October 28, 2013

320 years ago
1693

Born on this date
Šimon Brixi. Czech composer. Mr. Brixi wrote music for church choirs; only 21 of his works survive. He died on November 2, 1735 at the age of 42.

220 years ago
1793

Born on this date
Eliphalet Remington. U.S. arms manufacturer. Mr. Remington founded E. Remington, now known as Remington Arms Company. He died on August 12, 1861 at the age of 67.

Technology
Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.

120 years ago
1893

Music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere performance of his 6th Symphony (Pathétique) in St. Petersburg.

Football
ORFU
Round 2
Queen's College 6 @ University of Toronto 15 (Queen's won 2-game total points series 33-22)
Osgoode Hall 13 @ Toronto 21 (Toronto won 2-game total points series 49-47)

100 years ago
1913

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the White Sox winning 6-0 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

80 years ago
1933

Football
IRFU
Ottawa (3-1) 12 @ Montreal (3-1) 18
Hamilton (0-4) 5 @ Toronto (2-2) 11

75 years ago
1938

Boxing
John Henry Lewis (100-10-5) retained his world light heavyweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Al Gainer (73-18-5) before 2,200 fans at New Haven Arena in New Haven, Connecticut. It was Mr. Lewis's last title defense; he retired the following year because of vision problems, after being knocked out by world heavyweight champion Joe Louis.

70 years ago
1943

War
The western drive of Soviet forces reached a point 26 miles east of the lower Dnieper River. U.S.S.R. troops took Anastasyevka and Blagodatnoye on the northwestern front. Allied forces in Italy continued to advance despite heavy rains. U.S. paratroops landed on the south coast of Choiseul Island in the northern Solomons, with Japanese forces retreating northward. Chinese troops in eastern China captured Sioafeng, Chekiung Province, one of the main points seized in the Japanese effort to wipe out guerrillas.

Business
The government of Brazil liquidated 45 Axis-owned concerns, including 25 Japanese operations.

Labour
As a result of strikes by more than 10,000 workers, 45 Argentine labour leaders were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

60 years ago
1953

Football
WIFU
Semi-Finals
Saskatchewan 5 @ Winnipeg 43 (First game of 2-game total points series)

Lorne Benson set a Canadian football record for a single game with 6 touchdowns and Bud Grant set another single-game record with 5 interceptions as the Blue Bombers routed the Roughriders at Winnipeg Stadium.

50 years ago
1963

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Man Who was Never Born, starring Martin Landau and Shirley Knight

40 years ago
1973

Disasters
24 people were missing and presumed drowned after an Argentine navy transport ship and a cargo ship collided in Rio de la Plata estuary off the coast of Argentina.

Horse racing
1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat ran his final race, winning the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto by 6 1/2 lengths.

Football
CFL
Montreal (7-5-1) 0 @ Ottawa (9-5) 16
British Columbia (4-9-2) 22 @ Winnipeg (4-10-1) 17
Hamilton (6-7) 25 @ Saskatchewan (10-5) 34

Dick Adams returned a fumble 11 yards for a touchdown at 7:30 of the 3rd quarter and Gerry Organ kicked a convert and 3 field goals as the Rough Riders blanked the Alouettes at Lansdowne Park to clinch first place in the Eastern Football Conference. Mr. Organ's third field goal was his 31st of the season, breaking the league record for a single season that had been set by Ted Gerela of the British Columbia Lions in 1968. However, Dave Cutler of the Edmonton Eskimos, who played a 16-game season, had one game remaining in which to try to tie or break the record, while the Rough Riders' regular season was over after 14 games.

Johnny Musso rushed for 2 touchdowns in the 2nd half, scoring the winner on an 8-yard run with 3:40 remaining in the game, as the Lions edged the Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium to keep their playoff hopes alive and eliminate Winnipeg from playoff contention. Bob LaRose scored the only Winnipeg touchdown on a 6-yard pass from Don Jonas with 6:58 remaining in the game as the Blue Bombers came back from a 15-4 deficit to take a 17-15 lead.

Ron Lancaster completed touchdown passes of 46 yards to Bobby Thompson and 40 yards to Tom Campana as the Roughriders eliminated the defending Grey Cup champion Tiger-Cats from playoff contention at Taylor Field in Regina. Steve Molnar, playing his first game of the season after missing the first 14 games with injury, rushed 2 yards for a Roughrider touchdown in the 3rd quarter, and Saskatchewan running back Terry Bulych rushed for TDs of 1 and 2 yards, respectively, within a 2 1/2-minute span in the last 5 minutes of the game. Hamilton quarterback Chuck Ealey completed touchdown passes of 25 yards to Garney Henley in the 1st quarter and 10 yards to Steve Conley and 45 yards to Andy Hopkins in the 4th quarter. The teams combined for 5 touchdowns in the 4th quarter, with each team scoring 2 touchdowns in a span of 3 minutes and 46 seconds beginning at the 8:50 mark.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Karma Chameleon--Culture Club

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): I Like Chopin--Gazebo (2nd week at #1)

War
The United Nations Security Council voted 11-1, with 3 abstentions, in favour of a resolution condemning the U.S. invasion of Grenada. The U.S.A. cast the only negative vote, constituting a veto of the resolution. Admiral Wesley McDonald, commander of U.S. forces in the Atlantic Ocean, said that 500 or more Cubans were still at large in Grenada and might have fled to the hills. He said that 638 Cubans and 17 Grenadians were being held prisoner, and that 36 Cuban and Grenadian fighters had been killed and 56 wounded. 700 U.S. Army Rangers began to withdraw from the country. The United States Senate voted 64-20 in favour of a resolution applying the War Powers Resolution to the invasion, meaning that U.S. troops had to be withdrawn from Grenada by December 24 unless Congress approved an extension.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): One Moment in Time--Whitney Houston (2nd week at #1)

Abominations
The French government ordered the pharmaceutical firm Groupe Roussell Uclaf to resume distribution of RU-486, a pill designed to induce an abortion early in pregnancy. The firm had announced two days earlier that it was ceasing distribution of the drug because of opposition from opponents of abortion.

Economics and finance
The United States government reported that the federal budget deficit for the 1988 fiscal year ended September 30 had been $155.1 billion, an increase of $5.4 billion over the previous year.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): U Got 2 Let the Music--Cappella

Politics and government
Prime Minister Sylvie Kinigi announced that she had regained control of the government of Burundi, a week after a failed attempt at a coup that had resulted in the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye.

Economics and finance
The United States government put the federal budget deficit for the 1993 fiscal year at $254.9 billion, far below estimates and also sharply lower than the 1992 deficit of $290.2 billion. During the fiscal year ended September 30, federal spending had risen 1.9% to $1.408 trillion, while revenues had increased 5.8% to $1.153 trillion. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product had grown at an annual rate of 2.8% during the third quarter of 1993, compared with 1.9% for the second quarter.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at an all-time high of 3,687.86.

Disasters
U.S. President Bill Clinton declared five counties of California to be disaster areas because of wildfires, believed to have been started by arsonists, and fanned by Santa Ana winds. The fires flourished in scrub forests and dense dry brush, and were burning in several places between Ventura County and the Mexican border.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 7 @ Yakult Swallows 2 (Yakult led best-of-seven series 3-2)