June 20, 2020

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Brian Wilson and Dale Hein!

1,180 years ago
840

Died on this date
Louis I, 61 or 62. Holy Roman Emperor, 813-840; King of the Franks, 814-833; 834-840; King of Aquitaine, 781-814. Louis I, popularly known as Louis the Pious, was co-Emperor with his father Charles I (Charlemagne), and became sole ruler after his father's death. He was deposed as King of the Franks in 833, but regained power the following year. Louis I was succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor by his son Lothair I, whom Louis had made co-Emperor in 817. Louis I's Frankish kingdom was plunged into civil war after his death, and ended up being divided into three parts.

210 years ago
1810

Died on this date
Axel von Fersen the Younger, 54. Swedish military officer and diplomat. Count Fersen, the eldest son of Field Marshal Axel von Fersen the Elder, was a General of Horse in the Royal Swedish Army who served as aide-de-camp to the comte de Rochambeau, commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force that helped the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was Minister to the King of France (1790-1793), and became close friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. Count Fersen returned to Sweden after the execution of the French royal couple, but was out of favour at court until King Gustav IV came of age in 1796. Count Fersen was Minister to the Second Congress of Rastatt (1797-1798), and was appointed Chancellor of Uppsala University in 1799. He was made a Lord of the Realm in 1799, and Marshal of the Realm in 1801. After King Gustav IV was overthrown and exiled in 1809, a dispute over the succession arose. Earl Marshal Fersen supported Gustav IV's son Gustav, but the late king's uncle Carl XIII was proclaimed King, with Danish Prince Carl August adopted by King Carl XIII in order to insure a succession. On May 28, 1810, Crown Prince Carl August, 41, fell from his horse while inspecting troops and died of apoplexy. There was widespread belief that he had been poisoned by supporters of Prince Gustav. Earl Marshal Fersen was riding in a coach in the public funeral procession when his carriage was attacked by a mob; he was seized and beaten, allegedly stomped to death by Otto Johan Tandefelt. Several months later, Earl Marshal Fersen was officially cleared of suspicion in the death of Crown Prince Carl August.

180 years ago
1840

Died on this date
Pierre Claude François Daunou, 78. French historian and politician. Fr. Daunou was a Roman Catholic priest who took a moderate position during the French Revolution, supporting republicanism, but opposing the execution of King Louis XVI. He served as the nation's archivist during both the Empire and Revolution, publishing more than 20 volumes of lectures he delivered when he held the chair of history and ethics at the Collège de France. Fr. Daunou also prepared various national constitutions during the revolutionary era.

Technology
Samuel Morse received the patent for the telegraph.

130 years ago
1890

Born on this date
John Maulbetsch. U.S. football player and coach. Mr. Maulbetsch was a halfback with Adrian College (1911) and the University of Michigan (1914-1916), earning All-American honours in all three seasons at Michigan. He coached at Phillips University (1917-1920); Oklahoma A&M College (1921-1928); and Marshall College (1929-1930), compiling a record of 61-52-11. Mr. Maulbetsch also coached basketball at Oklahoma A&M--compiling a 75-75 record--and baseball, with a 61-59 record. He coached track as well as football at Marshall. Mr. Maulbetsch died of cancer on September 14, 1950 at the age of 60, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

120 years ago
1900

War
The Imperial Chinese Army began a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

Exploration
Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departed St. Petersburg on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Josephine Johnson. U.S. authoress. Miss Johnson wrote several novels and numerous short stories. She won five O. Henry awards for her short stories, but is best known for being, at age 24, the youngest person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for her first novel, Now in November (1934). Miss Johnson died on February 27, 1990 at the age of 79.

Religion
Missions and Governments was the theme of this day’s presentation to the World Missionary Conference in the Assembly Hall of United Free Church of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Golf
Alex Smith won an 18-hole playoff against his brother Macdonald Smith and John McDermott to win the U.S. Open at Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Alex shot a 2-under par 71, while Mr. McDermott shot 75 and Macdonald Smith shot 77. First prize money was $300.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Danny Cedrone. U.S. musician. Mr. Cedrone was a guitarist who led a group called the Esquire Boys and occasionally played on recording sessions with Bill Haley and his Comets. He performed the electric guitar solo on the song Rock the Joint (1952), repeating the solo virtually identically in (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock, recorded in New York on April 12, 1954. He died from a heart attack and/or fall down a flight of stairs on June 17, 1954, three days before his 34th birthday and 10 days after performing with Mr. Haley and the Comets on the recording session for Shake, Rattle and Roll.

John O'Shea. N.Z. movie producer and director. Mr. O'Shea was active from 1940-1970 and co-founded Pacific Films in Wellington, producing and directing short films as well as Broken Barrier (1952); Runaway (1964); and Don't Let it Get You (1966), the country's first three feature films made during that era. Mr. O'Shea also worked in television, and died on July 8, 2001, 18 days after his 81st birthday.

90 years ago
1930

Golf
Bobby Jones shot a 3-over-par 75 in the final round to win the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England with a 3-over-par total score of 291, 2 strokes ahead of Leo Diegel and Macdonald Smith. It was Mr. Jones' third and last British Open win, and he remains the last amateur to win it.



80 years ago
1940

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War
German forces in France occupied Vichy, Nantes, and Lyons. The Japanese Navy massed off the Indochina coast near Haiphong. The Japanese Army blockade of Tientsin was lifted.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Republicans Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of War and Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Roosevelt also nominated Robert Hinckley to be an assistant Secretary of Commerce.

U.S. President Roosevelt signed a bill creating the Bureau of Ships, combining the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair with the Bureau of Engineering.

The U.S. Republican National Committee approved contested delegations to their national convention from Louisiana and Mississippi which favoured the nomination of U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Ohio) as the party's candidate for President of the United States in the November 1940 election.

Economics and finance
The Canadian Parliament passed a law authorizing conscription of the dominion's manpower for defense of economic and industrial resources.

The Connally war tax bill, providing for income and excess profits taxes as soon as war broke out, passed the United States Senate as a rider to the defense tax bill.

Boxing
World heavyweight champion Joe Louis (43-1) knocked down challenger Arturo Godoy (52-12-7) twice in the 8th round before referee Billy Cavanaugh stopped the fight 1:24 into the round, giving the "Brown Bomber" a technical knockout at Yankee Stadium in New York. It was the second victory for Mr. Louis over Mr. Godoy in just over two months.



75 years ago
1945

World events
A German policeman told U.S. authorities that he had seen the bodies of German Fuehrer and his wife Eva Braun burning at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin after their deaths on April 30.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco settled its last major controversy when the Big Five nations agreed to let the General Assembly have the right to discuss "any matters within the scope of the charter."

The U.K., U.S.A., and Yugoslavia signed an agreement partitioning the Venezia Giulia area of Italy, pending a final peace conference settlement.

United States Secretary of State Edward Stettinius approved the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of German Nazi rocket scientists to America.

Crime
Former Italian Army Chief of Staff Rudolfo Graziani, General Gastone Gamberra, and five other generals were indicted in Rome for high treason.

Economics and finance
The United States Senate voted to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Law for three years, including the presidential power to reduce tariffs.

The U.S. War Production Board authorized production by 10 manufacturers of 691,018 passenger cars from July 1, 1945-March 31, 1946, to be used primarily for war or essential civilian transportation.

Business
A U.S. federal court jury in Newark, New Jersey acquitted E.I. du Pont Company and Rohm and Haas Company on charges of conspiracy under the Sherman Act to monopolize international production and fix prices for acrylic products.

Labour
A new U.S. federal labour relations bill was introduced into the U.S. Senate to replace the Wagner Act. It called for the creation of two boards: an unfair labour practices tribunal, and another to mediate labour disputes.

70 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight's episode: The Prize Ring Murder Case

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman appointed David R. Heath as the first U.S. minister to the Associated States of Indochina.

Politics and government
The South African Parliament passed a bill outlawing the Communist Party, shortly after the party had announced its own dissolution.

Economics and finance
U.K. Leader of the Opposition Winston Churchill urged Britain to participate in the Schuman Plan talks in Paris without committing itself to join the European coal and steel community.

Leon Keyserling, chairman of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers, said that the United States had reached the highest point of property in its history.

Labour
Harry Bridges, the Australian-born president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, was stripped of his American citizenship, which he had held since 1945. Mr. Bridges had been convicted of perjury in 1948 for lying when he denied ever having been a member of the Communist Party.

Baseball
Joe DiMaggio made his 2,000th career major league hit when he batted 2 for 5 with a run and 3 runs batted in, helping the New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 8-2 before 57,733 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Joltin' Joe's milestone hit was a run-scoring single off Marino Pieretti in the 7th inning. Ed Lopat (8-4) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory, while losing pitcher Bob Lemon (8-4) allowed 5 hits and 6 runs--all earned--in 2+ innings.

Dick Kokos drew a base on balls with 1 out in the bottom of the 1st inning and scored from second base on a 2-out single by Roy Sievers for the game's only run as the St. Louis Browns edged the Philadelphia Athletics 1-0 before 2,919 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Ned Garver (6-5) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitcher's duel over Lou Brissie (2-10), who allowed just 3 hits in a complete game.

Hank Sauer batted 4 for 5 and singled home Bob Ramazzotti from second base with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Chicago Cubs came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Boston Braves 4-3 before 12,334 fans at Braves Field. Mr. Sauer led off the 9th inning with a single and scored the tying run on a single by Ron Northey.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Tom Pillibi--Jacqueline Boyer (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (13th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers (5th week at #1)
2 Everybody's Somebody's Fool--Connie Francis
3 Burning Bridges--Jack Scott
4 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
5 Swingin' School--Bobby Rydell
6 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
7 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant
8 Love You So--Ron Holden with the Thunderbirds
9 He'll Have to Stay--Jeanne Black
10 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were Walking to New Orleans by Fats Domino (#57); I'm Gettin' Better by Jim Reeves (#60); Look for a Star by Deane Hawley (#85); Wake Me, Shake Me by the Coasters (#87); Look for a Star by Garry Miles (#88); This Bitter Earth by Dinah Washington (#89); Look for a Star by Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#92); I Can't Help It by Adam Wade (#94); Bad Man Blunder by the Kingston Trio (#95); Is There Any Chance by Marty Robbins (#97); Feel So Fine by Johnny Preston (#98); and Look for a Star--Part I by Garry Mills (#99). Mr. Mills released the original version of Look for a Star in the United Kingdom it was from the movie Circus of Horrors (1960). The version by Mr.Mills released in the United States was slightly different from the version released in the U.K.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
--Dante and the Evergreens
2 My Old Man's a Dustman--Lonnie Donegan
3 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
4 Everybody's Somebody's Fool/Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia)--Connie Francis
5 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant
6 I'm Sorry/That's All You Gotta Do--Brenda Lee
7 Mule Skinner Blues--The Fendermen
8 My Home Town/Something Happened--Paul Anka
9 Burning Bridges/Oh, Little One--Jack Scott
10 Train of Love--Annette with the Afterbeats

Singles entering the chart were Please Help Me, I'm Falling by Hank Locklin (#35); Walk--Don't Run by the Ventures (#41); I Can't Help It by Adam Wade (#43); Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson (#47); Tuxedo Junction/Where are You by Frankie Avalon (#48); Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini by Brian Hyland (#52); Big Boy Pete, with versions by the Olympics; and Don and Dewey (#55); Bad Man Blunder by the Kingston Trio (#56); Dreamin' by Johnny Burnette (#57); Do You Mind, with versions by Andy Williams; and Anthony Newley (#58); This Bitter Earth by Dinah Washington (#59); Is a Bluebird Blue by Conway Twitty (#60); and Trouble in Paradise by the Crests (also #60).

Television
The Emmy Awards for the 1959-60 season were presented at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Rod Serling was the winner for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama for his work on the first season of The Twilight Zone; it was his fourth Emmy. Other winners included Laurence Olivier (The Moon and Sixpence); Ingrid Bergman (The Turn of the Screw--a dramatization that appeared on Ford Startime); and Robert Stack (The Untouchables).



Africana
The Mali Federation gained independence from France; it dissolved into Mali and Senegal two months later.

Boxing
Floyd Patterson (36-2) became the first man to regain the world heavyweight title when he knocked out defending champion Ingemar Johansson (22-1) with a vicious left hook at 1:51 of the 5th round before 31,892 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Mr. Johansson had taken the title from Mr. Patterson with a 3-round knockout on June 26, 1959.



40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Carol OK--Chris Andrews (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France: L'Amérique--Joe Dassin (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): It's Five O'Clock--Aphrodite's Child (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (3rd week at #1)
2 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
3 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
4 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
5 Let it Be--The Beatles
6 Airport Love Theme--Vincent Bell
7 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
8 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
9 Cottonfields--The Beach Boys
10 Turn Up Your Radio--Masters Apprentices

Singles entering the chart were High Sheriff/Groupie Girl by Tony Joe White (#17); Miss America by Mark Lindsay (#22); ABC by the Jackson 5 (#33); For the Love of Him by Bobbi Martin (#34); and All Kinds of Everything by Dana (#36).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Question--Moody Blues (2nd week at #1)
2 Never Marry a Railroad Man--Shocking Blue
3 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Kitsch--Barry Ryan
5 American Woman--The Guess Who
6 Yellow River--Christie
7 Cecilia--Simon and Garfunkel
8 The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)--Fleetwood Mac
9 Real Cool World--The Greatest Show on Earth
10 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas)

Singles entering the chart were In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry (#22); I Don't Believe in If Anymore by Roger Whittaker (#26); Let Us Pray Together by Sandra & Andress (#32); Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#33); Do the Funky Chicken by Rufus Thomas (#36); and Annemarie by Trio '67 (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 The Love You Save/I Found That Girl--The Jackson 5
3 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
4 Get Ready--Rare Earth
5 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
6 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
7 Love on a Two-Way Street--The Moments
8 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
9 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
10 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers

Singles entering the chart were (They Long to Be) Close to You by the Carpenters (#56); I Just Can't Help Believing by B.J. Thomas (#82); (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? by Ronnie Dyson (#89); When We Get Married by the Intruders (#90); Pearl by Tommy Roe (#91); Dear Ann by George Baker Selection (#93); Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (#95); If My Heart Could Speak by the Manhattans (#98); This Bitter Earth by the Satisfactions (#99); and I Heard the Voice of Jesus by Turley Richards (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
3 Get Ready--Rare Earth
4 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
5 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
6 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
7 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
8 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
9 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
10 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night

Singles entering the chart were I Just Can't Help Believing by B.J. Thomas (#73); Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (#76); Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder (#79); Pearl by Tommy Roe (#82); I'll Be Right Here by Tyrone Davis (#85); Hand Clapping Song by the Meters (#89); Good Morning Freedom by Daybreak (#92); Roll Away the Stone by Leon Russell (#93); Passport to the Future by Jean Jacques Perrey (#94); Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (#97); Melanie Makes Me Smile by Tony Burrows (#98); The Witch by the Rattles (#99); and When We Get Married by the Intruders (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
3 Get Ready--Rare Earth
4 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
5 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
6 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
7 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
8 Love on a Two-Way Street--The Moments
9 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
10 Daughter of Darkness--Tom Jones

Singles entering the chart were Pearl by Tommy Roe (#69); Make it with You by Bread (#81); Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera) by the Assembled Multitude (#85); Stealing in the Name of the Lord by Paul Kelly (#91); I Got Love by Melba Moore (#93); The Witch by the Rattles (#95); Good Morning Freedom by Daybreak (#97); and (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? by Ronnie Dyson (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
2 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
3 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
5 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
6 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
7 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
8 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
9 Get Ready--Rare Earth
10 Question--The Moody Blues

Singles entering the chart were Mama Told Me (Not to Come) by Three Dog Night (#57); Silver Bird by Mark Lindsay (#66); Doctor Tom by Freedom (#79); (They Long to Be) Close to You by the Carpenters (#86); She Cried by the Lettermen (#93); Long and Lonesome Road by Shocking Blue (#96); Gimme Shelter by Merry Clayton (#98); Lay a Little Lovin' on Me by Robin McNamara (#99); and Good Morning Freedom by Blue Mink (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
4 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
5 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
6 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
7 Daughter of Darkness--Tom Jones
8 I'm Gonna Capture You--Terry Jacks
9 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
10 Hey, Mister Sun--Bobby Sherman
Pick hit of the week: Mr. Pride--The Pepper Tree

Mr. Pride was the B-side of Everywhere.

War
U.S. casualties for the week in Vietnam numbered 70 dead.

U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew accused eight prominent antiwar spokesmen of prescribing surrender in Vietnam.

Politics and government
Edward Heath, whose Conservative party had posted an upset victory in the British general election two days earlier, designated his cabinet, which included men who had served in previous Conservative administrations. Former Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home resumed his old post of Foreign Secretary; Conservative Deputy Leader Reginald Maudling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, became Home Secretary (and was frequently mentioned in Monty Python’s Flying Circus); Ian MacLeod became Chancellor of the Exchequer, the position he had held in the Conservative shadow cabinet. Anthony Barber, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was put in charge of European Common Market entry talks.

Baseball
Brooks Robinson’s 2,000th career major league hit was a 3-run home run off Joe Coleman in the 5th inning, breaking a 2-2 tie and allowing the Baltimore Orioles to defeat the Washington Senators 5-4 before 19,876 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Pinch hitter Lee Maye singled home 2 runs with 2 out in the 9th and advanced Tim Cullen to second base, but Ed Stroud grounded out to first baseman Boog Powell to end the game.

Roy Foster's second solo home run of the game, with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning, broke a 1-1 tie as the Cleveland Indians edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1 before 12,420 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Steve Dunning started on the mound for Cleveland, allowing 3 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings; he was relieved by Dean Chance (4-5), who pitched 3 hitless innings to get the win. Losing pitcher Earl Wilson (4-4) allowed just 4 hits in a complete game, and opened the scoring when he homered to lead off the 3rd.

Tug McGraw walked pinch hitter Ron Stone with the bases loaded and 1 out in the top of the 9th inning to score pinch runner Grant Jackson, breaking a 1-1 tie as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the New York Mets 2-1 before 41,897 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Chris Short (4-7) pitched a 4-hitter, and didn't allow an earned run in his complete game victory. Jerry Koosman (8-6) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 8+ innings in taking the loss.

The Houston Astros scored 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning to overcome a 1-0 deficit as they beat the Atlanta Braves 9-6 before 17,528 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Cesar Cedeno made his major league debut in center field and right field for the Astros, batting 2 for 5, with no fielding chances. With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 9th, the Braves rallied for 4 runs and had runners on first and second bases, but pinch hitter Bob Aspromonte struck out to end the game.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): What's Another Year--Johnny Logan (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il jouait du piano debout--France Gall

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Brass in Pocket--Pretenders
2 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
3 Computer Games--MS
4 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb
5 Together We are Beautiful--Fern Kinney
6 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
7 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band
8 American Dream--The Dirt Band
9 Crying--Don McLean
10 Walking on the Moon--The Police

Singles entering the chart were Take Me Down by Exile (#16); and It Hurts Too Much by Eric Carmen (#19).

Crime
Leonard Smith, who had killed California Angels’ outfielder Lyman Bostock with a shotgun blast on September 23, 1978 but was acquitted on the ground of insanity, was released from Logansport State Hospital and allowed to return to his home in Gary, Indiana after he was judged to no longer be mentally ill.

Boxing
Former world lightweight champion Roberto Duran took the World Boxing Council welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard (27-1), winning a 15-round unanimous decision at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. On the undercard, Trevor Berbick (15-1-1) knocked out John Tate (20-2) at 20 seconds of the 9th round in a heavyweight bout.





Baseball
Fred Patek hit 3 home runs and a double, scoring 4 runs and driving in 7 to lead the California Angels to a 20-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox before 28,780 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Frank Tanana (3-7) pitched a 5-hit complete game victory. Jack Billingham, the third of four Boston pitchers, allowed 10 hits and 7 runs--all earned--in 3.1 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out 1, in the 476th and last game of his 13-year major league career.

Jim Spencer hit a home run and drove in 5 runs, Joe Lefebvre hit a homer and drove in 4 runs, and Reggie Jackson scored 4 runs for the New York Yankees as they beat the Oakland Athletics 15-7 before 45,935 fans at Yankee Stadium. Paul Blair entered the game as a pinch runner for Mr. Jackson in the 8th inning and scored on a single by Mr. Lefebvre, and played the 9th inning in right field without a fielding chance in the 1,947th and last game of his 17-year major league career.

John Wockenfuss doubled home Lance Parrish with 1 out in the top of the 11th inning and scored on a single by pinch hitter Champ Summers as the Detroit Tigers scored 2 runs to break a 3-3 tie and defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 before 27,241 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Al Cowens grounded out to lead off the 11th, and was ejected by home plate umpire Steve Palermo when he charged the mound and punched Chicago pitcher Ed Farmer. Mr. Cowens' action was in retaliation for an incident on May 8, 1979, when his jaw was broken by a pitch from Mr. Farmer.

Pinch hitter Gary Alexander led off the 15th inning with a base on balls and scored on a double by Toby Harrah to break a 3-3 tie as the Cleveland Indians edged the Minnesota Twins 4-3 before 7,668 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.

With 2 out and none on base in the bottom of the 9th inning, Jay Johnstone and Steve Garvey singled, and Dusty Baker doubled them home to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 win over the New York Mets before 48,608 fans at Dodger Stadium.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Om--Niklas Strömstedt

Space
Asteroid Eureka, a Mars trojan, was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt.

Diplomacy
Recently-released South African Communist terrorist Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie arrived in New York to begin a tour of the United States, and were given a ticker-tape parade up Broadway to City Hall, where a big rally was held. He delivered an address at Riverside Church.



Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush announced that he was breaking off the diplomatic dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization that had begun in December 1988 after PLO leader Yasser Arafat had renounced terrorism. However, Mr. Arafat and the PLO had failed to condemn an unsuccessful speedboat raid on Israel on May 30 that had apparently been the work of a radical PLO faction. The PLO executive committee complained about Mr. Bush’s decision, while Israel hailed it.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said that Manitoba had an "obligation to Canada" to approve the Meech Lake constitutional accord, and demanded that Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon and provincial opposition leaders "ensure that that be done." In other words, Mr. Mulroney threatened to hold his breath until he turned blue unless he got his way. Meanwhile, New Democratic Party MLA Elijah Harper delayed the Manitoba Legislature vote on the accord beyond the June 24 deadline in order to have it discussed in public hearings.

Health
At the 6th International AIDS Conference in San Francisco, Luc Montagnier of France, co-discoverer of the AIDS virus, said he believed that a second microbe was also responsible, and that patients would not become ill until they had become infected with it as well. It was reported that AIDS was continuing to spread in the United States, especially among teenagers, women whose sexual partners used intravenous drugs, and users of crack cocaine.

Economics and finance
British Chancellor of the Exchequer John Major proposed a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies.

25 years ago
1995

War
Negotiators in Grozny agreed to a three-day cease-fire between government troops and rebel forces in Chechnya.

A U.S. military court acquitted U.S. Air Force Captain James Wang of dereliction of duty in connection with the downing of two U.S. Army helicopters over Iraq in April 1994. Captain Wang had been the senior director of an AWACS plane flying in the vicinity of the helicopters. The crew of the radar plane railed to warn two U.S. jets that the helicopters were friendly. Missiles fired from the jets downed both helicopters, which the crews of the jets believed to be Iraqi aircraft in a no-fly zone, killing all 26 aboard. Capt. Wang said that he thought the helicopters had landed. Capt. Wang, the only person to be prosecuted, said after his acquittal that the Air Force should investigate the incident further.

Environment
Shell Oil caved in to international pressure and abandoned plans to dump the Brent Spar oil rig at sea.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New Jersey 4 @ Detroit 2 (New Jersey led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Scott Niedermayer, Jim Dowd, and Stephane Richer scored in the 3rd period for the Devils as they overcame a 2-1 deficit to beat the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.



20 years ago
2000

Abominations
160 Christians were massacred by Muslims in eastern Indonesia.

Business
The French conglomerate Vivendi announced its intention to acquire Montreal-based Seagram for U.S. $33.6 billion.

Football
CFL
The Edmonton Eskimos signed linebacker Willie Pless, who had starred with them from 1991-1998 before being released and joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1999.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers hit a club-record 8 home runs as they defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 before 18,850 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Tony Clark hit 2 home runs and drove in 4 runs for Detroit. Jeff Weaver (4-6) gave up 6 runs--all earned--in 6.1 innings but still ended up as the winning pitcher. Chris Carpenter (6-6) gave up 9 runs--all earned--in 2+ innings in taking the loss. The Blue Jays hit 2 home runs of their own. Matt DeWitt, the second of four Toronto pitchers, allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 3 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out 1 in his first major league game.

Doug Glanville led off the 10th inning with a double and scored on a 2-out single by Mike Lieberthal to break a 2-2 tie as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the New York Mets 3-2 before 40,386 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. The Phillies tied the score when Pat Burrell led off the 9th with a home run.

Gary Sheffield hit a 3-run home run to climax a 4-run 10th inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they broke a 5-5 tie and defeated the Houston Astros 9-6 before 36,354 fans at the Astrodome.

10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
Dwight Armstrong, 58. U.S. terrorist. Mr. Armstrong, his brother Karl, and two other young men were opponents of the Vietnam War, and called themselves the "New Year's Gang." They were responsible for assembling and detonating a bomb at Sterling Hall on the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin on August 24, 1970, which killed post-doctoral physics researcher Robert Fassnacht, injured three others, and caused much damage. The terrorists fled the United States, and Dwight Armstrong was finally arrested in Toronto in April 1977. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, served three, and later served four years in prison after being convicted of running a methamphetamine lab. In a 1992 interview Mr. Armstrong defended the Sterling Hall bombing. He died of lung cancer.

Golf
Graeme McDowell shot a 3-over-par 74 in the final round to win the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California with a total score of even par 284, 1 stroke ahead of Grégory Havret. First prize money was $1,350,000.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (1-1) 20 @ Hamilton (1-1) 38
Saskatchewan (0-2) 17 @ Calgary (2-0) 41



Edmonton (1-1) 36 @ British Columbia (1-1) 32