August 4, 2021

740 years ago
1281

Born on this date
Külüg Khan (Wuzong). Khagan of the Mongol Empire; Emperor of China, 1307-1311. Külüg Khan, known as Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan dynasty in China, was born Khayishan, and acceded to the throne following the death of his uncle Temür Khan, who left no heir. Külüg Khan's title as Great Khan was only nominal because of the division of the Mongol Empire at the time. He died suddenly on January 27, 1311 at the age of 29, and was succeeded by his younger brother Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan.

500 years ago
1521

Born on this date
Urban VII. Roman Catholic Pope, 1590. Urban VII, born Giovanni Battista Castagna, died of malaria on September 27, 1590 at the age of 69, just 12 days after succeeding Sixtus V, making Urban VII's the shortest papacy in history.

320 years ago
1701

War
The Great Peace of Montreal was signed by Louis-Hector de Callière, Governor of New France, and 1,300 representatives of 39 Indigenous nations, ending the Beaver Wars.

230 years ago
1791

War
The Treaty of Sistova was signed in present-day Bulgaria, ending the last Austro-Turkish War.

225 years ago
1796

War
Napoleon Bonaparte led the French Army of Italy to victory over Austrian forces commanded by Lieutenant General Peter Quasdanovich in the Battle of Lonato.

200 years ago
1821

Born on this date
James Springer White. U.S. religious leader. Mr. White began publishing the Sabbatarian Adventist periodical The Present Truth in 1849. He and his wife Ellen were among the co-founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1863. Mr. White suffered a paralytic stroke in 1865, and died from a fever on August 6, 1881, two days after his 60th birthday.

Louis Vuitton. French fashion designer. Mr. Vuitton founded the Louis Vuitton leather goods company in 1854. He died on February 27, 1892 at the age of 70.

Journalism
The Saturday Evening Post was published for the first time, as a weekly newspaper.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
William Holman. U.K.-born Australian politician. Mr. Holman represented Grenfell (1898-1904) and Cootamundra (1904-1920) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, serving as Attorney General (1910-1914) and Premier (1913-1920). He was a member of the Labour Party until 1916, when he was expelled because of his support for overseas conscription of Australian forces. Mr. Holman became the leader of the N.S.W. Nationalist Party, which won a large majority in the 1917 state election, but was overwhelmingly defeated in the 1920 election, in which Mr. Holman lost his seat. He was with the United Australia Party when he was elected to the Australian Parliament in 1931, representing the riding of Martin, but was in poor health, and died on June 5, 1934 at the age of 62.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Louis Armstrong. U.S. musician and singer. The legendary New Orleans-based "Satchmo" (short for "Satchelmouth") became famous as a trumpeter with his Hot Five and Hot Seven Combos in the 1920s. His popularity broadened when he added singing to his repertoire, and in the 1950s he had hits with versions of such songs as Blueberry Hill and A Kiss to Build a Dream On. Mr. Armstrong's recording of Hello Dolly! hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1964. What a Wonderful World, which failed to achieve chart success in the United States in 1967, spent four weeks at #1 on the U.K. singles chart in the spring of 1968, finally becoming popular in North America in early 1988 when it was included on the soundtrack of the movie Good Morning, Vietnam!. Mr. Armstrong died of a heart attack on July 6, 1971, 29 days before his 70th birthday.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Tuck Stainback. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Stainback was an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs (1934-1937); St. Louis Cardinals (1938); Philadelphia Phillies (1938); Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1940); Detroit Tigers (1940-1941); New York Yankees (1942-1945); and Philadelphia Athletics (1946), batting .259 with 17 home runs and 204 runs batted in in 817 games. He was with the Cubs when they won the National League pennant in 1935, and with the Yankees when they won the American League pennant in 1942 and the World Series in 1943, batting .176 with no homers or RBIs in 7 World Series games. Mr. Stainback batted .330 with 47 home runs in 735 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues (1931-1949). He was known for his absent-mindedness, inspiring numerous humourous anecdotes. Mr. Stainback helped to develop the first pension plan for retired players, and directed group ticket sales for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1956-1977. He died after a stroke on November 29, 1992 at the age of 81.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Maurice "Rocket" Richard. Canadian hockey player. One of the greatest and most exciting players in history, the Rocket, a native of Montreal, starred with the Montreal Canadiens from 1942-60. In 1944-45 he set a record with 50 goals in 50 games. He became the first National Hockey League player to score 500 career goals; he scored his 500th goal in 1957, and finished with 544 goals and 422 assists for 966 points in 978 regular season games. Mr. Richard's 82 Stanley Cup playoff goals (in 133 games) were a career record until it was broken by Wayne Gretzky; in 1945 he scored all 5 goals as the Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in a playoff game. Mr. Richard was the first coach of the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association, but resigned after just 2 regular season games in the fall of 1972, posting a 1-1 record. He worked in various endeavours, and held an ambassadorial position with the Canadiens. Mr. Richard was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961, and died on May 27, 2000 at the age of 78 after a two-year battle with abdominal cancer.

Herb Ellis. U.S. musician. Mr. Ellis was a jazz guitarist who played with the bands of Glenn Gray and Jimmy Dorsey in the 1940s, and was a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1953-1958. He performed as bandleader and sideman with numerous other artists for more than 40 years afterward, and died of Alzheimer's disease on March 28, 2010 at the age of 88.

80 years ago
1941

War
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler ordered that Leningrad be the primary objective of the German attack in Russia. Soviet authorities reported fighting in the Kholm sector between Pskov and Polotsk, indicating a 65-mile German advance eastward from Novorzhev.

Ecuadorian President Carlos Arroyo del Rio said that Peruvian troops had occupied the Ecuadorian town of Pasaje the day before, despite the truce between the countries in their border war.

Diplomacy
As the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru sailed home from San Francisco, Japan suspended all steamship service to the U.S.A., stranding 654 Americans in the Japanese Empire.

Defense
The Vichy French government asserted that it had signed its agreement with Japan because "enemy concentrations were threatening" Indochina.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate the $3,206,200,000 defense tax bill.

Politics and government
Colombian War Minister Jose Castro Martinez announced that a number of people had been arrested on charges of attempting to incite non-commissioned army officers to revolt.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation began an investigation of possible violations of antitrust laws in the iron and steel scrap industry.

75 years ago
1946

War
Vietnamese nationalists ambushed a French truck convoy in Bac Ninh, near Hanoi, killing 12 French soldiers and wounding 41.

The Soviet press agency Tass revealed that the U.S.S.R. had increased its reparation demands on Hungary by $19.8 million raising the total to $219.8 million.

Politics and government
Primaries in Kentucky resulted in the nomination of Democrat John Brown and Republican John Cooper to compete for the United States Senate seat vacated by Happy Chandler (Democrat) earlier in the year when he had accepted the position of Commissioner of Baseball.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation released enough woolen fabrics from military stockpiles to make one million men's suits and coats.

Disasters
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hit the northern Dominican Republic; 100 were killed, and 20,000 were left homeless.

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Heart Cries for You--Guy Mitchell

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Come On-A My House--Rosemary Clooney (Best Seller--2nd week at #1; Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1; Jukebox--1st week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Too Young--Nat "King" Cole (7th week at #1)
2 Jezebel--Frankie Laine
3 Come On-A My House--Rosemary Clooney
--Kay Starr
4 My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell
--Vic Damone
5 The Loveliest Night of the Year--Mario Lanza
6 Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore
7 Because of You--Tony Bennett
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
8 How High the Moon--Les Paul and Mary Ford
9 On Top of Old Smoky--The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
10 Rose, Rose, I Love You--Frankie Laine

Singles entering the chart were I'll Hold You in My Heart ('Til I Can Hold You in My Arms) by Eddie Fisher (#32); My Brother by Nat "King" Cole (#35); and Rhumba Boogie, with versions by the Fontane Sisters; and Hank Snow (#36).

Died on this date
Charley "Tony" Tonneman, 69. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Tonneman was a catcher with the Boston Red Sox (1911), batting .200 (1 for 5) with 3 runs batted in in 3 games. He played 11 seasons in the minor leagues (1906-1915, 1921), and died of emphysema.

Ernst von Weizsäcker, 69. German military officer, diplomat, and politician. Baron Weizsäcker was a lieutenant commander in the Imperial German Navy in World War I, and joined the Foreign Service in 1920, holding various posts through the end of World War II. He joined the Nazi Party in 1938, and served as Secretary of State at the Foreign Office (1938-1943) and Ambassador to the Holy See (1943-1945). In the latter office Baron Weizsäcker presented Germany's position as opposition to Communism, while trying to prevent Italian opposition to Germany. He was convicted in 1949 of cooperating in the deportation of Jews to Poland in the war, and was sentenced to 7 years in prison, but was released in October 1950 after the U.S. High Commissioner's office re-examined his case. Baron Weizsäcker died of a stroke.

War
U.S. headquarters in Tokyo charged that the U.S.S.R. pushed Communist China into the Korean War because Soviet leaders feared a strong state on their southern frontier. The statement predicted that China's Communist government would eventually "go the way of Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito" in opposing Soviet policy.

World events
The Czechoslovakian government reported the execution of two Roman Catholic priests and five others convicted of killing three Communist Party officials.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): You Don't Know--Helen Shapiro

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Mad Dog Coll Story: Part 2

Died on this date
Chuck Rose, 75. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Rose played 3 games with the St. Louis Browns (1909), posting a record of 1-2 with an earned run average of 5.40, batting 0 for 7. He was 143-98 in 9 seasons in the minor leagues (1908-1915, 1921), winning 21 or more games four times in eight seasons with the Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League.

Football
NFL
Pre-season
College All-Star Game @ Soldier Field, Chicago
Philadelphia 28 College All-Stars 14

Future Edmonton Eskimos' linebacker Dick Grecni returned an interception 57 yards for the All-Stars' second touchdown on the last play of their loss to the defending National Football League champion Eagles. The game marked the debut for Nick Skorich as Philadelphia's head coach, succeeding the retired Buck Shaw.



Baseball
Vada Pinson singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Frank Robinson followed with a double to score Mr. Pinson, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 27,383 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Hank Aaron hit solo home runs in the 7th and 9th innings for the Milwaukee Braves as they overcame a 1-0 deficit and defeated the San Francisco Giants 2-1 before 16,604 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Warren Spahn (11-12) pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Mike McCormick (9-10), who allowed 6 hits and struck out 12 batters.

George Altman became the first major league player to hit 2 home runs in a game off Sandy Koufax (13-7), driving in 3 runs for the Chicago Cubs as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 before 15,154 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Los Angeles left fielder Wally Moon was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and a run. Bob Anderson (5-7) was the winning pitcher for the Cubs.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 10th inning, Mickey Mantle drew a base on balls and advanced to third base on a single by Yogi Berra, and Johnny Blanchard followed with a home run to give the New York Yankees an 8-5 win over the Minnesota Twins before 24,109 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Ted Bowsfield (8-3) pitched a 3-hitter and the Los Angeles Angels scored all their runs in the 5th inning as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 10,972 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Steve Barber (12-9) allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings to take the loss, while Dick Hyde pitched a perfect 9th inning with 2 strikeouts in the 169th and last game of his 6-year major league career. Jack Fisher (5-10) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Eli Grba (5-11) as the Orioles won the second game 3-0.

Norm Bass (5-7) pitched a 4-hitter, singled home 2 runs, and scored another in a 4-run 9th inning for the Kansas City Athletics as they shut out the Boston Red Sox 5-0 before 8,856 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Losing pitcher Bill Monbouquette (8-10) allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings, and batted 2 for 2.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Get it On--T. Rex (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Frank Lamanske, 64. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Lamanske was 0-0 with an earned run average of 7.36 in 2 games with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1935), batting 0 for 1. He played 15 years in the minor leagues (1929-1946), winning at least 135 games and losing at least 97.

Space
A 78.5-pound satellite was deployed from the Apollo 15 command-service module Endeavor. The satellite was to continue in lunar orbit. Command Module Pilot Al Worden conducted a space walk outside Endeavor; at a distance of 196,000 miles, it was the furthest from Earth a space walk had ever taken place.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-1) 8 @ Calgary (2-0) 9
British Columbia (0-2) 19 @ Edmonton (1-2) 20

Former Rough Rider Bill Van Burkleo's punt single was the margin of victory for the Stampeders in their win over the Rough Riders at McMahon Stadium.

Dave Cutler's 40-yard field goal with 35 seconds remaining in the game gave the Eskimos the win over the Lions at Clarke Stadium. The Eskimos trailed 18-10 in the 4th quarter before B.C. fullback Jim Evenson fumbled, and Edmonton linebacker Jerry Griffin recovered and returned it 1 yard for his only CFL touchdown, converted by Mr. Cutler. The winning field goal was set up when Mr. Evenson was stopped short on a third-down gamble near midfield.

Baseball
Bob Gibson (10-9) earned his 200th career major league win, pitching a 7-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals as they beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 before 27,024 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Gaylord Perry (10-9) took the loss.

With 1 out in the bottom of the 11th inning, Boots Day singled, advanced to second base on a single by Ron Brand, and scored on a single by pinch hitter Gary Sutherland to give the Montreal Expos a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 17,481 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Mike Marshall (3-6) pitched 2 scoreless and hitless innings in relief of Bill Stoneman to get the win over Mudcat Grant (5-3).

Woody Woodward drew a base on balls to lead off the 8th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Gary Nolan, and scored on a double by Pete Rose for the only run as the Cincinnati Reds edged the New York Mets 1-0 before 25,097 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Mr. Nolan (9-12) allowed 5 hits, but was relieved by Clay Carroll after walking Art Shamsky with 2 out in the 9th. Mr. Carroll then walked Donn Clendenon and retired pinch hitter Ken Boswell on a ground out to shortstop to end the game. Gary Gentry (9-9) pitched a 7-hit complete game loss.

The Baltimore Orioles scored 2 runs with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the score 4-4, and Merv Rettenmund singled home Mark Belanger from third base with 1 out in the 10th to give the Orioles a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox before 26,849 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

All the runs were scored in the 1st inning as the Kansas City Royals edged the Minnesota Twins 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 10,803 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Dick Drago (13-6) pitched a 7-hitter to outduel Bert Blyleven (8-13), who allowed 7 hits in 7 innings. Al Fitzmorris (3-1) pitched a 2-hitter and singled and scored the winning run in the 8th inning as the Royals won the second game 3-0 to complete the sweep. Ray Corbin (7-8) allowed 6 hits in a complete game.

Tom Walker pitched a complete game no-hitter, walking 4 batters and striking out 11, as the Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs edged the Albuquerque Dodgers 1-0 in 15 innings in a Dixie Association game in Albuquerque. On the same day, John Gaylord pitched a no-hitter, walking 6 batters and striking out 13 for the Billings Mustangs as they shut out the Magic Valley Cowboys 6-0 in Billings.

40 years ago
1981

Died on this date
Melvyn Douglas, 80. U.S. actor. Mr. Douglas, born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, won the Academy Award for best Supporting Actor for Hud (1963) and again for Being There (1979). Other notable films of his included Ninotchka (1939); Billy Budd (1962); Hotel (1967); I Never Sang for My Father (1970); and his last completed film, Ghost Story (1981). Mr. Douglas also won a Tony Award for his starring performance in The Best Man (1960) and an Emmy Award for his starring performance in the CBS Playhouse drama Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night (1967). He died from pneumonia and cardiac complications, before completing the filming of his scenes for the movie The Hot Touch (1982).

Radio
Don Percy, who had dominated the ratings in Winnipeg as morning man at CKY since 1975, began five years in the same position at CFRN in Edmonton. The first song he played was a new release, Dream Again by Bernie Labarge.

Diplomacy
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat began two days of talks in Washington, starting with a visit to the White House to meet with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Everybody Plays the Fool--Aaron Neville

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Wind of Change--Scorpions (5th week at #1)
2 Bobby Brown--Frank Zappa
3 The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in his Kiss)--Cher
4 Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)--Crystal Waters
5 Jesus Loves You--Bow Down Mister
6 Sailing on the Seven Seas--OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
7 Baby Baby--Amy Grant
8 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
9 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)--Roxette
10 The One and Only--Chesney Hawkes

Singles entering the chart were (Everything I Do) I Do it for You by Bryan Adams (#23); Do the Limbo Dance by David Hasselhoff (#25); and (Sing Shi-Wo-Wo) Stop the Pollution by Dr. Alban (#30).

Disasters
The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sank off the Wild Coast of South Africa while en route from East London, South Africa to Durban; all 571 people on board were saved.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Chains--DLT featuring Che Fu

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Freedom--Robbie Williams

Baseball
Jim Bunning, Bill Foster, Ned Hanlon, and Earl Weaver were inducted into the Baseballl Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

20 years ago
2001

Football
CFL
Montreal (4-1) 31 @ British Columbia (2-3) 44



10 years ago
2011

Football
CFL
Montreal (4-2) 36 @ Toronto (1-5) 23

Anthony Calvillo broke Damon Allen's career passing completion record of 5,158 early in the game in leading the Alouettes over the Argonauts at Rogers Centre.