July 18, 2020

1,375 years ago
645

War
Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besieged the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War.

825 years ago
1195

War
Almohad forces defeated the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII in the Battle of Alarcos in Spain, and forced its retreat to Toledo.

750 years ago
1270

Died on this date
Boniface of Savoy, 63. English clergyman. Boniface was Bishop of Belley in Burgundy before being appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1241. He didn't come to England until 1249, and spent much of his time as Archbishop abroad. Archbishop Boniface clashed with King Henry III and ecclesiastical authorities, but succeeded in eliminating the archdiocese's debt that he had inherited. Archbishop Boniface died in office, and was succeeded by William Chillenden.

730 years ago
1290

Abominations
King Edward I of England issued the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England. This was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.

410 years ago
1610

Died on this date
Caravaggio, 38. Italian artist. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was a painter who used dramatic lighting in depicting realistic human scenes, and was thus a formative influence on Baroque painting. He died on his way from Naples to Rome, reportedly from a fever, although there were suggestions that he was murdered or died from lead poisoning.

150 years ago
1870

Religion
The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Red Stockings scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat Harvard University 20-17 in Cincinnati.

130 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Frank Forde. Prime Minister of Australia, 1945. Mr. Forde, a member of the Labour Party, was a member of the Australian Parliament from 1922-1946. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on July 6, 1945, the day after the death of John Curtin. Mr. Forde was in office only a week before losing the contest for the party leadership to Ben Chifley. Mr. Forde lost his seat in the federal election of 1946, and was appointed High Commissioner to Canada, serving until 1953, before returning to state politics. He died on January 28, 1983 at the age of 92.

120 years ago
1900

Labour
The Canadian Parliament passed a law to prevent labour disputes through the voluntary use of conciliation and arbitration.

110 years ago
1910

Labour
3,500 drivers, brakemen, and handling workers with the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada went on strike.

100 years ago
1920

Died on this date
Joachim of Prussia, 29. German royal family member. Prince Joachim was the youngest son and sixth child of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Independence leaders in Ireland and Georgia considered him as a potential monarch in the late 1910s, but that never eventuated. Prince Joachim married Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt in 1916, but the couple divorced in 1920. He was reportedly suffering from severe depression at his status as a commoner after his father's abdication, and committed suicide by shooting himself in Potsdam.

90 years ago
1930

Baseball
The New York Giants scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 before 6,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Travis Jackson, who singled to lead off the 9th, singled home Fred Lindstrom with 2 out and the bases loaded to end the game.

The Cincinnati Reds scored 5 runs in the 8th inning and 2 in the 9th to break a 6-6 tie and defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 13-6 before 3,000 fans at National League Park in Philadelphia. Cincinnati third baseman Tony Cuccinello batted 4 for 5 with a sacrifice, double, run, and 3 runs batted in.

Babe Ruth hit his 33rd home run of the season plus a triple and double, and Lou Gehrig hit his 24th homer of the season, but the New York Yankees still lost 14-6 to the St. Louis Browns before just 800 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Goose Goslin and Oscar Melillo homered for the Browns. Sam Gray (4-12) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory and batted 3 for 4 with a double, 2 runs, and a run batted in.

Jimmie Foxx hit his 24th and 25th home runs of the season and a double, scoring 4 runs in and driving in 6 to lead the Philadelphia Athletics to a 15-1 rout of the Chicago White Sox before 8,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Mr. Foxx's first homer, in the 3rd inning, was the first ball ever hit over the left field roof at Comiskey Park. George Earnshaw (13-5) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory.

80 years ago
1940

War
German forces occupied the French island of Quessant, 120 miles south of Land's End, England. South African Prime Minister General Jan Smuts reiterated his country's resolve to stand by the United Kingdom in the European war.

Diplomacy
Denmark withdrew from the League of Nations.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that he approved of closing the Burma Road if it would bring peace in the Pacific.

U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and his staff left Washington to attend the Inter-American Conference in Havana.

Politics and government
Prince Fumimaro Konoye organized a new Japanese cabinet.

After a fight on the floor at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Henry Wallace was accepted as the party's 1940 candidate for Vice President of the United States, the day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt had been renominated to seek a third term in office. Mr. Roosevelt, in his acceptance speech, said that he opposed both dictators and appeasers.

Defense
U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson announced that an experiment with parachute troops would be conducted to determine their effectiveness.

Communications
Trans-Pacific mail service on a weekly basis was inaugurated with the arrival of a Pan American Airways clipper in New Zealand after a flight from San Francisco.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill extending the provisions of the Grain Standards Act to soybeans.

75 years ago
1945

War
A U.S. State Department spokesman said that the department had no knowledge of a reported peace offer submitted by Japan through Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. U.S. naval units carried out the third shelling of the Japanese home islands with an attack on large war plants in Hitachi, 80 miles northeast of Tokyo; production in the targeted plants was halted almost entirely. The Samboja oil fields and refinery on Borneo were captured by Australian forces.

Diplomacy
44 prominent Americans, including Herbert Hoover, Alf Landon, John Dewey, and George Creel, signed a petition to President Harry Truman to use his influence at the Potsdam Conference in Germany to have the Yalta agreement for free elections in Poland carried out.

Politics and government
The Belgian Senate approved the action of the Chamber of Deputies in extending indefinitely the regency of Prince Charles, thus virtually exiling King Leopold III.

A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee released the names of 16 commissioned and non-commissioned Army officers with backgrounds that "reflect Communism."

Defense
The U.S. War Production Board reported that munitions production for the remainder of the year would drop to about 70% of the March peak.

Law
The U.S. House of Representatives moved to adjourn from July 21-October 8 after passing a bill extending the time in which military veterans could take advantage of the "GI Bill."

Science
U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development Dr. Vannevar Bush suggested that Congress establish a National Research Foundation to promote a national policy for scientific research and education.

Economics and finance
The United States Senate voted for immediate consideration of the Bretton Woods proposals, defeating Sen. Robert Taft's (Republican--Ohio) proposal to delay consideration until November 15, 1945.

Bills were introduced in both houses of the United States Congress proposing that legal minimum wages start at 65c per hour for an estimated 10 million workers.

The American Medical Association offered a 14-point program to provide medical care for all people without increased taxation.

Disasters
A naval ammunition barge caught fire in Bedford Basin in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The magazine exploded for 24 hours causing evacuation of half the city's population, resulting in $4 million in damage but no loss of life.

70 years ago
1950

Died on this date
Carl Van Doren, 64. U.S. historian and literary critic. Dr. Van Doren, a member of a famous literary family, won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin.

War
The First Cavalry Division carried out the first major U.S. amphibious operation of the Korean War, going ashore without opposition at Pohang, an east coast port 80 miles north of Pusan.

Diplomacy
Replying to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson said that making Korean peace talks contingent on Communist China's admission to the United Nations would "subject the UN to coercion and duress."

Politics and government
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to end the inquiry led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin) into Communist influence in the State Department.

Journalism
Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Douglas MacArthur announced that he would not censor war correspondents in Korea.

Adventure
Five Frenchmen who said that they had scaled Anapurna Peak in the Himalayas (26,496 feet) claimed a mountain-climbing record.

Medicine
A London medical researcher reported that some far advanced breast cancers had been greatly shrunk by treatment with thyroxin and male sex hormones.

Oil
The United Kingdom banned oil shipments to Communist China.

Economics and finance
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East announced the start of its first public works project: construction of roads from Tulkarm to Azzun and from Hebron to Elsamur in Jordan-controlled Palestine.

U.S. President Harry Truman ordered credit restrictions on public and private housing to curb inflation and conserve material needed for defense.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Locamente Te Amaré--Dalida (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Les enfants du Pirée--Dalida

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
2 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
3 Everybody's Somebody's Fool--Connie Francis
4 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
5 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
6 That's All You Gotta Do--Brenda Lee
7 Mule Skinner Blues--The Fendermen
8 When Will I Be Loved--The Everly Brothers
9 Tell Laura I Love Her--Ray Peterson
10 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland

Singles entering the chart were It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley (#44); Volare by Bobby Rydell (#60); Please Help Me, I'm Falling by Rusty Draper (#82); The Twist by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (#87); Walk - Don't Run by the Ventures (#88); Ta Ta by Clyde McPhatter (#90); Do You Mind? by Anthony Newley (#92); In the Still of the Night by Dion and the Belmonts (#95); Mio Amore by the Flamingos (#98); and Night Train by the Viscounts (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
2 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
--Dante and the Evergreens
3 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
4 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland
5 Everybody's Somebody's Fool--Connie Francis
6 Mule Skinner Blues--The Fendermen
--Rusty Draper
7 Please Help Me, I'm Falling--Hank Locklin
--Rusty Draper
8 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
9 Josephine--Bill Black's Combo
10 Tell Laura I Love Her--Ray Peterson

Singles entering the chart were It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley (#58); It Only Happened Yesterday by Jack Scott (#70); The Twist, with versions by Chubby Checker; and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (#73); Walk - Don't Run by the Ventures (#86); Cuernavaca Choo Choo by Freddy Cannon (#90); Lisa by Jeanne Black (#94); The Teacher by the Falcons (#96); Far Far Away by Don Gibson (#97); She's a Whole Lot Like You by Hank Thompson (#98); Bongo Bongo Bongo by Preston Epps (#99); and Our Concerto by Umberto Bindi (#100). Cuernavaca Choo Choo was the other side of Happy Shades of Blue.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland (2nd week at #1)
2 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
3 Tell Laura I Love Her--Ray Peterson
4 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
5 Please Help Me, I'm Falling--Hank Locklin
6 I'm Sorry/That's All You Gotta Do--Brenda Lee
7 It's Now or Never/A Mess of Blues--Elvis Presley
8 Image of a Girl--The Safaris with the Phantom's Band
9 Is a Blue Bird Blue--Conway Twitty
10 Look for a Star--Garry Miles

Singles entering the chart were Finger Poppin' Time by Hank Ballard (#37); Pineapple Princess by Annette with the Afterbeats (#45); Mojo Workout (Dance) by Larry Bright (#46); Volare by Bobby Rydell (#54); The Twist by Chubby Checker (#55); So Blue by the Vibrations (#57); Theme from The Apartment by Ferrante and Teicher with their Orchestra & Chorus (#58); Over the Rainbow by the Demensions (#59); and A Broken Vow by the Chordettes (#60).

Baseball
The National League voted to expand to 10 teams if the Continental League failed to begin operation. The new NL teams would invade former CL territory.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Yellow River--Christie

#1 single in France: Sympathy--Rare Bird (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lady Barbara--Renato (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): El Condor Pasa (If I Could)--Simon & Garfunkel (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (6th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (7th week at #1)
2 Cottonfields--The Beach Boys
3 Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Airport Love Theme--Vincent Bell
5 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
6 Boom-Sha-La-La-Lo--Hans Poulsen
7 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
8 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
9 Let it Be--The Beatles
10 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens

Singles entering the chart were El Condor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel (#29); Old Man Emu by John Williamson (#30); Mississippi by John Phillips (#32); and Melanie Makes Me Smile by the Strangers (#38).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (2nd week at #1)
2 I Don't Believe in If Anymore--Roger Whittaker
3 Never Marry a Railroad Man--Shocking Blue
4 Magical Mystery Morning--Cats
5 Let Us Pray Together--Sandra & Andress
6 Lady D'Arbanville--Cat Stevens
7 Teach Your Children--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
8 Groovin' with Mr. Bloe--Mr. Bloe
9 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
10 All Right Now--Free

Singles entering the chart were Try a Little Love by Oscar Jones and the Twinkle Stars (#16); Back Home by Golden Earring (#18); Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#24); Midnight by George Baker Selection (#25); Agata by Nino Ferrer (#33); Ball of Confusion by the Temptations (#37); and Adiós Corazón by the Shoes (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night (2nd week at #1)
2 The Love You Save/I Found That Girl--The Jackson 5
3 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
4 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
5 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
6 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
7 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
8 O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence--The Five Stairsteps
9 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
10 Make it with You--Bread

Singles entering the chart were Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (Part 1) by James Brown (#72); Everybody's Got the Right to Love by the Supremes (#74); Snowbird by Anne Murray (#86); Hand Me Down World by the Guess Who (#89); Patches by Clarence Carter (#90); Baby, Is There Something on Your Mind by McKinley Travis (#93); Down by the River by Buddy Miles (#94); The Lights of Tucson by Jim Campbell (#97); Yellow River by Christie (#98); I Can't Be You (You Can't Be Me) by the Glass House (#99); and Long Lonely Nights by the Dells (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night (2nd week at #1)
2 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
3 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
4 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
5 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
6 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
7 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
8 O-o-h Child--The Five Stairsteps
9 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
10 Make it with You--Bread

Singles entering the chart were Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (Part 1) by James Brown (#57); Hand Me Down World by the Guess Who (#65); 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago (#67); Patches by Clarence Carter (#71); Glory Glory by the Rascals (#73); Wigwam by Bob Dylan (#76); Hummingbird by B.B. King (#79); My Girl by Eddie Floyd (#85); Drop by My Place by Little Carl Carlton (#87); America, Communicate with Me by Ray Stevens (#89); One Day of Your Life by Andy Williams (#92); Snowbird by Anne Murray (#93); I Can Remember by Oliver (#94); It's a Shame by the Spinners (#95); Come on Down by Savage Grace (#96); I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine) by the Chi-Lites (#97); Save Your Sugar for Me by Tony Joe White (#99); and Black Hands White Cotton by Caboose (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night (3rd week at #1)
2 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
3 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
4 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
5 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
6 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
7 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
8 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
9 O-o-h Child--The Five Stairsteps
10 Make it with You--Bread

Singles entering the chart included Patches by Clarence Carter (#72); 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago (#74); Everybody's Got the Right to Love by the Supremes (#78); Sing a Song for Freedom by Frijid Pink (#82); Groovy Situation by Gene Chandler (#83); Long Lonely Nights by the Dells (#88); Hand Me Down World by the Guess Who (#90); Glory Glory by the Rascals (#91); Hummingbird by B.B. King (#92); Black Hands White Cotton by Caboose (#93); Snowbird by Anne Murray (#95); Drop by My Place by Little Carl Carlton (#96); and Runaway People by Dyke and the Blazers (#98).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (2nd week at #1)
2 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
3 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
4 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
5 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
6 Mississippi Queen--Mountain
7 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
8 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
9 United We Stand--The Brotherhood of Man
10 Teach Your Children--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Singles entering the chart were Paper Mache by Dionne Warwick (#72); Country Song by the Original Caste (#78); Me and Bobby McGee by Gordon Lightfoot (#81); Destiny by Jose Feliciano (#82); Sing a Song for Freedom by Frijid Pink (#83); War by Edwin Starr (#84); I Need You by the 49th Parallel (#89); Everybody's Got the Right to Love by the Supremes (#91); If Johnny Comes Marching Home by Goliath (#93); Trucker's Cafe by the Great Speckled Bird (#94); I.O.I.O. by the Bee Gees (#95); Wigwam by Bob Dylan (#96); Rock My Soul by the Humphries Singers (#97); Can't Stop Loving You by the Flirtations (#98); Soul Shake by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#99); and Pufnstuf by Jack Wild (#100). Country Song was the B-side of Nothing Can Touch Me (Don't Worry Baby, It's Alright), which had yet to chart. Pufnstuf was the title song of the movie.

War
U.S. casualties in Vietnam for the week were 66 dead and 619 wounded. U.S. jets and South Vietnamese troops continued operations in Cambodia. Thailand’s 11,000-man Panther Division left South Vietnam, presumably to aid the Cambodian government of Lon Nol.

Crime
At least a dozen young American students or vacationers caught with small amounts of marijuana were reported to be among the 187 or so U.S. citizens in 22 Mexican prisons on drug charges.

Weather
At least 15 people were reported killed and 17 were missing after three days of heavy rains in South Korea.

Disasters
A Soviet cargo plane bound for Peru on an earthquake-relief mission disappeared with 22 people aboard after a refuelling stop in Iceland. Aircraft from three nations sought for the plane in vain.

Auto racing
Jochen Rindt of Austria won the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, England, passing Jack Brabham of Australia on the final corner when Mr. Brabham ran out of fuel. It was Mr. Rindt's third straight win and fourth win of the year. Mr. Brabham finished second and Denis Hulme of New Zealand third.



Baseball
In the 2nd inning of the San Francisco Giants' 10-1 win over the Montreal Expos before 28,879 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Willie Mays of the Giants hit a single off Mike Wegener (1-3) for his 3,000th major league career hit. The Giants scored 5 runs in the 1st inning. Gaylord Perry (14-8) pitched a 4-hit complete game and batted 2 for 4, hitting a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 3rd, and doubling and scoring in the 6th. Bill Dillman, the second of three Montreal pitchers, allowed 4 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 2 innings, walking 2 batters and striking out 2 in the 51st and last game of his 2-year major league career.



Woody Woodward doubled home Johnny Bench and scored on a single by pinch hitter Bernie Carbo as the Cincinnati Reds scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 1-1 tie and defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 before 27,906 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Mr. Carbo was batting for Jim Merritt (15-7), who allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 9 innings to get the win.

Clete Boyer singled with 1 out in the top of the 11th inning and Gil Garrido followed with a run-scoring triple as the Atlanta Braves edged the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 before 32,593 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. St. Louis leadoff hitter Lou Brock batted 4 for 6 with a double, run, 2 runs batted in, and a stolen base.

Cleon Jones scored Ken Singleton with a sacrifice fly to climax a 3-run 9th-inning rally for the New York Mets as they came back fro a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 before 29,511 fans at Dodger Stadium. New York second baseman Ted Martinez batted 0 for 4, making 1 putout and 2 assists and beginning a double play in his first major league game.

Ted Kubiak had the best game of his career, hitting a grand slam, double and single, driving in 7 runs, as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame a 5-1 deficit to defeat the Boston Red Sox 10-5 before 22,723 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Carl Yastrzemski hit a 3-run homer for the Red Sox, and Reggie Smith added a solo homer.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): One More Reggae for the Road--Bill Lovelady (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il jouait du piano debout--France Gall (5th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb (3rd week at #1)
2 Brass in Pocket--Pretenders
3 Crying--Don McLean
4 Day-O/Island in the Sun--Richard Jon Smith
5 Together We are Beautiful--Fern Kinney
6 Paradise Road--Joy
7 It's My House--Diana Ross
8 It Hurts Too Much--Eric Carmen
9 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
10 Call Me--Blondie

Singles entering the chart were I See a Boat on the River by Boney M.; and Boat on the River by Styx (#20).

World events
Former Iranian Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar escaped an assassination attempt in Paris. Three men burst into his home; 2 people were killed and four wounded in a shootout.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): I Promised Myself--Nick Kamen (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Karl Menninger, 96. U.S. psychiatrist. Dr. Menninger was a member of the family who founded the Menninger Foundation and Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. His books included The Human Mind (1930); Man Against Himself (1938); The Crime of Punishment (1968); and Whatever Became of Sin? (1973). Dr. Menninger died four days before his 97th birthday.

Yun Posun, 92. 2nd President of South Korea, 1960-1962. Mr. Yun helped to establish the South Korean Democratic Party. He served as Vice President from April 23-26, 1960, and was President from August 13, 1960-March 22, 1962. Mr. Yun resigned from office by Park Chung-Hee as a result of the military coup of May 16, 1961.

Johnny Wayne, 72. Canadian comedian. Mr. Wayne was half of the comedy team Wayne and Shuster, who initially achieved popularity performing for troops during World War II and then made several specials per year on CBC television. They appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show a record 67 times. Wayne and Shuster’s most popular skits included takeoffs on Julius Caesar (Rinse the Blood Off My Toga) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Brown Pumpernickel). They’d have a tough time succeeding in today’s culture of declining literacy. During the 1977-78 season, Mr. Wayne’s Confessions of a Hockey Nut appeared as a first period intermission feature on Hockey Night in Canada.

Abominations
Newfoundland Roman Catholic Archbishop Alphonsus Penney announced that he had offered his resignation to Pope John Paul II following the release of a report that blamed church officials for ignoring and covering up sexual abuse by priests. "We are a sinful church," said Archbishop Penney, who had initiated the report by a five-member commission headed by former Newfoundland Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Winter. The report found that high-ranking clergy were more concerned about the offenders than the victims, and attempted to cover up allegations that priests were sexually abusing boys. Among its 55 recommendations, the commission suggested that the Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops examine such issues as compensation for abuse victims and the tradition of celibacy for priests.

Diplomacy
In Paris, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker announced that the United States would no longer recognize the Cambodian rebel coalition and would instead open talks with Vietnam in an effort to end the civil war in Cambodia. The U.S. had become concerned with growing battlefield success of the Khmer Rouge, who had brutally ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979. Mr. Baker said it was "very important" to prevent the return to power of the Khmer Rouge; Vietnam was a supporter of the current Cambodian government. Mr. Baker had met with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, whose government was a backer of Vietnam and who also supported the shift in U.S. policy.

Oil
In a letter made public, Iraq charged that Kuwait and United Arab Emirates had participated in an "imperialist-Zionist plan" to depress oil prices. It accused Kuwait of having stolen $2.4 billion worth of oil from an Iraqi oilfield.

Protest
The Canadian federal government sent 50 RCMP officers to help restore order in the area of Oka, Quebec, where Mohawks from the nearby Kanesatake reserve had set up roadblocks a week earlier.

Scandal
The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee recommended that the full Senate denounce David Durenberger (Republican--Minnesota) for a number of ethical violations. The Committee said that Sen. Durenberger had knowingly violated Senate rules and had "brought the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." The charges against him included accepting improper reimbursement for travel and housing from the Senate and conspiring to evade limits on speaking fees. The Committee advised the Senate to ask Sen. Durenberger to repay $29,050 in reimbursements and ask him to donate $95,000 to charity to compensate for excess fees.

Crime
English teenagers Patricia Cahill and Karen Smith were arrested in the Bangkok airport and charged with drug smuggling. The girls claimed they didn’t know that the packages they were carrying contained heroin.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.5% in June.

Labour
Arbitrator George Nicolau ruled in favour of the Major League Baseball Players Association in finding that the 26 major league clubs had colluded in refusing to bid on free agents in 1987.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (0-1-1) 23 @ Edmonton (2-0) 41

Tracy Ham threw 2 touchdown passes to Keith Wright and 1 to Darrell Colbert to lead the Eskimos. Blake Marshall added another Eskimo touchdown on the ground. Ray Macoritti converted all 4 and added 3 field goals and 4 singles. Mr. Wright finished with 6 receptions for 110 yards. Doug Flutie, in his first Commonwealth Stadium appearance, rushed 19 yards for the first B.C. touchdown, and completed a 37-yard pass to Larry Willis for another touchdown. Lui Passaglia converted both and added 3 field goals. It was the last game for 5th-year Eskimo receiver Tom Richards, who went on the injured list after the game, and was forced into retirement by a bad back. 38,401 were in attendance.



Baseball
The Boston Red Sox edged the Minnesota Twins 5-4 before 34,838 fans at Fenway Park in Boston in a game in which the Red Sox hit into 6 double plays and the Twins hit into 4. The total was a major league record for a single game and came the day after the Red Sox had hit into 2 triple plays.

25 years ago
1995

Died on this date
Fabio Casartelli, 24. Italian cyclist. Mr. Casartelli won the gold medal in the road race at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. He was killed in a crash during the 15th stage of the Tour de France, when his head struck concrete blocks along the roadway. Mr. Casartelli was not wearing a helmet.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the trade deficit in May was $11.43 billion.

Disasters
The Soufrière Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Over the course of several years, it devastated the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.

20 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Paul Coverdell, 61. U.S. politician. Mr. Coverdell, a Republican, represented the 56th (1971-1973) and 40th (1973-1989) Districts in the Georgia Senate. He was appointed Director of the Peace Corps by U.S. President George Bush in 1989, serving until 1991. Mr. Coverdell represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate from 1993 until his death, a day after surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage. He was secretary of the Republican Party conference, the fourth-highest position in the party.

Crime
English police confirmed that the body that they had found in a West Sussex field the day before was that of 8-year-old Sarah Payne, missing since July 1.

Baseball
Johnny Damon had 5 hits, including 4 doubles, to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 12-4 win over the Chicago Cubs in an interleague game before 28,898 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

Shannon Stewart of the Toronto Blue Jays also had 4 doubles, but the Blue Jays lost 11-7 to the New York Mets in an interleague game before 24,633 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Mike Piazza hit a grand slam for the Mets in the 5th inning.

The Colorado Rockies scored 6 runs in both the 4th and 8th innings as they routed the Oakland Athletics 18-3 in an interleague game before 38,371 fans at Coors Field in Denver. Every man in the Colorado lineup had at least 1 hit.

Pinch hitter Armando Rios hit a 3-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers in an interleague game before 40,930 fans at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco. The Giants trailed 3-0 before scoring 2 runs in the 8th.

10 years ago
2010

Golf
Louis Oosthuizen shot a 1-under-par 71 in the final round to win the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland with a 16-under-par total score of 272, 7 strokes ahead of Lee Westwood. First prize money was £850,000 ($1,305,593).