September 14, 2019

1,400 years ago
619

Died on this date
Yang You, 13 or 14. Emperor of China, 617-618. Yang You was the third and last emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and was installed by Li Yuan in rebellion against his grandfather Emperor Yang. Yang You was recognized as Emperor only by the forces under Li Yuan's control, and Yang You's brother Yang Tong, a year older, claimed the throne. After Emperor Yang was killed in battle in 618, Yang You was forced to yield the throne to Li Yuan, who began the Tang dynasty as Emperor Gaozu. Yang You was probably put to death on orders from Gaozu.

1,100 years ago
919

Died on this date
Niall Glúndub. High King of Ireland, 916-919. Niall Glúndub succeeded his brother as King of Ailech in 911, and won battles to extend his control to neighbouring kingdoms. He succeeded Flann Sinna as High King of Ireland, but was killed while leading his troops in the Battle of Islandbridge, and was succeeded as High King by Donnchad Donn.

War
In the Battle of Islandbridge, a coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub, failed in their attempt to drive the Vikings of the Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech, from Ireland.

260 years ago
1759

Died on this date
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, 47. French military officer. Lieutenant General Montcalm had a distinguished career serving in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, but his forces were defeated by British forces commanded by Major-General James Wolfe in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec on September 13, 1759. Both leaders were mortally wounded, with Maj.-Gen. Wolfe dying during the battle, and Gen. Montcalm succumbing to a musket shot in the back early the next day.

250 years ago
1769

Born on this date
Alexander von Humboldt. German geographer and explorer. Mr. Humboldt was a polymath whose work laid the foundations for biogeography and modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. He explored the Americas from 1799-1804, with his observations and descriptions being published in large volumes over a period of 21 years. Mr. Humboldt died on May 6, 1859 at the age of 89.

230 years ago
1789

Politics and government
The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of State.

190 years ago
1829

War
The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.

150 years ago
1869

Born on this date
Kid Nichols. U.S. baseball pitcher. A native of Madison, Wisconsin but a graduate of Queen Elizabeth High School in Surrey, British Columbia, Charles Augustus Nichols pitched with the Boston Beaneaters (1890-1901); St. Louis Cardinals (1904-1905); and Philadelphia Phillies (1905-1906), winning 361 games and losing 208, with an earned run average of 2.95. He won 20 or more games in a season 11 times, with 7 seasons of 30 or more wins, and played for five National League championship teams. Mr. Nichols was the youngest pitcher to win 300 games (at age 30). He was a switch-hitter who batted .226 with 16 home runs and 278 runs batted in. Mr. Nichols managed the Cardinals to a 75-79 record in 1904, but was fired after a 5-9 start in 1905 after a dispute with team co-owner Stanley Robison. His 361 wins rank seventh on the major league career list, and his 5,056 1/3 innings pitched rank eleventh. Mr. Nichols was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949, and died of cancer on April 11, 1953 at the age of 83.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Red Stockings left for a month-long tour of California.

140 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Margaret Sanger. U.S. nurse and social activist. Mrs. Sanger, born Margaret Higgins, was a nurse who opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in Brooklyn, New York on October 16, 1916. Promotion of contraception was illegal then, but Mrs. Sanger fought her case in the courts and eventually won the right to promote her views. She founded the American Birth Control League in 1921 and the Clinical Research Bureau in 1923, and with financial assistance from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., travelled to various foreign countries to promote birth control. Conflict within the ABCL led Mrs. Sanger to leave the organization in 1928 and she took full control of the CRB, renaming it the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau. The ABCL and BCCRB merged in 1939 to become the Birth Control Federation of America, which changed its name to Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942. Mrs. Sanger helped to found the International Committee on Planned Parenthood in 1946, which became the International Planned Parenthood Federation in 1952. Mrs. Sanger was a racist and eugenicist who had actual Nazis contributing to her Birth Control Review magazine. Planned Parenthood operates more than half of the abortion clinics in the United States; videos were made in 2015 that seemed to show personnel at Planned Parentood clinics offering to sell body parts of aborted fetuses. If the body count resulting from her ideas is any indication, Margaret Sanger may have been the most evil woman in history. She died on September 6, 1966, eight days before her 87th birthday. The book Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood by George Grant (1988) is an excellent expose of Mrs. Sanger and the organization she helped to found.

120 years ago
1899

Died on this date
Henry Bliss, 69. U.S. accident victim. Mr. Bliss died the day after being hit by an electric taxicab at the intersection of 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City after leaving a streetcar, becoming the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

110 years ago
1909

Baseball
National League President John Heydler announced that the league would use 2 umpires per game in 1910.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Kay Medford. U.S. actress. Miss Medford, whose real name was Margaret Kathleen Regan, was known for her comic performances in plays and films. Her most notable role was that of Rose Brice in the Broadway musical (1964) and movie (1968) Funny Girl, resulting in Tony Award and Academy Award nominations, respectively. Miss Medford died of cervical cancer on April 10, 1980 at the age of 60.

Olga Lowe. S.A.-born U.K. actress. Miss Lowe moved to London permanently after World War II, and appeared in numerous plays, films, and television programs in a career spanning more than 60 years. She died on September 2, 2013, 12 days before her 94th birthday.

Football
Wisconsin professional
Menominee North End Athletic Club 0 @ Green Bay Packers (1-0) 53

The Packers' rout of Menominee at Hagemeister Park was the Packers' first game ever.

90 years ago
1929

Baseball
George Earnshaw pitched a 5-hitter to improve his 1929 record to 21-8 as the Philadelphia Athletics shut out the Chicago White Sox 5-0 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, clinching their first American League pennant in 15 years. Chicago pitcher Red Faber allowed 9 hits and 5 earned runs in a complete game, falling to 12-13. Bud Morse made his major league debut with the Athletics, playing second base and batting leadoff; he batted 0 for 4, and made 4 putouts and 3 assists, starting a double play in the 7th inning.

The St. Louis Browns amassed 21 hits--including 4 each by Heinie Manush, Red Kress, and James O'Rourke--as they routed the New York Yankees 12-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 12,000 fans at Yankee Stadium. George Pipgras (16-11) pitched a 4-hitter, outduelling Jack Ogden (4-8), as the Yankees won the second game 4-2.

Curt Walker led off the bottom of the 10th inning by reaching first base on an error by center fielder Phil Voyles and scored on a 1-out single by Clyde Sukeforth to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 win over the Boston Braves at Redland Field. The Reds had scored 2 runs in the 9th to tie the score 2-2. Eppa Rixey (10-12) pitched a perfect 10th inning in relief to get the win over Ben Cantwell (4-12), who pitched an 8-hit complete game in taking the loss.

80 years ago
1939

War
186 survivors of the British ocean liner SS Athenia arrived in Montreal, 11 days after the ship had been torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Scotland, with the loss of 112 lives.

World events
The Estonian military boarded the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union would later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.

75 years ago
1944

War
Maastricht became the first Dutch city to be liberated by Allied forces. The Allies captured Antwerp. U.S. forces captured six German towns south of Aachen and shelled the city from a mile away. Polish and Soviet troops captured the Warsaw suburb of Praga, saving it from total destruction. U.S. Army troops and Marines invaded Peleliu Island of the Palau group in the western Caroline Islands. Chinese troops recaptured the fortress city of Tengyueh in the province of Yunnan.

Economics and finance
Two U.S. National War Labor Board panels reported that Labor Department cost-of-living reports did not reflect actualities, claiming that there had been a 5% rise over the 24.5% reported by the Labor Department.

Labour
The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations-United Auto Workers voted to retain its no-strike pledge pending a mail referendum of union members.

Law
The American Bar Association convention rejected a resolution critical of the U.S. Supreme Court for "reflecting New Deal political purposes in its decisions."

Disasters
In the worst storm to hit the U.S. in six years, a hurricane swept the Atlantic Coast from the Carolinas to Canada, causing 40 deaths and at least $100 million in property damage.

70 years ago
1949

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman nominated former Senator John Sherman Cooper to replace John Foster Dulles on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.

U.S. Senator Pat McCarran (Democrat--Nevada), leaving for a visit to Spain, said that he intended to discuss possible U.S. diplomatic recognition of Spain and a loan to the Spanish government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

Defense
U.S. President Truman named General Anthony McAuliffe to succeed Gen. Alden Waitt as head of the Army Chemical Corps.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator James Eastland (Democrat--Mississippi), a prominent critic of President Truman's civil rights program, became chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's civil rights subcommittee.

New York Journal-American reporter Howard Rushmore, a former Communist, testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee that U.S. Communist leaders were "aliens sent here by Moscow," and urged their deportation.

Protest
New York Governor Thomas Dewey ordered a special grand jury investigation of recent anti-Communist riots in Peekskill, New York, claiming that Communists had provoked the second disturbance through the use of a "quasi-military force."

Labour
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruled that employees who worked part-time as supervisors were ineligible to vote in union representation elections.

U.S. Steel President Benjamin Fairless refused to bargain with the United Steel Workers of America on the basis of the presidential fact-finding commission report, objecting to its support for an employer-financed worker pension fund.

A printers' strike against five Chicago daily newspapers, in effect since November 1947, ended when the International Typographers' Union settled for a $10 weekly wage increase and employer recognition of the union as sole bargaining agent.

Baseball
Ed Lopat pitched a 4-hitter to improve his 1949 record to 14-8 as the New York Yankees shut out the St. Louis Browns 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 16,373 fans at Yankee Stadium. St. Louis starter Al Papai allowed 5 hits and 2 runs--1 earned--in 7 innings to fall to 4-10. The Yankees scored 5 runs in the 1st and 6 in the 7th as they won the second game 13-7 to complete the sweep, extending their lead in the American League pennant race to 3 games over the second-place Boston Red Sox. New York right fielder Cliff Mapes batted 4 for 6 in the second game with 2 runs and 4 runs batted in, while Bobby Brown was 4 for 5 with a base on balls, double, and 2 runs.

Ted Williams led off the bottom of the 6th inning with his 38th home run of the season, providing the only run as the Boston Red Sox edged the Detroit Tigers 1-0 before 13,196 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Ellis Kinder (20-5) pitched a 6-hitter, outduelling Hal Newhouser (16-10), who allowed 4 hits in 7 innings.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Un Telegrama--Monna Bell (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Three Bells--The Browns (4th week at #1)
2 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
3 I'm Gonna Get Married--Lloyd Price
4 Sea of Love--Phil Phillips with the Twilights
5 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
6 Red River Rock--Johnny and the Hurricanes
7 Broken-Hearted Melody--Sarah Vaughan
8 I Want to Walk You Home--Fats Domino
9 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin
10 Baby Talk--Jan & Dean

Singles entering the chart were Fools Hall of Fame by Pat Boone (#68); Deck of Cards by Wink Martindale (#74); Love Potion No. 9 by the Clovers (#83); Every Little Thing I Do by Dion and the Belmonts (#88); Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat by Paul Evans and the Curls (#89); A Worried Man by the Kingston Trio (#90); Fog Cutter by the Frantics (#93); Private Eye by the Olympics (#95); Wish it were Me by the Platters (#97); One More Sunrise (Morgen) by Leslie Uggams (#98); I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Johnnie Ray (#99); and I Ain't Never by the Four Preps (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Caribbean--Mitchell Torok (2nd week at #1)
2 The Three Bells--The Browns
3 Broken-Hearted Melody--Sarah Vaughan
4 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
5 Red River Rock--Johnny and the Hurricanes
6 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
7 Mona Lisa--Conway Twitty
8 I'm Gonna Get Married--Lloyd Price
9 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin
10 Primrose Lane--Jerry Wallace with the Jewels

Singles entering the chart were Teen Beat by Sandy Nelson (#32); Battle Hymn of the Republic by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Philadelphia Orchestra (#37); Come on and Get Me by Fabian (#46); Fools Hall of Fame by Pat Boone (#49); Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat by Paul Evans and the Curls (#53); Don't You Know by Della Reese (#58); and A Worried Man by the Kingston Trio (#59).

Died on this date
Bill Upham, 71. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Upham played with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1915) and Boston Braves (1918), compiling a record of 8-9 with an earned run average of 3.62 in 36 games. He won at least 98 games in at least 8 seasons in the minor leagues from 1909-1917. Mr. Upham's best season was 1914, when he was 21-12 with a 3.27 ERA in 51 games with the Rochester Hustlers of the International League.

Wayne Morris, 45. U.S. actor. Mr. Morris was best known for his starring role in Kid Galahad (1937). He became a highly-decorated fighter pilot in World War II with the United States Navy. Mr. Morris died of a heart attack.

War
1,100 Darul Islam guerrillas surrendered to Indonesian Army forces in the south Celebes.

Journalism
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill exempting radio and television news from the "equal time" requirement.

Labour
U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. Labor Secretary James Mitchell announced the creation of a Bureau of Labor-Management Reports to administer the reporting requirements of the law.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Calgary (4-4) 8 @ British Columbia (5-3) 14

Baseball
Bob Buhl allowed 3 hits in 8+ innings, improving his 1959 record to 13-9 as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 before 53,765 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Don Drysdale allowed 5 hits and 4 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings, falling to 16-13. The Braves moved to within 1 game of the National League-leading San Francisco Giants, and 1 game ahead of the Dodgers.

Jim Brosnan (9-5) allowed 5 hits in 7 innings, outduelling Johnny Antonelli (19-9), who allowed 8 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 8 innings, as the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 before 10,217 fans at Seals Stadium in San Francisco.

The Boston Red Sox scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning as they overcame a 2-0 deficit and defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-3 before 3,676 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Bill Monbouquette (7-6) pitched a 10-hit complete game victory, with Dick Donovan (9-9) taking the loss.

Ray Webster batted 3 for 4 with a double, run, and 3 runs batted in to help the Cleveland Indians defeat the New York Yankees 8-5 before 4,953 fans at Yankee Stadium. Cal McLish (18-8) batted 2 for 4 with a triple, run, and 3 runs batted in , and carried a shutout into the 9th inning, but the Yankees rallied for 5 runs and had a runner on first base with 1 out, but Gary Bell relieved Mr. McLish and induced Johnny Blanchard to ground into a force play before striking out Norm Siebern to end the game. The results moved the second-place Indians to within 4½ games of the American League-leading White Sox.

American Association
Semi-Finals
Fort Worth 8 @ Louisville 3 (Fort Worth won best-of-seven series 4-0)
Omaha 7 @ Minneapolis 0 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

50 years ago
1969

Died on this date
Frank Buncom, 29. U.S. football player. Mr. Buncom was a linebacker in the American Football League with the San Diego Chargers from 1962-1967. He was an AFL All-Star in 1964, 1965, and 1967, and was a member of the Chargers’ AFL championship team in 1963. Mr. Buncom joined the expansion Cincinnati Bengals in 1968, and was with the team in 1969 when he suffered a knee injury several days before the opening game of the regular season. While he was sleeping the night before the game, a blood clot which had formed as a a result of the injury travelled to his heart, killing him.

War
The U.S. Selective Service selected September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.

Transportation
The American oil tanker and icebreaker SSManhattan became the first commercial vessel and first large ship to navigate the Northwest Passage, as she went through the Prince of Wales Strait out of the Canadian archipelago. The successful trip was a step toward the exploitation of recently discovered oil deposits on Alaska’s north slope.

Disasters
20 were killed and one survivor injured when a transport plane crashed while trying to land at Londrina, Brazil airport.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-0-1) 31 @ Saskatchewan (6-3) 29
Winnipeg (2-6-1) 16 @ Edmonton (2-6) 30

Tommy-Joe Coffey led the Tiger-Cats with 2 touchdowns, 4 converts, and 2 singles as they edged the Roughriders before 19,556 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Garney Henley and Willie Bethea also scored Hamilton touchdowns, and Joe Zuger punted for a single. George Reed and Bobby Thompson each scored 2 touchdowns for the Roughriders, while Jack Abendschan added 3 converts and 2 singles.

Quarterback Corey Colehour scored 3 touchdowns on short rushing plays as the Eskimos ended a 6-game losing streak. Only 12,600 fans showed up on a windy day at Clarke Stadium to see the Eskimos get their first home win of the season. Jim Thomas rushed 3 yards for the other Edmonton touchdown, while Dave Cutler added 2 converts, a field goal, and a single. Former Eskimo Butch Pressley scored the Winnipeg touchdown; Pierre Guindon converted and added 3 field goals for the Blue Bombers, who led 16-14 going into the 4th quarter.

AFL
New York (1-0) 33 @ Buffalo (0-1) 19
Miami (0-1) 21 @ Cincinnati (1-0) 27
Boston (0-1) 7 @ Denver (1-0) 35
Houston (0-1) 17 @ Oakland (1-0) 21
Kansas City (1-0) 27 @ San Diego (0-1) 9

46,165 fans showed up at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo to see O.J. Simpson play his first professional game for the Bills against the defending Super Bowl champion Jets. Mr. Simpson carried 10 times for 35 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown run. He also caught 2 passes for 64 yards and returned 3 kickoffs for 68. New York quarterback Joe Namath, who praised Mr. Simpson's performance, threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Don Maynard. The Bengals, mourning the death of linebacker Frank Buncom earlier in the day, were led by rookie quarterback Greg Cook, who threw 2 touchdown passes in his first professional game in front of 25,335 fans at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. The Raiders, playing before 49,361 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, came from behind to edge the Oilers on a 64-yard touchdown bomb from Daryle Lamonica to Warren Wells, making a winner of John Madden in his professional head coaching debut.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Bobby Brown--Frank Zappa (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): El Lute--Boney M. (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Je l'aime à mourir--Francis Cabrel (2nd week at #1)

World events
Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki, who had taken the presidency as one of the leaders of the Saur Revolution in 1978, was deposed in a coup led by former revolutionary colleague Hafizullah Amin, who became the new President.

Diplomacy
At the London conference on Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa accepted the British proposal for a new constitution, but white leader and former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith rejected the new charter, which reduced white privilege.

Scandal
Six days after the suicide of Jean Seberg, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation admitted that in 1970 its agents had attempted to slander the reputation of the actress. As part of the FBI’s counterintelligence program COINTELPRO, the agents planted a rumour with news organizations that Miss Seberg was pregnant by a high-ranking member of the Black Panther party. The FBI intended to discredit her support of the movement to which she had given money. According to Romain Gary, her husband in 1970, Miss Seberg read articles containing such rumours at a time when she was seven months pregnant, and she immediately went into labour. The baby she gave birth to died three days later, and Miss Seberg attempted suicide every year thereafter on the anniversary of the child’s death. FBI Director William Webster said, "The days when the FBI used derogatory information to combat advocates of unpopular causes have long since passed. We are out of that business forever."

The United States Senate Ethics Committee’s investigation of alleged malfeasance by Senator Herman Talmadge (Democrat--Georgia) concluded by recommending that the Senate "denounce" Mr. Talmadge for "reprehensible" conduct, and that he reimburse the Senate $13,000 in misappropriated expenses.

Labour
United Auto Workers and General Motors reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract that would set the tone for upcoming industry-labour negotiations.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): Ehtaa tavaraa (80-luvun tykki)--Bat & Ryyd

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Every Day (I Love You More)--Jason Donovan (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Perez Prado, 72. Cuban-born Mexican bandleader. Known as "The Mambo King," Mr. Prado's recording of Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White topped the Billboard Best Seller chart for 10 weeks in the spring of 1955. The song also hit #1 on the Disc Jockey (6 weeks) and Juke Box (8 weeks) charts. Mr. Prado hit #1 again in 1958 when Patricia spent a week at #1 on the Disc Jockey and Top 100 charts.

World events
More than 13,000 refugees had left Hungary for West Germany via Austria since September 11.

Diplomacy
The United States administration of President George Bush announced that it would double its pledge of food aid to Poland in the next year to $100 million.

Politics and government
The South African parliament elected F.W. de Klerk to a five-year term as President.

Crime
Joseph Wesbecker, who had worked at a printing plant in Louisville, Kentucky before being placed on permanent disability leave in 1988, returned to the plant armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, three semiautomatic pistols, a handgun, and a bayonet. He opened fire, killing seven people and wounding 13.

Business
Major league baseball owners approved the sale of the Seattle Mariners to Jeff Smulyan and Michael Browning for $77 million‚ the highest price ever paid for an American League club.

Baseball
Mike Scott of the Houston Astros became the first 20-game winner in the major leagues in 1989 when he defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-3 before 13,206 fans at Dodger Stadium.

The St. Louis Cardinals drew a Busch Memorial Stadium record low crowd of 1,519 for their 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

25 years ago
1994

At the movies
Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, and starring Rob Morrow, John Turturro, and Ralph Fiennes, opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Marika Krevata, 84. Greek actress. Miss Krevata was known for her performances in musical theatre and in more than 30 films from 1957-1973.

Medicine
A team of scientists from several American and Canadian institutions reported that they had found a gene believed responsible for almost half of all breast cancer cases linked to heredity. This would represent 2%-5% of all cases. Women having a defective form of the gene faced a high risk of developing breast cancer, the second-leading cause of death by cancer among women.

Labour
Major league baseball owners voted 26-2 to cancel the rest of the season, including the post-season, prolonging a strike that had begun after the games of August 11.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Charles Crichton, 89. U.K. director, producer, and screenwriter. Mr. Crichton directed movies and television programs in various genres, but was best known for comedies such as The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). He retired after the latter film, for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for his direction and as co-writer, with star John Cleese, of the original screenplay.

Giannos Kranidiotis, 51. Greek politician and diplomat. Mr. Kranidiotis, a member of the Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK), advised Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou on the Cyprus dispute from 1981 to 1984, and held several other posts, including deputy or alternate Foreign Minister. He was a Member of the European Parliament (1995-1997), and was elected a member of PASOK's Central Committee in March 1999. Mr. Kranidiotis, his son Nicholas, and four other people were killed while flying aboard the presidential Dassault Falcon 900 aircraft on their way to a Balkan foreign ministers' meeting in Bucharest, when the plane suddenly lost altitude and experienced severe pitch oscillations. Mr. Kranidiotis died 11 days befoer his 52nd birthday.

Diplomacy
Kiribati, Nauru, and Tonga joined the United Nations.

Disasters
Hurricane Floyd, packing 140-mile-per-hour winds, battered the Bahamas and then caused major damage in the United States. Three million Americans evacuated their homes, the most ever in response to a hurricane threat.

Baseball
Down 6-1 in the 8th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays before 29,140 fans at SkyDome in Toronto, the New York Yankees scored 5 runs in the 8th and tied the game on a Bernie Williams grand slam, and won the game 10-6 after Paul O’Neill hit a grand slam in the 9th to break the tie. Alfonso Soriano made his major league debut with the Yankees, entering the game as a pinch runner at second base for Darryl Strawberry in the 8th and remaining as designated hitter, flying out to left field in the 9th.

The Anaheim Angels scored 7 runs in the last 3 innings to defeat the Kansas City Royals 8-6 in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before 11,290 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The Angels scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning to overcome a 5-4 deficit to win the second game 6-5 to complete the sweep. Mark Quinn made his major league debut for the Royals in the second game; after making an out his first time at bat, he doubled his next time up, and followed with home runs in his last 2 at bats, driving in 4 runs and becoming the third player in major league history to hit 2 home runs in his first major league game.

Javier Vasquez pitched a 1-hitter for the Montreal Expos, improving his 1999 record to 8-7, as they shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 before 24,900 fans at Dodger Stadium. Mark Grudzielanek's single leading off the 4th inning was the only Los Angeles hit. Kevin Brown (16-8) pitched a 9-hit complete game, allowing 2 earned runs in taking the loss.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Henry Gibson, 73. U.S. entertainer. Mr. Gibson, born James Bateman, was an comedian and musician who was best known as a member of the cast of the television comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1971). His movies included Nashville (1975) and The Blues Brothers (1980), and he played the recurring role of Judge Clark Brown in the television series Boston Legal (2004-2008). Mr. Gibson died of cancer, a week before his 74th birthday.

Jody Powell, 65. U.S. bureaucrat. Mr. Powell was White House Press Secretary during the entire term of U.S. President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981). He died of a heart attack, 16 days before his 66th birthday.

Patrick Swayze, 57. U.S. actor. Mr. Swayze was one of the most popular stars from the mid-1980s through the early '90s in movies such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990). He wrote and performed the song She's Like the Wind for Dirty Dancing, and both the movie and the song were major hits. Mr. Swayze starred in the television series The Beast (2009) while battling the pancreatic cancer that took his life.