September 6, 2019

1,625 years ago
394

Died on this date
Eugenius. Roman usurper, 392-394. Eugenius was elevated as Empire of the Western Roman Empire in 392 by Arbogast, following the death of Emperor Valentinian II. Eugenius, a Pagan and the last Roman Emperor to support polytheism, was never recognized in the Eastern Roman Empire, and was killed by the forces of Theodosius I in the Battle of the Frigidus.

War
Forces of Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeated the forces of Eugenius the usurper in the Battle of the Frigidus, and killed him. Arbogast, who had elevated Eugenius as Emperor in 392, escaped, but committed suicide two days later.

200 years ago
1819

Born on this date
William Rosecrans. U.S. military officer, politician, and diplomat. Mr. Rosecrans was best known as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He achieved success in Western Theater battles, but a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 effectively ended his military career. Mr. Rosecrans served as United States Minister to Mexico (1868-1869) and as a Democrat represented California's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1881-1885). He died on March 11, 1898 at the age of 78.

140 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Max Schreck. German actor. Mr. Schreck was best known for his starring role in the movie Nosferatu (1922). He died of a heart attack at the age of 56 on February 20, 1936, the day after performing in the play Don Carlos.

Joseph Wirth, 76. Chancellor of Germany, 1921-1922. Mr. Wirth, a member of the Catholic Centre Party, held various positions. He opposed the Nazis, and emigrated to Switzerland in 1933, and kept in touch with anti-Nazi Germans throughout World War II. Mr. Wirth returned to Germany in 1949, and died on January 3, 1956 at the age of 76.

120 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Billy Rose. U.S. songwriter and impresario. Mr. Rose, born William Rosenberg, was known for writing lyrics to such songs as Me and My Shadow (1927) and It's Only a Paper Moon (1933), and for producing musical shows such as Jumbo (1935) and Carmen Jones (1943). He died on February 10, 1966 at the age of 66.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Michael Gordon. U.S. film director. Mr. Gordon directed such movies as Crime Doctor (1943); Another Part of the Forest (1948); An Act of Murder (1948); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Pillow Talk (1959); and Move Over, Darling (1963). He died on April 29, 1993 at the age of 83.

100 years ago
1919

Died on this date
Charles Beresford, 73. U.K. military officer and politician. Lord Beresford was a Royal Navy officer for 52 years (1859-1911), serving in various campaigns. He had a long-running feud with First Sea Lord Sir John Fisher, and was thus prevented from attaining the office himself. Lord Beresford had a simultaneous career in politics as a Conservative, representing County Waterford (1874-1880); Marylebone East (1885-1888); York (1898-1900); Woolwich (1902-1903); and Portsmouth (1910-1916) in the House of Commons.

Baseball
Harry Hooper batted 3 for 5 with a base on balls, home run, double, 3 runs, and 4 runs batted to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 11-3 in the first game of a doubleheader at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Herb Pennock pitched an 8-hit complete game victory to improve his 1919 record to 14-7, and batted 2 for 4 with a run. Mr. Hooper tripled home Red Shannon with 1 out in the 11th inning and scored on a single by Ossie Vitt as the Red Sox broke a 3-3 tie and won the second game 5-3 to complete the sweep, with Allen Russell (12-7) pitching a 5-hitter to win over Walt Kinney (8-14), who allowed 12 hits in a complete game defeat.

Jack Tobin batted 5 for 5 with a double, 4 runs, and 3 runs batted in to help the St. Louis Browns defeat the Detroit Tigers 12-10 at Navin Field in Detroit. Harry Heilmann had 2 triples and a single for Detroit, and Ty Cobb added 3 hits. Winning pitcher Lefty Leifield (5-1) allowed 11 hits and 7 runs--6 earned--in 6 2/3 innings.

Jim Bagby (16-9) gave up 14 hits, but pitched a complete game victory for the Cleveland Indians as they routed the Chicago White Sox 11-2 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Mr. Bagby also hit a solo home run. Right fielder Smoky Joe Wood added to the Cleveland total, batting 2 for 2 with 2 doubles, a base on balls, and 3 runs. Lefty Williams (22-9) took the loss.

80 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Montague Hulton-Harrop, 26. U.K. military officer. Pilot Officer Hulton-Harrop and Frank Rose were shot down in the Battle of Barking Creek; Mr. Rose survived, but Pilot Officer Hulton-Harrop became the first British pilot to be killed in World War II.

War
South Africa declared war on Germany. The Battle of Barking Creek, a friendly fire incident over West Mersea on the Essex coast, resulted in the death of Pilot Officer Montague Hulton-Harrop and a court martial, the papers of which have still not been released.

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
James Cannon Jr., 79. U.S. clergyman. Dr. Cannon was elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1918. He became Legislative Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America in 1909, and was the most powerful temperance advocate in the United States in the late 1920s. Personal and financial scandals led to charges against Dr. Cannon in both church and criminal courts; he was acquitted every time, but the accusations and details that were revealed were enough to damage his reputation and destroy his influence.

War
The city of Ypres, Belgium was liberated by Allied forces. U.S. forces in France fought their way across the Moselle River between Metz and Nancy, making progress toward the German border. Soviet forces captured Turnu Severin, Romania at the Danube River's Iron Gate pass, and also captured the Estonian city of Tartu. The U.S. State Department announced the recognition of the Czech and Slovak resistance forces and warned Germany to treat them according to the rules of war.

Defense
The United States Army said that it would demobilize about 1 million soldiers when the war against Germany ended.

Economics and finance
U.S. War Production Board director Donald Nelson and Patrick Hurley, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal representative to Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, arrived in Chungking on a mission "to lay the groundwork for postwar industrialization of China."

The U.S. Committee for Economic Development recommended postwar tax reductions; equalization on ability to pay; a flat corporation tax; and sufficient revenue to provide national debt reduction.

70 years ago
1949

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

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Lunch Box, starring Lawrence Fletcher, Lon McCallister, and John McGovern

This was the first episode of the season.

Died on this date
Lucien Descaves, 88. French author. Mr. Descaves wrote several dozen naturalistic and libertarian novels and other works from 1883-1946. His anti-military novel Sous-Offs (1889) resulted in charges of offending the army and public morality; he was acquitted, but was stripped of his military rank.

Radio
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters submitted a brief to the Royal Commission on Arts and Science, urging regulation of all broadcasting stations, by a "separate and completely impartial authority," whether the stations were owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or were privately owned.

War
An Allied military court in Tokyo acquitted Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the last chief of staff of the Japanese Navy, of responsibility for atrocities in the Philippines during World War II; the verdict closed the last major war crimes trial in Japan.

Crime
World War II veteran Howard Unruh, 28, went on a shooting spree in Camden, New Jersey, killing five women, five men, and two small boys in what was believed to be the worst such crime in U.S. history to date. He surrendered to police after a two-hour gun battle. A thirteenth victim later died in hospital.



Politics and government
Rightist Bolivian rebels announced the formation of a cabinet headed by Victor Paz Estenssoro despite reports of government gains in the southern provinces.

Vietnamese Chief of State Bao Dai designated Saigon as his provisional capital.

South African Prime Minister Dr. Daniel Malan told the Transvaal congress of the Nationalist Party that since the government had abolished the representation of Indians in Parliament, it was now resolved to abolish the direct vote of coloured people in Cape Province.

Society
In addition to his other comments to the the Transvaal congress of the Nationalist Party, S.A. Prime Minister Malan announced that "to protect the European race," every citizen in the country would have to carry an identification card classifying him as European, "native," coloured, or Indian, and that his government planned to create machinery in the next session of Palrliament to make it possible to enforce segregation in living areas.

Science
University of Chicago geologist Willard Libby announced the development of a means of determining the age of organic materials through measurement of radioactive carbon.

Health
Edmonton medical officer Dr. G.M. Little stated that four cases of polio had been reported over the Labour Day weekend, raising the city's 1949 total to eight. At the same time a year earlier, at least 50 cases had been reported, with four fatalities.

Business
U.S. authorities in Germany ordered the UFA film trust broken up and sold in separate units.

Labour
By a proxy vote of 6,745,000-760,000, delegates to the British Trades Union Congress conference in Bridlington, Yorkshire adopted a report from the general council disapproving Communist activities in affiliated unions.

The Finnish Trade Union Federation expelled seven unions for calling strikes in violation of federation orders.

Disasters
The flying boat Philippine Mars, with 40 passengers and a crew of 14, landed safely at Kechi Lagoon, Honolulu after dropping an engine 440 miles out to sea; it was convoyed by a Flying Fortress from Hawaii and a Pan-American strato-cruiser, after the flying boat had sent an urgent message to Hawaii.

Sport
Egypt defeated the United States to capture the world weightlifting championship in The Hague.

Swimming
Shirley May France, 17, of Somerset, Massachusetts, was forced to end her attempt to swim the English Channel, less than 6 miles from the English coast, after 10½ hours in the water. Her coach, Harry Boudakian, pulled her out, with the help of accompanying male swimmers from a nearby launch, when she tried to get away.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Oui, oui, oui, oui--Jean Phillipe (11th week at #1)

Died on this date
Andrew J. May, 84. U.S. politician. Mr. May, a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931-1947. In a press conference in June 1943 after returning to the United States from a war junket, Rep. May said that American submarines had a high survival rate because Japanese depth charges were exploding at too shallow a depth. When Rep. May's remarks became known, the Japanese then adjusted their depth charges; Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, commander of the U.S. submarine fleet in the Pacific, estimated that Rep. May's security breach cost the United States Navy as many as ten submarines and 800 crewmen killed in action. Rep. May was defeated in the 1946 election, and in 1947 was convicted by a jury of accepting $53,634 in bribes from munitions dealers Murray and Henry Garsson. He served nine months in prison, but remained active in Democratic Party politics, and was granted a full pardon by President Harry Truman in 1952.

Edmund Gwenn, 81. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. Gwenn, born Edmund John Kellaway, began his career on stage in London in 1895, and began his film career in 1916, appearing in more than 80 movies in Britain and the United States after moving to Hollywood in 1939. He won an Academy Award for his supporting performance in Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting performance in Mister 880 (1950). Mr. Gwenn appeared in four movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and appeared in numerous other notable films. He died of pneumonia following a stroke, 20 days before his 82nd birthday.

Kay Kendall, 32. U.K. actress. Miss Kendall, born Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy, was a comic actress known for her performances in movies such as Genevieve (1953); Doctor in the House (1954); and Les Girls (1957). She married actor Rex Harrison in 1957, who didn't tell her that she had leukemia; she died thinking she was suffering from an iron deficiency.

War
North Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong denounced the Laotian request for a United Nations emergency force, and demanded the reactivation of the International Control Commission for Laos.

Protest
In response to a call by African National Congress President Albert Luthuli, 1,000 Africans met in Durban to plan non-violent resistance to South Africa's apartheid policies.

Labour
U.S. Labor Secretary James Mitchell threatened to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act if the steel strike caused "an emergency affecting the national health and safety."

50 years ago
1969

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

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Que je t'aime--Johnny Hallyday

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

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

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

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

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)
2 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
3 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones
4 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
5 The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe--The Beatles
6 Spinning Wheel--Blood, Sweat & Tears
7 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
9 La La--The Flying Circus
10 One/Mr. Whippy--Johnny Farnham

Singles entering the chart were Jack and Jill by Tommy Roe (#37) and Green River/Commotion by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (4th week at #1)
2 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees
3 Scarlet Ribbons--The Cats
4 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb
5 Venus--Shocking Blue
6 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
7 Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
9 Bloody Mary--Tom & Dick
10 Ma Belle Amie--Tee-Set

Singles entering the chart were My Special Prayer by Percy Sledge (#32); Ay Que Viva La Sangria by Brigitte Bardot (#35); Time Will Show by Cloverleaf (#36); Scheiden Tut So Weh by Heintje (#39); and Alors Je Chante by Rika Zaraï (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (3rd week at #1)
2 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Get Together--The Youngbloods
6 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
7 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
8 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
9 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
10 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones

Singles entering the chart were Armstrong by John Stewart (#75); We Gotta All Get Together by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#80); Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná (#81); Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman (#82); Sausalito (Is the Place to Go) by Ohio Express (#86); Runnin' Blue by the Doors (#89); Make Believe by Wind (#90); Moonlight Sonata by Henry Mancini and his Orchestra (#91); MacArthur Park by Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys (#93); Baby it's You by Smith (#94); Luna Trip by Dickie Goodman (#95); Slum Baby by Booker T. & the M.G.'s (#98); and Life and Death in G & A by Abaco Dream (#99). Luna Trip was a "break-in" record, with an interviewer asking questions, and the "answers" consisting of clips of recent hit singles by various artists.

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

Singles entering the chart were And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) by the 4 Seasons (#61); Here I Go Again by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#69); Son of a Lovin' Man by the Buchanan Brothers (#72); Make Believe by Wind (#74); World (Part 1) by James Brown (#85); Love's Been Good to Me by Frank Sinatra (#86); Slum Baby by Booker T. & the M.G.'s (#87); Life and Death in G & A by Abaco Dream (#89); Kool and the Gang by Kool and the Gang (#91); Baby it's You by Smith (#94); Billy, I've Got to Go to Town by Geraldine Stevens (#95); Baby, I'm for Real by the Originals (#96); Sugar Bee by Mitch Ryder (#97); Get Off My Back Woman by B.B. King (#98); and We Can Make It by Ray Charles (#99). Here I Go Again was the other side of Doggone Right, which had peaked at #36 on July 26, and was now off the chart.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Laughing--The Guess Who
2 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 When I Die--Motherlode
5 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
6 Get Together--The Youngbloods
7 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
9 Soul Deep--The Box Tops
10 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night

Singles entering the chart were Make Believe by Wind (#66); And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) by the 4 Seasons (#69); Life and Death in G & A by Abaco Dream (#71); Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman (#72); Sausalito (Is the Place to Go) by Ohio Express (#75); Don't it Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South and the Believers (#76); Which Way You Goin' Billy? by the Poppy Family (#78); Can't Find the Time to Tell You by Orpheus (#79); Armstrong by John Stewart (#83); Slum Baby by Booker T. & the M.G.'s (#85); Sugar Bee by Mitch Ryder (#87); Curly by Jimmy Clanton (#90); Here I Go Again by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#92); Baby, I'm for Real by the Originals (#94); Love's Been Good to Me by Frank Sinatra (#95); Billy, I've Got to Go to Town by Geraldine Stevens (#96); Get Off My Back Woman by B.B. King (#97); World (Part 1) by James Brown (#98); I Want You to Know by the New Colony Six (#99); and MacArthur Park by Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)
2 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 The Ballad of John and Yoko--The Beatles
5 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
6 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
7 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
9 Get Together--The Youngbloods
10 Sunrise to Sunset--Five Man Electrical Band
Pick hit of the week: Did You See Her Eyes--The Illusion

War
Two days of shelling of the U.S. Marine jail at Da Nang by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces concluded with the deaths of dozens of guards and three prisoners. The U.S. death toll for the week was 137, down from 185 the week before, but South Vietnam’s total rose from 354 to 502, reflecting the continuing Vietnamization of the war. Communist deaths were put at 2,291, down 202 from the previous week. There were 1,449 American wounded.

Society
Alabama ended its first week of widespread school integration with no trouble and no resistance from white parents. Nevertheless, Governor George Wallace urged defiance by white parents.

Disasters
Floods from Hurricane Francelia left 17 dead and 50 missing in Guatemala.

Football
CFL
Montreal (0-4-2) 22 @ Ottawa (5-1) 47
Calgary (4-3) 20 @ Edmonton (1-6) 10
Winnipeg (2-4-1) 7 @ British Columbia (1-6) 11

Vic Washington scored 3 touchdowns to help the Rough Riders rout the Alouettes at Lansdowne Park. Margene Adkins, Whit Tucker, and Jay Roberts also scored touchdowns for Ottawa as they rolled up 589 yards in net offense. Carroll Williams relieved Sonny Wade at quarterback for Montreal to begin the 2nd half, and threw touchdown passes to Peter Dalla Riva, Garry Lefebvre, and Peter Howlett, all in the 4th quarter. Ottawa defensive back Don Sutherin made his 47th career interception in the 1st quarter, breaking a record formerly held by Oscar Kruger, who had retired after the 1965 season, and Ed Learn, who was still active with the Toronto Argonauts.



Calgary quarterback Jerry Keeling rushed for 2 touchdowns and Ted Woods rushed for another in the Stampeders’ win over the Eskimos. 21,699 bored fans at Clarke Stadium sat through a turnover-filled game in which the winning team amassed just 198 yards in net offense, and the Eskimos 221. Corey Colehour had what he described as his worst game as a pro, completing 12 of 27 passes for 123 yards and 4 interceptions. Backup quarterback Charlie Fulton was unavailable for the second straight game because of a leg injury. Jim Thomas carried 16 times for 46 yards and caught 4 passes for 52 to lead the Eskimo offense, while Art Perkins carried 7 times for 35 yards. The Eskimos made 3 interceptions, all by John Wydareny. The loss was the Eskimos’ sixth in a row.

B.C. quarterback Paul Brothers capped off a late drive by completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to Jim Evenson with 1:18 remaining in the game to give the Lions their first win of the season before 25,051 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The Blue Bombers’ points came on a converted touchdown by Ken Nielsen on a pass from quarterback Wally Gabler. The win was just the eighth for B.C. since Jim Champion had taken over as head coach after 4 games of the 1967 season, and turned out to be his last as B.C.'s head coach.

40 years ago
1979

Died on this date
Ronald Binge, 69. U.K. composer and arranger. Mr. Binge worked as a cinema organist before joining the orchestra of Annunzio Mantovani and arranging many of Mr. Mantovani's works. Mr. Binge later became a composer of light music, including Elizabethan Serenade (1951). He died of liver cancer.

Space
Scientists reported that the U.S. probe Pioneer 11 had discovered an 11th satellite orbiting Saturn and two more rings of debris encircling it. The U.S. probe swept within 13,000 miles of the planet and then flew to Titan, Saturn’s large moon.

A total eclipse of the moon was visible from most of South America, North America except the northeastern part, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Australia, part of Antarctica, the eastern part of Asia, and the eastern part of the Indian Ocean.

Terrorism
U.S. President Jimmy Carter commuted the sentences of four Puerto Rican nationalists, including Oscar Collazo, who had attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman in 1950. The others--Irving Flores, Lolita Lebron, and Raphael Cancel-Miranda--had sprayed gunfire from the gallery overlooking the House of Representatives in 1954 and had wounded five Congressmen. Puerto Rican Governor Carlos Romero Barcelo had opposed the commutation, arguing that the prisoners’ release would encourage terrorism and "would constitute a menace to public safety." The White House said that President Carter was motivated by "humane" considerations and that the consensus of law enforcement officials consulted was that there was little risk of the nationalists becoming the rallying point of terrorist activity.

Economics and finance
Quebec Minister of State for Economic Development Bernard Landry released a 523-page economic policy statement titled Building Quebec.

Disasters
Hurricane David dwindled to a stiff wind driving heavy rains and spawning tornadoes as it moved north through Virginia.

Baseball
The San Francisco Giants fired manager Joe Altobelli and replaced him with coach Dave Bristol. The Giants were in fourth place in the National League West Division with a record of 61-79.

Gary Carter's home run off Lynn McGlothen with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning enabled the Montreal Expos to defeat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 before 14,767 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. It was the Expos' 79th win of the season--a team record--and 10th in a row. The Cubs had a runner on second base with none out in the bottom of the 9th inning, but Woodie Fryman retired Larry Biittner on a foul popup and Steve Ontiveros on a ground out to first base, and struck out pinch hitter Ken Henderson to end the game. David Palmer allowed 6 hits in 8+ innings to get the win, improving his 1979 record to 8-2. Mr. McGlothen allowed 8 hits in falling to 11-11.

The Cincinnati Reds scored 6 runs in the 1st inning and led 11-1 after 3 innings as they coasted to a 12-3 win over the San Francisco Giants before 20,935 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Johnny Bench, Dan Driessen, Dave Concepcion, and George Foster hit home runs for the Reds--all in the first 2 innings--while Rob Andrews hit a pair of solo homers for the Giants. Tom Seaver (14-6) allowed 5 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings to win over Bob Knepper (9-11).

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning,, 2 in the 3rd, and 3 in the 4th as they overcame an early 3-0 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 before 14,767 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, reducing the Pirates' lead over the Expos in the National League East Division to 1 game.

J.R. Richard (16-12) pitched a 3-hitter, striking out 9 batters and walking none, outduelling Bob Owchinko (4-10) as the Houston Astros shut out the San Diego Padres 2-0 before 12,416 fans at the Astrodome to remain ½ game ahead of the Reds in the National League West Division pennant race.

Don Baylor led off the bottom of the 8th inning with a single and scored on a 1-out double by Dickie Thon to break a 9-9 tie as the California Angels edged the Chicago White Sox 10-9 before 20,930 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Seven different Angels each had 2 hits. Fred Howard, the fifth of six Chicago pitchers, allowed 1 hit and no runs in 1 inning in his 28th and last major league game.

30 years ago
1989

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

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Licence to Kill--Gladys Knight (7th week at #1)

Diplomacy
The United States evacuated its entire staff from the U.S. embassy in Beirut, the first time since the beginning of civil war in Lebanon in 1975 that there had been no U.S. diplomatic presence in that country. The action wwas taken a day after 1,000 people blockaded the embassy and demanded that the U.S. recognize the government of Gen. Michel Aoun, head of the Christian regime in Lebanon.

Politics and government
In the South African general election, the ruling National Party lost ground in voting for white parliamentary seats. The NP emerged with 93 seats (a loss of 30), to 39 for the Conservative Party and 30 for the Democratic Party. Acting President F.W. de Klerk called the results a mandate for his plan for a gradual reform of the nation’s apartheid system of racial segregation. Hundreds of thousands of Negroes joined a general strike to protest exclusion from the election. Unofficially, 25 deaths were linked to election violence.

Crime
Eduardo Martinez, a Colombian linked to the Medellin drug cartel, was extradited to the United States. He was the first person sent to the U.S. since Colombia had resumed extraditing suspected drug operatives for trial.

25 years ago
1994

Died on this date
James Clavell, 72. Australian-born U.S. writer. Mr. Clavell wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for movies such as The Fly (1958); The Great Escape (1963); and To Sir, with Love (1967), but was probably best known for his novels King Rat (1962); Tai-Pan (1966); and Shogun (1975).

Nicky Hopkins, 50. U.K. musician. Mr. Hopkins was a pianist and organist who was briefly a member of The Jeff Beck Group, and Quicksilver Messenger Service, but was best known as a session player, performing with such artists as the Rolling Stones and the Kinks. He suffered from Crohn's Disease for most of his life, and died from complications after intestinal surgery.

Diplomacy
Six days after the Irish Republican Army had declared a cease-fire, Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds met with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing. The two declared that their goal was a lasting agreement on the future of Northern Ireland that all parties could accept. British Prime Minister John Major met with Rev. Ian Paisley, a Member of the European Parliament and one of Northern Ireland's most prominent Protestant leaders. The meeting ended when Rev. Paisley declined to accept Mr. Major's assurance that no secret deal had been struck with the IRA.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
René Lecavalier, 81. Canadian sportscaster. Mr. Lecavalier was a news announcer and war correspondent with Radio-Canada who moved into sports, calling play-by-play for the first hockey game ever televised in Canada in 1952 on La Soirée du hockey, continuing until his retirement in 1985. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

Lagumot Harris, 60. President of Nauru, 1978, 1995-1996. Mr. Harris, a cousin of President René Harris, represented Ubenide in the Nauruan Parliament (1968-1976, 1977-1980, 1994-1998) and served as President from April 19-May 15, 1978 and November 22, 1995-November 11, 1996. He died in Melbourne, Australia.

Steve Little, 43. U.S. football player. Mr. Little was a kicker and punter who had an outstanding career with the University of Arkansas (1975-1977), and tied the NCAA record with a 67-yard field goal in 1977. He was drafted in the first round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1978, but failed to have the same success in the National Football League that he had enjoyed in university, making just 13 of 27 field goal attempts and 41 of 51 extra points before being released after 6 games of the 1980 season. Just hours after his release, Mr. Little was driving too fast, and was involved in a car accident that left him a quadriplegic. He died in a hospice in Little Rock, where he was cared for by his brother.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-5) 28 @ Hamilton (5-4) 35
Edmonton (3-6) 33 @ Calgary (6-3) 30 (OT)

3 interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown by Gerald Vaughn just 1:40 into the game, were the difference as the Tiger-Cats won a close game against the Argonauts in front of a sellout crowd of 28,895 at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

37,611 fans at McMahon Stadium witnessed perhaps the strangest ending to any of the Labour Day games between the Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos. With time for just one more play in the second period of overtime and the Stampeders with the ball on the Eskimo 1-yard line, Calgary quarterback Mike McCoy sneaked over for what appeared to be the winning touchdown. However, Eskimo linebacker Terry Ray had noticed that the Eskimos had 13 men on the field and had signalled for time out just before the snap; the officials granted his request. The down was replayed, the Stampeders ran the same play--and after what seemed like an interminable delay, with no signal from the officials--Mr. McCoy had been stopped short of the goal line by Edmonton defensive tackle Eric Johnson. Barefoot kicker Jon Baker was a hero for the Eskimos; his 52-yard field goal with 1:21 remaining in the fourth quarter (set up by a 79-yard return by Donnie Ashley of a missed field goal) sent the game into overtime, and his 47-yard field goal on the last play of the first overtime period proved to be the winning margin. The Eskimos rushed for 219 yards, led by Troy Mills, who carried 22 times for 127 yards. Calgary running back Kelvin Anderson had one of his worst games, rushing 11 times for just 22 yards, and losing a rare fumble at a crucial time. Travis Moore led the Stampeder attack with 8 receptions for 106 yards. Dave Dickenson made his first start at quarterback for the Stampeders since being injured on July 22. He completed 22 of 30 passes for 264 yards and 2 touchdowns, but was sacked 7 times, and reinjured his left shoulder.

10 years ago
2009

Disasters
The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sank off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but 10 were rescued.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (3-6) 14 @ Saskatchewan (5-4) 29