July 27, 2014

825 years ago
1189

World events
Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa arrived at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.

800 years ago
1214

War
Forces commanded by King Philip II of France decisively defeated Imperial, English and Flemish armies led by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV in the Battle of Bouvines in Flanders, effectively ending King John of England's Angevin Empire.

325 years ago
1689

War
The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought in Scotland, with forces supporting King James II of England (King James VII of Scotland) defeating forces loyal to King William III of England.

320 years ago
1694

Economics and finance
A royal charter was granted to the Bank of England.

225 years ago
1789

Politics and government
The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, was established (it was later renamed Department of State).

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Cal Crum. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Crum played with the Boston Braves (1917-1918), with a record of 0-1 and an earned run average of 10.80 in 2 games (3 1/3 innings). He won at least 58 games in at least 7 seasons in he minor leagues from 1914-1923, and was 20-14 with the Indianapolis Indians of the AA American Association in 1919. Mr. Crum died on July 7, 1945, 20 days before his 56th birthday.

Baseball
With 2 out in the 9th inning, the Philadelphia Athletics scored 6 runs on 2 errors, 2 doubles, a single, and a home run (by Henry Larkin) to defeat the Kansas City Cowboys 12-10 in an American Association game at Jefferson Street Grounds in Phialdelphia.

100 years ago
1914

Religion
Felix Manalo registered his unitarian pseudo-Christian cult Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) with the Philippine government.

90 years ago
1924

Olympics
The Summer Olympics closed in Paris. Canada won no gold medals, but silver medals in the rowing eights, coxless fours, and team clay pigeon, and a bronze medal in boxing.

80 years ago
1934

Politics and government
The Saskatchewan Farmer-Labour Party became the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).

75 years ago
1939

Baseball
The Brooklyn Dodgers sent 4 players and a reported $75,000 to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for shortstop Pee Wee Reese, currently playing for the Red Sox’ AAA farm team in Louisville. Mr. Reese continiued to play with the Colonels, batting .279 with 4 home runs in 149 games in 1939.

70 years ago
1944

War
German Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels issued his first orders in a program for total mobilization, which cancelled vacations for female workers and directed the army to use frontline troops as labour battalions. Soviet forces advanced from the Baltic Sea to the Carpathian foothills, taking several Polish, Latvian, and Lithuanian localities. U.S. planes made their first large-scale raid on Halmahera Island in the Moluccas, west of Dutch New Guinea.

Diplomacy
Polish Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk headed a committee from the government in exile in London to Moscow for talks with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

60 years ago
1954

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Main Feature: Death, starring Nina Foch

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ciudad Solitaria--Mina

Died on this date
Willie Galimore, 29; Bo Farrington, 28. U.S. football players. Mr. Galimore was a fullback with the Chicago Bears from 1957-1963; Mr. Farrington was a tight end with the Bears from 1960-1963. Both players helped the Bears win the NFL championship in 1963. They were killed in a car accident in Rensselaer, Indiana while at the team's training camp.

Defense
5,000 more American military advisers were sent to South Vietnam, bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.

Diplomacy
Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman arrived in Ottawa to start a three-day visit to Canada.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (0-2) 16 @ Hamilton (2-1) 29

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Sugar Baby Love--The Rubettes (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Rock Your Baby--George McCrae

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Billy - Don't Be a Hero--Paper Lace (4th week at #1)
2 Devil Gate Drive--Suzi Quatro
3 The Entertainer--Marvin Hamlisch
4 Evie--Stevie Wright
5 The Streak--Ray Stevens
6 Would You Lay with Me in a Field of Stone?--Judy Stone
7 My Girl Bill--Jim Stafford
8 The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk
9 Candle in the Wind/Bennie and the Jets--Elton John
10 Hooked on a Feeling--Blue Swede

Singles entering the chart were Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot (#25); Sugar Baby Love by the Rubettes (#27); and Long Live Love by Olivia Newton-John (#38).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Annie's Song--John Denver

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Annie's Song--John Denver
2 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--Elton John
3 Rikki Don't Lose that Number--Steely Dan
4 Rock and Roll Heaven--The Righteous Brothers
5 Rock Your Baby--George McCrae
6 Rock the Boat--The Hues Corporation
7 The Air that I Breathe--The Hollies
8 You Won't See Me--Anne Murray
9 On and On--Gladys Knight and the Pips
10 Waterloo--ABBA

Singles entering the chart were Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe by Barry White (#71); Tell Her Love has Felt the Need by Eddie Kendricks (#77); Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) by Bob Dylan and The Band (#86); Moonlight Special by Ray Stevens (#88); Beach Baby by First Class (#89); That's Not How it Goes by Bloodstone (#92); Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) by Tower of Power (#93); Many Rivers to Cross by Nilsson (#94); Rings by Reuben Howell (#95); Sugar Lump by Leon Haywood (#96); Lover's Cross by Melanie (#97); Funky Party by Clarence Reid (#98); Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd (#99); and Second Avenue by Tim Moore (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Rock Your Baby--George McCrae
2 Annie's Song--John Denver
3 Rock the Boat--The Hues Corporation
4 Rock and Roll Heaven--The Righteous Brothers
5 The Air that I Breathe--The Hollies
6 Rikki Don't Lose that Number--Steely Dan
7 Waterloo--ABBA
8 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--Elton John
9 Sideshow--Blue Magic
10 You Won't See Me--Anne Murray

Singles entering the chart were I Want You to Love Me by Susan Jacks (#92); Let's Put it All Together by the Stylistics (#94); Don't Knock My Love by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (#95); Shoeshine Working Song by Murray McLauchlan (#97); River's Risin' by Edgar Winter (#98); Love Will Get You by Jayson Hoover (#99); and Kalimba Story by Earth, Wind & Fire (#100).

Calgary's Top 10
1 The Night Chicago Died--Paper Lace
2 (You're) Having My Baby--Paul Anka with Odia Coates
3 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--Elton John
4 If You Go Away--Terry Jacks
5 Waterloo--ABBA
6 Wild Thing--Fancy
7 Wildwood Weed--Jim Stafford
8 Rock the Boat--The Hues Corporation
9 Annie's Song--John Denver
10 King of Nothing--Seals and Crofts
Pick hit of the week: Takin' Care of Business--Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Music
Cass Elliot finished a 12-day engagement at the London Palladium, where she had played to capacity audiences and rave reviews.

Scandal
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to recommend President Richard M. Nixon's impeachment on Article I--a charge that he had personally engaged in a "course of conduct" designed to obstruct justice in the investigation of the June 1972 breakin at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): One Love/People Get Ready--Bob Marley

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Two Tribes--Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Died on this date
James Mason, 75. U.K. actor. Mr. Mason became a major star in British films in the mid-1940s, and later achieved success in Hollywood. His movies included Odd Man Out (1947); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); 5 Fingers (1952); Julius Caesar (1953); A Star is Born (1954); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); North by Northwest (1959); Lolita (1962); Georgy Girl (1966); Murder by Decree (1979); The Verdict (1982); and The Shooting Party (1985).

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. rejected the U.S.A.’s draft of a joint statement on banning space weapons.

Politics and government
U.S. President Ronald Reagan rejected the challenge of Democratic challenger Walter Mondale for six election debates, saying that two debates "would be as many as the public should stand for."

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-2) 43 @ Calgary (2-3) 17

Baseball
Pete Rose’s single in the 7th inning against Steve Carlton was the 3,053rd of his major league career, passing Ty Cobb for first place on the career singles list. Mr. Rose and the Montreal Expos defeated Mr. Carlton and the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 before 30,222 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): Minä olen muistanut--Kim Lönnholm (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Too Much--Bros

Disasters
Korean Air Flight 803, a DC-10 jetliner en route from Seoul to Tripoli, crashed in fog while trying to land at Tripoli. 82 were killed, while over 100 survived.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (2-1) 17 @ Toronto (2-1) 21

The Argonauts made 6 interceptions against Eskimo quarterback Tracy Ham on their way to the win. Mike "Pinball" Clemons of the Argonauts and Tony "The Wiz" Hunter of the Eskimos put on a great show returning kicks. For Mr. Clemons, it was his first CFL game.



Baseball
The Atlanta Braves scored all 10 of their runs in the 6th inning as they defeated the San Francisco Giants 10-1 before 10,471 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Dale Murphy became the first Brave since Bobby Lowe in 1894 to hit 2 home runs in an inning, and his 6 runs batted in in an inning tied a major league record.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5 runs in each of the 1st and 7th innings as they defeated the New York Mets 10-8 before 39,447 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Scott Little flied out as a pinch hitter for the Pirates in the 6th inning in his first major league game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 2 runs in the 7th inning, 1 in the 8th, and 3 in the 9th as they overcame a 5-1 deficit and defeated the Houston Astros 7-5 before 30,466 fans at the Astrodome. Eddie Murray's 3-run home run with 1 out in the top of the 9th provided the winning margin.

20 years ago
1994

Terrorism
The day after 14 people had been injured when a car bomb had exploded outside the Israeli embassy in London, five more people were injured when a bomb exploded at an Israeli fund-raising office in London.

10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
10 days after offering his resignation to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahemd Qurei withdrew the offer after Mr. Arafat agreed to hand over to Mr. Qurei some control over security agencies.

Barack Obama, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, delivered the keynote address for the day at the Democratic National Convention at FleetCenter in Boston.