October 6, 2014

725 years ago
1289

Born on this date
Wenceslaus III. King of Hungary and Croatia, 1301-1305; King of Poland, 1305-1306; King of Bohemia, 1305-1306. Wenceslaus III succeeded Andrew II as King of Hungary and Wenceslaus II as King of Poland and Bohemia. He renounced the Hungarian throne in 1305 and was murdered in Moravia on August 4, 1306 at the age of 16.

675 years ago
1539

World events
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army entered the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Florida) by force.

270 years ago
1744

Born on this date
James McGill. Scottish-born Canadian businessman. Mr. McGill was a fur trader who was a member of Lower Canada's ruling Chateau Clique. His most notable legacy was the founding of McGill University in Montreal. Mr. McGill died on December 19, 1813 at the age of 69.

130 years ago
1884

Defense
The Naval War College of the United States Navy was founded in Newport, Rhode Island.

125 years ago
1889

Movies
U.S. inventor Thomas Edison showed his first motion picture.

Franciana
The Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Paris.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Thor Heyerdahl. Norwegian ethnographer and explorer. Mr. Heyerdahl was best known for sailing 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in the hand-built raft Kon-Tiki in 1947 to demonstrate that ancient peoples could have travelled long distances. He made similar expeditions through the next three decades and died on April 18, 2002 at the age of 87.

90 years ago
1924

At the movies
Circe the Enchantress, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Mae Murray and James Kirkwood, opened in theatres.



Baseball
World Series
Washington Nationals 4 @ New York Giants 6 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Rosy Ryan pitched 4 2/3 innings of relief and drove in 1 run with a home run and another with a ground out as the Giants beat the Nationals before 47,608 fans at the Polo Grounds. Under the rules then in place, Hugh McQuillan, who started on the mound for the Giants but left after just 3 2/3 innings with a 3-2 lead, was the winning pitcher. Firpo Marberry, normally a reliever, was the starting pitcher for Washington and pitched 3 innings in taking the loss.

80 years ago
1934

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (0-1) 2 @ Montreal (1-0) 3
Hamilton (1-0) 9 @ Ottawa (0-1) 1

ARU
University of Alberta (1-0) 6 @ Lethbridge (0-2) 3

Guy Morton passed 30 yards to Bob Zender for a touchdown on the last play of the 1st half to give the Golden Bears a 5-3 lead as they held on to defeat the Bulldogs at Lethbridge Athletic Park.

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Tigers 10 @ St. Louis Cardinals 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Tigers scored 5 runs in the 8th inning to break open a close game and defeat the Cardinals 10-4 before 37,492 fans at Sportsman’s Park. 5 errors by the Cardinals contributed to their defeat. Dizzy Dean entered the game as a pinch runner for the Cardinals and was carried off the field when Billy Rogell’s throw hit him in the head. Hank Greenberg had 3 hits and 3 RBIs for the Tigers, while Eldon Auker went the distance for the victory.

75 years ago
1939

War
Germany's invasion of Poland ended with the surrender of the Polish army after the Battle of Kock.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Winnipeg (8-0) 19 @ Calgary (3-5) 17

Wayne Sheley completed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Art Stevenson with less than 3 minutes remaining in the game to give the Blue Bombers their win over the Bronks before 2,500 fans at Mewata Stadium. Winnipeg led 17-3 at halftime on touchdowns by Jeff Nicklin and Andy Bieber. Mr. Nicklin scored on a lateral from Bud Marquardt after Mr. Marquardt had caught a pass from Mr. Sheley. Paul Rowe scored 2 touchdowns for the Bronks and Bizz Bisbee scored the other Calgary TD.

70 years ago
1944

War
Soviet troops invaded Hungary on a 73-mile front, driving as much as 12 miles inside the country. U.S. troops in Germany gained southeast of Aachen with a thrust of about a mile through the forest of Hurtgen. Dutch Prime Minister Pieter Gerbrandy said in London that his country faced the greatest disaster by flood and famine it had ever known as a result of the prolongation of fighting there.

Technology
General Electric researcher Dr. Ernest Charlton said that a two-million volt X-ray machine, which would take pictures through a foot of steel, had been perfected.

Society
20 men and 11 women, all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were convicted in Salt Lake City of conspiring to preach and practice polygamy.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ St. Louis Browns 6 (Browns led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Browns scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning as they defeated the Cardinals before 34,737 fans at Sportsman's Park.

60 years ago
1954

Boxing
Charley Norkus (25-12) scored a technical knockout of Charlie Powell (11-1-1) at 2:10 of the 7th round of a heavyweight bout at San Francisco Civic Auditorium. Mr. Norkus was knocked down in teh 1st round, while Mr. Powell was knocked down once in the 4th round and 3 times in the 7th.



50 years ago
1964

On television tonight
The Fugitive, starring David Janssen, on ABC
Tonight's episode: When the Bough Breaks, with guest stars Diana Hyland, Lin McCarthy, and Royal Dano

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched the satellite Cosmos 47.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (7-5) 3 @ Ottawa (7-2-1) 27
Winnipeg (1-12-1) 22 @ Edmonton (3-9) 25

The Rough Riders, led by quarterback Russ Jackson's 134 yards on 10 carries, rushed for 304 yards as they beat the Roughriders before 19,710 fans at Lansdowne Park.

Leo Lewis rushed for 178 yards, including an 87-yard touchdown, but it was in a losing cause as the Blue Bombers were edged by the Eskimos before 12,403 fans at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton's first win against a Western opponent in almost two years. Bill Tobin scored 2 touchdowns for the Eskimos and Tommy-Joe Coffey scored the other Edmonton TD. Jon Anabo started at quarterback for the Eskimos and was having his best game since joining the team several weeks earlier, but suffered a season-ending knee injury, and was replaced by Bill Redell.

40 years ago
1974

Died on this date
Helmuth Koinigg, 25. Austrian auto racing driver. Mr. Koinigg, in just his second start on the Formula One circuit, was decapitated in a crash in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York.

Hockey
Canada (WHA)-U.S.S.R. (Exhibition)
Canada 2 U.S.S.R. 3 @ Moscow (U.S.S.R. won eight-game series 4-2-2)

Aleksandr Yakushev scored in the 2nd period and Viktor Shalimov scored on a powerplay at 53 seconds and shorthhanded at 6:59 of the 3rd period to give the Soviets the victory in their final game against the World Hockey Association's representatives of Canada at Luzhniki Ice Palace. Ralph Backstrom scored for Canada in the 1st and 3rd periods. Gerry Cheevers was in goal for Canada, while Aleksandr Sidelnikov played his first game of the series in goal for the U.S.S.R.

NHL-WHA
Pre-season
Vancouver Canucks 4 @ Edmonton Oilers 1

Dennis Ververgaert scored 3 goals and Don Lever also scored as the Canucks defeated the Oilers before 2,123 fans in the Oilers' last game at the Edmonton Gardens, where they had played their home games for their first two seasons. Rookie Edmonton centre Mike Rogers opened the scoring. Edmonton Journal hockey writer Jim Matheson was unimpressed with the game, and criticized the top ticket price of $8.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (6-7) 33 @ Hamilton (6-7) 21
Saskatchewan (6-7) 21 @ Winnipeg (6-5) 24
British Columbia (8-4) 20 @ Calgary (3-9) 7

Rick Cassata completed 14 of 30 passes for 215 yards and touchdowns to Rhome Nixon and Jim Foley, and handed off to Art Green and Kerry Marbury for TDs, as the Rough Riders beat the Tiger-Cats before 26,055 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Gary Kuzyk scored the first Hamilton touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Don Jonas early in the 3rd quarter, and Dave Fleming rushed 1 yard for the final touchdown with 2:35 remaining in the game.

The Blue Bombers trailed the Roughriders 21-0 after 18 minutes, but took advantage of 4 turnovers to defeat the Roughriders at Winnipeg Stadium. Ron Lancaster passed 10 yards to Rhett Dawson for the gam'es first touchdown in the 1st quarter, and Saskatchewan defensive end Tim Roth followed with a 13-yard return of a blocked punt for the second TD. George Reed rushed 2 yards for a touchdown at 3:01 of the 2nd quarter to make it 21-0 Saskatchewan after Brian Berg's third convert, but the Blue Bombers came back with touchdowns on a 3-yard rush by Jim Washington and an 11-yard pass from Chuck Ealey to Bob LaRose in the 2nd quarter, and a 1-yard pass from Mr. Ealey to Tom Scott in the 3rd. Walt McKee missed all 3 converts, but punted 70 yards for a single to make the score 21-19. Saskatchewan punter Al Ford conceded a safety touch to tie the game, and Mr. McKee kicked an 18-yard field goal with 17 seconds left in the 3rd quarter to give the Blue Bombers the lead, which they held through a scoreless 4th quarter.

Monroe Eley rushed for 128 yards--including a 12-yard touchdown--and caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Don Moorhead as the Lions defeated the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium. Lou Harris added to the B.C. rushing total with 123 yards, going over 1,000 yards for the season. B.C. running back Johnny Musso, playing just his third game of the season, suffered a season-ending injury in what turned out to be his last CFL game. It was the last start for Peter Liske as Calgary quarterback, and he failed to lead the Stampeders to a touchdown.

NFL
Denver (1-2-1) 17 @ Kansas City (2-2) 14
St. Louis (4-0) 34 @ San Francisco (2-2) 9
Pittsburgh (2-1-1) 13 @ Houston (1-3) 7
Minnesota (4-0) 23 @ Dallas (1-3) 21
New Orleans (1-3) 10 @ Chicago (2-2) 24
Oakland (3-1) 40 @ Cleveland (1-3) 24
Atlanta (1-3) 14 @ New York Giants (1-3) 7
Detroit (0-4) 13 @ Los Angeles (3-1) 16
Baltimore (0-4) 3 @ New England (4-0) 42
Washington (2-2) 17 @ Cincinnati (3-1) 28
Buffalo (3-1) 27 @ Green Bay (2-2) 7
Philadelphia (3-1) 13 @ San Diego (1-3) 7

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Los Angeles 5 @ Pittsburgh 2 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 2-0)

Consecutive pinch singles by Willie Crawford and Manny Mota drove in the first 2 of 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Dodgers beat the Pirates before 49,247 fans at Three Rivers Stadium.

American League Championship Series
Baltimore 0 @ Oakland 5 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

Baltimore second baseman Bobby Grich dropped a foul fly ball by Oakland third baseman Sal Bando for an error, and Mr. Bando then hit a home run off Dave McNally to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 4th inning. The Athletics put the game away with 3 unearned runs as a result of an error by Baltimore backup shortstop Frank Baker. Ken Holtzman pitched a 5-hit shutout, while Mr. McNally allowed 6 hits and 2 runs--1 earned--in 5 2/3 innings in the last game of his 13-year career with the Orioles.



30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Friends--Amii Stewart (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT Top 30): I Just Called To Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Careless Whisper--George Michael (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Let's Go Crazy--Prince and the Revolution (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Let's Go Crazy--Prince and the Revolution (2nd week at #1)
2 Missing You--John Waite
3 I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder
4 Drive--The Cars
5 She Bop--Cyndi Lauper
6 What's Love Got to Do with It--Tina Turner
7 Hard Habit to Break--Chicago
8 The Warrior--Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
9 The Glamorous Life--Sheila E.
10 Cruel Summer--Bananarama

Singles entering the chart were Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution (#28); All Through the Night by Cyndi Lauper (#35); The War Song by Culture Club (#46); Penny Lover by Lionel Richie (#49); Say Hello to Ronnie by Janey Street (#83); Shangri-La by the Steve Miller Band (#85); Centipede by Rebbie Jackson (#87); and We are the Young by Dan Hartman (#89). Purple Rain was the title song of the movie.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Missing You--John Waite (2nd week at #1)
2 The Warrior--Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
3 What's Love Got to Do with It--Tina Turner
4 Let's Go Crazy--Prince and the Revolution
5 She Bop--Cyndi Lauper
6 Drive--The Cars
7 If This is It--Huey Lewis and the News
8 Ghostbusters--Ray Parker, Jr.
9 We're Not Gonna Take It--Twisted Sister
10 Two Tribes--Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Singles entering the chart were Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution (#84); I'm So Excited by the Pointer Sisters (#87); Rock You by Helix (#92); Desert Moon by Dennis DeYoung (#94); Teacher Teacher by 38 Special (#95); and Get it While You Can by Gary O' (#97). Teacher Teacher was from the movie Teachers (1984).

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (6-7-1) 30 @ Montreal (5-7-1) 24
Toronto (8-4-1) 21 @ British Columbia (9-3-1) 21

Joe Paopao completed 25 of 32 passes for 277 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Roughriders to their fourth straight win before 18,296 fans at Olympic Stadium. Craig Ellis caught 13 passes for 99 yards and 1 touchdown, and rushed 9 times for 54 yards. Ray Elgaard caught Mr. Paopao’s other touchdown pass. Saskatchewan led 27-10 after 3 quarters, but Turner Gill, who had earlier thrown a touchdown pass to Dwaine Wilson, connected on scoring strikes to Terry Lymon and Harold Bailey. Mr. Bailey’s touchdown came with just 5 seconds remaining. Mr. Wilson caught 10 passes for 111 yards, and rushed 8 times for 40 yards to lead the Concordes.



Roy Dewalt threw 2 touchdown passes to Ron Robinson, the second coming with 1:35 remaining in the game, to bring the Lions back against the Argonauts before 49,358 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Lui Passaglia’s convert tied the game. Hank Ilesic kicked 3 field goals and 3 singles for the Argonauts, as well as the convert on their only touchdown, scored by Terry Greer on a 30-yard pass from Joe Barnes. The tie left the Argonauts as the only visiting team yet to lose at B.C. Place Stadium. It was the Canadian Football League’s last tie before the introduction of overtime for regular season games in 1986.

CIAU
Mount Allison 19 St. Mary’s 15
McGill (3-1) 32 Carleton (2-2) 16
Bishop’s (4-0) 34 Concordia (1-3) 16
Western Ontario (3-1) 18 Wilfrid Laurier (0-4) 7
McMaster (4-0) 51 Windsor (1-2) 6
Manitoba (0-5) 24 @ Alberta (4-1) 27
Saskatchewan (2-3) 16 @ British Columbia (2-3) 41

Jeff Funtasz rushed 1 yard for his second touchdown of the game with 24 seconds remaining to provide the winning margin for the Golden Bears in front of 1,400 at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. The play was set up by a questionable pass interference call on Manitoba’s Peter Lawrence on a third-down pass that was incomplete. Manitoba head coach Dennis Hrycaiko later said, "That call was horse----!" Alberta’s winning drive was aided by an "injury" delay when Mr. Denesiuk, unnoticed by the officials, grabbed one of his backfielders and threw him to the ground. Mr. Funtasz’s first touchdown came early in the fourth quarter. Scott Smith scored the other Alberta major on a 21-yard pass from quarterback Mark Denesiuk, who replaced starter Darren Brezden at the start of the second quarter. Bisons’ touchdowns were scored by Jerry Izydorczuk, Ron Talakoska, and Darren Anderson. Mr. Anderson’s score came on a 14-yard pass from quarterback Mike O’Donnell.

On a rainy day at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, Andrew Murray caught 8 passes for 92 yards and 3 touchdowns for UBC in their win over the Huskies. Leo Groenewegen recovered a Saskatchewan fumble in the end zone for another touchdown, and Thunderbird quarterback Frank Cusati rushed 1 yard for another. Tom Dixon kicked 5 converts, a 46-yard field goal, and 3 singles to round out the British Columbia scoring. Rob Bresciani scored a Saskatchewan touchdown on a 57-yard pass from quarterback Doug Siemens, and then caught a pass for a 2-point convert.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Chicago 5 @ San Diego 7 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

Steve Garvey’s fourth hit of the game, a 2-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, gave the Padres the win over the Cubs before 58,354 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Bette Davis, 81. U.S. actress. One of my least favourite actresses, Miss Davis's overacting ruined (or almost ruined) movies such as Bordertown (1935); Jezebel (1938); Now, Voyager (1942); and Watch on the Rhine (1943). On those rare occasions when she toned it down, such as The Corn is Green (1945), she was pretty good.

Diplomacy
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that it was awarding its Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama, the exiled Buddhist religious and political leader of Tibet.

Politics and government
Speaking at a congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party, party president Rezso Nyers said that the party should be succeeded by a new party that would be a synthesis of both communist and social democratic traditions, and that would seek improved ties with both the Soviet Communist Party and western socialist parties.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that unemployment had increased 0.1% in September to 5.2%.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (8-6) 27 @ British Columbia (6-8) 46

Matt Dunigan completed 25 of 34 passes for 407 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Lions to victory before 27,021 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Mr. Dunigan also rushed 9 yards for a touchdown. 2 of his touchdown passes went to Eric Streater, with the others going to Anthony Parker and David Williams. Keith Gooch scored another B.C. touchdown on a 21-yard interception return. Derrick McAdoo carried 18 times for 141 yards and a touchdown and caught 5 passes for 96 yards to lead the Tiger-Cats’ attack. Tony Champion scored the other Hamilton touchdown on a 6-yard pass from quarterback Mike Kerrigan.

CIAU
Manitoba (0-6) 43 @ Calgary (4-2) 59

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 3 @ Toronto 7 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Blue Jays overcame a 3-0 deficit with 4 runs in the 4th inning and 3 more in the 7th to defeat the Athletics before 50,268 fans at SkyDome. Dave Parker homered for the Athletics in his second straight game.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Secret--Madonna

Diplomacy
South African President Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of the United States Congress in Washington.

10 years ago
2004

War
The top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reported that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime had "essentially destroyed" all weapons of mass destruction by the end of 1991 and had no such programs underway. His report also stated that Mr. Hussein had intended to resume the weapons program.

Scandal
The United States House of Representatives Ethics Committee criticized Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Republican--Texas) for questionable fund-raising tactics and for requesting federal officials to intervene in a state issue regarding gerrymandering.

Baseball
National League Division Series
Houston 9 @ Atlanta 3 (Houston led best-of-five series 1-0)

American League Division Series
Boston 8 @ Anaheim 3 (Boston led best-of-five series 2-0)
Minnesota 6 @ New York 7 (12 innings) (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)