May 19, 2018

1,030 years ago
988

Died on this date
Dunstan, 79 (?). Archbishop of Canterbury, 959-988. Dunstan encouraged the revival of monasticism in England, and forbade the practices of simony and clerics appointing relatives to offices under their jurisdiction. He served as a minister of state under Kings Edmund the Elder (940-946); Eadred (946-955); Edgar the Peaceful (959-975); and Edward the Martyr (975-978). Dunstan came into conflict with King Eadwig (955-959) and fled from England to Flanders for several years, and retired to Canterbury shortly after the accession to the throne of King Ethelred the Unready in 978. Dunstan was made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1029, and was he most popular English saint for several centuries.

800 years ago
1218

Died on this date
Otto IV, 42 or 43. Holy Roman Emperor, 1209-1215. Otto IV was one of two rival kings of Germany from 1198-1208, and sole king, as well as Holy Roman Emperor, from 1209 until he was forced to abdicate. He ran afoul of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1210. The deposed Emperor Otto IV died of a disease at Harzburg castle, and was beaten to death by Roman Catholic priests acting upon his request that he be beaten as expiation for his sins.

430 years ago
1588

War
The Spanish Armada set sail for England.

375 years ago
1643

War
In the Thirty Years' War, French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeated Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power

Americana
The colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor met to form the New England Confederation.

275 years ago
1743

Science
French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin published the design of a mercury thermometer with the centigrade scale, with 0 representing the freezing point of water and 100 its boiling point.

190 years ago
1828

Economics and finance
The Tariff of 1828, also known as the Tariff of Abominations, was enacted by the U.S. Congress. It was labelled the "Tariff of Abominations" by its Southern detractors because of the effects it had on the Antebellum Southern economy. The goal of the tariff was to protect industry in the northern United States from competing European goods by increasing the prices of European products. One of the results was that the British reduced their imports of cotton from the United States, which hurt the South. The tariff forced the South to buy manufactured goods from U.S. manufacturers, mainly in the North, at a higher price, while Southern states also faced a reduced income from sales of raw materials. The reaction in the South, particularly in South Carolina, led to the Nullification Crisis that began in late 1832, and tariff policy continued to be a national political issue between the Democratic Party and the newly emerged Whig Party for the next 20 years.

175 years ago
1843

Died on this date
Charles Bagot, 61. U.K. diplomat and politician. Sir Charles was U.K. Ambassador to the U.S.A. (1815-1820), followed by ambassadorships to Russia and the Netherlands. As Ambassador to the United States, he and U.S. acting Secretary of State Richard Rush negotiated the Rush-Bagot Treaty (1818), limiting naval forces on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Sir Charles served as Governor General of the Province of Canada from 1842-1843, allowing Robert Baldwin and Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine to form a ministry, beginning of what became known as representative government in Canada. Sir Charles died in Kingston, Canada West after months of declining health, four months after resigning as Governor General.

170 years ago
1848

War
The Mexican legislature voted 51-34, and the Senate voted 33-4 to ratify the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, which began in 1846. The treaty was largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico. It provided for the cession of 525,000 square miles (55% of its pre-war territory) to the United States in exchange for US$15 million, and the ensured safety of pre-existing property rights of Mexican citizens in the transferred territories. The United States also agreed to take over $3.25 million ($68 million in 2006 dollars) in debts Mexico owed to American citizens. The treaty also provided for the recognition of the Rio Grande as the boundary between the State of Texas and Mexico.

Business
America’s first department store opened: Alexander Turney Stewart’s Marble Palace at Broadway and Chambers Street in New York City, a much larger version of his dry goods store at 283 Broadway that he had started in 1823. The Marble Palace sold imported European merchandise to women, offered the first "fashion shows" on the second floor in the "Ladies' parlor" with full-length mirrors.

130 years ago
1888

Baseball
During the Chicago White Stockings’ 6-4 win over the Philadelphia Quakers at West Side Park in Chicago‚ Chicago second baseman Fred Pfeffer went from first base to second on a fly to left field. According to the Chicago Tribune‚ "Pfeffer has introduced a new slide. He throws his body away from the base-line and reaches one foot for the bag." After the catch‚ Quakers’ left fielder George Wood made a perfect throw to Arthur Irwin‚ who was surprised to find Mr. Pfeffer's foot on the bag.

120 years ago
1898

Died on this date
William Gladstone, 88. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1868-1874; 1880-1885; 1886; 1892-1894. Mr. Gladstone was a Tory (1828-1834); Conservative (1934-1846); Peelite (1846-1859); and Liberal (1859-1898). He represented various ridings in the House of Commons from 1833-1895, and had a long and memorable rivalry with Benjamin Disraeli. Mr. Gladstone regarded foreign affairs as a sphere for moral exercises, while Mr. Disraeli took a more practical political view. Perhaps the low point of Mr. Gladstone’s career as Prime Minister occurred in January 1885, when he delayed sending a party to relieve General Charles Gordon at Khartoum, and the British forces were massacred. Mr. Gladstone was popularly regarded as Gen. Gordon’s murderer, and Queen Victoria agreed with that view. In addition to his political activities, Mr. Gladstone wrote a couple of best-selling pamphlets: one was a polemic against papal infallibility; his other notable pamphlet was a denunciation of Turkish massacres in Bulgaria. Mr. Gladstone’s moralism led him to conduct missionary activity among London prostitutes, while he literally scourged himself in an attempt to tame his sexual desires.

Baseball
Cincinnati Reds’ first baseman Jake Beckley hit 3 consecutive triples off Kid Nichols in a 5-4 win over the Boston Beaneaters at League Park in Cincinnati.

Pitcher Frank Kitson made his debut with the Baltimore Orioles and blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on 4 hits at Union Park in Baltimore.

100 years ago
1918

Born on this date
Alberto Bonucci. Italian actor. Mr. Bonucci appeared in 53 films from 1950-1967; his movies included Fugitive in Trieste (1951) and Toto in Color (1952). Mr. Bonucci died on April 5, 1969 at the age of 50.

Baseball
The Washington Nationals beat the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in 12 innings before 15,352 fans at Griffith Stadium in the first game to be played in Washington on a Sunday. Doc Ayers pitched a 7-hitter and scored the winning run on a single by Clyde Milan with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th against losing pitcher Stan Coveleski, who also pitched a 7-hitter.

Bunny Hearn pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Gene Packard as the Boston Braves edged the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 at Robison Field in St. Louis.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Henry F. Gilbert, 59. U.S. composer. Mr. Gilbert was known for his interest in American folk music, and particularly Negro music. His greatest success was The Dance in Place Congo, a programmatic work based upon Creole themes. Mr. Gilbert also wrote music based upon the music of American Indians. He died of a heart condition.

Max Scheler, 53. German philosopher. Mr. Scheler was known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. The heart of Mr. Scheler's thought was his theory of value. According to Mr. Scheler, the value-being of an object preceded perception. Those who are interested in his theories are invited to do their own research.

Frank R. Loomis. U.S. physician. Dr. Loomis gassed himself to death in Detroit. In June 1927 he had been acquitted of the murder of his wife, who had been found beaten to death on February 22, 1927.

Diplomacy
The British government, through Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain, announced acceptance of the American proposal to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy.

Academia
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge spoke at the Phillips Academy sesquicentennial at Andover, Massachusetts.

Religion
The convention of the Southern Baptist Church at Chattanooga, Tennessee adopted a resolution pledging its members not to vote for any wet presidential candidate.

Journalism
The New Era, a weekly newspaper in Parker, South Dakota, completed printing the Bible in installments after 22 years and 8 months. Charles Hackett, pioneer editor, began the installments, and his successors continued the custom.

Americana
51 frogs entered the first annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" at Angel's Camp, California.

Disasters
"Firedamp" exploded in the Pickens coal mine at Mather, Pennsylvania, killing 198 of 273 miners.

Earthquakes killed over 30 at and near Pimpincos, Peru.

Six ocean-going steamers collided in and near New York Bay. The Clyde liner Mohawk was beached off Normandie, New Jersey, and her passengers were taken off in surf boats by Coast Guards. The Pennland and the Veendam were sent to dry docks.

Horse racing
Reigh Count, with Charles Lang up, won the 54th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:10 2/5, 3 lengths ahead of Misstep, with Toro finishing third. The field consisted of a then-record 22 horses.



Baseball
The Chicago Cubs won their 13th straight game, edging the Boston Braves 3-2 before 18,000 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Pitcher Charlie Root broke a 2-2 tie with a sacrifice fly, and Hack Wilson hit a home run for Chicago. The Cubs were in first place‚ but went on to lose the next day‚ and in 3 days‚ the Cincinnati Reds regained the lead with a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Lefty Grove pitched a 2-hitter and struck out 11 batters to improve his 1928 record to 6-1, winning the pitchers' duel over Red Faber as the Philadelphia Athletics shut out the Chicago White Sox 2-0 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The winning run was scored with 2 out in the bottom of the 1st inning on a solo home run by Tris Speaker.

The Cleveland Indians scored 5 runs in the top of the 8th inning and held on to defeat the Washington Nationals 9-7 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The Nationals scored 4 unearned runs with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and had runners on first and second bases, but relief pitcher Mel Harder entered the game and retired Ossie Bluege on a foul popup to end the game.

80 years ago
1938

Baseball
Chicago Cubs’ pitcher Bill Lee shut out the New York Giants on 5 hits to win 1-0 in 10 innings before 7,339 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Mr. Lee scored the winning run on a single by Billy Herman to beat Giants’ starter Harry Gumbert.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored a run in each of the last 4 innings to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy belied his nickname when he singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and scored the winning run on an error by Cincinnati shortstop Lonnie Frey.

Al Lopez doubled with 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 11th inning and Rabbit Warstler followed with a single to drive him home with the winning run to give the Boston Bees a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 2,359 fans at National League Park in Boston. Fred Hutchinson pitched 9 scoreless innings of relief to get the win, improving his 1938 record to 3-0.

The Cleveland Indians scored 5 runs in each of the 4th and 7th innings as they routed the Washington Nationals 15-3 at League Park in Cleveland. Jeff Heath hit a grand slam and drove in 5 runs, and Earl Averill added 4 RBIs.

Mike Kreevich singled home 2 runs to climax a 3-run 2nd inning and John Whitehead pitched a 3-hitter for the Chicago White Sox as they shut out the Boston Red Sox 4-0 before 2,500 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago in a game that was called after 7 innings because of rain.

75 years ago
1943

War
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the Normandy landings ("D-Day"). In an address to the United States Congress, Mr. Churchill said that there would be total war against Japan and that he, Mr. Roosevelt, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek would meet together soon. General Jean Emile Rene Chadebec de Lavalade arrived in Beirut, Syria to become acting chief of Fighting French Forces in the absence of General Georges Catroux.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Price Administration again banned pleasure driving in 12 eastern states as of May 20 because of a lack of gasoline.

Labour
American Federation of Labor President William Green said that the United Mine Workers of America had applied for reaffiliation with the AFL.

Scandal
Joseph Fay and James Bove, vice presidents of American Federation of Labor construction worker unions, were held in New York on $25,000 bail each after pleading not guilty to indictments charging them with exhorting over $1 million from New York and Delaware contractors.

70 years ago
1948

Died on this date
Frank Browning, 65. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Browning appeared in 11 games with the Detroit Tigers in 1910, posting a record of 2-2 with an earned run average of 2.57. He played at least 11 seasons in the minor leagues from 1906-1916, compiling a record of 169-155. He was 32-16 with a 2.00 ERA in 54 games with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1909. Mr. Browning died in an accidental house fire.

Literature
The Making of an Insurgent, the autobiography of former New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was published in New York by Lippincott.

War
Big Four talks on the Austrian peace treaty broke down in London when the U.S.S.R. refused to modify its support of Yugoslavian territorial and reparations demands against Austria.

Politics and government
The U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate the Mundt-Nixon Communist control bill, requiring Communist groups to register with the Justice Department, and establishing penalties for any effort to create a "totalitarian dictatorship" in the United States. The bill also denied passports and federal jobs to Communists.

The South Carolina Democratic Party convention committed its 20 national convention votes to the anti-Truman Southern bloc, while Montana Democrats pledged their 12 delegates to President Harry Truman.

Baseball
The first-place St. Louis Cardinals blasted Brooklyn Dodgers’ pitchers for a 14-7 victory before 32,888 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Stan Musial led the way with 5 hits, including a triple and double, and scored 5 runs. The teams combined to set a since-tied National League record (for night games) of 28 runners left on base--14 each.

Del Ennis doubled home Johnny Blatnik with the tying run and scored the winning run on a single by Howie Schultz as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 before 10,929 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.

Vic Wertz hit a 3-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox before 16,229 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Hal Newhouser pitched a 4-hitter and didn't allow an earned run to win the pitchers' duel over Ellis Kinder, who allowed 5 hits and 4 earned runs in pitching a complete game.

60 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette--The Everly Brothers (Best Seller--2nd week at #1); All I Have to Do is Dream--The Everly Brothers (Disc Jockey--1st week at #1; Top 100--1st week at #1)

The South Pacific motion picture soundtrack album hit #1 on the Billboard album chart; it stayed at #1 for 31 weeks.

Died on this date
Ronald Colman, 67. U.K. actor. Mr. Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1947 for A Double Life. Other movies of his included Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925); Bulldog Drummond (1929); Clive of India (1935); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Lost Horizon (1937); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); If I Were King (1938); The Light that Failed (1939); and Random Harvest (1942). Mr. Colman’s distinctive English voice and mannerisms were often the target of impressionists; for example, Don Adams did a Ronald Colman impression in at least one or two episodes of Get Smart. Mr. Colman was also a fine radio actor; his performance in the Suspense episode August Heat (originally broadcast on CBS on May 31, 1945) is frequently played on stations that carry old radio shows.

Bruno Sturmer, 65. German composer and conductor. Mr. Sturmer composed mainly choral music, and supplied many compositions for the Nazi regime.

Archie Brown, 31. U.K. auto racing driver. Mr. Brown became a sports car driver despite being born with serious leg deformities and without his right hand. He died the day after being seriously injured in a crash during a race in Belgium, and six days after his 31st birthday.

Space
United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold urged a legal solution for outer space similar to that which guaranteed freedom of the high seas.

Politics and government
The government of the Arab State of Jordan and Iraq came into existence in Baghdad with the installation of a federal cabinet led by Prime Minister Nuri as-Said of Iraq.

Protest
Fighting broke out in Panama City when thousands of high school students attempted to march on the presidential palace and Ministry of Education in protest against poor school conditions.

Subway and rail workers in Paris struck to demonstrate union opposition to any Gaullist coup.

50 years ago
1968

Television
The 20th annual Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Palladium. Among the winning actors were: Bill Cosby (I Spy); Don Adams (Get Smart); Milburn Stone (Gunsmoke); Werner Klemperer (Hogan’s Heroes); Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible); Lucille Ball (The Lucy Show); Barbara Anderson (Ironside); and Marion Lorne (Bewitched). Miss Lorne’s award was presented posthumously. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In won for Best Musical or Variety Program, and ten different writers for that show shared the Emmy for musical or variety writing--quite an achievement for a program that had only begun broadcasting as a series (on NBC) on January 22. The Emmy for comedy writing went to Allan Burns and Chris Hayward for The Coming-Out Party, an episode of He and She, a CBS series starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss (husband and wife in real life), that ran for just one season.

Politics and government
Americans for Democratic Action in Washington endorsed Senator Eugene McCarthy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, upholding the previous approval of ADA’s national board. The group praised "his courage in New Hampshire and Wisconsin," adding that his campaign "forced a change in the administration’s Vietnam policy, and induced President Johnson’s renunciation of further political activity."

Golf
Billy Casper won the Colonial National Invitational Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas with a score of 275. First prize money was $25,000.

Baseball
After establishing a major league record by hitting 10 home runs in 6 consecutive games, Frank Howard of the Washington Senators was stopped by the Detroit Tigers, who defeated the Senators 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 45,491 fans at Tiger Stadium. Les Cain allowed 6 hits in 6 2/3 innings to get his first major league win as the Tigers won 7-0 to complete the sweep. Dick McAuliffe hit a home run in each game, and Eddie Mathews hit his first homer of the season in the second game.

The Cleveland Indians scored 7 runs in the first 3 innings on their way to an 11-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,363 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Duke Sims had a home run, single, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in for the Indians, while Lee Maye was 3 for 3 with a double, run, and RBI. Frank Robinson led the Orioles with a home run, single, and 4 RBIs, and relief pitcher Bruce Howard hit his only major league home run. Curt Blefary's double with 1 out in the 7th inning was the only hit off Sonny Siebert as he pitched the Indians to a 2-0 win in the second game to complete the sweep.

Tommy John pitched a 6-hitter to improve his record for the season to 4-0 and hit a 3-run home run in the 4th inning to provide the winning margin as the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 6-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 11,708 fans at White Sox Park. The White Sox scored 5 runs in the 5th inning on their way to a 7-2 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Pinch hitter Rick Monday hit a 2-run homer in the 6th inning to get Oakland on the scoreboard in the second game.

Gary Sutherland doubled home 2 runs with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 27,725 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Cardinals had scored 2 in the top of the inning to take a 3-2 lead.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rivers of Babylon--Boney M. (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): How Deep is Your Love--Bee Gees (5th week at #1)

At the movies
Thank God it's Friday, starring Donna Summer, opened in theatres.

World events
The government of Peru responded to riots over government-imposed price increases by postponing legislative elections scheduled for June 4. 12 left-wing politician who were scheduled to run in the elections called for a general strike for May 22-23 to protest the price increases. The 12 were arrested.

In Italy, two days of police searches concluded with the discovery of three Red Brigade hideouts and the arrest of 10 people.

French and Belgian paratroopers began dropping into the copper mining town of Kolwezi in the Zairian province of Shaba (formerly Katanga). The paratroopers were sent in to rescue more than 2,500 Europeans trapped there in fighting between Zairian troops and secessionist rebels. The United States Air Force provided 18 transport planes for the operation. The French Foreign Ministry reported that Cuban and Soviet advisers had been spotted with the rebels.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Jimmy Carter criticized the "very tight constraints" that Congress had placed on aid to friendly African nations, blaming this for limiting the American role in the Zaire airlift.

Hockey
WHA
Avco World Trophy
Finals
Winnipeg 10 @ New England 2 (Winnipeg led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Baseball
The New York Mets traded outfielder Ken Henderson to the Cincinnati Reds for relief pitcher Dale Murray. Mr. Henderson was batting .227 with 1 home run and 4 runs batted in in 7 games with New York in 1978. Mr. Murray was 1-1 with 2 saves and an earned run average of 4.09 in 15 games with Cincinnati in 1978.

Bob Sykes of the Detroit Tigers was finally scored upon after two straight shutouts, giving up 2 runs against the Boston Red Sox in 8 innings. John Hiller relieved Mr. Sykes in the 9th inning in a 7-5 Detroit win before 48,817 fans at Tiger Stadium. Dwight Evans and Bob Bailey hit consecutive home runs as the Red Sox rallied for 3 runs in the 9th inning.

Bruce Boisclair led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a double and scored on a 1-out single by Willie Montanez to give the New York Mets a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 13,181 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. The Mets trailed 3-0 after 7 1/2 innings, but scored 3 in the bottom of the 8th to tie the score, with Lee Mazzilli singling home 2 unearned runs with 2 out, following an error by Philadelphia third baseman Mike Schmidt.

30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Eloise--Tino Casal

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Mahtisonni--Aki & Turo (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Virginia Farmer, 90. U.S. actress. Among Miss Farmer’s films were To Each His Own (1946); Another Part of the Forest (1948); A Woman’s Secret (1949); Captain Carey, USA (1950); and Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).

Crime
A Missouri couple were indicted in connection with a plot to kill Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson.

Carlos Lehder, a Colombian who was linked to the Medellin drug cartel, was convicted in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida of conspiracy to smuggle 3.3 tons of cocaine from 1978 to 1980. Jack Reed, an American co-defendant, was also convicted.

Basketball
NBA
Western Conference
Semi-Finals
Denver 95 @ Dallas 108 (Dallas won best-of-seven series 4-2)
Los Angeles Lakers 80 @ Utah 108 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's jersey #1.

In a deal made possible by the emergence of rookie first baseman Mark Grace‚ the Chicago Cubs dealt veteran first baseman Leon Durham to the Cincinnati Reds for relief pitcher Pat Perry. Mr. Durham was batting .219 with 3 home runs and 6 runs batted in in 24 games with Chicago in 1988. Mr. Perry was 2-2 with no saves and a 5.66 earned run average in 12 games with Cincinnati in 1988.

Bob Boone led off the top of the 10th inning with a single and eventually scored on a double play to break a 1-1 tie as the California Angels edged the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 18,409 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The Angels trailed the second game 6-1 after 7 innings, but scored 7 runs in the 8th inning and another in the 9th to win 9-6 to complete the sweep, dropping the Orioles' 1988 record to 6-33.

Greg Swindell of the Cleveland Indians tossed a 2-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, and won 1-0 when Cory Snyder hit a game-ending home run in the 9th inning off Bobby Thigpen before 10,197 fans at Cleveland Stadium. Chicago starting pitcher Dave LaPoint allowed 6 hits in 8 innings.

Bill Buckner hit 2 home runs, Kurt Stillwell and George Brett added home runs, and all three had 3 hits to help the Kansas City Royals rout the Minnesota Twins 14-1 before 26,860 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Tim Leary pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Dennis Martinez as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the Montreal Expos 2-0 before 25,283 fans at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers scored their runs in the 4th inning on a sacrifice fly by Pedro Guerrero and a home run by Kirk Gibson.

25 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Informer--Snow (5th week at #1)

World events
An Iraqi being held in custody in Kuwait told the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation that he had acted on behalf of the Iraqi government in a plot to assassinate George Bush, who had been President of the United States when United Nations forces had driven Iraqi forces out of Kuwait in 1991. The suspect implicated other members of a 10-man team in the plot.

Abominations
The U.S. administration of President Bill Clinton fired the seven-person White House travel staff, headed by Billy Dale, who had acted as White House travel secretary since the administration of John F. Kennedy in the early '60s. The Clinton administration accused the travel office of failure to account for thousands of dollars. Mr. Dale eventually faced criminal charges, and it took a jury just 90 minutes to acquit him. The Clinton administration merely wanted to put there own people in the travel office, but they couldn't just do that--they had to assassinate the character of a man with a clean reputation.

Diplomacy
Bosnian Serb leaders met to ratify the result of the May 16 referendum, in which the Vance-Owen peace proposal had been rejected.

Economics and finance
The United States House of Representatives voted in favour of President Bill Clinton's budget

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Clarence S. Campbell Conference
Finals
Los Angeles 3 @ Toronto 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

20 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Sōsuke Uno, 75. Prime Minister of Japan, 1989. Mr. Uno, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, was first elected to the Diet in 1960, and held several cabinet posts before succeeding Noboru Takeshita as Prime Minister on June 3, 1989. Mr. Uno resigned on August 10, 1989 because of a sex scandal involving a geisha.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Western Conference
Semi-Finals
Detroit 6 @ St. Louis 1 (Detroit won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Basketball
NBA
Eastern Conference
Finals
Indiana 98 @ Chicago 104 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Baseball
The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros 4-2 before 9,126 fans in the first outdoor game played in Montreal's Olympic Stadium since 1991. The retractable roof‚ which had been prone to tearing in high winds‚ was removed on May 10. A new permanent roof was to be installed after the season.

Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit three 2-run home runs and drove in 6 runs in a 10-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies before 16,541 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. It was the second time this season and fourth time in his career that Mr. McGwire had hit 3 home runs in a game. He also became the 10th player in major league history to have two 3-home run games in a season, and reached the 20-homer mark faster than other player in history.

Jon Nunnally led off each game with a home run, but his Cincinnati Reds lost a doubleheader to the New York Mets 7-3 and 5-3 before 15,558 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Jeromy Burnitz hit a 3-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 9-6 win over the 13,138 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. The Giants had tied the score with 2 runs in the top of the 9th.

The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 before 31,311 fans at Yankee Stadium in a game marked by a brawl which resulted in 5 ejections. Players involved were suspended for a total of 18 games. The melee began when Baltimore relief pitcher Armando Benitez hit Tino Martinez in the back with a pitch following an 8th-inning home run by Bernie Williams.



Woody Williams took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and Jose Canseco hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning to provide the necessary scoring as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-1 before 25,662 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Kevin Stocker broke up Mr. Williams' no-hit bid with an infield single with none out in the 8th. Mr. Williams left after 8 innings having allowed 1 hit and 1 earned run. Losing pitcher Dennis Springer allowed just 4 hits and 3 earned runs in pitching a complete game, falling to 1-7 for the season.

Jim Thome batted 4 for 5 with a home run, 3 runs, and 4 runs batted in to help the Cleveland Indians rout the Kansas City Royals 16-3 before 13,367 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

Darin Erstad led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a single and scored on an error by third baseman Mike Blowers to give the Anaheim Angels a 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics before 17,275 fans at Edison International Field of Anaheim.

10 years ago
2008

Died on this date
Larry Zirbel, 86. U.S. baseball umpire. Mr. Zirbel worked in 13 games in the American League at the beginning of the 1979 season and 1 game in the 1984 American League Championship Series, all as a replacement while regular umpires were on strike.

Bill Andress, 83. U.S. baseball umpire. Mr. Andress worked in 3 games in the National League in May 1979 as a replacement while regular umpires were on strike.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Western Conference
Finals
Detroit 4 @ Dallas 1 (Detroit won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Basketball
NBA
Western Conference
Semi-Finals
San Antonio 91 @ New Orleans 82 (San Antonio won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Baseball
Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox as they shut out the Kansas City Royals 7-0 before 37,746 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.



Howie Clark doubled home Carlos Gomez with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 7-6 win over the Texas Rangers before 16,680 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Carlos Pena led off the top of the 13th inning with a home run and Evan Longoria followed with a home run to break a 5-5 tie as the Tampa Bay Rays held on to edge the Oakland Athletics 7-6 before 11,077 fans at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland. In the bottom of the 13th, Daric Barton tripled home Emil Brown with 2 out, but Kurt Suzuki was retired on a popup to end the game.

Blake DeWitt singled home Russell Martin with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds before 34,669 fans at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles left fielder Matt Kemp batted 4 for 4 with a base on balls and a run batted in, while Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips was 4 for 5 with a triple, 2 runs, and an RBI.