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

August 10, 2021

1,080 years ago
941

Born on this date
Lê Hoàn. Emperor of Đại Cồ Việt, 980-1005. Lê Hoàn was a generalissimo who commanded a 10,000-man army of Emperor Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, who was assassinated in 979 and was succeeded by his 6-year-old son Đinh Toàn. Lê Hoàn deposed Đinh Toàn, married his mother, Queen Duong Van Nga, and installed himself as Emperor. He commanded the army that successfully held off a Chinese invasion in 981, and led an seaborne invasion of the southern Champa kingdom in 982. Emperor Lê Hoàn died on March 18, 1005 at the age of 64; a power struggle between his sons resulted in Le Long Dinh seizing power after murdering his brother Lê Long Việt.

1,030 years ago
991

War
English forces led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex were defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings in the Battle of Maldon in Essex.

725 years ago
1296

Born on this date
Jan. King of Bohemia, 1310-1346; Count of Luxembourg, 1313-1346. Jan, the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII, married Elizabeth of Bohemia at the age of 14, and acceded to the throne of Bohemia after the deposition of Henry of Gorizia. He achieved peace with the Bohemian nobility and was gifted at international relations. King Jan went blind in 1336, but insisted on fighting against English forces in the Battle of Crécy, and was killed in combat on August 26, 1346, 16 days after his 50th birthday. He was succeeded on the throne by his son Charles IV, and is still regarded as a national hero in Luxembourg.

675 years ago
1346

Exploration
Jaume Ferrer set out from Majorca for the "River of Gold," the Senegal River.

380 years ago
1641

War
The Treaty of London was signed between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars.

280 years ago
1741

War
King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeated the Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.

200 years ago
1821

Born on this date
Jay Cooke. U.S. financier. Mr. Cooke opened the private banking house of Jay Cooke & Company in Philadelphia on January 1, 1861; he's generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm. Mr. Cooke helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the Northern Pacific Railway after the war. He died on February 16, 1905 at the age of 83.

Americana
Missouri entered the union as the 24th state.

175 years ago
1846

Americana
The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donated $500,000.

160 years ago
1861

War
A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeated outnumbered attacking Union forces in the Battle of Wilson's Creek in southwestern Missouri.

130 years ago
1891

Transportation
The first train of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway (C&E) from Calgary arrived at Strathcona, Alberta.

125 years ago
1896

Died on this date
Otto Lilienthal, 48. German aviator. Mr. Lilienthal was the first person to make documented repeated glider flights. He died the day after breaking his neck when his glider stalled and he fell 50 feet.

120 years ago
1901

Labour
The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers began.

100 years ago
1921

Americana
Future U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at the family's summer home on Campobello Island, New Brunswick.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Jess Dunn. U.S. prison warden. Tab Ford. U.S. prison guard. Claude Beavers; Roy Magee. U.S. convicts. Mr. Dunn, the warden of Oklahoma State Prison, and Mr. Ford, a county jailer, were killed along with Messrs. Beavers and Magee in a gun battle during an attempted prison break in McAlester, Oklahoma.

War
The U.S.S.R. reported stubborn fighting at Soltsy, 120 miles south of Leningrad, and at Uman, 130 miles south of Kiev.

Diplomacy
In a radio broadcast from London to the women of America, Queen Elizabeth thanked the United States for its aid to Britain.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio (Best Seller--1st week at #1; Airplay--2nd week at #1); The Gypsy--The Ink Spots (Juke Box--11th week at #1); The Gypsy--The Ink Spots; Dinah Shore (Honor Roll of Hits--12th week at #1)

War
Testifying at the Nuremberg trial of accused Nazi war criminals, German Field Marshal Erich von Mannstein claimed that Fuehrer Adolf Hitler had attacked the U.S.S.R. in 1941 to forestall a Soviet invasion of Germany.

Defense
In accordance with the stockpiling bill signed on July 23 by President Truman, U.S. Undersecretary of War Kenneth Toyall reported that the U.S.A. was accumulating a $2.1-billion reserve of critical war materials.

Politics and government
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra resigned as President of Ecuador as the National Assembly met to restore constitutional order after an attempted left-wing coup.

The Indian government lifted a four-year ban on the All-India Forward Bloc, composed of followers of the late Subhas Chandra Bose.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Truman signed a bill freezing social security taxes at 1% and permitting non-quota immigration of Chinese wives of American citizens.

Protest
50-100 Negroes were injured in a race riot in Athens, Alabama that was touched off by a fistfight between white war veterans and a Negro.

Golf
Ben Hogan won the Canadian Professional Golfers Association championship in Winnipeg.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Blunder, starring Robert Allen, Ann Loring, and Philip Faversham



War
The United States resumed Korean truce negotiations in Kaesong. The South Korean government reported that over 400,000 refugees had fled from North Korea in the past two weeks, 270,000 making their way through the battle front and 150,000 coming by sea.

Diplomacy
Poland charged in a protest note that the United States had violated its 1931 treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular relations with Poland by revoking most-favored-nation trade concessions.

Defense
Venezuela signed a four-year agreement permitting U.S. military advisers to help train its armed forces.

U.S. President Harry Truman ordered all government agencies to cooperate in a plant dispersal program aimed at encouraging construction of new plants out of bomb range of cities and established industrial areas.

Science
Viscount Samuel, president of Britain's Royal Institute of Philosophy, challenged Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and proposed a new theory of "energetic ether" to account for the characteristics of light and other phenomena.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor Executive Council approved a proposal to end the organization's policy of cooperating with the Congress of Industrial Organizations on common objectives and participating in the United Labor Policy Committee.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): You Don't Know--Helen Shapiro

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Grant Devitt!

Died on this date
Julia Peterkin, 80. U.S. authoress. Miss Peterkin wrote novels and short stories about her native South Carolina; she wrote several novels about the Gullah people, and was one of the few white writers who wrote about the Negro American experience. Her novel Scarlet Sister Mary (1928) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

War
The U.S. Army began Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million U.S. gallons (76,000 cubic metres) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.

Politics and government
U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressed various issues at a press conference in Washington.



Football
CFL
Calgary (1-1) 20 @ Saskatchewan (0-1) 10

Baseball
Frank Dascoli, a National League umpire since 1948, was fired by NL President Warren Giles. Mr. Dascoli had recently made remarks critical of the league's operations.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Baseball
16 researchers founded the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) at Cooperstown, New York, with founder Robert Davids as president.

The Pittsburgh Pirates sold pitcher Mudcat Grant to the Oakland Athletics; Mr. Grant, who had been traded from the Athletics to the Pirates 11 months earlier, was 5-3 with a 3.60 earned run average and 7 saves in 42 games with Pittsburgh in 1971, batting .250 with 1 run batted in.

Juan Marichal (11-8) pitched a 2-hitter for his 50th career major league shutout and helped to win the game with his bat as the San Francisco Giants edged the Montreal Expos 1-0 before 6,879 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Montreal pitcher Bill Stoneman (12-10) walked 9 batters, but allowed just 2 hits through the first 8 innings. With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, Alan Gallagher singled, and Mr. Marichal doubled, with pinch runner Frank Duffy stopping at third base. Bobby Bonds drew a base on balls to load the bases, and Tito Fuentes singled home Mr. Duffy to end the game.

The Oakland Athletics hit 3 home runs in each game as they swept a doubleheader from the Boston Red Sox 6-5 and 7-5 before 30,004 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Mudcat Grant, reacquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier in the day, allowed 3 hits and 1 run--earned--in 3.1 innings to get the save in the second game.

Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th and 501st career major league home runs off Mike Cuellar, but Mr. Cuellar (14-5) and the Orioles beat the Twins 4-3 before 15,881 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington as Merv Rettenmund homered to lead off the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Medley--Stars on 45 (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Shiroi Parasol--Seiko Matsuda (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Enola Gay--Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (5th week at #1)

Discovered dead on this date
Adam Walsh, 6. U.S. crime victim. Master Walsh accompanied his mother Revé on a shopping trip to the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida on July 27, 1981, was temporarily left alone, and mistakenly ejected from the mall. He disappeared, and his severed head was found in a drainage canal; asphyxiation was ruled to be the cause of death. A drifter and convicted serial killer named Ottis Toole confessed to Adam's murder, later recanted his confession, and died in prison in 1996. Police closed the case in 2008 and were satisified that Mr. Toole was the killer. The discovery of Master Walsh's head was reported in The Edmonton Sun under the headline Boy's Head Found, which appeared under an article headlined Buried Alive. Adam's father John Walsh subsequently became an advocate for crime victims, and hosted the television program America's Most Wanted (1988-2011).

Baseball
Bobby Valentine singled home Joel Youngblood from second base with 1 out in the top of the 13th inning to break a 5-5 tie and the New York Mets added another run as they beat the Chicago Cubs 7-5 before 7,551 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago in the first day of regular season major league action since the end of the two-month player strike, and the first day of the second half of the split season. The Mets took a 3-run lead in the 11th and a 1-run lead in the 12th only to have the Cubs tie the score.

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies singled off Mark Littell of the St. Louis Cardinals for his 3,631st career hit, breaking Stan Musial's National League record. The Cardinals won 7-3 before 60,561 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

John Lowenstein singled home pinch runner Cal Ripken, Jr. from second base with none out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals before 19,850 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Mr. Ripken was making his major league debut, running for Ken Singleton, who led off the inning with a double. Eddie Murray was intentionally walked immediately prior to Mr. Lowenstein's hit. Kansas City right fielder Daryl Motley also made his major league debut, batting 1 for 5, and making 2 putouts.

Graig Nettles hit a solo home run with 2 out in the 2nd inning and Oscar Gamble added a solo homer with 1 out in the 4th to provide all the scoring as the New York Yankees shut out the Texas Rangers 2-0 before 40,373 fans at Yankee Stadium. Tommy John (6-4) allowed 2 hits in 7 innings to get the win, while losing pitcher Danny Darwin (7-5) allowed no hits other than the home runs in 5 innings. Each team had just 3 hits in the game, which was played in 1 hor 43 minutes.

Kirk Gibson led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a base on balls and scored from third base on a bases-loaded single by Alan Trammell with 1 out to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 15,187 fans at Tiger Stadium. Greg Wells made his major league debut with the Blue Jays as a pinch hitter in the top of the 9th, singling home pinch runner George Bell from second base to tie the score 3-3. Mr. Wells remained in the game at first base, but had no fielding chances.

Intercontinental Cup @ Renfrew Park, Edmonton
Japan (1-3) 0 @ South Korea (3-1) 2
U.S.A. (4-0) 14 @ Australia (1-4) 2
Dominican Republic (3-2) 8 @ Cuba (2-2) 4

One of the Cuban radio broadcasters spent some time sitting in a chair on the roof of the Renfrew Park press box in shock at his country's second straight loss after having not lost a game in international competition in three years.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)--Crystal Waters (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)--Crystal Waters (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams

#1 single in France (SNEP): La Zoubida--Lagaf' (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
2 Driver's Seat--Sniff 'n' the Tears
3 Now that We Found Love--Heavy D and the Boyz
4 Burbujas de Amor--Juan Luis Guerra y 4;40
5 You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses
6 Send Me an Angel--Scorpions
7 More than Words--Extreme
8 Baila Me--Gipsy Kings
9 I Wanna Sex You Up--Color Me Badd
10 Baila Mi Rumba--Rumba Tres

Singles entering the chart were Zomer by André Hazes (#22); All My Loving by Los Manolos (#26); Love and Understanding by Cher (#29); Doar Maak Ik Gin Probleem Van by Normaal (#32); Temporary Madness by Golden Earring (#35); and Jealous Again by the Black Crowes (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (3rd week at #1)
2 P.A.S.S.I.O.N.--Rythm Syndicate
3 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
4 Summertime--D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
5 It Ain't Over 'til it's Over--Lenny Kravitz
6 Temptation--Corina
7 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)--Roxette
8 I'll Be There--Escape Club
9 Right Here, Right Now--Jesus Jones
10 Wind of Change--Scorpions

Singles entering the chart were Do Anything by Natural Selection featuring Niki Haris (#58); Running Back to You by Vanessa Williams (#72); Love...Thy Will Be Done by Martika (#77); Low Rider (On the Boulevard) by Latin Alliance featuring War (#84); Chorus by Erasure (#85); If I Say by Kingofthehill (#86); Louder than Love by TKA (#87); Silver Thunderbird by Marc Cohn (#89); Just Ask Me To by Tevin Campbell (#92); and Till Somebody Loves You by Henry Lee Summer (#93). Just Ask Me To was from the movie Boyz n the Hood (1991).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)
2 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
3 P.A.S.S.I.O.N.--Rythm Syndicate
4 Right Here, Right Now--Jesus Jones
5 Fading Like a Flower--Roxette
6 Unbelievable—EMF
7 It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over--Lenny Kravitz
8 Temptation--Corina
9 I'll Be There--Escape Club
10 Place in this World--Michael W. Smith

Singles entering the chart were Hole Hearted by Extreme (#58); Love...Thy Will Be Done by Martika (#71); Do Anything by Natural Selection featuring Niki Haris (#75); The One and Only by Chesney Hawkes (#84); Now that We Found Love by Heavy D & the Boyz (#86); and Just Want to Hold You by Jasmine Guy (#88).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)
2 Fading Like a Flower--Roxette
3 It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over--Lenny Kravitz
4 Superman's Song--Crash Test Dummies
5 Something to Talk About--Bonnie Raitt
6 Learning to Fly--Tom Petty
7 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
8 Rush Rush—Paula Abdul
9 The Motown Song--Rod Stewart (with the Temptations)
10 Crazy--Seal

Singles entering the chart were I Want You Back by West End Girls (#80); Play with Me by Bootsauce (#88); Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse (#91); End of the Line by the Allman Brothers Band (#92); Power Windows by Billy Falcon (#93); All of a Sudden by Joe Walsh (#95); Till Somebody Loves You by Henry Lee Summer (#97); and Satisfied by Squeeze (#98).

Oddities
The baseball game between the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves was delayed for five minutes when a moth became lodged in an ear of Houston outfielder Mike Simms. Houston trainer Dave Labossiere removed the moth with tweezers. Atlanta won the game 4-0.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (4-1) 38 @ Hamilton (0-5) 13

Tracy Ham threw touchdown passes to Blake Marshall, Jim Sandusky, and David Williams in the 1st half as the Eskimos defeated the Tiger-Cats before 15,107 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Wally Zatylny scored the Hamilton touchdown in the 3rd quarter on a 75-yard pass from Todd Dillon in the 3rd quarter. The Eskimos' total of 38 points remains the greatest total they've ever scored in a single game in Hamilton. This was the last game in the 11-year Hall of Fame career of Tiger-Cats' defensive lineman Grover Covington.

Baseball
Carlton Fisk hit a 3-run home run in the 1st inning and Ozzie Guillen's first homer of the season, a 2-run blast in the 7th inning, provided the winning margin as the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 before 39,494 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

Jack Clark and Tony Pena each drove in 3 runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 before 50,304 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Greg A. Harris (8-11) pitched a 4-hit complete game to win the pitching matchup against Todd Stottlemyre (10-5).

Al Leiter (4-2) and Walt Terrell (8-10) were the respective winning pitchers as the Detroit Tigers swept a twi-night doubleheader from the New York Yankees 5-1 and 4-0 before 28,744 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Terrell pitched a 4-hit shutout in the second game.

Dave Otto (1-2) allowed 7 hits in 8 innings to get his first major league win as the Cleveland Indians edged the Kansas City Royals 1-0 before 38,209 fans at Royals Stadium. Losing pitcher Bret Saberhagen (8-6) allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in pitching a complete game. The Indians scored the only run in the 7th inning when Chris James doubled, advanced to third base on a passed ball, and scored on a single by Albert Belle. Harvey Pulliam made his major league debut in left field for the Royals, batting 1 for 2 with a base on balls.

The Seattle Mariners scored 5 runs in the 1st inning and coasted to an 8-0 win over the Minnesota Twins before 29,548 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle. Erik Hanson (7-5) allowed 8 hits in 8 innings to get the win, while Scott Erickson (15-4) allowed 5 hits, 2 bases on balls, and 5 earned runs in 2/3 inning.

John Smoltz (8-12) allowed 2 hits in 7 innings for the Atlanta Braves as they shut out the Houston Astros 4-0 before 41,251 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Andy Van Slyke and Barry Bonds hit home runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-5 before 49,939 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Hector Fajardo made his major league debut as the Pirates' starting pitcher, allowing 4 hits, 4 bases on balls, and 4 runs--all earned-- in 2+ innings.

Greg W. Harris (3-3) pitched a 6-hit shutout to win the pitchers' duel over Jose Rijo (8-3) as the San Diego Padres edged the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 before 36,861 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium. Fred McGriff singled home Tony Fernandez with 2 out in the bottom of the 3rd inning for the game's only run.

The San Francisco Giants scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 before 53,096 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Because You Loved Me--Celine Dion

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (3rd week at #1)

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

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees

#1 single in France (SNEP): Macarena--Los Del Rio (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Wannabe--Spice Girls (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio (2nd week at #1)
2 You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow--Toni Braxton
3 How Do U Want It/California Love--2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo/2 Pac featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
4 Twisted--Keith Sweat
5 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman
6 Change the World--Eric Clapton
7 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)--R. Kelly
8 C'mon n' Ride It (The Train)--Quad City DJ's
9 You Learn/You Oughta Know--Alanis Morissette
10 Loungin--LL Cool J

Singles entering the chart were Shake a Lil' Somethin'... by 2 Live Crew (#80); Touch Myself by T-Boz (#88); Just Because I Love You by Lina Santiago (#93); Things We Do for Love by Horace Brown (#95); and Ready to Go by Republica (#99). Touch Myself was from the movie Fled (1996).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow--Toni Braxton (5th week at #1)
2 You Learn/You Oughta Know--Alanis Morissette
3 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
4 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
5 I Can't Sleep (If I)--R. Kelly
6 How Do You Want It/California Love--2Pac (featuring KC and JoJo)/(featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman)
7 Change the World--Eric Clapton
8 C'mon n' Ride It (The Train)--Quad City DJ’s
9 Who Will Save Your Soul--Jewel
10 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman

The only single entering the chart was All I See by A+ (#69).

Football
CFL
Calgary (6-1) 32 @ British Columbia (1-6) 7

The Stampeders intercepted B.C. quarterback Damon Allen 4 times and sacked him 4 times as they easily beat the Lions before 15,101 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.



20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Lou Boudreau, 84. U.S. baseball player, manager, and executive. Mr. Boudreau was a shortstop with the Cleveland Indians (1938-1950) and Boston Red Sox (1951-1952), batting .295 with 68 home runs and 789 runs batted in in 1,646 games. He led the American League in 1944 with a .327 batting average, and hit .355 in 1948 with 18 homers and 106 runs batted in. Mr. Boudreau managed the Indians (1942-1950); Red Sox (1951-1954); Kansas City Athletics (1955-1957); and Chicago Cubs (1960), compiling a record of 1,162-1,224-18 (.483), leading the Indians to the World Series championship in 1948. Mr. Boudreau broadcast Cubs games on radio from 1958-1987, switching positions with manager Charlie Grimm for part of the 1960 season. Mr. Boudreau, who had played basketball with the University of Illinois from 1936-38 and the Hammond Ciesar All-Americans of the National Basketball League from 1939-40, also broadcast Chicago Bulls' games on radio from 1966-1968. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970.

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to begin the 12-day mission STS-105 to the International Space Station. The seven-member crew, commanded by Scott Horowitz, included three astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the three-member crew of Expedition 2.



Terrorism
União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) (UNITA) derailed a train travelling between the Angolan towns of Zenza and Dondo with an anti-tank mine and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire, killing 252 people and injuring 165.

Crime
Former British Member of Parliament Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine denied that they had committed a serious sexual assault against a young woman several months earlier.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-3) 17 @ Montreal (5-1) 27



Toronto (2-4) 16 @ Winnipeg (4-2) 36



10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Billy Grammer, 85. U.S. musician. Mr. Grammer was a country singer and guitarist who was best known for the song Gotta Travel On (1958-59), which was a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (#4), Country (#5), and Rhythm and Blues (#14) charts. He and the Travel On Boys were playing at the rally in Laurel, Maryland on May 15, 1972 where Alabama Governor and Democratic Party U.S. presidential hopeful George Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer. Mr. Grammer died after a long illness, 18 days before his 86th birthday.

July 14, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Mike Upstone!

250 years ago
1771

Religion
The Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded by Franciscan friar Junípero Serrain in what is now Monterey County, California.

230 years ago
1791

Protest
The Priestley Riots, a crackdown on religious dissenters in Birmingham, England, began with an attack on a house hosting a banquet in support of the French Revolution.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Kate M. Gordon. U.S. political activist. Miss Gordon directed the 1918 campaign for women's suffrage in the state of Louisiana, the first such statewide effort in the American South. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage on August 24, 1932 at the age of 71.

140 years ago
1881

Died on this date
William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney, 21. U.S. outlaw. A notorious cattle rustler who had killed two deputies, Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Buenaventura Durruti. Spanish anarchist. Mr. Durruti was involved with various anarchist organizations and helped to coordinate armed resistance to Nationalist forces in Barcelona in the early months of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. While leading his militia in defense of Madrid, Mr. Durruti was shot on November 19, 1936, and died the next day at the age of 40.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Gerald Finzi. U.K. composer. Mr. Finzi was best known for his choral works, including the cantata Dies natalis (1939). He died on September 27, 1956 at the age of 55, after a long battle with Hodgkin's disease.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Charlie Chamberlain. Canadian singer. Mr. Chamberlain, a native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, was nicknamed "The Singing Lumberjack," and was known for his long association with fiddler Don Messer, being a featured performer on the television program Don Messer's Jubilee from 1957 until Mr. Chamberlain's death on July 16, 1972, two days after his 61st birthday.

Aviation
Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, was greeted by U.S. President William Howard Taft after he landed his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Leon Garfield. U.K. author. Mr. Garfield wrote more than 30 books, and was best known for writing historical novels for children. He died on June 2, 1996 at the age of 74.

Geoffrey Wilkinson. U.K. chemist. Sir Geoffrey pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis, and shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ernst Otto Fischer "for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds." Sir Geoffrey died on September 26, 1996 at the age of 75.

Armand Gaudreault. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Gaudreault, a native of Saint-Félicien, Quebec, played left wing with the Boston Bruins (1944-45), scoring 15 goals and 9 assists in 44 regular season games and 2 assists in 7 playoff games. He played with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (1945-48), but spent most of the rest of his career (1940-52) with the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, helping them win the Allan Cup in 1944. Mr. Gaudreault died in Quebec City on July 2, 2013, 12 days before his 92nd birthday.

Sixto Durán-Ballén Cordovez. President of Ecuador, 1992-1996. Mr. Durán-Ballén co-founded the Partido Social Cristiano (Social Christian Party) (PSC) in 1951, and was Ecuador's Minister of Public Works (1956-1960). He was Mayor of Quito (1970-1978), and ran unsuccessfully for President in 1979 and 1988. Mr. Durán-Ballén left the PSC and formed the Republican Union Party (PUR) in 1991, and was elected President in 1992. He modernized the country's economy, and presided over a victory against Peru in the Cenepa War (1995). Mr. Durán-Ballén represented Pichincha Province in the Chamber of Deputies (1998-2001), and was Ecuadorian Ambassador to the Court of St. James in London (2001-2003). He died in his sleep on November 15, 2016 at the age of 95.

Crime
Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Massachusetts and sentenced to death for the 1920 murders of a shoe company's payroll master and guard.

80 years ago
1941

War
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that British forces had achieved equality in the air with the Germans and could bomb Germany "month after month, year after year." The French government ratified the armistice ending the war in Syria, recognizing the United Kingdom's right to occupy the Levant states.

Defense
The governments of the United States and Mexico announced that the U.S. had agreed to buy all of Mexico's surplus war commodities for 18 months, while Mexico would limit the export of such products to the Western Hemisphere. U.S. administration and congressional leaders agreed to support a resolution to extend the service of draftees for more than a year of service; they also agreed to drop a resolution authorizing the President to send draftees outside the Western Hemisphere.

Academia
Accused by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge of advocating racial equality in education, the University of Georgia Board of Regents dismissed Dr. Walter Cocking, Dean of the university's School of Education, and Dr. Marvin Pittman, President of Georgia Teachers College.

75 years ago
1946

Society
The first edition of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by U.S. pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock was published. The book, which reflected Dr. Spock's training in psychoanalysis, influenced child-rearing methods for what became known as the Baby Boom generation.

Politics and government
Provisional Italian President Enrico de Nicola swore in the first Republican government, led by Christian Democratic Prime Minister Alcide de Gaspari.

Baseball
Ted Williams drove in 8 runs and scored 4, hitting 3 home runs--including a grand slam--and a single to lead the Boston Red Sox to an 11-10 win over the Cleveland Indians in the first game of a doubleheader before 31,581 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Mr. Williams doubled and drew 2 bases on balls in the second game as the Red Sox won 6-4 to complete the sweep. Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau employed a shift in the second game in an attempt to stop Mr. Williams, moving 6 players to the right side of the infield, but the shift was useless against home runs.

Warren Spahn pitched an 8-hit complete game to win the pitchers' duel over Fritz Ostermueller as the Boston Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 17,414 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Rip Sewell pitched a 7-hit complete game victory as the Pirates won the second game 5-2. Alvin Dark made his major league debut with the Braves, entering the game as a pinch runner for Don Padgett at first base with 2 out in the 9th inning.

Stan Musial hit a home run off Vic Lombardi to lead off the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the St.Louis Cardinals a 2-1 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers and a sweep of their doubleheader before 33,980 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. St. Louis starting pitcher Murry Dickson allowed 8 hits, and Mr. Lombardi 10, as they both pitched complete games. Enos Slaughter batted 3 for 4 with a homer and 4 runs batted in as the Cardinals won the first game 5-3.

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): If--Perry Como; Jo Stafford

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Too Young--Nat "King" Cole (Best Seller--4th week at #1; Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1; Jukebox--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Too Young--Nat "King" Cole (4th week at #1)
2 Jezebel--Frankie Laine
3 How High the Moon--Les Paul and Mary Ford
4 On Top of Old Smoky--The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
5 Rose, Rose, I Love You--Frankie Laine
6 My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell
--Vic Damone
7 The Loveliest Night of the Year--Mario Lanza
8 Mister and Mississippi--Patti Page
–-Dennis Day
9 Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
10 Mockin’ Bird Hill--Les Paul and Mary Ford

Singles entering the chart were Come On-A My House, with versions by Rosemary Clooney; and Kay Starr (#21); Josephine by Les Paul (#34); Vanity by Don Cherry (#36); and Because by Mario Lanza (#40).

Television
The Molly Pitcher Handicap horse race in Oceanport, New Jersey became the first sports event to be televised in colour.

World events
A People's Court in Jihlava, Moravia sentenced seven Czechs, two of them Roman Catholic priests, to death for the murders of three Communist officials in Babice, Moravia. They were convicted as members of a group allegedly inspired by U.S. agents to carry out "terrorism, espionage, sabotage and murder."

Protest
Guatemala banned all public meetings "likely to affect public order." General Manuel Fuentes, refugee leader of the oppositon to President Jacobo Arbenz, denied in San Salvador that his movement was responsible for current Guatemalan disorders.

Defense
Morocco's new Nouaceur Air Base for U.S. bombers and fighters began operations.

Oil
Iran cancelled all contracts of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, offering the country's oil to customers on a cash-and-carry basis.

Disasters
U.S. President Harry Truman proclaimed parts of Kansas and Missouri a disaster area after the worst Midwestern flooding on record left 500,000 people homeless, 40 dead, and up to $1 billion in property damage.

Auto racing
José Froilán González of Argentina won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England, giving Ferrari its first Formula One victory. Fellow Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio finished second, and Luigi Villoresi, driving another Ferrari, was third.





Horse racing
Citation, with Steve Brooks up, won the $100,000 Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California to become the first horse to top $1 million in total earnings. It was Citation's last race.



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Temptation--The Everly Brothers

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Ginny

Died on this date
Leo Nickerson; Peter Ralphs, 9; Ronald Gilley, 8; Christopher Rowe, 8. Canadian accident victims. Mr. Nickerson, a leader with the Cub scout St. Albert Pack No. 2, was killed along with the three boys when a squall suddenly struck them while they were swimming in shallow water in Lake Wabamun at Camp of the Grey Goose at Fallis, Alberta. About 20 boys were swimming at the time, and Mr. Nickerson rescued some, but died trying to rescue others.

Religion
The English translation of Pope John XXIII's encyclical Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher) was published.

Economics and finance
Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne resigned over fiscal policy differences with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker; the “Coyne Affair” led to new policies, lessening central bank interference by the government of the day.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (0-1) 16 @ Edmonton (1-0) 24

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road (4th week at #1)

Politics and government
A lefitst coalition government headed by Prime Minister Olafur Johannesson took office in Iceland.

40 years ago
1981

Crime
Former Edmonton Trappers' shortstop Todd Cruz was given a conditional discharge and nine months' probation after pleading guilty to attempted breaking and entering. Mr. Cruz, who had joined the team in May on an injury rehabilitation assignment from the Chicago White Sox, had played both games of a doubleheader on May 18--hitting a home run in the second game--but had been found inside the downtown Hudson's Bay Company store early on May 19 with several watches strapped to his arms. Mr. Cruz told the court that he had been upset at being separated from his wife and children in Detroit and had had too much to drink after the doubleheader, and didn't remember breaking into the store. Judge Dean Saks believed his story. The plea bargain was heavily criticized, since Mr. Cruz had in fact broken into the store and had taken the watches. When I mentioned the case to Judge Saks, he said, "I wish I'd never heard of that case...but we're paid to take the heat."

Disasters
Four city workers in Edmonton drowned in an underground tunnel when a sewer line ruptured during a violent rainstorm. The accident took place at 71 St. and 68 Ave.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): I Wanna Sex You Up--Color Me Badd

#1 single in Switzerland: Wind of Change--Scorpions (5th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Wind of Change--Scorpions (2nd week at #1)
2 The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in his Kiss)--Cher
3 Bobby Brown--Frank Zappa
4 Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)--Crystal Waters
5 Jesus Loves You--Bow Down Mister
6 The One and Only--Chesney Hawkes
7 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)--Roxette
8 Senza una donna (Without a Woman)--Zucchero & Paul Young
9 Last Train to Trancentral--The KLF
10 Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)--De La Soul

Singles entering the chart were Losing My Religion by R.E.M. (#12); Eh Mama by Beat 4 Feet featuring Kim Cooper (#22); and The Motown Song by Rod Stewart with the Temptations (#30).

Defense
British troops protecting the Kurdish population in Iraq began to pull out amid fears of reprisal from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Canadian Defence Minister Marcel Masse confirmed the shutdown of the Goose Bay, Labrador military base in 1995, if European nations no longer needed it for test flights.

Golf
Meg Mallon, who had not won on the L.P.G.A. tour for four seasons, shot a final round of 67 to win the United States Women's Open at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas by 2 strokes over Pat Bradley. The victory came two weeks after Ms. Mallon had outduelled Ms. Bradley to win the L.P.G.A. championship.



Oddities
Kip Gross became the losing pitcher in 2 games in different leagues, 1,100 miles apart. Starting for the Cincinnati Reds that day, he was the losing pitcher, falling to 2-1, as the Reds lost 10-6 to the Pittsburgh Pirates before 42,573 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Meanwhile, the Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League, for whom Mr. Gross had pitched before being called up to Cincinnati, lost to the Denver Bears in the completion of a game in Denver that had been suspended by rain on May 15. Mr. Gross had started that game on the mound for the Sounds, and was the pitcher of record when the game was completed.

Baseball
The Kansas City Royals (6) and Detroit Tigers (3) combined for 9 home runs as the Royals won 18-4 before 33,202 fans at Tiger Stadium. Brian McRae hit 2 home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in 6 runs for the Royals, while Mike Macfarlane also hit a pair of homers and drove in 5 runs. The Royals amassed 21 hits.

The Chicago White Sox scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning and 3 in the 4th as they overcame an early 1-0 deficit and routed the Milwaukee Brewers 15-1 before 31,345 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Paul Molitor's home run leading off the bottom of the 1st inning was the only hit off Jack McDowell (11-4), who allowed just one other baserunner, when he walked Franklin Stubbs with 1 out in the 5th.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Tha Crossroads--Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Coco Jamboo--Mr. President (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Killing Me Softly--The Fugees

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (7th week at #1)

Died on this date
Jeff Krosnoff, 31. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Krosnoff was a rookie with the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) circuit who participated in 11 races, with a best finish of 15th at Belle Isle, Michigan. On lap 93 of the 95-lap Molson Indy in Toronto, Mr. Krosnoff's car touched wheels with the car of Stefan Johansson and became airborne. The resulting crash split Mr. Krosnoff's car in two, sending the cockpit section across the track, and killing him instantly. Gary Arvin, a volunteer track marshal from Calgary, was also killed when hit by the right front wheel of Mr. Krosnoff's car.



Music
Concert promoter Mark Drost shut down the three-day Eden music festival at Mosport Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario early, citing safety concerns in having 30,000 fans leave after dark. In fact, there were so many gate crashers that Mr. Drost didn't have enough money to pay many of the bands performing on the final day. 55,000 people had turned up to hear 61 bands, including the Tragically Hip, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Spirit of the West.

Terrorism
The Irish Republican Army denied responsibility for a bomb that destroyed a hotel in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

Economics and finance
An Industry Canada report looked at the continuing high rate of consumer bankruptcies, despite an apparent economic recovery. A record 65,432 Canadians declared personal bankruptcy in 1995, and officials predicted a higher total for 1996.

Auto racing
Adrian Fernandez recorded his first career win with the CART circuit; he was leading the Toronto Molson Indy when the race was red-flagged because of the fatal accident involving Jeff Krosnoff. Alex Zanardi finished second.



Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (2-2) 24 @ Hamilton (3-0) 27



20 years ago
2001

Diplomacy
Six days of crisis talks aimed at saving the Northern Ireland peace process ended in deadlock.

10 years ago
2011

Football
CFL
Calgary (2-1) 21 @ Winnipeg (2-1) 20

May 20, 2021

1,530 years ago
491

Married on this date
Ariadne, the widow of Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno, married his successor, Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta was able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne after Zeno died of dysentery on April 9, 491.

500 years ago
1521

War
French-backed Navarrese forces fought Spanish troops in the Battle of Pampeluna. Inigo Lopez de Loyola was severely wounded in the battle, and his convalescence led him to become a priest and founder of the Jesuit order.

390 years ago
1631

War
The city of Magdeburg, Germany was seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants--about 20,000--were massacred in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Alfred Domett. Colonial Secretary (Premier) of New Zealand, 1862-1863. Mr. Domett was a lawyer and poet in his native England before emigrating to New Zealand in 1842, and holding several offices before serving as Colonial Secretary. In November 1863, he moved that the N.Z. seat of government be moved; in 1865 it was moved from Auckland to Wellington. Mr. Domett was a member of the N.Z. Legislative Council from 1866-1874, but moved back to England in 1871, and his Legislative Council membership lapsed through absence. He died on November 2, 1887 at the age of 76.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Emile Berliner. German-born U.S. inventor. Mr. Berliner, a native of Hanover, emigrated to the United States in 1870 and became an American citizen in 1881. He was granted his first patent for what he called the "Gramophone" in 1887, and founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1894, and similar companies in other countries over the next few years. Mr. Berliner also invented a form of helicopter in 1909. He died of a heart attack on August 3, 1929 at the age of 78.

160 years ago
1861

War
The state of Kentucky proclaimed its neutrality in the American Civil War; Kentuckian neutrality lasted until September 3, when Confederate forces entered the state.

Americana
Five weeks after the beginning of the Civil War, North Carolina voted to secede from the Union. The capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia.

140 years ago
1881

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald appointed John O'Connor as Postmaster-General; Joseph Alfred Mousseau as Secretary of State of Canada; A. W. McLelan as President of the Council; and Alexander Campbell as Minister of Justice.

130 years ago
1891

Died on this date
Jim Fogarty, 27. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Fogarty played, mostly in the outfield, for the Philadelphia Quakers of the National League from 1883-1889 and the Philadelphia Quakers of the Players League in 1890, batting .246 in 751 games. He led NL batters in bases on balls in 1887 with 82 and in stolen bases with 99 in 1889. Baseball statistics guru Bill James rates Mr. Fogarty as one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball history. Mr. Fogarty managed the PL Quakers for 16 games in 1890, compiling a record of 7-9. He died of tuberculosis in San Francisco.

Movies
Thomas Edison gave the first public display of the prototype kinetoscope.

125 years ago
1896

Died on this date
Clara Schumann, 76. German musician and composer. Mrs. Schumann, the wife of composer Robert Schumann, had a distinguished career as a concert pianist spanning almost 60 years. She performed many duets with violinist Joseph Joachim and had a close friendship with composer Johannes Brahms. Mrs. Schumann composed piano and choral works. She died two months after suffering a stroke.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Doris Fleeson. U.S. journalist. Miss Fleeson worked for various newspapers, including the New York Daily News (1927-1943). She and her then-husband John O'Donnell wrote the column Capital Stuff (1933-1942) while she was at the paper's Washington bureau. Miss Fleeson was a war correspondent for Woman's Home Companion (1943-1945), returning to Washington in 1945 to write a political column for the Boston Globe and Washington Evening Star. The column was picked up by Bell Syndicate in 1945 and distributed across the country, making Miss Fleeson the first woman in the United States to have a nationally-syndicated political column. The column was published in about 100 newspapers at its peak in 1960. Miss Fleeson died of complications from a stroke on August 1, 1980 at the age of 69.

Max Euwe. Dutch chess player and executive. Mr. Euwe was a mathematician and computer science professor who won 12 Dutch championships from 1921-1955, and was world champion (1935-1937). He was granted the title of international grandmaster in 1950, and was President of Fédération Internationale des Échecs (International Chess Federation) (FIDE) (1970-1978). Mr. Euwe wrote more than 70 books on chess; he died of a heart attack on November 26, 1981 at the age of 80.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Gardner Fox. U.S. writer. Mr. Fox wrote several thousand stories under his own name and various pseudonyms for comic books--mainly Detective Comics--and pulp fiction magazines, and also wrote novels. He died on December 24, 1986 at the age of 75.

Annie M. G. Schmidt. Dutch authoress and playwright. Miss Schmidt wrote in various genres, but was best known for her children's books, especially the Jip and Janneke series. With her health declining, Miss Schmidt decided to take her own life, and died of cardiac arrest after consuming pills on May 21, 1995, the day after her 84th birthday.

Milt Gabler. U.S. record producer. Mr. Gabler ran a used record store before founding Commodore Records in 1937, and had success with that label before joining Decca Records in 1941. He produced recordings of artists such as Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, the Weavers, and Bill Haley and his Comets. Mr. Gabler's experience in selling used records enabled him to be a pioneer in reissuing old recordings. He was the uncle of comedian and actor Billy Crystal, who inducted Mr. Gabler into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Mr. Gabler died on July 20, 2001, two months after his 90th birthday.

Oddities
What appeared to be a game-winning hit in a New England League baseball game in Lynn, Massachusetts, was overruled by the umpire because outfielders had lost sight of the ball in fog. With Lynn leading Fall River 5-4 in the top of the 7th inning, a Fall River batter named Weaver hit a fly ball to the outfield with a man on base, and both runners came around to score to give Fall River a 6-5 lead. After a dispute, umpire Walsh disallowed the runs, called the game, and ordered that the score revert to the 6th inning with Lynn winning 5-4.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Wolfgang Borchert. German author and playwright. Mr. Borchert was an opponent of the Nazi regime, but was drafted into the Wehrmacht in June 1941 and was posted to the Eastern Front, where he was wounded, suffered hepatitis, and ran afoul of the Nazi authorities. He was given a deferred prison sentence, which was never carried out. Mr. Borchert's health deteriorated after the war, but he was able to complete the play Draußen vor der Tür (The Man Outside), which premiered on radio in February 1947. Mr. Borchert entered a hepatic sanitorium later in the year, and died of liver failure on November 20, 1947 at the age of 26.

Hal Newhouser. U.S. baseball pitcher. "Prince Hal" played with the Detroit Tigers (1939-1953) and Cleveland Indians (1954-1955), compiling a record of 207-150 with an earned run average of 3.06 in 488 games. He led the American League in wins four times, in earned run average twice, and in strikeouts twice, and was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in 1944 and 1945. Mr. Newhouser helpd the Tigers win the AL pennant in 1940 and was 2-1 in the 1945 World Series, which the Tigers won in seven games over the Chicago Cubs. He was a relief pitcher with the Indians when they won the AL pennant in 1954, and pitched in one game of their four-game loss to the New York Giants. Mr. Newhouser batted .201 with 2 home runs and 81 runs batted in in 492 games. He scouted for several major league teams for many years, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992, and died of emphysema and heart problems on November 10, 1998 at the age of 77.

90 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Ernest Noel, 99. U.K. politician. Mr. Noel, a Liberal, represented the Scottish riding of Dumfries Burghs (1874-1886). As a Liberal Unionist, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the elections of 1886 and 1892.

80 years ago
1941

War
German paratroopers attacked British forces on Crete (see also here). British troops in Iraq seized Falluja, an important bridgehead on the Euphrates River, about 35 miles west of Baghdad.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia as director of the Office of Civilian Defense. A Gallup Poll reported that 52% of American voters questioned in a survey said that they favoured convoys for ships carrying war materials to Britain, as compared to 41% in April.

Politics and government
The Chilean government arrested 32 members of the Socialist Vanguard (Nazi) Party on charges of plotting a second putsch against the government.

The Viet Minh was founded in the village of Pac Bo, with the goal of seeking independence for Vietnam from the French Empire.

Americana
U.S. President Roosevelt announced that Thanksgiving would be restored to its traditional date--the last Thursday in November--because moving it up a week had not improved business.

Journalism
The Saturday Evening Post dropped its isolationist editorial stance and backed U.S. President Roosevelt's policy on Europe.

Baseball
Backup shortstop George Jumonville of the Philadelphia Phillies came to bat as a pinch hitter with the Phillies trailing the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0, and hit his only major league home run in his final major league at bat, helping his team come back for a 6-4 win in 11 innings before 1,084 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

Frank McCormick's 3-run home run with 1 out climaxed a 6-run bottom of the 9th inning and gave the Cincinnati Reds a 9-6 win over the Boston Braves before 2,310 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Relief pitcher Bill Caster's error on a ball hit by Charlie Keller with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning allowed Tommy Henrich to score from second base and give the New York Yankees a 10-9 win over the St. Louis Browns at Yankee Stadium. The Browns led 8-5 in the 8th inning, but New York catcher Bill Dickey hit a 3-run home run to tie the score.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Gypsy--The Ink Spots
--Dinah Shore
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
2 Prisoner of Love--Perry Como
--The Ink Spots
3 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)--Dinah Shore
--Andy Russell
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
4 Oh! What it Seemed to Be--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra
--Frank Sinatra
--Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra
--Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
5 I'm a Big Girl Now--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
6 Shoo Fly Pie (And Apple Pan Dowdy)--Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
--Dinah Shore
7 One-zy, Two-zy (I Love You-zy)--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Phil Harris and his Orchestra
8 Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti)--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
9 Sioux City Sue--Bing Crosby and the Jesters
10 All Through the Day--Frank Sinatra
--Perry Como

Singles entering the chart were They Say it's Wonderful, with versions by Perry Como; and Frank Sinatra (#22); Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet by the Andrews Sisters (#25); Panacea by Woody Herman and his Orchestra (#31); and Beware by Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five (#33). They Say it's Wonderful was originally from the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946).

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department sent Yugoslavian President Marshal Josip Tito a note charging Yugoslavia with seeking to discredit the Anglo-American administration of Venezia Giulia, and listing nine incidents of alleged Yugoslav provocation.

Reporting in Washington on the Paris conference of foreign ministers, U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes blamed the U.S.S.R. for the "disappointingly slow" progress made at the conference, and criticized the veto rule in the Council of Foreign Ministers for permitting one power to "stop all efforts toward peace."

Protest
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan General Douglas MacArthur banned demonstrations in Japan the day after 125,000 protesters had marched on the royal palace, demanding increased food rations and the resignation of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.

Americana
A group of 795 immigrants, the first to enter the United States under President Harry Truman's 1945 refugee admission order, arrived in New York.

Energy
The British House of Commons passed the coal industry nationalization bill on its third reading.

Economics and finance
Representatives of 21 nations in the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization held an emergency meeting in Washington to deal with world food shortages.

Labour
The Argentine government of President Juan Peron assumed control of the Argentine Industrial Union, a manufacturers' group that had opposed Mr. Peron's election.

Boxing
Ezzard Charles (38-4-1) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Archie Moore (80-12-5) in a light heavyweight bout at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: A Force Called X07

This was the first episode of the series.

Died on this date
Frank Olin, 91. U.S. baseball player and industrialist. Mr. Olin was an outfielder with four major league teams (1884-1885), batting .316 with 1 home run in 49 games. He founded the ammunition firm that eventually became the Olin Corporation in East Alton, Illinois in 1892. Mr. Olin acquired the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1931 and retired in 1944, shortly after combining his companies into Olin Industries.

War
U.S. Air Force Captain James Jabara, an F-86 Sabre pilot became the first U.S. jet ace when he gunned down his fifth and sixth MiG jets in an air battle near the Yalu River.

Diplomacy
Italian Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza again urged the Western Allies to waive World War II treaty limitations on Italian armaments and to work for Italy's admission to the United Nations.

Oil
Iran rejected requests for arbitration in its oil dispute with Britain, ordering the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to appoint representatives to a board which would carry out nationalization.

Baseball
Richie Ashburn had 4 hits in each game as the Philadelphia Phillies swept a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-0 and 12-4 before 36,166 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

The Chicago Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves 4-3 and 5-4 before 42,088 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago, as Dutch Leonard pitched 2 innings of relief in each game to get credit for both wins, improving his 1951 record to 3-0. The Cubs scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning of the second game to complete the sweep.

Billy Cox batted a combined 5 for 8 with 4 runs and 5 runs batted in to help the Brooklyn Dodgers sweep a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 and 14-4 before 29,427 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Ed Lopat (7-0) pitched an 8-hit complete game and hit a solo home run to help the New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Browns 7-3 before 29,018 fans at Yankee Stadium.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Runaway--Del Shannon (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Where the Boys Are--Connie Francis (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Babysitter-Boogie--Ralf Bendix (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Wheels--The String-A-Longs (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Blue Moon--The Marcels (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Runaway--Del Shannon (3rd week at #1)
2 Mother-in-Law--Ernie K-Doe
3 A Hundred Pounds of Clay--Gene McDaniels
4 Daddy’s Home--Shep and the Limelites
5 Blue Moon--The Marcels
6 Breakin’ in a Brand New Broken Heart--Connie Francis
7 Mama Said--The Shirelles
8 Running Scared--Roy Orbison
9 You Can Depend on Me--Brenda Lee
10 Travelin’ Man--Ricky Nelson

Singles entering the chart were I Feel So Bad (#49)/Wild in the Country (#73) by Elvis PresleyYou Always Hurt the One You Love by Clarence Henry (#71); Tossin’ and Turnin’ by Bobby Lewis (#75); The Boll Weevil Song by Brook Benton (#76); It Keeps Rainin’ by Fats Domino (#79); Count Every Star by Donnie and the Dreamers (#83); Summertime by the Marcels (#85); Who Else But You by Frankie Avalon (#88); Heart and Soul by the Cleftones (#94); Ronnie by Marcy Joe (#98); and My Kind of Girl by Matt Monro (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Moody River--Pat Boone
2 Travelin' Man/Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson
3 Little Devil--Neil Sedaka
4 Louisiana Mama--Gene Pitney
5 She Wears My Ring--Jimmy Bell
6 Everyday--Bobby Lee
7 Runaway--Del Shannon
8 Hello Walls--Faron Young
9 The Rebel - Johnny Yuma--Johnny Cash
10 Triangle--Janie Grant

Singles entering the chart were Barbara-Ann by the Regents (#26); Ring of Fire by Duane Eddy (#31); The Boll Weevil Song by Brook Benton (#37); Tonight I Fell in Love by the Tokens (#40); The Bilbao Song by Andy Williams (#42); The Battle's O'er by Andy Stewart (#44); The Ballad of Widder Jones by George Hamilton IV (#46); Rama Lama Ding Dong by the Edsels (#47); Tragedy by the Fleetwoods (#48); I Fall to Pieces by Dodie Stevens (#49); and It Keeps Rainin' by Fats Domino (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Travelin' Man/Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (2nd week at #1)
2 Moody River--Pat Boone
3 Little Devil--Neil Sedaka
4 She Wears My Ring--Jimmy Bell
5 Louisiana Mama--Gene Pitney
6 Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)--The Coasters
7 The Rebel - Johnny Yuma--Johnny Cash
8 I Feel So Bad/Wild in the Country--Elvis Presley
9 Triangle--Janie Grant
10 Runaway--Del Shannon

Singles entering the chart were Barbara-Ann by the Regents (#32); Pick Me Up on Your Way Down by Pat Zill (#35); I'm a Fool to Care by Joe Barry (#36); Lil' Ole Me by Cornbread and Jerry (#37); The Boll Weevil Song by Brook Benton (#38); The Writing on the Wall by Adam Wade (#39); and The Bilbao Song by Andy Williams (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Right Off the Boat: Part 2

Died on this date
Josef Priller, 45. German military aviator. Oberst (Colonel) Priller joined the Wehrmacht in 1935 and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1936. He was a wing commander in World War II and was a fighter ace, credited with 101 enemy aircraft shot down in 307 combat missions, all on the Western Front. Oberst Priller was a brewer after the war, and died of a heart attack.

Protest
A mob of whites attacked the bus carrying the Freedom Riders when it arrived in Montgomery, Alabama. At least 20 people were beaten in street fighting that lasted two hours. Among those beaten was John Siegenthaler, special representative of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy ordered his brother Bobby, the U.S. Attorney General, to "take all necessary steps." Attorney General Kennedy sent 400 armed U.S. marshals to Montgomery under the direction of Deputy Attorney General Byron White. Alabama Governor John Patterson, who could hear the violence from his office, finally proclaimed martial law in Montgomery after marshals had to throw tear gas bombs to beat back a mob threatening an integrationist rally at a church.

World events
Four days after the South Korean government had been deposed by a military coup, President Posun Yung resigned, but resumed his post at the junta's urging in order to preserve diplomatic relations with other nations. The junta formed a cabinet of military men with Lt. Gen. Chang Do Young, Army Chief of Staff and leader of the junta, as its head. The junta banned labour groups and political parties.

Diplomacy
Former U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther, and Johns Hopkins University President Milton Eisenhower sent a telegram to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro offering as private citizens to raise funds for 500 U.S. tractors to be sent to Cuba "not as a response to a demand for political ransom but out of common humanity." Three days earlier, Mr. Castro had offered to exchange 1,214 rebels captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion in April for 500 U.S. tractors.

War
Peace talks between France and the Algerian Provisional Government began in Evian-les-Bains, France. As the talks began, France unilaterally declared a 30-day cease-fire in their civil war in Algeria as a gesture of goodwill. This was rejected by the rebels on the ground that any cease-fire must be the result of bilateral negotiations.

Horse racing
Carry Back, winner of the Kentucky Derby, won his second straight Triple Crown race when, with J. Sellers up, he captured the 86th running of the Preakness Stakes before 32,211 fans at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in a time of 1:57 3/5. Globemaster placed second and Crozier finished third in the 9-horse field. First prize money was $126,200.



Baseball
Dick Ellsworth (1-3) gave up just 3 hits, but it took Ed Bouchee’s game-ending home run leading off the bottom of the 9th inning to break up a scoreless pitching duel between Mr. Ellsworth and Larry Jackson (0-3), giving the Chicago Cubs a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 9,103 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Jackson allowed 5 hits. Jimmie Schaffer made his major league debut as the St. Louis catcher, batting 1 for 3--singling in his first at bat--and making 3 putouts and an assist.

Jackie Jensen singled home Tom Brewer from second base with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers before 10,085 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Vic Power singled to lead off the bottom of the 8th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Willie Kirkland, and scored on a double by John Romano to break a 3-3 tie as the Cleveland Indians edged the New York Yankees 4-3 before 8,431 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. With 2 out and nobody on base in the 9th, Tony Kubek tripled, but pinch hitter Hector Lopez lined out to right field to end the game. New York right fielder Roger Maris hit a solo home run in the 3rd inning--his 6th homer of the season--and added a sacrifice fly in a 2-run 8th inning.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Les rois mages--Sheila (3rd week at #1)

Abominations
Pakistani forces massacred 8,000-10,000 people, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the town of Chuknagar in East Pakistan (Bangladesh).

Terrorism
Francis Simard was sentenced to life imprisonment for the October 17, 1970 murder in Montreal of Québec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
2 Morning Train (Nine to Five)--Sheena Easton
3 Take it on the Run--REO Speedwagon
4 Watching the Wheels--John Lennon
5 Kiss on My List--Daryl Hall & John Oates
6 Keep on Loving You--REO Speedwagon
7 Sweetheart--Franke & the Knockouts
8 I Love You--Climax Blues Band
9 Angel of the Morning--Juice Newton
10 Being with You--Smokey Robinson

The only single entering the chart was What are We Doin' in Love by Dottie West (with Kenny Rogers) (#20).

Radio
The spring ratings for radio stations in the Edmonton area were released. The weekly circulation figures (with figures from the fall of 1980 in parentheses) were:

CHED (630 AM)---447,200 (475,900)
CFCW (790 AM)---308,000 (273,900)
CFRN (1260 AM)--283,300 (234,000)
CJCA (930 AM)---263,300 (342,400)
CHQT (1110 AM)--194,600 (220,600)
CBX (740 AM)----127,000 (120,700)
CIRK (97.3 FM)--117,800 (69,600)
CKXM (100.3 FM)- 90,000 (83,400)
CKRA (96.3 FM)-- 84,700 (96,700)

Morning show figures, for listeners 7 years of age and older, from 6 A.M.-10 A.M., for the full market area, were:

CHED (630 AM)---52,700 (48,300)
CJCA (930 AM)---35,000 (40,100)
CHQT (1110 AM)--29,200 (33,100)
CFRN (1260 AM)--12,700 (11,900)
CIRK (97.3 FM)-- 9,700 (3,100)
CKRA (96.3 FM)-- 6,000 (8,600)
CKXM (100.3 FM)--3,400 (5,300)

Several Edmonton-area stations didn't subscribe to the ratings service, including CBC FM (90.9 FM); CHFA (680 AM); CKER (1480 AM); CKO (102.9 FM); CKST (1070 AM); and CKUA (580 AM/94.9 FM).

Baseball
The Oakland Athletics traded first baseman Dave Revering, outfielder Mike Patterson, and minor league pitcher Chuck Dougherty to the New York Yankees for first baseman Jim Spencer and pitcher Tom Underwood. Mr. Revering was batting .230 with 2 home runs and 10 runs batted in in 31 games for Oakland in 1981, while Mr. Patterson was hitting .348 with no homers and 1 RBI in 12 games with Oakland. Mr. Dougherty was 3-3 with a 3.80 earned run average in 8 games with the San Jose Missions of the Class A California League in 1981; he was assigned to the Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Class A Florida State League. Mr. Spencer was hitting .143 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs in 25 games with New York in 1981, while Mr. Underwood was 1-4 with a 4.41 earned run average in 9 games with New York.

Cincinnati Reds’ relief pitcher Doug Bair hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 9th inning to provide insurance runs for the Reds as they beat the Chicago Cubs 10-7 before 5,914 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Bair's only major league homer gave the Reds a 10-5 lead, but he allowed 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th and was relieved by Tom Hume, who struck out Hector Cruz with the bases loaded to end the game.

Pinch hitter Rick Monday led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run off Tug McGraw (1-4) to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 50,917 fans at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles right fielder Pedro Guerrero batted 4 for 4 with a home run, 2 doubles, and 2 runs batted in. Steve Howe (4-1) allowed 1 hit in 3 scoreless innings of relief to get the win.

Dave Winfield reached first base on an error by shortstop Rance Mulliniks to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning and scored from third base on a bases-loaded single by Graig Nettles with 1 out to give the New York Yankees a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals before 27,912 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Mulliniks had just entered the game when he made his error. Newly-acquired Dave Revering drew an intentional walk as a pinch hitter for the Yankees in the bottom of the 10th and remained in the game at first base, making 1 putout in the 11th.

In the Pacific Coast League, Edmonton Trappers’ shortstop Todd Cruz was back in the lineup after spending the previous day in court. Mr. Cruz had been arrested in the downtown Hudson’s Bay Store in the wee hours of May 19 when police found him with a number of watchers strapped to his arms. He wanted to make a pre-game apology over the public address system on May 20, but the idea was nixed by team management. During his first time at bat, a fan shouted, "What time is it?" The Trappers’ parent team, the Chicago White Sox, were scheduled to be in Edmonton the next day for an exhibition game against the Trappers, and White Sox’ co-owner Eddie Einhorn was in the press box at Renfrew Park .

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kiss--Princess Princess

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Punaista ja makeaa--Popeda (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Joyride--Roxette (7th week at #1)

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La danza de los 40 limones--Juan Antonio Canta

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Lemon Tree--Fools Garden

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): They Don't Care About Us--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Always Be My Baby--Mariah Carey
2 Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)--Hootie & the Blowfish
3 Because You Loved Me--Céline Dion
4 Ironic--Alanis Morissette
5 Closer to Free--BoDeans
6 Follow You Down--Gin Blossoms
7 Nobody Knows--The Tony Rich Project
8 Dreamer's Dream--Tom Cochrane
9 Everything Falls Apart--Dog's Eye View
10 A List of Things--Damhnait Doyle

Singles entering the chart were Flood by Jars of Clay (#69); Mercy to Go by the Odds (#72); Where the River Flows by Collective Soul (#86); The Earth, the Sun, the Rain by Color Me Badd (#88); Too Much by the Dave Matthews Band (#92); Day Job by Gin Blossoms (#93); Scary Kisses by Voice of the Beehive (#94); Pretty Noose by Soundgarden (#97); and I Don't Want to Think About It by Wild Strawberries (#99).

Died on this date
Jon Pertwee, 75. U.K. actor. Mr. Pertwee began his career as a stage comedian, and appeared in four Carry On movies. He was best known for playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the radio comedy series The Navy Lark (1959-1974); the Third Doctor in the television series Doctor Who (1970-1974); and the title character in the television series Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981, 1987–1989). Mr. Pertwee died of a heart attack in his sleep.

Abominations
The Supreme Court of the United States, in Romer v. Evans, ruled against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Eastern Conference Finals
Florida 2 @ Pittsburgh 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Renato Carosone, 81. Italian musician. Mr. Carosone was a singer, songwriter, pianist, and bandleader who was popular in the 1950s. His best-known song was Torero, which reached #18 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1958. Mr. Carosone retired from the music business in 1960, but resumed his career in 1975, performing through the late 1990s.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Randy Savage, 58. U.S. wrestler, baseball player, and actor. Mr. Savage, born Randall Poffo and nicknamed "Macho Man," was the son of wrestler Angelo Poffo and the brother of wrestler Lanny Poffo. He was a catcher and outfielder in the minor league systems of the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds (1971-1974), batting .254 with 16 home runs and 129 runs batted in in 289 games. Mr. Savage began his professional wrestling career after the 1973 baseball season, and had 29 championship reigns with 11 different world titles with the World Wrestling Federation (1985-1994) and World Championship Wrestling (1994-2000) before his retirement in 2004. He appeared in several movies and numerous television programs and video games before his death from a heart attack, which occurred while he was driving with his wife. His vehicle crashed into a tree, and she survived with minor injuries. Mr. Savage had an enlarged heart and advanced coronary artery disease, which he was unaware of.

Politics and government
Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, becoming the first woman to hold the office.