October 3, 2011

130 years ago
1881

Died on this date
Orson Pratt, 70. U.S. religious leader. Mr. Pratt joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 as one of its earliest converts, and was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1835-1842, 1843-1881), leading the Mormon Church's mission in Britain and opening it in Austria. While he was abroad, Mormon President Joseph Smith attempted to add Mr. Pratt's wife Sarah to his harem under the newly-invented doctrine of polygamy. Mr. Pratt was excommunicated in 1842 over his opposition to the practice, but was soon returned to the fold, and eventually became one of Mormonism's most prominent apologists for plural marriage, marrying 10 women himself. He died from complications of diabetes, two weeks after his 70th birthday.

Politics and government
David Laird finished his service as Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories.

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Jean Grémillon. French film director. Mr. Grémillon directed silent documentaries in the 1920s, and then directed more than 20 feature films from 1928-1959, the best known of which were Gueule d'amour (Lady Killer) (1937); L'Étrange Monsieur Victor (The Strange Monsieur Victor) (1938); Remorques (Stormy Waters) (1941); Lumière d'été (Summer Light)(1943); and Le ciel est à vous (The Woman Who Dared) (1944). He died on November 25, 1959 at the age of 58.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Michael Hordern. U.K. actor. Sir Michael appeared in numerous plays, movies, radio, and television programs in a career that ran from the 1930s through the 1990s. He died on May 2, 1995 at the age of 83.

80 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Carl Nielsen, 66. Danish composer. Mr. Nielsen is regarded as Denmark's greatest composer, known for six symphonies, Wind Quintet and concertos for violin, flute and clarinet. He was a violinist, but eventually composed mainly for piano. Mr. Nielsen died of a heart attack.

Football
CRU
ARU-university
Exhibition
University of Alberta 7 @ Edmonton Eskimos 20

Catsy Mills returned a blocked punt 5 yards for a touchdown in the 4th quarter and Ivan Smith ran 20 yards for another TD a few minutes later as the Eskimos defeated the U of A at Renfrew Park. Mr. Smith converted his touchdown and added 2 field goals and a single, while Mr. Jones added a single. Between the Eskimo touchdowns, U of A scored its TD on a pass from Eric Austin to Al Hall.

75 years ago
1936

Died on this date
John Heisman, 66. U.S. football player, coach, and sportswriter. Mr. Heisman was a football lineman at Brown University (1887-1888) and the University of Pennsylvania (1889-1891), but was better known as a coach. He coached football, basketball, and baseball at several universities from 1892-1927, but spent the greatest part of his career at Georgia Tech, where he coached football (1904-1919), basketball (1908-1909, 1912-1914), and baseball (1904-1917), leading the Golden Tornados to the 1917 national football championship. Mr. Heisman compiled a football coaching record of 186-70-18, and a baseball record of 199-108-7. He was an innovator and was instrumental in legalizing the forward pass, and changing the game from two halves to four quarters. The Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the outstanding college football player in the United States, was named after Mr. Heisman, and was first presented in 1935. He died of pneumonia, 20 days before his 67th birthday. Mr. Heisman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (1-0) 18 @ Ottawa (0-1) 1
Montreal (0-1) 10 @ Hamilton (1-0) 21

WIFU
Winnipeg (3-1-1) 6 @ Regina (2-2-1) 6

Reg de Gruchy Memorial Trophy
University of Toronto 5 Toronto Balmy Beach (ORFU) 3

Cam Gray's field goal and Bob Isbister's 2 singles offset 3 singles by Ab Box as the Varsity Blues defeated Balmy Beach before 5,000 fans at Varsity Stadium to win the trophy representing the city championship of Toronto.

ORFU-university (Exhibition)
University of Western Ontario 3 @ Sarnia (ORFU) 19

Canadian university
Alberta (0-1) 3 @ Saskatchewan (1-0) 5

Wilbur Sly made a short touchdown run on a third-down gamble in the 2nd quarter to give the Huskies a 5-0 lead as they held on to defeat the Golden Bears before 2,000 fans in the first game played at University Stadium in Saskatoon. Alberta scored a safety touch and single in the 3rd quarter. The Huskies appeared to have returned the Alberta quarterback's fumble for a touchdown on the last play of the game, but officials ruled that the play was an incomplete pass.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 1 @ New York Yankees 2 (Yankees led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Bump Hadley pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitching duel over Freddie Fitzsimmons before 64,842 fans at Yankee Stadium. Lou Gehrig of the Yankees and Jimmy Ripple of the Giants each hit a solo home run.



70 years ago
1941

At the movies
The third filmed version of The Maltese Falcon received its premiere screening in New York City.



War
German Wehrmacht troops occupied Orel on the Russian front, and German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again."

Diplomacy
The Peruvian government announced that Peru and Ecuador had agreed to create a neutral zone in the area of their border dispute.

The Japanese government announced its protest to the United Kingdom and Iran on September 30 against the suspension of diplomatic immunity for the mails and code messages of the Japanese legation in Tehran.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed alarm over the general health of the nation in light of the high ratio of draft rejections because of physical disability. Reports indicated that 50% of the men examined were being rejected.

Terrorism
Six synagogues in Paris were wrecked by bombs.

World events
German dispatches reported that Prague Mayor Otakar Klapka had been sentenced to death for allegedly participating in a plot against Germany.

Politics and government
Australian Prime Minister Arthur Fadden submitted his resignation after 37 days in office upon the United Australia Party-Country Party coalition government losing a non-confidence vote 36-33 in the House of Representatives. Governor General Lord Gowrie summoned Arthur Coles and Alexander Wilson--two independent MPs who had been supporting the government before changing their votes--and asked if they would support Australian Labour Party leader John Curtin as Prime Minister. They said yes, and Mr. Curtin took office as Prime Minister four days later.

U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh told an America First rally at Gospel Tabernacle in Fort Wayne, Indiana that U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the United States along a road which, "not many steps ahead," might involve the suspension of the Congressional elections in 1942.

60 years ago
1951

War
The First Battle of Maryang-san, primarily involving Australian and British forces fighting against Chinese Communists, began. U.S. forces began a new offensive in central and western Korea as commanders of both sides continued to disagree on the site of truce talks.

A Viet Minh autumn offensive began in Indochina as French forces announced their withdrawal from the fortress of Binhlu near the Chinese frontier.

Defense
The U.S.A. reported detection of the U.S.S.R.'s second detonation of an atomic bomb.

Politics and government
At the annual Governors' Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Republican Party Governors Val Petersen (Nebraska), Thomas Dewey (New York), Sherman Adams (New Hampshire), Edward Arn (Kansas), and Walter Kohler, Jr. (Wisconsin), endorsed General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the 1952 Republican nominee for President of the United States.

Oil
The United Kingdom evacuated its 325 Abadan refinery technicians, one day ahead of the deadline set by Iran for their departure.

Baseball
Bobby Thomson's 3-run home run off Ralph Branca with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, the "shot heard round the world," climaxed a comeback from a 4-1 deficit and gave the New York Giants a 5-4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers before 34,320 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York in the third game of a best-of-three playoff series to decide the winner of the National League pennant. Mr. Branca (13-12) had just been brought into the game to relieve starter Don Newcombe, who allowed 7 hits and 4 earned runs in 8.1 innings. Larry Jansen (23-11) was credited with the win after pitching a perfect 9th inning in relief of Sal Maglie, who allowed 8 hits and 4 earned runs in 8 innings.





50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson (13th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Dick Van Dyke Show, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Sick Boy and the Sitter

This was the first episode of the series.

Music
Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine, then collectively known as the Pendletones, recorded the song Surfin'--composed by Brian and Mike--at World Pacific Studio in Los Angeles. When the song--with Luau on the B-side--was released on the Candix label in November and the X label in December, the group's name had been changed to the Beach Boys. The record was their first.

Diplomacy
Quebec Premier Jean Lesage arrived in Paris to begin a visit to France, and was welcomed with the honours usually reserved for heads of nations.

40 years ago
1971

Politics and government
Ceylonese Governor-General William Gopallawa signed a bill abolishing the country's Senate, leaving the House of Representatives as Ceylon's only legislative body.

Football
CFL
Toronto (9-2) 12 @ Ottawa (3-8) 3
Hamilton (5-4) 1 @ Calgary (9-3) 17

The Rough Riders' loss to the Argonauts at Lansdowne Park was the last CFL game for offensive halfback Terry Swarn, who had been cut earlier in the season by the Edmonton Eskimos. In 1970 he had been the Eskimos' nominee as the league's most outstanding player.

NFL
San Francisco (2-1) 31 @ Philadelphia (0-3) 3
Chicago (2-1) 3 @ Los Angeles (1-1-1) 17
New York Giants (2-1) 21 @ St. Louis (1-2) 20
San Diego (1-2) 17 @ Pittsburgh (2-1) 21
Atlanta (1-1-1) 38 @ Detroit (2-1) 41
New York Jets (1-2) 14 @ Miami (1-1-1) 10
New Orleans (1-1-1) 13 @ Houston (0-2-1) 13
Buffalo (0-3) 0 @ Minnesota (2-1) 19
Cincinnati (1-2) 17 @ Green Bay (2-1) 20
Baltimore (2-1) 23 @ New England (1-2) 3
Washington (3-0) 20 @ Dallas (2-1) 16
Kansas City (2-1) 16 @ Denver (0-2-1) 3

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 3 @ Baltimore 5 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 1-0)

Mark Belanger singled home Frank Robinson with 2 out, pinch hitter Curt Motton followed with a double to score Brooks Robinson, and Paul Blair doubled home Mr. Belanger and pinch runner Jim Palmer as the Orioles scored 4 runs in the 7th inning as they came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Athletics before 42,621 fans at Memorial Stadium. Oakland manager Dick Williams was criticized for his overly cautious moves.



National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 9 @ San Francisco 4 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

Pittsburgh first baseman Bob Robertson hit 3 home runs and a double, scored 4 runs, and batted in 5 to lead the Pirates over the Giants before 42,562 fans at Candlestick Park. San Francisco center fielder Willie Mays doubled home Tito Fuentes in the 1st inning and hit a home run in the 9th after Mr. Fuentes had led off with a double. The homer turned out to be Mr. Mays' last in a San Francisco uniform.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Out Here on My Own--Nikka Costa (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Japanese Boy--Aneka

#1 single in Ireland: Prince Charming--Adam and the Ants (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Prince Charming--Adam and the Ants (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Prince Charming--Adam and the Ants (3rd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer (2nd week at #1)
2 I'm So Glad to Be a Woman--Love Unlimited
3 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
4 The Old Calahan "Live"--BZN
5 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
6 Just for You--Spargo
7 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
8 'n Beetje Verliefd--André Hazes
9 The Marvellous Marionettes--Doris D and the Pins
10 Volume III--Stars on 45

Singles entering the chart were Super Freak by Rick James (#24); Tainted Love by Soft Cell (#29); Mama Told Me ........ by Fantastique (#33); Dancin' the Night Away by Voggue (#34); and Hollanders by Alexander Curly (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (8th week at #1)
2 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
3 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
4 Who's Crying Now--Journey
5 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
6 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
7 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
8 Urgent--Foreigner
9 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
10 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Physical by Olivia Newton-John (#66); Promises in the Dark by Pat Benatar (#71); I Want You, I Need You by Chris Christian (#82); Let's Groove by Earth, Wind and Fire (#83); A Lucky Guy by Rickie Lee Jones (#84); Leila by ZZ Top (#85); Fire in the Sky by the Dirt Band (#86); and Magic Power by Triumph (#89).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (8th week at #1)
2 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
3 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
4 Who's Crying Now--Journey
5 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
6 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
7 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
8 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
9 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
10 Start Me Up--The Rolling Stones

Singles entering the chart were Physical by Olivia Newton-John (#67); Promises in the Dark by Pat Benatar (#73); Let's Groove by Earth, Wind and Fire (#79); I Want You, I Need You by Chris Christian (#83); Never Too Much by Luther Vandross (#86); Still by John Schneider (#87); Magic Power by Triumph (#89); It's All that I Can Do by Anne Murray (#90); and (Want You) Back in My Life Again by the Carpenters (#95).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (7th week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Who's Crying Now--Journey
4 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
5 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
6 Urgent--Foreigner
7 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
9 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
10 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Physical by Olivia Newton-John (#61); Promises in the Dark by Pat Benatar (#65); Let's Groove by Earth, Wind and Fire (#74); My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) by Chilliwack (#82); Still by John Schneider (#84); I Want You, I Need You by Chris Christian (#87); Leila by ZZ Top (#88); Mony, Mony by Billy Idol (#89); I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Roger (#91); and Fire in the Sky by the Dirt Band (#94).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (2nd week at #1)
2 Urgent--Foreigner
3 Sausalito Summernight--Diesel
4 Start Me Up--The Rolling Stones
5 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
6 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
7 Who's Crying Now--Journey
8 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
9 The Voice--The Moody Blues
10 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton

Singles entering the chart were No Reply at All by Genesis (#44); My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) by Chilliwack (#47); You Saved My Soul by Burton Cummings (#48); You Can Take My Heart Away by Silver Condor (#49); and In the Mood by Wildroot Orchestra (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
2 The Voice--The Moody Blues
3 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
4 Sausalito Summernight--Diesel
5 In Your Letter--REO Speedwagon
6 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
7 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
8 Thirsty Ears--Powder Blues
9 The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em)--Greg Kihn Band
10 The Night Owls--Little River Band

Singles entering the chart were Everything She Does is Magic by the Police (#25); Tryin' to Live My Life Without You by Bob Seger (#26); When She was My Girl by the Four Tops (#28); and Alien by Atlanta Rhythm Section (#30).

Died on this date
Anna Hedvig Büll, 94. Estonian-born German missionary. Miss Büll was a Lutheran missionary to the Armenian people during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, and helped to save about 2,000 women and children from the Armenian genocide during World War I. She worked with Armenians for about 40 years, and became a refugee herself after her native Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union and she was denied permission to return. Miss Büll worked in France, Switzerland, and finally West Germany, where she died.

Music
Jan and Dean performed at My Father's Place at Roslyn, Long Island, New York. The concert was recorded and released in 1982 as a two-record album on the Rhino label. One Summer Night/Live was the first newly-recorded Jan and Dean album since the mid-1960s.

Protest
The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army terrorists at Maze Prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and 10 deaths.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-5) 44 @ Ottawa (4-9) 24
Edmonton (11-1-1) 22 @ British Columbia (8-5) 12

Winnipeg quarterback Dieter Brock completed 41 of 47 passes in the Blue Bombers' win over the Rough Riders at Lansdowne Park. The 41 completions broke the CFL single-game record that had been held since 1960 by Tobin Rote of the Toronto Argonauts.

Baseball
Bob Horner batted 3 for 3 with 2 home runs and a sacrifice fly, and scored the winning run on an error as the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 before 17,544 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati to clinch the National League West Division title for the second half of the season for the Houston Astros and eliminate the Reds from post-season play, despite having the best record in the major leagues.

Mike Cubbage of the New York Mets hit a home run in his last major league at bat--off Jeff Reardon in the 8th inning--but the Mets lost 5-4 to the Montreal Expos before 17,954 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. The Expos clinched the National League East Division title for the second half of the season.

Ted Simmons scored Paul Molitor with a ground out and Gorman Thomas scored Robin Yount with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame a 1-0 deficit and edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1 before 28,330 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee to clinch the American League East Division title for the second half of the season.



Bob Johnson hit a home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 1-0 win over the California Angels before 11,550 fans at Arlington Stadium. John Butcher (1-2) pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Angel Moreno (1-3), who also allowed 5 hits.

25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rage Hard--Frankie Goes to Hollywood (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Vince DiMaggio, 74. U.S. baseball player. Mr. DiMaggio, the older brother of center fielders Joe and Dom DiMaggio, was a center fielder with the Boston Bees (1937-1938); Cincinnati Reds (1939-1940); Pittsburgh Pirates (1940-1944); Philadelphia Blue Jays/Phillies (1945-1946); and New York Giants (1946), batting .249 with 125 home runs and 584 runs batted in in 1,110 games. He led National League batters in strikeouts 6 times, but stayed in the majors because of his outstanding defensive ability. Vince and Joe were teammates in spring training in 1939 when Vince was property of the New York Yankees, but the Yankees didn't have room for Vince, and he was sent down to the Kansas City Blues of the American Association, with whom he hit 40 home runs. He was sold to Cincinnati at the conclusion of the AA season, but joined the Reds too late in the season to be eligible to play for them in the World Series against the Yankees. Mr. DiMaggio hit 21 homers and drove in 100 runs with the Pirates in 1941, and hit a home run, triple, and single for the National League in the 1943 Major League All-Star Game after entering the game as a pinch hitter in the 4th inning.

Torontonia
Ground-breaking ceremonies were held for SkyDome, the 56,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof built on vacant railway land on Front Street.

Energy
Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron (TASCC), a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Deep River, Ontario, was officially opened.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-11) 21 @ Calgary (8-6) 41

Rick Johnson threw 3 touchdown passes, 2 to Emanuel Tolbert, to lead the Stampeders over the Rough Riders before 26,074 fans at McMahon Stadium. Calgary kicker J.T. Hay added 4 converts, 4 field goals, and a single. The Rough Riders fired Joe Moss as head coach after this game and replaced him with assistant coach Tom Dimitroff. Since taking over the position before the 1985 season, Mr. Moss had compiled a record of 10-21.



20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred

Literature
Nadine Gordimer, "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity," became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Environment
Canada signed the Antarctic Treaty accord with 26 other nations in San Lorenzo, Spain; the treaty banned mining and oil exploration in Antarctica for next 50 years.

Economics and finance
Statistics Canada reported that cross-border shopping, i.e., Canadians crossing the border to shop in the United States, was up 57.4%, to $617 million for the first half of 1991.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 3 @ Montreal 4

The National Hockey League began its 75th season with a match at the Montreal Forum between its oldest franchises. The Maple Leafs travelled to Montreal by train.



10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Kostas Hatzichristos, 79-80. Greek actor. Mr. Hatzichristos appeared in plays, including many musicals, from the 1940s through the 1990s, and appeared in almost 60 movies, almost all of them from 1955-1971. He had financial problems in later years, and died of cancer.

Gregorio Peralta, 66. Argentine boxer. "Goyo" Peralta was a light heavyweight and heavyweight, compiling a record of 98-9-9 in a professional career from 1958-1973. He was Argentine heavyweight champion from 1962-1965, and challenged Willie Pastrano for the world light heavyweight title in 1964, losing by a technical knockout in the 6th round. Mr. Peralta fought future world heavyweight champion George Foreman twice, losing a 10-round decision in 1970 and in a 10-round knockout in 1971.

Business
Canadian Pacific Limited broke itself into Canadian Pacific Railway, CP Ships, Fairmont Hotels, Fording Coal Limited, and PanCanadian Energy.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos traded Tim Raines, Sr. to the Baltimore Orioles for future considerations to enable him to play with Tim Raines, Jr., who had made his major league debut with the Orioles on October 1. Mr. Raines, Sr. was batting .308 with no home runs and 4 runs batted in in 47 games with Montreal in 2001.

Sammy Sosa singled home a run in the 6th inning and hit his 61st home run of the season--a 3-run blast that climaxed a 5-run 7th inning--to help the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cincinnati Reds 13-7 before 22,712 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Winning pitcher Jon Lieber (20-6) allowed 8 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 6 innings.