October 7, 2019

1,090 years ago
929

Died on this date
Charles the Simple, 50. King of West Francia, 898-922. Charles the Simple, the third son of King Louis the Stammerer, was crowned in 893 by a faction opposed to King Odo, but became king only upon Odo's death in 898. Charles was deposed in a revolt by nobles and replaced by King Robert I, and was defeated in an attempt to reclaim the throne in 923. Charles the Simple was captured and imprisoned, and died in prison at Péronne, 19 days after his 50th birthday.

610 years ago
1409

Born on this date
Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Queen consort of Hungary (1437-1439), Germany (1438-1439), and Bohemia (1438-1439). Elizabeth, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor and King Sigismund of Hungary, married the future King Albert II in 1422, and was expected to ascend to her father's thrones, but only Albert was accepted as the monarch by the moility, and she was relegated to the position of consort. Elizabeth became a dowager when Albert II died in 1439, and was de facto monarch of Hungary until Vladislaus of Poland was elected King of Hungary in 1540. Elizabeth continued unsuccessfully to regain power, but died on December 19, 1442 at the age of 33, rumoured to have been poisoned.

250 years ago
1769

Born on this date
Solomon Sibley. U.S. politician and jurist. Mr. Sibley was one of the first two lawyers in Detroit, and served as the city's first Mayor in 1806. He represented Michigan Territory in the U.S. Congress (1820-1823), and sat on the Michigan Territorial Supreme Court (1824-1837), serving as Chief Justice from 1827 until he was forced to retire in 1837 because of deafness. Mr. Sibley died on April 4, 1846 at the age of 76.

170 years ago
1849

Born on this date
James Whitcomb Riley. U.S. poet. Mr. Riley, a lifelong resident of Indiana, wrote about 1,000 poems, and became known as the "Hoosier Poet" and the "Children's Poet." His poems included Little Orphant Annie (1885) and The Raggedy Man (1888). Mr. Riley died after a stroke on July 22, 1916 at the age of 66.

Died on this date
Edgar Allan Poe, 40. U.S. writer. Mr. Poe, best known as a literary critic during his lifetime, has been better known since then for his Gothic poetry and fiction. He has been credited as the orginator of the detective story. Mr. Poe died four days after being found in a state of delirium on the streets of Baltimore; the cause of death remains a matter of dispute. For more on the master of the macabre, go here and here.

140 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Joe Hill. Swedish-born U.S. labour activist. Mr. Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, moved to the United States at the age of 23. He became an itinerant labourer in the western states, joining the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and writing songs for the labour movement. He was executed by a firing squad in Utah on November 9, 1915 at the age of 36 for the 1914 murder in Salt Lake City of former policeman John Morrison. There were, and still are, allegations that Mr. Hill was innocent, and that his trial was unfair. Mr. Hill remains an influential figure in the organized labour movement.

Defense
Germany and Austria-Hungary signed the "Twofold Covenant" and created the Dual Alliance.

130 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Robert Z. Leonard. U.S. film director. Mr. Leonard's movies included The Divorcee (1930); Dancing Lady (1933); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); and Pride and Prejudice (1940). He died on August 27, 1968 at the age of 78.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Del Lord. Canadian-born U.S. actor and director. Mr. Lord, a native of Grimsby, Ontario, moved to New York and then to Hollywood, where he appeared in Keystone Kops comedies as the driver of the van, and also had the chance to direct some films. He directed short comedy films at Columbia Pictures from 1935-1945, many of them starring the Three Stooges. Mr. Lord died on March 23, 1970 at the age of 75.

Died on this date
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 85. U.S. physician and writer. Dr. Holmes advocated medical reforms such as the improvement of hygiene and the use of the stethoscope, but became better known as one of New England's Fireside Poets. He also wrote prose, including collections of essays such as The Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table (1858). Dr. Holmes' son Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902-1932.

120 years ago
1899

Football
CRU
ORFU
Ottawa (0-1) 4 @ Kingston (1-0) 11
Hamilton (0-1) 6 @ Toronto (1-0) 11

Baseball
The Brooklyn Superbas routed the New York Giants 13-2 to clinch the National League pennant.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Erastus Corning II. U.S. politician. Mr. Corning, a Democrat, sat in the New York State Assembly (1936) and the New York State Senate (1937-1941) before serving as Mayor of Albany from 1942 until his death on May 28, 1983 at the age of 73. His more than 41 years in office remains the longest mayoral tenure of any major city in the United States.

Tony Malinosky. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Malinosky was a third baseman and shortstop with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937), batting .228 with no home runs and 3 runs batted in in 35 games. He played 599 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues from 1932-1938. Mr. Malinosky died on February 8, 2011 at the age of 101.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Georges Duby. French historian. Dr. Duby specialized in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages, and was one of the most prominent medieval scholars of the 20th century; his best-known work was his published doctoral thesis, La société aux XIe et XIIe siècles dans la région mâconnaise (Society in the 11th and 12th centuries in the Mâconnais region) (1952). Dr. Duby died on December 3, 1996 at the age of 77.

Zelman Cowen. Governor-General of Australia, 1977-1982. Sir Zelman, born Zelman Cohen, was Dean of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Law, and was known as an expert on constitutional law. He died of Parkinson's disease on December 8, 2011 at the age of 92.

Died on this date
Alfred Deakin, 63. Prime Minister of Australia, 1903-1904, 1905-1908, 1909-1910. Mr. Deakin entered politics in Victoria in 1879, and was a leader in the movement for Australian federation, which took effect in 1901. He succeeded the retiring Edmund Barton as leader of the Protectionist Party and Prime Minister in 1903, but resigned as Prime Minister in 1904 after a poor performance in the general election. Mr. Deakin returned to power in 1905, and achieved the passage of numerous laws that helped to form the basis of modern Australia. His government was forced out of office by the Labour Party in 1908, but Mr. Deakin returned to power in 1909 as leader of a coalition known as the "Fusion," which combined the Protectionist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party to form the Commonwealth Liberal Party. The Fusion was seen by many as a betrayal of Liberal principles, and was soundly defeated in the 1910 general election. Mr. Deakin resigned from Parliament after losing the Liberal Party leadership to Joseph Cook in 1913. Within a couple of years he was showing signs of dementia, and he became an invalid and died of meningoencephalitis.

Transportation
The Dutch airline KLM was founded; it's the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

Baseball
World Series
Chicago White Sox 5 @ Cincinnati Reds 4 (10 innings) (Cincinnati led best-of-nine series 4-2)

Buck Weaver doubled to lead off the top of the 10th inning and scored on a 1-out single by Chick Gandil to break a 4-4 tie as the White Sox, down 4-0 after 4 innings and facing elimination, rallied to beat the Reds before 32,006 fans at Redland Field. Dickie Kerr pitched an 11-hit complete game for his second win of the series, winning over Jimmy Ring, who fell to 1-1, pitching the final 5 innings in relief of Dutch Ruether.

90 years ago
1929

Religion
Photios II became Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Basil III.

80 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Harvey Cushing, 70. U.S. physician. Dr. Cushing is often referred to as the "father of modern neurosurgery."

War
French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier delivered an address that was broadcast nationwide, responding to the previous day's offer of peace from German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. Mr. Daladier said, "We took up arms against aggression. We shall not put them down until we have guarantees for a real peace and security, a security which is not threatened every six months."



Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (0-1) 4 @ Ottawa (1-0) 32
Montreal (0-1) 2 @ Toronto (1-0) 7

WIFU
Regina (3-5) 0 @ Edmonton (2-6) 5

Coach Bob Fritz scored the touchdown as the Eskimos ended a 5-game losing streak before 2,000 fans at Clarke Stadium.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 7 @ Cincinnati Reds 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Charlie Keller hit 2 home runs, scored 3 runs, and drove in 4 runs to lead the Yankees over the Reds before 32,723 fans at Crosley Field. Joe DiMaggio hit a 2-run homer for the Yankees and Bill Dickey added a solo homer.



75 years ago
1944

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Always Hurt the One You Love--The Mills Brothers (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Swinging on a Star--Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet (Jukebox--8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Helmut Lent, 26. German military aviator. Oberst Lent, a Luftwaffe ace, shot down 110 enemy planes during World War II--102 at night. He died two days after sustaining serious injuries in a crash while on a routine flight.

War
In the largest U.S.-coordinated air assault in the European theatre, more than 3,400 planes struck at Nazi targets in Germany and Austria. U.S. troops in Germany took Alsdorf and Baesweiler, north of Aachen. Soviet forces captured nine major Hungarian towns and 300 other localities as they advanced from Gyula to Gyoma and reached to within 83 miles of Budapest. For the first time since March, Japanese troops penetrated the Indian state of Bengal.

Protest
During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burned down the crematoria.

Diplomacy
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference concluded with a 5,000-word document in the name of the four powers represented--U.S.A.; U.K.; U.S.S.R.; and China--and proposed a United Nations organization to:
1. Maintain international peace and security;
2. Develop friendly relations among nations and take other measures to strengthen peace;
3. Achieve international cooperation in the solution of economic, social, and humanitarian problems;
4. Afford a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the achievement of these ends.

Politics and government
New York Governor and Republican Party candidate for President of the United States Thomas Dewey charged that Communists were supporting the re-election campaign of President Franklin D. Roosevelt because he was forming his own corporate state.

Art
Dr. Francis Taylor of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art announced upon his return from Europe that the continent's art collections and historic landmarks had escaped with little damage except in Great Britain.

Football
MASSFL
Bombing and Gunnery School (MacDonald) (0-2) 7 @ Canadian Army (Winnipeg) (1-0) 24

Harry Hood scored 3 touchdowns and Sammy Fabro scored another TD as the Grenades beat the Mustangs at Osborne Stadium. Fritz Hanson kicked 3 converts for the Army. Earl Davis scored the B&G touchdown; Gerry Ackford converted and added a single.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 5 @ St. Louis Browns 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Stan Musial batted 3 for 4 and hit a 2-run home run in the top of the 1st inning to open the scoring as the Cardinals beat the Browns before 35,455 fans at Sportsman's Park. Harry Brecheen pitched a 9-hit complete game for the victory.



70 years ago
1949

Died on this date
A.P. Laurie, 87. U.K. chemist. Arthur Pillans Laurie, a native of Edinburgh, pioneered the use of chemical analysis to discover the composition of artworks, and so to show their true age and origins. He was the first to use infrared photography to reveal deeper layers of paint. Professor Laurie wrote a number of technical books on art, but was best known for The Case for Germany (1939), which praised the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler.

Abominations
The German Democratic Republic, better known as East Germany, was founded, as the East German People's Council transformed itself into a legislative People's Chamber, which issued a 20-point manifesto calling for the conclusion of a German peace treaty and German reunification.

Diplomacy
U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Admiral Alan Kirk urged American recognition of the Chinese Communist government as a means of countering "Soviet imperialism" in Manchuria and China.

Defense
U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur Radford, commander of the Pacific fleet, criticized the Defense Department in testimony before the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, accusing Defense Secretary Louis Johnson of withholding Navy funds already approved by Congress. He also attacked the Air Force concentration on heavy bombers at the expense of tactical aircraft.

Religion
The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ended in San Francisco after passing resolutions urging international control of Jerusalem and formation of a world government to keep peace.

Economics and finance
Four private U.S. banks granted a $10-million development loan to South Africa.

Labour
Danny Gardella, an outfielder who had been blacklisted by major league baseball after jumping to the Mexican League from the New York Giants in 1946, dropped his suit against baseball, settling out of court for a reported $80,000. Mr. Gardella's was the last remaining suit from players who had jumped to the Mexican League.

Representatives of the United Mine Workers of America and mine operators met with U.S. Federal Mediation Service director Cyrus Ching in Washington in an unsuccessful effort to settle the 19-day-old coal strike.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 4 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

A 2-run single by pinch hitter Johnny Mize capped a 3-run inning as the Yankees broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the 9th inning before 32,788 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The Dodgers came back in the bottom of the 9th with solo home runs by Luis Olmo and Roy Campanella off Joe Page, but the Yankees hung on, with Mr. Page pitching 5 2/3 innings in relief of Tommy Byrne to get the win over Ralph Branca, who allowed 4 hits and 4 earned runs in 8 2/3 innings.



60 years ago
1959

At the movies
4D Man, directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and starring Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, and James Congdon, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Mario Lanza, 38. U.S. singer and actor. A tenor who sang opera and other styles of music, Mr. Lanza, born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, was a popular and influential entertainer in the 1940s and '50s. In addition to live performances and recordings, he displayed his enormous talent in several movies, most notably The Great Caruso, which was the biggest box office hit of 1951. Mr. Lanza died of a heart attack in Rome after years of health problems, partially the result of too much food and drink.

Space
The Soviet probe Lunik 3 transmitted the first photographs of the far side of the Moon.

Diplomacy
Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai pledged continued development of Sino-Indian ties "on the basis of mutual sympathy...and peaceful coexistence."

Crime
Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul Karim el-Kassim was wounded and his chauffeur killed when five gunmen sprayed his car with machine gun fire in downtown Baghdad.

Disasters
300 people were rescued after being cut off by a fire on the world's longest pleasure pier on England's southeast coast.

Football
CRU
ORFU
London (6-3) 0 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (6-3) 19

Terry Meyer scored his 11th and 12th touchdowns of the season for the Dutchmen as they shut out the Lords at Waterloo Stadium. Rommie Loudd scored the other touchdown, while quarterback Bob Celeri added a single. The game had been rescheduled from a week earlier.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Je t'aime...mon non plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg (6th week at #1)

At the movies
Bitka na Neretvi (Battle of Neretva), directed by Veljko Bulajić, and starring Yul Brynner, Sergei Bondarchuk, Curt Jürgens, and many others, opened in theatres in Yugoslavia.



Died on this date
Léon Scieur, 81. Belgian cyclist. Mr. Scieur competed from 1913-1914 and 1919-1924, winning the Liège–Bastogne–Liège race in 1920 and the Tour de France in 1921.

Robert Dumas. Canadian police officer. Mr. Dumas, a member of the Sûreté du Québec, infiltrated the taxi liberation movement during the illegal police strike in Montreal, and was fatally shot during the resulting civil disturbance.

Music
The National Arts Centre Orchestra performed its first concert at Canada's National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Diplomacy
The People’s Republic of China announced that an agreement had been reached with the U.S.S.R. to open negotiations on their border dispute. No date was set for the meeting, to be held in Peking at the deputy foreign ministers’ level.

World events
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s best-known playwright, was released by the Nigerian federal government after being imprisoned for more than two years without formal charges. His arrest stemmed from a visit to Biafra in 1967, during which he urged a cease-fire. Mr. Soyinka’s release was apparently the first in an amnesty that was declared on October 1.

Protest
Montreal's 2,400 firefighters and the 3,700 policemen began an illegal strike, sowing anarchy in the city. In a few hours, there are several acts of vandalism, including bank robberies and fires, in every corner of the city. A total of 456 break-ins were listed on this one day, which was nicknamed the "Red October Seven". A pitched battle also broke out in front of the garages on Murray Hill, where shots were exchanged. Canadian soldiers and a few hundred police officers from the Sûreté du Québec were called in as reinforcements. Taking advantage of the police strike in Montreal, members of the taxi liberation movement improvised a demonstration in front of the Montreal City Hall. They then went to the Murray Hill Limousine Service garage, where they engaged in a ransacking, the damages of which were estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. Several pro-independence activists joined the group of drivers to protest "the conditions for taxi drivers, as well as (...) the privileges granted to the Murray Hill Company". The demonstration turned to rioting at the Murray Hill garage, as protesters destroyed buses, limousines and set fire to the facilities. Some police officers of the Sûreté du Québec were powerless to stop the chaos during which a few shots were fired. One of the shots struck Marc Carbonneau, a separatist activist who will be directly involved in the events of October 1970. Another cost the life of Robert Dumas, a police officer who had infiltrated the taxi liberation movement. Lucien Saulnier, President of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal, asked Quebec Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand to take emergency measures to restore calm. The Quebec National Assembly unanimously passed an emergency law (61) requiring strikers to return to their positions by 12:01 A.M. on October 8, on pain of severe penalties. Premier Bertrand defended this decision before the National Assembly by declaring: "When we create a climate of anarchy and chaos, the state has no right to fail in its responsibilities. The state must act, it acts. " At midnight, the union leaders eventually persuaded the police and firefighters to return to work.

Politics and government
General Emilio Garrastazu Medici, 63, was named as the choice of the armed forces to be the President of Brazil, succeeding Arthur Da Costa e Silva, who had been partially paralyzed by a stroke on August 31. Gen. Garrastazu, a career army officer for 42 years, promised to return the country to democratic rule.

Maynard Jackson, a 31-year-old attorney, defeated Alderman Milton Farris to become Atlanta’s first Negro mayor.

Academia
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University voted to call for an end to the Vietnam War and the withdrawal of American troops. It was though to be the first time that Harvard’s faculty had ever taken a political stand in opposition to government policy.

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals traded outfielders Curt Flood and Byron Browne, catcher Tim McCarver, and pitcher Joe Hoerner to the Philadelphia Phillies for first baseman Dick Allen, second baseman Cookie Rojas, and pitcher Jerry Johnson.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): I was Made For Lovin' You--Kiss (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Tu sei l'unica donna per me--Alan Sorrenti (8th week at #1)

Religion
Pope John Paul II spent the final day of his American tour in Washington. Among his activities was a mass at the Capitol Mall.

Politics and government
The governing Liberal Democratic Party retained a narrow margin of control of the 511-member House of Representatives in the Japanese general election. The failure of the party to increase its strength was a setback for Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, who had led the party and the country since the previous November. Mr. Ohira had set a goal of 271 seats, but the Liberal Democrats won just 250. 10 independents supported the Liberal Democrats, giving them a working majority in the House. Mr. Ohira’s proposal of a tax increase was held responsible for the setback.

Protest
More than 2,500 demonstrators attempted to occupy two nuclear power plants under construction in Seabrook, New Hampshire, and were driven back by club-wielding police and National Guardsmen.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (6-4-2) 20 @ Saskatchewan (0-12) 19

Saskatchewan quarterback Danny Sanders threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Joey Walters with 21 seconds remaining to draw the Roughriders within 1 point; head coach Ron Lancaster chose to try for the win instead of the tie, and went for a 2-point convert attempt. Mr. Sanders threw to the end zone for Mr. Walters, but Ottawa defensive back Mike Nelms intercepted. Saskatchewan had jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter on an 18-yard field goal by Bob Macoritti and a 70-yard touchdown pass from starting quarterback Lloyd Patterson to Willie Wilder. Ottawa came back with a field goal by Gerry Organ and an 11-yard touchdown run by quarterback Jimmy Jones. Mr. Macoritti’s 38 yard field goal early in the fourth quarter gave Saskatchewan a 13-10 lead, but Ottawa took the lead when Rough Rider running back Calvin Prince fumbled and teammate Bruce Walker recovered and ran 20 yards for a touchdown. Mr. Organ kicked a 29-yard field goal with just 1:15 remaining to give Ottawa a 20-13 lead before Mr. Sanders drove the Roughriders downfield. 19,340 disappointed fans were in attendance at Taylor Field in Regina.



30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Swing The Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Lambada--Kaoma (11th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Ride on Time--Black Box (5th week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)
2 Pump Up the Jam--Technotronic featuring Felly
3 Sowing the Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
4 The Invisible Man--Queen
5 The Best--Tina Turner
6 French Kiss--Lil Louis
7 Crazy About Her--Rod Stewart
8 Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt--Lisa Marie with Malcolm McLaren & the Bootzilla Orchestra
9 Love in an Elavator--Aerosmith
10 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher

Singles entering the chart were A Bit Of.. by Kiss AMC (#23); It's Hard to Be Tender by Carly Simon (#28); Room in Your Heart by Living in a Box (#34); De Wind by Kadanz (#35); and Blame it on the Boogie by Big Fun (#36).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson
2 Cherish--Madonna
3 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
4 Heaven--Warrant
5 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
6 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
7 Love Song--The Cure
8 18 and Life--Skid Row
9 Bust a Move--Young M.C.
10 It's No Crime--Babyface

Singles entering the chart were Angelia by Richard Marx (#52); Blame it on the Rain by Milli Vanilli (#65); Living in Sin by Bon Jovi (#72); Licence to Chill by Billy Ocean (#76); If You Asked Me To by Patti LaBelle (#86); Girl I am Searching for You by Stevie B (#87); The Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#91); Touch the Fire by Icehouse (#93); Sold Me Down the River by the Alarm (#94); and I Want You by Shana (#97). If You Asked Me To was from the movie Licence to Kill (1989).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cherish--Madonna
2 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson
3 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
4 Heaven--Warrant
5 18 and Life--Skid Row
6 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
7 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
8 Love Song--The Cure
9 One--Bee Gees
10 Don't Look Back--Fine Young Cannibals

Singles entering the chart were Angelia by Richard Marx (#53); The Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#70); Living in Sin by Bon Jovi (#75); Back to Life by Soul II Soul (#77); Licence to Chill by Billy Ocean (#80); Don't Close Your Eyes by Kix (#85); and Me So Horny by 2 Live Crew (#90).

Politics and government
Delegates to the congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party voted 1,005-159 to transform the party from a communist into a socialist party. Those in the majority believed that the change would permit the party to compete more effectively in free democratic national elections planned for the spring of 1990.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev and East German President Erich Honecker reviewed a military parade in East Berlin.

Football
CIAU
St. Mary's 40 Acadia 14
St. Francis Xavier 42 Mount Allison 16
McGill 14 Bishop's 11
Queen's 25 Concordia 6
Waterloo 25 McMaster 21
Western Ontario 30 Windsor 4
British Columbia (3-3) 10 @ Saskatchewan (4-1) 31

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 6 @ Toronto 5 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Rickey Henderson hit a pair of 2-run home runs and Jose Canseco blasted a solo home run into SkyDome’s upper deck to help the Athletics defeat the Blue Jays before 50,076 fans at SkyDome.



National League Championship Series
Chicago 4 @ San Francisco 5 (San Francisco led best-of-seven series 2-1)

A 2-run home run by Robby Thompson in the bottom of the 7th inning lifted the Giants over the Cubs before 62,065 fans at Candlestick Park.



25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Saturday Night--Whigfield (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Niels Kaj Jerne, 82. U.K.-born Danish immunologist. Dr. Jerne, whose Danish parents moved to London the year before his birth, moved to the Netherlands with his family in 1914, and eventually settled in Denmark. He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies."

Defense
U.S. President Bill Clinton announced that he was sending the United States Navy and Marines to the Persian Gulf area in response to an Iraqi military buildup along the Kuwait-Iraq border.

Law
The Haitian National Assembly completed action on a bill that would allow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to pardon those accused of political offenses, but this option was not extended to murder and other human rights abuses, thus preventing the materialization of the general amnesty visualized in the accord reached in September between Haitian and American negotiators.

The regular session of the 103rd United States Congress ended with several bills failing to pass because of Republican Party filibusters. The bills that failed included one that would have barred most gifts from lobbyists to members of Congress; one to restrict spending in congressional campaigns and special-interest contributions to campaigns; changes in the Superfund--providing money to clean up hazardous waste sites; changes to the 1872 Mining Act that would have required companies to pay royalties and comply with new environmental standards; and an effort to reform the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had declined to 5.9% in September.

Football
CFL
Las Vegas (5-9) 16 @ Baltimore (10-4) 22

Mike Pringle rushed for 133 yards and caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Tracy Ham as the Baltimore Football Club defeated the Posse before 34,186 fans at Memorial Stadium. Mr. Ham also connected with Chris Armstrong for an 18-yard touchdown just 1:13 into the game. Jon Volpe scored the only Las Vegas touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 3rd quarter.



20 years ago
1999

Politics and government
Adrienne Clarkson, a native of Hong Kong and former longtime CBC broadcaster, was sworn in as Governor General of Canada.

The government of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, increased its majority in parliamentary elections in India. The Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, widow and daughter-in-law of two former prime ministers, trailed badly. Mr. Vajpayee promised to aim at getting peace talks restarted between India and Pakistan.

Health
The United States House of Representatives voted 275-151 in favour of a bill that would set uniform national standards for health insurance and allow patients to sue health insurance plans that provided poor treatment or harmed patients by denying care.

American Home Products, manufacturer of a diet bill combination called fenphen, agreed to a $3.75-billion settlement of 6,500 lawsuits affecting 6 million users of the pill. Fenphen had been sold to overweight people as a a weight-loss alternative to exercise and dieting, but had been withdrawn from the market in 1997 at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after studies linked it to heart valve defects.

Football
CIAU
McMaster (4-1) 31 @ Toronto (1-4) 20

Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Ray Miller and general manager Frank Wren. In 2 seasons as manager, Mr. Miller had compiled a record of 157-167. According to a member of the front office‚ Mr. Wren was fired for a "season-long series of incidents involving a variety of personnel matters‚ both with front office staff and players." Among the incidents was refusing to hold up the departure of a plane to wait for Cal Ripken, Jr., who was late getting to the airport.

Major league baseball announced that the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs would open the 2000 regular season outside North America for the first time, playing 2 games in Tokyo on March 29 and 30.

American League Division Series
Boston 1 @ Cleveland 11 (Cleveland led best-of-five series 2-0)

Jim Thome hit a grand slam and Harold Baines hit a 3-run home run for the Indians, who scored 6 runs in the 3rd inning and 5 in the 4th to rout the Red Sox before 45,184 fans at Jacobs Field. Charles Nagy allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings to win over Bret Saberhagen.





Texas 1 @ New York 3 (New York led best-of-five series 2-0)

Andy Pettitte allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 7 1/3 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Rich Helling as the Yankees beat the Rangers before 57,485 fans at Yankee Stadium.



10 years ago
2009

Baseball
National League Division Series
Colorado 1 @ Philadelphia 5 (Philadelphia led best-of-five series 1-0)



St. Louis 3 @ Los Angeles 5 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 1-0)



American League Division Series
Minnesota 2 @ New York 7 (New York led best-of-five series 1-0)