August 20, 2019

225 years ago
1794

War
American troops forced a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat in the Battle of Fallen Timbers near present-day Toledo, Ohio.

200 years ago
1819

Politics and government
Upper Canadian reform advocate Robert Gourlay was again found guilty of sedition under the Alien Act; he was banished to New York State the following day.

170 years ago
1849

Protest
Rioters burned the Cyrus Hotel in Montréal.

160 years ago
1859

Died on this date
Juan Bautista Ceballos, 48. 20th President of Mexico, 1853. Mr. Ceballos, a Liberal, was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1842-1847 and again from 1851 until he was appointed President of the Supreme Court. He served in this office until acceding to the presidency on January 6, 1853 when Mariano Arista was forced from office. Congress rejected many of President Ceballos' initiatives, and he dissolved Congress on January 19 and called for a constitutional convention. The Mexico City garrison then removed Mr. Ceballos from office. He returned to the Supreme Court in 1856, and was elected a deputy to the Constituent Congress (1856-1857). In 1857, President Antonio López de Santa Anna nominated Mr. Ceballos to the Order of Guadalupe; Mr. Ceballos snubbed the offer, and President Santa Anna then exiled him. Mr. Ceballos went to Europe, and died in Paris.

150 years ago
1869

Born on this date
Katherine Ryan. Canadian nurse and police officer. Miss Ryan, the original "Klondike Kate," was born in Johnville, New Brunswick. She travelled to Seattle and became a nurse there, and later went to Vancouver, British Columbia, joining the Gold Rush in 1898 and becoming one of the first women to walk into the Yukon over the rugged Stikine Trail. While in the Klondike, Miss Ryan served as the first female member (Special Constable) of the North West Mounted Police, and was also a gold inspector, jailkeeper, and restaurateur. She died in Vancouver on February 20, 1932 at the age of 62.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
André Morell. U.K. actor. Mr. Morell, born André Mesritz, appeared in numerous plays, films, and television programs in a career spanning 40 years, but was perhaps best known for playing Professor Bernard Quatermass in the television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958-1959) and Dr. Watson in the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He was a heavy smoker for many years, but quit two years before his death from lung cancer on November 29, 1978 at the age of 69.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Adamantios Androutsopoulos. Prime Minister of Greece, 1973-1974. Mr. Androutsopoulos held various positions in the military junta that governed Greece from 1967-1974, and was the last Prime Minister--concurrently serving as Finance Minister--before the restoration of democratic government. He died on November 10, 2000 at the age of 81.

Walter Bernstein. U.S. screenwriter. Mr. Bernstein was a war correspondent during World War II before going to Hollywood and becoming a screenwriter in 1947. He worked on movies and television programs, but was blacklisted for much of the 1950s because of his Communist affiliations. Mr. Bernstein continued to work using pseudonyms and other writers as "fronts," but was eventually able to work under his own name from the late 1950s through the 1990s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for The Front (1976), a comedy-drama about the blacklist.

Baseball
In the Class A Western League, Wichita Jobbers' outfielder Joe Wilhoit failed to get a hit against Elam Vangilder in a 5-2 win over the Tulsa Oilers, ending a 69-game streak. During the streak, Mr. Wilhoit collected 155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 average.

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Kamil Shabib, 48 or 49. Iraqi military officer. Colonel Shabi, the leader of the May 1941 revolt against the Hashemite Monarchy, was sentenced to death by a court-martial in Baghdad and immediately hanged.

War
U.S. Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel, who had been in charge of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, disputed statements by U.S. Senator and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Harry Truman that he (Adm. Kimmel) had refused to cooperate with the U.S. Army in Hawaii and was not on speaking terms with Major General Walter Short. Major David Currie's Canadian Army squadron held firm against German forces at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, knocking out 7 German tanks, 12 88-millimetre guns, and 40 German armoured vehicles, resulting in 300 Germans killed, 500 wounded, and 2,100 captured. Major Currie's actions earned him the Victoria Cross. U.S. troops in France crossed the Seine River above Paris as armoured units struck northwest and southeast of the city. Allied troops in southern France reached the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, 13 miles northeast of Marseilles. 168 captured allied airmen, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp. Two Soviet armies began an offensive in Romania and Bessarabia. Soviet troops achieved a 16-mile breakthrough in central Latvia and drove to within 55 miles of Riga. Two flights of U.S. B-29 bombers made day and night assaults on the Yawata industrial district on the Japanese island of Kyushu. U.K. troops broke into Burma in pursuit of Japanese troops retreating from the Indian state of Manipur.

Golf
Bob Hamilton won the PGA Championship at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Washington, defeating Byron Nelson 1 up in what was then a match play tournament. First prize money was $3,500.

70 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Far Away Places--Bing Crosby; The Joe Loss Orchestra

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como (4th week at #1)
--Bing Crosby
2 Baby, it's Cold Outside--Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer
--Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
--Don Cornell and Laura Leslie
--Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
3 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
4 Again--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Doris Day and the Mellomen
--Mel Torme
--Vic Damone
5 You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone
--The Ink Spots
6 The Huckle-Buck--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
--Frank Sinatra
7 I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore--The Stardusters with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Perry Como
8 You're So Understanding--Evelyn Knight
9 Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk--Perry Como
10 The Four Winds and the Seven Seas--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were the version of You're Breaking My Heart by the Ink Spots and Now! Now! Now! is the Time by the Andrews Sisters and Russ Morgan and his Orchestra (#35).

On the radio
Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Prescription for Death

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. sent Yugoslavia a strong protest note, calling President Marshal Josip Broz Tito's government a collection of "unrestrained fascist offenders," and threatening to invade the country to obtain the release of 31 Soviet individuals imprisoned in Belgrade on espionage charges.

World events
The Chilean government of President Gabriel González Videla extended martial law to the entire country, and sent naval units to occupy coal and copper mines to forestall an alleged Communist coup plot.

Labour
Striking Finnish workers began to return to their jobs on orders from the Central Trade Union Federation.

Horse racing
Coaltown, with Steve Brooks up, set a world record for one mile of 1 minute 34.4 seconds to win the Whirlaway Stakes in Chicago.

Football
CRU
WIFU/IRFU
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-2) 11 @ Toronto (1-0) 23

60 years ago
1959

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Morrison Story



World events
Former Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista arrived in Lisbon, where he had been granted political asylum.

The Haitian Justice Ministry issued a warrant for the arrest of Monsignor Francois Poirier, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, for criticizing the government of President Jean-Claude Duvalier.

Politics and government
The lower house of India's Parliament endorsed the government's dismissal of Kerala State's Communist regime and imposition of presidential rule in the province.

Washington sources reported that Democratic Party leaders had dropped efforts to pass a civil rights bill during the current session of Congress.

Economics and finance
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba terminated Tunisia's customs union with France in a move to free merchants of restrictions on commerce with dollar countries.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Executive Council voted to oppose any U.S. labour contacts with U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev when he made his upcoming visit to the United States.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Calgary (2-1) 23 @ Winnipeg (2-1) 21



Saskatchewan (0-2) 21 @ British Columbia (2-1) 36

Baseball
Frank Bolling batted 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, 3 runs, and 5 runs batted in, and Gail Harris was 3 for 5 with a triple, run, and 5 RBIs to help the Detroit Tigers rout the New York Yankees 14-2 before 17,296 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Jim Bunning pitched a 5-hit complete game victory to improve his 1959 record to 12-10.

Relief pitcher Earl Wilson batted 2 for 2 with a double and 3 runs batted in and earned his first major league win as the Boston Red Sox edged the Kansas City Athletics 11-10 before 6,938 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Bob Cerv hit 3 home runs and drove in 6 runs for the Athletics, while Bill Tuttle batted 4 for 6 with a triple and a run.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (5th week at #1)

Music
Frank Zappa disbanded the rock group the Mothers of Invention after an eight-day tour in Canada, saying that he was tired of people who clapped for all the wrong reasons.

Weather
Three straight days of heavy rain began in Yellowknife.

Diplomacy
Jamaica became the 24th member of the Organization of American States.

An agreement was reached between Northern Ireland and Great Britain giving the latter a larger role, including command over the Protestant constabulary that was hated by Roman Catholics. It was said that Ulster’s domestic autonomy would not be affected. Although militant Protestants protested the accord, it was expected to have a short-term calming effect.

Politics and government
V.V. Giri, the candidate of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was elected President of India by a narrow margin over Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, the official candidate of the governing Congress Party and a political foe of Mrs. Gandhi’s.

Crime
A priceless two-volume Gutenberg Bible belonging to Harvard university was found in a knapsack next to an unconscious Boston man near the university’s Widener Library. Officials theorized that the man hid in the library until closing time and then made off with the Bible.

The defense attorney for Black Panther national chairman Bobby Seale accused the United States Justice Department of initiating a national campaign to harass the party. Mr. Seale was being held on $25,000 bail on charges involving the murder in May of a former Black Panther in Connecticut.

A U.S. Justice Department list published in the Congressional Record named Anthony Scotto, a vice-president of the Longshoremen’s Association and a power in New York politics, as a Mafia captain.

Disasters
The remnants of Hurricane Camille, which had killed a reported 248 people, caused 10 inches of rain to fall in the James River area of Virginia, derailing trains and washing away bridges.

A head-on train crash on a single-track spur killed 4 and injured 34 in Springdale, Connecticut.

16 were injured in an explosion in the 50-storey Midland Trust building in New York City.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (4-0) 17 @ Montreal (0-3-1) 15
Calgary (2-2) 17 @ Winnipeg (1-3) 10

Baseball
The Montreal Expos scored 7 runs in the first 2 innings to take a 7-1 lead, but needed 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to edge the San Diego Padres 11-10 before 28,536 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal in the Wednesday night Expos Baseball telecast on CBC. Ron Fairly led the Montreal attack, batting 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, 3 runs, and 5 runs batted in. Bill Stoneman, normally a starting pitcher, entered as a reliever in the 7th, and pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings to get the win and improve his 1969 record to 8-15.

Jim McAndrew (5-5) pitched a 2-hitter to win the pitching matchup over Gaylord Perry (15-10) and Art Shamsky drove in 4 runs with a home run and a double as the New York Mets shut out the San Franicsco Giants 6-0 before 48,414 fans at Shea Stadium in New York to move to within 6½ games of the National League East Division-leading Chicago Cubs.

The Los Angeles Dodgers took a ½-game lead over the second-place Cincinnati Reds in the National League West Division with an 8-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 8,232 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

Consecutive errors by Denis Menke and Curt Blefary led to Matty Alou scoring on a sacrifice fly by Roberto Clemente in the bottom of the 8th inning to enable the Pittsburgh Pirates to defeat the Houston Astros 1-0 before 10,563 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bob Veale (9-11) pitched a 4-hitter, walking 1 batter and striking out 10 to win over Denny Lemaster (9-13), who walked 2 and struck out 13, not allowing an earned run in a complete game.

Tony Conigliaro singled home Mike Andrews from second base with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 7-6 win over the Minnesota Twins before 30,003 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Bill Freehan led off the top of the 9th inning with a double and Don Wert followed with a single to score Mr. Freehan with the deciding run as the Detroit Tigers edged the Seattle Pilots 4-3 before 5,577 fans at Sick's Stadium in Seattle. Wayne Comer singled home Gus Gil with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Greg Goossen popped out to shortstop to end the game. Billy Williams played the first 8 innings in right field for the Pilots, batting 0 for 3 and making no putouts, but recording 2 assists in his fourth and last major league game. He threw Al Kaline out at home plate for the second out of the 8th inning.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Some Girls--Racey (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanpaku Sengen--Masashi Sada (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gloria--Umberto Tozzi

Diplomacy
United States Middle East envoy Robert Strauss, who had delivered a U.S.-sponsored United nations Security Council resolution on Palestinian rights to Jerusalem and Cairo, returned to Washington, saying that the results of his mission were "not good," and asked for clarification of who was in charge of American Middle East policy, complaining that he had been given rigid instructions for his mission.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-3-1) 14 @ Montreal (4-2) 32

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Toy Soldiers--Martika

#1 single in Switzerland: Batdance--Prince (4th week at #1)

Transportation
The O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, Australia, the world's longest guided busway, opened.

Disasters
51 people died when a gravel barge struck a chartered party boat crowded mostly with young people in the River Thames in London. 86 people on the boat were rescued.

Baseball
Kevin Bass hit a home run from each side of the plate to help the Houston Astros to an 8-4 win over the Chicago Cubs before 38,624 fans at the Astrodome. His second home run was a 9th-inning grand slam off Mitch Williams. Winning pitcher Danny Darwin improved his record for 1989 to 11-3.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): I Swear--All-4-One (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: The Rhythm is Magic--Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Johnny Techno Ska--Paco Pil

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet

#1 single in France (SNEP): 7 Seconds--Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (12th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (3rd week at #1)
2 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men
3 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio
4 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello
5 I Swear--All-4-One
6 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
7 Funkdafied--Da Brat
8 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
9 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson
10 When Can I See You--Babyface

Singles entering the chart were Letitgo by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (#79); Good Times by Edie Brickell (#87); Summer Bunnies by R. Kelly (#89); Right Beside You by Sophie B. Hawkins (#92); and Think Twice by Celine Dion (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
2 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson
3 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
4 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
5 When Can I See You--Babyface
6 Anytime You Need a Friend--Mariah Carey
7 Shine--Collective Soul
8 Back and Forth--Aaliyah
9 Prayer for the Dying--Seal
10 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me’shell Ndegeocello

Singles entering the chart were I'll Stand By You by the Pretenders (#71); Letitgo by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (#82); and Your Love is a... by the Whitehead Brothers (#90).

Scandal
Benjamin Chavis was fired as executive director of the U.S. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and replaced by Earl Shinhoster. Mr. Chavis, who had been elected to his post in April 1993, was criticized for his friendship with Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam and a man widely regarded as anti-Semitic. Mr. Chavis was also criticized for failing to improve the NAACP's poor financial situation, and for reportedly agreeing to pay more than $330,000 of the organization's funds to a female former employee who had threatened to file a sex-discrimination suit against him.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-4) 31 @ Baltimore (4-3) 24
Hamilton (2-5) 30 @ Shreveport (0-7) 26
British Columbia (6-1) 39 @ Las Vegas (3-4) 16

Mike "Pinball" Clemons rushed 17 times for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns and passed 11 yards to Paul Masotti for another TD as the Argonauts defeated the Baltimore Football Club before 41,155 fans at Memorial Stadium. Chris Armstrong caught 2 touchdown passes for Baltimore, one from starting quarterback Tracy Ham, and the other from backup QB John Congemi. For Mr. Clemons, it was the only time in his 12-year Hall of Fame CFL career that he rushed for 100 yards or more in a game.



Terry Wright returned a fumble 51 yards for a touchdown and Lonzell Hill and John Hood also scored TDs as the Tiger-Cats beat the Pirates before 14,364 fans at Independence Stadium. Shreveport quarterback Tom Muecke completed touchdown passes to Martin Patton and Charles Thompson as the Pirates scored the game's last 16 points. It was the first game as head coach of the Tiger-Cats for Don Sutherin, who had replaced the fired John Gregory.

Kent Austin completed 2 touchdown passes to Mike Trevathan and Cory Philpot rushed for another TD as the Lions beat the Posse before 14,432 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium. Las Vegas head coach Ron Meyer encouraged the "Showgirls" cheerleading squad to loiter behind the B.C. bench in an attempt to distract the visiting team, but the ploy was unsuccessful.

20 years ago
1999

Environment
The U.S. Department of the Interior removed the peregrine falcon from its list of endangered species in North America; 1,650 breeding pairs were counted on the continent, up from only 39 in 1970.

Business
T. Eaton Company, founded in Toronto, in 1869, filed for bankruptcy after 130 years in the department store business; all 13,000 employees lost their jobs. All nine Eaton stores in Quebec closed.

Football
CFL
Montreal (5-2) 20 @ Toronto (4-3) 23
Edmonton (2-5) 27 @ Saskatchewan (2-5) 29

Paul McCallum’s last-minute field goal gave the Roughriders their win over the Eskimos at Taylor Field in Regina. Eskimo defensive tackle Doug Petersen returned an interception 61 yards for his only CFL touchdown.

Baseball
The Houston Astros blew a 4-0 lead, stuck out 21 times, left 21 runners on base, and still managed to beat the Florida Marlins 6-4 in 16 innings before 19,845 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami in a game that took 5 hours 44 minutes to play. Houston first baseman Jeff Bagwell tied a major league single-game record by drawing 6 bases on balls. Ken Caminiti's second home run of the game, leading off the 16th inning, proved to be the winning run.

The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning to tie the score and 4 in the 10th to break a 4-4 tie as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5 before 17,444 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Joey Hamilton and three relief pitchers combined for a 4-hitter, while Darrin Fletcher batted 3 for 5 with a home run, double, and 5 runs batted in as the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Oakland Athletics 11-0 before 13,335 fans at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Larry Knechtel, 69. U.S. musician. Mr. Knechtel played keyboards and bass guitar as a member of the Wrecking Crew, the assembly of Los Angeles session musicians who performed on many recordings in the 1960s and '70s. He played piano on Simon and Garfunkel's recording Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), received credit on the the label of the 45, and won a Grammy Award. Mr. Knechtel was a member of the group Bread from 1971 until they disbanded in 1973, and again during their reunion in 1976-1977, and contributed the guitar solo of their single The Guitar Man (1972). He died of a heart attack, two years after being inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame with other members of the Wrecking Crew.

Politics and government
The Afghan presidential election took place, but was marred by rampant ballot box stuffing. Independent candidate Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in November with 49.67% of the vote to 30.59% for United National Front candidate Abdullah Abdullah.

Terrorism
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer and the only man convicted of the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, returned home to Libya after his release from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.