September 17, 2012

225 years ago
1787

Law
The United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia.

150 years ago
1862

War
In the U.S. Civil War, the Battle of Antietam was fought in Maryland, resulting in a Confederate victory and 23,000 deaths.

100 years ago
1912

Baseball
Casey Stengel made his major league debut as an outfielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers, getting 4 singles and a base on balls, batting in 2 runs, and stealing 2 bases in a 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

60 years ago
1952

On the radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews
Tonight’s episode: The Rat Race

On television tonight
The Unexpected, hosted by Herbert Marshall, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Puppeteers, starring Robert Hutton and Gale Storm

Baseball
Bob Lemon earned his 20th win of the season as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Nationals 6-1.

50 years ago
1962

Space
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the names of the second group of astronauts to join the manned space program. They were Neil Armstrong; Frank Borman; Pete Conrad; Jim Lovell; Jim McDivitt; Elliot See; Tom Stafford; Ed White; and John Young.



Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-4-1) 18 @ Winnipeg (7-1) 20
Hamilton (5-1-1) 31 @ British Columbia (3-5) 6

Joe Williams rushed 32 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and Leo Lewis returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown in the 4th quarter to lead the Blue Bombers past the Roughriders before a Winnipeg Stadium crowd of 16,213. Ferd Burket and Bob Ptacek scored touchdowns for Saskatchewan in the 4th quarter.

Bobby Kuntz rushed for 3 touchdowns and George Scott rushed for another as the Tiger-Cats routed the Lions at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The Lions broke up the shutout in the 4th quarter on a 78-yard touchdown pass from Joe Kapp to Willie Fleming.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Akim Tamiroff, 72. Georgian-born U.S. actor. Mr. Tamiroff, born Hovakim Tamiryants, settled in the United States in 1927. He played ethnic character roles in such movies as The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); Black Fury (1935); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Anthony Adverse (1936); The Great McGinty (1940); Five Graves to Cairo (1943); Mr. Arkadin (1955); and Touch of Evil (1958). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The General Died at Dawn (1936) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). Mr. Tamiroff died of cancer.

Disasters
At least 50 were dead and many injured or missing as a result of Typhoon Helen striking Japan’s Pacific coast.

Hockey
Canada (NHL)-Sweden
Game 2 @ Stockholm
Canada (1-0-1) 4 Sweden (0-1-1) 4

Phil Esposito’s shorthanded goal with 47 seconds remaining in the game at Isstadion Johanneshovs tied the game for Canada. At the time of the goal, Vic Hadfield was serving the final seconds of a 5-minute penalty for cross-checking Swedish defenseman Lars-Erik Sjoberg. In his autobiography Hockey is My Life (1973), Mr. Esposito claimed that the Swedes were the dirtiest team he’d ever played against. They were successful in using their sticks on the Canadian players in such a way as to provoke the visitors into open retaliation. Other Canadian goals were scored by Mr. Hadfield in the 1st period, Don Awrey in the 2nd period, and Rick Martin in the 3rd period. Mr. Martin was credited for a goal that appeared to have been scored by Gilbert Perreault. Lars-Goran Nilsson, Tord Lundstrom, Hans Hansson, and Inge Hammarstrom scored for Sweden. Ed Johnston was in goal for Canada, Curt Larsson for Sweden.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (1-7) 17 @ Montreal (3-4) 22
Edmonton (6-2) 12 @ Saskatchewan (6-3) 14

Al Butler returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown with 1 second remaining in the 3rd quarter and Larry Smith rushed 2 yards for a touchdown just 2:16 later as the Alouettes beat the Lions at Molson Stadium. Backup quarterback Don Bunce produced both B.C. touchdowns on passes of 41 and 37 yards to Jim Young in the 4th quarter.

With the Roughriders leading 14-11, the Eskimos had a chance to tie the game, but Dave Cutler missed a 20-yard field goal attempt with 4 seconds remaining, and the single point allowed the Roughriders to escape with the win before 21,230 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Incompetent officiating by the crew of referee Abe Kovnats contributed to the Roughriders’ win, as late hits by Saskatchewan defensive end Bill Baker on Edmonton quarterbacks Tom Wilkinson and Dave Syme were seldom penalized. Saskatchewan quarterback Ron Lancaster threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Thompson in the 2nd quarter and handed off to George Reed for a 2-yard touchdown in the 4th quarter. The Eskimos failed to score a touchdown, with Mr. Cutler kicking 3 field goals and missing 3 others for single points.



CIAU
Queen's (1-0) 33 @ Carleton (0-1) 0

Baseball
Felipe Alou's 2-run home run in the 4th inning off Dave McNally gave the New York Yankees a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Sparky Lyle pitched 3 innings of relief to earn his 34th save of the season, tying the American League record. Fritz Peterson pitched the first 6 innings to improve his record to 16-14, while Mr. McNally fell to 13-16.

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
David Dubinsky, 90. U.S. labour leader. Mr. Dubinsky was president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from 1932-1966 and took part in the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. He was one of the founders of the American Labor Party and the Liberal party of New York.

Abominations
Lebanese Christian militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinian men, women, and children in refugee camps on the southern edge of west Beirut.

Terrorism
The Lebanese Revolutionary Armed Faction claimed responsibility for the explosion of a bomb in the automobile of an Israeli embassy official in Paris that injured 41 people. It was the 20th attack to occur in Paris since July 20.

Politics and government
Guido Vildoso, who had held office for just 58 days, agreed to resign as President of Bolivia when the country’s military commanders approved a resolution asking him to surrender his office to Congress and allow that body to choose a civilian as the next president.

Football
CFL
Toronto (6-3-1) 34 @ Calgary (6-3-1) 30

Condredge Holloway completed 24 of 40 passes for 383 yards and touchdowns to Dave Newman, Paul Pearson, and Terry Greer to lead the Argonauts over the Stampeders before a McMahon Stadium crowd of 34,271. Cedric Minter rushed 1 yard for the other Toronto touchdown. Calgary quarterback Gerry Dattilio passed for 318 yards and touchdown passes to Darrell Smith and Tom Forzani, and rushed 60 yards for a touchdown of his own. James Sykes rushed 61 yards for the other Stampeder touchdown. The Argonauts led 31-30 after 3 quarters, but Dean Dorsey’s 26-yard field goal with 3:03 remaining was the only scoring of the 4th quarter. The field goal was the second for Mr. Dorsey, who was playing his first CFL game. The Argonauts had released veteran Zenon Andrusyshyn several days earlier.

CIAU
Toronto (1-1) 50 McMaster (1-1) 1

25 years ago
1987

Diplomacy
On the third day of talks in Washington toward a treaty on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF), the U.S.S.R. agreed that West Germany’s 72 Pershing missiles would not be included in the treaty. In return, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz reportedly said that the nuclear warheads for the missiles, which the U.S.A. controlled, would be dismantled. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said an INF treaty could be concluded by the end of the year and would pave the way for a treaty on long-range weapons in 1988.

Politics and government
Philippines President Corazon Aquino removed her closest adviser, Joker Arroyo, and another assistant, from her cabinet. Both had been regarded as leftists by the military.

Labour
Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers reached a tentative three-year contract settlement guaranteeing that Ford’s 104,000 workers would not be laid off unless the industry as a whole went into decline, and Ford agreed to close no plants during the term of the contract. The workers would get a 3% increase in their base wage in the first year and 3% lump-sum payments in the next two years.

20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
W. A. Swanberg, 84. U.S. author. Mr. Swanberg was a biographer of notable American political and media figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Luce and his Empire (1972) and the National Book Award for Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist (1976). Other notable titles of Mr. Swanberg included Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst (1961); Dreiser (1965); and Pulitzer (1967).

Oil
Ecuadorean President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos announced that his country was withdrawing from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in the wake of OPEC’s refusal to increase Ecuador’s production quota and also because of the annual $2 million membership fee. Ecuador remained an associate of OPEC.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the merchandise trade deficit had jumped to $7.82 billion in July.

10 years ago
2002

Baseball
Alfonso Soriano of the New York Yankees had 5 hits, including a home run and a double, but it wasn't enough, as the Yankees lost 9-7 to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.