September 7, 2013

Married on this date
Happy Anniversary, Nicki Chang and Ken Powless!

250 years ago
1763

Diplomacy
At Fort Detroit, Colonel John Bradstreet exceeded his orders and formalized a peace treaty between Great Britain and the Indian tribes of the Ottawas and Chippawas.

Canadiana
King George III issued a proclamation urging his subjects to settle in Canada.

175 years ago
1838

Disasters
44 of 62 passengers and crew aboard the British ship Forfarshire were lost when the ship hit the rocks on Big Harcar in the Farne Islands. 9 passengers and crew were rescued after escaping in a lifeboat. The other 9 survivors--8 men and 1 woman--were rescued because of the efforts of Grace Darling, daughter of lighthouse keeper William Darling, and her father. Miss Darling spotted the wreckage and survivors in the early hours of the day, and she and her father used a rowboat to cover a mile in rough weather and pick up 5 survivors, including a Mrs. Dawson, who had lost 2 children in the wreck. Mr. Darling and surviving crew members made a second trip to rescue the others while Miss Darling remained at the Longstone Lighthouse.

170 years ago
1843

Married on this date
Future Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald married his first wife, Isabella Clark (1811–1856); he had met Isabella and courted her the year before on the Isle of Man, during a trip to the United Kingdom.

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Leslie Hore-Belisha. U.K. politician. Mr. Hore-Belisha, a Liberal, Liberal National, and eventually a Conservative, represented Plymouth Devonport in the House of Commons from 1923-1945, and served as Minister of Transport (1934-1937) and Secretary of State for War (1937-1940). As Minister of Transport he was credited with modernizing the British road system, but as Secretary of State for War he clashed with leading generals and was removed from the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in January 1940. Mr. Chamberlain considered appointing Mr. Hore-Belisha as Minister of Information, but decided against it because of Foreign Office concerns about a Jewish politician being in such a position. Mr. Hore-Belisha was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hore-Belisha in 1954, and died on February 16, 1957 at the age of 63 after collapsing with a cerebral hemorrhage while making a speech in Rheims while leading a British parliamentary delegation to France.

Died on this date
Hamilton Fish, 85. U.S. politician. Mr. Fish, a Whig, represented New York's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1843-1845 before serving as Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1848, Governor of New York in 1849-1850, and United States Senator from New York from 1851-1857. Mr. Fish, who became a Republican after the Whig party collapsed in the mid-1850s, was U.S. Secretary of State under President U.S. Grant from 1869-1877, and was considered one of the greatest Secretaries of State in American history.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Anthony Quayle. U.K. actor. Mr. Quayle was a Shakespearean actor and director in England who acted in movies such as Hamlet (1948); The Battle of the River Plate (1956); The Wrong Man (1956); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); The Guns of Navarone (1961); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He died on October 20, 2989 at the age of 76.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Howard Ehmke pitched a no-hitter to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 4-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. It was the second no-hitter in four days pitched against the Athletics at home; Sam Jones of the New York Yankees had accomplished the feat three days earlier. Philadelphia pitcher Slim Harriss appeared to break up the no-hitter in the 7th inning when he hit a ball to the outfield wall and ended up on second base, but he was called out for failing to touch first base.

80 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Edward Grey, 71. U.K. politician. Sir Edward, a Liberal, was British Foreign Secretary from 1905-1916, and would be completely unknown today if he hadn't looked out the window of his office when the street lamps were being lit at dusk and uttered the following memorable quote at the outset of World War I: "The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time."

70 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Frank Crumit, 53. U.S. entertainer. Mr. Crumit was a popular recording artist in the 1920s, singing and playing ukulele on novelty hits such as Abdul Abulbul Amir (1927); A Gay Caballero (1928-1929); and A Tale of the Ticker (1929). He and his wife Julie became a popular radio team, co-starring in the variety program Blackstone Plantation (1929-1934) and the twice-weekly quiz show The Battle of the Sexes (1930-1943). Mr. Crumit died of a heart attack, 19 days before his 54th birthday, and the day after broadcasting an episode of the quiz show.

Married on this date
U.S. actors Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth were married in Santa Monica, California.

War
The German 17th Army began its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moved across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

Economics and finance
The fifth Victory Loan campaign was launched in Canada to raise $1.2 billion.

Disasters
A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, killed 55 people.

60 years ago
1953

At the movies
Vicki, directed by Harry Horner, and starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliot Reid, and Richard Boone, received its premiere screening in New York City.





Politics and government
Nikita Khrushchev was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer led his Christian Democrats to victory in the West German general election.

Tennis
Maureen Connolly defeated Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4 to win her second straight U.S. Open women's singles title at West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York, becoming the first woman to win a grand slam of the four major tournaments--Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open. Tony Trabert followed Miss Connolly's victory by defeating Victor Seixas 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win the men's singles championship.

Football
IRFU
Toronto (1-2) 12 @ Hamilton (2-0) 14

WIFU
Winnipeg (3-1) 19 @ Saskatchewan (1-3) 23
Calgary (1-3) 5 @ Edmonton (3-1) 19

ORFU
Toronto (1-2) 9 @ Sarnia (2-1) 8

17,000 fans at Civic Stadium saw the Tiger-Cats edged the defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts.

Frank Tripucka threw touchdown passes to Nellie Greene, Stan Williams, and Mac Speedie, and handed off to Herb Johnson for a 3-yard run for the winning touchdown as the Roughriders defeated the Blue Bombers before 14,904 fans, a record for Taylor Field in Regina. Lorne Benson scored 2 touchdowns for Winnipeg, with the other coming from Neill Armstrong.

Claude Arnold rushed 11 yards for a touchdown, passed to Steve Mendryk for another as the Eskimos won their second game against the Stampeders in three nights before 15,500 fans at Clarke Stadium. Rollie Miles scored the other Edmonton touchdown, while Pete Thodos scored the Calgary touchdown. Edmonton's Rod Pantages averaged 51.4 yards per punt.

3,000 fans at Norm Perry Park saw Balmy Beach upset the defending ORFU champion Imperials.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): 55 Days at Peking--Rob E.G. (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Pauvre Petite Fille Riche--Claude François (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Cuore--Rita Pavone (10th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann--Gitte (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): She Loves You--The Beatles

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): My Boyfriend's Back--The Angels (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Boyfriend's Back--The Angels
2 Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)--Allan Sherman
3 If I Had a Hammer--Trini Lopez
4 Blue Velvet--Bobby Vinton
5 Fingertips - Part 2--Little Stevie Wonder
6 Heat Wave--Martha and the Vandellas
7 Mockingbird--Inez Foxx
8 Candy Girl--The 4 Seasons
9 Blowin' in the Wind--Peter, Paul and Mary
10 Surfer Girl--The Beach Boys

Singles entering the chart were Honolulu Lulu by Jan & Dean (#70); Busted by Ray Charles (#73); Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison (#76); What Does a Girl Do? by the Shirelles (#77); I Can't Stay Mad at You by Skeeter Davis (#78); Mr. Wishing Well by Nat King Cole (#79); I'll Take You Home by the Drifters (#85); Tell Me the Truth by Nancy Wilson (#90); Talk to Me by Sunny & the Sunglows (#95); Surfer Joe by the Surfaris (#96); Enamorado by Keith Colley (#98); and My Babe by the Righteous Brothers (#99). Mr. Wishing Well was the B-side of That Sunday, That Summer, which charted at #71. Surfer Joe was the B-side of Wipe Out, which charted at #28.

Calgary's Top 10
1 Lucky Lips--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (3rd week at #1)
2 Judy's Turn to Cry--Lesley Gore
3 Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard--Diane Ray
4 Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)--Allan Sherman
5 (You're the) Devil in Disguise--Elvis Presley
6 I Want to Stay Here--Steve & Eydie
7 More--Kai Winding & Orchestra
8 From Me to You--Del Shannon
9 Green, Green--The New Christy Minstrels
10 Blue Velvet--Bobby Vinton
Pick hit of the week: My Boyfriend's Back--The Angels

Born on this date
Fernando, Juan, Mario, Otto, and Robinson Prieto. The quintuplet boys were born to Inez and Efren Prieto of Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-3) 27 @ Ottawa (2-3) 28
Saskatchewan (4-3) 22 @ Edmonton (1-5) 9
Calgary (5-2) 21 @ British Columbia (5-1) 37

A single off a missed field goal by Moe Racine with 6:21 remaining in the game provided the margin of victory as the Rough Riders edged the Tiger-Cats at Lansdowne Park. Mr. Racine kicked 2 field goals and converted touchdowns by George Belu, Ernie White, and Ron Stewart. Hamilton quarterback Bernie Faloney threw 2 touchdown passes to Tommy Grant and another to Hal Patterson, and rushed for a touchdown of his own.

With Tom Maudlin making his first start at quarterback in his second game with Edmonton, the Eskimos led the Roughriders 9-0 with 1 minute left in the 3rd quarter before 15,129 fans at Clarke Stadium, but Saskatchewan rallied for 22 straight points. Ron Lancaster completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to Bill Gray to get the Roughriders on the scoreboard, followed by a 1-yard rush by George Reed for another TD and a 35-yard interception return by Bob Ptacek for the final touchdown. Mr. Maudlin threw 6 interceptions, 4 in the 4th quarter, of what turned out to be his final CFL game.

Joe Kapp rushed for 2 touchdowns and Willie Fleming rushed 97 yards for a touchdown and made another 63-yard run as the Lions beat the Stampeders before a record crowd for a regular season CFL game--36,659 at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. Nub Beamer rushed for the other B.C. touchdown, while Pete Manning and Lovell Coleman scored Calgary touchdowns.

NFL
The Professional Football Hall of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (5th week at #1)

Terrorism
The day after five Palestinian guerrillas had taken 4 hostages from Paris to Kuwait aboard a jet provided by Syria, the gunmen flew over the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh and threatened to throw the hostages out unless the Saudis took action to aid in the release of Mohammed Daoud Odeh, an Al Fatah leader serving a life sentence in Jordan for terrorist activities. The guerrillas had raided the Saudi embassy in Paris on September 5 and taken 13 diplomats hostage and released 9 of the diplomats the next day in exchange for use of the jet.

Environment
In Ottawa, the Commission on Great Lakes Water Quality blamed both Canada and the U.S.A. for delaying enforcement of pollution laws.

Economics and finance
U.S. Cost of Living Council Director John Dunlop announced that the Council had reduced by 10%-30% price increases sought by the four major U.S. automobile companies. The Council ruled that the remaining increases were justified by costs incurred in compying with federal safety standards.

30 years ago
1983

Abominations
The Moscow Circus ended its Canadian tour in Toronto after five cities cancelled performances in reaction to the September 1 downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by a Soviet fighter plane resulting in the loss of 269 lives.

Football
CFL
The defending Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos, in fourth place in the West Division with a 4-4 record, fired head coach Pete Kettela and replaced him with legendary former player Jackie Parker. Mr. Kettela, the first--and so far, only--Eskimo head coach to be fired during a season--was in his first season with the Eskimos and came to the job with no experience of Canadian football. Mr. Parker, who had been providing colour commentary for radio broadcasts of Eskimos' games as recently as two days earlier, was the team's greatest legend, having played for them from 1954-1962. He had been head coach of the Toronto Rifles of the Continental Football League in 1967 and the British Columbia Lions in 1969-1970.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Superstitious--Europe (5th week at #1)

Space
Research Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returned aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after nine days on the Mir space station. He had launched on August 29 as a member of the crew of Soyuz TM-6. He returned with Commander Vladimir Lyakhov.

Hockey
Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito, and Brad Park were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Also inducted were Buddy O'Connor in the veterans' category and George Hayes into the officials' category.

20 years ago
1993

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell dissolved Parliament in preparation for calling a federal election the following day for October 25.

The white-run government of South Africa announced that it would give the first formal voice to disenfrancised blacks in a multiparty committee subjecting government functions to a predominantly black interim council leading to a universal election.

Baseball
The California Angels released third baseman Kelly Gruber, ending his 10-year major league career. Mr. Gruber played with the Toronto Blue Jays from 1984-1992 and joined the Angles in 1993, but was limited by shoulder and neck injuries to 18 games, batting .277 with 3 home runs and 9 runs batted in. In 939 major league games he batted .259 with 117 homers and 443 RBIs.

Mark Whiten of the St. Louis Cardinals tied the Major League records for home runs and runs batted in in a single game, hitting 4 home runs and driving in 12 runs in a 15-2 win in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds before 22,606 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Mr. Whiten, who hadn't homered in four weeks, hit a grand slam in the 1st inning and also drove in a run in the Cardinals' 14-13 loss in the first game, tying a record set by Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres in 1972 of 13 RBIs in a doubleheader. Mike Anderson made his major league debut as the second of four Cincinnati pitchers in the second game, allowing 6 hits and 7 runs--all earned--in 1 2/3 innings, with 2 bases on balls and 2 strikeouts. In the first game, the Cardinals scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th to take a 13-9 lead, but the Reds scored 3 in the bottom of the 8th, and Reggie Sanders tripled home Jacob Brumfield and Hal Morris with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds the win. Tripp Cromer made his major league debut with the Cardinals, entering the game as a pinch runner in the 8th and scoring. Pitcher Steve Dixon then made his major league debut, entering the game in Mr. Cromer's spot in the lineup, and walking the first 2 batters in the bottom of the 8th, both of whom scored. The Cardinals used 8 pitchers, the Reds 7.



Pinch hitter Charlie Montoyo, making his major league debut, singled home Mike Lansing with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th to climax a 4-run inning as the Montreal Expos overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 before 18,988 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

The Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs in the top of the 4th inning to take a 5-0 lead and held on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 before 27,041 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Jeff Kent hit a solo home run with 2 out in the top of the 10th to break a 2-2 tie, but then made a throwing error on what might have been a double play ball in the bottom of the 10th, allowing 2 runs to score as the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 4-3 before 16,298 fans at the Astrodome.

Pinch hitter Dave Clark drew a base on balls with 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 8th inning and Don Slaught followed with a 2-run home run to provide the tying and winning runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the San Francisco Giants 4-3 before 17,314 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

Steve Avery allowed 6 hits in 8 innings and doubled and scored the game's only run in the 8th inning to win the pitchers' duel over Pedro Astacio, improving his 1993 record to 16-4, as the Atlanta Braves edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 before 31,577 fans at Dodger Stadium.

The San Diego Padres scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and held on to defeat the Florida Marlins 6-4 before 7,092 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium. Luis Lopez made his major league debut with the Padres, playing the first 5 innings at second base and batting 0 for 3, making 2 putouts and 2 assists.

The Oakland Athletics scored 5 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 6-6 tie and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 before 50,515 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. The Blue Jays scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st to take a 5-0 lead. Kurt Abbott made his major league debut with the Athletics, entering the game as a pinch runner in the 10th and being forced out on the front end of a double play.

Mike Blowers hit a 2-run home run in the 7th inning to break a 0-0 tie and Dave Valle added a solo homer in the 8th as the Seattle Mariners held on to edge the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 before 45,704 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. With 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, Mike Devereaux doubled home Harold Raynolds, and Harold Baines followed with a double to score Mr. Devereaux. Pinch runner Jeffrey Hammonds advanced to third base on a wild pitch by Ted Power, but Cal Ripken, Jr. struck out to end the game.

Kevin Tapani pitched a 4-hitter and Pat Meares doubled home 3 runs in a 5-run 7th inning as the Minnesota Twins shut out the Cleveland Indians 6-0 before 13,276 fans at Cleveland Stadium.

The Detroit Tigers scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to overcome a 6-3 deficit as they defeated the California Angels 10-6 before 12,454 fans at Tiger Stadium. Paul Swingle made his major league debut as the fourth of five California pitchers, allowing 5 hits and 1 run--earned--in 2 innings, with 1 base on balls and 3 strikeouts.

Bob Melvin and Mo Vaughn each hit 2-run home runs to enable the Boston Red Sox to defeat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 before 27,966 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Robin Ventura hita 2-run homer for Chicago with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Ken Ryan relieved winning pitcher Danny Darwin and retired George Bell and Ellis Burks to get his first save of the season.

Doug Strange led off the bottom of the 8th inning with a double and scored on a 1-out single by Gary Redus to break a 4-4 tie as the Texas Rangers edged the New York Yankees 5-4 before 19,868 fans at Arlington Stadium.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Antonio Barichievich, aka The Great Antonio, 77. Yugoslavian-born Canadian strongman. Mr. Barichievich, born Anton Baričević in Zagreb, Croatia, was known for feats of strength such as pulling trains and buses.

Warren Zevon, 56. U.S. musician. Mr. Zevon, a singer-songwriter, was best known for his single Werewolves of London, which reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1978.

War
U.S. President George W. Bush, in a televised address, asked Congress for $87 billion to pay for the occupation oand reconstuction of Iraq over the next year. Of that, $66 billion would go to the cost of military and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and about $20 billion for the economic recovery of Iraq.

Tennis
Fourth-seeded Andy Roddick defeated third-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 to win the men's singles title at the U.S. Open championships at Flushing Meadows, New York.

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-7) 30 @ Winnipeg (9-3) 34

Charles Roberts rushed 18 times for 136 yards and a touchdown, and Mike Sellers rushed 13 times for 70 yards and a touchdown as the Blue Bombers edged the Argonauts before 26,468 fans at Canad Inns Stadium. Mr. Roberts' total gave him 1,091 yards rushing for the season. Winnipeg quarterback Khari Jones rushed 7 times for 58 yards and completed 10 of 14 passes for 136 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown to LaDaris Vann. Daved Benefield scored the other Winnipeg touchdown on a 29-yard fumble return. Adrion Smith scored the first Toronto TD on a 68-yard interception return, while Tony Miles returned a kickoff 93 yards for the next Toronto touchdown. The Argonauts' only offensive touchdown was scored by Mike Morreale on a 29-yard pass from Damon Allen in the 3rd quarter.