October 2, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Julia Dimitrieva!

1,075 years ago
939

Died on this date
Gilbert, 49 (?). Duke of Lorraine; Henry 1, 18-20. Duke of Bavaria. Gilbert and Henry I, the younger brother of King Otto I of Germany, were killed in the Battle of Andernach.

War
Forces loyal to King Otto I of Germany crushed a rebellion against his rule by a coalition of Frankish dukes in the Battle of Andernach.

425 years ago
1589

Born on this date
Parviz Mirza. Mughal royal family member. Parviz Mirza was the second son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and a grandson of Emperor Akbar. He was not regarded as a serious contender for the throne, drank heavily, and died after a period of delirium on October 28, 1626, 26 days after his 37th birthday.

250 years ago
1764

Died on this date
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 44. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1756-1757. The Duke of Devonshire, a Whig, succeeded the Duke of Newcastle as Prime Minister on November 16, 1756, serving only until the end of the current parliamentary session on June 25, 1757. He died after years of poor health.

225 years ago
1789

Law
U.S. President George Washington sent the proposed Constitutional amendments (the United States Bill of Rights) to the states for ratification.

200 years ago
1814

War
Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated the rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera in the Battle of Rancagua.

150 years ago
1864

War
In the U.S. Civil War, Union forces attacked Saltville, Virginia, but were defeated by Confederate troops.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Jack Parsons. U.S. rocket scientist. Mr. Parsons was the inventor of the castable, composite solid-fuel rocket and one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He was also a devotee of English occultist Aleister Crowley, and led the California branch of Mr. Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO). Mr. Parsons was also associated with L.Ron Hubbard prior to Mr. Hubbard's creation of the Church of Scientology, but they had a falling-out when Mr. Hubbard stole Mr. Parsons' wife and life savings. Mr. Parsons died on June 17, 1952 at the age of 37, 37 minutes after sustaining mortal injuries in an explosion while working on a rush order of explosives for a movie. His mother Ruth Parsons immediately committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates upon receiving word of her son's death.

Politics and government
William Howard Hearst was sworn in as Premier of Ontario, succeeding the recently-deceased James Whitney.

90 years ago
1924

Died on this date
William B. Ross, 50. U.S. politician. Mr. Ross, a Democrat, was Governor of Wyoming from 1923-1924, when he died in office from complications after an appendectomy. A month later, his wife Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to fill the remainder of his term, becoming the first woman in the United States to be elected as a governor.

Baseball
Little World Series
St. Paul Saints (AA) 3 @ Baltimore Orioles (IL) 4 (Baltimore led best-of-nine series 1-0)

With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, Tom Connelly doubled and Merwin Jacobson followed with a home run to give the International League champion Orioles their win over the American Association champion Saints before 5,263 fans at Oriole Park. Lefty Grove (1-0) allowed 7 hits and struck out 11 batters in a complete game to win the pitching matchup over Cliff Markle (0-1), who allowed 8 hits in a complete game.

75 years ago
1939

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Sussex Vampire

This episode was the first of more than 200 for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, respectively.

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 Two-Hundred-Year-Old Monster

Died on this date
Julián Felipe, 83. Philippine composer. Mr. Felipe was a church organist and songwriter who composed Marcha Nacional Filipina--now known as Lupang Hinirang, which was first performed upon the proclamation of Philippine independence in 1898, and officially became the Philippine national anthem in 1938.

War
German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which 250,000 people were murdered by SS troops. The First Canadian Army drove to clear the Scheldt estuary and open the Dutch port of Antwerp to shipping. After saturation bombing, U.S. troops advanced 2 miles inside Germany north of Aachen.

Diplomacy
At the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, China proposed establishment of six committees--social; economic; territorial; law codification; labour; and culture--as a means to ensure world peace after World War II.

The Yugoslavian Committee of National Liberation refused the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's offer of food and supplies because of the agency's plans for distribution.

The International Arts Guild was founded in London to encourage interaction among artists of all nations.

Politics and government
4½ months of negotiations between Chinese Communists and Nationalists ended in failure in Chungking.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Three Coins in the Fountain--Frank Sinatra; The Four Aces (2nd week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Hey There--Rosemary Clooney (Best Seller--2nd week at #1); Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts (Disc Jockey--9th week at #1; Jukebox--7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Hey There--Rosemary Clooney (2nd week at #1)
--Sammy Davis, Jr.
2 Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts
--The Chords
3 Skokiaan--Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
--Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band
--The Four Lads
4 If I Give My Heart to You--Doris Day
--Denise Lor
--Connee Boswell
--Dinah Shore
5 I Need You Now--Eddie Fisher
6 The High and the Mighty--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--LeRoy Holmes and his Orchestra
--Victor Young and his Orchestra
--Johnny Desmond
7 The Little Shoemaker--The Gaylords
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
8 This Ole House--Rosemary Clooney
9 The Were Doin' the Mambo--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
10 Hold My Hand--Don Cornell

Singles entering the chart were Try Again by Dean Martin (#36); In a Little Spanish Town by Russ Carlyle and his Orchestra (#40); Love - You Didn't Do Right by Me by Rosemary Clooney (#41); Whither Thou Goest by Les Paul and Mary Ford (#43); and It Worries Me by Frank Sinatra (#45).

Hockey
NHL
All-Star Game
All-Stars 2 @ Detroit 2

Gus Mortson of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Doug Mohns of the Boston Bruins scored in the 2nd period as the All-Stars came from behind to tie the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings at Olympia Stadium. Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe scored for Detroit in the 1st period against Harry Lumley of Toronto, who shared All-Star goaltending duties with Al Rollins of the Chicago Black Hawks. Terry Sawchuk was in goal for the Red Wings.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (1-6) 0 @ Hamilton (4-3) 45
Montreal (6-1) 30 @ Toronto (3-4) 12

WIFU
British Columbia (1-8) 12 @ Saskatchewan (7-3-2) 43
Edmonton (5-4) 13 @ Calgary (5-6) 12

ORFU-Canadian university
Exhibition
McMaster University 22 @ McGill University 23
Toronto Balmy Beach (ORFU) 25 @ Queen's University 23
University of Toronto 18 @ Sarnia Imperials (ORFU) 24
Kitchener-Waterloo (ORFU) 18 @ University of Western Ontario 11

Mac Speedie scored 2 touchdowns and Sully Glasser, Ken Carpenter, Harry Lampman, and Bob McMillan each scored a TD as the Roughriders beat the Lions before 12,000 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Ray Enright and Len Meltzer scored B.C. touchdowns.

Normie Kwong and Jackie Parker scored Edmonton touchdowns, both converted by Bob Dean, but it was a punt single by Rod Pantages that was the difference as the Eskimos edged the Stampeders on a snow-covered field at Mewata Stadium. Eddie Macon and Rupe Andrews scored Calgary touchdowns.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 7 @ Cleveland Indians 4 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-0)

The Giants scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning, 1 in the 3rd, and 4 in the 5th to take a 7-0 lead as they coasted to victory before 78,102 fans at Municipal Stadium. Bob Lemon, pitching on 2 days' rest, absorbed his second loss of the series. Don Liddle started on the mound for New York and pitched 6 2/3 innings and was credited with the win; he was replaced by Hoyt Wilhelm after allowing a 3-run home run by Cleveland pinch hitter Hank Majeski. Johnny Antonelli, who had pitched a complete game victory in game 2, shut down the Indians in 1 2/3 innings of relief to end the Series.





50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Won't Forget You--Jim Reeves (8th week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Do Wah Diddy Diddy--Manfred Mann
2 Last Kiss--J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
3 Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison
4 In the Misty Moonlight--Jerry Wallace
5 Slow Down/Matchbox--The Beatles
6 Haunted House--Jumpin' Gene Simmons
7 G.T.O.--Ronny and the Daytonas
8 Let it Be Me--Betty Everett & Jerry Butler
9 I'm Happy Just to Dance with You--The Beatles
10 It Hurts to Be in Love--Gene Pitney
Pick hit of the week: Las Vegas Scene--Wes Dakus
New this week: A Nickel Piece of Candy--The Wimmen
Gone, Gone, Gone--The Everly Brothers
Ain't That Loving You Baby--Elvis Presley
Just for You--Freddie and the Dreamers
Twelve Steps to Love--Brian Poole and the Tremeloes

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

Space
The mission of the Soviet satellite Cosmos 46 ended, eight days after its launch.

Auto racing
Tom Green of the United States, driving his turbojet-powered car Wingfoot Express, set the world land speed record, averaging 413.2 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, breaking the record of 407.447 mph set there by Craig Breedlove in Spirit of America 14 months earlier.

Boxing
George Chuvalo (28-8-2) scored a technical knockout of Doug Jones (24-6-1) at 1:28 of the 11th round of a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.



40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Rock Your Baby--George McCrae (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Sons and Daughters, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Lucille's Problem

Health
Researchers in New Orleans claimed that smoking cannabis caused severe brain damage in rhesus monkeys.

Football
WFL
Florida (10-4) 30 @ Philadelphia (6-8) 7
Detroit (1-13) 11 @ Shreveport (4-9-1) 14
Jacksonville (4-10) 19 @ Memphis (12-2) 47
Southern California (10-4) 26 @ Portland (4-9-1) 22
Birmingham (11-3) 8 @ Hawaii (5-9) 14

Immediately after the Wheels' loss to the Storm, the league announced that it was folding the Detroit franchise because of insurmountable financial difficulties.

Baseball
Phil Niekro pitched a 4-hit shutout for his 20th win of the season and doubled home 2 runs in his final time at bat as the Atlanta Braves routed the Cincinnati Reds 13-0 before 11,081 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Hank Aaron played the first 7 innings of the game in left field for the Braves, leaving after hitting his 20th home run of the season and 733rd of his major league career in the 7th inning. It was Mr. Aaron's final game with the Braves after 21 years. Tom Carroll started on the mound for the Reds and pitched 4 innings in taking the loss. Dick Baney, the third Cincinnati pitcher of the day, pitched the 8th inning, allowing 6 runs--all earned--on 6 hits and 2 bases on balls in what turned out to be the 42nd and final game of his 3-year major league career.

Al Bumbry batted 3 for 5 with a double and 2 runs scored as the Baltimore Orioles edged the Detroit Tigers 5-4 before 4,671 fans at Tiger Stadium. It was the 2,834th and final major league game in the 22-year Hall of Fame major league career of Detroit designated hitter Al Kaline, who struck out and flied out before leaving for pinch hitter Ben Oglivie. Other players playing their final major league game included Detroit first baseman Reggie Sanders--who singled in his last official at bat in the 6th inning and drove in a run with a bases-loaded base on balls in the 8th--and third baseman Ron Cash, as well as pitcher Bill Slayback, who finished the game for the Tigers by pitching 2 scoreless innings.

Denny Doyle singled home Ellie Rodriguez with the winning run as the California Angels scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 before 6,861 fans at Anaheim Stadium in the last game of the season. Chuck Dobson, who had spent most of his career with Oakland, took the mound for California and pitched a complete game, allowing 5 hits and striking out 9 in what turned out to be his last major league win and last major league complete game.

30 years ago
1984

Diplomacy
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega addressed the United Nations General Assembly and charged that the United States was planning to mount a military attack on Nicaragua to prevent the national election scheduled for November 4.

Politics and government
Geraldine Ferraro, Democratic party candidate for Vice-President of the United States, challenged auto workers at a plant in Rockford, Illinois to explain why some were supporting President Ronald Reagan. She rejected their claims that Democrats were weak on national defense. On Iran, Mrs. Ferraro asserted that the hostages had come home alive, unlike the 300 Americans killed in bombings in Lebanon during the Reagan administration.

Scandal
U.S. Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan pled not guilty to a 137-count indictment charging him with involvement in an attempt to defraud the New York City Transit Authority. Mr. Donovan, the first U.S. cabinet minister to be indicted while in office, charged that he was the victim of a politically motivated "inquisition" by Bronx District Attorney Mario Merola. Two companies and 10 individuals--all of whom pled not guilty--were named in the indictment. Those charged included the Schiavone Construction Company of Seacaucus, New Jersey--which Mr. Donovan had served as vice-president before entering the cabinet in 1981--and six of its present officers. The Jopel Contracting and Trucking Corporation was also cited. The indictment asserted that Mr. Donovan had participated in a plan to inflate the value of Jopel’s work as a subcontractor in the $186 million construction of a subway tunnel for the transit authority, but did not state how much Schiavone was supposed to have overcharged the transit authority. Mr. Merola, a Democrat, denied that the indictment of Mr. Donovan was timed to coincide with the election campaign, and said that the statute of limitations was about to expire on several of the alleged crimes.

Labour
A strike by major league baseball umpires resulted in college and former professional umpires working the opening games of the major league championship series.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
San Diego 0 @ Chicago 13 (Chicago led best-of-five series 1-0)

American League Championship Series
Detroit 8 @ Kansas City 1 (Detroit led best-of-five series 1-0)

The Cubs hit 5 home runs in a their rout of the Padres before 36,282 fans at Wrigley Field. Gary Matthews hit 2 of the homers; others came from Bob Dernier, Ron Cey, and winning pitcher Rick Sutcliffe.

Larry Herndon, Alan Trammell, and Lance Parrish hit home runs in support of winning pitcher Jack Morris as the Tigers blasted the Royals 8-1 before 41,973 fans at Royals Stadium.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (7th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
2 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
3 Cherish--Madonna
4 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
5 Heaven--Warrant
6 18 and Life--Skid Row
7 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
8 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
9 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block
10 Don't Look Back--Fine Young Cannibals

Singles entering the chart were Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#75); Leave a Light On by Belinda Carlisle (#78); Sugar Daddy by Thompson Twins (#80); Didn't I by New Kids on the Block (#82); The Way that You Love Me by Paula Abdul (#84); Let it All Hang Out by John Cougar Mellencamp (#86); Woolly Bully by BTO (#88); and We've Got the Power by One to One (#91). Wooly Bully was from the movie American Boyfriends (1989).

Died on this date
Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, 73. Colombian clergyman. Rev. Jaramillo was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1940, and was appointed Bishop of Arauca in 1984. He opposed the Marxist terrorist organization Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army). He and fellow priest Jose Munoz Pareja were kidnapped by ELN members; Rev. Pareja was released unharmed, but Rev. Jaramillo was shot twice in the head while his hands were tied behind his back.

World events
2,500 East Germans crowded into the West German embassy in Prague.

Economics and finance
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev warned that the economy was on the brink of collapse, and he called for a 15-month ban on strikes.

Religion
Anglican rebels disrupted a church service in Rome attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury in protest at plans for closer ties with the Roman Catholic church.

Protest
A large crowd attended the Resolution One rally at the Edmonton convention centre to protest the federal government’s proposed goods and services tax. The speakers included Reform Party leader Preston Manning; Alberta Treasurer Dick Johnston; New Democrat MP Ross Harvey; and Liberal MP John Harvard. Mr. Harvard, from Winnipeg, lost his audience when he told them to send a message to Ottawa in the October 16 Alberta Senate election by voting for Liberal candidate Bill Code. Mr. Harvard’s subsequent comments were largely drowned out by boos and cries of "Liberals, save us!" Veteran observer George Milner commented that he hadn’t seen such anger in Alberta since 1935.

Scandal
Testifying at his trial in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina on charges of fraud and conspiracy, disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker blamed fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell, who took over Mr. Bakker's Praise the Lord ministry for a time in 1987, for its financial collapse.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I Swear--All-4-One (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: I Swear--All-4-One (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Saturday Night--Whigfield (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Harriet Nelson, 85. U.S. actress and singer. Mrs. Nelson, born Peggy Louis Snyder, began her performing career as Harriet Hilliard and acted in several movies, but was best known as the wife of bandleader Ozzie Nelson. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which also featured the Nelsons' sons David and Ricky, was a popular series on radio from 1944-1954 and on television from 1952-1966.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-10) 36 @ Toronto (5-8) 39
Calgary (11-2) 45 @ Las Vegas (5-8) 26

Quarterback Marvin Graves directed the Argonauts to 28 unanswered points in the 4th quarter for one of the greatest comebacks in CFL history as they edged the Tiger-Cats before 18,709 fans at SkyDome. Toronto trailed 36-11 after 3 quarters, but Mr. Graves handed off to Muhammad Shamsid-Deen for a 1-yard touchdown run, and completed touchdown passes of 14 yards to Paul Masotti, 15 yards to Robert Gordon, and, finally, 4 yards to Mr. Gordon with 1:07 remaining in regulation time. Hamilton quarterback Reggie Slack completed touchdown passes to Kelvin Means and Earl Winfield, Reggie Barnes rushed 51 yards for a touchdown, and defensive back Greg Eaglin returned an interception 27 yards for the other Hamilton TD.



Doug Flutie threw 4 touchdown passes for the Stampeders as they beat the Posse before 7,438 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium. Las Vegas opened the scoring in the 1st quarter on a 15-yard touchdown rush by Jon Volpe, and opened scoring in the 3rd quarter when James Bullock returned the 2nd-half kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown.

NFL
Don Shula, 64, and the Miami Dolphins defeated David Shula, 32, and the Cincinnati Bengals 23-7 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, marking the first time in professional sports that a father and son had faced each other as head coaches.

10 years ago
2004

Football
CFL
Montreal (12-2) 19 @ Saskatchewan (7-8) 35
Winnipeg (6-9) 31 @ British Columbia (10-4) 42

CIS
British Columbia (2-2) 15 @ Saskatchewan (4-1) 57
Calgary (2-2) 25 @ Alberta (4-1) 23

Baseball
Brad Wilkerson batted 3 for 5 with a 3-run home run, 2 doubles, and 2 runs scored to lead the Montreal Expos to a 6-3 win over the New York Mets before 30,147 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. It was the final win for the Expos before moving to Washington to become the Nationals.