September 18, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Olga Kravtsova!

160 years ago
1857

Born on this date
John Hessin Clarke, 87. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1916-1922. Justice Clarke practiced law in Ohio for almost 30 years, while supporting Democratic Party politicians and progressive policies. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1903 and was attempting to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 1914 when he accepted an appointment from President Woodrow Wilson to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and earned a positive reputation for clearing up backlogged cases. Two years later, Justice Clarke was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Wilson. Justice Clarke's years on the court were unhappy for him; he preferred the autonomy he had enjoyed as a trial judge, and he dissented from the majority in almost one-third of his opinions, which were characterized by a belief in legal realism. His unfriendly relations with Associate Justice J.C. McReynolds helped to bring about his resignation. Mr. Clarke promoted American membership in the League of Nations after leaving the Supreme Court, but his efforts were unsuccessful. He became increasingly deaf, but continued to be involved with Democratic Party politics. Mr. Clarke moved to San Diego in 1931, and died there of a heart attack on March 22, 1945 at the age of 87.

150 years ago
1867

Politics and government
A new constitution in Maryland was adopted by popular vote.

120 years ago
1897

Baseball
Cy Young pitched his first major league no-hitter, leading the Cleveland Spiders to a 6-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of a doubleheader at League Park in Cleveland. The Spiders completed the sweep with a 4-3 win in the second game.

The Pittsburg Pirates beat the St. Louis Browns 13-10 at Exposition Park in Pittsburg.

110 years ago
1907

Born on this date
Edwin McMillan. U.S. physicist and chemist. Dr. McMillan worked on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program during World War II. He and and Glenn Seaborg shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for their discoveries in the chemistry of transuranium elements." Dr. McMillan died on September 7, 1991, 11 days before his 84th birthday.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Francis Parker Yockey. U.S. political philosopher. Mr. Yockey was a lawyer who hated Jews and admired National Socialism and Adolf Hitler. He was known for his book, published under the pseudonym Ulick Varange, Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics (1948). Mr. Yockey was unusual in advocating an alliance of right and left in order to save Western civilization. He travelled throughout the world and was pursued by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was finally arrested for carrying false passports. Mr. Yockey committed suicide at the age of 42 on June 16, 1960 by swallowing a cyanide capsule in his prison cell in San Francisco while awaiting trial. His ideas were subsequently popularized by Willis Carto, leader of the anti-Semitic organization Liberty Lobby.

June Foray. U.S. actress. Miss Foray, born June Forer, was primarily a voice actress who provided the voices for numerous cartoon characters, including Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Granny in the Tweety cartoons. She died on July 26, 2017 at the age of 99.

90 years ago
1927

Radio
The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) debuted with a network of 16 stations.

80 years ago
1937

At the movies
Charlie Chan on Broadway, directed by Eugene Forde, and starring Warner Oland, Keye Luke, and Joan Marsh, opened in theatres in Los Angeles.



Baseball
Paul Waner had 3 hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-2 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The hits gave Mr. Waner 200 for the season, a National League modern-day record eighth season in which he had reached that figure. Cy Blanton pitched a 10-hit complete game to improve his 1937 record to 14-12, winning the pitchers' duel over Freddie Fitzsimmons, who pitched a 9-hitter and fell to 6-8 in a game that was played in 1 hour 43 minutes.

Elbie Fletcher led off the top of the 10th inning with a single and Bobby Reis followed with a double to drive him home with the winning run as the Boston Bees edged the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 before 2,976 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

Lyn Lary's 3-run home run with 2 out climaxed a 6-run 8th inning rally as the Cleveland Indians came back from a 6-1 deficit to edge the Boston Red Sox 7-6 before 3,300 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. The last 3 Cleveland runs were unearned as the result of an error by Boston third baseman Pinky Higgins.

The New York Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning and 4 in the 8th to defeat the Chicago White Sox 12-8 in the first game of a doubleheader before 24,010 fans at Yankee Stadium. Myril Hoag hit a 3-run home run for the Yankees in the 7th, and Bill Dickey added a 3-run homer in the 8th, while Frank Crosetti and Lou Gehrig homered in the 1st inning. Ivy Andrews pitched a 6-hitter, improving his 1937 record to 6-5, as the Yankees completed the sweep with a 4-0 win in the second game.

Bill Phebus and Joe Krakauskas were the respective winning pitchers as the Washington Nationals swept a doubleheader from the St. Louis Browns 6-2 and 10-3 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Al Simmons hit a 2-run home run for the Nationals in the first game and had 3 singles and 4 runs batted in in the second game.

75 years ago
1942

At the movies
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, opened in theatres. It was the third Sherlock Holmes movie to star Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce, but the first of 12 to be made by Universal from 1942-1946, and the only one directed by John Rawlins. Thomas Gomez made his movie acting debut as the villainous character Meade.



Radio
The Canadian cabinet authorized the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio Canada to start the CBC International Service; it came into being in 1945, and became Radio Canada International in 1972.

War
German infantry and tank forces reportedly made further advances in the northwest sector of Stalingrad and penetrated to the Volga River, north of the city. Australian and U.K. Royal Air Force bombers attacked Tobruk, Libya, while U.S. bombers hit Bengazi. German commander in Paris General Otto von Stulpnagel announced the execution of 116 "Communist terrorists" in reprisal for attacks on German occupation troops. British troops landed and occupied Madagascar's principal port, the east coast city of Tamatave.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a note to the Japanese through the Swiss government saying that the Red Cross was caring for Japanese held in U.S. territory and asking whether or not Japan would reciprocate.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Banking and Currency committees approved two measures directing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to stabilize farm prices, wages, and salaries at either August 15 or September 15 levels.

Labour
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman James Fly told a Senate subommittee that the proposed American Federation of Musicians ban on recording hurt the war effort; he called for legislative action.

70 years ago
1947

On the radio
Mystery in the Air, starring Peter Lorre, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Black Cat

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council formed a committee consisting of the U.S.A., Belgium, and Australia to mediate the conflict in the Netherlands East Indies.

Defense
The U.S. National Security Act of 1947, which unified the Army, Navy, and newly formed Air Force, went into effect. The Act also established the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency.

World events
The Bulgarian Supreme Court rejected Agrarian Party leader Nikola Petkov's appeal for commutation of his death sentence.

Politics and government
U.K. Secretary of State for Burma Lord Listowel announced that Burma would receive its independence in January 1948, to be followed by immediate withdrawal of British troops.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers ended an 85-day strike of 3,800 drydock workers against the New York Shipbuilding Company, accepting a 12c hourly wage increase and an 8 1/2c increase for piece-rate workers.

60 years ago
1957

Television
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it would consider applications from stations to test subscription telecasts experimentally over a three-year period.

Politics and government
King Phumiphon of Thailand dissolved the National Assembly, ordered new general elections, and named Army commander-in-chief Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat as military governor of Bangkok pending the creation of a new government.

Brazil's Algoas State Assembly voted unanimously to impeach Governor Muniz Falcoa on charges that he was implicated in the recent murder of Dr. Jose Marques da Silva, an oppositional assembly member.

Energy
Japan's first nuclear power reactor began producing current on an experimental basis in Tokai, near Tokyo.

Boxing
Eddie Machen (23-0) knocked out Edgardo Romero (8-8) in the 5th round of their heavyweight bout at Portland Auditorium in Portland, Oregon.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lola--Los Brincos (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
John Cockcroft, 70. U.K. physicist. Sir John, a significant figure in the development of nuclear power, shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles."

Music
The album Smiley Smile by the Beach Boys was released on Brother Records in the United States, and on Capitol Records elsewhere.

Boxing
Buster Mathis (21-0) scored a technical knockout of Ron Marsh (22-2) at 1:13 of the 4th round of their heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mr. Marsh was knocked down five times.



Zora Folley (74-9-4) scored a technical knockout of Wayne Kindred (5-2) at 2:50 of the 8th round of a heavyweight bout at the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas. Mr. Kindred was knocked down twice in the 8th round.

Dave Downey (10-1) won a 12-round decision over Jim Meilleur (7-10-2) in Windsor, Ontario to win the vacant Canadian middleweight title.

Football
CFL
The Toronto Argonauts added quarterback Tom Wilkinson to their active roster; Mr. Wikinson had come to Canada with the Toronto Rifles of the Continental League in 1966, but began practicing with the Argonauts after the Rifles suspended operations after the second game of the 1967 season.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Boogie Nights--Heat Wave (7th week at #1)

Politics and government
Queen Elizabeth II opened the 3rd session of the 30th Canadian Parliament in Ottawa and read the Throne Speech for the first time since 1957.

Sport
Ted Turner captained his yacht Courageous to a successful defense of the America's Cup, completing a four-race sweep over the Australian.

Football
CFL
Montreal (8-2) 13 @ Toronto (4-6) 19
Hamilton (3-7) 17 @ Saskatchewan (6-4) 38

The Argonauts allowed 270 yards passing, but only 34 yards rushing as they beat the Alouettes before 47,138 fans at Exhibition Stadium.

The Roughriders scored 3 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter as they beat the Tiger-Cats before 21,307 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Saskatchewan running back Tommy Reamon, a former World Football League star, scored his first 2 CFL touchdowns.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Voyage Voyage--Desireless (4th week at #1)

At the movies
Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer, opened in theatres.

Tough Guys Don't Dance, written and directed by Norman Mailer and starring Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini and Lawrence Tierney, opened in theatres.





Died on this date
Américo Tomás, 92. 13th President of Portugal, 1958-1974. Rear Admiral Tomás, a member of the National Union, was Minister of the Navy from 1944-1953 and 1953-1958, and was the third and last President of the authoritarian Estado Novo (New State). As President, Rear Admiral Tomás's powers were mostly ceremonial, but he exercised his prerogative in dismissing Prime Minister António Salazar in 1968 after Mr. Salazar had suffered a severe stroke, and appointing Marcello Caetano as Prime Minister. When Estado Novo's rule ended in 1974, Rear Admiral Tomás was exiled to Brazil; he was allowed to return to Portugal in 1980, but was denied re-admission to the Navy.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. would sign an agreement later in the year to reduce the number of nuclear missiles.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-9) 19 @ Calgary (5-7) 41

Gary Allen rushed 18 times for 106 yards and a touchdown and quarterbacks Rick Johnson and Rick Worman combined to throw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Stampeders over the Rough Riders in front of a McMahon Stadium crowd of 21,483. Rick Johnson started at quarterback for Calgary and completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to Larry Willis, but Mr. Johnson left in the 2nd quarter with a pinched nerve in his shoulder. Mr. Worman relieved him and threw 2 TD passes to Emanuel Tolbert. Linebacker Lemont Jeffers added a 2-point convert for the Stampeders on a pass from holder Glenn Harper. Shawn Faulkner rushed 1 yard for an Ottawa touchdown in the 1st quarter and Joe Paopao connected with Troy Smith for a 28-yard TD in the 3rd quarter. Mr. Tolbert caught 6 passes for 146 yards, while Ottawa’s Marc Lewis caught 11 for 122. Backup safety Darcy Kopp played quarterback for the Stampeders late in the game, throwing 1 interception.



CIAU
Western Ontario (2-0) 75 @ Toronto (1-1) 7

Ray Macoritti tied an Ontario University Athletic Association record for a single game with 10 converts and added a field goal and 2 singles as the Mustangs outscored the Varsity Blues 68-0 in the last 3 quarters before 4,200 fans at Varsity Stadium. John Wright rushed 14 times for 70 yards, and Rob Stewart carried 13 times for 74 and 1 touchdown. Other UWO touchdowns were scored by Mark Regan, Brendan Lenko, Dave Sapunjis, Dave Bean, Paul Bone, and Duane Forde. Mr. Bone scored on a 47-yard interception return in the 4th quarter. Ken Raymond scored the lone Toronto touchdown on a 6-yard pass from Rod Moors with 7 seconds remaining in the 1st quarter. It was the most lopsided win by the Mustangs over the Varsity Blues since the teams had begun playing against each other in 1929.

Baseball
Darrell Evans of the Detroit Tigers became the first 40-year-old major league player to hit 40 home runs in a season as the Tigers edged the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 before 30,104 fans at Tiger Stadium, remaining 1/2 game ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East Division pennant race. The Tigers almost blew a 7-0 lead, as the Brewers rallied for a run in the 8th inning and 5 in the 9th and had the potential tying run on first base when Greg Brock flied out to center field to end the game.

The Toronto Blue Jays scored 2 runs in each of the 2nd, 4th, and 7th innings to defeat the New York Yankees 6-3 before 34,110 fans at Yankee Stadium. Jim Clancy allowed 7 hits and 3 earned runs in 5+ innings, but was credited with the win, improving to 14-10 for 1987, while New York starter Neil Allen allowed 8 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 5 innings to drop to 0-8.

Marty Barrett had 4 hits and Jody Reed and Kevin Romine each had 3 for the Boston Red Sox as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-7 to get a split of their doubleheader before 19,000 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Boston starting pitcher Rob Woodward allowed 9 hits and 4 runs--3 earned--in 5 1/3 innings to get his first win of the season, and the fourth and last of his major league career. The Orioles overcame an early 3-0 deficit to win the first game 9-4.

Mark Langston pitched a 6-hitter, improving his 1987 record to 18-11, winning the pitchers' duel over Floyd Bannister, as the Seattle Mariners edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 before 10,775 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The only run scored in the 6th inning when John Christensen reached first base on an error by Chicago second baseman Pat Keedy with 1 out and Scott Bradley followed with a double to drive him home. Mr. Bannister pitched a 9-hit complete game, dropping to 13-11.

Randy Bush drove in 5 runs with a home run, single, and sacrifice fly to help the Minnesota Twins defeat the Cleveland Indians 9-4 before 23,173 fans at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Steve Ontiveros allowed 4 hits in 6 1/3 innings and Eric Plunk followed with 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief as the Oakland Athletics shut out the Kansas City Royals 4-0 before 31,301 fans at Royals Stadium. Mike Davis doubled and scored the winning run in the 1st inning and hit a 2-run home run in the 8th. Mr. Ontiveros improved his 1987 record to 9-8, winning the pitchers' duel over Mark Gubicza, who fell to 11-17.

Bo Diaz batted 4 for 5 with a double, triple, run, and 3 runs batted in to help the Pittsburgh Pirates edge the New York Mets 10-9 before 15,308 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Darryl Strawberry, Tim Teufel, and Gary Carter hit home runs for the Mets.

Pinch hitter John Kruk singled home Tony Gwynn and then scored on a force play as the San Diego Padres scored 2 runs in the top of the 8th inning and held on to defeat the Houston Astros 2-1 before 13,182 fans at the Astrodome.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): It's My Life--Dr. Alban (8th week at #1)

At the movies
School Ties, starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Ben Affleck, and Peter Donat, opened in theatres.

Crime
A bomb planted by striking miner Roger Warren killed nine gold miners in Giant Mine, just outside Yellowknife. The victims were strikebreakers and replacement workers, and the incident took place during a labour dispute with the owner, Royal Oak Mines.

Business
Canadian Trade Minister Michael Wilson announced that South Korea was buying two CANDU nuclear reactors for $1 billion.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John

Died on this date
Jimmy Witherspoon, 77. U.S. singer. Mr. Witherspoon was a jump blues singer who was best known for the single Ain't Nobody's Business (Parts 1 and 2), which reached #1 on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues chart in 1949, the first of four top 10 hits for him that year. His popularity as a recording artist in the United States soon declined, but he achieved popularity in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Mr. Witherspoon died of throat cancer.

Defense
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention was adopted.

Business
Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse agreed to merge to create the world's biggest accounting firm.

10 years ago
2007

Politics and government
Pervez Musharraf announced that he would step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he was re-elected President.

Protest
Buddhist monks joined anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution.