October 7, 2014

150 years ago
1864

War
During the U.S.Civil War, the Union ship USS Wachusett illegally captured the Confederate ship CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil, in violation of Brazilian neutrality.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Robert Z. Leonard. U.S. film director. Mr. Leonard's movies included The Divorcee (1930); Dancing Lady (1933); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); and Pride and Prejudice (1940). He died on August 27, 1968 at the age of 78.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Del Lord. Canadian-born U.S. actor and director. Mr. Lord, a native of Grimsby, Ontario, moved to New York and then to Hollywood, where he appeared in Keystone Kops comedies as the driver of the van, and also had the chance to direct some films. He directed short comedy films at Columbia Pictures from 1935-1945, many of them starring the Three Stooges. Mr. Lord died on March 23, 1970 at the age of 75.

Died on this date
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 85. U.S. physician and writer. Dr. Holmes advocated medical reforms such as the improvement of hygiene and the use of the stethoscope, but became better known as one of New England's Fireside Poets. He also wrote prose, including collections of essays such as The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table (1858). Dr. Holmes' son Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902-1932.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Sarah Churchill. U.K. actress. Miss Churchill, the second daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, was best known for her co-starring role in the movie Royal Wedding (1951), and for heavy drinking, which ruined and shortened her life. She died on September 24, 1982 at the age of 67.

90 years ago
1924

Politics and government
Andreas Michalakopoulos, leader of the Liberal Party, took office as Prime Minister of Greece.

Baseball
World Series
Washington Nationals 7 @ New York Giants 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Goose Goslin batted 4 for 4 with 2 runs and 4 runs batted in, his 3-run home run in the 3rd inning putting the Nationals ahead to stay, as they beat the Giants before 49,243 fans at the Polo Grounds.

80 years ago
1934

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Tigers 3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 1 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Tommy Bridges pitched a 7-hitter, giving up just a solo home run to Bill DeLancey as the Tigers defeated the Cardinals before 38,536 fans at Sportsman’s Park. The winning run came on a solo home run by Charlie Gehringer off Dizzy Dean in the 6th inning.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Harvey Cushing, 70. U.S. physician. Dr. Cushing is often referred to as the "father of modern neurosurgery."

War
French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier delivered an address that was broadcast nationwide, responding to the previous day's offer of peace from German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. Mr. Daladier said, "We took up arms against aggression. We shall not put them down until we have guarantees for a real peace and security, a security which is not threatened every six months."



Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (0-1) 4 @ Ottawa (1-0) 32
Montreal (0-1) 2 @ Toronto (1-0) 7

WIFU
Regina (3-5) 0 @ Edmonton (2-6) 5

Coach Bob Fritz scored the touchdown as the Eskimos ended a 5-game losing streak before 2,000 fans at Clarke Stadium.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 7 @ Cincinnati Reds 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Charlie Keller hit 2 home runs, scored 3 runs, and drove in 4 runs to lead the Yankees over the Reds before 32,723 fans at Crosley Field. Joe DiMaggio hit a 2-run homer for the Yankees and Bill Dickey added a solo homer.



70 years ago
1944

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Always Hurt the One You Love--The Mills Brothers (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Swinging on a Star--Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet (Jukebox--8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Helmut Lent, 26. German military aviator. Oberst Lent, a Luftwaffe ace, shot down 110 enemy planes during World War II--102 at night. He died two days after sustaining serious injuries in a crash while on a routine flight.

War
In the largest U.S.-coordinated air assault in the European theatre, more than 3,400 planes struck at Nazi targets in Germany and Austria. U.S. troops in Germany took Alsdorf and Baesweiler, north of Aachen. Soviet forces captured nine major Hungarian towns and 300 other localities as they advanced from Gyula to Gyoma and reached to within 83 miles of Budapest. For the first time since March, Japanese troops penetrated the Indian state of Bengal.

Protest
During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burned down the crematoria.

Diplomacy
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference concluded with a 5,000-word document in the name of the four powers represented--U.S.A.; U.K.; U.S.S.R.; and China--and proposed a United Nations organization to:
1. Maintain international peace and security;
2. Develop friendly relations among nations and take other measures to strengthen peace;
3. Achieve international cooperation in the solution of economic, social, and humanitarian problems;
4. Afford a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the achievement of these ends.

Politics and government
New York Governor and Republican party candidate for President of the United States Thomas Dewey charged that Communists were supporting the re-election campaign of President Franklin D. Roosevelt because he was forming his own corporate state.

Art
Dr. Francis Taylor of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art announced upon his return from Europe that the continent's art collections and historic landmarks had escaped with little damage except in Great Britain.

Football
MASSFL
Bombing and Gunnery School (MacDonald) (0-2) 7 @ Canadian Army (Winnipeg) (1-0) 24

Harry Hood scored 3 touchdowns and Sammy Fabro scored another TD as the Grenades beat the Mustangs at Osborne Stadium. Fritz Hanson kicked 3 converts for the Army. Earl Davis scored the B&G touchdown; Gerry Ackford converted and added a single.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 5 @ St. Louis Browns 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Stan Musial batted 3 for 4 and hit a 2-run home run in the top of the 1st inning to open the scoring as the Cardinals beat the Browns before 35,455 fans at Sportsman's Park. Harry Brecheen pitched a 9-hit complete game for the victory.



60 years ago
1954

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC
Tonight's episode: The Norwood Builder

Music
Soprano Marian Anderson became the first Negro singer hired by New York's Metropolitan Opera.

50 years ago
1964

Space
The mission of the U.S.S.R. satellite Cosmos 47 concluded, the day after its launch.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 5 @ St. Louis Cardinals 9 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Cardinals, trailing 4-2, scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning against Whitey Ford and Al Downing as they beat the Yankees before 30,805 fans at Busch Stadium.





40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Night Chicago Died--Paper Lace (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB (2nd week at #1)

Football
NFL
New York Jets (1-3) 17 @ Miami (3-1) 21

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Hong-Kong Star--France Gall

#1 single in Switzerland: Careless Whisper--George Michael (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Democratic party candidate Walter Mondale met in Louisville for the first of two "debates" (actually just answers to journalists’ questions) prior to the November presidential election. Mr. Reagan argued that America was better off since he had taken office in 1981. Mr. Mondale argued that only the wealthy were better off, and that new leadership was needed. Polls taken after the debate indicated that Mr. Mondale had "won," in part because he had seemed more assertive and alert.

Labour
National League baseball umpires returned to work in time for the Championship Series game between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (7-6) 28 @ Hamilton (3-9-1) 21

Matt Dunigan rushed 9 times for 138 yards and 2 touchdowns and completed 16 of 27 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown to lead the Eskimos to victory before 13,452 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Mr. Dunigan scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter, and ran 69 yards on a draw play in the second quarter when no Hamilton defenders had lined up in front of him. Later in the quarter he threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Brian Kelly, set up by a 63-yard completion to Chris Woods. Mr. Kelly’s score was his 15th of the season. Hamilton quarterback Dieter Brock, who was under pressure from the Edmonton defense all day, completed 22 of 42 passes for 342 yards. He rushed 1 yard for the first Tiger-Cat touchdown in the second quarter, and handed off to Mark Bragagnolo for a 1-yard touchdown late in the third quarter.

NFL
New Orleans 7 @ Chicago 20

Walter Payton rushed for 154 yards and passed Jim Brown as the National Football League’s career rushing leader.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Chicago 3 @ San Diego 6 (San Diego won best-of-five series 3-2)

The Padres scored 4 runs in the 7th inning to defeat the Cubs before 58,359 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium to win their first National League pennant. They became the first National League team to win the series after losing the first 2 games.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Swing The Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Lambada--Kaoma (11th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Ride on Time--Black Box (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard
1 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson
2 Cherish--Madonna
3 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
4 Heaven--Warrant
5 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
6 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
7 Love Song--The Cure
8 18 and Life--Skid Row
9 Bust a Move--Young M.C.
10 It's No Crime--Babyface

Singles entering the chart were Angelia by Richard Marx (#52); Blame it on the Rain by Milli Vanilli (#65); Living in Sin by Bon Jovi (#72); Licence to Chill by Billy Ocean (#76); If You Asked Me To by Patti LaBelle (#86); Girl I am Searching for You by Stevie B (#87); The Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#91); Touch the Fire by Icehouse (#93); Sold Me Down the River by the Alarm (#94); and I Want You by Shana (#97). If You Asked Me To was from the movie Licence to Kill (1989).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cherish--Madonna
2 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson
3 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
4 Heaven--Warrant
5 18 and Life--Skid Row
6 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
7 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
8 Love Song--The Cure
9 One--Bee Gees
10 Don't Look Back--Fine Young Cannibals

Singles entering the chart were Angelia by Richard Marx (#53); The Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#70); Living in Sin by Bon Jovi (#75); Back to Life by Soul II Soul (#77); Licence to Chill by Billy Ocean (#80); Don't Close Your Eyes by Kix (#85); and Me So Horny by 2 Live Crew (#90).

Politics and government
Delegates to the congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party voted 1,005-159 to transform the party from a communist into a socialist party. Those in the majority believed that the change would permit the party to compete more effectively in free democratic national elections planned for the spring of 1990.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev and East German President Erich Honecker reviewed a military parade in East Berlin.

Football
CIAU
St. Mary's 40 Acadia 14
St. Francis Xavier 42 Mount Allison 16
McGill 14 Bishop's 11
Queen's 25 Concordia 6
Waterloo 25 McMaster 21
Western Ontario 30 Windsor 4
British Columbia (3-3) 10 @ Saskatchewan (4-1) 31

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 6 @ Toronto 5 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Rickey Henderson hit a pair of 2-run home runs and Jose Canseco blasted a solo home run into SkyDome’s upper deck to help the Athletics defeat the Blue Jays before 50,076 fans.



National League Championship Series
Chicago 4 @ San Francisco 5 (San Francisco led best-of-seven series 2-1)

A 2-run home run by Robby Thompson in the bottom of the 7th inning lifted the Giants over the Chicago Cubs before 62,065 fans at Candlestick Park.



20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Saturday Night--Whigfield (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Niels Kaj Jerne, 82. U.K.-born Danish immunologist. Dr. Jerne, whose Danish parents moved to London the year before his birth, moved to the Netherlands with his family in 1914, and eventually settled in Denmark. He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies."

Defense
U.S. President Bill Clinton announced that he was sending the United States Navy and Marines to the Persian Gulf area in response to an Iraqi military buildup along the Kuwait-Iraq border.

Law
The Haitian National Assembly completed action on a bill that would allow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to pardon those accused of political offenses, but this option was not extended to murder and other human rights abuses, thus preventing the materialization of the general amnesty visualized in the accord reached in September between Haitian and American negotiators.

The regular session of the 103rd United States Congress ended with several bills failing to pass because of Republican Party filibusters. The bills that failed included one that would have barred most gifts from lobbyists to members of Congress; one to restrict spending in congressional campaigns and special-interest contributions to campaigns; changes in the Superfund--providing money to clean up hazardous waste sites; changes to the 1872 Mining Act that would have required companies to pay royalties and comply with new environmental standards; and an effort to reform the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had declined to 5.9% in September.

Football
CFL
Las Vegas (5-9) 16 @ Baltimore (10-4) 22

Mike Pringle rushed for 133 yards and caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Tracy Ham as the Baltimore Football Club defeated the Posse before 34,186 fans at Memorial Stadium. Mr. Ham also connected with Chris Armstrong for an 18-yard touchdown just 1:13 into the game. Jon Volpe scored the only Las Vegas touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 3rd quarter.



10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated, with no clear successor.

Baseball
National League Division Series
Houston 2 @ Atlanta 4 (11 innings) (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)
Los Angeles 3 @ St. Louis 8 (St. Louis led best-of-five series 2-0)

Rafael Furcal hit a 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Braves the win over the Astros before 40,075 fans at Turner Field.

Mike Matheny batted 2 for 3 and batted in 4 runs as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers before 52,228 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium.