September 24, 2019

560 years ago
1459

Died on this date
Eric of Pomerania, 76-78. King of Norway, 1389-1442; King of Denmark and Sweden, 1396-1439. King Eric III of Norway, Eric VII of Denmark, and Eric XIII of Sweden succeeded his grandaunt Margaret I as King of Norway in 1389, and was proclaimed King of Denmark and then in Sweden in 1396, although Queen Margaret remained de facto ruler until 1412. King Eric was deposed by the National Councils of Denmark and Sweden in 1439, and by the nobility of Norway in 1440. He succeeded Bogislaw IX as Duke of Pomerania from 1449 until his death.

230 years ago
1789

Law
The United States Congress passed the First Judiciary Act which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the Supreme Court.

160 years ago
1859

Born on this date
Julius Klengel. German musician and composer. Mr. Klengel was a concert cellist who wrote etudes and solo pieces for cello. He died on October 27, 1933 at the age of 74.

150 years ago
1869

Economics and finance
U.S. financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk tried to corner the gold market, sending Wall Street into a panic and leaving thousands of investors in financial ruin. Gold prices plummeted after U.S. President U.S. Grant ordered the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold.



130 years ago
1889

Died on this date
Charles Leroux, 32. U.S. balloonist and skydiver. Mr. Leroux made 238 successful parachute jumps from balloons, but on his 239th attempt at Reval (now Tallinn), Estonia, winds blew his parachute over Tallinn Bay, and he drowned, making no attempt once he splashed down to unharness himself from the parachute.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Tommy Armour. U.K.-born U.S. golfer. Mr. Armour, "The Silver Scot," was wounded during service with the British Army during World War I, and moved to the United States in 1920. He played as an amateur until turning professional in 1924. Mr. Armour won 27 professional tournaments, including the 1927 U.S. Open; 1930 PGA Championship; and 1931 British Open, as well as winning the Canadian Open three times. He retired as a full-time touring pro after the 1935 season, competing occasionally in big-name events in later years. Mr. Armour died on September 11, 1968, 13 days before his 72nd birthday. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1976.

Billy Bletcher. U.S. actor. Mr. Bletcher appeared in silent films, but was best known as a voice actor, providing the voice of Mickey Mouse in cartoons from 1932-1954. He died on January 5, 1979 at the age of 84.

120 years ago
1899

Born on this date
William Dobell. Australian artist. Sir William was known for his portraits and landscape paintings, and was a three-time winner of the Archibald Prize, Australia's top prize for portraitists. The Dobell Prize for drawing is named in his honour. Sir William died on May 13, 1970 at the age of 70.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds swept a doubleheader from the Chicago Orphans at Redland Field in Cincinnati, winning the opener 21-4, and the second game, which was called in the 5th inning, 11-1.

110 years ago
1909

Died on this date
Charles Tenhuy. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Tenhuy, who played for Dayton in the Central League, died from a skull fracture when he was hit by a pitch thrown by Mr. Hagerman of Grand Rapids.

Labour
The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada held its convention in Quebec City. Outgoing TLC President Alphonse Verville was the target of several criticisms, particularly from workers in western Canada. Among the 56 resolutions considered was one opposing militarism in all its forms, including military training in schools.

100 years ago
1919

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the St. Louis Browns 6-5 at Comiskey Park in Chicago to clinch the American League pennant. Chicago ace Ed Cicotte, trying for his 30th win of the season, left for a pinch hitter after 7 innings with the White Sox trailing 5-4, and Dickie Kerr (13-7) pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the win over Allen Sothoron (20-12).

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees split a doubleheader before 7,500 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Boston won the opener 4-0 with Jack Quinn pitching the shutout to improve his 1919 record to 14-14, while losing pitcher Sad Sam Jones fell to 12-20. The Yankees won the second game 2-1 in 13 innings, with Bob Shawkey (19-11) pitching a 13-hit complete game victory over Waite Hoyt (4-6). In the second game, the winning run scored when Wally Pipp tripled off Mr. Hoyt and scored on a sacrifice fly by Del Pratt. The only Boston run came on a 9th-inning home run by Babe Ruth. It was his 28th homer of the season, breaking a record set by Ed Williamson in 1884. The blow was believed to be the longest home run ever hit at the Polo Grounds: it went over the right field roof and landed at adjacent Manhattan Field. Frank Gilhooley batted leadoff and played right field for the Red Sox in the second game, batting 2 for 6 with a stolen base and 3 putouts in the 312th and last game of his 9-year major league career. Boston catcher Norm McNeil batted 2 for 4 with 5 putouts and an assist in the second game, his fifth and last major league game.

Jesse Barnes (24-9) pitched a 10-hit complete game victory and batted 2 for 4 with a double, run, and run batted in to lead the New York Giants over the Boston Braves 6-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Braves Field. In the second game, Dixie Carroll was hit by a pitch with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning, advanced to second on a single by Walter Holke, and scored on a single by Tony Boeckel to give the Braves a 3-2 win. Dana Fillingim (5-12) pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Bill Hubbell (0-1), who allowed 11 hits and 3 earned runs, walking 2 batters and striking out none, batting 0 for 4, and making 1 putout and 2 assists in his first major league game.

90 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Mahidol Adulyadej, 37. Thai royal family member. Mahidol Adulyadej, the 69th child of King Chulalongkorn and 7th child of Queen Savang Vadhana, was Prince of Siam and Prince of Songkla. He was the father of Kings Rama VIII and Rama IX. Prince Mahidol received a Certificate in Public Health from Harvard University in 1921, and an M.D. in 1928. He returned home and began supporting medical education for Siamese students, but died from a kidney ailment and a liver abscess.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox honoured alumnus Babe Ruth with a day at Fenway Park, and the Babe batted 2 for 3 with a double, run, and run batted in as his New York Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-3. Tom Zachary pitched a 9-hit complete game victory to improve his 1929 record to 12-0, winning over Bill Bayne, who fell to 5-5.

The New York Giants swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves 5-4 and 6-5 at the Polo Grounds in New York, with Shanty Hogan hitting 2 home runs in the first game and Mel Ott hitting a home run in each game for the Giants. Mr. Ott's homers were his 41st and 42nd of the season, tying the National League record set by Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1922. Carl Mays started on the mound for New York in the second game and left after 6½ innings with his team trailing 5-3. He allowed 9 hits and 5 runs--1 earned--walking no batters and striking out 2, and batting 0 for 2 in the 502nd and last game of his 15-year major league career.

The Philadelphia Phillies allowed 4 runs in the top of the 8th inning but responded with 5 in the bottom of the 8th to overcome a 6-3 deficit and defeat the Brooklyn Robins 8-6 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia.

80 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Carl Laemmle, 72. German-born U.S. film producer. Mr. Laemmle emigrated to the United States in 1884 and began buying nickelodeons in the early 1900s, starting one of Chicago's first movie theatres in 1906, and then moving to New York in 1912 and forming Independent Moving Pictures (IMP), with studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The company merged with several other companies to form Universal Film Manufacturing Company--today known as Universal Studios--with Mr. Laemmle as president. Universal moved to the San Fernando Valley of California in 1915, and Mr. Laemmle produced hundreds of movies until he and his son Carl, Jr. were removed from the company in a hostile takeover in 1934. Carl Laemmle, Sr. died of heart disease.

75 years ago
1944

War
British patrols in the Netherlands established contact with besieged Allied forces in the Arnhem area. Following conferences with the Council of National Resistance, French Forces of the Interior were incorporated into the regular army by a decree of the War Ministry. Soviet forces in Estonia took the Baltic port of Paldiski.

Diplomacy
The board of directors of Freedom House in New York announced that its annual Freedom Award was going to former U.S. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles "for his constructive liberalism and internationalism, and his contribution to the concept of a world organization."

Medicine
Dr. Clarence Cook Little of the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research said that cancer was acquired by humans through a combination of heredity and environmental conditions.

70 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)--Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters; Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone (2nd week at #1)
--The Ink Spots
--Buddy Clark
2 Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como
--Bing Crosby
3 Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--The Mills Brothers
4 Room Full of Roses--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Dick Haymes
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
5 Maybe it's Because--Dick Haymes
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
6 Jealous Heart--Al Morgan
7 The Huckle-Buck--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
--Frank Sinatra
8 Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk--Perry Como
9 That Lucky Old Sun--Frankie Laine
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
10 Again--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Doris Day and the Mellomen

Singles entering the chart were the version of That Lucky Old Sun by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra; I Never See Maggie Alone by Kenny Roberts (#31); Dime a Dozen, with versions by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra; and Margaret Whiting (#37); and Whispering Hope by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (#38).

On the radio
Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: The Most Dangerous Game

Rex Harrison appeared as a guest star.

Died on this date
György Pálffy, 40. Hungarian military officer and politician. Lieutenant General Pálffy infiltrated the Independent Smallholders' Party (MKP) on behalf of the Communist Party during World War II, and became head of the MKP's Military Committee in 1944, organizing and leading anti-Nazi resistance in Budapest. After the war, he was head of the Military Policy Department of the Ministry of Defense in the provisional national government, but became increasingly critical of the political police led by Gábor Péter. Lt. Gen. Pálffy was named Deputy Minister of Defense in 1948, but ran afoul of higher authorities, and was one of four officers convicted in a show trial of espionage. Eight days after his 40th birthday, Lt. Gen. Pálffy was hanged in the courtyard of the Military Prison of Margaret Boulevard in Budapest, along with Béla Korondi, Ottó Horváth, and Dezső Németh.

World events
A court in Budapest convicted Laszlo Rajk and seven co-defendants of subversion and espionage, sentencing Mr. Rajk and two others to death.

Diplomacy
Yugoslavian President Marshal Josip Broz Tito accused Hungary of provoking unrest on the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border with the aim of imposing a regime "servile to the Soviet Union" on Yugoslavia. He charged that the Hungarian espionage trial was part of a U.S.S.R.-led "campaign and plot against Yugoslavia."

Crime
Quebec jeweller Albert Guay, 29, was charged with murder for placing a bomb aboard aboard Canadian Pacific Flight 108, a DC-3 that had exploded near St. Joachim, Quebec on September 9, killing Mr. Guay's wife Rita and all other 22 people aboard.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (3-2) 29 @ Montreal (2-3) 14
Ottawa (5-0) 14 @ Hamilton (0-5) 11

WIFU
Saskatchewan (4-3) 24 @ Winnipeg (1-6) 24
Edmonton (2-4) 5 @ Calgary (6-0) 41

ORFU
Hamilton (2-2) 18 @ Toronto (0-4) 6

ORFU-Canadian university
Exhibition
University of Toronto 18 @ Sarnia 11

Baseball
Ellis Kinder pitched a 6-hitter to improve his 1949 record to 23-5 and batted in a run for the Boston Red Sox as they shut out the New York Yankees 3-0 before 34,515 fans at Fenway Park in Boston, moving to within 1 game of the first-place Yankees in the American League pennant race. Ted Williams hit his 42nd homer run of the season off Ed Lopat, who pitched a 9-hitter to fall to 15-9.

Bob Elliott hit 3 consecutive home runs and drove in 5 runs to lead the Boston Braves to a 6-4 win over the New York Giants before 3,673 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Warren Spahn (20-13) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory over Larry Jansen (15-16), and hit a solo home run for the other Boston run.

60 years ago
1959

Space
An Atlas-Able rocket with which U.S. scientists hoped to send a satellite into lunar orbit blew up on the launch pad during a static test at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

War
The Israeli-Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission condemned Israel for an alleged attack on an Egyptian airliner by Israeli fighter planes over the Gulf of Aqaba.

Diplomacy
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa told the United Nations General Assembly that Cuba would not choose between capitalism and Communism, but would maintain a neutral foreign policy.

Disasters
In France's worst civil air disaster, 53 passengers and crew members aboard a French DC-7 were killed when the plane crashed while taking off from the Bordeaux airport en route to Ivory Coast.

Baseball
American Association
Finals
Minneapolis 6 @ Fort Worth 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

50 years ago
1969

On television tonight
Then Came Bronson, starring Michael Parks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Old Motorcycle Fiasco

At the movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, directed by George Roy Hill, and starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross, received its premiere screening at the Roger Sherman Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.

Abominations
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker criticized current Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau for dropping the Canadian Guards, Queen’s Own Rifles, and Black Watch regiments from the regular armed forces. Mr. Diefenbaker pointed out that the Canadian Guards, whose first duty was to protect the Queen, had been established in 1953 with the express consent of Queen Elizabeth II, who was the regiment’s honourary Lieutenant Colonel. Their status as household troops had been requested by Her Majesty as an indication of her status as Queen of Canada. Mr. Diefenbaker also criticized the demotion of the Black Watch regiment as an insult to Canadians of Scottish heritage.

Politics and government
Building on youth, the North Vietnamese National Assembly elected Vice-President Ton Duc Thang, 81, to succeed Ho Chi Minh as president. He was to be only a figurehead, and was not concurrently given a high Communist party position. The new vice-president, Nguyen Luong Bang, was a former ambassador to the U.S.S.R.

U.S. Senator Hugh Scott (Republican--Pennsylvania) was elected as the Senate's minority leader, succeeding the late Everett Dirksen (Illinois), who had died on September 7.

Crime
The trial of eight radical protesters accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention began in Chicago. The trial was the first test of the anti-riot section of the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

Disasters
Four were killed and 46 injured when a giant printing press exploded in Chicago.

Baseball
Donn Clendenon hit a 3-run home run and Ed Charles hit a 2-run homer for the New York Mets in the bottom of the 1st inning as they took a 5-0 lead and coasted to a 6-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 54,928 fans at Shea Stadium in New York to clinch the National League East Division pennant, their first ever. Gary Gentry pitched a 4-hitter to even his 1969 record at 12-12, winning over Steve Carlton, who lasted just 1/3 inning and fell to 17-11. Bill White drew a base on balls as a pinch hitter for the Cardinals in the 6th inning in the 1,673rd and last game of his 13-year major league career. Many of the fans poured onto the field after the game and ripped up chunks of sod; seven fans suffered fractures in the celebration.

Tony Gonzalez hit a solo home run with 1 out in the top of the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Atlanta Braves edged the Houston Astros 2-1 before 10,055 fans at the Astrodome. Pat Jarvis (12-11) pitched a 3-hitter to outduel Tom Griffin (11-9), who allowed 8 hits in 8 innings.

Johnny Bench hit a 3-run home run to climax a 4-run 1st inning for the Cincinnati Reds as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 before 6,690 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The third-place Reds remained 3 games behind the first-place Braves in the National League West Division pennant race. Tony Cloninger (11-17) pitched a 7-hit complete game to win over Bill Singer (19-11), who also pitched a complete game.

The San Diego Padres scored 3 runs--2 unearned--in the 1st inning and held on to defeat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 before 14,614 fans at San Diego Stadium, dropping the Giants 1½ games behind the Braves. Al Santorini (8-13) allowed 3 hits and 1 run--earned--in 7+ innings to win over Juan Marichal (20-11), who allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings.



George Scott led off the bottom of the 14th inning with an infield single and scored on a 1-out double by Mike Andrews to give the Boston Red Sox a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees before 13,614 fans at Fenway Park in New York. Sonny Siebert (12-11) allowed 1 hit in 4 2/3 innings in relief of Ken Brett to get the win over Stan Bahnsen (9-16). Ron Klimkowski pitched the first 9 innings for New York, allowing 3 hits.

Ken McMullen batted 2 for 5 with a double, run, and 3 runs batted in the first game and 2 for 5 with a home run, double, and 2 RBIs in the second game to help the Washington Senators sweep a doubleheader from the Detroit Tigers 8-4 and 7-4 before 14,032 fans at Tiger Stadium. Frank Howard hit his 47th home run of the season for the Senators in the first game.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Sharona--The Knack (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanpaku Sengen--Masashi Sada (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ring My Bell--Anita Ward (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
Patriotic Front guerrillas agreed to guarantee 20% of the seats in Zimbabwe Rhodesia’s parliament to the white minority under a new constitution. Previously, the Patriotic Front had insisted that whites shouldn’t be guaranteed any seats.

Law
In a decision that shook the very foundations of Chicago, federal district judge Nicholas Bua ruled that patronage hiring for city and county jobs in Chicago was unconstitutional. An estimated 20,000 City of Chicago and Cook County workers were hired under the patronage system, and formed the basis of the Democratic Party’s power in Chicago.

Baseball
Herman Franks resigned as manager of the Chicago Cubs and was replaced by Preston Gomez; the Cubs were in 5th place in the National League East Division with a 78-77 record. It marked the end of Mr. Franks’ 7-year major league managerial career. His record was 605 wins, 521 losses, 2 ties. He managed the San Francisco Giants to 4 straight second place finishes from 1965-1968. From 1977-1979 the Cubs compiled a record of 238-241 under Mr. Franks.

Bill Robinson drove in 3 runs with a home run and a triple to help the Pittsburgh Pirates overcome a 2-0 deficit and defeat the Montreal Expos 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 47,268 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. In the second game, the Expos trailed 6-2 after 5 innings, scored a run in the 6th, and 3 in the 8th before Rusty Staub drew a base on balls with 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 9th, advanced to second base on a single by Duffy Dyer, and scored on a single by Ellis Valentine to break a 6-6 tie as the Expos won 7-6 to regain the lead in the National League East Division pennant race, ½ game ahead of the Pirates. Joe Coleman, the fourth of six Pittsburgh pitchers in the second game, allowed 1 hit and 2 runs--both earned--with 2 bases on balls and no strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings in the 485th and last game of his 15-year major league career. Jim Mason played the last 2 innings at third base for the Expos in the second game, with no fielding chances in the 633rd and last game of his 9-year major league career.

Jerry Royster singled home Darrel Chaney with the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 win over the Houston Astros in the first game of a doubleheader before 2,321 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Jim Wessinger entered the game as a pinch runner for the Braves in the 7th inning, scoring on a ground out in his 10th and last major league game. Reggie Baldwin came to bat as a pinch hitter for the Astros in the 8th, grounding into a force play in the 52nd and last game of his 2-year major league career. The Braves scored 5 runs in the 6th inning as they won the second game 8-1 to complete the sweep, dropping the second-place Astros 2½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West Division pennant race, with 5 games remaining in the season for Houston. Eddie Solomon pitched a 5-hit complete game victory in the second game to improve his 1979 record to 7-13, and Gary Matthews drove in 4 runs with a single, ground out, and sacrifice fly.

In a 7-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals before 17,964 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies singled for his 200th hit of the season. It marked the 10th season in which Mr. Rose had accomplished the feat, breaking Ty Cobb’s record of 9. The single extended Mr. Rose’s hitting streak to 18 games.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): On Our Own--Bobby Brown (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Lambada--Kaoma (5th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (6-6) 27 @ Ottawa (2-10) 36
British Columbia (4-8) 25 @ Edmonton (10-2) 32

Dean Dorsey kicked 7 field goals and added 2 converts and a single as the Rough Riders defeated the Roughriders before 17,284 at Lansdowne Park. Ottawa general manager Jo-Anne Polak had claimed sole rights to the name before the game, and the tickets and game program identified the Saskatchewan team as the Prairie Dogs. Wind was a major factor in the game, and Ottawa head coach Steve Goldman credited the coin toss as the turning point. Rough Rider quarterback Damon Allen completed just 12 of 33 passes for 183 yards, with 78 of those yards coming on a touchdown pass to Gerald Alphin. Mr. Allen also rushed 8 times for 96 yards. Saskatchewan starting quarterback Kent Austin completed just 8 of 26 passes for 126 yards and 2 interceptions, but scored the Roughriders’ first touchdown on a 1-yard rush. Backup Tom Burgess was just 5 for 13 in passing for 48 yards. Dave Ridgway kicked 4 field goals for the Roughriders and added 2 converts and a single. Albert Brown scored the other Saskatchewan touchdown on an 86-yard punt return, while Chris Skinner rushed 1 yard for a touchdown with 1:05 remaining in the fourth quarter to put the game away for Ottawa.

Tracy Ham scored 3 touchdowns on 1-yard runs and the Eskimos rolled up 311 yards rushing, their largest single-game total in 28 years. Mr. Ham carried 11 times for 92 yards, while running back Reggie Taylor carried 19 times for 160 yards. The Eskimos were ahead 28-3 in the third quarter before Rickey Foggie, who replaced an injured Matt Dunigan, threw touchdown passes to Tony Cherry, David Williams, and Mike Bellefontaine. Mr. Dunigan injured his right thumb early in the game when he caught it on a helmet, and completed just 1 of 3 passes for 17 yards. It was initially feared that his season might be over, but the injury proved to be minor, and he was ready for the next game. The Eskimos set a team record with 219 yards in penalties, many as a result of bogus calls by the crew of referee Jacques Decarie. This was one of the worst-officiated games I’ve ever been to. It was obvious that the officials were out to help B.C. as much as possible when Edmonton’s Don Wilson was flagged in the first quarter for no yards on a punt that bounced out of bounds without anybody touching the ball. Mr. Ham said after the game that he thought the call of the game came when pass interference against the Lions was overruled because the pass was ruled uncatchable, when Edmonton receiver Keith Wright had actually caught the ball.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Confide in Me--Kylie Minogue (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: 7 Seconds--Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)--The Outhere Brothers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): I Swear--All-4-One

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (6th week at #1)

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

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Cotton-Eyed Joe--Rednex (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Saturday Night--Whigfield (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (5th week at #1)
2 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 Endless Love--Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
4 When Can I See You--Babyface
5 Stroke You Up--Changing Faces
6 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello
7 All I Wanna Do--Sheryl Crow
8 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
9 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio
10 This D.J.--Warren G

Singles entering the chart were What's the Frequency, Kenneth? by R.E.M. (#54); Playaz Club by Rappin' 4-Tay (#84); I'll Take Her by Ill Al Skratch featuring Brian McKnight (#87); 5-4-3-2 (Yo! Time is Up) by Jade (#90); Turn the Beat Around by Gloria Estefan (#94); Hip Hop Ride by Da Youngstas (#96); and Hungah by Karyn White (#97). Turn the Beat Around was from the movie The Specialist (1994).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (4th week at #1)
2 When Can I See You--Babyface
3 All I Wanna Do--Sheryl Crow
4 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me’shell Ndegeocello
5 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
6 Endless Love--Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
7 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
8 Shine--Collective Soul
9 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
10 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson

Singles entering the chart were Make it Right by Lisa Stansfield (#84); and Sukiyaki by 4 P.M. (#89).

Died on this date
Barry Bishop, 62. U.S. mountaineer and photographer. Dr. Bishop was a photographer who spent many years with the National Geographic Society, and a longtime mountaineer who was a member of the first American team to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1963. He lost all of his toes and a fingertip to frostbite in that expedition, and subsequently pursued an academic career. Dr. Bishop was killed in a car accident in Idaho while on his way to deliver a lecture in San Francisco.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (7-5) 29 @ Shreveport (0-12) 11
Hamilton (3-9) 21 @ Las Vegas (5-7) 25
Calgary (10-2) 39 @ Sacramento (5-6-1) 25

The Roughriders made 5 interceptions and recovered 3 Shreveport fumbles as they beat the Pirates before 15,502 fans at Independence Stadium.

Carlos Huerta kicked 6 field goals, including 2 from 53 yards, as the Posse defeated the Tiger-Cats before 4,761 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Doug Flutie completed 24 of 37 passes for 354 yards and 4 touchdowns--3 in the 2nd quarter--as the Stampeders defeated the Gold Miners before 17,192 fans at Hornet Field.



CIAU
Manitoba 6 @ Alberta (3-1) 30

20 years ago
1999

At the movies
The Divine Ryans, directed by Stephen Reynolds, and starring Jordan Harvey, Robert Joy, Pete Postlethwaite, and Mary Walsh, received its premiere screening at the Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival in Sudbury, Ontario.

Crime
A baseball fan was charged with two counts of battery and one of disorderly conduct after attacking Houston Astros’ outfielder Bill Spiers before the bottom of the 6th inning of the Astros’ game against the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Houston pitcher Mike Hampton delivered several kicks to the attacker, while Mr. Spiers suffered a welt under his eye and a bloody nose, but remained in the game for the remainder of the inning.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-9) 18 @ Winnipeg (3-9) 24

Winnipeg linebacker Maurice Kelly recovered a Mike Saunders fumble inside the Saskatchewan 5-yard line midway through the fourth quarter, and Deland McCullough then scored on a 1-yard run to give the Blue Bombers a 19-18 lead. Kerwin Bell completed a pass to Nigel Williams for a 2-point convert to make the score 21-18, and Troy Westwood added a 33-yard field goal with 41 seconds remaining to extend the lead, and end Winnipeg’s 7-game losing streak. Mr. Saunders rushed 30 times for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Roughriders, who were ahead 18-6 until Mr. Bell connected on a 20-yard touchdown pass to Chris Armstrong to pull the Blue Bombers closer. Attendance at Winnipeg Stadium was 18,727.

Baseball
Manny Ramirez batted 3 for 4 with a grand slam, a 3-run home run, and 8 runs batted in to help the Cleveland Indians rout the Toronto Blue Jays 18-4 before 26,620 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Dave Roberts, who entered the game in center field in the 6th inning, added another grand slam to the Cleveland cause in the 8th. The Blue Jays hit 4 solo home runs. Mark Langston, the second of four Cleveland pitchers, allowed 1 hit and no runs, with no bases on balls or strikeouts in 1 inning in the 459th and last game of his 16-year major league career. Mike Romano, the second of three Toronto pitchers, allowed 6 hits and 7 runs--6 earned--with 4 bases on balls and 2 strikeouts in 3 innings in his third and last major league game.

Juan Gonzalez hit 3 home runs and a single and drove in 5 runs to lead the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics 12-4 before 40,207 fans at the Ballpark in Arlington.

The Houston Astros responded to the attack on Bill Spiers by scoring 4 runs in the 8th inning and 3 in the 9th to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-4 before 14,093 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

10 years ago
2009

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Del Bates, 69. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Bates served as a submariner in the U.S. Navy for four years before beginning his professional baseball career as a catcher in the Los Angels' organization in 1963. He played in the minor league organizations of the Angels, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies before being called up by the Phillies in 1970. He batted .133 with no home runs and 1 run batted in in 22 games with Philadelphia. Mr. Bates' major league career ended in bizarre fashion: in the bottom of the 6th inning against the Houston Astros at the Astrodome on June 5, 1970, he threw out Joe Pepitone on an attempted steal of second base for the first out of the inning, and was immediately removed from the game in a double switch. Mr. Bates played 697 games in the minor leagues from 1963-1970. He worked as a longshoreman with the Port of Seattle until his retirement in 2004.

Nelly Arcan, 36. Canadian authoress. Miss Arcan, born Isabelle Fortier in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, was best known for her first novel, Putain (Whore) (2001). She committed suicide by hanging herself in her apartment in Montreal, shortly after completing her fourth novel, Paradis, clef en main (Exit) (2009).

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