July 14, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Michael Upstone!

250 years ago
1769

Exploration
An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá left its base in California and set out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).

230 years ago
1789

Protest
The storming and destruction of the Bastille, a fortress and prison in Paris, marked the beginning of the French Revolution. 98 attackers and one defender were killed in the fighting. Just seven prisoners were being held in the Bastille at the time of the attack. King Louis XVI’s diary entry for that day read, "rien" (nothing).

Exploration
Alexander Mackenzie finally completed his journey to the mouth of the great river--eventually named in his honour--that he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turned out to flow into the Arctic Ocean.

130 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Ante Pavelić. Croatian military officer and politician. General Pavelić founded the Croatian fascist nationalist organization Ustaše in 1929, and governed the "Independent State of Croatia"--a Nazi-Fascist puppet state--using the title of Poglavnik from 1941-1945. He was responsible for assassinations--including King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934--and genocides against Serbs, Jews, and other peoples. Gen. Pavelić was able to escape Europe after World War II and fled to Argentina, where he organized a Croatian government-in-exile. He was severely wounded in an assassination attempt in 1957 and eventually moved to Spain, where he died of the effects of his wounds on December 28, 1959 at the age of 70.

Baseball
A.G. Spalding’s plan for classifying minor leagues was printed across the United States. It called for strict salary and draft-price limits according to the class of the leagues--features that were to serve as the basis for the next century of baseball.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Dave Fleischer. U.S. animator. Mr. Fleischer and his older brother Max owned Fleischer Studios, producing and driecting cartoons featuring characters such as Betty Boop and Popeye. Dave left the company at the end of 1941 and produced two Academy Award-nominated cartoons for Columbia Pictures in 1942, but failed to achieve subsequent success. He worked with Universal Studios in the 1950s and '60s as an adviser on technical matters. Dave Fleischer died of a stroke on June 25, 1979, 19 days before his 85th birthday.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Crash Davis. U.S. baseball player. Lawrence Columbus Davis was a second baseman with the Philadelphia Athletics (1940-1942), batting .230 with 2 home runs and 42 runs batted in in 148 games. He played 7 seasons in the minor leagues (1946-1952), hitting at least 39 homers. Mr. Davis played with the Durham Bulls of the Carolina League in 1948, and his name was used for the main character in the movie Bull Durham (1988). He died of stomach cancer on August 31, 2001 at the age of 82.

75 years ago
1944

At the movies
Summer Storm, directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring George Sanders, Linda Darnell, and Anna Lee, opened in theatres.





War
The United States Army and Navy named "boards of investigation" to inquire into responsibility for negligence during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Soviet troops captured Pinsk, in the heart of the Pipet Marshes. Reinforced Japanese troops encircled Hengyang in the Chinese province of Hunan.

Politics and government
James Byrnes, director of the U.S. Office of War Mobilization, called U.S. Senator Harry Truman (Democrat--Missouri) from Washington and asked Sen. Truman to nominate him at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, claiming that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had decided on Mr. Byrnes as the party's new nominee for Vice President.

Economics and finance
Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas issued a decree ordering industrial mobilization for military purposes, including a 10-hour workday.

Representatives of the major U.S. auto manufacturers told the U.S. War Production Board that they were too busy with war work to plan for reconversion to civilian production at an early date.

70 years ago
1949

On television tonight
Volume One, written, directed, and hosted by Wyllis Cooper, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Number 5, starring Vicki Vola, Marie Kenney, and William A. Lee

Politics and government
The U.S. House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee, inspired by singer Paul Robeson's statement that American Negroes would not fight against the U.S.S.R., completed two days of hearings on the loyalty of American Negroes. Among those who appeared before the committee to disavow Mr. Robeson's statement were former Communist Manning Johnson and Thomas Young, publisher of the Norfolk Journal and Guide.

The U.S. Senate Expenditures Committee cleared President Harry Truman's plans for reorganizing the Post Office, Civil Service Commission, and Maritime Commission.

Defense
On directions from U.S. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, the Munitions Board announced the formation of a Military Procurement Information Center to advise businesses on bidding for government contracts without the aid of "five percenters" and influence peddlers.

Scandal
Former Democratic National Committee general counsel Edward Prichard, Jr. was convicted in Lexington, Kentucky of vote fraud, and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Religion
The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Chichester, England, called on Christians living under totalitarian regimes to defend their religion regardless of the "violence or threat of any world power."

Economics and finance
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps announced a 25% cut in British dollar imports for the coming fiscal year, to be imposed in addition to the current three-month embargo on most dollar purchases.

U.S.S.R. authorities ended a four-day slowdown of truck traffic between West Germany and Berlin, allegedly aimed at keeping Western currency out of the Soviet zone.

60 years ago
1959

Died on this date
Grock, 79. Swiss clown. Grock, whose real name was Charles Adrien Wettach, was known as the "king of clowns," with a career spanning 60 years.

Aviation
The U.S.S.R. announced that Soviet Air Force Major V.S. Ilyushin had flown a single-jet T-431 to a world record altitude of 94,333 feet.

Diplomacy
U.S. and U.K. delegates to the Geneva foreign ministers conference rejected as unsatisfactory U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's assurances that Western rights in Berlin would be safeguarded by Soviet proposals for an interim Berlin agreement.

25 Asian and African states asked United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold to place the "question of Algeria" on the agenda of the upcoming General Assembly session. France told the Security Council that the UN was "not competent" to discuss Algeria.

Politics and government
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab named a coalition cabinet drawn from the conservative People's Party and the Socialist Party.

U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy (Democrat--Minnesota) and Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman jointly announced the candidacy of Sen. Hubert Humphrey for the 1960 Democratic Party U.S. presidential nomination.

Major Pedro Luis Diaz, former head of the Cuban Air Force, testified before a secret session of the U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that he was "completely sure" that Fidel Castro and other Cuban revolutionaries were Communists.

Disasters
34 deaths were reported and 29 people were missing in floods and landslides on Japan's Kyushu Island.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kinjirareta Koi--Ryoko Moriyama

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): O quizá Simplemente Le Regale Una Rosa--Henry Stephen

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears (2nd week at #1)
2 Good Morning Starshine--Oliver
3 Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus
4 Love Me Tonight--Tom Jones
5 One--Three Dog Night
6 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells
7 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
8 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
9 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
10 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White (#68); Jack and Jill by Tommy Roe (#71); I'm Free by the Who (#75); Forever by Mercy (#78); Your Husband - My Wife by Brooklyn Bridge (#83); Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan (#88); That's the Way by Joe Tex (#89); I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved by David Ruffin (#91); Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#92); Evangeline Mon Amour by the Studio A Orchestra (#93); Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#94); First Hymn from Grand Terrace by Mark Lindsay (#97); and Till You Get Enough by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#100).

On the radio
The Challenge of Space, on Springbok Radio
Tonight's episode: A Legend is Born

War
Honduran authorities reported that Salvadoran troops had invaded Honduras and that Salvadoran planes had bombed cities south and west of Tegucigalpa. It was a resumption of hostilities in the Soccer War, which had apparently ended with mediation after several days of fighting in June.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Federal Reserve Banks began removing large denominations of United States currency from circulation.

Disasters
A freight train rammed into a stationary passenger train crowded with Hindu pilgrims at Jaipur, India, killing 85 and injuring at least 130.

Nine people were killed when two private planes collided and plunged into Long Island Sound, New York.

Boxing
George Foreman (3-0) scored a technical knockout of Sylvester Dullaire (6-2) at 2:59 of the 1st round of a heavyweight bout at Rosecroft Raceway in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Mr. Dullaire was a late substitute for Robert "Bobo" Renfrow (5-2).

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (1-1) 15 @ Ottawa (1-1) 13
Calgary (2-0-1) 22 @ Winnipeg (1-0-1) 22

Baseball
Billy Williams singled home Don Kessinger with the game’s only run in the 6th inning as the Chicago Cubs edged the New York Mets 1-0 before 37,473 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago to increase their lead over the Mets in the National League East Division to 5½ games. Bill Hands (11-7) allowed 6 hits in 8 2/3 innings to get the win over Tom Seaver (14-4), who pitched a 5-hitter.



With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 8th inning, the Montreal Expos produced 2 runs with 4 singles and a base on balls, and shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 before 20,054 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Bill Stoneman pitched an 8-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Bob Veale.

Wes Parker's solo home run leading off the 4th inning broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the winning run as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 4-1 before 19,381 fans at the Astrodome. Don Sutton and Jim Brewer combined for a 7-hitter to defeat Denny Lemaster.

23,831 were in attendance at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington to watch the Senators defeat the Detroit Tigers 3-0, as Joe Coleman pitched his second straight shutout and drove in 2 runs. The attendance increased the Senators’ home attendance for 1969 to 553,506, exceeding the 542,042 for the entire 1968 season.

Leo Cardenas singled home Tony Oliva with none out in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox before 15,143 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The White Sox had scored a run in the top of the 12th to take a 3-2 lead and retired the first 2 batters in the bottom of the inning, but allowed a bunt single by Rod Carew, immediately followed by César Tovar's run-scoring double. Bob Allison batted 4 for 5 for the Twins, hitting 2 solo home runs and singling immediately prior to Mr. Cardenas' game-winning hit.

George Brunet pitched a 2-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Roger Nelson as the California Angels shut out the Kansas City Royals 2-0 before 7,205 fans at Anaheim Stadium.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Sultans of Swing--Dire Straits (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Tu Sei l'Unica Donna Per Me--Alan Sorrenti (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down--Brendan Shine (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Are 'Friends' Electric?--Tubeway Army (3rd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Theme from 'The Deer Hunter' (Cavatina)--The Shadows
2 Reunited--Peaches & Herb
3 Weekend Love--Golden Earring
4 Bright Eyes--Art Garfunkel
5 I was Made for Lovin' You--Kiss
6 Dance Away--Roxy Music
7 Lavender Blue--Mac Kissoon
8 Boogie Wonderland--Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions
9 Tell it All About Boys--Dolly Dots
10 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward

Singles entering the chart were Aan De Grens Van De Duitse Heuvelen by the Sunstreams (#22); We are Family by Sister Sledge (#27); Windsurfing-Time Again by the Surfers (#34); and Honesty by Billy Joel (#36).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Bad Girls--Donna Summer
2 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
3 Hot Stuff--Donna Summer
4 Chuck E.'s in Love--Rickie Lee Jones
5 She Believes in Me--Kenny Rogers
6 Boogie Wonderland--Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions
7 Makin' It--David Naughton
8 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick
9 Shine a Little Love--Electric Light Orchestra
10 Gold--John Stewart

Singles entering the chart were The Boss by Diana Ross (#80); Going Through the Motions by Hot Chocolate (#85); Saturdaynight by Herman Brood (#87); Baby I Want You by Funky Communication Committee (#88); and You've Got Another Thing Coming by Hotel (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward (3rd week at #1)
2 Bad Girls--Donna Summer
3 We are Family--Sister Sledge
4 Chuck E.'s in Love--Rickie Lee Jones
5 Boogie Wonderland--Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions
6 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick
7 She Believes in Me--Kenny Rogers
8 Shine a Little Love--Electric Light Orchestra
9 Makin' It--David Naughton
10 Gold--John Stewart

Singles entering the chart were Lonesome Loser by Little River Band (#83); Saturdaynight by Herman Brood (#85); This is Love by Oak (#86); Love Me Tonight by Blackjack (#88); Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' by Journey (#90); Let Me Be Good to You by Lou Rawls (#95); Nobody by Doucette (#97); and Best Beat in Town by Switch (#98).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 We are Family--Sister Sledge
2 The Logical Song--Supertramp
3 Hot Stuff--Donna Summer
4 You Take My Breath Away--Rex Smith
5 Chuck E.'s in Love--Rickie Lee Jones
6 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
7 Bad Girls--Donna Summer
8 Love You Inside Out--Bee Gees
9 She Believes in Me--Kenny Rogers
10 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick

Singles entering the chart were Let's Go by the Cars (#88); My Sharona by the Knack (#92); You're the Only One by Dolly Parton (#95); Heaven Must Have Sent You by Bonnie Pointer (#96); Get Ready for Love by April Wine (#97); Married Men by Bette Midler (#98); Pilot by Ian Thomas (#99); and People of the South Wind by Kansas (#100).

Disasters
An overcrowded bus fell into Lake Victoria near Lugezi, Tanzania, killing 60 passengers.

Baseball
Claudell Washington hit 3 home runs and had 5 runs batted in for the Chicago White Sox as they defeated the Detroit Tigers 12-4 before 23,887 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Ralph Garr, Rusty Torres, and Jim Morrison also homered for Chicago, while John Wockenfuss hit a home run for the Tigers.

The Boston Red Sox scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning to overcome a 7-5 deficit and defeat the Oakland Athletics 8-7 before 8,738 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

Steve Ontiveros singled home Jerry Martin with 1 out in the top of the 8th inning for the game's only run as the Chicago Cubs edged the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 before 50,335 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Mike Krukow allowed 5 hits in 7 2/3 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Bill Bonham.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Das Omen (Teil I)--Mysterious Art (3rd week at #1)

Protest
About 500 people were involved in scuffles as Parisians celebrated the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

Politics and government
Lech Walesa, founder of the Polish labour union Solidarity, said he would support Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski or any other Communist party leader put forth by the parliamentary majority, which included the Communists and two smaller parties.

Business
A Delaware Chancery Court rejected an attempt by Paramount Communications and some Time, Inc. stockholders to prevent Time’s purchase of Warner Communications. Time sought to buy Warner to prevent its own hostile takeover by Paramount.

Oddities
Police disclosed that Thomas Root, the Washington, D.C. lawyer who had survived a 1,000-mile plane flight and crash the day before after claiming to be unconscious most of the way, had been shot once in the abdomen after his Cessna had taken off. Mr. Root told investigators that he had no idea how he had been shot, but that he carried a loaded revolver in the glove compartment because his business carried him to remote locations. Federal officials confirmed a report that hey had been watching Mr. Root as a possible drug trafficker because of "suspicious" trips to the Caribbean.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that producer prices for finished goods had declined 0.1% in June, and that the annual rate of advance (5.1%) in the second quarter of 1989 had been only half of the advance reported for the first quarter.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (0-1) 24 @ Winnipeg (1-0) 29

The defending Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers opened their season with a win over the Rough Riders (0-1) at Winnipeg Stadium. Damon Allen played his first game at quarterback for the Rough Riders since joining the team after leaving the Edmonton Eskimos. Former Blue Bombers’ star receiver Eugene Goodlow, who had left Winnipeg for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL in 1983, caught 1 pass for 36 yards for the Rough Riders in his first CFL game since 1982. The game also marked the Blue Bomber debut for defensive tackle Dan Kearns, who had played 10 years for the Edmonton Eskimos.



Baseball
Lonnie Smith’s leadoff home run in the bottom of the 9th inning off Sid Fernandez gave the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 win over the New York Mets before 24,143 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Mr. Fernandez struck out 16 Braves in taking the loss.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Everybody--DJ Bobo (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Riverdance--Bill Whelan (11th week at #1)

Died on this date
César Tovar, 54. Venezuelan baseball player. Mr. Tovar played several positions with the Minnesota Twins (1965-1972); Philadelphia Phillies (1973); Texas Rangers (1974-1975); Oakland Athletics (1975-1976); and New York Yankees (1976), batting .278 with 46 home runs and 435 runs batted in in 1,488 games. On September 22, 1968, he became the second player in major league history to play all nine positions in a single game. Mr. Tovar set an American League for a single season that still stands when he played in 164 games in 1967. He led the AL in doubles (36) and triples (13) in 1970, and in hits (204) in 1971. Mr. Tovar died of pancreatic cancer; he was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Football
CFL
Sacramento (1-1) 25 @ Hamilton (0-2) 22
Edmonton (1-1) 35 @ Winnipeg (1-1) 50

David Archer's 59-yard touchdown pass to Troy Mills gave the Gold Miners their win over the Tiger-Cats before 19,921 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

Matt Dunigan set a CFL single-game record with 713 yards passing as the Blue Bombers beat the Eskimos before 21,686 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Alfred Jackson caught 7 of Mr. Dunigan's passes for 308 yards--an average of 44 yards per catch--and 4 touchdowns. David Williams caught 10 more for 240 yards.

20 years ago
1999

Health
The European Union, in a vote by the European Commission, lifted its three-year ban on British beef imports. In 1996, British scientists had reported a possible link between mad cow disease, which affected some British cattle, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal human brain disorder. Britain had since slaughtered thousands of cattle and barred the use of animal meat and bone in the feed given to its cattle.

Protest
Supporters of the Iranian regime staged a rally in Tehran to counter student protests over the government’s banning of a moderate newspaper on July 7. President Mohammed Khatami, a moderate who possibly feared a crackdown by hardline Islamic authorities, condemned the student demonstrations.

Politics and government
Rep. John Kasich of Ohio dropped out of the contest for the nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United States for 2000 and also announced that he would not seek re-election to the House of Representatives.

Society
Race-based school busing in Boston ended after 25 years.

Labour
Richie Phillips, leader of the major league baseball umpires’ union, announced that 57 umpires would resign their jobs on September 2. Among other things, the umpires were reportedly upset at the three-day suspension handed to umpire Tom Hallion for bumping Coolorado Rockies’ catcher Jeff Reed on July 2.

Disasters
Three people were killed when a 480-foot crane, nicknamed Big Blue, collapsed while lifting a section of the retractable roof at Miller Park in Milwaukee. The roof was expected to be completed in November.

10 years ago
2009

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Busch Stadium, St. Louis
American League 4 @ National League 3

Curtis Granderson of the Detroit Tigers tripled with 1 out in the top of the 8th inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles to break a 3-3 tie as the AL edged the NL before 46,760 fans.