September 10, 2014

200 years ago
1814

War
In the War of 1812, British forces led by John Sherbrooke captured Machias, Maine with a force from Halifax.

175 years ago
1839

Born on this date
Isaac K. Funk. U.S. clergyman and publisher. Mr. Funk, a Lutheran minister, co-founded the publishing firm I.K. Funk & Company with Adam Wagnalls. The firm's name was later changed to Funk & Wagnalls. Mr. Funk died on April 4, 1912 at the age of 72.

Charles Sanders Peirce. U.S. mathematician and philosopher. Mr. Peirce, a logician, was sometimes called the "father of pragmatism." He died on April 19, 1914 at the age of 74.

125 years ago
1889

Died on this date
Carlo III, 70. Prince of Monaco, 1856-1889. Carlo (Charles) III, a native of Paris, succeeded his father Florestan I. Prince Carlo founded the famous casino in Monte Carlo, and expanded Monaco's diplomatic activities. He was succeeded by his son Albert I.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Terence O'Neill. U.K. politician. Mr. O'Neill entered Northern Ireland's Parliament in 1946 and was leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1963-1969. A Protestant, he attempted to heal sectarian divisions between Protestants and Roman Catholics, but resigned because of divisions within his party as the Northern Ireland's Troubles were beginning. In 1970 Mr. O'Neill was created a life peer as Baron O'Neill of the Maine. He died on June 12, 1990 at the age of 75.

Robert Wise. U.S. film director and producer. Mr. Wise won the Academy Award for Best Picture and shared the Academy Award for Best Director with Jerome Robbins for West Side Story (1961), and won both awards by himself for The Sound of Music (1965). He was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar for The Sand Pebbles (1966) and for the Best Film Editing Academy Award for Citizen Kane (1941). Mr. Wise died on September 14, 2005, four days after his 91st birthday.

90 years ago
1924

Crime
In Chicago, Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Caverly sentenced Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb to life in prison for the May 21, 1924 murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, a "thrill killing" that had shocked Americans.

80 years ago
1934

Religion
A Detroit rabbi solved a dilemma for Detroit Tigers’ star Hank Greenberg by saying that he could play baseball on Rosh Hashanah because the Jewish New Year was a happy occasion. Mr. Greenberg’s 2 solo home runs, including the game-winner off Gordon Rhodes leading off the bottom of the 9th inning, enabled the Tigers to defeat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 at Navin Field in Detroit. Eldon Auker pitched a 3-hit complete game for the victory, while Mr. Rhodes allowed just 5 hits in pitching a complete game and taking the loss.

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals moved to within 4 games of the National League-leading New York Giants as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, with Dizzy Dean getting his 25th win of the year.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning to defeat the New York Giants 9-7 at the Polo Grounds in New York, as Burleigh Grimes pitched the 7th and 8th innings and picked up his 270th and last career major league win. The Giants made 3 errors in the 9th inning, resulting in 3 unearned runs.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, 51. German military officer. A Waffen-SS officer, General Roettig was killed near Opoczno, Poland when his staff car was ambushed by Polish troops and he was shot in the head, becoming the first general to be killed in World War II.

War
Canada entered World War II with a declaration of war against Germany. It was the first time Canada had made this decision on her own; prior to the passage of the Statute of Westminster in 1931, such decisions were made on Canada’s behalf by the government of Great Britain.

The British submarine HMS Oxley was mistakenly sunk by the British submarine HMS Triton near Norway and became the Royal Navy's first loss of World War II.

Defense
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King created the Department of Supply, later known as Munitions and Supply; the war budget was fixed at $100 million.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (0-1) @ Detroit (1-0) 21

Baseball
Paul Derringer earned his 20th win of the season as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-2 before 32,761 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Mr. Derringer pitched a 7-hit complete game and batted 2 for 3 with a run scored and 2 runs batted in.

70 years ago
1944

War
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Halifax en route to Quebec, where he was to confer with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Soviet forces advanced 18 miles into the part of Transylvania annexed by Hungary, capturing nearly 60 localities. U.S. shells struck Germany for the first time, hitting Bildchen on the Siegfried Line.

Economics and finance
A special U.S. House of Representatives Economic Planning Committee issued a postwar economic program calling for reduced taxation and measures to maintain high peacetime production.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: A Hard Day's Night--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): You Really Got Me--The Kinks

Canadiana
The House of Commons appointed a 15-member committee to study and recommend a new Canadian flag.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Nabucco--Waldo de los Ríos (2nd week at #1)

Africana
Guinea-Bissau gained its independence from Portugal.

Protest
Three days after Portuguese Foreign Minister Mario Soares and Samora Machel, leader of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) had signed an agreement providing for a provisional Mozambican government to be headed by Frelimo until full independence for Mozambique went into effect on June 25, 1975, white resistance to the agreement collapsed. The white protest movement, calling itself the Movement for a Free Mozambique, had formally urged Portuguese officials to modify the agreement and not give power to Frelimo without a test of popular sentiment. However, MFM's protest collapsed after failing to get support from the Portuguese armed forces.

Baseball
International League
Playoffs
Semi-Finals
Memphis 3 @ Rochester 5 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)
Richmond 0 @ Syracuse 2 (Syracuse led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Red Wings scored a run in each of the 4th and 5th innings and 3 in the 6th to take a 5-0 lead as they held on to defeat the Blues before 3,564 fans. Royle Stillman opened the scoring with a home run, and Marv Galliher singled in runs in the 5th and 6th innings for Rochester. Memphis rallied for 3 runs in the 8th against Rochester starting pitcher Paul Mitchell, but reliever Mickey Scott came in and put out the fire to earn the save. Dan Warthen started on the mound for Memphis and took the loss.

Dick Woodson pitched a 6-hit shutout as the Chiefs defeated the Braves before 1,107 fans. Syracuse scored single runs in the 1st and 4th innings, with the winning run scoring without benefit of a hit. Kerry Dineen and M.L. Prince drew bases on balls, Rick Bladt advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt, and Fernando Gonzales drove in Mr. Dineen from third base with an infield ground out. In the 3rd, Mr. Bladt singled, stole second base, went to third on a wild pitch by Richmond starter and losing pitcher Jamie Easterly, and scored on a single by Satch Sanders.

Southern League
Playoffs
Jacksonville 4 @ Knoxville 13 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

The White Sox had 20 hits, including 8 doubles, as they pounded the Suns before 1,081 fans. Fred Norton had 4 hits, and Manny Estrada, Larry Foster, and Jeff Sovern each had 3, with Mike Squires and Donn Seidholz each adding 2. Knoxville scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning, 4 in each of the 4th and 6th innings, and 3 in the 8th. Oddly, Jacksonville hit the only home runs: a solo blast by Orestes Minoso in the 4th inning and a 3-run homer by Craig Perkins in the 8th. Ken Kravec pitched 8 innings to get the win, while Jacksonville starter Gary Lance, who was knocked out of the box in the 4th inning, took the loss.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): What's Love Got to Do with It--Tina Turner

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): High Energy--Evelyn Thomas

Religion
Pope John Paul II continued his Canadian tour with visits to Cap-de-la-Madeleine and Montreal, Quebec.

Politics and government
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Walter Mondale unveiled his proposal for cutting the federal deficits by 2/3 by the 1989 fiscal year. The instrument would be tax increases rising to $85 billion by 1989. Mr. Mondale said he would limit circumstances under which tax rates would be "indexed" to protect taxpayers forced into higher brackets by inflation. He also said he would cap the third year of the Reagan tax cut for wealthy Americans, impose a surtax on those with high incomes, and set a minimum 15% tax rate for corporations, with most spending cuts coming from the defense budget. Democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro sought to settle a controversy with New York Archbishop John O’Connor, who had said that she had misrepresented the position of the Roman Catholic Church on abortion. Archbishop O’Connor had said that the teaching of the church on abortion was not divided, as he had said that Mrs. Ferraro had asserted, but united in its opposition. An aide to Mrs. Ferraro said that in a letter she had written, Mrs. Ferraro only meant to state that opinion among individual Catholics was divided.

Health
The United States House of Representatives approved compromise legislation providing for stronger health warnings on cigarette packages and advertising. The new warnings would cite dangers posed by cigarettes both to smokers and their unborn children. The warnings included such information as "cigarette smoke contains carbon monoxide." Rep. Al Gore of Tennessee worked out the compromise. Prospects for passage in the Senate remained uncertain, where senators from tobacco-growing states led the opposition.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Toy Soldiers--Martika (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

Politics and government
The founding congress of a Ukrainian popular movement concluded by approving a resolution calling for the nation to be transformed into a confederation of autonomous republics.

Diplomacy
Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn announced suspension of an agreement with East Germany that Hungary would not permit East Germans to go to the West through Hungary.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-4) 23 @ Ottawa (1-9) 40
British Columbia (4-6) 34 @ Winnipeg (6-4) 53

Sean Salisbury threw 6 touchdown passes to lead the Blue Bombers to their third straight win as they defeated the Lions at Winnipeg Stadium.

CIAU
Manitoba 0 @ Alberta 38

NFL
Five days after hitting a home run for the New York Yankees, Deion Sanders returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in his National Football League debut with the Atlanta Falcons.

Baseball
Rookie pitcher Steve Wilson recorded 10 strikeouts in 5 innings and relief pitchers struck out 8 more as the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 before 37,281 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago to take a 2½-game lead over the Cardinals in the National League East Division pennant race. Scott Sanderson, the second Chicago pitcher, allowed 2 hits and no runs in 1+ inning to get the win, improving his 1989 record to 10-8, while St. Louis starter Ken Hill fell to 7-12.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): I Swear--All-4-One (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: 7 Seconds--Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Johnny Techno Ska--Paco Pil (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): 7 Seconds--Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (15th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (3rd week at #1)
2 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello
4 When Can I See You--Babyface
5 Stroke You Up--Changing Faces
6 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio
7 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
8 I Swear--All-4-One
9 This D.J.--Warren G
10 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base

Singles entering the chart were Endless Love by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey (#31); Short Dick Man by 20 Fingers featuring Gillette (#85); I Saw it Cummin' by PMD (#89); Am I Wrong by Love Spit Love (#93); and Third Rock from the Sun by Joe Diffie (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (2nd week at #1)
2 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 When Can I See You--Babyface
4 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me’shell Ndegeocello
5 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson
6 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
7 Shine--Collective Soul
8 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
9 Back and Forth--Aaliyah
10 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio

Singles entering the chart were Endless Love by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey (#48); Whipped by Jon Secada (#72); Fade Into You by Mazzy Star (#84); Breathless by All-4-One (#87); Hungah by Karyn White (#88); and Think Twice by Celine Dion (#94).

At the movies
The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, received its premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Died on this date
Charles Drake, 76. U.S. actor. Mr. Drake, born Charles Ruppert, played supporting roles in such movies as Winchester '73 (1950); Harvey (1950); To Hell and Back (1955); and No Name on the Bullet (1959). He appeared in numerous television programs from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Music
This blogger was in attendance at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performed, with pianist Jon Kimura Parker the guest soloist.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-7) 28 @ Ottawa (3-7) 18
Sacramento (4-5-1) 30 @ Baltimore (6-4) 29
Shreveport (0-10) 21 @ Las Vegas (4-6) 34

Timm Rosenbach threw touchdown passes to Kelvin Means and Ken Evraire, and John Hood rushed for another TD, as the Tiger-Cats defeated the Rough Riders before 17,321 fans at Frank Clair Stadium. Terry Baker kicked 5 field goals and a single for Ottawa.



Roman Anderson kicked his third field goal of the game, this one from 47 yards, on the last play of regulation time, to give the Gold Miners their win over the Baltimore Football Club before 42,116 fans at Memorial Stadium. Sacramento quarterback David Archer threw 2 touchdown passes to Troy Mills and another to Rod Harris. Baltimore quarterback Tracy Ham completed a touchdown pass to Walter Wilson and 2 more to Chris Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong's second touchdown, from 14 yards, gave his team a 28-27 lead after Donald Igwebuike's convert with 3:41 remaining in regulation time. Mr. Igwebuike, who had kicked 2 field goals, missed on a field goal attempt with 44 second left, scoring a single point to give Baltimore a 29-27 lead.

Anthony Calvillo threw 2 touchdown passes to Curtis Mayfield and Jason Garrett rushed for 2 TDs as the Posse came back from an 18-10 halftime deficit to defeat the Pirates before 9,467 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium. Mr. Calvillo also connected with Tamarick Vanover for a 2-point convert. Shreveport quarterback Robert Cobb completed touchdown passes to David Lucas and Charles Thompson.

CIAU
British Columbia (0-3) 21 @ Alberta (1-1) 24

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Brock Adams, 77. U.S. politician. Mr. Adams, a Democrat, represented Washington's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1965-1977. He then served as Secretary of Transportation in the administration of President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1979 before resigning to resume his law practice. Mr. Adams was elected to the Senate in 1986 to represent Washington, narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Slade Gorton. He served one term, deciding not to seek re-election in 1992, and leaving office in 1993 amid numerous allegations of sexual harassment.

Football
CFL
Calgary (2-10) 12 @ Edmonton (7-5) 44

The Eskimos scored 2 touchdowns on defense and 2 more on special teams as they routed the Stampeders before 50,366 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Defensive back Rob Grant recovered a fumble by Calgary receiver Denis Montana and returned it 49 yards for the game's first touchdown on the last play of the 1st quarter. Winston October then returned a punt 64 yards for a TD less than 1½ minutes later. Malcolm Frank returned an interception 25 yards later in the 2nd quarter for his fourth such touchdown in the last 5 games, tying the CFL single-season record set by Edmonton's Joe Hollimon in 1978. In the 3rd quarter, Calgary punter Clinton Greathouse fumbled a snap, and Edmonton receiver Derrell "Mookie" Mitchell recovered and returned the ball 46 yards for another TD. The Eskimos' only offensive touchdown came on a 33-yard pass from Jason Maas to Jason Tucker in the 3rd quarter. The Stampeders scored their only touchdown with 1:02 remaining in the game on a 29-yard pass from Marcus Crandell to Nik Lewis; Mr. Crandell then completed a pass to Sulecio Sanford for a 2-point convert. Edmonton running back Mike Pringle carried 26 times for 114 yards, but was stopped by the Calgary defense late in the game on repeated and obvious attempts to break the CFL's career record for yards rushing, established by George Reed in 13 seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1963-1975.