October 2, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Julia Dimitrieva!

830 years ago
1187

War
Muslim forces led by Saladin captured Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

280 years ago
1737

Born on this date
Francis Hopkinson. U.S. author, musician, artist, politician, and judge. Mr. Hopkinson wrote satires in pamphlets; designed the American flag; and signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He played the harpsichord and wrote songs, becoming the first American-born composer to commit a song to paper (My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free (1759)). Mr. Hopkinson served as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania from 1789 until his death from an apoplectic seizure on May 9, 1791 at the age of 53.

170 years ago
1847

Communications
The Montreal Telegraph Company opened a line into Quebec.

130 years ago
1887

Sport
A fisherman caught a 12-foot sturgeon weighing 675 pounds (307 kilograms) in the Fraser River in British Columbia.

110 years ago
1907

Born on this date
Víctor Paz Estenssoro. President of Bolivia, 1952-1956, 1960-1964, 1985-1989. Mr. Paz, an independent socialist before co-founding the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Revolutionary Nationalist Movement) in 1941, ran for President eight times and was elected four times. His 1951 victory was annulled by a military junta led by Hugo Ballivián, and his 1964 victory was interrupted by the 1964 Bolivian coup d'état. Mr. Paz went into a long exile after being deposed in 1964, and controversially supported the military dictatorship of Hugo Banzer (1971-1978), but was elected for the final time in 1985, and retired after serving another term as President. He died on June 7, 2001 at the age of 93.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Charles Drake. U.S. actor. Mr. Drake, born Charles Ruppert, played supporting roles in such movies as Winchester '73 (1950); Harvey (1950); To Hell and Back (1955); and No Name on the Bullet (1959). He appeared in numerous television programs from the 1950s through the 1970s, and died on September 10, 2014 at the age of 76.

Christian de Duve. U.K.-born Belgian cytologist and biochemist. Dr. de Duve shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Albert Claude and George E. Palade "for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell." Dr. de Duve died on May 4, 2013 at the age of 95.

90 years ago
1927

Died on this date
Svante Arrhenius, 68. Swedish physicist and chemist. Dr. Arrhenius, one of the founders of physical chemistry, won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] his electrolytic theory of dissociation."

Baseball
Junior World Series
Toledo Mud Hens (American Association) 2 @ Buffalo Bisons (International League) 8 (Toledo led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Bisons scored 7 runs in the first 2 innings against former major league star pitcher Bullet Joe Bush and coasted to victory over the Mud Hens at Bison Stadium.

80 years ago
1937

Abominations
Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo ordered the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; hundreds were killed over the next five days, with some estimates ranging as high as 20,000-30,000.

Football
Canadian university
Alberta (0-1) 1 @ Saskatchewan (1-0) 16

Bud Weaver scored 2 touchdowns and Gerry Potts added another for the Huskies as they beat the Golden Bears before 2,000 fans at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.

Baseball
Jim Turner earned his 20th win of the season and batted 2 for 4 with 2 runs and a run batted in as the Boston Bees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1 before 1,220 fans at National League Park in Boston. Bob Allen started on the mound for Philadelphia and allowed 9 hits and 7 runs--4 earned--in 5 2/3 innings, walking 6 batters and striking out 4 in taking the loss for his only decision in his third and last major league game. Mr. Allen batted 1 for 2, singling in the 5th and scoring the only Philadelphia run in his last plate appearance.

Al Todd doubled home Arky Vaughan and Gus Suhr with 1 out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds before 1,020 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Lou Gehrig, Bill Dickey, George Selkirk, and Tommy Henrich hit home runs, and each man in the lineup had at least 1 hit as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 11-3 before 2,449 fans at Yankee Stadium. Red Ruffing pitched a 10-hit complete game, allowing 3 earned runs to finish 1937 with a 20-7 record, while singling and scoring a run. Rube Walberg, the fourth and last Boston pitcher of the game, allowed 4 hits and 1 run--earned--in 2 2/3 innings, walking 2 batters and striking out none, in the 547th and last game of his 15-year major league career.

75 years ago
1942

War
The U.S.S.R. denied a German claim to have captured the Stalingrad suburb of Orlovka. More than 80 U.S. Flying Fortresses and 400 Allied fighters swept the occupied coast of France, losing six planes. Australian troops in New Guineatook and passed Menari, 38 miles from Port Moresby, without catching up with retreating Japanese forces. In completing two days of air assaults on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, U.S. pilots downed five Japanese seaplanes and hit two cargo ships.

Defense
Cuba and Mexico signed an agreement whereby they would exchange air and naval facilities and information in fighting Axis submarines in the Gulf of Mexico.

Aviation
U.S. Army General Hap Arnold, returning from a tour of the Pacific war zone, completed a flight from Brisbane, Australia to San Francisco in a record time of 35 hours 53 minutes.

Diplomacy
U.S.envoy Wendell Willkie arrived in Chungking to confer with Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Congress passed, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, an anti-inflation bill authorizng the President to fix wages and prices and putting a parity floor of 90% under several farm products.

Disasters
The British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rammed and sank her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland, killing 239 crewmen aboard the Curacoa.

Boxing
Welterweight Sugar Ray Robinson (36-0) won a 10-round unanimous decision over middleweight Jake LaMotta (25-5-2) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Football
Winnipeg City Rugby Football League
University of Manitoba (0-2) 2 @ RCAF (2-0-1) 10

Johnny Lake and Chick Chikowski scored touchdowns for the Fliers. Dave Greenberg punted for 2 singles for the Bisons. The game was played at Osborne Stadium.

70 years ago
1947

Diplomacy
The Jewish Agency for Palestine officially accepted United Nations plans for the partitioning of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 8 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 9 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Dodgers opened the scoring with 6 runs in the bottom of the 2nd and barely held on to defeat the Yankees before 33,098 fans at Ebbets Field.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers
2 Diana--Paul Anka
3 Chances Are--Johnny Mathis
4 Tammy--Debbie Reynolds
--The Ames Brothers
5 That'll Be the Day--The Crickets
--Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes
6 Mr. Lee--The Bobbettes
7 Fascination--Jane Morgan
--Dick Jacobs and his Chorus and Orchestra
8 Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On--Jerry Lee Lewis
9 Hula Love--Buddy Knox
10 And That Reminds Me--Della Reese
--Kay Starr

The version of That'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes was recorded in 1956 for Decca Records, but wasn't released until after the version by the Crickets, on Brunswick Records, had become a hit.

At the movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by David Lean and starring Alec Guinness and William Holden, received its premiere screening in the United Kingdom.

Music
The Big Show, produced by Irvin Feld and headlined by Fats Domino, performed at Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth, Texas.

Politics and government
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally accepted the resignation of Defense Secretary Charles Wilson.

Football
ORFU
London (4-2-1) 40 @ Toronto (0-8) 0

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Braves 1 @ New York Yankees 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Whitey Ford pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Warren Spahn as the Yankees beat the Braves before 69,476 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees broke a scoreless tie with a run in the 5th inning and 2 in the 6th.



50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): All You Need is Love--The Beatles

Law
The Supreme Court of the United States began its 1967-68 session, with Thurgood Marshall being sworn in as the Court's first Negro member, replacing the retired Tom Fisk.

Boxing
Curtis Cokes (47-9-3) retained his world welterweight title with a technical knockout of Charley Shipes (31-2-2) at 1:37 of the 8th round at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena. Mr. Shipes was knocked down 4 times.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Telephone Line--Electric Light Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

Music
The Irish Rovers performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-6) 18 @ Montreal (8-4) 6
British Columbia (9-3) 15 @ Winnipeg (7-5) 19
Calgary (3-9) 17 @ Saskatchewan (7-5) 19

Chuck Ealey threw 2 touchdown passes for the Argonauts as they beat the Alouettes before 62,832 fans at Olympic Stadium.

Dieter Brock capped off a 68-yard drive with a 1-yard quarterback sneak for a touchdown late in the game to give the Blue Bombers their win over the Lions before a capacity crowd of 25,210 at Winnipeg Stadium.

2 singles by Bob Macoritti in the 4th quarter provided the winning margin for the Roughriders as they held on to defeat the Stampeders before 21,505 fans at Taylor Field in Regina.

Baseball
The New York Yankees, scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat the Detroit Tigers 8-7 before 18,778 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees had clinched the American League East Division pennant the previous day, and used a number of players who normally didn't see much playing time. Shortstop Mickey Klutts hit his first major league home run for the Yankees, while left fielder Gene Locklear batted 3 for 5 with a run and a run batted in, while making 2 putouts and an error in his only major league game of 1977 and the 292nd and last game of his 5-year major league career. Stan Thomas, the third New York pitcher of the game, allowed 4 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 4 innings, with 4 bases on balls and 1 strikeout, but was still the winning pitcher, finishing 1977 with a 3-6 record in the 111th and last game of his 4-year major league career.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley

Died on this date
Madeleine Carroll, 81. U.K. actress. Miss Carroll was popular in Britain and North America in movies such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), but gave up acting to tend to wounded servicemen and displaced children in the United Kingdom during World War II.

Peter Medawar, 72. Brazilian-born U.K. biologist. Sir Peter shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Frank Burnet of Australia "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance."

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-11) 19 @ Edmonton (9-4) 34

Matt Dunigan rushed for a touchdown and passed to Marco Cyncar, Brian Kelly, and Rick House for touchdowns as the Eskimos scored 17 points in each half to defeat the Rough Riders before 31,331 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in 80 F. weather. Mr. Cyncar’s touchdown, with 19 seconds remaining in the 2nd quarter, was set up by an interception of a Joe Paopao pass by Don Wilson, and came just 1:11 after Mr. Paopao had completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Alphin. The other Ottawa touchdown came in the 4th quarter: backup quarterback Brad Taylor entered the game with the Rough Riders in possession at their own 1-yard line after recovering an Edmonton fumble, and drove the team 109 yards, finishing with a handoff to Cedric Minter for a 2-yard touchdown run. The big play of the drive was a 67-yard pass from Mr. Taylor to Troy Smith.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers erased a 3-0 deficit and edged the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 before 45,167 fans at Tiger Stadium to move into a tie with the Blue Jays for first place in the American League East Division with 2 games remaining in the regular season. Toronto shortstop Manny Lee hit a 3-run home run off Detroit starting pitcher Doyle Alexander in the top of the 2nd inning, but the Tigers came back in the bottom of the inning with Scott Lusader's first major league home run, a 2-run shot off Toronto starter Jim Clancy. Alan Trammell's home run off Mr. Clancy tied the score in the bottom of the 3rd, and the Tigers scored the go-ahead run later in the inning off Mr. Clancy, who was relieved by David Wells. The Blue Jays had runners on first and second bases in the top of the 8th, but Mike Henneman relieved Mr. Alexander and put out the fire.

Spike Owen hit a solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 20,077 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

The Oakland Athletics scored 2 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 2-2 tie as they edged the Chicago White Sox 4-3 before 8,226 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Bob James allowed 2 hits and 2 runs--earned--in 2 innings of relief, walking 2 and striking out none, to take the loss, dropping to 4-6 for the season in the 279th and last game of his 8-year major league career.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (2nd week at #1)

At the movies
Of Mice and Men, produced, directed by, and co-starring Gary Sinise, opened in theatres.

World events
Relief flights to Sarajevo, Yugoslavia resumed. They had been cancelled for nearly a month after an Italian cargo plane had been shot down.

Brazilian paramilitary police invaded the overcrowded Casa de Detencao, the country’s largest prison, to quell a riot. 111 prisoners died during the conflict.

Politics and government
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello, facing trial in the Senate on accusations of complicity in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme, surrendered his powers. Mr. Collor’s wife was also under investigation for allegedly embezzling money from a federal charity she operated. Vice-President Itamar Augusto Franco took over as acting President.

Law
The United States House of Representatives voted 266-148 to overturn President George Bush’s veto of a bill that sought to overturn an administration regulation prohibiting abortion counselling at federally-financed family planning clinics. Fortunately, the vote fell 10 short of overturning the veto.

Canadiana
A temporary ban on sightseeing flights around Niagara Falls was put in place, three days after four people had been killed in the collision of two helicopters.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that unemployment in September had decreased 0.1% to 7.5%. The U.S.A. had, however, lost 57,000 jobs, and private sector jobs showed a net loss of 25,000 since President George Bush had taken office in 1989.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (6-7) 25 @ Edmonton (8-5) 45

Tom Muecke, who relieved injured starter Tracy Ham at quarterback in the 2nd quarter, threw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Eskimos over the Blue Bombers before a Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 26,680. Mr. Ham rushed 26 yards for a touchdown and completed 13 of 19 passes for 178 yards, including a 39-yard pass to Jim Sandusky for another TD, before injuring his groin. Mr. Muecke completed 17 of 22 passes for 348 yards and touchdowns of 15 yards to Craig Ellis, 68 yards to Mr. Sandusky, and 20 yards to Henry “Gizmo” Williams. Winnipeg quarterback Matt Dunigan threw touchdown passes to Gerald Alphin, Frank Pillow, and Michael Richardson. The Eskimos accumulated 639 yards in net offense. Winnipeg linebacker Chris Tsangaris started taking cheap shots at Mr. Williams, so Edmonton head coach Ron Lancaster finally decided to insert linebacker Mike McLean into the offensive backfield to settle things with Mr. Tsangaris.



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 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Mitä vaan--Apulanta

Diplomacy
Canada recalled her Ambassador to Israel after the discovery that the Israeli intelligence organization Mossad had been using forged Canadian passports.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Baltimore 9 @ Seattle 3 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 2-0)

Cleveland 7 @ New York 5 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Tex Coulter, 83. U.S.-born football player. DeWitt Coulter was a tackle and punter with the New York Giants (1946-1952) and Montreal Alouettes (1953-1956). He was named to the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union All-Star team from 1953-1955, and was the first winner of the Schenley Award as the Most Outstanding Lineman in Canadian football in 1955. Mr. Coulter was also a skilled artist, and for many years produced the official portraits of Schenley Award winners. He moved back to Texas, and died on his 83rd birthday.

George Grizzard, 79. U.S. actor. Mr. Grizzard appeared in numerous plays and television programs, winning an Emmy Award for his supporting performance in the made-for-television movie The Oldest Living Graduate (1980) and a Tony Award for his starring role in A Delicate Balance (1996). His best-known movie role was probably as unscrupulous senator Fred Van Ackerman in Advise & Consent (1962). Mr. Grizzard died of lung cancer.

Diplomacy
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun walked across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il.