September 29, 2019

1,090 years ago
929

Born on this date
Zhongyi. King of Wuyue, 948-978. Zhongyi, born Qian Chu, succeeded his half-brother Zhongxun on the throne, and was the last king of the independent coastal kingdom founded during the Ten Kingdoms (907-960). He surrendered his kingdom to the Song dynasty, and died on October 7, 988, eight days after his 59th birthday.

620 years ago
1399

Britannica
King Richard II became the first English monarch to abdicate his throne; he was replaced by his cousin Henry of Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. Richard was then imprisoned in the Tower of London.

230 years ago
1789

Defense
The 1st United States Congress adjourned, but not beforepassing an act that transformed the Continental Army into the armed forces of the United States of America.

190 years ago
1829

Law
Sir Robert Peel's Metropolitan Police force, the "bobbies," began operations at Scotland Yard in London.

175 years ago
1844

Born on this date
Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman. President of Argentina, 1886-1890. Mr. Juárez, a member of the National Autonomist Party who was propelled into politics by his relative General Julio Argentino Roca, served as President of the Senate in the late 1870s and Governor of Cordoba in the early 1880s before returning to the Senate in 1883. Mr. Juárez was President during the Pánico de 1890, and his authoritarian ways led to the creation of the opposition Civic Union Party, forcing his resignation following the Revolución del Parque. He retired from politics, and died on April 14, 1909 at the age of 64.

130 years ago
1889

Died on this date
Louis Faidherbe, 71. French military officer and politician. General Faidherbe served in Algeria and Guadeloupe before being transferred to Senegal in 1852, serving as Governor of Senegal from 1852-1861 and 1863-1865. Gen. Faidherbe led French troops in victorious colonial wars, and led a government that provided the basis for French colonial rule elsewhere.

90 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Bonnie McCarroll, 32 (?). U.S. cowgirl. Mrs. McCarroll, born Mary Ellen Treadwell, excelled in various aspects of radio competition in a career that began in 1915. She married cowboy Frank McCarroll in 1915, and they participated in rodeos together until her death at the Pendleton Round-Up, when she was giving a bronc riding exhibition and was thrown from her horse Black Cat, which then turned a somersault upon her, causing fatal spinal injuries. The McCarrolls had decided to retire to their farm in Idaho, and this was to be their final event.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (1-0) 9 @ Buffalo (0-1) 3
New York (0-0-1) 0 @ Orange (0-0-1) 0
Dayton (0-3) 0 @ Providence (1-0) 41
Chicago Bears (1-1) 0 @ Green Bay (2-0) 23

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
T.J. Wilkin. U.K. police official. Mr. Wilkin, Assistant Police Superintendent in Jerusalem, was assassinated, allegedly by the Jewish terrorist group Irgun Zvai Leumi.

War
Canadian Defence Minister J.L. Ralston flew to Europe to check reports of Canadian infantry shortages. German forces were pushed back at opposite ends of the 460-mile western front--at Arnhem, Netherlands, and Belfort, France. Soviet troops extended their front along the Czech border to 170 miles and opened a new drive against the Tatar Pass through the Carpathian Mountains. Japanese troops landed on the coast of the Chinese province of Fukien and advanced on Foochow, the last big seaport in Chinese hands.

Diplomacy
The Russian phase of the Dumbarton Oaks conference ended with agreements on recommendations for the general framework of the organization and peacekeeping operations. China opened discussion with the U.K. and U.S.A.

Oil
The Mexican Senate approved a pact with the U.S.A. to settle the expropriation of U.S. oil property in Mexico in 1938, providing for a $23.9-million settlement to the companies.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Joseph Ball (Republican--Minnesota) said that he would not support Republican Party candidate Thomas Dewey in his campaign for President of the United States because Mr. Dewey had not been convincing in his support of a U.S. foreign policy aimed at preventing World War III.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made public a Victory in Europe Day program which would relax export controls after Germany's defeat; curtail the foreign procurement program; ease preclusive buying; speed reconstruction; and promote foreign trade.

Business
The Fisher Brothers, who recently quit General Motors, filed for incorporation in Michigan and Delaware.

Boxing
Willie Pep (79-1) retained his New York State Athletic Commission world featherweight title with a unanimous 15-round decision over Chalky Wright (153-35-18) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

70 years ago
1949

At the movies
Strange Bargain, directed by Will Price, and starring Martha Scott and Jeffrey Lynn, opened in theatres in New York City.

Literature
Stalin: A Political Biography by Isaac Deutscher was published by in the United Kingdom by Oxford.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. denounced its 1945 mutual aid and friendship treaties with Yugoslavia, accusing the Yugoslavian government of President Marshal Josip Broz Tito of cooperating with "foreign imperialist circles."

Defense
A secret meeting of the Big Five and Canada in Lake Success, New York failed to break the deadlock on nuclear arms control.

Politics and government
The Communist Party of China wrote the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.

The Argentine Congress deprived opposition Radical leader Ricardo Balbin of his parliamentary immunity, allowing him to be tried under a new law for showing "disrespect" in a recent speech against President Juan Peron.

Crime
A jury in San Francisco convicted Iva Toguri D'Aquino, popularly regarded as "Tokyo Rose," of treason for making radio broadcasts from Japan.

Economics and finance
The U.K. House of Commons passed a motion of confidence in the financial policies of the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee. The government also lifted half of its restrictions on the importation of goods from countries outside the dollar area.

The West German government devalued its currency ffom 33c to 23.8c U.S.

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passes a $5.8-billion foreign aid bill, including $4.8 billion for Marshall Plan aid.

Labour
Ford Motor Company averted a United Auto Workers of America strike by accepting union demands for a company-financed pension plan in return for union agreement to forego a wage increase.

Baseball
The Brooklyn Dodgers swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves 9-2 and 8-0 before 6,561 fans at Braves Field to remain ½ game in front of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League pennant race. Preacher Roe won the first game over Warren Spahn as Duke Snider and Carl Furillo each hit 3-run home runs. The second game was called after 5 innings, shortly after Boston infielder Connie Ryan was ejected by home plate umpire George Barr for kneeling in the on-deck circle wearing a raincoat in protest at playing in rain. The Braves kindled a fire in their dugout to provide a beacon to returning batters. The Dodgers erupted for 5 runs off Johnny Sain in the 1st inning of the second game as Don Newcombe coasted to an easy win.

The Pittsburgh Pirates upset the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 before 9,573 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh behind the pitching of former Cardinal Murry Dickson, who recorded his fifth victory of the season against his old team, pitching a 6-hitter to improve his 1949 record to 12-14. The Cardinals and Dodgers both had 2 games remaining.

60 years ago
1959

Space
On the basis of data gathered by rockets 150 miles above the Earth, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington estimated the maximum temperature in the Sun's corona at 190 million degrees Fahrenheit.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev left Moscow for Peking to attend celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

World events
20 former Cuban Army soldiers were arrested in the Havana suburb of Mariano and charged with counter-revolutionary activities.

Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers, down 5-2 in the 9th inning, rallied for 3 runs to tie the game and won 6-5 in 12 innings before 36,528 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to complete a 2-game sweep of a best-of-three playoff against the Milwaukee Braves for the National League pennant. Gil Hodges, who had singled with 2 out and nobody on base, scored the winning run from second base when Carl Furillo hit a grounder to Milwaukee shortstop Felix Mantilla, whose off-balance throw went wild past first baseman Frank Torre. Milwaukee third baseman Eddie Mathews hit his 46th home run of the season--one more than Chicago's Ernie Banks--to win the NL home run title. Andy Pafko flied out as a pinch hitter for the Braves in the 5th inning and played the next 2 innings in left field, making 1 putout in the 1,852nd and last game of his 17-year major league career. Enos Slaughter pinch hit for him in the 7th and made an out in the 2,380th and last game of his 19-year major league career. Bobby Avila played the last 2 innings at second base for the Braves,making 1 putout in the 1,300th and last game of his 11-year major league career.





Junior World Series
Havana Sugar Kings (IL) @ Minneapolis Millers (AA) (postponed, cold weather) (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ikebukuro no Yoru--Mina Aoe (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): María Isabel--Los Payos (9th week at #1)

On the radio
The Challenge of Space, on Springbok Radio
Tonight's episode: Re-entry with Rubbish Bins

Died on this date
Tommy Leach, 91. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Leach was an outfielder and third baseman with the Louisville Colonels (1898-1899); Pittsburg Pirates (1900-1912, 1918); Chicago Cubs (1912-1914); and Cincinnati Reds (1915), batting .269 with 63 home runs and 810 runs batted in in 2,156 games. He led the National League in home runs in 1902 with 6, all of them inside-the-park. Mr. Leach still holds the NL career record with 49 inside-the-park homers. He played with the Pirates' National League championship teams in 1902-1903, and their World Series championship team in 1909. Mr. Leach tripled and scored in the first World Series game in 1903, making the first hit and scoring the first run in World Series history. He batted .310 wit no homers and 9 runs batted in in 15 World Series games. Mr.Leach coached and managed in the minor leagues after his playing career ended.

Space
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins embarked on a 22-nation goodwill tour.

Terrorism
The home of Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau was bombed and severely damaged, but no one was hurt. The incident occurred less than a week after 24-hour police surveillance was halted.

Crime
Rev. James Groppi, militant leader of a disruptive welfare protest takeover of the Wisconsin Assembly chambers in Madison, was jailed for contempt by the Assembly under an 1848 statute that had never been used before. Father Groppi had led a small band of Negro and white welfare mothers, which had swelled to more than 1,000 after a march from Milwaukee to the state capital, to urge the legislature to rescind welfare budget cuts that would being the Wisconsin level down to 120% of the national average.

At the Chicago Eight trial, contempt citations against four defense lawyers were vacated by Judge Julius Hoffman, who held the four in contempt (and held two under arrest) for failing to appear at the trial's opening session the week before. As Judge Hoffman voided the citations, 150 lawyers protested the charges in the court building.

U.S. Army Secretary Stanley Resor announced that because the Central Intelligence Agency had refused to provide any witnesses since it would not be in "the national interest," there was no possibility of a fair trial for the Special Forces personnel charged with the murder in June of a North Vietnamese spy. As a result, Mr. Resor said that the Army was dropping the charges. It was generally believed that President Richard Nixon had made the decision to drop the case.

Defense
The U.S.A. and Thailand jointly announced that 6,000 of the 49,000 American military men in Thailand would be withdrawn during the next 10 months. The reduction was made possible by the changing "operational requirements" of the Vietnam War, the announcement said.

Diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was greeted by throngs at Kennedy Airport and City Hall as she began a three-day visit to New York.

Transportation
A Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 737, flying from Edmonton, became the first commercial jet to land at Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The plane's arrival was greeted by 200 people and a brass band.

Baseball
Rico Petrocelli set a record for shortstops with his 40th home run of the season, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Senators 8-5 before 7,436 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. Washington left fielder Frank Howard led off the bottom of the 6th inning with his 48th homer of the season.

Tom Tresh singled and scored to begin a 3-run rally in the 9th inning for the Detroit Tigers as they broke a 1-1 tie and defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 before 6,252 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Mike Kilkenny (8-6) pitched a 6-hit victory, while Mike Cuellar (23-11) took the loss. Mr. Tresh played the first 8 innings at shortstop and made 3 assists, batting 1 for 4, with his run ending his 9-year major league career after 1,192 games.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Zimbabwe Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Well All Right--Santana (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Soli--Adriano Celentano

#1 single in Ireland: Viva Il Papa--Catriona Walsh

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Message in a Bottle--The Police

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Quiereme Mucho--Julio Iglesias (5th week at #1)
2 I Don't Like Mondays--The Boomtown Rats
3 We Don't Talk Anymore--Cliff Richard
4 Surf City/Dead Man's Curve--Jan & Dean
5 Willem--Willem Duyn
6 A Brand New Day--The Wiz Stars featuring Diana Ross & Michael Jackson
7 El Lute/Gotta Go Home--Boney M.
8 Marching On--BZN
9 Can't Stand Losing You--The Police
10 Angel Eyes--Roxy

Singles entering the chart were Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson (#17); Doe de Hoela Hoep by Sandy (#30); Sure Know Something by Kiss (#31); We Belong to the Night by Ellen Foley (#32); and Tusk by Fleetwood Mac (#34).

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

Singles entering the chart were Still by the Commodores (#68); Victim of Love by Elton John (#76); Dreaming by Blondie (#79); Half the Way by Crystal Gayle (#80); 5:15 by the Who (#81); Damned If I Do by the Alan Parsons Project (#87); Starry Eyes by the Records (#89); and Sweet Summer Lovin' by Dolly Parton (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sad Eyes--Robert John
2 My Sharona--The Knack
3 Sail On--Commodores
4 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
5 I'll Never Love this Way Again--Dionne Warwick
6 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough--Michael Jackson
7 Lonesome Loser--Little River Band
8 Rise--Herb Alpert
9 Pop Muzik--M
10 Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)--Robert Palmer

Singles entering the chart were Still by the Commodores (#55); Victim of Love by Elton John (#77); Dreaming by Blondie (#81); 5:15 by the Who (#83); Damned If I Do by the Alan Parsons Project (#88); I'm So Anxious by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (#97); and Rainbow Connection by Kermit (Jim Henson) (#98).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 I was Made for Lovin' You--Kiss
2 My Sharona--The Knack
3 Don't Bring Me Down--Electric Light Orchestra
4 Lonesome Loser--Little River Band
5 Let's Go--The Cars
6 Goodbye Stranger--Supertramp
7 One Way or Another--Blondie
8 Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)--Robert Palmer
9 You Can't Change That--Raydio
10 Good Times--Chic

Singles entering the chart were Broken-Hearted Me by Anne Murray (#89); Midnight Wind by John Stewart (#91); Your Place or Mine by Private Eye (#92); Sure Know Something by Kiss (#93); Crank it Up by Peter Brown (#94); Dirty White Boy by Foreigner (#96); Get a Move On by Eddie Money (#97); Stillsane by Carolyn Mas (#98); and Ain't What it Used to Be by the Minglewood Band (#100).

Died on this date
Francisco Macías Nguema, 55. 1st President of Equatorial Guinea, 1968-1979. Mr. Nguema, born Mez-m Ngueme, was elected President of Equatorial Guinea in the only free election in the former Spanish colony's history. He was overthrown in a violent coup led by his nephew Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on August 3,1979, and was captured on August 18 while fleeing for Cameroon. Mr. Nguema was convicted of genocide against the Bubi people, and was executed by firing squad.

Religion
Pope John Paul II began a two-day visit to Ireland, becoming the first pontiff to visit the country. He arrived in Dublin, delivered an open-air sermon, and then went on to Drogheda, where he delivered a message calling on the people of Ireland to end all violence and return to "the ways of peace".

Environment
42 barrels of tritium gas, seized from a factory in Tucson two days earlier by National Guardsmen, were taken to an army depot 20 miles west of Flagstaff.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-9) 17 @ Toronto (4-7) 16
Winnipeg (3-9) 21 @ British Columbia (9-2-1) 22

Tom Clements completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to Leif Pettersen and then completed a pass to Mr. Pettersen for a 2-point convert with 43 seconds remaining to win the game and keep the Tiger-Cats' playoff hopes alive. Mr. Pettersen finished with 10 receptions for 106 yards, while teammate John Holland caught 8 for 135, including a 41-yard gain on third down and 10 from the Toronto 42-yard line to set up the last touchdown. The Argonauts jumped out to a 14-1 lead after the first quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by Mark Bragagnolo and a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown by Mike Kramer. Mike McArthur led Toronto with 13 rushes for 93 yards. The smallest crowd of the season at Exhibition Stadium, 37,023, witnessed the collapse.

The Lions held off a late Winnipeg rally to edge the Blue Bombers before 23,964 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The Lions scored touchdowns in each of the first 3 quarters: Harry Holt on a 17-yard pass from Joe Paopao; Mark Houghton on the recovery of a fumbled punt in the Winnipeg end zone; and Larry Key on a 3-yard run. Lui Passaglia converted all 3 and added a punt single in the fourth quarter that proved to be the winning point. Bernie Ruoff kicked 5 field goals to keep the Blue Bombers within range. With 4 minutes remaining in the game, Larry Washington rushed up the middle of the field for a Winnipeg touchdown; it was his first touchdown as a Blue Bomber, and his third and last CFL career touchdown. The Blue Bombers attempted a 2-point convert, but two blocks were missed, and quarterback Billy Troup's pass was incomplete. Mr. Paopao had a superb total of 14 completions in 16 attempts, albeit for just 169 yards. Mr. Key rushed 15 times for 93 yards, while John Henry White picked up 75 yards on just 7 carries. Jim and Larry Washington each carried 7 times for 33 yards for the Blue Bombers. Mike Holmes caught 7 passes for 124 yards for Winnipeg, and Lui Passaglia's brother Walt, a rookie receiver with the Blue Bombers, caught 7 passes for 109 yards.

CIAU
Ottawa (3-1) 11 @ McGill (2-2) 8
Queen's (2-1) 16 @ Concordia (0-3) 10
Quebec at Trois Rivieres (0-3) 11 @ Bishop's (2-2) 42
York (1-2) 14 @ Wilfrid Laurier (4-0) 20
Windsor (2-2) 41 @ McMaster (0-4) 10

Baseball
Pinch hitter Dave Cash singled home Tim Raines with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Montreal Expos a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 50,332 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

Mick Kelleher led off the top of the 13th inning with a single and scored on a throwing error by first baseman Willie Stargell with 2 out to break a 6-6 tie as the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 before 25,734 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, reducing the Pirates' lead over the Expos in the National League East Division to 1 game, with 1 game remaining for the Pirates and 3 for the Expos. Dock Ellis, the fifth of six Pittsburgh pitchers, allowed 1 hit in a scoreless 11th inning in the 388th and last game of his 12-year major league career. Alberto Lois entered the game as a pinch runner for Pittsburgh catcher Steve Nicosia in the 12th inning, but was caught stealing at second base in the 14th and last game of his 2-year major league career. Gary Hargis pinch ran for Pittsburgh shortstop Tim Foli at first base in the 13th, and was stranded at second base in his only major league appearance.

J.R. Richard of the Houston Astros struck out 11 batters and hit a double as he shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 before 20,647 fans at Dodger Stadium, improving his 1979 record to 18-13. Mr. Richard's strikeouts gave him 313 for the season, breaking his own National League record for a righthander by 10. One of the 5 Los Angeles hits was the 146th career pinch hit by Manny Mota, breaking Smoky Burgess' major league career record. Houston left fielder Jesus Alou batted 1 for 5 with a run, and made 4 putouts in the 1,380th and last game of his 15-year major league career. Houston right fielder Tom Wiedenbauer was 3 for 5, and made 3 putouts in his fourth and last major league game.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Gussie Busch, 90. U.S. brewer. Mr. Busch was chairman of Anheuser-Busch Companies from 1946-1975, and owned the St. Louis Cardinals of major league baseball's National League from 1953 until his death.

Society
A United States Senate and House of Representatives conference committee rejected an attempt to forbid federal financing of art that violated certain moral standards. In June, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington had cancelled an exhibition of pornographic photographs by sodomite degenerate Robert Mapplethorpe, which was to be financed in part by the national Endowment for the Arts, whose appropriation bill was being considered by Congress. The Senate approved a proposal by Jesse Helms (Republican--North Carolina) to cut off grants for any art found to be "obscene or indecent" or that "denigrates religion or nonreligion." In rejecting Sen. Helms' proposal, the Senate and House conferees substituted a restriction that would prevent any art defined as obscene by a 1973 Supreme Court decision. Few serious works of art were likely to be rejected on that basis.

Adventure
Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter DeBernardi became the first people to survive going over Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.

Politics and government
Canadian New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent, who had led the party since 1975, announced his retirement from politics.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (11-2) 33 @ Hamilton (8-5) 12

The Eskimos rushed for 302 yards, hitting the 300-yard mark for the second straight game, as they defeated the Tiger-Cats before 16,387 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Quarterback Tracy Ham carried 9 times for 150 yards, and Reggie Taylor picked up 101 yards on 19 carries. Mr. Ham threw 2 interceptions in the first 7 minutes and another later in the first half, but came back to throw second-half touchdown passes to Blake Marshall and Tom Richards. Mr. Marshall also rushed for 2 touchdowns; it was his second 3-touchdown game in 4 weeks. Although the Tiger-Cats jumped out to a 5-0 lead early in the game, the Eskimos dominated the play. Edmonton amassed 27 first downs to Hamilton's 9; 302 yards rushing to Hamilton's 9; and 392 yards net offense to Hamilton's 88. The only Tiger-Cat touchdown came on a 9-yard pass from backup quarterback Todd Dillon to Tony Champion in the 4th quarter. Three receivers played their first CFL games for the Eskimos: Randy Bec, Todd Smith, and Walter Murray; for Mr. Bec, it was his only CFL game.



25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex

Died on this date
Cheb Hasni, 26. Algerian singer. Mr. Hasni, a popular performer of Raï music, was murdered outside his parents' home in Oran, likely by Islamic fundamentalist extremists.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product had grown at an annual rate of 4.1% in the second quarter of 1994, compared with an annual rate of 3.3% in the first quarter.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Arnold Earley, 66. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Earley played with the Boston Red Sox (1960-1965); Chicago Cubs (1966); and Houston Astros (1967), compiling a record of 12-20 with an earned run average of 4.48 in 223 games, all but 10 in relief. He played 9 seasons in the minor leagues from 1953-1967.

Politics and government
U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced that he was moving his campaign headquarters to Nashville from Washington in what appeared to some as an attempt to rejuvenate his campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2000. Mr. Gore was also seeking to cut costs by reducing rents and by easing out some of his many high-salaried advisers.

Baseball
Shortstop Nomar Garciaparra hit a 2-run home run and ended the game with an unassisted double play as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before 12,974 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago to clinch the American League wild card playoff spot. Paul Konerko hit a 2-run home to help the White Sox win the second game 4-2.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Pavel Popovich, 68. U.S.S.R. cosmonaut. Major General Popovich, a native of Ukraine, was Soviet Air Force pilot who was the pilot of the Vostok 4 mission from August 12-15, 1962, becoming the fourth cosmonaut and eighth person in space. Vostok 3, piloted by Andriyan Nikolayev, had lifted off the previous day, and the missions marked the first time that two manned spacecraft orbited Earth at the same time. Maj. Gen. Popovich commanded Soyuz 14 from July 3-19, 1974, a spy mission, and the only one to successfully dock with the Salyut 3 space station. Maj. Gen. Popovich was deputy chief of the Cosmonaut Training Center from 1980-1989, retiring from the active cosmonaut corps in 1982. He died of a brain hemorrhage following a stroke, six days before his 69th birthday.

Disasters
The 8.1-Mw  Samoa earthquake resulted in a tsunami that killed 189 people and injured hundreds.