October 3, 2017

625 years ago
1392

Europeana
Muhammed VII became the 12th Sultan of the Emirate of Granada following the death of Yusuf II.

150 years ago
1867

Died on this date
Elias Howe, 48. U.S. inventor. Mr. Howe invented the modern sewing machine in 1846. He died of gout and a large blood clot.

War
Brazilian forces defeated Paraguayan forces near the southern Paraguayan village of Humaitá.

Supporters of Giuseppe Garibaldi fought against Papal troops in the Italian province of Viterbo.

Protest
Whiskey riots took place in Philadelphia.

Disasters
Galveston, Texas was hit by a destructive gale and flood.

90 years ago
1927

Communications
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King inaugurated the first transatlantic telephone service to the United Kingdom by chatting with British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.

80 years ago
1937

Baseball
On the last day of the season, Johnny Allen of the Cleveland Indians suffered his only loss of the season after 15 straight wins when the Indians lost 1-0 to the Detroit Tigers before 22,000 fans at Navin Field in Detroit. Winning pitcher Jake Wade (7-10) allowed just 1 hit: a 2-out single by Hal Trosky in the 7th inning. The only run scored in the first inning when Hank Greenberg singled home Pete Fox with a sharp ground ball that got by Cleveland third baseman Sammy Hale. Mr. Allen almost came to blows with Mr. Hale after the game.

Zeke Bonura doubled home Rip Radcliff and Luke Appling in the top of the 11th to give the Chicago White Sox a 2-0 win over the St. Louis Browns in the first game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Thornton Lee (12-10) pitched a 7-hit shutout, while losing pitcher Les Tietje (1-2) also pitched a 7-hit complete game. The White Sox scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning and 4 in the 4th to win 7-2 in the second game, which was called because of darkness after 5 innings. Monte Stratton allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 3 innings, but was credited with the win, finishing 1937 with a record of 15-5. He was relieved by George Gick, who pitched 2 hitless innings of relief to get the save in his first major league game.

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 (4th week at #1)

At the movies
Street of Chance, directed by Jack Hively, and starring Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor, opened in theatres.



War
Australian troops continued their push up the Owen Stanley Mountains in New Guinea, reaching Efogi without opposition.

Defense
The first successful launch of a V-2 rocket took place from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It became the first man-made object to reach space.

Crime
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that proceedings would begin for all former officials and members of the German-American Bund on charges of falsely obtaining American citizenship papers.

Economics and finance
Under new legislative authority, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the immediate stabilization of farm prices, rents, wages, and salaries, and created an Office of Economic Stabilization headed by James Byrnes.

Football
Ottawa Senior City Football League
Rough Riders 6 RCAF Uplands 0 (Exhibition)

5,000 attended the game at Lansdowne Park.

ORFU
Toronto RCAF (2-0) 40 Toronto Balmy Beach (0-2) 6
Hamilton (2-0) 13 @ Toronto Oakwood Indians (1-1) 6
HMCS York (1-1) 25 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (0-2) 1

John Poplowski scored 2 touchdowns for the Hurricanes in their rout of Balmy Beach.

Al Lenard scored a touchdown, convert, and 2 field goals for the Wildcats in their win over the Indians. 10,000 attended the doubleheader at Varsity Stadium.

Hugh Cuddie scored a touchdown in each quarter to lead HMCS York over the Panthers.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ New York Yankees 0 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Ernie White pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Spud Chandler as the Cardinals shut out the Yankees before 69,123 fans at Yankee Stadium. The winning run scored in the top of the 3rd inning when Whitey Kurowski led off with a base on balls and eventually scored on a ground out by Jimmy Brown, who singled to lead off the 9th and scored the second run on a single by Enos Slaughter.



70 years ago
1947

At the movies
The Unsuspected, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, and Michael North, opened in theatres.



World events
The Slovakian State Defense Ministry in Bratislava announced the arrest of 55 political suspects in an inquiry into an alleged plot against the government.

The U.S. military government in Germany approved a revised denazification law for the U.S. zone which would exempt an estimated 500,000 former Nazis from trial and hasten the end of denazification proceedings.

Defense
The American Association of Scientific Workers urged the Untied Nations to begin a strudy of bacteriological warfare, which it called the world's "pre-eminent terror weapon."

Protest
Palestinian Arabs staged a peaceful one-day general strike to protest plans to partition the country.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations National Maritime Union convention in New York adopted a resolution to boycott the National Labor Relations Board and Federal Conciliation Service.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 2 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Yankees led 2-1 with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, and the Dodgers still hadn't been able to get a hit off New York pitcher Bill Bevens, but they had runners on first and second bases because of bases on balls. Pinch hitter Cookie Lavagetto then doubled home pinch runners Al Gionfriddo and Eddie Miksis, sending most of the 33,443 fans at Ebbets Field home happy. It was the last major league hit for Mr. Lavagetto.

60 years ago
1957

Died on this date
Walter Duranty, 73. U.K.-born U.S. journalist. Mr. Duranty, a native of Liverpool, was Moscow Bureau Chief for The New York Times from 1922-1936, and was a propagandist for Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union, conveniently ignoring and not reporting on such crimes as deliberate mass starvation. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in 1932, which the Pulitzer committee has refused to revoke, despite demands that they do so.

Literature
The California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems was not obscene.

Politics and government
West Berlin's City Council elected Social Democrat Willy Brandt to succeed the late Otto Suhr as the city's mayor.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader William Knowland (Republican--California) formally announced his candidacy for the 1958 Republican Party nomination for Governor of California.

Disasters
A Lebanese C-46 airliner en route to Kuwait caught fire and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near Beirut, killing 31 passengers.

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Braves 4 @ New York Yankees 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Wes Covington singled home Joe Adcock, and a throwing error by New York shortstop Tony Kubek on the same play allowed Andy Pafko to score as the Braves scored 2 runs with none out in the top of the 4th inning to break a 2-2 tie as they defeated the Yankees before 65,202 fans at Yankee Stadium.





50 years ago
1967

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

Died on this date
Malcolm Sargent, 72. U.K. conductor and composer. Sir Malcolm was one of Britain's leading conductors of choral works in a career spanning more than 40 years. He co-founded the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and was chief conductor of the Proms festival from 1948-1966. Sir Malcolm died of pancreatic cancer.

Woody Guthrie, 55. U.S. musician. Mr. Guthrie was one of the most influential folk singers and songwriters of the 20th century, whose peak of productivity occurred in the 1930s and '40s. He was a "fellow traveller"--sympathetic to Communism, but not a member of the Communist Party--and didn't support the Allied cause in World War II until German forces attacked the U.S.S.R. Mr. Guthrie's best known song was This Land is Your Land (1940), which has been rewritten in various versions for various countries. Mr. Guthrie's mother died of Huntington's disease, and he inherited it from her. Mr. Guthrie began to exhibit symptoms of the disease before the end of the 1940s, and spent his later years in psychiatric hospitals, where he was frequently visited by Bob Dylan, the best-known of the many musicians who cite Mr. Guthrie as an influence.

Boxing
Al Jones (19-1) knocked out James J. Beattie (26-4) just 50 seconds into the 1st round of their heavyweight bout at Miami Beach Auditorium.

Zora Folley (75-9-4) knocked out Nick Sosa (1-1) at 1:34 of the 2nd round of a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in Phoenix. Mr. Sosa was knocked through the ropes and was unconscious for 5 minutes before being revived.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're Moving Out Today--Carol Bayer Sager (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wanted (Shimei Tehai)--Pink Lady (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Rockollection--Laurent Voulzy

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Who's That Girl--Madonna (12th week at #1)

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

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Bad--Michael Jackson

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Bad--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Bad--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)

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

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

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston (2nd week at #1)

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

Singles entering the chart were Brilliant Disguise by Bruce Springsteen (#38); Follow You by Glen Burtnick (#86); Love Will Find a Way by Yes (#87); Dude (Looks Like a Lady) by Aerosmith (#88); Catch Me (I'm Falling) by Pretty Poison (#89); and Satellite by the Hooters (#90).

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

Singles entering the chart were I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany (#89); Heaven is a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle (#92); Fake by Alexander O'Neal (#94); I've Been in Love Before by Cutting Crew (#95); Should've Known Better by Richard Marx (#96); (I've Had) The Time of My Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (#97); and Dream Girl by FM (#98).

Died on this date
Jean Anouilh, 77. French playwright. Mr. Anouilh's best-known works included Antigone (1944) and Becket (1959).

Economics and finance
After 16 months of negotiations, representatives of the United States and Canada agreed to a free trade pact, eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade by 2000. Tariffs would be eliminated in three stages, some immediately, some in five years, and the rest in ten years. Arbitration panels would handle unresolved disputes. The agreement was subject to approval of the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament.

Disasters
South African officials put the death toll at 174, with 86 missing, in floods that had struck the province of Natal. The flood waters had caused an estimated $500 million in damage

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-9-1) 11 @ Calgary (7-7) 28

Kirby Warren rushed 20 times for 131 yards and a touchdown and caught a 21-yard pass from Rick Worman for another TD as the Stampeders beat the Roughriders before 23,052 fans at McMahon Stadium. Mr. Worman also threw a touchdown pass to Larry Willis. The only Saskatchewan touchdown came in the 4th quarter when Glen Suitor, the holder on placekicks, rushed 12 yards on a fake field goal attempt. Quarterback Jeff Bentrim then passed to Tony Dennis for a 2-poinit convert. The Roughriders generated just 8 first downs and 129 yards net offense. Jackie Parker, who had resigned on July 6 as head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos, made his only appearance as a colour commentator on the CBC telecast.



Baseball
Alan Trammell's ground ball between the legs of shortstop Manny Lee with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning drove in pinch runner Jim Walewander with the winning run as the Detroit Tigers edged the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 before 45,026 fans at Tiger Stadium to move the Tigers 1 game ahead of the Blue Jays in the race for the pennant in the American League East Division with 1 game remaining in the regular season. Mr. Trammell's grounder was scored a hit, although it looked like an obvious error.

The Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs in the 5th inning as they routed the Oakland Athletics 17-1 before 12,747 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Dave LaPoint (6-3) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory.

Wally Joyner hit 3 solo home runs and Brian Downing and Roy Howell also homered for the California Angels as they beat the Cleveland Indians 12-5 before 22,750 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Jerald Clark homered for Cleveland.

25 years ago
1992

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

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kessen ha kinyōbi--Dreams Come True (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Una Historia de Ellegibo--Ellegibo (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): It's My Life--Dr. Alban (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Too Much Love Will Kill You--Brian May (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Ebeneezer Goode--The Shamen (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (8th week at #1)

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

Singles entering the chart were You Gotta Believe by Marky Mark and Funky Bunch (#89); Do You Believe in Us by Jon Secada (#91); Sweet November by Troop (#93); and Work to Do by Vanessa Williams (featuring Black Sheep) (#95).

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

Singles entering the chart were Song Instead of a Kiss by Alannah Myles (#58); Drowning in Your Eyes by Ephraim Lewis (#79); Wind Me Up by Paul Janz (#85); Soul Doctor by Foreigner (#88); Could've Been Me by Billy Ray Cyrus (#90); Love You by Heart by Lisa Lougheed (#91); Johnny Have You Seen Her by the Rembrandts (#92); You Lied to Me by Cathy Dennis (#94); and Forever Love by Color Me Badd (#96).

At the movies
Sherlock Jr., the 1924 silent comedy starring Buster Keaton, was shown at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, accompanied by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. This blogger was in attendance, along with other members of the CPR Stockholders of Edmonton.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (3-10) 20 @ Hamilton (8-5) 34

The Tiger-Cats recovered 4 B.C. fumbles as they beat the Lions before 13,628 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Hamilton running back John Hood rushed 20 times for 100 yards and a touchdown. Damon Allen started at quarterback for the Tiger-Cats and threw a touchdown pass to Wally Zatylny, while backup quarterback Don McPherson threw a TD pass to Lonzell Hill. Danny Barrett started at quarterback for the Lions and scored their first touchdown in the 2nd quarter; backup quarterback Tony Kimbrough threw to Ray Alexander for a touchdown late in the game.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Michael Adekunle Ajasin, 88. Nigerian politician. Mr. Ajasin, a member of the Unity Party, was Governor of Ondo State from 1979-1983. He was deposed in the military coup of December 31, 1983 that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (6-9) 29 @ Montreal (11-4) 30

Tracy Ham threw 3 touchdown passes, with the last, a 15-yard strike to Jock Climie, enabling the Alouettes to edge the Roughriders before 12,322 fans at Olympic Stadium.

Baseball
National League Division Series
Florida 6 @ San Francisco 2 (Florida won best-of-five series 3-0)



Atlanta 4 @ Houston 1 (Atlanta won best-of-five series 3-0)





10 years ago
2007

Baseball
American League Division Series
Los Angeles 0 @ Boston 4 (Boston led best-of-five series 1-0)



National League Division Series
Chicago 1 @ Arizona 3 (Arizona led best-of-five series 1-0)


Colorado 4 @ Philadelphia 2 (Colorado led best-of-five series 1-0)