August 17, 2019

470 years ago
1549

War
The Battle of Sampford Courtenay in Devon, England resulted in the quashing of the Prayer Book Rebellion, a protest by the largely Roman Catholic areas of Devon and Cornwall against the introduction of Reformation theology in the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer.

210 years ago
1809

Died on this date
Matthew Boulton, 80. U.K. industrialist. Mr. Boulton was the business partner of engineer James Watt, and the partnership of Boulton & Watt installed hundreds of steam engines in factories and mills. Mr. Boulton also applied his techniques to the minting of coins. He suffered from kidney stones, and died 17 days before his 81st birthday.

170 years ago
1849

Born on this date
William Kidston. U.K.-born Australian politician. Mr. Kidston, a native of Scotland who moved to Australia in 1882. He was a Liberal until he formed his own party in 1907, and held several offices, most notably Premier of Queensland (1906-1907, 1908-1911). He died on October 25, 1919 at the age of 70.

130 years ago
1889

Academia
Canadian College of Music opened in Ottawa.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Riad as-Solh. Prime Minister of Lebanon, 1943-1945, 1946-1951. Mr. Solh was one of the most important figures in the struggle for Lebanese independence, and succeeded in uniting the country's religious factions. He joined the Constitutional Bloc in 1934, and was Minister of Finance (1943-1945) before serving his two terms as Prime Minister. On July 17, 1951, a month before his 57th birthday, Mr. Solh was gunned down at Marka Airport in Amman by three members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in retaliation for the 1949 execution of Anton Saadeh, one of the party's founding leaders. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Hussein Al Oweini.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Larry Clinton. U.S. musician. Mr. Clinton played trumpet and other instruments before becoming an arranger and then a bandleader. He was popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, with his biggest hit being My Reverie (1938). Mr. Clinton interrupted his career to serve with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He resumed his musical career after the war, often leading a studio band accompanying pop singers. Mr. Clinton died on May 2, 1985 at the age of 75.

Died on this date
Madan Lal Dhingra, 26. Indian assassin. Mr. Dhingra was an independence activist who was an engineering student at University College in London and became associated with India House, a meeting place for advocates of Indian independence. He assassinated British government official Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Lalcaca, a Parsi who had come to Sir Curzon's aid, in London on July 1, 1909. Mr. Dhingra was convicted of murder on July 23, and was hanged at Pentonville Prison in Islington, north London.

Baseball
Nap Lajoie resigned as manager of the Cleveland Naps, but remained as a player. The Naps were in sixth place in the American League with a record of 57-57.

Pinch hitter Red Killefer singled home Jack Lelivelt with 2 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning to give the Washington Nationals a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Walter Johnson gave up just 4 hits in 12 innings to improve his 1909 record to 11-21, while Chief Bender pitched a 9-hit complete game to take the loss, falling to 12-6.

The Pittsburg Pirates trailed 8-0 after 3½ innings, but rallied with 11 runs over the next 4 innings to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-8 before 8,010 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburg in a game that was called with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning.

Orval Overall (13-9) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Harry Gaspar (15-6), who allowed 5 hits and 2 runs in 7 innings, as the Chicago Cubs shut out the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 at West Side Park in Chicago.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Clem Hausmann. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Hausmann played with the Boston Red Sox (1944-1945) and Philadelphia Athletics (1949), compiling a record of 9-14 with an earned run average of 4.21 in 64 games. He played in 399 games in 13 seasons in the minor leagues from 1938-1952, winning at least 151 games. Mr. Hausmann died on August 29, 1972, 12 days after his 53rd birthday.

Ernie Nevel. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Nevel played with the New York Yankees (1950-1951) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1953), compiling a record of 0-1 with an earned run average of 6.10 in 14 games. He played 9 seasons in the minor leagues from 1946-1954, with a record of 77-68 in 315 games. Mr. Nevel died on July 10, 1988 at the age of 68.

Georgia Gibbs. U.S. singer. Miss Gibbs, born Frieda Lipschitz, sang with several big bands in the 1940s before achieving success on her own through the 1950s with hits such as Kiss of Fire (1952); Tweedle Dee (1955); and Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) (1955). She died on December 9, 2006 at the age of 87.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox swept a doubleheader from the St. Louis Browns before a record crowd of 27,000 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis. Babe Ruth pitched the Red Sox to a 2-1 win in the opener, and hit a 2-run home run in the 1st inning while playing left field in the second game to lead the Red Sox to a 6-1 win.

The Washington Nationals scored 2 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 2-2 tie and defeat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 before a record crowd of 31,000 at Navin Field in Detroit. Walter Johnson pitched a 7-hit complete game victory to improve his 1919 record to 17-12, while losing pitcher Dutch Leonard allowed 16 hits and 4 earned runs, falling to 11-8.

90 years ago
1929

Baseball
The New York Yankees bought pitcher Lefty Gomez from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League for $45,000, with delivery to take place in 1930. He finished the 1929 season with a record of 18-11 and an earned run average of 3.44 in 41 games with the Seals.

Bobby Reeves’ home run leading off the game against Lefty Stewart held up as the only score as the Boston Red Sox edged the St. Louis Browns 1-0 before 1,500 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Danny MacFayden pitched a 3-hitter to improve his 1929 record to 7-14, while Mr. Stewart allowed 6 hits in 8 innings and fell to 7-5.

Johnny Hodapp scored Earl Averill with a sacrifice fly to conclude a 2-run rally in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Cleveland Indians a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Athletics at League Park in Cleveland. Wes Ferrell (13-8) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Rube Walberg (16-8), who allowed 6 hits in 8+ innings.

Roy Spencer and Joe Cronin hit home runs as the Washington Nationals scored all their runs in the 7th inning to overcome a 2-0 deficit and defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Lloyd Brown (7-5) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory.

80 years ago
1939

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds, down 6-1 in the 4th inning, came back to defeat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in 10 innings. Backup shortstop Dick West singled in the winning run before 26,699 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Günther von Kluge, 61. German military officer. Field Marshal Kluge, an Iron Cross winner in World War I, committed suicide by taking cyanide after being recalled from France to Berlin for a meeting with German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. Field Marshal Kluge was known for his opposition to Mr. Hitler and apparently believed that he would be suspected of being a participant in the unsuccessful July 20 assassination attempt against Mr. Hitler.

War
As American troops in France pushed toward Paris on a 70-mile front, the cities of Orleans, Dreux, Chartres, and Chateaudun were freed. Allied units in southern France advanced up to 35 miles with the capture of Draguigan. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told a press conference in Washington that Germany and Japan would be occupied by Allied forces. The United States War Department reported American casualties for the first two months of fighting in France through August 6 totalled 16,434 dead, 76,535 wounded, and 19,704 missing. Soviet forces reached the frontier of East Prussia along the Sesupe River in western Lithuania. In one of World War II's greatest fire raids, nearly 1,200 U.K. Royal Air Force planes dropped 70,000 incendiary bombs on Kiel and Stettin.

Diplomacy
U.K. Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejected a request by Mohandas Gandhi to discuss Indian support for the British war effort in return for immediate independence for India.

Defense
U.S. War Secretary Henry Stimson said that "the present war will not end wars," and proposed universal military training.

Economics and finance
U.S. Office of Price Administration Director Chester Bowles said that prices would be held in tight check in the reconversion and postwar periods "to prevent the mistakes of 1918-1919."

Health
The U.S. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said that outbreaks of the disease had reached epidemic proportions in New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

70 years ago
1949

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, read by Laidman Browne, on BBC Light Programme
Tonight's episode: The Norwood Builder, Part 3

War
Chinese Nationalist forces reported the loss of the port of Foochow to the Communists.

Politics and government
Costa Rica outlawed the recently-formed National Democratic Party, charging that it was a Communist front.

U.S. President Harry Truman issued a proclamation giving the Justice Department power to bar any alien considered dangerous to the United States from entering the country.

The U.S. Senate approved a Truman Administration plan to transfer the Bureau of Employment Security from the Federal Security Agency to the Labor Department.

Religion
The Costa Rican Constituent Assembly proclaimed Roman Catholicism the state religion, but permitted observance of other faiths.

Scandal
Former U.S. Agriculture Department official Herbert Hathorn testified before the U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating influence-peddling in Washington that presidential military aide Harry Vaughan had threatened to "get my job" if he did not restore to the department's allocation list a molasses firm favoured by Mr. Vaughan.

Environment
The first United Nations Scientific Conference on Conservation and Utilization of Resources opened at Lake Success in New York, as New York zoologist Fairfield Osborn warned of looming world overpopulation.

Economics and finance
Burmese Foreign Minister U E Maung announced plans to remove restrictions against foreign investment.

A World Bank mission arrived in Belgrade to study Yugoslavian requests for loans totalling $250 million.

U.S. Housing Expediter Tighe Woods announced that congressional budget cuts would force him to decontrol rents in one-third of the country's rent control areas.

Business
The U.S. Commerce Department announced its authorization of a Yugoslavian request to buy a $3-million steel mill from Pittsburgh's Continental Foundry and Machinery Company.

Football
CRU
WIFU/ORFU
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-1) 8 @ Hamilton Tigers (1-1) 9

The Blue Bombers blew an 8-0 lead in losing to the Tigers at Civic Stadium.

Baseball
Pitcher Fred Martin pitched 5 innings of 2-hit scoreless relief and singled home Enos Slaughter with 2 out in the top of the 13th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 before 10,488 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Gene Woodling singled home Charlie Keller with none out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning to conclude a 2-run rally and defeat the Washington Nationals 4-3 before 27,275 fans at Yankee Stadium. Vic Raschi (16-7) pitched a 6-hitter, while Ray Scarborough, who picked Phil Rizzuto off first base in the 9th but made a throwing error that allowed Gus Niarhos to score the tying run, pitched an 8-hitter as his 1949 record fell to 8-10.

The Boston Red Sox scored 4 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 1-1 tie and defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-1 before 17,002 fans at Shibe park in Philadelphia. Chuck Stobbs (8-3) pitched a 6-hit complete game to win the pitchers' duel over Dick Fowler (11-8), who allowed 10 hits and 4 earned runs in a complete game.

The St. Louis Browns scored 4 runs in each of the 1st and 8th innings as they beat the Cleveland Indians 10-6 in the first game of a doubleheader before 11,779 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. The Browns scored 3 runs in the 7th and 1 in the 8th to win the second game 5-2 to complete the sweep, despite Cleveland center fielder Larry Doby batting 4 for 4 with a double.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Luna De Miel--Gloria Lasso

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 A Big Hunk o' Love--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 There Goes My Baby--The Drifters
3 My Heart is an Open Book--Carl Dobkins, Jr.
4 Lavender-Blue--Sammy Turner
5 Lonely Boy--Paul Anka
6 What'd I Say (Parts I and II)--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
7 The Three Bells--The Browns
8 What a Diff'rence a Day Makes--Dinah Washington
9 Just a Little Too Much--Ricky Nelson
10 Forty Miles of Bad Road--Duane Eddy and the Rebels

Singles entering the chart were ('Til) I Kissed You by the Everly Brothers (#56); Mary Lou by Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks (#78); Morgen by Ivo Robic and the Song-Masters (#82); Primrose Lane by Jerry Wallace with the Jewels (#86); Mau-Mau by the Wailers (#90); The Angels Listened In by the Crests (#95); Smile by Tony Bennett (#97); If You Love Me by LaVern Baker (#98); A Girl's Work is Never Done by the Chordettes (#99); and Sal's Got a Sugar Lip by Johnny Horton (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Lonely Boy--Paul Anka (5th week at #1)
2 Mona Lisa--Conway Twitty
3 Robbin' the Cradle--Tony Bellus
4 The Three Bells--The Browns
5 A Big Hunk o' Love/My Wish Came True--Elvis Presley
6 Velvet Waters--The Megatrons
7 Caribbean--Mitchell Torok
8 The Battle of New Orleans--Johnny Horton
9 Here Comes Summer--Jerry Keller
10 Sweeter than You/Just a Little Too Much--Ricky Nelson

Singles entering the chart were I'm Gonna Get Married by Lloyd Price (#20); Makin' Love by Floyd Robinson (#41); I Ain't Never by Webb Pierce (#48); Morgen by Ivo Robic and the Song-Masters (#57); and Slow Motion by Wade Flemons (#59).

Music
The album Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, one of the best selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings in history, was released on Columbia Records.

War
French Army headquarters in Algiers claimed that 1,015 Algerian guerrillas had been "put out of action" in the first 25 days of a major offensive by 22,000 French troops in the Kabylia Mountain area east of Algiers.

Costa Rican Civil Guard patrols clashed with Nicaraguan guerrillas along the Nicaraguan frontier, capturing 20 rebels.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in a letter to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, again warned that the Soviet Union would sign a separate peace with East Germany unless West Germany recognized the East German government and began negotiations with it on reunification.

Defense
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated General David Shoup to succeed Gen. Randolph Pate as Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Economics and finance
Indonesian President Sukarno warned that all Dutch capital and enterprises in Indonesia faced expropriation unless Indonesian claims to West Irian were honoured.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Executive Council recommended readmission of the International Longshoremen's Association on a probationary basis.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Winnipeg (2-0) 22 @ Calgary (1-1) 21



British Columbia (1-1) 12 @ Edmonton (0-1) 0

The win for the B.C. Lions was the first as a Canadian Football League head coach for Wayne Robinson. The losing head coach, Eagle Keys, was making his debut as a CFL head coach. It was also the first game in the Hall of Fame career of Edmonton receiver Tommy-Joe Coffey.

50 years ago
1969

On television tonight
Conquest of Space, hosted by Percy Saltzman, on CBC

Died on this date
Otto Stern, 81. German-born U.S. physicist. Dr. Stern, who emigrated to the U.S.A. after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933, was nominated for Nobel Prizes 82 times, winning the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton." He died of a heart attack.

Frank Shellenback, 70. U.S. baseball pitcher, manager, and coach. Mr. Shellenback played with the Chicago White Sox (1918-1919), compiling a record of 10-15 with an earned run average of 3.06 in 36 games. He specialized in throwing a spitball, and when the pitch was banned from the major leagues after the 1919 season, the White Sox mistakenly left Mr. Shellenback's name off the list of those already in the major leagues who would be allowed to continue using the pitch. He spent the remainder of his long career in the Pacific Coast League, playing 22 seasons in the minor leagues with a record of 316-191 and an earned run average of 4.23 in 640 games, with 295 of his wins coming in the PCL. Mr. Shellenback managed the Hollywood Stars (1935); San Diego Padres (1936-1938); and Minneapolis Millers (1948), and was the pitching coach for the St. Louis Browns (1939); Boston Red Sox (1940-1944); Detroit Tigers (1946-1947); and New York Giants (1950-1955), helping the Giants win the National League pennant in 1951 and the World Series in 1954 before serving with the New York and San Francisco Giants as a scout and minor league pitching instructor until his death. He was inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 1943.

Philip Blaiberg, 60. S.A. medical patient. Dr. Blaiberg, a retired dentist, was the longest-living recipient of a heart transplant to that time, having lived for 19 months and 15 days after being the recipient of the world’s third heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the operation on January 2, 1968.

War
One hour after leaving the base near Seoul, the pilot of an unarmed U.S. helicopter radioed back that he was disoriented, his location was unknown, he had been hit, and was going down. North Korea claimed that they had shot down the helicopter 15 miles inside their own territory. Later they claimed the incident took place "deep" inside their territory, but said nothing about the fate of the three men aboard.

Terrorism
An FLQ bomb exploded in a Ministry of Labour office in Montréal.

Politics and government
The Protestant-dominated government of Northern Ireland defended its policies toward the Roman Catholic minority, and Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark barred the possibility of any coalition rule. Rioting died down as British police patrolled trouble spots.

Disasters
Hurricane Camille, with 190-miles-per-hour winds at its eye, smashed across the Gulf Coast of the United States, and, weakening, swept northward. 200,000 people were said to have fled.

Golf
Raymond Floyd shot a 3-over-par 74 and barely held on to win the PGA Championship on the South Course at National Cash Register Country Club in Kettering, Ohio with an 8-under-par total score of 276, 1 stroke ahead of Gary Player, who shot a 1-under-par 70 in the final round. First prize money was $35,000.

Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers erupted for 7 runs in the top of the 9th inning to overcome a 3-2 deficit and defeat the Montreal Expos 9-3 before 18,512 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Ty Cline and Ron Fairly hit consecutive home runs to open the bottom of the 3rd inning; for Mr. Cline, it was his first homer in a Montreal uniform, and only the fifth of his 10-year major league career.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning and held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-5 before 20,732 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The first two Cincinnati batters in the 1st inning, Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan, hit home runs off Steve Blass to reduce the Pirates’ lead to 5-2, and Johnny Bench followed Tony Perez's 1-out double with a home run to make the score 5-4.

Tony Oliva singled home Cesar Tovar with none out in the top of the 13th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Minnesota Twins edged the Washington Senators 4-3 before 14,090 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. Harmon Killebrew's 32nd home run of the season had broken a 1-1 tie and given the Twins a 3-1 led in the top of the 11th, but the Senators had rallied for 2 runs in the bottom of the 11th. Joe Coleman pitched the first 11 innings for Washington, allowing 5 hits and 3 earned runs.

Reggie Smith singled home Mike Andrews from second base with 2 out in the top of the 6th inning for the game's only run as the Boston Red Sox edged the Kansas City Royals 1-0 before 14,455 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Vicente Romo allowed 3 hits and threw just 67 pitches in 7 2/3 innings to get the win, improving his 1969 record to 4-8, while Roger Nelson (6-11) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings.

The Detroit Tigers hit 6 home runs--2 by Al Kaline--as they defeated the Oakland Athletics 9-4 before 14,444 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The first 3 Detroit homers were off losing pitcher Catfish Hunter, whose record for the season dropped to 9-11. Reggie Jackson hit his 43rd home run of the season for Oakland against Denny McLain, who pitched a 12-hit complete game victory to improve to 19-6.

Rick Reichardt led off the bottom of the 8th inning with a home run and Billy Cowan hit a 2-run homer with 2 out, enabling the California Angels to defeat the Cleveland Indians 7-6 before 7,073 fans at Anaheim Stadium.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Born to Be Alive--Patrick Hernandez (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): El Lute--Boney M.

#1 single in France (IFOP): Honesty--Billy Joel (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
John C. Allen, 72. U.S. engineer. Mr. Allen was president of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, and was best known for designing more than 25 roller coasters. He was largely responsible for the revival of wooden roller coasters in the 1960s.

Vivian Vance, 70. U.S. actress. Miss Vance, born Vivian Jones, was best known for playing Ethel Mertz in the television comedy series I Love Lucy (1951-1957) and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960), and playing Vivian Bagley on The Lucy Show (1962-1965). She was nominated for Emmy Awards four times for her supporting performances in I Love Lucy, winning in 1953, the first time the category was recognized. Miss Vance developed breast cancer in 1973, suffered a stroke in 1977, and died of bone cancer, 22 days after her 70th birthday.

Diplomacy
Israel rejected a U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution on Palestinian rights. According to Robert Strauss, the Jimmy Carter administration’s envoy to the Middle East, who delivered the resolution to Jerusalem, the resolution included previous key statements with language similar to that contained in the Camp David agreements and was supposed to appeal to moderate Arab nations, increasing their role in the UN debate on Palestinian rights at the expense of radical Arab groups. Such an attempt at conciliation with moderate Arabs aroused Israeli concern, and the Israeli cabinet rejected it.

Politics and government
U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his family began a one-week vacation down the Mississippi River aboard a paddlewheel steamer. Mr. Carter’s trip was also seen as an opportunity to rally support for his energy program.

Disasters
173 people were reported killed in the collision of two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners over Ukraine.

Baseball
The Kansas City Royals released veteran first baseman George Scott; in 44 games with the Royals, he hit .267 with 1 home run and 20 runs batted in.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): Minä olen muistanut--Kim Lönnholm (12th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Swing the Mood--Various Artists (2nd week at #1)

Disasters
Hundreds of people may have been killed in an explosion at a secret missile installation 60 miles south of Baghdad.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (5-1) 39 @ Ottawa (0-6) 4

Tracy Ham threw touchdown passes to Keith Wright, Craig Ellis, and Reggie Taylor, and Mr. Taylor rushed for another major. The statistics were as lopsided as the score. The Eskimos amassed 39 first downs to the Rough Riders’ 7; the Eskimos outrushed Ottawa 261 yards to 32, and outpassed the Rough Riders 325-88. Net offense was 586 for Edmonton, 99 for Ottawa. Former Eskimo quarterback Damon Allen completed just 6 of 29 passes for 88 yards and an interception. Reggie Taylor, who sat out the fourth quarter, rushed 19 times for 158 yards. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was among the 21,413 in attendance at Lansdowne Park who witnessed the slaughter.



Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning as they beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-6 before 40,147 fans at Memorial Stadium. Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken played in his 1,208th consecutive game, moving past Steve Garvey into third place on the list.

25 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Luigi Chinetti, 93. Italian-born U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Chinetti raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race from the early 1930s through the early 1950s, participating with the winning team in 1932, 1934, and 1949.

Jack Sharkey, 91. U.S. boxer. Mr. Sharkey, born Joseph Paul Zukauskas, was a leading heavyweight contender in the late 1920s and early 1930s, losing to former world champion Jack Dempsey in a controversial knockout in 1927 and losing to Max Schmeling on a foul in a fight for the vacant world title in 1930. Mr. Sharkey won the title from Mr. Schmeling in a hotly-disputed split decision in 1932, and lost the title a year later to Primo Carnera by a 6-round knockout. He compiled a record of 38-14-3 in a professional career that ran from 1924-1936, and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994, several months before his death.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-5) 1 @ Winnipeg (5-2) 46

Matt Dunigan and Sammy Garza each threw 2 touchdown passes and defensive end Keilly Rush returned a fumble 30 yards for another TD as the Blue Bombers routed the Rough Riders before 21,308 fans at Winnipeg Stadium.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Randy Heflin, 80. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Heflin played with the Boston Red Sox (1945-1946), compiling a record of 4-11 with an earned run average of 3.86 in 25 games. He was 85-72 with a 4.25 ERA in 207 games in 12 seasons in the minor leagues from 1939-1952. Mr. Heflin died 25 days before his 81st birthday.

Disasters
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale--an intensity seldom surpassed--rocked Turkey, causing the deaths of at least 16,000 people. Over 20,000 were injured, and many others were missing and presumed dead. The epicentre was near Izmit, a city about 55 miles east of Istanbul. In Izmit alone, 76,000 buildings may have collapsed, and most of the victims there lived in large apartment buildings. Much of the blame for the destruction of so many buildings was placed on the shoddy workmanship allegedly allowed by a government that failed to enforce construction codes.

Baseball
Pinch hitter Chris Stynes hit a 3-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a 7-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 19,118 fans at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati.

Brad Fullmer led off the top of the 12th inning with a home run to break a 1-1 tie as the Montreal Expos edged the San Francisco Giants 2-1 before 13,865 fans at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point in San Francisco. Montreal relief pitcher Steve Kline struck out all 4 batters he faced in the 7th inning--Brent Mayne, Shawn Estes, Marvin Benard, and Ramon Martinez--with Mr. Estes reaching first base on a wild pitch on the third strike.

The Oakland Athletics scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and 8 in the 7th as they whipped the Boston Red Sox 12-1 before 31,246 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Gil Heredia pitched a 10-hit complete game to improve his 1999 record to 10-5.

The Texas Rangers scored 6 runs in the top of the 1st inning and 3 in each of the next 2 innings en route to a 15-4 win over the Cleveland Indians before 42,987 fans at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.

Frank Thomas singled home Ray Durham from second base with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Angels before 14,943 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

10 years ago
2009

Disasters
A turbine at Russia's Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia broke apart violently, flooding the power station, causing widespread power failures, and killing 75 people.