September 13, 2019

1,640 years ago
379

Central Americana
Yax Nuun Ahiin I was crowned as 15th Ajaw (Lord) of Tikal.

790 years ago
1229

Asiatica
Ögedei Khan was proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Mongolia.

610 years ago
1409

Died on this date
Isabella of Valois, 19. Queen consort of England, 1396-1399. Isabella was wed at the age of 6 to King Richard II of England in a political arrangement. When he died in custody after being deposed, Isabella went into mourning rather than accede to King Henry IV's demand that she marry his son, the future King Henry V. She was eventually allowed to return to France, where she married her cousin Charles, Duke of Orleans, in 1406. Isabella died in childbirth.

260 years ago
1759

War
British forces commanded by Major-General James Wolfe defeated French forces under the command of Lieutenant-General the Marquis de Montcalm in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, upstream from Quebec City. The battle was a turning point in the Seven Years’ War, and a significant event in the history of Canada.

220 years ago
1799

Born on this date
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham. Governor General of Canada, 1839-1841. Lord Sydenham held various positions in Britain before succeeding Lord Durham as Governor General of the Province of Canada. He implemented the Union Act which united the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, which became, respectively, Canada West and Canada East, and moved the capital to Kingston. Lord Sydenham adopted policies that favoured English-speaking Canada West, which made him unpopular in French-speaking Canada East. He suffered from severe gout and had submitted his resignation, but he died in Kingston of a tetanus infection 15 days after suffering a broken and lacerated leg in a fall from his horse, and six days after his 42nd birthday. Lord Sydenham was succeeded as Governor General by Sir Charles Bagot.

200 years ago
1819

Died on this date
Clara Schumann. German musician and composer. Mrs. Schumann, the wife of composer Robert Schumann, had a distinguished career as a concert pianist spanning almost 60 years. She performed many duets with violinist Joseph Joachim and had a close friendship with composer Johannes Brahms. Mrs. Schumann composed piano and choral works. She died on May 20, 1896 at the age of 76, two months after suffering a stroke.

180 years ago
1839

Protest
Republican rebels burned the Anglican church in Chippewa, Upper Canada.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
J. B. Priestley. U.K. author and playwright. Mr. Priestley was known for novels such as Benighted (1928) and The Good Companions (1929) and plays such as Dangerous Corner (1932) and An Inspector Calls (1945). He died on August 14, 1984, 30 days before his 90th birthday.

Died on this date
Emmanuel Chabrier, 53. French composer. Mr. Chabrier was known mainly for his orchestral works España and Joyeuse marche. He died after a long battle with syphilis.

120 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. Romanian politician. Mr. Codreanu, born Corneliu Zelinski, was the founder (in 1927) and leader of the Iron Guard, a nationalistic organization that opposed Jews, Gypsies, and Communists. The Iron Guard finished third in the 1937 general election, but was blocked by King Carol II from participation in the resulting coalition government. Mr. Codreanu, known as Căpitanul ("The Captain") to his followers, was imprisoned in April 1938 and convicted of sedition and other charges. He was assassinated by the military police force Jandarmeria Română on November 30, 1938 at the age of 39, inspiring violent reprisals by Iron Guard members.

Adventure
A European party led by Halford Mackinder made the first ascent of Batian (17,058 feet), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Leith Stevens. U.S. composer. Mr. Stevens composed music for numerous radio and television programs. Among his movie credits were The Wild One (1953) and The Interns (1962). He died of a heart attack on July 23, 1970 at the age of 60.

Jim Rhodes. U.S. politician. Mr. Rhodes, a Republican, was a businessman before entering politics, holding various offices, including Mayor of Columbus (1944-1952), before serving four terms as Governor of Ohio (1963-1971, 1975-1983). He attracted notoriety in 1970 when he sent National Guard troops on to the campus of Kent State University, where, on May 4, they opened fire on protesters, killing four people and wounding nine. Mr. Rhodes died on March 4, 2001 at the age of 91.

Frits Thors. Dutch newscaster. Mr. Thors had a long career in radio and television, including freelance work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Montreal from 1946-1948. He was best known as the anchor of the Nederlandse Television Stichting-Journaal from 1965-1972. Mr. Thors died on April 19, 2014 at the age of 104.

100 years ago
1919

Labour
The Boston police strike ended after four days, when Boston Police Commissioner Edwin Upton Curtis announced the replacement of all striking workers with 1,500 new officers, given higher wages. The strike had resulted in widespread lawlessness and nine deaths, eight at the hands of the Massachusetts State Guard, who had been ordered into action by Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge.

90 years ago
1929

At the movies
Jealousy, directed by Jean de Limur, and starring Jeanne Eagels and Fredric March, opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Jatindra Nath Das, 24. Indian political activist. Mr. Das was an advocate of Indian independence who joined the revolutionary group Anushilan Samiti in 1921. He was imprisoned for several weeks in 1925 and conducted a hunger strike, which he abandoned after 20 days. Mr. Das joined the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928 and was arrested again in June 1929 for revolutionary activities. He was imprisoned in Lahore, and began a hunger strike on July 13, which resulted in his death after 63 days. Mr. Das was regarded as a martyr by the Indian independence movement.

75 years ago
1944

Hit parade
Variety reported the most popular songs as:
1 I'll Walk Alone
2 Swingin' on a Star
3 I'll Be Seeing You

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the aim of the current Quebec Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King was to bring maximum effort to all war theatres and coordinate Allied war efforts. Canadian troops in Italy captured Coriano Ridge in fierce fighting south of Rimini. After seizing Rotgen, U.S. forces in Germany dug into the heights above Aachen. Allied troops in Italy reached the vicinity of two passes above Florence leading through the Apennines to the Po River Valley. Soviet forces broke through the German defenses on a 35-mile front in southern Poland and reached the Czech border at Ciechania, 80 miles southeast of Krakow. The U.S.S.R. announced the the terms of its armistice with Romania, which included a $300-million war reparation; the ceding of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina to the U.S.S.R.; the the return of Transylvania to Romania.

Defense
The United States Senate approved a House of Representatives bill permitting Waves to be sent to U.S. stations outside continental America.

Disasters
80-100 people were reported killed in a Mexican cyclone and cloudburst covering nine states a week earlier.

70 years ago
1949

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Checkerboard Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Collector's Item, starring Lon McCallister, Ann Thomas, and Julian Noa



Died on this date
August Krogh, 74. Danish physiologist. Dr. Krogh developed Krogh's Principle, which states, "for such a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied." He was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism."

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. vetoed the United Nations membership applications of Austria, Ceylon, Finland, Jordan, Ireland, Italy, and Portugal.

The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine issued a plan for the internationalization of Jerusalem, calling for the division of the city into demilitarized Jewish and Arab sectors under a UN commissioner. Israel immediately rejected the proposal.

Law
A U.S. federal district court in Chicago restrained the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing its ban on radio and television give-away programs pending a federal court ruling on the ban's legality.

Labour
United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis accused Southern mine operators of defaulting in their contributions to the UMW welfare fund, and threatened a strike if they did not resume payment. Employers responded that expiration of their contract with the UMW the previous June relieved them of their obligation to support the UMW fund.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra cancelled its 1949-50 season because its members refused to take a pay cut.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Ciao, ciao, bambina--Dalida

Died on this date
Frank Walker, 73. U.S. politician. Mr. Walker was U.S. Postmaster General (1940-1945) in the cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1943-1944). President Harry Truman appointed Mr. Walker to the first American delegation to the United Nations in 1945.

Space
The Soviet probe Lunik 2 became the first manmade object to reach the moon when it crashed into the lunar surface.

Protest
20,000 Tyrolese demonstrated in Innsbruck, Austria against alleged Italian misrule of the South Tyrol.

Tennis
Neale Fraser of Australia defeated Alex Olmedo of the United States 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 in the men's singles final of the U.S. National Championships at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.



Football
CFL
IRFU
Ottawa (0-5) 6 @ Toronto (2-3) 19

Cookie Gilchrist kicked 4 field goals for the Argonauts as they beat the Rough Riders before 25,849 fans at CNE Stadium. Dick Shatto scored Toronto’s only touchdown, while Ronnie Knox punted for a single. Dave Thelen’s unconverted touchdown accounted for the Ottawa scoring.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians scored a run in the top of the 11th inning to open the scoring, but Tony Kubek led off the bottom of the 11th with a single and Mickey Mantle followed with a 425-foot home run to give the New York Yankees a 2-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader before 41,645 fans at Yankee Stadium. Yogi Berra led off the bottom of the 7th with a single and scored when Hank Bauer grounded into a force play for the only run as the Yankees won the second game 1-0 to complete the sweep, dropping the second-place Indians 5½ games behind the Chicago White Sox in the American League pennant race. Duke Maas pitched a 6-hitter for the Yankees in the second game to improve his 1959 record to 13-7, outduelling Jim Perry, who pitched a 6-hitter in falling to 11-8.



Billy Goodman's first home run of the season, a 2-run blow in the 4th inning, provided the winning margin as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-1 before 26,720 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Bob Shaw (16-6) allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in 7 1/3 innings, outduelling Frank Sullivan (8-11), who allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in 5 innings.

The Kansas City Athletics erupted for 5 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 tie as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 in the first game of a doubleheader before 9,103 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Bud Daley (16-12) pitched a 6-hitter to outduel Milt Pappas (14-9) as the Athletics won the second game 4-1 to complete the sweep.

Eddie Kasko batted 4 for 4 with a run and a run batted in and Bob Purkey (12-16) pitched a 9-hitter to outduel Warren Spahn (19-14) as the Cincinnati Reds edged the Milwaukee Braves 3-2 before 35,084 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Roman Mejias, Bob Skinner, Dick Stuart, and Hank Foiles hit solo home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 before 20,176 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Wally Moon hit a solo home run for the Dodgers against Ron Kline (10-13), who pitched a 9-hit complete game victory.

Orlando Cepeda led off the top of the 2nd inning with a single and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch hitter Dusty Rhodes for the only run of the game as the San Francisco Giants edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 before 21,841 fans at Seals Stadium in San Francisco, taking a 2-game lead over the Braves and Dodgers in the National League pennant race. Jack Sanford (14-12) allowed 5 hits in 8 2/3 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Don Cardwell (9-9), who allowed 4 hits and 2 earned run in 7 innings.

International League
Semi-Finals
Buffalo 4 @ Richmond 5 (Richmond won best-of-seven series 4-1)

American Association
Semi-Finals
Fort Worth 3 @ Louisville 2 (Fort Worth led best-of-seven series 3-0)
Minneapolis 2 @ Omaha 4 (Minneapolis led best-of-seven series 2-1)

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Que je t'aime--Johnny Hallyday (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero d'amore--Mal Ryder (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones
2 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
3 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
4 One/Mr. Whippy--Johnny Farnham
5 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
6 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
7 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
8 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
9 La La--The Flying Circus
10 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb

Singles entering the chart were Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot) by Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group (#29); Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White (#35); Make Me an Island by Joe Dolan (#37); and Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
3 Scarlet Ribbons--The Cats
4 Bloody Mary--Tom & Dick
5 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
6 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
7 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
8 Venus--Shocking Blue
9 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg

Singles entering the chart were Natural Born Bugie by Humble Pie (#24); Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond (#36); Potvolblommen by the Lowland Trio (#37); Cent Mille Chansons by Frida Boccara (#39); and My Pledge of Love by the Joe Jeffrey Group (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (4th week at #1)
2 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Get Together--The Youngbloods
6 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
7 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
8 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
9 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
10 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations

Singles entering the chart were The Weight by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations (#69); World (Part 1) by James Brown (#70); And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) by the 4 Seasons (#72); Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley (#77); Jealous Kind of Fella by Garland Green (#78); Chains of Love by Bobby Bland (#88); Tracy by the Cuff Links (#89); My Balloon's Going Up by Archie Bell & the Drells (#96); Love's Been Good to Me by Frank Sinatra (#98); and Kool and the Gang by Kool and the Gang (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
2 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
3 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Get Together--The Youngbloods
5 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
6 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
7 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
8 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
9 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
10 Jean--Oliver

Singles entering the chart were Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley (#45); The Weight by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations (#58); Love of the Common People by the Winstons (#80); Jealous Kind of Fella by Garland Green (#85); Hold Me by the Baskerville Hounds (#87); Let a Woman Be a Woman -- Let a Man Be a Man by Dyke and the Blazers (#88); Green Onions by Dick Hyman (#91); I Want You to Know by the New Colony Six (#93); Drummer Man by Nancy Sinatra (#96); Helpless by Jackie Wilson (#97); It's True I'm Gonna Miss You by Carolyn Franklin (#98); The Colour of My Love by Jefferson (#99); and My Balloon's Going Up by Archie Bell & the Drells (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
2 Laughing--The Guess Who
3 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
4 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
5 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
6 Get Together--The Youngbloods
7 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
9 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
10 Hurt So Bad--The Lettermen

Singles entering the chart were Nobody But You Babe by Clarence Reid (#72); Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley (#73); You, I by the Rugbys (#75); By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Isaac Hayes (#76); Love of the Common People by the Winstons (#80); The Weight by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations (#85); Baby it's You by Smith (#86); Son of a Lovin' Man by the Buchanan Brothers (#87); Jealous Kind of Fella by Garland Green (#88); Kool and the Gang by Kool and the Gang (#91); Helpless by Jackie Wilson (#93); Hook and Sling--Part I by Eddie Bo (#95); Drummer Man by Nancy Sinatra (#97); We Can Make It by Ray Charles (#98); Better Watch Out by McKenna Mendelson Mainline (#99); and My Balloon's Going Up by Archie Bell & the Drells (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
2 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
5 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
6 Sunrise to Sunset--Five Man Electrical Band
7 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
8 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
9 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
10 Get Together--The Youngbloods
Pick hit of the week: I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie

War
Casualties for American and South Vietnamese forces for the week were up, with 143 Americans killed and 1,343 wounded, while 529 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead for the week were put at 2,361.

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-2) 23 @ Ottawa (6-1) 25
British Columbia (1-7) 20 @ Calgary (5-3) 28

A near-capacity Lansdowne Park crowd of 26,989 witnessed what might have been the best game of the season. With the Rough Riders leading 18-16, Don Sutherin kicked a 31-yard field goal with 3:47 remaining in the game to increase the lead to 21-16. The Argonauts failed to move the ball, and Mr. Sutherin was wide on a 46-yard attempt, which was good for a single point to make the score 22-16 with 1:43 remaining. The Argonauts scrimmaged from their own 25-yard line, and Toronto quarterback Tom Wilkinson promptly connected with Jim Thorpe for an 85-yard touchdown. Dave Mann's convert gave the Argonauts a 23-22 lead with 1:15 remaining, but Ottawa quarterback Russ Jackson marched the Rough Riders downfield, and Mr. Sutherin kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired to win the game. Margene Adkins and Vic Washington scored Ottawa touchdowns on passes from Mr. Jackson, while Bill Symons scored touchdowns for Toronto on 35- and 1-yard rushes. Mr. Symons carried 13 times for 114 yards, while his teammate Dave Raimey was held to 46 yards on 11 carries. Jim Mankins led the Ottawa rushing attack with 7 carries for 46 yards. Mr. Washington was held to 11 yards on 5 carries.



Calgary quarterback Jerry Keeling rushed for 2 touchdowns, and completed 20 of 35 passes for 325 yards and a touchdown to Terry Evanshen. The Lions' only touchdown came in the first quarter on a pass from quarterback Paul Brothers to Jim Young. Ted Gerela converted and added a single and field goals of 45, 51, 23, and 53 yards. Mr. Gerela's last field goal was the longest field goal in the CFL in 1969.

CIAU
Pre-season
Toronto 14 @ Guelph 15
Waterloo 4 @ Saskatchewan 26

Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and 3 in the 3rd as they beat the Cleveland Indians 10-5 before 20,075 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, clinching the American League East Division pennant. Mark Belanger, Paul Blair, and Terry Crowley each scored 3 runs for the Orioles.

Ken McMullen batted 4 for 5 with a home run, 2 runs, and 5 runs batted in to help the Washington Senators defeat the Detroit Tigers 11-6 before 9,921 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. Willie Horton hit a grand slam for the Tigers in the 6th inning. The Tigers' loss left them 18 games behind the Orioles with 17 games remaining in the season. Norm McRae, the sixth and last Detroit pitcher, allowed 1 hit and 1 run--earned--in 1 inning, walking 1 batter and striking out 2 in his first major league game.

Mike Fiore tripled with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning and Ed Kirkpatrick followed with a single to score Mr. Fiore with the game's only run as the Kansas City Royals edged the Minnesota Twins 1-0 before 15,372 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Three Kansas City pitchers combined to allow just 2 hits, while Dean Chance allowed only 4 hits and 1 earned run in a complete game, dropping his 1969 record to 5-3.

Dave Duncan's 3-run home run climaxed a 4-run 10th inning for the Oakland Athletics as they broke a 0-0 tie and shut out the Chicago White Sox 4-0 before 2,665 fans at White Sox Park. The Athletics had 6 hits, the White Sox 5.

Larry Dierker of the Houston Astros lost his bid for a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves before 26,389 fans at Atlanta Stadium when Felix Millan singled with 2 out in the 9th inning. The game was tied 0-0 though 12 innings, after which Mr. Dierker left, having allowed 4 hits. Atlanta starter Phil Niekro pitched 11 innings, allowing 6 hits. Jim Wynn singled home 2 runs with 2 out in the top of the 13th to give Houston a 2-0 lead, but Atlanta rallied in the bottom of the inning. Jim Breazeale made his major league debut as a pinch hitter with the Braves, drawing a base on balls and scoring on a bases-loaded walk to pinch hitter Bob Aspromonte with 1 out to conclude a 3-run rally as the Braves won 3-2 to remain 1 game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds and 1½ games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants in the National League West Division pennant race, while the Astros fell 4½ games behind.

The Montreal Expos scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning and another in the 2nd, and held on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 before 3,154 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Woodie Fryman started on the mound, but failed to retire any of the 4 batters he faced, allowing a hit, 3 bases on balls, and 4 runs--3 earned--to take the loss, dropping his 1969 record to 11-13.

Ron Swoboda's grand slam with 1 out in the top of the 8th inning broke a 1-1 tie as the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 before 10,440 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, as Tom Seaver (22-7) pitched a 6-hitter to defeat Luke Walker (2-6). Dave Cash made his major league debut with the Pirates, entering the game in the 8th inning as a pinch runner at first base for Carl Taylor.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 4 runs with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to overcome a 4-3 deficit and defeat the Chicago Cubs 7-4 before 46,548 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, dropping the fading Cubs 3½ games behind the Mets in the National League East Division pennant race.

Johnny Bench drew a base on balls to lead off the 8th inning and Lee May followed with a home run to break a 4-4 tie as the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 before 13,490 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, with Jim Maloney (10-4) winning over Gaylord Perry (17-13).

40 years ago
1979

Music
ABBA began their North American tour with a concert at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton.

Politics and government
South Africa granted independence to the "homeland" of Venda; it was not recognized outside South Africa.

Academia
Dr. Myer Horowitz was formally installed as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta in a ceremony at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

Labour
According to the National Education Association, 119 teacher strikes had been called in the United States to begin the school year.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Ehtaa tavaraa (80-luvun tykki)--Bat & Ryyd (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Licence to Kill--Gladys Knight (8th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev met with government and party leaders of the Baltic republics in Moscow. He reportedly opposed separatist movements in the Baltic regions, but was also reported to have been conciliatory.

Protest
Reverend Desmond Tutu led the largest anti-Apartheid march in South African history.

Baseball
Fay Vincent was elected baseball commissioner, replacing the late Bart Giamatti, whom Mr. Vincent had served as deputy commissioner.

25 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Arthur Siegel, 70. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Siegel wrote such songs as Monotonous; Penny Candy; and Love is a Simple Thing. He provided the voice of Charlie Brown, with Kaye Ballard as Lucy Van Pelt, for the album Peanuts (1962), which consisted of dialogue from the comic strip, accompanied by jazz music. Mr. Siegel died of heart failure.

Space
The probe Ulysses, a joint venture of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and European Space Agency, passed the Sun's south pole. Ulysses had been launched on October 6, 1990 on a mission to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes.

Society
The Third United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, meeting in Cairo, approved a document declaring that the use of contraceptives as well as "gender equity and the empowerment of women" were the primary means of controlling population. The text on abortion, whose draft had been criticized by the Vatican, was revised, and included the statement, "In no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning." All 179 delegations present endorsed the draft plan by consensus, although the Vatican and 20 other countries declared their reservations.

Politics and government
Disgraced former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry won the Democratic Party mayoral nomination, while incumbent Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly finished third. Rhode Island Governor Bruce Sundlun, a Democrat, was defeated for renomination. U.S. Representative David Levy (Republican--New York) lost his bid for renomination in a primary. Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson, whose renomination bid had been rejected by the Republican state convention in favour of Allen Quist, a conservative, won the Republican Party primary.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had increased 0.3% in August.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Benjamin Bloom, 86. U.S. psychologist. Dr. Bloom was an educational psychologist at the University of Chicago who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning.

Terrorism
A huge explosion in an apartment building in Moscow killed at least 118 people; it was the second such explosion in a Moscow apartment building in five days.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Lonny Frey, 99. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Frey was a second baseman and shortstop with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933-1936); Chicago Cubs (1937, 1947); Cincinnati Reds (1938-1946); New York Yankees (1947-1948); and New York Giants (1948), batting .269 with 61 home runs and 549 runs batted in in 1,535 games. He was with the Reds when they won the National League pennant in 1939 and the World Series in 1940, and led the NL in stolen bases (22) that year. Mr. Frey was with the Yankees when they won the World Series in 1947, and batted 0 for 20 with 1 run batted in in 8 World Series games (1939-1940, 1947). He died three weeks after his 99th birthday.

Paul Burke, 83. U.S. actor. Mr. Burke was best known for his co-starring roles in the television series Naked City (1960-1963) and 12 O'Clock High (1964-1967). He died of leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (4-6) 24 @ Montreal (8-2) 28

Avon Cobourne rushed 12 yards for a touchdown with 56 seconds remaining in regulation time to give the Alouettes their win over the Lions at Molson Stadium.



Saskatchewan (6-4) 55 @ Winnipeg (3-7) 10

The Roughriders took advantage of numerous turnovers to rout the Blue Bombers at Canad Inns Stadium in the annual "Banjo Bowl."