August 7, 2021

1,560 years ago
461

Died on this date
Majorian, 40-41 (?). Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, 457-461. Julius Valerius Maiorianus was a member of an aristocratic military family, and had a distinguished record as a general. He seized power by deposing, and likely killing, Emperor Avitus. Majorian achieved military success against the Visigoths and Burgundians, and implemented administrative reforms, but his reforms made him unpopular with the senatorial arostocracy. He was arrested and deposed by magister militum Ricimer, and was beheaded near the Iria River in northwestern Italy.

230 years ago
1791

War
In the Northwest Indian War, American troops destroyed the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua, near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana.

120 years ago
1901

Baseball
American League President Ban Johnson suspended Baltimore Orioles' first baseman Jimmy Hart indefinitely (later reduced to 10 days retroactive to August 6) and fined him $25 for striking umpire John Haskell on August 5, saying, "This is the first time a player in the American League has struck an umpire‚ and it is an offense that cannot be overlooked."

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Nicholas Ray. U.S. movie director. Mr. Ray, born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., is best remembered for directing Rebel Without a Cause (1955). His other films included They Live By Night (1949); Johnny Guitar (1954); and 55 Days at Peking (1963). Mr. Ray died of lung cancer on June 16, 1979 at the age of 67.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Manitas de Plata. French musician. Manitas de Plata, whose real name was Ricardo Baliardo, was a flamenco guitarist of Spanish Gitano ancestry who achieved international fame in a performing and recording career spanning several decades. He died on November 5, 2014 at the age of 93, 19 months after suffering a severe heart attack.

Karel Husa. Czech-born U.S. composer. Mr. Husa was a classical violinist and pianist who began his career in his native Czechoslovakia before immigrating to the United States in 1954, becoming an American citizen in 1959. He wrote a symphony, orchestral, instrumental, chamber, and vocal works in a career spanning more than 60 years, and taught at Cornell University from 1954-1992. Mr. Husa died on December 14, 2016 at the age of 95.

Baseball
George Kelly batted 3 for 3 with a home run, 2 runs, and 2 runs batted in to help the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 7-2 before 18,000 fans at Cubs Park in the Cubs' first game under Bill Killefer, who had replaced Johnny Evers as the team's manager. Jesse Barnes (10-6) allowed 14 hits in a complete game victory, while Grover Cleveland Alexander (11-7) allowed 12 hits and 6 earned runs in a complete game loss.

Ed Konetchy's 3-run double with 2 out, his third hit of the game, climaxed a 4-run 9th inning for the Philadelphia Phillies as they came back from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 before 3,748 fans at Redland Field. Greasy Neale singled home Larry Kopf with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Mr. Neale was caught trying to steal second base to end the game.

Verne Clemons batted 3 for 4 with a run and 4 runs batted in and Bill Doak (9-4) pitched an 8-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals as they routed the Boston Braves 11-0 before 15,000 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

Wally Pipp doubled home Babe Ruth with 2 out in the bottom of the 4th inning to open the scoring, and the New York Yankees added a run in the 5th as they shut out the Chicago White Sox 2-0 before 28,000 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York in a game that was called because of rain with 2 out in the bottom of the 5th. Rip Collins (6-3) allowed 1 hit in 5 innings to outduel Red Faber (21-9), who allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in 4.2 innings.

Tris Speaker singled home Bill Wamsganss to climax a 3-run rally with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Athletics at Dunn Field in Cleveland. Jim Bagby (12-10) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief of Guy Morton to get the win over Bob Hasty (2-11), who allowed 9 hits and 4 earned runs in a complete game.

80 years ago
1941

On television today
WNBT in New York broadcast the first audience-participation show. Studio guests played charades as part of the fun.

Died on this date
Rabindranath Tagore, 80. Indian poet. Sir Rabindranath was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West." He was the first non-European to win the prize.

Bruno Mussolini, 23. Italian military aviator. Captain Mussolini, son of Italian Duce Benito Mussolini, was killed with three crew members near San Giusto Airport in Pisa when their plane flew too low and crashed into a house.

War
German troops reached Kunda on the Gulf of Finland, cutting off Soviet troops in western Estonia. U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin became commander-in-chief of Soviet armies. Australian Navy Minister W.M. Hughes said that the question of peace or war in the Pacific depended on Japan. A Japanese spokesman in Tokyo asserted that U.S. and U.K. warnings concerning Thailand were "unwarranted."

Diplomacy
Peruvian President Manuel Prado telegraphed U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that his government would attempt to re-establish normal relations with Ecuador.

Defense
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution declaring that "the national interest is imperiled," and authorizing President Roosevelt to extend the military service of draftees, reservists, and National Guardsmen to a total of 30 months. The U.S. House of Representatives fell two votes short of overriding President Roosevelt's veto of the $320-million defense highway bill.

Academia
City College of New York tutor Arthur Braunlich was found guilty of Communist activity by a trial committee of the Board of Higher Education, which recommended his dismissal.

Labour
Members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America went on strike at the Kearny, New Jersey shipyards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, affecting 16,000 workers and tying up work on the $450 million worth of defense contracts.

75 years ago
1946

At the movies
The Inner Circle, directed by Phil Ford, and starring Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley, and Ricardo Cortez, opened in theatres.



Diplomacy
The government of the U.S.S.R. presented a note to the Turkish Foreign Ministry which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.

Allied foreign ministers at the Paris Peace Conference agreed to invite five former Axis countries to attend plenary sessions of the conference. The Procedure Committee approved a British proposal allowing the conference to recommend treaty amendments by either a two-thirds vote (as demanded by the U.S.S.R.) or a simple majority.

Agriculture
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization proposed the creation of a World Food Board to establish an emergency world food reserve, stabilize world agricultural prices and finance the purchase of surplus food by needy countries.

Politics and government
Mariano Ospina Perez was inaugurated as President of Colombia.

Americana
U.S. President Harry Truman signed a bill authorizing the coining of five million half-dollars in honour of Negro educator Booker T. Washington.

Labour
Beginning a campaign to increase industrial efficiency, the Soviet trade union newspaper Trud attacked some union leaders for allowing low job standards and poor living conditions among workers.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Killers of the City, starring Conrad Janis

Space
A U.S. Navy rocket fired from White Sands, New Mexico climbed 135 miles, an altitude record for single-stage rockets.

Diplomacy
United Nations mediator Frank Graham began a new effort to negotiate an agreement between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

Crime
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested six more secondary Communist Party U.S.A. leaders, including Baltimore attorney Maurice Braverman, bringing the total number of Communists arrested on conspiracy charges to 35.

Labour
New York City Police Commissioner George Monaghan forbade policemen from joining a union after the Congress of Industrial Organizations Transport Workers Union announced plans to organize the city's law enforcement personnel.

Baseball
Robin Roberts (15-8) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Max Surkont (9-9), who allowed just 3 hits and 1 run--earned--in 7 innings, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Boston Braves 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 19,125 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The Phillies scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th to clinch the win, and may have scored more if the Braves hadn't caught Willie Jones off first base with the hidden ball trick. Dick Sisler singled home Richie Ashburn from second base with 2 out in the bottom of the 15th inning to give the Phillies a 1-0 win to complete the sweep. Ken Heintzelman (6-8) allowed 3 hits in 5 innings to get the win in relief of Russ Meyer, who allowed 8 hits in 10 innings. Johnny Sain started on the mound for Boston and allowed 5 hits in 10 innings before being relieved by Bob Chipman, who allowed 3 hits and a base on balls in 1 inning, but retired Granny Hamner and Putsy Caballero with the bases loaded to end the 11th. Warren Spahn (13-10) allowed 4 hits--3 in the 15th--in 3.2 innings to take the loss.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 7 runs in the 1st inning and 5 in the 3rd as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-7 before 7,465 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. St. Louis center fielder Peanuts Lowrey batted 5 for 5 with 2 runs and 3 runs batted in. The Pirates rallied for 4 runs in the 8th off Cloyd Boyer (2-5), who got the win despite allowing 10 hits and 7 earned runs in 7.1 innings. Mr. Boyer batted 2 for 3 with a sacrifice, 3 runs and an RBI.

Eddie Robinson drew a base on balls with 1 out in the top of the 13th inning and scored from second base on a 2-out single by Jim Busby to break a 1-1 tie as the Chicago White Sox edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1 before 7,275 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Billy Pierce (11-9) pitched a 9-hit complete game to get the win over Bob Cain (8-9), who entered the game in the 13th after Ted Gray had allowed 8 hits and 1 earned run in 12 innings.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Tonight My Love, Tonight--Paul Anka

#1 single in France (IFOP): Les fiancés d'Auvergne--André Verchuren

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis (5th week at #1)
2 I Like it Like That (Part 1)--Chris Kenner
3 Last Night--Mar-Keys
4 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
5 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
6 Together--Connie Francis
7 Pretty Little Angel Eyes--Curtis Lee
8 Let's Twist Again--Chubby Checker
9 Wooden Heart--Joe Dowell
10 Michael--The Highwaymen

Singles entering the chart were Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) by Barry Mann (#66); Don't Cry, Baby by Etta James (#67); Candy Man by Roy Orbison (#71); Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor (On the Bedpost Over Night) by Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group (#75); Let Me Belong to You by Brian Hyland (#76); Without You by Johnny Tillotson (#78); Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee (#87); Lonely Street by Clarence Henry (#88); Don't Cry No More by Bobby Bland (#89); Hully Gully Again by Little Caesar and the Romans (#90); Every Breath I Take by Gene Pitney (#95); Well-A, Well-A by Shirley & Lee (#96); Lovedrops by Mickey & Sylvia (#97); and My Heart's on Fire by Billy Bland (#100). Candy Man was the B-side of Crying, which had yet to chart.

Died on this date
Frank Buchman, 83. U.S. religious leader and social reformer. Mr. Buchman, an ordained Lutheran minister, founded the Oxford Group in the 1920s, which became known as Moral Re-Armament in 1938, and since 2001 has operated under the name Initiatives of Change.

Space
U.S.S.R. cosmonaut Gherman Titov returned to Earth aboard Vostok 2 as the first man to spend an entire day in space.







Sport
Miss Supertest III, piloted by Bob Hayward, won the Harmsworth Trophy powerboat race at Picton, Ontario for the third straight year, defeating Miss Detroit, piloted by Chuck Thompson.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (1-0) 18 @ Calgary (0-1) 17
Edmonton (1-0) 29 @ British Columbia (0-1) 19

Charlie Shepard punted for a single on the last play of the game to give the Blue Bombers their win over the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium. Gene Cichowski split the Calgary quarterbacking duties with Jerry Keeling, who scored a touchdown in his first CFL game.

The Eskimos accumulated 329 yards rushing, led by Johnny Bright, who carried 18 times for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns. Eskimo rookie Bobby Walden rushed 3 times for 27 yards, caught 4 passes for 46 and a touchdown, and returned 1 kickoff for 25 yards and 2 punts for 8 in his first CFL game. Edmonton quarterback Jackie Parker completed 7 of 10 passes for 145 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Almost 29,000 were in attendance at Empire Stadium in Vancouver.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Joy to the World--Three Dog Night (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensieri e parole--Lucio Battisti (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Get it On--T. Rex (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool (5th week at #1)
2 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K.550 1° Movement (Allegro Molto)--Waldo de Los Rios
3 I Don't Know How to Love Him--Helen Reddy
4 Too Young to Be Married--The Hollies
5 (Where Do I Begin) Love Story--Andy Williams
6 It Don't Come Easy--Ringo Starr
7 L.A. International Airport--Susan Raye
8 Love Her Madly--The Doors
9 Me and You and a Dog Named Boo--Lobo
10 Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)--Daddy Dewdrop

Singles entering the chart were Daddy Cool by Drummond (#43); Albert Flasher by the Guess Who (#51); Little White Cloud by Jamie Redfern (#52); Here Comes that Rainy Day Feeling Again by the Fortunes (#58); and If Those Lips Could Only Speak by Dermot Henry (#60).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Manuela--Jacques Herb (3rd week at #1)
2 Borriquito--Peret
3 Zou Het Erg Zijn Lieve Opa--Wilma met Vader Abraham
4 One Way Wind--Cats
5 Rumba Tamba--Martin Wulms and his Orchestra
6 Get Down and Get with It--Slade
7 Chicago--Graham Nash
8 Co Co--The Sweet
9 When You are a King--White Plains
10 Middernacht--Gebroeders Brouwer

Singles entering the chart were Pour un Flirt by Michel Delpech (#14); Scoobidad by Ginger Ale (#28); Eat at Home by Paul and Linda McCartney (#32); Black and White by Greyhound (#33); We Will by Gilbert O'Sullivan (#36); and We Shall Dance by Demis Roussos (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
2 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
3 You've Got a Friend--James Taylor
4 Mr. Big Stuff--Jean Knight
5 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
6 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
7 It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move--Carole King
8 Beginnings/Colour My World--Chicago
9 What the World Needs Now/Abraham, Martin and John--Tom Clay
10 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye

Singles entering the chart were Stick-Up by the Honey Cone (#68); All Day Music by War (#81); Take Me Girl, I'm Ready by Jr. Walker & the All Stars (#87); The Story in Your Eyes by the Moody Blues (#88); Go Away Little Girl by Donnie Osmond (#89); Top Forty by Sha Na Na (#90); Crazy Love by Helen Reddy (#93); We Got a Dream by Ocean (#94); Amanda by Dionne Warwick (#96); Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love by Clarence Carter (#98); and California on My Mind by Morning Mist (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You've Got a Friend--James Taylor
2 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
3 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
4 Mr. Big Stuff--Jean Knight
5 Don't Pull Your Love--Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
6 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
7 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
8 Bring the Boys Home--Freda Payne
9 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye
10 Hot Pants Pt. 1 (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)--James Brown

Singles entering the chart were Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond (#59); I Woke Up in Love this Morning by the Partridge Family (#62); Bangla-Desh by George Harrison (#64); Take Me Girl, I'm Ready by Jr. Walker and the All Stars (#71); If You Really Love Me by Stevie Wonder (#82); All Day Music by War (#86); The Breakdown (Part I) by Rufus Thomas (#92); Candy Apple Red by R. Dean Taylor (#93); Goodbye Media Man Part I by Tom Fogerty (#94); We are Neighbors by the Chi-Lites (#95); The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez (#96); Do You Know What I Mean by Lee Michaels (#98); It's About Time by the Dillards (#99); and I'd Rather Be Sorry by Ray Price (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Mr. Big Stuff--Jean Knight
2 You've Got a Friend--James Taylor
3 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
4 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
5 Bring the Boys Home--Freda Payne
6 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
7 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
8 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye
9 I Don't Want to Do Wrong--Gladys Knight & the Pips
10 Sooner or Later--The Grass Roots

Singles entering the chart were Bangla-Desh by George Harrison (#48); I Woke Up in Love this Morning by the Partridge Family (#60); Go Away Little Girl by Donnie Osmond (#61); Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love by Clarence Carter (#62); Go Down Gamblin' by Blood, Sweat & Tears (#68); Wedding Song (There is Love) by Paul Stookey (#80); Where Evil Grows by the Poppy Family (#82); Rain Dance by the Guess Who (#85); The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez (#92); Sweet City Woman by the Stampeders (#94); Do You Know What I Mean by Lee Michaels (#96); California on My Mind by Morning Mist (#98); Love Me by the Impressions (#99); and It's About Time by the Dillards (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
2 Don't Pull Your Love--Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
3 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders
4 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
5 You've Got a Friend--James Taylor
6 Where Evil Grows--The Poppy Family
7 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
8 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
9 It’s Too Late—Carole King
10 Mr. Big Stuff--Jean Knight

Singles entering the chart were Spanish Harlem by Aretha Franklin (#75); Rain Dance by the Guess Who (#76); Bangla-Desh by George Harrison (#94); Hymn 43 by Jethro Tull (#95); Goodbye Media Man Part I by Tom Fogerty (#96); The Story in Your Eyes by the Moody Blues (#97); Good Enough to Be Your Wife by Jeannie C. Riley (#98); We Got a Dream by Ocean (#99); and It's Summer by the Temptations (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (3rd week at #1)
2 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
3 Moon Shadow--Cat Stevens
4 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
5 You've Got a Friend--James Taylor
6 Mighty Clouds of Joy--B.J. Thomas
7 Try a Little Harder--Doctor Music
8 Sooner or Later--The Grass Roots
9 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
10 Resurrection Shuffle--Tom Jones
Pick hit of the week: Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Space
The Apollo 15 command module Endeavor, carrying astronauts David Scott, Jim Irwin, and Al Worden, splashed down 330 miles north of Honolulu to conclude the 12-day mission, which was stated by NASA to be the most successful manned lunar mission to date.



Baseball
Mike Kekich (6-6) and Jack Aker combined to allow just 2 hits, but walked 9 batters, which contributed to a 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 before 21,813 fans at Yankee Stadium. Jim Palmer (13-6) pitched a 4 hit complete game victory, while Dave Johnson's 2-run home run with none out in the 4th inning provided the winning margin.

Vida Blue (20-4) pitched a 3-hitter to become the first major league pitcher to win 20 games in 1971 as the Oakland Athletics edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 before 17,751 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Joel Horlen (6-9) allowed 3 hits in 6 innings, and balked home Dick Green with 2 out in the bottom of the 5th inning for the game's only run.

Ken Boswell's grand slam with 2 out climaxed a 7-run 2nd inning, giving the New York Mets a 10-1 lead as they coasted to a 20-6 rout of the Atlanta Braves before 20,827 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Mr. Boswell batted 4 for 5 with a double and 5 runs batted in. Zoilo Versalles hit a 3-run homer to climax a 4-run 5th for the Braves. Nolan Ryan (9-9) allowed 8 hits and 6 earned runs in 8 innings to get the win, batting 2 for 4 with a sacrifice and 2 runs.

Matty Alou singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning and took advantage of mental and physical errors to score the winning run, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 36,633 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. After Mr. Alou's single, Los Angeles shortstop Maury Wills, second baseman Jim Lefebvre, and relief pitcher Pete Mikkelsen conferred between second base and the pitcher's mound. Mr. Alou then broke for second base; Mr. Lefebvre ran to second, but Mr. Mikkelsen's throw was high and went into center field. Mr. Lefebvre ran into center field but had trouble picking up the ball, and Mr. Alou beat his throw to catcher Joe Ferguson.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (4th week at #1)
2 Kids in America--Kim Wilde
3 More and More--Joe Dolan
4 Stand and Deliver--Adam & the Ants
5 Louise (We Get it Right)--Jona Lewie
6 Nightmare--Peach
7 When I'm Gone--Albert Hammond
8 Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)--Ottawan
9 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
10 Chequered Love--Kim Wilde

Singles entering the chart were One Day in Your Life by Michael Jackson (#18); Being with You by Smokey Robinson (#19); and Hak Hom Blokkies by David Kramer (#20).

Journalism
The Washington Star ceased all operations after 128 years of publication.

Football
CFL
Toronto (0-6) 11 @ Ottawa (2-3) 38

Baseball
Intercontinental Cup @ Renfrew Park, Edmonton
Cuba (1-0) 5 @ Australia (0-2) 0
Panama (0-2) 4 @ Dominican Republic (2-0) 11
Japan (1-0) 7 @ Canada (1-1) 1
South Korea (0-1) 4 @ U.S.A. (1-0) 6

The game between Panama and the Dominican Republic was played at South Side Industrial Park. The U.S.A. scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th to defeat South Korea; the game ended with a 3-run home run by Oddibe McDowell.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Senza una donna--Zucchero featuring Paul Young (7th week at #1)

Died on this date
Jimmy Cooney, Jr., 96. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Cooney, the son of National League shortstop Jimmy Cooney, Sr., was a shortstop with the Boston Red Sox (1917); New York Giants (1919); St. Louis Cardinals (1924-1925); Chicago Cubs (1926-1927); Philadelphia Phillies (1927); and Boston Braves (1928), batting .262 with 2 home runs and 150 runs batted in in 448 games. On May 30, 1927, he became the sixth major league player in the modern era to make an unassisted triple play: in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Mr. Cooney caught a line drive by Paul Waner, stepped on second base to retire Lloyd Waner, and tagged Clyde Barnhart coming from first base. Mr. Cooney made 12 consecutive hits while playing with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association in 1923. He and his brother Johnny, a pitcher, were teammates with the Braves. Jimmy Cooney, Jr. died 17 days before his 97th birthday.

Billy T. James, 43. N.Z. entertainer. Mr. James, born William Taitoko, was a musician and comedian known for doing impressions, and starred in the television variety program The Billy T. James Show (1981-1986). He died of heart failure, three years after suffering a major heart attack.

Baseball
Darren Lewis, leading off the game, hit his first major league home run to give the San Francisco Giants a 1-0 win over the Atlanta Bravesbefore 24,428 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Bud Black won the pitching duel over Charlie Leibrandt.

Wes Chamberlain singled home Randy Ready with 1 out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs before 26,294 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Bob Ojeda, Kevin Gross, and Roger McDowell combined to pitch a 3-hit shutout as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored 2 runs in the 7th inning and defeated the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 before 37,016 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

Mark Gardner allowed 5 hits in 8.1 innings and Barry Jones got the final 2 outs as the Montreal Expos edged the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 before 25,591 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Gil Reyes scored the game's only run in the 6th inning when he doubled off Omar Olivares and scored on a single by Delino DeShields.

Kevin Appier pitched a 4-hitter, striking out 9 batters and walking just 1, to win the pitchers' duel over Roger Clemens as the Kansas City Royals blanked the Boston Red Sox 2-0 before 32,226 fans at Royals Stadium. Mr. Clemens pitched a complete game, allowing 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 8 innings.

The Texas Rangers, trailing 8-2 after 3½ innings, rallied to defeat the Cleveland Indians 12-10 before 23,943 fans at Arlington Stadium.

Wally Joyner drove in 5 runs with a pair of home runs and Dave Parker added a 2-run homer as the California Angels easily beat the Minnesota Twins 8-1 before 30,726 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Jim Abbott allowed just 3 hits and 1 earned run in 8.1 innings to win the pitching matchup with Jack Morris, who allowed 6 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 5 innings.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (4th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Hamilton (4-3) 22 @ Montreal (3-4) 29

Norman Bradford scored 2 touchdowns for the Alouettes, including the winner in the 4th quarter, as they beat the Tiger-Cats before 25,210 fans at Olympic Stadium.



10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Nancy Fiocca, 98. N.Z.-born U.K. spy. Captain Fiocca moved to Sydney as a child and then to Paris. She married French industrialist Henri Fiocca, and they were in Marseille at the beginning of World War II. Capt. Fiocca served with the French Resistance, helping Allied airmen evade capture by Germans and escape to neutral Spain; her husband was captured and executed. She then joined the British Special Operations Executive (SOE); using the code name "Hélène," she parachuted into occupied France, participating in a battle between the Maquis and a large German force in June 1944. Capt. Fiocca's heroics earned her honours from New Zealand, Australia, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She died 23 days before her 99th birthday.

Mark Hatfield, 89. U.S. politician. Mr. Hatfield, a Republican, was teaching political science at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon when he entered politics, serving in the Oregon House of Representatives (1951-1955) and Senate (1955-1957) and as Oregon's Secretary of State (1957-1959) and Governor (1959-1967). He represented Oregon in the U.S. Senate (1967-1997), serving as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee (1981-1987, 1995-1997). Sen. Hatfield advocated for the interests of his state, while taking liberal positions on some issues and not on others. He was one of the few Republican politicians to oppose the Vietnam War. Sen. Hatfield died after a period of declining health. Many buildings and other things in Oregon are named in his honour.

Marshall Grant, 83. U.S. musician. Mr. Grant played upright bass and electric bass with the Tennessee Two--later the Tennessee Three--as Johnny Cash's backup musicians (1954-1980), helping to change the sound of country music. He died in Jonesboro, Arkansas while attending a festival to restore Mr. Cash's boyhood home.