August 10, 2020

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Grant Devitt!

990 years ago
1030

War
The Battle of Azaz in Syria ended with a humiliating retreat of Byzantine Emperor Romanos III before forces of the Mirdasid Emirate of Aleppo. The retreat degenerated into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escaped capture.

750 years ago
1270

Africana
Emperor Yekuno Amlak took the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe dynasty interregnum.

500 years ago
1520

Born on this date
Madeleine of Valois. Queen consort of Scotland, 1537. Madeleine, the fifth child and third daughter of King Francis I of France, married King James V of Scotland at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on January 1, 1537. She had always suffered from delicate health, and died of tuberculosis on July 7, 1537 at the age of 16.

460 years ago
1560

Born on this date
Hieronymus Praetorius. German musician and composer. Mr. Praetorius was a church organist in his native Hamburg who wrote masses, ten settings of the Magnificat, and numerous motets, mostly in Latin. He died on January 27, 1629 at the age of 68.

340 years ago
1680

World events
The Pueblo Revolt--an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against Spanish colonizers--began in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.

280 years ago
1740

Born on this date
Samuel Arnold. U.K. musician and composer. Mr. Arnold was appointed as organist at the Chapel Royal in 1783 and Westminster Abbey in 1793. He wrote several oratorios and comic operas, and died on October 22, 1802 at the age of 62.

230 years ago
1790

Born on this date
George McDuffie. U.S. politician. Mr. McDuffie, a Democrat, represented Edgefield District in the South Carolina House of Representatives (1818-1820), South Carolina's 6th District (1821-1823) and 5th District (1823-1834) in the U.S. House of Representatives; served as Governor of South Carolina (1834-1836); and represented South Carolina in the U.S. Senate (1842-1846). He was an opponent of states' rights in the early 1820s, but by the early 1830s had become an advocate of the right of states to nullify federal laws within their borders. Mr. McDuffie fought a series of duels with Colonel William Cumming, suffering serious wounds that ultimately led to his death on March 11, 1851 at the age of 60.

210 years ago
1810

Born on this date
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. Prime Minister Piedmont-Sardinia, 1852-1859, 1860-1861. Prime Minister of Italy, 1861. Count Cavour, associated with the Historical Right, was a member of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies (1848-1861), and was Minister of Agriculture and Trade (1850-1852) and Minister of Finances (1851-1852) before serving as Prime Minister. He was regarded as a very effective politician, leading Piedmont through the Crimean War, the Second Italian War of Independence, and Giuseppe Garibaldi's expeditions, to become a new power in Europe. King Vittorio Emmanuel II proclaimed the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861, and Count Cavour took office as the first Prime Minister on March 23. The combination of long workdays, insomnia, and worry led to Count Cavour falling ill, presumably from malaria, and he died on June 6, 1861 at the age of 50, after less than three months as Prime Minister of united Italy.

180 years ago
1840

Aviation
In Saint John New Brunswick, Star of the East became the first known balloon to fly in what is now Canada.

170 years ago
1850

Born on this date
Jim Clinton. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Clinton was an outfielder, third baseman, and pitcher with three teams in the National Association (1872-1875) and five teams in the major leagues (1876, 1882-1886), batting .197 with no home runs and 12 runs batted in in 58 games in the NA and .256 with 4 homers and 43 RBIs in 368 games in the major leagues. Mr. Clinton was 1-14 with an earned run average of 3.67 in 18 NA games, and 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA in 1 game in the National League (1876). He spent his last days at Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Kings Park, New York, and died on September 3, 1921, 24 days after his 71st birthday.

150 years ago
1870

Born on this date
J. Hartley Manners. U.K.-born U.S. playwright. Mr. Manners, a native of London, wrote more than two dozen plays, including The House Next Door; The Patriot; One Night in Rome; and Zira (with Henry Miller). He was best known for the stage (1912) and screen (1922) versions of Peg o' My Heart, both of which starred his wife Laurette Taylor. He died of esophageal cancer on December 19, 1928 at the age of 58.

140 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Pierre Roy. French artist. Mr. Roy has been credited as the founder of the surrealist movement, and was known for his realistically painted compositions of ordinary objects in unexpected arrangements. He died on September 26, 1950 at the age of 70.

R.L. Thornton. U.S. banker and politician. Robert Lee Thornton founded the Mercantile National Bank in Dallas, and served as president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce (1933-1936), among other notable positions, including membership in the Ku Klux Klan. He was Mayor of Dallas (1953-1961), and died on February 15, 1964 at the age of 83.

130 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Angus L. Macdonald. Canadian politician. Mr. Macdonald, a Liberal, was Premier of Nova Scotia from 1933-1940 and 1945-1954. He served as Minister of National Defence for Naval Services from 1940-1945 in the government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, overseeing the growth of the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Mr. Macdonald returned to provincial politics in 1945, and, while still Premier, died at the age of 63 on April 13, 1954, two days after suffering a heart attack.

120 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt. 11th Governor-General of New Zealand, 1967-1972. Dr. Porritt was surgeon to the future King Edward VIII and was surgeo to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. He served as a military surgeon during World War II. In 1924, Mr. Porritt won the bronze medal in the men's 100-metre run at the Summer Olympic games in Paris--the "Chariots of Fire" race. He won gold medals in the men's 100-metre and 200-metre runs and a silver medal in the men's 110-metre hurdles at the World Student Games in Warsaw that year. Dr. Porritt served as chairman of the British Empire (later Commonwealth) Games Federation from 1950-1966. He died on January 1, 1994 at the age of 93.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Red Holzman. U.S. basketball player and coach. William Holzman was a point guard with City College of New York from 1940-42; after service in World War II, he played with the Rochester Royals (1944-53) and Milwaukee Hawks (1953-54), helping the Royals win the NBA championship in 1951. He was playing coach with the Hawks in 1954, and continued as a non-playing coach until he was fired in 1957, by which time the Hawks had moved to St. Louis. Mr. Holzman was a scout for the New York Knickerbockers from 1957-67, then coached them from 1967-1982, except for a brief period from 1977-78. He led the Knicks to NBA championships in 1970 and 1973, and compiled a career NBA coaching record of 696-604, with 613 of his wins coming with the Knicks. Mr. Holzman was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985, and died of leukemia on November 13, 1998 at the age of 78.

War
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI's representatives signed the Treaty of Sèvres, marking the beginning of the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire among the Allies.

90 years ago
1930

Baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies swept a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds 18-0 and 4-3 before 12,000 fans at Redland Field. Chuck Klein and Lefty O’Doul each had 6 hits for the Phillies in the doubleheader. Claude Willoughby (4-11) pitched a 5-hit shutout in the first game, while losing pitcher Biff Wysong (0-1) allowed 6 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 2.1 innings, walking 3 batters and striking out 1 in his first major league game. Phil Collins (12-6) pitched an 8-hit complete game vicotry in the second game, outduelling Eppa Rixey (7-7). The Reds rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning in the second game and had runners on first and second bases with 2 out, but Chuck Dressen popped out to catcher Tony Rensa in foul territory to end the game.

The St. Louis Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-2 and 4-0 before 21,000 fans at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis to move to within 9 games of the second-place Dodgers. Burleigh Grimes (9-8) pitched a 7-hit complete game to win the opener over Dolf Luque (11-5), while Bill Hallahan (10-7) pitched a 5-hit shutout to outduel Jumbo Elliott (7-5) in the second game.

The Chicago Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves 6-0 and 11-1 at Wrigley Field in Chicago to move ½ game ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers for first place in the National League. 45,000 fans saw Hack Wilson hit 3 home runs in the doubleheader, giving him 39 for the season. Charlie Root (13-11) pitched a 3-hit shutout in the first game, and Pat Malone (13-6) pitched a 5-hit complete game victory in the second game.

The New York Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to break an 11-11 tie as they beat the St. Louis Browns 14-11 before 25,000 fans at Yankee Stadium.

The Washington Nationals scored 11 unearned runs in the bottom of the 8th inning of an 18-6 win over the Cleveland Indians before 5,000 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Pete Appleton, the third and last Cleveland pitcher, pitched the 8th inning, allowing 7 hits, 4 bases on balls, and 11 runs; a pair of errors made all the runs unearned. Every Washington player scored at least 1 run.

Earl Whitehill (12-9) pitched a 6-hit complete game and singled home the deciding run in the 4th inning for the Detroit Tigers as they beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 before 5,000 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox scored both their runs in the 9th inning and had a runner on second base with 1 out, but Mr. Whitehill retired Otis Miller and Bill Sweeney to end the game.

80 years ago
1940

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I'll Never Smile Again--Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal refrain by Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers) (3rd week at #1)

War
The United Kingdom announced that it would purchase 4,000 American-made tanks at a cost exceeding $200 million. The French Fine Arts Ministry reported little damage to cathedrals and other architectural monuments during the war with Germany.

World events
The government of Argentina announced the arrest of 26 Nazi leaders for fifth-column activities.

Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover declared that 18 million people faced starvation in occupied Europe this winter, and he urged immediate U.S. action to send food to Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, and Norway. The U.S. government was reportedly opposed to the plan because it believed that the food would help the German occupation.

Defense
A Gallup Poll reported that 66% of Americans favoured compulsory military service. U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler (Democrat--Montana) called for a national referendum on universal conscription.

Society
At its 66th annual meeting in Chicago, the U.S. Women's Christian Temperance Union adopted a resolution opposing the drinking of alcoholic beverages in motion pictures.

75 years ago
1945

Died on this date
Robert H. Goddard, 62. U.S. physicist and engineer. Dr. Goddard was one of the fathers of the space age, and the founder of modern rocketry. He received 214 patents, but was most famous for launching the world's first liquid fuel rocket in 1926. Dr. Goddard launched 35 such rockets from 1926-1941, reaching a height of 1.6 miles. He died of throat cancer.

War
The Japanese cabinet ratified Emperor Hirohito's decision of the previous day to unconditionally surrender to the Allies, with the provision that the Emperor be allowed to remain in power. A message to that effect was sent to Washington. Soviet forces advanced 105 miles into Manchuria from the west along the Chinese Eastern Railroad.

Diplomacy
The Tangier Conference opened in Paris, with U.S.S.R. representatives joining those of the U.S.A., U.K., and France.

The U.K. gave France two of its Berlin boroughs for occupation.

Economics and finance
The U.S. War Production Board authorized six companies to begin production of civilian electronic equipment, including radios.

Scandal
Batimore & Ohio Railroad President Roy White denied the charges of U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler that Reconstruction Finance Corporation officials were speculating in Baltimore & Ohio Railroad securities, and demanded an investigation.

Business
Richard Muckerman became president of the St. Louis Browns baseball team with the purchase of stock from Don Barnes.

Agriculture
The United States Agriculture Department predicted that the 1945 food crops would be the third-largest in the nation's history.

70 years ago
1950

At the movies
Sunset Blvd, co-written and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, and Erich von Stroheim, received its premiere screening at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.



Died on this date
Tadeusz Tomaszewski, 68. Polish politician. Mr. Tomaszewski, a socialist, signed Poland's declaration of independence in 1916, and made great contributions to the creation of the Polish judiciary after independence. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, he fled to Romania and then to France, serving as President of the Supreme Audit Office in Exile (1939–1949). Mr. Tomaszewski eventually settled in London and served as Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile from 1949 until his death after collapsing during a conference in the National Council of the Republic of Poland.

Diplomacy
Communist Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) and U.S.S.R. Deputy Premier Vyacheslav Molotov ended a lengthy conference in Peking devoted to coordinating the two countries' Far Eastern policies.

Defense
The first shipload of U.S. arms aid to Vietnam arrived in Saigon.

The U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee reported that the United States now got more uranium from domestic mines than from Canada. However, the bulk of uranium used for atomic bombs still came from the Belgian Congo.

Society
The Washington, D.C.-based Southern Railway announced new segregation rules under which Negroes and whites would be seated at opposite ends of the same dining cars without curtains between them.

Labour
New York City bus drivers began a wildcat strike against 16 lines of the Surface Transportation Co.

60 years ago
1960

Space
The U.S.A. launched Discoverer 13, a satellite whose purpose was to obtain data on propulsion, communication, orbital performance, and recovery technique.

Law
The Canadian Bill of Rights went into effect when it received royal assent.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (2-2) 29 @ Ottawa (1-3) 24
Hamilton (1-1) 7 @ Toronto (2-1) 14

Johnny Bright scored 2 touchdowns for the Eskimos in their win over the Rough Riders before a Lansdowne Park crowd of 8,350. Jackie Parker added a touchdown, 4 converts, and a single. P.L. Blake scored the other Edmonton touchdown.

Baseball
Ted Williams hit 2 home runs and a double, scoring 3 runs and driving in 3, to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 win over the Cleveland Indians before 7,787 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Mr. Williams’ first home run was the 512th of his major league career, moving him ahead of Mel Ott into 4th place on the career list. After the game, Mr. Williams announced that he would retire at the end of the season. Earl Wilson (2-0) pitched a 4-hit complete game victory and scored a run.

Jackie Brandt hit a 2-run home run in the 3rd inning and Dave Nicholson and Jim Gentile added solo homers later in the game for the Baltimore Orioles as they defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-2 before 7,984 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Norm Cash provided the Detroit scoring with a 2-run homer in the 7th. Winning pitcher Jerry Walker (3-3) allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 6.1 innings, batting 2 for 3 with a double and a run.

Art Ditmar (11-7) and two relief pitchers combined for a 2-hitter, while Tony Kubek drove in 3 runs with a single and sacrifice fly as the New York Yankees shut out the Chicago White Sox 6-0 before 48,109 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Floyd Robinson made his major league debut in right field for the White Sox, batting 0 for 3 and making 3 putouts.

The Kansas City Athletics scored 8 runs in the 3rd inning and 4 in the 4th as they routed the Washington Senators 13-1 before 21,892 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Dick Hall (7-8) pitched a 4-hit complete game victory and batted 2 for 3 with a sacrifice, a run, and 2 runs batted in. Kansas City catcher Danny Kravitz was 3 for 3 with a base on balls, home run 2 doubles, and 4 runs.

Dick Farrell (9-4) allowed a single by Ken Boyer to lead off the top of the 10th inning, hit Stan Musial with a pitch, retired the next 2 batters, and then walked pinch hitters Carl Sawatski and Joe Cunningham to force home Mr. Boyer to break a 5-5 tie as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Philles 6-5 before 12,176 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Phillies loaded the bases with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th, but Clay Dalrymple flied out to center field to end the game.

Vern Law (16-5) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Don Cardwell (5-12) as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 before 20,074 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Pinch hitter Frank Robinson doubled home Billy Martin, and pinch hitter Willie Jones singled home Gordy Coleman and Mr. Robinson as the Cincinnati Reds mounted a 3-run rally in the bottom of the 8th inning and defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-3 before 9,965 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The winning rally began after the first 2 batters of the inning had been retired.

Frank Howard hit a 2-run home run in the 5th inning and reached first base on an error in the 7th and scored the deciding run on a single by pitcher Stan Williams as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Milwaukee Braves 3-2 before 19,785 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Mr. Williams (12-4) allowed 5 hits in 8.2 innings, while Larry Sherry retired Del Crandall for the final out. Lou Burdette (12-7) pitched an 8-hit complete game loss.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle--Creedence Clearwater Revival (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ai wa Kizutsuki Yasuku--Hide & Rosanna (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Un Rayo De Sol--Los Diablos (11th week at #1)

Died on this date
Dan Mitrione, 50. Italian-born U.S. bureaucrat. Mr. Mitrione moved to the United States with his family as an infant, settling in Richmond, Indiana. He was a policeman before joining the Public Safety program of the International Cooperation Administration (ICA) in 1960, providing U.S. aid and training to civilian police in Third World countries. Mr. Mitrione worked in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1960-1962) and Rio de Janeiro (1962-1967), and in 1969 was appointed OPS Chief Public Safety Adviser in Montevideo, at a time when Uruguay was experiencing civil and political turmoil. He reportedly taught torture techniques to Uruguayan police, and trained foreign police in the United States. Mr. Mitrione was kidnapped on July 31, 1970 by the Communist terrorist organization Tupamaros, who demanded the release of 150 political prisoners. Shortly after the expiration of Tupamaros' ransom deadline and six days after his 50th birthday, Mr. Mitrione's body was found inside an automobile on a Montevideo street, with two bullet holes in his head.

World events
The Greek military government announced plans to release 500 Communist prisoners held as a danger to public security since the army coup in April 1967.

Law
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger said that court delays had become so acute that the burden on the courts should be taken into consideration whenever reform legislation was proposed.

Society
For the first time in its 116-year history, McSorley’s Old Ale House in New York City opened its doors to women. Within two hours the first fight between a man and a woman occurred.

Environment
Despite opposition from conservationists and public officials, the U.S. Army moved a deadly cargo of obsolete and deteriorating nerve gas from railroad depots in Kentucky and Alabama to North Carolina’s coast, for burial in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (1-2) 9 @ Calgary (2-1) 16

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Locomotion--Ritz (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Donna Musica--Collage (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Yahya Khan, 63. 3rd President of Pakistan, 1969-1971. General Khan was Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1966-1971, while leading a military government from 1969-1971. He resigned and handed over the presidency to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after civil strife led to East Pakistan becoming the independent nation of Bangladesh. Gen. Khan was under house arrest from 1971-1979.

Terrorism
A man claiming to have a bomb in a box hijacked an Air Florida shuttle from its Miami-Key West route to Cuba.

Auto racing
CART
Johnny Rutherford won the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at the Milwaukee Mile; it was his fifth win of the season. Rick Mears finished second, and Bobby Unser third in the 26-car field.

Golf
Jack Nicklaus shot a 1-under-par 69 in the final round to win the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, East Course in Rochester, New York with a 6-under-par total score of 274, 7 strokes ahead of Andy Bean. It was the Golden Bear's fifth PGA title and 17th major championship. First prize money was $60,000.



30 years ago
1990

Space
The U.S. probe Magellan arrived at Venus after a 15-month journey.

Defense
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced that Canada would send three ships and 800 sailors to the Persian Gulf as part of the multinational force massed to prevent an Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia and to force Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait. In making the announcement, Mr. Mulroney called the Iraqi leader "a criminal of historic significance." Responding to criticism that the move was a major departure from Canada’s traditional peacekeeping role because the ships would not be part of a United Nations force, Mr. Mulroney said that Canadian peacekeeping activities "do not remove us from the responsibility for ensuring...the integrity of free nations." He said the action would not jeopardize the safety of 550 Canadians still remaining in Iraq and Kuwait. Before their departure, the ships were modernized with new electronic warfare equipment.

World events
More than 127 Muslims were killed in northeastern Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.

Scandal
Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was found guilty on one count of possession of crack and was acquitted on another count. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 12 other misdemeanour and felony charges, and Judge Thomas Jackson declared a mistrial on those counts.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that producer prices had declined 0.1% in July.

25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Shy Guy--Diana King

Terrorism
Michael Fortier, a U.S. Army friend of convicted Oklahoma City bombing prime suspect Timothy McVeigh, reached a plea-bargain agreement with prosecutors and agreed to testify about the bombing. He admitted conspiring to transport stolen firearms and then transporting them; making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and failing to report a crime. Mr. McVeigh and Terry Nichols were indicted on new charges, including conspiracy to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and robbing a gun dealer, which, according to prosecutors, helped finance the plot. U.S. Attorney Patrick Ryan said that he would seek the death penalty for Messrs. McVeigh and Nichols. In Detroit, charges against Mr. Nichols' brother James related to detonation of bombs on Terry Nichols' property were dropped.

World events
It was announced that Jordan had granted asylum to the two eldest daughters of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, their husbands, and other senior Iraqi army officers who had defected the previous day. King Hussein of Jordan rejected an appeal from Mr. Hussein to extradite the defectors.

Health
U.S. President Bill Clinton endorsed proposed Food and Drug Administration regulations aimed at curbing the use of tobacco by young people. The new rules would allow tobacco to be sold only to persons aged 18 or older; prohibit the sale of cigarettes by mail or from vending machines; ban brand-name tobacco advertising at athletic events; keep outdoor tobacco advertising 1,000 yards from schools or playgrounds; and require the tobacco industry to spend $150 million per year on ads to discourage smoking. Five tobacco companies and an advertising agency filed suit in North Carolina against the regulations, claiming the FDA was exceeding its authority. In a suit in New York, advertising groups and a publishing group asserted that the rules violated the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Environment
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien shut down British Columbia's Fraser River salmon fishery over concerns about fish stocks.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that prices charged by manufacturers and farmers for finished goods remained unchanged in July.

20 years ago
2000

Politics and government
The U.S. Reform Party convention opened in Long Beach, California. In a process conducted by mail and e-mail, columnist Pat Buchanan had won a majority of votes to become the party’s nominee for President of the United States in the November election. However, another candidate, John Hagelin, claimed that the nomination of Mr. Buchanan was fraudulent. The factions favouring each candidate divided and met separately, with one faction nominating Mr. Buchanan and the other nominating Mr. Hagelin.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (1-4-1-1) 41 @ Toronto (1-4-1) 41
Calgary (5-0-1) 47 @ British Columbia (2-4) 26

Troy Westwood’s 42-yard field goal on the 4th and final overtime possession gave the Blue Bombers the tie in a game that was tied 24-24 after regulation time. Markus Howell blocked 2 punts for the Blue Bombers and returned one for a touchdown. Toronto quarterback Jimmy Kemp threw a touchdown pass to Stefan Ptaszek with 2:37 left in the 4th quarter to set up the tying 2-point convert pass from Greg Hill to Jim Cooper. Mr. Kemp threw 2 touchdown passes to Mike Clemons in overtime. Only 11,723 witnessed the entertainment at SkyDome.



Dave Dickenson threw 4 touchdown passes to lead the Stampeders past the Lions before 20,103 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Marvin Coleman scored another Calgary touchdown on a 71-yard punt return. Sean Millington scored 2 4th-quarter touchdowns for the Lions, while their earlier major came on a 7-yard pass from Damon Allen to offensive lineman Craig Hendrickson, the only touchdown of Mr. Hendrickson’s career. The Stampeders led 30-6 at halftime.



10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
David L. Wolper, 82. U.S. movie and television director and producer. Mr. Wolper directed numerous theatrical and television documentaries, and was executive producer for television miniseries. He was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the documentary feature The Race for Space (1959), and was executive producer of the Oscar-winning documentary feature The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971). Mr. Wolper was nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning for the documentary The Making of the President 1960 (1963) and the miniseries Roots (1977) and Roots: The Next Generations (1979). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games as well as helping to bring the games to Los Angeles. Mr. Wolper died from congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease.