October 24, 2011

1,960 years ago
51

Born on this date
Domitian. Emperor of the Roman Empire, 81-96. Domitian was the son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, and was declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after the death of his brother. Domitian achieved economic reforms, expanded the empire's border defenses, and initiated a building program to restore the damaged city of Rome. His authoritarian rule was popular with the people and the army, but the Senate regarded him as a tyrant. Domitian was stabbed to death at the age of 44 on September 18, 96 by a freedman of Parthenius named Maximus, acting out an assassination plot by court officials. Domitian's advisor Nerva was immediately named as his successor.

410 years ago
1601

Died on this date
Tycho Brahe, 54. Danish astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. Mr. Brahe was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations, despite not using a telescope. He believed that the Moon orbited Earth and the planets orbited the Sun, but erroneously considered the Sun to be orbiting Earth. Mr. Brahe was granted an estate by King Frederik II, and created a research institute, where his studies included supernovae and comets. He had disagreements with King Christian IV and went into exile in 1697, accepting an invitation from Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to go to Prague, where he became the imperial astronomer. During the last year of his life, Mr. Brahe had Johannes Kepler as his research assisant, and Mr. Kepler used Mr. Brahe's data in developing his three laws of motion. Mr. Brahe died 11 days after suddenly contracting a bladder or kidney ailment after attending a banquet in Prague; his death may have been from uremia or prostate cancer, and recent research has debunked claims that he was poisoned.

370 years ago
1641

Protest
Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issued his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.

200 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Ferdinand Hiller. German composer and conductor. Mr. Hiller was a pianist who was a friend of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, and succeeded Felix as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1843. He was appointed municipal kapellmeister of Düsseldorf (1847) and Cologne (1850), founding the Cologne Conservatoire and remaining its kapellmeister until 1884. Mr. Hiller wrote four symphonies, six operas, three piano concertos, a violin concerto, and numerous chamber works; his music is largely forgotten today. Mr. Hiller died on May 11, 1885 at the age of 73.

190 years ago
1821

Died on this date
Elias Boudinot, 81. U.S. politician. Mr. Boudinot was a lawyer and landholder in New Jersey who, as a Whig, was elected to the New Jersey provincial assembly in 1775. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress (1778, 1781-1783), and was President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783). Mr. Boudinot represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-1795), and was Director of the United States Mint (1795-1805). He was a devout Presbyterian, supported missionary work, and became president of the American Bible Society in 1816.

160 years ago
1851

Space
William Lassell discovered the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.

150 years ago
1861

Communications
Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph system in the United States, making it possible to transmit messages rapidly across the country.

140 years ago
1871

Abominations
An estimated 17-22 Chinese immigrants were lynched in Los Angeles.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Rafael Trujillo Molina. President of the Dominican Republic, 1930-1938, 1942-1952. Generalissimo Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic as a dictator, either as President or as military strongman through puppet presidents, from 1930 until his assassination on May 30, 1961 at the age of 69. He was responsible for the deaths of as many as 50,000 people.

Football
ORFU
Round 2
Bye: Osgoode Hall
London 0 @ Hamilton 59

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Gilda Gray. Polish-born U.S. actress and dancer. Miss Gray, born Marianna Michalska, was orphaned at an early age, and moved with her foster parents to Milwaukee in 1909. She became popular in vaudeville in the early 1920s for dancing the "shimmy," and appeared in movies such as Cabaret (1927) and Piccadilly (1929). Miss Gray suffered from poor health in later years, and died of a heart attack on December 22, 1959 at the age of 58.

Adventure
Annie Edson Taylor, a 43 year old Bay City, Michigan teacher, a widow and a non-swimmer, accompanied by her pet kitten, went over Horseshoe Falls in a wooden oak barrel and was picked up on the Canadian side, becoming the first woman to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Sonny Terry. U.S. musician. Mr. Terry, born Saunders Terrell, was a blues harmonicist who was known for his long partnership with singer and guitarist Brownie McGhee. Mr. Terry died on March 11, 1986 at the age of 74, and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame later that year.

Aviation
Orville Wright remained in the air for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 2 @ Philadelphia Athletics 4 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-1)

After six days of rain, the series resumed at Shibe Park, and the Giants scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning off Philadelphia pitcher Chief Bender (1-1). Consecutive doubles by Frank Baker, Danny Murphy, and Harry Davis led to 3 Philadelphia runs in the bottom of the 4th. The Athletics scored another in the 5th on a single by Eddie Collins and a double by Mr. Baker. The Athletics made 11 hits--7 of them doubles--off Giants' ace Christy Mathewson (1-2).

90 years ago
1921

Sport
The Nova Scotia fishing schooner Bluenose defeated the New England schooner Elsie in the second race by almost 5 kilometres to win her first International Schooner Championship.

80 years ago
1931

Transportation
The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (2-1) 7 @ Montreal (3-0) 9
Toronto (1-2) 8 @ Ottawa (0-3) 5

75 years ago
1936

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (2-2) 0 @ Ottawa (2-2) 21
Montreal (1-3) 4 @ Toronto (3-1) 12

WIFU
Finals (1st game of 2-game total points series)
Winnipeg 7 @ Regina 4 (Winnipeg led series 9-4)

Eddie James recovered a fumble by punt returner Ralph Pierce for the game's only touchdown in the 1st quarter. Paul Kirk kicked a field goal for the Roughriders. Because the Blue Bombers had outscored the Roughriders 33-31 in the regular season games between them, they were awarded a 2-point bonus to begin the series. Their lead going into the second game was thus 9-4.

70 years ago
1941

War
German troops captured Kharkov. German authorities executed 50 more French hostages in reprisal for the October 21 assasination in Bordeaux of Major Hans Gottfried Reimers.

Politics and government
The new Japanese cabinet announced that it would convoke the Diet in an extraordinary session beginning November 15 to approve war expenditures and taxation.

The Afrikaaner Party of the Union of South Africa issued a statement repudiating leader General J.B.M. Hertzog's expression of support for Nazism. The statement also reaffirmed the party's belief in democratic principles.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that Congress would soon be asked for funds with which to double the present tank program because of military lessons learned from the U.K.-Axis fighting in North Africa.

Dr. Vannevar Bush, director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development, said that 2,000 scientists working under the sponsorship of the National Defense Research Committee were turning "ideas into copper and iron" three times faster than in peacetime.

Scandal
A grand jury in Washington, D.C. indicted George Hill, aide to Representative Hamilton Fish (Republican--New York) on charges of giving false testimony in its investigation of Nazi activities.

Adventure
Arthur Starns of Calumet City, Illinois jumped from a plane at an altitude of 30,800 feet near Chicago and fell 29,300 feet in 1 minute 56 seconds before opening his parachute at 1,500 feet, setting a record for the longest delayed leap.

Economics and finance
The Wartime Wage Control Act went into effect in Canada, as Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Liberal government established price and wage controls to curb the rising cost of living in times of war. In the future, surplus profits would be taxed and rationing measures put forward. Foods subject to rationing included gasoline, sugar and meat.

Business
The Dominican Republic bought the Ciudad Trujillo branch of the National City Bank of New York.

Labour
Coal mine operators and Congress of Industrial Organizations officials in Birmingham, Alabama reached an agreement to provide 15,000 striking miners with a basic daily wage of $5.25.

60 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
Guatemala protested to the United Kingdom against a plan to include British Honduras, which was claimed by Guatemala, in a proposed federation of British possessions.

Defense
The U.S. State Department expressed its continued interest in a Middle Eastern defense system involving the U.S.A., U.K., France, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa despite Egypt's refusal to join.

Energy
Canada reported the construction of its third and largest atomic energy pile, a $30-million reactor being built at Chalk River, Ontario.

Baseball
United Press Intermational named Casey Stengel, who had led the New York Yankees to their second straight World Series championship, as the major league Manager of the Year.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Michael--The Highwaymen (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Maria, starring Norman Lloyd, Nita Talbot, and Venus de Mars

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker left Canada for a six-day official visit to Japan.

Energy
Construction began on the Manic 2 power dam at Manicouagan, Québec.

Economics and finance
Quebec Premier Jean Lesage announced that Atlas Steel was beginning construction in Tracy of the province's first stainless steel plant. The $40-million plant would use ore from Lake Allard.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 6 @ Nankai Hawks 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

40 years ago
1971

Died on this date
Carl Ruggles, 95. U.S. composer. Mr. Ruggles was a violinist whose few compositions employed "dissonant counterpoint." He was regarded as one of the "American Five" composers with Charles Ives, John J. Becker, Wallingford Rieger, and Henry Cowell. Mr. Ruggles destroyed his early works and composed at a very slow pace, resulting in only 10 finished works, the best-known of which is Sun-Treader (1932).

Jo Siffert, 35. Swiss auto and motorcycle racing driver. Mr. Siffert raced motorcycles in the late 1950s, and then switched to auto racing, participating in 100 Formula One events (1962-1971), with 6 podium finishes, winning the 1968 British Grand Prix and the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix. He crashed on lap 15 of the non-championship World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch, England, suffering just a broken leg in the crash, but dying of smoke inhalation when he was unable to free himself from his burning car. Three fire extinguishers, which could have saved Mr. Sifferti in 20 seconds, failed to work.

Chuck Hughes, 28. U.S. football player. Mr. Hughes was a wide receiver at Texas Western College and then the Philadelphia Eagles (1967-1969) and Detroit Lions (1970-1971), catching 15 passes for 262 yards in 38 games. His best season was 1970 when he caught 8 passes for 162 yards. The Lions were trailing the Chicago Bears 28-23 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit with just over a minute remaining in the game when Mr. Hughes was sent into the game and made his first catch of the season for a 32-yard gain. Several plays later he ran a deep pattern on a pass intended for someone else that fell incomplete. On his way back to the huddle he collapsed face-down at the Chicago 15-yard line. Bears' middle linebacker Dick Butkus waved to the Lions' medical staff to come onto the field. They did, but efforts to revive Mr. Hughes were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, although he was likely dead on the field. The Bears held on to win 28-23 before a suddenly-silent crowd.

Politics and government
The Union Nationale party voted to change its name to Unité-Québec.

Auto racing
Peter Gethin was leading the World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch, England after 14 of 40 laps had been completed, and was declared the winner after the race was stopped following the fatal accident of Jo Siffert on lap 15. Emerson Fittipaldi was second and Jackie Stewart third.







Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-8-1) 19 @ Montreal (6-7) 18
British Columbia (5-9-1) 18 @ Saskatchewan (9-5-1) 50

The Blue Bombers clinched a playoff spot for the first time in five years with their win over the Alouettes at Autostade. Bobby Thompson's 115-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was the most exciting play in the Roughriders' win over the Lions at Taylor Field in Regina as they became the only team to score 50 points in a game in 1971.

NFL
Cincinnati (1-5) 27 @ Oakland (5-1) 31
Washington (5-1) 20 @ Kansas City (5-1) 27
Denver (2-3-1) 27 @ Cleveland (4-2) 0
Miami (4-1-1) 30 @ New York Jets (2-4) 14
Green Bay (2-4) 13 @ Los Angeles (4-1-1) 30
San Francisco (4-2) 26 @ St. Louis (2-4) 14
New Orleans (2-3-1) 6 @ Atlanta (2-3-1) 28
Chicago (4-2) 28 @ Detroit (4-2) 23
Houston (0-5-1) 16 @ Pittsburgh (3-3) 23
New York Giants (2-4) 7 @ Philadelphia (1-5) 23
New England (2-4) 21 @ Dallas (4-2) 44

See video.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Out Here on My Own--Nikka Costa (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer (5th week at #1)
2 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
3 I'm So Glad to Be a Woman--Love Unlimited
4 Super Freak--Rick James
5 'n Beetje Verliefd--André Hazes
6 Hurt (Nieuwe Versie)/Hurt (Oude Versie)--Timi Yuro
7 Tainted Love--Soft Cell
8 The Marvellous Marionettes--Doris D and the Pins
9 Mexico--The Les Humphries Singers
10 Meer Nederlandse Sterre (Holland Olé)--Rubberen Robbie

Singles entering the chart were R.R. Express by Rose Royce (#23); Superman by Vulcano (#38); Lock Up Your Daughters by Slade (#39); and Shut Up by Madness (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
4 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
5 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
6 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
8 Hard to Say--Dan Fogelberg
9 The Night Owls--Little River Band
10 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield

Singles entering the chart were Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley (#73); Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#74); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#79); Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes (#83); I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World by Ronnie Milsap (#85); Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#86); La La Means I Love You by Tierra (#89); Controversy by Prince (#90); and Snap Shot by Slave (#99). Trouble was this blogger's favourite song of 1981.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
4 Who's Crying Now--Journey
5 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
6 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
7 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
8 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
9 Hard to Say--Dan Fogelberg
10 The Night Owls--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#72); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#82); Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#85); Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes (#87); I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World by Ronnie Milsap (#88); Castles in the Air by Don McLean (#89); La La Means I Love You by Tierra (#90); Controversy by Prince (#95); I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Part 1) by Roger (#96); and Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) by West Street Mob (#97). Trouble was this blogger's favourite song of 1981. Castles in the Air was a re-recorded version of a song that had originally been released by Mr. McLean in 1972 as the B-side of Vincent.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
4 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
7 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
9 I've Done Everything for You--Rick Springfield
10 The Night Owls--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#64); Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley (#68); The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) by Juice Newton (#71); Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra (#73); Turn Your Love Around by George Benson (#85); When She Dances by Joey Scarbury (#86); It's All I Can Do by Anne Murray (#87); Snake Eyes by the Alan Parsons Project (#89); La La Means I Love You by Tierra (#90); Run to Me by Savoy Brown (#97); and I Surrender by Arlan Day (#98).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (5th week at #1)
2 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
3 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
4 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis
5 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
6 Who's Crying Now--Journey
7 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
8 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
9 Urgent--Foreigner
10 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates

Singles entering the chart were Physical by Olivia Newton-John (#38); Working in a Coal Mine by Devo (#40); Promises in the Dark by Pat Benatar (#41); All Touch by Rough Trade (#44); Hooked on Classics by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#45); and When She was My Girl by the Four Tops (#50). Hooked on Classics was the latest example of the obnoxious fad of compiling medleys played by anonymous studio bands.

Died on this date
Deborah Baltzell, 25. U.S. actress. Miss Baltzell appeared in the movies Altered States (1980) and The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), and was a member of the cast of the television comedy series I'm a Big Girl Now (1980-1981). She died of a heart attack, nine days before her 26th birthday.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (10-5) 33 @ Montreal (2-13) 13
Toronto (2-13) 7 @ Edmonton (14-1-1) 61

Chris Walby, who had played 5 games with the Alouettes as a defensive lineman before being picked up by Winnipeg, played his first game as a Blue Bomber. While covering downfield on special teams, he recovered a fumbled punt in the Alouettes' end zone for a touchdown, and the major score at Olympic Stadium turned out to be the only touchdown Mr. Walby ever scored in his 16-year CFL career.

The Eskimos rolled up a 47-0 halftime lead and led 61-0 after 3 quarters as they became the first CFL team to amass 29 points in the standings and go through a season with just 1 loss while playing 14 or more games. Warren Moon quarterbacked the first half for the Eskimos except for one play, in which veteran Tom Wilkinson came in and threw the last touchdown pass of his 15-year CFL career. Mr. Wilkinson quarterbacked the second half and handed off to Jim Germany for 2 touchdowns. Mr. Germany finished the season with a team-record 19 touchdowns, and a CFL single season record of 18 rushing touchdowns. Marco Cyncar scored his first CFL touchdown late in the 2nd quarter on a pass from Mr. Moon. With regular quarterback Condredge Holloway out of action with injury, the Argonauts used former Buffalo Bill Dan Manucci in the 1st half and rookie Mike Williams in the 2nd half, with no success. Late in the game, Edmonton offensive tackle Hector Pothier left the game with an ankle injury, and shortly after, Mr. Wilkinson fumbled when hit from the blind side. Defensive end Jim Corrigall, playing the second-last game of his 12-year career, dribbled the ball 31 yards into the end zone and fell on it for his only CFL touchdown. Tony Lindsay of the Argonauts, playing his only CFL game, rushed 8 times for 31 yards, caught 1 pass for -1, returned 6 kickoffs for 161, and returned 2 punts for 16. It was also the first CFL game for Edmonton linebacker John Pointer, who had spent the first 15 games on the injured or reserve lists.

CIAU
British Columbia (6-1) 15 @ Manitoba (2-4) 13
Alberta (4-2) 19 @ Saskatchewan 14

Glenn Steele rushed 5 yards for a touchdown and Jay Gard passed 22 yards to Mike Washburn for another TD in the 4th quarter as the Thunderbirds rallied from an 11-1 deficit to defeat the Bisons before about 300 fans at Pan-Am Stadium in Winnipeg to clinch first place in the Western Intercollegiate Football League. Kevin Neiles scored the Manitoba touchdown in the 2nd quarter on a 66-yard pass from Duane Hysop. The game was played in snow and high winds.

Frank Cunningham rushed for 114 yards and Rick Paulitsch added 109, while the Golden Bears intercepted 8 of Saskatchewan's 16 passes as they beat the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 7 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 8 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Yankees failed to hold 4-0 and 6-3 leads before 56,242 fans at Dodger Stadium, and shoddy fielding contributed to their defeat in a sloppily-played game. Steve Howe (1-0) was the winning pitcher over George Frazier (0-2), who lost his second game in as many days. Los Angeles starting pitcher Bob Welch was removed after failing to retire any of the first 4 batters.



25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): The Final Countdown--Europe (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Shaka Zulu, on SABC Tonight's episode: Episode 1

This was the first episode of the 10-part docudrama series.



Diplomacy
The United Kingdom broke off diplomatic relations with Syria after revelations of official Syrian complicity in a plot to blow up an El Al jetliner.

Football
CFL
Calgary (10-7) 32 @ Montreal (4-12) 12

Gary Allen rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown to help the Stampeders beat the Alouettes before 9,665 fans at Olympic Stadium.



20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Fly--U2

Died on this date
Gene Roddenberry, 70. U.S. television producer. Mr. Roddenberry was best known as the creator and producer of the television science fiction series Star Trek and subsequent movie series. He died after several years of declining health.

Football
CFL
Larry Ryckman acquired the Calgary Stampeders from the Stampeder Football Club Limited.

Baseball
World Series
Minnesota Twins 5 @ Atlanta Braves 14 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Braves broke a 0-0 tie with 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning. After the Twins had reduced the lead to 5-3, the Braves scored 6 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th. David Justice, Lonnie Smith, and Brian Hunter hit home runs for the Braves. Tom Glavine was the winning pitcher over Kevin Tapani before 50,878 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.



Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 0 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 (Hiroshima led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Rod Allen's 2-run home run in the bottom of the 3rd inning broke a 0-0 tie as the Toyo Carp shut out the Lions before 28,669 fans at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium. Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (2–0) allowed 6 hits in 8 innings to outduel Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–1), who allowed 7 hits in 7 innings.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Gorde Hunter, 75. Canadian journalist. A sportswriter, sports editor, cartoonist, and columnist, Mr. Hunter wrote for the Winnipeg Tribune (1945-1953), Calgary Herald (1953-1966), and Victoria Daily Colonist and Times-Colonist (1966-1993). He was inducted into the media section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983, and entered the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. A reminiscence about Mr. Hunter can be found here.

Jaromil Jireš, 65. Czech director and screenwriter. Mr. Jireš directed more than 50 documentaries, fictional films, and made-for-television movies in a career spanning more than 40 years. He was associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humour, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism." Mr. Jireš' films included The Cry (1964) and The Joke (1969).

Disasters
11 people were killed after two trucks collided head-on and caught fire inside the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yakult Swallows 2 @ Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 1 (Yakult led best-of-seven series 3-1)