August 26, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Jaqi Atugonza and Viktoriya!

950 years ago
1071

War
Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV in the Battle of Manzikert in Eastern Turkey.

675 years ago
1346

Died on this date
Jan, 50. King of Bohemia, 1310-1346; Count of Luxembourg, 1313-1346. Jan, the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII, married Elizabeth of Bohemia at the age of 14, and acceded to the throne of Bohemia after the deposition of Henry of Gorizia. He achieved peace with the Bohemian nobility and was gifted at international relations. King Jan went blind in 1336, but insisted on fighting against English forces in the Battle of Crécy, and was killed in combat, 16 days after his 50th birthday. He was succeeded on the throne by his son Charles IV, and is still regarded as a national hero in Luxembourg.

War
English forces established the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy in northern France. The English numbered 10,000-15,000 and the French numbered 20,000-30,000; however, the English lost 40-300 killed, while the French lost at least 4,000 killed, including 1,542 noblemen.

470 years ago
1551

Died on this date
Margaret Leijonhufvud, 35. Queen consort of Sweden, 1536-1551. Margaret came from a noble family, and became Queen consort upon her marriage to King Gustav I. She acted as an adviser and intermediary to King Gustav. The couple had 10 children, but constant pregnancies weakened Queen Margaret's health, and she died from pneumonia.

230 years ago
1791

Transportation
U.S. inventors and competitors John Fitch and James Rumsey were each granted federal patents for the invention of the steamboat.

180 years ago
1841

Disasters
At the shipyard of Owens and Duncan in Portland, New Brunswick (now part of Saint John), a fire broke out on the vessel Jane Duncan. The shipyard, 60 homes, and the Methodist Chapel were destroyed.

150 years ago
1871

Died on this date
Charles Scribner I, 50. U.S. publisher. Mr. Scribner became the younger partner of Isaac Baker in the New York-based publishing firm Baker and Scribner in 1846, restricting its output to the works of contemporary authors. After Mr. Baker's death in 1850, Mr. Scribner renamed the firm Charles Scribner, and then Charles Scribner and Company. He partnered with Charles Welford in 1857 to form Scribner and Welford, importing foreign books. In 1865, Charles Scribner and Co. began publishing the magazine Hours at Home, which was merged into Scribner's Monthly in 1870. Mr. Scribner was travelling in Lucerne, Switzerland when he died of typhoid; his firm eventually became known as Charles Scribner's Sons.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Phil Baker. U.S. entertainer. Mr. Baker was a comedian, actor, songwriter, and radio host who began his career in vaudeville and appeared in several Broadway musicals and short films, often playing an accordion and being heckled by an audience plant. In 1933 he began hosting his own radio program, The Armour Jester, later known as the Gulf Headliner and Honolulu Bound. Mr. Baker hosted the quiz show Take it or Leave It (1941-1947), which later became The $64 Question. He hosted the television game show Who's Whose, which was cancelled after a disastrous debut broadcast on June 25, 1951. Mr. Baker spent his later years in Copenhagen, where he died on November 30, 1963 at the age of 57.

Ivan Mihailov. Bulgarian revolutionist. Mr. Mihaillov was Secretary General (1897-1924) and President (1924-1934) of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in Macedonia. He identified the IMRO with Bulgarian nationalism, cooperating with regimes such as those of Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany. Mr. Mihailov led the IMRO in terrorist attacks against Yugoslavian officials, most notoriously the assassination of King Alexander I in 1934. During World War II, he was unable to obtain enough support to create a pro-Nazi puppet state in Macedonia in 1944, and was forced to flee to Italy. Mr. Mihailov was a Bulgarian nationalist rather than a Macedonian nationalist; his rejection of Macedonian national separatism led him to be regarded as a Bulgarophile traitor in North Macedonia. Mr. Mihailov died in Rome on September 5, 1990, 10 days after his 94th birthday.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Hans Kammler. German SS officer and engineer. SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Kammler oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentration camps before being put in charge of the V-2 rocket and jet programmes towards the end of World War II. His death was recorded as occurring on May 9, 1945 at the age of 43, but reports differ as to whether he took cyanide or whether he was shot by an aide-de-camp in order to prevent his capture. Other accounts state that SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Kammler escaped, with differing reports as to where he ended up.

Chen Yi. Chinese military officer and politician. Marshal Chen commanded the Communist Party's New Fourth Army in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and commanded the Communist forces that defeated the Kuomintang forces toward the end of the Chinese Civil War (1948-1949). He was Mayor of Shanghai (1949-1958), serving as the People's Republic of China's Vice Premier from 1954 and Foreign Minister from 1958 until his death on January 6, 1972 at the age of 70.

Jimmy Rushing. U.S. musician. Mr. Rushing was a jazz pianist and blues singer who performed with Walter Page's Blue Devils (1927-1929) and the bands of Bennie Moten (1929-1935) and Count Basie (1935-1950), earning a reputation as a great blues shouter. After Count Basie's band broke up in 1950, Mr. Rushing led his own band and performed with other artists. He died on June 8, 1972 at the age of 70.

Eleanor Dark. Australian authoress. Mrs. Dark was known for novels such as Prelude to Christopher (1934); Return to Coolami (1936); and The Timeless Land (1941). She and her husband attracted government surveillance because of their left-wing associations, and she developed writer's block in later years. Mrs. Dark died on September 11, 1985, 16 days after her 84th birthday.

Maxwell Taylor. U.S. military officer and diplomat. General Taylor joined the United States Army in 1922, and served as commander of the 101st Airborne Division ("The Screaming Eagles") in World War II. He held the posts of Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (April-June 1955); Chief of Staff of the Army (1955-1959); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962-1964); United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (1964-1965); and Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1968-1970). Gen. Taylor has been criticized for advocating increased American military involvement in Vietnam, contrary to the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on April 19, 1987 at the age of 85. 110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Hal Gibney. U.S. broadcaster. Mr. Gibney was the announcer for various radio and television programs, but was best known as the announcer for the radio (1949-1957) and television (1952-1959) versions of Dragnet, as well as the radio Western The Six Shooter (1953-1954) and the children's television program The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-1959). He died on June 5, 1973 at the age of 61.

Otto Binder. U.S. writer. Mr. Binder was a prolific writer for comic books, especially for Captain Marvel Adventures. He died on October 13, 1974 at the age of 63.

New Zealandiana King George V signed the Royal Warrant, addressed to the Earl Marshal, assigning the first New Zealand Coat of Arms (officially the Armorial Bearings of the Dominion of New Zealand).

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Benjamin Bradlee. U.S. journalist. Mr. Bradlee was a reporter with The Washington Post and Newsweek before rejoining the Post, serving as managing editor (1965-1968) and executive editor (1968-1991). He joined The New York Times in 1971 in publishing the Pentagon Papers, a Defense Department history of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. The Washington Post attracted widespread publicity for investigating the 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office complex in Washington and the subsequent cover-up. Mr. Bradlee as embarrassed when the paper had to return a Pulitzer Prize awarded to reporter Janet Cooke in 1981 for Jimmy's World, an article about an 8-year-old heroin addict, after it was revealed that Miss Cooke had made the story up. Mr. Bradlee was "Vice President at-large" with the Post from his retirement until his death on October 21, 2014 at the age of 93.

Died on this date
Sándor Wekerle, 72. Prime Minister of Hungary, 1892-1895, 1906-1910, 1917-1918. Mr. Wekerle, a member of the Liberal Party until 1906, was first elected to the House of Deputies in 1886, and became Minister of Finance in 1889, holding the position during his terms as Prime Minister. He was a member of the National Constitution Party from 1906-1918, and was mainly a figurehead for politicians with stronger personalities. Mr. Wekerle's government was overwhelmed by the impending military defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; he resigned in October 1918, and was imprisoned as a hostage during the Hungarian Soviet Republic (March-August 1919).

Matthias Erzberger, 45. German politician. Mr. Erzberger was a schoolteacher and publicist before becoming a prominent member of the Catholic Centre Party; he was first elected to the Reichstag in 1903, and became a member of the Fraktionsführung, the leadership of the parliamentary party--in 1912. Mr. Erzberger initially supported the German war effort in World War I, but opposed the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917, and made political attempts to achieve peace. He became Secretary of State in October 1918, headed the German delegation to the Armistice talks, and, on behalf of Germany, signed the Armistice on November 11, 1918, ending the fighting in World War I. Mr. Erzberger served in the cabinet of President Freidrich Ebert as Vice-Chancellor (June-October 1919) and Reich Minister of Finance (June 1919-March 1920), increasing the central government's power over taxation and redistributing the tax burden in favour of the lower and middle classes. He was re-elected to the Reichstag in June 1920, but acceded to the wish of his party to abstain from further participation in the cabinet. Right-wing Germans regarded Mr. Erzberger as a traitor for his economic policies and his signing of the Armistice. While out for a walk in Bad Griesbach, he was shot to death by former Navy officers Heinrich Tillessen and Heinrich Schulz, members of the death squad Organisation Consul; the assassins were later smuggled into Hungary, and weren't prosecuted until after World War II.

80 years ago
1941

War
The German government announced that Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist's troops had captured Dniepropetrovsk the previous day, eliminating the last bridgehead held by the Soviets on the west bank of the Dnieper River below Kiev. German troops broke into the Estonian capital of Tallinn. U.K. and U.S.S.R. forces advanced in northern and western Iran, meeting little resistance.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. announced that Japanese Ambassador Yoshitsugu Tatekawa had been informed the previous night that hindrance of normal trade relations of the Soviet Union and the United States would be regarded as an unfriendly act.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that an American military mission headed by Brigadier General John Magruder would go to Chungking to arrange for increased Lend-Lease supplies and advise Chinese leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

Protest
The city council of Oklahoma City refused to permit famed aviator Charles Lindbergh to use the municipal auditorium for an address sponsored by the America First Committee, which opposed proposed U.S. entry into the European War.

Academia
The American Federation of Teachers convention in Detroit criticized the Rapp-Coudert committee for its treatment of defendants and vowed to protect Georgia teachers against any infringment of academic freedom.

Boxing
National Boxing Association world light heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich (51-7-5) won a 15-round split decision over Tami Mauriello (32-2) at Madison Square Garden in New York to become the undisputed world champion, winning New York State Athletic Commission recognition as world champion. The NYSAC version of the title had been vacant for a year, since Billy Conn had relinquished the title in order to fight as a heavyweight.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (3rd week at #1)
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
--The Ink Spots
2 Surrender--Perry Como
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
3 Doin' What Comes Natur'lly--Dinah Shore and Spade Cooley and his Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
4 They Say it's Wonderful--Perry Como
--Frank Sinatra
5 The Gypsy--The Ink Spots
--Dinah Shore
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
6 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--The Three Suns
7 I Don't Know Enough About You--The Mills Brothers
--Peggy Lee
8 Prisoner of Love--Perry Como
--The Ink Spots
9 The House of Blue Lights--Freddie Slack and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters and Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra
10 I Know--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Andy Kirk and his Orchestra and the Jubalaires

Singles entering the chart were the version of To Each His Own by the Ink Spots; Pig Foot Pete by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack (#18); High on a Windy Trumpet (#19)/Lover's Leap (#32) by Les Brown and his Orchestra; I'd Be Lost Without You, with versions by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; and Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (#27); Fan It by Woody Herman and the Woodchoppers (#36); and Artistry in Boogie by Stan Kenton and his Orchestra (#37).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon and Howard McNear, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Ghost Town Mortuary

Died on this date
Jeanie MacPherson, 60. U.S. actress and screenwriter. Miss MacPherson acted in silent movies directed by D.W. Griffith, but was best known for writing the screenplays for 30 movies with producer Cecil B. DeMille. She died of cancer.

Defense
The British Foreign Office admitted sending radar equipment to Turkey "for civil purposes," but denied Soviet charges that the U.K. had established a radar post on the Turkish coast to spy on Black Sea submarines.

Law
The United States joined the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in disputes over the interpretation of treaties and international law.

Crime
The U.S. Office of Price Administration ordered the arrest of six men in Leesville, South Carolina in a drive against automobile black markets.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Shen Tsung Fan

Died on this date
Bill Barilko, 24. Canadian hockey player. Henry Hudson. Canadian dentist. Mr. Barilko was a defenseman with the Toronto Maple Leafs; his Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime in the fifth game of the finals against the Montreal Canadiens on April 21, 1951 remains one of the most famous goals in hockey history. He and Dr. Hudson, who was piloting a Fairchild 24 float plane flew from Timmins, Ontario to Seal River, Quebec for a weekend of fishing. The plane never returned and the wreckage and bodies weren't discovered until 1962. The plane was 35 miles off course and was found about 60 miles north of Cochrane, Ontario. Adding to the legend of Mr. Barilko was the fact that the Maple Leafs didn't win the Stanley Cup again until the year of the plane's discovery.

War
India rejected a U.S. invitation to attend the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco, objecting to treaty provisions for U.S. defense of Japan.

Defense
U.S. Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter and Chief of Staff General Hoyt Vandenberg announced plans to develop atomic weapons for direct use against ground troops.

Labour
All unions of Sudanese government workers in Khartoum began a four-day strike to press their demand for a 75% wage increase.

Tennis
Australians Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor defeated Mervyn Rose and Don Candy in the men's doubles final of the U.S. Championships at Forest Hills, New York.

Baseball
The New York Giants extended their winning streak to 14 games when they swept a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs 5-4 in 10 innings and 5-1 before 28,289 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Wes Westrum's second home run of the game gave the Giants the win in the first game after Chicago first baseman (and future television star) Chuck Connors hit his second and last major league home run, a 3-run shot off Sal Maglie in the top of the 9th inning to tie the game 4-4. Jim Hearn (12-7) pitched a 6-hit complete game victory in the second game. The sweep moved the Giants to within 6 games of the National League-leading Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 8 runs in the top of the 7th inning as they came from a 9-2 deficit to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-11 in the first game of a doubleheader before 30,189 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Pittsburgh leadoff hitter Pete Castiglione drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs. The Dodgers scored a run in the bottom of the 9th and had the bases loaded with 1 out, but Carl Furillo struck out and Pee Wee Reese flied out to left field to end the game. Andy Pafko hit a solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the score and Jackie Robinson hit a solo home with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th to give the Dodgers a 4-3 win in the second game. Preacher Roe (17-2) pitched an 11-hit complete game victory.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 7 runs in the 4th inning and led 11-2 after 6½ innings, but the Boston Braves rallied for 5 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th, and the Cardinals barely hung on to win 12-10 in the first game of a doubleheader before 13,508 fans at Braves Field. The Braves had runners on first and second bases with none out in the bottom of the 9th, but Luis Marquez grounded into a force play, Bob Elliott flied out to left field, and Sibby Sisti grounded into a force play to end the game. The Braves scored 8 runs in the 7th as they won the second game 9-1, with Jim Wilson (5-4) pitching an 8-hit complete game victory.

Ewell Blackwell (14-11) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Robin Roberts (17-11) as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 13,899 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Niles Jordan (1-0) pitched a 3-hitter, walking 2 batters and striking out 4, making 1 putout and 1 assist, and driving in the second run with an outfield fly in his major league debut as the Phillies won the second game 2-0. Losing pitcher Willie Ramsdell (9-13) also pitched a 3-hitter, allowing 1 earned run.

Pinch hitter Don Lenhardt led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a base on balls, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Chico Carrasquel, and scored on a 2-out double by Nellie Fox to give the Chicago White Sox a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader before 43,593 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Saul Rogovin (9-7) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory. The Yankees scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st and 2 in the 3rd en route to an 8-6 win in the second game. Sam Hairston grounded out as a pinch hitter for the White Sox in the 5th inning in his fourth and last major league game. 37-year-old infielder Bert Haas came to bat for the White Sox as a pinch hitter in the 6th inning of the second game and hit a 2-run home run in what turned out to be his final major league appearance; he was released the next day, ending his major league career after 721 games in 9 years.

Bill Wight (6-5) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Bob Feller (20-6) as the Boston Red Sox shut out the Cleveland Indians 5-0 in the first game of a douleheader before 75,997 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Luke Easter and Sam Chapman hit solo home runs for the Indians as they won the second game 2-1, with Bob Lemon (16-9) allowing 5 hits and 1 earned run in 7.1 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Leo Kiely (4-3).

Jerry Priddy singled home 2 runs to climax a 3-run 1st inning for the Detroit Tigers as they coasted to a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics before 10,025 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Fred Hutchinson (9-7) pitched a 3-hit shutout.

The Washington Nationals scored 3 runs in each of the 3rd, 5th, and 8th innings as they beat the St. Louis Browns 9-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 4,825 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. The Nationals scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning and 4 in the 3rd as they coasted to a 9-1 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Sid Hudson (4-8) and Don Johnson (7-9) were the respective winning pitchers.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Legata a un granello di sabbia--Nico Fidenco (9th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (14th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Johnny Remember Me--John Leyton

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Michael--The Highwaymen (2nd week at #1)
2 School is Out--U.S. Bonds
3 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
3 Last Night--Mar-Keys
5 Wooden Heart--Joe Dowell
6 Pretty Little Angel Eyes--Curtis Lee
7 Hurt--Timi Yuro
8 Let's Twist Again--Chubby Checker
9 I Like it Like That (Part 1)--Chris Kenner
10 Don't Bet Money Honey--Linda Scott

Singles entering the chart were Little Sister (#59)/(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame (#80) by Elvis Presley; Sweet Little You by Neil Sedaka (#73); Kissin' on the Phone (#74)/Cinderella (#86) by Paul Anka; You Don't Know What it Means by Jackie Wilson (#78); Human by Tommy Hunt (#93); Juke Box Saturday Night by Nino and the Ebb Tides (#99); and Don't Cry, Baby by Etta James (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee (3rd week at #1)
2 Crying--Roy Orbison
3 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister--Elvis Presley
4 The Mountain's High--Dick and Deedee
5 Without You/Cutie Pie--Johnny Tillotson
6 You Mostest Girl--Bob Lee
7 Black Land Farmer--Wink Martindale
8 Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills--Ray Stevens
9 Shake Shake Sherry--The Flairs
10 Private Eye--Bob Luman

Records entering the chart were Bless You by Tony Orlando (#33); The Way You Look Tonight by the Lettermen (#37); Summer Souvenirs by Karl Hammel, Jr. (#40); That Warm Summer Night (LP) by Rick Nelson (#42); Your Love is Growing Cold by Johnny Crawford (#44); Sweet Little You by Neil Sedaka (#45); My Blue Heaven by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#48); Roll Over Beethoven by the Velairs (#49); and Water Boy by Teddy Rose (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee (3rd week at #1)
2 Without You/Cutie Pie--Johnny Tillotson
3 Crying--Roy Orbison
4 Rockin' Band--Del Erickson
5 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister--Elvis Presley
6 Private Eye--Bob Luman
7 The Mountain's High--Dick and Deedee
8 Black Land Farmer--Wink Martindale
9 Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)--Barry Mann
10 Big Cold Wind--Pat Boone

Singles entering the chart were Don't Bet Money Honey by Linda Scott (#28); Now and Forever by Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra (#29); You Mostest Girl by Bob Lee (#32); Your Love is Growing Cold by Johnny Crawford (#33); More Money for You and Me by the Four Preps (#38); You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby by Bobby Darin (#39); and A Little Dog Cried by Jimmie Rodgers (#40).

Boxing
Doug Jones (19-0) scored a technical knockout over Von Clay (15-5-2) at 2:21 of the 10th round of a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was Mr. Jones' third win over Mr. Clay in as many fights, and the first by knockout.



Hockey
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker opened the Hockey Hall of Fame on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-1) 32 @ Calgary (1-3) 1

Baseball
Al Worthington pitched a no-hitter for the San Diego Padres as they shut out the Hawaii Islanders 5-0 in a Pacific Coast League game at Westgate Park in San Diego.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pour un flirt--Michel Delpech (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
2 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
3 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
4 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
5 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
6 In the Mood--Wildroot Orchestra
7 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
8 Gemini Dream--The Moody Blues
9 Thirsty Ears--Powder Blues
10 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer

Singles entering the chart were Endless Love by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (#13); and Lady (You Bring Me Up) by the Commodores (#20).

Died on this date
Roger Baldwin, 97. U.S. political and social activist. Mr. Baldwin was a social worker and probation officer before joining the American Union Against Militarism (AUAM), opposing U.S. participation in World War I, and registering as a conscientious objector. The AUAM created the Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB) in 1917, which became the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 1920, with Mr. Baldwin serving as its Executive Director until 1950. He was influenced by the radical anarchism of Emma Goldman and praised the U.S.S.R. after a visit there in 1927, but became disenchanted with Communism over the next several decades, leadiing a campaign to purge the ACLU of Communists in the 1940s and condemning Communism as slavery in 1953. Mr. Baldwin died of heart failure.

Lee Hays, 67. U.S. musician. Mr. Hays was a member of the folk group The Weavers, who achieved great popularity in the early 1950s, but were blacklisted for several years because of their left-wing political views. Mr. Hays wrote or co-wrote the songs If I Had a Hammer and Kisses Sweeter than Wine.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Say Yes--Chage and Aska (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Enter Sandman--Metallica (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
Canada announced that it would extend full diplomatic recognition to the Baltic republics of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania; Canada never recognized the legitimacy of the 1940 annexation of the Baltic republics by the U.S.S.R., but did not maintain diplomatic ties with them.

Baseball
Bret Saberhagen pitched a no-hitter, walking 2 batters and striking out 5, to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 7-0 win over the Chicago White Sox before 25,164 fans at Royals Stadium.



Roger Clemens pitched a 3-hitter, walking 1 batter and striking out 10, to win the pitchers' duel over Mike Moore as the Boston Red Sox blanked the Oakland Athletics 3-0 before 28,869 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

Rafael Palmeiro, Kevin Reimer, Geno Petralli, and Julio Franco hit home runs for the Texas Rangers as they beat the New York Yankees 10-2 before 17,149 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Edgar Martinez scored on a sacrifice fly by Greg Briley in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 22,079 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle.

Jeff Blauser's grand slam was the big blow of a 5-run 5th inning as the Atlanta Braves came back from a 7-1 deficit to defeat the Montreal Expos 14-9 before 12,889 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Tony Gwynn's 2-run home run with 1 out in the top of the 10th inning broke a 5-5 tie and gave the San Diego Padres a 7-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 27,396 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.

The Los Angeles Dodgers scored all of their runs in the top of the 9th inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 before 31,149 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Jack Clark scored 2 runs and drove in 5 with 2 home runs and a double, but his San Francisco Giants lost 7-5 to the St. Louis Cardinals before 25,554 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

The New York Mets scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 tie and defeat the Houston Astros 6-4 before 7,720 fans at the Astrodome.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Spinning the Wheel--George Michael (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Wannabe--Spice Girls

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): I Can't Help Myself--The Kelly Family

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Change the World--Eric Clapton (4th week at #1)
2 Free to Decide--The Cranberries
3 Jerk--Kim Stockwood
4 You Learn--Alanis Morissette
5 Until it Sleeps--Metallica
6 Tucker's Town--Hootie & the Blowfish
7 Angel Mine--Cowboy Junkies
8 6th Avenue Heartache--The Wallflowers
9 Lack of Water--The Why Store
10 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman

Singles entering the chart were Let's Make a Night to Remember by Bryan Adams (#74); E-Bow the Letter by R.E.M. (#77); Everything You've Done Wrong by Sloan (#89); Speaking Confidentially by Cowboy Junkies (#90); Beautiful Goodbye by Amanda Marshall (#94); Soaked by the Killjoys (#97); and Missing You by Tina Turner (#98).

Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-8) 22 @ Winnipeg (5-4) 20

Troy Westwood was wide on 57- and 55-yard field goal attempts late in the game, enabling the Lions to hold on to defeat the Blue Bombers before 25,209 fans at Winnipeg Stadium.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Marita Petersen, 60. Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, 1993-1994. Mrs. Petersen, a member of the Føroya Javnaðarflokkurin (Social Democratic Party), was first elected to the Løgting in 1988, and was Minister of Cultural Affairs (1991-1993). Her time as Prime minister was beset with economic problems. Mrs. Petersen served as Speaker of the Løgting (1994-1995) and leader of the Føroya Javnaðarflokkurin (1994-1996) and as a member of the Løgting until 1998.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 5 in the 2nd en route to a 17-4 rout of the Montreal Expos before 11,783 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Cincinnti left fielder Adam Dunn batted 4 for 5 with a base on balls, home run, 2 doubles, 4 runs, and 3 runs batted in, while right fielder Robin Jennings was 4 for 6 with 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 3 RBIs.

Sammy Sosa hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season, driving in 4 runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 39,045 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Darin Erstad was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and scored from there when Garret Anderson followed with a double, giving the Anaheim Angels a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees before 41,660 fans at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels had tied the score with 2 out in the 9th when Jorge Fabregas doubled and scored on a single by David Eckstein.

10 years ago
2011

Aviation
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner received certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (4-4) 27 @ Winnipeg (7-1) 30