September 7, 2018

Married on this date
Happy Anniversary, Nicki Chang and Ken Powless!

790 years ago
1228

War
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Israel and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

240 years ago
1778

War
French forces invaded Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain was even aware of France's involvement in the American Revolutionary War.

200 years ago
1818

Born on this date
Thomas Talbot. U.S. businessman and politician. Mr. Talbot, a Republican, was a textile mill owner who served as Lieutenant Governor (1873-1875) and acting Governor (1874-1875) of Massachusetts and Governor of Massachusetts (1879-1880). He died on October 6, 1885 at the age of 67.

Europeana
Carl III of Sweden–Norway was crowned King of Norway, in Trondheim.

180 years ago
1838

Disasters
44 of 62 passengers and crew aboard the British ship Forfarshire were lost when the ship hit the rocks on Big Harcar in the Farne Islands. 9 passengers and crew were rescued after escaping in a lifeboat. The other 9 survivors--8 men and 1 woman--were rescued because of the efforts of Grace Darling, daughter of lighthouse keeper William Darling, and her father. Miss Darling spotted the wreckage and survivors in the early hours of the day, and she and her father used a rowboat to cover a mile in rough weather and pick up 5 survivors, including a Mrs. Dawson, who had lost 2 children in the wreck. Mr. Darling and surviving crew members made a second trip to rescue the others while Miss Darling remained at the Longstone Lighthouse.

175 years ago
1843

Married on this date
Future Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald married his first wife, Isabella Clark (1811–1856); he had met Isabella and courted her the year before on the Isle of Man, during a trip to the United Kingdom.

125 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Leslie Hore-Belisha. U.K. politician. Mr. Hore-Belisha, a Liberal, Liberal National, and eventually a Conservative, represented Plymouth Devonport in the House of Commons from 1923-1945, and served as Minister of Transport (1934-1937) and Secretary of State for War (1937-1940). As Minister of Transport he was credited with modernizing the British road system, but as Secretary of State for War he clashed with leading generals and was removed from the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in January 1940. Mr. Chamberlain considered appointing Mr. Hore-Belisha as Minister of Information, but decided against it because of Foreign Office concerns about a Jewish politician being in such a position. Mr. Hore-Belisha was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hore-Belisha in 1954, and died on February 16, 1957 at the age of 63 after collapsing with a cerebral hemorrhage while making a speech in Rheims while leading a British parliamentary delegation to France.

Died on this date
Hamilton Fish, 85. U.S. politician. Mr. Fish, a Whig, represented New York's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1843-1845 before serving as Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1848, Governor of New York in 1849-1850, and United States Senator from New York from 1851-1857. Mr. Fish, who became a Republican after the Whig party collapsed in the mid-1850s, was U.S. Secretary of State under President U.S. Grant from 1869-1877, and was considered one of the greatest Secretaries of State in American history.

110 years ago
1908

Born on this date
Paul Brown. U.S. football coach. Mr. Brown was the first coach of the Cleveland Browns of the All-American Football Conference in 1946, and the team was named in his honour. He led the Browns to the championship in all four seasons of the AAFC (1946-1949), before the AAFC merged with the National Football League. Mr. Brown then led the Browns to the NFL championship game in their first six seasons, winningin 1950, 1954, and 1955. He pioneered such innovations as hiring full-time assistant coaches, using game film to scout opponents, and the modern face mask. Mr. Brown's methods seemed to lose their effectiveness in the early 1960s, and he was fired after the 1962 season. He was co-owner and first head coach and general manager of the Cincinnati Bengals, who joined the American Football League in 1968 and joined the NFL in the merger of 1970. Mr. Brown led the Bengals to several playoff spots, and retired after the 1975 season, when the Bengals were 11-3, finishing in second place in the American Football Conference Central Division, making the playoffs as a wild card team, but losing to the Oakland Raiders in a divisional playoff game. Mr. Brown compiled a professional record of 213-104-9 in regular season play and 9-8 in post-season games. He was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1967, and died on August 5, 1991 at the age of 82.

100 years ago
1918

Baseball
World Series
Boston Red Sox 2 @ Chicago Cubs 1 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Wally Schang and Everett Scott drove in runs with consecutive singles and Carl Mays pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Hippo Vaughn as the Red Sox edged the Cubs before 27,054 fans at Comiskey Park.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Tony Lombardo. U.S. gangster. Mr. Lombardo, a friend of Al Capone, was murdered, along with his bodyguard, Tony Ferrara, in Chicago. Mr. Capone and 17 truckloads of flowers were at the funeral.

Carl T. Wilder. U.S. police officer. New York State Trooper Wilder was decoyed by a telephone call and shot to death near Tuxedo, New York.

Charles Potholm; Abraham Mazer; Luke Briotta, 13. U.S. accident victims. Mr. Potholm, a pilot, was attempting to use fright to restore speech and hearing to Master Briotta, and flew a loop in his airplane at Agawa, Massachusetts. Mr. Potholm lost control of the plane, and the two, with Mr. Mazer, were killed when it fell and crashed.

Crime
A military tribunal in Rome handed 30-year prison sentences to Momolo Zamboni and Virginia Tabarroni. The two were the father and mother-in-law, respectively, of Anteo Zamboni, who had unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Bologna in 1926 and had then been lynched by the crowd.

75 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Frank Crumit, 53. U.S. entertainer. Mr. Crumit was a popular recording artist in the 1920s, singing and playing ukulele on novelty hits such as Abdul Abulbul Amir (1927); A Gay Caballero (1928-1929); and A Tale of the Ticker (1929). He and his wife Julie became a popular radio team, co-starring in the variety program Blackstone Plantation (1929-1934) and the twice-weekly quiz show The Battle of the Sexes (1930-1943). Mr. Crumit died of a heart attack, 19 days before his 54th birthday, and the day after broadcasting an episode of the quiz show.

Married on this date
U.S. actors Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth were married in Santa Monica, California.

War
The German 17th Army began its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moved across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.

Economics and finance
The fifth Victory Loan campaign was launched in Canada to raise $1.2 billion.

Disasters
A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, killed 55 people.

70 years ago
1948

Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary James Forrestal released a report by civil rights leaders on the armed forces' racial policies; the authors urged abolition of segregation in all branches and the ending of racial quotas for enlistment.

Politics and government
French Prime Minister Robert Schuman's resigned after a record short tenure of 64 hours when socialists and moderate conservatives in the National Assembly refused to support Mr. Schuman's compromise proposals on wage and food prices.

Business
CBS bought the rights to Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll's Amos 'n Andy radio characterizations for $2 million.

60 years ago
1958

World events
An abortive military coup attempt against the Venezuelan government of Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal resulted in 12 deaths.

Energy
The World Power Conference opened in Montreal; 12,000 delegates from 51 nations attended.

The world's largest nuclear power plant (100,000 kilowatts), fuelled with 200 tons of natural uranium, went into operation in Siberia.

Health
Official reports placed the number of deaths in the sleeping sickness epidemic in Japan and South Korea at 1,810.

Tennis
Ashley Cooper defeated Malclolm Anderson 3 sets to 2 in the men's singles final of the U.S. men's amateur championship in Forest Hills, New York.

Baseball
Phil Cavarretta resigned as manager of the Buffalo Bisons of the AAA International League. In his third season as the manager of the Kansas City Athletics' top farm team, Mr. Cavarretta led the Bisons to a record of 69-83 in 1958, seventh in the eight-team league. A year earlier, the Bisons had finished 88-66, just 1/2 game behind the pennant-winning Toronto Maple Leafs.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Dream a Little Dream of Me--Mama Cass

#1 single in France: Rain and Tears--Aphrodite's Child (13th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Azzurro--Adriano Celentano

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Help Yourself--Tom Jones

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Little Arrows--Brendan O'Brien; The Dixies

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Help Yourself--Tom Jones (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): People Got to Be Free--The Rascals (4th week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong--Golden Earrings
2 Ich Bau' Dir Ein Schloss--Heintje
3 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
4 Rain and Tears--Aphrodite's Child
5 Times were When--The Cats
6 Fire--The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
7 Callow-La-Vita--Raymond Froggatt
8 Do it Again--The Beach Boys
9 Lady Willpower--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
10 Help Yourself--Tom Jones
--Dans Met Mij--Ben Cramer

Singles entering the chart were Don't You Cry for a Girl by the Shoes (#23); Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) by Sam & Dave (#25); I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin (#33); Light My Fire by Jose Feliciano (#36); People Got to Be Free by the Rascals (#39); and Here Comes the Judge by Shorty Long (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 People Got to Be Free--The Rascals (3rd week at #1)
2 Born to Be Wild--Steppenwolf
3 Light My Fire--Jose Feliciano
4 Harper Valley P.T.A.--Jeannie C. Riley
5 Hello, I Love You--The Doors
6 Sunshine of Your Love--Cream
7 1,2,3, Red Light--1910 Fruitgum Company
8 You Keep Me Hangin' On--The Vanilla Fudge
9 Do it Again--The Beach Boys
10 Soul-Limbo--Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Singles entering the chart were Street Fighting Man by the Rolling Stones (#63); My Special Angel by the Vogues (#70); For the Love of Ivy by the Mamas and the Papas (#72); Fire by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown (#73); Poor Baby by the Cowsills (#76); The Weight by the Band (#78); Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#80); Piece of My Heart by Big Brother and the Holding Company (#83); Don't Change Your Love by the Five Stairsteps and Cubie (#84); The B.B. Jones by B.B. King (#88); Shoot 'em Up, Baby by Andy Kim (#89); Down on Me by Big Brother and the Holding Company (#90); Since You've Been Gone by Ramsey Lewis (#92); Montage from How Sweet it Is (I Know that You Know) by Love Generation (#93); Fool for You by the Impressions (#96); Down Here on the Ground by Lou Rawls (#97); Bring Back Those Rockabye Baby Days by Tiny Tim (#98); The Mule by the James Boys (#99); and The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore by the Fuzzy Bunnies (#100). The B.B. Jones was from the movie For Love of Ivy (1968); oddly, For the Love of Ivy was not from that movie.

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Sunshine of Your Love--Cream
2 1,2,3, Red Light--1910 Fruitgum Company
3 Hello, I Love You--The Doors
4 Do it Again--The Beach Boys
5 Pictures of Matchstick Men--The Status Quo
6 My Name is Jack--Manfred Mann
7 On the Road Again--Canned Heat
8 And Suddenly--The Cherry People
9 Magic Bus--The Who
10 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
Pick hit of the week: Happy Lovin' Time--The Privilege

On television today
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, on NBC

This was the first broadcast of the children's program.

Americana
Judith Ford, representing Illinois, was named Miss America 1969 at the annual pageant at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.



Boxing
Oscar Bonavena (37-4) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Leotis Martin (26-5) in a heavyweight bout at Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires.



Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-2-1) 14 @ British Columbia (2-5) 8

Silas McKinnie scored the game's only touchdown as he helped the Roughriders defeat the Lions before 30,432 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver.



40 years ago
1978

Died on this date
Charles Williams, 85. U.K. composer. Mr. Williams wrote light music and numerous film scores, often uncredited. His compositions included Blue Devils; Majestic Fanfare; and The Dream of Olwen.

Keith Moon, 32. U.K. musician. Mr. Moon joined the rock group the Who in 1964, and became equally known for his skill as a drummer and his destructive behaviour, often fuelled by alcohol. He's regarded by many as the greatest rock drummer ever, but by the mid-late 1970s his skills deteriorated as his lifestyle got increasingly out of control. Mr. Moon died of an overdose of the sedative clomethiazole, which he had been prescribed for control of alcohol withdrawal symptoms. His death took place 15 days after his 32nd birthday and 20 days after the release of the Who's album Who Are You.

Humour
Bill Cosby performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary.

Politics and government
U.K. Prime Minister James Callaghan announced that he would not be calling an election in the fall, prompting accusations from opposition parties that he was afraid to call one.

Crime
A panel of medical experts, testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Assassinations Committee, backed the Warren Commission's conclusion that a single bullet had hit U.S. President John F. Kennedy and then wounded Texas Governor John Connally on November 22, 1963.

Francis J. Crawford, the American businessman convicted by a Soviet court of currency violations, was given a five-year suspended sentence by a Moscow city court; his Russian co-defendants received 4-5 year sentences. Mr. Crawford left the U.S.S.R. on September 8 and his employers, International Harvester Company, resumed sales to the Soviet Union on September 11.

30 years ago
1988

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

Space
Research Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returned aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after nine days on the Mir space station. He had launched on August 29 as a member of the crew of Soyuz TM-6. He returned with Commander Vladimir Lyakhov.

Hockey
Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito, and Brad Park were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Also inducted were Buddy O'Connor in the veterans' category and George Hayes into the officials' category.

25 years ago
1993

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell dissolved Parliament in preparation for calling a federal election the following day for October 25.

The white-run government of South Africa announced that it would give the first formal voice to disenfrancised blacks in a multiparty committee subjecting government functions to a predominantly black interim council leading to a universal election.

Baseball
The California Angels released third baseman Kelly Gruber, ending his 10-year major league career. Mr. Gruber played with the Toronto Blue Jays from 1984-1992 and joined the Angles in 1993, but was limited by shoulder and neck injuries to 18 games, batting .277 with 3 home runs and 9 runs batted in. In 939 major league games he batted .259 with 117 homers and 443 RBIs.

Mark Whiten of the St. Louis Cardinals tied the Major League records for home runs and runs batted in in a single game, hitting 4 home runs and driving in 12 runs in a 15-2 win in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds before 22,606 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Mr. Whiten, who hadn't homered in four weeks, hit a grand slam in the 1st inning and also drove in a run in the Cardinals' 14-13 loss in the first game, tying a record set by Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres in 1972 of 13 RBIs in a doubleheader. Mike Anderson made his major league debut as the second of four Cincinnati pitchers in the second game, allowing 6 hits and 7 runs--all earned--in 1 2/3 innings, with 2 bases on balls and 2 strikeouts. In the first game, the Cardinals scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th to take a 13-9 lead, but the Reds scored 3 in the bottom of the 8th, and Reggie Sanders tripled home Jacob Brumfield and Hal Morris with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds the win. Tripp Cromer made his major league debut with the Cardinals, entering the game as a pinch runner in the 8th and scoring. Pitcher Steve Dixon then made his major league debut, entering the game in Mr. Cromer's spot in the lineup, and walking the first 2 batters in the bottom of the 8th, both of whom scored. The Cardinals used 8 pitchers, the Reds 7.



Pinch hitter Charlie Montoyo, making his major league debut, singled home Mike Lansing with 2 out in the bottom of the 7th to climax a 4-run inning as the Montreal Expos overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 before 18,988 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

The Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs in the top of the 4th inning to take a 5-0 lead and held on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 before 27,041 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Jeff Kent hit a solo home run with 2 out in the top of the 10th to break a 2-2 tie, but then made a throwing error on what might have been a double play ball in the bottom of the 10th, allowing 2 runs to score as the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 4-3 before 16,298 fans at the Astrodome.

Pinch hitter Dave Clark drew a base on balls with 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 8th inning and Don Slaught followed with a 2-run home run to provide the tying and winning runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the San Francisco Giants 4-3 before 17,314 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

Steve Avery allowed 6 hits in 8 innings and doubled and scored the game's only run in the 8th inning to win the pitchers' duel over Pedro Astacio, improving his 1993 record to 16-4, as the Atlanta Braves edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 before 31,577 fans at Dodger Stadium.

The San Diego Padres scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and held on to defeat the Florida Marlins 6-4 before 7,092 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium. Luis Lopez made his major league debut with the Padres, playing the first 5 innings at second base and batting 0 for 3, making 2 putouts and 2 assists.

The Oakland Athletics scored 5 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 6-6 tie and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 before 50,515 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. The Blue Jays scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st to take a 5-0 lead. Kurt Abbott made his major league debut with the Athletics, entering the game as a pinch runner in the 10th and being forced out on the front end of a double play.

Mike Blowers hit a 2-run home run in the 7th inning to break a 0-0 tie and Dave Valle added a solo homer in the 8th as the Seattle Mariners held on to edge the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 before 45,704 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. With 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, Mike Devereaux doubled home Harold Raynolds, and Harold Baines followed with a double to score Mr. Devereaux. Pinch runner Jeffrey Hammonds advanced to third base on a wild pitch by Ted Power, but Cal Ripken, Jr. struck out to end the game.

Kevin Tapani pitched a 4-hitter and Pat Meares doubled home 3 runs in a 5-run 7th inning as the Minnesota Twins shut out the Cleveland Indians 6-0 before 13,276 fans at Cleveland Stadium.

The Detroit Tigers scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to overcome a 6-3 deficit as they defeated the California Angels 10-6 before 12,454 fans at Tiger Stadium. Paul Swingle made his major league debut as the fourth of five California pitchers, allowing 5 hits and 1 run--earned--in 2 innings, with 1 base on balls and 3 strikeouts.

Bob Melvin and Mo Vaughn each hit 2-run home runs to enable the Boston Red Sox to defeat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 before 27,966 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Robin Ventura hita 2-run homer for Chicago with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Ken Ryan relieved winning pitcher Danny Darwin and retired George Bell and Ellis Burks to get his first save of the season.

Doug Strange led off the bottom of the 8th inning with a double and scored on a 1-out single by Gary Redus to break a 4-4 tie as the Texas Rangers edged the New York Yankees 5-4 before 19,868 fans at Arlington Stadium.

20 years ago
1998

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-5) 7 @ Hamilton (8-2) 26



Edmonton (6-4) 8 @ Calgary (7-3) 26

Kelvin Anderson rushed for 2 touchdowns as the Stampeders easily beat the Eskimos before 37,611 fans at McMahon Stadium. Jimmy Kemp relieved starting quarterback David Archer in the 4th quarter and rushed for the Edmonton touchdown.


10 years ago
2008

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the writs for the 2008 federal election, pre-empting by-elections scheduled in Westmount-Ville-Marie, Saint-Lambert, and Guelph.

Economics and finance
The United States government took control of the country's two largest mortgage financing companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-6) 16 @ Montreal (7-3) 45
Saskatchewan (8-2) 34 @ Winnipeg (2-8) 31

Anthony Calvillo completed 36 of 49 passes for 369 yards and 3 touchdowns, and rushed for another TD, to lead the Alouettes over the Argonauts before 20,202 fans at Molson Stadium.

Luca Congi kicked a 29-yard field goal on the last play of regulation time to complete a 17-point rally and give the Roughriders their win over the Blue Bombers before 29,770 fans at Canad Inns Stadium. Saskatchewan quarterback Michael Bishop completed 24 of 30 passes for 370 yards and 3 touchdowns.