October 5, 2013

870 years ago
1143

Europeana
King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognized Portugal as a Kingdom.

220 years ago
1793

Religion
Christianity was disestablished in France.

200 years ago
1813

Died on this date
Tecumseh, 45. U.S. Indian leader. Tecumseh was a Shawnee leader who led a tribal confederacy that opposed the United States beginning in 1811, and continued in an alliance with British forces in the War of 1812. He was killed in the Battle of the Thames.

War
U.S. forces commanded by Major General William Henry Harrison decisively defeated British forces led by Major General Henry Procter in the Battle of the Thames near present-day Chatham, Ontario. The most significant casualty was the death of Shawnee Indian leader Tecumseh.

175 years ago
1838

Abominations
18 Texian settlers, including Isaac Killough, Sr. and his extended family, were massacred and/or kidnapped by Indians in Cherokee County in Texas.

110 years ago
1903

Law
Sir Samuel Griffith was appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor were appointed as foundation justices.

80 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Renée Adorée, 35. French actress. Miss Adorée, born Jeanne de la Fonte, appeared in 45 movies, but is best remembered for her co-starring role in The Big Parade (1925). She died after a battle of several years with tuberculosis.

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

Earl Whitehill pitched a 5-hitter and the Nationals scored 3 runs in the first 2 innings before 25,727 fans at Griffith Stadium. The crowd included U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who threw out the first ball. Washington players scrambled for the ball thrown by the president; outfielder Heinie Manush came up with it, and presented it to Mr. Whitehill after the game. Freddie Fitzsimmons started on the mound for the Giants and took the loss.

75 years ago
1938

At the movies
Mr. Wong, Detective, directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff and Grant Withers, opened in theatres. It was the first in a series of movies based on the fictional detective created by Hugh Wiley.



Abominations
In Nazi Germany, Jews’ passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew).

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ Chicago Cubs 1 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Yankees scored 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning and Red Ruffing pitched a 9-hitter to win the pitching duel over Bill Lee before 43,642 fans at Wrigley Field.



70 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Leon Roppolo, 41. U.S. musician. Mr. Roppolo was a clarinetist with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in the 1920s. He also played violin, saxophone, and guitar. Mr. Roppolo spent most of his later years in a mental hospital after being committed because of increasingly erratic behaviour.

War
Soviet troops cleared German forces from the east bank of the Dnieper River along a 400-mile stretch from Dnepropetrovsk north to the confluence of the Dnieper and Sozh Rivers. Allied forces in Italy captured Aversa and Maddaloni north of Naples and crossed the Calore River. A U.S. Navy task force attacked Japanese-held Wake Island at dawn.

Abominations
98 American prisoners of war were executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

Defense
The U.S. Navy's Martin JRM Mars, the world's largest flying boat, successfully completed an endurance test in a flight of 32 hours 17 minutes.

Crime
A U.S. federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey indicted the German-American Vocational League, Inc., its subsidiary Recreation Resort of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, and its officers and members as German agents. Meanwhile, Laura Ingalls, the American aviatrix who had been imprisoned since February 1942 for failing to register as a German agent, was released from Alderson Women's Reformatory in Alderson, West Virginia.

Labour
The U.S. National War Labor Board ordered the striking American Federation of Labor Milk Wagon Drivers Union to return to work in the New York metropolitan area by October 6.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ New York Yankees 4 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Yankees, down 1-0 after 3½ innings, scored 2 runs in each of the 4th and 6 innings, and Spud Chandler won the pitchers' duel over Max Lanier before 68,676 fans at Yankee Stadium.



60 years ago
1953

Football
CRU
WIFU
Edmonton (9-2) 16 @ Winnipeg (6-5) 6
Calgary (3-8) 9 @ Saskatchewan (4-7) 8

Wilbur Snyder kicked 3 field goals and a single and converted Tom Stolhandske's touchdown as the Eskimos beat the Blue Bombers before 17,014 fans--a record crowd for a football game in western Canada--at Winnipeg Stadium. The Edmonton defense made 3 interceptions and recovered 3 Winnipeg fumbles. Mr. Stolhandske scored his touchdown in the 3rd quarter on a 46-yard pass from halfback Rollie Miles. Quarterback Geoff Crain scored the Blue Bombers' touchdown in the 4th quarter. Edmonton guard Frank Morris suffered a season-ending broken ankle.

Frankie Albert passed to Al Endriss for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and Glen Christian converted and added a 32-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter as the Stampeders edged the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. Bobby Marlow scored the only Saskatchewan touchdown in the 4th quarter.

Baseball
World Series
Brooklyn Dodgers 3 @ New York Yankees 4 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Billy Martin singled to drive in Hank Bauer from second base with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning with the winning run as the Yankees became the first--and so far, only--team to win 5 straight World Series, beating the record they had shared with the Yankees of 1936-1939. The Yankees, playing before 62,370 fans at Yankee Stadium, seemed in control of the game. They led 3-1 after 8 innings, with Allie Reynolds relieving starting pitcher Whitey Ford after 7 innings. However, with 1 out in the top of the 9th, Duke Snider drew a base on balls and Carl Furillo hit a home run to tie the score. Mr. Bauer singled off Brooklyn relief pitcher Clem Labine to begin the bottom of the 9th. After Yogi Berra lined out to Mr. Furillo in right field, Mickey Mantle beat out an infield single, with Mr. Bauer stopping at second, and Mr. Martin singled to end the series. Carl Erskine started on the mound for the Dodgers and gave up 3 runs in 4 innings. Mr. Labine, the third Dodger pitcher of the day, pitched 2 1/3 innings in taking the loss. Mr. Reynolds was credited with the win. It was the fifth World Series championship for Casey Stengel in his fifth season managing the Yankees, but it was the end of the line for Charlie Dressen as manager of the Dodgers. He was let go when owner Walter O'Malley refused to accede to his demand for a two-year contract, and was replaced by Walter Alston.





Little World Series
Kansas City Blues (AA) 3 @ Montreal Royals (IL) 5 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Tom LaSorda was the winning pitcher for the Royals as they beat the Blues before 5,413 fans at Delorimier Stadium. Bob Wiesler started on the mound for the Blues and took the loss. Bob Cerv of Kansas City hit the game's only home run.

PCL
The Oakland Chiefs, who had been operated by a fan-owned corporation since 1950, declared a deficit of $30,000, and team president Paul Thomas said it was likely that the team would not operate in 1954.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): No Trespassing/Not Responsible--Helen Shapiro

#1 single in France: C'est ma Fête--Richard Anthony (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Se mi vuoi lasciare--Michele (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann--Gitte (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Do You Love Me--Brian Poole and the Tremeloes

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Blue Velvet--Bobby Vinton (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Blue Velvet--Bobby Vinton (3rd week at #1)
2 Be My Baby--The Ronettes
3 Sally, Go 'Round the Roses--The Jaynetts
4 My Boyfriend's Back--The Angels
5 Surfer Girl--The Beach Boys
6 Then He Kissed Me--The Crystals
7 Heat Wave--Martha and the Vandellas
8 Cry Baby--Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters
9 Busted--Ray Charles
10 Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs

Singles entering the chart were It's All Right by the Impressions (#62); New Mexican Rose (#66)/That's the Only Way (#94) by the 4 Seasons; Workout Stevie, Workout by Little Stevie Wonder (#67); 500 Miles Away from Home by Bobby Bare (#68); Blue Guitar by Richard Chamberlain (#71); (Down At) Papa Joe's by the Dixiebelles (#77); Come Back by Johnny Mathis (#81); Speed Ball by Ray Stevens (#90); Everybody by Tommy Roe (#95); I'm Leaving it Up to You by Dale & Grace (#96); Please Don't Kiss Me Again by the Charmettes (#97); Walking Proud by Steve Lawrence (#98); Sweet Impossible You by Brenda Lee (#99); and Welcome Home by Shelley Fabares (#100). Sweet Impossible You was the B-side of The Grass is Greener, which charted at #45.

Hockey
NHL
All-Star Game
All-Stars 3 @ Toronto 3

Marcel Pronovost of the Detroit Red Wings scored at 3:23 of the 3rd period to give the All-Stars their tie with the defending champion Maple Leafs before 14,034 fans at Maple Leaf Gardens. Mr. Pronovost's goal came just 27 seconds after Ed Litzenberger had scored to give Toronto a 3-2 lead. Frank Mahovlich scored twice for the Maple Leafs in the 1st period, and assisted on Mr. Litzenberger's goal. Henri Richard of the Montreal Canadiens and Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks scored for the All-Stars in the 1st period.



Football
CFL
Ottawa (6-3) 28 @ Saskatchewan (6-5-1) 15
British Columbia (9-3) 40 @ Edmonton (2-9) 1

Russ Jackson directed the Rough Riders to 4 touchdowns in their win over the Roughriders before 14,551 fans at Taylor Field in Regina.

Joe Kapp threw 2 touchdown passes to Willie Fleming and another to Ron Morris, rushed for a touchdown of his own, and handed off to Nub Beamer for another as the Lions routed the Eskimos before 14,000 fans at Clarke Stadium.

Canadian university
British Columbia (2-0) 15 @ Manitoba (0-2) 6
Alberta (2-0) 78 @ Saskatchewan (0-2) 0

Bob Sweet and Roger Hardy rushed for touchdowns for the Thunderbirds as they defeated the Bisons in Winnipeg. John Shanski kicked a pair of field goals to give Manitoba a 6-0 lead after the 1st quarter.

The Golden Bears scored 12 touchdowns, but converted only 6, as they routed the Huskies before 1,000 fans at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Clarence Kachman scored 5 touchdowns, and Irwin Strifler added 4.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 0 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Don Drysdale pitched a 3-hitter for the Dodgers before 55,912 fans at Dodger Stadium. The only run was scored in the 1st inning when Jim Gilliam singled with 1 out, and with 2 out, advanced to second base on a wild pitch by New York starting pitcher Jim Bouton. Tommy Davis then hit a ground ball that bounced off the mound and then off the shins of New York second baseman Bobby Richardson into right field for a single to drive in the run.





40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der Kleine Prinz--Bernd Clüver

U.S.A. Top Ten (Radio & Records)
1 Half Breed--Cher (2nd week at #1)
2 Angie--The Rolling Stones
3 Ramblin' Man--The Allman Brothers
4 We're an American Band--Grand Funk
5 Let's Get it On--Marvin Gaye
6 Loves Me Like a Rock--Paul Simon with the Dixie Hummingbirds
7 That Lady--The Isley Brothers
8 Higher Ground--Stevie Wonder
9 Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat--The DeFranco Family
10 My Maria--B.W. Stevenson

Singles entering the chart were Keep on Truckin' (Part 1) by Eddie Kendricks (#15); Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#17); Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan (#18); and Jimmy Loves Mary Anne by Looking Glass (#19). Although this was the first issue of Radio & Records, it contained chart numbers for the previous week.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly rejected the credentials of the South African delegation, but General Assembly President Leopoldo Benites of Ecuador ruled that the delegation could still speak before the assembly and otherwise participate in UN work. When South African Foreign minister Hilgard Muller took the rostrum shortly after the rejection, representatives of 100 of the 135 member nations walked out to express their disapproval of South African policies. South African Prime Minister John Vorster called the decision a "comedy," but said his country would remain in the UN.

Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, on a 10-day tour of China, and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai announced a trade agreement which placed emphasis on long-term commercial arrangements such as the recent deal to sell Canadian wheat to China for $1 billion. Mr. Trudeau also announced agreements on exchange of scientific, medical, and cultural delegations as well as establishment of consular relations.

The European Patent Convention was signed in Munich.

30 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Earl Tupper, 76. U.S. inventor and businessman. Mr. Tupper created lightweight airtight plastic containers, founding the Tupperware Plastics Company in 1938.

World events
Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's Solidarity trade union movement, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1983. The committee awarding the prize praised Mr. Walesa for his restraint and commitment to nonviolence in his protests against Poland's Communist regime.

Economics and finance
The Philippines' government devalued the peso to 14 to the U.S. dollar.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Chicago 2 @ Baltimore 1 (Chicago led best-of-five series 1-0)

Lamarr Hoyt pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers's duel over Scott McGregor at Memorial Stadium.

National League Championship Series
Philadelphia 1 @ Los Angeles 4 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Hand in Hand--Koreana

Politics and government
A national plebiscite in Chile on whether President Augusto Pinochet should be allowed to continue in office for another 8 years resulted in a 55.99% "No" vote, resulting in General Pinochet continuing in power for another year, with an election to be held three months before the end of his term.

U.S. vice presidential candidates Dan Quayle (Republican) and Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat) met in a nationally-televised debate in Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Quayle had been accused of being too young and inexperienced to be vice-president, but he said that he was as experienced as John F. Kennedy had been when he had been elected president in 1960. Senator Bentsen replied, "I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."



Vadim Medvedev, newly-appointed Soviet cabinet minister for ideology and propaganda, gave a speech in which he rejected the idea of a struggle against the West. He said that Communism was facing crises around the world, and called for development of a new concept of socialism that would borrow ideas from other socialist countries and even from capitalist countries.

The Brazilian Constitution was ratified by the Constituent Assembly.

Health
The United States Energy Department admitted that 25 workers at recently-closed Savannah River Plant in South Carolina had been accidentally exposed to radiation at the nuclear power plant.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the national unemployment rate had dropped slightly in September to 5.3%.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
New York 3 @ Los Angeles 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

The Dodgers scored a run in the 1st inning and 4 in the 2nd as they beat the Mets before 55,780 fans at Dodger Stadium. Tim Belcher was the winning pitcher and David Cone took the loss.

American League Championship Series
Oakland 2 @ Boston 1 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Rick Honeycutt, who relieved starting pitcher Dave Stewart in the 7th inning, was the winning pitcher, while Bruce Hurst pitched a 6-hit complete game in taking the loss before 34,104 fans at Fenway Park.



20 years ago
1993

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Toronto 7 @ Chicago 3 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Blue Jays amassed 17 hits and scored 2 runs in the 4th inning, 3 in the 5th, and 2 in the 7th at Comiskey Park.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Dan Snyder, 25. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Snyder scored 11 goals and 5 assists in 49 games with the Atlanta Thrashers from 1999-2003. He died six days after being critically injured while a passenger in a car driven recklessly by teammate Dany Heatley.

War
Israel responded to the previous day's Muslim suicide bombing in Haifa with an air attack on a facility 10 miles northwest of Damascus, claiming the site was a terrorist training camp used by the organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Syria denied the allegation and asked the United Nations to condemn the attack, the first by Israel on Syria since the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

Terrorism
After 374 days in a Syrian jail, Maher Arar was released to his family in Ottawa. The 33-year-old Canadian citizen had been changing planes in New York in 2002 when he was detained by American officials and then deported to Syria on suspicion of being an al-Qaeda terrorist.

Politics and government
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat declared a state of emergency and named a new cabinet, with Ahmed Qurei as the new Prime Minister.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (12-4) 20 @ Montreal (12-3) 19

Ricky Ray threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Ed Hervey early in the 1st quarter and handed off to Mike Pringle for a 1-yard TD run late in the 2nd quarter as the Eskimos took a 17-6 halftime lead and hung on to edge the Alouettes before a capacity crowd of 20,202 for their first win in Montreal in 6 years and their first win at Molson Stadium in 37 years. The only Montreal touchdown came on a 7-yard pass from Anthony Calvillo to Ben Cahoon, followed by a 1-yard rush by Deyonce Whitaker for a 2-point convert with 6:48 remaining in the game. Matt Kellett missed a 43-yard field goal attempt late in the game that would have tied the score, and the Eskimos conceded a safety touch with 16 seconds remaining.