May 21, 2018

1,725 years ago
293

Politics and government
Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appointed Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.

330 years ago
1688

Born on this date
Alexander Pope. English poet. Mr. Pope was known for his satirical verse and his translation of the works of Homer. He died on May 30, 1744 at the age of 56.

175 years ago
1843

Born on this date
Charles Albert Gobat. Swiss politician. Dr. Gobat was a member of the Swiss Council of States (1884-1890) and National Council (1890-1914). He was awarded a share of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize "[For his role as the] first Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union." Dr. Gobat was attending a meeting of a peace conference at Bern, Switzerland on March 16, 1914 and arose as if to speak, but collapsed, and died about an hour later at the age of 70.

Louis Renault. French jurist. Mr. Renault was awarded a share of the 1907 Nobel Peace Prize "[For his work as a] leading French international jurist and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague." He died on February 8, 1918 at the age of 74.

150 years ago
1868

Politics and government
The U.S. Republican National Convention concluded at Crosby's Opera House in Chicago with the acclamation of Civil War Union Army commander U.S. Grant of Ohio as the party's nominee for President of the United States. House of Representatives Speaker Schuyler Colfax (Indiana) was elected as the vice presidential nominee on the fifth ballot.

140 years ago
1878

Horse racing
Day Star, with Jimmy Carter up, won the 4th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a then-record time of 2:37 1/4. Himyar placed second and Leveler finished third in the nine-horse field.

Baseball
Ed "The Only" Nolan of the Indianapolis Hoosiers set the Milwaukee Grays down with just 2 hits at Milwaukee Baseball Grounds‚ but he barely won the game 6-5 because of 11 errors and passed balls by his team.

110 years ago
1908

Baseball
Bill Burns of the Washington Nationals had a no-hitter broken up by Matty McIntyre with 2 outs in the 9th inning; two batters later, Sam Crawford singled, and Mr. Burns settled for a 2-hit 1-0 win over the Detroit Tigers before 3,200 fans at American League Park in Washington. Losing pitcher Ed Siever pitched a 4-hitter. "Sleepy Bill" Burns became a figure in the fix of the 1919 World Series.

Rube Vickers pitched a 7-hit shutout and had 2 hits of his own for the Philadelphia Athletics edged the Cleveland Naps 1-0 before 3,919 fans at Columbia Park in Philadelphia. Losing pitcher Bob Rhoads allowed 3 hits in 7 innings.

Pitching for Kansas City in the Western Association, Smoky Joe Wood hurled a 1-0 no-hitter against Milwaukee.

100 years ago
1918

Born on this date
Dennis Day. U.S. singer and actor. Mr. Day, born Owen McNulty, was a member of the supporting cast of Jack Benny's radio and television programs from 1939-1965 except for 1944-1946, when Mr. Day was serving in the United States Navy. Mr. Day also hosted the radio show A Day in the Life of Dennis Day from 1946-1951. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on June 22, 1988 at the age of 72.

Abominations
The United States House of Representatives passed an amendment allowing women to vote.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Hideyo Noguchi, 51. Japanese scientist. Professor Noguchi, a bacteriologist with the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research who was known for his 1911 discovery of the the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease. He died in Accra, Gold Coast from yellow fever which he contracted during a laboratory experiment. Prof. Noguchi had arrived in Accra in November to investigate the disease.

Religion
The Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference at Kansas City went on record against compulsory military training in colleges, and against all military training in high schools. Later, it voted to recognize divorces granted by the state, to receive divorced persons into the Church, and to trust the decision of their ministers on eligibility of divorced persons to be remarried. The Discipline was amended to read: "A minister shall not solemnize a marriage of a divorced person whose husband or wife is still living, except for the innocent person, when it is clearly established in his own mind that the true cause of divorce is adultery, or its moral equivalent."

Europeana
The Turkish parliament passed a law, effective June 1, 1929, to complete the adoption of Arabic numerals, already in use on postage stamps.

80 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Sam Childs, 76. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Childs was a first baseman with Yale University and played 1 game with the Columbus Buckeyes, batting 0 for 4 on May 31, 1883. He played in the minor leagues wit Hartford from 1884-1885.

Silver King, 70. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. King, born Charles Frederick Koenig, played with seven teams in a 10-year major league career from 1886-1893 and 1896-1897, compiling a record of 203-154 with an earned run average of 3.18 in 397 games, and batted .198 with 4 home runs and 135 runs batted in in 419 games. He was one of the first pitchers to use a sidearm delivery. Mr. King's best season was 1888, when he won 45 and lost 21 with the pennant-winning St. Louis Browns of the American Association, leading the league in games (66), innings pitched (585), wins, and earned run average (1.64). With the Chicago Pirates of the Players’ League in 1890, he tied for the league lead in wins (32), and led outright in ERA (2.69) and shutouts (4).

Baseball
The New York Yankees gave little support to pitcher Spud Chandler, but he hit a home run in the 8th inning to gain a 1-0 victory over Thornton Lee and the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Zeke Bonura drove in Ossie Bluege with a fly ball to right field in the top of the 12th inning to break a 4-4 tie as the Washington Nationals edged the Cleveland Indians 5-4 at League Park in Cleveland.

Al Todd doubled home 2 runs and scored on a single by winning pitcher Jim Tobin as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning and defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 before 14,610 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

75 years ago
1943

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Devil's Foot

At the movies
Action in the North Atlantic, starring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey, opened in theatres.



War
Japanese troops in China continued toward Enshih, capturing Tseliangping and claiming to have annihilated nine Chinese divisions.

Politics and government
In a joint congressional meeting, the Mexican Senate and Chamber of Deputies demanded that the semi-Fascist Union Sinarquista be dissolved as a threat to national security.

Labour
Nearly 40,000 United Rubber Workers Union members struck in Akron, Ohio to protest against the National War Labor Board decision granting them a 3-cent instead of an 8-cent per hour wage increase.

Disasters
The Mississippi, Illinois, Wabash, Arkansas, and other Midwestern rivers broke their levees and flooded more than a million acres in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma, killing 12 people and leaving 108,000 homeless.

Boxing
Bob Montgomery (51-6-3) won the New York State Athletic Commission world lightweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Beau Jack (53-7-2) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

70 years ago
1948

Died on this date
J.L. Ralston, 66. Canadian politician. James Layton Ralston, a Liberal, represented the Nova Scotia riding of Shelburne-Yarmouth (1926-1935) and the Prince Edward Island riding of Prince (1940-1945) in the House of Commons. He was Canada's Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mackenzie King from 1926-1930 and again from 1940-1944, and was Minister of Finance from 1939-1940. Mr. Ralston supported conscription for overseas military service during World War II, and resigned from the cabinet in 1944 when Mr. King refused to introduce it.

War
Greek government forces reported defeating a 2,000-man guerrilla army northeast of Salonika afte a two-day battle.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman named Henry Grady to succeed Lincoln MacVeagh as U.S. Ambassador to Greece and administrator of the U.S. aid program there.

Defense
U.S. President Truman signed the $3.2-billion Air Force and Navy procurement bill.

Politics and government
A U.S. district court in Washington convicted screenwriters John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo of contempt of Congress and imposed $1,000 fines and one-year prison sentences on both for refusing to tell the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities whether they were Communists.

The British Labour Party ended its six-day convention in Scarborough by endorsing eventual European unification and rejecting proposals to condemn the Marshall Plan as an "imperialistic" plot.

New York Governor Thomas Dewey won the Oregon Republican Party U.S. presidential primary over Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen, taking another 12 convention delegates. President Truman was unopposed in the state's Democratic Party primary.

U.S. President Truman urged Congress to make Alaska a state, and outlined a program for settlement and economic development of the territory, emphasizing its "strategic importance."

Religion
Speaking before the International College of Surgeons in Rome, Pope Pius XII declared that sterilization, birth control, and childbirth operations in which the mother's life was saved at the expense of the child's were not permissible for Roman Catholics.

Economics and finance
Brazil signed a $400-million one-year trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

Business
The Yugoslavian government nationalized all retail stores in Belgrade except cafes, pharmacies, and shops producing their own goods.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Packinghouse Workers ended their 67-day strike against all meatpacking firms except Wilson & Co., as workers accepted a 9c hourly wage increase.

Contract discussions in the U.S. railroad industry broke down in Washington.

Baseball
Ted Williams batted 4 for 4 with 2 bases on balls, a home run, and 2 runs, while Dom DiMaggio and Sam Mele added 3 hits each to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 11-5 before 8,409 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Joe Dobson allowed 12 hits and 5 earned runs, but pitched a complete game victory.

The Philadelphia Athletics scored 3 runs in each of the 1st, 3rd, and 6th innings to defeat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Joe Coleman, Sr. allowed 12 hits and 6 earned runs in 6 innings, but was still the winning pitcher. Detroit center fielder Hoot Evers hit a single, double, and triple.

Bill Wight pitched a 3-hitter and drove in the winning run with a ground out in the 5th inning as the Chicago White Sox shut out the New York Yankees 3-0 before 4,564 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Losing pitcher Frank "Spec" Shea allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 innings.

The St. Louis Browns scored all their runs in the 3rd inning and held on to edge the Washington Nationals 4-3 before 5,231 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

Warren Spahn pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Harry Brecheen as the Boston Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 before 22,917 fans at Braves Field. Stan Musial hit a home run with 2 out in the top of the 8th inning to break up Mr. Spahn's bid for a shutout.

Third baseman Frankie Gustine batted 5 for 5 with a home run, double, 4 runs, and 2 runs batted in to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers before 8,803 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

The Chicago Cubs beat the New York Giants 8-3 before 7,511 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York, with Clarence Maddern hitting 2 home runs and driving in 4 runs, and Hank Schenz adding 3 singles and a double. New York rookie Les Layton‚ in his first major league at bat‚ hit a pinch homer in the 9th inning off Johnny Schmitz. Mr. Layton hit just one more major league home run.

60 years ago
1958

At the movies
Hot Spell, directed by Daniel Mann, and starring Shirley Booth, Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, and Earl Holliman, received its premiere screening in New Orleans.



War
Indonesian paratroopers reconquered Morotai Island. The U.S. State Department disclosed that it had granted licenses for the export to Indonesia of $14,600 worth of small arms and nearly $1 million worth of aircraft and radio parts.

Defense
The United States performed an atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.

Communications
U.K. Postmaster General Ernest Marples announced that the introduction of automatic trunk dialling would make telephone calls easier and cheaper.

Baseball
Robin Roberts pitched a 7-hitter and doubled home Willie Jones with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning for the game's only run as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 before 16,621 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Losing pitcher Sam Jones allowed just 3 hits, but 2 of them came in the 8th, with Willie Jones leading off with a single.

Willie Mays led off the top of the 10th inning with a home run off Hal Jeffcoat to break a 4-4 tie and give the San Francisco Giants a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Redlegs before 8,669 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Jim Gilliam led of the game with a single and Gino Cimoli followed with a home run to provide the necessary scoring as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Milwaukee Braves 2-1 before 18,842 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee, with Don Drysdale winning the pitchers' duel over Bob Rush.

Minnie Minoso hit a solo home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox before 2,554 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Dick Tomanek allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in pitching a complete game victory.

Gene Woodling and Gus Triandos hit consecutive home runs in the 4th inning and Mr. Triandos homered again in the 5th for the Baltimore Orioles as they beat the Detriot Tigers 8-1 before 3,387 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Delilah--Tom Jones (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Doris Lloyd, 71. U.K.-born U.S. actress. Miss Lloyd appeared in many radio and television shows (including a number of episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour), and more than 150 movies from 1920 to 1967. Her movies included Waterloo Bridge (1931); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); A Study in Scarlet (1933); Tovarich (1937); The Letter (1940); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); The House of Fear (1945); Three Strangers (1946); and The Sound of Music (1965).

Diplomacy
A United Nations Security Council resolution opposed Israel’s administrative unification of the Jordanian and Israeli sections of Jerusalem, and declared invalid all Israeli actions in Jerusalem since the capture of the Jordanian area of the city in the June 1967 war. 13 of the 15 member nations of the Security Council approved the resolution; the United States and Canada abstained.

Defense
The U.S.S.R. performed an underground nuclear test.

Politics and government
Shneon Zalman Lazar, re-elected in March, was inaugurated into his second five-year term as President of Israel.

Disasters
In Edmonton, a gas leak in the Dunston Apartments, on Stony Plain Road near 127th Street, caused an explosion that morning that left the old red brick walkup a pile of rubble, and knocked out the windows of Pioneer Automotive next door. Amazingly, no one was killed. I was at home on 133 St., getting ready to go to Glenora School, when I heard a loud bang; I found out what it was when I came home for lunch.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs climbed above the .500 mark the first time all season with a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 4,422 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Chicago's Billy Williams set a record for outfielders by playing his 695th straight game, and scored the winning run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning when Cookie Rojas, who had hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 9th to climax a 4-run Philadelphia rally to tie the game and had then moved to catcher, allowed a passed ball. Rich Nye allowed 11 hits and 5 earned runs in pitching a complete came victory.

Bob Bailey hit a home run and 2 singles, driving in 5 runs, as the Los Angeles Dodgers, in a rare offensive outburst, beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-2 before 13,633 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

Tommie Agee hit a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning and led off the bottom of the 17th inning with a single and came around to score the winning run on an error by second baseman Chuck Hiller as the New York Mets edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 before 8,188 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Andy Kosco led off the top of the 9th inning with a home run to break a 1-1 tie as the New York Yankees edged the Washington Senators 2-1 before 7,685 fans at District of Columbia Stadium, with Mel Stottlemyre winning the pitchers' duel over Joe Coleman, Jr.



Ken Berry singled to lead off the top of the 12th inning and came around to score on a single by Jerry McNertney to break a 1-1 tie as the Chicago White Sox edged the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 before 7,612 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The Oriole had runners on first and second bases with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th, but Hoyt Wilhelm entered the game and induced Brooks Robinson to ground into a force play to end the game.

Rich Rollins singled home Rod Carew and Tony Oliva with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 before 9,024 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, with Dean Chance pitching a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Joe Sparma.

Jose Cardenal led off the top of the 11th inning with a home run for the only scoring as the Cleveland Indians edged the Oakland Athletics 1-0 before 8,342 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Sam McDowell pitched a 4-hitter and struck out 12 batters to win the pitchers' duel over Chuck Dobson, who allowed 4 hits and struck out 7. Blue Moon Odom pitched a 7-hit shutout to win the pitchers' duel over Luis Tiant, who allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run, as the Athletics won the second game 2-0.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Wuthering Heights--Kate Bush (3rd week at #1)

Politics and government
A nationwide referendum in Egypt overwhelmingly endorsed President Anwar Sadat’s plan to curb political opposition from both left and right. President Sadat promised, however, that the restrictions would not lead to a return to the sometimes repressive measures used by his predecessor, Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Religion
118 Unification church (Moonie) couples participated in a mass wedding in England.

Golf
Jim Simons won the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio with a score of 284. First prize money was $50,000.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Montreal 3 @ Boston 4 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Bobby Schmautz scored at 6:22 of the 1st overtime period to give the Bruins the win over the Canadiens at the Boston Garden. A 3rd-period fight was a highlight, with Stan Jonathan of the Bruins beating up the much taller Pierre Bouchard.





Basketball
NBA
Finals
Washington 102 @ Seattle 106 (Seattle led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Fred Brown came off the bench to score 30 points to lead the SuperSonics over the Bullets at Seattle Center Coliseum. Kevin Grevey led the Bullets with 27 points and Elvin Hayes added 21.



30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): I'm Not Scared--Eighth Wonder (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Gimme Hope Jo'anna--Eddy Grant (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Yé ké yé ké--Mory Kanté (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): N'importe quoi--Florent Pagny (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): With a Little Help from My Friends--Wet Wet Wet/She's Leaving Home--Billy Bragg featuring Cara Tivey

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): With a Little Help from My Friends--Wet Wet Wet/She's Leaving Home--Billy Bragg featuring Cara Tivey

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Anything for You--Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Anything for You--Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine (2nd week at #1)
2 One More Try--George Michael
3 Wishing Well--Terence Trent D'Arby
4 Shattered Dreams--Johnny Hates Jazz
5 Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)--Samantha Fox
6 Angel--Aerosmith
7 Always on My Mind--Pet Shop Boys
8 Pink Cadillac--Natalie Cole
9 I Don't Want to Live Without You--Foreigner
10 Electric Blue--Icehouse

Singles entering the chart were Hold On to the Nights by Richard Marx (#80); Make Me Lose Control by Eric Carmen (#83); Tomorrow People by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (#88); Black and Blue by Van Halen (#90); and Like the Weather by 10,000 Maniacs (#91).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Always on My Mind--Pet Shop Boys
2 Wishing Well--Terence Trent D'Arby
3 Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car--Billy Ocean
4 I'm Still Searching--Glass Tiger
5 Beds are Burning--Midnight Oil
6 Where Do Broken Hearts Go--Whitney Houston
7 Devil Inside--INXS
8 Push It--Salt-N-Pepa
9 Pink Cadillac--Natalie Cole
10 Shattered Dreams--Johnny Hates Jazz

Singles entering the chart included Alphabet St. by Prince (#76); Tall Cool One by Robert Plant (#87); and Far from Over by Blvd. (#94).

Died on this date
Dino Grandi, 92. Italian politician. Mr. Grandi joined Benito Mussolini’s Fascist movement in 1920, and served in Mr. Mussolini’s government in various positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs (1929-1932). Mr. Grandi was one of the members of the Fascist Grand Council who voted to remove Mr. Mussolini from office in 1943. Mr. Grandi fled the country, but returned to Italy many years later.

Sammy Davis, Sr., 87. U.S. dancer. Mr. Davis, his young son, Sammy, Jr., and Will Mastin comprised the Will Mastin Trio.

Pino Romualdi, 74. Italian politician. Mr. Romualdi was Deputy Secretary of the Fascist Republican Party during World War II, and was one of the founders, in 1946, of the Italian Social Movement (MSI). He remained involved in politics until his death.

Weather
It was a beautiful day in Edmonton, hitting 82 F.

Art
The National Gallery of Canada opened in Ottawa.

Defense
The United States performed a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Horse racing
Risen Star, with Eddie Delahoussaye aboard, won the 113th running of the Preakness Stakes before 88,654 fans at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The winning time was 1:56 2/5, the slowest Preakness in 13 years. Brian's Time placed second, 1 1/4 lengths behind, with Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors finishing third in the nine-horse field.



Basketball
NBA
Western Conference
Semi-Finals
Utah 98 @ Los Angeles Lakers 109 (Los Angeles won best-of-seven series 4-3)

25 years ago
1993

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Clarence S. Campbell Conference
Finals
Toronto 2 @ Los Angeles 4 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 2-1)

20 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Robert Gist, 80. U.S. actor and director. Mr. Gist had small roles in numerous plays and television programs, and movies such as Strangers on a Train (1951) and Operation Petticoat (1959), and went on to direct numerous plays and television programs.

Crime
A 15-year-old student opened fire inside Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two students and wounding 23, the day after killing his parents.

Terrorism
In Miami, five abortion clinics were struck by a butyric acid attacker.

Politics and government
Indonesian President Suharto resigned under pressure after an economic crisis, and following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule. In a televised address, he apologized for mistakes made during 32 years in power. Suharto was succeeded in office by Vice President B.J. Habibie.

Environment
The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans shut down the British Columbia Coho salmon fishery.

Business
Seagram Company announced that it would acquire the world's largest music company, Polygram NV, in a deal worth U.S.$10.6 billion.

10 years ago
2008

Business
A Quebec court ruled that a planned $35-billion sale of Bell Canada Enterprises, Inc. to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan would be unfair to bondholders.

Basketball
NBA
Western Conference
Finals
San Antonio 85 @ Los Angeles Lakers 89 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)