption.

100 years ago
1911

Football
CRU
ORFU
St. Michael's College (2-1) 11 @ Dundas (0-3) 10

WCRFU
Delegates from the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta rugby football leagues formed the Western Canada Rugby Football Union in Winnipeg.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants @ Philadelphia Athletics (postponed, rain) (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 2-1)

90 years ago
1921

Politics and government
President Warren G. Harding delivered the first speech by a sitting U.S. president against lynching in the deep South.

80 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Bruce-Partington Plans

Died on this date
Arthur Schnitzler, 69. Austrian author and playwright. Dr. Schnitzler was a physician who abandoned his medical career in favour of writing, mainly short stories, novellas, and one-act plays, usually containing frank descriptions of sex and criticism of anti-Semitism. His best-known work was the play Reigen (first published in 1900, first performed in 1920), which was filmed in 1950 under the title La Ronde (1950). Dr. Schnitzler died from a brain hemorrhage.

World events
Sakurakai, a secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army, launched an abortive coup d'état attempt.

70 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Hans Gottfried Reimers. German military officer. Major Reimers, an officer with the occupying forces in France, was slain in Bordeaux, prompting German authorities to seize 100 French hostages in reprisal.

Stanley Graham, 40. N.Z. criminal. Mr. Graham shot and killed seven people, including two policemen, on October 8, 1941 on or near his farm at Kowhitirangi on the West Coast. The biggest manhunt in New Zealand history ensued, and he was spotted at his farm and shot by police on October 20, dying the following morning, 22 days before his 41st birthday.

War
The German command announced the capture of the Ukrainian industrial city of Stalino, and of the Estonian island of Dagoe in the Baltic Sea. General Heinrich von Stulpnagel, German commander in occupied France, ordered the execution of 50 French hostages in Nantes in reprisal for the previous day's assassination of Lieutenant General Paul Hotz, commander of German forces in Nantes; the executions took place the next day. The Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS The Pas was commissioned at Esquimalt, British Columbia.

Diplomacy
The Mexican Foreign Office announced that Mexico and Britain had agreed to resume relations, which had been broken off in 1938.

World events
Former Panamanian President Arnulfo Arias arrived in Nicaragua after being deported.

Defense
1940 Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate Wendell Willkie and more than 100 prominent Republicans in 40 states sent a message to members of Congress urging them to repeal the Neutrality Act.

Paul Merriman of Glenn L. Martin Company said that aircraft production would be increased 30% after spot welding of aluminum alloys had been fully developed.

Politics and government
The Liberal Party, led by Premier Duff Pattullo, won 21 of 48 seats in the Legislative Aassembly in the British Columbia Provincial Election, down from 31 in the 1937 election. The Conservatives, led by John Hart, won 14 seats, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 12, and Labour 1. The Conservatives and CCF were then able to form a governing coalition, with Mr. Hart as Premier. Mr. Pattullo subsequently resigned as Liberal leader.

Americana
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt announced that all formal White House social entertainments for the coming winter had been cancelled "because conditions are so serious."

Crime
William Fox, bankrupt former head of the motion picture studio bearing his name, was sentenced to a year in U.S. federal prison and fined $3,000 on a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the government.

Oil
U.S. officials disclosed that the United Kingdom had released 15 tankers to their American owners to relieve the oil shortage on the East Coast of the United States.

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations workers voted to end a six-week strike at Great Lakes Steel Corporation in Ecorse, Michigan after they were warned that the United States Army was ready to take over the plant.

14 non-operating U.S. railroad unions with 900,000 members rejected the offer of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fact-finding board to arbitrate demands for higher wages.

60 years ago
1951

Married on this date
U.S. actors Ida Lupino and Howard Duff were married in Glenbrook, Nevada.

Diplomacy
Egypt protested in a note to the United Kingdom that British troops in the Suez behaved as though they were patrolling a "conquered country."

Germanica
West German Christian Democrats urged the adoption of Das Lied der Deutschen as West Germany's national anthem, with two nationalistic verses eliminated.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (1-3) 3 @ Washington (1-3) 7
Los Angeles (3-1) 28 @ Green Bay (2-2) 0
New York Yanks (0-3-1) 24 @ Detroit (2-1-1) 24
Philadelphia (2-2) 24 @ New York Giants (3-0-1) 26
Pittsburgh (0-3-1) 0 @ Cleveland (3-1) 17
San Francisco (2-2) 7 @ Chicago Bears (3-1) 13

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Mexico--Bob Moore and his Orchestra

#1 single in Italy: La novia--Domenico Modugno (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Runaround Sue--Dion
2 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
3 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
4 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
5 Crying--Roy Orbison
6 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
7 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
--The Lennon Sisters
8 This Time--Troy Shondell
9 The Way You Look Tonight--The Lettermen
10 Ya Ya--Lee Dorsey

Singles entering the chart were Heartaches by the Marcels (#57); I Wanna Thank You (#61)/The Door to Paradise (#99) by Bobby Rydell; Crazy by Patsy Cline (#66); School is In by Gary U.S. Bonds (#79); For Me and My Gal by Freddy Cannon (#80); Laugh by the Velvets (#91); God, Country and My Baby, with versions by Johnny Burnette; and Chico Holiday (#92); and My Heart Belongs to Only You by Jackie Wilson (#96).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Runaround Sue--Dion (2nd week at #1)
2 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
3 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
4 You're the Reason--Bobby Edwards
5 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
6 You're So Square--Buddy Holly
7 Marcheta--Karl Denver
8 God, Country and My Baby--Johnny Burnette
9 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
10 Love Has Finally Come My Way--Faron Young

Singles entering the chart were Moonlight Swim (LP track) by Elvis Presley (#28); Dream by the Velaires (#35); The Bridge of Love by Joe Dowell (#42); Please Don't Go by Ral Donner (#44); Mina Bird by the String-A-Longs (#47); Try to Forget Her by P.J. Proby (#49); and Moon River by Jerry Butler (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (2nd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
4 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson
5 You're So Square--Buddy Holly
6 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
7 So Long Baby--Del Shannon
8 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
9 You're the Reason--Bobby Edwards
10 A Wonder Like You--Rick Nelson

Singles entering the chart were Blue Hawaii (LP) by Elvis Presley (#19); Tall Men by Johnny Cash (#26); Flying Blue Angels by George, Johnny and the Pilots (#34); Steps 1 and 2 by Jack Scott (#36); Language of Love by John D. Loudermilk (#39); and In the Middle of a Heartache by Wanda Jackson (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Nobody's Millions

Space
The United States Air Force launched the 3,500-pound satellite MIDAS 4 into Earth orbit from Point Arguello, California. Attached to the satellite was a 75-pound package containing 350 million tiny copper wires. The package was to separate from the satellite, and apparently did. Scientists expected the coating on the package to evaporate and sischarge the wire needles, which were expected to form a band 5 miles wide around the Earth. The plan, called Project West Ford, was to test the efficiency of a metallic space belt to relay radio communications.

Football
CFL
Toronto (6-5-1) 21 @ Ottawa (7-5) 7
Calgary (6-7) 22 @ Saskatchewan (4-10) 18

Canadian university
Saskatchewan (0-2-1) 1 @ Alberta (1-0-2) 29

Angus McGregor scored 2 touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they beat the Huskies, with Bert Carron and Ted Frechette each scoring 1. Maury Van Vliet, Jr. kicked 4 converts and a single. The game before 3,000 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton was worth just 1 point in the standings.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Mamy Blue--Nicoletta (2nd week at #)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Did You Ever--Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Howard Keys, 36. U.S. football player and coach. Mr. Keys, a graduate of Oklahoma A&M University, was an offensive lineman with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL from 1960-1963. He was a member of the Eagles' NFL championship team in 1960, and later played all five offensive line positions in one game. A serious neck injury ended his playing career in 1963, and he went into coaching. Mr. Keys joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League as an assistant coach on offense under head coach Jerry Williams, serving in that capacity from 1965-1968. After the 1968 Grey Cup, which the Stampeders lost to the Ottawa Rough Riders, Mr. Keys went back to the NFL. He was serving as an assistant coach on the staff of Cleveland Browns' head coach Nick Skorich--his former head coach in Philadelphia--when he was struck by a virulent form of cancer.

Politics and government
Premier Bill Davis led his governing Progressive Conservative Party to a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly in the Ontario provincial election. The PCs won 78 of 117 seats, an increase of 9 from the most recent election in 1967. The Liberal Party, led by Robert Nixon, dropped from 28 seats to 20, while the New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, dropped from 20 to 19. Mr. Davis had succeeded John Robarts as Premier on March 1, 1971.

Law
U.S. President Richard Nixon nominated Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancies caused by the recent resignations of Hugo Black and John M. Harlan.

Disasters
A gas explosion in a row of shops in Clarkston, Scotland killed 22 people.

Sport
The British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum opened in the B.C. Pavilion at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates (2nd week at #1)
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 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
6 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
7 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
8 The Voice--The Moody Blues
9 Tryin' to Live My Life Without You--Bob Seger
10 Sausalito Summernight--Diesel

Singles entering the chart were Sausalito Summernight; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by the Police (#17); Hard to Say by Dan Fogelberg (#19); and When She was My Girl by the Four Tops (#20).

Politics and government
Andreas Papandreou, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, took office as Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals traded pitcher Bob Sykes to the New York Yankees for outfielder Willie McGee. Mr. Sykes was 2-0 with an earned run average of 4.58 in 22 games with St. Louis in 1981. Mr. McGee batted .322 with 7 home runs and 63 runs batted in in 100 games with the Nashville Sounds of the AA Southern League in 1981.

World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 @ New York Yankees 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Tommy John (1-0) pitched 7 innings against his former team, and Goose Gossage pitched 2 innings to get the save as they combined on a 4-hitter before 56,505 fans at Yankee Stadium (see video). Larry Milbourne doubled home Willie Randolph with the first run of the game in the bottom of the 5th inning, and the Yankees added 2 more in the 8th off Steve Howe. Los Angeles starting pitcher Burt Hooton (0-1) took the loss.

25 years ago
1986

Died on this date
Fritz Hochwälder, 75. Austrian playwright. Mr. Hochwälder wrote about two dozen plays in a career spanning more than 50 years; his works were characterized by moralistic themes.

Lionel Murphy, 64. Australian politician and jurist. Mr. Murphy was Attorney General in the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam from 1972-1975 before being appointed a Justice of the High Court of Australia, where he served until his death.

Terrorism
In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claimed to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy; he was released in August 1991.

Baseball
World Series
New York Mets 7 @ Boston Red Sox 1 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Len Dykstra led off the game with a home run and the Mets added 3 more runs in the top of the inning, cruising to an easy win before 33,595 fans at Fenway Park. Bob Ojeda was the winning pitcher over Oil Can Boyd.





20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Say Yes--Chage and Aska (12th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Onnellinen perhe--Ne Luumäet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
Roy Romanow led the New Democratic Party to victory in the Saskatchewan provincial election, winning 55 of 66 seats in the Legislative Assembly The Progressive Conservatives, who, under Premier Grant Devine, had been in power since 1982, were reduced to 10 seats, while Liberal leader Lynda Haverstock was the only member of her party to win a seat.

10 years ago
2001

Terrorism
A postal worker in Washington, D.C. became the third American to be diagnosed with the most serious form of anthrax. It was the ninth confirmed case of anthrax in the United States since mail infected with the disease began appearing after in the capital, as well as in Florida and New York after September 11.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (4-12) 24 @ Hamilton (9-6) 30

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Seattle 1 @ New York 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 8th inning at Yankee Stadium when Bret Boone hit his second home run of the series. Bernie Williams homered in the bottom of the inning to tie the game, and Alfonso Soriano hit a 2-run home run Kazuhiro Sasaki (0-1) in the bottom of the 9th to win the game before 56,375 fans. Mariano Rivera (1-0), who had entered the game in the top of the 9th, was the winning pitcher.





National League Championship Series
Arizona 3 @ Atlanta 2 (Arizona won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Erubiel Durazo hit a 2-run home run off Tom Glavine with 2 out in the top of the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie before 36,652 fans at Turner Field. Randy Johnson (2-0) was the winning pitcher over Mr. Glavine (1-1). Byung-Hyun Kim pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief as the Diamondbacks won their first NL pennant in just their fourth year of existence.





Nippon Series
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 9 @ Yakult Swallows 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)