August 30, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Michelle Kent!

220 years ago
1797

Born on this date
Mary Shelley. U.K. authoress. Mrs. Shelley, the second wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was best known for her novel Frankenstein (1818). She died on February 1, 1851 at the age of 53, after a long battle with a brain tumour.

130 years ago
1887

Baseball
The Louisville Colonels routed the New York Metropolitans 23-5 in an American Association game at Eclipse Park in Louisville.

110 years ago
1907

Died on this date
Richard Mansfield, 50. U.K. actor. Mr. Mansfield began his career in the late 1870s, and became known as the greatest Shakespearean actor of his generation in both the United Kingdom and United States. He was also famous for creating the roles of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on stage in 1887. Mr. Mansfield died of liver cancer.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich. Russian Imperial Family member. Grand Duke Vladimir, whose family fled to Finland after the Russian Revolution in 1917 and then moved to Germany, and later, France, claimed the position as head of the House of Romanov upon the death of his father Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich on October 12, 1938. Grand Duke Vladimir spent most of his life in exile in Spain, and died of a heart attack in Miami, Florida at the age of 74 on April 21, 1992 while addressing a gathering of Spanish-speaking bankers and investors. He was flown back to Russia and given a state funeral in St. Petersburg. Grand Duke Vladimir's daughter Maria Vladimirovna then claimed headship of the House of Romanov.

Denis Healey. U.K. politician. Mr. Healey, a member of the Labour Party, represented Leeds South East in the House of Commons from 1952-1955 and Leeds East from 1955-1992. He held various cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan from 1974-1979. Mr. Healey was appointed to the House of Lords in 1992, and died on October 3, 2015 at the age of 98.

Protest
Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutinied at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.

80 years ago
1937

Boxing
In the first defense of the world heavyweight title that he had won on June 22, Joe Louis (33-1) won a unanimous 15-round decision over Tommy Farr at Yankee Stadium (69-22-16) in New York.







75 years ago
1942

War
The Battle of Alam el Halfa began south of El Alamein in Egypt.

Baseball
The Newark Bears, top farm team of the New York Yankees, split a doubleheader with the Baltimore Orioles at Ruppert Stadium in Newark to clinch their seventh International League pennant in the last 11 years.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)--Tex Williams and his Western Caravan (4th week at #1)

Aviation
Paul Mantz won the Bendix Trophy race for the second time, flying in a P-51 from Van Nuys, California to Cleveland in 4 hours 27 minutes at an average sped of 460.4 miles per hour.

Defense
The Inter-American Defense Conference in Brazil concluded by approving a joint defense treaty for the entire Western Hemisphere.

Politics and government
A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities report charged that the U.S. Civil Rights Congress was a "Communist front organization" set up to protect members in trouble with the law.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Bambino--Dalida (22nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Diana--Paul Anka

At the movies
Street of Sinners, directed by William Berke, and starring George Montgomery, Geraldine Brooks, and Nehemiah Persoff, opened in theatres in Ireland.



Music
Alan Freed's Holiday Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show began a 10-day run at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. The acts were Little Richard and his Orchestra; The Dell-Vikings; The Diamonds; Mickey and Sylvia; The Moonglows; The Five Keys; The Crickets; Larry Williams; Jo-Ann Campbell; Shaye Cogan; Ocie Smith; The Cleftones; and "extra added attraction" Jimmie Rodgers, as well as Alan Freed's Big Rock and Roll Orchestra featuring Sam "The Man" Taylor," Big Al Sears, and King Curtis.

Football
CRU
WIFU
British Columbia (1-3) 14 @ Winnipeg (2-1) 20

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 All You Need is Love/Baby, You're a Rich Man--The Beatles (5th week at #1)
2 San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie
3 Up-Up and Away--The 5th Dimension
4 A Whiter Shade of Pale--Procol Harum
5 In the Chapel in the Moonlight--Dean Martin
6 Woman You're Breaking Me--The Groop
7 Theme for a New Love--Davy Jones
8 To Love Somebody--The Bee Gees
9 Don't Sleep in the Subway--Petula Clark
10 The Monkees Vol. 1 (EP): (Theme from) The Monkees--The Monkees

Singles entering the chart were Heroes and Villains by the Beach Boys (#33); Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On) by Elvis Presley (#36); A Girl Like You by the Young Rascals (#38); It Must Be Him by Vikki Carr (#39); and I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Tom Jones (#40).

At the movies
Point Blank, directed by John Boorman, and starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, and John Vernon, opened in theatres.



Law
Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first Negro Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Oil
Algeria seized five U.S. oil companies that had been under state control since the Six-Day War in June.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (4-1) 21 @ Edmonton (2-4) 10

George Reed and Ed Buchanan scored touchdowns for the Roughriders as they overcame a 10-3 1st-quarter deficit to defeat the Eskimos before a then-record crowd for Clarke Stadium of 22,197. Garry Lefebvre scored the Edmonton touchdown, with Peter Kempf adding a convert and field goal.

40 years ago
1977

Economics and finance
The U.S. Commerce Department reported that its Index of Leading Indicators had declined 0.2% in July, the third successive monthly decline of that size, and the longest consecutive decline since the 1974-75 recession.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (2-5) 19 @ Winnipeg (4-3) 20
Montreal (7-0) 25 @ Edmonton (4-3) 20

Nick Jambrosic, in his third Canadian Football League game, missed a 32-yard field goal in the last minute, and Richard Crump conceded a single, allowing the Blue Bombers to escape with a win over the Tiger-Cats before a sellout crowd of 25,210 at Winnipeg Stadium. Winnipeg kicker Bernie Ruoff had a convert attempt blocked by Donnie Thomas--the only convert missed by a kicker during the entire CFL season.

Joe Barnes quarterbacked the Alouettes to victory over the Eskimos before 25,875 fans at Clarke Stadium, and his own 79-yard rush set up an 8-yard field goal by Don Sweet in the final seconds of the 1st half. Tom Wilkinson started at quarterback and passed to Larry Highbaugh for a touchdown in the 1st quarter to open the scoring, but the Eskimos didn't score another touchdown until 1:53 remained in the 4th quarter, when Pete Ribbins made a spectacular catch for a 32-yard TD pass from Bruce Lemmerman. It was the first CFL game for 17-year-old Edmonton punter Hank Ilesic, whose first punt travelled 55 yards. The win was the first in Edmonton for the Alouettes since 1965.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): La Bamba--Los Lobos

#1 single in Switzerland: It's a Sin--Pet Shop Boys (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Joe le taxi--Vanessa Paradis (5th week at #1)

Labour
A three-week strike by 250,000 black South African gold and coal miners ended with the union accepting the mine owners’ offer of pay increases of 15%-23%. The miners had demanded a 30% pay increase.

Track and field
Ben Johnson of Canada ran the 100-metre dash at the world track and field championships in Rome in a world record 9.83 seconds, cutting one-tenth of a second from the previous record of 9.93 set by Calvin Smith four years earlier. The record was later erased by the Internationan Amateur Athletic Federation because Mr. Johnson used steroids.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (6-3) 23 @ British Columbia (6-3) 24

Lui Passaglia’s 53-yard punt for a single with 36 seconds remaining in regulation time gave the Lions the winning point against the Blue Bombers before 38,338 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Winnipeg’s Ken Winey fielded the punt 4 yards deep in his end zone, but was tackled there by B.C.’s Paul Nastasiuk. The Lions scored both their touchdowns within a 29-second span in the last 2 minutes of the 1st half. Roy Dewalt connected with Ray Crouse for a 26-yard touchdown at 13:10, and Keith Gooch returned an interception 36 yards for a TD at 13:29. Two more quick turnovers led to Lui Passaglia field goals and a 20-1 halftime lead for the Lions, which became 23-2 late in the 3rd quarter. Willard Reaves rushed 1 yard for a Winnipeg touchdown on the last play of the 3rd quarter and caught a 17-yard TD pass from Tom Clements in the 4th quarter to reduce the deficit to 23-16. The Blue Bombers then tied the game on a converted touchdown by Ken Hailey on a 68-yard interception return with 7:33 remaining in the 4th quarter. Winnipeg’s James Murphy led all receivers with 145 yards on 12 receptions.



Baseball
The San Diego Padres traded pitcher Storm Davis to the Oakland Athletics for two players to be named later. Mr. Davis was 2-7 with an earned run average of 6.18 in 21 games with San Diego in 1987. On August 31, the Athletics sent pitcher Dave Leiper to San Diego; he was 2-1 with a 3.78 ERA and 1 save in 45 games with Oakland in 1987. On September 8, the Athletics sent first baseman Rob Nelson to the Padres to complete the deal; he was batting .167 with no home runs or runs batted in in 7 games with Oakland in 1987.

Kirby Puckett batted 6 for 6 with 2 home runs, 2 doubles, 4 runs, and 4 runs batted in to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 22,417 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

George Bell hit 2 home runs and Jesse Barfield, Ernie Whitt, and Nelson Liriano also homered for the Toronto Blue Jays as they routed the Oakland Athletics 13-3 before 38,211 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.

The Detroit Tigers blanked the Texas Rangers 7-0 before a Tiger Stadium crowd of 38,641, aided by an American League record-setting and major league record-tying 6 passed balls allowed by Texas catcher Geno Petralli, who had difficulty catching the knuckleballs thrown by losing pitcher Charlie Hough, who also threw a wild pitch on a third strike that allowed a batter to reach first base--who eventually came around to score. Doyle Alexander pitched a 3-hitter to improve his record to 3-0 since being acquired from the Atlanta Braves on August 12.

Dwight Evans hit 2 home runs and Jim Rice added another to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 7-3 before 17,189 fans at Cleveland Stadium. Joe Carter homered for the Indians.

Jamie Quirk hit a 3-run home run to climax a 5-run 6th inning and Kevin Seitzer hit a grand slam in the top of the 8th inning to provide the winning margin as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 11-7 before 21,319 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The White Sox opened the scoring when Gary Redus led off the bottom of the 1st with a home run. Gary Thurman made his major league debut with Kansas City, playing the first 8 innings in left field and the 9th in center field. He batted 1 for 4 with a base on balls and a run, and made 1 putout and an error.

Doug Drabek pitched a 3-hitter for the Pittsburgh Piates as they shut out the Houston Astros 7-0 before 26,867 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. John Cangelosi's 3-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 5th inning opened the scoring.

Jack Clark scored on a sacrifice squeeze bunt by Jose Oquendo with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 3-run rally and give the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves before 39,370 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. The Braves scored all their runs at the beginning of the game when Albert Hall led off with a single, Ken Oberkfell followed with a double, and Gerald Perry followed with a 3-run home run.

The Montreal Expos, trailing 4-1 after 5 innings, scored a run in the 6th and 3 in the top of the 9th and held on to edge the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 before 27,360 fans at Dodger Stadium. Pinch hitter Wallace Johnson doubled home Vance Law and Pascual Perez with the tying and winning runs. The Dodgers had Phil Garner on second base with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Tim Burke struck out Danny Heep and retired Mickey Hatcher on a fly ball to end the game.

The Nashville Sounds defeated the Buffalo Bisons 7-5 in an American Association game before a capacity crowd of nearly 40,000 at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo in the last major event to be held at the facility. The Bisons moved into Pilot Field in 1988.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): You Make the Whole World Smile--Hammond Gamble (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): ABBA-esque--Erasure (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (10th week at #1)

World events
The nine-day old siege at Ruby Ridge in northern Idaho continued, with Kevin Harris, a friend of white separatist Randy Weaver, surrendering to U.S. authorities. Mr. Harris was arrested for the August 21 killing of U.S. federal marshal Bill Degan.

Auto racing
Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix, the first of his record 91 Grand Prix victories. Nigel Mansell finished second and Riccardo Patrese third.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Free--Ultra Naté

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Men in Black--Will Smith (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Alane--Wes (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Men in Black--Will Smith (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Men in Black--Will Smith (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Mo Money Mo Problems--The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase

Tennis
While competing in the U.S. Open in New York, Greg Rusedski became the first player to make a serve clocked at 141 miles per hour in a professional match.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (6-4) 33 @ Montreal (7-3) 34

Mike Pringle scored 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter and Terry Baker kicked a field goal with 4:50 remaining in regulation time to give the Alouettes a comeback victory over the Lions before 11,050 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.

CIAU
Calgary (1-0) 32 @ Alberta (0-1) 17

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Charles Vanik, 94. U.S. politician. Mr. Vanik, a Democrat, represented Ohio's 21st District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955-1969 and Ohio's 22nd District from 1969-1981. He was best known as co-sponsor, with Sen. Henry Jackson (Democrat--Washington), of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which denied normal trade relations to certain countries with non-market economies that restricted the freedom of emigration. The amendment was intended to allow refugees, particularly religious minorities, to escape from the Soviet Bloc.