August 5, 2019

1,080 years ago
939

War
Cordoban troops led by Abd-ar-Rahman III defeated Leonian forces led by Ramiro II of León in the Battle of Alhandic at Zamora, Spain.

330 years ago
1689

War
1,500 Iroquois attacked the village of Lachine in New France. Estimates of the number of people killed vary widely, from 24 to 250.

270 years ago
1749

Born on this date
Thomas Lynch, Jr. U.S. politician. Mr. Lynch, a planter, was elected to the South Carolina Provincial Congress in 1775 and to the Continental Congress in 1776, taking the place of his father, who was unable to attend because of illness. Thomas Lynch, Jr. signed the Declaration of Independence, but he was also chronically ill, and resigned from the Continental Congress early in 1777. Two years later, he and his wife sailed for the West Indies in an attempt to improve his health, but their ship was lost at sea late in 1779, shortly after departure. Mr. Lynch was 30 at the time of his death.

130 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Conrad Aiken. U.S. author. Mr. Aiken wrote poems, short stories, and novels, winning numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for Selected Poems (1929). His best-known short story was Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1934). Mr. Aiken died on August 17, 1973, 12 days after his 84th birthday.

Politics and government
Manitoba Attorney General Joseph Martin pledged himself to abolish the official use of the French language in Manitoba.

90 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Tony Brottem, 38. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Brottem was a catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals (1916, 1918); Washington Nationals (1921); and Pittsburgh Pirates (1921), batting .215 with no home runs and 15 runs batted in in 62 games. He played at least 1,049 games in at least 12 seasons in the minor leagues from 1913-1929, and was batting .244 with 1 homer and 27 RBIs in 60 games with the Dayton Aviators of the Class B Central League at the time of his release, and either shot himself to death or slit his throat.

Baseball
Despite 3 triples by Charlie Gehringer‚ the Washington Nationals overwhelmed the Detroit Tigers 21-5 at Griffith Stadium in Washington‚ collecting 21 hits. Sam Rice and Buddy Myer each had 4 hits and 4 runs, and every hitter in the Nationals’ lineup had at least one hit. Winning pitcher Lloyd Brown had a single and triple, and scored 3 runs. Josh Billings, the second of four Detroit pitchers, allowed 6 hits and 4 runs--3 earned--in 2/3 inning, with 1 base on balls in the 39th and last game of his 3-year major league career.

The St. Louis Browns scored 2 runs in the 7th inning and 3 in the 8th to defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 20,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Max Bishop singled home Joe Boley with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Athletics an 8-7 win in the second game.

The New York Giants narrowly withstood a 5-run 9th-inning rally as they held on to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-10 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The game ended when Dick Bartell singled and Stu Clarke attempted to score from second base, but Mel Ott's throw from right field to catcher Bob O'Farrell enabled Mr. O'Farrell to tag Mr. Clarke out at home plate. The game included 33 hits and 8 bases on balls, and was played in just 2 hours 14 minutes.

The Philadelphia Phillies narrowly withstood a 4-run 9th-inning rally as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 at Redland Field in Cincinnati. The Reds had a runner on second base with 1 out in the 9th, but Chuck Dressen made an out to shortstop, and Curt Walker flied out to left field to end the game. Philadelphia right fielder Bernie Friberg batted 4 for 4 with a sacrifice and 2 runs. The game included 22 hits and 6 bases on balls, but took just 1 hour 40 minutes to play; it would be at least 2 hours longer if played today.

The Chicago Cubs scored a run with 1 out in the bottom of the 16th inning to defeat the Brooklyn Robins 9-8 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

75 years ago
1944

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Swinging on a Star--Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet (Best Seller--1st week at #1); G.I. Jive--Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (Jukebox--2nd week at #1)

Swinging on a Star was from the movie Going My Way (1944), and won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Music, Song.

Died on this date
Don Pardee Moon, 50. U.S. military officer. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Moon, who had commanded a task force in the Allied invasion of Normandy two months earlier, committed suicide in Washington, "apparently as a result of combat fatigue."

War
As Allied tanks in France cut off Brittany from the rest of the country, U.S. units reached the outskirts of Brest. German forces were reported to be making a strong stand and holding off Soviet forces 8 miles from the East Prussian border. The U.K. proposed to the U.S.S.R. an arrangement whereby Romania and Bulgaria should be Soviet zones of operation, and Greece and Yugoslavia British zones. Japanese troops began to flee south and west from all strong points on Geelvink Bay and the Upper Vogelkop Peninsula on Dutch New Guinea. Japanese forces opened a new drive in the southwestern part of the Chinese province of Kwangtung on the Luichow Peninsula. Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurred as 545 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.

Abominations
The Nazis began a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.

Protest
Polish insurgents liberated a German labour camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.

World events
The government of Argentina released a number of political prisoners, including Juan Antonio Solari, Americo Ghildi, Ernesto Sammartino, and Federico Pinedo Argentina.

70 years ago
1949

War
South Korean forces repelled an invasion of 6,000 North Korean troops on the Ongjin Peninsula northwest of Seoul.

The Chinese Nationalist government reported the loss of Changsha, centre of China's richest agricultural area, 365 miles north of Canton.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department issued the White Paper U.S. Relations with China, justifying President Harry Truman's decision to halt efforts to prevent a Communist victory in the Chinese civil war. The report accused the Nationalist government of failing to introduce necessary reforms, alienating the Chinese people and Army and squandering $2 billion in U.S. aid since the end of the war. Future U.S. policy, according to the report, would concentrate on preventing the extension of Communist rule to other parts of Asia. Most Republicans in Congress criticized the White Paper as an attempt to "explain and excuse past failures" in China policy.

Defense
U.S. chiefs of staff completed five days of talks with Western European military leaders on the creation of a North Atlantic pact defense organization.

U.S. President Truman presented Congress with a revised military aid bill, dropping his earlier request for "blank check" presidential authority to commit U.S. aid to any country deemed in need of military assistance against Communism. The Senate cut controversial features from the Marshall Plan aid bill passed by the Appropriations Committee, including a provision for a $50-million loan to Spain.

Religion
Czechoslovakian Roman Catholic Archbishop Josef Beran charged in a letter to the state prosecutor that security agents had illegally restricted him to his Prague residence since mid-June and confiscated the funds of his archdiocese.

Labour
Italy's three union groups signed general agreements with employers providing wage increases for all categories of workers.

Ignoring United Auto Workers of America demands, Ford Motor Company imposed a one-year freeze on wages.

Disasters
An earthquake struck the Ecuadorian province of Tungurahua, destroying 50 towns, killing more than 6,000 people, leaving 100,000 homeless, and causing $67.5 million in damage.

Baseball
Chicago White Sox' veteran Luke Appling appeared in his 2‚154th game as a shortstop‚ surpassing Rabbit Maranville's major league mark. He batted 2 for 4 with a base on balls as the White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 before 4,464 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Mickey Haefner pitched a 7-hit complete game victory.

Tommy Henrich drove in 4 runs with a 3-run home run and a single to help the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 10-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 21,570 fans at Yankee Stadium. Yogi Berra's grand slam was the big blow of a 5-run 2nd inning as the Yankees took an 8-0 lead and coasted to a 10-5 win in the second game to complete the sweep.

Jack Kramer pitched a 6-hitter and batted 3 for 4 with a double and 2 runs batted in to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Detroit Tigers 9-0 before 35,975 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Granny Hamner's error on a ground ball by Danny Murtaugh with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning allowed Ralph Kiner to score from third base, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 24,944 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bill Werle pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Schoolboy Rowe, who also pitched a 5-hitter.

Gerry Staley pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Monte Kennedy as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the New York Giants 1-0 before 25,377 fans at Sportsman's Park in St.Louis. Marty Marion singled home Stan Musial with 2 out in the 6th inning for the game's only run.

60 years ago
1959

Died on this date
Edgar A. Guest, 77. U.K.-born U.S. journalist and poet. Mr. Guest, a native of Birmingham, England, moved to the United States with his family in 1891. He was a reporter and columnist with the Detroit Free Press, who wrote his first poem for the paper in 1898. Mr. Guest's work reached a nationwide audience after his columns were syndicated, and he became known as the "People's Poet." His most famous poem was Home, which appeared in the collection It Takes a Heap o' Livin' (1916).

War
In a note to United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, Laotian Foreign Minister Khamphan Panya accused North Vietnam of provoking "serious fighting in Laotian territory adjacent to the frontier" by providing Pathet Lao guerrillas with arms and supplies.

Diplomacy
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon returned to Washington from his visit to the U.S.S.R. and Poland. U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in an unusual Kremlin press conference, accepted U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's invitation to visit the United States.

The Geneva foreign ministers conference recessed indefinitely after failing to reach agreement on terms for settling the German and Berlin problems.

Defense
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Permanent Council rejected Italian proposals for a meeting of all NATO heads of government during U.S. President Eisenhower's forthcoming visit to Paris.

Labour
The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Labor-Management Activities charged that Teamsters union President James Hoffa had used $3 million from Teamsters health and welfare funds "to pay off a long-standing debt to the Chicago Underworld."

Football
CFL-NFL
Pre-season
Chicago Cardinals 55 @ Toronto (0-1) 26

In the first football game played at CNE Stadium in Toronto, the Cardinals defeated the Argonauts in a game played half under American rules, and half under Canadian rules. 27,152 were in attendance, but there were many complaints about traffic jams on the way to the stadium. The Cardinals were coached by former Edmonton Eskimos' head coach Pop Ivy.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians scored 6 runs in the 7th inning as they overcame an early 3-0 deficit to defeat the Washington Senators 7-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 12,198 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington, extending the Senators' losing streak to 18 games. The Senators returned the favour in the second game, scoring 6 runs in the 5th inning of a 9-0 rout, with Tex Clevenger pitching a 7-hit shutout and Harmon Killebrew hitting a 3-run home run.

The Boston Red Sox scored in every inning of the 2nd as they beat the Kansas City Athletics 17-6 before 15,980 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Frank Malzone batted 4 for 5 with 2 home runs, a double, 3 runs, and 5 runs batted in for the Red Sox, while Gary Geiger batted 3 for 5 with a homer, double, triple, 3 runs, and 6 RBIs.

Bobby Shantz pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Don Mossi, who allowed 8 hits, as the New York Yankees shut out the Detroit Tigers 3-0 before 10,202 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mickey Mantle hit a 2-run home run in the 8th inning.

Willie McCovey hit 2 home runs and Willie Mays another as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Braves 4-1 before 22,807 fans at Seals Stadium in San Francisco to move into first place in the National League, ½ game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers and 1 game ahead of the Braves. Jack Sanford pitched an 8-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Bob Buhl, who pitched a 7-hit complete game.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Ralph Caldwell, 85. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Caldwell played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1904-1905), compiling a record of 3-5 with an earned run average of 4.20 in 13 games, batting .242 with no home runs and 3 runs batted in. He was 1-5 in 7 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1905.

Verdo Elmore, 69. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Elmore was an outfielder with the St. Louis Browns in 1924, batting .176 (3 for 17) with no home runs or runs batted in in 7 games; all of his major league hits were doubles. Mr. Elmore played at least 171 games in at least 3 seasons in the minor leagues from 1924-1929.

Space
The U.S. space probe Mariner 7, launched March 27, began transmitting pictures of Mars, about 2,200 miles from the surface.



Canadiana
The Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources completed the Canadian topographical map series: 918 maps of Canada on a scale of four miles to the inch.

Defense
The Pentagon’s chief scientist, Dr. John Foster, warned Congress that in his opinion the U.S.S.R. was testing multiple individually targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) that were capable of attacking three separate Minuteman missiles. Dr. Foster stated that American MIRVs didn’t endanger the balance of power, while Soviet MIRVs did.

Protest
Sporadic racial violence erupted for the third straight day in Passaic, New Jersey, despite a tight curfew.

Football
CFL
Toronto (1-1) 33 @ Montreal (0-2) 26

Baseball
Jim Britton pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Gary Waslewski, who allowed just 4 hits, as the Atlanta Braves edged the Montreal Expos 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 26,543 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. The run was scored in the 9th inning when Montreal second baseman Gary Sutherland made a throwing error on a throw to first base attempting to complete a double play, allowing Tony Gonzalez to score. Orlando Cepeda hit a 3-run home run with none out in the 7th inning as the Braves overcame a 3-1 deficit to win the second game 4-3 to complete the sweep.

Dave Marshall‚ Ron Hunt‚ and Bobby Bonds hit consecutive home runs in the 5th inning to help the San Francisco giants defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 8,712 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Giants won the second game 5-3 to complete the sweep and regain first place in the National League West Division by ½ game over the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves.

Bobby Tolan, Pete Rose, and Tony Perez hit home runs to help the Cincinnati Reds defeat the New York Mets 8-5 in the first game of a doubleheader before 31,062 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Mr. Tolan had 2 doubles, a base on balls, a stolen base, 4 runs, and 3 runs batted in. The Mets scored 8 runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 10-1 win in the second game, with Nolan Ryan pitching a 7-hit complete game victory.

Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the first home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 512-foot blast (another account has 480 feet) off Alan Foster in the 7th inning broke a deadlock and proved to be the winning run of an 11-3 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers before 22,604 fans. The Pirates scored 7 runs in the 9th‚ climaxed by Bill Mazeroski's 2-run homer. Don Drysdale started on the mound for Los Angeles and allowed 8 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 6 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out 2, with no decision, in the 547th and last game--518th as a pitcher--of his 14-year Hall of Fame major league career.

Pinch hitter Phil Gagliano singled home Julian Javier from second base with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the San Diego Padres 2-1 before 13,807 fans at San Diego Stadium. The Padres had a runner on second base with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Ed Spiezio struck out and Chris Cannizzaro grounded out to shortstop to end the game. Bob Gibson pitched a 9-hit complete game victory, striking out 10 batters to improve his 1969 record to 14-8.

Brooks Robinson hit a 2-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 7-5 win over the Kansas City Royals before 25,980 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

Bobby Murcer's 3-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning gave the New York Yankees a 3-2 win over the California Angels before 8,830 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Murcer's homer was hit off Ken Wright, who had just entered the game in relief of Ken Tatum.

The Seattle Pilots scored 3 runs in the 4th inning, 2 in the 5th, and 4 in the 9th to defeat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 before 25,977 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Gene Brabender pitched an 8-hit complete game victory and hit his second and last major league home run in the 9th inning.

Don Wert singled home Al Kaline with 2 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins before 21,680 fans at Tiger Stadium.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Some Girls--Racey

#1 single in Switzerland: Gloria--Umberto Tozzi (3rd week at #1)

World events
Maoists undertook the Bala Hissar uprising against Afghanistan's Leninist government.

War
At a meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, delegations from the Commonwealth nations approved a new proposal to end the 6-year-old war in Zimbabwe Rhodesia. The proposal called for a cease-fire, a new constitution, and new elections supervised by the British government. In agreeing to the proposal, concessions were made by Great Britain, which was considering approval of the current government of Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa, and by backers of the Patriotic Front guerrillas. The proposal recognized the need for a new constitution that would lessen the strong powers held by whites under the current Zimbabwe Rhodesia charter. The new elections proposed by the Commonwealth nations would include the Patriotic front guerrillas, who had boycotted the April elections. The proposal also called for an all-parties conference that would be attended by the Muzorewa government and its guerrilla foes.

Law
United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger told a meeting of state chief judges that jury trials should be foregone in civil cases that were too technical for most laymen.

Television
In pre-game ceremonies at Wrigley Field in Chicago‚ veteran Chicago Cubs’ announcer Jack Brickhouse was honoured. Today's broadcast was his 5‚000th television broadcast of a game.

Auto racing
USAC Championship Car
A.J. Foyt won the 200-mile Lubrilon Grand Prix at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas; it was his fifth win of the season, and third straight.

Baseball
Willie Mays‚ Warren Giles‚ and Hack Wilson were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Jose Cardenal hit a solo home run to break a 2-2 tie and Willie Montanez doubled home Frank Taveras with another run as the New York Mets scored 2 runs in the 7th inning and defeated the Montreal Expos 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 46,613 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. In the second game, the Expos were trailing 2-0 when Rusty Staub led off the bottom of the 2nd inning with his first home run in a Montreal uniform since 1971 as the Expos scored 3 runs in the 2nd and 2 in the 3rd en route to a 7-3 win. Rudy May relieved starting pitcher David Palmer in the 4th inning and allowed 4 hits and 1 run--earned--in 5 2/3 innings to get the win, improving his 1979 record to 7-0.

Philadelphia's Greg Luzinski and Pittsburgh's John Milner each hit a grand slam‚ and Phillies’ first baseman Pete Rose collected his 2‚427th career single to break Honus Wagner's National League record as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-8 in the first game of a doubleheader before 46,006 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The Pirates scored 4 runs in the 4th inning as they won the second game 5-2 to complete the sweep, moving into first place in the National League East Division, ½ game ahead of the Expos.



The Boston Red Sox demolished the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 and 19-5 in a doubleheader before 49,054 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. The Red Sox amassed 27 hits in the second game‚ and were the first team in 30 years to score at least one run in 8 innings. The only inning in which they failed to score was the 4th‚ when the first two batters reached base. The scoring deluge made it easy for Boston manager Don Zimmer‚ who used three relief pitchers. Dutch-born Win Remmerswaal‚ the middle pitcher‚ picked up his first major league win. Boston second baseman Stan Papi, batting ninth in the order in the second game, had the best game of his major league career, batting 4 for 6 with 2 doubles, 3 runs, and 2 runs batted in.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Viva la mamma--Edoardo Bennato (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): No More Boleros--Gerard Joling (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)--Soul II Soul (2nd week at #1)
2 Licence to Kill--Gladys Knight
3 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
4 Patience--Guns N' Roses
5 Breakthru--Queen
6 Tell it Like it Is--Don Johnson
7 No More Bolero's--Gerard Joling
8 Say No Go--De La Soul
9 Just Keep Rockin'--Double Trouble & the Rebel MC
10 Nergens Goed Voor--De Dijk

Singles entering the chart were We are Growing by Margaret Singana (#11); High Under the Moon by Tambourine (#24); We Got Our Own Thang by Heavy D & the Boyz (#29); and Bolero by Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim (#32). We are Growing was the theme song of the television series Shaka Zulu (1986).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Batdance--Prince
2 On Our Own--Bobby Brown
3 So Alive--Love and Rockets
4 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
5 Toy Soldiers--Martika
6 Once Bitten Twice Shy--Great White
7 Lay Your Hands on Me--Bon Jovi
8 I Like It--Dino
9 Cold Hearted--Paula Abdul
10 If You Don't Know Me by Now--Simply Red

Singles entering the chart were Girl I'm Gonna Miss You by Milli Vanilli (#53); Hey Ladies by the Beastie Boys (#67); It's Not Enough by Starship (#80); And the Night Stood Still by Dion (#86); Gypsy Road by Cinderella (#88); Oh Daddy by Adrian Belew (#95); and My First Night Without You by Cyndi Lauper (#96).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Batdance--Prince (2nd week at #1)
2 On Our Own--Bobby Brown
3 If You Don't Know Me by Now--Simply Red
4 So Alive--Love and Rockets
5 Lay Your Hands on Me--Bon Jovi
6 Express Yourself--Madonna
7 I Like It--Dino
8 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
9 Toy Soldiers--Martika
10 What You Don't Know--Expose

Singles entering the chart were It's Not Enough by Starship (#70); Hey Ladies by the Beastie Boys (#79); Love Has Taken its Toll by Saraya (#82); Love Song by the Cure (#85); You Better Dance by the Jets (#89); Girl I'm Gonna Miss You by Milli Vanilli (#92); and My First Night Without You by Cyndi Lauper (#93).

Music
Rod Stewart headlined a Terry Fox benefit concert in Boston; Mr. Fox's mother flew from Vancouver, British Columbia to attend the sold-out show, which raised about $175,000 for the American Cancer Society.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Riverdance--Bill Whelan (14th week at #1)

War
Bosnian Serbs seized vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun from a United Nations weapons depot near Sarajevo in violation of the exclusion zone, bringing a quick response from two U.S. ground-attack jets, which destroyed a Bosnian Serb anti-tank vehicle south of Sarajevo.

Protest
Opponents of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro clashed with police in Havana. Mr. Castro blamed the unrest on U.S. radio broadcasts to Cuba, and warned that the government might stop putting obstacles in the way of those who sought to leave.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that 259,000 nonfarm jobs had been created in July.

Football
CFL
Shreveport (0-5) 15 @ Hamilton (1-4) 38

Timm Rosenbach passed to Earl Winfield for 2 touchdowns and rushed for a TD of his own as the Tiger-Cats came back from an early 14-0 deficit to defeat the Pirates before 12,612 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium.



20 years ago
1999

World events
Montenegro, the smaller of Yugoslavia’s two remaining republics, proposed that it be granted equal status with Serbia, the larger republic. Montenegro’s government opposed the policies of federal President Slobodan Milosevic toward the breakaway province of Kosovo. Under the Montenegran proposal, the two republics would no longer be a federation, but a commonwealth of states on equal footing.

Diplomacy
The United States Senate voted 81-16 to confirm Richard Holbrooke as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Economics and finance
The United States House of Representatives voted 221-206 in favour of a $792 billion tax cut. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 50-49.

Business
Bell Canada announced that it would acquire the remaining 35% stake in BCE Mobile Communications Inc. that it did not already own.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (1-4) 17 @ Hamilton (3-2) 63
British Columbia (4-1) 13 @ Calgary (3-2) 9

The Tiger-Cats got 2 touchdowns from Joe Hagins--a 58-yard fumble return, and a 32-yard interception return--and 2 from Orlondo Steinauer--a 40-yard interception return and 35-yard punt return--in their rout of the Roughriders at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

Henry Burris made his second straight start as a Canadian Football League quarterback for the Stampeders, but suffered a season-ending knee injury in their loss to the Lions at McMahon Stadium.

Baseball
The San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 before 45,106 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis‚ despite a pair of home runs by Cardinals’ first baseman Mark McGwire‚ including the 500th of his career. Mr. McGwire became the first player in major league history to hit his 400th and 500th homers in successive seasons. The Padres scored 5 runs in the 9th inning to put the game away.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Budd Schulberg, 95. U.S. author. Mr. Schulberg was best known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? (1941), The Disenchanted (1950), and The Harder They Fall (1947), and the screenplays for On the Waterfront (1954)--for which he won an Academy Award--and A Face in the Crowd (1957).

Politics and government
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as President of Iran.

Scandal
Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb were sentenced to seven and six years respectively in prison for fraud and forgery; the former Livent theatre promoters remained free on bail after posting $350,000 each pending an appeal. In 2011, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the convictions but reduced their sentences by two years.