October 6, 2008

1,390 years ago
618

War
Wang Shichong decisively defeated Li Mi in the Battle of Yanshi, a contest between two rivals contending for the succession to the Sui dynasty in China.

230 years ago
1778

Died on this date
Nathaniel Strong. U.S. military officer. Major Strong was a Patriot leader during the War of American Independence. He was robbed and murdered by one of the men led by Loyalist guerrilla leader Claudius Smith; although Mr. Smith was never known to have killed anyone, he and his two sons were eventually captured and hanged for the crime.

190 years ago
1818

War
Fort Astoria, Oregon was returned to the United States under the War of 1812 peace treaty. The fort was sold to the North West Company by starving Americans in 1813, then formally captured by a British warship. Britain lost the territories of the Pacific Northwest first explored by the Norwesters.

125 years ago
1883

Died on this date
Duc Duc, 31. Emperor of Vietnam, 1883. Duc Duc was named Emperor by three regents on July 20, 1883, but was deposed by the same regents just three days later. Reports differ as to whether he was executed or left to die in captivity.

120 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Roland Garros. French aviator. Mr. Garros set a world altitude record in 1911 of 18,410 feet, and two years later made the first nonstop flight across the Mediterranean Sea. He became a flying ace in the French army during World War I, and was killed when he was shot down on October 5, 1918, the day before his 30th birthday.

Football
ORFU
Hamilton (1-0) 8 @ London (0-1) 1

110 years ago
1898

Academia
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, was founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

100 years ago
1908

World events
The Bosnian crisis erupted when Austria-Hungary formally annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina.

80 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Michael "Sweetheart" Abbatemarco. U.S. gangster. Mr. Abbatemarco, the alleged successor to slain Brooklyn gang leader Frankie Yale, was assassinated.

E.H. Meeks; Willard Smith. U.S. crime victims. Messrs. Meeks and Smith were grocery and drug clerks in Atlanta who were shot to death in a hold-up by two college youths who were looking for "thrills."

Labour
The 25-week textile mill strike in New Bedford, Massachusetts ended with the men agreeing to a 5% wage reduction.

Sport
The United States defeated Argentina 17-6 in the third game of their series to win the polo championship of the Americas before 40,000 fans at International Field at Meadow Brook in Westbury, New York.

Football
CRU
ARU
Edmonton (1-1) 4 @ Calgary (1-0) 18

Mr. Jones drop-kicked a 40-yard field goal and Eric Dolighan scored a rouge for the Eskimos in their loss to the Tigers at Hillhurst Park.

WCIRU
Saskatchewan (0-1) 1 @ Alberta (1-0) 8

The Golden Bears and Huskies were tied 1-1 with 8 minutes remaining in the opening game of the Western Canada Intercollegiate Rugby Union season at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton, but Alberta scored a single to take a 2-1 lead, and Mickey Timothy rushed 40 yards to set up the game's only touchdown.

75 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Orville W. Mosher, 79. U.S. politician. Mr. Mosher, a Republican, was a high school principal and school board president before sitting in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1899-1901) and representing the 10th District in the Wisconsin State Senate (1901-1905).

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 2 @ Washington Nationals 1 (11 innings) (New York led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Blondy Ryan singled home Travis Jackson with 1 out in the top of the 11th inning as Carl Hubbell went the distance to win the pitchers' duel with Monty Weaver, who lasted 10 1/3 innings, before 26,762 fans at Griffith Stadium.

Football
CRU
ARU
Edmonton (1-1) 4 @ Calgary (1-0) 18

70 years ago
1938

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 6 @ Chicago Cubs 3 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Cubs, behind the pitching of Dizzy Dean, led 3-2 after 7 innings, but Frank Crosetti hit a 2-run home run in the 8th inning, and Joe DiMaggio hit a 2-run homer off Mr. Dean with none out in the 9th before 42,108 fans at Wrigley Field. Lefty Gomez pitched 7 innings for the Yankees and was credited with the win, while Johnny Murphy pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the save.



60 years ago
1948

At the movies
Sleeping Car to Trieste, directed by John Paddy Carstairs, and starring Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Derrick De Marney, and Paul Dupuis, opened in theatres in London.



Diplomacy
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok sent the United Nations General Assembly a memorandum stating Israel's territorial demands: the western Galilee; the new city of Jerusalem; and a land corridor connecting Jerusalem with the rest of Israel. The Arab League states reiterated their refusal to accept the partition of Palestine.

Former U.S. Postmaster General James Farley visited Spanish President Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Madrid and expressed hope for closer U.S.-Spanish relations.

Defense
Argentina and the United States agreed on a four-year U.S. military mission to advise the Argentine Army.

Scandal
The U.S. Justice Department asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate charges by columnist Drew Pearson that House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee Chairman J. Parnell Thomas had added unnecessary employees to his congressional staff and taken kickbacks from their salaries.

Academia
The University of Oklahoma's board of regents ordered the university to teach Negro student George McLaurin on an individual basis, following a federal court ruling barring exclusion of Mr. McLaurin on racial grounds.

Energy
Westinghouse revealed that it had formed the U.S.A.'s first atomic power division to produce commercial energy from nuclear sources.

Labour
A U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor subcommittee concluded hearings on alleged Communist domination of New York department store unions by recommending that 13 union officials and attorneys, mainly from the Congress of Industrial Organizations Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union be cited for contempt of Congress.

Baseball
World Series
Cleveland Indians 0 @ Boston Braves 1 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Tommy Holmes singled home Phil Masi in the bottom of the 8th inning for the game's only run as the Braves edged the Indians before 40,135 fans at Braves Field. Mr. Masi was on second base and appeared to have been picked off by Cleveland pitcher Bob Feller, but umpire Bill Stewart called him safe. Mr. Feller allowed just 2 hits, while winning pitcher Johnny Sain pitched a 4-hitter.



50 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): It's All in the Game--Tommy Edwards (Best Seller--2nd week at #1; Hot 100--2nd week at #1)

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 It's All in the Game--Tommy Edwards (3rd week at #1)
2 Topsy II--Cozy Cole
3 Bird Dog--The Everly Brothers
4 Chantilly Lace--The Big Bopper
5 It's Only Make Believe--Conway Twitty
6 Little Star--The Elegants
7 Rockin' Robin--Bobby Day
8 Summertime Blues--Eddie Cochran
9 How the Time Flies--Jerry Wallace
10 Susie Darlin'--Robin Luke

Singles entering the chart were Come On Let's Go by Ritchie Valens (#44); Queen of the Hop by Bobby Darin (#45); Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio (#48); Non Dimenticar by Nat "King" Cole (#49); I Got a Feeling by Ricky Nelson (#52); I Really Love You by the Danleers (#54); Poor Boy by the Royaltones (#56); Forget Me Not by the Kalin Twins (#57); and Walking Along by the Diamonds (#58).

On television tonight
Peter Gunn, starring Craig Stevens, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Vicious Dog

War
Communist Chinese Defense Minister Peng Teh-huai announced a seven-day suspension of the bombing of Quemoy "out of humanitarian considerations" to allow Nationalist supply convoys to reach the island unmolested.

Defense
The U.S. Navy's atomic-powered submarine Seawolf surfaced south of Block Island after setting a 60-day endurance record for underwater operation, logging 13,700 nautical miles.

Politics and government
U.A.R. Vice President Sabri al-Assali, the last Prime Minister of independent Syria, resigned in the wake of increasing Syrian discontent over the application of United Arab Republic restrictions in Syria, and the Egyptianization of the U.A.R. civil service.

Law
The U.S. administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Harold Burton.

Disasters
30 people were killed in the collapse of a bridge under the weight of a heavy truck near Corcorna, Colombia.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Winnipeg (10-2) 14 @ Saskatchewan (6-4-1) 13
Calgary (5-6) 14 @ British Columbia (1-10) 15

Leo Lewis scored a touchdown and Jim Van Pelt converted and added a convert, 2 field goals, and a single for the Blue Bombers as they edged the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. The Winnipeg defense stopped Saskatchewan running back Cookie Gilchrist on a third-down gamble at the Winnipeg 2-yard line in the 4th quarter. Jack Hill scored the first Saskatchewan touchdown, but missed the convert, which proved to be the difference in the game. Bob Mulgado scored the other Saskatchewan touchdown on the last play of the game, which Mr. Hill converted.

Al Dorow, playing his first game at quarterback since being acquired from the Saskatchewan Roughriders, rushed for 2 touchdowns, while Ted Hunt added a convert and linebacker Norm Fieldgate scored a safety touch to help the Lions upset the Stampeders before 18,500 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver for their first win in 6 games under head coach Dan Edwards. Mr. Fieldgate's safety touch was scored when he blocked a Ted Duncan punt, which the Calgary punter recovered in his own end zone. The Stampeders had taken possession after stopping B.C. running back Ed Vereb on a third-down gamble at the Calgary 1-yard line. Mr. Fieldgate also had an interception and a fumble recovery. For the second straight game, Veryl Switzer and Gene Filipski scored the Calgary touchdowns.

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Braves 0 @ New York Yankees 7 (Milwaukee led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Gil McDougald hit a solo home run to open the scoring in the 3rd inning and then the Yankees erupted for 6 runs in the 6th as they shut out the Braves before 65,279 fans at Yankee Stadium. Bob Turley pitched a 5-hitter for the win over Lou Burdette.





40 years ago
1968

Diplomacy
James R. Wiggins took office as U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, succeeding George Ball.

Football
CFL
Toronto (6-4) 10 @ Ottawa (6-3-1) 31
Montreal (3-6) 7 @ Saskatchewan (8-3-1) 11

Vic Washington rushed for 73 yards, caught 4 passes for 47 yards, and scored 2 touchdowns, while Margene Adkins caught 2 touchdown passes to help the Rough Riders beat the Argonauts before 25,545 fans at Lansdowne Park. Jim Mankins dressed as the designated import for Ottawa in his first CFL game and played briefly, rushing twice for -1 yard and losing a fumble.

George Reed rushed 3 yards in the 1st quarter for the game's only touchdown to help the Roughriders edge the Alouettes before 18,430 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. David Ray kicked 2 field goals and a single for the Alouettes. Montreal quarterback Carroll Williams threw 2 incomplete passes into the Saskatchewan end zone in the last minute of play.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 10 @ Detroit Tigers 1 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Lou Brock led off the game with a home run and later added a double and triple, driving in 4 runs to help the Cardinals rout the Tigers before 53,634 fans at Tiger Stadium in a game that was slowed by two rain delays. Bob Gibson pitched a 5-hitter with 10 strikeouts for his second win of the Series, while hitting a home run and driving in another run with a bases-loaded walk. Detroit third baseman Eddie Mathews batted 1 for 2 with a base on balls, and made an assist and an error in the last game of his 17-year Hall of Fame major league career.



30 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Summer Night City--ABBA

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rasputin--Boney M.

#1 single in France (IFOP): You're the One that I Want--John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1)

Abominations
The U.S. Congress voted to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment from March 22, 1979 to June 30, 1982, while the Senate rejected proposals to allow states to rescind their ratification.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Kansas City 5 @ New York 6 (New York led best-of-five series 2-1)

Thurman Munson hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to enable the Yankees to defeat the Royals before 55,445 fans at Yankee Stadium. Kansas City third baseman George Brett hit home runs his first three times at bat, all against Catfish Hunter.







National League Championship Series
Philadelphia 9 @ Los Angeles 4 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 2-1)

Winning pitcher Steve Carlton helped his own cause with a 3-run home run in the 2nd inning and a 2-run single in the 6th as the Phillies staved off elimination before 55,043 fans at Dodger Stadium.



25 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Terence Cooke, 62. U.S. Roman Catholic cardinal. Rev. Cooke was Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death; he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969. Cardinal Cooke was a strong pro-life advocate, and was especially forceful in expressing such views while dying of leukemia.

Politics and government
British Columbia New Democratic Party leader and former Premier Dave Barrett was ejected from the B.C. Legislature for defying a ruling by Speaker Walter Davidson over fiscal restraint bills, becoming the first leader of a Canadian political party to be forcefully ejected from a legislature.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Chicago 0 @ Baltimore 4 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

Mike Boddicker pitched a 5-hitter for the Orioles as they beat the White Sox at Memorial Stadium. Floyd Bannister started on the mound for Chicago and took the loss.

20 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Domino Dancing--Pet Shop Boys

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Oakland 4 @ Boston 3 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Athletics scored the winning run in the top of the 9th inning on consecutive singles by Ron Hassey, Tony Phillips, and Walt Weiss against Red Sox' relief pitcher Lee Smith before 34,605 fans at Fenway Park.





10 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Mark Belanger, 54. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Belanger was a shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1981) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1982), batting .228 with 20 home runs and 389 runs batted in in 2,016 games. He was the best-fielding shortstop of his time, and won eight Gold Gloves. Mr. Belanger helped the Orioles win American League pennants from 1969-1971 and 1979 and the World Series in 1970. He was active in the Major League Baseball Players Association during his playing days, and was an executive with the union in later years. Mr. Belanger was a heavy smoker for 25 years and quit in 1991, but still died of lung cancer.

Stéphane Morin, 29. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Morin was a centre with the Québec Nordiques (1989-92) and Vancouver Canucks (1992-94), scoring 55 points on 16 goals and 39 assists in 90 games. With the Minnesota Moose in 1994-95, he led the International Hockey League in scoring with 114 points on 33 goals and 81 assists. Mr. Morin joined the Berlin Capitals of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 1998, and recorded 2 goals and 6 assists in 7 games. In the 2nd period of his seventh game with the Capitals, he complained in the 1st period of feeling unwell, and collapsed on the bench with heart failure in the 2nd period; attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. An autopsy revealed that Mr. Morin had undiagnosed chronic bronchitis, and had previously suffered an undiagnosed heart attack.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Cleveland 2 @ New York 7 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Yankees scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and coasted to victory before 57,138 fans at Yankee Stadium.

October 5, 2008

170 years ago
1838

Abominations
18 Texian settlers, including Isaac Killough, Sr. and his extended family, were massacred and/or kidnapped by Indians in Cherokee County in Texas.

90 years ago
1918

Died on this date
Eddie Grant, 35. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Grant was a third baseman with the Cleveland Naps (1905); Philadelphia Phillies (1907-1910); Cincinnati Reds (1911-1913); and New York Giants (1913-1915), batting .249 with 5 home runs and 277 runs batted in in 990 major league games. He became a captain in the U.S. Army during World War I, and was killed by an exploding shell while searching for the "Lost Battalion" in France.

Roland Garros, 29. French military aviator. Mr. Garros began flying in 1909 and joined the French Army at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He was downed and taken prisoner in April 1915, but escaped in February 1918, and rejoined the French Army as part of Escadrille 26. Mr. Garros claimed two combat victories on October 2, bringing his total for the war to four. He was shot down and killed--probably by German ace Hermann Habich--near Vouziers, France, the day before his 30th birthday. The tennis stadium Stade Roland Garros in Paris is named in his honour.

80 years ago
1928

World events
Several uprisings against the government of Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles ended before firing squads, as leaders of the San Luis Potosi movement were executed simultaneously. They had taken up arms in the name of "Reconstruction" and had captured and sacked the town of Rayon, and planned further pillage.

Diplomacy
Peru and Chile reopened embassies in each other's countries after a 17-year interruption of relations.

Disasters
2.5 million people in a 5,000-square-mile area of China were reported to be facing starvation because of crop failure caused by drought and grasshoppers.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 3 @ New York Yankees 9 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Yankees scored a run in the bottom of the 2nd inning to break a 3-3 tie and then scored 4 in the 3rd, coasting to victory before 60,714 fans at Yankee Stadium. New York first baseman Lou Gehrig opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st inning with a 3-run home run, but the Cardinals responded with 3 runs in the top of the 2nd.

75 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Renée Adorée, 35. French actress. Miss Adorée, born Jeanne de la Fonte, appeared in 45 movies, but is best remembered for her co-starring role in The Big Parade (1925). She died after a battle of several years with tuberculosis.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 0 @ Washington Nationals 4 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Earl Whitehill pitched a 5-hitter and the Nationals scored 3 runs in the first 2 innings before 25,727 fans at Griffith Stadium. The crowd included U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who threw out the first ball. Washington players scrambled for the ball thrown by the president; outfielder Heinie Manush came up with it, and presented it to Mr. Whitehill after the game. Freddie Fitzsimmons started on the mound for the Giants and took the loss.

70 years ago
1938

At the movies
Mr. Wong, Detective, directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff and Grant Withers, opened in theatres. It was the first in a series of movies based on the fictional detective created by Hugh Wiley.



Abominations
In Nazi Germany, Jews’ passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew).

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ Chicago Cubs 1 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Yankees scored 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning and Red Ruffing pitched a 9-hitter to win the pitching duel over Bill Lee before 43,642 fans at Wrigley Field.



60 years ago
1948

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman called State Secretary George Marshall, Senator Tom Connally, and other advisers to the White House, and proposed sending Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson to Moscow for a conference on major East-West differences. Mr. Marshall strongly opposed the project, claiming that it might be misunderstood by America's allies as a ploy in the U.S. presidential campaign.

Defense
Officials in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany announced the formation of a 400,000-man militia force to resist "alarming civil war preparations" in the West.

U.S. President Truman appointed Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Karl Compton to succeed Vannevar Bush as chairman of the Defense Department's Research and Development Board.

Politics and government
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that it had issued a Canadian citizenship certificate to Igor Gouzenko, the former cypher clerk who had defected from Soviet embassy in 1945 with files that showed Communist spy rings operating in Canada.

Peruvian President Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero outlawed the Apra Party, following the suppression of the October 3 revolt in the port of Callao.

Medicine
Pittsburgh immunologist Dr. Bettina Carter announced the development of RH hapten, a blood extract which could save the lives of rh babies whose blood type was different from that of the mother.

Disasters
An earthquake struck near Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, killing between 10,000-110,000 people.

A hurricane caused 11 deaths and $10 million damage in Cuba, and $6 million in crop damage near Miami.

50 years ago
1958

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Poison, starring Wendell Corey and James Donald

This was the first episode of the season, and was directed by Mr. Hitchcock.

Died on this date
William F. Buckley, Sr., 77. U.S. oil executive. A native of Texas, Mr. Buckley moved to Mexico in 1908 and established himself as a lawyer, representing major American and European oil companies working in Mexico. He founded the Tampico-based Pantepec Oil Company in 1913, and lobbied for the removal from the Mexican Constitution of 1917 of restrictions on individual American ownership of land and oil rights. Mr. Buckley's lobbying activity resulted in his expulsion from Mexico in 1921; the expulsion was rescinded in 1924, but Mr. Buckley transferred his company to Venezuela, and continued his career in oil exploration. He suffered a stroke while sailing from Paris to New York City, and died in hospital in New York shortly after arrival. Mr. Buckley was the father of noted writer William F. Buckley, Jr. and U.S. Senator James Buckley.

Franciana
The Fifth Republic formally came into existence, the day after the adoption of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.

Canadiana
Boundary Museum opened in Grand Forks, British Columbia.

Protest
Striking Panamanian students barricaded themselves in the National Institute and fired on National Guardsmen trying to oust them on orders of President Ernesto de la Guardia.

Terrorism
Explosions of dynamite nearly destroyed Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, two years after the school had been racially integrated.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Exhibition
Kitchener-Waterloo 13 @ Detroit 8

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Braves 3 @ New York Yankees 0 (Milwaukee led best-of-seven series 3-1)





40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Hey Jude/Revolution--The Beatles

#1 single in France: Those were the Days--Mary Hopkin (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Simon Says--1910 Fruitgum Company

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Hey Jude--The Beatles

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Hey Jude--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Hey Jude--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Hey Jude--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Hey Jude--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 Those were the Days--Mary Hopkin
--Sandie Shaw
3 Rain and Tears--Aphrodite's Child
4 I Say a Little Prayer--Aretha Franklin
5 Don't You Cry for a Girl--The Shoes
6 On the Road Again--Canned Heat
7 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
8 Street Fighting Man--The Rolling Stones
9 People Got to Be Free--The Rascals
10 Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong--Golden Earrings

Singles entering the chart were Michaela by De Dominos (#32); Ciao Baby by Group Check (#38); Waiting for You by BZN (#39); and Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Hey Jude--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Harper Valley P.T.A.--Jeannie C. Riley
3 Fire--The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
4 Hush--Deep Purple
5 Midnight Confessions--The Grass Roots
6 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
7 The Fool on the Hill--Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
8 My Special Angel--The Vogues
9 On the Road Again--Canned Heat
10 Girl Watcher--The O'Kaysions

Singles entering the chart were I'm in a Different World by the Four Tops (#65); Keep on Lovin' Me Honey by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#68); There was a Time by Gene Chandler (#77); Ride My See-Saw by the Moody Blues (#81); I Love You Madly by the Fantastic Four (#84); Message from Maria by Joe Simon (#85); Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) by the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (#86); 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero by Bobby Russell (#89); Destination: Anywhere by the Marvelettes (#91); Oh Lord, Why Lord by Los Pop Tops (#93); Almost in Love by Elvis Presley (#95); Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones by the Cryan' Shames (#97); Peace of Mind by Nancy Wilson (#98); and Fire by Five by Five (#100). Almost in Love was the B-side of A Little Less Conversation, charting at #67, and was also from the movie Live a Little, Love a Little (1968).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Revolution--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
3 Over You--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
4 Harper Valley P.T.A.--Jeannie C. Riley
5 Milk Train--The Everly Brothers
6 San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)--Fever Tree
7 Happy Feeling--The Happy Feeling
8 1,2,3, Red Light--1910 Fruitgum Company
9 On the Road Again--Canned Heat
10 Do it Again--The Beach Boys
Pick hit of the week: Beyond the Clouds--The Poppy Family

Music
The single Porpoise Song/As We Go Along by the Monkees was released on Colgems Records in the United States and on RCA Victor Records in Canada. Both songs were from the movie Head (1968).

Protest
A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland was violently suppressed by police.

Golf
Gay Brewer won the Alcan Golf Tournament in Southport, England with a total score of 283. First prize money was $55,000.

Football
CFL
The Edmonton Eskimos released tight end E.A. Sims prior to their game at home against the British Columbia Lions. Mr. Sims was in his seventh season with the team. He was originally a tight end before being moved to defensive end, where he was an All-Star from 1965-1967. Mr. Sims was moved back to tight end in 1968, and was second on the team in receptions, with 22 for 318 yards, an average of 14.5 yards per reception, with no touchdowns, in 11 games in 1968. Head coach Neill Armstrong denied that Mr. Sims' release was connected with his being a witness to a murder in the Grand Hotel earlier in the year. Mr. Sims was reportedly sitting in a stall in the men's room when a man was murdered in the next stall. The Grand Hotel was said to be "off limits" to Eskimos players. The release of Mr. Sims was reported on the front page of The Edmonton Journal--a rare occurrence for the Eskimos in those days.

Winnipeg (2-9) 13 @ Hamilton (6-4) 23
British Columbia (2-8-1) 5 @ Edmonton (5-6-1) 13

Tommy-Joe Coffey caught 5 passes for 67 yards and scored 17 points to help the Tiger-Cats defeat the Blue Bombers before 18,123 fans at Civic Stadium. Mr. Coffey's last reception was the 466th of his CFL career, breaking the record formerly held by Dick Shatto of the Toronto Argonauts.

Charlie Fulton sneaked 1 yard for the game's only touchdown late in the 2nd quarter as the Eskimos defeated the Lions before 16,551 fans at Clarke Stadium. The TD was set up by Jerry Griffin's interception of a Paul Brothers pass. The game marked the return to Edmonton of B.C. quarterback Jackie Parker, who had starred with the Eskimos from 1954-1962; it was his last game there as a player.

CIAU
WCIAA
Alberta (2-0) 33 @ Calgary (1-1) 21

The Golden Bears scored 2 touchdowns in the last 12 minutes of the game to defeat the Dinosaurs before almost 4,000 fans at McMahon Stadium. Calgary came back from an early 13-0 deficit to tie the game 13-13 at halftime and take leads of 15-13 in the 3rd quarter and 21-20 in the 4th. Dan McCaffery, entering the game as a halfback, threw a touchdown pass to Gary Schielke to open the scoring in the 1st quarter, and rushed 5 yards for a touchdown on a third-down gamble late in the 3rd quarter while playing quarterback. Alberta starting quarterback Terry Lampert drove his team 100 yards in the 4th quarter, and handed off to Bill Jenner for the winning touchdown with 6 minutes remaining. Val Schneider scored the other Alberta TD in the 1st half when he blocked a punt, dribbled the ball into the Calgary end zone, and fell on it for a touchdown.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 7 @ Detroit Tigers 3 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Tim McCarver hit a 3-run home run to climax a 4-run 5th inning and Orlando Cepeda hit a 3-run homer in the 7th as the Cardinals overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Tigers before 53,634 fans in the first World Series game at Tiger Stadium since 1945. Al Kaline hit a 2-run homer to open the scoring in the 3rd inning.





30 years ago
1978

Politics and government
John Buchanan took office as Premier of Nova Scotia, 16 days after leading his Progressive Conservatives to victory over the governing Liberals of Premier Gerald Regan.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to sustain President Jimmy Carter's veto of the $10.1-billion public works appropriation bill, which Mr. Carter had attacked as "inflationary and wasteful, "absolutely unacceptable," and a classic example of "pork-barrel" legislation.

Labour
The New York Post resumed publication after reaching agreement with 10 unions representing 11,000 workers, ending a 56-day strike. The strike continued against The New York Times and New York Daily News.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Los Angeles 4 @ Philadelphia 0 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 2-0)

Tommy John pitched a 4-hitter and Dave Lopes hit his second home run in as many games as the Dodgers shut out the Phillies before 60,642 fans at Veterans Stadium.

25 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Earl Tupper, 76. U.S. inventor and businessman. Mr. Tupper created lightweight airtight plastic containers, founding the Tupperware Plastics Company in 1938.

World events
Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's Solidarity trade union movement, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1983. The committee awarding the prize praised Mr. Walesa for his restraint and commitment to nonviolence in his protests against Poland's Communist regime.

Economics and finance
The Philippines' government devalued the peso to 14 to the U.S. dollar.

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

Lamarr Hoyt pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers's duel over Scott McGregor at Memorial Stadium.

National League Championship Series
Philadelphia 1 @ Los Angeles 4 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

20 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Hand in Hand--Koreana

Politics and government
A national plebiscite in Chile on whether President Augusto Pinochet should be allowed to continue in office for another 8 years resulted in a 55.99% "No" vote, resulting in General Pinochet continuing in power for another year, with an election to be held three months before the end of his term.

U.S. vice presidential candidates Dan Quayle (Republican) and Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat) met in a nationally-televised debate in Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Quayle had been accused of being too young and inexperienced to be vice-president, but he said that he was as experienced as John F. Kennedy had been when he had been elected president in 1960. Senator Bentsen replied, "I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."



Vadim Medvedev, newly-appointed Soviet cabinet minister for ideology and propaganda, gave a speech in which he rejected the idea of a struggle against the West. He said that Communism was facing crises around the world, and called for development of a new concept of socialism that would borrow ideas from other socialist countries and even from capitalist countries.

The Brazilian Constitution was ratified by the Constituent Assembly.

Health
The United States Energy Department admitted that 25 workers at recently-closed Savannah River Plant in South Carolina had been accidentally exposed to radiation at the nuclear power plant.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the national unemployment rate had dropped slightly in September to 5.3%.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
New York 3 @ Los Angeles 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

The Dodgers scored a run in the 1st inning and 4 in the 2nd as they beat the Mets before 55,780 fans at Dodger Stadium. Tim Belcher was the winning pitcher and David Cone took the loss.

American League Championship Series
Oakland 2 @ Boston 1 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Rick Honeycutt, who relieved starting pitcher Dave Stewart in the 7th inning, was the winning pitcher, while Bruce Hurst pitched a 6-hit complete game in taking the loss before 34,104 fans at Fenway Park.

October 4, 2008

110 years ago
1898

Politics and government
Amédée Forget began the first of his two terms as Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories.

90 years ago
1918

Health
The first cases of the misnamed Spanish flu in Alberta were reported in Calgary.

Disasters
An explosion at the T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey killed more than 100 people, injured hundreds more, and destroyed the plant and more than 300 surrounding buildings.

80 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Umberto Obregon, 21. Mexican suicide. Mr. Obregon, the son of recently-assassinated President-elect General Alvaro Obregon, shot himself in Mexico City. Gen. Obregon had been assassinated in San Angel on July 27 by Jose de Leon Toral.

Politics and government
Herbert Morrison was elected chairman of the British Labour Party.

Scandal
Andrew "Bossy" Gillis, the "Bad Boy" Mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts, was sentenced in Salem to serve two months in jail, one month at hard labour, and was fined a total of $545 for conducting an illegal gasoline filling station. Ed Bass, a baker, was acting Mayor while Mr. Gillis was in jail.

The Albany, New York "baseball pool" was put into bankruptcy by a U.S. federal court.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 1 @ New York Yankees 4 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Waite Hoyt pitched a 3-hitter, while Babe Ruth hit a 2-run home run and Lou Gehrig drove in 2 runs as the Yankees beat the Cardinals before 61,426 fans at Yankee Stadium.

75 years ago
1933

Baseball
World Series
Washington Nationals 1 @ New York Giants 6 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Goose Goslin's home run in the top of the 3rd inning gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead, but the Giants erupted for 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th, knocking Washington starting pitcher General Crowder out of the box, before 35,461 fans at the Polo Grounds. Hal Schumacher pitched a 5-hit complete game to get the win. 43-year-old Sam Rice, in his 19th season with the Nationals, played his last game in a Washington uniform, singling as a pinch hitter in the 7th inning.

60 years ago
1948

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis, on MBS

Defense
U.K. Field Marshal Viscount Bernard Montgomery was named head of the Western European Permanent Defense Organization, with two French officers and one British officer as his aides.

The U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force began extensive war games on both coasts, practicing coordination of surprise attack procedures.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman ordered careful screening by the Army, Federal Bureau of Investigation, State Department, and Displaced Persons Committee of immigrant refugees to prevent entry of Communist agents.

Popular culture
The American Municipal Association reported that laws in 50 cities banned comic books dealing with crime or sex.

Labour
U.S. railroads granted a 10c hourly wage increase to 175,000 members of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Calgary (8-0) 26 @ Winnipeg (3-5) 6

Keith Spaith, Fritz Hanson, and Woody Strode scored touchdowns for the Stampeders as they beat the Blue Bombers at Osborne Stadium. Fred Wilmot added 2 converts and 2 field goals. Mr. Hobson scored the Winnipeg touchdown.

Baseball
Ken Keltner hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 4th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Cleveland Indians went on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 8-3 before 33,957 fans at Fenway Park in Boston in a 1-game playoff to decide the American League pennant. Cleveland shortstop Lou Boudreau batted 4 for 4 with 2 solo home runs and 3 runs. Gene Bearden pitched a 5-hit complete game victory to finish the season with a record of 20-8, while Boston starter Denny Galehouse, who had spent the equivalent of several innings warming up in the bullpen the previous day, lasted just 3+ innings in taking the loss.

50 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Bird Dog--The Everly Brothers

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der Legionär--Freddy Quinn (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): When--The Kalin Twins (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid--Connie Francis

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 It's All in the Game--Tommy Edwards
2 Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)--Domenico Modugno
--Dean Martin
3 Bird Dog--The Everly Brothers
4 Rock-in Robin--Bobby Day
5 Little Star--The Elegants
6 Tea for Two Cha Cha--The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra starring Warren Covington
7 Susie Darlin'--Robin Luke
8 Tears on My Pillow--Little Anthony and the Imperials
9 Just a Dream--Jimmy Clanton and the Rockets
10 Patricia--Perez Prado and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were The Hula Hoop Song, with versions by Georgia Gibbs, and Teresa Brewer (#53); With Your Love by Jack Scott (#55); Call Me by Johnny Mathis (#60); Guaglione by Perez Prado and his Orchestra (#68); Poor Boy by the Royaltones (#77); Blue Ribbon Baby by Tommy Sands (#80); Nine More Miles (The “Faster-Faster” Song) by Georgie Young and the Rockin' Bocs (#82); I Really Love You by the Danleers (#84); Tears from My Heart by Thurston Harris (#93); Queen of the Hop by Bobby Darin (#94); It's Raining Outside by the Platters (#95); Fried Onions by Lord Rockingham’s XI (#97); Pretty Little Pearly by the Click-Clacks (#99); and Everyone was There by Bob Kayli (#100).

Defense
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and Foreign Minister Alichiro Fujiyama met with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II in Tokyo to renew the 1951 U.S.-Japan security treaty.

Politics and government
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic was adopted in France.

Transportation
British Overseas Airway Corporation inaugurated jet airliner commercial passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean.

Hockey
NHL
All-Star Game
All-Stars 3 @ Montréal 6

Rocket Richard scored the first and last goals, while brother Henri scored the winning goal and added 2 assists for the defending Stanley Cup champion Canadiens before 13,989 fans. Andy Bathgate of the New York Rangers scored 2 goals for the All-Stars.

Football
CFL
IRFU
Hamilton (7-0-1) 14 @ Ottawa (4-4) 1
Montreal (3-4-1) 14 @ Toronto (1-7) 10

WIFU
Saskatchewan (6-3-1) 27 @ Calgary (5-5) 14
Winnipeg (9-2) 21 @ Edmonton (5-5-1) 15

CRU
ORFU
London (2-4) 20 @ Sarnia (7-0) 24

Bernie Faloney threw touchdown passes to Tommy Grant and Paul Dekker as the Tiger-Cats defeated the Rough Riders before 18,000 fans at Lansdowne Park. Don Sutherin added a convert and single for Hamilton, while Mack Yoho scored the Ottawa point on a single off a missed field goal attempt.

Sam Etcheverry completed touchdown passes to Dick Hunter and Joel Wells to help the Alouettes defeat the Argonauts before 16,424 fans at Varsity Stadium. Dick Shatto rushed 41 yards for the Toronto touchdown, with Vic Kristopaitis adding a convert and field goal. It was the first start for Ronnie Knox as quarterback of the Argonauts.

Frank Tripucka completed touchdown passes to Ken Carpenter and Ron Dundas and handed off to Cookie Gilchrist for another TD to lead the Roughriders over the Stampeders before 18,000 fans at Mewata Stadium. Jack Hill converted 2 of the touchdowns, with Reg Whitehouse adding a convert and Larry Isbell punting for a single. Veryl Switzer rushed 2 yards for the first Calgary touchdown and Nobby Wirkowski passed to Gene Filipski for the other Stampeder TD.

Jackie Parker's 12-yard touchdown pass to Normie Kwong on the second-last play of the game was called back on a penalty for illegal substitution, and they were unable to score on the final play as the Blue Bombers escaped with a win over the Eskimos before 19,000 fans at Clarke Stadium. Jim Van Pelt passed 8 yards to Frank Gilliam for the first Winnipeg touchdown, and Leo Lewis rushed 47 yards for the other Blue Bomber TD. Mr. Lewis rushed 9 times for 94 yards and caught 3 passes for 57 yards. Joe Mobra scored a touchdown, 2 converts, and a single for the Eskimos, with Bill Walker scoring the other TD, both on passes from Mr. Parker. Edmonton defensive back Rollie Miles made 3 interceptions.

J.B. Smith, Chuck Stanley, and Ernie White scored touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they defeated the Lords at Norm Perry Park. Gino Cappelletti converted all the Sarnia TDs and added 3 singles. Jim Greer, Ron King, and Gerry Thompkins scored the London touchdowns, all converted by Del Thachuk.

SIFL
Toronto (2-0) 35 McGill (1-1) 13
Western Ontario (1-1) 46 Queen's (0-2) 16

Baseball
The Sporting News named San Francisco Giants' first baseman Orlando Cepeda and Washington Senators' outfielder Albie Pearson as the top rookies in the National and American Leagues, respectively, while naming Carlton Willey of the Milwaukee Braves and Ryne Duren of the New York Yankees as the top rookie pitchers in their respective leagues. Mr. Cepeda batted .312 with 25 home runs and 96 runs batted in in 148 games, while Mr. Pearson batted .275 with 3 homers and 33 RBIs in 146 games. Mr. Willey was 9-7 with an earned run average of 2.70 in 23 games, and led the NL with 4 shutouts. Mr. Duren was 6-4 with a 2.01 ERA in 44 games, and led the AL with 20 saves.

World Series
Milwaukee Braves 0 @ New York Yankees 4 (Milwaukee led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Don Larsen allowed 6 hits in 7 innings and Ryne Duren followed with 2 scoreless innings as the Yankees shut out the Braves before 71,599 fans at Yankee Stadium. Hank Bauer batted 3 for 4 with a home run, driving in all 4 runs.





40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in South Africa (Springbok Radio): For Your Precious Love--The Flames

Originally a hit in North America for Jerry Butler and the Impressions 10 years earlier, For Your Precious Love was a hit in South Africa for two artists in 1968. Oscar Toney, Jr.'s version peaked at #3 on August 30. The Flames--Blondie Chaplin, Steve Fataar, Brother Fataar, and Ricky Fataar, were the first non-white South African rock group to achieve widespread success.

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): I Have Loved Me a Man--Allison Durbin (2nd week at #1)

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Fire--Arthur Brown
2 Hey Jude/Revolution--The Beatles
3 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
4 Cinnamon--Derek
5 1,2,3, Red Light--1910 Fruitgum Company
6 (The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation--Don Fardon
7 Suzie Q--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Hush--Deep Purple
9 My Special Angel--The Vogues
10 Baby, Come Back--The Equals

Singles entering the chart were Those were the Days by Mary Hopkin (#26); Piece of My Heart by Big Brother and the Holding Company (#27); Elenore by the Turtles (#28); White Room by Cream (#29); and Lalena by Donovan (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Revolution/Hey Jude--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 I've Gotta Get a Message to You--The Bee Gees
3 1,2,3, Red Light--1910 Fruitgum Company
4 Fire--Arthur Brown
5 (The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation--Don Fardon
6 The Snake--Al Wilson
7 Street Fighting Man--The Rolling Stones
8 People Got to Be Free--The Rascals
9 Girl Watcher--The O'Kaysions
10 On the Road Again--Canned Heat

At the movies
Firecreek (1968), a Western starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda, opened its two-night run at the Capitol Theatre in Yellowknife. This blogger went with his best friend, Garland Grayston, and babysitter Betty-Jo Morris.

Died on this date
Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers, 40. U.S. radio personality. Mr. Myers was a rock and roll disc jockey who achieved success in Akron, and shortly thereafter, Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1950s, with a unique style that included a constant rhyming delivery accompanied by sound effects. He later moved to New York, where he was forced to tone down his "Mad Daddy" persona. Mr. Myers was reportedly despondent, believing he was about to be forced out of his position at New York station WNEW, and fatally shot himself in his apartment.

War
Cambodia admitted that it was a sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, saying that they occupied three provinces bordering South Vietnam.

Diplomacy
Czechoslovakian leaders concluded two days of talks in Moscow with Soviet leaders by giving in to U.S.S.R. pressure to abandon the remnants of their eight-month liberalization program and to let Soviet troops remain in Czechoslovakia.

Law
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson withdrew his nomination of Supreme Court Associate Justice Abe Fortas for Chief Justice after an effort to end a Senate filibuster to block the nomination failed. The withdrawal also voided the nomination of Judge Homer Thornberry to succeed Mr. Fortas as an Associate Justice.

Disasters
Eight coal miners were killed, two injured, and seven missing when a gas explosion wrecked a mine in Luenen, West Germany.

30 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Summer Nights--John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

Disasters
Heavy floods in southeast Asia were reported to be driving millions of people from their homes and causing outbreaks of cholera.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
New York 4 @ Kansas City 10 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)

The Royals took a 5-0 lead after 2 innings and coasted to victory before 41,158 fans at Royals Stadium.

National League Championship Series
Los Angeles 9 @ Philadelphia 5 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 1-0)

Steve Garvey hit 2 home runs, while Dave Lopes and Steve Yeager also homered to help the Dodgers win before 63,460 fans at Veterans Stadium.

25 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Moonlight Shadow--Mike Oldfield (3rd week at #1)

Defense
U.S. President Ronald Reagan formally gave his support to the build-down concept in which old nuclear warheads would be destroyed as new ones were deployed. In the new proposal, emphasis would be placed on less threatening and less vulnerable sea-based and mobile land-based missiles.

Business
The big three U.S. automakers--General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler--reported that sales had increased 16.7% during the 1983 model year, the first gain from the previous year since 1978.

Auto racing
Richard Noble set a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019 kilometres per hour), driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Philadelphia 1 @ Los Angeles 0 (Philadelphia led best-of-five series 1-0)



20 years ago
1988

Scandal
Nine Canadians victimized by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency brainwashing experiments at McGill University in the 1950s reached an out-of-court settlement, sharing a $750,000 award.

Economics and finance
The United States House of Representatives voted 272-152 in favour of restricting imports of textiles, apparel, and shoes, but the result was 11 votes short of the number required to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the bill which he had called "protectionism at its worst" in his veto message. He hailed the failure to override the veto, saying that the House had "once again reaffirmed America's commitment to the free market and free international trade."

Baseball
National League Championship Series
New York 3 @ Los Angeles 2 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Mets scored all their runs in the top of the 9th inning, ending Orel Hershiser's streak of scoreless innings at 67 1/3. Jay Howell, who relieved Mr. Hershiser, was the losing pitcher before 55,582 fans at Dodger Stadium.





10 years ago
1998

Football
CFL
Edmonton (7-7) 3 @ Montreal (9-4-1) 34
Winnipeg (2-12) 21 @ Hamilton (10-2-1) 35
British Columbia (5-9) 22 @ Calgary (9-5) 11

Mike Pringle rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown to help the Alouettes rout the Eskimos before 16,152 fans at Molson Stadium. Edmonton's Scott Deibert recovered a Montreal fumble on the opening kickoff, leading to a 30-yard Sean Fleming field goal to open the scoring just 1:09 into the game. Otherwise, the Eskimos never came close to scoring, and they were so badly embarrassed that Montreal third-string quarterback Lance Funderburk even led a touchdown drive, scoring on a 1-yard quarterback sneak. Marcus Dowdell played his first game as an Eskimo, catching 5 passes for 68 yards and returning 4 punts for 17 yards.

Danny McManus passed for 460 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Ronald Williams rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown to help the Tiger-Cats beat the Blue Bombers before 14,879 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

Juan Johnson rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown, and Lui Passaglia added a convert and 5 field goals to help the Lions defeat the Stampeders before 33,179 fans at McMahon Stadium.

Baseball
National League Division Series
Houston 1 @ San Diego 6 (San Diego won best-of-five series 3-1)

October 3, 2008

1,190 years ago
818

Died on this date
Ermengarde of Hesbaye, 40 (?). Holy Roman Empress, 813-818. Ermengarde, the wife of Emperor Louis the Pious, was also Queen of the Franks from 814 until her death.

170 years ago
1838

Died on this date
Black Hawk, 71 (?). U.S. Indian leader. Black Hawk was a leader and warrior of the Sauk tribe in the midwestern United States. He fought on the side of the British during the War of 1812 and led a series of skirmishes against white U.S. authorities in 1832 that became known as the Black Hawk War.

90 years ago
1918

Europeana
Boris III acceded to the throne of Bulgaria upon the abdication of his father Ferdinand I.

80 years ago
1928

Died on this date
James McGuckin, 24. U.S. government official. Mr. McGuckin was a customs guard who, on July 24, 1928, fatally shot Leo Boice, a longshoreman from Hoboken, New Jersey, during Mr. Boice's alleged attempt to smuggle two pint bottles of whiskey. Mr. McGuckin committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas in his home in Jersey City.

Married on this date
Recently-retired world heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney and Mary Lauder were wed in Rome in civil and religious ceremonies at Hotel de Russie.

Defense
700 of the 3,800 U.S. Marines in China left Shanghai for San Diego.

Scandal
New York Governor Al Smith, responding to a letter from Dr. S.S. Wise, promised an investigation of a story that a state trooper had taken part in summoning a rabbi to a police station in Massena on Yom Kippur to account for the disappearance of a child in connection with a rumour of ritual murder. Mayor G.W. Hawes and the trooper, Corporal H.H. McCann, publicly expressed, in writing, regret for what they had done. Corp. McCann was reprimanded and suspended.

Disasters
The French 600-ton submarine Ondine, on her trial trip, with 3 officers and 40 men aboard, sank off Vigo, Portugal in a collision with the Greek steamer Goutandris.

Floods in Belgium broke dykes at Nieuport and Zeebrugge, with a one billion-franc loss in livestock and crops.

75 years ago
1933

Baseball
World Series
Washington Nationals 2 @ New York Giants 4 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Carl Hubbell pitched a 5-hitter and Mel Ott batted 4 for 4 with a home run and 3 runs batted in for the Giants before 46,672 fans at the Polo Grounds. Lefty Stewart started on the mound for Washington and gave up all 4 runs, being relieved after giving up singles to the first 3 batters in the 3rd inning. It was a sloppy game, as the Nationals made 3 errors and the Giants 2. The first 2 New York runs and both Washington runs were unearned.

60 years ago
1948

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring John Stanley and Ian Martin, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Frightened Bookkeeper

This was the last episode with Ian Martin as Dr. Watson; he was replaced by Wendell Holmes, acting under the name George Spelvin.

World events
Peruvian forces suppressed a revolt in the port of Callao staged by the leftist Apra Party and mutinous naval troops.

Diplomacy
Israel sent a note to the United Nations rejecting provisions of the Bernadotte peace plan calling for the surrender of the Negev desert to the Arabs

Labour
French coal miners struck against government plans for a 10% wage cut in the nationalized coal industry.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning and 4 in the 6th as they defeated the New York Yankees 10-5 before 31,304 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Boston center fielder Dom DiMaggio batted 3 for 4 with a home run and 2 runs, while his brother Joe, the New York center fielder, batted 4 for 5 with 2 doubles and 3 runs batted in, and received a standing ovation from the Boston fans when he was replaced by pinch runner Steve Souchock in the 9th inning. Frankie Crosetti played the last 2 innings at second base for New York, with no plate appearances or fielding chances in the 1,683rd and last game of his 17-year major league career. It was the last game for Bucky Harris as manager of the Yankees.

The Detroit Tigers hit 7 doubles--3 by Vic Wertz--as they beat the Clevland Indians 7-1 before 74,181 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, dropping the Indians into a tie with the Red Sox for the American League lead with records of 96-58 at the end of the regular schedule, necessitating a 1-game playoff in Boston the following day. Hal Newhouser pitched a 5-hitter to finish the season with a record of 21-12, winning the pitching matchup over Bob Feller, who finished with a record of 19-15. Mike Garcia, the fifth of six Cleveland pitchers, allowed 3 hits, but no runs with 1 strikeout in 2 innings in his first major league game.

Steve Filipowicz ended his 57-game, 3-year major league career by singling home Bobby Adams with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 7,255 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Johnny Vander Meer pitched a 2-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Vic Lombardi, who pitched a 5-hit complete game. Cincinnati catcher Ray Lamanno batted 1 for 3 in the 442nd and last game of his 5-year major league career.

50 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid--Connie Francis (2nd week at #1)

At the movies
No Place to Land, directed by Albert C. Gannaway, and starring John Ireland, Mari Blanchard, Gail Russell, Jackie Coogan, and Robert Middleton, opened in theatres.

Defense
Confirming the resumption of nuclear testing, the U.S.S.R. claimed that the move had been "forced" by U.S. and U.K. nuclear tests.

The U.S. Defense Department ended the secrecy classification of 650 million documents, all dating from before 1946.

Politics and government
At the demand of President Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's ruling Neo-Destour Party revised its apparatus, dissolving the party's regional federations and reducing its local cells.

40 years ago
1968

On television tonight
Dragnet 1969, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Community Relations: DR-10

Space
The satellite Aurorae (ESRO-1), a project of the European Space Research Organization, was launched atop a Scout rocket, carrying eight experiments designed to perform an integrated study of the high-latitude ionosphere.

World events
Peruvian military leaders ousted President Fernando Belaunde Terry, 55, in a bloodless coup, and put him on a plane to Buenos Aires. General Juan Velasco Alvarado, 58, Army chief of staff and president of the joint chiefs of staff, took over as President of the new "Revolutionary Government."

Politics and government
At a news conference in Pittsburgh, American Independent Party U.S. presidential candidate George Wallace introduced former Air Force Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay as his vice presidential running mate.

Disasters
11 people were killed, 7 injured, and 32 missing when a truck plunged into a river south of Bangkok.

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Tigers 8 @ St. Louis Cardinals 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Mickey Lolich pitched a 6-hitter and hit his only major league home run to lead the Tigers to victory before 54,692 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium.





30 years ago
1978

On television tonight
The Paper Chase, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Great Expectations



Crime
William and Emily Harris, already serving a sentence of 11 years to life imprisonment for a shootout in Los Angeles during the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, were sentenced from 10 years to life for the kidnapping of Miss Hearst. With time off for good behaviour and credit for time served, the couple could be released in 1983.

Disasters
All 12 VIP passengers and 3 crew members aboard a Finnish Air Force DC-3 were killed when it crashed.

Football
CIAU
Manitoba (0-5) 9 @ Alberta (4-1) 45

Kerry O'Connor caught 2 passes for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed 23 yards for another TD after recovering teammate Martin Pardell's fumble to help the Golden Bears rout the Bisons before 3,700 fans in the Golden Bears' first game ever at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
New York 7 @ Kansas City 1 (New York led best-of-five series 1-0)

Rookie pitchers Jim Beattie and Ken Clay combined to pitch a 2-hitter and Reggie Jackson hit a 3-run home run as the Yankees beat the Royals before 41,143 fans at Royals Stadium.



25 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Australiana--Austen Tayshus (6th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that he was postponing indefinitely his scheduled November visit to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand, while keeping visits to Japan and South Korea on his schedule. Mr. Reagan cited the expectation that the U.S. Congress would still be in session as reason for the postponement, but it was widely assumed that the real reason was concern for his safety in the currently volatile atmosphere in the Philippines in the aftermath of the August 21, 1983 assassination of political opposition leader Benigno Aquino.

20 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Simply Irresistible--Robert Palmer (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Desire--U2

Died on this date
Franz Josef Strauss, 73. West German politician. Mr. Strauss, leader of the Christian Social Union, held various federal cabinet posts in West Germany from 1953-1962 and 1966-1969, and was Minister President of Bavaria from 1978 until his death, which occurred two days after collapsing with a heart attack while hunting.

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, concluding the four-day STS-26 mission, the first U.S. manned space mission since the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.

Diplomacy
Libya and Chad, who had fought each other off and on for years until a cease-fire in September 1987, formally ended their state of war and resumed diplomatic relations. The two countries agreed to cooperate with the Organization for African Unity in determining sovereignty over the Aouzou strip in Chadian territory, which was currently occupied by Libya, and reportedly contained uranium. France retrained a 1,200-man force in southern Chad to shore up the regime.

Terrorism
Mithileshwar Singh, an Indian citizen with permanent alien-resident status in the United States and a professor at Beirut University, was freed by his captors in Beirut 19 months after being kidnapped, along with three American professors, by gunmen who had identified themselves as Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine. The terrorists had offered to release one hostage in return for U.S. support for the Palestinians. Mr. Singh said his three American colleagues were "OK." The U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan denied that any deal had been made to free any hostages.

10 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Roddy McDowall, 70. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. McDowall began his acting career as an infant model, and was a chile actor before moving to the United States with his family in 1940. He appeared in numerous films, plays, and television programs, but was probably best known for co-starring in the movie Planet of the Apes (1968) and several sequels. Mr. McDowall died of lung cancer, 16 days after his 70th birthday.

Music
Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and Hootie and the Blowfish were among the artists who performed at the Farm Aid '98 concert in Tinley Park, Illinois.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-9) 18 @ Toronto (8-6) 15

Quarterback Reggie Slack rushed 1 yard for a touchdown and cornerback Todd McMillon took a lateral and returned an interception 29 yards for another TD to help the Roughriders defeat the Argonauts before 15,272 fans at SkyDome.



CIAU
British Columbia 34 (3-1) @ Saskatchewan (4-0) 38
Manitoba (0-4) 24 @ Alberta (1-4) 28

Baseball
American League Division Series
Cleveland 2 @ Boston 1 (Cleveland won best-of-five series 3-1)

National League Division Series
Atlanta 6 @ Chicago 2 (Atlanta won best-of-five series 3-0)
Houston 1 @ San Diego 2 (San Diego led best-of-five series 2-1)

October 2, 2008

130 years ago
1878

Born on this date
Jim McGinley. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. McGinley played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1904-1905), compiling a record of 2-2 with an earned run average of 3.30 in 4 games, batting .167 with no home runs and 1 run batted in. He pitched in 352 games and played in at least 443 games in 14 seasons in the minor leagues (1901-1918), including five seasons with the Haverhill Hustlers of the New England League (1901-1905) and six seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Eastern League (1906-1911). Mr. McGinley died on September 20, 1961, 12 days before his 83rd birthday.

100 years ago
1908

Baseball
Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps pitched a perfect game, improving his 1908 record to 24-11, as the Naps edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at League Park in Cleveland. Losing pitcher Ed Walsh allowed 4 hits, striking out 15 batters and walking just 1 in pitching a complete game, dropping to 39-15. Chicago catcher Osee Schrecengost batted 0 for 2 and made 12 putouts and an assist in the 895th and last game of his major league career, while pinch hitter John Anderson made the final out in the 1,636th game of his 14-year major league career.

The Detroit Tigers scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the St. Louis Browns 7-6 at Bennett Park in Detroit, remaining 1/2 game ahead of the Naps in the American League pennant race.

Clyde Milan and Otis Clymer each hit his only home run of the season as part of a 19-hit attack, helping the Washington Nationals rout the New York Highlanders 12-2 at Hilltop Park in New York. Mr. Clymer batted 4 for 4 with a double and 3 runs. The Nationals hit just 8 home runs in 1908. Joe Lake, who pitched the last 6 innings for New York in relief of losing starter Bill Hogg, hit a solo home run in the 7th inning. Mr. Hogg allowed 8 hits and 5 runs in 3 innings, finishing the season at 4-16 in the 117th and last game of his 4-year major league career. The game was played in just 1 hour 30 minutes.

The Boston Red Sox scored 3 runs in both the 5th and 8th innings as they beat the Philadelphia Athletics 8-1 at Columbia Park in Philadelphia. Eddie Cicotte pitched a 7-hit complete game victory, and singled and scored a run. Philadelphia third baseman Frank Manush batted 0 for 3 with 1 putout in his 23rd and last major league game.

George Gibson hit a solo home run in the 7th inning and Honus Wagner added a homer in the 9th to enable the Pittsburgh Pirates to edge the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 to complete a sweep of their doubleheader before 4,500 fans at Robison Field in St. Louis. The sweep left the Pirates 1/2 game ahead of the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants in the National League pennant race. Howie Camnitz pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Charlie Rhodes, who allowed just 6 hits. The Pirates scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning as they won the first game 7-4. Ernie Courtney came to bat as a pinch hitter in the 9th inning of the first game and made an out in the 558th and last game of his 6-year major league career.

Three Finger Brown pitched a 4-hitter to improve his 1908 record to 27-9 as he led the Chicago Cubs to a 5-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds before just 400 fans at Palace of the Fans in Cincinnati.

The New York Giants scored all their runs in the 1st inning as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 before 3,500 fans at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. New York second baseman Buck Herzog batted 3 for 5 with a run and 2 runs batted in, and started a double play.

The Brooklyn Superbas scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to edge the Boston Doves 3-2 at Washington Park in Brooklyn in a game that was played in 1 hour 18 minutes. Jim Pastorius pitched a 7-hitter to improve his record for the season to 4-20, winning the pitchers' duel over Patsy Flaherty, who dropped to 12-17 while also pitching a 7-hitter.

80 years ago
1928

Diplomacy
Impressions that Costa Rica was hostile to the Monroe Doctrine were dispelled by Senor Don Manuel Castro Quesada on presenting his letters of credence to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge as Minister to the United States, succeeding Senor Don J. Rafael Oreamuno.

Politics and government
The New York State Democratic Convention, meeting in Rochester, nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt for Governor of New York and renominated R.S. Copeland to represent New York in the U.S. Senate. A full ticket was also named.

Communications
The first air mail plane from Mexico City to Laredo, Texas and the first from Laredo to Mexico City reached their destinations.

Religion
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded in Madrid by Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer.

Law
74 members of the New York bar were named for disciplinary action in a report on ambulance chasing handed to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. It was recommended that contingent fees be limited to one-third of the sum recovered.

70 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Alexandru Averescu, 79. Prime Minister of Romania, 1918, 1920-1921, 1926-1927. Marshal Averescu was an Armed Forces commander during World War I before entering politics as leader of the People's Party. His three terms as Prime Minister added up to about 13 months. Marshal Avenescu supported the restoration of King Carol to the throne in 1930, but eventually had a falling out with the monarch, although he returned to government as minister without portfolio shortly before his death.

60 years ago
1948

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Twelfth Street Rag--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra (6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 A Tree in the Meadow--Margaret Whiting (2nd week at #1)
2 It's Magic--Doris Day
--Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Tony Martin
--Gordon MacRae
3 My Happiness--The Pied Pipers
--Ella Fitzgerald
--Jon and Sondra Steele
4 Twelfth Street Rag--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra
5 You Call Everybody Darlin'--Al Trace and the Revelers
--The Andrews Sisters
--Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters
--Anne Vincent
6 Underneath the Arches--Primo Scala’s Banjo and Accordian Orchestra with the Keynotes
--The Andrews Sisters
7 Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue--Gordon MacRae and the Starlighters
--Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
--Jack Emerson
8 Love Somebody--Doris Day and Buddy Clark
9 Cool Water--Vaughn Monroe and the Sons of the Pioneers
10 Rambling Rose--Perry Como and the Satisfiers

There were no singles entering the chart.

Theatre
The musical Finian's Rainbow closed at the 49th Street Theatre on Broadway in New York after 725 performances since January 10, 1947.

World events
The Palestine National Assembly in Gaza proclaimed Palestine's independence as an Arab state, denouncing the Jews as "aggressive intruders."

Politics and government
Ontario Premier George Drew was chosen on the first ballot as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada at the party's leadership convention at Ottawa Coliseum, replacing the retiring John Bracken. Mr. Drew took 827 votes to 311 for John Diefenbaker and 104 for Donald Fleming.

Domingo Diaz Arosemena was inaugurated as President of Panama, and pledged cooperation with the United States in defending the Panama Canal.

Journalism
The Argentine government revoked the press privileges of five foreign correspondents in the aftermath of an alleged plot to assassinate Argentine President Juan Peron.

Science
Columbia University geologists announced the discovery in Belgian Congo of sengierite, a uranium-bearing mineral.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (3-3) 8 @ Montreal (3-3) 17
Ottawa (5-1) 26 @ Hamilton (1-5) 6

WIFU
Calgary (7-0) 12 @ Saskatchewan (1-7) 11

Mr. Kliewer and Harry Hood scored touchdowns for the Stampeders, both converted by Fred Wilmot, as they edged the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. Sully Glasser scored the Saskatchewan touchdown, while Gabe Patterson converted and added a field goal.

Baseball
Ted Williams hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning and doubled and scored in the 3rd to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the New York Yankees before 32,118 fans at Fenway Park in Boston, eliminating the defending World Series champion Yankees from the American League pennant race. Jack Kramer pitched a 5-hit complete game victory. George McQuinn came to bat for the Yankees as a pinch hitter and grounded out to end the game, in the 1,550th and last game of his 12-year major league career.

The Cleveland Indians scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning to break a 0-0 tie and coasted to an 8-0 win over the Detroit Tigers before 56,235 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, leaving the Indians 1 game ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL pennant race with 1 game remaining for both teams. Gene Bearden pitched an 8-hitter to improve his 1948 record to 19-7, while Larry Doby batted 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs.

50 years ago
1958

On television tonight
The Unforeseen, on CBC
Tonight's episode: A Terribly Strange Bed

This was the first episode of the series.

At the movies
Miércoles de ceniza (Ash Wednesday), directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring María Félix and Arturo de Córdova, opened in theatres in Mexico.

Africana
Guinea declared her independence from France, with Sekou Toure as Prime Minister. He named a 16-member cabinet, taking the defense and foreign affairs ministries himself.

Politics and government
Delegates to the British Labour Party annual conference rejected left-wing resolutions demanding U.K. renunciation of the hydrogen bomb, a ban on British missile bases, and the closing of U.S. air bases in Britain.

Labour
United Auto Workers of America and General Motors reached a three-year contract settlement covering 275,000 workers, similar to contracts negotiated earlier with Ford and Chrysler.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 5 @ Milwaukee Braves 13 (Milwaukee led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Bill Bruton led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a home run and Lou Burdette hit a 3-run homer as the Braves scored 7 runs in the inning and coasted to victory before 46,367 fans.





40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Those were the Days--Mary Hopkin (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Help Yourself--Tom Jones (3rd week at #1)
2 Harper Valley P.T.A.--Jeannie C. Riley
3 Dream a Little Dream of Me--Mama Cass
4 Do it Again--The Beach Boys
5 I've Gotta Get a Message to You/Kitty Can--The Bee Gees
6 Classical Gas--Mason Williams
7 MacArthur Park--Richard Harris
8 The Orange and the Green/(The Puppet Song) Whiskey on a Sunday--The Irish Rovers
9 Abergavenny--Marty Wilde
10 You Keep Me Hangin' On--The Vanilla Fudge

Singles entering the chart were Hey Jude/Revolution by the Beatles (#16); Street Fighting Man/No Expectations by the Rolling Stones (#26); Fire by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown (#33); On the Road Again by Canned Heat (#38); Hold On! I'm Comin' by Sam & Dave (#39); and To Wait for Love by Herb Alpert (#40).

At the movies
Coogan's Bluff, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, and Don Stroud, opened in theatres (see trailer).

Paper Lion, directed by Alex March, and starring Alan Alda as George Plimpton, received its premiere screening in Detroit.





Born on this date
Sextuplets--boys Ian and Roger, and girls Lynne, Julie, Susan, and an unnamed girl who died shortly afterward--were born prematurely in Birmingham, England to Sheila Thorns, on her 30th birthday in the first recorded case of live sextuplets in Britain.

Politics and government
Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Bertrand was sworn in as Premier of Québec, six days after the death of Daniel Johnson.

Protest
Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz ordered police and soldiers to suppress a demonstration of students, 10 days before the opening of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Of the 10,000 students at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Mexico City, an estimated 300-400 were killed.

Law
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson withdrew his nomination of Supreme Court Associate Justice Abe Fortas as Chief Justice after an effort to end a Senate filibuster to block the nomination failed. The withdrawal also voided the nomination of Judge Homer Thornberry to succeed Mr. Fortas as an Associate Justice.

Environment
U.S. President Johnson signed legislation establishing North Cascades National Park in Washington and Redwood National Park in California.

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Tigers 0 @ St. Louis Cardinals 4 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Bob Gibson set a World Series single-game record with 17 strikeouts as the Cardinals shut out the Tigers before 54,692 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium.





30 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're the One that I Want--John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Tomei Ningen--Pink Lady

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lay Love on You--Luisa Fernández

Music
M.I.U. Album by the Beach Boys was released on Brother/Reprise Records.

Baseball
Bucky Dent's 3-run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning was the key hit for the New York Yankees as they edged the Boston Red Sox 5-4 before 32,925 fans at Fenway Park in Boston to win a 1-game playoff for the American League East Division pennant. Ron Guidry (25-3) allowed 6 hits and 2 runs--earned--in 6.1 innings to pick up the win. Bob Bailey struck out as a pinch hitter for the Red Sox in the 7th inning in the 1,931st and last game of his 17-year major league career.





30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Cecilia--Times Two (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Hand in Hand--Koreana (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Hamengkubuwono IX, 76. Indonesian politician. Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, born Raden Mas Dorodjatun, was Sultan of Yogyakarta (1940-1988) and 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (1973-1978) during the rule of President Suharto. He held numerous other offices in a political career spanning almost 50 years. Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono died of a sudden internal bleeding while on a visit to Washington, D.C.

Space
Frederick Hauck, Commander of U.S. space shuttle Discovery mission STS-26, led a tribute by the crew to the astronauts who had been killed in the space shuttle Challenger explosion on January 28, 1986.

Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games closed in Seoul. The U.S.S.R. led in medals, followed by East Germany and the United States, with Canada tenth.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (8-5) 20 @ Winnipeg (7-6) 32
Ottawa (1-12) 12 @ Edmonton (9-4) 40

Sean Salisbury made his first start at quarterback for the Blue Bombers and passed for 267 yards in directing them to victory over the Roughriders at Winnipeg Stadium. Tom Muecke was scheduled to start at quarterback for Winnipeg, but an elbow injury flared up during the pre-game warmup.

Tracy Ham and Damon Allen quarterbacked an offense that produeced 561 yards as the Eskimos easily beat the Rough Riders before 28,052 fans on a nice Sunday afternoon at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton slotback Tom Richards caught 8 passes for 203 yards.

10 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Gene Autry, 91. U.S. actor, musician, and baseball owner. Mr. Autry, born Orvon Grover Autry, became famous as a singing cowboy in movies, radio, television, and recordings from the 1930s through the 1950s. He was perhaps best known for the songs Back in the Saddle Again and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Mr. Autry was the first owner of the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels, owning the club from its entry into the American League as an expansion team in 1961 until 1997. He died of lymphoma, three days after his 91st birthday.

Korla Pandit, 77. U.S. musician and composer. Mr. Pandit, whose real name was John Roland Redd, was a light-skinned Negro born in St. Louis who was a child prodigy. He became popular in the 1940s after moving to Los Angeles and taking the name Kora Pandit, claiming to be from India, adopting Indian dress. Mr. Pandit became one of the early stars of television as a solo performer on piano and organ, while staring silently at the camera on Korla Pandit's Adventures In Music, which began broadcasting locally on Los Angeles station KTLA in 1949. He moved to San Francisco in 1956 and began performing on local television station KGO, but began speaking, often expressing Indian philosophy. Mr. Pandit moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1967, eventually returning to California. His popularity had dimmed by the early 1970s, but experienced a revival in the '90s. Mr. Pandit died 16 days after his 77th birthday; his true identity wasn't widely known until it was revealed in an article in Los Angeles magazine two years later.

Olivier Gendebien, 74. Belgian auto racing driver. Mr. Gendebien was regarded as perhaps the greatest sports car racer in history, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1958, 1960, 1961, and 1962. He participated in 15 Formula One races from 1956-1961, with a best finish of second in the French Grand Prix in 1960. Mr. Gendebien retired after his final Le Mans victory.

Transportation
The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority transferred operational control of the Canadian portion of the Seaway to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation; the government of Canada continued to own the infrastructure and act as regulator.

Baseball
American League Division Series
New York 4 @ Texas 0 (New York won best-of-five series 3-0)



Cleveland 4 @ Boston 3 (Cleveland led best-of-five series 2-1)