June 10, 2020

830 years ago
1190

Died on this date
Frederick I, 67 or 68. Holy Roman Emperor, 1155-1190; King of Burgundy, 1152-1190; King of Germany, 1152-1190; King of Italy, 1155-1190. Frederick I, also known as Frederick Barbarossa because of his red beard, succeeded Lothair III as Holy Roman Emperor, and is regarded as one of the most successful of Holy Roman Emperors. Emperor Frederick I was leading the Third Crusade to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin when he drowned in the Saleph River in Turkey, perhaps after suffering a heart attack. He was succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor by Henry VI.

170 years ago
1850

Communications
The Fredericton and Saint John Electric Telegraph Company was incorporated in Saint John, New Brunswick.

140 years ago
1880

Baseball
Charley Jones of the Boston Red Caps became the first major leaguer to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning, hitting his 3rd and 4th homers of the season in the 8th against Tom Poorman in a 19-3 rout of the Buffalo Bisons at South End Grounds in Boston.

130 years ago
1890

Baseball
In an American Association game, Jack Stivetts of the St. Louis Browns hit 2 home runs, including a grand slam in the top of the 9th inning, as the Browns edged the Toledo Maumees 9-8 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis. The Browns were trailing 8-5 when Mr. Stivetts hit his grand slam. Mr. Stivetts was also the winning pitcher, recording 10 strikeouts.

120 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Lefty Wolf. U.S. baseball pitcher. Walter Francis Wolf played with the Philadelphia Athletics, posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 7.20 in 8 games and batting .250 (1 for 4). He was 16-15 in three seasons in the minor leagues (1928-1930). Mr. Wolf died on September 25, 1971 at the age of 71, the day after the 50th anniversary of his last major league game.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Frank Demaree. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Demaree was an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs (1932-1933, 1935-1938); New York Giants (1939-1941); Boston Braves (1941-1942); St. Louis Cardinals (1943); and St. Louis Browns (1944), batting .299 with 72 home runs and 591 runs batted in in 1,155 games. With one more hit or one fewer at bat, Mr. Demaree would have had a .300 career major league batting average. He played with pennant-winning teams in 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1943, batting .214 with 3 homers and 6 RBIs in 12 World Series games. Mr. Demaree's best season was probably 1936, when he batted .350 with 16 homers and 96 RBIs. He had a similar season a year later, hitting .324 with 17 home runs and 115 RBIs. Mr. Demaree played in the Pacific Coast League with the Sacramento Senators (1930-1932); Los Angeles Angels (1934); and Portland (1944-1945). In 1934, he hit .383 with 45 home runs and 173 RBIs in 186 games and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. Mr. Demaree died of internal hemorrhaging at the age of 43 on August 30, 1958 after being ill for some time, perhaps because of heavy drinking. He was inducted into the PCL Hall of Fame in 2009.

Robert Still. U.K. composer and teacher. Mr. Still was a composer of tonal music, who made strong use of dissonance. His wrote four symphonies, orchestral works, and chamber music. Mr. Still taught at Eton College before World War II, and gave private lessons in later years. He died of a heart attack on January 13, 1971 at the age of 60.

Howlin' Wolf. U.S. musician. Howlin' Wolf, born Chester Burnett, was a Negro blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive booming voice who began performing in the 1930s, achieving success as a recording artist from the early 1950s until his death from complications after kidney surgery on January 10, 1976 at the age of 65. His best-known song was Smokestack Lightnin' (1956).

90 years ago
1930

Football
The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, which evolved into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, was founded.

Baseball
Ed Bryan pitched a shutout as the Sacramento Senators blanked the Oakland Oaks 5-0 before 10,000 fans at Moreing Field in Sacramento in the Pacific Coast League’s first night game. 40 lamps on 40 poles provided 180,000 watts of light.

80 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Marcus Garvey, 52. Jamaican-born racial activist. Mr. Garvey was a supporter of Negro economic empowerment and of the return of Negroes to Africa from elsewhere in the world. He founded the United Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) in Jamaica in 1914. Mr. Garvey moved to the United States in 1916 and in 1919 founded the Black Star Line of Delaware, a shipping company dedicated to transporting Negroes to Africa. Mr. Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923 and was sentenced to five years in prison. His sentence was commuted in 1927, and he was deported to Jamaica, where he was imprisoned for contempt of court after accusing judges of corruption. Mr. Garvey moved to London in 1935 and spent his remaining years there, dying after suffering two strokes.

Norman Rogers, 45. Canadian politician. Mr. Rogers, a Liberal, was elected to the House of Commons in 1935, respresenting Kingston City. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mackenzie King as Minister of Labour from 1935-1939. On September 19, 1939, just over a week after Canada's entry into World War II, Mr. Rogers became Minister of Defence. He was killed in a plane crash near Newtonville, Ontario, while en route from Ottawa to Toronto for a speaking engagement.

War
Norway surrendered to German forces. Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano informed the French and British ambassadors that as of the next day Italy would consider herself at war with both nations. Canada declared war on Italy. Speaking at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounced Italy's entrance into the European war, declaring, "The hand that held the dagger has stuck it into the back of its neighbor." He called for "full speed ahead" in the defense effort. Japanese military dispatches claimed the capture of Shasi on the Yangtze River in the province of Hupeh.

Defense
U.S. Senator Claude Pepper (Democrat--Florida) urged Congress to repeal neutrality legislation to enable President Roosevelt to give all possible aid to the Allies.

Diplomacy
Japan and the U.S.S.R. reached an agreement settling their dispute over the Manchurian frontier.

Society
A Gallup Poll reported that 95% of Americans favoured the registration of all aliens.

Agriculture
The United States Agriculture Department increased its forecast of anticipated winter wheat production to 488.458 million bushels.

Medicine
Dr. Chevalier Jackson was voted the American Medical Association's Distinguished Service Award for his service in bronchoscopy.

75 years ago
1945

Literature
The New York Herald Tribune reported that the bestselling fiction book was Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger, with Brave Men by Ernie Pyle the bestselling non-fiction book.

War
U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Army Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery received the U.S.S.R.'s highest award, the jewelled Order of Victory, from Soviet Red Army Marshal Gregory Zhukov. A joint U.S.-U.K. statement listed 713 German U-boats destroyed between September 3, 1939-May 8, 1945. Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. American and Australian forces made a new invasion thrust at Borneo, landing on the main island as well as on Labuan and Muara islands.

Diplomacy
45 smaller countries at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, led by Herbert Evans of Australia, sought to restrict the veto right of the Big Five powers--U.S.A.; U.S.S.R.; U.K.; France; and China--on the Security Council. Mr. Evans suggested that the veto be inapplicable in Security Council decisions dealing with peaceful settlement of disputes.

Politics and government
National Democratic Front candidate Dr. Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero was elected President of Peru, taing 66.9% of the vote to 33.0% for Revolutionary Union candidate Eloy G. Ureta. Two vice presidents, 49 senators, and 152 deputies were also elected.

Journalism
Representing the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Wilbur Forrest, Ralph McGill, and Carl Ackerman told U.S. President Harry Truman that their objective in peace treaties was a pledge not to censor news and to permit free flow of information.

Golf
Byron Nelson won his sixth straight tournament, the $10,000 Canadian Professional Golfers Association Open in Montreal.

70 years ago
1950

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Told Them All About You--Donald Peers

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): "The Third Man" Theme--Anton Karas (Best Seller--7th week at #1); Sentimental Me--The Ames Brothers (Disc Jockey--1st week at #1); "The Third Man" Theme--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Jukebox--6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 "The Third Man" Theme--Anton Karas (8th week at #1)
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
2 My Foolish Heart--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Billy Eckstine
--Mindy Carson
3 Bewitched--Bill Snyder and his Orchestra
--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Doris Day
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--Jan August & Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats
4 Hoop-Dee-Doo--Perry Como
--Kay Starr
--Doris Day
5 Sentimental Me--The Ames Brothers
--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
6 It Isn’t Fair--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
7 If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked a Cake)--Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers
--Georgia Gibbs
8 Roses--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
9 The Old Piano Roll Blues--Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley
--Lawrence "Piano Roll" Cook
10 Daddy’s Little Girl--The Mills Brothers
--Dick Todd

Singles entering the chart were Stars are the Windows of Heaven by the Ames Brothers (#33); Birmingham Bounce by Red Foley (#35); Mona Lisa by Nat "King Cole" (#37); I Cross My Fingers, with versions by Percy Faith and his Orchestra; and Perry Como (#38); and Sometime by the Mariners (#40).

War
The U.S.A. announced that the first arms aid shipment to Bao Dai's Vietnamese government would consist of eight C-47 transport planes.

Technology
The U.S. Air Force announced the development of a high-speed camera that could photograph a 26-mile strip of the Earth in two seconds from a plane at an altitude of 10,000 feet.

Crime
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, urging approval of a ban on interstate transimission of gambling information, said that the estimated profits of the U.S. bookmaking industry were between $3-5 billion annually.

Horse racing
Middleground, with Bill Boland up, who had won the Kentucky Derby and placed second in the Preakness Stakes, won the 82nd running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York in a time of 2:28 3/5. First prize money was $61,350. Lights Up placed second.

Baseball
Sandy Consuegra (1-0) made his major league debut on the mound for the Washington Nationals and shut out the Chicago White Sox 6-0 on 3 hits, walking 1 batter and striking out none before 4,688 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington in a game called after 4½ innings because of rain.

The Detroit Tigers scored 7 runs in the 4th inning and 8 in the 9th as they beat the Boston Red Sox 18-8 before 25,851 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Detroit center fielder Johnny Groth batted 5 for 6 with a triple, 3 runs, and 4 runs batted, while second baseman Jerry Priddy was 4 for 5 with a base on balls, double, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs. Dizzy Trout (4-0) got the win despite allowing 10 hits and 7 runs--6 earned--in 6.1 innings, while losing pitcher Ellis Kinder (3-6) managed to last into the 7th inning despite allowing 15 hits and 10 runs--9 earned--in 6+ innings.

Dick Kokos hit a 3-run home run with 1 out in the top of the 8th inning to spoil Allie Reynolds' (4-4) bid for a shutout as the St. Louis Browns erupted for 5 runs in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to defeat the New York Yankees 7-2 before 13,765 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Ted Kluszewski hit a solo home run off Rex Barney (0-1) with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers before 6,258 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Herm Wehmeier (3-7) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory.

Ron Northey, acquired three days earlier from the Cincinnati Reds, entered the game in the 4th inning and batted 2 for 2 with a base on balls, double, and home run, scoring 2 runs and driving in 5 to help the Chicago Cubs overcome a 5-0 3rd-inning deficit and beat the Boston Braves 13-10 before 17,771 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Boston outfielder Tommy Holmes batted 4 for 5 with a home run, 2 runs, and 2 runs batted in.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers (7th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The After Hours, starring Anne Francis

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox, in last place in the American League with a record of 15-27, fired manager Billy Jurges, who had left the team two days earlier, supposedly because of illness. Del Baker served as the interim manager before Mike "Pinky" Higgins was hired on a permanent basis.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry

Died on this date
Earl Grant, 39. U.S. musician. Mr. Grant was an organist, pianist, and singer who had his biggest hit as a vocalist (his voice resembled that of Nat King Cole), when The End reached #7 on the Billboard pop chart in the fall of 1958. He was best known as an organist and pianist; his instrumental version of Ebb Tide was a hit in 1961. Mr. Grant appeared in the movies Juke Box Rhythm (1959) and Tender is the Night (1962) (in which he sang the title song). Mr. Grant was killed in a car accident near Lordsburg, New Mexico while driving to El Paso, Texas after a successful engagement in Juarez, Mexico. He was accompanied by his 17-year-old cousin, who was also killed.

Robert P. Perry, 38. U.S. military officer. Major Perry, the U.S. military attache to Jordan, was killed by Palestinian guerrillas at his home in Amman when he refused to open the door to them.

War
Jordanian soldiers and Arab commandos fought in and around Amman as sources put the toll of their four-day battle at 100.

Politics and government
U.S. President Richard Nixon announced that Labor Secretary George Shultz would become the director of the new Office of Management and Budget, and would be replaced in the Labor Department by his undersecretary, James Hodgson. Federal Trade Commission Caspar Weinberger was named to join Mr. Shultz at OMB as deputy director. OMB, with full responsibility for preparation of the annual federal budget, was slated to replace the Bureau of the Budget as of July 1. OMB would also monitor the efficiency of cabinet officials, and their departments and programs.

40 years ago
1980

Politics and government
The United States Senate voted 63-32 to invoke cloture to limit debate on a bill to restore a peacetime draft registration.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Jimmy Carter told reporters that he favoured taking legal action against former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and nine other Americans who had defied his ban on travel to Iran in order to attend a conference in the first week of June on American "intervention in Iran."

Oil
A two-day ministerial meeting in Algiers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries concluded with an increase in the base price of crude oil from $4 to $32 per barrel, with a ceiling price of $37 per barrel. Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates voted against the price increase because they found it excessive.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (1-0) 26 @ Winnipeg (0-1) 20
Ottawa (0-0-1) 26 @ British Columbia (0-0-1) 26

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Vogue--Madonna (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Black Velvet--Alannah Myles (2nd week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 I Promised Myself--Nick Kamen (2nd week at #1)
2 Ding Dong--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
3 Black Velvet--Alannah Myles
4 Hey, Wickie--Der Schreckliche Sven & die tollkühnen Plattenreiter
5 I Can't Stand It!--Twenty 4 Seven featuring Capt. Hollywood
6 Infinity (1990's...Time for the Guru)--Guru Josh
7 Hier kommt Kurt--Frank Zander
8 Vogue--Madonna
9 Miles Away--Thomas Forstner
10 The Power--Snap!

Singles entering the chart were White and Black Blues by Joëlle Ursull (#13); Insieme: 1992 by Toto Cutugno (#18); Data De Groove by Falco (#19); Kingston Town by UB40 (#21); and Verdammt - ich lieb' dich by Matthias Reim (#23).

Politics and government
New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna achieved passage of the Meech Lake constitutional accord in the provincial legislature after his concerns were addressed in a compromise meeting.

Disasters
British Airways Flight 5390, en route from Birmingham, England to Málaga, Spain, was landed safely at Southampton Airport by first officer Alastair Atchison after a blowout in the cockpit caused captain Tim Lancaster to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There were no fatalities.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Detroit 121 @ Portland 106 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Joe Dumars, whose father died just 1½ hours before the game, scored 33 points to lead the Pistons over the Trail Blazers before 12,884 at Memorial Coliseum. Vinnie Johnson added 21 points for Detroit, making 9 of 13 field goal attempts. Jerome Kersey led Portland scorers with 27 points.



25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Mouth--Merril Bainbridge (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Back for Good--Take That

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Think Twice--Céline Dion (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Pour que tu m'aimes encore--Céline Dion (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Pour que tu m'aimes encore--Céline Dion (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Conquest of Paradise--Vangelis (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Unchained Melody/(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover--Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)
2 This is How We Do It--Montell Jordan
3 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Nicki French
4 Water Runs Dry--Boyz II Men
5 Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)--Monica
6 I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By--Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
7 Freak Like Me--Adina Howard
8 I Believe--Blessid Union of Souls
9 I Know--Dionne Farris
10 Let Her Cry--Hootie & the Blowfish

Singles entering the chart were This Ain't a Love Song by Bon Jovi (#34); Waterfalls by TLC (#39); Come and Get Your Love by Real McCoy (#46); Feel Me Now by Naughty by Nature (#61); I Got 5 on It by Luniz (#62); Somebody's Crying by Chris Isaak (#90); and Crimson and Clover by SF Spanish Fly (#91).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Water Runs Dry--Boyz II Men (3rd week at #1)
2 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?--Bryan Adams
3 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Nikki French
4 This is How We Do It--Montell Jordan
5 I Believe--Blessid Union of Souls
6 I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By--Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
7 I Know--Dionne Farris
8 Let Her Cry--Hootie & the Blowfish
9 Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)--Monica
10 Freak Like Me--Adina Howard

Singles entering the chart were Scream by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (#11); Waterfalls by TLC (#67); So in Love with You by U.N.V. (#77); I Kissed a Girl by Jill Sobule (#79); Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me by U2 (#83); Freek'n You by Jodeci (#84); This Ain't a Love Song by Bon Jovi (#85); and I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are) by Grand Puba (#86).

War
The United Nations acknowledged that Bosnian Serbs had seized 285 heavy weapons near the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in late May when they had begun taking UN peacekeepers as hostages.

Crime
The Cuban government of dictator Fidel Castro announced the arrest in Havana of former financier Robert Vesco, who had fled the United States in 1972 and indicted in the U.S. in 1973 on charges of embezzling $224 million from the mutual fund Investment Overseas Services Ltd. He had also been charged in 1989 with helping the Medellin drug cartel smuggle cocaine from Colombia to the United States. Mr. Vesco had lived in several Caribbean countries before being granted asylum in Cuba in the early 1980s. In announcing Mr. Vesco's arrest, the Cuban government said that he was suspected of being an agent for "foreign special services."

Horse racing
Thunder Gulch, with Gary Stevens up, won the 127th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York in a time of 2:32.02.



20 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Hafez al-Assad, 69. President of Syria, 1971-2000. Leader of the Ba'ath Socialist Party, General Assad became Minister of Defense in 1966, and assumed control of the government after a bloodless military coup. He was known for ruthlessly suppressing opposition, and for getting his country recognized as a terrorist state. The Ba'ath party prepared to support Gen. Assad's son Bashar as his successor.

Britannica
London’s Millennium Bridge was closed on the day it opened after large crowds caused it to sway violently.

Horse racing
Commendable, with Pat Day up, won the 132nd running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York in a time of 2:31.19, 1½ lengths ahead of Aptitude, with Unshaded third in the 11-horse field.



Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New Jersey 2 @ Dallas 1 (2 OT) (New Jersey won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Patrick Elias passed the puck to Jason Arnott, who put it past Dallas goalie Ed Belfour at 8:20 of the second overtime period at Reunion Arena. Scott Niedermayer of the Devils scored the game’s first goal at 5:18 of the second period while his team was shorthanded. Mike Keane tied the game just 1:09 later when he put a wrist shot past New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur. Devils’ defenseman Scott Stevens was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs. It was the second Stanley Cup win for New Jersey, who had won the cup for the first time in 1995.



10 years ago
2010

Law
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld an accused person's right to have an automatic publication ban on evidence at their bail hearing; re the 2006 "Toronto 18" terrorism case and the 2005 case of Michael White, accused of murdering his pregnant wife

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 89 @ Boston 96 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Celtics outscored the Lakers 36-27 in the 4th quarter as they won before 18,624 fans at TD Garden. Paul Pierce led Boston scorers with 19 points, while Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 33 points.