October 20, 2013

210 years ago
1803

Americana
The United States Senate voted 24-7 to ratify the Louisiana Purchase Treaty.

130 years ago
1883

Football
ORFU
Round 2
Ottawa 17 @ Queen's College 0

125 years ago
1888

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 4 @ New York Giants 6 (8 innings) (New York led best-of-ten series 4-1)

The Giants trailed 6-3 after 7 1/2 innings but rallied for 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th, after which the game was called because of darkness. Tim Keefe pitched his third complete game victory of the series, while Silver King pitched his third complete game loss. 9,124 fans were in attendance at the Polo Grounds.

110 years ago
1903

Diplomacy
In Washington, D.C., the Joint High Commission issued a Canada/Alaska boundary award, the commissioners voting 4-2 to support the U.S. claim for a boundary running behind the heads of the inlets, but agreeing to equal distribution of four islands at the mouth of Portland Canal. The British commissioner, Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England, broke the deadlock, but the two Canadian members, A.B. Aylesworth and Sir Louis Jetté, refused to sign the lopsided award and returned to Ottawa. The Alaska Boundary Crisis led to a Canada's determination to protect its own interest through the creation of the Department of External Affairs.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Barney Phillips. U.S. actor. Mr. Phillips, born Bernard Philip Ofner, was a character actor in radio, television, and films in a career spanning almost 50 years. He played Sergeant Ed Jacobs in 11 episodes of the television series Dragnet (1952-1953), and provided the voice of the title character in the animated television series Shazzan! (1967-1969). Mr. Phillips died of cancer on August 17, 1982 at the age of 68.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton 36 @ Montreal 1
Toronto 10 Ottawa 10

ORFU
(Toronto) Parkdale Canoe Club (1-1) 24 @ Hamilton (0-1) 5

ORFU-IRFU (exhibition)
Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (ORFU) 9 @ Hamilton (IRFU) 13

Canadian university
McGill 21 Toronto 6

SRU
Saskatoon 9 @ Moose Jaw 17

ARU
Calgary (2-1) 12 @ Edmonton (3-1) 13

3,000 fans at Diamond Park saw the Eskimos score the winning point against the Tigers late in the 4th quarter when Calgary's Arnold Wark was rouged. Mr. Miller scored the first Edmonton touchdown in the 1st quarter, and Leo Cullnan returned a fumble 30 yards for the other Eskimo TD inthe 2nd quarter. The Tigers scored their only touchdown when Mr. Conway of the Eskimos fumbled a punt in his end zone and Mr. Gordon recovered for Calgary. The game was reported to be the most exciting game ever played in Edmonton to date.

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the Giants winning 6-4 in Springfield, Illinois.

90 years ago
1923

Communications
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals exchanged northern Canada's first wireless messages from Dawson, Yukon Territory.

Horse racing
1923 Kentucky Derby winner Zev defeated 1923 Epsom Derby winner Papyrus by 6 lengths in a match race before 60,000 fans at Belmont Park, New York. Zev won $80,000 of the $100,000 purse as well as the Gold Challenge Cup.



Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (2-0-2) 14 @ Montreal (1-2-1) 14
Ottawa (1-3) 1 @ Hamilton (2-1-1) 2

The Argonauts, trailing the Winged Wheelers 14-8 at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Grounds with 5 minutes remaining in the game, drove downfield and tied the game when Joe Sirrett recovered Dunc Munro's onside kick for a touchdown, and Mr. Munro converted.

The Rough Riders, in position to tie their game against the Tigers at Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds, attempted to recover an onside kick, but were unsuccessful, allowing the Tigers to escape with the win.

ORFU
Hamilton (3-0) 9 @ University of Toronto (0-2) 2

Canadian university
Queen's (2-0) 9 @ Toronto (1-1) 3

MRU
University of Manitoba (2-2) 32 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers (1-3) 13

SRU
Saskatoon (1-3) 0 @ Regina (3-1) 15

The Roughriders shut out the Quakers to clinch the Saskatchewan provincial championship.

ARU
Edmonton (1-1) 7 @ University of Alberta (1-1) 8 (Edmonton won 2-game total points series 30-9)

Bill Rankin scored a touchdown and convert, and Blake Brunson added a rouge for the Eskimos in their loss to the U of A at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton in the second game of the series for the championship of the northern half of Alberta.

70 years ago
1943

Football
WCASRFL
Winnipeg RCAF (4-0) 6 Winnipeg United Services (1-4) 5

Don Durno scored a touchdown, converted by Ches McCance, as the Bombers edged United Services at Osborne Stadium. Lee Sherman kicked a field goal and single for United Services, with Danny Summers recording a rouge on a punt by Mr. Sherman.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Valley of the Kings, starring Herbert Berghof and Jack Livesey

50 years ago
1963

Music
The Beach Boys recorded their first Christmas single, Little Saint Nick, at Western Recorders in Hollywood.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (8-4) 11 @ Toronto (2-10) 10

21,196 fans at CNE Stadium saw quarterback Sandy Stephens direct the Argonaut offense from the Toronto 51-yard line to the Hamilton 39 in the last 2 minutes of the game, only to have Mr. Stephens throw 2 consecutive incomplete passes. Instead of having Dave Mann attempt to punt for the tying point on third down, Toronto head coach Nobby Wirkowski elected to gamble, but another pass play was unsuccessful.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Angie--Rolling Stones

#1 single in the U.K.: Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")--Simon Park Orchestra (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (2nd week at #1)
2 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
3 Live and Let Die--Wings
4 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
5 You Don't Own Me--The Ormsby Brothers
6 Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)--Shirley Bassey
7 And I Love You So--Perry Como
8 Yesterday Once More--Carpenters
9 Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
10 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross

Singles entering the chart were Angie by the Rolling Stones (#21); Satin Sheets by Jeanne Pruett (#35); Mess of the Blues by the Coloured Balls (#38); and Twelve Pound Toothbrush by Madder Lake (#39).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Angie--Rolling Stones

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ramblin' Man--Allman Brothers Band
2 Angie--Rolling Stones
3 Half-Breed--Cher
4 Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)--Eddie Kendricks
5 Higher Ground--Stevie Wonder
6 That Lady (Part 1)--The Isley Brothers
7 Midnight Train to Georgia--Gladys Knight and the Pips
8 China Grove--The Doobie Brothers
9 Heartbeat--It's a Lovebeat--DeFranco Family
10 Free Ride--The Edgar Winter Group

Singles entering the chart were Be by Neil Diamond (#75); Mammy Blue by Stories (#77); Corazon by Carole King (#79); The Joker by the Steve Miller Band (#89); I Won't Last a Day Without You by Maureen McGovern (#91); Wrapped Up in Your Warm and Tender Love by Tyrone Davis (#93); Back for a Taste of Your Love by Syl Johnson (#94); Calico by Tommy James (#96); Painted Ladies by Ian Thomas (#97); Hey, Little Girl by Foster Sylvers (#98); Vado Via by Drupi (#99); and Some Guys Have All the Luck by the Persuaders (#100). Be was from the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Angie--Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)
2 Half-Breed--Cher
3 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
4 We're an American Band--Grand Funk
5 Loves Me Like a Rock--Paul Simon with the Dixie Hummingbirds
6 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross
7 Ramblin' Man--Allman Brothers Band
8 Free Ride--The Edgar Winter Group
9 China Grove--The Doobie Brothers
10 Could You Ever Love Me Again--Gary & Dave

Singles entering the chart were Love is a Beautiful Song by Dave Mills (#97); Kingston by Joe Probert (#98); Cousin Mary by Fludd (#99); and Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren (#100).

#1 single in Calgary: Half-Breed--Cher (2nd week at #1)

Scandal
In what became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre," U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned and his deputy William Ruckelshaus and special prosecutor Archibald Cox were fired when Mr. Cox, who had been hired to investigate 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, rejected a compromise proposed by the administration of President Richard Nixon regarding an order by federal district court Judge John Sirica to turn over tapes of White House conversations, and threatened to secure a judicial ruling that Mr. Nixon was violating a court order by refusing to turn over the tapes to Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox argued that Mr. Nixon's proposed compromise would create "insuperable difficulties" in conducting a criminal investigation. Mr. Richardson was ordered to dismiss Mr. Cox, but resigned instead, saying that to dismiss the prosecutor would conflict with his pledge to provide Mr. Cox with "full authority" to contest presidential claims of executive privilege. When Mr. Ruckelshaus also refused to fire Mr. Cox, he was fired himself. Mr. Cox was finally dismissed by Solicitor General Robert Bork, who became acting Attorney General. The White House ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to seal the offices of Messrs. Cox, Richardson, and Ruckelshaus.

Australiana
The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

Religion
The Dalai Lama began a 10-day visit to the United Kingdom--his first visit to Britain--for the purpose of administering vows.

Disasters
Two days of torrential rains and floods in southern Spain concluded with at least 93 deaths and more than 100 people missing.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a Brazilian jet fighter crashed into a cluster of adobe huts on the outskirts of Fortaleza, Brazil.

Boxing
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (43-2) won a 12-round unanimous decision over Rudi Lubbers (21-2) at Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.



Football
CFL
Winnipeg (4-9-1) 7 @ Montreal (7-4-1) 34
British Columbia (3-9-2) 14 @ Edmonton (8-4-2) 14

The Alouettes overcame a 7-3 halftime deficit with 31 unanswered points in the 2nd half to rout the Blue Bombers at Autostade. Montreal scored 24 points in the 3rd quarter on a 41-yard touchdown rush by John Harvey, a 27-yard TD pass from George Mira to Peter Dalla Riva, and a 34-yard interception return for a touchdown by Jim Nettles, with 3 converts and a field goal by Don Sweet. Mr. Mira connected with Brian Jack for a 31-yard touchdown, converted by Mr. Sweet, early in the 4th quarter. Mr. Sweet kicked a field goal in the 1st quarter to give the Alouettes a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Bombers replied with a 24-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Paul Williams, converted by Walt McKee. The Montreal defense limited the Winnipeg offense to 8 first downs and 178 yards net offense on a muddy field.

Bruce Lemmerman completed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Garry Lefebvre with 23 seconds remaining in the game, and Dave Cutler's convert enabled the Eskimos to tie the Lions before 20,688 fans at Clarke Stadium. The Eskimos led 7-0 at halftime on a 7-yard TD pass from Mr. Lemmerman to George McGowan with 4:10 remaining in the 2nd quarter, converted by Mr. Cutler. Johnny Musso rushed 3 yards for a B.C. touchdown in the 3rd quarter, and Jim Young rushed 8 yards for a TD with 7:06 remaining in the game to give the Lions the lead. Both B.C. touchdowns were converted by Ivan MacMillan. Sam Scarber, who had played for the Eskimos in 1971 and 1972 before being released at the end of the pre-season of 1973, returned to the lineup after the team had discovered he was still in town and was working in the sporting goods department of the downtown Hudson's Bay Company store. In what turned out to be his final CFL game, Mr. Scarber carried 3 times for 12 yards and caught 4 passes for 28 yards. It was the first CFL game for Lions' defensive tackle Mike Samples, and his only game in a B.C. uniform.

Baseball
World Series
New York Mets 1 @ Oakland Athletics 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Reggie Jackson doubled in a run in each of the 1st and 3rd innings, and Catfish Hunter, with help from Darold Knowles and Rollie Fingers, won the pitchers' duel over Tom Seaver before 49,333 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Mets trailed 2-0 with 1 out in the top of the 8th but scored a run on consecutive singles by Ken Boswell, Wayne Garrett, and Felix Millan before Rusty Staub struck out and Cleon Jones flied out to center fielder Vic Davalillo. The Athletics scored an unearned insurance run in the bottom of the 8th when Mr. Jackson singled and made it to third base when New York center fielder Don Hahn let the ball get by him for a 2-base error, and Jesus Alou hit a sacrifice fly to Mr. Jones in left field. Mr. Hunter gave up just 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 1/3 innings for his first win of the series. Mr. Knowles gave up 2 hits in 1/3 inning, and Mr. Fingers retired all 4 batters he faced for his second save of the series. Mr. Seaver gave up 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings in taking his first loss of the series.



30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
Canada's Top 30 (Weekly Music Magazine)
1 King of Pain--The Police
2 I Don't Wanna Dance--Eddy Grant
3 True--Spandau Ballet
4 Making Love out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
5 Promises, Promises--Naked Eyes
6 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
7 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
8 Lawyers in Love--Jackson Browne
9 Delirious--Prince
10 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)--Sheena Easton
11 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
12 What am I Gonna Do?--Rod Stewart
13 How am I Supposed to Live Without You?--Laura Branigan
14 Modern Love--David Bowie
15 Tell Her About It--Billy Joel
16 Kiss the Bride--Elton John
17 If Anyone Falls--Stevie Nicks
18 I Never Said I Loved You--Payola$ with Carole Pope
19 Queen of the Broken Hearts--Loverboy
20 Sitting at the Wheel--The Moody Blues
21 All I Need--Toronto
22 Suddenly Last Summer--The Motels
23 It Must Be Love--Madness
24 Don't Forget to Dance--The Kinks
25 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
26 Heart and Soul--Huey Lewis and the News
27 Can't Shake Loose--Agnetha Faltskog
28 Love is a Stranger--Eurythmics
29 Love is a Battlefield--Pat Benatar
30 Say, Say, Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

25 years ago
1988

Law
The British government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced plans to change the law regarding a suspect's right to remain silent, allowing the prosecution to draw a jury's attention to the suspect's silence and inviting the jury to draw inferences from it.

Baseball
CFL
Los Angeles Dodgers 5 @ Oakland Athletics 2 (Los Angeles won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Mickey Hatcher hit a 2-run home run in the 1st inning, Mike Davis added a 2-run homer in the 4th, and Orel Hershiser pitched a 4-hit complete game, recording 9 strikeouts, as the Dodgers completed their upset of the Athletics before 49,317 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Mr. Hershiser, who recorded his second win of the series, was named the series' Most Valuable Player. Storm Davis started on the mound for Oakland and gave up 6 hits and 4 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings in absorbing his second loss of the series.



20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Living on My Own '93--Freddie Mercury (4th week at #1)

Abominations
A jury in Los Angeles acquitted Negro thug Henry Watson of attempted murder in the 1992 beating of white truck driver Reginald Denny, but guilty of a lesser charge. Judge John Ouderkirk declared a mistrial on one remaining assault charge against Mr. Watson after the jury became deadlocked. The beating took place in the aftermath of the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Negro criminal Rodney King.

Scandal
The United States Senate Ethics Committee voted unanimously to subpoena the full diaries of Sen. Bob Packwood (Republican--Oregon). For a year, the committee had been investigating complaints from 26 women that Sen. Packwood had made unwanted sexual advances toward them. Mr. Packwood had allowed the committee to examine portions of his diaries, but objected that it was seeking to examine entries unrelated to the allegations.

Baseball
World Series
Toronto Blue Jays 15 @ Philadelphia Phillies 14 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Blue Jays trailed 14-9 after 7 innings but rallied for 6 runs in the top of the 8th to win the highest-scoring and longest (4 hours, 14 minutes) game in World Series history before 62,731 fans at Veterans Stadium. Luis Castillo, the third of five Toronto pitchers, gave up 3 hits, 3 bases on balls, and 2 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings, but was the winning pitcher. Duane Ward retired all 4 batters he faced to earn his second save of the Series. Mitch Williams, the fifth of six Philadelphia pitchers, gave up 3 hits, a base on balls, and 3 earned runs in 2/3 inning in taking the loss.



10 years ago
2003

Defense
U.S. President George W. Bush outlined a security guarantee for North Korea if it dismantled its nuclear weapons program.

Crime
Cecilia Zhang, 9, was abducted from her suburban Toronto home in the middle of the night, sparking a city-wide manhunt.