October 6, 2011

370 years ago
1641

Died on this date
Matthijs Quast. Dutch explorer. Mr. Quast led expeditions to Japan, China, and Siam on behalf of the United East India Company (VOC), and was chosen to lead an expedition to find two islands east of Japan that were reported to be rich in gold and silver. Mr. Quast left Batavia on June 2, 1639 and reached the open ocean on June 10. He abandoned the expedition on October 25, with ships and crew in poor condition. By the time the expedition reached Fort Zeelandia on the island of Formosa on November 24, 41 of his 90 men had died.

125 years ago
1886

Baseball
Matt Kilroy pitched a no-hitter for the Baltimore Orioles as they blanked the Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6-0 at Recreation Park in Pittsburgh.

120 years ago
1891

Died on this date
Charles Stewart Parnell, 45. U.K. politician. Mr. Parnell was an Irish nationalist who transformed the Home Rule League into the Irish Parliamentary Party, which he led from 1882 until his death. He represented Meath in the House of Commons from 1875-1880 and Cork City from 1880 until his death. Mr. Parnell was regarded as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, but revelations of a lengthy adulterous affair created in a major scandal, resulting in a splintering of the Irish Parliamentary Party into several factions. Mr. Parnell's health broke, and he died of pneumonia.

Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles swept a doubleheader from the Washington Statesmen 14-3 and 15-11 at Boundary Field in Washington in what turned out to be the last 2 games played in the 10-year history of the American Association major league. The Orioles, Statesmen, Louisville Colonels, and St. Louis Browns were admitted to the National League after the season, and the owners of the remaining AA franchises were bought out.

100 years ago
1911

Died on this date
Larry Murphy, 54. Canadian-born U.S. baseball player. Mr. Murphy, a native of Toronto, was an outfielder with the Washington Statesmen (1891), batting .265 with 1 home run and 35 runs batted in in 101 games. He played 5 seasons in the minor leagues (1888-1892).

Baseball
The Boston Rustlers split a doubleheader with the Brooklyn Superbas before 2,500 fans at Washington Park in Brooklyn, winning the first game 1-0 and losing the second game 13-3. In the first game, Ed Donnelly (3-2) pitched a 6-hit shutout to win the pitchers' duel over Pat Ragan (3-3), who allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings. Walt Miller relieved Mr. Ragan for the 9th inning and allowed 1 hit and no runs, walking 1 batter and striking out 1 in his third and last major league game. In the second game, Cy Young (4-5) started on the mound for the Rustlers, playing in the 906th and final game of his 22-year Hall of Fame major league career. He gave up 11 hits and 11 runs in 6.1 innings, and the last 8 batters hit safely against him as the Superbas scored 8 runs in the 7th inning. Eddie Dent (1-1) was the winning pitcher.

90 years ago
1921

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 0 @ New York Yankees 3 (Yankees led best-of-nine series 2-0)

Waite Hoyt pitched a 2-hitter for the shutout, while losing pitcher Art Nehf gave up just 3 hits in a pitchers' duel before 34,939 fans at the Polo Grounds. The Giants made 2 errors, leading to 2 unearned runs. Bob Meusel stole home plate for the Yankees.

80 years ago
1931

Baseball
World Series St. Louis Cardinals 0 @ Philadelphia Athletics 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

George Earnshaw pitched a 2-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Syl Johnson, and Jimmie Foxx hit a home run for the Athletics before 32,295 fans. Mr. Foxx's homer was regarded as one of the longest ever hit at Shibe Park.

75 years ago
1936

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 13 @ New York Giants 5 (Yankees won best-of-seven series 4-2)

The Yankees led 6-5 after 8 innings, but scored 7 runs in the top of the 9th inning to win the World Series at the Polo Grounds. Lefty Gomez picked up his second win of the series, with Freddie Fitzsimmons absorbing his second loss. Yankees' left fielder Jake Powell batted 3 for 5 with a 2-run home run, 3 runs, and 4 runs batted in. He finished the series batting .455. Mel Ott and Jo Jo White homered for the Giants.



70 years ago
1941

War
Radio reports from Moscow claimed that three million German troops had begun a two-pronged drive to Moscow along a 300-mile front.

Defense
The Panamanian cabinet refused to authorize the arming of ships as protection against Axis raiders on the grounds that the country's neutrality did not justify such a procedure.

Politics and government
A new Chilean cabinet was formed under President Dr. Leonardo Guzman as Radical Party members returned to the government.

Journalism
U.S.S.R. officials disclosed that the bi-monthly magazine Anti-Religioznik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, had been suspended because of a paper shortage.

Disasters
A tornado struck suburban Kansas City, Missouri, killing 3 people, injuring 40 others, and causing much property damage.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 1 (Yankees won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Ernie "Tiny" Bonham pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitching duel over Whit Wyatt before 34,072 fans at Ebbets Field, and Tommy Henrich hit a home run for the Yankees. New York leadoff hitter and first baseman Johnny Sturm batted 1 for 4, getting a hit in every game of the series and finishing with an average of .286. He had batted .239 during the season, playing the final 124 games of the regular season at first base. Oddly, 1941 turned out to be Mr. Sturm's only season in the major leagues; he served in the military during World War II, and was unable to make it back to the major leagues after the war.

60 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Too Young--Nat "King" Cole; Toni Arden (5th week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Because of You--Tony Bennett (Best Seller--5th week at #1, Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1), Jukebox--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Because of You--Tony Bennett (5th week at #1)
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
2 Come On-A My House--Rosemary Clooney
--Kay Starr
3 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin
--Louis Armstrong
4 The World is Waiting for the Sunrise--Les Paul and Mary Ford
5 The Loveliest Night of the Year--Mario Lanza
6 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett
7 Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore
8 Too Young--Nat "King" Cole
9 Down Yonder--Del Wood
--Champ Butler
10 My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell
--Vic Damone

Singles entering the chart were And So to Sleep Again by Patti Page (#17); Turn Back the Hands of Time by Eddie Fisher (#24); Enchanted Land by Billy Eckstine (#28); Kissin' Bug Boogie by Jo Stafford (#33); Over a Bottle of Wine by Tony Martin (#34); and I'm Waiting Just for You, with versions by Rosemary Clooney; and Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra (#37).

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Crooked Log

Died on this date
W.K. Kellogg, 91. U.S. food magnate. Will Keith Kellogg and his brother Dr. John Harvey Kellogg were Seventh-day Adventists who incorporated Adventist doctrines into their businesses. J.H. Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, and created corn flakes as a breakfast food. W.K. helped his brother, but disagreed with his refusal to market his ideas. When C.W. Post used Dr. Kellogg's ideas as the basis for his own company, W.K. Kellogg left the sanitarium and founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company--now the Kellogg Company--in 1906. Mr. Kellogg was a philanthropist and horse breeder until his death from heart failure.

Otto Fritz Meyerhof, 67. German-born physician and biochemist. Dr. Meyerhof was awarded a share of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle." He fled Germany for Paris in 1938 and arrived in the United States in 1940, and was given a guest professorship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Henry Gurney, 53. U.K. bureaucrat and diplomat. Sir Henry was a colonial administrator with posts in places such as Kenya (1921-1935); Jamaica; Gold Coast (1944-1946); and Palestine (1946-1948). He was appointed High Commissioner to Malaya on October 1, 1948, and was still in office when he was assasssinated by members of the Malayan Communist Party in a highway ambush while on his way to the Fraser's Hill resort for a meeting. Sir Henry's Malayan chauffeur was also killed, and five policemen wounded. According to Communist leader Chin Peng, the ambush was routine, and the killing was by chance. Sir Henry was succeeded as High Commissioner by Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer.

Politics and government
The Indian Parliament completed action on a controversial bill giving the state power to curb publications that encouraged the overthrow of the government, communal strife, crime and sabotage, blackmail, and other illegal acts.

Terrorism
Colombia's Conservative and Liberal Parties agreed in a conference to try to eliminate violence by political "bandit" gangs. A state of siege in effect since 1949 would continue until terrorism was stamped out.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (2-4) 13 @ Ottawa (4-3) 25
Hamilton (5-2) 22 @ Toronto (2-4) 6

WIFU
Calgary (3-8) 18 @ Winnipeg (5-6) 16
Edmonton (7-4) 18 @ Saskatchewan (7-4) 25

NFL
San Francisco (1-1) 14 @ Philadelphia (2-0) 21

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 2 @ New York Giants 6 (Giants led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Jim Hearn pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitching duel over Vic Raschi before 52,035 fans at the Polo Grounds. Whitey Lockman hit a 3-run home run for the Giants, while Gene Woodling homered for the Yankees. Mr. Lockman's home run was part of a 5-run 5th inning for the Giants, which was sparked when Eddie Stanky kicked the ball out of Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto's glove on a tag play at second base.



50 years ago
1961

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Passersby, starring Joanne Linville and James Gregory

A recording of Fred Steiner's score for this episode appeared on the album The Twilight Zone: The Original Scores, Volume 5, released in 1985.



Protest
The Canadian Committee for Control of Radiation Hazards presented a 141,000-name petition to Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

Boxing
Young Jack Johnson (23-16-1) knocked out Thoerner Ahsman (10-3-2) at 2:39 of the 4th round of a heavyweight bout at Masshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Mr. Johnson knocked down Mr. Ahsman once in the 3rd round and 3 times in the 4th.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Maggie May--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Rod Serling's Night Gallery, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Fear of Spiders, starring Patrick O'Neal and Kim Stanley; Junior, starring Wally Cox and Barbara Flicker; Marmalade Wine, starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee; The Academy, starring Pat Boone and Leif Erickson

Football
CFL
Hamilton (5-5) 20 @ Saskatchewan (7-5) 28

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 9 @ San Francisco 5(Pittsburgh won best-of-five series 3-1)

Al Oliver's 3-run home run climaxed a 4-run 6th inning as the Pirates broke a 5-5 tie and defeated the Giants before 35,487 fans at Three Rivers Stadium to win their first NL pennant in 11 year. Richie Hebner and Roberto Clemente also drove in 3 runs each for the Pirates, while San Francisco first baseman Willie McCovey batted 3 for 5 with a home run and 4 runs batted in.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (5th week at #1)
2 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
3 The Voice--The Moody Blues
4 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
5 Who's Crying Now--Journey
6 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
7 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
10 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
9 The Night Owls--Litte River Band

The only single entering the chart was Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do) by Christopher Cross (#15).

Died on this date
Anwar Sadat, 62. President of Egypt, 1970-1981; Vice President of Egypt, 1964, 1969-1970; Prime Minister of Egypt, 1973-1974, 1980-1981. Colonel Sadat served in the Egyptian Army from 1938-1952, and participated in the military revolution that overthrew King Farouk in 1952. He held various offices, including Speaker of the National Assembly (1960-1969). Mr. Sadat acceded to the presidency after the death of Gamal Nasser, and made some changes, including allowing more than one political party. Mr. Sadat and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad of Syria initiated the Yom Kippur War against Israel in October 1973; in March 1979, Mr. Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty, several months after the Camp David Accords, earning Messrs. Sadat and Begin the Nobel Peace Prize. Although Mr. Sadat was highly regarded internationally as a statesman, he was unpopular with Islamic elements at home. Mr. Sadat and 11 others were shot to death by a squad led by Lieutenant Khalid Islambouli during the annual parade celebrating the anniversary of the 1973 crossing of the Suez Canal by Egyptian forces. Vice President Hosni Mubarak, one of 28 people wounded in the attack, succeeded Mr. Sadat as President.

Television
The Canadian government sold the Telidon two-way television system to Siemens AG of West Germany for $10 million. It was a precursor to the internet, letting users retrieve graphical information from electronic libraries.

Energy
The first Canadian natural gas reached Los Angeles through the Foothills Pipeline, a "prebuilt" western section of the Alaska gas pipeline.

Disasters
NLM CityHopper Flight 431, a Fokker F-28-4000 en route from Rotterdam to Hamburg via Eindhoven, crashed in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport, killing all 17 people on board.

Baseball
National League Division Series
Los Angeles 1 @ Houston 3 (Houston led best-of-five series 1-0)

Pinch hitter Craig Reynolds singled with 2 out and the bases empty in the bottom of the 9th inning and Alan Ashby followed with a home run to give the Astros their win over the Dodgers before 44,836 fans at the Astrodome. Nolan Ryan pitched a 2-hitter to get the win over Dave Stewart, who entered the game to begin the 9th in relief of Fernando Valenzuela, who allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings.







American League Division Series
Oakland 4 @ Kansas City 0 (Oakland led best-of-five series 1-0)

Wayne Gross hit a 3-run home run in the 4th inning and Dwayne Murphy added a solo homer in the 8th for the Athletics as they shut out the Royals before 40,592 fans at Royals Stadium. Mike Norris pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Dennis Leonard (see video here, here, here, and here).

25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Venus--Bananarama (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Easy Lady--Spagna (4th week at #1)

World events
The day after The Sunday Times published Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu's expose of Israel's nuclear weapons program, Mr. Vanunu disappeared in London. It was later confirmed that he had been kidnapped by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and taken back to Israel, where he was convicted of treason and spent 18 years in prison.

Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles announced that veteran third base coach Cal Ripken, Sr. would be the team's manager in 1987, replacing the retiring Earl Weaver. The Orioles had finished seventh and last in the American League East Division in 1986 with a record of 73-89, losing 42 of their last 56 games to finish 22½ games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (9th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)
2 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
3 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai
4 Wind of Change--Scorpions
5 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
6 Sailing on the Seven Seas--OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
7 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
8 Bobby Brown--Frank Zappa
9 Love and Understanding--Cher
10 No Woman No Cry--Bingoboys

Singles entering the chart were Ich hab' mich so auf dich gefreut by Matthias Reim (#21); The Big L. by Roxette (#25); Set Adrift on Memory Bliss by PM Dawn (#29); and (Everything I Do) I Do it for You by Wood Robbin featuring Prinzezz (#30).

Died on this date
Igor Talkov, 34. U.S.S.R. musician. Mr. Talkov was a rock singer-songwriter who played various instruments and sang love songs, but also sang songs critical of the Soviet regime; his breakthrough hit was Chistye prudy (1987). Mr. Talkov was in Leningrad to perform a concert when he was fatally shot, 29 days before his 35th birthday. His former manager Valeriy Schlyafman was the prime suspect; he fled through Ukraine to Israel, proclaiming his innocence and claiming the murder was the work of the Soviet secret police KGB, while Israel refused to extradite him.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-9) 25 @ Ottawa (6-8) 42

The Rough Riders scored 24 points in the 1st quarter and coasted to victory over the Roughriders before 22,038 fans at Lansdowne Park.



British Columbia (9-5) 49 @ Calgary (9-5) 34

B.C. quarterback Doug Flutie completed 30 of 38 passes for 408 yards and 3 touchdowns, connecting with his brother Darren for over 200 yards and 2 touchdown in the Lions' win over the Stampeders before 21,146 fans at McMahon Stadium. It was the only CFL game for B.C. wide receiver Nigel Codrington.

CIAU
Calgary (2-3) 41 @ Saskatchewan (3-2) 22

Craig Kittleson rushed for 207 yards and a touchdown and John Kalin completed 9 of 21 passes for 186 yards and 3 TDs while rushing 9 times for 85 yards to lead the Dinosaurs over the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Calgary amassed 527 yards net offense, 370 in the 1st half, when they rolled up a 31-1 lead.

Baseball
David Cone (14-14) struck out 19 batters and allowed just 3 hits as he pitched the New York Mets to a 7-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 29,676 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

John Smiley (20-8) allowed 5 hits and no runs in 7 innings to get the win as the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the Montreal Expos 7-0 before 23,429 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Kevin Maas hit 2 home runs and Mel Hall added another to help the New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 7-4 before 17,863 fans at Yankee Stadium.

In a preview of the American League Championship Series, Rob Ducey led off the 10th inning with a home run to break a 2-2 tie and give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins before 37,794 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Gary Gaetti's 3-run home run in the 5th inning provided all the scoring necessary as the California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-1 before 27,588 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Winning pitcher Mark Langston (19-8) allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in 7.2 innings to finish the season with a record of 19-8.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Miguel del Toro, 29. Mexican baseball pitcher. Mr. del Toro played with the San Francisco Giants (1999-2000), compiling a 2-0 record with an earned run average of 4.61 in 23 games. He was 12-13 with a 4.91 ERA in 3 seasons in the minor leagues (1992, 1999-2000), but spent most of his career in the Mexican League (1993-1998), mostly with the Mexico City Red Devils. Mr. del Toro spent the 2001 season with the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Pacific League, posting a 1-1 record with a 5.59 ERA in 14 games. He was killed in Mexico in a car accident that also killed his two travelling companions.

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-9) 34 @ British Columbia (6-7) 17



Baseball
Kevin Appier (11-10) allowed 6 hits in 8 innings and struck out 11 batters to outduel Carl Pavano (1-6) as the New York Mets shut out the Montreal Expos 4-0 before 15,025 fans at Shea Stadium. Lenny Harris singled as a pinch hitter for the Mets in the 6th inning; it was his 151st career major league pinch hit, breaking the record formerly held by Manny Mota.

Bret Boone's home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 1st inning was the only scoring as the Seattle Mariners edged the Texas Rangers 1-0 before 45,607 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle for their 116th win of the season, tying the total of the 1906 Chicago Cubs. Five Seattle pitchers combined to pitch a 2-hit shutout, with the third pitcher, Joel Pineiro (6-2), who pitched 2 perfect innings, getting the win. Losing pitcher Doug Davis (11-10) allowed just 4 hits in a complete game.