July 15, 2020

1,950 years ago
70

War
Titus and his Roman armies breached the walls of Jerusalem.

1,040 years ago
980

Born on this date
Ichijō. Emperor of Japan, 986-1011. Ichijō, born Kanehito-shinnō, acceded to the throne shortly after his 6th birthday, upon the abdication of Emperor Kazan. Emperor Ichijō loved literature and music, but was largely controlled by his mother and court officials. He abdicated the day after his 31st birthday in favour of his cousin Sanjō, and died just nine days later, on July 25, 1011.

780 years ago
1240

War
A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeated the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva in Russia.

610 years ago
1410

War
The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the army of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Grunwald.

575 years ago
1445

Died on this date
Joan Beaufort, 40 or 41. Queen consort of Scotland, 1424-1437. Joan Beaufort married King James I in 1424, and served as his consort until his death in 1437. She served as regent during the minority of their son James II (1437-1439), and married James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne in 1439. Conflict between Queen Joan's supporters and those of another faction led to her besiegement at Dunbar Castle, where she died.

420 years ago
1600

Born on this date
Jan Cossiers. Flemish artist. Mr. Cossiers was a painter from Antwerp who began as a painter of low-life subjects and then moved on to portraits, religious, and historical subjects. He died on July 4, 1671, 11 days before his 71st birthday.

220 years ago
1800

Born on this date
Sidney Breese. U.S. jurist and politician. Mr. Breese, a Democrat, was an Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1841-1843), and then represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (1843-1849), advocating the creation of the Illinois Central Railroad. He failed to gain renomination, but was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1850, serving one term through 1852, including a brief time as Speaker of the House in 1851. Mr. Breese returned to the judiciary, as an Associate Justice (1855-1867) and Chief Justice (1867-1870) of the Illinois Supreme Court. He died on June 27, 1878, 18 days before his 78th birthday.

150 years ago
1870

Canadiana
Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory were transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories were established from these vast territories.

Americana
Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union.

140 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Enrique Mosca. Argentine politician. Mr. Mosca was prominent in the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR). He represented Santa Fe in the Chamber of Deputies (1917-1920), and was Governor of Santa Fe (1920-1924), where his achievements included the creation of the Provincial Library and Archives. Mr. Mosca was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of Argentina in 1934 and 1946. He died on July 22, 1950, a week after his 70th birthday.

130 years ago
1890

Died on this date
Gottfried Keller, 70. Swiss author. Mr. Keller was a landscape painter before taking up writing. He was known for 15 short stories and the novel Der grüne Heinrich (Green Henry) (1855/1879). Mr. Keller died four days before his 71st birthday.

125 years ago
1895

Economics and finance
The Montreal-based La Banque du Peuple failed, with creditors getting only 25¢ on the dollar.

120 years ago
1900

Died on this date
Billy Barnie, 47. U.S. baseball player and manager. "Bald Billy" was a catcher and right fielder with the Hartfords (1874); New York Mutuals (1875); and Keokuk Westerns (1875) of the National Association, batting .176 with no home runs and 23 runs batted in in 64 games. He played with the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association (1883, 1886), batting .180 with no homers in 19 games. Mr. Barnie managed the Orioles (1883-1891), as well as three clubs in the National League: Washington Senators (1892); Louisville Colonels (1893-1894); and Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1897-1898). He compiled a record of 632 wins, 810 losses, 34 ties, and 2 no decisions, for a winning percentage of .438. None of his teams finished higher than third. Mr. Barnie died of pneumonia complicated by asthmatic bronchitis.

110 years ago
1910

Literature
Clinical Psychiatry by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin was published. In the book, Dr. Kraepelin gave a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.

100 years ago
1920

Politics and government
The Polish Parliament established the Silesian Voivodeship, eight months before the Polish-German plebiscite.

Baseball
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees tied the single season record for home runs that he had set with the Boston Red Sox the year before, hitting his 29th of the season, a 3-run blow to end the game in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Yankees came back from a 7-3 deficit to beat the St. Louis Browns 13-10 before 10,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Wally Pipp also homered for the Yankees, while George Sisler, Jack Tobin, and Ken Williams hit home runs for the Browns. Del Pratt hit safely in his first 4 at bats for the Yankees. Rip Collins (6-3) allowed 5 hits and 1 run--earned--in 5.1 innings of relief to get the win.

Jim Bagby (17-5) allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings, and doubled home 2 runs in a 4-run 2nd inning to lead the Cleveland Indians over the Philadelphia Athletics 5-1 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia in a game that was called because of rain with 1 out in the top of the 7th.

Charlie Grimm led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a single and scored from second base on a 1-out single by pinch hitter Cliff Lee to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 9-8 win over the Boston Braves at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in a game that was played in 1 hour 53 minutes.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break a 5-5 tie and defeat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 at Redland Field. Bill Hubbell (2-2) allowed 11 hits and 5 runs--4 earned--in 8 innings to get the win, and drew a base on balls with 1 out to begin the 9th-inning rally.

Jimmy Johnston doubled home Ivy Olson and scored on a double by Zach Wheat in the top of the 10th inning as the Brooklyn Robins scored 2 runs to break a 2-2 tie and held on to defeat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 before 4,000 fans at Cubs Park. The Cubs scored a run in the bottom of the 10th and had runners on first and second bases with 2 out, but Fred Merkle grounded out to shortstop to end the game. Rube Marquard (7-3) allowed 10 hits and 3 earned runs in 9+ innings to get the win, with relief help from Sherry Smith.

90 years ago
1930

Died on this date
Leopold Auer, 85. Hungarian musician, teacher, and composer. Mr. Auer was a concert violinist who became known as an outstanding violin teacher. He also worked as a conductor, and wrote several works for violin.

80 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Robert Wadlow, 22. U.S. giant. Other than Goliath, Mr. Wadlow was the tallest person ever recorded, standing 8 feet 11.1 inches, and was still growing at the time of his death. A native of Alton, Illinois, where his father was the mayor, Robert weighed 8½ pounds at birth, but soon began growing rapidly. He weighed 30 lb. at six months, 44 lb. at 1 year; and 62 lb. at 18 months. By the age of 5 he stood 5 feet 4 inches and weighed 105 lb. He stood 6 feet at age 8, and by the age of 10 he stood 6’ 5" and weighed 210 lb. Robert became nationally known at the age of 9 when a photo of him appeared in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and was quickly flashed across the country. It was only when he was almost 12 that his growth was diagnosed as the result of excessive pituitary gland secretion. Before Robert turned 13 he stood 7’, and by 16 was the tallest person in the United States--7’ 10½". At 19 he was 8’ 5½"--the tallest person ever measured. His weighed 439 pounds when measured several weeks before his death, down from a peak of 491 lb. Mr. Wadlow found walking to be more difficult as his growth progressed, and was fitted with an ankle brace at the age of 22. While walking in a July 4 parade in Michigan, the brace cut into his ankle; his nervous system failed to detect the resulting infection, and it had advanced too far by the time it was detected. Robert Wadlow died in hospital a few days later. There was no postmortem examination, and he was buried in a custom-built 10-foot-long casket in a secure cement tomb in Alton. 46,000 paid their respects at the funeral home. Go here to see a video presentation on Robert Wadlow.





War
British commandos raided Guernsey in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. Germany demanded that Vichy France permit German forces use of French bases in North Africa. Italian troops occupied the ruins of Fort Moyale on the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Italian planes raided the Haifa area in the first air attack upon Palestine. The Japanese government announced that the Chinese coast south of Shanghai would be mined to tighten the blockade of China.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom publicly said that it would close the Burma Road to war supplies for three months if Japan would consider it a step toward a Far Eastern peace settlement.

The Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University invited the League of Nations to establish its non-political and technical sections there for the duration of World War II.

Politics and government
The Democratic National Convention opened at Chicago Stadium, with U.S. Senator William Bankhead (Alabama) giving the keynote address. With President Franklin D. Roosevelt's renomination almost assured, the focus of the convention switched to the vice presidential nominee, with the favourite choices reported to be U.S. Senator James Byrnes (South Carolina); Missouri Governor Lloyd Stark; Representative Sam Rayburn (Texas); and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.

Economics and finance
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King established a Metal Board to regulate the supply, distribution and use of non-ferrous metals and metals intended for industrial purposes.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt froze assets of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania in the United States.

75 years ago
1945

War
U.S. warships continued their attack on Japan's home islands with the shelling of steel and iron works at Muroran, Hokkaido, causing damage equivalent to 2 1/2 months' production.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Berlin for the Potsdam Conference; U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin had yet to arrive.

U.S. Army General Mark Clark eased the non-fraternization ban between Austrians and his troops.

The U.S. Foreign Policy Association suggested that the internationalization of Palestine was part of a long-range program to settle Middle Eastern problems.

Oil
The Lebanese government reached an agreement for construction and operation for two refineries near Tripoli with the Mediterranean Refining Company and Mediterranean Standard Oil Company.

Labour
A subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Labor Committee recommended that Congress direct the National War Labor Board and National Mediation Board to increase he minimum hourly wage to 65c.

Golf
Byron Nelson defeated former major league baseball outfielder Sam Byrd 4 & 3 to win the PGA Championship at Moraine Country Club in Kettering, Ohio. It was Mr. Nelson's ninth straight tournament win, fifth major championship, and his second PGA championship. First prize money was $5,000 in war bonds.





70 years ago
1950

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Music! Music! Music!--Donald Peers; Freddy Martin and his Orchestra; Teresa Brewer (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Mona Lisa--Nat "King" Cole (Best Seller--1st week at #1; Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1); "The Third Man" Theme--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Jukebox--11th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Bewitched--Bill Snyder and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Doris Day
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--Jan August & Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats
2 I Wanna Be Loved--The Andrews Sisters
--Billy Eckstine
3 "The Third Man" Theme--Anton Karas
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
4 Sentimental Me--The Ames Brothers
--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
5 My Foolish Heart--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Billy Eckstine
--Mindy Carson
6 Hoop-Dee-Doo--Perry Como
--Kay Starr
--Doris Day
7 The Old Piano Roll Blues--Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley
--Lawrence "Piano Roll" Cook
8 Mona Lisa--Nat "King" Cole
--Victor Young and his Orchestra (Don Cherry, vocal)
--Art Lund
9 Count Every Star--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
--Dick Haymes and Artie Shaw
10 It Isn’t Fair--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were A Little Bit Independent, with versions by Nat "King" Cole; and Bob Crosby and his Orchestra with Georgia Gibbs (#36); and The Picnic Song by Johnny Desmond (#38).

War
Arab countries refused to send troops to the United Nations force in Korea.

Diplomacy
In a note to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin said that the Soviet Union was willing to return to the United Nations Security Council and help negotiate a Korean peace if Communist China was admitted to the UN.

Politics and government
U.K. Leader of the Opposition Winston Churchill told a Conservative Party meeting in Plymouth that the world faced a Communist threat as great as the Nazi menace in 1940, with Red forces now massing against Tibet, threatening Iran, and seeking to "overawe and quell Yugoslavia."

U.S. Progressive Party leader Henry Wallace endorsed U.S. and UN actions in Korea. The party's Executive Committee refused to support his statement.

Religion
The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches ended an eight-day meeting in Toronto after praising United Nations action in Korea and condemning the North Korean invasion as an "act of aggression."

Baseball
The Class B Colonial League, citing competition from television and radio as the reason for a decline in attendance, ceased operations. The Poughkeepsie Chiefs were leading the league with a record of 43-26.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones (3rd week at #1)

Died on this
Lawrence Tibbett, 63. U.S. singer. Mr. Tibbett was an operatic baritone who performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York more than 600 times from 1923-1950, and appeared in several movies. Severe arthritis and drinking shortened his life; he died as the result of a fall in his apartment when he hit his head on a table.

Set Persson, 63. Swedish politician. Mr. Persson was a member of the Communist Party of Sweden from 1921-1953. He sat in the Riksdag from 1940-1946, and was a member of Stockholm's city council from 1946-1950. Mr. Persson was critical of the Communist Party's increasing attempts to find an alliance with the Social Democrats, and resigned from the party in 1953. He launched the Communist Labour League of Sweden in 1956, but it didn't long survive his death.

Politics and government
The U.S. Democratic National Convention concluded at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena with an address by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (0-1) 0 @ Edmonton (1-0) 38

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs traded catcher Earl Averill, Jr. and $30,000-$35,000 to the Milwaukee Braves for minor league outfielder Al Heist. Mr. Averill was batting .235 with 1 home run and 13 runs batted in in 52 games with the Cubs in 1960, and he was assigned by the Braves to the Louisville Colonels of the AAA American Association. Mr. Heist was batting .299 with 13 homers and 66 RBIs in 89 games with the Sacramento Solons of the AAA Pacific Coast League in 1960.

Eddie Yost hit a solo home run and Rocky Colavito added a 3-run homer in a 6-run 3rd inning as the Detroit Tigers came back from an early 3-run deficit to defeat the New York Yankees 8-4 before 45,714 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Mickey Mantle opened the scoring with a 3-run homer in the 1st inning off Don Mossi (8-6), who pitched a 5-hit complete game victory.



Jim Perry (10-4) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Pedro Ramos (5-10) as the Cleveland Indians shut out the Washington Senators 4-0 before 14,878 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

Brooks Robinson hit for the cycle and batted 5 for 5 with 3 runs batted in to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox before 43,704 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. After hitting safely his last 3 times at bat the day before, Mr. Robinson now had 8 straight hits. He tripled off relief pitcher Turk Lown in the 9th inning to drive in 2 runs and insure the win for starting pitcher Milt Pappas (8-6). Billy Pierce (7-5) took the loss for the White Sox.

All the scoring took place in the 1st inning as the Boston Red Sox edged the Kansas City Athletics 2-1 before 7,225 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Bill Monbouquette (9-7) pitched a 7-hitter to outduel Bud Daley (12-5), who allowed 8 hits in a complete game.

Joe Adcock opened the scoring with a grand slam in the 4th inning for the Milwaukee Braves as they took a 7-0 lead in the 6th inning and held on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 before 19,429 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Philadelphia first baseman Pancho Herrera hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 6th and led off the 9th with a homer. The Phillies had runners on first and second bases with 2 out, but pinch hitter Johnny Callison flied out to left field to end the game.

Ed Bouchee's single with 1 out in the 2nd inning was the only hit allowed by Ernie Broglio (10-4), who pitched the shutout for the St. Louis Cardinals as they blanked the Chicago Cubs 6-0 before 19,315 fans at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): All Right Now--Free (2nd week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 El condor pasa--Simon & Garfunkel
2 I.O.I.O.--Bee Gees
3 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
4 Mademoiselle Ninette--The Soulful Dynamics
5 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
7 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
8 Soul Brother Clifford--The Equals
9 Lavoro e amore--Adriano Celentano
10 Let it Be--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were Up Around the Bend; Spirit in the Sky; Lavoro e amore; Du by Peter Maffay (#11); American Woman by the Guess Who (#12); Daughter of Darkness by Tom Jones (#15); Never Marry a Railroad Man by Shocking Blue (#16); Annabella by the Soulful Dynamics (#17); and Yellow River by Christie (#19).

At the movies
Joe, directed by John G. Avildsen, and starring Peter Boyle as a loudmouthed hard hat worker, opened in theatres. The movie made a star of Mr. Boyle, and marked the movie debut of Susan Sarandon.



Politics and government
The Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. reappointed Premier Aleksei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny.

Scandal
Spain’s supreme court was reported to have voted to indict two cabinet ministers and to have asked for the lifting of immunity from the head of the Bank of Spain in order to indict him. The indictments were in connection with a financial scandal that was viewed as threatening the life of Spain’s current cabinet.

Protest
Witness after witness told the opening session of public hearings before U.S. President Richard Nixon’s Presidential Commission on Campus Unrest that there could be no peace on the nation’s campuses until there was peace in Vietnam.

Art
A painting first thought to have been a copy of a Raphael portrait of Pope Julius II went on exhibit in London’s National Gallery as the original. Some dealers appraised the work at $10 million.

Disasters
A bus carrying day campers and counsellors from Lawrence, New York on a tour of Pennsylvania Amish country plunged down a steep embankment on U.S. Highway 22 west of Allentown, killing 7 children and injuring 52.

Boxing
Former world welterweight and middleweight champion Emile Griffith (64-11) won a 10-round unanimous decision over former world middleweight and light heavyweight champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3) in a middleweight bout in New York. It was Mr. Tiger's last fight. On the undercard, Alvin "Blue" Lewis (24-3) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Billy Joiner (10-7-3) in a heavyweight bout.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (2-0-1) 8 @ Montreal (1-0-1) 8

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again--Goombay Dance Band
2 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
3 Der Nippel--Mike Krüger
4 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb
5 I See a Boat on the River--Boney M.
6 Call Me--Blondie
7 What's Another Year--Johnny Logan
8 You're All I Need--Peter Kent
9 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
10 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band

The only new single entering the chart was You're All I Need.

Scandal
U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s brother Billy, who had registered the previous day as an agent of Libya in order to avoid criminal charges for failing to report services rendered on Libya’s behalf, said that he had never discussed his Libyan ties with the President.

Crime
Charles Dederich, the founder of the drug rehabilitation organization known as Synanon, and two members of the group’s security force (including Lance Kenton, son of jazz musician Stan Kenton) pleaded no contest to charges that they had conspired to commit murder with a rattlesnake. California Superior Court Judge William Hogoboom declared that the effect of the plea was identical to that of guilty pleas. As a result of the plea bargain, Mr. Dederich agreed not to participate in the management of Synanon, while prosecutors decided not to pursue a prison term for Mr. Dederich, who was 67 and suffering from heart and circulatory problems. If the prosecutors had known that Mr. Dederich would live another 17 years, they may have acted differently. The charges stemmed from an attack in 1978 on a lawyer named Paul Morantz, who had sued Synanon on behalf of former members and relatives of former members who contended that they were being kept in the group against their will. In October 1978, Mr. Morantz was bitten by a de-rattled rattlesnake placed in his mailbox, and was hospitalized for six days. Synanon had been the subject of international publicity in the 1960s (including a movie in 1965) for success in rehabilitating drug addicts, but in the 1970s members of the organization complained that Synanon was being transformed into a profit-making, authoritarian cult centred around Mr. Dederich. The California Attorney General’s office investigated the organization and found a large cache of weapons in the group’s possession and improper usage by Synanon of its tax-exempt status.

Protest
Three days of race riots began in Miami, Florida.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (1-1) 23 @ Hamilton (1-0) 41
Montreal (0-2) 8 @ Calgary (1-1) 19

Bruce Lemmerman, who had been acquired from the Edmonton Eskimos in a trade for running back Neil Lumsden, completed 11 of 15 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown to Leif Pettersen to lead Hamilton to victory before 23,100 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Ron Rowland rushed for 3 touchdowns in the 1st quarter for the Tiger-Cats, who built up a 35-0 lead before the Rough Riders rallied for 23 straight points.

James Sykes rushed 19 times for 138 yards and a touchdown and caught 9 passes for 86 to lead the Stampeders to victory before 32,936 fans at McMahon Stadium. Skip Walker of the Alouettes rushed 5 times for 94 yards and caught 8 for 86. His longest rush was 64 yards, but he fumbled near the Calgary goal line when tripped up by Calgary safety Darrell Moir, and Ray Odums recovered in the end zone for the Stampeders.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Verdammt - ich lieb' dich--Matthias Reim (2nd week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Verdammt - ich lieb' dich--Matthias Reim
2 I Promised Myself--Nick Kamen
3 I Can't Stand It!--Twenty 4 Seven featuring Capt. Hollywood
4 Hey, Wickie--Der Schreckliche Sven & die tollkühnen Plattenreiter
5 Insieme: 1992--Toto Cutugno
6 Ooops Up--Snap!
7 Alle meine Lieda--Remix-Poidl
8 Black Velvet--Alannah Myles
9 Miles Away--Thomas Forstner
10 Infinity (1990's...Time for the Guru)--Guru Josh

Singles entering the chart were Won't Talk About It by Beats International (#27); Papa was a Rolling Stone by Was Not Was (#28); and U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer (#30).

Died on this date
Omar Abu-Riche, 80. Syrian poet and diplomat. Mr. Abu-Riche wrote poetry while working as Librarian of Aleppo and held several ambassadorial posts, including that of Syrian Ambassador to the United States (1961-1964).

Margaret Lockwood, 73. U.K. actress. Miss Lockwood was a stage actress who also co-starred in such movies as The Lady Vanishes (1938) and The Wicked Lady (1945).

Baseball
The Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves combined for 34 hits and 8 home runs as the Expos won 16-14 before 11,237 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Braves hit 5 of the home runs.

25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me--U2 (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): 21 Go'nat historier--Timm & Gordon (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Conquest of Paradise--Vangelis (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Pour que tu m'aimes encore--Céline Dion (10th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Pour que tu m'aimes encore--Céline Dion (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Wanna Be A Hippy--Technohead

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Boom Boom Boom--The Outhere Brothers (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Waterfalls--TLC (2nd week at #1)
2 One More Chance/Stay with Me--The Notorious B.I.G.
3 Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)--Monica
4 Water Runs Dry--Boyz II Men
5 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Nicki French
6 Scream/Childhood--Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
7 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?--Bryan Adams
8 I Can Love You Like That--All-4-One
9 Boombastic/In the Summertime--Shaggy/Shaggy (featuring Rayvon)
10 Run-Around--Blues Traveler

Singles entering the chart were Glaciers of Ice/Criminology by Chef Raekwon (#43); Made in England by Elton John (#76); My Up and Down by Adina Howard (#85); I Can't Tell You Why by Brownstone (#89); Sugar Hill by AZ (#97); and How Deep is Your Love by Portrait (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Waterfalls--TLC (2nd week at #1)
2 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?--Bryan Adams
3 Don't Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days)--Monica
4 One More Chance/Stay with Me--The Notorious B.I.G.
5 Scream/Childhood--Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
6 Someone to Love--Jon B featuring Babyface
7 I Can Love You Like That--All-4-One
8 Run-Around--Blues Traveler
9 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Nikki French
10 Water Runs Dry--Boyz II Men

Singles entering the chart were 'Til You Do Me Right by After 7 (#69); Brown Sugar by D'Angelo (#70); As I Lay Me Down by Sophie B. Hawkins (#82); Only Wanna Be with You by Hootie & the Blowfish (#84); Take Your Time (Do it Right) by Max-A-Million (#87); and Can't Cry Anymore by Sheryl Crow (#89).

War
Thousands of Muslim refugees fled the captured Serbian "safe area" of Srebrenica as they were forced out by Bosnian Serbs.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (2-1) 28 @ Birmingham (2-1) 51



Baltimore (2-1) 28 @ San Antonio (1-2) 23



20 years ago
2000

War
United Nations troops in Sierra Leone rescued 222 Indian peacekeepers and 11 UN military observers who had been surrounded by rebels for two months. The detainees had reported that they were running low on food and medical supplies. During the raid, the observers were picked up by helicopters, and the peacekeepers helped fight their way out. The rebels reportedly suffered serious casualties.

Law
Two men in England caught on camera for dangerous driving escaped conviction when Judge Peter Crawford ruled that the police letter sent to motorists caught on speed cameras required them to incriminate themselves and was therefore in breach of their human rights under European law.

10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
James E. Akins, 83. U.S. diplomat. Mr. Akins entered the Foreign Service in 1954 and held several posts, most notably that of United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1973-1975). He held that post during the Yom Kippur War and the resulting Arab oil embargo of the United States, and was criticized for apparently representing Arab interests rather than American interests. Mr. Akins was fired after a series of disputes with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Mr. Akins died after a heart attack.

Environment
After 86 days of gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico and several previous attempts to contain the flow, British Petroleum capped its leaking oil well, using a 75-ton cap lowered onto the well earlier in the week.