August 11, 2012

150 years ago
1862

Born on this date
Carrie Jacobs-Bond. U.S. songwriter. Mrs. Bond was a parlor singer and pianist who experienced much personal hardship, but achieved success by writing songs such as I Love You Truly (1901); Just Awearyin' for You (1901); and A Perfect Day (1910). She was the most successful female songwriter of her time, reportedly earned more than $1 million in royalties before the end of 1910, at a time when royalties were earned in sales of sheet music. Mrs. Bond died of a cerebral hemorrhage on December 28, 1946 at the age of 84.

110 years ago
1902

Born on this date
Christian de Castries. French military officer. General de brigade de Castries served with the French Army from 1921-1959, fighting in World War II, and leading the French defense of Dien Bien Phu in French Indochina against Viet Minh forces in 1954. He died on July 29, 1991, 13 days before his 89th birthday.

70 years ago
1942

Baseball
Doc Cramer's single with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning broke up Cleveland pitcher Al Milnar's bid for a no-hitter as the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians played to a 0-0 tie in 14 innings at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. The game was the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but under the rules then in force, the first game could not continue under the lights.

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Killer's Moon, starring Michael Garrett and June Lockhart

World events
16-year-old Hussein was named King of Jordan after his father Talal had been forced to abdicate because of schizophrenia.

50 years ago
1962

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Audrianna De Souza!

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Stai lontana da me--Adriano Celentano (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Remember You--Frank Ifield (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Breaking Up is Hard to Do--Neil Sedaka

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Breaking Up is Hard to Do--Neil Sedaka
2 Roses Are Red (My Love)--Bobby Vinton
3 The Loco-Motion--Little Eva
4 Ahab, the Arab--Ray Stevens
5 The Wah Watusi--The Orlons
6 Sealed with a Kiss--Brian Hyland
7 You'll Lose a Good Thing--Barbara Lynn
8 Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone
9 Twist and Shout--The Isley Brothers
10 I Can't Stop Loving You--Ray Charles

Singles entering the chart were Teen Age Idol by Rick Nelson (#71); You Beat Me to the Punch by Mary Wells (#84); Send Me the Pillow You Dream On by Johnny Tillotson (#86); A Taste of Honey by Martin Denny and his Orchestra, with additional versions by Eddie Cano, the Victor Feldman Quartet, and Quincy Jones (#88); The Biggest Sin of All by Connie Francis (#89); Point of No Return by Gene McDaniels (#94); I Keep Forgettin' by Chuck Jackson (#95); Mr. Songwriter by Connie Stevens (#96); Green Onions by Booker T. and the MG's (#97); Yield Not to Temptation by Bobby Bland (#99); If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) by Peter, Paul and Mary (#100); Too Late to Worry--Too Blue to Cry by Glen Campbell (also #100); and Lolita Ya Ya by the Ventures (also #100). Lolita Ya Ya was a version of the theme from the movie Lolita (1962).

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched Vostok 3, with Andrian Nikolayev aboard.

Baseball
Willie McCovey's pinch-hit 3-run home run gave the San Francisco Giants a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Billy Pierce was the winning pitcher, while Don Drysdale had his 11-game winning streak snapped, dropping to 21-5. The Dodgers protested the wetting of the infield, claiming that it was a move by Giants' manager Alvin Dark to slow down Los Angeles shortstop Maury Wills, the major leagues' leading base stealer.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Max Theiler, 73. South African-born U.S. physician. Dr. Theiler, a virologist, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever.

War
With the withdrawal of the 92-man 3rd Battalion of the 21st Infantry, the United States ended its ground combat role in Vietnam. The battalion had been sweeping the Danang perimeter for 17 days until the standdown. U.S. ground forces had been in Vietnam since the first contingent of Marines had gone ashore on March 8, 1965.

Labour
The British government of Prime Minister Edward Heath began a military airlift of essential supplies to remote Scottish islands that had been deprived of food by a 15-day shutdown of all British ports by 42,000 striking longshoremen demanding more job security and severance pay.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (1-2) 27 @ Edmonton (2-0) 30

The Eskimos pulled off one of their biggest comebacks ever, scoring 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to beat the Tiger-Cats before 21,346 fans at Clarke Stadium on one of the most miserable rainy nights in team history. Rookie Chuck Ealey made his first start at quarterback for Hamilton, rushing 20 yards for his team’s first touchdown in the 1st quarter and throwing touchdown passes to Dave Buchanan, Garney Henley, and former Eskimo star Tommy-Joe Coffey in the 2nd quarter. Ian Sunter was good on 3 of 4 convert attempts, and the Tiger-Cats led 27-7 at halftime. Edmonton quarterback Bruce Lemmerman opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown rush in the 1st quarter. The Eskimos scored on the last play of the 3rd quarter when defensive end Ron Forwick tackled Mr. Ealey for a safety touch to make the score 27-9. Mr. Lemmerman completed a 10-yard pass to Bobby Taylor in the 4th quarter, and another of 16 yards to George McGowan with 2:33 remaining. The Eskimos stopped the Tiger-Cats and took possession of the ball on their own 35-yard line with 1:04 remaining. A hotly-disputed pass interference penalty against Hamilton defensive back Al Brenner gave the Eskimos a first down on the Hamilton 43-yard line, and another pass interference penalty against John Williams provided Edmonton with a first down on the Hamilton 2-yard line with 37 seconds left. Mr. Lemmerman rushed 3 yards for the winning touchdown with 31 seconds left, and Dave Walker made an interception in the final seconds to preserve the win. Edmonton kicker Dave Cutler converted all 4 touchdowns.

Baseball
Joe Rudi's 2-run home run off Stan Bahnsen in the 19th inning gave the Oakland Athletics a 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game that had begun the previous day and been suspended after 17 innings.

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Tom Drake, 64. U.S. actor. Mr. Drake, born Alfred Alderdice, appeared in such movies as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Raintree County (1957), and Warlock (1959), and made numerous appearances in television programs from the 1950s through the 1970s. He died of lung cancer.

Gene Roland, 60. U.S. musician. Mr. Roland was a jazz musician who played many instruments--notably piano and trumpet--and also wrote music, but was mainly known for spending four decades as the arranger for Stan Kenton's band.

World events
A Managua newspaper reported that Nicaraguan government-backed groups had stepped up attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and Seventh-Day Adventists, accusing them of having links with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Within the previous week, Sandanista Defense Committees had seized 20 buildings used by the sects.

10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-5) 14 @ Saskatchewan (4-3-0-1) 30

Nealon Greene completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Rocky Henry, Sedrick Shaw rushed 16 yards for a touchdown, and Paul McCallum added 5 field goals, 2 converts, and a single as the Roughriders beat the Tiger-Cats before 23,889 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Darren Flutie scored the only Hamilton touchdown on a 28-yard pass from Danny McManus in the 2nd quarter. Mr. Shaw led all rushers with 21 carries for 90 yards.

Baseball
Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam and drove in 5 runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 12-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. The total gave him a National League record of 14 in his last 2 games.