October 23, 2011

925 years ago
1086

War
The army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeated the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI in the Battle of az-Zallaqah (also known as the Battle of Sagrajas) in Spain.

150 years ago
1861

Abominations
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C. for all cases related to the military.

130 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Al Christie. Canadian-born U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter. Mr. Christie, a native of London, Ontario, began his cinematic career in New Jersey with Centaur Film Company in 1909 and moved to Hollywood in 1911 to manage Centaur's west coast unit, the Nestor Film Company, which established the first permanent movie studio in Hollywood in October 1911. Mr. Christie and his brother Charles formed Christie Film Company in 1916, making comedies that relied more on humourous and embarrassing situations and were more slowly paced than those at other studios. In the late 1920s, Mr. Christie produced some of the first sound movies with Negro casts. The Christie Film Company went into receivership in 1933, and Mr. Christie worked with Educational Pictures as a director of short comedies, including Bob Hope in his first film, Going Spanish (1934), and Buster Keaton in The Chemist (1936). He died on April 14, 1951 at the age of 69.

125 years ago
1886

Football
ORFU
Round 2
City
Ottawa 7 @ Toronto 12

College
Ottawa College 17 @ Queen's College 0

Baseball
World Championship Series
Chicago White Stockings 3 @ St. Louis Browns 4 (10 innings) (St. Louis won best-of-seven series 4-2)

The game at Sportsman's Park started at 2:18 P.M. in order that 9 innings could be played, and the White Stockings jumped to a 3-0 lead as starter John Clarkson, pitching for the fourth time in six days, held the Browns hitless for 6 innings. The Browns tied the game in the 8th, with Arlie Latham's 2-run triple the big blow. They won the game in the 10th on Curt Welch's "$15,000 slide" home from third base on a wild pitch. The Browns won all the gate receipts from the series, which totalled $13,920--about $580 per man.

100 years ago
1911

Aviation
In the first use of aircraft in war, an Italian pilot took off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.

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

This was the sixth straight day in which the game at Shibe Park was rained out.

90 years ago
1921

Died on this date
John Boyd Dunlop, 81. U.K. veterinarian and inventor. Dr. Dunlop, a native of Scotland, practiced veterinary medicine for 10 years before pursuing inventions using rubber. He developed pneumatic tires, and lent his name to Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, founded in 1889. Dr. Dunlop died after catching a chill.

Football
APFA
Akron (5-0) 3 @ Canton (0-1-2) 0
Columbus (0-5) 6 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-2) 17
Rochester (0-2) 0 @ Buffalo (4-0) 28
Cincinnati (1-2) 0 @ Cleveland (2-0) 28
Columbus (0-4) 9 @ Cleveland (1-0) 35
Minneapolis (0-2) 6 @ Green Bay (1-0) 7
Rock Island (2-1-1) 14 @ Detroit (1-2-1) 0
Dayton (1-2-1) 0 @ Chicago Staleys (3-0) 7

The Packers' win over the Marines at Hagemeister Park was their first game in the American Professional Football Association after two years playing teams from elsewhere in Wisconsin and Michigan.

80 years ago
1931

Boxing
Lou Brouillard (63-7) won the world welterweight championship with a 15-round unanimous decision over defending champion Young Jack Thompson (76-29-12) at Boston Garden; it was the first world championship bout held in Boston since 1920. Mr. Brouillard had won a 10-round unanimous decision over Mr. Thompson in a non-title bout three months earlier.

Baseball
Brooklyn's National League team announced that Max Carey would replace veteran Wilbert Robinson as manager, and that the team would no longer be called the Robins in honour of "Uncle Robby."

70 years ago
1941

At the movies
Swamp Water, directed by Jean Renoir, and starring Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, and Dana Andrews, received its premiere screening in Waycross, Georgia.



Died on this date
Florence Maybrick, 80. U.K.-born U.S. criminal. Mrs. Maybrick was sentenced to death in Liverpool in 1889 for poisoning her husband, but her sentence was commuted, and she was released from prison in 1905. She died at her home in Connecticut.

War
Soviet Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov took command of all Red Army operations in order to prevent further German advances into Russian and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow. He replaced Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, who was made commander of the southern front.

Defense
The United States Senate passed a supplemental Lend-Lease Bill, increasing the amount of aid to certain nations in World War II without violating the U.S.A.'s neutrality. The original Lend-Lease Act had been approved by the U.S. Congress in March.

Politics and government
Former South African Prime Minister and leader of the Afrikaaner Party General J.B.M. Hertzog announced, at a party congress, his support for Nazism.

Oil
U.S. Interior Secretary Harold Ickes announced that the United Kingdom was releasing 25 more tankers to their American owners--raising the total to 40--and that as a result, gasoline rationing in 17 Eastern U.S. states was no longer necessary.

Labour
A welders' strike in six Seattle shipyards spread to Tacoma when 500 men walked out at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation.

Baseball
IBA World Championship Final @ Havana
Venezuela 3 Cuba 1

Venezuela scored all its runs in the 1st inning against Connie Marrero, who was outduelled by Chino Canonico at La Tropical Stadium.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Train from Czechoslovakia, starring Lucius D. Clay, Richard Kiley, and Maria Riva

General Lucius D. Clay was military governor of the U.S. zone in Germany from 1947-1949 and was credited as the father of the Berlin Airlift.

Diplomacy
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh conferred in Washington with U.S. President Harry Truman on the possibility of new Anglo-Iranian oil talks.

Following a U.S. protest, East German police returned the West Berlin suburb of Steinstuecken to Western control.

Protest
Egyptians staged anti-British demonstrations in Cairo to protest continued British occupation of the Suez and the death of several civilians during recent rioting there.

Labour
The eight-day-old wildcat strike of dock workers spread from Brooklyn to other New York and New Jersey docks, tying up harbour traffic.

Baseball
Leo Durocher, who had led the New York Giants to a dramatic win in a playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant after being 14½ games behind in August, was named by Associated Press as major league Manager of the Year.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Quisiera Ser--Dúo Dinámico (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il faut savoir--Charles Aznavour (8th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Runaround Sue--Dion
2 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
3 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
4 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
5 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
6 This Time--Troy Shondell
7 I Love How You Love Me--The Paris Sisters
8 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
9 Ya Ya--Lee Dorsey
10 The Fly--Chubby Checker

Singles entering the chart were School is In by U.S. Bonds (#59); Crazy (#65)/Who Can I Count On (#99) by Patsy Cline; My Heart Belongs to Only You (#72)/The Way I Am (#76) by Jackie Wilson; Somewhere Along the Way by Steve Lawrence (#80); Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues by the Miracles (#86); Wasn't the Summer Short? by Johnny Mathis (#89); Soothe Me by the Sims Twins (#95); and Blue Moon by the Ventures (#100).

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: God Grante that She Lye Stille, starring Ronald Howard, Sarah Marshall, and Henry Daniell



Defense
The largest man-made explosion to date occurred when the U.S.S.R. detonated a nuclear device in the Soviet Arctic testing ground between the Barents and Kara Seas. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission said at the time that the blast had an estimated force of about 30 megatons, but that figure was later revised down to 25 megatons. The test was denounced throughout the non-Communist world. U.S. officials estimated that the test would increase the amount of radioactive strontium 90 in children's boned in the northern hemisphere by as much as 50%. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said the test was a "horrible thing" that made him "deeply pained and shocked." Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker called the test "callous international blackmail."

Politics and government
The Resources for Tomorrow conference opened in Ottawa under the leadership of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

Football
CFL
Calgary (6-8) 7 @ Winnipeg (12-2) 42

Gerry James led the Blue Bombers to victory over the Stampeders at Winnipeg Stadium with 17 points on a touchdown, 5 converts, and a field goal.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Tom Tom Turnaround--New World (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tanta voglia di lei--Pooh (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Daddy Cool--Drummond (6th week at #1)
2 Come Back Again--Daddy Cool
3 L.A. International Airport--Susan Raye
4 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
5 What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John--Tom Clay
6 I Woke Up in Love this Morning--The Partridge Family
7 He's Gonna Step on You Again--John Kongos
8 Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
9 I Did What I Did for Maria--Tony Christie
10 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band

Singles entering the chart were Mamy Blue by Joel Daydé (#28); Won't Get Fooled Again by the Who (#34); Maggie May/Reason to Believe by Rod Stewart (#39); and The Dawn Song by Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen (4th week at #1)
2 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road
3 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
4 Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops
5 Het Soldaatje (De Vier Raadsels)--De Zangeres Zonder Naam
6 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
7 She Flies on Strange Wings--Golden Earring
8 Only Lies--Greenfield & Cook
9 Nine by Nine--John Dummer's Famous Music Band
10 Help (Get Me Some Help)--Tony Ronald

Singles entering the chart were The Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone (#20); Kijk Gerust Diep in Mijn Ogen by De Kroeg (#29); Mira by Cock van der Palm (#31); Waiting for the Sun by the Doors (#33); Back Street Love by Curved Air (#38); and Baba O'Riley by the Who (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1)
2 Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children--Carpenters
3 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
4 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
5 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
6 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
7 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
8 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
9 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
10 If You Really Love Me--Stevie Wonder

Singles entering the chart were Imagine by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#20); Have You Seen Her by the Chi-Lites (#60); Baby I'm-A Want You by Bread (#77); Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself by the Bee Gees (#83); I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Anne Murray/Glen Campbell (#88); Dolly Dagger by Jimi Hendrix (#89); Gimme Some Lovin' - Part 1 by Traffic, Etc. (#90); My Part/Make it Funky (Part 3) by James Brown (#93); You've Lost that Loving Feeling by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#96); and If it's Alright with You by Rose Colored Glass (#97).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Maggie May--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1)
2 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
3 Superstar--Carpenters
4 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
5 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
6 Tired of Being Alone--Al Green
7 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
8 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
9 If You Really Love Me--Stevie Wonder
10 Thin Line Between Love & Hate--The Persuaders

Singles entering the chart were Till by Tom Jones (#68); Brand New Key by Melanie (#76); Lisa, Listen to Me by Blood, Sweat & Tears (#85); Have You Seen Her by the Chi-Lites (#87); Mother by Barbra Streisand (#91); Gimme Some Lovin' (Part 1) by Traffic (#93); Banks of the Ohio by Olivia Newton-John (#94); White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet (#97); I Really Love You by Davy Jones (#98); I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) by the Intruders (#99); and Theme from "Summer of '42" by Peter Nero (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds (2nd week at #1)
2 Superstar--Carpenters
3 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
4 If You Really Love Me--Stevie Wonder
5 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
6 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
7 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
8 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
9 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
10 Thin Line Between Love & Hate--The Persuaders

Singles entering the chart were Imagine by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#40); Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes (#47); Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself by the Bee Gees (#70); Till by Tom Jones (#76); All I Ever Need is You by Sonny & Cher (#78); Respect Yourself by the Staple Singers (#81); Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin (#86); Banks of the Ohio by Olivia Newton-John (#87); Mrs. Lennon by Yoko Ono (#89); I've Just Begun to Care (Propinquity) by Michael Nesmith & the First National Band (#94); Gimme Some Lovin' - Part 1 by Traffic, Etc. (#95); I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) by the Intruders (#98); Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants by Joe Tex (#99); and Tell Me Why by Matthews' Southern Comfort (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
2 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
3 Superstar--Carpenters
4 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
5 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
6 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
7 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
8 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
9 Down by the River--Joey Gregorash
10 Sweet Sounds of Music--The Bells

Singles entering the chart were Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes by Brave Belt (#71); The Desiderata by Les Crane (#74); Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself by the Bee Gees (#75); Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes (#76); Mammy Blue by the Pop-Tops (#87); Samajiya by Tommy Graham and Friends (#91); Help (Get Me Some Help) by Tony Ronaldo (#93); All I Ever Need is You by Sonny and Cher (#95); It's Only Love by Elvis Presley (#99); and Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Little Kind Words--Lighthouse
2 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
3 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
4 Loving Her was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)--Kris Kristofferson
5 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
6 The Desiderata--Les Crane
7 Creators of Rain--Ian & Sylvia
8 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
9 So Far Away--Carole King
10 Sweet Sounds of Music--The Bells
Pick hit of the week: Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Died on this date
Woody Upchurch, 60. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Upchurch played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1935-1936), compiling a record of 0-4 with an earned run average of 7.42 in 10 games. He was 20-24 in 4 seasons in the minor leagues (1930-1933).

Football
CFL
Ottawa (5-8) 40 @ Hamilton (6-7) 16
Edmonton (5-10) 34 @ Calgary (9-5-1) 12

Bruce Lemmerman quarterbacked the Eskimos to a decisive victory over the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium. Calgary could have clinched first place in the Western Football Conference with a victory. Calgary defensive back Bill Van Burkleo suffered a season-ending shoulder separation.

CIAU
Manitoba (3-3) 25 @ Alberta (6-1) 35
Calgary (3-3) 0 @ British Columbia (2-5) 16

The Golden Bears took a 31-6 lead in the 3rd quarter and narrowly held off a furious Manitoba comeback to defeat the Bisons before a record crowd of 9,000 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton to clinch the Western Canadian title.

Ron Fowler rushed 1 yard for a touchdown and Fraser Lang recovered a fumbled Calgary punt in the Calgary end zone for another TD as the Thunderbirds took a 15-0 halftime lead, while their defense forced 4 Calgary turnovers--3 on third-down gambles--in the 2nd half as they shut out the Dinosaurs at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Japanese Boy--Aneka

#1 single in France (IFOP): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (11th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (2nd week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
4 One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson
5 Hak Hom Blokkies--David Kramer
6 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through--Jim Steinman
7 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
8 You Drive Me Crazy--Shakin' Stevens
9 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
10 Amour--Baron Longfellow

Singles entering the chart were Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (#12); Green Door by Shakin' Stevens (#15); and Hooked on Classics by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#18).

Politics and government
Pearl McGonigal took office as first female Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

Baseball
Joe Torre signed a three-year contract to manage the Atlanta Braves.

World Series
New York 4 @ Los Angeles 5 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Los Angeles third baseman Ron Cey hit a 3-run home run off New York starting pitcher Dave Righetti in the bottom of the 1st inning to give the Dodgers a 3-0 lead, but the Yankees scored 2 runs in the 3rd and 2 more in the 4th off Los Angeles starter Fernando Valenzuela. The Dodgers scored 2 in the bottom of the 5th to take a 5-4 lead, and Mr. Valenzuela (1-0) held the Yankees scoreless the rest of the way before 56,236 fans at Dodger Stadium. George Frazier (0-1), the second of four New York pitchers, took the loss.



25 years ago
1986

On television tonight
Our World, hosted by Linda Ellerbee and Ray Gandolf, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Forty Days in Spring: 1970



Died on this date
Edward Doisy, 92. U.S. biochemist. Dr. Doisy was awarded a share of the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K."

Baseball
World Series
New York Mets 2 @ Boston Red Sox 4 (Boston led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Red Sox took a 4-0 lead through 5 innings against Mets' pitching ace Dwight Gooden (0-2) before 34,010 fans at Fenway Park. Boston starting pitcher Bruce Hurst (2-0) got the win.



20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (11th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Frank and Denise

Business
Bob Blair announced the $325-million sale of Nova's share of Calgary-based Husky Oil to Li Ka-shing and a Hong Kong group, increasing Mr. Li's interest in Husky from 52% to 95%.

Baseball
World Series
Minnesota Twins 2 @ Atlanta Braves 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Mark Lemke evaded catcher Brian Harper's tag at home plate on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Willard in the bottom of the 9th inning to score the game-ending winning run before 50,878 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Braves had scored their first 2 runs on home runs by Terry Pendleton in the 3rd inning and Lonnie Smith in the 7th. Mike Stanton (1-0) was the winning pitcher over Mark Guthrie (0-1).



Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 3 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp 7 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

10 years ago
2001

Energy
The Quebec government signed a new agreement with the 15,000 Crees of northern Quebec, clearing the way for a giant extension of the James Bay power project. The 50-year pact would provide the Cree with approximately $3.5 billion.

Technology
Apple announced the creation of the iPod.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yakult Swallows 9 @ Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 2 (Yakult led best-of-seven series 2-1)