October 21, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Donna Morrow!

220 years ago
1797

Defense
The 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor.

180 years ago
1837

War
Seminole chief Osceola was captured by the United States Army as he was carrying a white flag of truce during the Second Seminole War in Florida.

150 years ago
1867

Died on this date
George Wilkins Kendall, 60. U.S. journalist. Mr. Kendall was editor of the New Orleans Picayune.

Diplomacy
The first of the Medicine Lodge Treaties was signed between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma.

130 years ago
1887

Politics and government
Québec Premier Honoré Mercier hosted a grand banquet to close Canada's first interprovincial premiers conference. The five premiers adopted 21 resolutions, including one for free trade with the United States. Prime Minister John A. Macdonald declined to attend.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 11 Detroit Wolverines 4 @ Washington (Detroit led 15-game series 7-3)

Arlie Latham hit a home run and acted as the pivot man in a triple play to help the Browns defeat the Wolverines in a game that was played in the morning before 1,261 fans at the Swampdoodle Grounds after being rained out the day before. Curt Welch also homered for the Browns, while Hardy Richardson homered for the Wolverines. Bob Caruthers (3-3) won the pitching matchup over Charlie Getzein (3-2).

Detroit Wolverines 13 St. Louis Browns 3 @ Baltimore (Detroit led 15-game series 8-3)

The Wolverines scored 3 runs in the 4th inning, 4 in the 5th, and 4 in the 6th as they defeated the Browns before 2,707 fans at Union Park in a game that was played in the afternoon. Each team made 7 errors. Lady Baldwin (3-0) won the pitching matchup over Dave Foutz (0-3).

125 years ago
1892

Americana
Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition were held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.

Baseball
Kid Nichols pitched a shutout as the Boston Beaneaters blanked the Cleveland Spiders 4-0 before 6,547 fans at South End Grounds in Boston to take a 3-0-1 lead in their National League championship playoff series.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Dizzy Gillespie. U.S. musician. John Birks Gillespie was one of the world's most famous jazz trumpeters and was one of the founders of the genre of jazz known as bebop. He died at the age of 75 on January 6, 1993.

War
American soldiers first saw action in World War I on the front lines in France.

75 years ago
1942

War
U.K. Foreign Secretary said that captured Nazi official Rudolf Hess was considered a prisoner of war and his immediate trial as a war criminal was not contemplated. Russian troops repulsed Nazi attacks in Stalingrad and in the Mozdok area of the Caucasus. Major General Mark Clark and seven other U.S. Army officers left on a secret trip to the North African coast to gather political and military information to prepare for Allied landings. Attacking for the first time since landing reinforcements, Japanese forces were repulsed on the western flank of the American line on Guadalcanal.

Politics and government
South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts addressed the British Parliament, saying that the German Army was being bled to death by the Russians and that Russia was bearing "more than her share of the common burden."



Attorney General Gordon Conant was sworn in as Premier of Ontario, succeeding Mitchell Hepburn, who had resigned. Mr. Hepburn announced that he would remain leader of the Liberal Party.

Crime
John and Elsie Mehrtens of Edmonton were fined $60 for hoarding 69 pounds of coffee and 1 pound of tea in violation of Canadian rationing regulations in force during World War II.

In New York, U.S. Federal Judge Alfred Barksdale imposed maximum prison terms of five years each on 24 members of the German-American Bund for conspiracy to evade the draft.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a record tax bill which would raise federal taxes to about $25 billion per year.

Religion
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston William Cardinal O'Connell said that the Catholic Church unequivocally opposed birth control and viewed it as "the decadence of pagan license."

70 years ago
1947

War
German U-Boat U-190, the submarine that sank the Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Esquimalt off Halifax on April 16, 1945, with a loss of 44 of her ship's company, was sunk in a memorial ceremony near the grave of Esquimalt.

Diplomacy
Over a Soviet protest, the United Nations General Assembly passed a U.S. resolution to set up a permanent Balkan Commission to watch Greece's northern frontier and conciliate or recommend Assembly action in any border dispute.

Chile severed relations with the U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia, accusing both nations of instigating recent unrest among coal miners.

Politics and government
Princess Elizabeth formally accompanied King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the opening of the British Parliament for the first time, as the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced that it would seek to halve the length of time the House of Lords could delay measures passed by the House of Commons.

Actor Adolphe Menjou appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities and accused the Screen Actors Guild of being "Communist-dominated." He cited the movies Mission to Moscow (1943) and The North Star (1943) as examples of Communist propaganda in Hollywood.

Academia
Governors of 13 southern U.S. states ended a conference in Asheville, North Carolina after approving plans for regional professional schools separating Negro and white students.

Economics and finance
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King removed price ceilings on most meat products, coincident with the announcement of wage raises at two major meat-packing firms, Swift Canadian Company, and Burns nd Company.

The Dun and Bradstreet daily wholesale commodity price index reached a record high of 191% of the 1930-32 level.

Scandal
The U.S. Aid Mission in Greece discovered supplies worth $75 million in warehouses and docks, kept off the market in order to maintain high prices.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice--Elvis Presley (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Chances Are--Johnny Mathis (Disc Jockey--1st week at #1); Wake Up Little Susie--The Everly Brothers (Top 100--1st week at #1)

Diplomacy
The Turkish government announced its formal acceptance of Saudi Arabian King Saud's offer of mediation in the Turkish-Syrian dispute.

Politics and government
Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Governor of Jamaica since 1951, was appointed Governor of Cyprus to succeed Field Marshal Sir John Harding.

Crime
U.S. Army Sergeant Roy Rhodes testified in Brooklyn during the espionage trial of alleged Soviet spy Rudolf Abel that he had sold military and other information to the U.S.S.R. while stationed at the U.S. embassy garage in Moscow in 1952-1953.

Society
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reverse an order issued by a federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia against delaying racial integration in public schools due to provisions of the Virginia Pupil Placement Act.

Football
WIFU
Saskatchewan (2-11-1) 19 @ Winnipeg (10-4) 27

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck

#1 single in France: Une Larme aux Nuages--Salvatore Adamo (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): A Whiter Shade of Pale--Procol Harum (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts--The Bee Gees

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts--The Bee Gees

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): To Sir with Love--Lulu

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 To Sir with Love--Lulu
2 Never My Love--The Association
3 The Letter--The Box Tops
4 How Can I Be Sure--The Young Rascals
5 Little Ole Man (Uptight–Everything’s Alright)--Bill Cosby
6 Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)--The Buckinghams
7 Soul Man--Sam & Dave
8 Gimme Little Sign--Brenton Wood
9 Dandelion--The Rolling Stones
10 Your Precious Love--Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Singles entering the chart were Lady Bird by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#69); I Say a Little Prayer by Dionne Warwick (#70); Keep the Ball Rollin' by Jay and the Techniques (#74); Glad to Be Unhappy by the Mamas and the Papas (#78); Homburg by Procol Harum (#81); Wake Up, Wake Up by the Grass Roots (#82); Like an Old Time Movie by Scott McKenzie (#83); I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#84); Mr. Dream Merchant by Jerry Butler (#86); You Can Lead Your Woman to the Altar by Oscar Toney, Jr. (#89); All Your Goodies are Gone (The Loser's Seat) by the Parliaments (#92); On a Saturday Night by Eddie Floyd (#95); What've I Done (To Make You Mad) by Linda Jones (#96); Back on the Street Again by the Sunshine Company (#97); Suzanne by Noel Harrison (#98); Heigh-Ho by the Fifth Estate (#99); Sweet, Sweet Lovin' by the Platters (#100); and By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Glen Campbell (also #100).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Never My Love--The Association
2 Little Ole Man (Uptight–Everything’s Alright)--Bill Cosby
3 Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)--The Buckinghams
4 How Can I Be Sure--The Young Rascals
5 I Had a Dream--Paul Revere and the Raiders
6 The Boat that I Row--Lulu
7 Hole in My Shoe--Traffic
8 The Letter--The Box Tops
9 Dandelion--The Rolling Stones
10 Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil--Jefferson Airplane

Singles entering the chart were Big Boss Man by Elvis Presley (#77); Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba (#80); (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You that I Need by the Temptations (#83); You Mean the World to Me by David Houston (#84); Raining in My Heart by the Eternals (#86); Kentucky Woman by Neil Diamond (#88); Beg, Borrow and Steal by Ohio Express (#90); Wake Up, Wake Up by the Grass Roots (#93); Jezebel by The Witness Inc. (#94); The Idol by the Fortunes (#96); Next Plane to London by the Rose Garden (#97); Buses by Hung Jury (#98); (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls by Dionne Warwick (#99); and Be My Love by Mel Carter (#100). (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls, as the title indicates, was from the movie; the version released on the single was a re-recording of the version that appeared in the film, and was originally released as the B-side of I Say a Little Prayer.

Vancouver's top 10 (CKLG)
1 How Can I Be Sure--The Young Rascals
2 Get Together--The Youngbloods
3 Hole in My Shoe--Traffic
4 Incense and Peppermints--Strawberry Alarm Clock
5 I Can See for Miles--The Who
6 Expressway to Your Heart--Soul Survivors
7 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
8 Little Ole Man (Uptight–Everything’s Alright)--Bill Cosby
9 Come Back When You Grow Up--Bobby Vee and the Strangers
10 Walkin' Proud--Pete Klint Quintet

Singles entering the chart were She is Still a Mystery by the Lovin' Spoonful (#24); Itchycoo Park by Small Faces (#27); Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba (#28); (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You that I Need by the Temptations (#29); and Kentucky Woman by Neil Diamond (#30).

War
An Egyptian patrol boat, using a new Soviet Styx missile, sank the Israeli destroyer Elath several miles outside United Arab Republic waters.

Protest
More than 100,000 anti-war protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. Similar demonstrations against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War occurred simultaneously at U.S. consulates in Toronto and other large Canadian cities, including Edmonton, as well as in Japan and Western Europe.

Football
CFL
Montreal (2-9) 24 @ Edmonton (7-6-1) 30

Terry Baker, making his first start at quarterback, rushed for a touchdown and pitched out to Jim Thomas, who rushed 72 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to help the Eskimos defeat the Alouettes before 16,000 fans at Clarke Stadium, clinching a playoff spot for the second straight season. Garry Lefebvre scored the other Edmonton touchdown, while Peter Kempf added 3 converts and 3 field goals. The Eskimos led 20-0 at one point.

CIAU
Bishop's (3-2) 0 @ Waterloo Lutheran (4-0) 56
McMaster (4-0) 51 @ Laurentian (0-5) 0
Ottawa (3-1) 21 @ Loyola (0-4) 0
Montreal (2-3) 6 @ Carleton (3-1) 61
Waterloo (2-2) 34 @ Guelph (1-4) 0
Royal Military College (2-2) 26 Macdonald (2-2) 0
Alberta (4-1) 27 @ Saskatchewan (3-3) 4

John Violini, Les Sorenson, and Val Schneider scored touchdowns within a 4-minute span in the 2nd half as the Golden Bears turned a 6-3 lead into a 27-3 lead and coasted to victory over the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Gil Mather scored the first Alberta touchdown on a 25-yard interception return in the 2nd quarter. Mr. Sorenson rushed 15 times for 149 yards.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Yes Sir, I Can Boogie--Baccara (10th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Belfast--Boney M.

#1 single in France: La Java de Broadway--Michel Sardou (2nd week at #1)

On the radio
The fourth station of the Canadian all-news network CKO began broadcasting in London, Ontario at 97.5 FM.

Music
Neil Sedaka performed at Edmonton Coliseum; tickets were priced from $6.50-$8.50.

Diplomacy
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro returned from meetings with Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley.

Environment
Representatives of 13 Mediterranean nations meeting in Venice agreed to regulate the dumping of wastes into the sea.

Football
CIAU
Manitoba (3-4) 12 @ Calgary (5-2) 20

The Dinosaurs' win over the Bisons at McMahon Stadium was the first university game that this blogger ever attended.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (4th week at #1)

Canadiana
Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Dorval Airport in Montreal to begin a visit to Canada; the following day she made a speech praising the distinct character of Québec.

Abominations
60-70 Tamil patients and staff at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka were killed by Indian Army soldiers, who maintained that they had been fired upon.

Diplomacy
Honduran President Jose Ascona met with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington and asked that U.S. military aid to the Nicaraguan Contras be suspended until at least January 1988.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average rose by a record 186.84 points.

Baseball
World Series
Minnesota Twins 2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 7 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Cardinals broke a 1-1 tie with 6 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning before 55,347 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. The key hit was a 3-run home run by third baseman Tom Lawless, who had hit just .080 (2 for 25) during the regular season; the homer was just the second of his major league career. Bob Forsch, who relieved starting pitcher Greg Mathews with 2 out in the 4th inning, pitched 2 2/3 innings and was credited with the win. Frank Viola lasted just 3 1/3 innings in taking the loss.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Om du var min--Mauro Scocco (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Politics as Usual

Died on this date
Jim Garrison, 70. U.S. attorney. Mr. Garrison was the District Attorney for New Orleans Parish from 1961-1973. He was known for investigating the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and his efforts resulted in charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw, who was acquitted. Mr. Garrison's book On the Trail of the Assassins (1988) provided some of the inspiration for the movie JFK (1991). Mr. Garrison died of cancer, 30 days befere his 71st birthday.

Personal
As I was driving to Edmonton from Enoch in the afternoon, I saw a bald eagle. I'd never seen one in person before or since, and it was a beautiful sight.

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

Devon White singled home Kelly Gruber with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th inning to provide the winning margin as Jimmy Key pitched 7 2/3 innings to win the duel over Tom Glavine before 52,090 fans at SkyDome.



20 years ago
1997

Baseball
World Series
Florida Marlins 14 @ Cleveland Indians 11 (Florida led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Marlins came back from a 7-3 deficit to tie the score and then erupted for 7 runs in the top of the 9th inning and withstood a 4-run rally in the bottom of the 9th to defeat the Indians at Jacobs Field.







10 years ago
2007

Football
CFL
Hamilton (2-14) 11 @ Saskatchewan (11-5) 38

Kerry Joseph rushed for 2 touchdowns and passed for another to lead the Roughriders over the Tiger-Cats before 28,800 fans at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Cleveland 2 @ Boston 11 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3)

The Red Sox scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning and 6 in the 8th before 37,165 fans at Fenway Park to clinch their second AL pennant in the last four years.