September 15, 2017

240 years ago
1777

War
John Butler received a Royal Warrant to raise Butler's Rangers, a regiment of loyalists to fight against American Revolutionary forces.

175 years ago
1842

Died on this date
Pierre Baillot, 70. French musician and composer. Mr. Baillot was a violinist who taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and wrote the instructional manual L'Art du violon (1834). He was known for composing chamber music and works for violin, and died 16 days before his 71st birthday.

Francisco Morazán, 49. President of Central American Federation, 1830-1834, 1835-1839; Head of State of Honduras, 1827-1830; Head of State of El Salvador, 1839-1840; Head of State of Costa Rica, 1842. General Morazán, a native of what is now Honduras and a Liberal, was the most prominent political figure in Central America in the 1820s and '30s, leading the Central American Federation, which was formed of a union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, and which dissolved in 1839. He was overthrown as El Salvador's head of state in 1840, and went into exile in South America. General Morazán returned to El Salvador in January 1842 and took power in a bloodless coup in Costa Rica in April. He was overthrown in a coup that began on September 11, and was executed by firing squad in San José, 18 days before his 50th birthday.

160 years ago
1857

Born on this date
William Howard Taft. 27th President of the United States, 1909-1913. 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1921-1930. Mr. Taft, a Republican, held various offices before succeeding Theodore Roosevelt as President. He was unsuccessful as President, and finished third behind Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson and Mr. Roosevelt, running as candidate of the Progressive Party, in the 1912 presidential election. Mr. Taft was appointed Chief Justice by President Warren G. Harding, and was regarded as an outstanding Chief Justice. He resigned because of declining health in February 1930, and died on March 8, 1930 at the age of 72.

120 years ago
1897

Born on this date
Kurt Daluege. German war criminal. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Daluege ruled the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as Deputy Protector after Reinhard Heydrich's assassination in 1942. In reprisal for the assassination, SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Daluege ordered the villages of Lidice and Ležáky razed to the ground, and ordered the murders of all the men in both villages. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Daluege was replaced in 1943 after suffering a serious heart attack; he was arrested by British authorities in May 1945 and extradited to Czechoslovakia in September 1946. He was convicted of war crimes and hanged in Pankrác prison in Prague on Octobe 24, 1946 at the age of 49.

75 years ago
1942

War
The 14,700-ton U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp was sunk after three Japanese torpedoes set her afire; nearly 90% of her 1,800-man crew were rescued.

Politics and government
Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) won renomination in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate, while James O. Eastland won a runoff election for the Democratic Party U.S. Senate nomination in Mississippi.

Oil
U.S. War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson ordered rationing of fuel oil in 17 eastern states, Washington, D.C., and 13 midwestern states, effective December 1, 1942.

Football
Winnipeg City Rugby Football League
RCAF (1-0) 6 Bombers (0-1) 0

Fred Webster scored a touchdown, converted by Johnny Lake, as the Royal Canadian Air Force club opened the season with a win over the Bombers at Osborne Stadium.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)--Tex Williams and his Western Caravan (2nd week at #1)
--Phil Harris and his Orchestra
2 Peg o' My Heart--The Harmonicats
--Three Suns
--Art Lund
--Buddy Clark
--Clark Dennis
3 That's My Desire--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Frankie Laine and Mannie Klein's All-Stars
4 Feudin' and Fightin'--Dorothy Shay
--Jo Stafford
--Bing Crosby and the Jesters
5 Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)--Red Ingles and his Natural Seven
6 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now--Ted Weems and his Orchestra with Perry Como
--Perry Como
7 When You were Sweet Sixteen--Perry Como and the Satisfiers
8 Tallahassee--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
9 I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
10 I Wish I Didn't Love You So--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Betty Hutton
--Dinah Shore

Singles entering the chart were Near You, with versions by Francis Craig and his Orchestra; the Andrews Sisters; Larry Green and his Orchestra; Alvino Rey and his Orchestra; and Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra (#11); Sugar Blues by Johnny Mercer (#27); How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) by Jack Owens (#33); and I'll Be There by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (#39).

War
World War II officially ended for Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Romania, whose peace treaties were formally deposited in Paris and Moscow.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council turned the Balkan dispute over to the General Assembly after the U.S.S.R. vetoed a U.S. proposal to keep the matter on the Security Council's agenda.

Politics and government
U.S. Army General William Dean was appointed U.S. Military Governor for South Korea to succeed General Arthur Lerch, who had died four days earlier.

Education
700 white Roman Catholics in St. Louis voted to seek a court order if necessary to bar Negroes from the city's white parochial schools.

Economics and finance
Poland and Romania signed a $1.2-million trade agreement in Bucharest.

Business
U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark ordered district attorneys to begin local action against price conspiracies.

Labour
Teamsters Union President Daniel Tobin filed an affidavit with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board verifying that he was not a Communist.

Disasters
Typhoon Kathleen struck Japan's main island of Honshu, causing 1,077 deaths and 1,616 injuries, with another 1,000 missing.

60 years ago
1957

Music
The Big Show, produced by Irvin Feld and headlined by Fats Domino, performed two shows at the Montreal Forum, attracting 30,000 fans and taking in $51,890. One of the feature artists was 16-year-old Canadian Paul Anka, whose first single, Diana, was a major current hit.

War
Syrian Army Chief of Staff Afif Bizri, renewing charges of an American plot to attack Syria with Turkish help, claimed that Turkey had massed two armoured and one infantry division on the Syrian border.

Politics and government
The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union, led by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, were returned to power with 277 of 519 seats in the Bundestag in the West German federal election. The Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by Erich Ollenhauer, were second with 181 seats, followed by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) (43); German Party (DP) (17); and All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB?BHE) 0. Going into the election, CDU/CSU had 249 seats; SPD 162; FDP 53; GB/BHE 27; and DP 15.

Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was appointed a member of the Imperial Privy Council by Queen Elizabeth II.

World events
Constitutional guarantees were suspended throughout Cuba for another 45 days following the arrest of 45 more suspected guerrillas in Camaguey.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Thanks to You--Mr. Lee Grant (3rd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 To Sir with Love--Lulu
2 Ode to Billie Joe--Bobbie Gentry
3 Thank the Lord for the Night Time--Neil Diamond
4 Come Back When You Grow Up--Bobby Vee and the Strangers
5 To Love Somebody--The Bee Gees
6 Brown Eyed Girl--Van Morrison
7 I Dig Rock and Roll Music--Peter, Paul and Mary
8 Light My Fire--The Doors
9 Never My Love--The Association
10 Kitty Doyle--Dino, Desi and Billy
Pick hit of the week: Gettin' Together--Tommy James and the Shondells
New this week: Time Seller--The Spencer Davis Group
The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck
Hush--Billy Joe Royal
There's Always Me--Elvis Presley
Red is Red--Al Martino

Politics and government
Administration of the Northwest Territories was transferred from Ottawa to Yellowknife, eight months after the town had been named the territorial capital.

Boxing
Jerry Quarry (24-1-4) knocked out Billy Daniels (21-18-3) at 2:45 of the 1st round of their heavyweight bout at Los Angeles Sports Arena.

40 years ago
1977

Baseball
The New York Yankees traded pitcher Randy Stein and cash to the California Angels for outfielder-first baseman Dave Kingman. Mr. Stein was 7-2 with an earned run average of 3.82 and 11 saves in 45 games with the Syracuse Chiefs of the AAA International League in 1977. Mr. Kingman had already played with three major league teams in 1977, batting .209 with 9 home runs and 28 runs batted in in 58 games with the New York Mets; .238 with 11 homers and 39 RBIs in 56 games with the San Diego Padres; and .194 with 2 homers and 4 RBIs in 10 games with the Angels.

The Toronto Blue Jays scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning to take a 4-0 lead over the Baltimore Orioles before 14,015 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. After the Orioles were retired in order in the top of the 5th, they refused to take the field in the bottom of the 5th, with manager Earl Weaver arguing that the tarpaulin covering the mound in the Blue Jays' bullpen was a safety hazard for left fielder Andres Mora. The game was then forfeited to Toronto; it was the only major league forfeit I can remember that wasn't the result of fan misbehaviour. Jim Clancy allowed 2 hits in 5 innings to improve his 1977 record to 4-6, winning the pitchers' duel over Ross Grimsley, who allowed 5 hits and 4 earned runs to fall to 13-9.

Denny Doyle's 3-run triple climaxed a 6-run 6th inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 7-3 before 55,218 fans at Yankee Stadium, moving to within 2½ games of the Yankees and tied for second place with the Orioles in the American League East Division pennant race.

Pete LaCock singled home Willie Wilson with 1 out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 7-6 win over the Oakland Athletics in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,182 fans at Royals Stadium. Al Cowens led off the bottom of the 10th with a home run to give the Royals a 5-4 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Doug Bair was the losing pitcher in both games.

Stan Papi singled home Jerry White with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Montreal Expos a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs before 7,369 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.



Tom Seaver pitched a 6-hitter to improve his 1977 record to 18-6, winning the pitchers' duel over Doug Rau, as the Cincinnati Reds edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 before 52,224 fans at Dodger Stadium.

Dale Murphy led off the top of the 10th inning with his second home run of the game--and the second of his major league career--to break a 7-7 tie as the Atlanta Braves overcame a 7-1 deficit to defeat the San Diego Padres 8-7 before 3,740 fans at San Diego Stadium. The Padres led 7-1 after 7 innings, but the Braves scored 5 in the 8th, aided by 4 San Diego errors--3 in the first 3 batters--to reduce the deficit to 7-6, and tied the game in the 9th. Steve Hargan, the second of five Atlanta pitchers, pitched the 7th inning, allowing 1 hit and 1 run--earned--with 2 bases on balls and no strikeouts in the 361st and last game of his 12-year major league career. Oddly, the last batter he faced, sacrifice flied into a double play.

30 years ago
1987

War
A peace mission led by United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar concluded four days of meetings with Iranian and Iraqi leaders with no apparent success in ending the war between the countries.

Diplomacy
During the first of three days of talks in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze signed an agreement to create “risk-reduction centers” to help avoid an accidental nuclear war. In a move toward the treaty on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF), the U.S.A. agreed that it would begin removing its missiles from Europe as soon as the treaty became effective.

Hockey
Mario Lemieux scored on a pass from Wayne Gretzky with 1:26 remaining in regulation time to give Canada a 6-5 win over the U.S.S.R. and the Canada Cup championship at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. The Soviets took a 3-0 lead 8 minutes into the game, but Rick Tocchet and Brian Propp scored to make it 3-2 before a late goal gave the Soviets a 4-2 lead after the 1st period. Larry Murphy, Brent Sutter, and Dale Hawerchuk scored in the 2nd period to give Canada a 5-4 led, but the Soviets tied it in the 3rd before Mr. Lemieux scored the winner.



Baseball
The New York Mets traded minor league players Shane Young and Jeff Richardson to the California Angels for veteran pitcher John Candelaria. Mr. Candelaria had a record of 8-6 with an earned run average of 4.71 in 20 games with California in 1987.

Keith Hernandez had 3 hits, including the 2,000th of his major league career, as he helped the New York Mets to a 12-4 win over the Chicago Cubs before 31,806 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Dave Parker batted 5 for 5 with 2 home runs, a double, 4 runs, and 8 runs batted in to help the Cincinnati Reds rout the Atlanta Braves 21-6 before 4,708 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The teams combined for 9 home runs, 7 by the Reds. Cincinnati catcher Terry McGriff hit his first major league homer, a grand slam as part of an 8-run 4th inning. Terry Bell struck out as a pinch hitter for the Braves in the 8th inning; it was his only appearance in an Atlanta uniform, and the ninth and last game of his 2-year major league career.

Chili Davis batted 4 for 4 with 2 home runs, 4 runs, and 4 runs batted in, while playing all three outfield positions as the San Francisco Giants routed the San Diego Padres 13-3 before 16,252 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. San Francisco pitcher John Burkett and catcher Kirt Manwaring both made their major league debuts at the same time, entering as the battery to begin the 6th inning. Mr. Burkett allowed 3 hits and 3 runs--all earned, on 2 home runs--in 2 innings, striking out 2 batters and walking none, while striking out at bat. Mr. Manwaring batted 0 for 2 and made 3 putouts. Atlee Hammaker started on the mound and pitched 5 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits, to get the win, evening his 1987 record at 10-10.

Lloyd Moseby batted 3 for 4 with a 3-run home run and a triple, driving in 4 runs to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 before 27,192 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Mike Flanagan allowed 5 hits in pitching 8 scoreless innings against his former team to get the win, improving his 1987 record to 5-6.

Al Leiter allowed 4 hits and 1 run--earned-- in 6 innings, walking 4 batters and striking out 8, while making a wild pitch in his first major league game, getting the win as the New York Yankees beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 before 22,102 fans at Yankee Stadium. Juan Nieves allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 3+ innings to take the loss, dropping to 12-7 for 1987.

Todd Benzinger hit a grand slam with 2 out in the top of the 1st inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-run lead, but the Detroit Tigers came back to win 9-8 before 20,398 fans at Tiger Stadium, remaining in a tie with the Blue Jays for first place in the American League East Division, with 18 games remaining for each team. Mr. Benzinger also hit 2 singles, and drove in a total of 7 runs.

Jack McDowell allowed 4 hits in pitching 7 scoreless innings, striking out 3 batters and walking none in his first major league game to get the win as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 before 7,947 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Donnie Hill had a 2-run triple, 2 singles, and scored 3 runs for Chicago, while Harold Baines drove in 2 runs with a pair of doubles and scored a run. Joe Niekro allowed 9 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 6 innings to take the loss, dropping his record for the season to 6-12.

Terry Steinbach hit a solo home run in the top of the 8th inning and Jose Canseco hit a 3-run homer with none out in the 9th inning to enable the Oakland Athletics to get a 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers before 9,533 fans at Arlington Stadium. Mark McGwire hit his 44th and 45th home runs for Oakland, while Don Slaught hit his first 2 homers of the season for Texas.

The Cleveland Indians scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 before 8,017 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle.

25 years ago
1992

Society
Statistics Canada reported on language preferences from the 1991 Census: 17.1 million Canadians (60.5%) identified English as their mother tongue, down from 60.6% in the most recent previous census in 1986. 6.8 million (23.8%) identified French, down from 24.3% in 1986. 4.1 million (13%) identified another language, especially Chinese, Spanish or Punjabi, up from 11.3% in 1986.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.3% in August.

Disasters
Three Canadian C-130 cargo planes and 71 personnel supporting the Red Cross and the United Nations delivered 10 loads of 150 tonnes of relief supplies to famine-ravaged Somalia.

Baseball
Jeff Bagwell had 5 hits, the last one a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning, to give the Houston Astros a 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants before 7,331 fans at the Astrodome.

Ken Hill allowed 3 hits in 8 innings to improve his 1992 record to 16-8, winning the pitchers' duel over Curt Schilling as the Montreal Expos shut out the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 before 13,799 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. Mr. Schilling allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings to fall to 13-10.

The Cincinnati Reds scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 before 22,583 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

The Toronto Blue Jays made only 5 hits, but managed to beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 before 49,487 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Winning pitcher Juan Guzman allowed 7 hits and 3 runs--all earned-- in 7 innings to improve his 1992 record to 15-3, while Alan Embree, making his major league debut as Cleveland's starting pitcher, allowed 4 hits and 5 earned runs, walking 3 batters and striking out 1 in taking the loss.

Brady Anderson drove in Steve Scarsone with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals before 41,146 fans at Oriole Park in Baltimore. Mr. Scarsone entered the game as a pinch runner for Leo Gomez, who singled with 1 out. Tim Hulett then singled, with Mr. Scarsone advancing to third base.

Jose Canseco led off the top of the 9th inning with a home run, which provided the winning margin as the Texas Rangers edged the Detroit Tigers 6-5 before 10,756 fans at Tiger Stadium. The Rangers scored single runs in each of the first 3 and last 3 innings. The Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the 9th and had Lou Whitaker on third base and Travis Fryman on first with 2 out, but Cecil Fielder flied out to left field to end the game.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Honey--Mariah Carey
2 Where's the Love--Hanson
3 Building a Mystery--Sarah McLachlan
4 2 Become 1--Spice Girls
5 Everybody--Backstreet Boys
6 Men in Black--Will Smith
7 Barbie Girl--Aqua
8 I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
9 Semi-Charmed Life--Third Eye Blind
10 Do You Know What it Takes--Hobyn

Singles entering the chart were Anybody Seen My Baby by the Rolling Stones (#20); Candle in the Wind 1997 by Elton John (#28); Got 'Til it's Gone by Janet (#41); On My Own by Peach Union (#49); 4 Seasons of Loneliness by Boyz II Men (#63); Never, Never Gonna Give You Up by Lisa Stansfield (#74); and Au Naturel by See Spot Run (#85).

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Brett Somers, 83. Canadian-born U.S. actress. Miss Somers, born Audrey Dawn Johnston in New Brunswick, was married to actor Jack Klugman from 1953-1977, and made regular appearances as the ex-wife of his character, Oscar Madison, in the television comedy series The Odd Couple (1970-1975). She was a regular panelist in the game show Match Game from 1973 until the early 1980s.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-3-1) 34 @ Hamilton (1-10) 4
Saskatchewan (6-4-1) 22 @ Calgary (6-4-1) 44
Toronto (4-7) 7 @ British Columbia (7-3-1) 40

Gavin Walls returned a Hamilton fumble 26 yards for a touchdown and Mike Mahoney scored a touchdown on the recovery of a fumble in the Hamilton end zone as the Blue Bombers routed the Tiger-Cats before 21,205 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

Henry Burris completed 14 of 23 passes for 336 yards and 5 touchdowns as the Stampeders took a 28-1 halftime and coasted to victory over the Roughriders before 35,650 fans at McMahon Stadium.

Joe Smith rushed for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns and Jarious Jackson completed 13 of 29 passes for 264 yards as the Lions routed the Argonauts before 31,156 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.

CIS
Calgary (1-2) 28 @ Manitoba (3-0) 35
Simon Fraser (0-3) 6 @ Saskatchewan (3-0) 34
Alberta (0-3) 23 @ British Columbia (2-1) 24