October 4, 2021

510 years ago
1511

War
Pope Julius II proclaimed the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France.

225 years ago
1796

Born on this date
John Richardson. Canadian-born military officer and author. Major Richardson, a native of Queenston, Upper Canada, served with the British Army in the War of 1812, in the West Indies, and in Spain in the First Carlist War. He was imprisoned for a year in Kentucky after being captured in the War of 1812, and was emotionally haunted by witnessing the execution by Tecumseh's forces of an American prisoner. Maj. Richardson's experiences led him to write novels about North American military events; despite being the grandson of an Ottawa Indian woman, his novels often contained traditional European portrayals of North American Indians. Mr. Richardson's novels included Wacousta (1832) and The Canadian Brothers (1840). He lived in Paris from 1820-1827, travelled throughout Europe, and lived in London before his final military assignment. Maj. Richardson returned to Upper Canada in 1838 and founded newspapers, in addition to writing novels. He was unsuccessful in the position of police superintendent of the Welland Canal (1845-1846), and moved to New York City in 1849. Maj. Richardson was unsuccessful in attempting to establish a literary career in New York, and died in poverty, reportedly of starvation, on May 12, 1852 at the age of 55, and was buried in a pauper's grave.

180 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Prudente de Morais. 3rd President of Brazil, 1894-1898. Mr. Morais was a member of the Liberal Party and a monarchist until 1873, when he became a member of the Republican Party of São Paulo. He sat in the São Paulo Chamber of Deputies in (1885-1887), and was Governor of São Paulo (1889-1890). Mr. Morais then moved in to federal politics, representing São Paulo in the Brazilian Senate (1890-1894), serving as its President (1891-1894). He was President of the Constituent Congress that promulgated the Brazil's first republican Constitution in 1891. Mr. Morai ran unsuccessfully for President of Brazil in 1891, but was elected in 1894 and became the country's first civilian President, the first to be elected by direct popular ballot, and the first to serve a full term. His presidency was marked by the peasant revolt known as the War of Canudos (1896-1897). Mr. Morais died of tuberculosis on December 3, 1902 at the age of 61.

Maria Sophie. Queen consort of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1859-1861. Maria Sophie, a daughter of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika, married Francesco II, Crown Prince of Naples, Duke of Calabria in 1859, and became queen consort when he acceded to the throne later that year. The couple fled to Rome after the kingdom Giuseppe Garibaldi's forces, and remained there until 1870, and then fled to Bavaria after Rome fell to Italian troops. Francesco II was deposed in 1861, and his kingdom was incorporated into Italy. He died in 1894. Maria Sophie spent some time in exile in Paris, but eventually returned to Bavaria, dying in Munich on January 19, 1825 at the age of 83.

170 years ago
1851

Died on this date
Manuel Godoy, 84. Prime Minister of Spain, 1792-1797, 1801-1808. Generalissimo Godoy came to power as a favourite of King Charles IV and Queen Maria Louisa, and was nicknamed "Prince of the Peace" for negotiating the Peace of Basel with France, but later struggles with France led to his removal from office in 1797. Gen. Godoy was appointed Prime Minister again in 1801, and led a successful war against Portugal that year, but the defeat of French and Spanish forces at the hands of British forces in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 finished Spain as a world power. In 1808, King Charles abdicated in favour of his son Ferdinand VII, and went into exile in France with Queen Maria Luisa. King Ferdinand then surrendered his kingdom to Napoleon Bonaparte, and Gen. Godoy joined Charles and Maria Luisa in exile; he died in Paris.

Disasters
A freak gale off the coast of Prince Edward Island sank 100 American fishing vessels and killed at least 130 fishermen.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Frederic Remington. U.S. artist. Mr. Remington was a painter, illustrator, and sculptor of the Hudson River School of Romantic landscape painters, but became known for depicting scenes of the American Old West. He weighed nearly 300 pounds and suffered from chronic appendicitis, which contributed to his death from peritonitis after an emergency appendectomy on December 26, 1909 at the age of 48.

Walter Rauschenbusch. U.S. clergyman. Rev. Rauschenbusch was an American Baptist pastor who rejected the true gospel of Jesus Christ shedding His blood on the cross for the salvation of individuals in favour of the false Social Gospel that Jesus came to cure social problems. Rev. Rauschenbush began his ministry in New York City in 1886, and began teaching at Rochester Theological Seminary in Rochester, New York in 1897. His books Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907) and A Theology for the Social Gospel (1917) had a tememndous influence on religious liberals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Desmond Tutu, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Rev. Rauschenbushc died on July 25, 1918 at the age of 56.

150 years ago
1871

Died on this date
Sarel Cilliers, 70. S.A. religious leader. Mr. Cilliers was a Dutch Reformed Church pastor who was one of the leaders of the Great Trek migration of Dutch settlers from Cape Colony into the interior of South Africa in the late 18302. He led the Boers to a huge victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River (1838), and reportedly led the Voortrekkers in a vow which promised that if God would protect them and deliver the enemy into their hands, they would build a church and commemorate the day of their victory as if it were an annual Sabbath day, which their descendants would also be instructed to honour. Mr. Cilliers died 27 days after his 70th birthday, after years of declining health.

Technology
In Saint John, New Brunswick, Andrew J. Stewart patented a cold-water soap which featured the ingredients of borax, ammonia, naphtha, and turpentine. Considered unsafe by today’s standards, this invention was a pioneer in modern cold-water detergents.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Walther von Brauchitsch. German military officer. Field Marshal Brauchitsch served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army from February 1938-December 1941, playing a key role in the Battle of France and overseeing the invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece. He suffered a heart attack in November 1941; Fuehrer Adolf Hitler blamed him for the failed attack on Moscow and removed him as Commander-in-Chief on December 19, 1941, and transferred him to Führerreserve (officers reserve), where he spent the rest of World War II. Field Marshal Brauchitsch was arrested by British authorities in August 1945, and died of bronchial pneumonia on October 18, 1948, two weeks after his 67th birthday, in a military hospital in Hamburg, while awaiting trial for war crimes.
130 years ago
1891

Baseball
On the final day of the season, rookie pitcher Ted Breitenstein pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start as the St. Louis Browns blanked the Louisville Colonels 8-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Mr. Breitenstein gave up just 1 base on balls and faced the minimum 27 batters. The games were the last for both clubs as members of the American Association; they joined the National League for 1892.

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Columbus Solons 8-4 at Milwaukee Athletic Park in the last American Association game for both clubs. The owners of both franchises were bought out after the season by the four AA franchises that entered the National League for the 1892 season.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Dorothy Lawrence. U.K. journalist. Miss Lawrence was a freelance war correspondent who disguised herself as a soldier in order to report from the front line in France during World War I. She was befriended by a British soldier, but after just 10 days in the trenches, fearing discovery if she needed medical attention, Miss Lawrence turned herself in to the commanding sergeant, who placed her under military arrest. She was interrogated and eventually sent back to England, and legally prevented from writing about her experiences during the war. Miss Lawrence succeeded in publishing Sapper Dorothy Lawrence: The Only English Woman Soldier (1919), which was heavily censored. She developed mental problems over the next few years, and was declared insane and institutionalized until her death on October 4, 1964, her 68th birthday.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Mary Two-Axe Earley. Canadian activist. Mrs. Earley was born on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake (then known as Caughnawaga), Quebec to a Mohawk father and Oneida mother. She moved to Brooklyn, New York at the age of 18, and married a white man, Edward Earley, in 1938. Under the provisions of the Indian Act, Mrs. Earley lost her Indian status for marrying a white man. She wasn't bothered by this while she was enjoying her marriage and children, but in the late 1960s she began campaigning for the restoration of Indian status to women such as herself. Mrs. Earley's efforts eventually proved successful, as the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-31 in 1985, amending the Indian Act in order to provide a process of restoration of status of Indian women who had married non-Indian men. Mrs. Earley was the first beneficiary of the new law. She received numerous honours before her death at Kahnawake from respiratory failure on August 21, 1996 at the age of 84.

Died on this date
Emil Geiss, 46. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Geiss was a pitcher and infielder with the Chicago White Sox (1887), batting .083 (1 for 12) with no home runs or runs batted in in 3 games, and posting a 0-1 record with an earned run average of 8.00 in 1 game. He played 5 seasons in the minor leagues (1885, 1888-1889, 1894-1895), and was a police officer after his baseball career.

Baseball
Christy Mathewson (26-13) pitched a 7-hitter to outduel Nap Rucker (22-18), who allowed 6 hits in 8 innings, as the New York Giants shut out the Brooklyn Superbas 2-0 before 2,500 fans at Washington Park in Brooklyn to clinch the National League pennant.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Stella Pevsner. U.S. authoress. Mrs. Pevsner wrote 18 novels for children and teenagers, writing into her 90s. She died on June 11, 2020 at the age of 98.

90 years ago
1931

Popular culture
The comic strip Dick Tracy by Chester Gould was first published, in the Detroit Mirror.

Football
NFL
Frankford (0-1-1) 0 @ Providence (0-1-1) 0
New York (1-2) 7 @ Green Bay (4-0) 27
Brooklyn (1-4) 7 @ Staten Island (1-0) 9

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Piano Concerto in B Flat--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra

This was a version of the introduction to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor.

War
U.S.S.R. dispatches reported that Soviet troops had begun a counter-offensive in southern Ukraine in an attempt to crush the German forces attacking Crimea. The Japanese Army announced in Shanghai that it had occupied Changchow in the Chinese province of Hunan.

Energy
Professor C.C. Furnas of Yale University declared "This generation may very well feel the pinch of partial depletion" of petroleum reserves, and urged the development of a system to convert sunlight to charge electric storage batteries.

Football
CRU
ERFU
Ottawa (1-1) 3 @ Toronto Argonauts (2-0) 7
Toronto Balmy Beach (1-1) 6 @ Montreal (0-2) 1

Exhibition
Fort Lewis 4X4's 0 @ Vancouver Grizzlies (WIFU) 7

Fort Lewis was a United States Army base in Idaho. The game was played under American rules, with Larry Haynes scoring a touchdown, converted by Greg Kabat.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 2 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 1 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Marius Russo pitched a 4-hitter for the Yankees as they edged the Dodgers before 33,100 fans at Ebbets Field. The game was tied 0-0 in the top of the 7th inning when Mr. Russo hit a line drive that broke the kneecap of Brooklyn starting pitcher Freddie Fitzsimmons. Although the third out was recorded on the play, Mr. Fitzsimmons was out of the game, and reliever Hugh Casey gave up 2 runs in the 8th.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
Gifford Pinchot, 81. U.S. politician. Mr. Pinchot, a Republican for most of his career, was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923-1927 and 1931-1935, but was best known for serving as the first Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1905-1910. He advocated a policy of conservation, but was fired for criticism of President William Howard Taft and Interior Secretary Richard Ballinger.

Barney Oldfield, 68. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Oldfield was one of the major figures in the early days of auto racing, becoming, in 1903, the first man to drive at 60 miles per hour. He set other speed records, and was barred by the American Automobile Association for much of his career for participating in "outlaw" events, but the ban was lifted, and Mr. Oldfield raced in the Indianapolis 500 in 1914 and 1916, finishing fifth both times. He died of a heart attack.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman issued a statement on the Palestine Conference urging the United Kingdom to permit "substantial immigration" of Jews into Palestine, and supporting the Zionist plan for establishment of a "viable Jewish state."

Defense
The British government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced plans to create a Ministry of Defence to coordinate the policies of the three fighting services.

Football
AAFC
New York (3-1-1) 21 @ Buffalo (0-5-1) 13

Baseball
The Montreal Royals, champions of the International League, won the Junior World Series, defeating the Louisville Colonels, champions of the American Association, 4 games to 2. The games were the last for Jackie Robinson in a Montreal uniform.

70 years ago
1951

At the movies
An American in Paris, directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, received its premiere screening in New York City.



Died on this date
Henrietta Lacks, 31. U.S. medical patient. Mrs. Lacks died several months after developing cervical cancer. While she was being tested, healthy and cancerous cells were taken from her cervix without her permission. the cancerous cells, labelled "HeLa" cells, have been "immortalized" and continue to be used in medical research.

War
The Communist high command rejected Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Matthew Ridgway's proposal for the transfer of Korean truce talks to Songhyen. Australia announced plans to send another battalion to Korea, raising its force there from 5,500 to 6,600 men.

World events
Argentina's Superior War Council sentenced General Benjamin Menendez, leader of the previous week's abortive military revolt against President Juan Peron, to 15 years in prison. Seven other officers received prison sentences of 3-6 years.

It was reported that France had violated human rights in French Morocco by suppressing Moroccan nationalist activities.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman announced that John Foster Dulles had turned down an offer to become the first American Ambassador to post-World War II Japan in order to continue serving as foreign affairs adviser to the Republican Party.

Politics and government
West Berlin's major parties supported Mayor Ernst Reuter's efforts to have West Berlin admitted to the German Federal Republic.

Journalism
The University of Chicago ousted Alan Kimmel as editor of the university's student newspaper Chicago Maroon due to his participation in the East Berlin Youth Festival the previous summer.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Truman signed a bill increasing the Export-Import Bank's $3.5-billion lending authority by an additional $1 billion and extending the bank's life for five years beyond the current mid-1953 expiration date.

Disasters
A typhoon struck southern Japan, causing 448 reported deaths.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 5 @ New York Yankees 1 (Giants led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Giants scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning and 3 in the 6th as Dave Koslo won the pitching duel over Allie Reynolds before 65,673 fans at Yankee Stadium. It was the first World Series game for rookie outfielders Willie Mays of the Giants and Mickey Mantle of the Yankees.



50 years ago
1961

Diplomacy
Quebec Premier Jean Lesage continued his visit to France by inaugurating the Maison du Québec in Paris. It would be in charge of cultural, economic and technical relations between Quebec and France.

Baseball
World Series
Cincinnati Reds 0 @ New York Yankees 2 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Whitey Ford pitched a 2-hitter for his third straight shutout in World Series play, and Bill Skowron and Elston Howard hit solo home runs off losing pitcher Jim O'Toole.





50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Daddy Cool--Drummond (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Watashi no Jôkamachi--Rumiko Koyanagi (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Help (Get Me Some Help)--Tony Ronald (7th week at #1)

Politics and government
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was named President of the Federation of Arab Republics.

Oil
Drillers discovered oil and natural gas under Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 175 miles south of Halifax.

Football
NFL
Oakland (2-1) 34 @ Cleveland (2-1) 20

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 1 @ Baltimore 5 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 2-0)

Boog Powell hit 2 home runs for the Orioles, and teammates Brooks Robinson and Ellie Hendricks also homered. All the blows were hit off losing pitcher Catfish Hunter.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores

#1 single in Switzerland: For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton

Died on this date
Freddie Lindstrom, 75. U.S. baseball player and coach. Mr. Lindstrom was s third baseman, and later, outfielder with the New York Giants (1924-1932); Pittsburgh Pirates (1933-1934); Chicago Cubs (1935); and Brooklyn Dodgers (1936), batting .311 with 103 home runs and 779 runs batted in in 1,438 games. He led the National League in hits (231) in 1928, when he hit .358 with 14 homers and 107 RBIs. Mr. Lindstrom played in the World Seris of 1924 and 1935, batting .289 with no home runs and 4 RBIs in 11 games. He managed in the minor leagues (1940-1942) and was baseball coach at Northwestern University (1949-1961). Mr. Lindstrom was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976; his selection was controversial, as he was one of a number of Giants of his era elected to the Hall of Fame in the 1970s by the Veterans Committee, which included former Giants Frankie Frisch and Bill Terry. Mr. Lindstrom died after a long illness.

Football
CFL
Calgary (5-7) 16 @ Montreal (2-10) 22
Hamilton (10-2-1) 30 @ Saskatchewan (7-5) 26

The Alouettes scored all of their points in the 1st quarter in their win over the Stampders at Olympic Stadium. It was the last game for Ardell Wiegandt as head coach of the Stampeders; he was fired after compiling a record of 14-15 since assuming the post before the 1980 season.

The Roughriders scored 2 touchdowns late in their game vs. the Tiger-Cats at Taylor Field in Regina--the last one officially ruled a fumble return after a Hamilton player let a short kickoff slip through his hands--and almost came back to win. The Roughriders' loss clinched first place in the Western Division for the Edmonton Eskimos, whose record stood at 11-1-1 with 3 games remaining for them. A memorable moment in the game occurred when Saskatchewan defensive back Bobby Hosea threw a right hand punch at Hamilton receiver Gord Paterson's jaw, and knocked him out cold.

Baseball
With 1 game remaining in the season, the New York Mets fired manager Joe Torre and his entire coaching staff. They finished with a record of 41-62.

30 years ago
1991

Died on this date
J. Frank Wilson, 49. U.S. singer. Mr. Wilson was the lead singer of J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, who reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the Cash Box chart with the song Last Kiss in 1964. He died from drink and diabetes, reportedly having been cheated by his record company and manager out of all the money his hit record had earned.

Environment
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was opened for signature.

Crime
In Burton, New Brunswick, Dr. John Bowen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police forensic lab in Ottawa introduced DNA evidence in the trial of murderer Allan Legere, marking the first time in Canada that DNA evidence was presented in a court of law.

Hockey
NHL
The Edmonton Oilers traded veteran centre Mark Messier with a player to be named later and future considerations (Jeff Beukeboom for David Shaw) to the New York Rangers for a player to be named later, Louie DeBrusk, Bernie Nicholls and Steven Rice. Mr. Messier scored 12 goals and 52 assists in 53 regular season games and 4 goals and 11 assists in 18 playoff games in 1990-91, while Mr. Nicholls scored 25 goals and 48 assists in 71 regular season games and 4 goals and 3 assists in 5 playoff games in 1990-91, and no points in 1 game in 1991-92.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (1-13) 17 @ Edmonton (9-5) 18

Hamilton kicker Paul Osbaldiston missed a 54-yard field goal in the final seconds that would have won the game for the Tiger-Cats before 23,128 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. The kick went for a single point and the Eskimos escaped with the win, despite playing poorly.



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Coco Jamboo--Mr. President (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): How Bizarre--OMC (3rd week at #1)

At the movies
That Thing You Do!, written and directd by Tom Hanks and starring Mr. Hanks with Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler, opened in theatres.



Scandal
Canadian Defence Minister David Collenette resigned after admitting that he had violated ethics guidelines by signing a letter to the Immigration Board on behalf of a constituent.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (9-6) 18 @ Montreal (8-6) 32

Tracy Ham threw 3 touchdown passes against his former team to lead the Alouettes over the Eskimos before 17,886 fans at Olympic Stadium. The Montreal defense held the Edmonton offense without a touchdown, as Sean Fleming kicked 5 field goals and a single.

Baseball
American League Division Series
Baltimore 4 @ Cleveland 9 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 2-1)
New York 3 @ Texas 2 (New York led best-of-five series 2-1)



20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
John Collins, 88. U.S. musician. Mr. Collins was a jazz guitarist who performed with Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and other prominent artists in the 1930s and '40s. He began playing electric guitar in the late '30s. Mr. Collins joined the King Cole Trio in 1950 and remained with the trio until Mr. Cole's death in 1965. He then played with Patti Page, Bobby Troup, and others, and taught in Los Angeles. Mr. Collins died of cancer, two weeks after his 88th birthday.

Blaise Alexander, 25. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Alexander was a stock car driver in the ARCA Racing Series and was driving in the ARCA EasyCare 100 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina when he crashed into a retaining wall and died from a basilar skull fracture, the fifth such death in 17 months, prompting NASCAR to mandate the use of the HANS (Head and Neck Support) in cars.

Disasters
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812, a Tupolev Tu-154M jet en route from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia, crashed into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile; all 78 people aboard were killed.

Baseball
Barry Bonds hit his 70th home run of the season to tie Mark McGwire's single-season record as the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros 10-2 before 43,734 fans at Enron Field in Houston.



Rickey Henderson hit a home run to set a major league career record for runs with 2,246 as his San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 before 21,606 fans at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

Tim Raines, Sr. played center field for the Baltimore Orioles while Tim Raines, Jr. played left field in the Orioles' 5-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox before 43,302 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They became the second father-son duo in major league history to play in the outfield together after Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners. Doug Mirabelli's home run leading off the 9th inning proved to be the deciding run.

The Seattle Mariners scored 12 runs in the first 4 innings and coasted to a 16-1 rout of the Texas Rangers before 45,302 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Doris Belack, 85. U.S. actress. Miss Belack was a character actress in movies such as Tootsie (1982), but mainly appeared in television soap operas. She starred in the television comedy series Baker's Dozen (1982), and had a recurring role as Judge Margaret Barry on the crime series Law & Order (1990-2001) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000-2001).

Politics and government
Premier Greg Selinger led his governing New Democratic Party to their fourth consecutive majority in the Manitoba provincial election, taking 37 of 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The Progressive Conservatives, led by Hugh McFadyen, were second with 19 seats, while Liberal Party leader retained his seat in River Heights and was his party's only elected candidate. The NDP gained one seat, the Liberals lost one, the PC total remained the same, and no incumbent candidates were defeated.

Baseball
National League Division Series
Philadelphia 3 @ St. Louis 2 (Philadelphia led best-of-five series 2-1)



Milwaukee 1 @ Arizona 8 (Milwaukee led best-of-five series 2-1)



American League Division Series
Texas 4 @ Tampa Bay 3 (Texas won best-of-five series 3-1)



New York 10 @ Detroit 1 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

September 19, 2021

1,090 years ago
931

Born on this date
Muzong. Emperor of China, 951-969. Muzong, whose personal name was Yelü Jing, acceded to the throne of the Liao Dynasty upon the assassination of his cousin Emperor Shizong. Emperor Muzong had to deal with plots and rebellions against him, and forcibly suppressed all but the least, in which he was murdered by his servants while on a hunting trip on March 12, 969 at the age of 37. Muzong was succeeded by Jingzong.

470 years ago
1551

Born on this date
Henry III. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1573-1575; King of France, 1574-1589. Henry III, the last French monarch of the Valois dynasty, died on August 2, 1589 at the age of 37, the day after being stabbed by Jacques Clément, who was immediately executed by the king's bodyguards. King Henry was succeeded on the French throne by Henry IV.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Orson Pratt. U.S. religious leader. Mr. Pratt joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 as one of its earliest converts, and was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1835-1842, 1843-1881), leading the Mormon Church's mission in Britain and opening it in Austria. While he was abroad, Mormon President Joseph Smith attempted to add Mr. Pratt's wife Sarah to his harem under the newly-invented doctrine of polygamy. Mr. Pratt was excommunicated in 1842 over his opposition to the practice, but was soon returned to the fold, and eventually became one of Mormonism's most prominent apologists for plural marriage, marrying 10 women himself. He died from complications of diabetes on October 3, 1881, two weeks after his 70th birthday.

180 years ago
1841

Died on this date
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, 42. Governor General of Canada, 1839-1841. Lord Sydenham held various positions in Britain before succeeding Lord Durham as Governor General of the Province of Canada. He implemented the Union Act which united the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, which became, respectively, Canada West and Canada East, and moved the capital to Kingston. Lord Sydenham adopted policies that favoured English-speaking Canada West, which made him unpopular in French-speaking Canada East. He suffered from severe gout and had submitted his resignation, but he died in Kingston of a tetanus infection 15 days after suffering a broken and lacerated leg in a fall from his horse, and six days after his 42nd birthday. Lord Sydenham was succeeded as Governor General by Sir Charles Bagot.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Frederick Ruple. Swiss-born U.S. artist. Mr. Ruple, born Frederick Rupli, moved to the United States in 1891, and lived in Ohio, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, with the latter two states providing the inspiration for his portraits and murals. His most famous work was The Spirit of '89, a depiction of the beginning of the Oklahoma land rush. Mr. Ruple died on May 23, 1938 at the age of 66.

140 years ago
1881

Died on this date
James A. Garfield, 49. 20th President of the United States, 1881. Mr. Garfield, a Republican, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1863-1881. He was chosen by the Ohio state senate to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy in 1879, and won a narrow victory over Democratic Party candidate Winfield Scott Hancock in the U.S. presidential election on November 2, 1880, becoming the only person to be elected to the presidency directly from the U.S. House of Representatives. For a brief time he was a sitting Congressman, Senator-elect, and President-elect. Mr. Garfield made civil service reform a priority of his presidency, and on July 2, 1881, he was shot in the back at a railroad station in Washington by Charles Guiteau, a lawyer, political office-seeker, and pseudo-Christian utopian socialist. Mr. Garfield's wound was probably survivable, but his doctors helped spread infection by poking and prodding with unwashed hands and unsterilized instruments in attempting to find the bullet. Mr. Garfield was succeeded in office by Vice President Chester A. Arthur.

130 years ago
1891

Transportation
The Grand Trunk Railway opened the single-track St. Clair Tunnel under the St. Clair River to Port Huron, connecting the GTR from Sarnia, Ontario to lines in Michigan; construction had begun in 1888.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Bill Plummer. U.S. baseball pitcher. William Lawrence Plummer played in the Pacific Coast League with the Portland Beavers (1921) and Seattle Indians (1923-1925, 1927), compiling a record of 17-29 in 79 games, and hitting at least 1 home run in 80 games, helping the Indians win the PCL championship in 1924. He missed the 1922 and 1926 seasons because of injury, and played in just one game in his final season. Mr. Plummer's brother-in-law Red Baldwin was his teammate and catcher in 1924-1925. Mr. Plummer later served as a police officer in Oakland, and was a farmer and school bus driver in California. His son William Francis Plummer was a catcher with the Chicago Cubs (1968), Cincinnati Reds (1970-1977) and Seattle Mariners (1978). Bill L. Plummer died on December 29, 1979 at the age of 78.

Joe Pasternak. Hungarian-born U.S. movie producer. Mr. Pasternak had success in Germany and Austria before fleeing to the United States after the Nazis came to power in Germany. He was known for producing light musical comedies such as Three Smart Girls (1936). Mr. Pasternak died of Parkinson's disease on September 13, 1991, six days before his 90th birthday.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
William Golding. U.K. author. Sir William was best known for the novels Lord of the Flies (1954) and Rites of Passage (1980). He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels, which with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today." Sir William died on June 19, 1993 at the age of 81.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Charlie Conerly. U.S. football player. Mr. Conerly played quarterback at the University of Mississippi (1942, 1946-1947), earning All-American honours in his senior year. He also played baseball at Ole Miss, and was offered a professional contract after batting .467 in 1948. Mr. Conerly played with the New York Giants (1948-1961), setting numerous franchise records and quarterbacking the team to the National Football League championship in 1956 and earning Second Team All-Pro recognition in 1959. He played in three other NFL Championship games, ending his career in the Giants' 37-0 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the 1961 NFL Championship game. Mr. Conerly portrayed the Marlboro Man in cigarette advertisements, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He died on February 13, 1996 at the age of 74.

Billy Ward. U.S. musician. Mr. Ward, born Robert L. Williams, was a child prodigy and a classically-trained pianist who achieved success as bandleader, arranger, and occasional songwriter and singer for the rhythm and blues group Billy Ward and his Dominoes. The group, whose lead singers included Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson, had a string of hits from 1950-1958, including Sixty Minute Man (1951); Have Mercy Baby (1952); These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (1953); Rags to Riches (1953); Star Dust (1957); and Deep Purple (1958). Mr. Ward died on February 16, 2002 at the age of 80; Billy Ward and his Dominoes were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006.

90 years ago
1931

Football
CRU
ARU
Calgary (1-0) 4 @ Edmonton (0-1) 3

The Calgary team that year was known as the Altomah-Tigers.

80 years ago
1941

War
German troops took Kiev, while other German units had already penetrated 150 miles beyond the Ukrainian city. German U-Boat U-74 torpedoed and sank Royal Canadian Navy Flower Class corvette HMCS Lévis, with the loss of 18 lives, 200 kilometres off Cape Farewell, Greenland. Another U-boat sank the U.S. government-owned ship SS Pink Star off the coast of Iceland. Eight "Communists" were executed in Paris for anti-German activities.

The Peruvian Army announced that 100 Ecuadorian troops had arttacked 20 Peruvian soldiers the previous day at Panupali along the border.

Diplomacy
Mrs. Constantin Smetanin, wife of the Soviet Ambassador to Japan, and 50 other relatives of embassy staff members left Tokyo for Russia, presumably because of deteriorating U.S.S.R.-Japan relations.

Defense
U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced that at least 12 British warships were being repaired in American shipyards under the Lend-Lease program. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull told a press conference that the United States was planning greater and swifter aid to the U.S.S.R.

Journalism
Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Leo Durocher punched and knocked down Associated Press reporter Ted Meier in a street fight in Philadelphia after being asked a "tactless" question.

Labour
U.S. national Defense Mediation Board Chairman William H. Davis announced a 30-day truce in the "union shop" dispute between the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America and mine operators in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Vancouver (1-2) 0 @ Regina (2-2) 18

75 years ago
1946

War
Chinese Communist leader Chou En-lai broke off peace negotiations in Nanking, charging the Nationalists and Americans with basing their policies on the assumption of war with the U.S.S.R.

Diplomacy
Speaking at the University of Zurich former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called for a "partnership" between France and Germany as the first step in the creation of a "United States of Europe."

Defense
U.S. Army Chemical Corps Chief General Alden Watt reported the development of an unnamed bacteria toxin, "perhaps the most highly toxic substance known," but said that it had been isolated only in minute quantities.

Space
James Van Allen of Johns Hopkins University revealed that tests of German V-2 rockets had disclosed the existence of a belt of cosmic rays 20 miles above the Earth with a radiation level 300 times greater than could be found on the surface.

Science
Dutch paleontologist G.H.R. von Koeningswald, held for 30 months in Japanese prison camps, arrived in New York with the bones of Java Man, a hominid that supposedly lived 500,000 years ago.

Politics and government
U.S. military authorities in Germany announced a land reform project which would break up estates larger than 250 acres in the American zone into small farm holdings.

Economics and finance
The U.S. State Department released a proposal for a world trade charter detailing a code of practices and proposing creation of an International Trade Organization.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, on NBC
Tonight's episode: June Gould

At the movies
A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter, received its premiere screening in New York City.



Television
Paramount Pictures Corporation demonstrated a television tube developed by University of California physicist Ernest O. Lawrence that was capable of receiving both black and white and colour broadcasts.

War
The U.S. State Department denied reports that Indochina had been given equal priority with Korea for American arms, but admitted that French need in Vietnam were considered a "close second."

U.S. Army General Albert Wedemeyer, testifying before a U.S. Senate Internal Security subcommittee, claimed that State Department aides John Davies, John Service, and Raymond Ludden gave him advice that would have aided Chinese Communists during his tenure as U.S. commander in China during World War II.

World events
Canton's South China Morning Post reported the arrest of over 400,000 political suspects (other than guerrillas) in South China during the past two years.

Politics and government
U.K. Prime Minister Clement Attlee called a general election for October 26 in the hope of getting a majority of seats in the House of Commons large enough to avoid reliance on the leftist Labour bloc led by Aneurin Bevan.

U.S. screenwriter Martin Berkeley, testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, listed more than 100 alleged Communists he had known in Hollywood, including writers Lillian Hellman, Ring Lardner, Dalton Trumbo, and John Howard Lawson.

Technology
The first valeteria, an automatic clothes-pressing device, was displayed in Cleveland.

Economics and finance
Wholesale ceiling prices of beef in the United States increased by an average of 10¢ per pound under an order announced by the Office of Price Stabilization.

Boxing
Former world middleweight champion Rocky Graziano (65-8-6) scored a technical knockout of Tony Janiro (80-13-2) at 2:45 of the 10th and final round of their bout at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.



Baseball
Early Wynn (20-12) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory and Larry Doby drew 5 bases on balls and scored 4 runs for the Cleveland Indians as they whipped the Boston Red Sox 15-2 before 23,321 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Boston starting pitcher Mickey McDermott (8-7) was relieved after walking Bobby Avila, surrendering a home run to Ray Boone, and walking Mr. Doby to start the game. Buddy Rosar caught the first 5 innings for Boston, amking 4 putouts, batting 1 for 2, and leaving for a pinch runner in the bottom of the 5th in the 988th and last game of his 13-year major league career.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 4th inning, Phil Rizzuto and Bob Kuzava drew bases on balls, and Mickey Mantle hit a 3-run home run to break a 2-2 tie as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 before 12,127 fans at Yankee Stadium to remain 3 percentage points ahead of the second-place Indians in the American League pennant race. Chicago catcher Gus Niarhos hit his only major league homer with 1 out in the 9th.

The Philadelphia Athletics scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning as they beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 before 1,441 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Bobby Shantz (17-9) pitched a 4-hitter and singled home the game's final run. Dick Marlowe, the last of four Detroit pitchers, pitched a perfect 8th inning in his major league debut.

Mickey Livingston singled home Gil Hodges and Billy Cox to break a 0-0 tie in the 4th inning and Preacher Roe (21-2) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Max Lanier (11-9) as the Brooklyn Dodgers shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 before 27,405 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, extending their National League lead to 3½ games ahead of the idle New York Giants.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson (11th week at #1)

Popular culture
Shortly before midnight, Betty and Barney Hill were allegedly abducted by space aliens near Indian Head, New Hampshire. This was the first of the modern accounts of alien abductions.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning to open the scoring as they routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 before 14,225 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Cincinnati third baseman Gene Freese batted 2 for 3 with 2 home runs, a base on balls, 3 runs, and 4 runs batted in. Jim O'Toole (17-9) pitched a 7-hitter to win over Bob Friend (14-18).

Ed Bailey singled home Felipe Alou with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning gave the San Francisco Giants an 11-10 win over the Milwaukee Braves before 7,939 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco in a game in which the teams combined to hit 8 home runs, each by a different player. The Giants hit 4 homers off Milwaukee starting pitcher Warren Spahn, including a grand slam by Willie Mays in the 3rd. Milwaukee second baseman Frank Bolling batted 4 for 5 with a home run, 2 runs, and 2 runs batted in.

Billy Williams led off the 4th inning with a home run to break a 1-1 tie and Jim Anderson drove in 2 more with his second and last major league homer with 2 out to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 before 10,792 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mr. Anderson (7-9) pitched a 12-hit complete game to win over Stan Williams (13-12). The loss dropped the second-place Dodgers 5 games behind the National League-leading Reds.

Brooks Robinson led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a double and Jerry Adair followed with a double to score Mr. Robinson with what turned out to be the game's only run as the Baltimore Orioles edged the New York Yankees 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 31,317 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Steve Barber (17-11) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Whitey Ford (24-4), who allowed 7 hits in 7 innings. Elston Howard led off the 4th inning with a single and Bill Skowron followed with a home run to break a 1-1 tie as the Yankees won the second game 3-1. Bud Daley (12-17) pitched a 5-hitter and struck out 9 batters to outduel Hal Brown (10-6), who allowed 12 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings.



50 years ago
1971

Died on this date
William F. Albright, 80. Chilean-born U.S. archaeologist. Dr. Albright, the son of Methodist missionaries, was a professor of Semitic Languages at Johns Hopkins University (1930-1958) and Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (1922–1929, 1933–1936). He founded the field of biblical archaeology, and did important work at sites in Israel such as Gibeah (Tell el-Fûl, 1922) and Tell Beit Mirsim (1926, 1928, 1930, 1932).

Football
CFL
Toronto (7-2) 26 @ Ottawa (3-6) 17
British Columbia (3-5-1) 31 @ Winnipeg (4-6-1) 31

Winnipeg quarterback and kicker Don Jonas attempted a field goal on the last play of the game with his team trailing 31-28 at Winnipeg Stadium. The kick was unsuccessful, but the Lions were penalized for offside, and Mr. Jonas kicked the tying field goal from 5 yards closer.

NFL
Kansas City (0-1) 14 @ San Diego (0-1) 21
Los Angeles (0-1) 20 @ New Orleans (1-0) 24
Philadelphia (0-1) 14 @ Cincinnati (1-0) 37
Pittsburgh (0-1) 15 @ Chicago (1-0) 17
Miami (0-0-1) 10 @ Denver (0-0-1) 10
Houston (0-1) 0 @ Cleveland (1-0) 31
New York Giants (1-0) 42 @ Green Bay (0-1) 40
Washington (1-0) 24 @ St. Louis (0-1) 17
San Francisco (0-1) 17 @ Atlanta (1-0) 20
Dallas (1-0) 49 @ Buffalo (0-1) 37
New York Jets (0-1) @ Baltimore (1-0) 22
Oakland (0-1) 6 @ New England (1-0) 20

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Baseball
Steve Carlton (19-9) pitched a 4-hitter and singled home the final run as the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Montreal Expos 11-0 before 25,769 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Ernie McAnally (10-11) took the loss.

Joe Morgan hit Clay Carroll's first pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning for a home run to give the Houston Astros a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds before 9,260 fans at the Astrodome, completing a comeback from a 4-0 deficit. Johnny Bench hit a 3-run homer for the Reds in the 3rd inning.

Hal Lanier singled home Bobby Bonds and Dave Kingman with 2 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning to provide the winning margin as the San Francisco Giants came back from an early 1-0 deficit to defeat the San Diego Padres 4-1 before 31,135 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Don Carrithers (5-3) allowed 8 hits and 1 earned run in 6.2 innings to get the win over Dave Roberts (13-16), who allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in a complete game.

Al Downing (19-8) and Don Sutton (15-12) pitched respective shutouts as the Los Angeles Dodgers swept a doubleheader from the Atlanta Braves 12-0 and 4-0 before 46,735 fans at Dodger Stadium to move to within 1½ games of the National League West Division-leading San Francisco Giants. Los Angeles center fielder Willie Davis batted 4 for 4 with a home run, double, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in in the first game.



Jake Gibbs singled to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning and advanced to second base on an error by right fielder Roy Foster, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Felipe Alou, and scored on a single by Ron Blomberg to give the New York Yankees a 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians before 9,177 fans at Yankee Stadium. Steve Kline (12-13) pitched an 8-hitter to outduel Steve Dunning (8-14), who allowed 4 hits and 2 earned runs, with both pitching complete games.

The Baltimore Orioles amassed 18 hits, with every man in the starting lineup getting at least 1, in an 8-1 win over the Detroit Tigers before 26,099 fans at Tiger Stadium. MIke Cuellar (19-9) pitched a 4-hitter and batted 2 for 4 with a sacrifice and a run batted in to win over Joe Coleman (18-9).

Andy Messersmith (18-13) allowed 2 hits in 7 innings and Dave LaRoche allowed 1 hit in 2 innings for the California Angels as they shut out the Chicago White Sox 2-0 before 3,854 fans at White Sox Park. Wilbur Wood (20-13) allowed just 4 hits and 2 earned runs in a complete game loss. Sandy Alomar's solo home run with 2 out in the 3rd inning provided the winning run. The game was played in 1 hour 53 minutes.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Out Here on My Own--Nikka Costa (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Japanese Boy--Aneka

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Prince Charming--Adam and the Ants

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Prince Charming--Adam and the Ants

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton (2nd week at #1)
2 Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer
3 Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)--Ottawan
4 The Old Calahan "Live"--BZN
5 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
6 P.S.--Dolly Dots
7 Japanese Boy--Aneka
8 Just for You--Spargo
9 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
10 Who Let the Heartache In--Patricia Paay

Singles entering the chart were Lieve Bella Beer by Ron Brandsteder (#27); Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton (#29); Agadou by Saragossa Band (#34); You'll Never Know by Hi-Gloss (#35); Oeh, Wat 'n Volk by Normaal (#36); and Ze Zijn Nog Niet Vergeten (De Liedjes Van Weleer) by Johnny Jordaan (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (6th week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
4 Urgent--Foreigner
5 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
6 Who's Crying Now--Journey
7 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
8 Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores
9 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
10 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters

Singles entering the chart were Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love) by Marty Balin (#77); Aiming at Your Heart by the Temptations (#83); I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us by Meat Loaf (#85); The House of the Rising Sun by Dolly Parton (#87); and At This Moment by Billy and the Beaters (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (6th week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
4 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
5 Urgent--Foreigner
6 Who's Crying Now--Journey
7 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
8 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
9 (There's) No Gettin' Over You--Ronnie Milsap
10 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Here I Am by Air Supply (#80); More Stars by Stars on 45 (#84); Oh No by the Commodores (#85); Mony Mony by Billy Idol (#88); and No Time to Lose by the Tarney/Spencer Band (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (5th week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Urgent--Foreigner
4 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
5 Who's Crying Now--Journey
6 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
7 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys
8 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt
9 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
10 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield

Singles entering the chart were Atlanta Lady (Something About Your Love) by Marty Balin (#69); Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You) by Air Supply (#70); You Saved My Soul by Burton Cummings (#80); Searchin' by Santana (#88); Never Too Much by Luther Vandross (#93); and On the Beat by B.B. & Q. Band (#98).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (2nd week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
3 Sausalito Summernight--Diesel
4 Fire and Ice--Pat Benatar
5 Start Me Up--The Rolling Stones
6 In the Air Tonight--Phil Collins
7 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
8 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
9 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
10 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters

Singles entering the chart were I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us by Meat Loaf (#45); Private Eyes by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#47); Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by the Police (#49); and The Friends of Mr. Cairo by Jon and Vangelis (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
2 Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores
3 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
4 The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em)--Greg Kihn Band
5 The Voice--The Moody Blues
6 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
7 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
8 Who's Crying Now--Journey
9 Thirsty Ears--Powder Blues
10 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton

Singles entering the chart were Private Eyes by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#26); Sure Enough by Jesse Winchester (#28); and Hard to Say by Dan Fogelberg (#30).

Music
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performed the The Concert in Central Park, a free event before a New York audience estimated at 500,000.

Football
CFL
Toronto (0-11) 14 @ British Columbia (8-3) 45
Edmonton (9-1-1) 21 @ Calgary (5-5) 10

The Argonauts' loss to the Lions at Empire Stadium in Vancouver marked an unsuccessful head coaching debut for Tommy Hudspeth, who had replaced the fired Willie Wood.

About 34,000 fans were in attendance at the beginning of the game between the Stampeders and Eskimos at McMahon Stadium, but when heavy rain and wind moved in as the 2nd quarter ended, most of them left, and only about 8,000 were left when the 3rd quarter began, despite the fact that the Stampeders trailed only 14-9. The Eskimos completed just 5 of 15 passes, using Warren Moon at quarterback when the wind was in their favour and Tom Wilkinson when the wind was against them. With Mr. Wilkinson in the 2nd and 4th quarters, the Eskimos were able to control the ball with the rushing of Jim Germany and Neil Lumsden. Edmonton punter Hank Ilesic boomed a team-record 88-yard punt with the wind, while kicker Dave Cutler missed the convert on the game's final touchdown because his toe was frozen from the cold weather. Veteran Edmonton play-by-play broadcaster Bryan Hall said it was the worst weather he'd ever seen for a game. The game was the first of 1981 to be telecast on CBC after a technicians' strike had prevented CBC from broadcasting games for the first two months of the season, and was the first game for former Saskatchewan Roughriders' quarterback and head coach Ron Lancaster as colour commentator on CBC telecasts. He was an immediate success, and stayed in that position for 10 years before returning to coaching.

CIAU
Saskatchewan (1-2) 8 @ Alberta (2-1) 33

The Golden Bears took a 32-0 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Huskies at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton. Backup quarterback Randy Stollery relieved ineffective starter Jaimie Crawford and completed 7 of 10 passes for 84 yards and 3 touchdowns--2 to Peter Eshenko, the other to Dave Brown. The Alberta defense made 5 interceptions and recovered 4 of 7 Saskatchewan fumbles.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Don't Cry--Guns N' Roses

Archaeology
Ötzi the Iceman, a mummy believed to be from 3350--3105 B.C., was discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.

Science
Canadian Justice Minister Kim Campbell announced $236 million in federal support toward building a $700-million KAON particle accelerator in her home city of Vancouver.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Insomnia--Faithless (2nd week at #1)

World events
The Thai military staged a coup in Bangkok against the elected caretaker government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra; the Constitution was revoked and martial law was declared. The new government was led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin and organized as the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR).

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Emilien Cote, 73. Canadian baseball umpire. Mr. Cote, a native of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, worked 7 games in the National League in April 1979 as a replacement umpire while the regular umpires were on strike.

Bill Stafford, 63. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Stafford played with the New York Yankees (1960-1965) and Kansas City Athletics (1966-1967), compiling a record of 43-40 with an earned run average of 3.52 in 186 games, batting .155 with no home runs and 14 runs batted in in 187 games. He had consecutive 14-9 records in 1961 and 1962, helping the Yankees win the World Series in both years. Mr. Stafford appeared in 4 World Series games (1960-1962), posting a 1-0 record with a 2.08 ERA, batting 0 for 6, with his win being a complete game in the third game of the 1962 Series. He suffered a misdiagnosed torn rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder in 1963; that and other injuries shortened his career. Mr. Stafford worked at various sales and promotions jobs after his baseball career, and died of a heart attack.

War
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the U.S. ordered combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf.

Baseball
Derek Jeter drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs to help the New York Yankees defeat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 before 18,465 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Winning pitcher Roger Clemens (20-1) allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 6.1 innings.

Edgar Martinez hit a 2-run home run and Jamie Moyer (18-5) allowed 3 hits in 6 innings for the Seattle Mariners as they shut out the Anaheim Angels 5-0 before 45,459 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle for their 106th win of the season, becoming the first major league team in 2001 to clinch a playoff spot.

Albert Pujols drove in 3 runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 29,332 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Mr. Pujols' RBIs raised his total for the season to 120, a National League record for a rookie, beating the mark of 119 set by Wally Berger of the Boston Braves in 1930. Winning pitcher Matt Morris (20-7) allowed 5 hits and 1 run--earned--in 7 innings. Brandon Kolb, the last of six Milwaukee pitchers, allowed 2 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 1 inning, striking out 1 batter and walking none in the 21st and last game of his 2-year major league career.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Dolores Hope, 102. U.S. singer. Mrs. Hope was a model before singing under the name Dolores Reade with the Joe Venuti Orchestra in 1933, the year she met comedian Bob Hope. The two were married in 1934 and remained married until his death in 2003. Mrs. Hope accompanied her husband on his overseas tours, and recorded several albums in her later years.

George Cadle Price, 92. Prime Minister of Belize, 1981-1984, 1989-1993. Mr. Price co-founded the People's United Party in 1950, when Belize was a colony known as British Honduras. He represented Belize North in the B.H. Legislative Assembly (1954-1961), and represented Freetown (1961-1984) and Pickstock (1989-2003) in the House of Representatives, serving as Premier of British Honduras (1964-1973), and Premier of Belize (1973-1981) after the renamed colony gained independence from British rule. Mr. Price served as Leader of the Opposition (1993-1996), retiring as party leader at the age of 77. He has been called the "Father of the Country."

George Benton, 78. U.S. boxer and trainer. Mr. Benton, nicknamed "The Mayor of North Philadelphia," was a middleweight who compiled a professional record of 61-13-1 from 1949-1970. He was the number one contender for the world middleweight title in the early 1960s, but Lou Duva, manager of champion Joey Giardello, refued to grant Mr. Benton a title fight. Mr. Benton's career in the ring ended when he was shot in the back by someone who had been beaten up by Mr. Benton's brother after the shooter attempted to pick up Mr. Benton's sister in a bar. Mr. Benton was in and out of hospital for two years, and the bullet remained lodged in his back. He became a boxing trainer, and was named by the Boxing Writers Association of America as "Trainer of the Year" in 1989 and 1990. Mr. Benton was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001, and died from pneumonia.

Thomas Capano, 61. U.S. lawyer. Mr. Capano was a lawyer and political consultant in Wilmington, Delaware who began an affair in 1994 with Anne Marie Fahey, appointments secretary to then-Governor Tom Carper. Mr. Capano separated from his wife in 1995, the year Miss Fahey began an affair with another man. Miss Fahey was last seen alive on June 27, 1996 when she and Mr. Capano went to dinner in Philadelphia. After more than a year of investigation, Mr. Capano was charged with her murder, with prosecutors alleging that Mr. Capano had murdered Miss Fahey at the house that he rented and with the assistance of his brother had dumped her body in the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Capano was convicted in January 1999 and sentenced to death despite the fact that neither Miss Fahey's body nor a murder weapon was ever found. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment; Mr. Capano suffered from cardiovascular disease, and he was found dead in his cell at Vaughn Correctional Centre in Smyrna, Delaware, presumably from cardiac arrest.

Baseball
The New York Yankees scored 5 runs in the first 3 innings and held on to defeat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 before 40,045 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect 9th inning to get his 43rd save of the season and the 602nd of his major league career, beating the record formerly held by Trevor Hoffman.

Emilio Bonifacio singled with 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 9th inning, and Omar Infante followed with a home run to give the Florida Marlins a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves before 21,340 fans at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Justin Upton led off the bottom of the 6th inning with a home run for the game's only run as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 before 24,458 fans at Chase Field in Phoenix. Ian Kennedy (20-4) allowed just 1 hit in 8 innings and struck out 12 batters to win the pitchers' duel over Jeff Karstens (9-9), who allowed 5 hits in 6 innings.

September 4, 2021

780 years ago
1241

Born on this date
Alexander III. King of Scots, 1249-1286. Alexander III was the only son of King Alexander II and succeeded him at the age of 7 in July 1249. Alexander III married King Henry III of England's daughter Margaret, and she bore him three children, but Queen Margaret died in 1275, and all three of their children died while their father was still on the throne. King Alexander III married Yolande de Dreux in 1285. While riding at night to meet her at Kinghorn, Fife to celebrate her birthday the following day, King Alexander fell off his horse and died of a broken neck on March 18, 1926 at the age of 44. Queen Yolande was pregnant with his child, but the pregnancy ended with an apparent miscarriage, and Alexander III's 7-year-old granddaughter Margaret, Maid of Norway inherited the throne. She died uncrowned in 1290 while on her way to Scotland.

340 years ago
1681

Born on this date
Carl Heinrich Biber. Austrian musician and composer. Mr. Biber was a violinist who was a court musician in Salzburg, and wrote almost 100 works of choral and instrumental church music during the transition from the late Baroque to the rococo styles. He died on November 19, 1749 at the age of 68.

240 years ago
1781

Americana
The city of Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.

200 years ago
1821

Died on this date
José Miguel Carrera Verdugo, 35. Chilean military officer and politician. General Carrera, a member of one of Chile's most prominent families, began his military career at the age of 6, and fought in numerous battles in Europe before returning to Chile. The Carreras seized power in a coup d'état in 1811, with José Miguel Carrera serving as President of the First Chilean Governing Council (1811-1814). Spanish forces reconquered Chile in 1814, forcing Gen. Carrera into exile in Argentina, where he participated in the Argentine federalist war, which ended with the Treaty of Pilar (1820). Gen. Carrera received money and troops as a result of the treaty, and began marching toward Chile, but he was intercepted in Mendoza, Argentina, and was hanged after being convicted in a show trial.

175 years ago
1846

Born on this date
Daniel Burnham. U.S. architect. Mr. Burnham, a proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, designed many buildings for shopping, but was better known for his skyscrapers, the Plan of Chicago, and especially the World's Columbian Exposition (1892-1893) in Chicago, popularly known as "The White City." He suffered from colitis and diabetes in later years, and both conditions, in addition to food poisoning, contributed to his death at the age of 65 on June 1, 1912, while on vacation with his wife in Heidelberg. They had travelled aboard the White Star Line ship RMS Olympic, which departed for Europe across the Atlantic Ocean in the opposite direction from RMS Titanic, hours before Titanic sank.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
John Dillon. U.K. politician. Mr. Dillon, a native of Dublin, was an Irish nationalist who represented Tipperary (1880-1883) and East Mayo (1885-1918) in the House of Commons. He was initially a supporter of Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, but eventually split from Mr. Parnell, and led the Irish National Federation (1892-1900). Mr. Dillon became leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party in March 1918, but the party was wiped out in the general election in December 1918, in which Mr. Dillon lost his seat to Sinn Féin candidate Éamon de Valera. Mr. Dillon retired from politics, and died on August 4, 1927, a month before his 76th borthday.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Fritz Todt. German engineer and politician. Mr. Todt was a civil engineer who joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and the SA in 1931, achieving the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer in 1938. He was appointed Inspector General of German Roadways in July 1933, a position he held for the rest of his life, directing the construction of the German autobahns. Mr. Todt was appointed as General Plenipotentiary for Regulation of the Construction Industry in 1938; Reichsminister for Armaments and Munitions in 1940; and Inspector General for Water and Energy in 1941. In May 1938, he initiated Organisation Todt, a military-engineering company that supplied industry with forced labour and administered construction of Nazi concentration camps. Mr. Todt was killed on February 8, 1942 at the age of 50 in a plane crash after departing the "Wolf's Lair," Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's residence in Rastenburg, East Prussia. Mr. Todt had recently inspected the Eastern Front and concluded that Germany couldn't win the war there. He had visited Mr. Hitler to recommend that he sue for peace with the U.S.S.R. Mr. Hitler rejected his proposal, leading to suspicion that the plane crash was an assassination ordered by Mr. Hitler; that has never been confirmed. Mr. Todt was succeeded as Reichsminister for Armaments and Munitions by Albert Speer.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
William Lyons. U.K. automobile executive. Sir William and William Walmsley co-founded the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, and began manufacturing cars in the late 1920s. The first Jaguar model was offered in 1935, and the company was renamed Jaguar Cars Limited in 1945. Sir William died on February 8, 1985 at the age of 83.

Baseball
Gene Wright of the Dayton Old Soldiers in the Western Association pitched his second consecutive no-hitter, shutting out the Grand Rapids Woodworkers 2-0 in Dayton, walking 3 batters and striking out 4. He had pitched a 9-0 no hitter three days earlier against the Columbus Senators.

80 years ago
1941

War
A German submarine made the first attack against a United States ship, firing two torpedoes at the destroyer USS Greer. German artillery began shelling Leningrad.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King spoke at Mansion House in London as the guest of Lord Mayor Sir George Wilkinson and the Corporation of London. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was also in attendance. Mr. King said, in part:

The people of Canada will be quick to recognize that the honour which is being done me to-day is meant as an honour to all Canada...This City to-day is held in high honour above all the cities of the earth. The very name of London reverberates around the world like the sound waves of a great bell calling together all who love and cherish freedom. I am here to-day to tell the brave men and women of Britain that the call is being answered, and will continue to be answered in ever larger measure from across the sea. (Cheers.)

In this world struggle to thwart aggression and to end oppression Canada is at Britain's side. The United States of America is lending powerful support...

...I thank you, Prime Minister, for honouring this occasion by your presence. (Cheers.) To me is indeed a source of pride that, behind our relationship in the affairs of State at this time of war, there lies an unbroken friendship extending over more than a third of a century--a friendship kept warm by personal visits of one or the other to Britain or Canada...To-day I stand at your side, one with you in thought and purpose and determination, never more honoured than that long years of public service should have afforded me the opportunity so to represent before the world the proud position of Canada at the side of Britain. (Cheers.)...

...Mankind may well be grateful that here in Britain, a free man, who believes in the ultimate power of free men, has become the champion of the hosts of freedom. (Cheers.)...Of you, Mr. Churchill, history will record that, by your example and your leadership, you helped to save the freedom of the world. (Cheers.)...

...Canada's entry into war was the deliberate decision of a free people, by their own representatives, in a free Parliament.

Canada is a nation of the new world. As a nation of the new world, we placed ourselves freely at Britain's side because Britain's cause was the cause of freedom, not in this island alone, not in the British Empire alone, not in the old world alone, but everywhere in the world...

...We are fighting to defend democratic and Christian ideals. We believe that everything which free men value and cherish on this side of the grave is in peril in this war. The right of men, rich and poor, to be treated as men; the right of men to make the laws by which they shall be governed; the right of men to work where they will, at what they will; the right of womankind to the serenity and sanctity of the home; the right of children to play in safety under peaceful heavens; the right of old men and women to the tranquillity of their sunset; the right to speak the truth in our hearts; the right to worship, in our own way, the God in whom we believe. (Cheers.)...

...For the task that faces Britain and those who fight with her is, I verily believe, nothing less than the task of saving humanity.

In recent days, you and I, Prime Minister, have crossed the great "Northern Bridge" which stretches through Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland from the old world to the new...As I spanned those waters and islands, in the space of a single night, I had a new and more vivid sense of our nearness, in North America, to the heart of the world conflict...

...We know that it is not enough to garrison the bridge itself, unless we are prepared to defend this island, which is its eastern bridgehead. That is why the fighting men of Canada are here in growing numbers to share in a task which is our defence as well as yours...

...That the United States was to share in keeping this northern bridge was the best of news...

...We, in Canada, were greatly heartened when, three years ago, the President, after referring to the Dominion of Canada as a part of the sisterhood of the British Empire, declared that the people of the United States would not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil were threatened by any other Empire. I reciprocated at once by recognizing Canada's responsibility to do what lay within her power to prevent attacks through our territory upon the United States. These declarations were the starting point of our agreement for joint defence.

To-day, fortunately, we are witnessing the birth of still wider arrangements for joint defence between the British Empire and the United States. Your declaration, Prime Minister, that in the Far East, Britain would stand at the side of the United States, is a sure sign of the deepening interdependence of the free world...

...Much is being said about a new world order to take the place of the old world order when the war is at an end. If that new order is not already on its way before the war is over, we may look for it in vain. A new world order cannot be worked out at some given moment and reduced to writing at a conference table. It is not a matter of parchments and of seals. That was one of the mistaken beliefs at the end of the last War. A new world order to be worthy of the name is something that is born, not made. It is something that lives and breathes; something that needs to be developed in the minds and the hearts of men; something that touches the human soul. It expresses itself in good will and in mutual aid. It is the application, in all human relationships, of the principle of helpfulness and of service. It is based not on fear, on greed, and on hate, but on mutual trust and the noblest qualities of the human heart and mind. It seeks neither to divide nor to destroy. Its aim is brotherhood, its method cooperation.

While the old order is destroying itself, this new relationship of men and nations has already begun its slow but sure evolution. It found expression when Britain determined to put an end to aggression in Europe; when other nations of the British Commonwealth took their place at the side of Britain, and when the United States resolved to lend its powerful aid to the nations which are fighting for freedom. It has found its latest expression in the Atlantic Charter. All these factors are combining to create one great brotherhood of freedom-loving peoples. It must now be wholly clear that if a new world order based upon freedom is to assume some definite shape, this can only be effected through the leadership of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the United States of America working in wholehearted cooperation toward this great end. (Cheers.) On such a foundation of unity of purpose and effort, all free peoples may well hope to build an enduring new world order.

A new heaven and a new earth--are not these, in very truth, what we seek to-day? A heaven to which men and women and little children no longer will look in fear, but where they may gaze again in silent worship and in thankfulness for the benediction of the sun and the rain; an earth no longer scarred by warfare and torn by greed, but where the lowly and the humble of all races may work in ways of pleasantness and walk in paths of peace.

And the sea no longer will be the scene of conflict, nor harbour any menace; it, too, will gladden the hearts of men as it unites, in friendly intercourse, the nations of the world.

Then...shall all men's good
Be each man's rule, and universal Peace
Lie like a shaft of light across the land.
And like a lane of beams athwart the sea,
Thro' all the circle of the golden year."

This new heaven, this new earth, is the vision which, at this time of war, unites, inspires, and guides Britain, Canada, and other nations of the British Commonwealth, the United States, and our Allies in all parts of the world. No lesser vision will suffice to gain the victory. No lesser service to humanity will hold the faith and win the gratitude of mankind. (Loud cheers.) The Times, September 5, 1941, pp. 5-6.

The poem from which Mr. King quoted is The Golden Year by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Mr. Churchill rose to propose the toast of "The Lord Mayor." He spoke in praise of Mr. King and the Canadian war effort, and concluded his remarks with:

Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with close relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand, and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future generations a division between the proud and once happy nations of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the new world. (Cheers.) The Times, September 5, 1941, p. 6.

Mr. Churchill's words were quoted, approximately, in the movie The Scarlet Claw (1944), when Basil Rathbone, playing Sherlock Holmes, delivered a tribute to Canada at the end of the film.

Defense
U.S. ships began escorting British convoyes for part of the trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. State Department revealed that the first cargo of aviation gasoline for the Soviet Air Force had reached Vladivostok aboard the U.S. tanker L.P. St. Clair.

Journalism
The Italian government of Duce Benito Mussolini banned all foreign newspapers from Italy.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate voted to lower the indivudual income tax exemption in the pending tax bill to $1,500 for married people and $750 for single people.

Oil
11 major American oil companies agreed to make maximum use of all available railraod tank cars to end the gasoline shortage along the East coast of the United States.

Baseball
Atley Donald was the winning pitcher as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 before 13,088 fans at Fenway Park in Boston to clinch the American League pennant, the earliest clinching date in major league history. The Yankees' record stood at 91-45, 20 games ahead of the second-place Chicago White Sox and 20 1/2 games ahead of the Red Sox.

The Cleveland Indians scored 3 runs in the top of the 10th inning and withstood a 2-run rally in the bottom of the inning to defeat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 before 4,317 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Bob Feller pitched a complete game for his 22nd win of the season.

Rip Sewell allowed just 1 hit and Vince DiMaggio drove in 2 runs with a double and scored a run as the Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 before 1,720 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh in a game that was called because of rain with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th inning.

Claude Passeau pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Lon Warneke as the Chicago Cubs blanked the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs won the second game 4-3 in 10 innings to complete the sweep.

75 years ago
1946

At the movies
Gallant Journey, directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Glenn Ford and Janet Blair, received its premiere screening in San Diego.



Theatre
A revival of The Front Page, starring Lew Parker, Arnold Moss, George Lyons, and Olive Deering, opened at the Royale Theatre on Broadway in New York. The play had been a big hit in its original presentation in 1928.

War
The Chinese Foreign Ministry disclosed that the country had suffered $30-40 billion in damage during eight years of war with Japan, and claimed 40% of Japanese reparations.

Politics and government
The French Constituent Assembly approved a bicameral parliament consisting of a National Assembly with legislative powers and an Advisory Council.

Radical Party candidate Gabriel Gonzalez Videla defeated Conservative Eduardo Cruz and Liberal Fernando Alessandri in the Chilean presidential election, but did not win a majority in the four-way race, leaving Congress to choose between the top two candidates.

Louis St.-Laurent was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs in the cabinet of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

Democrats in New York nominated U.S. Senator James Mead as the party's candidate to oppose incumbent Governor and Republican candidate Thomas Dewey in the November election.

Labour
10,000 New Jersey truck drivers began a sympathy strike to support the wage demands of 15,000 striking New York Teamsters.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: This Way Out, starring Richard Coogan and Jean Parker

U.S. President Harry Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service--107 radio microwave relay stations from New York to San Francisco--when AT&T broadcast his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco.



Died on this date
Louis Adamic, 53. Slovenian-born U.S. author. Mr. Adamic, a native of what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, emigrated to the United States at the and of 1913, and became an American citizen in 1918. He wrote articles and books promoting socialism in the United States and the Yugoslav National liberation struggle led by Marshal Josip Broz Tito. Mr. Adamic was plagued by failing health when he reportedly shot himself to death; some people suspected that he had been assassinated by a Balkan faction, but no definitive proof of that has surfaced.

War
The 52-nation Japanese Peace Treaty Conference opened in San Francisco.

The one millionth U.S. soldier killed since the Battle of Lexington (1775) fell in Korea.

Politics and government
U.S. President Truman again spurred talk that he would run for re-election, delivering a strong attack on "reactionaries and isolationists" in a speech to western Democrats in San Francisco.

The U.S. Army denied Harvard University professor John King Fairbank, an Institute of Pacific Relations trustee, permission to enter Japan.

Oil
The Mexican government bought the Charro Oil Company for $1,852,000, settling the last dispute remaining from Mexico's 1938 oil expropriation.

Economics and finance
New York Stock Exchange prices hit a 21-year peak in moderate trading.

Tennis
16-year-old Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly defeated Shirley Fry 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 to win her first of three straight women's singles titles at the U.S. National Championships in Forest Hills, New York.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Enamorada--José Guardiola

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il faut savoir--Charles Aznavour (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Michael--The Highwaymen
2 Wooden Heart--Joe Dowell
3 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
4 You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)--Ral Donner
5 School is Out--U.S. Bonds
6 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
7 My True Story--The Jive Five with Joe Rene and Orchestra
8 Hurt--Timi Yuro
9 Don't Bet Money Honey--Linda Scott
10 As If I Didn't Know--Adam Wade

Singles entering the chart were You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby by Bobby Darin (#67); Don't Get Around Much Anymore by the Belmonts (#78); Juke Box Saturday Night by Nino and the Ebb Tides (#81); A Little Dog Cried by Jimmie Rodgers (#83); Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) by Sue Thompson (#84); For Sentimental Reasons by the Cleftones (#88); I Don't Like it Like That by the Bobbettes (#90); Let's Get Together by Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills (#92); The Way You Look Tonight by the Lettermen (#93); Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes (#95); I Love How You Love Me by the Paris Sisters (#96); Human by Tommy Hunt (#97); and Foot Stomping - Part 1 by the Flares (#100). I Don't Like it Like That was an "answer" to I Like it Like That (Part 1) by Chris Kenner, charting at #22. Let's Get Together was from the movie The Parent Trap (1961), in which Miss Mills played twins.

Football
CFL
Toronto (1-3) 19 @ Hamilton (4-0) 21
Winnipeg (5-2) 17 @ Saskatchewan (2-4) 11
Edmonton (6-0) 10 @ Calgary (1-4) 9

Jackie Parker's 40-yard field goal attempt with 24 seconds remaining in the game at McMahon Stadium hit the crossbar and flopped over for the winning points for the Eskimos.

Baseball
Johnny Blanchard hit a solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 3-3 tie and the New York Yankees scored another run later in the inning as they beat the Washington Senators 5-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 34,683 fans at Yankee Stadium. Bob Cerv tripled with 1 out in the 7th and scored on a sacrifice fly by Clete Boyer to break a 2-2 tie as the Yankees won the second game 3-2 to complete the sweep, extending their American League lead to 6 games over the second-place Detroit Tigers. The Senators had a runner on first base with 2 out in the 9th, and Bob Johnson hit a deep fly ball to left field. Yogi Berra made a leaping catch to prevent a home run and end the game, but injured his hand, and was out of the lineup for the next 10 days. Bud Daley (10-16) pitched a 6-hit complete game victory, outduelling Pete Burnside (1-7), who pitched a 7-hit complete game.



Jackie Brandt and Charley Lau hit home runs in a 4-run 4th inning for the Baltimore Orioles as they beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before 19,334 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Ron Nischwitz, the last of three Detroit pitchers, pitched 2 perfect innings, striking out 3 batters, in his major league debut. The Orioles were leading the second game 4-1 after 8 innings when the game was suspended because of a curfew. The game was resumed the next day, and relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm retired the Tigers in order to complete the sweep.

The Minnesota Twins scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning, 6 in the 4th, and 1 in the 5th, wnd withstood a 4-run 7th-inning rally as they beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 before 20,036 fans in the first of two games at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Harmon Killebrew's 39th home run of the season gave the Twins a 2-0 lead in the 2nd. Mike DeGerick, the third of four Chicago pitchers, allowed 2 runs and 1 run--earned--in 1.2 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out none in his major league debut. The White Sox scored 5 runs in the 4th as they overcame a 5-3 deficit to win the second game 9-5 before 12,540 fans. Chicago center fielder Al Smith batted 4 for 5 with a home run in the second game, while Joe Horlen (1-0), the second of three Chicago pitchers, allowed 2 hits in 4+ scoreless innings, walking 4 batters and striking out 2, to get the win in his first major league game.

Joe Koppe singled to lead off the 7th inning, advanced to third base on a single by Ken Hunt, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Steve Bilko for the eventual deciding run as the Los Angeles Angels withstood a 2-run 8th-inning rally and defeated the Kansas City Athletics 4-3 in the first game of a doubleheader before 6,912 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Mr. Koppe's run was unearned, as he hit a foul pop fly that third baseman Wayne Causey dropped for an error to prolong his plate appearance. The Athletics scored 11 runs in the bottom of the 5th as they overcame a 7-2 deficit and won the second game 13-7.

Ken Johnson (6-2) pitched a 4-hitter and Eddie Kasko hit a 2-run home run in the 1st inning to provide the necessary scoring for the Cincinnati Reds as they shut out the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 16,175 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. The Phillies withstood a 2-run 9th inning rally as they won the second game 5-3. Art Mahaffey (10-18) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory in the second game, and struck out Gene Freese to end the game while Gordy Coleman was on first base. Ken Hunt (9-10) took the loss.

Don Drysdale (11-9) pitched a 2-hitter to outduel Juan Marichal (13-10) as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Francisco Giants 4-0 before 32,109 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, moving to within 2 games of the National League-leading Reds, dropping the fourth-place Giants 8 games off the lead.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Lally Stott (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensieri e parole--Lucio Battisti (14th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I'm Still Waiting--Diana Ross (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool (9th week at #1)
2 I Did What I Did for Maria--Tony Christie
3 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
4 L.A. International Airport--Susan Raye
5 Daddy Cool--Drummond
6 I Don't Know How to Love Him--Helen Reddy
7 Sweet, Sweet Love--Russell Morris
8 It's Too Late--Carole King
9 Love Her Madly--The Doors
10 I'll Meet You Halfway--The Partridge Family

Singles entering the chart were Eat at Home/Smile Away by Paul & Linda McCartney (#36); Sweet and Innocent by Donny Osmond (#39); and What the World Needs Now/Abraham, Martin and John by Tom Clay (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Borriquito--Peret (4th week at #1)
2 Manuela--Jacques Herb
3 One Way Wind--Cats
4 Black and White--Greyhound
5 Pour un Flirt--Michel Delpech
6 Blossom Lady--Shocking Blue
7 We Shall Dance--Demis Roussos
8 Que Je T'aime--Sandra & Andres
9 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Because I Love--Majority One

Singles entering the chart were Just a Friend by Sandy Coast (#21); Voy, Voy by Peret y Su Rumba Gitana (#26); Waarom Kwam Jij Toch in Mijn Leven by Anja en Johnny (#30); Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé by the Poppys (#32); Anna by Martin Wulms and his Orchestra (#36); and Marianne by Stephen Stills (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
2 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
3 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
4 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
5 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
6 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
7 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
8 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
9 Liar--Three Dog Night
10 I Just Want to Celebrate--Rare Earth

Singles entering the chart were Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children by the Carpenters (#49); Ko-Ko Joe by Jerry Reed (#74); California Kid and Reemo by Lobo (#81); A Long Time, a Long Way to Go by Runt (#92); Carey by Joni Mitchell (#93); He'd Rather Have the Rain by Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti (#94); Desdemona by the Searchers (#96); Military Madness by Graham Nash (#97); Women's Love Rights by Laura Lee (#98); and We're Friends by Day (And Lovers by Night) by the Whatnauts (#100). Bless the Beasts and Children was the title song of the movie.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
2 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
3 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
4 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
5 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye
6 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
7 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
8 Liar--Three Dog Night
9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
10 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers

Singles entering the chart were Military Madness by Graham Nash (#78); Can You Get to That by Funkadelic (#83); Is That the Way by Tin Tin (#88); Women's Love Rights by Laura Lee (#91); Black Seeds Keep on Growing by the Main Ingredient (#92); A Part of You by Brenda and the Tabulations (#96); Lucky Me by the Moments (#97); Roll On by the New Colony Six (#98); Leave My Man Alone by the Raeletts (#99); and Think His Name by Johnny Rivers & the Guru Ram Das Ashram Singers (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City (2nd week at #1)
2 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye
3 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
4 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
6 Liar--Three Dog Night
7 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
8 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
9 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
10 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney

Singles entering the chart were Superstar by the Carpenters (#58); Birds of a Feather by the Raiders (#71); Gimme Shelter by Grand Funk Railroad (#77); Ghetto Woman by B.B. King (#82); California Kid and Reemo by Lobo (#84); All My Trials by Ray Stevens (#85); You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk) by the 8th Day (#86); Think His Name by Johnny Rivers & the Guru Ram Das Ashram Singers (#87); Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll by John Baldry (#93); Hijackin' Love by Johnnie Taylor (#96); Carey by Joni Mitchell (#97); A Part of You by Brenda and the Tabulations (#99); and All My Hard Times by Joe Simon (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)
2 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
3 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
4 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
6 Liar--Three Dog Night
7 Riders on the Storm--The Doors
8 Beginnings--Chicago
9 Go Down Gamblin'--Blood, Sweat & Tears
10 Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye

Singles entering the chart were Superstar by the Carpenters (#70); Get it While You Can by Janis Joplin (#74); Gimme Shelter by Grand Funk Railroad (#77); Try a Little Harder by Doctor Music (#81); 6 O'Clock in the Morning by James, John and Francois (#96); Down by the River by Joey Gregorash (#99); and Ko-Ko Joe by Jerry Reed (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road
3 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
4 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
5 Liar--Three Dog Night
6 Bangla-Desh--George Harrison
7 She Didn't Do Magic--Lobo
8 We Got a Dream--Ocean
9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
10 Talk it Over in the Morning--Anne Murray
Pick hit of the week: Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers

World events
Major General Hassan al-Amri, forced to resign as Prime Minister of Yemen less than two weeks after forming a new cabinet, took up exile in Lebanon.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vill ha dej--Freestyle (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (7th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Chequered Love--Kim Wilde
2 Hak Hom Blokkies--David Kramer
3 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
4 Titles--Vangelis
5 Tequila Sheila--Mac Davis
6 One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson
7 Kids in America--Kim Wilde
8 More and More--Joe Dolan
9 Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)--Ottawan
10 Being with You--Smokey Robinson

Singles entering the chart were Winning by Santana (#15); and Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (#16).

Football
CFL
British Columbia (7-2) 7 @ Ottawa (3-6) 17

Baseball
Dave Henderson singled with 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 20th inning and Joe Simpson tripled him home to break a 7-7 tie as the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 8-7 before 13,355 fans in the longest game by innings in the history of Fenway Park in Boston. The game had begun on September 3 but had been suspended after 19 innings because of a curfew. The Red Sox loaded the bases with 2 out in the bottom of the 20th, but Jim Beattie relieved Jerry Don Gleaton and induced Jim Rice to ground into a force play to end the game. In the regularly scheduled game, the Mariners scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and coasted to a 5-2 win before 20,949 fans, as Bob Stoddard (1-0), with relief help from Mike Parrott, allowed 8 hits and 2 earned runs in 6.2 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out 4, making 1 assist in his major league debut.

Cliff Johnson led off the top of the 11th inning with a home run to break a 4-4 tie as the Oakland Athletics edged the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 before 15,733 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Shooty Babitt entered the game for Oakland as a pinch runner for Jim Spencer in the 8th inning and remained in the game at second base, batting 1 for 1 and making 1 putout and 1 assist in his 54th and last major league game.

The Milwaukee Brewers scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning, 4 in the 3rd, and 6 in the 7th as they routed the Minnesota Twins 16-5 before 7,976 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Mark Funderburk played the last 3 innings in left field for Minnesota, driving in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 8th in his only plate appearance, and having no fielding chances in his first major league game.

Jack Clark hit a solo home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs before 9,707 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Charlie Barnet, 77. U.S. musician. Mr. Barnet was a jazz saxophonist and bandleader whose hit recordings included Skyliner, Cherokee, and Scotch and Soda. He was married 11 times, with the last marriage lasting 33 years.

Tom Tryon, 65. U.S. actor and author. Mr. Tryon starred in movies such as I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) and The Cardinal (1963), but had greater success as an author of horror and mystery novels such as The Other (1971) and Harvest Home (1973). He died of stomach cancer.

Dottie West, 58. U.S. singer-songwriter. Mrs. West, born Dorothy Marsh, was one of the most popular country singers from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. She achieved three #1 singles on the Billboard country chart as a solo artist and two more in duets. Mrs. West recorded with several male singers, most notably Kenny Rogers from 1978-1983. Mrs. West died several days after suffering internal injuries while being driven at high speed to a concert date.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (4-5) 20 @ British Columbia (5-4) 24

Doug Flutie threw 3 touchdown passes as the Lions overcame an early 10-0 deficit to defeat the Rough Riders before 28,107 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.



Baseball
The eight-man Committee for Statistical Accuracy announced that a no-hit game was one of 9 innings or more in which one team had failed to get a hit. Among those removed from the list of no-hitters were those that had gone fewer than 9 innings, Jim Maloney's game in 1965 when he pitched 10 no-hit innings before giving up a hit and losing in the 11th, and Harvey Haddix's performance in 1959 when he pitched 12 perfect innings before giving up 2 hits and losing in the 13th. The 1917 game in which Babe Ruth was ejected after walking the first batter and Ernie Shore retired the baserunner and the remaining 26 batters was no longer listed as a perfect game for Mr. Shore, but as a combined no-hitter for Messrs. Ruth and Shore. The committee also listed Roger Maris as the sole holder of the record for home runs in a single season; his 61 homers in the 162-game season of 1961 had been listed separately from Babe Ruth's 60 homers in the 154-game season of 1927.

Infielders Shane Turner and Tommy Shields each played all nine positions for the Rochester Red Wings of the International League in their season-ending 8-0 win over the Syracuse Chiefs.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Wannabe--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

Television
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission awarded broadcast licences for 23 new channels, including a new History and Entertainment Network; CHUM Ltd. of Toronto received 6 licences.

War
The United States launched 44 cruise missiles at targets south of Baghdad in an effort to curb the invasions of Iraqi forces into Kurdish territory.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attacked a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.

20 years ago
2001

Popular culture
Tokyo DisneySea opened to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

Baseball
16-year-old Luo Chin-lung pitched 5 innings, striking out 8, as Taiwan beat Australia 14-4 in the World Cup.

Jose Cruz led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a home run to begin a 5-run inning as the Toronto Blue Jays embarrassed the New York Yankees 14-0 before 20,036 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Felipe Lopez drove in 5 runs with a pair of homers and a triple, and Tony Fernandez came to bat as a pinch hitter in the 7th and hit a grand slam. Chris Carpenter (9-11) pitched a 6-hitter, striking out 12 batters and walking none. Erick Almonte played the last 4 innings at shortstop for New York, batting 1 for 1 and making 1 putout in his first major league game, while Juan Rivera played the last 3 innings in right field for New York, batting 0 for 1 with no fielding chances in his major league debut.

Gabe Kapler doubled home Chris Magruder and Ruben Sierra with none out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins before 22,045 fans at the Ballpark in Arlington. Mr. Magruder was making his major league debut, entering the game as a pinch runner for Rafael Palmeiro, who singled to lead off the 9th.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays scored a run in the 9th inning to tie the score and erupted for 6 runs with 2 out in the 10th to break a 2-2 tie as they beat the Seattle Mariners 8-3 before 44,859 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle.

John Valentin, Royce Clayton, Paul Konerko, and Jeff Liefer hit home runs for the Chicago White Sox as they beat the Detroit Tigers 10-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 13,265 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Winning pitcher Mark Buehrle (13-7) allowed 4 hits and 1 run in 8 innings. Sean Lowe (7-4) allowed 2 hits in 5 innings and four relief pitchers allowed just 2 hits as the White Sox won the second game 4-0 to complete the sweep. Magglio Ordonez hit a 2-run homer in the 5th inning of the second game. Detroit right fielder Chris Wakeland made his major league debut in the second game, batting 0 for 3 and making 6 putouts.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Lee Roy Selmon, 56. U.S. football player. Mr. Selmon played defensive end with the University of Oklahoma Sooners (1972-1975), earning All-American honours and helping the Sooners win national championships in 1974 and 1975, and winning the Lombardi Award ad Outland Trophy in his final season. He was the first overall draft choice of the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League in 1976, and played 9 seasons with them, receiving First Team All-Pro recognition three times (1979, 1980, 1982) and Second Team recognition twice (1978, 1984), and playing in the Pro Bowl in his last six seasons. Mr. Selmon retired after the 1984 season because of a back injury, worked as a bank executive, and joined the University of South Florida's athletics department in 1993, serving as USF's atheltics director (2001-2004). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. Mr. Selmon died two days after suffering a stroke.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-2) 7 @ Saskatchewan (2-7) 27