August 29, 2014

1,075 years ago
939

Died on this date
Kangzong. Emperor of China, 935-939; Li Chunyan. Empress of China, 935-939. Kangzong, born Wang Jipeng, aka Wang Chang, succeeded his father Emperor Huizong on the throne of the Min dynasty. He came out on the losing end of a power struggle, and he and Empress Li, their sons, and Wang Jigong were executed. Kangzong was succeeded as Emperor by Jingzong.

170 years ago
1844

Died on this date
Edmund Ignatius Rice, 82. Irish missionary. Mr. Rice founded the Roman Catholic orders the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers in 1802; the two orders eventually split into separate organizations. Mr. Rice died after years of declining health.

110 years ago
1904

Died on this date
Murad V, 63. Ottoman Sultan, 1876. Murad V succeeded to the throne of the Ottoman Empire upon the death of his uncle Abdülaziz. Murad V was deposed after 93 days and replaced by Abdülhamid II.

100 years ago
1914

War
The Battle of St. Quentin began in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans during the Allies' Great Retreat across France. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry regiment sailed from Montreal for England.

80 years ago
1934

Baseball
A capacity crowd of 30,000 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia witnessed Schoolboy Rowe’s winning streak end at 16 games as the Athletics knocked the rookie sensation out of the box in the 7th inning in defeating the Detroit Tigers 13-5 in the second game of a doubleheader. The Tigers won the first game 12-7.

75 years ago
1939

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the 9th inning off Johnny Murphy to beat the New York Yankees 7-6 before 11,397 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, ending the Yankees’ winning streak at 10. Joe DiMaggio, hitting .403, had tied the game with a 3-run home run in the top of the 9th.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Attik, 59. Greek songwriter. Attik, whose real name was Kleon Triantafyllou, was a pianist who wrote love songs in a career spanning at least 35 years until he committed suicide by taking an overdose of his sedative medicine, after a long bout with depression.

War
The Slovak National Uprising began when 60,000 Slovak troops turned against occupying German troops. U.S. forces in France closed in on Rheims, north of Pons, and captured Cuvergnon and Soissons. Soviet forces combined a 65-mile overland drive with an 82-mile amphibious operation to capture the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.

Abominations
Polish and Soviet authorities reported that about 1.5 million people had been systematically murdered at the Maidanek concentration camp at Lublin.

Diplomacy
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington reached agreement on an assembly of sovereign nations; a smaller council of "principal states" supplemented by rotating representation of other states; and an international court of justice and "other means" to maintain world order.

Politics and government
The Republican Party opened its 1944 U.S. presidential campaign with national radio broadcasts by Governors Earl Warren (California); Dwight Green (Illinois); and Raymond Baldwin (Connecticut).

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): A Hard Day's Night/Things We Said Today--The Beatles (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Ce Monde--Richard Anthony (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): In ginocchio da te--Gianni Morandi (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht--Siw Malmkvist (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Have I the Right?--The Honeycombs

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Where Did Our Love Go--The Supremes (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Where Did Our Love Go--The Supremes (2nd week at #1)
2 Everybody Loves Somebody--Dean Martin
3 The House of the Rising Sun--The Animals
4 A Hard Day's Night--The Beatles
5 Under the Boardwalk--The Drifters
6 C'mon and Swim--Bobby Freeman
7 Because--The Dave Clark Five
8 Wishin' and Hopin'--Dusty Springfield
9 Walk--Don't Run '64--The Ventures
10 Bread and Butter--The Newbeats

Singles entering the chart were Save it for Me by the 4 Seasons (#58); Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison (#62); Rhythm by Major Lance (#78); Hold Me by P.J. Proby (#86); From a Window by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (#87); Me Japanese Boy I Love You by Bobby Goldsboro (#89); Knock! Knock! (Who’s There?) by the Orlons (#90); Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (#94); Pearly Shells by Burl Ives (#95); I Guess I'm Crazy by Jim Reeves (#96); I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) by Buck Owens (#98); She Wants T'Swim by Chubby Checker (#99); and The Cat by Jimmy Smith (#100).

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Abbeyshrule--Brendan Shine (2nd week at #1)

Terrorism
The Mexican government of President Luis Echevarria Alvarez, following a policy established by Mr. Echevarria after the 1973 kidnapping of U.S. General Consul Terrence Leonhardy, refused to negotiate with the terrorists who, the previous day, had kidnapped 83-year-old J. Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez, a retired politician and Mr. Echevarria's father-in-law.

Crime
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe ordered a special court inquiry into the deaths of two inmates at the state penitentiary and two of their hostages on August 3, 11 days after three prisoners had taken 12 prison employees and fellow prisoners hostage in an attempt to bargain for their freedom. Armed inmates Fred Gomez Carrasco and Rudolpho Dominguez and two of their hostages had been killed in a shoot-out during an escape attempt. A preliminary autopsy on August 5 indicated that the dead inmates had killed themselves, but the official report on August 28 stated that the two had been killed by law officers in what was ruled a justifiable homicide.

Scandal
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon was served a subpoena, initiated by former aide John Ehrlichman, to appear in Mr. Ehrlichman's defense at his trial for his role in 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. The trial, originally scheduled to begin September 9, had been postponed on August 22 for three weeks by U.S. District Court Judge John Sirica.

Protest
At least 220 people were arrested after disturbances at the Windsor Free Festival, a rock music festival at Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England.

Basketball
19-year-old Moses Malone of Petersburg, Virginia became the highest-paid teenage athlete in America when he signed a seven-year contract with the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association for a potential value of $3 million.

Football
WFL
Birmingham (8-0) 22 @ Chicago (6-2) 8

30 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Tommie Douglas Benefield. U.S. test pilot. Colonel Benefield was killed and two other crewmen injured in the crash of a prototype of the B-1 bomber in the Mojave Desert in California. Although the United States Air Force offered no immediate explanation for the accident, there were reports that the B-1 had veered to avoid a plane filming the test flight, lost power, and crashed. The crew ejected in an escape capsule, which struck the ground hard, causing the death of Col. Benefield. The crash, the first ever in 127 test flights of B-1 prototypes, was not expected to delay the bomber program, although production of the plane was expected to continue to face opposition from some members of Congress.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the index of leading economic indicators fell 0.8% in July--the second straight monthly decline--and that the U.S. trade deficit in July had been a record $14.06 billion.

Baseball
Bob Brenly’s inside-the-park home run in the 11th inning gave the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 win over the Montreal Expos before 10,191 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The Giants had tied the game with 2 out in the 9th on an error by Expos’ third baseman Tim Wallach. Youppi, the Expos' mascot, was ejected in the bottom of the 7th inning.

Rick Sutcliffe won his 11th straight decision as the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 before 26,425 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Sutcliffe improved his record to 13-1 since joining the Cubs earlier in the season from the Cleveland Indians.

25 years ago
1989

Politics and government
The Iranian parliament approved all 22 cabinet nominees of new President Hojatolislam Hashemi Rafsanjani. The move was seen as a strong endorsement of a shift toward less radical policies.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy grew at a 2.7% annual rate in the second quarter of 1989, much higher than the previous 1.7% estimate.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-4) 6 @ Winnipeg (4-4) 34

Winnipeg quarterback Sean Salisbury threw 2 touchdown passes to Ken Winey and 1 to Jeff Smith, and backup quarterback Lee Saltz completed a touchdown pass to Perry Tuttle. Argo quarterback Gilbert Renfroe completed just 13 of 34 passes, and threw 4 interceptions; John Congemi was no better in relief, completing 2 of 6 passes with 2 interceptions. Two of the Blue Bomber interceptions were by Rod Hill, giving him 6 for the season. The Blue Bomber defense held Gill Fenerty to 7 yards rushing on 4 carries.

CIAU
Calgary (1-0) 22 @ Manitoba (0-1) 10

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs, trailing 9-0 after 5 innings, came back to beat the Houston Astros 10-9 in 10 innings before 25,829 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Outfielder Dwight Smith, who had entered the game as a defensive replacement, drove in 3 runs, including the tying and winning runs, and threw out a runner at home plate.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): I Swear--All-4-One (6th week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John (4th week at #1)
2 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 Prayer for the Dying--Seal
4 Love is Strong--Rolling Stones
5 Black Hole Sun--Soundgarden
6 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me’shell Ndegeocello
7 You Better Wait--Steve Perry
8 Sun's Gonna Rise--Sass Jordan
9 Could I Be Your Girl--Jann Arden
10 Afternoons and Coffeespoons--Crash Test Dummies

Singles entering the chart were Fire on Babylon by Sinead O'Connor (#84); Good Enough by Sarah Mclauchlan (#88); Good Times by Edie Brickell (#89); Sweet Sensual Love by Big Mountain (#90); Nowhere is There Freedom by Traffic (#91); Basket Case by Green Day (#93); Let it Go by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (#94); and You Gotta Be by Des'ree (#97).

Politics and government
Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed an agreement under which Israel agreed to shift administrative functions throughout the West Bank to the Palestinian National Authority. The PNA, which would assume responsibilities in the areas of health, welfare, education, tourism, and taxation, promised to establish an effective means of collecting taxes.

Swimming
21-year-old Carlos Costa of Toronto, who had been born with no bones below his knees, swam across the 60-kilometre-wide Straits of Messina in 23.5 hours, becoming the first disabled athlete to complete a double-crossing of the Strait.

10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seeking a fourth term for his government, called a general election for October 9. His Liberal Party was expected to face stiff competition from the Labour Party, led by Mark Latham.

Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games closed in Athens. Canada won 12 medals, including 3 gold.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (4-6) 16 @ Edmonton (5-5) 57

Jason Maas (and briefly, Bart Hendricks) quarterbacked an offense that kept possession of the ball for 41 minutes and 11 seconds as the Eskimos gave up a touchdown 33 seconds into the game and then came back to rout the Renegades before 37,109 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Ottawa quarterback Kerry Joseph connected with Yo Murphy with a 72-yard touchdown pass on the third play of the game to open the scoring before Jason Maas threw touchdown passes of 3 and 5 yards to Derrell "Mookie" Mitchell and rushed 1 yard for a touchdown of his own. Edmonton running back Mike Pringle rushed 29 times for 114 yards and 4 touchdowns and caught 2 passes for 26 yards, while teammate Jason Tucker caught 5 passes for 135 yards. Jason Armstead of the Renegades caught 3 passes for 131 yards. The game might have set a record for the number of measurements by the yardsticks crew to see if a first down was made.