September 26, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Jennifer Korchinski!

930 years ago
1087

Britannica
William II was crowned King of England.

240 years ago
1777

War
British troops marched into Philadelphia and occupied the city.

225 years ago
1792

Born on this date
William Hobson. Governor of New Zealand, 1841-1842. Captain Hobson was a British Royal Navy Officer who took office as Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand on January 14, 1840, becoming Governor on May 3, 1841 when New Zealand became a Crown colony separate from New South Wales. Captain Hobson suffered a stroke in March 1840, but recovered sufficiently to resume his duties. He died from another stroke on September 10, 1842, 16 days before his 50th birthday.

110 years ago
1907

Britannica
New Zealand and Newfoundland each became dominions within the British Empire, after the 1907 Imperial Conference decided to confer dominion status on all self-governing colonies.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Réal Caouette. Canadian politician. Mr. Caouette, a member of the Social Credit Party, represented the Quebec ridings of Pontiac (1946-1949); Villeneuve (1962-1968); and Temiscamingue (1968-1976) in the House of Commons. He formed and led the Ralliement des créditistes from 1958 from 1958-1971. The Ralliement was originally the French-speaking Quebec wing of the national Social Credit Party, but split from the main party in 1963 after Robert Thompson refused to resign as national leader. The two wings reunited in 1971, and Mr. Caouette led the Social Credit Party until he resigned as leader in November 1976, almost two months after suffering a stroke. He died on December 16, 1976 at the age of 59.

War
The Military Service Act went into effect in Canada, providing that all male British subjects up to 45 years of age, with certain exceptions, were liable for conscription. The Battle of Polygon Wood began near Ypres, Belgium.

Boxing
Jack Dempsey (30-3-10) won a 4-round decision over Bob McAllister (25-4-7) in a heavyweight bout at Emeryville Arena in Emeryville, California.

80 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Bessie Smith, 43. U.S. singer. Miss Smith, nicknamed "The Empress of the Blues," was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and '30s, with hit recordings such as Downhearted Blues (1923); St. Louis Blues (1925); and I Ain't Got Nobody (1926). She died several hours after suffering critical injuries in a car accident on a highway between Memphis, Tennessee and Clarksdale, Mississippi. Miss Smith was taken by ambulance to the G. T. Thomas Afro-American Hospital in Clarksdale, where her right arm was amputated, and she died without regaining consciousness. The circumstances surrounding Miss Smith's death led to the false story that she had been refused admission to a white hospital.

75 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Joe Giannini, 54. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Giannini was a shortstop with the Boston Red Sox whose only major league game took place on August 7, 1911. He batted .500 (1 for 2) with a double, making 2 assists and 2 errors. He batted .244 with no home runs in 25 games with the Brockton Shoemakers of the Class B New England League in 1911, and .176 with no homers in 13 games with the Sacramento/Mission Wolves of the AA Pacific Coast League in 1914. Mr. Giannini died 18 days after his 54th birthday.

War
Chinese troops advanced 40-60 miles to attack Chusi and Chenghsien in Chekiang Province.

Abominations
August Frank, a higher official of the German SS concentration camp administration department, issued a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated."

Diplomacy
Japanese Foreign Minister Masayuki Tani said that there was no change in Japan's foreign policy toward the U.S.S.R.

Politics and government
French Prime Minister Pierre Laval ousted Jacques Benoist-Méchin from the controlling committee of the Légion des Volontaires Français on the grounds that he had been plotting to overthrow the government.

Horse racing
Bolingbroke, with Herb Lindberg up, defeated 1941 Triple Crown winner Whirlaway in the Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park, New York, setting an American record of 2:27 3/5 for 1 1/2 miles.

Football
ORFU
Toronto RCAF (1-0) 11 HMCS York (0-1) 5
Toronto Balmy Beach (0-1) 6 @ Hamilton (1-0) 10
Toronto Oakwood Indians (1-0) 14 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (0-1) 5

Baseball
Bucky Harris resigned as manager of the Washington Nationals; Mr. Harris had been the team's manager from 1924-1928 and again from 1935-1942, leading them to a World Series championship in his first season, an American League pennant the next year, and nothing afterward. In 1942 the Nationals posted a record of 62-89, seventh in the American League, 39 1/2 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.

The New York Giants beat the Boston Braves 6-4 behind the pitching of Carl Hubbell in the first game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Giants were leading 5-2 in the 8th inning of the second game when youngsters, who had been admitted free in a drive for scrap metal, invaded the field. Umpire Ziggy Sears forfeited the game to the Braves. Boston pitcher Warren Spahn, who allowed 10 hits and 5 earned runs in 7 innings, was credited with a complete game, but not the 9-0 win. Frank McElyea entered the game in the 8th inning as a pinch runner for Boston catcher Ernie Lombardi; it was Mr. McElyea;'s seventh and last major leage game. Buddy Gremp grounded out for the final out of the first game in the 113th and last game of his 3-year major league career. Charlie Fox made his major league debut behind the plate for the Giants in the second game, batting 1 for 2 with a base on balls and making 1 putout.

The Brooklyn Dodgers scored 6 runs in the 6th inning as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Larry French allowed 7 hits and 1 run--earned--in 2 innings of relief of starting pitcher Bobo Newsom, and was credited with the win, improving his 1937 record to 15-4 in what turned out to be the 570th and last game of his 14-year major league career. Losing pitcher Rube Melton allowed 6 hits and 5 runs--earned--in 5+ innings to fall to 9-20.

Mel Harder pitched a 7-hitter to improve his 1942 record to 13-14 as the Cleveland Indians shut out the Detroit Tigers 3-0 before 1,000 fans at League Park in Cleveland. Losing pitcher Rube Benton allowed 7 hits and 3 earned runs in 6 innings to fall to 7-13.

70 years ago
1947

Died on this date
Hugh Lofting, 61. U.K.-born U.S. author. Mr. Lofting was best known for creating the character Dr. Dolittle, who first appeared in letters to his children from the battle front during World War I, and then in a series of books published from 1920-1948.

Terrorism
Jewish terrorists killed four British constables in a $180,000 Tel Aviv bank robbery.

Diplomacy
U.K. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones told the United Nations General Assembly's Committee on Palestine that Britain would relinquish its Palestine mandate at an early date regardless of the UN's ability to reach a settlement of the Jewish-Arab dispute.

Soviet representatives on the deadlocked U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Trusteeship Committee in Seoul proposed that both sides withdraw their troops from Korea by 1948 and allow the establishment of a native government.

Politics and government
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities recommended deportation, perjury, and illegal entry proceedings against former German Communist Johannes Eisler, a Hollywood writer and brother of former German Communist Gerhart Eisler.

Agriculture
Canadian Radium and Uranium Corporation announced the development of a radioactive compound capable of stimulating food plants to a higher yield of 20%-50%.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Electrical Workers ended its convention in Boston after passing resolutions attacking the foreign policy of the administration of U.S. President Harry Truman and demanding a boycott of the National Labor Relations Board.

Business
Former U.S. State Secretary Edward Stettinius and the Liberian government announced plans to establish a private company which would develop the country's natural resources.

Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler announced that Gillette Safety Razor Company and Ford Motor Company would pay $65,000 for joint television sponsorship of the 1947 World Series, the first to be televised.

Football
ORFU
Hamilton (4-0) 18 @ Toronto Balmy Beach (3-1) 1

Benny Dyack, Gord Miller, and Jim Cousins--on a 40-yard fumble return--scored touchdowns for the Wildcats as they beat Balmy Beach at Varsity Stadium.

60 years ago
1957

At the movies
The Joker is Wild, a fictionalized biography of comedian Joe E. Lewis starring Frank Sinatra, opened in theatres.

Theatre
After tryouts in Washington and Philadelphia, the musical West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in New York City.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously re-elected Dag Hammarskjold to a second five-year term as Secretary-General.

Defense
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba announced his acceptance of the U.S. offer of military aid, and asserted that Tunisia had never sought arms from the Soviet bloc.

Protest
Defeated Haitian presidential candidate Louis Déjoie called a general strike to protest the "rigged" election on September 22 of Francois Duvalier, and then went into hiding.

Politics and government
In a nationally-telecast address, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus charged that his state was under "military occupation" in accordance with the plans of U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell.

Disasters
Typhoon Faye swept through Okinawa, leaving 53 people known dead, 79 missing, and extensive damage to shipping and U.S. Air Force installations.

50 years ago
1967

On television tonight
The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Valley of the Shadow

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're Moving Out Today--Carol Bayer Sager (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wanted (Shimei Tehai)--Pink Lady (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Son Tus Perjúmenes, Mujer--Carlos Mejía Godoy y los de Palacagüina (2nd week at #1)

War
A cease-fire negotiated by the United States ended 10 days of heavy fighting in southen Lebanon between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli-backed Lebanese Christian militiamen.

Diplomacy
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee began hearings on the Panama Canal treaties.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Who's That Girl--Madonna (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Voyage, voyage--Desireless (13th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Wishing Well--Terence Trent D'Arby

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Bad--Michael Jackson

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston
2 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
3 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
4 La Bamba--Los Lobos
5 Carrie--Europe
6 Lost in Emotion--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
7 I Heard a Rumour--Bananarama
8 When Smokey Sings--ABC
9 Can't We Try--Dan Hill (with Vonda Shepard)
10 U Got the Look--Prince

Singles entering the chart were Heaven is a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle (#64); Should've Known Better by Richard Marx (#75); Beat Patrol by Starship (#84); Don't Lose Any Sleep by John Waite (#88); Crazy Crazy Nights by Kiss (#89); and No One in the World by Anita Baker (#90).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 La Bamba--Los Lobos (4th week at #1)
2 I Want Your Sex--George Michael
3 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
4 Who's That Girl--Madonna
5 Luka--Suzanne Vega
6 Only in My Dreams--Debbie Gibson
7 Together (The New Wedding Song)--Joey Gregorash
8 Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston
9 When Smokey Sings--ABC
10 I Heard a Rumour--Bananarama

Singles entering the chart were Contact by Platinum Blonde (#85); Brilliant Disguise by Bruce Springsteen (#89); Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now by Samantha Fox (#94); Come On, Let's Go by Los Lobos (#95); Let's Work by Mick Jagger (#96); and Try by Blue Rodeo (#97).

Died on this date
Ethel Catherwood, 79. U.S.-born Canadian athlete. Miss Catherwood, a native of Hannah, North Dakota, was raised in Saskatoon, and became known as the "Saskatoon Lily" when she won the gold medal in the women's high jump event at the 1928 Summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam. She moved to California not long afterward, and spent the rest of her life there. Miss Catherwood was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (9-4) 36 @ Ottawa (2-10) 13

Tom Clements threw touchdown passes to James Murphy and Pat Cantner and Vernon Pahl recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone for another touchdown as the Blue Bombers beat the Rough Riders before 17,101 fans at Lansdowne Park. Winnipeg kicker Trevor Kennerd converted all 3 touchdowns and added 5 field goals. Ottawa running back Larry Mohr had the best game of his CFL career, rushing 10 times for 118 yards, including an 8-yard run for the Rough Riders’ only touchdown in the 3rd quarter.

CIAU
Acadia (2-0) 19 St. Francis Xavier (0-2) 15
St. Mary’s (2-0) 31 Mount Allison (0-2) 17
Bishop’s 28 McGill (1-2) 18
Concordia 18 Ottawa 9
Queen’s 29 Carleton 6
Western Ontario (3-0) 28 @ York (1-2) 14
Wilfrid Laurier (2-1) 37 @ Guelph (1-2) 18
McMaster (1-2) 17 @ Waterloo (0-3) 16
Calgary (2-2) 32 @ Manitoba (0-4) 20
British Columbia (4-0) 51 Saskatchewan (1-3) 17

John Wright rushed 19 times for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Mustangs over the Yeomen before 1,500 fans at North York Civic Stadium.

Andy Cecchini rushed 60 yards for a touchdown in the 4th quarter to break open a close game as the Golden Hawks defeated the Gryphons in front of 7,000 fans at Alumni Stadium in Guelph.

Waterloo quarterback Mike Wright completed 2 touchdown passes to Peter Thistlethwaite, the second coming with 2½ minutes remaining in the game, but a 2-point convert attempt on the latter touchdown was unsuccessful, and the Marauders hung on to edge the Warriors.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kessen ha kinyōbi--Dreams Come True

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap!

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): How Do You Do!--Roxette

#1 single in France (SNEP): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Too Much Love Will Kill You--Brian May

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Ebeneezer Goode--The Shamen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (7th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 End of the Road--Boyz II Men (3rd week at #1)
2 Baby-Baby-Baby--TLC
3 Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown
4 Stay--Shakespears Sister
5 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
6 November Rain--Guns N' Roses
7 The One--Elton John
8 Just Another Day--Jon Secada
9 Jump Around--House of Pain
10 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams

Singles entering the chart were Layla by Eric Clapton (#79); It's My Cadillac (Got that Bass) by MC Nas-D & DJ Fred (#90); and Get Ready for This by 2 Unlimited (#92).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley (2nd week at #1)
2 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams
3 Enid--Barenaked Ladies
4 Stay--Shakespears Sister
5 The One--Elton John
6 Even Better than the Real Thing--U2
7 Lost Together--Blue Rodeo
8 Nothing Broken But My Heart--Celine Dion
9 This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna
10 Not Enough Time--INXS

Singles entering the chart were Washed Away by Tom Cochrane (#46); Always by Corey Hart (#74); Four Seasons in One Day by Crowded House (#86); I Will Be Here for You by Michael W. Smith (#87); Now that the Magic is Gone by Joe Cocker (#88); Success has Made a Failure of Our Home by Sinead O'Connor (#89); You're So Tempting by Acosta Russell (#90); and Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth (#91).

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (6-6) 32 @ Toronto (4-8) 39

Rickey Foggie passed for 303 yards and touchdowns to Rocket Ismail, Eddie Brown, and Kevin Smellie, while rushing for a TD of his own, as the Argonauts held on to defeat the Roughriders before 26,132 fans at SkyDome. Saskatchewan quarterback Kent Austin completed 24 of 37 passes for 428 yards and 2 touchdowns to Jeff Fairholm and 1 to Ray Elgaard, while rushing for another TD himself. Mr. Fairholm, whose touchdowns covered 71 and 66 yards, finished with 244 yards on 6 receptions.

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates amassed 20 hits and scored 6 runs in each of the first 2 innings in a 19-2 rout of the New York Mets before 25,886 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Curt Schilling and Ben Rivera were the respective winning pitchers as the Philadelphia Phillies swept a doubleheader from the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 and 10-0 before 16,189 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Every man in the starting lineup had at least 1 hit for the Montreal Expos as they routed the Chicago Cubs 12-0 before 26,257 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Chris Nabholz pitched a 4-hitter, doubled in a run, and scored a run.

Eddie Taubensee singled home Jeff Bagwell and Ken Caminiti with 1 out in the top of the 8th inning to enable the Houston Astros to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 before 17,981 fans at Dodger Stadium.

Lonnie Smith singled home Jeff Blauser with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Atlanta Braves edged the San Diego Padres 2-1 before 24,574 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium.

The Boston Red Sox scored 4 runs in the top of the 14th inning to break a 3-3 tie and defeat the Baltimore Orioles 7-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 45,454 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Craig Lefferts allowed 5 hits in 7 1/3 innings to get his only win in a Baltimore uniform as the Orioles won the second game 2-0.

Danny Tartabull's 2-run home run in the 3rd inning provided all the necessary scoring for the New York Yankees as they edged the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 before 23,438 fans at Yankee Stadium. Ben Wickman allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings to improve his 1992 record to 5-1, while losing pitcher Juan Guzman allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in 6 innings to fall to 15-5.

Greg Vaughn hit a home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Oakland Athletics 2-1 before 26,509 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Chuck Finley allowed 4 hits in 7 innings to improve his 1992 record to 6-12 as the California Angels edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 before 36,207 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Chad Curtis singled home John Orton with 1 out in the top of the 3rd inning for the only run off Sid Fernandez, who allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings to fall to 8-11.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John

Died on this date
Dorothy Kingsley, 87. U.S. screenwriter. Miss Kingsley was known as a "script doctor," often working without credit, or sharing credit. Her films included Angels in the Outfield (1951). Miss Kingsley died of heart failure, 18 days before her 88th birthday.

Disasters
234 people were killed when a Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashed near Medan, Indonesia airport.

An earthquake struck the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (1-13) 33 @ British Columbia (8-6) 34

The Lions, aided by bad officiating, scored 3 touchdowns in the last 5 minutes of the game to defeat the Tiger-Cats before 18,258 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Sean Millington rushed 1 yard for a TD with 11 seconds remaining, and Lui Passaglia converted for the winning point.

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Bill Wirtz, 77. U.S. hockey executive. Mr. Wirtz succeeded his father Arthur as owner of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, and ran the team for 41 years, during which time the team failed to win the Stanley Cup, and he acquired a reputation as the greediest owner in American sports. Mr. Wirtz was chairman of the NHL Board of Governors for most of the time from 1970-1992, and led the move to merge with the World Hockey Association in 1979. He died of cancer, nine days before his 78th birthday.