September 2, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Lyudmila Dudukina!

225 years ago
1789

Economics and finance
The United States Treasury Department was established.

175 years ago
1839

Born on this date
Henry George. U.S. economist. Mr. George was known for his advocacy of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax." He believed that everyone should own what they create, but that everything found in nature, especially the value of land, belonged equally to all humanity. His best-known book was Progress and Poverty (1879). Mr. George died of a stroke on October 29, 1897 at the age of 58, four days before the New York mayoral election, in which he was a candidate.

150 years ago
1864

War
In the U.S. Civil War, Union forces entered Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders had fled the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.

Politics and government
At the Charlottetown Conference, Canadian politicians John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier pronounced themselves in favour of a "great confederation of all the colonies" of British North America.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Joseph Roth. Austro-Hungarian born writer. Mr. Roth, a Jewish native of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was a journalist before becoming better known for his novels Job (1930) and Radetzky's March (1932). He worked in Berlin and Paris after World War I, and his writing expressed a nostalgia for life in Europe before World War I. Mr. Roth fled Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933 and settled in Paris; he continued to write despite heavy drinking, which led to his death on May 27, 1939 at the age of 44.

100 years ago
1914

War
The Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army, was founded in Ottawa.

90 years ago
1924

Died on this date
Dario Resta, 40. Italian-born U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Resta moved with his family to England at the age of 2, and it was as a Briton that he began his racing career in 1907. He went to America in 1915, finishing second in the Indianapolis 500. Mr. Resta won the 1916 Indianapolis 500 and the United States National Driving Championship that year. He retired from racing and became an American citizen, but came out of retirement in 1923. Mr. Resta was killed when the Sunbeam tat he was driving crashed at Brooklands race course in England while he was attempting a land speed record.

80 years ago
1934

Died on this date
Russ Columbo, 26. U.S. singer. Mr. Columbo was a popular crooner in the late 1920s with Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra, and later on his own; his signature song was You Call it Madness But I Call it Love. He was also a violinist and songwriter, with his best-known composition being Prisoner of Love. Mr. Columbo was killed in a bizarre accident while visiting his friend Lansing Brown. The two were examining a pair of dueling pistols, and the one Mr. Brown held accidentally discharged; the ball ricocheted and went into Mr. Columbo's head above the left eye and into his brain, producing death within six hours.

75 years ago
1939

War
Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) was annexed by Germany.



Baseball
The New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers combined to hit 9 home runs as the Giants defeated the Dodgers 10-6 in the first game of a doubleheader before 40,031 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Dodgers won the second game 7-2.

70 years ago
1944

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Swinging on a Star--Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Jukebox--3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
George Norris, 83. U.S. politician. Mr. Norris, who was born exactly 100 years before this blogger, was a member of the Republican Party and represented Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives from 1903-1913 and in the Senate from 1913-1943. He was known for his liberal views, isolationism, and support for the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1936, Mr. Norris left the Republicans and was re-elected as an independent candidate, but was defeated in his bid for a sixth term in the Senate in 1942.

War
Finnish Prime Minister Antti Hackzell said that Finland would quit the war against the U.S.S.R. and that Germany had agreed to withdraw its troops from Finland by September 15. In four columns, Allied armoured forces in France advanced 34 miles along both sides of the Rhone River to a point 14 miles from Lyon. Shortly before noon, U.S. troops entered Belgium, where they captured Tournai, 43 miles from Brussels. U.S. forces in Italy moved across the Arno River in a new offensive, capturing Pisa. U.S. Navy pilot George H.W. Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands.

World events
Philosophy professor Juan Jose Arevalo, exiled by the Guatemalan government, returned to Guatemala from Argentina.

Economics and finance
U.S. Office of War Mobilization Director James Byrnes created a War Plants Utilization Committee to direct reconversion of an estimated $15 billion worth of government-owned war plants.

Health
The U.S. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said that more than $1 million had been spent in 1944 fighting the spreading polio epidemics.

50 years ago
1964

Died on this date
Alvin York, 76. U.S. soldier. Mr. York was a United States Army Corporal in World War I who, on October 8, 1918, an attack on a German machine gun nest in France, taking 32 machine guns, killing 28 German soldiers, and capturing 132 others. He was promptly promoted to Sergeant and was soon awarded the Medal of Honor. The movie Sergeant York (1941), for which Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Actor, was a fictionalized portrait of Corporal York's early years and World War I experiences.

Francisco Craveiro Lopes, 70. 12th President of Portugal, 1951-1958. Marshal of the Air Force Craveiro Lopes was Governor-General of Portuguese India from 1936-1938, and was chosen by Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar as the National Union's candidate for President, winning election when the only other candidate withdrew before the election. He was bypassed by Mr. Salazar for renomination in 1958, and declined to accept the Democratic Opposition's offer of the presidential nomination. Mr. Creveiro Lopes was involved in a failed attempt by the military to overthrow Mr. Salazar in 1961.

Glenn Black, 64. U.S. archaeologist. Mr. Black was one of the first archaeologists to study prehistoric sites in Indiana, which resulted in his two-volume book Angel Site (1967).

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Evie--Stevie Wright (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Acalorado--Los Diablos (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-4) 10 @ Hamilton (3-4) 11
Winnipeg (3-3) 20 @ Saskatchewan (4-3) 18
Edmonton (4-2) 20 @ Calgary (1-6) 16

Chuck Ealey relieved starter Bill Etter at quarterback and rushed for 66 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter, as the Tiger-Cats edged the Rough Riders before 28,950 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. With Hamilton leading 11-4, Ottawa scored a touchdown on a 5-yard pass from Rick Cassata to Rhome Nixon with 2:18 remaining in the game, but Donn Smith's snap on the convert attempt went awry, and the Rough Riders were unable to tie the game. Hamilton's Andy Hopkins rushed for 71 yards.

Walt McKee's 16-yard field goal on the last play of the game gave the Blue Bombers their win over the Roughriders before 19,232 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Winnipeg quarterback Don Jonas passed for 269 yards, including a 57-yard touchdown to Tom Scott in the 2nd quarter. John Bledsoe scored the first Winnipeg TD on a 7-yard rush in the 1st quarter. The Roughriders scored their only touchdown on a 78-yard pass from Ron Lancaster to Pete Watson in the 3rd quarter.

Bruce Lemmerman relieved Tom Wilkinson at quarterback and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to rookie receiver Stu Lang with 26 seconds remaining in the game as the Eskimos edged the Stampeders before 25,000 fans at McMahon Stadium. Mr. Wilkinson completed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Don Warrington in the 1st quarter. The Stampeders scored a touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Peter Liske to Moody Jackson in the 1st quarter, and scored their other TD early in the 4th quarter when Gord Stewart hit Mr. Lemmerman at the Edmonton 1-yard line, Mr. Lemmerman fumbled, and Kevin Looman returned the ball 1 yard for the only touchdown of his CFL career. It was the first CFL game for Calgary running back Don "Wham Bam" Willingham and kicker Cyril McFall, who missed the convert attempt on Mr. Jackson's touchdown.

After the conclusion of the Labour Day games, it was announced that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers had traded quarterback Don Jonas to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for quarterback Chuck Ealey. Mr. Jonas had joined the Blue Bombers in 1971 after a season with the Toronto Argonauts, while Mr. Ealey had come to the CFL with the Tiger-Cats in 1972, leading the team to the Grey Cup championship in his rookie year. Oddly, the trade came after both quarterbacks had led their teams to victory.

WFL
Memphis (7-2) 16 @ Jacksonville (3-6) 13
Florida (6-3) 7 @ Birmingham (9-0) 8
Philadelphia (4-5) 16 @ New York (6-3) 24
Portland (1-7-1) 18 Detroit (0-9) 7 @ London, Ontario
Chicago (7-2) 32 @ Southern California (5-4) 22

Baseball
2-run home runs by Ed Goodson and Chris Speier with 2 out in the top of the 6th inning enabled the San Francisco Giants to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 before 30,713 fans at Dodger Stadium. Jim Barr pitched a complete game to improve his record for the season to 11-8 and closed the scoring by hitting his first major league home run in the 7th inning.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Susanna--The Art Company (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Such a Shame--Talk Talk (2nd week at #1)

Crime
A 14-year-old girl and six motorcycle gang members were killed in a gun battle between rival gangs in a suburb of Sydney, Australia.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-2) 25 @ Saskatchewan (2-6-1) 30

Dave Ridgway kicked 5 field goals, including 2 in the last 3 minutes, to give the Roughriders the win. Mr. Ridgway connected from 52 yards at 12:14 of the fourth quarter to make the score 27-25 for Saskatchewan, and after a turnover, he kicked a 30-yard field goal at 13:57. Willard Reaves of the Blue Bombers was the offensive star, with 21 carries for 129 yards, 4 receptions for 45, and 1 kickoff return for 23. 25,208 fans at Taylor Field in Regina saw the Blue Bombers’ winning streak snapped at 7.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Viva la mamma--Edoardo Bennato (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): We are Growing (Shaka Zulu)--Margaret Singana (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Lambada--Kaoma (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard
1 Cold Hearted--Paula Abdul
2 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
3 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block
4 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
5 Angel Eyes--The Jeff Healey Band
6 Heaven--Warrant
7 Secret Rendezvous--Karyn White
8 Shower Me with Your Love--Surface
9 The End of the Innocence--Don Henley
10 Friends--Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim

Singles entering the chart were Miss You Much by Janet Jackson (#42); Mixed Emotions by the Rolling Stones (#47); Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears (#53); Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith (#56); Dr. Feelgood by Motley Crue (#65); The Best by Tina Turner (#77); Love Shack by the B-52's (#84); Puss n' Boots/These Boots (Are Made for Walkin') by Kon Kan (#93); and I Feel the Earth Move by Martika (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cold Hearted--Paula Abdul
2 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
3 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block
4 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
5 The End of the Innocence--Don Henley
6 Angel Eyes--The Jeff Healey Band
7 Secret Rendezvous--Karyn White
8 Friends--Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim
9 Heaven--Warrant
10 Shower Me with Your Love--Surface

Singles entering the chart were Mixed Emotions by the Rolling Stones (#43); Miss You Much by Janet Jackson (#60); Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears (#65); Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith (#72); The Best by Tina Turner (#75); Dr. Feel Good by Motley Crue (#78); Stand Up by Underworld (#87); I Feel the Earth Move by Martika (#90); and On the Line by Tangier (#93).

World events
Poland’s Roman Catholic primate, Cardinal Jozef Glemp, objected to a 1987 agreement to move a Roman Catholic convent from the grounds of Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in Poland, to a nearby ecumenical centre.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Riverdance--Bill Whelan (18th week at #1)

Died on this date
Roy Castle, 62. U.K. entertainer. Mr. Castle was a jazz musician, singer, dancer, actor, and comedian, but was perhaps best known as the presenter of the television program Record Breakers from 1972 until a few months before his death from lung cancer, two days after his 62nd birthday. Although Mr. Castle was a non-smoker, he attributed his illness to playing jazz in smoke-filled nightclubs for years.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had remained unchanged in August at 6.1%.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (7-1-1) 15 @ Sacramento (3-5-1) 15

Paul McCallum's fourth field goal of the game, from 24 yards with 6:01 remaining in regulation time, enabled the Lions to tie the Gold Miners before 12,633 fans at Hornet Field. Mr. McCallum accounted for all the B.C. points, adding 3 singles. Sacramento scored the only touchdown on a 24-yard pass from David Archer to Rod Harris late in the 2nd quarter, taking a 14-9 lead after Roman Anderson's convert. Mr. Anderson kicked 2 field goals and 2 singles. Overtime was scoreless.



10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
At the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, U.S. President George W. Bush accepted his party's renomination for the November 2004 election, while Vice President Dick Cheney was renominated by a voice vote.

Defense
The South Korean government told the International Atomic Energy Agency that a group of "rogue scientists" had produced a small amount of weapons-grade uranium, in violation of several international treaties.

Football
CIS
McGill (0-1) 0 @ Montréal (1-0) 26