September 6, 2021

240 years ago
1781

Born on this date
Vincent Novello. U.K. musician and publisher. Mr. Novello was a chorister and organist whose compositions were mainly of sacred music. He was best known for importing in to England many European compositions now considered standard, and created the music publishing house Novello & Co in 1811, which his son Joseph Alfred took over in 1829 and expanded. Vincent Novello died on August 9, 1861, four weeks before his 80th birthday.

War
British forces commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Eyre defeated a small Connecticut militia force led by Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard in the Battle of Groton Heights.

170 years ago
1851

Communications
New Brunswick's first postage stamps became available for purchase at all post offices within the province. The Pence Issue included denominations of three pence, six pence, and one shilling.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
William Lane. U.K.-born Australian journalist and social reformer. Mr. Lane went to Canada at the age of 16 and then to Detroit, working as a reporter with the Detroit Free Press before settling in Australia in 1885. He wrote for several newspapers and founded two of his own, promoting socialism and opposing non-white immigration to Australia. With his family and almost 240 followers, Mr. Lane went to Paraguay and founded the colony New Australia in 1893. Like all utopian socialist communities, it collapsed in failure, and Mr. Lane returned to Australia in 1899. He resumed journalism, and took a more conservative, pro-British Empire stance until his death on August 26, 1917, 11 days before his 66th birthday.

War
Union Army forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly captured Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

120 years ago
1901

Crime
U.S. President William McKinley was shot twice in the stomach while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Leon Czolgosz, a Polish citizen associated with the Anarchist movement, fired at Mr. McKinley, who was greeting the public in a receiving line.

Baseball
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in order to help minor leagues protect their interests.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Harry Danning. U.S. baseball player. "Harry the Horse" was a catcher with the New York Giants from 1933-1942, batting .285 with 57 home runs and 397 runs batted in in 890 games. He was one of the leading Jewish players of his era, and was considered to be one of the best defensive catchers of his era, playing for the National League in four straight major league All-Star games from 1938-1941. Mr. Danning died on November 29, 2004 at the age of 93.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Carmen Laforet. Spanish authoress. Miss Laforet was an existentialist who wrote five novels, the best-known of which was her first, Nada (1945). She died on February 28, 2004 at the age of 82 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Norman Woodland. U.S. inventor. Mr. Woodland and Bernard Silver co-created the barcode in 1949, receiving a patent for it in 1952. Mr. Woodland was hired by International Business Machines in 1951, and helped to develop the Universal Product Code, which was first used in 1974. Mr. Woodland died on December 9, 2012 at the age of 91, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocal choruses by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell) (2nd week at #1)

Americana
Rosemary LaPlanche, Miss California, was named Miss America 1941 at the annual pageant in Atlantic City.





War
The Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Morden was commissioned at Esquimalt, British Columbia. Three French hostages were executed in Paris in reprisal for the wounding of a German sergeant on September 3.

Abominations
Reinhard Heydrich, Director of the Reich Main Security Office, issued an order requiring all Jews in Germany over the age of 6 to wear a Star of David on their clothing with the black inscription "Juden" over the left breast.

Diplomacy
Japanese Prime Minister Prince Fujimaro Konoye and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew met for a three-hour dinner, during which Prince Konoye said that Japan now agreed with the four principles that the U.S. was demanding as the conditions for peace. The prime minister received no response from the United States.

Defense
The U.S. War Department announced the award of a $337,447,057 contract to Boeing Aircraft Company and a $9,709,616 contract to Douglas Aircraft Company for 1,000 new 30-ton, 4-engine B-17 bombers.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, informed by Mark Ethridge of the Office of Production Management that discrimination against Negroes was continuing in federal departments, wrote to heads of all departments and independent federal establishments to make certain that the practice stopped.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Regina (0-1) 0 @ Winnipeg (1-0) 11

Art Stevenson scored both touchdowns for the Blue Bombers as they blanked the Roughriders in a game at Osborne Stadium that had been postponed from the previous day.

75 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes told the Paris Peace Conference that the current Polish-German border was not final, but subject to further revision. In a major policy address before German officials in Stuttgart, Mr. Byrnes announced that the United States would pursue a policy of economic reconstruction in Germany; urged that Germany be reunited under a provisional government; opposed French proposals to sever the Rhineland and Ruhr; and rejected Soviet demands for $10 billion in reparations.

Italy and Austria announced a compromise on South Tyrol, allowing the territory to remain Italian, but giving regional autonomy to its German-speaking inhabitants.

Journalism
U.S. forces in Seoul closed three leftist newspapers, including the local Communist organ, for encouraging unrest against the occupation authorities.

Labour
A U.S. presidential emergency board considering wage demands of Pullman porters and conductors recommended a $44.40 monthly increase.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto Balmy Beach (0-1) 4 @ Toronto Indians (1-0) 28

Annis and Bill Stukus led the Indians over Balmy Beach before 6,500 fans at Oakwood Stadium in the earliest season opener to date.

AAFC
Miami (0-1) 0 @ Cleveland (4-0) 44

The Browns routed the Seahawks at Cleveland Stadium in the first game for the All-America Football Conference.

70 years ago
1951

Died on this date
James W. Gerard, 84. U.S. diplomat. Mr. Gerard was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician in New York City who served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1913-1917. He officially left office on February 5, 1917, two days after diplomatic relations between the countries were severed, and he left Germany.

War
After another week's delay in Korean truce negotiations, supreme commander of United Nations forces in Korea General Matthew Ridgway proposed the selection of a new conference site where talks would not be interrupted by armed incidents.

Defense
The U.S.A. and Portugal signed an agreement in Lisbon iving U.S. military aircraft permission to use two airfields in the Azores.

Diplomacy
A column attributed to Argentine President Juan Peron in the Buenos Aires daily newspaper Democracia attacked the Organization of American States as a "malicious trap" dominated by the United States and intended to enmesh Latin American states in U.S. war preparations.

Oil
The British government announced that it would not renew oil negotiations with any Iranian government headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh.

Disasters
U.S. President Harry Truman inspected flood damage in Kansas and Missouri during a four-day visit to his home in Independence, Missouri.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Daddy Cool--Drummond

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Watashi no Jôkamachi--Rumiko Koyanagi (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Help (Get Me Some Help)--Tony Ronald (3rd week at #1)

Disasters
Paninternational Flight 112, a BAC One-Eleven jetliner en route from Hamburg to Málaga, Spain, crashed on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport shortly after takoff, killing 22 passengers and crew of 121 on board.

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-2) 17 @ Hamilton (3-2) 30
British Columbia (3-4) 14 @ Saskatchewan (4-4) 35
Edmonton (1-7) 7 @ Calgary (6-1) 23
Montreal (3-2) 17 @ Ottawa (3-4) 40

In their loss to the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium, the Eskimos had 21 first downs to 8 for the Stampeders. The Eskimos faced a strong wind in the 1st quarter, and Edmonton head coach Ray Jauch ordered punter Fred Dunn to use up as much time as possible. Mr. Dunn ran around the end zone and conceded 5 safety touches, which remains the league record for both a game and a quarter. Three years later, the rule was changed so that the team conceding a safety touch no longer kept possession of the ball with a first down at its own 25-yard line. Mr. Dunn set a team record in this game with an 87-yard punt single with the wind for his only CFL point. Calgary punter Bill Van Burkleo executed the most successful fake punt in CFL history, rushing 89 yards for the Stampeders' only touchdown. From where he took the snap, he actually ran over 100 yards. The play tied a team record for the longest rush, which Hugh McKinnis had set in the Stampeders' first game of the season.

Alan Pitcaithley, recently acquired from the Edmonton Eskimos, rushed 10 times for 18 yards and a touchdown for the Ottawa Rough Riders in their win over the Alouettes at Lansdowne Park. It was Mr. Pitcaithley's only game as a Rough Rider, and his last in the CFL. In 2 CFL games in 1971, Mr. Pitcaithley rushed 16 times for just 17 yards.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Celebration--Kool & The Gang (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Love What's Your Face--Ingrid Kup (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Montreal (1-8) 26 @ Saskatchewan (5-4) 35

The Alouettes blew a 26-8 lead against the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina in falling to their seventh straight loss.



30 years ago
1991

Died on this date
Bob Goldham, 69. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Goldham, a native of Georgetown, Ontario, was a defenceman with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1941-42, 1945-47); Chicago Black Hawks (1947-50); and Detroit Red Wings (1950-56), scoring 171 points on 28 goals and 143 assists in 650 regular season games and 3 goals and 14 assists in 66 playoff games. He was a member of Stanley Cup championship teams in 1942, 1947, 1952, 1954, amd 1955. Mr. Goldham was known for his skill at blocking shots. He was a between-periods analyst on Hockey Night in Canada telecasts for many years after his playing career.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. recognized the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Russiana
The name Saint Petersburg was restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been known as Petrograd from 1914-1924 and Leningrad since 1924.

Transportation
Pope & Talbot and CanPar incorporated a company to operate a shortline railway in and around Grand Forks, British Columbia; it was named the Grand Forks Railway in August 1992.

Economics and finance
Ontario Premier Bob Rae went back on a 1990 election promise and abandoned plans for a $1.4 billion government-run auto insurance scheme which would have put 5,600 private insurers out of work.

Football
CFL
Calgary (7-3) 37 @ Edmonton (6-4) 51

The Stampeders scored 3 touchdowns on special teams--a kickoff return and a punt return by PeeWee Smith and a punt return by Dave Sapunjis--and Henry "Gizmo" Williams of the Eskimos returned 2 punts for touchdowns--tying his own CFL single-game record--in a sloppy, but entertaining, game before 57,843 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. David Williams caught 2 touchdown passes for the Eskimos.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Wannabe--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Hurling Songs (EP)--The Wild Swans

Died on this date
Barney McCosky, 79. U.S. baseball player. Mr. McCosky was an outfielder with the Detroit Tigers (1939-1942, 1946); Philadelphia Athletics (1946-1951); Cincinnati Reds (1951); and Cleveland Indians (1951-1953), batting .312 with 24 home runs and 397 runs batted in in 1,170 games. He was with the Tigers when they won the American League pennant in 1940, and tied for the AL lead in hits with 200.

Canadiana
Northwest Territories residents voted to keep that name for the western part of territory after the eastern part became the territory of Nunavut in 1999.

Business
Montreal-based Consumers Distributing went out of business, as it was virtually bankrupt.

Football
CFL
Calgary (9-2) 19 @ Edmonton (7-4) 20

Backup quarterback Cody Ledbetter, who had relieved injured starter Danny McManus in the 2nd quarter, threw his first CFL touchdown pass, a 27-yard strike to Darren Flutie, on the last play of regulation time to tie the score, and Sean Fleming converted to give the Eskimos the win over the Stampeders before 40,727 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Mark McLoughlin had kicked a field goal to give Calgary a 19-13 lead with 45 seconds remaining, and it looked unlikely that the Eskimos would win, but Mr. Ledbetter put together his only good drive of the game. Eric Blount scored the other Edmonton touchdown on a 35-yard rush in the 2nd quarter before Mr. McManus left the game.



Baseball
Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles hit his 500th career home run, but the Orioles lost 5-4 in 12 innings to the Detroit Tigers before 46,708 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Phil Nevin scored the winning run when he drew a base on balls with 1 out in the top of the 12th and eventually scored on a single by Bobby Higginson.

Cecil Fielder led off the bottom of the 8th inning with his second home run of the game to break a 3-3 tie and give the New York Yankees a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 21,528 fans at Yankee Stadium.

The Florida Marlins scored 2 runs in each of the 7th and 8th innings to beat the Montreal Expos 4-0 before 16,943 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami. Winning pitcher Mark Hutton (4-1) allowed 5 hits in 7 innings.

Chipper Jones reached first base on an error by second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo and scored on a single by Terry Pendleton with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Atlanta Braves an 8-7 win over the New York Mets before 37,660 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Atlanta catcher Javy Lopez hit 2 home runs, while Mr. Pendleton also homered.

Osvaldo Hernandez (7-13) allowed 4 hits in 8 innings to win the pitchers' duel over John Smiley (12-12) as the San Francisco Giants blanked the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 23,091 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. The Reds scored 7 runs in the 6th inning as they won the second game 14-1.

Kirt Manwaring doubled with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning for his third hit of the game, and pinch runner Ray Montgomery scored on a double by Bill Spiers to break a 1-1 tie and give the Houston Astros a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies before 20,932 fans at the Astrodome. Danny Darwin allowed just 2 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings before being relieved by Xavier Hernandez (5-4), who pitched 2 innings and was credited with the win.

20 years ago
2001

Baseball
Barry Bonds hit his 60th home run of the season, a solo blast with 2 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning, to help the San Francisco Ginats beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 before 41,155 fans at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco. Mike Koplove, the fifth of six Arizona pitchers, allowed 2 hits in 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out 3 batters and walking none in his first major league game.



Garret Anderson led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a single, advanced to second base on a single by Troy Glaus, and scored from there on a 2-out single by Bengie Molina to give the Anaheim Angels a 7-6 win over the Kansas City Royals before 13,763 fans at Edison International Field of Anaheim. Kansas City center fielder Carlos Beltran batted 4 for 4 with a base on balls, double, home run, 2 runs, and 4 runs batted in, including a 3-run home run with 2 out in the 9th to tie the score 6-6.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Michael S. Hart, 64. U.S. publisher. Mr. Hart founded what became Project Gutenberg in 1971, digitizing and distributing literature from works in the public domain with free and expired copyrights. He died of a heart attack.