August 20, 2013

190 years ago
1823

Died on this date
Pius VII, 81. Roman Catholic Pope, 1800-1823. Born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, Pius VII succeeded Pius VI as pope, and was succeeded by Leo XII.

170 years ago
1843

Protest
The Arch Riot took place in the lower town of Bytown (now Ottawa), with street fighting and stone-throwing between Orangemen and Papists.

130 years ago
1883

Politics and government
The first session of the Northwest Territories Legislative Council met in Regina.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Ton Duc Thang. President of North Vietnam, 1969-1976; President of Vietnam, 1976-1980. A longtime Communist leader in Vietnam, Mr. Thang was the oldest head of state in the world and the oldest president ever of a country when he died in office at the age of 91 on March 30, 1980.

110 years ago
1903

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates made 6 errors in the 1st inning, leading to 7 New York Giant runs, as the Giants beat the Pirates 13-7 in the first game of a doubleheader. Christy Mathewson notched his 23rd win of the season for the Giants. Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher as the Pirates won the second game 4-1, leaving the Pirates 5 games ahead of the Giants in the National League pennant race.

100 years ago
1913

Baseball
Jim Scott pitched a shutout as the Chicago White Sox edged the Boston Red Sox 1-0, with Fred Anderson taking the loss. Hall of Famer Edd Roush made his major league debut in center field with the White Sox.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees, playing left field, caught a fly ball barehanded in the 9th inning of the Yankees' 16-5 rout of the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. A dog had wandered onto the field, and Mr. Ruth had played with it before tossing his glove to chase the dog away, only to have the dog grab his glove and run off with it.

80 years ago
1933

Baseball
In Negro American League action, Turkey Stearnes hit his 41st home run of the season to lead the Chicago American Giants to a doubleheader sweep of the Nashville Elite Giants to extend their winning streak to 28 games.

75 years ago
1938

Baseball
Neil Robinson hit a 3-run inside-the-park home run to lead the West to a 5-4 win over the East in the Negro League All-Star Game before 30,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Lou Gehrig hit his 23rd and last career grand slam in the top of the 1st inning and added a 2-run double in the 4th to lead the New York Yankees to an 11-3 win over the Philadelphia Athletics before 9,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Mr. Gehrig's total remained the major league record until broken by Alex Rodriguez 75 years later.

Catchers Frank Pytlak and Hank Helf of the Cleveland Indians set altitude records by catching baseballs dropped from the top of the 706-foot-tall Cleveland Terminal Tower. The Indians went on to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 at League Park in Cleveland, with Mel Harder winning the pitching matchup over Monty Stratton. Jeff Heath scored 5 runs for the Indians.

The Boston Red Sox scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning to erase a 2-0 deficit, and went on to beat the Washington Nationals 10-7 before 6,200 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Joe Cronin drove in 5 runs for the Red Sox despite batting just 1 for 5. Al Baker, the second of three Boston pitchers, allowed 5 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 2 innings and batted 0 for 1 in his first major league game, at the age of 32.

Rudy York drove in 4 runs with a pair of home runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Browns before 8,200 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Beau Bell, Don Heffner, and George McQuinn homered for St. Louis.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored an unearned run in the top of the 9th inning that proved to be the difference as they edged the New York Giants 8-7 before 6,771 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Philadelphia left fielder Morrie Arnovich batted 3 for 3 with a home run, 2 bases on balls, 2 runs, and 4 runs batted in, and leadoff hitter Gibby Brack was 4 for 6 with a double and 2 runs. Mel Ott doubled home George Myatt with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to make the score 8-7, but Bob Seeds flied out to left field to end the game.

70 years ago
1943

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Missing Dancer

Died on this date
William Irvine, 85. U.K.-born Australian politician and judge. Sir William, a native of Ireland, moved to Melbourne in his early 20s to practice law. He was first elected as a Liberal to the Victoria Legislative Assembly in 1894, and served as Premier of Victoria from 1902-1904. Sir William then entered federal politics, and was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1906. He served as Attorney General from 1913-1914 before leaving politics and serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Australia from 1918-1935.

War
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull arrived in Quebec to attend the Allied conference. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox disclosed that Vice Admiral John McCain would serve under Fleet Commander Ernest King and would direct combat and training functions. Soviet troops swept deep into Ukraine, recapturing Lebedin, the westernmost point occupied by the U.S.S.R. in their winter offensive. Allied troops seized Bobdubi Ridge, four miles southwest of the Japanese base at Salamaua, New Guinea.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department announced that the Swedish liner Gripsholm would sail from New York about September 1 with Japanese internees, to be exchanged for Americans at Mormugao, Goa, Portuguese India.

U.K. Ambassador to Spain Sir Samuel Hoare flew from Madrid to La Coruna for conferences with Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco and Foreign Minister General Count Francisco Gomez Jordana. London dispatches said that Sir Samuel had been instructed to protest Spanish propaganda in Latin America.

Indianica
The U.K. government's Indian Office reported that India's population was 388,997,995 in 1941, an increase of 50 million over 10 years.

Communications
Western Union Telegraph Company Vice President F.E. D'Humy told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that a method of sending facsimile telegrams by light waves may be adopted after World War II.

60 years ago
1953

Defense
The U.S.S.R. publicly acknowledged that it had tested a hydrogen bomb.

Baseball
The St. Louis Browns went to Baltimore to play an exhibition game against the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. more OriolesThe Browns moved to Baltimore after the season to become the Baltimore Orioles of the American League.

50 years ago
1963

Defense
U.S. President John F. Kennedy warned that the United States had enough nuclear weapons to kill 300 million people.

Journalism
A jury in Atlanta awarded former University of Georgia head football coach Wally Butts $3,060,000, ruling The Saturday Evening Post guilty of malice in an article in their March 23, 1963 issue in which a man named George Burnett claimed to have accidentally heard a telephone conversation between Mr. Butts and University of Alabama head football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant agreeing to "fix" the outcome of an upcoming game between the teams.

Football
CFL
The Montreal Alouettes released offensive end Jim Letcavits, who had played the first 2 games of the season with the Alouettes after being acquired from the Edmonton Eskimos. Mr. Letcavits played with the Eskimos from 1958-1962 and scored the Eskimos' only touchdown in their 16-6 loss to the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1960 Grey Cup.

Baseball
Grover Powell pitched a shutout in his first major league start as the New York Mets blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: La maladie d'amour--Michel Sardou (6th week at #1)

Weather
For at least the fifth straight year, it rained in Yellowknife on August 20.

Journalism
This was the date of the first issue of People magazine, a test issue that appeared in 11 U.S. cities. Elizabeth Taylor was on the cover. The magazine sold well enough to justify becoming a weekly magazine. The first weekly issue was dated March 4, 1974.

Scandal
Two days after winning the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, Jim Gronen, 14, of Boulder, Colorado was stripped of the championship when it was found that an illegal electromagnet had been installed inside his car so that the metal baffle plate at the starting line would pull the car forward, giving it a competitive advantage. It was the biggest scandal in the 37-year history of the race.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (0-4) 12 @ Saskatchewan (3-1) 18

Saskatchewan fullback George Reed set a career pro football rushing record, beating the 12,312 yards held by Jimmy Brown of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Mr. Reed had also broken Mr. Brown's record of 106 career touchdowns a week earlier.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)--Eurythmics

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Rondo Russo--Berdien Stenberg (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Give it Up--K.C. and the Sunshine Band

#1 single in the U.K.: Give it Up--K.C. and the Sunshine Band (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Every Breath You Take--The Police (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Every Breath You Take--The Police (6th week at #1)
2 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)--Eurythmics
3 She Works Hard for the Money--Donna Summer
4 Maniac--Michael Sembello
5 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
6 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
7 Is There Something I Should Know--Duran Duran
8 Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco
9 (Keep Feeling) Fascination--The Human League
10 Stand Back--Stevie Nicks

Singles entering the chart were Someone Belonging to Someone by the Bee Gees (#74); How Can I Refuse by Heart (#77); Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) by Sheena Easton (#79); Rainbow's End by Sergio Mendes (#82); High Time by Styx (#83); Don't Forget to Dance by the Kinks (#84); Don't You Know How Much I Love You by Ronnie Milsap (#85); The Night by the Animals (#87); It Must Be Love by Madness (#89); and Ship to Shore by Chris DeBurgh (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler (2nd week at #1)
2 Every Breath You Take--The Police
3 Our House--Madness
4 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
5 Is There Something I Should Know--Duran Duran
6 China Girl--David Bowie
7 Come Dancing--The Kinks
8 Never Gonna Let You Go--Sergio Mendes
9 Hot Girls in Love--Loverboy
10 She Works Hard for the Money--Donna Summer

Singles entering the chart were Tell Her No by Juice Newton (#43); Never Said I Loved You by the Payolas with Carole Pope (#45); King of Pain by the Police (#48); and Big Log by Robert Plant (#50).

Football
CFL
The Saskatchewan Roughriders, who had lost five straight games after winning their season opener, fired head coach Joe Faragalli and replaced him with assistant coach Reuben Berry. Mr. Faragalli was in his third season as the Roughriders' head coach, and compiled a record of 16-21-1.

Edmonton (4-2) 28 @ Montreal (1-5) 15
Winnipeg (5-2) 6 @ British Columbia (5-1) 44

Warren Moon threw touchdown passes to Brian Kelly and Tom Scott and rushed for another TD himself as the Eskimos defeated the Concordes before 20,126 fans at Olympic Stadium. The only Montreal touchdown was scored in the 4th quarter on a pass from Kevin Starkey to Brian De Roo.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tell Me--Nick Kamen (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Push It--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Tribute (Right On)--The Pasadenas (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Nuit de folie--Début de Soirée (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Only Way is Up--Yazz and the Plastic Population

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): The Only Way is Up--Yazz and the Plastic Population (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Roll With It--Steve Winwood (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Roll With It--Steve Winwood (3rd week at #1)
2 Hands to Heaven--Breathe
3 1-2-3--Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
4 I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That--Elton John
5 Monkey--George Michael
6 I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love--Chicago
7 Sign Your Name--Terence Trent D'Arby
8 Sweet Child o' Mine--Guns 'N' Roses
9 Make Me Lose Control--Eric Carmen
10 Fast Car--Tracy Chapman

Singles entering the chart were True Love by Glenn Frey (#66); Don't You Know What the Night Can Do? by Steve Winwood (#70); Indestructible by the Four Tops (#84); The Rumour by Olivia Newton-John (#86); Another Lover by Giant Steps (#88); Wild, Wild West by Escape Club (#89); and She's on the Left by Jeffrey Osborne (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That--Elton John (2nd week at #1)
2 Make Me Lose Control--Eric Carmen
3 Roll With It--Steve Winwood
4 Fast Car--Tracy Chapman
5 Sign Your Name--Terence Trent D'Arby
6 Simply Irresistible--Robert Palmer
7 Hold On to the Nights--Richard Marx
8 Diamond Sun--Glass Tiger
9 In Your Soul--Corey Hart
10 Perfect World--Huey Lewis and the News

Singles entering the chart were Heart by Pet Shop Boys (#79); Cool Running by Boz Scaggs (#82); I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (#84); Love the One You're With by Gino Soccio (#87); Wasting My Time by Jimmy Page (#90); I Call Your Name by Johnny Clegg and Savuka (#91); Gypsy Road by Cinderella (#95); and Bullets by After All (#97).

War
The cease-fire in the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq took effect, and members of the peacekeeping force took positions along the border between the countries.

Diplomacy
Peru became a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Terrorism
8 British Army soldiers were killed and 28 wounded when their bus was hit by a Provisional Irish Republican Army roadside bomb in Northern Ireland.

Scandal
A federal jury in New York City convicted brothers Bunky, Herbert, and Lamar Hunt of conspiracy to corner the world silver market in 1979-1980. The jury found them guilty of committing fraud and violating commodity and antitrust laws. The Hunts and other defendants were ordered to pay more than $130 million in damages to Minpeco S.A., a government-owned commodities company in Peru. The company said it had lost $151 million while the Hunts were manipulating the market.

Disasters
Fires in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming destroyed more than 150,000 acres (610 square kilometres) in the single-worst day of the conflagration.

Football
CFL
Calgary (2-4) 21 @ Saskatchewan (4-2) 24



20 years ago
1993

Diplomacy
After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords were signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. A public ceremony marking the accords took place in Washington, D.C. on September 13.

Protest
18 demonstrators protesting against logging at Clayoquot Sound in British Columbia were arrested, as activists vowed to continue protests despite the 470 charges that had already been laid in connection with violation of the B.C. Supreme Court injunction banning interference with logging in the area.

Medicine
An operation at Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania to separate conjoined twins resulted in the survival of Angela Lakeberg, who was resting comfortably after her sister gave her life to save her.

Football
CFL
Calgary (8-0) 31 @ Hamilton (3-4) 12

Doug Flutie threw 2 touchdown passes to Will Moore and Derrick Crawford returned a punt 70 yards for a touchdown as the Stampeders scored 24 points in the 1st quarmeter and coasted to victory over the Tiger-Cats before 19,402 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Bruce Perkins rushed 1 yard for the only Hamilton touchdown on the final play of the 1st quarter.

10 years ago
2003

Abominations
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore against the order of a federal judge that a rock inscribed with teh Ten Commandments be removed from the lobby of the State Supreme Court building in Montgomery. Justice Moore refused to comply, and hundreds of people flocked to the building to support him.

Protest
Hours after opposition groups delivered a petition signed by 2.5 million people demanding a recall referendum, tens of thousands of people marched into Caracas in support of a referendum to force Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez out of office.

Baseball
Reggie Sanders hit 2 home runs, including a grand slam, as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the 5th inning of a 14-0 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals.