October 7, 2013

500 years ago
1513

War
Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeated Venetian forces in the Battle of La Motta at Schio in the Italian region of Veneto, Republic of Venice.

250 years ago
1763

Law
King George III of Great Britain issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, constituting the new British Province of Quebec, providing terms of government for the territories Britain had acquired from France under the Treaty of Paris; recognizing Indian rights in British North America, effectively closing lands north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlement; setting the western boundary where the 45th parallel crossed the St. Lawrence River northwest to Lake Nipissing, with the Appalachian watershed becoming the eastern boundary of Quebec.

Canadiana
Cape Breton Island was annexed to Nova Scotia.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Henry A. Wallace. 33rd Vice President of the United States of America, 1941-1945. Mr. Wallace served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933-1940 before accepting the nomintation as Vice-President. He was suspected of being too liberal and friendly toward the U.S.S.R., and was replaced as Mr. Roosevelt's vice presidential nominee in the 1944 election campaign by Harry Truman. Mr. Wallace remained in the cabinet as Secretary of Commerce from 1945-1946 until he was fired by President Harry Truman over disagreements of policy toward the Soviet Union. Mr. Wallace was the presidential candidate of the Progressive Party in 1948, but his campaign was supported by, and largely taken over by, pro-Communist forces, and Mr. Wallace finished in fourth place, attracting 2.4% of the vote and winning no electoral votes. Mr. Wallace died on November 18, 1965 at the age of 77.

120 years ago
1893

Football
ORFU
Round 1 (first games of 2-game total points series)
Ottawa College 23 @ Queen's College 13
Osgoode Hall 39 @ Royal Military College 11
Ottawa Rough Riders 1 @ Toronto 32

110 years ago
1903

Baseball
World Series
Boston Americans 11 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (Pittsburgh led best-of-nine series 3-2)

The Americans broke up a scoreless game with 6 runs in the top of the 6th inning and 4 more in the 7th to rout the Pirates before 12,322 fans at Exposition Park. Winning pitcher Cy Young pitched a complete game for his first victory of the series, while Pittsburgh starting pitcher Brickyard Kennedy went 7 innings in taking the loss.

100 years ago
1913

Oil
William Stewart Herron discovered oil on the Dingman site at Okotoks, Alberta, near Calgary, sparking Alberta's first oil boom. Mr. Herron, a local horse wrangler, first noticed gas bubbling out of an old mine shaft in 1911, collected samples, and formed a company to drill on the site.

Baseball
World Series
Philadelphia Athletics 6 @ New York Giants 4 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Home Run Baker batted 3 for 4 with a home run and 3 runs batted in and Chief Bender pitched a complete game victory for the Athletics before 36,291 fans at the Polo Grounds. New York starting pitcher Rube Marquard pitched 5 innings and was charged with the loss.

80 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Alexander Peacock, 72. Australian politician. Sir Alexander represented Clunes and Allendale in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1889-1933), holding several cabinet posts and serving three terms as Premier of Victoria (1901-1902, 1914-1917, April-July 1924). He was Speaker of the Assembly from 1928 until his death; his widow Millie won a by-election for his seat.

Business
Air France was inaugurated after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.

Football
IRFU
Montreal (1-0) 18 @ Toronto (0-1) 14
Ottawa (1-0) 14 @ Hamilton (0-1) 13

The Rough Riders' win over the Tigers at H.A.A.A. Grounds ended a 25-game losing streak for Ottawa going back to 1928.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 4 @ Washington Nationals 3 (10 innings) (New York won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Mel Ott hit a home run--his second of the series--with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to give the Giants the win before 28,454 fans in the last World Series game ever played at Griffith Stadium. The Giants led 3-0 with 2 out in the bottom of the 6th inning before Heinie Manush and Joe Cronin singled and Fred Schulte hit a 3-run homer off New York starting pitcher Hal Schumacher to tie the score. Joe Kuhel and Ossie Bluege then singled before Dolf Luque relieved Mr. Schumacher and retired Luke Sewell to end the inning. Mr. Luque, who was the winning pitcher, was still on the mound in the bottom of the 10th. He retired the first two batters, but gave up a single to Mr. Cronin and a base on balls to Mr. Schulte before striking out Mr. Kuhel to end the series. General Crowder started on the mound for Washington and was relieved after 5 1/3 innings by Jack Russell, who held the Giants scoreless until giving up the series-winning home run to Mr. Ott. It was the Giants' first World Series championship since 1922.

70 years ago
1943

War
U.S.S.R. units crossed the Volkhov River and captured Kirishi, 60 miles southeast of Leningrad. The Soviet Red Army established three bridgeheads on the west bank of the Dnieper River: north of Kiev; south of Pereyaslav; and southeast of Kremenchug. Allied forces in Italy seized Capua, 20 miles north of Naples, reaching the Volturno River along a 17-mile front. The reinforced British 8th Army made gains in fierce fighting near Termoil on the Adriatic coast. U.K. Royal Navy Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi to assume his post as Allied commander-in-chief in Southeast Asia. Niels Christensen, leader of a German spy ring that radioed news to Axis submarines of ship departures from Brazil, was sentenced with 13 associates to prison in Rio de Janeiro.

Politics and government
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen, now in the U.S. Navy, entered his name in the Nebraska primary, becoming the first candidate to formally enter the race for the 1944 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination.

Society
The U.S. House of Representatives Immigration Committee voted to report a bill repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act and granting China a quota.

Oil
U.S. Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes ended his regulation of the operating hours of gasoline stations.

Labour
The International Association of Machinists, which had left the American Federation of Labor on May 27, returned to the organization at the convention in Boston, raising AFL membership to 6,564,141.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ New York Yankees 6 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Yankees, trailing 2-1, erupted for 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to win the game before 69,990 fans at Yankee Stadium. 3 of the 6 New York runs were unearned as the result of 2 errors by St. Louis third baseman Whitey Kurowski and another by center fielder Harry Walker. Hank Borowy pitched the first 8 innings for the Yankees and was credited with the win, with Johnny Murphy pitching the 9th inning to get the save. Al Brazle pitched 7 1/3 innings for St. Louis before being knocked out of the box and relieved by Howie Krist and then Harry Brecheen.



60 years ago
1953

On the radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews
Tonight's episode: Panic Plan

Baseball
Little World Series
Montreal Royals (IL) 3 @ Kansas City Blues (AA) 4 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Bob Ferris pitched a 2-hitter to even his record for the series at 1-1 as the Blues edged the Royals before 5,229 fans at Blues Stadium. Bill Skowron hit a 2-run home run for the Blues in the 1st inning and Jim Robertson drove in the other 2 Kansas City runs with a double in the 6th. Montreal starting pitcher Ed Roebuck took the loss, dropping his record for the series to 1-1.

50 years ago
1963

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Man with the Power, starring Donald Pleasence, Priscilla Morrill, and Edward Platt

Music
The Beach Boys' album Little Deuce Coupe was released on Capitol Records, exactly three weeks after the release of their Surfer Girl album. It was the last Beach Boys album to show rhythm guitarist David Marks on the cover, as he left the group around the time of the album's release, not to return for 34 years. Meanwhile, guitarist Al Jardine, who had left in the spring of 1962, had returned to the Beach Boys and had participated in the recording sessions, but was not shown on the cover. The front cover of original vinyl copies of the album included the instructions, "File under: The Beach Boys. Hot Rod Music. Vocal Group".

Diplomacy
U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty, banning above-ground tests of nuclear weapons.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-4) 26 @ Winnipeg (6-7) 14
Ottawa (6-4) 17 @ Calgary (7-4-1) 47

The Tiger-Cats scored 2 touchdowns in the last 3:29 of the game to beat the defending Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers before 15,340 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Jim Pace scored 2 Hamilton touchdowns, with Garney Henley and Zeno Karcz scoring 1 each.

Eagle Day completed 25 of 32 passes for 383 yards, and Lovell Coleman scored 2 touchdowns, as the Stampeders routed the Rough Riders before 16,000 fans at McMahon Stadium.

40 years ago
1973

Music
Johnny Cash, with June Carter, the Carter Family, Carl Perkins, and the Tennessee Three, performed at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary. Ticket prices ranged from $5.50-$7.50.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (3-8-1) 9 @ Saskatchewan (8-4) 24

George Reed rushed for 3 short touchdowns in the last 7:39 of the game as the Roughriders defeated the Lions at Taylor Field in Regina. The score was tied 3-3 after 3 quarters, and Ivan MacMillan kicked his second and third field goals of the game to give B.C. a 9-3 lead which disappeared when Mr. Reed scored on a 2-yard run at 7:21 of the 4th quarter. Jack Abendschan converted all 3 Saskatchewan touchdowns and added a field goal. Mr. Reed finished the game with 100 yards on 20 carries.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 6 @ Baltimore 3 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

Catfish Hunter won the pitching matchup over Dave McNally as the Athletics defeated the Orioles at Memorial Stadium.



National League Championship Series
New York 5 @ Cincinnati 0 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

Jon Matlack pitched a 2-hitter and the Mets put the game away with 4 runs in the top of the 9th inning to blank the Reds at Riverfront Stadium.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Sunshine Reggae--Laid Back (5th week at #1)

World events
The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence experts had concluded that Soviet air defense personnel did not know that Korean Air Lines Flight 007, which was shot down over Soviet air space on September 1, 1983 with the loss of all 269 people aboard, was a commercial airliner until after it was shot down. The latest conclusion was that the Soviet plane that had shot down the airliner had been flying below and behind its target. U.S. administration officials said that the U.S.S.R. had begun to shake up its Far Eastern defense command in the wake of the September 1 incident. Soviet political and military leaders were said to be displeased by the fact that the Korean plane had flown across sensitive Soviet territory for two hours before being met by two Soviet interceptor planes. The Soviet government was also reported to be displeased by the apparent misidentification of the plane as a U.S. spy plane, and the leadership was also said to be angered by the great propaganda advantage that had been handed to the West.

War
Colonel Saed Musa, leader of a rebel faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization, said that the Syrian-backed rebels had gained the upper hand over PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and it appeared that the rebels were preparing to drive him from his remaining stronghold around Tripoli, Lebanon.

Economics and finance
The Filipino government delayed an increase in the minimum wage and froze prices of key commodities. The announcement came on the third day of a demonstration by thousands of office workers against the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos.

The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had declined to 9.1% in September.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Baltimore 11 @ Chicago 1 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 2-1)

The Orioles scored 4 runs in the first 2 innings and 5 in the last 2 innings as they routed the White Sox at Comiskey Park.

National League Championship Series
Los Angeles 2 @ Philadelphia 7 (Philadelphia led best-of-five series 2-1)

Charlie Hudson pitched a 4-hit complete game as the Phillies beat the Dodgers at Veterans Stadium.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Hand in Hand--Koreana (2nd week at #1)

Edmontonia
Shirley Benson began work as the city's--and western Canada's--first professional female firefighter.

Environment
A hunter discovered three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation became a multinational effort to free the whales.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-7) 21 @ British Columbia (7-7) 25

Rookie quarterback Rickey Foggie relieved Matt Dunigan in the 4th quarter and completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Scott Lecky to enable the Lions to defeat the Tiger-Cats before 28,019 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.



20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Go West--Pet Shop Boys (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Cyril Cusack, 82. S.A.-born Irish actor. Mr. Cusack appeared in numerous plays, films, and television programs in a career spanning more than 70 years. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Disasters
The Great Flood of 1993 ended at St. Louis, Missouri 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River fell below flood stage.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Atlanta 14 @ Philadelphia 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

The Braves scored 2 runs in the 1st inning and erupted for 6 in the 3rd to take an 8-0 lead as they routed the Phillies before 62,436 fans at Veterans Stadium.



10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Izzy Asper, 71. Canadian media magnate and politician. Mr. Asper founded the media conglomerate CanWest Global Communications Corporation. He led the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1970-1975, and was a member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1972-1975.

Politics and government
Austrian-born bodybuilder and movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, running as the Republican party nominee, was elected Governor of California, taking 49% of the vote in a recall election that ousted Governor Gray Davis (Democrat), who had presided over a $38-billion budget deficit and an energy crisis. 135 candidates had entered the election. The vote in favour of recalling Mr. Davis was 55%-45%. Mr. Schwarzenegger's closest competitor was Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante (Democrat), who drew 32% of the vote.

Crime
The trial of Mohammed Reza Aghadam Ahmadi, accused of the beating death of Canadian photojournalist to death in a Tehran prison in July 2003, began in Iran. Mr. Ahmadi, an intelligence officer, was charged with "quasi-intentional murder."

Energy
Brazil announced that it would begin enriching uranium in 2004. The uranium, which Brazil had large reserves of, would initially be used to fuel its two nuclear power plants, but would eventually be exported.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Florida 9 @ Chicago 8 (11 innings) (Florida led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Pinch hitter Mike Lowell hit a solo home run off relief pitcher Mark Guthrie for the winning run before 39,567 fans at Wrigley Field. The Cubs scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning to take a 4-0 lead, but the Marlins struck back with 5 in the 3rd to take a 5-4 lead. The score was tied 6-6 after 6 innings, but the Marlins took an 8-6 lead with 2 runs in the top of the 9th before Sammy Sosa hit a 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.