September 10, 2021

430 years ago
1591

Died on this date
Richard Grenville, 49. English sailor. Sir Richard captained the galleon Revenge, which fought alone against a Spanish fleet of 55 ships in the Battle of Flores off the Azores, finally surrendering after Sir Richard was wounded. Sir Richard died of his wounds nine days after the battle's conclusion.

400 years ago
1621

Canadiana King James I granted Acadia to the Scottish poet and nobleman Sir William Alexander. The royal charter, written in Latin, named the territory “Nova Scotia” (New Scotland). The river St. Croix became the “Tweed,” and the St. John became the “Clyde.”

200 years ago
1821

Born on this date
William Jervois. U.K. military officer and politician. Lieutenant General Sir William joined the British Army in 1839 and served as an engineer. In 1858, he was appointed Secretary of a Royal Commission set up to examine the state and efficiency of British land-based fortifications against naval attack; this led to further such work in Canada and South Australia. Lieutenant General Sir William served as Governor of the Straits Settlements (1875-1877); Governor of South Australia (1877-1883); and Governor of New Zealand (1883-1889). He died on August 17, 1897, 24 days before his 76th birthday, as the result of injuries sustained in a carriage accident.

175 years ago
1846

Technology
Elias Howe was granted a patent for the sewing machine.

170 years ago
1851

Died on this date
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, 63. U.S. educator. Mr. Gallaudet trained as a clergyman, but declined offers of pastorates because of concerns for his health, and instead made his name as a teacher of deaf students, using manual communication instead of the oral method of communication then in vogue in America. In 1817, he founded what became the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Gallaudet resigned as his school's director in 1830, but continued to teach in Hartford, and in 1838 became chaplain to the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane. Gallaudet University, a private university for deaf and hearing-impaired students founded in 1864, was renamed in Mr. Gallaudet's honour in 1894.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Charley "Tony" Tonneman. 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 on August 4, 1951 at the age of 69.

Baseball
Roger Connor of the Troy Trojans hit the first grand slam in National League history off Lee Richmond, and it came with the Trojans 3 runs behind with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving Troy an 8-7 win over the Worcester Worcesters at Riverfront Park in Rensselaer, New York.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Robert Taschereau. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1963-1967; Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1940-1963. Justice Taschereau, a native of Quebec City, was the son of Quebec Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau and grandson of Supreme Court Puisne Justice Jean-Thomas Taschereau. A Liberal, he represented Bellechasse in the Quebec Legislative Assembly (1930-1936), and succeeded his former law partner, Lawrence Cannon, on the Supreme Court of Canada, succeeding Patrick Kerwin as Chief Justice. Justice Taschereau and fellow Supreme Court Puisne Justice Roy Kellock conducted the Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication, by Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power (1946), prompted by the revelation of former U.S.S.R. embassy cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko of a Soviet spy ring in Canada. Justice Taschereau served as acting Governor General of Canada from the death of Georges Vanier on March 5, 1967 until the installation of Roland Michener on April 17, 1967. Justice Taschereau retired on September 1, 1967 and died on July 26, 1970 at the age of 73.

Adele Astaire. U.S. dancer and actress. Miss Astaire, born Adele Austerlitz, was three years older than her brother Fred, and they performed together for 27 years. She achieved success in Broadway musicals such as Lady, Be Good! (1924); Funny Face (1927); and The Band Wagon (1931). Miss Astaire's partnership with her brother ended in 1932 when she married Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish and settled to domestic life in England as Lady Cavendish. Lord Cavendish died in 1944, and she married American investment banker and spy Kenneth Douglass in 1947, returning to the United States. Miss Astaire never resumed her show business career, and died on January 25, 1981 at the age of 84, after suffering a stroke.

100 years ago
1921

Baseball
Five different New York Yankees each collected 2 hits in the 9th inning as the Yankees scored 9 runs to complete a comeback from a 3-0 1st-inning deficit and rout the Philadelphia Athletics 19-3 before 15,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. New York catcher Wally Schang batted 5 for 6 with 2 runs and 2 runs batted in, while Carl Mays (24-9) pitched a 13-hit complete game victory and batted 3 for 6 with a double, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs.

The Detroit Tigers scored 5 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie and defeat the Chicago White Sox 8-4 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Every man in the Detroit lineup had at least 1 hit. Bert Cole (6-1) pitched a 12-hit complete game victory, while losing pitcher Lee Thompson (0-1) allowed 14 hits and 8 runs--7 earned--in 9.1 innings. He was relieved by Sarge Connally, who struck out Larry Woodall and then surrendered a run-scoring single by Mr. Cole, as Herm Merritt was thrown out at third base to end the inning, in Mr. Connally's first major league appearance.

90 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Salvatore Maranzano, 45. Italian-born U.S. gangster. Mr. Maranzano, nicknamed "Little Caesar" because of his fascination with Julius Caesar, was born in Sicily and became involved in organized crime in his homeland before emigrating to the United States in the 1920s, settling in Brooklyn, New York. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 to seize control of the American Mafia, and was briefly "capo di tutti capi" ("boss of all bosses") in 1931 after rival faction head Joe Masseria was murdered. Mr. Maranzano formed the Five Families in New York City, but was murdered by four Jewish gangsters acting on the orders of Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Mr. Maranzano had intended to kill Mr. Luciano, but Mr. Luciano heard of Mr. Maranzano's plan and decided to act first. Two of the four Jewish gangsters unknown to Mr. Maranzano, disarmed Mr. Maranzano's guards, while the other two stabbed Mr. Maranzano multiple times before shooting him. Mr. Luciano subsequently created The Commission to govern organized crime.

80 years ago
1941

War
The Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Moose Jaw became the first Canadian ship to sink a German U-boat. Dispatches from Moscow stated that Soviet troops had smashed to Ryabtsevo, 11 miles southeast of Smolensk.

World events
German authorities in Norway declared a state of "civilian emergency" in Oslo and proclaimed martial law in the city after several strikes broke out.

Diplomacy
The Argentine Chamber of Deputies invetigating committee introduced a resolution asserting that German Ambassador Baron Edmund von Thermann had "abused his diplomatic privileges."

Defense
The U.S. State Department released a note from U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stating that no Lend-Lease material would be diverted to private interests or used for export.

Movies
U.S. Senator Bennett Champ Clark (Democrat--Missouri), in testimony before the Senate subcommittee investigating the motion picture industry, charged that a "handful of men" were spreading pro-war propaganda through film and radio.

Music
The National Broadcasting Company announced that Leopold Stowski would lead the NBC Symphony Orchestra for the 1941-42 season, succeeding Arturo Toscanini.

Health
The Alberta government ordered all schools closed due to epidemics of infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis) and encephalitis; school lessons were published in the newspapers. Meanwhile, authorities in Chattanooga, Tennessee banned all unecessary public gatherings because of the same epidemic, which had stricken 60 people in Chattanooga and 27 in the rest of the United States.

Education
The New York State Board of Education fired high school history teacher Ingram Bander on charges of being a Communist.

Economics and finance
Representatives of Canada and Chile signed a trade pact in Santiago under which Chile would receive most-favoured-nation status.

Labour
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order setting up a fact-finding board to investigate the railway dispute, this delaying for 60 days the strike of 1.25 million union members.

75 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
U.K. Prime Minister Clement Attlee opened the Palestine Conference in London with 15 Arab delegates present, but no Jewish organizations represented. Mr. Attlee called for compromise in Palestine on both sides, and said that Britain was not committed to any existing federalization plan.

U.S. Undersecretary of State William Clayton said that Yugoslavia had tentatively agreed to indemnify families of five downed American airmen, but objected to paying for the two military planes that had been downed over Yugoslavian air space on August 9 and 19.

Soviet members of the Allied command in Berlin protested the U.S. Army's sports program, in which German children were taught baseball and football. The U.S.S.R. also protested the sending of U.S. food packages to residents of Berlin.

Religion
At their 55th triennial convention in Philadelphia, deputies of the Episcopal Church in the United States elected former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts as the church's first lay president and Mrs. Randolph Dyer as the first female deputy.

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa, experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them."

Economics and finance
The U.S.S.R. agreed to pay about $140 million for the $160 million worth of non-consumer civilian goods contracted for with the United Kingdom in 1941.

The U.S. Office of Price Administration re-established meat price ceilings, but no meat was available in cities, as farmers withheld steers from the market.

The U.S. State Department announced that Brazil would receive only $50 million of the $350 million it had requested from the Export-Import Bank for transportationn improvement.

Labour
New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer charged that Communist agitators were behind the 10-day trucking strike, and demanded that Teamsters President Daniel Tobin come to New York to "take control" of the local union organization.

70 years ago
1951

On television today
The Seattle station KING introduced the first local television newscast west of Minneapolis and north of Los Angeles. The station’s first anchor/news director was Charles Herring.

Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Prophet of Darkness, starring Sidney Blackmer and Romola Robb

Movies
The Venice International Film Festival awarded its Golden Lion to Rashomon, and named Jean Gabin and Vivien Leigh as best actor and actress, respectively.

War
India announced that it would end its formal state of war with Japan when the treaty signed in San Francisco took effect.

Defense
U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet commander Admiral Lynde McCormick announced the development of an atomic bomb small enough to be used by carrier planes, and predicted the eventual arming of all aircraft carriers with nuclear weapons.

Oddities
Two U.S. Air Force jet pilots reported sighting a "flying saucer" speeding along the New Jersey coast at 900 miles per hour.

Economics and finance
The United Kingdom blocked Iran's sterling balances in London and banned the export of essential raw material and manufactured goods to Iran.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Winnipeg (2-4) 12 @ Calgary (2-4) 18
Saskatchewan (3-3) 6 @ Edmonton (5-1) 31

60 years ago
1961

Died on this date
Leo Carrillo, 81. U.S. actor. Mr. Carrillo appeared on stage and screen in a career spanning more than 40 years. He was best known for playing Pancho in the television series The Cisco Kid (1950-1956). Mr. Carrillo died of cancer.

Bob Hayward, 33. Canadian powerboat racer. Mr. Hayward, a native of Embro, Ontario, piloted Miss Supertest III to victory in the Harmsworth Cup from 1959-1961. He was racing Miss Supertest II in the Silver Cup Regatta on the Detroit River, when the boat flipped over at 175 miles per hour, fatally breaking Mr. Hayward's neck. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2000.

Wolfgang von Trips, 33. West German auto racing driver. Mr. Trips participated in 29 Formula One races (1956-1961), recording six podium finishes, winning the Dutch Grand Prix and British Grand Prix in 1961, and was leading the World Drivers' Championship standings with 33 points going into the Italian Grand Prix. Mr. Trips' Ferrari mad contact with Jim Clark's Lotus on lap 2 and crashed into a fence line of spectators, killing 15 and himself (see video).



Auto racing
Phil Hill became the first American to win the World Drivers' Championship when he won the Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. Mr. Hill clinched the championship, with one race remaining, as a result of the death of Mr. Trips, the only other driver who could have accumulated more points. Mr. Hill was unaware of his teammate's death until after the race. Dan Gurney finished second and Bruce McLaren third in the 32-car field.



Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-5) 7 @ Toronto (2-3) 27

AFL
San Diego (1-0) 26 @ Dallas (0-1) 10
Denver (1-0) 22 @ Buffalo (0-1) 10

The Chargers' win over the Texans was their first after moving from Los Angeles after the 1960 season.

Baseball
Vada Pinson doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th inning, Frank Robinson hit an infield single, and Wally Post hit a 2-out 3-run home run to break a 2-2 tie as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 before 22,848 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Mr. Pinson batted 3 for 3 with a base on balls, a run, and a run batted in. Bob Purkey (16-10) pitched a 2 hitter, batting 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI to win over Ray Sadecki (13-8).

The Philadelphia Phillies scored 7 runs in the 7th inning and 6 in the 8th as they came back from a 6-1 deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 14-6 before 7,628 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Don Demeter's grand slam in the 7th was the big blow. Center fielder Lou Brock and second baseman Ken Hubbs both made their major league debuts with the Cubs, batting first and second, respectively. Mr. Brock batted 1 for 5 with a run, making 1 putout and 2 errors. Mr. Hubbs was 2 for 3 with a double, 2 runs, and a run batted in, making 1 putout and 1 assist before leaving for a pinch hitter in the 7th. The Cubs made 7 errors.

Warren Spahn (19-12) pitched a 7-hit complete game and helped his own cause with his bat, hitting a solo home run in the 7th inning and leading off the 9th with a single to set up the winning run as the Milwaukee Braves scored a run in each of the last 3 innings as they came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 before 24,198 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. After Mr. Spahn's single, Lee Maye drew a base on balls, and Al Spangler entered the game as a pinch runner for Mr. Spahn at second base. With 2 out and the bases loaded, Joe Adcock singled home Mr. Spangler with the winning run.

Ed Bailey singled home 2 runs in the 1st inning, Willie Mays hit a solo home run in the 3rd, and Orlando Cepeda added a 3-run homer in the 5th for the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-1 before 34,537 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, dropping the second-place Dodgers 4 games behind the National League-leading Reds. San Francisco starting pitcher Billy Loes had a no-hitter going through 4 innings, but Ron Fairly homered to lead off the 5th, John Roseboro drew a base on balls, and Willie Davis singled. Stu Miller (11-4) relieved Mr. Loes and allowed 1 hit in 5 scoreless innings to get the win over Stan Williams (12-11).

Elston Howard singled to lead off the bottom of the 8th inning, advanced to second base on a ground out by Bill Skowron, and scored from there on a 2-out single by pinch hitter Bob Cerv to break a 6-6 tie as the New York Yankees edged the Cleveland Indians 7-6 in the first game of a doubleheader before 57,824 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankess scored their first 6 runs in the 2nd inning to take a 6-2 lead, but the Indians responded with 4 in the 3rd to tie the score. Jim Coates (11-5) allowed 5 hits and 1 run--earned--in 6 innings to get the win in relief of White Ford, who allowed 7 hits and 5 earned runs in 2+ innings. Cleveland center fielder Jimmy Piersall got into a fight with two fans who had run onto the field in the 7th inning, punching one and giving the other a well-deserved kick in the pants. Mickey Mantle hit his 53rd home run of the season and Mr. Howard added his 18th to help the Yankees win the second game 9-3 to complete the sweep, with Bud Daley (11-16) pitching a 5-hit complete game to win over Jim Perry (10-14).



The Kansas City Athletics scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning as they routed the Minnesota Twins 13-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 7,706 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Kansas City shortstop Dick Howser batted 5 for 5 with a double, triple, 3 runs, and 2 runs batted in. Norm Bass (8-10) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 6+ innings, and Dave Wickersham pitched 3 hitless and scoreless innings of relief to get the save. Jack Kralick (12-10) allowed 7 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 2.2 innings to take the loss; he was relieved by Gary Dotter, who allowed 6 hits and 6 runs--all earned--in 4 innings, striking out 2 batters and walking 4, batting 0 for 1, and making 1 assist in his first major league game. Harmon Killebrew hit a home run for Minnesota in the 6th; he hit a 3-run homer in a 4-run 3rd inning to help the Twins win the second game 7-0, as Pedro Ramos (11-17) pitched a 5-hitter to win over Bill Kunkel (3-4).

The Detroit Tigers scored 5 runs in the last 4 innings, but failed to overcome an early 6-0 deficit as they lost 8-7 to the Boston Red Sox before 14,409 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Arnold Earley pitched the 9th inning for Boston and surrendered Rocky Colavito's 41st home run of the season--a 2-run blast with 1 out--but struck out Norm Cash and retired Dick McAuliffe on a fly ball to center field to end the game.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): L.A. International Airport--Susan Raye (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Co-Co--The Sweet (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Co-Co--The Sweet (5th week at #1)
2 You--Peter Maffay
3 He's Gonna Step on You Again--John Kongos
4 I Did What I Did for Maria--Tony Christie
5 Hold On (To What You Got)--Peanutbutter Conspiracy
6 The Banner Man--Blue Mink
7 Rain, Rain, Rain--Gentle People
8 Lady Rose--Mungo Jerry
9 Me and Bobby McGee--Gordon Lightfoot
10 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees

Singles entering the chart were Sweet Hitch-Hiker by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#18); Never Ending Song of Love by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (#19); and Never Ending Song of Love by the New Seekers (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (3rd week at #1)
2 Saturday Morning Confusion--Bobby Russell
3 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart
4 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Mac and Katie Kissoon
5 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
6 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye
7 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
8 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
9 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who
10 We Got a Dream--Ocean

Singles entering the chart were Superstar by the Carpenters (#24); One Fine Morning by Lighthouse (#26); Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond (#27); Wedding Song (There is Love) by Paul Stookey (#28); Sweet Sounds of Music by the Bells (#29); and Stick-Up by the Honey Cone (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Maggie May--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1)
2 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
3 Colour My World--Chicago
4 Bangla-Desh--George Harrison
5 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
6 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
7 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
8 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
9 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who
10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez

Singles entering the chart were Sweet Sounds of Music by the Bells (#29); Down by the River by Joey Gregorash (#34); One Fine Morning by Lighthouse (#35); If You Really Love Me by Stevie Wonder (#36); Military Madness by Graham Nash (#37); I've Found Someone of My Own by the Free Movement (#38); and Goin' Down (On the Road to L.A.) by Terry Black and Laurel Ward (#39).

Died on this date
Pier Angeli, 39. Italian-born U.S. actress. Miss Angeli, born Anna Maria Pierangeli in Sardinia as the twin sister of actress Marisa Pavan, appeared in movies in Europe and the United States, including Teresa (1951); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); and The Angry Silence (1960). She had affairs with actors Kirk Douglas and James Dean, and was married to singer Vic Damone from 1954-1958 before marrying composer Armando Trovajoli in 1962; they separated in 1969. Miss Angeli was found dead of a barbiturate overdose at her home in Beverly Hills; she had been given an injection of Compazine by her doctor earlier in the day.

Politics and government
Peter Lougheed took office as Premier of Alberta, leading the province's first Progressive Conservative government, and ending 36 years of Social Credit government.

Environment
The United States completed removal of poisonous gas stored at American military bases in Okinawa.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 20 (CHED)
1 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
2 Urgent--Foreigner
3 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
4 The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em)--Greg Kihn Band
5 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
6 Fire and Ice--Pat Benatar
7 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
8 Still Talkin' About Love--Toronto
9 Who's Crying Now--Journey
10 Elvira--The Oak Ridge Boys
11 Cool Love--Pablo Cruise
12 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
13 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
14 In the Air Tonight--Phil Collins
15 Main Street U.S.A.--Union
16 Tempted--Squeeze
17 Really Wanna Know You--Gary Wright
18 Thirsty Ears--Powder Blues
19 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
20 Time--Alan Parsons Project

Personal
This blogger began classes at the Mill Woods campus of Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton.

30 years ago
1991

Died on this date
Jack Crawford, 83. Australian tennis player. Mr. Crawford was one of the top players in the world in the 1930s. He was ranked number one in the world in 1933, when he won the Australian, French, and Wimbledon men's singles title, and was runner-up in the U.S. national championships. He also won the men's singles title in the Australian Championships in 1931, 1932, and 1935, and won 11 men's and mixed Grand Slam doubles titles from 1929-1935. Mr. Crawford was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979.

Environment
Federal Court of Canada Judge Paul Rouleau ordered an environmental assessment of the $12.6 billion Great Whale hydro project, providing a legal victory for Crees.

25 years ago
1996

Died on this date
Joanne Dru, 74. U.S. actress. Miss Dru, born Joan LaCock, appeared in movies such as Red River (1948) and All the King's Men (1949) and in numerous television programs. She was the older sister of television personality Peter Marshall.

Disasters
Hurricane Fran dissipated after sweeping across the Caribbean and then battering the east coast of the United States; it killed 21 people and caused close to $1 billion in damage.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 2 in the second and coasted to a 10-3 win over the Montreal Expos before 26,700 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Expos set a National League record and tied a major league record set by the St. Louis Browns in 1949 by using nine pitchers. The Cubs used five pitchers.

The Florida Marlins scored 6 runs in the top of the 12th inning to break a 3-3 tie and defeat the New York Mets 9-3 before 14,746 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

The Houston Astros allowed 2 runs in the top of the 8th inning but came back with 3 in the bottom of the 8th to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 before 12,700 fans at the Astrodome.

The Colorado Rockies came back from a 5-0 deficit with 4 runs in the 4th inning, a run in the 5th, and 4 in the 7th as they edged the Atlanta Braves 9-8 before 48,051 fans at Coors Field in Denver.

Ray Lankford doubled home Royce Clayton with 1 out in the top of the 6th inning for the game's only run as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the San Francisco Giants 1-0 before 8,770 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Five St. Louis pitchers combined for the 5-hit shutout, with Mark Petkovsek (11-2) pitching 5 innings to get the win, while Kirk Rueter (5-7) allowed 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings to take the loss.

The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 2 in the 2nd to take a 5-0 lead, and held on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 before 28,237 fans at Dodger Stadium. The Reds scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th and had the potential tying run on first base with 2 out, but Jeff Branson grounded out to end the game. The Reds used seven pitchers, with starter Roger Salkeld (8-5) allowing 5 hits, 3 bases on balls, and 5 earned runs in 1.2 innings to take the loss.

Chuck Finley's 2-run home run off Joe Boever (0-1) with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning gave the San Diego Padres a 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 15,654 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium. The Padres used seven pitchers, with Trevor Hoffman (8-4) getting the win despite allowing 2 hits and a run--earned--in 1 inning.

The Texas Rangers took an 11-3 lead after 6 1/2 innings and held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-8 before 26,286 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Jose Silva made his major league debut with the Blue Jays, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs--both earned--as he pitched the 7th inning. Texas used six pitchers, Toronto five.

Jeff Cirillo hit 2-run home runs in each of the first 2 innings for the Milwaukee Brewers as they outlasted the Boston Red Sox 11-10 before 20,487 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. The Brewers scored 5 runs in the top of the 3rd to take a 9-4 lead. Mr. Cirillo also had a single and a double in 5 at bats. Milwaukee used four pitchers, Boston seven.

Cecil Fielder grounded into a fielder's choice in the 8th inning, driving home Bernie Williams with the winning run, as the New York Yankees edged the Detroit Tigers 9-8 before 11,042 fans at Tiger Stadium. The Yankees used six pitchers, the Tigers five. Marty Foster made his major league debut, umpiring at third base.

Manny Ramirez's 3-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning climaxed a 4-run rally as the Cleveland Indians beat the California Angels 7-5 before 42,181 fans at Jacobs Field in Cleveland. The inning began when Kenny Lofton singled and stole second, stole third after Kevin Seitzer struck out, and scored on a single by Jim Thome.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Antônio da Costa Santos, 49. Brazilian politician. Mr. da Costa Santos, an architect by profession, was a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) (PT), and was popularly known as Toninho do PT. He was elected Mayor of Campinas in 2000, and took office on January 1, 2001. Mr. da Costa Santos was gunned down as he was driving home alone from a shopping mall. A police inquiry blamed the killing on a gang that wanted to overtake Toninho's car; four suspects were killed several weeks later by police before they could be interrogated. Toninho's family suspected that the killing was politically motivated, as Mr. da Costa Santos had spent his time in office reducing by up to 40% the amounts paid in contracts with companies providing school lunch services, urban cleaning and urban security. Mr. da Costa Santos was succeeded as mayor by Vice-Mayor Izalene Tiene.

Scandal
During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reached the £1-million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.

Environment
Federal Court of Canada Judge Paul Rouleau ordered an environmental assessment of the $12.6 billion Great Whale hydro project, providing a legal victory for Crees.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Cliff Robertson, 88. U.S. actor. Mr. Robertson was one of the most prominent actors in movies from the mid-1950s through the 1970s. He was personally selected by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to play him in the biographical film PT 109 (1963), and won an Academy Award for his starring performance in Charly (1968), playing the character that he had played in an earlier television dramatization, The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon (1961). Mr. Robertson starred in the television series Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954), and played astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the made-for-television movie Return to Earth (1976). He won an Emmy Award his leading role in The Game (1965), an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre. Mr. Robertson's career declined after he blew the whistle on Columbia Pictures head David Begelman in 1977 for forging Mr. Robertson's signature on a cheque; in typical Hollywood fashion, it was Mr. Robertson and not Mr. Begelman who was blacklisted. Mr. Robertson made a comeback in later years playing Uncle Ben in the Spiderman film series (2002-2007). He was a licensed pilot, who flew planes, gliders, and balloons, and was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Mr. Robertson die the day after his 88th birthday.

Football
CFL
Toronto (2-8) 6 @ British Columbia (4-6) 28