August 23, 2013

200 years ago
1813

War
Prussian and Swedish forcess under Crown Prince Charles John repulsed the French army in the Battle of Grossbeeren, south of Berlin.

90 years ago
1923

Aviation
U.S. flyers Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on a De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.

70 years ago
1943

War
Chinese Foreign Minister T.V. Soong conferred with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Quebec. The Russian city of Kharkov was liberated as a result of the Battle of Kursk, in which Soviet forces decisively defeated the Germans. In their fourth summer offensive, Soviet troops drove into the Donets Basin south of Izyum. Japanese bombers attacked Chungking for the first time since August 31, 1941.

World events
A brief revolt by Ecuadorian sailors against President Carlos Arroyo del Rio was quelled at Puna.

Politics and government
Former Olympic hurdler Lord Burghley, 38, was named Governor of Bermuda.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): (You're the) Devil in Disguise--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Glen Gray, 57. U.S. musician and bandleader. Mr. Gray, a saxophonist, was leader of the Orange Blossoms Band, which was from the Detroit area. By 1929 the band had become known as the Casa Loma Orchestra after playing for eight months at the Casa Loma Hotel in Toronto. Mr. Gray and the orchestra toured until 1950. In 1956 Mr. Gray began recording albums which recreated the sounds of the big band era in stereo.

Music
She Loves You/I'll Get You by the Beatles was released as a single in the United Kingdom on Parlophone Records.

Football
CFL
Toronto (1-3) 8 @ Montreal (1-2) 15
Calgary (4-0) 17 @ Saskatchewan (2-3) 16
Winnipeg (2-2) 36 @ Edmonton (1-3) 7

Bubba Marriott made his first appearance at quarterback for the Alouettes, completing just 3 of 6 passes for 23 yards as they defeated the Argonauts before 19,354 fans on a rainy night at Molson Stadium.

Fullback Earl Lunsford, playing his first game of the season, scored 2 touchdowns as the Stampeders edged the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. Former Stampeder Jack Gotta scored 2 touchdowns for Saskatchewan: 1 on a pass reception and the other on an interception return.

Dick Thornton set a CFL record for a single game by returning 2 interceptions for touchdowns as the Blue Bombers took a 25-0 halftime lead and routed the Eskimos before 14,000 fans at Clarke Stadium. Mr. Thornton's touchdowns covered 21 and 45 yards and came on passes intended for Edmonton end Hugh Smith, playing his only game in the CFL. Joe Williams also scored 2 touchdowns for Winnipeg. The Eskimos' only touchdown came on a 76-yard pass from Don Getty to Tommy-Joe Coffey.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Where Three Counties Meet--Brendan Shine

Crime
Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson, a convict on leave from prison, attempted to rob a bank in Stockholm. The robbery went awry and turned into a hostage crisis in which, over the next five days, the hostages appeared to sympathize with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome."

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (3rd week at #1)

World events
The United States announced withdrawal of its two AWACS planes and eight F-15 jet fighters from Sudan because they were no longer needed. The planes had been sent to Sudan, a pro-American nation bordering on Chad, on August 6 to support the government of Chad against a possible threat from Libya.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index had risen 0.4% in July.

25 years ago
1988

Crime
Fire ignited thousands of litres of oil laced with PCBs at a storage dump in St-Basile-le-Grand, southeast of Montreal, forcing 3,000 residents to evacuate for 19 days. A local labourer later admitted to arson.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.4% in July.

Labour
Canada Post employees went on strike.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes

Space
The Galileo spacecraft discovered a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.

Politics and government
Stephen W. Walker, a U.S. State Department expert on Bosnia, resigned, becoming the fourth person to quit over U.S. policy that he believed sanctioned genocide and aggression.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
John Geoghan, 68. U.S. clergyman and pedophile. Rev. Geoghan, a Roman Catholic priest in the Boston Archdiocese from 1962-1993, had been convicted of molesting a 10-year-old boy and faced pending criminal and civil charges involving 130 alleged victims. He was strangled and stomped to death at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, by his cellmate, convicted murderer Joseph Druce.

Bobby Bonds, 57. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Bonds was a right fielder with the San Francisco Giants (1968-1974); New York Yankees (1975); California Angels (1976-1977); Chicago White Sox (1978); Texas Rangers (1978); Cleveland Indians (1979); St. Louis Cardinals (1980); and Chicago Cubs (1981), batting .268 with 332 home runs, 1,024 runs batted in, and 461 stolen bases in 1,849 games. His best season was probably 1973, when he hit .283 with 39 home runs, 96 RBIs, and 43 stolen bases, and was named the Most Valuable Player in the 1973 Major League All-Star Game. If Mr. Bonds had hit just one more home run in 1973 he would have been the first major league player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season. A leadoff hitter, Mr. Bonds hit a grand slam home run in his first major league game and at one time held the major league records for home runs leading off a game for a career (35) and in a sngle season (11, in 1973). In 1969 he had the dubious distinction of setting a major league single-season record by striking out 187 times, and broke that with 189 strikeouts the following year--a record that stood until 2004. Mr. Bonds finished his playing career with the Columbus Clippers of the International League in 1982 and served as the hitting coach with the Indians (1984-1987) and Giants (1993-1996). In the latter position he was on the same team as his son Barry, who eventually became the official major league career home run leader. Bobby Bonds died of a brain tumor and lung cancer.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (6-4) 31 @ Edmonton (7-3) 49

Mike Pringle rushed 17 times for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns and caught 5 passes for 57 yards and another touchdown as the Eskimos beat the Roughriders before 45,083 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray completed 24 of 33 passes for 311 yards and 4 touchdowns. Scott Robinson, Jason Tucker, and Terry Vaughn caught Mr. Ray's other TD passes. Saskatchewan quarterback Nealon Greene threw touchdown passes to Kenton Keith and Corey Grant and rushed for another touchdown himself. Chris Szarka scored the other Saskatchewan touchdown.

CIS
Pre-season
Manitoba 23 Winnipeg Mustangs (senior) 20
Alberta 17 Saskatchewan 9 @ Lloydminster