October 5, 2017

200 years ago
1817

Born on this date
Eduard Franck. German musician and composer. Mr. Franck was a classical pianist and music teacher, whose compositions included four symphonies, and numerous chamber and keyboard works. He wasn't as well known as some of his contemporaries, perhaps because many of his works weren't published until late in his life, which ended on December 1, 1893 at the age of 76.

160 years ago
1857

Americana
Anaheim, California was founded by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco.

140 years ago
1877

War
Chief Joseph surrendered his Nez Perce Indians to U.S. Army General Nelson Miles in the Bears Paw Mountains of Montana.

130 years ago
1887

Died on this date
William B. Washburn, 67. U.S. politician. Mr. Washburn, a moderate Republican, sat in the Massachusetts Senate (1850) and House of Representatives (1853-1855). He represented the state's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-1871), leaving that office to serve as Governor of Massachusetts (1872-1874). Mr. Washburn was then appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Charles Sumner. He represented Massachusetts in the Senate from April 17, 1874 until the end of Mr. Sumner's term on March 3, 1875, and refused to run for office again. Mr. Washburn held various academic posts, and supported numerous Christian missionary societies.

125 years ago
1892

World events
Forces led by General Joaquin Crespo concluded a successful revolution in Venezuela.

Crime
Four members of the Dalton gang and town marshal Charles Connelly were killed in a shootout in Coffeyville, Kansas.

110 years ago
1907

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (0-1) 8 @ Montreal (1-0) 17

Messrs. Stinson, Kelly, and Babe Reynolds scored touchdowns for the Winged Wheelers as they defeated the Argonauts before 2,000 fans at the MAAA Grounds in the first game of the recently-founded Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Mr. Flett's 30-yard field goal was the biggest scoring play for the Argonauts, who failed to score a touchdown. Mr. Reynolds' 65-yard touchdown rush in the 4th quarter clinched the victory, just when it seemed as though Toronto had a chance to win the game.

ORFU
Dundas Rugby Club announced its withdrawal from the Ontario Rugby Football Union over the ORFU executive's refusal to let Mr. Gillespie play for Dundas despite fulfillment of the residency requirements.

Baseball
The Philadelphia Athletics swept a doubleheader from the Washington Nationals 4-2 and 4-0 at Columbia Park in Philadelphia. In the second game, Philadelphia's Rube Vickers was pitching a perfect game after 5 innings when the game was called because of darkness.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Allen Ludden. U.S. television personality. Mr. Ludden, born Allen Ellsworth, hosted several game shows, but was best known as the host of various versions of Password from 1961-1980. He was married to actress Betty White from 1963 until his death from stomach cancer on June 9, 1981 at the age of 63.

90 years ago
1927

Died on this date
Sam Warner, 40. Polish-born U.S. movie director, producer, and screenwriter. Mr. Warner, born Schmuel Wonsal or Wonsklolaser, co-founded Warner Brothers Studios with brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack L. Sam was credited with promoting the technology behind The Jazz Singer (1927), but died of pneumonia caused by sinusitis, osteomyelitis and epidural and subdural abscesses, the day before the movie's premiere.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 5 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Yankees scored 3 runs in the top of the 3rd inning to take a 4-1 lead, and held on to edge the Pirates before 41,467 fans at Forbes Field.

75 years ago
1942

Music
U.S. contralto Marian Anderson, a Negress, accepted the September 29 invitation from the Daughters of the American Revolution to sing at their war benefit concert, providing that no racial segregation be permitted in seating arrangements.

War
Three German divisions and 100 tanks supported by aircraft began a new offensive on the northern front of Stalingrad. U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft attacked a concentration of Japanese ships in the Shortland Islands, but the Japanese suffered no losses.

Defense
U.S. industrialist Henry J. Kaiser announced the launch in California of a new 3,500-ton "secret tank landing ship."

Politics and government
Argentine President Ramon Castillo named Francisco Galindez as federal intervenor (commissioner) for the province of Corrientes to end administrative disorganization.

Crime
A special grand jury in Chicago indicted Newell Mercartney on charges of sedition and conspiracy.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Price Administration ordered rent ceilings established at March 1942 levels in 45 states effective December 5, 1942.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 4 @ New York Yankees 2 (St. Louis won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Whitey Kurowski's 2-run home run off Red Ruffing in the top of the 9th inning gave the Cardinals their first World Series championship in eight years. Johnny Beazley pitched a 7-hit complete game before 69,052 fans at Yankee Stadium for his second win of the series.



70 years ago
1947

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring John Stanley and Alfred Shirley, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Missing Heiress

Politics and government
Representatives of Communist Parties from nine eastern European countries concluded a secret conference in Poland by establishing a Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in Belgrade to "organize and exchange experiences and...coordinate the activity of Communist parties." France and Italy were also represented in the organization.

State Assembly elections in the Saar resulted in a large victory for candidates favouring economic affiliation with France.

The Italian Constituent Assembly gave Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi a vote of confidence after a debate over the country's economic condition.

Economics and finance
In the first televised address from the White House, U.S. President Harry Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.

Baseball
World Series
Brooklyn Dodgers 8 @ New York Yankees 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

The Dodgers scored 4 runs in the top of the 6th inning to take an 8-5 lead before 74,065 fans at Yankee Stadium, and Al Gionfriddo, inserted as a defensive replacement in left field in the bottom of the 6th, caught Joe DiMaggio's drive just in front of the fence in left-center field with 2 men on base to end the 6th inning.



60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Love Letters in the Sand--Pat Boone (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Banana Boat Song--Harry Belafonte (13th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Diana--Paul Anka (6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers
2 Tammy--Debbie Reynolds
3 Diana--Paul Anka
4 That'll Be the Day--The Crickets
5 Chances Are--Johnny Mathis
6 Fascination--Jane Morgan
7 Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On--Jerry Lee Lewis
8 Mr. Lee--The Bobettes
9 Wake Up Little Susie--The Everly Brothers
10 Rainbow--Russ Hamilton

Singles entering the chart were Have I Told You Lately that I Love You? (#22)/Be-Bop Baby (#26) by Ricky Nelson; I'll Remember Today by Patti Page (#39); Only Because by the Platters (#43); Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley (#50); All the Way (#56)/Chicago (#60) by Frank Sinatra; There's Only You by Don Rondo (#58); and Deep Blue Sea by Jimmy Dean (also #60). Jailhouse Rock was the title song of the movie. All the Way was from the movie The Joker is Wild (1957), and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Died on this date
José Leandro Andrade, 55. Uruguayan soccer player. Mr. Andrade, nicknamed "la maravilla negra" (The Black Marvel), played wing-half with six senior Uruguayan clubs (1921-1934), scoring 39 goals in 284 games. He scored 1 goal in 34 international matches (1923-1930), helping Uruguay win gold medals in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympic Games, and the first World Cup in 1930. Mr. Andrade developed syphilis during his playing career, and fell on hard times in later years, taking to drink and dying in poverty in an asylum.

World events
Argentine authorities arrested 270 labour leaders who were supporters of former President Juan Peron.

Former Yugoslavian Vice President Milovan Djilas was sentenced to an extra seven years in prison for smuggling his book The New Country out of the country for publication in the United States.

Environment
University of California geologist Warren Kaufman revealed plans for the disposal of radioactive wastes by injecting them into deep formations below useful water levels.

Transportation
The People's Republic of China announced the completion of a new 737-mile highway from Sinkiang Province into western Tibet.

Labour
A bitter six-month walkout ended at the Murdochville mine in Murdochville, Québec.

The Teamsters union convention in Miami Beach voted to drop three opponents of newly-elected President Jimmy Hoffa from their union vice presidencies.

Golf
The United Kingdom defeated the United States at Limerick, England to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1933.

Hockey
NHL
All-Star Game @ Montreal Forum
All-Stars 5 Montreal 3

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (5-3) 18 @ Ottawa (5-3) 17
Toronto (1-7) 41 @ Montreal (5-3) 31

WIFU
Winnipeg (7-3) 0 @ Edmonton (9-2) 41
Saskatchewan (2-8-1) 9 @ Calgary (6-4) 36

ORFU
Sarnia (5-1-1) 31 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (4-2) 21
Toronto (0-9) 0 @ London (5-2-1) 42

Normie Kwong rushed 23 times for 117 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Joe Mobra scored a touchdown and 4 converts as the Eskimos shut out the Blue Bombers at Clarke Stadium. Johnny Bright rushed 19 times for 112 yards and a touchdown, while John Bell and Jackie Parker also scored TDs, and Ken Hall added a single.

L. Thompson scored 3 touchdowns for the Lords as they routed Balmy Beach at Labatt Park.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 12 @ Milwaukee Braves 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Tony Kubek hit a solo home run in the top of the 1st inning and added a 3-run homer as part of a 5-run 7th as the Yankees routed the Braves before 45,804 fans at County Stadium in the first World Series game ever played in Milwaukee.





50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Dragnet 1968, starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Bank Jobs



Died on this date
C.C. Williams, 35. U.S. astronaut. Clifton Curtis Williams, Jr. was a major in the United States Marine Corps, and was one of 14 men selected in the third group of astronauts in 1963. When Alan Bean was moved to the Apollo Applications program (eventually known as Skylab), Major Williams was moved into Mr. Bean's position as Lunar Module Pilot for the lunar landing mission that eventually became Apollo 12. Major Williams was killed when the T-38 jet he was flying experienced a mechanical failure and crashed near Tallahassee, Florida. His position on the Apollo crew was taken by Mr. Bean, who was moved from Apollo Applications back into his old position. The Apollo 12 crew commemorated Major Williams by including a fourth star on the Apollo 12 flight patch, and his naval aviator wings were left on the surface of the Moon by Mr. Bean and Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad in November 1969.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 0 @ Boston Red Sox 5 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Jim Lonborg pitched a 1-hitter and Carl Yastrzemski hit 2 home runs as the Red Sox shut out the Cardinals before 35,188 fans at Fenway Park. Julian Javier broke up Mr. Lonborg's bid for a no-hitter with a double with 2 out in the 8th inning. Mr. Yastrzemski hit a solo home run in the 4th inning to open the scoring and added a 3-run homer in the 7th.







40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Way Down--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

Calgariana
Alison Schneeberger, 21, a City of Calgary consultant, was named Miss Calgary 1978 in the pageant that was televised on CFCN. My pick, Arlene Wright, was first runner-up.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Philadelphia 1 @ Los Angeles 7 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)



American League Championship Series
Kansas City 7 @ New York 2 (Kansas City led best-of-five series 1-0)

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)

World events
Chinese police occupied part of Jokhang Cathedral in Lhasa, the centre of Buddhist religious life in Tibet.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Don't You Want Me--Felix (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Eddie Kendrick(s), 52. U.S. singer. Mr. Kendrick (he added the "s" in the early 1960s and then dropped it in the '80s) was a member of the Temptations from 1961-1971. His high voice was featured on the lead vocal of many of their hits, especially ballads such as 1971's Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me). Mr. Kendricks left the group to begin a solo career; his hits included Keep On Truckin', which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973. Mr. Kendrick rejoined the Temptations for a reunion album in 1982 and performed with former bandmate David Ruffin for several years. Mr. Kendrick died of lung cancer.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (2nd week at #1)

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

Died on this date
Brian Pillman, 35. U.S.-born football player and wrestler. Mr. Pillman, known as "Flyin' Brian" during his professional wrestling career, was a nose tackle at Miami University of Ohio before playing briefly with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1984, and playing three games at linebacker with the Calgary Stampeders in 1986. He wasn't good enough to be a starter with the Stampeders, but he impressed people with his agility, and was invited to join the Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling circuit. Mr. Pillman wrestled with Stampede Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation through the 1990s. Injuries and the resulting pain began to take a toll on him, and he died of a heart attack caused by a previously undiagnosed heart condition, hours before he was scheduled to participate in a match in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (3-12) 25 @ Hamilton (2-13) 27
Calgary (8-7) 32 @ Edmonton (9-6) 42 (OT)

Rickey Foggie passed for 498 yards to lead the Tiger-Cats over the Blue Bombers before 14,987 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Hamilton led 27-12 with 10 minutes remaining, but mounted a comeback, and only a failed 2-point convert attempt prevented the game from going into overtime. It was the only CFL game for Johnnie Johnson, who dressed as a backup quarterback for the Tiger-Cats.

The Stampeders led the Eskimos 28-6 in the 3rd quarter before 31,572 fans on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Commonwealth Stadium, but Edmonton quarterback Danny McManus rallied his team to a 32-32 tie late in the 4th quarter. Calgary kicker Mark McLoughlin attempted a game-winning field goal on the final play of regulation time, but Edmonton defensive back Kavis Reed partially blocked the kick, with no points resulting. Don Blair caught his second touchdown pass of the game from Mr. McManus at 3:32 of the 1st overtime period to put the Eskimos ahead to stay.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Seattle 1 @ Baltimore 3 (Baltimore won best-of-five series 3-1)
New York 2 @ Cleveland 3 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

10 years ago
2007

Football
CFL
British Columbia (10-3-1) 26 @ Winnipeg (8-5-1) 20

Jarious Jackson passed for a touchdown and rushed for another to lead the Lions over the Blue Bombers before 26,593 fans at Canad Inns Stadium.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Los Angeles 3 @ Boston 6 (Boston led best-of-five series 2-0)
New York 1 @ Cleveland 2 (11 innings) (Cleveland led best-of-five series 2-0)