August 28, 2014

1,525 years ago
489

War
Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeated Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.

825 years ago
1189

War
Crusaders under Guy of Lusignan began the Siege of Acre in Israel.

275 years ago
1739

Died on this date
Agostino Accorimboni, 78. Italian composer. Mr. Accorimboni wrote 13 operas between 1768-1785, and composed other choral works. He died on August 13, 1818, 15 days before his 79th birthday.

225 years ago
1789

Space
William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Karl Böhm. Austrian orchestra conductor. Mr. Böhm had a career spanning 60 years, and was known for conducting performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss. He was musical director of the Hamburg State Opera (1931-1934); Semper Opera (Dresden) (1934-1942); and Vienna State Opera (1943-1945), and conducted 262 performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Mr. Böhm never joined the Nazi Party, but expressed Nazi sympathies. Although it remains a matter of dispute whether his declarations of support for the Nazis arose from conviction or careerism, they had the effect of advancing his career. Mr. Böhm died on August 14, 1981, two weeks before his 87th birthday.

100 years ago
1914

War
The British Royal Navy defeated the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in the southeastern North Sea. German troops conquered the Belgian city of Namur.

90 years ago
1924

Protest
Opposition forces in the Georgain Soviet Socialist Republic began the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.

75 years ago
1939

Baseball
Joe DiMaggio hit a grand slam, a 3-run home run, and a single, driving in 8 runs, to help the New York Yankees rout the Detroit Tigers 18-2 before 14,281 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, a day after the Yankees had beaten the Tigers 13-3.

70 years ago
1944

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The African Leopard Men

War
Marseilles and Toulon were liberated by Allied forces, while American troops crossed the Marne River at Meaux and drove into Chateau-Thierry. Soviet forces drove 10 miles into Transylvania.

Politics and Government
The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee and National PAC Chairman Sidney Hillman told the U.S. House of Representatives Campaign Expenditures Committee that both groups were functioning legally, that he contemplated no third-party movement, and "have no plans to capture any political party."

Labour
Most of 8,000 workers at the Ford Motor Company plant in Highland Park, Michigan returned to work after being on strike since August 24 over wages and seniority rights. Congress of Industrial Organizations and United Auto Workers said the strike was unauthorized.

Golf
Byron Nelson won the All-American tournament at Tam O'Shanter Club in Chicago, winning a record $13,462 in U.S. war bonds.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Happy Wanderer--Frank Weir and his Orchestra; Obernkirchen Children's Choir (5th week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts (Best Seller--4th week at #1; Disc Jockey--4th week at #1; Jukebox--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts (4th week at #1)
--The Chords
2 The Little Shoemaker--The Gaylords
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
3 Hey There--Rosemary Clooney
--Sammy Davis, Jr.
4 The High and the Mighty--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--LeRoy Holmes and his Orchestra
--Victor Young and his Orchestra
--Johnny Desmond
5 In the Chapel in the Moonlight--Kitty Kallen
6 Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen
7 Skokiaan--Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
--Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band
8 They were Doin' the Mambo--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
9 Hernando's Hideaway--Archie Bleyer
10 Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight--The McGuire Sisters
--Sunny Gale

Singles entering the chart were Sammy Davis Jr.'s version of Hey There; If I Give My Heart to You, with versions by Denise Lor; and Doris Day (#28); Au Revoir by Teresa Brewer (#31); Whispering by Paul Whiteman and his "New" Ambassador Hotel Orchestra (#32); (Oh) What a Dream by Ruth Brown and the Rhythmakers (#35, charting with the version by Patti Page); and Heaven was Never Like This by Eddie Fisher (#44). Whispering had originally been a hit for Mr. Whiteman and his orchestra in 1920.

Golf
Arnold Palmer, 24, won the United States Amateur championship at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Mr. Palmer wiped out a two-hole morning deficit with a final-round 70, good for a 1-up victory over 43-year-old veteran Robert Sweeny.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (1-0) 24 @ Hamilton (0-1) 6
Ottawa (0-1) 6 @ Toronto (1-0) 13

WIFU
Saskatchewan (2-1) 0 @ Calgary (1-2) 34
Winnipeg (3-0) 8 @ British Columbia (0-1) 6

ORFU
Toronto (0-1) 13 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (1-0) 35

The Alouettes' win over the Tiger-Cats at Civic Stadium was the last game for veteran quarterback and punter Glenn Dobbs, who had joined Hamilton after 3 years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He saw little action at quarterback, throwing 2 incomplete passes, but had a fine game punting, punting 12 times for a 44.1-yard average, including a 60-yard single.



20,606 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver saw the Lions take an early lead in their first regular season game ever, only to fall to the Blue Bombers. By Bailey rushed 2 yards for the Lions' first touchdown ever, and B.C. led 6-1 at halftime. The Blue Bombers scored the winning touchdown in the 3rd quarter when Jack Jacobs completed a pass to Bud Grant for 15 yards and Mr. Grant lateralled to Gerry James, who ran the remaining 49 yards to complete a 64-yard play. It was the only WIFU game for Don "Sleepy"Knowles of the Lions.

Blake Taylor scored 3 touchdowns as the Dutchmen beat Balmy Beach in Kitchener. Billy Vessels, who had won the Schenley Award as Canada's Most Outstanding Player in 1953 while playing with the Edmonton Eskimos and was then drafted into the U.S. Army, was granted leave from his base in New York state to play for the Dutchmen--then a farm team of the Eskimos--and caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bob Celeri. For Mr. Vessels, his appearance for Kitchener-Waterloo allowed him to keep his hopes of becoming a Canadian player, which could then be accomplished by playing at least 4 consecutive seasons in Canada.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Won't Forget You--Jim Reeves (3rd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 A Hard Day's Night--The Beatles (7th week at #1)
2 Where Did Our Love Go--The Supremes
3 Come Home Little Girl--Bobby Curtola
4 It Hurts to Be in Love--Gene Pitney
5 The House of the Rising Sun--The Animals
6 Everybody Loves Somebody--Dean Martin
7 And I Love Her--The Beatles
8 Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison
9 Because--The Dave Clark Five
10 Lucky Star--Rick Nelson
Pick hit of the week: From a Window--Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
New this week: Father Sebastian--The Ramblers
Come a Little Bit Closer--Jay and the Americans
It's for You--Cilla Black
On the Street Where You Live--Andy Williams
Around and Around--The Astronauts
Little Queenie--Bill Black's Combo

It's for You was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. On the Street Where You Live was originally from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady (1956).

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC Light Programme
Tonight's episode: The Bruce-Partington Plans

Space
The U.S.A. launched the weather satellite Nimbus 1, whose mission was to photograph Earth's cloud cover and measure infrared radiation.

Protest
The Philadelphia race riot of 1964 began amid accusations of police brutality against the city's Negro residents.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-3) 56 @ Edmonton (0-4) 8

Ron Lancaster completed 3 touchdown passes to Hugh Campbell, while Ed Buchanan rushed 19 times for 198 yards and scored 2 touchdowns as the Roughriders routed the Eskimos before 12,807 fans at Clarke Stadium in what remains the most lopsided loss in Eskimo history. The Eskimos wore new uniforms for the game, but it didn't help. Bill Tobin, playing his first CFL game, scored the lone Edmonton touchdown. It was the last game in an Edmonton uniform for veteran linebacker Nat Dye, and the last CFL game for Eskimos Jack Lamb, Gary Hertzfeldt, Sammie Harris, and Ken Petersen. Defensive tackle Duane Cook, playing his second game for Edmonton, suffered a career-ending knee injury.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Sugar Baby Love--The Rubettes (7th week at #1)

Personal
This blogger survived his first day of classes in high school as a grade 9 student at Sir John Franklin Territorial High School in beautiful downtown Yellowknife.

Space
The Soyuz 15 crew of Gennadi Sarafanov and Lev Dyomin landed in Kazakhstan, two days after launch. The spacecraft was supposed to dock with the Salyut 3 space station for a mission of 19-29 days, but was forced to return early when the automatic docking system failed and there wasn't enough fuel to permit manual docking attempts.

Terrorism
Four armed terrorists kidnapped J. Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez, 83-year-old father-in-law of Mexican President Luis Echevarria Alvarez. Mr. Zuno had been a powerful political figure in Mexico for half a century; he was a former Governor of the state of Jalisco and founder of the University of Guadalajara.

Football
CFL
Calgary (1-5) 30 @ Winnipeg (2-3) 31

Don Jonas passed for 307 yards and threw touchdown passes to Dave Bailey, Bob LaRose, and John Bledsoe, but it was poor kicking by the Stampeders that made the difference in an exciting game before 22,644 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. With the game tied 24-24, Winnipeg quarterback Don Jonas completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to Mr. Bledsoe, and Walt McKee's convert gave the Blue Bombers a 31-24 lead. Calgary quarterback Peter Liske promptly brought the Stampeders back, completing a 22-yard touchdown pass to Tom Forzani with 6 seconds remaining. Rookie Winnipeg defensive back Merv Walker blocked Larry Robinson's convert attempt, leaving Winnipeg ahead 31-30. A short kickoff attempt by the Stampeders was successful, and they managed to get into position for Rudy Linterman to attempt a long field goal. He missed, but a Winnipeg penalty gave Calgary another chance, and Mr. Robinson attempted the game-winning field goal from 5 yards closer, but missed again, and the Blue Bombers returned the ball to prevent the tying point from being scored. Mr. Robinson had 2 unsuccessful convert attempts in the game, and it turned out to be his last game as the Stampeders' kicker; for the rest of the season, he played only as a defensive back. Calgary quarterback Peter Liske passed for 311 yards and 2 touchdowns to Mr. Forzani and another to Robert Frazier. Rick Galbos rushed 62 yards for the other Calgary TD early in the 4th quarter; Mr. Robinson converted that score to give the Stampeders a 24-14 lead. It was the last CFL game for Calgary running back Gene Thomas.

WFL
Memphis (6-2) 26 @ Florida (6-2) 18
Houston (3-4-1) 14 @ New York (5-3) 11
Detroit (0-8) 23 @ Philadelphia (4-4) 27
Portland (0-7-1) 15 @ Southern California (5-3) 45

Baseball
Mexican League
Finals
Gomez Palacio 5 @ Mexico City Reds 6 (Mexico City won best-of-seven series 4-0)

Adolfo Phillips, who had driven in 2 runs in the deciding game of the 1973 finals to give the Reds the ML championship, hit a 2-run home run off Enrique Castillo in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 4-4 tie as the Reds held on before a sellout crowd of 25,000 at Social Security Stadium to win their second consecutive league title. Gomez Palacio ace Antonio Pollorena, who had taken the loss in game 2 of the series and left after being hit on the right ankle with a line drive, started, but was knocked out of the game in the 3rd inning and relieved by John Gaylord. Aurelio Lopez, the fourth pitcher used in the game for Mexico City, was credited with the win. With 2 out in the top of the 9th, Mr. Lopez had 2 strikes on Romel Canada when Mr. Canada hit a foul tip that Reds' catcher Sergio Robles failed to hold. Thousands of fans, thinking the third strike--and out--had occurred, poured onto the field, and it took police 10 minutes to force them back into the stands. Mr. Canada, Bobby Trevino, and Humberto Ibarra then singled to make the score 6-5, but Mr. Lopez finally squelched the rally.

Bob Knepper of Fresno pitched his 16th complete game of the season and became the first California League pitcher in 13 years to win 20 games in a season as Fresno defeated Lodi 5-3. Mr. Knepper finished the season with a record of 20-5 and led the CL in wins; innings pitched (238); hits allowed (239); strikeouts (247); and games started (30). He tied for the league lead in complete games and winning percentage (.800). The last CL pitcher before Mr. Knepper to win 20 games in a season was Bruce Gardner, who was 20-4 with Reno in 1961.

30 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Muhammad Naguib, 83. 1st President of Egypt, 1953-1954; Prime Minister of Egypt, 1954. Major General Naguib was a leader in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and served as President until he was deposed by Gamal Abdul Nasser. He then spent 18 years under house arrest until being freed by President Anwar Sadat in 1972.

Politics and government
Walter Mondale, Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States, received the endorsements of Rev. Jesse Jackson and three dozen other Negro leaders after agreeing to bring more Negroes into his campaign. Mr. Mondale also received the endorsement of John Anderson, an independent candidate for President in 1980.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): If You Don't Know Me by Now--Simply Red (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
2 So Alive--Love and Rockets
3 Batdance--Prince
4 The End of the Innocence--Don Henley
5 Cold Hearted--Paula Abdul
6 On Our Own--Bobby Brown
7 Toy Soldiers--Martika
8 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
9 Rock 'N' Roll Duty--Kim Mitchell
10 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block

Singles entering the chart were Mixed Emotions by the Rolling Stones (#43); What am I Gonna Do with These Hands by Andrew Cash (#79); Just Wanna Hold by Mick Jones (#82); Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith (#84); Miss You by 54-40 (#86); Miss You Much by Janet Jackson (#87); This One by Paul McCartney (#89); Listen to Your Heart by Roxette (#91); and Still Cruisin' by the Beach Boys (#93).

Music
The Beach Boys’ album Still Cruisin' was released on Capitol Records. The album contained some new songs--including the title track, a current single--as well as being padded with several old songs. Brian Wilson contributed one new track, In My Car. It was the last new Beach Boys album to be widely issued on vinyl as well as cassette and compact disc.

Died on this date
Joseph Alsop, 78. U.S. journalist. Mr. Alsop was a reporter with the New York Herald Tribune in the mid-1930s before moving to Washington and writing a daily nationally-syndicated column with Robert E. Kintner. The partnership was ended when both men entered service in World War II. Mr. Alsop and his younger brother Stewart combined to write the thrice-weekly column Matter of Fact for the Herald Tribune from 1945-1958, with Joseph travelling around the world to report on foreign affairs, and Stewart remaining in Washington. After the brothers ended their journalistic partnership, Joseph remained the sole author of Matter of Fact, and moved to The Washington Post until his retirement in 1974. He was known as a conservative Republican, although he had ties to U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, both Democrats. Joseph Alsop was a closeted sodomite whose activities in a Moscow hotel room in 1957 had been photographed by the Soviet secret police KGB, and became known to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Football
CFL
Calgary (5-3) 34 @ Hamilton (5-3) 22

Baseball
The New York Mets edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 before 38,820 fans at Dodger Stadium as Frank Viola outduelled Orel Hershiser in the first matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners in major league history.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I Swear--All-4-One (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: I Swear--All-4-One (5th week at #1)

War
Two days of voting in Bosnia concluded with a reported 90% of Bosnian Serbs voting to reject a peace plan put forward by the United States and European nations.

World events
A supporter of exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was shot to death in Port-au-Prince.

Society
Thousands of shops throughout England and Wales opened legally on Sunday for the first time following a change in the Sunday trading laws.

Sport
The Commonwealth Games closed in Victoria, British Columbia, with Canada placing second after Australia, with 128 medals.

Golf
Martha Nause won the du Maurier Golf Classic.

10 years ago
2004

Olympics
Five days after winning the gold medal in the women's 800-metre run at the Summer Olympic games in Athens, Kelly Holmes of the United Kingdom won the gold medal in the 1,500-metre run, becoming the first British runner since Albert Hill in 1920 to win gold medals in both middle-distance events.