October 23, 2014

275 years ago
1739

War
The British government of Prime Minister Robert Walpole reluctantly declared war on Spain, beginning what came to be known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.

170 years ago
1844

Born on this date
Robert Bridges. U.K. poet and hymnist. Mr. Bridges, a physician by training, gave up medicine in 1882 after developing lung disease, and turned to writing. He wrote poems, hymns, and verse dramas, and was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death on April 21, 1930 at the age of 85.

150 years ago
1864

War
In the U.S. Civil War, Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeated Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, Missouri, near Kansas City.

130 years ago
1884

Baseball
World Series
Providence Grays 6 @ New York Metropolitans 0 (Providence led three-game series 1-0)

Old Hoss Radbourne pitched a 2-hitter as the Grays of the National League defeated the Metropolitans of the American Association in front of 1,800 fans at the Polo Grounds in the first game of the first-ever officially sanctioned post-season championship series between the champions of two major leagues. Tim Keefe took the loss on the mound for New York.

125 years ago
1889

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 7 @ Brooklyn Bridegrooms 10 (6 innings) (Brooklyn led best-of-eleven series 3-1)

Oyster Burns hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning to give the Bridegrooms the win over the New York Giants before 3,045 fans at Washington Park in a game called because of darkness. The Giants had scored 5 runs in the top of the 6th to tie the game. The Bridegrooms made only 5 hits, but were helped by 8 New York errors.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Rube Bressler. U.S. baseball player. Raymond Bloom Bressler played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1914-1916); Cincinnati Reds (1917-1927); Brooklyn Robins (1928-1931); Philadelphia Phillies (1932); and St. Louis Cardinals (1932). He began his career as a pitcher before becoming a first baseman and outfielder. Mr. Bressler batted .301 with 32 home runs and 586 runs batted in in 1,305 games, and compiled a pitching record of 26-32 with an earned run average of 3.40 in 107 games. His best season as a pitcher was his first, when he was 10-4 with a 1.77 ERA in helping the Athletics win the 1914 American League pennant. Mr. Bressler was with the Reds when they won the World Series in 1919, but he didn't play in the series. He died on November 7, 1966, 15 days after his 72nd birthday.

75 years ago
1939

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Died on this date
Zane Grey, 67. U.S. author. Dr. Grey, a dentist by trade, was known for his many Western novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) and The Vanishing American (1925).

Defense
The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber made its maiden flight.

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 League of Unhappy Orphans

Died on this date
Charles Barkla, 67. U.K. physicist. Professor Barkla was awarded the 1917 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements," an important step in the development of X-ray spectroscopy.

War
The United States War Department revealed that the Army board's investigation of the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii had been turned in and marked "top secret" pending reviews by competent authorities. The German line in the Netherlands between Nijmegen and the North Sea deteriorated in the face of Canadian and British pressure. British troops in Greece reached Lamia, 11 miles northwest of Athens. The Battle of Leyte Gulf began in the Philippines with the first two stages: the Battle of Sibuyan Sea; and the Battle of Surigao Strait.

Diplomacy
Canada, U.S.A., U.K., U.S.S.R., Australia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela accorded official recognition of the French government of General Charles de Gaulle.

Politics and government
Olafurs Thors, leader of the Icelandic Independent Party, formed a cabinet with himself as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Major Francisco Javier Arana formed a new cabinet in Guatemala, three days after a military coup overthrew the government of General Federico Ponce, who arrived in Mexico as an exile.

U.S. Senator Joseph Ball (Republican--Minnesota) announced that he was supporting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's bid for re-election because he believed that Mr. Roosevelt could best harmonize domestic and foreign policies.

Labour
The U.S. National War Labor Board ordered seven collective bargaining elections within 90 days among 60,000 Western Union workers to determine whether the American Federation of Labor or Congress of Industrial Organizations would represent them.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Hey There--Rosemary Clooney (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1; Jukebox--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Hey There--Rosemary Clooney (5th week at #1)
--Sammy Davis, Jr.
2 Skokiaan--Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
--Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band
--The Four Lads
3 If I Give My Heart to You--Doris Day
--Denise Lor
--Connee Boswell
--Dinah Shore
4 I Need You Now--Eddie Fisher
5 Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts
--The Chords
6 This Ole House--Rosemary Clooney
7 Shake, Rattle and Roll--Bill Haley and his Comets
8 Papa Loves Mambo--Perry Como
9 The High and the Mighty--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--LeRoy Holmes and his Orchestra
--Victor Young and his Orchestra
--Johnny Desmond
10 Hold My Hand--Don Cornell

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango by Patti Page (#24); Don't Let the Kiddy Geddin (#31)/I Want You All to Myself (Just You) (#32) by Kitty Kallen; (Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin' by the Cheers (#41); and Time Waits for No One by the Hilltoppers (#42). I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango was the other side of The Mama Doll Song, charting at #40.

On television tonight
CFRN (Edmonton)
5:00 P.M. The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
5:30 P.M. Disneyland
6:30 P.M. TBA
7:00 P.M. TBA
7:30 P.M. Holiday Ranch
8:00 P.M. The Jackie Gleason Show
9:00 P.M. On Camera
9:30 P.M. At Home with John Newmark
10:00 P.M. Tzigane
10:30 P.M. The Late Show
11:00 P.M. News
11:15 P.M. Channel 3 Playhouse

At Home with John Newmark was a short-lived CBC program featuring Mr. Newmark, a classical pianist.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (9-2) 24 @ Toronto (5-6) 30
Ottawa (1-10) 17 @ Hamilton (7-4) 25

WIFU
Saskatchewan (9-4-2) 19 @ Edmonton (10-5) 24
Winnipeg (8-5-2) 18 @ British Columbia (1-14) 0

ORFU
Sarnia (6-4-1) 17 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (9-2-1) 17

Nobby Wirkowski's 58-yard touchdown bomb to Al Pfeifer off a double reverse in the last minute of play broke a 24-24 tie as the Argonauts defeated the Alouettes at Varsity Stadium. Oattem Fisher scored an earlier Toronto touchdown on a 92-yard interception return.



Jackie Parker scored 3 touchdowns and Bernie Faloney rushed for the winning touchdown with 1:45 remaining in the game as the Eskimos defeated the Roughriders before 18,236 fans at Clarke Stadium in a game that was so exciting that a fan at the game suffered a fatal heart attack. Mac Speedie and Stan Williams scored touchdowns for Saskatchewan, while Joe Aguirre added 2 converts, 2 field goals, and a single.

Gerry James' 23-yard touchdown rush 4 minutes into the game was all the scoring that was needed as the Blue Bombers shut out the Lions before 17,176 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. Dick Huffman and Lorne Benson also scored touchdowns for Winnipeg, all converted by Buck Rogers. The 2nd half was scoreless.

Canadian university
Toronto (1-1-1) 43 @ McGill (0-3) 6
Western Ontario (2-0-1) 27 @ Queen's (2-1) 1

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Last Kiss--J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (3rd week at #1)
2 Las Vegas Scene--Wes Dakus
3 Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison
4 Do Wah Diddy Diddy--Manfred Mann
5 I'm Into Something Good--Herman's Hermits
6 Have I the Right?--The Honeycombs
7 Little Honda--The Hondells
8 Ain't That Loving You Baby--Elvis Presley
9 Ride the Wild Surf--Jan & Dean
10 Let it Be Me--Betty Everett & Jerry Butler
Pick hit of the week: I'm Gonna Be Strong--Gene Pitney
New this week: Sidewalk Surfin'--Jan & Dean
I Hope He Breaks Your Heart--Neil Sedaka
Mr. Lonely--Bobby Vinton
She Understands Me--Johnny Tillotson
Forget Her, Forget Her--Danny Williams
Wendy--The Beach Boys

Sidewalk Surfin' had originally been recorded by the Beach Boys as Catch a Wave, and was on their album Surfer Girl (1963). The Jan & Dean version contained new lyrics to make the song about skateboarding instead of surfing.

Died on this date
Frank Luther Mott, 78. U.S. historian. Mr. Mott won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1939 for his book A History of American Magazines. He has been credited with coining the term "photojournalism."

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Gigi l’Amoroso--Dalida

On television tonight
Sons and Daughters, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Pregnancy

Football
WFL
Birmingham (12-5) 0 @ Shreveport (6-10-1) 31
Florida (12-5) 15 @ Charlotte (10-7) 11
Hawaii (7-10) 60 @ Chicago (7-10) 17
Philadelphia (7-10) 45 @ Southern California (12-5) 7

Baseball
Nippon Series
Lotte Orions 3 @ Chunichi Dragons 2 (Lotte won best-of-seven series 4-2)

The Orions scored a run in the top of the 9th inning to break a 2-2 tie as they edged the Dragons before 23,433 fans at Nagoya Stadium, winning their second Nippon Series championship, and their first since winning the first Series in 1950.

30 years ago
1984

Died on this date
James Petrillo, 92. U.S. labour leader. Mr. Petrillo, a trumpeter, was president of the American Federation of Musicians from 1940-1958. He was mainly responsible for a ban on commercial recordings by AFM members from 1942-1944 and 1948 in disputes over royalties.

Oskar Werner, 61. Austrian-born German actor. Mr. Werner, born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer, was known for his roles in such movies as Decision Before Dawn (1951); Jules et Jim (Jules and Jim) 1962); Ship of Fools (1965); The Spy who Came in from the Cold (1965); Fahrenheit 451 (1966); and Voyage of the Damned (1976). He died of a heart attack after years of heavy drinking.

Crime
Corazon Agrava, head of a five-member panel investigating the August 1983 assassination of Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquino, delivered a report to President Ferdinand Marcos in which she implicated an air force general and 6 soldiers in the murder.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (10th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
2 Sowing the Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
3 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson
4 Cherish--Madonna
5 Heaven--Warrant
6 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
7 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
8 The Best--Tina Turner
9 Healing Hands--Elton John
10 18 and Life--Skid Row

Singles entering the chart were Rollin' with the Thunder by White Heat (#73); Another Day by Paradox (#79); Do You Want to Tell Me by The Grapes of Wrath (#81); Save for the Memory by Indio (#86); Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz (#88); Living in Sin by Bon Jovi (#90); and 100 Years by Andrew Cash (#92).

Died on this date
Armida, 78. Mexican-born U.S. entertainer. Armida Vendrell began her career at a young age, shortly after her family moved to California. She performed in vaudeville before moving into films, where she usually appeared in small roles from 1929-1951. One of Armida's few starring roles was in The Girl from Monterrey (1943). She died of a heart attack.

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and her five-member crew commanded by Donald Williams landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, concluding mission STS-34.



World events
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, in a speech to the legislature, said that the U.S.S.R.’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 was illegal. Saying that the invasion "violated the norms of proper behaviour," Mr. Shevardnadze blamed it on then-President Leonid Brezhnev and some others in the Soviet inner circle. Mr. Shevardnadze also acknowledged that the Soviet radar complex at Krasnoyarsk had violated the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty. He said that historic changes taking place in Poland and Hungary were acceptable to the Kremlin, and that the Soviet Union looked forward to the eventual dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Politics and government
The Hungarian Republic was officially declared by acting President Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic.

Protest
300,000 East Germans protested in Leipzig on behalf of political reform.

Business
The Finnish shipbuilding company Wärtsilä Marine declared bankruptcy, the biggest bankruptcy in Nordic countries to date.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Endless Love--Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I Swear--All-4-One (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Let the Dream Come True--DJ Bobo

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Baby Come Back--Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell

Died on this date
Robert Lansing, 66. U.S. actor. Mr. Lansing, born Robert Howell Brown, appeared on many television programs, especially in the 1960s. He starred in the series 87th Precinct (1961-1962) and Twelve O'Clock High (1964-1965). Mr. Lansing's most notable movies were 4D Man (1959) and Namu, the Killer Whale (1966).

Sport
Isabelle Autissier of France won the first leg of the BOC round-the-world yacht race, sailing from Charleston, South Carolina to Cape Town in a record 35 days 8 hours 52 minutes.

Auto racing
Dale Earnhardt won his seventh Winston Cup season championship, taking the AC Delco 500 at Rockingham, North Carolina, and beating Mark Martin by 444 points for his seventh title, tying Richard Petty's NASCAR record.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (11-5) 6 @ Toronto (7-9) 23
Las Vegas (5-11) 18 @ Saskatchewan (9-7) 37

Marvin Graves passed 42 yards to Paul Masotti for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and handed off to Mohammed Shamsid-Deen for a 15-yard TD rush in the 3rd quarter as the Argonauts defeated the Eskimos before 22,210 fans at SkyDome. Wayne Lammle added 2 converts and 3 field goals for Toronto. Rickey Foggie played the first 3 quarters at quarterback for the Eskimos and was ineffective, but Ron Lancaster didn't relieve him with Damon Allen until the game was out of reach.

Tom Burgess threw 2 touchdown passes to Ray Elgaard and rushed for another TD himself as the Roughriders came back from 8-0 and 15-8 deficits to defeat the Posse before 28,583 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Tamarick Vanover scored both Las Vegas touchdowns, the first on a 6-yard pass from Anthony Calvillo in the 1st quarter, and the other on a 105-yard punt return in the 2nd quarter.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 0 @ Yomiuri Giants 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

A run in the bottom of the 1st inning held up for the Giants as they edged the Lions before 46,342 fans at the Tokyo Dome.

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Robert Merrill, 87. U.S. opera singer. Mr. Merrill, born Moishe Miller, was a baritone who appeared on NBC radio programs in the 1940s and achieved greater renown performing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Disasters
A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks struck Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (5-12) 21 @ Montreal (13-4) 52

CIS
Manitoba (2-5) 53 @ Regina (0-7) 21
Simon Fraser (3-4) 14 @ Calgary (3-4) 12
Saskatchewan (5-2) 13 @ Alberta (7-1) 21

Ryan Zahara set a team record for a single game with 7 touchdown passes as he led the Bisons over the Rams at Taylor Field. Mr. Zahara's TD passes went to five different receivers.

Marty Kipps rushed 18 yards for a touchdown with 5:19 remaining in the 4th quarter to give the Clan a come-from-behind victory over the Dinos at McMahon Stadium in a game whose start was delayed for an hour because of a snowstorm.

Jarred Winkel rushed 18 times for 120 yards and a touchdown, and Darryl Salmon completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Bryce Coppieters to help the Golden Bears defeat the Huskies at Foote Field in Edmonton, clinching first place in the Canada West conference for the first time in 20 years. Dustin Ralph led Alberta receivers with 9 receptions for 118 yards.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 9 @ Boston Red Sox 11 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Red Sox blew an early 7-2 lead, but Mark Bellhorn's 2-run home run with 1 out in the 8th inning gave them the victory over the Cardinals before 35,035 fans at Fenway Park.