October 4, 2017

475 years ago
1542

Born on this date
Roberto Bellarmino. Italian clergyman. Cardinal Bellarmino, anglicized as Robert Bellarmine, joined the Jesuit order in 1560, and was a professor of theology before becoming a Cardinal Inquisitor in 1599 and Archbishop of Capua in 1602. He was one of the judges in the trial of Giordano Bruno, and concurred in the decision to order Mr. Bruno burned at the stake as a heretic. Cardinal Bellarmino notified Galileo Galilei in 1616 of a forthcoming decree of the Congregation of the Index condemning the Copernican doctrine of the mobility of the Earth and the immobility of the Sun, and ordered him to abandon it. He died on September 17, 1621, 17 days before his 79th birthday. Cardinal Bellarmino was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930, and was made a Doctor of the Church in 1931.

240 years ago
1777

War
British troops under Sir William Howe defeated American colonial troops commanded by General George Washington in the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania.

130 years ago
1887

Journalism
The Paris Herald, later to become the International Herald Tribune, published its first edition.

110 years ago
1907

Albertana
English author Rudyard Kipling took a brief tour of Calgary, after a Canadian Pacific Railway stop in Medicine Hat, where he saw the gas wells discovered by the CPR when looking for water, and said "You people in this district seem to have all Hell for a basement."

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Violeta Parra. Chilean musician. Miss Parra was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and folklorist who became known as "The Mother of Latin American Folk Music" in a career spanning almost 30 years from the late 1930s until she shot herself to death on February 5, 1967 at the age of 49.

War
British forces devastated the German defense in the Battle of Broodseinde near Ypres, Belgium, which prompted a crisis among the German commanders and caused a severe loss of morale in the German Fourth Army.

Society
Québeckers voted for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages by a close 43,000-vote margin in a referendum, but the decision was too narrow to proceed with the measure.

90 years ago
1927

Americana
Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Communications
Western Canada Airways started Canada's first official Royal Mail airmail service to northern mining communities, covering the area of Bissett, Wadhope, and Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, a flying distance of 82 miles (132 kilometres).

80 years ago
1937

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals traded shortstop Leo Durocher to the Brooklyn Dodgers for outfielders Johnny Cooney, Joe Stripp, Jim Bucher, and Roy Henshaw. Mr. Durocher, who joined the Cardinals in 1933 in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds, batted .203 with 1 home run and 47 runs batted in in 135 games with the Cardinals in 1937.

75 years ago
1942

On the radio
Stage, on CBC
Tonight's episode: Nazi Eyes on Canada: Flame in the House, with guest stars Katherine Ross and House Jameson

Died on this date
Herman Besser. U.S. inventor. Dr. Besser invented the Besser X-ray tube.

War
German troops reported the capture of Elkhotovo, 70 miles west of the Grozny oil centre, and Verchniykurp in the same region of the Caucasus. British forces occupied the railway town of Antsirabe, Madagascar, 70 miles southwest of Tananarive.

Diplomacy
The Zionist Organization of America's executive council issued a statement opposing a reported proposal that a binational state of Jews and Arabs be established in Palestine.

Labour
Confederated Unions of America, a new independent labour federation, adopted a constitution in Chicago and elected Donald F. Cameron as Secretary-Treasurer.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 9 @ New York Yankees 6 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Cardinals scored 6 runs in the top of the 4th inning to take a 6-1 lead, but the Yankees tied the score with 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th. The Cardinals scored 2 in the 7th and 1 in the 9th to win the game before a Yankee Stadium crowd of 69,902. Max Lanier, who pitched the final 3 innings, was the winning pitcher. Hank Borowy, Atley Donald, and Ernie Bonham each pitched 3 innings for the Yankees, and Mr. Donald took the loss. Mort Cooper started for St. Louis and pitched 5 1/3 innings before the Yankees rallied to knock him out of the box.

IBA World Championship Final
Cuba 8 Venezuela 0
Connie Marrero pitched a 3-hitter for Cuba. Chino Canonico was the losing pitcher.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Max Planck, 89. German physicist. Dr. Planck, one of the most prominent theoretical physicists in history, was awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta."

War
A renewed Communist offensive in Manchuria cut the Peking-Mukden railway at many points, and penetrated to within 10 miles of the Manchurian capital of Changchun.

Politics and government
Danish Prime Minister Knud Kristensen resigned in the midst of a controversy over his criticism of a government-approved plebiscite plan for South Schleswig, which was to be allowed to choose between German and Danish nationality.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples convention in Montgomery, Alabama formulated plans to fight the Boswell amendment to the Alabama constitution, designed to restrict Negro registration in state primaries.

Scandal
The U.S. Senate investigation into Howard Hughes' government aircraft contracts was resumed in secret session.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (4-2) 10 @ Montreal (2-4) 6
Hamilton (1-5) 12 @ Ottawa (5-1) 33

WIFU
Saskatchewan (0-5) 1 @ Winnipeg (4-0) 13

WIFU-Canadian university
Exhibition
University of Alberta (0-1) 0 @ Calgary (1-0) 16

ORFU
Hamilton (5-0) 31 Toronto Indians (2-3-1) 4
Windsor (3-3) 14 Sarnia (0-5) 6
Ottawa (2-2-1) 18 Toronto Balmy Beach (3-2) 5

Don Hiney scored a touchdown, convert, and single, while Bob Sandberg added a touchdown and single for the Blue Bombers as they beat the Roughriders before 4,000 fans at Osborne Stadium.

Fritz Hanson scored 2 touchdowns, both converted by Bill Wusyk, as the Stampeders beat the Golden Bears at Mewata Stadium in an exhibition game that was played under American rules. The other 2 Calgary points came in the 2nd quarter when a U of A player fielded a punt and went back into his end zone and was tackled by Calgary's George Alexander.

Canadian university
Pre-season
Toronto (3-0) 41 @ Saskatchewan (0-2) 0

Ted Toogood scored 3 touchdowns for the Varsity Blues as they routed the Huskies before 1,500 fans at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 2 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 1 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Frank "Spec" Shea pitched a 4-hitter and had 2 hits, the first of which singled in the game's first run, as the Yankees edged the Dodgers before 34,379 fans at Ebbets Field. Joe DiMaggio's solo home run with 1 out in the top of the 5th inning proved to be the deciding run.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Bambino--Dalida (27th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Diana--Paul Anka (6th week at #1)

On television tonight
Leave it to Beaver, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Beaver Gets 'Spelled

This was the first regular episode of the series.

At the movies
Satchmo the Great, a documentary about U.S. jazz musician Louis Armstrong, received its premiere screening at the Garrick Theater in New York City. The film was originally intended to be an episode of the television newsmagazine program See it Now, narrated and co-produced by Edward R. Murrow, but was expanded into a feature film.



El Vampiro (The Vampire), produced by Abel Salazar, directed by Fernando Méndez, and starring Mr. Salazar, German Robles, and Ariadne Welter, opened in theatres in Mexico.



Space
The Space Age began when the U.S.S.R. launched the satellite Sputnik 1, the first man-made object to orbit Earth. The launch took place at Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.





Defense
The first prototype Avro Arrow rolled out at A. V. Roe's Malton, Ontario plant and was presented to the media. It was built by head designer James Floyd with a team of aeronautical scientists.

Diplomacy
21 United Nations members and Switzerland pledged a total of $28.7 million toward 1958 UN programs for Arab refugees at a General Assembly fund-raising session in New York.

World events
Argentine President Pedro Aramburu imposed a 30-day state if siege on the city and province of Buenos Aires to combat political unrest.

Labour
The Teamsters union, at its convention in Miami Beach, Florida, elected Jimmy Hoffa as President in defiance of American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations demands that the union's leadership be purged of officers implicated in corruption.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck (5th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Don't Sleep in the Subway--Petula Clark (2nd week at #1)
2 It Must Be Him--Vikki Carr
3 Up-Up and Away--The 5th Dimension
4 Ode to Billie Joe--Bobbie Gentry
5 I Dig Rock and Roll Music--Peter, Paul and Mary
6 Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me--Dean Martin
7 The Day I Met Marie--Cliff Richard
8 To Love Somebody--Bee Gees
9 The Monkees Vol. 1 (EP): (Theme from) The Monkees--The Monkees
10 San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie

Singles entering the chart were On the Other Side by the Seekers (#32) and We Had a Good Thing Going by Ronnie Burns (#36).

World events
A large unknown object reportedly crashed into the water near Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia.

Diplomacy
Barbados was admitted to the Organization of American States, increasing OAS membership to 23 nations.

Politics and government
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicated in favour of his son Hassanal Bolkiah.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (9-2) 22 @ Montreal (2-6) 12

Ted Dushinski returned an interception 72 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and Ron Lancaster completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Hugh Campbell with 5:37 remaining in the game to help the Roughriders defeat the Alouettes before 13,000 fans at Molson Stadium.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ Boston Red Sox 1 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Bob Gibson pitched a 6-hitter and struck out 10 batters for the Cardinals as they edged the Red Sox before 34,976 fans in the first World Series game at Fenway Park since 1946. Lou Brock scored both St. Louis runs on ground outs by Roger Maris.



40 years ago
1977

On television tonight
Family, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The First Time



Diplomacy
Representatives of 33 European nations, the U.S.A., and Canada met in Belgrade to review the 1975 Helsinki accords on European security and cooperation.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter addressed the United Nations General Assembly on disarmament and control of nuclear technology.

World events
Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was released from prison, the day after she had been arrested at her home in New Delhi on charges of official corruption.

Energy
The U.S. Senate voted 50-46 in favour of legislation that would free newly-discovered natural gas from price controls.

Scandal
U.S. Federal Judge John Sirica sharply reduced the sentences of former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and former presidential aides John Ehrlichman and Bob Haldeman for their roles in the 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up. The three men had tape-recorded statements in which they admitted wrongdoing and apologized for what they had done. Judge Sirica accordingly reduced the original 30-month-8-year sentences to 1-4 years. The three were the only Watergate figures still serving prison sentences.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Philadelphia 7 @ Los Angeles 5 (Philadelphia led best-of-five series 1-0)



30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): La Bamba--Los Lobos (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Boys (Summertime Love)--Sabrina (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Joe le taxi--Vanessa Paradis (10th week at #1)

Labour
National Football League owners used replacement players for the first time while regulars were on strike. Average attendance for the week's games dropped to 16,947, compared with 59,824 the previous week.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (8-5) 17 @ Toronto (7-5-1) 33
Hamilton (6-7) 14 @ Winnipeg (10-4) 47

Gill Fenerty rushed 13 times for 84 yards, including touchdown runs of 7 and 60 yards in the 1st quarter, as the Argonauts defeated the Lions before an Exhibition Stadium crowd of 26,232 (including this blogger). Roy Dewalt started at quarterback for B.C. but left with a leg injury in the 2nd quarter, and was relieved by Greg Vavra. Mr. Vavra completed touchdown passes of 3 and 19 yards to Jim Sandusky, but also gave up 3 interceptions and lost a fumble in the 4th quarter, which was returned 42 yards for a touchdown by Dan Sellers. Former Acadia University star Brian Walling played his first CFL game for the Argonauts as a backup running back, seeing action on special teams.

Defensive back James Jefferson scored 4 touchdowns as the Blue Bombers routed the Tiger-Cats before 31,655 fans on a rainy, windy day at Winnipeg Stadium. When Hamilton’s Paul Bennett fumbled a punt in the 2nd quarter, Mr. Jefferson returned it 28 yards for his first touchdown. Later in the quarter, Winnipeg’s Roy Bennett intercepted a pass, returned it 19 yards and lateralled to Mr. Jefferson, who returned it 26 yards for his second touchdown. In the 4th quarter, Greg Battle returned an interception 25 yards and lateralled to Mr. Jefferson, who went the remaining 47 yards for his third TD. With 38 seconds remaining in the game, Mr. Jefferson returned a punt 58 yards for his fourth touchdown. Willard Reaves of the Blue Bombers rushed for 104 yards on 24 carries and 2 touchdowns. Johnnie Jones, who rushed 19 times for 91 yards, ran 1 yard for the only Hamilton touchdown with 4:33 remaining in the game. Hamilton quarterbacks Tom Porras and Mike Kerrigan combined to complete just 11 of 37 passes for 107 yards and 4 interceptions.

Baseball
Larry Herndon's solo home run in the 2nd inning was all the scoring as the Detroit Tigers edged the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 to clinch the American League East Division pennant. The Tigers had trailed the Blue Jays by 3½ games eight days earlier, but the Blue Jays lost their last 7 games, 4 of them to the Tigers. Frank Tanana (15-10) pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Jimmy Key (17-8) before 51,005 fans at Tiger Stadium.

Roger Clemens (20-9) of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 2-hitter and struck out 12 in a 4-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 25,454 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Ron Hassey and Carlton Fisk hit home runs to help the Chicago White Sox defeat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 before 15,083 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Oakland designated hitter Reggie Jackson doubled in a run in the 1st inning, drew a base on balls in the 4th, flied out in the 6th, and singled in the 8th to finish 2 for 3 in the 2,820th and last game of his 21-year Hall of Fame major league career.

The New York Mets scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break a 6-6 tie and defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 before 41,890 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

Bob Brenly led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves before 51,216 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Raumschiff Edelweiss--Edelweiss (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle

Died on this date
Augie Prudhomme, 89. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Prudhomme appeared in 34 games with the Detroit Tigers in 1929, posting a record of 1-6 with an earned run average of 6.22. He spent 7 years in he minor leagues from 1926-1933, compiling a record of 95-80.

Denny Hulme, 56. N.Z. auto racing driver. Mr. Hulme drove in the Formula One circuit from 1965-1974, and was the world driving champion in 1967. He dominated the Can-Am series, winning the championship for five straight years from 1967-1971. Mr. Hulme died of a heart attack while driving in a race in Australia.

War
The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.

Disasters
An El Al cargo plane crashed after takeoff from Amsterdam’s Schipol airport and hit two 9-storey apartment buildings. The crash and subsequent fire killed many residents and severely injured dozens of others.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-9) 18 @ Saskatchewan (7-6) 43
Ottawa (7-6) 11 @ Calgary (9-4) 47

Kent Austin passed to Don Narcisse and Ray Elgaard for touchdowns and rushed for 2 more TDs of his own to lead the Roughriders over the Argonauts before 22,991 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Backup quarterback Warren Jones threw a touchdown pass to Milson Jones, and defensive back Stacey Hairston returned an interception 40 yards for the other Saskatchewan TD. Toronto quarterback Rickey Foggie passed to Paul Masotti for a touchdown and rushed 1 yard for the other Argonaut TD.



Doug Flutie completed 15 of 27 passes for 353 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Stampeders to a rout of the Rough Riders before a McMahon Stadium crowd of 20,207. Allen Pitts caught 8 passes for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Derrick Crawford and PeeWee Smith also caught TD passes from Mr. Flutie. Mr. Smith also caught a TD pass from backup quarterback Steve Taylor. Keyvan Jenkins scored the other Calgary touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 1st quarter. The Calgary defense held Ottawa without a touchdown.

Baseball
Greg Litton's pinch-hit grand slam in the top of the 13th inning broke a 2-2 tie and gave the San Francisco Giants a 6-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds before 22,470 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (3rd week at #1)

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

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Honey--Mariah Carey (3rd week at #1)

Personal
This blogger attended the annual annivesary dinner of the CPR Stockholders of Edmonton at the Faculty Club on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton.

Crime
The second-largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurred at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually resulted in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.

Boxing
Lennox Lewis (32-1) retained his World Boxing Council world heavyweight title by knocking out Andrew Golota (28-3) just 1:35 into the 1st round at Caesars Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.



Football
CFL
British Columbia (8-7) 3 @ Toronto (13-2) 46

Mike Clemons scored 3 touchdowns and amassed 301 combined yards as the Argonauts routed the Lions before 17,019 fans at SkyDome.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Seattle 4 @ Baltimore 2 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 2-1)

New York 6 @ Cleveland 1 (New York led best-of-five series 2-1)

10 years ago
2007

Baseball
American League Division Series
New York 3 @ Cleveland 12 (Cleveland led best-of-five series 1-0)

National League Division Series
Chicago 4 @ Arizona 8 (Arizona led best-of-five series 2-0)
Colorado 10 @ Philadelphia 5 (Colorado led best-of-five series 2-0)