September 22, 2017

Born on this date
Happy birthday, Julie!

325 years ago
1692

Crime
The last eight people convicted of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts were hanged; the remainder of those convicted were all eventually released.

225 years ago
1792

World events
The day after the monarchy had been abolished by the National Convention, the French First Republic was proclaimed as Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar.

160 years ago
1857

Disasters
The Imperial Russian Navy warship Lefort capsized and sank during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.

150 years ago
1867

World events
General Giuseppe Garibaldi proclaimed a revolution in Italy, while King Vittorio Emanuele II issued a counter-proclamation.

Politics and government
Tennessee Governor William Brownlow summoned troops to Nashville "to enforce the franchise law."

140 years ago
1877

Politics and government
Chief Crowfoot (Isapo-Muxica) signed Treaty #7 with the Blackfoot-speaking chiefs - the Siksika (Blackfoot), Piikani (Peigan) and the Kainai (Blood), along with their allies the Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee) and their old adversaries the Nakoda (Stoney) - in a meeting with Commissioner David Laird and Lieutenant Colonel James MacLeod of the North West Mounted Police at So-yo-pow-ahx-ko (Ridge Under Water), today's Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta. The nations felt threatened by the loss of the buffalo and the incursion of unruly American traders in the area. Canada's last major First Nations treaty set aside reserves of 69,039 square kilometres in the land south of the Red Deer River and beside the Rocky Mountains; provided $12 per Indian, and schools, farm instruction, and social benefits.

125 years ago
1892

Disasters
A freight locomotive disappeared into a suddenly-opening hole in the ground near Lindal-in-Furness, England, and was permanently lost. Engineer Thomas Postlethwaite, who was aboard, jumped clear just before the locomotive disappeared. No fatalities resulted, but the incident inspired The Story of the Lost Special (1898) by A.Conan Doyle.

90 years ago
1927

Health
Schools in Edmonton reopened after being closed for three weeks owing to an outbreak of infantile paralysis (polio).

Boxing
Gene Tunney (78-1-3-1) retained his world heavyweight title with a 10-round unanimous decision over former champion Jack Dempsey (58-6-11) before 150,000 fans at Soldier Field in Chicago in what became known as the "Battle of the Long Count." Mr. Dempsey knocked Mr. Tunney down in the 7th round, and under a rule that had recently been put in place, was required to immediately go to a neutral corner. He didn't, and referee Dave Barry refused to start the count until Mr. Dempsey did as required. Mr. Dempsey finally did so, and Mr. Tunney got to his feet at the count of nine. 14 seconds had actually elapsed from the time that Mr. Tunney had hit the floor until he got up (hear audio). It was the last professional fight for Mr. Dempsey, who had held the title from 1919 until losing it to Mr. Tunney in a 10-round decision on September 23, 1926.



80 years ago
1937

War
Peña Blanca was taken by Nationalist forces, ending the 16-day Battle of El Mazuco during the Spanish Civil War.

75 years ago
1942

War
British troops penetrated to within 19 miles of the Madagascar capital of Tananarive.

Football
Winnipeg City Rugby Football League
RCAF (1-0-1) 11 Bombers (0-1-1) 11

Sammy Lavitt and Wally “Chick” Chikowski scored touchdowns for RCAF, one of which was converted by Mr. Lavitt. Ches McCance scored 2 touchdowns and a convert for the Bombers. The game was played 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 (3rd week at #1)
--Phil Harris and his Orchestra
2 When You were Sweet Sixteen--Perry Como and the Satisfiers
3 Peg o' My Heart--The Harmonicats
--Three Suns
--Art Lund
--Buddy Clark
--Clark Dennis
4 That's My Desire--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Frankie Laine and Mannie Klein's All-Stars
5 Feudin' and Fightin'--Dorothy Shay
--Jo Stafford
--Bing Crosby and the Jesters
6 Tallahassee--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
7 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now--Ted Weems and his Orchestra with Perry Como
--Perry Como
8 Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)--Red Ingles and his Natural Seven
9 The Lady from 29 Palms--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters
10 Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were One Hour (The Puppy Love Song) (#26)/Pop Corn Sack (#31) by Spike Jones and his City Slickers; One Hour (The Puppy Love Song) by Blue Barron and his Orchestra (also #26, charting with the version by Spike Jones and his City Slickers); I Miss You So by the King Cole Trio (#34); Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 4, in F Minor by Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra (#35); and My Future Just Passed, with versions by Margaret Whiting, and Harry James and his Orchestra (#36).

Defense
A U.S. Air Force C-54 completed the first transatlantic robot flight, touching down near London on a course from Newfoundland directed by ground controllers.

Politics and government
Communist Party U.S.A. Secretary Eugene Dennis expressed preference for former Vice President Henry Wallace among prospective 1948 U.S. presidential candidates.

The Georgia Democratic Party's Rules Committee adopted a "white primary" measure imposing racial segregation in primary voting.

Economics and finance
The 16-nation Committee of European Economic Cooperation issued its report on European recovery, calling for $22.4 billion in American aid to Europe. The report also urged domestic reforms in European states, including balanced budgets and increased exports.

Labour
The International Transport Workers Federation voted in Washington to admit German unions organized in the U.S., U.K., and French zones.

Business
A U.S. federal court in Cleveland imposed maximum fines of $5,000 on General Motors, SKF Industries, and four other ball bearing firms convicted on price-fixing charges.

60 years ago
1957

Died on this date
Soemu Toyoda, 72. Japanese military officer. Admiral Toyoda was Commander-in-Chief of the Kure Naval District, and later, the Yokosuka Naval District. during World War II. He was Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet from 1944-1945, and was Supreme Commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy from May 29, 1945 through the end of hostilities in August. Admiral Toyoda was charged with war crimes, but was acquitted and released in 1949; he was the only member of the Japanese armed forces to be acquitted of war crimes. Admiral Toyoda died of a heart attack.

Politics and government
National Unity Party candidate and former Labour Minister François "Papa Doc" Duvalier was elected President of Haiti, taking 72.4% of the vote; his chief opponent, National Agricultural Industrial Party candidate Louis Déjoie, who received 26.6% of the vote, refused to concede the election on the grounds that the contest was rigged. National Party candidate Clement Jumelle, who withdrew from the election the day before the voting because he also thought it was rigged in faour of Mr. Duvalier, received 1.1% of the vote. Mr. Duvalier's supporters won 35 of 37 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, with Mr. Déjoie's supporters winning the other 2 seats.

Economics and finance
The World Bank said in its 12th annual report that it had committed more than $3.1 billion in 170 loans to 45 countries since the bank's creation in 1946.

Sport
Jack Rogers drove Hawaii Kai III to victory in the President's Cup motor boat race on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 To Sir with Love--Lulu (2nd week at #1)
2 Ode to Billie Joe--Bobbie Gentry
3 I Dig Rock and Roll Music--Peter, Paul and Mary
4 Kitty Doyle--Dino, Desi and Billy
5 Thank the Lord for the Night Time--Neil Diamond
6 Brown Eyed Girl--Van Morrison
7 Never My Love--The Association
8 San Franciscan Nights--Eric Burdon & the Animals
9 The Letter--The Box Tops
10 Come Back When You Grow Up--Bobby Vee and the Strangers
Pick hit of the week: Time Seller--The Spencer Davis Group
New this week: Lightning's Girl--Nancy Sinatra
Take a Look--Aretha Franklin
Your Precious Love--Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Through the Eyes of Love--Wayne Newton
I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones

Theatre
Théâtre des Variétés opened in Montreal under the ownership of Gilles Latulippe as an attempt to revive vaudeville in the city; it closed in May 2000 after 7,000 performances.

Canadiana
The Expo 67 world's fair in Montreal broke the attendance record of 42,973,561 set at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.

40 years ago
1977

Baseball
Bert Blyleven pitched a no-hitter for the Texas Rangers as they shut out the California Angels 6-0 before 8,031 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Mr. Blyeleven improved his 1977 record to 14-12, while losing pitcher Paul Hartzell dropped to 8-11.

The Detroit Tigers scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning and held on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 before 3,507 fans at Tiger Stadium.

Ralph Garr tripled home Brian Downing and scored on a sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon as the Chicago White Sox broke a 3-3 tie with 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning and held on to defeat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 before 8,211 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle. With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 9th, Ruppert Jones hit a home run, Bill Stein singled, and pinch runner Jimmy Sexton stole second base, but Ray Fosse grounded out to first baseman Jim Spencer to end the game.

Dan Schatzeder pitched a 6-hitter and singled home Gary Carter with the winning run with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th inning for his first major league run batted in as the Montreal Expos shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 before 5,233 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Mr. Schatzeder improved his major league season and career record to 2-0, while losing pitcher John Denny, who allowed 6 hits and 1 run--earned--in 7 innings, fell to 7-6 for 1977.

30 years ago
1987

Born on this date
Lauren Forgie of Orleans, Ontario gave birth to quintuplets, Canada's first since the Dionnes in 1934.

Died on this date
Hákun Djurhuus, 78. Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, 1963-1967. Mr. Djurhuus was first elected to the Løgting in 1946 and was its Speaker from 1950-1951. He was chairman of the Fólkaflokkurin (Peoples Party) from 1951-1980, and was one of two Faroese members of the Folketing (Danish parliament) from 1957-1960 and 1968-1973.

Norman Luboff, 70. U.S. composer and choir director. Mr. Luboff was best known as the founder and director of the Norman Luboff Choir, who recorded more than 75 albums from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Dan Rowan, 65. U.S. comedian. Mr. Rowan was the straight man in the Rowan & Martin comedy team with Dick Martin. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was one of the most popular shows on Ameican television from 1968-1973.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 2,568.05 after a record one-day gain of 75.23 points.

Labour
For the second time in five years, National Football League players went on strike, this time over the issue of free agency.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs traded pitcher Dickie Noles to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, who turned out, a month later, to be Mr. Noles himself. He was 4-1 with an earned run average of 3.50 and 2 saves in 41 games with the Cubs in 1987.

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded pitcher Juan Guzman to the Toronto Blue Jays for infielder Mike Sharperson. Mr. Guzman was 5-6 with an earned run average of 4.75 in 21 games with the Bakersfield Dodgers of the Class A California League in 1987. Mr. Sharperson batted .299 with 5 home runs and 26 runs batted in in 88 games with the Syracuse Chiefs of the AAA International League and .208 with no homers and 9 RBIs in 32 games with the Blue Jays in 1987.

Juan Beniquez hit a 3-run home run in the 4th inning and doubled in a run as part of a 5-run 8th as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 before 13,923 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore to remain 1/2 ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the American League East Division pennant race.

Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox tied an American League record by getting 200 hits in 5 consecutive seasons as he batted 2 for 4 in an 8-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers before 20,189 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Kirk Gibson led the Detroit attack with 2 doubles, 2 singles, 3 runs, and a run batted in, and Darrell Evans drove in 4 runs with a pair of doubles. The Red Sox loaded the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, but Guillermo Hernandez retired Mike Greenwell on an out to second base, and Dickie Noles, acquired that day from the Chicago Cubs, retired Dwight Evans on a ground out to end the game to get his first save as a Tiger.

Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers hit a home run in each game as the Milwaukee Brewers split a doubleheader with the New York Yankees before 12,651 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Mr. Yount added a double and drove in 4 runs as the Brewers won the first game 7-2, and drove in 5 runs in the second game, but the Yankees scored 3 runs in the 7th inning and 2 in the 8th to win 10-8. New York second baseman Willie Randolph batted 3 for 4 in the first game with a double and homer, and was 3 for 5 in the second game with 2 runs and 4 RBIs.

Kevin Seitzer doubled home Willie Wilson with 1 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Kansas City Royals edged the Seattle Mariners 4-3 before 7,706 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle.

The Montreal Expos scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to offset Andy Van Slyke's 2-run home run in the top of the inning as they edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 before 16,407 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Tom Prince made his mjaor league debut with the Pirates, catching the first 6 innings, batting 0 for 2, and making 1 putout.

Steve Sax's home run leading off the top of the 8th inning proved to be the deciding run as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Francisco Giants 4-3 before 27,317 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Phil Garner hit a 2-run homer for the Dodgers, while all the San Francisco runs came on solo homers--2 by Bob Melvin, another by Chili Davis. Fernando Valenzuela allowed 10 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings to improve his 1987 record to 13-14, winning the pitchers' duel over Dave Dravecky, who allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 6 innings to fall to 10-11.

25 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Aurelio López, 44. Mexican baseball pitcher. Mr. López played in the major leagues with the Kansas City Royals (1974); St. Louis Cardinals (1978); Detroit Tigers (1979-1985); and Houston Astros (1986-1987), compiling a record of 62-36 with an earned run average of 4.04 and 93 saves in 459 games. He earned the nickname "Señor Smoke" when he was with the Tigers, and was with them when they won the World Series in 1984, going 10-1 with a 2.94 ERA and 14 saves in 71 games. Mr. López was perhaps better known for his years in the Mexican League with the Mexico City Reds (1968-1977), where he was 97-83 with a 3.15 ERA and 99 saves in 472 games, earning the nickname "El Buitre de Tecamachalco" (The Vulture of Tecamachalco). He was a member of the Reds' 1974 Mexican League World Series championship team, and was named the ML's Most Valuable Player in 1977, when he was 19-8 with a 2.01 ERA and 30 saves in 73 games. Mr. López was municipal president of his hometown of Tecamachalco, Puebla from 1990 until his death in a car accident the day after his 44th birthday. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly voted 127-6 with 26 abstentions to declare Yugoslavia’s seat vacant, in effect expelling Yugoslavia from the UN. Before the vote, Yugoslavian Premier Milan Panic had argued that expulsion would just strengthen the hand of “militant nationalists” in Belgrade. He condemned the “ethnic cleansing” policy practiced by Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed a land claim deal with Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians in Saskatoon; the bands were to acquire up to 670,000 hectares in lands entitled under treaties.

The Canada Committee, led by Yves Fortier, June Callwood, Marc Garneau, Robert Stanfield, Ed Broadbent, Bill Davis, Peter Lougheed, and Iona Campagnolo was formed to support the October 26 Charlottetown Accord referendum.

Environment
The World Wildlife Fund said that Canada was losing 1 square kilometre of wilderness every hour, due to city sprawl, farming, roads, mining, and hydro development, and urged setting aside more parkland.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that housing starts had risen 10.4% in August.

Scandal
University of Manitoba athletic director Mike Moore and head football coach Scott Spurgeon were fired, and the Bisons football team forfeited two victories in the 1992 season, for using ineligible players. Slotback Tim Moore, defensive back Chris Becker, and a third ineligible player discovered shortly afterward had not completed a prescribed number of summer credit hours to remain academically eligible to play football for the university. In March 1992 the U of M Department of Athletics had been fined $1,000 for using Football Manitoba funds to allegedly pay first-year football players in 1991. Former Bisons’ quarterback Duane Hysop was named head coach in place of Mr. Spurgeon, while Joyce Fromson was named acting athletic director. The forfeited victories were against Alberta and Saskatchewan, and each of those teams was credited with a win. Mr. Spurgeon had been named the Canada West University Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 1991.

Disasters
At least 32 people died as a result of torrential rains and violent windstorms in southern France.

20 years ago
1997

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

Singles entering the chart were I Don't Want to Wait by Paula Cole (#63); Happiness by Vanessa Williams (#70); Smile and Wave by Headstones (#74); Pink by Aerosmith (#82); It's OK, I Understand by Gavin Hope (#85); and Open Up Baby by Big Sugar (#88).

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Marcel Marceau, 84. French mime and actor. Mr. Marceau, born Marcel Mangel, was the world's most famous mime, especially known as the character "Bip the Clown," in a career that spanned 60 years. He appeared in several movies, including a cameo appearance in Silent Movie (1976), where he uttered the film's only spoken word.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (8-3-1) 37 @ Saskatchewan (7-5) 34

Jarious Jackson's 33-yard touchdown pass to Geroy Simon with 34 seconds remaining in regulation time gave the Lions their win over the Roughriders before 28,800 fans at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.

CIS
Saskatchewan (3-1) 10 @ Manitoba (4-0) 15
Simon Fraser (0-4) 10 @ Alberta (1-3) 45