October 20, 2017

190 years ago
1827

War
A combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by British, French, and Russian naval forces in the Ionian Sea in the Battle of Navarino, the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

130 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Yasuhiko Asaka. Japanese royal family member. Prince Yasuhiko was a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese royal family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was commander of Japanese forces in the final assault on Nanking in December 1937 and was alleged to have been a perpetrator of the massacre known as the Rape of Nanking, but was never charged. Prince Yasuhiko was stripped of his royal status in 1947, converted to Roman Catholicism in 1951, and spent his later years playing golf and designing golf courses. He died on April 12, 1981 at the age of 93.

Died on this date
Lewis Wallbridge, 70. Canadian politician. Mr. Wallbridge, a native of Belleville, Upper Canada, represented Hastings South in the Legislative Assembly of Province of Canada from 1857-1867, and served in 1863 as Solicitor General and as the last Speaker of the Assembly from 1863-1866.

Politics and government
Québec Premier Honoré Mercier hosted Canada's first interprovincial premiers conference in Quebec City. The five premiers adopted 21 resolutions for free trade with the United States. Prime Minister John A. Macdonald was invited, but refused to attend.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns vs. Detroit Wolverines @ Washington (postponed, rain) (Detroit led 15-game series 7-2)

120 years ago
1897

Business
The Kootenay Coal Company was incorporated federally; it was headquartered in Montréal, with James Baker as president and George Cox as vice-president.

110 years ago
1907

Born on this date
Arlene Francis. U.S. actress and television personality. Miss Francis, born Arline Francis Kazanjian, appeared in plays, and movies such as Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and All My Sons (1948), and hosted radio programs, but was best known for her work in television, particularly as a panelist on the quiz show What's My Line? (1950-1967, 1968-1975). She died of Alzheimer's disease and cancer on May 31, 2001 at the age of 93.

100 years ago
1917

Football
Ottawa Patriotic Football League
Ottawa Rough Riders (1-0) 12 Civil Service (0-1) 1

Winnipeg Patriotic Rugby Football League
Granites (1-3) 33 Arenas (3-1) 0

A. Gherke returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown as the Granites shut out the Arenas on the grounds of Wesley College.

75 years ago
1942

At the movies
Night Monster, starring Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, opened in theatres.

War
A communique from Moscow reported that two German attacks--one by 40 tanks and the second by 30--had been repulsed inside Stalingrad, with German prisoners admitting that they had lost 70% of their men in the last few days. The U.S. Navy Department announced the loss of 11 Allied merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean recently, with 212 people missing.

Politics and government
The entire Chilean cabinet resigned in order to give President Juan Antonio Rios "freedom of action so he can resolve the present political crisis."

Economics and finance
The U.S. Congress passed the largest tax bill in American history and sent it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Labour
French Prime Minister Pierre Laval told the country's workers to obey his orders to "volunteer" for labour in Germany, otherwise Germans would mobilize all the French workers they wanted.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra (3rd week at #1)
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters
--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra
2 Feudin' and Fightin'--Dorothy Shay
--Jo Stafford
--Bing Crosby and the Jesters
3 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)--Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
--Phil Harris and his Orchestra
4 When You were Sweet Sixteen--Perry Como and the Satisfiers
5 I Wish I Didn't Love You So--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Betty Hutton
--Dinah Shore
--Dick Haymes
6 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now--Ted Weems and his Orchestra with Perry Como
--Perry Como
7 Peg o' My Heart--The Harmonicats
--Three Suns
--Art Lund
--Buddy Clark
--Clark Dennis
8 You Do--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Margaret Whiting
--Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
--Dinah Shore
--Vic Damone
9 I Have But One Heart (O Marinariello)--Vic Damone
10 Tallahassee--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters

Singles entering the chart were the version of I Wish I Didn't Love You So by Dick Haymes; Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year) (#22)/The Stars Will Remember (#35) by Frank Sinatra; Ballerina (#32)/The Stars Will Remember (also #35, charting with the version by Frank Sinatra) by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra; and Too Late by Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (#39). Dick Haymes' version of I Wish I Didn't Love You So was the other side of Naughty Angeline, charting at #27 with the versions by Kay Kyser and his Orchestra, and the King Cole Trio.

Diplomacy
Brazil severed relations with the U.S.S.R. because of "slanderous" attacks in the Soviet press against Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

The United States established diplomatic relations with Pakistan.

The U.S. State Department banned publication of Major General Albert Wedemeyer's report on China because it contained information "harmful to the interests of the countries concerned."

Duff Cooper resigned as U.K. Ambassador to France, and was succeeded by Sir Oliver Charles Harvey.

Defense
The Arab Youth Organization in Jerusalem urged young Palestinian Arabs to register for possible military service.

Politics and government
Soviet delegates on the Joint Trusteeship Committee for Korea left Seoul, as the U.S. State Department informed the U.S.S.R. that it regarded Korean independence as an issue for the United Nations to consider.

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the motion picture industry. Hollywood producers Jack Warner, Sam Wood, and Louis B. Mayer testified, accusing 14 screenwriters and 4 directors of Communist or other "un-American" sympathies.

Journalism
The U.S.S.R. Foreign Ministry dissolved the Anglo-American Association of Correspondents in Moscow, formed in 1942.

Boxing
Rinty Monaghan (48-8-7) won the vacant National Boxing Association and Eire Board of Boxing Control world flyweight title with a 15-round decision over Dado Marino (35-6-1) at Harringay Arena in London. Mr. Monaghan had lost by disqualification to Mr. Marino three months earlier. The British Board of Boxing Control didn't sanction the bout as a world title fight.

60 years ago
1957

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Perfect Crime, starring Vincent Price and James Gregory

World events
Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Salah el-Din was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, former Defense Minister Abdel Fattah Hassan to 12 years, and General Ahmed Atf Nassar to life in prison following their conviction of complicity in a plot against President Gamal Nasser.

Diplomacy
Mecca radio announced an offer by King Saud of Saudi Arabia to mediate in the Turkish-Syrian dispute.

Politics and government
National Democratic Movement candidate Miguel Ortiz Passarelli took 51.64% of the vote in the Guatemalan presidential election, but the election was voided three days later because of protests about electoral fraud. A new presidential election was held on January 19, 1958.

Economics and finance
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland disclosed plans for the establishment of a Scandinavian customs union and common investment plan.

The New York Times listed Dallas oilman H.L. Hunt as the richest American, ranking him with King Saud of Saudi Arabia, the Sheikh of Kuwait, the Sheikh of Qatar, and the Nizam of Hyderabad among the world's five richest men.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie (5th week at #1)

Edmonton's top 10 (CJCA)
1 The Letter--The Box Tops (4th week at #1)
2 Run, Run, Run--The Third Rail
3 To Sir with Love--Lulu
4 Gimme Little Sign--Brenton Wood
5 Lightning's Girl--Nancy Sinatra
6 Sunshine Games--The Music Explosion
7 Let it All Hang Out--The Hombres
8 San Franciscan Nights--Eric Burdon & the Animals
9 Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)--The Buckinghams
10 How Can I Be Sure--The Young Rascals
Pick hit of the week: Love of the Common People--Wayne Newton
New this week: Play While She Dances--Stephen Monahan
Kentucky Woman--Neil Diamond
You Better Sit Down Kids--Cher
Love of the Common People--The Everly Brothers
Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart--Gene Pitney

Died on this date
Shigeru Yoshida, 89. Prime Minister of Japan, 1946-1947, 1948-1954. Mr. Yoshida, a member of various versions of the Liberal Party, served as Prime Minister under Allied occupation after World War II. His policy of emphasis on economic recovery while relying on U.S. military protection became known as the Yoshida Doctrine.

Popular culture
Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject, which they claimed was a Bigfoot, at Six Rivers National Forest in California.



Protest
In a culmination of five days of anti-war protests, an estimated 4,000 demonstrators in Oakland, California held the biggest protest yet against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Labour
The Union Nationale government of Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson convened a special session of the Legislative Assembly to pass Bill 1, ending the 30-day strike of 6,300 Montreal transit workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN). The law provided for the resumption of services in 48 hours; compulsory arbitration, and sanctions for trade unions; strikers and their leaders in case of disobedience. The strike was impeding access to the Expo 67 world's fair. The workers eventually received satisfaction on all of their claims.

The United Auto Workers of Canada ended their 44-day strike with Ford Motor Company of Canada in Oakville, Ontario.

40 years ago
1977

Died on this date
Cassie Gaines, 29. U.S. singer. Ronnie Van Zant, 29; Steve Gaines, 28. U.S. musicians. Miss Gaines was a backup singer for the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, and her brother Steve and Mr. Van Zant were two of the band's leading members. Lynyrd Skynyrd had performed at Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina the previous night and were on their way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana when their Convair CV-240 plane ran out of fuel and crashed near McComb, Mississippi, killing the three in addition to road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray. 20 passengers, including other members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, survived, some with serious injuries. The crash occurred just three days after the release of the band's album Street Survivors.

World events
A military junta led by Defense Minister Admiral Sa-ngad Chaloryu peacefully overthrew the civilian government in Thailand, led by Prime Minister Thanin Kravichen, that it had established a year earlier, citing dissatisfaction with the pace of the Prime Minister's 12-year reform program.

Crime
Thomas Michael Hannan, an alleged bank robber, hijacked a Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 jet at Grand Isle, Nebraska and forced it to Atlanta, demanding that George David Stewart, his homosexual partner, be freed from an Atlanta jail. Mr. Hannan also asked for $3 million, two parachutes, and a variety of weapons. Messrs. Hannan and Stewart had been apprehended in September in connection with an Atlanta bank robbery, with Mr. Hannan being released after posting a $25,000 bond. Mr. Hannan released all women and children and a heart patient on a refueling stop at Kansas City. Upon landing at Atlanta, Mr. Hannan released all remaining passengers unharmed and then shot himself to death.

30 years ago
1987

Economics and finance
U.S. President Ronald Reagan stated that the U.S. economy was fundamentally sound, despite the previous day’s stock market decline. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange set a record with 608.12 million shares traded, and a rally limited to blue chip stocks raised the Dow Jones industrial average 102.27 points. The London market closed a two-day decline of more than 21%, and the values on Tokyo’s exchange fell almost 15%.

Politics and government
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone named former finance minister Noboru Takeshita to replace him as leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, and as a result, Prime Minister.

Baseball
World Series
Minnesota Twins 1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 3 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Vince Coleman drove in 2 runs with a double and Ozzie Smith singled him home as the Cardinals scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to defeat the Twins before 55,347 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. John Tudor pitched 7 innings and was credited with the win, while Juan Berenguer, who had entered the game in the 7th in relief of starter Les Straker, took the loss.



25 years ago
1992

Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 2 @ Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Braves broke a 1-1 tie with a run in the top of the 8th inning, but the Blue Jays tied the score in the bottom of the 8th and scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th before 51,813 fans at SkyDome in the first World Series game ever played outside the United States. Candy Maldonado's bases-loaded single off Jeff Reardon drove in the winning run. Toronto center fielder Devon White made a sensational catch of a drive by David Justice in the 4th inning and just missed starting a triple play--Terry Pendleton was called out for passing Deion Sanders on the basepath, and Mr. Sanders was tagged out before getting back to second base, but was erroneously ruled safe by umpire Bob Davidson.



20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Fly--Sugar Ray (2nd week at #1)
2 Anybody Seen My Baby?--The Rolling Stones
3 Building a Mystery--Sarah McLachlan
4 Foolish Games--Jewel
5 The Sound Of--Jann Arden
6 Push--Matchbox 20
7 I Don't Want to Wait--Paula Cole
8 Invisible Man--98 Degrees
9 On My Own--Peach Union
10 If You Could Only See--Tonic

Singles entering the chart were Don't Go Away by Oasis (#21); Hitchin' a Ride by Green Day (#23); Do What I Can by Sass Jordan (#41); Surrounded by Chantal Kreviazuk (#48); Touch Peel Stand by Days of the New (#49); Criminal by Fiona Apple (#50); Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea (#52); Still Waters by the Bee Gees (#74); and One Day of Kisses by Carol Medina (#81).

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Max McGee, 75. U.S. football player. Mr. McGee was a wide receiver with the Green Bay Packers in 1954 and from 1957-1967, catching 345 passes for 6,346 yards and 50 touchdowns. He played on National Football League championship teams in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967--the latter two of which won the first two Super Bowls. Mr. McGee was best known for his performance in the first Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs on January 15, 1967. He had caught only 4 passes all year and was out on the town in Los Angeles all night before the game, not expecting to play. Starting receiver Boyd Dowler went down with a shoulder separation early in the game, and Mr. McGee was sent in to replace him. Mr. McGee proceeded to catch 7 passes for 138 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 37-yard reception from Bart Starr for the first touchdown in Super Bowl history. Mr. McGee was a colour commentator on radio broadcasts of Packers games from 1979-1998. He died after suffering injuries from a fall while removing leaves from the roof of his home.

Football
CFL
Toronto (9-7) 16 @ Montreal (7-9) 9
Edmonton (5-10-1) 26 @ British Columbia (12-3-1) 37

Noel Prefontaine kicked 3 field goals to help the Argonauts defeat the Alouettes before 44,510 fans at Olympic Stadium.

Jarious Jackson threw touchdown passes to Paris Jackson and Ricky Foley, and Ian Smart returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown early in the 3rd quarter to help the Lions defeat the Eskimos before 37,011 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Joe Smith rushed 1 yard for the other B.C. touchdown in the 3rd quarter. Jason Tucker scored the first Edmonton touchdown on a 53-yard pass from Stefan LeFors in the 1st quarter. Steven Jyles, who relieved Mr. LeFors, rushed 1 yard for the other Edmonton TD in the 2nd quarter.

CIS
Saskatchewan (5-2) 28 @ Alberta (2-6) 13

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Cleveland 2 @ Boston 12 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

J.D. Drew hit a a grand slam in the bottom of the 1st inning and the Red Sox added 6 runs in the 3rd as they coasted to victory over the Indians before 37,163 fans at Fenway Park.