July 21, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Garland Grayston!

230 years ago
1789

Died on this date
William Harrison, Jr., 39 (?). U.S. politician. Mr. Harrison was a planter from Maryland who was a respresentative to the state’s revolutionary assembly, the Annapolis Convention, in 1775. He was a justice of the peace in Charles County from 1778-1785, and of the state’s revolutionary assembly, the Annapolis Convention.

160 years ago
1859

Died on this date
John Gayle, 66. U.S. politician and judge. Mr. Gayle, a Whig, was Governor of Alabama (1831-1835) before representing Alabama's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1847-1849) and serving as a U.S. District Court Judge in Alabama from 1849 until his death from natural causes.

130 years ago
1889

Died on this date
Nelson Dewey, 75. U.S. politician. Mr. Dewey, a Democrat was the 1st Governor of Wisconsin from 1848-1852.

125 years ago
1894

Died on this date
Frederick F. Low, 66. U.S. politician and diplomat. Mr. Low, a Republican Unionist, represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives (1862-1863) and was Governor of California (1863-1867) before serving as U.S. Minister to China (1869-1873). He died three weeks after his 66th birthday.

120 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Hart Crane. U.S. poet. Mr. Crane was an influential modernist poet whose best-known work was The Bridge (1926). He was a bisexual and heavy drinker who committed suicide at the age of 32 on April 27, 1932 by jumping overboard from the steamship Orizaba in the Gulf of Mexico while en route from Paris to New York.

Ernest Hemingway. U.S. writer. Mr. Hemingway was a journalist and novelist who was one of the most famous writers of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style." Mr. Hemingway committed suicide by shooting himself at his home in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961, 19 days before his 62nd birthday.

Died on this date
Robert G. Ingersoll, 65. U.S. lawyer and orator. Mr. Ingersoll was a lawyer in Illinois who became involved in Republican Party politics after the American Civil War, but was best known as an orator on various subjects, particularly religion, on which he expressed skepticism about Christianity. Mr. Ingersoll died of congestive heart failure, three weeks before his 66th birthday. His ignorant arguments against Christianity are still promulgated today by people of similar ignorance, but Mr. Ingersoll himself is long forgotten.

Transportation
A suspension bridge over the Niagara River from Queenston, Ontario to Lewiston, New York opened for traffic.

100 years ago
1919

Died on this date
James B. Orman, 69. U.S. politician. Mr. Orman, a Democrat, served in the Colorado state legislature and was Mayor of Pueblo (1897-1898) before serving as Governor of Colorado (1901-1903).

Disasters
The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.

Baseball
Buck Weaver singled home Nemo Leibold with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader before 18,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The White Sox won the second game 5-4 in 10 innings, with Dickie Kerr winning both games in relief.

The Boston Braves allowed 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning but rallied to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 in 15 innings at Braves Field. Joe Riggert pinch hit for the Braves in the 9th, singled, and scored in the 124th and last game of his 3-year major league career.

90 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Frank Gilmore, 65. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Gilmore played with the Washington Nationals (1886-1888), posting a record of 12-33 with an earned run average of 4.26 in 49 games, batting .043 with no home runs and 3 runs batted in in 50 games. He compiled a record of 43-38 in 89 games in 5 seasons in the minor leagues from 1885-1890.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 6-4 at League Park in Cleveland, as Wes Ferrell outduelled Waite Hoyt. Babe Ruth, out of the starting lineup because of a leg injury, singled as a pinch hitter for the Yankees. New York first baseman Lou Gehrig was ejected in the 4th inning for protesting a called third strike, and his manager, Miller Huggins, soon followed.

The Philadelphia Athletics scored 4 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 6-6 tie and defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-7 at Navin Field in Detroit. Philadelphia right fielder Bing Miller batted 5 for 6 with 2 doubles, a run, and 3 runs batted in. Detroit center fielder Sam Rice was ejected by home plate umpire Red Ormsby for protesting a third strike call to end the 10th inning. Fans booed throughout the entire 11th inning and swarmed the field at the end of the game; police reserves had to escort umpires and players from the field.

Ted Lyons pitched a 4-hitter for the Chicago White Sox as they routed the Boston Red Sox 10-0 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Red Ruffing started on the mound for Boston and allowed 9 hits and 7 runs--6 earned--in 6 2/3 innings, dropping to 2-18 for the season.

Les Bell batted 3 for 4 with a 3-run home run and a run-scoring single to help the Boston Braves defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 25,000 fans at Braves Field. George Sisler doubled home 3 runs with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th to give the Braves a 4-3 win in the second game to complete the sweep.

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Claus von Stauffenberg, 36. German military officer. Colonel Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators were executed in Berlin for the July 20 attempt to assassinate German dictator Adolf Hitler.

War
Soviet troops enveloped Ostrov in their drive toward the Latvian border. U.S. troops on the west coast of Guam repulsed two Japanese attacks and took Mount Allan, more than a mile inland.

Politics and government
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected U.S. Senator Harry Truman (Missouri) as his vice presidential running mate. The final ballot gave Sen. Truman 1,031 votes to 105 for incumbent Vice President Henry Wallace.



70 years ago
1949

On television tonight
Volume One, written, directed, and hosted by Wyllis Cooper, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Number 6, starring Happy Felton, Abby Lewis, and Alex Segal

This was the last episode of the series.

At the movies
Manhandled, directed by Lewis R. Foster, and starring Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, and Sterling Hayden, opened in theatres.



Literature
The Pilgrimage of Western Man by Foundation for World Government President Stringfellow Barr was published in New York by Harcourt, Brace.

Defense
The United States Senate voted 82-13 to approve the North Atlantic Treaty, ending three weeks of debate. The Italian Chamber of Deputies voted for ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty despite Soviet protests that the action violated the country's World War II peace treaty.

Religion
Francis Cardinal Spellman accused former U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt of participating in an "anti-Catholic campaign" for her opposition to U.S. federal aid to parochial schools.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards ended a four-day convention in San Francisco after reaffirming its support for the World Federation of Trade Unions and calling for U.S. aid to Communist China.

60 years ago
1959

War
Iraqi forces loyal to Prime Minister Abdul Karim el-Kassem regained control in the Kirkuk region of northern Iraq following a week of fighting among Communists, Iraqi nationalists, and Muslim religious factions.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower said that he had abandoned hope for a summit meeting with U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

Defense
U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christened the world's first atomic-powered merchant vessel, NS Savannah, as it was launched by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey, as a showcase for President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.

Politics and government
U.S. President Eisenhower nominated Commerce Undersecretary Frederick Mueller as Secretary of Commerce.

Disasters
Pakistani sources reported that recent monsoon rains and the flooding of the Jhelm, Ravi, and Chenab Rivers had taken 139 lives.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Pre-Season
Calgary (0-2) 7 @ Edmonton (2-0) 33

Baseball
Dick Donovan pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Tom Brewer, who allowed 9 hits, as the Chicago White Sox edged the Boston Red Sox 2-1 before 28,534 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Pumpsie Green, who entered the game as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz in the 8th inning and stayed in the game at shortstop, became the first Negro to play for the Red Sox, who were the last major league team to have gone without a Negro player.

Cal McLish pitched a 3-hitter and had a hit and run of his own for the Cleveland Indians, improving his 1959 record to 12-3, as they beat the New York Yankees 5-1 before 46,912 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Cleveland center fielder Tito Francona hit a 2-run home run in the 6th inning and added a double.

Gil Hodges doubled home Charlie Neal with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning for the only run of the game as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Francisco Giants 1-0 before 22,252 fans at Seals Stadium in San Francisco. Roger Craig pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1959 record to 5-1, winning the pitchers' duel over Sam Jones, who fell to 13-10.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kinjirareta Koi--Ryoko Moriyama (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): María Isabel--Los Payos

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears (3rd week at #1)
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
3 Crystal Blue Persuasion--Tommy James and the Shondells
4 One--Three Dog Night
5 Quentin’s Theme--The Charles Randolph Greane Sounde
6 Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus
7 Good Morning Starshine--Oliver
8 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
9 Love Me Tonight--Tom Jones
10 Color Him Father--The Winstons

Singles entering the chart were Workin' on a Groovy Thing by the 5th Dimension (#68); Everybody Knows Matilda by Duke Baxter (#74); (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (#79); Honky Tonk Women by the Rolling Stones (#80); The Nitty Gritty by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#81); Ease Back by the Meters (#82); By the Time I Get to Phoenix by the Mad Lads (#84); Birthday by Underground Sunshine (#87); Hey, Little Man by the Happy Feeling (#90); Did You See Her Eyes by the Illusion (#93); Sugar, Sugar by the Archies (#94); On the Good Ship Lollipop by Tiny Tim (#96); True Grit by Glen Campbell (#98); and Give Peace a Chance by the Plastic Ono Band (#99). True Grit was the title song of the movie, in which Mr. Campbell co-starred.

Died on this date
Ben S. Rhodes , 80. U.S. politician. Mr. Rhodes, a Republican, was Mayor of Bloomington, Illinois (1927-1933) and represented the 26th District in the Illinois House of Representatives (1939-1964).

Space
Apollo 11 moonwalkers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in the lunar module Eagle, rejoined Michael Collins in the command module Columbia for the return to earth.

To follow the Apollo 11 mission in real time, go to Apollo 11 in Real Time.

For more on this date, see The Days of Apollo 11.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Sultans of Swing--Dire Straits (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Tu Sei l'Unica Donna Per Me--Alan Sorrenti (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down--Brendan Shine (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Are 'Friends' Electric?--Tubeway Army (4th week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Theme from 'The Deer Hunter' (Cavatina)--The Shadows (2nd week at #1)
2 Reunited--Peaches & Herb
3 Weekend Love--Golden Earring
4 I was Made for Lovin' You--Kiss
5 Lavender Blue--Mac Kissoon
6 Just When I Needed You Most--Randy Vanwarmer
7 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
8 Bright Eyes--Art Garfunkel
9 Tell it All About Boys--Dolly Dots
10 Dance Away--Roxy Music

Singles entering the chart were Bad Girls by Donna Summer (#19); Voulez-Vous by ABBA (#23); Girls Talk by Dave Edmunds (#33); Vondel Was Goed by Jan Boezeroen (#34); Canyon to Canyon by Gus Williams (#36); All the President's Men by Carlsberg (#37); and Waterfall by Triumvirat (#38).

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

Singles entering the chart were Lonesome Loser by Little River Band (#63); Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) by Robert Palmer (#74); Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears (#82); Turn Off the Lights by Teddy Pendergrass (#83); Love Me Tonight by Blackjack (#85); Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' by Journey (#86); This is Love by Oak (#87); What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' by Stephanie Mills (#96); and Best Seat in Town by Switch (#97).

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

Singles entering the chart were Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) by Robert Palmer (#75); Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears (#82); Rock and Roll Dancin' by the Beckmeier Brothers (#85); Going Through the Motions by Hot Chocolate (#87); Hey, St. Peter by Flash and the Pan (#88); Cruel to Be Kind by Nick Lowe (#89); Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe (#90); and Chase Me by Con Funk Shun (#98).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 We are Family--Sister Sledge (2nd week at #1)
2 The Logical Song--Supertramp
3 You Take My Breath Away--Rex Smith
4 Bad Girls--Donna Summer
5 Chuck E.'s in Love--Rickie Lee Jones
6 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
7 Hot Stuff--Donna Summer
8 I Want You to Want Me--Cheap Trick
9 She Believes in Me--Kenny Rogers
10 Shine a Little Love--Electric Light Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp (#91); Do You Wanna Go Party by K.C. and the Sunshine Band (#92); Long Live Rock by the Who (#95); I Do Love You by G.Q. (#96); After the Love is Gone by Earth, Wind & Fire (#97); Weekend by Wet Willie (#98); Suspicions by Eddie Rabbitt (#99); and Amanda by Waylon (#100).

Died on this date
Rexford Tugwell, 88. U.S. economist and politician. Dr. Tugwell was a specialist in planning who was part of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" from 1933-1936. He was Governor of Puerto Rico from 1941-1946. Dr. Tugwell wrote 20 books, including several about Mr. Roosevelt. Dr. Tugwell died 11 days after his 88th birthday.

Diplomacy
A United Nations conference in Geneva on Indochinese refugees concluded with UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s announcement that Vietnam had promised to stem the flow of its refugees. One U.S. State Department calculation was that the number of people fleeing Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had increased to almost 10 times what it had been a year before, with about 300,000 men, women, and children jammed into makeshift camps in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and other southeast Asian countries. According to the New York Times, many of the refugees were ethnic Chinese whose loyalty was doubted by the Vietnamese and who were considered "unproductive city dwellers" and an obstacle to rural development by the Communists. The Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia had led to a new wave of refugees from that area.

Movies
Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, became the first North American Indian to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Disasters
It was estimated that 1.6 million barrels of oil had leaked from the supertankers Atlantic Express and Aegean Captain after their collision 18 miles off the coast of Tobago the previous day. The spill covered 10 square miles.

Golf
Severiano Ballesteros shot a 1-under-par 70 to win the British Open with a 1-under-par total score of 283 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England, 3 strokes ahead of Ben Crenshaw and Jack Nicklaus. First prize money was £15,000 ($31,000).



30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Das Omen (Teil I)--Mysterious Art (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Dean H. Petersen, 85. U.S. politician. Mr. Petersen, a Republican, was Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska from 1963-1967.

Boxing
It took Mike Tyson (37-0) just 1 minute and 33 seconds of the 1st round to knock out Carl "The Truth" Williams (22-3) at the Atlantic City Convention Center and retain his world heavyweight title.



Football
CFL
Edmonton (2-0) 54 @ Calgary (0-2) 4

Tracy Ham and Rick Worman split the quarterbacking for the Eskimos, who overcame an early 3-0 deficit. The rout, which occurred on a night when former Eskimo star and current Stampeder president Norm Kwong was honoured, remains the most lopsided road win in Edmonton Eskimos’ history. Things got so bad in the 2nd half for the Stampeders that when quarterback Tom Porras (who entered the game in relief in his first appearance with the Stampeders after several years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats) directed the team to a first down, the fans gave their team a standing ovation. This blogger watched the game with his brother from the front row behind the Calgary Stampeders’ bench, and enjoyed the rout immensely. Among those who didn’t enjoy the game were a couple of young male yahoos who came down to the front row to yell obscenities at the Stampeders during the fourth quarter.





25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)--Jam & Spoon

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Riverdance--Bill Whelan (12th week at #1)

Died on this date
Hugh Scott, 93. U.S. politician. Mr. Scott, a Republican, represented Pennsylvania's 7th District (1941-1945) and 6th District (1947-1959) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1948-1949. He represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate from 1959-1977, and was Senate Minority Leader from 1969-1977. Mr. Scott was known as a moderate and an internationalist.

Charles Lynch, 74. U.S.-born Canadian journalist. Mr. Lynch, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Canadian parents, moved to Saint John, New Brunswick and began his career there before working in Halifax and then Vancouver. He worked with Reuters as a correspondent during World War II, and in South America, Canada, and New York City after the war. Mr. Lynch was the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's United Nations correspondent from 1956-1958, and then returned to Canada permanently, serving as Ottawa Bureau Chief of Southam News from 1958 until his retirement in 1984. He was a freelance writer in his later years, and was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame in 1981.

Dorothy Collins, 67. Canadian-born U.S. singer and actress. Miss Collins, born Marjorie Chandler in Windsor, Ontario, began performing on the television program Your Hit Parade in the 1950's, singing "Be happy, go Lucky" for the sponsor, Lucky Strike cigarettes, and later singing weekly top hits. In the 1960's she helped set up gags on unwitting victims for Allen Funt's Candid Camera.

Space
China's APT Satellite Company launched Apstar-1, its first satellite, without consultation with international bodies who monitored satellites to make sure they did not interfere with each other. The launch raised concerns that the two satellites closest to Apstar-1--Japan's Sakura-3A and Tonga's Rimsat-1--would have their operations disrupted by static from the new satellites and that Amstar-1 itself would not be fully functional, either.

Politics and government
Tony Blair, 41, became the youngest leader in the history of the British Labour Party when he was chosen to replace the late John Smith, who had died of a heart attack two months earlier. Mr. Blair was expected to continue Mr. Smith's policy of moving the party, the U.K.'s official Opposition, toward the political centre.

The Inuit of Quebec signed a self-government agreement with the government of Quebec, setting up a framework to create an elected assembly that would take on existing powers as well as policing, wildlife management, education, and social services.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (0-3) 25 @ British Columbia (3-0) 42 (OT)

Less Browne returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown in overtime as the Lions overcame a 22-10 3rd-quarter deficit to defeat the Tiger-Cats before 18,976 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. B.C. kicker and punter Lui Passaglia set a CFL record by appearing in his 289th career regular season game.

20 years ago
1999

War
16 were reported dead in continued clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir.

10 years ago
2009

Business
The Canadian Competition Bureau approved the August 1 merger of Suncor and Petro-Canada, provided the companies sold 104 gas stations in southern Ontario; it was the largest merger in Canadian history.