September 30, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Connie LeGrand!

480 years ago
1541

War
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces entered Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

230 years ago
1791

Opera
The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.

Politics and government
The National Constituent Assembly in Paris was dissolved; Parisians hailed Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots."

210 years ago
1811

Politics and government
Major General Isaac Brock was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada; his appointment as head of both civil and military affairs allowed him to more efficiently mobilize the colony’s defenses in advance of the expected conflict with the Americans.

200 years ago
1821

Born on this date
Cenobio Paniagua. Mexican composer and conductor. Mr. Paniagua trained as a violinist before serving as conductor of the Cathedral Orchestra of Mexico City. He wrote several operas, including Catalina de Guisa--the first Mexican opera seria--as well as the oratorio Tobías, and 70 masses. Mr. Paniagua died on November 2, 2882 at the age of 61.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
William Wrigley, Jr. U.S. businessman. Mr. Wrigley founded the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in Chicago in 1891 as a soap company, but switched to baking powder and evetually to chewing gum when those products proved more popular. He made a fortune, and played a major role in the development and preservation of Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Long Beach, Califonria. Mr. Wrigley became a minority owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team in 1916, and became minority owner by 1921. Their home park was renamed Wrigley Field in 1927, two years after the opening of Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, home of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. Mr. Wrigley died on January 26, 1932 at the age of 70.

150 years ago
1871

Defense
British garrison troops throughout Canada were called home, to be replaced by Canadian militia and the Royal Canadian Regiment of veterans. Colonel J.F. Sweeny remained in Montreal as Her Majesty's Staff Officer of Pensioners, to help settle officers who wanted to retire in Canada on half pay.

130 years ago
1891

Died on this date
Georges Boulanger, 54. French politician. Brigadier General Boulanger was France's Minister of War from 1886-1887. He was nicknamed Général Revanche and attracted a huge popular following for insisting that Fran ce's in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 must be avenged, and it was thought that he might seize power in a coup d'état. A warrant was issued for Mr. Boulanger's arrest for conspiracy and treasonable activity, and he fled to Brussels and then London before the warrant could be executed. Elections held later in 1889 resulted in a decisive defeat for the Boulangists. Mr. Boulanger returned to Brussels, where he shot himself in Ixelles Cemetery on the grave of his mistress, Madame de Bonnemains, who had died in his arms two months earlier. He was buried in the same grave.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Thelma Terry. U.S. musician. Miss Terry, born Thelma Combes, was a jazz bassist who led the Chicago-based all female band Thelma Combes and her Volcanic Orchestra before leading the otherwise all-male band Thelma Terry and her Playboys, which included a young Gene Krupa on drums. The band made few recordings, and disbanded circa 1931, after Miss Terry got married and quit performing. She briefly attempted a comeback in the late 1930s, but soon quit for good and became a knitting instructor. Miss Terry died of esophageal cancer on May 30, 1966 at the age of 64.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Gustave Gilbert. U.S. psychologist. Dr. Gilbert was a translator for the International Military Tribunal for the trials of accused Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg. His work led him to write the books Nuremberg Diary (1947) and The Psychology of Dictatorship (1950), the latter of which was an attempt to create a profile of Adolf Hitler on the basis of testimony provided by his closest military leaders. Dr. Gilbert later served as chairman of the psychology department at Long Island University, and died on February 6, 1977 at the age of 65.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Deborah Kerr. U.K. actress. Miss Kerr, born Deborah Kerr-Trimmer, had a successful stage career, and was nominated for Academy Awards for her starring performances in Edward, My Son (1949); From Here to Eternity (1953); The King and I (1956); Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); Separate Tables (1958); and The Sundowners (1960). She died on October 16, 2007, 16 days after her 86th birthday.

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

Football
NFL
New York (1-1) 6 @ Portsmouth (3-0) 14

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Down Argentina Way--Shep Fields; West End Players (1st month at #1)

War
Both Japanese and Chinese forces claimed possession of Changsha, capital of the Chinese province of Hunan.

Abominations
German Einsatzgruppe C completed the Babi Yar massacre of thousands of Jews in Kiev.

Diplomacy
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew wrote to Washington, "[Japanese Prime Minister Prince Fujimaro] Konoye's warship is ready waiting to take him to Honolulu, Alaska or anyplace designated by the president." The Japanese Prime Minister was offering to come to the United States to talk to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a desperate effort to avoid war.

Defense
A Gallup Poll reported that 46% of American voters questioned now favoured changing the Neutrality Act to permit U.S. merchant ships to carry war materials to Britain.

Religion
U.S. President Roosevelt told a press conference that the Soviet constitution guaranteed freedom of religion in virtually the same manner as in the United States.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Roosevelt told a press conference that he would soon ask Congress to extend the social security program to include a much greater number of people than were now covered.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe--Bing Crosby; Judy Garland (2nd month at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 To Each his Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio (8th week at #1)
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
--The Ink Spots
2 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--The Three Suns
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
3 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
4 Surrender--Perry Como
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
5 Doin' What Comes Natur'lly--Dinah Shore and Spade Cooley and his Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
6 They Say it's Wonderful--Perry Como
--Frank Sinatra
7 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
8 Prisoner of Love--Perry Como
--The Ink Spots
9 Blue Skies--Count Basie and his Orchestra
--Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
10 I Got the Sun in the Morning--Les Brown and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?, with versions by Peggy Lee; and Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (#24); You Keep Coming Back Like a Song, with versions by Dinah Shore; and Bing Crosby (#33); and If I'm Lucky, with versions by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra; and Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (#36).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Gregory Hood, Suspect

Died on this date
Takashi Sakai, 58. Japanese military officer and politician. Lieutenant-General Sakai led the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941, and served as Governor of Hong Kong under military occupation from December 25, 1941-February 20, 1942. The Chinese War Crimes Military Tribunal of the Ministry of National Defense in Nanking convicted him of war crimes and handed down a death sentence on August 27, 1946. Lt.-Gen. Sakai was executed by firing squad 18 days before his 59th birthday.

World events
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac went on trial in Zagreb for treason, accused of collaboration with the Ustase regime during World War II.

Defense
The U.S. Army announced the termination of its Chinese Command in Shanghai. U.S. President Harry Truman conferred with Navy Secretary James Forrestal and Navy Pacific commanders on plans to convert Guam into a major U.S. base in the Pacific. Mr. Forrestal stated that U.S. naval forces would not be withdrawn from the Mediterranean Sea, but denied any U.S. intention of acquiring European shore bases.

Politics and governent
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover, speaking at an American Legion convention in San Francisco, claimed that at least 100,000 Communist were operating in the United States, in "some newspapers, magazines, books, radio and the screen...some churches, schools, colleges and even fraternal orders."

Crime
A U.S. court martial in Frankfurt sentenced Women's Army Corps Captain Kathleen Durant to dishonorable discharge and five years' hard labor for her part in the theft of jewellery and manuscripts from Friedrichshof Castle in Kronberg, Germany. Captain Durant had hidden part of the loot at her sister's home in Hudson, Wisconsin, and her husband, Colonel Jack W. Durant, had hidden hundreds of diamonds and other gems in a locker at the Illinois Central railway station in Chicago. The loot was discovered on June 4, 1946.

Transportation
The D.J. Purdy, the last passenger steamboat to ply the Saint John River, made her final trip from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She ended her days beached as a dance hall at Gondola Point, and burned in 1948.

Football
NFL
Detroit (0-1) 14 @ Chicago Cardinals (1-1) 34

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Schraum Method

Britannica
The Festival of Britain, which attracted about 8.5 million visitors in almost five months, closed at the South Bank in London.

War
United Nations commander General James Van Fleet, in a review of the summer's fighting in Korea, claimed that UN forces had been "chewing successfully" at Communist positions and inflicting heavy casualties with "hill-hopping tactics." U.S. Defense Mobilization Director Charles Wilson told President Harry Truman in his third quartlery report that assembly-line production of many new weapons would soon be feasible.

Politics and government
25 Republicans in the U.S. Senate issued a statement denouncing alleged "smear tactics" of the supporters of the administration of President Truman "to silence any opposition."

Football
NFL
Chicago Bears (1-0) 31 @ Green Bay (0-1) 20
Cleveland (0-1) 10 @ San Francisco (1-0) 24
Philadelphia (1-0) 17 @ Chicago Cardinals (0-1) 14
Washington (0-1) 17 @ Detroit (1-0) 35

Baseball
Alvin Dark singled with 1 out in the 5th inning, stole second base, and scored from there on a 2-out single by Monte Irvin for the eventual deciding run as the New York Giants edged the Boston Braves 3-2 before 13,209 fans at Braves Field, remaining in a tie for first place with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League. Bobby Thomson hit a solo home run for the Giants in the 2nd inning. The Braves scored a run in the 9th and had runners on first and second bases with 2 out, but Willard Marshall flied out to left field to end the game. Larry Jansen (22-11) pitched a 5-hit complete game to win over Jim Wilson (7-7). Boston shortstop Buddy Kerr batted 0 for 2, making 4 putouts and 3 assists in the 1,067th and last game of his 9-year major league game.

Jackie Robinson hit a solo home run with 2 out in the top of the 14th inning to break an 8-8 tie, and the Dodgers held on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-8 before 31,755 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, enabling the Dodgers to finish in a tie with the Giants for first place in the National League, necessitating a best-of-three playoff for the pennant to begin the following day. Richie Ashburn led off the bottom of the 14th with a single and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Willie Jones, but winning pitcher Bud Podbielan (2-2) induced Del Ennis to pop out to first base and Eddie Waitkus flied out to left field to end the game. Losing pitcher Robin Roberts (21-15) allowed 6 hits and 1 run--earned--in 6.2 innings of relief.

Ralph Kiner's grand slam with 2 out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates an 8-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds before 9,068 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Ned Garver (20-12) allowed 11 hits and 4 earned runs in a complete game to become the first--and so far, only--pitcher to win 20 games in a season for a team losing at least 100 games as his St. Louis Browns beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 before 14,771 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Mr. Garver batted 2 for 4 and hit a solo home run to break a 4-4 tie with 1 out in the bottom of the 4th inning. St. Louis third baseman Fred Marsh batted 3 for 4 with a double, home run, and 3 runs batted in. St. Louis shortstop Bill Jennings batted 1 for 4 with a run, making 3 putouts and 5 assists and starting a double play in his 64th and last major league game. Ross Grimsley, Sr., the last of three Chicago pitchers, pitched a perfect 9th inning in his seventh and last major league game.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I'm Counting on You/Right Now--Johnny O'Keefe

#1 single in Italy: La novia--Domenico Modugno (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): La Paloma--Freddy Quinn (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Kon-Tiki--The Shadows

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee (3rd week at #1)
2 Crying--Roy Orbison
3 Michael--The Highwaymen
4 The Mountain's High--Dick and Deedee
5 Little Sister--Elvis Presley
6 My True Story--The Jive Five with Joe Rene and Orchestra
7 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby--Bobby Darin
8 Mexico--Bob Moore and his Orchestra
9 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
10 Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)--Barry Mann

Singles entering the chart were Your Last Goodbye (#74)/Hang On (#97) by Floyd Cramer ; The Fly by Chubby Checker (#79); Anybody But Me by Brenda Lee (#80); Big John by the Shirelles (#85); Tonight I Won't Be There by Adam Wade (#86); For Sentimental Reasons by the Cleftones (#88); Moon River, with versions by Jerry Butler; and Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus (#89); Tower of Strength by Gene McDaniels (#90); Come September by Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#96); Just Out of Reach by Solomon Burke (#98); and Backtrack by Faron Young (#100). Mr. Mancini's version of Moon River was from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. Come September was a version of the title theme, written by Bobby Darin, from the movie, in which Mr. Darin co-starred.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 You're the Reason--Bobby Edwards (2nd week at #1)
2 Love Has Finally Come My Way--Faron Young
3 Runaround Sue--Dion
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
6 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
7 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
8 So Long Baby--Del Shannon
9 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley
10 You Mostest Girl--Bob Lee

Singles entering the chart were Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean (#14); You're So Square by Buddy Holly (#20); Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson (#36); Anybody But Me by Brenda Lee (#39); (He's My) Dreamboat by Connie Francis (#42); One Track Mind by Bobby Lewis (#46); Well I Ask Ya by Eden Kane (#49); and Stick Shift by the Duals (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
2 You're the Reason--Bobby Edwards
3 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 Runaround Sue--Dion
6 Hello Fool--Ralph Emery
7 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
8 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
9 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister--Elvis Presley
10 Love has Finally Come My Way--Faron Young

Singles entering the chart were Big Bad John; Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson (#30); You're So Square by Buddy Holly (#31); Look in My Eyes by the Chantels (#34); Mean Old Woman by the Hi-Fives (#35); Sweets for My Sweet by the Drifters (#37); English Country Garden by Jimmie Rodgers (#38); Anybody But Me by Brenda Lee (#39); and El Toro by Link Wray (#40).

Died on this date
Onésime Gagnon, 72. Canadian politician. Professor Gagnon, a native of Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec, was a law professor at Université Laval (1942-1958). A Conservative, he represented Dorchester in the Canadian House of Commons (1930-1935) serving briefly as Minister Without Portfolio (1935). He unsuccessfully campaigned for the leadsership of the Quebec Conservative Party in 1933, but was elected to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in 1936 as a Union Nationale candidate, representing Matane (1936-1958), serving in the cabinet of Premier Maurice Duplessis as Minister of Fisheries (1936-1939) and Treasurer (1944-1958). Prof. Gagnon left his academic post and provincial politics to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, serving from February 14, 1958 until his death in office, 23 days before his 73rd birthday. He was succeeded by Paul Comtois.

Boxing
Benny "Kid" Paret (35-10-3) won a 15-round split decision over Emile Griffith (25-3) to regain the world welterweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mr. Griffith had won the title six months earlier with a 13-round knockout of Mr. Paret.



Football
CFL
Ottawa (6-3) 47 @ Hamilton (7-2) 21
Saskatchewan (3-8) 6 @ Winnipeg (8-2) 29
Edmonton (8-3-1) 9 @ British Columbia (1-9-1) 21

Joe Kapp's 100-yard touchdown pass to Willie Fleming was the big play at Empire Stadium in Vancouver as the Lions earned their first win of the season. Jackie Parker passed to Bobby Walden for the Eskimos' lone touchdown. Mr. Parker converted and added a single, and Mr. Walden punted for a single. The win was the first for Dave Skrien as head coach of the Lions.

Canadian university
British Columbia (0-0-1) 14 @ Alberta (0-0-1) 14

UBC quarterback Barry Carkner completed a 71-yard touchdown pass to Bruce McCallum, converted by Dave Barker, with 20 seconds remaining in the game to give the Thunderbirds their tie against the Golden Bears before about 3,000 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Ted Frechette and Bert Carron scored touchdowns for the Golden Bears, who led 13-0 in the 4th quarter. Maury Van Vliet missed the convert on the first touchdown but converted the second and punted for a single.

AFL
San Diego (4-0) 19 @ Buffalo (1-3) 11

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le jour se lève--Esther Galil (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Hey Girl Don't Bother Me--The Tams

Died on this date
Bill Mack, 86. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Mack played with the Chicago Cubs (1908), posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 3.00 in 2 games. He played 3 seasons in the minor leagues (1904-1907).

Scandal
The British government identified Oleg Lyalin as the Soviet defector who had, the previous week, exposed dozens of people alleged to be spying in the U.K. for the U.S.S.R.

Protest
The Greenpeace crew was arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard at Akutan Island in the Aleutians and charged with a customs infraction. They were trying to reach Amchitka Island to protest the Project Cannikin nuclear test scheduled for November 6.

Baseball
The Washington Senators attracted 14,460 paying fans--and 4,000 gate-crashers--to their final game. Trailing 5-1 in the 6th inning, Frank Howard hit his 26th home run of the season, and the Senators led 7-5 with 2 out in the top of the 9th, when fans rioted on the field at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, and the game was forfeited to the Yankees 9-0. Paul Lindblad was pitching for Washington at the end of the game, and Horace Clarke was due to bat for the Yankees. It was the last American League game played in Washington, and the last major league game there until 2005.





Bill Melton led off the 3rd inning with his 33rd home run of the season to provide the eventual winning run for the Chicago White Sox as they edged the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 before 2,814 fans at White Sox Park. Mr. Melton became the first White Sox player to lead the American League in home runs for a season, finishing 1 ahead of Norm Cash of the Detroit Tigers and Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics. After Jim Magnuson started on the mound for Chicago and pitched 2 perfect innings, he was relived by Rich Hinton (3-4), who pitched 2 scoreless innings and was credited with the win. Bill Parsons (13-17) allowed 8 hits and 2 earned runs in 5.2 innings to take the loss. Dick Schofield played the last 3 innings at second base for Milwaukee, striking out in his only plate appearance, making 1 putout and 1 assist and starting a double play in the 1,321st and last game of his 19-year major league career. Milwaukee pinch hitter Roberto Pena lined out to first base to end the 587th and last game of his 6-year major league career. Chicago left fielder Ken Hottman batted 1 for 4 and made 2 putouts in his sixth and last major league game, while Don Eddy, the third of five Chicago pitchers, allowed 1 hit in 2 scoreless innings, walking 3 batters and striking out 1, handling no fielding chances, and doubling in his only major league plate appearance in the 29th and last game of his 2-year major league career. The Brewers finished 6th and last in the American League West Division; they moved to the East Division the following year, as the Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers and moved to the West Division.

Tito Fuentes led off the 4th inning with a single, Willie Mays followed with a double to score Mr. Fuentes, and Dave Kingman hit a 2-run home run with 1 out to give the San Frnacisco Giants a 3-0 lead, and Juan Marichal (18-11) pitched a 5-hitter for the Giants, allowing 1 unearned run, as they beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 before 34,861 fans at San Diego Stadium to clinch the National League West Division pennant. San Diego shortstop Tommy Dean batted 0 for 3, grounding into 2 double plays, while making 1 putout and 2 assists and starting a double play in the 215th and last game of his 4-year major league career.



Don Sutton (17-12) pitched a 6-hitter and singled and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Bill Buckner in the 7th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Houston Astros 2-1 before 52,684 fans at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers finished the season 1 game behind the Giants in the NL West Division pennant race. Jack Billingham (10-16) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run, batting 0 for 2 with a sacrifice in his last game in a Houston uniform.



Ron Santo singled home Gene Hiser from thrid base and Jim Hickman followed with a double to score Billy Williams and Mr. Santo as the Chicago Cubs scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break a 2-2 tie and defeat the Montreal Expos 5-3 before 27,274 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. John Boccabella led off the bottom of the 9th with a home run for the Expos' last run of the season. Ferguson Jenkins (24-13) pitched a 9-hit complete game to win over Bill Stoneman (17-16), who allowed 10 hits and 5 earned runs in a complete game. Montreal right fielder Rusty Staub batted 1 for 3 with a base on balls in his last regular season game in a Montreal uniform until 1979.

Jim Breazeale hit his first major league home run to lead off a 6-run 7th inning for the Atlanta Braves as they overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 before 5,317 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Tom House (1-0) allowed 4 hits and 2 runs--1 earned--in 7 innings to get his first major league win, with Milt Wilcox (2-2) taking the loss. Willie Smith drew a base on balls as a pinch hitter for the Reds in the 8th inning in the 691st and last game of his 9-year major league career.

Right fielder Ken Singleton led off the bottom of the 5th inning with a home run and added a 3-run homer in the 6th to help the New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 before 42,344 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Second baseman Tim Foli singled home the last 2 runs in the 5-run 6th. Messrs. Singleton and Foli, along with center fielder Mike Jorgensen, who batted 0 for 4, played their last regular season games in a New York uniform, as they were traded to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub on April 5, 1972. Tom Seaver (20-10) pitched a 7-hitter, striking out 13 batters and walking just 1, to win over Daryl Patterson (0-1).

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (4th week at #1)
2 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
3 The Voice--The Moody Blues
4 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
5 Who's Crying Now--Journey
6 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
7 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
8 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
9 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
10 The Night Owls--Litte River Band

The only single entering the chart was Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones (#20).

Music
The Go-Go's performed at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia. I'm not sure, but I think this was their first concert in Canada.

Baseball
Hal McRae singled to lead off the 4th inning and Clint Hurdle followed with a home run, and U.L. Washington doubled and scored from second base on a single by Willie Wilson as the Kansas City Royals broke a 2-2 tie and clinched the American League West Division title for the second half of the season with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins before 15,900 fans in the last major league game played at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. Pete Mackanin hit a 2-run homer for the Twins in the 2nd inning, the last home run by a Twin in that stadium.

John Stearns singled to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Hubie Brooks, and scored from there on a single by pinch hitter Lee Mazzilli to give the New York Mets a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs before 4,473 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Neil Allen (7-5) pitched a scoreless 9th inning to get the win in relief of Charlie Puleo, who allowed 7 hits and 1 unearned run in 8 innings. Mike Lum popped out as a pinch hitter for the Cubs to end the top of the 8th inning in the 1,517th and last game of his 15-year major league career. Jim Tracy struck out as a pinch hitter for the Cubs in the 9th in the 87th and last game of his 2-year major league career.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Say Yes--Chage and Aska (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai (7th week at #1)

Died on this date
Toma Zdravković, 52. Yugoslavian musician. Mr. Zdravković was a folk singer-songwriter who was a popular recording artist in the mid-late 1960s, known for his sad love songs. His career declined in the early 1970s because of heavy drinking, and he moved to Canada for several years. Mr. Zdravković returned to Yugoslavia in 1978, and in the early 1980s was successful in regaining his popularity. He died after a 17-year battle with prostate cancer.

Scandal
Bernard Ostry resigned as chairman of TV Ontario after an audit showed excessive spending on dinners and travel.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Stranger in Moscow--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Insomnia--Faithless

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wannabe--Spice Girls (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)--John Mellencamp (4th week at #1)
2 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand--Primitive Radio Gods
3 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
4 Gift Shop--The Tragically Hip
5 Change the World--Eric Clapton
6 Let's Make a Night to Remember--Bryan Adams
7 Walls (Circus)--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
8 E-Bow the Letter--R.E.M.
9 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
10 You're Makin' Me High--Toni Braxton

Singles entering the chart were You Can Make History by Elton John (#83); Lust for Life by Iggy Pop (#85); Black Cloud Rain by Corey Hart (#86); Open Up Your Eyes by Tonic (#91); Blew it Again by Blue Rodeo (#96); Aneurysm by Nirvana (#98); and Dance Into the Light by Phil Collins (#99).

Politics and government
The New Democratic Party, led by Piers McDonald, won 11 of 17 seats in the Legislative Assemby in the Yukon territorial election, up from 6 in the 1992 election. The governing Yukon Party, led by Premier John Ostashek, won 3 seats, down from 7 in 1992. The Liberal Party, led by Ken Taylor, won 3 seats, up from 1 in 1992.

The Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien asked the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on the legality of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) on the part of the Province of Québec.

20 years ago
2001

Football
CFL
Montreal (9-4) 20 @ Hamilton (7-5) 21

Montreal kicker Terry Baker missed a field goal on the last play of the game, allowing the Tiger-Cats to escape with a win at Ivor Wynne Stadium.



Baseball
The Colorado Rockies scored 8 runs in the 3rd inning and dhut out the Milwaukee Brewers 10-0 before 31,545 fans at Coors Field in Denver. Colorado first baseman Todd Helton hit a double in the 3rd inning for his 100th extra-base hit of the season, becoming the first player in major league history to accomplish the feat in consecutive seasons. Colorado second baseman Jose Ortiz was 4 for 5 with a double, run, and 2 runs batted in. John Thomson (3-5) pitched a 5-hitter with 9 strikeouts, batting 3 for 4 with a triple, 2 runs, and an RBI.

Carlos Delgado singled home Alex Gonzalez from second base with 2 out in the top of the 12th inning to break a 5-5 tie as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-5 before 14,217 fans at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Tampa Bay second baseman Felix Martinez batted 1 for 3, and made 3 putouts and an assist in the 239th and last game of his 5-year major leage career.

The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees played to a 1-1 tie before 55,351 fans at Yankee Stadium in a game that was called after 15 innings because of rain. There was no scoring after the 6th inning.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Ralph M. Steinman, 68. Canadian-born immunologist and biologist. Dr. Steinman, a native of Montreal who grew up in Sherbrooke, Quebec, was posthumously awarded a share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity." The announcement of the prize, which is only given to living people, was made three days after Dr. Steinman's death from pancreatic cancer. The Nobel Prize committee was unaware that he had died when they made the announcement, and decided that since the prize had been awarded in good faith, it would stand.

Anwar al-Awlaki, 40. U.S.-born Yemeni terrorist. Mr. al-Awlaki, born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, moved back to Yemen with his parents in 1978. He attended various universities in the United States in the 1990s and 2000s before returning to Yemen in 2004 and becoming a university lecturer. Mr. al-Awlaki was imprisoned in Yemen in 2006, and was released without charge after 18 months. He repeatedly called for jihad against the United States, and was put on a Central Intelligence Agency kill list by President Barack Obama. Mr. al-Awlaki was killed by a drone strike in Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen carried out by Joint Special Operations Command, under the direction of the CIA. marking the first time that an American citizen had been killed by a drone strike with no regard for his right of due process of law.

Samir Khan, 25. Saudi-born journalist. Mr. Khan moved to New York with his parents in his youth, and started an anti-American Islamic jihadist blog and magazine before moving to Yemen in 2009. He was killed in the drone strike that killed Mr. al-Awlaki.

Health
The Supreme Court of Canada barred the federal government from closing Insite, a safe injection facility in Vancouver, ruling that such services played a crucial role in treating drug addiction and saving lives.

Football
CFL
Montreal (8-5) 32 @ Winnipeg (8-5) 26



Edmonton (7-6) 24 @ British Columbia (7-6) 33



Baseball
American League Division Series
Tampa Bay 9 @ Texas 0 (Tampa Bay led best-of-five series 1-0)