October 7, 2011

540 years ago
1471

Born on this date
Frederik I. King of Denmark, 1523-1533; King of Norway, 1524-1533. Frederik I, the younger son of King Christian I, acceded to the Danish throne upon the abdication of his nephew Christian II. He was elected King of Norway in 1524, but never set foot in the country, and was never crowned. King Frederik put down revolts in 1524 and 1525 by peasants who demanded the restoration of Christian II to the throne. Frederik I was Denmark's last Roman Catholic monarch, but was more tolerant toward Lutherans than Christian II, and succeeded in preventing war between Protestants and Catholics. King Frederik I died on April 10, 1533 at the age of 61, and was succeeded on his thrones by his son Christian III.

440 years ago
1571

Died on this date
Dorothea, 60. Queen consort of Denmark and Norway, 1534-1559. Dorothea, the daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, married the future King Christian III in 1525, and became queen consort when he acceded to the throne in 1534. She achieved considerable influence over state affairs, and attempted to maintain that influence after her husband died in 1559 and was succeeded by their son Frederick II, with the result that relations between dowager Queen Dorothea and King Frederick became strained.

War
In the Battle of Lepanto, the last major galley battle in history, a Western Christian coalition defeated Ottoman Empire forces for the first time near the Gulf of Corinth.

320 years ago
1691

Americana
The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued.

225 years ago
1786

Born on this date
Louis-Joseph Papineau. Canadian politician. Mr. Papineau, a native of Montreal, was the son of a politician, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1808, becoming its Speaker in 1815 and leader of the Parti Canadien later that year. In 1826, he was chosen as leader of the Patriotes, a more radical and reformist version of the Parti Canadien. Mr. Papineau was best known as leader of the Lower Canada Rebellion in 1837, calling for responsible government. He was forced into exile in New York, but returned to Montreal in 1845 after being granted amnesty by the colonial government. Mr. Papineau was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1848 as an independent candidate in the riding of Saint-Maurice; in 1849 he supported the Montreal Annexation Manifesto, calling for Canada to be annexed by the United States. Mr. Papineau was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1851, but was returned in a by-election in 1852, and retired from public life in 1854. He died in Montebello, Quebec, on September 23, 1871, two weeks before his 85th birthday.

175 years ago
1836

Born on this date
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, 74. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1902-1906. Sir Henri, a native of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Beauce, Lower Canada, practiced law in Quebec City before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, where he opposed Confederation. Sir Henri was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in 1871 and to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1878, succeeding his father Jean-Thomas Taschereau as a Puisne Justice. Sir Henri succeeded Sir Samuel Henry Strong as Chief Justice and served until his retirement in 1906. He died on April 14, 1911 at the age of 74.

170 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Nikola I. Prince of Montenegro, 1860-1910; King of Montenegro, 1910-1918. Nikola I succeeded his uncle Danilo I as Prince of Montenegro. He carried out various reforms, and Montenegro's independence was recognized by the Congress of Berlin in 1878. Nikola took the title King of Monenegro in 1910 and sided with the Allies in World War I, but was deposed at the end of World War I, and Montenegro was merged into the country that became known as Yugoslavia. King Nikola I went into exile in France and died on March 1, 1921 at the age of 79.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Vaughn Monroe. U.S. musician, singer, and bandleader. A trumpeter and trombonist, Mr. Monroe had a distinctively deep singing voice. His hit songs included In the Still of the Night (1939); Racing with the Moon (1941); There I Go (1941); There I've Said It Again (1945); Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (1946); Ballerina (1947); and Riders in the Sky (1949). Mr. Monroe died on May 21, 1973 at the age of 61.

Football
CRU
ORFU
St. Michael's College (1-0) 13 @ Toronto Amateur Athletic Club (0-1) 7
Hamilton (1-0) 39 @ Dundas (0-1) 5

Baseball
Ralph Works (11-5) pitched a 3-hitter for the Detroit Tigers as they edged the St. Louis Browns 1-0 before just 420 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Losing pitcher Ed Hawk (0-4) allowed 7 hits and 1 run, walking 1 batter and striking out 7, batting 0 for 2, and making 7 assists in his fifth and last major league game.

Mike Donlin opened the scoring with a 2-run home run and drove in another run later in the game to help the Boston Rustlers defeat the New York Giants 5-2 before 1,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Lefty Tyler (7-10) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory over Louis Drucke (4-3), who relieved starter Rube Marquard to start the 6th inning. Charlie "Victory" Faust, who had accompanied the Giants as a mascot during the season while boasting of his alleged pitching prowess, pitched the 9th inning, allowing 1 hit and 1 run, walking no batters and striking out none, making 1 assist in his first major league game.

90 years ago
1921

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 5 @ New York Giants 13 (Yankees led best-of-nine series 2-1)

After the Yankees scored 4 runs in the top of the 3rd inning, the Giants scored 4 in the bottom of the 3rd and erupted for 8 in the bottom of the 7th. Catcher Frank Snyder batted 4 for 5 and center fielder George Burns was 4 for 6 as the Giants amassed 20 hits off Yankees' starting pitcher Bob Shawkey and three relievers. Giants' starter Fred Toney was pulled after facing 5 batters in the 3rd inning and failing to get an out. He was charged with all 4 runs in that inning as reliever Jesse Barnes pitched 7 innings to get the win. Jack Quinn, the second Yankee pitcher, took the loss. 36,509 attended the game at the Polo Grounds.

80 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Devil's Foot

Football
NFL
Cleveland (1-3) 0 @ Portsmouth (4-0) 6

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 5 @ Philadelphia Athletics 1 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Pepper Martin batted 3 for 4 with a 2-run home run and 4 runs batted in to lead the Cardinals to victory before 32,295 fans at Shibe Park. Bill Hallahan pitched a complete game, giving up 9 hits, for his second win of the series. Philadelphia starter Waite Hoyt pitched 6 innings and took the loss.

70 years ago
1941

War
The Finnish government rejected the United Kingdom's warning that Finland would be regarded as an enemy if she continued her invasion of Russia. A secret Yugoslav radio broadcast claimed that 300 Italians had been killed in a battle with guerrillas in Plevije. Japanese military authorities in Shanghai admitted that Chinese forces had recaptured Ichang, northwest of Hankow in the province of Hupeh.

Diplomacy
An 11-man Chamber of Deputies committee was appointed in Montevideo to investigate subversive German activities in Uruguay.

Economics and finance
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 69-25 against an amendment to bar the U.S.S.R. from receiving any aid under the bill to increase the lending authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

U.S. Representative Carl Vinson (Democrat--Georgia) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to limit defense profits to 7% of the manufacturing cost.

U.S. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles declared that America's post-World War I high tariff policy had helped bring "disaster and despair to countless people," paving the way for the rise of dictatorships. He said that after the present war, the United States must adopt a free trade policy.

Labour
In an address to the American Federation of Labor convention in Seattle, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called upon labour and management to avert strikes and lockouts.

Disasters
Six people were reported killed as a hurricane moved across Florida and into Georgia.

Baseball
New York writers named New York Yankees' second baseman Joe Gordon the outstanding player of the World Series, which had concluded the previous day with the Yankees defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 1. Mr. Gordon batted .500 (7 for 14), with 2 runs, a home run, double, triple, and 5 runs batted in.

60 years ago
1951

Died on this date
Anton Philips, 77. Dutch businessman. Mr. Philips' father Frederik and older brother Gerard co-founded the electronics firm Philips Company in Eindhoven in 1891; Anton joined in 1895, and made significant contribution's to the firm's prgress. The company became Koninklijke Philips N.V. in 1912 and Anton was the company's chief executive officer from 1922-1939. He was Jewish, and fled to the United States just before Nazi forces occupied the Netherlands during World War II, returning home after the war.

Literature
The New York Herald Tribune listed The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk as the best-selling fiction book and The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson as the best-selling non-fiction book.

War
U.S. troops on the eastern Korean front completed the capture of "Heartbreak Ridge" except for its highest peak.

Politics and government
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion appointed a new cabinet drawn from his Mapai (Socialist) Party and the religious bloc.

Legislative elections in the West German state of Bremen resulted in victory for the Social Democrats. The neo-Nazi Socialist Reich Party gained 7.7% of the vote, which U.S. authorities termed "alarming."

Eduardo Matinza, United Nations Commissioner for Eritrea, reported that Eritreans unanimously favoured federation with Ethiopia.

55 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposing Philip Jessup's appointment to the U.S. delegation at the United Nations, claiming that his allegedly Communist-oriented foreign policy views had destroyed his public credibility.

Technology
The Western Hills Hotel, the first hotel in the United States with all foam-rubber mattresses, pillows, and furniture cushions, opened in Fort Worth, Texas.

Football
NFL
Chicago Bears (1-1) 14 @ Chicago Cardinals (1-1) 28
Cleveland (1-1) 38 @ Los Angeles (1-1) 23
New York Giants (1-0-1) 35 @ Washington (0-2) 14
Pittsburgh (0-1-1) 33 @ Green Bay (1-1) 35



50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I'm Counting on You/Right Now--Johnny O'Keefe (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Pepito--Los Machucambos

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der Mann im Mond--Gus Backus

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Michael--The Highwaymen

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Crying--Roy Orbison
2 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
3 Runaround Sue--Dion
4 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
5 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
6 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
7 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby--Bobby Darin
8 Mexico--Bob Moore and his Orchestra
9 The Way You Look Tonight--The Lettermen
10 Michael--The Highwaymen

Singles entering the chart were Everlovin' (#63)/A Wonder Like You (#68) by Rick Nelson; Fool #1 by Brenda Lee (#64); Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean (#71); I Really Love You by the Stereos (#73); What a Party by Fats Domino (#77); Please Don't Go (#85)/I Didn't Figure on Him (#98) by Ral Donner; Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody, with versions by Aretha Franklin; and Judy Garland (#91); Under the Moon of Love by Curtis Lee (#92); Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues by the Miracles (#94); The "U-T" by Harry M. and the Marvels (#99); and Why Not Now by Matt Monro (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 You're the Reason--Bobby Edwards (2nd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
4 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
5 So Long Baby--Del Shannon
6 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
7 Love Has Finally Come My Way--Faron Young
8 Marcheta--Karl Denver
9 You're So Square--Buddy Holly
10 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

Singles entering the chart were Walk on By by Leroy Van Dyke (#36); Yours by the Beau-Marks (#39); The Fly by Chubby Checker (#42); In the Middle of a Heartache by Wanda Jackson (#43); It's Gonna Work Out Fine by Ike & Tina Turner (#45); I Really Love You by the Stereos (#47); Tower of Strength by Gene McDaniels (#48); and Broken Heart and a Pillow Filled with Tears by Patti Page (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
2 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
3 Runaround Sue--Dion
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 You're the Reason--Bobby Edwards
6 Love has Finally Come My Way--Faron Young
7 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
8 So Long Baby--Del Shannon
9 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
10 Three Eyed Man--Buddy Knox

Singles entering the chart were Goodbye Cruel World by James Darren (#30); Ya Ya by Lee Dorsey (#36); One Track Mind by Bobby Lewis (#37); Without Your Love by Wendy Hill (#38); The Fly by Chubby Checker (#39); and Broken Heart and a Pillow Filled with Tears by Patti Page (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: No Exit

This was the first episode of the season.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. recognized the independence of Syria, eight days after Syria had declared its independence from the United Arab Republic.

Boxing
Cassius Clay (9-0) won a technical knockout over Alex Miteff (24-11-1) at 1:45 of the 6th round of a heavyweight bout at Freedom Hall State Fairground in Louisville, Kentucky.



Football
CFL
Toronto (5-4-1) 33 @ Montreal (2-7-1) 27
British Columbia (1-10-1) 20 @ Winnipeg (9-2) 24
Calgary (5-6) 28 @ Edmonton (8-4-1) 21

Art Johnson made 4 interceptions, returning the last one 47 yards for a touchdown late in the 4th quarter, to help the Argonauts come back from a 20-6 deficit to beat the Alouettes at Percival Molson Stadium.



Bobby Walden of the Eskimos fumbled a punt in his end zone, and Calgary centre Dale Parsons recovered for a touchdown late in the game to give the Stampeders their win at Clarke Stadium.

Canadian university
McGill (0-1) 7 @ Queen's (1-0) 8
Toronto (1-0) 6 @ Western Ontario (0-1) 3
Alberta (0-0-2) 21 @ Saskatchewan (0-0-1) 21

Dale West scored 3 touchdowns for the Huskies in their tie against the Golden Bears at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Ted Frechette scored 2 touchdowns for Alberta, while Maury Van Vliet added a touchdown and 2 converts.

AFL
San Diego (5-0) 38 @ Boston (2-3) 27

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ Cincinnati Reds 2 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Reds were leading 2-1 with 2 out in the top of the 8th inning of the first World Series game at Crosley Field in 21 years, when pinch hitter Johnny Blanchard hit a home run off Cincinnati starting pitcher Bob Purkey to tie the game. Roger Maris led off the top of the 9th with a home run off Mr. Purkey that proved to be the winning run. Leo Cardenas, pinch hitting for the Reds with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, doubled off New York relief pitcher Luis Arroyo, but was unable to advance further. Bill Stafford started on the mound for the Yankees and pitched 6.2 innings before being relieved by Bud Daley. Mr. Arroyo pitched the final 2 innings to get the win before 32,589 fans.







40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops

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

Economics and finance
U.S. President Richard Nixon announced the second phase of his plan to fight inflation in the United States. The wage and price control program was continued, and various boards and commissions were established to handle the administrative machinery.

Boxing
George Foreman (31-0) knocked out Ollie Wilson (20-41) at 2:35 of the 2nd round of their heavyweight bout at Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas.

Baseball
The California Angels fired manager Lefty Phillips after a disappointing and turbulent season that had seen outfielder Alex Johnson fined 29 times and then suspended, and had included accusations of gunplay in the locker room. The team finished fourth in the American League West Division with a record of 76-86. Mr. Phillips left the Angels with a record of 222-225 in 3 seasons.

30 years ago
1981

Baseball
American League Division Series
Oakland 2 @ Kansas City 1 (Oakland led best-of-five series 2-0)
New York 5 @ Milwaukee 3 (New York led best-of-five series 1-0)



National League Division Series
Los Angeles 0 @ Houston 1 (11 innings) (Houston led best-of-five series 2-0)



Philadelphia 1 @ Montreal 3 (Montreal led best-of-five series 1-0)

25 years ago
1986

Baseball
American League Championship Series
California 8 @ Boston 1 (California led best-of-seven series 1-0)



20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Say Yes--Chage and Aska (10th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai (8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Leo Durocher, 86. U.S. baseball player and manager. "Leo the Lip" was a shortstop with the New York Yankees (1925, 1928-1929); Cincinnati Reds (1930-1933); St. Louis Cardinals (1933-1937); and Brooklyn Dodgers (1938-1941, 1943, 1945), batting .247 with 24 home runs and 567 runs batted in in 1,637 games. He managed the Dodgers (1938-1948); New York Giants (1948-1955); Chicago Cubs (1966-1972); and Houston Astros (1972-1973), compiling a record of 2,008-1,709. He led the Dodgers to the National League pennant in 1941, but was suspended for the 1947 season for keeping company with men of questionable character. Mr. Durocher's Giants defeated the Dodgers in a three-game playoff to win the 1951 NL pennant, and swept the Cleveland Indians in an upset to win the World Series in 1954. Mr. Durocher produced winning records with the Cubs, but the team collapsed late in 1969 after leading the National League East Division for most of the season, and never did win a pennant under Mr. Durocher. Mr. Durocher was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

War
The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski dvori, the official residence of the President of Croatia in Zagreb. President Franjo Tuđman was in the building, meeting Stjepan Mesić, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia, and Prime Minister Ante Marković, but none of them were injured in the attack. One civilian was reported killed by strafing of the Tuškanac city district and four were injured.

Baseball
The New York Yankees fired manager Stump Merrill. Mr. Merrill had replaced the fired Bucky Dent during the 1990 season and had compiled a record of 49-64 as the Yankees finished seventh and last in the American League East Division. In 1991 they posted a record of 71-91, fifth and 20 games behind the first-place Toronto Blue Jays.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Herbert Block, aka Herblock, 91. U.S. cartoonist. Mr. Block was an editorial cartoonist for more than 70 years, the last 55 of which were spent with The Washington Post. He generally expressed the fashionable views of the liberal establishment, resulting in Pulitzer Prizes in 1942, 1954, 1973, and 1979, and several other awards. Mr. Block kept working until about six weeks before his death from pneumonia, six days before his 92nd birthday.

War
U.S. forces launched a bombing campaign, known as Operation Enduring Freedom, against the Taliban government and Al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.

Baseball
Clay Bellinger hit a home run with 2 out in the top of the 8th inning to provide the only run as the New York Yankees edged the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1-0 before 24,075 fans at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Orlando Hernandez (4-7), the second of three New York pitchers, allowed 1 hit in 4 innings to get the win. Tampa Bay starter Paul Wilson allowed just 2 hits in 7 innings before being relieved by Jesus Colome (2-3), who allowed just 1 hit--Mr. Bellinger's homer--in 2 innings. There were only 9 baserunners in the entire game, but it still lasted 2 hours 30 minutes.

Juan Uribe batted 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, a double, and 5 runs batted in to help the Colorado Rockies defeat the San Diego Padres 14-5 before 60,103 fans at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. San Diego left fielder Rickey Henderson led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a double for the 3,000th hit of his major league career, then left the game. Teammate Tony Gwynn, playing the 2,440th and final game of his 20-year Hall of Fame major league career, grounded out in the 9th inning as a pinch hitter and then shook hands with the hometown fans.

Barry Bonds hit his 73rd and last home run of the season, a solo blast with 2 out in the bottom of the 1st inning, and Yorvit Torrealba singled home Dante Powell from second base with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th to break a 1-1 tie as the San Francisco Giants edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 before 41,257 fans at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco.