October 10, 2017

1,150 years ago
867

Born on this date
Li Siyuan. Emperor of China, 926-933. Li Siyuan, whose name was later changed to Li Dan, was born Miaojilie, the son of a military general. He succeeded Li Cunxu on the throne after Li Cunxu was killed in a battle against mutineers. Li Siyuan died on December 15, 933 at the age of 67, 10 days after falling ill. He was succeeded as Emperor by Li Conghou (Emperor Min).

150 years ago
1867

Crime
Forged U.S. bonds were discovered in large quantities.

130 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Bill Killefer. U.S. baseball player, coach, and manager. Mr. Killefer was a catcher with the St. Louis Browns (1909-1910); Philadelphia Phillies (1911-1917); and Chicago Cubs (1918-1921), batting .238 with 4 home runs and 240 runs batted in in 1,035 games. He was regarded as one of the best defensive catchers of his time, and was with the Phillies when they won the National League pennant in 1915 and the Cubs when they won the NL pennant in 1918, batting .111 with 2 runs batted in in 7 World Series games. Mr. Killefer managed the Cubs (1921-1925) and Browns (1930-1933), compiling a record of 524-622. He coached with the St. Louis Cardinals (1926); Browns (1927-1929); Brooklyn Dodgers (1939); and Phillies (1942), and was with the Cardinals when they won the World Series. He died from hemorrhaging of the digestive tract on July 3, 1960 at the age of 72.

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Wolverines 1 @ St. Louis Browns 6 (St. Louis led 15-game series 1-0)

Bob Caruthers pitched a 5-hitter and had 3 hits of his own as the American Association champion Browns beat the National League champion Wolverines before 4,208 fans at Sportsman's Park.

120 years ago
1897

Science
German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

110 years ago
1907

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Tigers 1 @ Chicago Cubs 5 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0-1)

Ed Reulbach pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitching matchup with Ed Siever as the Cubs beat the Tigers before 13,114 fans at West Side Park. The Cubs scored 1 run in the 2nd inning, 3 in the 4th, and 1 in the 5th.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Thelonious Monk. U.S. musician. Mr. Monk was a jazz pianist and composer who was known for a unique improvisational style and works such as Round Midnight; Blue Monk; and Straight, No Chaser. He was highly regarded by fellow musicians, but his recordings didn't sell particularly well. Mr. Monk was active from the 1940s through the 1960s, but retreated into isolation for most of his later years until his death from a stroke on February 17, 1982 at the age of 64.

Baseball
World Series
Chicago White Sox 0 @ New York Giants 2 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Rube Benton pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Eddie Cicotte before 33,616 fans at the Polo Grounds. Both runs were scored in the 4th inning when Dave Robertson tripled, Walter Holke doubled him home, and George Burns singles home Mr. Holke.



90 years ago
1927

Died on this date
Gustave Whitehead, 53. German-born U.S. aviation engineer. Mr. Whitehead, born Gustave Weisskopf, moved to the United States in 1893. He was reported to have made powered flights before the Wright brothers, but the claims are disputed. Mr. Whitehead also built engines, and died after suffering a heart attack while attempting to lift an engine out of an automobile he was repairing.

Theatre
Porgy by Dorothy and DuBose Heyward, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, and starring Frank Wilson, Evelyn Ellis, and Jack Carter, opened at the Guild Theatre on Broadway in New York. It was the first Broadway play directed by Mr. Mamoulian.

Politics and government
The Conservative Party of Canada's first leadership convention ever opened at the Amphitheatre Rink in Winnipeg. Former Prime Minister Robert Borden delivered the first speech and was warmly received. Arthur Meighen, who had succeeded Mr. Borden as party leader and Prime Minister in 1920 but had announced his resignation after failing to achieve electoral success, delivered the next speech; he insisted on defending policies that had proven unpopular two years earlier, and received a hostile reaction from many of those in attendance, killing any possible hope that he would succeed himself as leader. The next speaker was Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson, regarded as a leading contender for the leadership. He promptly denounced Mr. Meighen's speech, thus incurring a hostile reaction of his own, and finishing his chances of winning the leadership.

80 years ago
1937

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 4 @ New York Giants 2 (Yankees won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Lefty Gomez scattered 10 hits, singled in the winning run in the 5th inning, and came around to score the insurance run as he won his second game of the series and the fifth World Series game of his career. The Yankees became the first team to play an entire World Series without making an error. Myril Hoag and Joe DiMaggio hit home runs for the Yankees before 38,216 fans at the Polo Grounds. Cliff Melton started on the mound for the Giants and took his second loss of the series.



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 (5th week at #1)

War
Russian troops began digging in at Stalingrad as German long-range artillery took aim at the city. Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the abolition of Red Army political commissars in a decree designed to unify command and eliminate delays in action. Australian troops made contact with Japanese forces in the Owen Stanley Mountain in the Myola-Templeton Crossing area of New Guinea for the first time in several days. U.S. Army heavy bombers had launched three days of attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians without losing a plane or encountering opposition.

Economics and finance
12 Latin American nations, along with British Guiana, Honduras, and Trinidad and Tobago, agreed to sell all their rubber above essential needs to the United States and to expand production.

The U.S. Senate passed and sent to conference the largest tax bill in American history, designed to raise $8.525 billion.

Football
CRU
Ottawa Senior City Football League
Rough Riders (1-0) 17 RCAF Uplands (0-1) 0

Brian Quinn passed to Bert Haigh for a touchdown just 58 seconds into the game as the Rough Riders blanked the Flyers before 5,000 fans at Lansdowne Park. Mr. Quinn and Ace Powell scored the other touchdowns.

ORFU
HMCS York (2-1) 7 Toronto Oakwood Indians (1-2) 0
Kitchener-Waterloo (0-3) 0 @ Toronto Balmy Beach (1-2) 34
Toronto RCAF Hurricanes (3-0) 20 @ Hamilton (2-1) 0

10,000 attended the doubleheader at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.

70 years ago
1947

Theatre
Allegro, a musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, choreographed and directed by Agnes de Mille, and starring John Battles, Annamary Dickey, William Ching, Roberta Jonay, Lisa Kirk, and John Conte, opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway in New York.

Diplomacy
Allied foreign ministers, meeting in London, agreed on the formation of a commission to investigate conditions in Italy's former colonies.

Economics and finance
Italy signed a protocol with the U.S.A. and U.K. for the return of $25 million in gold captured by the U.S. 5th Army in northern Italy.

The U.S.S.R. announced the resumption of production at the world's second-largest synthetic rubber plant in Voronezh.

Business
The U.S. Justice Department announced the results of an investigation of interlocking directorates, showing that the heads of 60 major companies were found to be on the boards of competing firms. The department threatened to prosecute those who refused to resign from one of their positions.

Labour
The Canadian Labour Congress elected A.R. Mosher, head of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and a strong anti-Communist, to his eighth term as President.

Football
WIFU
Halfback Harry Hood quit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, apparently because he couldn't get along with coach Jack West; he returned to the team several days later.

ORFU
Windsor (3-4) 1 @ Toronto Balmy Beach (4-2) 8

60 years ago
1957

On television tonight
The Gray Ghost, starring Tod Andrews and Phil Chambers
Tonight's episode: Mosby's Rangers

This was the first episode of the series.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department denied as "completely unfounded" Soviet charges that U.S. Middle East special envoy Loy Henderson had tried to incite war against Syria.

Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary Neil McElroy announced that the Defense Department had postponed a final choice between the Jupiter and Thor, intermediate-range ballistic missiles under development by the Army and Air Force.

Law
The U.S. State and Justice Departments announced that fingerprinting would no longer be required of most foreigners visiting the United States for a year or less.

Energy
The U.S.S.R. offered to make 50 kilograms of uranium available to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Environment
A nuclear reactor overheated at the Windscale plutonium plant in Cumbria, England, causing an escape of radioactive iodine that contaminated a 200-square-mile area around the plant. The two Windscale reactors were shut down and all local milk supplies destroyed following the incident.

Labour
The National Hockey League Players Association sued the NHL, its six clubs, and league and club presidents for $3 million on charges that it operated as a monopoly.

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Braves 5 @ New York Yankees 0 (Milwaukee won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Lou Burdette, working on two days' rest, pitched a 7-hit shutout for his third win of the series as the Braves won their first World Series championship in 43 years and their first since moving to Milwaukee in 1953. The Braves scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning and coasted to victory before 61,207 fans at Yankee Stadium.





50 years ago
1967

On television tonight
The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Trial

Space
The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, came into force.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Feel Love--Donna Summer

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wanted (Shimei Tehai)--Pink Lady (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Son Tus Perjúmenes, Mujer--Carlos Mejía Godoy y los de Palacagüina (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Angelo Muscat, 47. Maltese-born U.K. actor. Mr. Muscat, who was 4' 3'', appeared in several pays, movies, and television programs. He played the butler in the television program The Prisoner (1967-1968). Mr. Muscat died in poverty.

Music
Bing Crosby performed at Brighton Centre in Brighton, England in what turned out to be his last concert.

Football
CFL
Toronto (6-6) 43 @ Hamilton (4-8) 2
Winnipeg (7-6) 24 @ Edmonton (6-6) 31

Neil Lumsden scored 2 touchdowns and punted for a single as the Argonauts routed the Tiger-Cats before 34,390 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Toronto quarterbacks Chuck Ealey and Clint Longley directed an offense that rushed for 219 yards and compiled 374 net yards.

The Eskimos scored 2 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter to overcome a 21-16 halftime deficit as they beat the Blue Bombers at Clarke Stadium. Edmonton middle linebacker Dan Kepley played one of the best games of his career. Defensive end Lloyd Grimsrud dressed for his only regular season game in an Edmonton uniform and the last game of his 4-year CFL career.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Bad--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): It's a Sin--Pet Shop Boys (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Bad--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Full Metal Jacket (I Want to be Your Drill Instructor)--Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Pump Up the Volume--M|A|R|R|S (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Pump Up the Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)--M|A|R|R|S (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Here I Go Again--Whitesnake

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake (2nd week at #1)
2 Lost in Emotion--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
3 Carrie--Europe
4 I Heard a Rumour--Bananarama
5 U Got the Look--Prince
6 Who Will You Run To--Heart
7 Causing a Commotion--Madonna
8 Casanova--Levert
9 Bad--Michael Jackson
10 Paper in Fire--John Cougar Mellencamp

Singles entering the chart were We'll Be Together by Sting (#59); Shake Your Love by Debbie Gibson (#69); Don't You Want Me by Jody Watley (#74); Special Way by Kool & The Gang (#87); Animal by Def Leppard (#88); American Dream by Simon F. (#89); and Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 La Bamba--Los Lobos (6th week at #1)
2 Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston
3 I Heard a Rumour--Bananarama
4 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
5 When Smokey Sings--ABC
6 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
7 Paper in Fire--John Cougar Mellencamp
8 Together (The New Wedding Song)--Joey Gregorash
9 I Want Your Sex--George Michael
10 Luka--Suzanne Vega

Singles entering the chart were We'll Be Together by Sting (#86); Love Will Find a Way by Yes (#90); Time Stand Still by Rush (#94); You Make Me Love You by Ross Hodgson (#95); and Oh Yeah by Yello (#96).

Politics and government
Rev. Jesse Jackson announced in Raleigh, North Carolina that he was seeking the 1988 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States.

Football
CIAU
Windsor 7 @ Western Ontario 36

Dave Sapunjis scored on a 90-yard pass reception as the Mustangs routed the Lancers at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium. This was the only Mustangs' game I was able to attend during my time at Western; I went with my friend Nathan McLaren.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
St. Louis 2 @ San Francisco 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Jeffrey Leonard set a CS record with a home run in his fourth straight game--a solo blast for the winning run in the 5th inning--as the Giants evened the Series against the Cardinals before 57,997 fans at Candlestick Park. Giants' pitcher Mike Krukow gave up 2 runs in the 2nd and pitched shutout ball the rest of the way.



American League Championship Series
Minnesota 6 @ Detroit 7 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Tigers scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 3rd to take a 5-0 lead before 49,730 fans at Tiger Stadium, but the Twins came back to lead 6-5 until Pat Sheridan hit a 2-run home run off Jeff Reardon with 1 out in the 8th to put the Tigers ahead to stay.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kessen ha kinyōbi--Dreams Come True (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Heading for a Fall--Vaya con Dios

#1 single in France (SNEP): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Too Much Love Will Kill You--Brian May (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Ebeneezer Goode--The Shamen (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (9th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 End of the Road--Boyz II Men (5th week at #1)
2 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
3 Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown
4 Baby-Baby-Baby--TLC
5 Jump Around--House of Pain
6 She's Playing Hard to Get--Hi-Five
7 Please Don't Go--K.W.S.
8 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams
9 People Everyday--Arrested Development
10 Just Another Day--Jon Secada

Singles entering the chart were Someone to Hold by Trey Lorenz (#56); Rest in Peace by Extreme (#79); How Do You Talk to an Angel by the Heights (#82); Diggin' in the Dirt by Peter Gabriel (#84); I Missed the Bus by Kris Kross (#88); Johnny Have You Seen Her? by the Rembrandts (#93); Where You Goin' Now by Damn Yankees (#95); and Chains Around My Heart by Richard Marx (#97).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley (4th week at #1)
2 Enid--Barenaked Ladies
3 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams
4 End of the Road--Boyz II Men
5 Nothing Broken But My Heart--Celine Dion
6 Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown
7 Stay--Shakespears Sister
8 Not Enough Time--INXS
9 Layla--Eric Clapton
10 Walking on Broken Glass--Annie Lennox

Singles entering the chart included Bohemia by Mae Moore (#54); Divine Thing by the Soup Dragons (#64); Drive by R.E.M. (#65); Free Your Mind by En Vogue (#84); Shine on Me by Frozen Ghost (#86); I Wanna Love You by Jade (#89); Jump Around by House of Pain (#90); Someone to Hold by Trey Lorenz (#98); and I'd Die Without You by PM Dawn (#100).

Terrorism
Shining Path guerrillas killed 44 people in the Peruvian village of Ayacucho.

Politics and government
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney released the legal text of the Charlottetown constitutional accord, which contained some changes to the Senate and native rights. It was not yet signed or legally binding, with Canadians voting in a national referendum on the accord on October 26, 1992.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (8-6) 14 @ Toronto (5-9) 31
Calgary (10-4) 40 @ British Columbia (3-11) 21

Rickey Foggie completed touchdown passes of 71 and 58 yards to Eddie Brown as the Argonauts beat the Eskimos before 33,189 fans at SkyDome. Mr. Foggie completed just 9 of 24 passes, but for 266 yards. Edmonton quarterback Tracy Ham completed just 10 of 28 passes for 187 yards, including a 12-yard pass to Jim Sandusky for the only Eskimo touchdown with 2:31 remaining in the game.

Doug Flutie completed 18 of 27 passes for 339 yards and 4 touchdowns—2 to Carl Bland, 1 each to Allen Pitts and PeeWee Smith—to lead the Stampeders over the Lions before 26,618 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Danny Barrett completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to Ray Alexander, and Lorne King rushed 1 yard for the other B.C. touchdown.



Baseball
American League Championship Series
Toronto 7 @ Oakland 5 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Kelly Gruber and Candy Maldonado hit home runs as the Blue Jays beat the Athletics before 46,911 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

National League Championship Series
Atlanta 6 @ Pittsburgh 4 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Winning pitcher John Smoltz singled twice, drove in a run, scored a run, and stole a base as the Braves beat the Pirates before 57,164 fans at Three Rivers Stadium. It was the second win of the series for Mr. Smoltz and the second loss for Doug Drabek.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (3rd week at #1)

Disasters
An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashed and exploded near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (7-9) 26 @ British Columbia (8-8) 19

The Roughriders scored 2 touchdowns late in the game to defeat the Lions before 22,399 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Atlanta 2 @ Florida 5 (Florida led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Marlins scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to overcome a 2-1 deficit as they defeated the Braves before 53,857 fans at Pro Player Stadium.



10 years ago
2007

Politics and government
Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberal Party won a second consecutive majority in the Ontario provincial election. The Liberals won 71 of 107 seats in the Provincial Parliament, a decrease of one from the most recent election. The Progressive Conservatives, led by John Tory, were second with 26 seats--an increase of two from 2003--and the New Democratic Party, led by Howard Hampton, won 10 seats, an increase of three from 2003. There were four more seats in 2007 than in 2003.