July 3, 2020

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Nadin!

1,310 years ago
710

Died on this date
Zhongzong, 53. Emperor of China, 684, 705-710. Zhongzong, born Li Xian, acceded to the throne in January 684 upon the death of his father Gaozong as an emperor of the Tang dynasty, but was deposed by his mother Empress Wu less than two months later in favour of his younger brother Ruizong. Zhongzong was sent into exile, but was brought back in 698 and installed as crown prince. When a palace coup deposed Empress Wu in 705, Emperor Zhongzong was restored to the throne, but was dominated by his consort Empress Wei, who reportedly had him killed by putting poison in a cake. Zhongzong was succeeded on the throne by his son Emperor Shang.

730 years ago
1290

Died on this date
Trần Thánh Tông, 49. Emperor of Đại Việt, 1258-1278. Trần Thánh Tông acceded to the throne upon the abdication of his father Trần Thái Tông, founder of the Trần dynasty. Trần Thánh Tông achieved military and civil success, and is regarded as one of Vietnam's greatest emperors. Trần Thánh Tông abdicated in favour of his son Trần Nhân Tông in 1258, and held the title Retired Emperor, aiding Trần Nhân Tông in repelling Mongol invasions.

470 years ago
1550

Born on this date
Jacobus Gallus. Slovenian composer. Mr. Gallus wrote over 500 choral works, and was best known for the six-part Opus musicum (1587), a collection of 374 motets. He died on July 18, 1591, 15 days after his 41st birthday.

225 years ago
1795

Died on this date
Antonio de Ulloa, 79. Spanish scientist, military officer, and politician. Mr. Ulloa was a renowned scientist in various fields before serving as Governor of the Huancavelica region of Peru from 1758-1764, and the first Spanish Governor of West Louisiana from 1766-1768. He spent his later years as a naval officer, and was appointed lieutenant-general of Spain's naval forces in 1779.

150 years ago
1870

Born on this date
R.B. Bennett. Prime Minister of Canada, 1930-1935. Richard Bedford Bennett, a native of Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, was a teacher before he moved to Calgary in 1897 and made his name as a lawyer. A Conservative, Mr. Bennett entered politics at the territorial level, being elected to the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories in 1898, and remaining in provincial politics after Alberta became a province in 1905, becoming leader of the Alberta Conservative Party. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1911, and was in and out of Parliament until winning the leadership of the federal Conservative Party in 1927. Mr. Bennett led the Conservatives to an overwhelming victory in 1930, unseating the governing Liberals of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, but was unable to lift the country from the miseries of the Depression. In 1935 he attempted his own version of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, but voters in that year's federal election opted to return Mr. King's Liberals to power. Mr. Bennett retired from Canadian politics in 1938 and accepted a peerage, entering the British House of Lords as Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary, and Hopewell. He died of a heart attack in his bathtub on June 26, 1947, a week before his 77th birthday. Viscount Bennett High School in Calgary is named in his honour.

William Campion. U.K. and Australian politician. Sir William, a Conservative, represented Lewes in the House of Commons (1910-1924) and served as Governor of Western Australia (1924-1931). He died on January 2, 1951 at the age of 80.

130 years ago
1890

Americana
Idaho entered the Union as the 43rd state.

120 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Alessandro Blasetti. Italian movie director. Mr. Blasetti had a career that spanned more than four decades, and was the leading Italian director during the country's Fascist regime. His first film, Sun (1929), was described by Duce Benito Mussolini as "the dawn of the Fascist film." Mr. Blasetti died on February 1, 1987 at the age of 86.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Paul O'Dea. U.S. baseball player and manager. Mr. O'Dea was an outfielder and pitcher who spent most of his career in the minor leagues, but played with the Cleveland Indians from 1944-1945, batting .272 with 1 home run and 34 runs batted in in 163 games, and posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 5.68 in 4 games on the mound. He played in the majors despite suffering vision loss in his right eye after being hit by a foul ball during spring training in 1940, and was one of several players who were employed in the major leagues during World War II who had a disability. Mr. O'Dea played in at least 620 games in at least 10 seasons in the minor leagues from 1938-1951, and managed various teams in the lower ranks of the Cleveland farm system from 1947-1960. He then served as a scout with the Indians until his death on December 11, 1978 at the age of 58.

90 years ago
1930

Politics and government
The U.S. Congress passed a bill creating the Veterans Administration.

80 years ago
1940

War
The first group of German prisoners of war arrived in Canada. King George VI of Great Britain declined to send Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to Canada for protection in wartime. In order to stop their ships from falling into German hands, the French fleet of the Atlantic, based at Mers El Kébir, was bombarded by the British fleet coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of the battleships Dunkerque, Provence, and Bretagne, and the deaths of 1,200 sailors. Soviet forces completed their occupation of ceded Romanian provinces. Japanese troops closed virtually all land communication between Hong Kong and mainland China.

World events
Franz Rademacher, head of the Jewish Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Nazi government of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, proposed a plan to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland." German military forces were days away from winning the Battle of France, and Mr. Rademacher's proposal called for Madagascar--then a French colony--to be handed over to Germany as part of the French surrender terms.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared legislation requesting $5 billion more for national defense.

Politics and government
A county court in Detroit ruled that, in the absence of specific legislation to the contrary, the Communist Party must be allowed a space on Michigan's state electoral ballot.

Baseball
Pee Wee Reese’s grand slam in the 9th inning led the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 7-3 win over the New York Giants before 18,960 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York.

Jimmie Foxx’s home run was the key blow as the Boston Red Sox scored 6 runs in the 9th inning to overcome a 7-run deficit and defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 12-11 before 2,400 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Ted Williams and Jim Tabor each hit 3-run home runs for the Red Sox, and Joe Cronin also homered for Boston. Sam Chapman hit 2 home runs for the Athletics, while Dick Siebert also homered for Philadelphia.

75 years ago
1945

War
More than 450 U.S. Superfortresses dropped 3,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokushima, Takamatsu, and Kochi on the Japanese island of Shikoku; Ube on Honshu; and Kumamoto on Kyushu, destroying 48%-78% of the target areas.

World events
American and British troops began moving into Berlin, but traffic and other problems limited the entry to a trickle.

Defense
The United States Navy ended segregation of Negroes from whites in training.

Politics and government
The new Polish government assured the U.S. and U.K. that "free and unfettered elections" would be held as soon as possible.

Harry Hopkins, special adviser to U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, resigned because of ill health.

After being sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, James Byrnes said that there would be no change in U.S. foreign policy and no personnel changes until he returned from the upcoming U.S.-U.K.-U.S.S.R. summit in Germany.

U.S. President Truman ordered all but six federal agencies to reduce their work week from 48-44 hours, affecting 2.5 million employees.

Law
U.S. President Truman signed a bill to pay $101,630 to Sioux Indians for ponies the United States Army had taken from them after the defeat of the forces of General George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana in 1876.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board raised margin requirements from 50%-75%, the highest ever, to cut down on speculation in the stock market.

70 years ago
1950

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Whisper

This was a restaging of a story originally broadcast on September 23, 1949.

Divorced on this date
U.S. actress Bette Davis and artist William Grant Sherry were divorced in Juarez, Mexico on grounds of incompatibility.

War
North Korea protested to the United Nations against U.S. intervention in Korea, accusing the U.S. of "barefaced aggression," and predicting victory in the "holy war" against U.S. "imperialists" and the "clique" of South Korean President Syngman Rhee. U.S. carrier planes went into action in Korea as aircraft from the USS Valley Forge raided transport and supply facilities in Pyongyang. The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to send Marines with their air units to Korea, as requested by Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Douglas MacArthur.

Defense
The U.S. Navy announced that it was sending the 45,000-ton aircraft carrier Midway and four destroyers to join the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman signed a measure authorizing Puerto Rico to adopt a constitution, provided a majority of Puerto Rican voters approved the document and it guaranteed a "republican form of government."

Economics and finance
The U.S. Treasury Department announced that the government had ended its fiscal year with a $3.1-billion deficit, $2.4 billion less than President Truman had estimated in his January budget review. Lower defense spending was the major cause for the smaller deficit.

60 years ago
1960

Died on this date
Bill Killefer, 72. U.S. baseball player, coach, and manager. Mr. Killefer was a catcher with the St. Louis Browns (1909-1910); Philadelphia Phillies (1911-1917); and Chicago Cubs (1918-1921), batting .238 with 4 home runs and 240 runs batted in in 1,035 games. He was regarded as one of the best defensive catchers of his time, and was with the Phillies when they won the National League pennant in 1915 and the Cubs when they won the NL pennant in 1918, batting .111 with 2 runs batted in in 7 World Series games. Mr. Killefer managed the Cubs (1921-1925) and Browns (1930-1933), compiling a record of 524-622. He coached with the St. Louis Cardinals (1926); Browns (1927-1929); Brooklyn Dodgers (1939); and Phillies (1942), and was with the Cardinals when they won the World Series. He died from hemorrhaging of the digestive tract.

Baseball
Del Crandall singled home Al Spangler with 2 out and the bases loaded in the top of the 14th inning to break a 3-3 tie as the Milwaukee Braves edged the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 before 19,348 fans at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Hank Aaron hit a pair of solo home runs for the Braves.

Center fielder Jim Busby's error on a single by Sherm Lollar with 2 out in the top of the 11th inning enabled Roy Sievers to score to break a 1-1 tie as the Chicago White Sox edged the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 before 11,967 fans at Memorial Stadium. Gerry Staley (8-3) pitched 2 perfect innings in relief of Herb Score to get the win over Jack Fisher (5-6), who allowed 6 hits in a complete game.

Willie Tasby's grand slam was the big blow of an 8-run 7th inning as the Boston Red Sox routed the Kansas City Athletics 13-2 before 10,291 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Ted Williams and Vic Wertz also homered for the Red Sox. Ray Blemker, the fourth and last Kansas City pitcher, allowed 3 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 1.2 innings, walking 2 batters and striking out none in his only major league game. Mr. Tasby's home run was his first of the season, and his first since being acquired by the Red Sox from the Baltimore Orioles on June 9.

The New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Detroit Tigers 7-6 and 6-2 before 51,593 fans at Yankee Stadium. Ryne Duren saved the first game for the Yankees when he struck out Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and 2 out in the 9th inning. The key hit in the second game was a 3-run home run by Mickey Mantle in the 5th. Detroit shortstop Casey Wise batted 0 for 2 with a base on balls in the second game, making 2 putouts and 4 assists in the 126th and last game of his 4-year major league career.



The Cleveland Indians scored 4 runs in the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie as they beat the Washington Senators 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 12,545 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Vic Power and John Romano each drove in 4 runs for the Indians as they won the second game 11-5 to complete the sweep.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Come Softly to Me--Percy Sledge
2 I Don't Believe in If Anymore--Roger Whittaker
3 Daughter of Darkness--Tom Jones
4 Yellow River--Christie
5 Working on a Good Thing--Outlet
6 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
7 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
8 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 All Kinds of Everything--Dana
10 When Julie Comes Around--The Cuff Links

Singles entering the chart were In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry (#16); Cottonfields by the Beach Boys (#18); Round and Around by John Edmond (#19); and The Seeker by the Who (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night (2nd week at #1)
2 I'm Gonna Capture You--Terry Jacks
3 Question--The Moody Blues
4 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
5 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
6 Baby Hold On--The Grass Roots
7 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
8 Teach Your Children--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9 Are You Ready?--Pacific Gas & Electric
10 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were Silver Bird by Mark Lindsay (#24); Make it with You by Bread (#26); Lay a Little Lovin' on Me by Robin McNamara (#27); Spill the Wine by Eric Burdon and War (#28); Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (#29); and Snowbird by Anne Murray (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Are You Ready?--Pacific Gas & Electric
2 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
3 Question--The Moody Blues
4 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
5 Get Ready--Rare Earth
6 Gimme Shelter--Merry Clayton
7 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
8 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
9 Teach Your Children--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Ohio--Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
10 Your Own Back Yard--Dion

Singles entering the chart were Freedom Blues by Little Richard (#26); Love Land by Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#27); Make it with You by Bread (#28); Rum Diddy by Howie Vickers (#29); and Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
2 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
3 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
4 Mississippi--John Phillips
5 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
6 Crazy Jane--Tom Northcott
7 Big Yellow Taxi--Joni Mitchell
8 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
9 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
10 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image

War
Fighting raged in Belfast between residents of the Roman Catholic area of Falls and British troops after 5 men were reported killed and 50 injured in rioting.

Diplomacy
Arab news media decried the remarks of U.S. President Richard Nixon two days earlier that the Middle East situation was like the Balkans before World War I, and that the Arab Israeli conflict could lead to a collision between the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. Mr. Nixon had also said that it was necessary to guarantee Israel’s future existence since the Arabs still hoped "to drive Israel into the sea." Baghdad radio warned that Mr. Nixon was "risking the interests of the American people in the Arab east."

Health
U.S federal health experts announced that they had not discovered a single death from polio in 1969. Credit was given to vaccines introduced in the mid-1950s.

Disasters
All 112 people aboard a British Dan-Air Comet jet perished when it crashed into a mountainside as it approached Barcelona on a charter flight from Manchester.

Baseball
In a pregame ceremony before 12,131 fans at Anaheim Stadium, Clyde Wright of the California Angels was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame for his pitching while at Carson-Newman College. He then pitched a no-hitter as the Angels blanked the Oakland Athletics 4-0, improving his 1970 record to 12-5. Ken McMullen hit a 3-run home run in the 4th inning.

The Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning to tie the score, and parlayed a pair of walks and a pair of errors into a pair of unearned runs in the 10th to break a 3-3 tie as they beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 29,661 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Pat Kelly hit a solo home run with 2 out in the top of the 7th to break a 3-3 tie as the Royals won the second game 4-3 to complete the sweep.

Each team scored a run in the 1st inning, 6 in the second, and 2 in the 4th, but the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 3 in each of the 8th and 9th to defeat the Chicago Cubs 16-14 before 26,602 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Roberto Clemente and Gene Alley each hit 2 home runs for the Pirates.

Mike Lum hit 3 home runs and drove in 5 runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-1 win over the San Diego Padres in the first game of a doubleheader before 19,001 fans at Atlanta Stadium, with Jim Nash (10-2) pitching a 6-hit complete game victory. The Braves scored 7 runs in the first 2 innings as they won the second game 9-4 to complete the sweep. Rico Carty homered for the Braves in each game.

40 years ago
1980

Religion
Pope John Paul II continued his tour of Brazil by spending the day in Sao Paulo.

Baseball
The largest crowd to attend a major league game in 7 years--73,096--were at Cleveland Stadium to see the Indians beat the New York Yankees 2-0 on a 2-hitter by Wayne Garland (3-1). Cleveland designated hitter Joe Charboneau batted 3 for 5 with a run and 4 runs batted in. There were no extra-base hits in the game.



Ken Landreaux hit 3 triples to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-3 win over the Texas Rangers before 7,612 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Adrian Devine, the second of five Texas pitchers, allowed 2 hits and 3 runs--1 earned--in 2 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out none in the 217th and last game of his 7-year major league career.

With 2 out and none on base in the bottom of the 10th inning, Reggie Smith drew a base on balls, advanced to second base on a single by Steve Garvey, and scored on a single by Dusty Baker to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres before 31,375 fans at Dodger Stadium.

Denny Walling led off the 6th inning with a home run to open the scoring, and the Houston Astros scored 2 more runs in the inning as they held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 before 15,769 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. J.R. Richard (10-4) allowed 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--with 8 strikeouts in 6 innings for what turned out to be his last major league win.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Sydän tyhjää lyö--Eppu Normaali (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
At the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze criticized defense spending as too high, and warned against military influence in shaping foreign policy. Yegor Ligachev, a "conservative," got a positive response form the audience when he denounced reform as "thoughtless radicalism," and opposed the draft party platform.

Aviation
Larry Tudor of Santa Ana, California set a certified world "open distance" paragliding record of 303 miles. Finding some two dozen hot, light air masses called thermals, he soared as high as 13,500 feet, floating from an airpark in Hobbs, New Mexico to a fast-food restaurant in Elkhart, Kansas. The 300-mile barrier had never before been broken.

Disasters
The government of Saudi Arabia announced that 1,426 Muslim pilgrims had been killed when a stampede occurred in a tunnel leading from a nearby tent city to the holy sites in Mecca. 50,000 people were crowded into the tunnel, which was 500 yards long and 20 yards wide. The crowd panicked after 7 people fell from a bridge at the entrance to the tunnel. The victims, including many from Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, and Malaysia, were suffocated or trampled to death.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (1-1) 27 @ Hamilton (1-1) 28
Saskatchewan (0-3) 23 @ Edmonton (1-1) 35

The Eskimos' win over the Roughriders at Commonwealth Stadium attracted only about 15,000 fans, the smallest crowd ever for an Eskimo game in that stadium to date. It was a dreary day full of heavy rain, and the game probably should have been postponed for a day. The rain let up near the end of the first quarter, and it ended up being a nice night. The game was the last for 12-year veteran Edmonton offensive tackle Hector Pothier, who failed to survive cutdown day a few days later. It was also the second and last game in which kick returners Henry "Gizmo" Williams and Tony "Wiz" Hunter played as teammates. Mr. Williams had played in the NFL in 1989, and the Eskimos had recruited Mr. Hunter as his replacement. He did an outstanding job, but head coach Joe Faragalli decided not to keep both of them in 1990.

25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: The Colour Inside--Ti.Pi.Cal. (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Scatman's World--Scatman John (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): '74–'75--The Connells (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wish You were Here--Rednex

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Leave Virginia Alone--Rod Stewart
2 December--Collective Soul
3 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?--Bryan Adams
4 Water Runs Dry--Boyz II Men
5 Let Her Cry--Hootie & the Blowfish
6 I Believe--Blessid Union of Souls
7 I'll Be There for You--The Rembrandts
8 Genuine--Mae Moore
9 This Ain't a Love Song--Bon Jovi
10 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me--U2

Singles entering the chart were The Bazaar by the Bazaar (#76); All Over You by Live (#78); Long Way to Go by John Bottomley (#83); A Whiter Shade of Pale by Annie Lennox (#87); Days Like This by Van Morrison (#89); Down and Dirty by Bad Company (#92); and You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette (#95).

Died on this date
Pancho Gonzales, 67. U.S. tennis player. Mr. Gonzales, born Ricardo Alonso González, was the number one-ranked men's player in the world for eight years from 1952-1960. He won 17 major singles titles, including 15 Pro Slams and 2 Grand Slams.

Eddie Mazur, 65. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Mazur, a native of Winnipeg, was a defenceman and left wing with the Montreal Canadiens (1950-55) and Chicago Black Hawks (1956-57), scoring 8 goals and 20 assists in 107 regular season games and 4 goals and 5 assists in 25 playoff games. He was a member of the Canadiens when they won the Stanley Cup in 1953. Mr. Mazur played with several minor league teams from 1948-65; he was with the Victoria Cougars when they won the Pacific Coast Hockey League championship in 1951, and the Winnipeg Warriors when they won the Western Hockey League championship in 1956. Mr. Mazur died in Winnipeg, 22 days before his 66th birthday.

Politics and government
The Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party won that country's general election and was restored to power after being in opposition for 15 years. The Labour Party took 7 of 11 seats in Parliament, an increase of 3 from the most recent election in 1993. The Concerned Citizens' Movement won 2 seats, with People's Action Movement and Nevis Reformation Party each winning 1.

20 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Harold Nicholas, 79. U.S. dancer. Mr. Nicholas and his older brother Fayard comprised perhaps the most famous tap dancing duo in history, performing on stage and screen for more than 60 years. He appeared, with his brother or as a solo performer, in movies such as Stormy Weather (1943); The Pirate (1948); and The Five Heartbeats (1991). Mr. Nicholas died from heart failure.

Mary-Beth Miller. Canadian biathlete. Ms. Miller, a resident of Yellowknife, was killed by a bear while training at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, Quebec.

Politics and government
In his first speech as Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone said that he would stand up to the British government when it was not acting in London’s best interests.

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox, trailing 9-3, scored 8 runs in the 5th inning en route to a 14-10 win over the Kansas City Royals before 24,496 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Every man in the Chicago lineup had at least 1 hit and 1 run. There was no scoring in the last 3 innings.

The Boston Red Sox hit 4 home runs and scored 9 runs in the 4th inning as they outlasted the Minnesota Twins 11-8 before 13,128 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Jose Vidro and Orlando Cabrera each hit 2 home runs and Rondell White added another for the Montreal Expos as they routed the Atlanta Braves 17-1 before 44,302 fans at Turner Field in Atlanta. Ismael Villegas, the second of three Atlanta pitchers, allowed 4 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 2.2 innings, walking 2 batters, striking out 2, hitting a batter, and batting 0 for 1 in his only major league game.

Mike Lowell singled with 1 out and none on base in the bottom of the 9th inning and Derrek Lee followed with a home run to give the Florida Marlins a 2-0 win over the New York Mets before 15,844 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami.

10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
Abu Daoud, 72 or 73. Palestinian terrorist. Mohammad Daoud Oudeh was one of the founders of the terrorist organization Fatah, and was the mastermind of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes in Munich during the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. He lived in Eastern Europe and Lebanon for years after that, but ultimately ended up in Syria, the only country that would take him. Mr. Daoud died of kidney failure.