September 15, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Don Percy!

1,025 years ago
994

War
Fatimid forces commanded by Turkish general Manjutakin defeated forces of the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of the Orontes in Syria.

460 years ago
1559

Died on this date
Isabella Jagiellon, 40. Queen consort of Hungary, 1539-1540. Isabella, the daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland, became Queen consort of Hungary when she married King John I, who died nine days after the birth of their son John Sigismund. Isabelle spent the rest of her life either acting as her son's regent or engaging in succession disputes on his behalf. She died after a long illness.

230 years ago
1789

Born on this date
James Fenimore Cooper. U.S. author. Mr. Cooper was best known for his novels The Last of the Mohicans (1826); The Pathfinder (1840); and The Deerslayer (1841). He died on September 14, 1851, the day before his 62nd birthday.

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

225 years ago
1794

War
French forces defeated English forces in the two-day Battle of Boxtel in the Netherlands. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) saw his first combat with the English troops.

140 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Joseph Lyons. Prime Minister of Australia, 1932-1939. Mr. Lyons was a member of the Labour Party when he served as Premier of Tasmania from 1923-1928. He resigned from the Labour Party in 1931 and led the United Australia Party, serving as Prime Minister from 1932 until his death from a heart attack on April 7, 1939 at the age of 59. Mr. Lyons was the first Australian Prime Minister to die in office.

130 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Robert Benchley. U.S. humourist. Mr. Benchley was known for his articles in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, and his starring roles in short films in the 1930s and 1940s. His best known movies were How to Sleep (1935) and A Night at the Movies (1937). Mr. Benchley drank himself to death at the age of 56 on November 21, 1945.

Baseball
In the Western Association, Sioux City swept a double doubleheader from visiting St. Joseph, winning 6-1 and 12-7 in 5-inning games in the morning, and 12-5 in 5 innings and 5-4 in 7 innings in the afternoon. The scheduling allowed St. Joseph to catch their train to Milwaukee.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Robert Williams. U.S. actor. A stage actor on Broadway in the 1920s, Mr. Williams went to Hollywood in 1931, and appeared in supporting roles in several films before being cast as the male lead opposite Jean Harlow and Loretta Young in Platinum Blonde (1931), directed by Frank Capra. Mr. Williams projected definite star power, but he died of peritonitis on November 3, 1931 at the age of 37, just three days after the movie's release, shortly after falling ill while rehearsing for his next picture, Lady with a Past (1932); he was replaced in the latter picture by Ben Lyon.

Chic Harley. U.S. football player. Mr. Harley was a star halfback with Ohio State University in 1916-1917 and 1919, and was the team's first big star, scoring 23 touchdowns and 201 points in 24 games. He interrupted his career in 1918 to serve in World War I. Mr. Harley was about to turn professional with the Chicago Staleys of the American Professional Football Association (now the NFL) in 1921, but he was diagnosed with dementia praecox, apparently originating from his war service. Mr. Harley spent most of the rest of his life in a veterans' hospital in Danville, Illinois. He died on April 21, 1974 at the age of 79.

Jean Renoir. French-born film director. Mr. Renoir, a son of artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, directed more than 40 movies from the 1920s through the 1960s, but had his greatest success in the 1930s with films such as La Grande illusion (1937) and La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939). He fled to the United States after the German occupation of France in 1940 and became an American citizen several years later, but his Hollywood movies were less successful than his earlier films. Mr. Renoir died of a heart attack on February 12, 1979 at the age of 84.

War
Japan defeated China in the Battle of Pyongyang in the first Sino-Japanese War.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Phil Arnold. U.S. actor. Mr. Arnold had small roles in many movies and television shows, too numerous to mention here. His last appearance was in Otto Preminger’s stinker Skidoo (1968). Mr. Arnold died of a heart attack on May 9, 1968 at the age of 59; it’s unknown if his death was caused by appearing in such a turkey.

C. N. Annadurai. Indian politician. Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, a member of the Justice Party, sat in the Madras General Assembly from 1957-1962 and the Indian Rajya Sabha from 1962-1967. He was Chief Minister of Madras from 1967-1969, when the state's name was changed to Tamil Nadu. Mr. Annadurai was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for just 20 days before his death in office, from cancer, on February 3, 1969 at the age of 59.

Betty Neels. U.K. authoress. Miss Neels was a nurse before embarking on a literary career at the age of 60, publishing at least 134 romantic novels from 1969 until her death on June 7, 2001 at the age of 91.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Fausto Coppi. Italian cyclist. Mr. Coppi dominated cycling before and after World War II, winning the world championship in 1953, winning the Tour de France in 1949 and 1952, and winning the Giro d'Italia five times (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953). He pioneered the use of drugs in cycling, when the drugs were legal. Mr. Coppi caught malaria while on a visit to Upper Volta in December 1959, fell ill upon his return to Italy, and died on January 2, 1960 at the age of 40.

Mike Budnick. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Budnick played with the New York Giants (1946-1947), compiling a 2-3 record with an earned run average of 4.04 in 42 games, batting .292 with 1 home run and 3 runs batted in. He played 8 seasons in the minor leagues from 1939-1950, with a record of 53-48. Mr. Budnick died on December 2, 1999 at the age of 80.

Nelson Gidding. U.S. screenwriter. Mr. Gidding wrote for radio and television before going into movies, where he specialized in adaptations. He was nominated for an Academy Award for I Want to Live! (1958); his other screenplays included Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); The Haunting (1963); and The Hindenburg (1975). Mr. Gidding taught a course in screenplay adaptation at the University of Southern California for many years, inspiring future screenwriters. He died on May 1, 2004 at the age of 84.

Baseball
With the Chicago White Sox leading the Philadelphia Athletics 11-7 with 2 out in the 9th inning at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Philadelphia pitcher Jimmy Zinn was sent to bat as a pinch hitter, and hit a 3-run home run, his first home run in the major leagues, to reduce the lead to 11-10. Lena Styles followed with a long drive that Chicago left fielder Joe Jackson caught at the fence for the final out, ending a 6-run rally and preserving the victory for pitcher Red Faber, who improved his 1919 record to 11-9, allowing 13 hits and 8 earned runs.

90 years ago
1929

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees split a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, with each team posting a shutout. Tom Zachary improved his 1929 record to 11-0, giving up 4 hits in the opener as the Yankees won 1-0, with Ken Holloway pitching a 6-hitter to drop to 5-5. The Yankees scored the only run in the 3rd inning when Babe Ruth singled with 2 out, was picked off first base but advanced to third on an error by catcher Luke Sewell, and scored on a single by Bill Dickey. Willis Hudlin (16-13) gave up just 3 hits in the second game and six different players each had 2 hits for the Indians as they won 10-0.

The Detroit Tigers were leading the Washington Nationals 12-2 after 5 innings in the first game of a doubleheader at Griffith Stadium in Washington, when Ed Wineapple was brought in to pitch for the Nationals. He pitched the last 4 innings, giving up 4 runs--2 earned--on 7 hits, with 3 bases on balls and 1 strikeout. He went 0 for 2 at bat and made an assist and 2 errors as the Tigers won 16-2. It was Mr. Wineapple's only major league game, and his story is one of those told in the book Once Around the Bases by Richard Tellis (1998). Bubbles Hargrave led the Detroit attack, batting 4 for 5 with a home run, 2 doubles, 3 runs, 4 runs batted in, and a stolen base. The second game was called after 8 innings, presumably because of darkness, with the teams tied 3-3.

80 years ago
1939

Economics and finance
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King created the Foreign Exchange Control Board. The board administered a 10% War Exchange Tax on non-British Empire imports.

Boxing
Tony Galento (77-24-5) scored a technical knockout of Lou Nova (22-2-3) at 2:44 of the 14th round of a heavyweight bout at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia. Mr. Galento reportedly thumbed Mr. Nova repeatedly in the right eye, and won the fight when Mr. Nova was fouled for the last time. The December issue of The Ring ranked this as the third-dirtiest fight in history.





Football
CRU
WIFU
Calgary (1-3) 18 @ Winnipeg (4-0) 19
Edmonton (1-3) 5 @ Regina (2-2) 18

Greg Kabat's 25-yard field goal in the last minute of the game gave the Blue Bombers their win over the Bronks before a capacity crowd of 5,000 at Osborne Stadium.

Howard Cleveland scored a touchdown and convert, and Morris Williams returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown on the last play of the game, as the Roughriders beat the Eskimos at Park de Young. Bill Matheny scored a touchdown for the Eskimos.

Baseball
The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-3 before 10,538 fans at Yankee Stadium to clinch the American League pennant for the fourth straight season. Winning pitcher Steve Sundra improved his record for the season to 10-0, pitching a complete game and batting 2 for 4 with a single, double, base on balls, and 3 runs batted in.

75 years ago
1944

War
U.S. troops in Germany breached the Siegfried Line at its strongest point east of Aachen and moved eastward toward Cologne. Soviet artillery hit Warsaw steadily, while U.S.S.R. infantrymen drove German troops back toward the Vistula River on a 14-mile front north of captured Praga. British commando troops began landing on the Greek island of Cythera. U.S. troops commanded by General Douglas MacArthur invaded Morotai Island, northernmost of the Halmahera group.

World events
French Justice Commissioner Francois de Menthon ordered the arrest of Marshal Henri-Phillippe Petain and all members of Vichy France's cabinet.

Labour
The U.S. United Mine Workers convention adopted a resolution condemning U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for regimenting the U.S. labour movement.

Disasters
An earthquake destroyed the Ecuadorean village of Pastocalle and shook five nearby towns.

60 years ago
1949

On television tonight
The Lone Ranger, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Enter the Lone Ranger

This was the first of 221 episodes in the long-running series.

Died on this date
Ernie "Tiny" Bonham, 36. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Bonham, credited as the first successful pitcher to use the forkball, was one of the American League’s best pitchers in the early 1940s with the New York Yankees. Arriving in the major leagues in the middle of the 1940 season, Mr. Bonham threw 10 complete games in 12 starts with a 9-3 record and a 1.90 earned run average. In 1942 he won 21 and lost just 5, leading the AL in winning percentage (.808), complete games (22), and shutouts (6). Perhaps the highlight of his career was his 4-hit complete game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the deciding game of the 1941 World Series. Mr. Bonham was bothered by back problems from 1945 on, and was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates after the 1946 season. After losing 4 of his first 5 decisions in 1949, he won 6 straight, the last coming against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 28. He was then admitted to hospital, and underwent an appendectomy and stomach surgery, complications from which proved fatal. Mr. Bonham’s major league career record was 103-72. His widow became the first recipient of benefits under the players’ pension plan, $90/month for 10 years.

War
A rightist Bolivian revolt was suppressed after 20 days, as rebel forces lost their last strongholds and fled into the jungle.

Defense
U.S. forces in Bavaria ended 10 days of war games aimed at meeting an invasion from East Germany.

U.S. Navy Secretary Francis Matthews revoked a scheduled promotion of Captain John Crommlein, following Capt. Crommlein's controversial statements on armed forces unification.

Politics and government
The West German Bundestag chose Christian Democratic Party leader Konrad Adenauer as the Federal Republic' first Chancellor.

Republicans in New York nominated John Foster Dulles for election to the U.S. Senate seat that he now held by appointment. New York Democrats named former New York Governor Herbert Lehman to oppose Mr. Dulles.

Law
U.S. President Harry Truman nominated federal Judge Sherman Minton of Chicago to succeed the late Wiley Rutledge on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Technology
Lithomat Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts demonstrated an electronic type-composing device which reproduced type faces photographically on engraving plates without use of metal type.

Economics and finance
France announced plans to remove import restrictions on 15% of her foreign purchases in a move to promote European trade.

The U.S. Senate passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, defeating Republican efforts to limit the President's power to reduce tariffs.

Business
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust suit in New York aimed at splitting the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company into seven independent retail chains and separating the firm's manufacturing and selling branches.

Labour
A U.S. National Labor Relations Board trial examiner voided contract provisions requiring workers to pay union dues as their share of the costs of collective bargaining.

60 years ago
1959

On television tonight
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, hosted by John Newland, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Delusion, starring Norman Lloyd, Suzanne Pleshette, and David White

This was the first episode of the season.



Diplomacy
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower welcomed U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland to begin his first visit to the United States.





Mexico and Guatemala resumed diplomatic relations after an eight-month break.

Politics and government
Retired military officer and diplomat Georges Vanier was installed as Governor General of Canada, succeeding Vincent Massey.

Heinrich Luebke took office as President of West Germany, succeeding Theodor Heuss.

Crime
Ex-convict Paul Orgeron threw an explosive-filed suitcase into the schoolyard of Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School in Houston, killing himself, his son, two other children, and two adults.

Transportation
The world's first nuclear-powered surface vessel, the U.S.S.R.'s 16,000-ton civilian icebreaker Lenin, sailed from Leningrad on its maiden voyage in the Baltic Sea.

Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Dorji disclosed the conclusion of an agreement with India on construction of a road network linking Bhutan with India and giving it access to the outside world for the first time.

Baseball
International League
Finals
Richmond 0 @ Havana 1 (Havana led best-of-seven series 1-0)

American Association
Semi-Finals
Minneapolis 4 @ Omaha 3 (Minneapolis led best-of-seven series 3-2)

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ikebukuro no Yoru--Mina Aoe (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): María Isabel--Los Payos (7th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Pretty Belinda--Chris Andrews
2 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
3 Mendocino--Sir Douglas Quintet
4 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
5 Oh Happy Day--The Edwin Hawkins Singers
6 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
7 Er steht im Tor--Wencke Myhre
8 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
9 Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Israelites--Desmond Dekker and the Aces

Singles entering the chart were Saved by the Bell by Robin Gibb (#12); Dynamite Woman by Sir Douglas Quintet (#15); Je t'aime...moi non plus by Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg (#16); Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot) by Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group (#17); Heather Honey by Tommy Roe (#18); Mendocino by Michael Holm (#19); and Pretty Belinda by Bernd Spier (#20).

On the radio
The Challenge of Space, on Springbok Radio
Tonight’s episode: The Sample

On television tonight
My World...and Welcome to It, starring William Windom, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Man Against the World

This was the first episode of the series.



World events
British paratroops ended their six-month occupation of the Caribbean island of Anguilla. Ronald Webster, political leader of the island which bolted a British-inspired three-island federation, said that Anguilla wanted to be an associated United Kingdom state with semi-independent status.

Football
CIAU
Pre-season
Waterloo 20 @ Alberta 22

Jim Dallin rushed for 126 yards and touchdowns of 2 and 30 yards after Terry Lampert had completed a 48-yard TD pass to Mel Smith to open the scoring, helping the Golden Bears defeat the Warriors befoer 7,500 fans at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton.

Baseball
Steve Carlton of the St. Louis Cardinals established a major league record for a 9-inning game when he struck out 19 New York Mets before 13,086 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, but lost the game 4-3 when Ron Swoboda hit a pair of 2-run home runs off him. Mr. Carlton's 1969 record dropped to 16-10, while Tug McGraw pitched 3 innings in relief of Gary Gentry to get the win, improving to 8-3. The Mets opened up a 4½-game lead in the National League East Division over the fading Chicago Cubs.

Ron Fairly batted 3 for 3 with a base on balls, home run, 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 4 runs batted in to lead the Montreal Expos over the Chicago Cubs 8-2 before 12,011 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal, with Mike Wegener (5-12) pitching a 3-hitter to win over Dick Selma (12-8).

Denny McLain (23-7) hurled his 9th shutout of the season, outduelling Stan Bahnsen (9-15), as the Detroit Tigers blanked the New York Yankees 2-0 before 5,734 fans at Yankee Stadium. With 2 out in the top of the 3rd inning, Al Kaline singled, Norm Cash tripled him home, and Mr. Cash scored on a wild pitch. Ron Klimkowski made his major league debut with the Yankees, allowing 1 hit and no runs in 3 innings of relief, and facing just 10 batters. Dave McDonald made his major league debut when he struck out as a pinch hitter for Mr. McDonald in the 9th inning.

Bernie Allen led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a double and Eddie Brinkman followed with a single to score pinch runner Toby Harrah to give the Washington Senators a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 5,376 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. The Senators had tied the game in the 8th on a 2-run triple by Mike Epstein. Dick Bosman allowed 5 hits in 8 innings, and Bob Humphreys (3-3) pitched a perfect 9th inning and was credited with the win over Jim Palmer (14-3), who allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs.

Bill Voss tripled home 3 runs and scored on a passed ball as the California Angels did all the scoring in the 7th inning of a 4-0 win over the Chicago White Sox before 3,181 fans at White Sox Park. Jim McGlothlin (8-13) allowed 3 hits in 6 innings, with Ken Tatum allowing 2 hits in 3 innings to get the save. Fred Rath (0-1) took the loss.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Well All Right--Santana (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Tu Sei l'Unica Donna Per Me--Alan Sorrenti (13th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: We Don't Talk Anymore--Cliff Richard (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): We Don't Talk Anymore--Cliff Richard (4th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 El Lute--Boney M.
2 Pop Muzik--M
3 Ring My Bell--Anita Ward
4 Gloria--Umberto Tozzi
5 Bright Eyes--Art Garfunkel
6 Do to Me--Smokie
7 Sunday Girl--Blondie
8 Bomba o non bomba--Antonello Venditti
9 Some Girls--Racey
10 Hot Stuff--Donna Summer

Singles entering the chart were El Lute; Bomba o non bomba; Tu sei l'unica donna per me by Alan Sorrenti (#13); Are 'Friends' Electric? by Tubeway Army (#15); A Walk in the Park by the Nick Straker Band (#21); The Logical Song by Supertramp (#22); and Bad Girls by Donna Summer (#23).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Quiereme Mucho--Julio Iglesias (3rd week at #1)
2 El Lute/Gotta Go Home--Boney M.
3 I Don't Like Mondays--The Boomtown Rats
4 We Don't Talk Anymore--Cliff Richard
5 Don't Bring Me Down--The Electric Light Orchestra
6 I was Made for Lovin' You--Kiss
7 Surf City/Dead Man's Curve--Jan & Dean
8 Give Up Your Guns--The Buoys
9 You Can't Change That--Raydio
10 Can't Stand Losing You--The Police

Singles entering the chart were Esmeralda by De Lenco's (#28); You Make it Alright by Jacques Kloes m.m.v. Patricia Paay (#31); Arumbai/Air Mata Tumpa by Massada (#32); Sail On by the Commodores (#34); The Worker by Fischer-Z (#35); and 999 by Vader Abraham & 5 PK (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 My Sharona--The Knack (4th week at #1)
2 After the Love Has Gone--Earth, Wind & Fire
3 The Devil Went Down to Georgia--The Charlie Daniels Band
4 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
5 Lead Me On--Maxine Nightingale
6 Sad Eyes--Robert John
7 Lonesome Loser--Little River Band
8 I'll Never Love this Way Again--Dionne Warwick
9 Good Times--Chic
10 Sail On--Commodores

Singles entering the chart were Hell on Wheels by Cher (#81); Plain Jane by Sammy Hagar (#87); Rainbow Connection by Kermit (Jim Henson) (#88); Beautiful Girls by Van Halen (#89); All Things are Possible by Dan Peek (#90); If You Want It by Niteflyte (#92); and You Stepped Into My Life by Wayne Newton (#98). Rainbow Connection was from The Muppet Movie (1979).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Sharona--The Knack (5th week at #1)
2 Good Times--Chic
3 After the Love Has Gone--Earth, Wind & Fire
4 Sad Eyes--Robert John
5 Lead Me On--Maxine Nightingale
6 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
7 The Devil Went Down to Georgia--The Charlie Daniels Band
8 I'll Never Love this Way Again--Dionne Warwick
9 Lonesome Loser--Little River Band
10 Sail On--Commodores

Singles entering the chart were You're Only Lonely by J.D. Souther (#78); Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan (#83); Come to Me by France Joli (#86); Hell on Wheels by Cher (#90); Do You Think I'm Disco? by Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation (#96); Starry Eyes by the Records (#98); and I Just Want to Be by Cameo (#99). Do You Think I'm Disco? was a parody of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, a major hit by Rod Stewart earlier in 1979.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 My Sharona--The Knack (2nd week at #1)
2 Good Times--Chic
3 Born to Be Alive--Patrick Hernandez
4 Gold--John Stewart
5 The Main Event/Fight--Barbra Streisand
6 I was Made for Lovin' You--Kiss
7 When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman--Dr. Hook
8 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
9 Let's Go--The Cars
10 Is She Really Going Out with Him?--Joe Jackson

Singles entering the chart were A Million Vacations by Max Webster (#80); Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan (#86); Dim All the Lights by Donna Summer (#92); Shaka Skaka by Zwol (#97); We'll Find a Way by Patsy Gallant and Dwayne Ford (#98); and Slow Down Boy by Tycoon (#100).

Journalism
The Daily Californian, a student-run newspaper at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, was barred from publishing a letter that Charles Hansen had written to U.S. Senator Charles Percy which contained information about the hydrogen bomb that the U.S. government considered "restricted."

Disasters
At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a freight train crashed into an express train filled with army recruits near Stalac, Yugoslavia.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (5-4-1) 22 @ Winnipeg (3-7) 19

Gerry Organ's field goal on the last play of the game at Winnipeg Stadium completed a stunning comeback for the Rough Riders, who had tied the game with just 1:03 remaining on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Jones to Jeff Avery.

CIAU
Saskatchewan 9 @ Alberta (3-0) 26

Baseball
Bob Watson hit for the cycle to help the Boston Red Sox to a 10-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 49,525 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Mr. Watson had previously accomplished the feat with the Houston Astros, and became the first player to hit for the cycle in both major leagues. Jim Rice added to the Boston cause with a single, double, run, and 4 runs batted in.

With 1 out in the bottom of the 11th inning, Gary Carter, Ellis Valentine, and Larry Parrish hit consecutive singles to load the bases, and Rodney Scott singled home Mr. Carter to give the Montreal Expos a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the first game of a doubleheader before 48,459 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Dan Schatzeder pitched the first 10 innings for Montreal, allowing 6 hits and 1 earned run. St. Louis starter Pete Vuckovich allowed 4 hits and 1 earned run in 9 innings. John Fulgham (9-5) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Rudy May (9-3) as the Cardinals won the second game 4-1.

Omar Moreno drew a base on balls with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th inning and scored on a 2-out single by Bill Robinson to break a 4-4 tie as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets 5-4 before 18,060 fans at Three Rivers Stadium, moving ½ game ahead of the Expos in the National League East Division pennant race.

Dan Driessen’s long drive to center field with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning bounced off Derrel Thomas’s glove, and went over the wall for a home run, breaking a 1-1 tie as the Cincinnati Reds edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 before 27,892 fans at Dodger Stadium. The Reds had tied the score on a home run by Dave Collins in the 8th. Mario Soto pitched 2 perfect innings of relief to to get the win, striking out the side in the bottom of the 9th as he improved his 1979 record to 3-2.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (3rd week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
2 Flamenco Turistico--Stefanie Werger
3 A Cry in the Night--Lory "Bonnie" Bianco
4 Das Omen (Teil 1)--Mysterious Art
5 Sealed with a Kiss--Jason Donovan
6 The Best--Tina Turner
7 Love is Free--Bilgeri
8 Lullaby--The Cure
9 Blame it on the Rain--Milli Vanilli
10 Dressed for Success--Roxette

Singles entering the chart were The Best; Dressed for Success; Tell it Like it Is by Don Johnson (#15); and Me Myself and I by De La Soul (#21).

Died on this date
Robert Penn Warren, 84. U.S. novelist and poet. Mr. Warren was best known for his novel All the King’s Men (1946), which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1947. He also won Pulitzer Prizes for poetry in 1958 and 1979. In 1986 Mr. Warren was named the first Poet Laureate of the United States.

Environment
As winter approached in Alaska, Exxon Corporation halted its cleanup of the 11 million-gallon oil spill from the tanker Exxon Valdez, which had occurred in March. Exxon said the cost of the cleanup was approaching $2 billion. Although the company said that 1,100 miles of the shoreline had been made "environmentally stable," Alaska Governor Steve Cowper said "plenty more" had to be done, and that Alaska would bill Exxon for the cleanup being continued by the state.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the index of producer prices for finished goods had fallen 0.4% in August.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-7) 16 @ Calgary (6-5) 36

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Love Is All Around--Wet Wet Wet

Politics and government
Representing Quebec, Lise Bacon was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Paul Martin.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Cleveland Williams, 66. U.S. boxer. Mr. Williams, nicknamed "Big Cat," was a heavyweight who compiled a record of 80-13-1, with 60 wins by knockout, in a professional career from 1951-1972. He was regarded as one of the hardest punchers of his day, and one of the best not to win a world title. Mr. Williams was a title contender in the early 1960s, but was shot and wounded in an incident with a policeman in November 1964. He made a remarkable recovery and resumed his career in 1966, climaxing with a fight against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Mr. Williams was knocked out in 3 rounds. He died 12 days after being run down by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street.

War
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to deploy a multinational force in an attempt to restore peace to the Indonesian region of East Timor. Australia, a neighbour of Indonesia, was to ultimately supply about half of the projected 8,000 troops, with 200 U.S. military personnel providing logistical support.

Crime
Larry Ashbrook, armed with two semi-automatic handguns, shot seven people to death and wounded seven others in a Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas before shooting himself to death. At the time, 150 congregants were attending a service for young people; three of the dead were teenagers.

Business
Major League Baseball approved the sale of the Cincinnati Reds to Carl Lindner for $67 million‚ ending Marge Schott's 15-year reign as owner.

Baseball
Baseball owners voted to merge the administrative operations of the American and National Leagues. National League President Leonard Coleman‚ concluding that his job had become irrelevant‚ announced his resignation effective after the World Series. He went on to become a senior adviser to Commissioner Bud Selig.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Troy Kennedy Martin, 77. U.K. screenwriter. Mr. Martin was best known for creating the television series Z-Cars (1962-1978). He wrote the mini-series Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) and Edge of Darkness (1985), and the movies The Italian Job (1969) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). Mr. Martin died of lung cancer.