October 3, 2013

300 years ago
1713

Born on this date
Antoine Dauvergne. French composer and violinist. Mr. Dauvergne was best known for his opera Les troqueurs (1753). He died on February 11, 1797 at the age of 83.

175 years ago
1838

Died on this date
Black Hawk, 71 (?). U.S. Indian leader. Black Hawk was a leader and warrior of the Sauk tribe in the midwestern United States. He fought on the side of the British during the War of 1812 and led a series of skirmishes against white U.S. authorities in 1832 that became known as the Black Hawk War.

150 years ago
1863

Americana
The last Thursday in November was declared by President Abraham Lincoln to be Thanksgiving Day, as were Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.

140 years ago
1873

Died on this date
Kintpuash, 36 (?) . U.S. Indian chief. Kintpuash, better known as Captain Jack, was chief of the Modoc tribe, who resisted the attempts of the United States Army to confine them to a reservation in Oregon. Captain Jack and comrades Black Jim, John Schonchin and Boston Charley were hanged at Fort Klamath, Oregon for the murders of U.S. Army General Edward Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas, a California clergyman. The two white men had been members of a U.S. federal commission who had gone to meet with the Modoc at Captain Jack's Stronghold, and had been shot to death on April 11, 1873.

110 years ago
1903

Football
ORFU
Toronto (1-0) 18 @ (Hamilton) West End Pleasure Club (0-2) 12

Baseball
World Series
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 @ Boston Americans 2 (Pittsburgh led best-of-nine series 2-1)

Deacon Phillippe, working on one day's rest, pitched a 4-hitter for his second win of the series before 18,801 fans at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds. Tom Hughes started on the mound for Boston and gave up a run in the 2nd inning and 2 more in the 3rd, facing 3 batters in that inning and failing to get an out before being relieved by Cy Young, who pitched the remaining 7 innings.

80 years ago
1933

Baseball
World Series
Washington Nationals 2 @ New York Giants 4 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Carl Hubbell pitched a 5-hitter and Mel Ott batted 4 for 4 with a home run and 3 runs batted in for the Giants before 46,672 fans at the Polo Grounds. Lefty Stewart started on the mound for Washington and gave up all 4 runs, being relieved after giving up singles to the first 3 batters in the 3rd inning. It was a sloppy game, as the Nationals made 3 errors and the Giants 2. The first 2 New York runs and both Washington runs were unearned.

70 years ago
1943

War
U.S. troops on Vella Lavella Island in the central Solomons closed in on Japanese remnants on the north coast.

Abominations
German Wehrmacht forces murdered 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.

World events
The Swedish government reported that more than 1,000 Danish Jews had escaped across the Oerseund Strait to Sweden.

Religion
New York Roman Catholic Archbishop Francis Spellman asked 75,000 people at a Holy Name Rally in New York to pray that Rome be spared from destruction.

Business
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas ordered the liquidation of 34 firms found to be of German ownership or under German control.

60 years ago
1953

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Terry's Theme from "Limelight"--Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford (Best seller--9th week at #1; Jukebox--7th week at #1) ; You, You, You--The Ames Brothers (Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You, You, You--The Ames Brothers
2 Crying in the Chapel--June Valli
--Darrell Glenn
--Rex Allen
--The Orioles
3 Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford
4 Dragnet--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
5 Oh!--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra
6 No Other Love--Perry Como
7 Ebb Tide--Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra
8 Eh, Cumpari--Julius LaRosa
9 P.S. I Love You--The Hilltoppers
10 Hey Joe!--Frankie Laine

Singles entering the chart were Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) by Teresa Brewer (#22); St. George and the Dragonet (#24)/Little Blue Riding Hood (#29) by Stan Freberg; Love Me Again by Sunny Gale (#26); I Want to Be Evil by Eartha Kitt (#30); In the Mission of St. Augustine by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#37); Elaine by Henri Rene and Hugo Winterhalter (#38); and Three O'Clock in the Morning by Monty Kelly and his Orchestra (#41). Elaine was the other side of The Velvet Glove, which charted at #25.

Died on this date
Arnold Bax, 69. U.K. composer. Sir Arnold wrote seven symphonies, but is perhaps best known for his many tone poems. Although born and raised in England, he was greatly influenced in his romantic and impressionistic compositions by time spent in Ireland.

Red Crowder, 23. U.S. baseball pitcher. Joseph Dean Crowder played in the New York Yankees' organization (1949-1953), compiling a 36-24 record with an earned run average of 3.26 in 212 games. He was 10-4 with a 3.26 ERA in 38 games with the Birmingham Barons of the AA Southern Association in 1953. Mr. Crowder died in Wyandotte, Oklahoma.

Hockey
NHL
Rookie centre Jean Beliveau signed a five-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. General manager Frank Selke refused to disclose the terms, but said that it was the most generous contract ever offered by the club.

All-Star Game
NHL All-Stars 3 @ Montreal 1

Waly Hergesheimer of the New York Rangers scored 2 goals and Alex Delvecchio of the Detroit Red Wings scored into an empty net as the All-Stars defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Canadiens before a record All-Star Game crowd of 14,442 at the Montreal Forum. Rocket Richard scored the Montreal goal. Terry Sawchuk of the Red Wings stopped 30 of 31 shots, while Gerry McNeil of the Canadiens stopped 17 of 19 shots.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (4-3) 6 @ Ottawa (4-3) 31

WIFU
Calgary (2-8) 17 @ Winnipeg (6-4) 24
Edmonton (8-2) 13 @ Saskatchewan (4-6) 19

ORFU
Sarnia (4-3) 20 @ Brantford (0-7) 6
Toronto (4-2) 13 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (5-1) 9

Tom O'Malley completed 11 of 17 passes for 146 yards to lead the Rough Riders over the Tiger-Cats before 15,500 fans at Lansdowne Park. Bernie Flowers scored 2 touchdowns for Ottawa and Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts scored another on a pass from Mr. O'Malley. John Kissell scored the other Ottawa touchdown on a fumble return. Lou Kusserow scored the Hamilton touchdown.

Jack Jacobs threw touchdown passes to Bud Grant and Tommy Ford, while Ralph McAllister rushed 11 yards for a touchdown and Bud Korchak added 3 converts and 2 field goals as the Blue Bombers beat the Stampeders before 16,000 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Calgary quarterback Frankie Albert completed a 60-yard touchdown pass to Willard Sherman and rushed 15 yards for a touchdown of his own. Bob Westlake rushed 75 yards for the other Stampeder touchdown.

Mac Speedie caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Glenn Dobbs, Herb Johnson returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown, and Bobby Marlow rushed for another TD as the Roughriders opened a 19-0 lead in the 1st quarter and hung on to beat the Eskimos before 13,500 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Billy Vessels and Claude Arnold scored Edmonton touchdowns in the 3rd quarter.

George Klein scored 2 touchdowns as the Redmen routed OAC before 6,000 fans at Molson Stadium in Montreal. McGill's Enal Bosoki was awarded a touchdown when he intercepted a pass on his own 35-yard line and was tackled on the OAC 25-yard line by Roney McDonald, who had come onto the field from the sideline during the play to make the tackle.

Canadian university
Ontario Agricultural College 1 @ McGill 36 (exhibition)
Queen's (0-1) 7 @ Toronto (1-0) 16
Western Ontario (1-0) 40 @ McMaster (0-2) 13

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 7 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Dodgers scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and maintained the lead throughout as they evened the series before 36,775 fans at Ebbets Field. Billy Loes pitched 8 innings to get credit for the win, and batted 2 for 3. Losing pitcher Whitey Ford was removed from the game after the 1st inning. Duke Snider of the Dodgers hit the only home run, off Johnny Sain to lead off the 6th inning.

Little World Series
Kansas City Blues 2 @ Montreal Royals 6 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Rocky Nelson batted 4 for 4 with a home run, a double, and 2 runs batted in to lead the Royals over the Blues before 5,417 fans at Delorimier Stadium. Hamp Coleman was the winning pitcher and Rip Coleman was the losing pitcher.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): She Loves You--The Beatles (4th week at #1)

World events
10 days before a scheduled presidential election in Honduras, a violent military coup led by Colonel Oswaldo López Arellano overthrew the government of President Ramón Villeda Morales, beginning 19 years of military rule. Mr. Villeda, leader of the Liberal Party, had been appointed President for a six-year term by Congress in 1957, but had lost support within his party and been replaced by Modesto Rodas Alvarado as the Liberal presidential nominee in the election scheduled for October 13.

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 @ New York Yankees 1 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The first 3 batters of the game reached base, resulting in 2 runs, which is all the Dodgers needed as they defeated the Yankees before 66,455 fans at Yankee Stadium. Maury Wills led off with a single, and was picked off by New York starting pitcher Al Downing, but beat the throw to second base for a stolen base. Jim Gilliam followed with a single to right field; Mr. Wills stopped at third base, and Mr. Gilliam took second on the throw by Roger Maris. Willie Davis then doubled home Messrs. Wills and Gilliam. Former Yankee Bill Skowron hit a home run to lead off the 4th inning, and the Dodgers scored their final run in the 8th when Willie Davis doubled with 1 out and Tommy Davis followed him with his second triple of the game. With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, Hecor Lopez doubled for the Yankees off Los Angeles starter Johnny Podres, and Ron Perranoski took the mound. He gave up a run-scoring single to Elston Howard, but retired the final 2 batters to get the save.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (4th week at #1)

Scandal
The United States Senate Select Committee on Campaign Activities, which was investigating the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up, heard testimony from Donald Segretti, who had worked on the campaign to re-relect President Richard Nixon in 1972. Mr. Segretti had been hired by Mr. Nixon's appointments secretary Dwight Chapin to play pranks on Democratic party politicians, but he testified that he had no reason to believe that Mr. Nixon had been informed about his work. Mr. Segretti gave a lengthy rundown of his activities, including an admission that he had sent out a fake letter on Senator Edmund Muskie's stationery accusing fellow Democratic Senators Hubert Humphrey and Henry Jackson of sexual misconduct.

Terrorism
U.S. President Richard Nixon appealed to Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky to reconsider his decision of September 29 to cave in to the demands of armed Arab guerrillas to suspend group transit of Israeli-bound Soviet Jews through Austria and to close down the Schoenau Castle transit facility. The two guerrillas had seized three Soviet Jews and an Austrian customs official on September 28 in a raid on a train bound from Moscow to Vienna carrying 40 Jewish emigrants. Mr. Nixon said, "We simply cannot have governments--small or large--give in to international blackmail by terrorist groups."

Football
CFL
Hamilton (5-5) 21 @ Winnipeg (3-8) 18

Chuck Ealey passed to Tony Gabriel for a 16-yard touchdown with 9:06 remaining in the game and rushed 1 yard for the winning TD with 3:29 remaining as the Tiger-Cats came back from an 18-7 deficit to defeat the Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Ealey also passed 15 yards to Dave Fleming in the 2nd quarter for the first Hamilton touchdown. Winnipeg quarterback Don Jonas completed touchdown passes of 17 yards to Bob LaRose in the 1st quarter and 16 yards in the 2nd quarter, and added 2 converts and a field goal. It was the final game for backup defensive lineman and centre John Bonk in a Hamilton uniform; several days later, he was traded to the Blue Bombers with defensive back Tim Beamer for defensive back Pete Ribbins and running back Stan Brown.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Australiana--Austen Tayshus (6th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that he was postponing indefinitely his scheduled November visit to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand, while keeping visits to Japan and South Korea on his schedule. Mr. Reagan cited the expectation that the U.S. Congress would still be in session as reason for the postponement, but it was widely assumed that the real reason was concern for his safety in the currently volatile atmosphere in the Philippines in the aftermath of the August 21, 1983 assassination of political opposition leader Benigno Aquino.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Simply Irresistible--Robert Palmer (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Desire--U2

Died on this date
Franz Josef Strauss, 73. West German politician. Mr. Strauss, leader of the Christian Social Union, held various federal cabinet posts in West Germany from 1953-1962 and 1966-1969, and was Minister President of Bavaria from 1978 until his death, which occurred two days after collapsing with a heart attack while hunting.

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, concluding the four-day STS-26 mission, the first U.S. manned space mission since the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.

Diplomacy
Libya and Chad, who had fought each other off and on for years until a cease-fire in September 1987, formally ended their state of war and resumed diplomatic relations. The two countries agreed to cooperate with the Organization for African Unity in determining sovereignty over the Aouzou strip in Chadian territory, which was currently occupied by Libya, and reportedly contained uranium. France retrained a 1,200-man force in southern Chad to shore up the regime.

Terrorism
Mithileshwar Singh, an Indian citizen with permanent alien-resident status in the United States and a professor at Beirut University, was freed by his captors in Beirut 19 months after being kidnapped, along with three American professors, by gunmen who had identified themselves as Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine. The terrorists had offered to release one hostage in return for U.S. support for the Palestinians. Mr. Singh said his three American colleagues were "OK." The U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan denied that any deal had been made to free any hostages.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)--Meat Loaf (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Go West--Pet Shop Boys

War
In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization in Somalia, 18 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of Somalis are killed in heavy fighting in the First Battle of Mogadishu.

Politics and government
The French-language debate of the four major Canadian political party leaders took place as part of the federal election campaign.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-10) 16 @ Toronto (3-10) 17

Lance Chomyc kicked 3 field goals, a convert, and a single as the Argonauts edged the Rough Riders before 24,089 fans at SkyDome. Mr. Chomyc's single came on a missed field goal in the 3rd quarter and provided the winning margin, giving the Argonauts a 17-13 lead. Warren Hudson scored the only Toronto touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 1st quarter. The Rough Riders scored their only touchdown in the 2nd quarter on a 46-yard pass from Tom Burgess to Stephen Jones. Ray Macoritti, playing his last CFL game, converted and added 3 field goals.

10 years ago
2003

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that 57,000 new jobs had been created in September, the first new job growth in eight months. The unemployment rate, which had risen to 6.4% in June, held steady with August's figure at 6.1%.

Popular culture
Roy Horn of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy was attacked by one of the show's tigers, cancelling the show at the Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas until 2009, when they rejoined the tiger that had mauled Roy.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (1-15) 12 @ Calgary (5-10) 32