October 4, 2009

720 years ago
1289

Born on this date
Louis X. King of France, 1314-1316. Louis X was the eldest son of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre, and succeeded his father as King of France. King Louis died on June 5, 1316 at the age of 26 after a strenuous game of tennis, followed by the consumption of much wine. His wife was pregnant at the time of his death, leaving the succession in doubt.

340 years ago
1669

Died on this date
Rembrandt van Rijn, 63. Dutch artist. Rembrandt, generally known by his first name, was an etcher, painter, and printer, and was one of the most famous artists in history. He was known for his paintings of various subjects from the 1620s through the 1660s, the most famous of which may be The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, aka The Night Watch (1642). Rembrandt was a profligate spender, and died in poverty.

150 years ago
1859

Died on this date
Karl Baedeker, 57. German publisher. Mr. Baedeker founded Verlag Karl Baedeker in 1827, becoming world famous as a publisher of travel guides. He died from the strain of overwork, 30 days before his 58th birthday.

90 years ago
1919

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (0-1) 3 @ Ottawa (1-0) 10
Hamilton (0-1) 11 @ Toronto (1-0) 30

ORFU
Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (1-0) 46 @ Hamilton Rowing Club (0-1) 1

Canadian university
Exhibition
Old Boys 11 @ McGill 7

Norman Williamson, Lorne Montgomery, and Mr. Seath of the current McGill squad played for the Old Boys, many of whom had played for McGill in 1913 and 1914. This was the first real game at Molson Stadium in Montreal.

Baseball
World Series
Cincinnati Reds 2 @ Chicago White Sox 0 (Cincinnati led best-of-nine series 3-1)

Jimmy Ring (1-0) pitched a 3-hitter and the Reds scored 2 runs on 2 errors by Chicago starting pitcher Ed Cicotte (0-2) in the 5th inning as the Reds beat the White Sox before 36,463 fans at Comiskey Park.

80 years ago
1929

Politics and government
Julius Curtius was named German Foreign Minister, succeeding Gustav Stresemann, who had died of stroke the previous day.

75 years ago
1934

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ Detroit Tigers 3 (12 innings) (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Goose Goslin singled in Charlie Gehringer with the winning run with 1 out as the Tigers edged the Cardinals at Navin Field. The Tigers sent the game into extra innings when Gee Walker singled in the tying run after Cardinals’ first baseman Rip Collins and catcher Bill DeLancey failed to catch his foul pop fly. Schoolboy Rowe went the distance for the Tigers, shutting out the Cardinals over the last 9 innings and retiring 22 batters in a row.

70 years ago
1939

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

Charlie Keller tripled to start the bottom of the 9th inning, and after an intentional walk to Joe DiMaggio, scored on a single by Bill Dickey with 1 out to give the Yankees the win over the Reds before 58,541 fans at Yankee Stadium. Red Ruffing won the pitchers' duel over Paul Derringer.



60 years ago
1949

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight's episode: The Black Gold Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Dr. Violet, starring Hume Cronyn, Evelyn Varden, Anne Francis, and Ray Walston



Literature
The Philosophy of Civilization by Albert Schweitzer was published in New York by Macmillan.

Diplomacy
Member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted in Paris to continue UNESCO cultural projects in West Germany despite Soviet opposition.

Politics and government
The National Union Party won 34 of 45 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 71.7% of the vote in the Costa Rican general election. The Constitutional Party was second with 6 seats, followed by the Social Democratic Party with 3.

Asiatica
The Israeli cabinet ordered the merger of Jaffa and Tel Aviv.

Law
The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Sherman Minton's nomination to the Supreme Court.

Society
The American Contract Bridge League refused to admit Negro members to its tournaments.

Boxing
Lee Oma (59-26-3) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Enrico Bertola (34-7-1) in a heavyweight fight at War Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. Mr. Bertola required a brain operation, and died the next day.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Ciao, ciao, bambina--Dalida (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Crystal Trench, starring James Donald, Patricia Owens, and Werner Klemperer

This episode was directed by Mr. Hitchcock.

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched the probe Lunik III toward the Moon, on a mission to photograph its far side.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev concluded secret talks in Peking (Beijing) with Chinese leaders, and left for Moscow.

Labour
The United Steel Workers of America's Executive Board voted to reject steel industry offers for a 2c hourly pay increase over the next two years.

Football
NFL
New York (1-1) 21 @ Philadelphia (1-1) 49
Cleveland (1-1) 34 @ Chicago Cardinals (0-2) 7
Washington (1-1) 23 @ Pittsburgh (1-1) 17
Chicago Bears (1-1) 26 @ Baltimore (1-1) 21
Detroit (0-2) 10 @ Green Bay (2-0) 28
Los Angeles (0-2) 0 @ San Francisco (2-0) 34

Baseball
The Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame‚ next to Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo‚ was dedicated.

World Series
Chicago White Sox 1 @ Los Angeles Dodgers 3 (Los Angeles led best of-seven series 2-1)

Pinch hitter Carl Furillo singled in 2 runs with the bases loaded to provide the winning margin as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 to take a 2 games to 1 lead in the World Series. Don Drysdale pitched 7 innings to get credit for the win, and Larry Sherry pitched the final 2 innings for the save. Dick Donovan took the loss. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the first World Series game to be played west of St. Louis.

Junior World Series
Minneapolis Millers (AA) 5 @ Havana Sugar Kings (IL) 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

The Millers scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning, and Ted Bowsfield pitched 5 strong innings in relief of Tracy Stallard at Gran Estadio de La Habana to enable Minneapolis to send the Series to a seventh game. Jesse Gonder and Tony Gonzalez hit home runs off Mr. Stallard.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Que je t'aime--Johnny Hallyday (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Il primo giorno di primavera--Dik Dik

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Bad Moon Rising--Creedence Clearwater Revival (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones (4th week at #1)
2 Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love--Russell Morris
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 One/Mr. Whippy--Johnny Farnham
5 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
6 Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman
7 In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley
8 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
9 Green River/Commotion--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Saved by the Bell--Robin Gibb

Singles entering the chart were Don't Forget to Remember/The Lord by the Bee Gees (#30); Don't it Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South and the Believers (#31); Look at Mine by Petula Clark (#34); Early in the Morning by Vanity Fare (#37); Without You/Hair by Doug Parkinson in Focus (#38); and My Pledge of Love by the Joe Jeffrey Group (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Bloody Mary--Tom & Dick (2nd week at #1)
2 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees
3 Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg
4 My Special Prayer--Percy Sledge
5 Scarlet Ribbons--The Cats
6 Natural Born Bugie--Humble Pie
7 Deep Water--Grapefruit
8 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans
9 Baby, I Love You--Andy Kim
10 Alors Je Chante--Rika Zaraï

Singles entering the chart were Air by Ekseption (#27); Commotion by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#32); Huil Maar Niet, Kleine Eva! by Het Radi-Ensemble (#33); Keem-O-Sabe by the Electric Indian (#37); and Early in the Morning by Vanity Fare (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (3rd week at #1)
2 Jean--Oliver
3 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
4 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
5 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
6 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
7 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
9 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone
10 Oh, What a Night--The Dells

Singles entering the chart were Smile a Little Smile for Me by the Flying Machine (#66); You'll Never Walk Alone by the Brooklyn Bridge (#70); Ball of Fire by Tommy James and the Shondells (#82); Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#86); I'll Bet You by Funkadelic (#94); Delta Lady by Joe Cocker (#98); Cherry Hill Park by Billy Joe Royal (#99); and Eternity by Vikki Carr (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (4th week at #1)
2 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
3 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
4 Jean--Oliver
5 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
6 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
7 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Tom Jones
8 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
9 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
10 Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Singles entering the chart were Ball of Fire by Tommy James and the Shondells (#66); Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#67); Mind, Body and Soul by the Flaming Ember (#82); Take a Letter Maria by R.B. Greaves (#84); Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down by Ray Stevens (#87); Silver Threads and Golden Needles by the Cowsills (#95); Delta Lady by Joe Cocker (#99); and We'll Cry Together by Maxine Brown (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Jean--Oliver
2 Everybody's Talkin'--Nilsson
3 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
4 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
5 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
6 Carry Me Back--The Rascals
7 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
8 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
9 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie
10 We Gotta All Get Together--Paul Revere and the Raiders

Singles entering the chart included Ball of Fire by Tommy James and the Shondells (#68); Hold Me by the Baskerville Hounds (#70); Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#72); Mind, Body and Soul by the Flaming Ember (#74); Good Clean Fun by the Monkees (#82); Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down by Ray Stevens (#84); Time Machine by Grand Funk Railroad (#86); Green Onions by Dick Hyman (#91); Silver Threads and Golden Needles by the Cowsills (#92); Delta Lady by Joe Cocker (#95); We'll Cry Together by Maxine Brown (#96); Try a Little Kindness by Glen Campbell (#97); Make Your Own Kind of Music by Mama Cass (#98); Turn on a Dream by the Box Tops (#99); and See That Girl by the Vogues (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family (3rd week at #1)
2 Sunrise to Sunset--Five Man Electrical Band
3 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
4 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
5 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie
6 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
7 Armstrong--John Stewart
8 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
9 So Good Together--Andy Kim
10 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Pick hit of the week: Tracy--The Cuff Links

At the movies
Hail, Hero!, directed by David Miller, and starring Michael Douglas, Peter Strauss, Arthur Kennedy, and Teresa Wright, opened in theatres. It was the movie starring debut for both Messrs. Douglas and Strauss.

Diplomacy
Anthony Grey, 31, a British Reuters correspondent who had been under house arrest in Peking for more than two years, was released by the Chinese after word was received of the release of the last of 13 Chinese imprisoned by the British in Hong Kong.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-3-1) 20 @ Ottawa (9-1) 28

CIAU
Western Ontario (1-1) 11 @ McGill (2-0) 30
Calgary (1-1) 24 @ Alberta (0-2) 20

Calgary’s win before 7,500 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton was the first ever for the Dinosaurs over the Golden Bears, after 10 straight losses from 1964-1968.

AFL
Oakland (3-0-1) 20 @ Miami (0-3-1) 20
Cincinnati (3-1) 14 @ San Diego (2-2) 21

Baseball
National League Championship Series
New York 9 @ Atlanta 5 (New York led best-of-five series 1-0)

The Mets erupted for 5 runs in the 8th inning against Phil Niekro to defeat the Braves before 50,122 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Tom Seaver went 7 innings for the win despite giving up all 5 Atlanta runs and home runs by Tony Gonzalez and Hank Aaron. It was the Mets’ first post-season game ever, and the first major league post-season game ever played in Atlanta.

American League Championship Series
Minnesota 3 @ Baltimore 4 (12 innings) (Baltimore led best-of-five series 1-0)

Mark Belanger scored on Paul Blair’s 2-out suicide squeeze bunt in the 12th inning to give the Orioles their win over the Twins before 39,324 fans at Memorial Stadium. All of the other Baltimore runs scored on solo home runs by Frank Robinson, Mr. Belanger, and Boog Powell. Mr. Powell’s home run came in the 9th inning and tied the game. Tony Oliva’s 2-run home run in the 7th inning had given the Twins a 3-2 lead. Dick Hall was the winning pitcher, while Ron Perranoski took the loss.

30 years ago
1979

Religion
Pope John Paul II continued his American tour. He began the day in Philadelphia, visited Des Moines, and finished in Chicago.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that wholesale prices, as measured by the Produce Price Index, jumped at an annual rate of almost 17% in September, the largest monthly increase in nearly five years.

Football
CIAU
York (1-3) 20 @ Toronto (4-1) 22

Baseball
American League Championship Series
California 8 @ Baltimore 9 (Baltimore led best-of-five series 2-0)

The Orioles jumped out to a 9-1 lead after 3 innings and then barely held on for a 9-8 win over the Angels before 52,108 fans at Memorial Stadium. Eddie Murray drove in 4 runs for the Orioles with a single and 3-run home run. Dan Ford hit a solo home run for the Angels. Mike Flanagan pitched 7 innings to get the win, while Dave Frost, who lasted just 1 1/3 innings, was the loser. Willie Davis came to bat as a pinch hitter for the Angels in the 9th inning, doubled, and scored in the last game of his 18-year major league career, which included 2,429 regular season games and 17 post-season games. With the bases loaded and 2 out in the 9th, Brian Downing grounded out to third base to end the game.



25 years ago
1984

Terrorism
Officials of the United States administration of President Ronald Reagan said that U.S. intelligence agencies had evidence that a Muslim militant group called the Party of God was responsible for the September 20 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut as well as for attacks in 1983 on the embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut.

Baseball
Ed Whitson gave up 5 hits over 8 innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 7-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium, cutting the Cubs’ lead in the National League Championship Series to 2 games to 1. Kevin McReynolds helped the Padres’ cause with a 3-run home run in the 6th inning.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Ehtaa tavaraa (80-luvun tykki)--Bat & Ryyd (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Jag mår illa--Magnus Uggla (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Secretariat, 19. U.S. race horse. The greatest horse of his day, Secretariat became the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown when he managed the feat in 1973, winning the Belmont Stakes by a record 31 lengths. Howard Cosell chose Secretariat as the greatest athlete he'd ever seen.

World events
Trains carrying thousands of East German refugees from the West German embassy in Prague to West Germany began passing through East Germany as thousands more crowded into train stations and sought to get aboard.

Officials of the United States administration of President George Bush said that there had not been a full-fledged military effort on behalf of the previous day's unsuccessful coup attempt against Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega because of the possibility that it might be a trap devised by Gen. Noriega to embarrass the United States.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Toronto 3 @ Oakland 6 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Rickey Henderson’s 4 stolen bases helped the Athletics defeat the Blue Jays before 49,444 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Dave Parker hit a solo home run for the Athletics.

National League Championship Series
San Francisco 11 @ Chicago 3 (San Francisco led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Will Clark went 4 for 4 with a solo home run, a grand slam, and 6 runs batted in, to lead the Giants over the Cubs before 39,195 fans in the first post-season game ever played in Wrigley Field at night.



10 years ago
1999

War
Chechnyan President Aslan Maskhadov claimed that Russian air raids in six regions in recent days had killed 400 civilians. More than 100,000 civilians had fled into neighbouring Ingushetia. The Chechens reportedly downed a Russian plane, killing the pilot.

Business
In a deal approved by the boards of both companies, MCI WorldCom, Inc. agreed to acquire Sprint Corp. in a $129-billion stock swap--the largest corporate acquisition ever to that time.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs fired manager Jim Riggleman. In 5 seasons, Mr. Riggleman compiled a record of 374-419, .472. His best year was 1998, when the Cubs finished 90-73 and defeated the San Francisco Giants in a playoff game to claim the National League wild card playoff position.

Al Leiter pitched a 2-hitter as the New York Mets blanked the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 in a 1-game playoff before 54,621 fans at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati to clinch the National League wild card playoff position. New York shortstop Rey Ordonez set a major league record by playing in his 100th consecutive game without an error.

October 3, 2009

260 years ago
1739

War
Representatives of the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Niš, ending the Russo–Turkish War.

220 years ago
1789

Americana
President George Washington issued the U.S.A.'s first Thanksgiving Proclamation:

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be--That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks--for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation--for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war--for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed--for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted--for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions--to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually--to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed--to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord--To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us--and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Carl von Ossietzky, German activist. Mr. Ossietzky, a pacifist, was awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for exposing Germany's clandestine re-armament i violation of the Treaty of Versailles. He was convicted of high treason and espionage in 1931, and died on May 4, 1938 at the age of 48--while still officaly in custody--of tuberculosis and the effects of mistreatment in concentration camps.

110 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Gertrude Berg. U.S. actress and writer. Mrs. Berg, born Tillie Edelstein, created, wrote, produced, and starred in the radio series The Rise of the Goldbergs, which began airing on NBC in 1929 and shortened its title to The Goldbergs when it moved to CBS in 1936, running until 1956. Mrs. Berg continued her starring role as Molly Goldberg in the television series that aired on CBS (1949-1951); NBC (1952-1954); DuMont (1954); and in syndication (1955-1956). Mrs. Berg won an Emmy Award for her starring role in the series in 1950. She returned to star in the television comedy series Mrs. G. Goes to College/The Gertrude Berg Show (1961-1962), and died of heart failure on September 14, 1966, 19 days before her 67th birthday.

90 years ago
1919

Baseball
World Series
Cincinnati Reds 0 @ Chicago White Sox 3 (Cincinnati led best-of-nine series 2-1)

Dickie Kerr gave up just 3 hits in pitching the White Sox to their win over the Reds before 29,126 fans at Comiskey Park. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch scored in the 2nd inning on a double by Chick Gandil. Ray Fisher allowed 7 hits in 7 innings in taking the loss; Dolf Luque, a native of Havana, pitched a perfect 8th inning for the Reds, becoming the first Latin American to play in a World Series.



80 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Gustav Stresemann, 51. Chancellor of Germany, 1923. Dr. Stresemann was a member of the National Liberal Party (1907-1918), and was briefly associated with the German Democratic Party (1918), but became the founding chairman of the German People's Party after the end of World War I in 1918. He took office as Chancellor and Foreign Minister in a coalition government on August 13, 1923, but resigned on November 30 after the Social Democrats withdrew from the coalition. Dr. Stresemann remained as Foreign Minister through eight successive governments, recording achievements such as the Dawes Plan (1924); the Locarno Treaties (1925); and Germany's admission to the League of Nations (1926). He and French Prime Minister Aristide Briand shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the Locarno Treaties, which normalized Germany's relations with the Allies of World War I. Dr. Stresemann died of a stroke, and was succeeded as Foreign Minister by Julius Curtius.

Jeanne Eagels, 39. U.S. actress. Miss Eagels, born Eugenia Eagles, was a Ziegfeld Girl in the early 1910s, eventually becoming an actress on Broadway and in silent movies. She achieved stardom as Sadie Thompson in three productions of the play Rain (1922-1924, 1924, 1926). Miss Eagels co-starred with John Gilbert in the silent movie Man, Woman and Sin (1927), and made a successful transition to sound in The Letter (1929) and Jealousy (1929). She became addicted to alcohol and drugs, and died shortly after going into convulsions while visiting her doctor. Miss Eagels was nominated for an Academy Award for her starring performance in The Letter, becoming the first actor to receive a posthumous Oscar nomination.

Europeana
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs," was formed. It included the regions of Serbia; Montenegro; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Macedonia.

75 years ago
1934

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 8 @ Detroit Tigers 3 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Joe Medwick had 4 hits and the Tigers made 5 errors as the Cardinals won before 42,505 fans at Navin Field. Dizzy Dean (1-0) pitched a complete game for the victory.



60 years ago
1949

On the radio
The Speckled Band, read by Laidman Browne, on BBC Home Service

Radio
WERD, the first Negro-owned radio station in the United States, began broadcasting in Atlanta at a frequency of 860 AM.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department and U.K. Foreign Office declined to take immediate action on Chinese Communist requests for diplomatic recognition.

Yugoslavian President Marshal Josip Broz Tito, speaking at the conclusion of large-scale military maneuvers, accused the U.S.S.R. of seeking to turn Yugoslavia into a "subject region," and promised that the army would defend the country.

A special United Nations conciliation commission began a three-week closed session aimed at reconciling Greece with her Balkan neighbours.

Defense
U.S. Navy Captain John Crommelin, Jr. publicized three confidential letters written to Navy Secretary Francis Matthews by Admirals Gerald Bogan, Arthur Radford, and Louis Denfeld. All denounced subordination of the naval air arm to Air Force strategic planning under the armed forces unification program.

Economics and finance
Argentine devalued its currency 46%.

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed and sent to President Harry Truman an $88-million appropriations bill establishing a 10-year rehabilitation program for the Navajo and Hopi Indians.

Labour
100,000 anthracite and Western U.S. coal miners returned to work, on the orders of United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Three Bells--The Browns (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Forever--Joe Damiano

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Am Tag, als der Regen kam--Dalida (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Only Sixteen--Craig Douglas (6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin (2nd week at #1)
2 I'm Gonna Get Married--Lloyd Price
3 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
4 The Three Bells--The Browns
5 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
6 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
7 Red River Rock--Johnny and the Hurricanes
8 Broken-Hearted Melody--Sarah Vaughan
9 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
10 Just Ask Your Heart--Frankie Avalon

Singles entering the chart were Some Kind-A Earthquake by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#67); Unforgettable by Dinah Washington (#68); The Enchanted Sea, with versions by Martin Denny; and the Islanders (#71); Misty by Johnny Mathis (#77); Believe Me by the Royal Teens (#79); I'll Be Seeing You by the Poni-Tails (#84, charting with the version by Tommy Sands); Bad Girl by the Miracles (#87); Oh! Carol by Neil Sedaka (#95); Goodbye Charlie by Patti Page (#96); Crying in the Chapel by Sonny Til and the Orioles (#97); Six Boys and Seven Girls by Anita Bryant (#99); and Lies by Teddy Randazzo (#100). Crying in the Chapel was a new recording of the song that had been a major hit for the Orioles in 1953. Cash Box published its first Looking Ahead chart with this issue.

Died on this date
Aryeh Leib Shenkar, 85. Russian-born Israeli industrialist. Mr. Shenkar was chairman of the Israeli Manufacturers' Association and chairman of the Israeli Industrial Bank.

Politics and government
Wijayanande Dahanayake, successor to the late S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike as Prime Minister of Ceylon, said that he would continue the socialist domestic and neutralist foreign policies of Mr. Bandaranaike, but would "insist on discipline" in solving unemployment and inflation problems.

Protest
French World War I veterans protested in Paris against restoration of the 3,500-franc annual pension for veterans over 65 as inadequate.

Football
CFL
IRFU
Toronto (4-5) 37 @ Montreal (4-5) 14
Ottawa (3-6) 9 @ Hamilton (7-2) 7

WIFU
Saskatchewan (0-10) 15 @ Edmonton (7-4) 44

ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (5-3) 20 @ London (6-2) 7
Detroit (1-7) 16 @ Sarnia (4-4) 15

Normie Kwong and Johnny Bright each scored 2 touchdowns, while Jackie Parker added a touchdown, 5 converts, and a field goal for the Eskimos as they routed the Roughriders before 17,500 fans at Clarke Stadium. Joe-Bob Smith scored the other Edmonton touchdown. The game was the first for former Saskatchewan quarterback Frank Tripucka as head coach of the Roughriders, replacing the fired George Terlep.

Terry Meyer scored his 9th and 10th touchdowns of the season for the Dutchmen in their win at Labatt Park. Mike Norcia added a touchdown and 2 converts. Pete King scored the Lords' touchdown, converted by Earl Kaiser.

At Norm Perry Park, Howard Neeley and Andy Kincannon scored touchdowns for the Raiders in their first win of the season. Pete Bentley and Chuck Stanley scored touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they suffered their fourth straight loss.

Canadian university
Alberta (1-1) 13 @ British Columbia (3-0) 36

Baseball
Junior World Series
Minneapolis Millers (AA) 4 @ Havana Sugar Kings (IL) 2 (Havana led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Tom Umphlett, Red Robbins, and Joe Macko hit consecutive singles with 2 out in the top of the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie, and the Millers added an insurance run in the 9th when Ed Sadowski drew a base on balls and scored on John Goryl's triple as they beat the Sugar Kings at Gran Estadio de La Habana. Ted Wills pitched a 6-hit complete game victory, striking out 12 batters. Walt Craddock tok the loss on the mound for Havana.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Saint Paul--Shane (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family (3rd week at #1)
2 Everybody Knows Matilda--Duke Baxter
3 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
4 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
5 Make Believe--Wind
6 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
7 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
8 Don't it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
9 Muddy Mississippi Line--Bobby Goldsboro
10 What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am--Bill Deal & the Rhondels

Singles entering the chart were Something/Come Together by the Beatles (#26); Jesus is a Soul Man by Lawrence Reynolds (#27); Baby it's You by Smith (#28); Carry Me Back by the Rascals (#29); and Cherry Hill Park by Billy Joe Royal (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family (3rd week at #1)
2 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
5 Don’t it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
6 That’s the Way God Planned It--Billy Preston
7 Birthday--Underground Sunshine
8 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
9 Get Together--The Youngbloods
10 Jean--Oliver

Birthday was a version of the song originally performed by the Beatles on the "white album."

Politics and government
West German Social Democrat leader and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt and Walter Scheel, leader of the Free Democrats, called on President Gustav Heinemann to tell him that they were ready to form a new government. The Free Democrats, with 30 seatss, represented the balance of power in the Bundestag. Neither the Social Democrats nor the Christian Democratic Union had been able to achieve a majority in the national election on September 28.

Law
Press censorship, arbitrary arrest, and trial by military courts were abolished by the military-backed regime in Greece--except in cases involving public order and security. Premier George Papadopoulos announced the measures and loopholes the day after a Greek official returned from talks in which U.S. officials asked for a liberalization of the regime.

Defense
After acrimonious protests over a rule limiting speaking to just 45 seconds and all debate to 30 minutes, and after liberals won tighter restrictions on the use of chemical and biological weapons, the United States House of Representatives passed a $21.35-billion military procurement authorization bill.

Scandal
A U.S. Senate panel investigating irregularities in the operation of servicemen’s clubs was told that a former provost marshal general--the Army’s top policeman--Major General Carl Turner, tried to whitewash an investigation involving the Army’s then-top enlisted man, Sergeant Major of the Army William O. Wooldridge. There had been allegations that Sgt. Maj. Wooldridge was head of a ring of senior sergeants profiting from club irregularities.

Economics and finance
The first international money other than gold, to be called Special Drawing Rights, was created by the member nations of the International Monetary Fund to settle accounts among nations and foster steady growth in international trade, travel, and investment.

Labour
U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered a 60-day cooling-off period in a dispute between seven railroads and four shop craft unions. Mr. Nixon’s action, his first in a major labour/management struggle, averted a threatened nationwide railroad shutdown at midnight.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Cars--Gary Numan

Religion
Pope John Paul II said goodbye to New York after he received a rainy ticker-tape parade down Broadway and addressed high school students at Madison Square Garden and the faithful at Shea Stadium. In Philadelphia, an outdoor mass was held at Logan Circle, and close to one million people attended. To an audience of 12,000 priests, nuns, and seminarians at Philadelphia Civic Center, the pope reaffirmed the traditional doctrine of the clergy by insisting that the priesthood must be celibate, male, and "forever."

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 3 @ Cincinnati 2 (10 innings) (Pittsburgh led best-of-five series 2-0)
Omar Moreno singled to lead off the top of the 10th inning and scored on a 1-out single by Dave Parker to break a 2-2 tie as the Pirates edged the Reds before 55,000 fans at Riverfront Stadium.



American League Championship Series
California 3 @ Baltimore 6 (10 innings) (Baltimore led best-of-five series 1-0)

Pinch hitter John Lowenstein hit a 3-run home run off John Montague with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Orioles their win over the Angels before 52,787 fans at Memorial Stadium. It was the first post-season game in the Angels’ 19-year history.





25 years ago
1984

Scandal
U.S. Vice-President George Bush revealed that in June he had paid the Internal Revenue Service $198,000 in back taxes and interest after the IRS held that he had failed to report $500,000 in income from the sale of a house on his 1981 returns, and had improperly used $29,000 in leftover campaign funds. Mr. Bush’s attorneys said that Mr. Bush believed tht he did not have to report the income from the sale of the house.

Terrorism
The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence reported that the officials responsible for security at the U.S. embassy near East Beirut had paid insufficient attention to warnings of potential terrorist attacks prior to the September 20 bombing of the embassy.

Scandal
Richard Miller, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation who had been assigned to the bureau’s counterintelligence squad in Los Angeles, became the first FBI agent to be charged with espionage. Two Russian immigrants, Svetlana Ogorodnikova and her estranged husband Nikolay, were also arrested. It was alleged that Mr. Miller, who was reportedly in financial need, had offered to sell FBI documents to the couple for $65,000. Reportedly, one document that had gone to the Russians was a classified manual describing U.S. intelligence activities. The FBI said that Mr. Miller had had a "personal relationship" with Mrss. Ogorodnikova.

Environment
Officials in Quebec reported that more than 7,000 migrating caribou had drowned in northern Quebec while crossing two rivers, and there were fears that the toll might be higher. The caribou were overwhelmed by high water or swept over waterfalls. Inuit leaders charged that a public utility had caused the disaster by letting too much water spill over a dam. Quebec officials chartered aircraft to create a "wall of sound" and began constructing a fence to discourage more caribou from crossing the rivers at dangerous spots.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
San Diego 2 @ Chicago 4 (Chicago led best-of-five series 2-0)

Steve Trout allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs 8 1/3 innings and Lee Smith picked up the save as the Cubs beat the Padres before 36,282 fans at Wrigley Field.



American League Championship Series
Detroit 5 @ Kansas City 2 (11 innings) (Detroit led best-of-five series 2-0)

Kirk Gibson drove in 2 runs with a double in the top of the 11th inning to give the Tigers their win over the Royals before 42,019 fans at Royals Stadium.



20 years ago
1989

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight’s episode: Summer Song

The opening episode of the series’ third season, in which Kevin Arnold spends much of the last weekend of summer with an older girl he met on the beach, is this blogger’s favourite.

World events
Rebel officers in the Panama Defense Forces led an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow dictator General Manuel Noriega. The U.S. administration of President George Bush knew of the coup attempt in advance. The rebels, led by Major Moises Giroldi, attacked the Panamanian military headquarters, and for a time, Gen. Noriega was under the control of the rebels. U.S. troops blocked two roads leading to the scene of the fighting, but a third road was left open, and soldiers loyal to Gen. Noriega travelled along this road and came to his rescue. By early afternoon the coup had collapsed, and it was reported that Gen. Noriega had shot Maj. Giroldi. It was believed that about 240 rebels had launched the attack. The death toll was relatively low, and some of those killed may have been executed after surrendering.

More than 8,000 people fleeing East Germany were inside West German embassy in Prague, or milling around outside. East Germany agreed to let them depart for West Germany, but then said that it was suspending passport- and visa-free travel to Czechoslovakia.

Football
NFL
Art Shell was named head coach by the Los Angeles Raiders, becoming the National Football League’s first Negro head coach since Fritz Pollard of the Hammond Pros from 1923-1925.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Toronto 3 @ Oakland 7 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Dave Henderson and Mark McGwire hit home runs as the Athletics defeated the Blue Jays before 49,435 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.



10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Akio Morita, 78. Japanese industrialist. Mr. Morita and Masaru Ibuka co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation)--eventually known as Sony--in 1946. Mr. Morita suffered a stroke in 1993, retired in 1994, and died of pneumonia.

Football
CFL
Montreal (9-4) 41 @ Saskatchewan (3-10) 26
Winnipeg (4-9) 27 @ Edmonton (4-9) 19

Mike Pringle carried 23 times for 155 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Alouettes to their win before 17,715 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo completed 17 of 23 passes for 312 yards and a touchdown (to Alfonzo Browning). Mike Saunders scored 2 touchdowns for the Roughriders.

Deland McCullough rushed 21 times for 140 yards and a touchdown to lead the Blue Bombers’ attack in front of 27,211 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton quarterback Nealon Greene carried 13 times for 141 yards and completed 21 of 32 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown (to Terry Vaughn), but also threw 2 interceptions. Sean Fleming, in his first game with the Eskimos since returning from a tryout with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, kicked a 46-yard field goal just 3 minutes into the game, but missed his next 3 attempts. The loss was the fifth for the Eskimos at home in 1999, guaranteeing their first losing season at home in 30 years.

CIAU
Ottawa (4-0) 34 @ Laval (3-1) 27

Ottawa quarterback Phill Cote rushed for 4 touchdowns to lead the Gee-Gees to victory. Mathieu Brassard rushed for 46 yards and scored 3 touchdowns for the Rouge et Or.

October 2, 2009

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Julia Dimitrieva!

90 years ago
1919

Politics and government
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Mr. Wilson was on a speaking tour trying to whip up public support for U.S. ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Baseball
World Series
Chicago White Sox 2 @ Cincinnati Reds 4 (Cincinnati led best-of-nine series 2-0)

The Reds scored 3 runs in the 4th inning and held on to beat the Chicago White Sox before 29,698 fans at Redland Field. Chicago starting pitcher Lefty Williams walked 3 batters to load the bases in the 4th inning, and gave up a 2-run triple to Cincinnati shortstop Larry Kopf. Mr. Williams stuck his glove out and deflected the throw to home plate that might have prevented one of the runs. Mr. Williams’ performance in this game was later used as evidence that the White Sox weren’t giving their best effort.

80 years ago
1929

Journalism
Journalism
The front page of this day's edition of the Edmonton Bulletin contained an article under one of this blogger's favourite headlines ever: Eskimo Gets Religion and Slays Three. The report by Canadian Press was about an Inuit man in the Northwest Territories who claimed to have received a message from Heaven telling him to purify his race by killing his people. He killed his parents and a young female relative, and wounded his brother, before being captured by other members of the community, who kept him in custody through the winter before pushing him through the ice to his death in the frigid Arctic waters.

Politics and government
The Egyptian cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha resigned in order to prepare the way for new parliamentary elections and give the people of the country an opportunity to express their opinion regarding the proposed new treaties with the United Kingdom.

Crime
Detectives in Boston reported confessions of a dining car steward and three waiters employed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad of a scheme to defraud the public and the railroad through a drastic reduction of the portions served to the public and an appropriation of receipts for the railroad. The detectives said that the waiters involved had failed to turn in the money which they collected from meals, afterward giving half to the steward, who in turn split with the pantry man. The waiters, as a rule, pocketed half of the amount of the customer's cheque for themselves. It was asserted that in order to conceal the fact that more food should have been served than the actual receipts showed, the pantryman reduced the ordered portions by about two-thirds.

Religion
The Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland formally united in a ceremony at St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The Duke of York, lord high commissioner, addressed the assembly after the services, stating that King George V had been keenly disappointed that he was unable to carry ouf his hopes of a visit to the assembly in person.

Labour
Two men were killed and 18 injured--12 seriously--in a battle between union and non-union workers at the Marion Manufacturing company, a cotton firm in Marion, North Carolina. The trouble started when eight members of the United Textile Workers of America, which had recently settled a strike at the mill, walked out and formed a picket line outside the mill gates. Several fights started when shifts changed. Sheriff Adkins and a number of deputies intervened. Someone fired a shot, and in a few minutes there was a general fusillade.

Disasters
15 buildings comprising half of the business section of Weymouth, Nova Scotia were destroyed by fire, resulting in an estimated loss of $125,000. The buildings destroyed included two general stores, a hotel, a theatre, several apartment buildings, a blacksmith shop, one residence, and smaller commercial establishments. Dynamiting of a dry goods store failed to prevent the conflagration from spreading.

70 years ago
1939

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Sussex Vampire

This was the first Sherlock Holmes radio broadcast to star Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

60 years ago
1949

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. extended diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China, and severed relations with the Nationalist Chinese government.

Politics and government
The Chinese Communist government officially began functioning.

Football
NFL
Los Angeles (2-0) 48 @ Green Bay (0-2) 7

AAFC
Los Angeles (1-4) 7 @ Cleveland (4-0) 42

Baseball
The New York Yankees scored a run in the 1st inning off starting pitcher Ellis Kinder and erupted for 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th against relievers Mel Parnell and Tex Hughson, withstanding a 3-run 9th-inning rally to defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 before 68,055 fans at Yankee Stadium and win the American League pennant, finishing 1 game ahead of the Red Sox. Vic Raschi pitched a 5-hit complete game to finish 1949 with a record of 21-10. Mr. Kinder allowed just 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings, falling to 23-6. Mr. Hughson allowed 3 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 1 inning, walking 1 batter and striking out none in the 225th and last game of his 8-year major league career. Boston manager Joe McCarthy removed Mr. Kinder for a pinch hitter in the 8th inning, and Mr. Kinder never forgave his manager for the move, which helped to cost the Red Sox the pennant. For more on this game and the 1949 AL pennant race, read the book Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (1989).



Howie Pollet (20-9) pitched a 12-hit complete game and batted 3 for 5 with a double, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in to help the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Chicago Cubs 13-5 before 30,834 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. St. Louis right fielder Stan Musial was 3 for 5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs. Chicago first baseman Herman Reich batted 1 for 5 with a run and an RBI, making 8 putouts in his 111th and last major league game. Dewey Adkins, the seventh and last Chicago pitcher, allowed 1 hit and 1 run--earned--in 1/3 inning, with no bases on balls or strikeouts, in the 38th and last game of his 3-year major league career.

Duke Snider singled home Pee Wee Reese and scored on a single by Luis Olmo as the Brooklyn Dodgers scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 7-7 tie and defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-7 before 36,765 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia to clinch the National League pennant, 1 game ahead of the Cardinals. The Dodgers opened the scoring with a 5-run 3rd inning, but the Phillies rallied to tie the score 7-7 after 6 innings. Buddy Blattner drew a base on balls as a pinch hitter for the Phillies in the 3rd inning and was stranded at second base in the 272nd and last game of his 5-year major league career. Ken Trinkle, the seventh and last Philadelphia pitcher, faced just 1 batter, but induced Carl Furillo to ground into a double play, thus pitching 2/3 perfect inning in the 216th and last game of his 5-year major league career.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Only Sixteen--Craig Douglas (4th week at #1)

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Just Ask Your Heart--Frankie Avalon
2 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
3 Come on and Get Me--Fabian
4 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
5 Caribbean--Mitchell Torok
6 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
7 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
8 Mr. Blue--The Fleetwoods
9 In the Mood--The Ernie Fields Orchestra
10 True True Happiness--Johnny Tillotson

Singles entering the chart were Living Doll by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (#12); Sandy by Larry Hall (#21); Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin (#22); You were Mine by the Fireflies (#23); If You Don't Want My Lovin' by Carl Dobkins, Jr. (#25); Woo-Hoo by the Rock-A-Teens (#27); Torquay by the Fireballs (#31); Blue Guitar by Bert Weedon (#32); Say Man by Bo Diddley (#37); Wailin' by the Wailers (#39); and Igmoo (The Pride of South Central High) by Stonewall Jackson (#40).

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Where is Everybody?, starring Earl Holliman

This was the pilot episode, and marked the first telecast of The Twilight Zone.



Diplomacy
Former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, attending a private German-American conference in Bonn, criticized U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his attempt to reach a settlement with U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the issue of Berlin.

Terrorism
Three armed Cubans hijacked a Cuban Airlines Viscount plane en route from Havana to Santiago with 36 passengers, forcing the plane to land at Miami International Airport, where the hijackers sought asylum.

Health
An international panel of scientists submitted a memo to the French Academy of Sciences predicting that more than one million people would die and 1.25 million abnormal children would be born as a result of radioactive devices already exploded.

Business
A U.S. federal district court in Chicago ruled that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company could keep its 23% stock interest in General Motors Corporation, but that it would have to give up voting rights on the stock.

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 @ Chicago White Sox 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Charlie Neal drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs and Chuck Essegian hit a solo homer as a pinch hitter as the Dodgers overcame an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the White Sox before 47,368 fans at Comiskey Park.



Junior World Series
Minneapolis Millers (AA) 3 @ Havana Sugar Kings (IL) 4 (11 innings) (Havana led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Left fielder Danny Morejon drove in 3 runs, singling home the tying run in the bottom of the 9th inning and the winning run with 2 out in the 11th for the Sugar Kings as they beat the Millers. The crowd of 14,155 at Gran Estadio de La Habana included Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos and Prime Minister Fidel Castro, who said after the game, "I think we have the championship in our pocket." Joe Macko hit a home run for Minneapolis.

40 years ago
1969

On television tonight
Dragnet 1970, on NBC
Tonight's episode: S.I.U.: The Ring



Died on this date
Danny O'Connell, 40. U.S. baseball player. Mr. O'Connell was an infielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1950, 1953); Milwaukee Braves (1954-1957); New York/San Francisco Giants (1957-1959); and Washington Senators (1961-1962), batting .260 with 39 home runs and 320 runs batted in in 1,143 games. He played 791 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues from 1946-1963, batting .314 with 43 home runs. Mr. O'Connell began the 1963 season as the player-manager with the York White Roses of the AA Eastern League, but was called up to Washington on May 22 to serve as the Senators' first base coach, a position he held through the 1964 season. Mr. O'Connell died of a heart attack while driving his car, which then hit a utility pole.

War
Only four skirmishes were reported in Vietnam as American B-52 bombers continued daily raids on suspected North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troop concentrations.

Defense
The United States House of Representatives, after only four hours of debate and by a 2-1 margin, turned down a move to block deployment of the Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system.

Disasters
A U.S. Navy cargo plane en route from the Philippines to the carrier USS Constellation crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing all 26 aboard.

Baseball
Roberto Clemente batted 3 for 4 with a double, 2 runs, and a run batted in to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Montreal Expos 8-2 before 2,700 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bob Moose (14-3) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory, while Montreal starter Jerry Robertson (5-16) allowed 8 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 5 1/3 innings in his final game in a Montreal uniform.



Clay Kirby (7-20) allowed 5 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 7 innings and batted 2 for 3 with a double and 2 runs to lead the San Diego Padres over the San Francisco Giants 3-2 before 1,995 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Rich Robertson (1-3) took the loss. San Francisco third baseman Bobby Etheridge batted 0 for 4, making 1 putout and 3 assists, in the 96th and last game of his 2-year major league career. San Francisco catcher John Harrell batted 1 for 2 with a base on balls and a run batted in, making 4 putouts and an assist in his second and last major league game. Leon Wagner struck out as a pinch hitter for the Giants in the 8th inning in the 1,352nd and last game of his 12-year major league career.

Grant Jackson (14-18) walked Lou Brock to load the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning and then walked Curt Flood to score Jerry DaVanon and give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 11,680 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Bob Gibson (20-13) pitched an 8-hit complete game and struck out 10 batters, while Mr. Jackson also went the distance, allowing 6 hits, but walking 7 batters. Mr. Flood batted 1 for 4 in his last game in a St. Louis uniform. Philadelphia catcher Dave Watkins batted 1 for 4 with a base on balls and a run, making 6 putouts, 1 assist, and 1 error in his 69th and last major league game. St. Louis radio broadcaster Harry Caray was calling the play-by-play in the top of the 4th inning when he learned that his contract with KMOX would not be renewed after 25 seasons of broadcasting Cardinals' games.





Bob Stinson led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a single and scored on a 1-out wild pitch by Jack Billingham to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros before 9,966 fans at Dodger Stadium. Bill Singer (20-12) pitched a 12-hit complete game victory.

The Oakland Athletics scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning and held on for a 3-1 win over the Seattle Pilots before 5,473 fans in the last major league game at Sick's Stadium in Seattle, and the last regular season game the Seattle Pilots ever played. Jim Roland (5-1) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory, winning over Steve Barber (4-7). Tommy Harper led off the bottom of the 9th with a single, but was caught in an attempt to steal second base. As so often happens, Steve Whitaker followed with a home run to spoil Mr. Roland's bid for a shutout; the homer accounted for the Pilots' last run and last hit.

30 years ago
1979

Religion
Pope John Paul II arrived in New York City and addressed the United Nations. His 62-minute address focused on human rights, and he stressed that the rights of Palestinian Arabs had to be accounted for. The Pope diagnosed inequality as the greatest threat in the modern world. Later in the day, he visited some of the slums of the city and then said mass for 80,000 at Yankee Stadium.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 5 @ Cincinnati 2 (11 innings) (Pittsburgh led best-of-five series 1-0)

Willie Stargell’s 3-run home run off Tom Hume broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Pirates their win over the Reds before 55,006 fans at Riverfront Stadium.





25 years ago
1984

Diplomacy
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega addressed the United Nations General Assembly and charged that the United States was planning to mount a military attack on Nicaragua to prevent the national election scheduled for November 4.

Politics and government
Geraldine Ferraro, Democratic party candidate for Vice-President of the United States, challenged auto workers at a plant in Rockford, Illinois to explain why some were supporting President Ronald Reagan. She rejected their claims that Democrats were weak on national defense. On Iran, Mrs. Ferraro asserted that the hostages had come home alive, unlike the 300 Americans killed in bombings in Lebanon during the Reagan administration.

Scandal
U.S. Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan pled not guilty to a 137-count indictment charging him with involvement in an attempt to defraud the New York City Transit Authority. Mr. Donovan, the first U.S. cabinet minister to be indicted while in office, charged that he was the victim of a politically motivated "inquisition" by Bronx District Attorney Mario Merola. Two companies and 10 individuals--all of whom pled not guilty--were named in the indictment. Those charged included the Schiavone Construction Company of Seacaucus, New Jersey--which Mr. Donovan had served as vice-president before entering the cabinet in 1981--and six of its present officers. The Jopel Contracting and Trucking Corporation was also cited. The indictment asserted that Mr. Donovan had participated in a plan to inflate the value of Jopel’s work as a subcontractor in the $186 million construction of a subway tunnel for the transit authority, but did not state how much Schiavone was supposed to have overcharged the transit authority. Mr. Merola, a Democrat, denied that the indictment of Mr. Donovan was timed to coincide with the election campaign, and said that the statute of limitations was about to expire on several of the alleged crimes.

Labour
A strike by major league baseball umpires resulted in college and former professional umpires working the opening games of the major league championship series.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs hit 5 home runs in a 13-0 rout of the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field in Chicago in the opening game of the National League Championship Series. Gary Matthews hit 2 of the homers; others came from Bob Dernier, Ron Cey, and winning pitcher Rick Sutcliffe.

Larry Herndon, Alan Trammell, and Lance Parrish hit home runs in support of winning pitcher Jack Morris as the Detroit Tigers blasted the Kansas City Royals 8-1 at Royals Stadium in the first game of the American League Championship Series.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (7th week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
2 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
3 Cherish--Madonna
4 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
5 Heaven--Warrant
6 18 and Life--Skid Row
7 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
8 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
9 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block
10 Don't Look Back--Fine Young Cannibals

Singles entering the chart were Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#75); Leave a Light On by Belinda Carlisle (#78); Sugar Daddy by Thompson Twins (#80); Didn't I by New Kids on the Block (#82); The Way that You Love Me by Paula Abdul (#84); Let it All Hang Out by John Cougar Mellencamp (#86); Woolly Bully by BTO (#88); and We've Got the Power by One to One (#91). Wooly Bully was from the movie American Boyfriends (1989).

Died on this date
Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, 73. Colombian clergyman. Rev. Jaramillo was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1940, and was appointed Bishop of Arauca in 1984. He opposed the Marxist terrorist organization Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army). He and fellow priest Jose Munoz Pareja were kidnapped by ELN members; Rev. Pareja was released unharmed, but Rev. Jaramillo was shot twice in the head while his hands were tied behind his back.

World events
2,500 East Germans crowded into the West German embassy in Prague.

Economics and finance
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev warned that the economy was on the brink of collapse, and he called for a 15-month ban on strikes.

Religion
Anglican rebels disrupted a church service in Rome attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury in protest at plans for closer ties with the Roman Catholic church.

Protest
A large crowd attended the Resolution One rally at the Edmonton convention centre to protest the federal government’s proposed goods and services tax. The speakers included Reform Party leader Preston Manning; Alberta Treasurer Dick Johnston; New Democrat MP Ross Harvey; and Liberal MP John Harvard. Mr. Harvard, from Winnipeg, lost his audience when he told them to send a message to Ottawa in the October 16 Alberta Senate election by voting for Liberal candidate Bill Code. Mr. Harvard’s subsequent comments were largely drowned out by boos and cries of "Liberals, save us!" Veteran observer George Milner commented that he hadn’t seen such anger in Alberta since 1935.

Scandal
Testifying at his trial in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina on charges of fraud and conspiracy, disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker blamed fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell, who took over Mr. Bakker's Praise the Lord ministry for a time in 1987, for its financial collapse.

10 years ago
1999

Football
CFL
British Columbia (10-3) 28 @ Toronto (6-7) 19

B.C. quarterback Damon Allen completed just 6 of 20 passes, but one of them was a 78-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Brown in the 4th quarter to help put the game out of reach of the Argonauts. Mr. Brown’s score came just 70 seconds after the Argonauts had scored on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Jay Barker to Paul Masotti. Robert Drummond rushed 11 yards for a B.C. touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and rookie linebacker Paul Lacoste returned an interception 28 yards for the other Lions’ touchdown in the 3rd quarter. 21,084 were in attendance at SkyDome.

CIAU
Acadia (2-1) 20 @ St. Mary’s (2-1) 39
St. Francis Xavier (1-2) 16 Mount Allison (1-2) 13
McGill (0-4) 0 @ Concordia (4-0) 45
Bishop’s (1-2) 35 Queen’s (0-4) 14
Waterloo (3-1) 16 York (1-3) 7
Toronto (1-3) 26 Windsor (0-4) 19
Wilfrid Laurier (3-1) 6 @ Western Ontario (4-0) 39
Guelph (1-3) 32 @ McMaster (3-1) 39

Luis Perez of St. Mary's carried 26 times for 203 yards and 4 touchdowns at Huskies Stadium. Acadia quarterback Blaine Scatcherd pssed for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns, but was also intercepted twice.

Hugo Carriere caught 2 touchdown passes for Concordia before a home crowd of 4,000.

Western Ontario receiver Marty Robertson returned the opening kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown to start the Mustangs on their way in front of 12,000 fans at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London. Running backs Scott Crawley and Fabian Rayne combined for 307 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns for the Mustangs.

October 1, 2009

1,050 years ago
959

Died on this date
Eadwig, 19 (?). King of the English, 955-959. Eadwig, aka Edwy the Fair, was the son of King Edmund the Magnificent, and succeeded his uncle Eadred on the throne. Eadwig's reign was marked by disputes with the nobility and clergy, most notably St. Dunstan. King Eadwig died under uncertain circumstances and he was succeeded by his brother Edgar the Peaceful.

290 years ago
1719

Died on this date
Margaret Hughes, 74 (?). English actress. Miss Hughes has been credited as the first woman to perform on stage in England, playing Desdemona in a performance of Othello on December 8, 1660, when she was 15. She was the longtime mistress of cavalry general Prince Rupert.

100 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Sam Yorty. U.S. politician. Mr. Yorty, a Democrat until 1980, sat in the California State Assembly from 1937-1941 and 1949-1950, and represented California's 14th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1951-1953. He was Mayor of Los Angeles from 1961-1973, during which time Los Angeles grew as a major city, but Mayor Yorty's popularity gradually declined. He was defeated by Tom Bradley in 1973, and failed in later attempts to win office. Mr. Yorty died on June 5, 1998 at the age of 88.

90 years ago
1919

Football
CRU
IRFU-Canadian university
Exhibition
The Montreal Winged Wheelers and McGill University played a "game" where no score was kept. It was the first "game" to be played at Molson Stadium in Montreal.

Baseball
World Series
Chicago White Sox 1 @ Cincinnati Reds 9 (Cincinnati led best-of-nine series 1-0)

The Reds scored 5 runs off Ed Cicotte in the 4th inning on their way to a shocking rout of the favoured White Sox before 30,511 fans at Redland Field. Mr. Cicotte started the game by hitting Cincinnati leadoff hitter Morrie Rath with a pitch--a sign that something suspicious was going on.

70 years ago
1939

On the radio
British First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill delivered a speech on the British Broadcasting Corporation on The First Month of the War. He described the Soviet Union as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" during the broadcast.



War
After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile German forces entered the city.

60 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)--Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters; Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): That Lucky Old Sun--Frankie Laine

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone (3rd week at #1)
--The Ink Spots
--Buddy Clark
2 Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como
--Bing Crosby
3 Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--The Mills Brothers
4 That Lucky Old Sun--Frankie Laine
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
5 Room Full of Roses--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Dick Haymes
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
6 Jealous Heart--Al Morgan
7 Maybe it's Because--Dick Haymes
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
8 The Huckle-Buck--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
--Frank Sinatra
9 Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk--Perry Como
10 Dance of the Hours--Spike Jones and his City Slickers

Singles entering the chart were I Can Dream, Can't I? by the Andrews Sisters (#36); Through a Long and Sleepless Night, with versions by Vic Damone; and Bill Farrell (#37); and Dry Bones by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (#38). Vic Damone's version of Through a Long and Sleepless Night was the other side of My Bolero, charting at #18.

On the radio
Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Study in Suspicion

This was the 39th and last episode of the series.

Died on this date
Oswald Garrison Villard, 77. German-born U.S. journalist. Mr. Villard, the son of an American foreign correspondent, moved to New York with his family at the age of 4. His father Henry bought The Nation and the New York Evening Post, and Oswald wrote for both publications, and ended up editing the latter. Oswald Garrison Villard was known for his support for Negro civil rights, and he and his mother Fanny co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples in 1913. Mr. Villard supported the New Deal economic policies of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later opposed Mr. Roosevelt's foreign policy. Mr. Villard wrote books critical of journalists and newspapers, calling them to a higher standard. He died from a stroke.

Eddie Kolb, 69. U.S.-born Canadian baseball pitcher and oil executive. Mr. Kolb was a clerk at a tobacco store in Cincinnati who was allowed to pitch the second game of a doubleheader--and the final game of the season--with the 1899 Cleveland Spiders in exchange for a box of cigars. The Spiders lost 19-3 to the Cincinnati Reds on October 15 to finish the 1899 season with a record of 20-134; Mr. Kolb pitched a complete game, allowing 18 hits and 19 runs--9 earned--for an earned run average of 10.13 in his only major league game. He played and managed in professional leagues before moving to Calgary and became a restaurateur. When oil was discovered in Turner Valley, Alberta, Mr. Kolb became heavily involved, and was the first secretary of the Alberta Petroleum Association. He died in Calgary.

Buddy Clark, 37. U.S. singer. Mr. Clark, born Samuel Goldberg, appeared on the radio program Your Hit Parade (1936-1938) and had a hit record with the song Spring is Here (1938). He disappeared from the charts until the late 1940s, when Linda (1947) became the first of a string of hits for Mr. Clark. Hours after appearing as a guest on the radio program Club Fifteen, Mr. Clark was killed in the crash of a small plane in West Los Angeles; he and five friends had rented the plane to fly to Stanford University to attend a football game.

Abominations
Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) publicly proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China at a ceremony in Tiananmen Square in Peking (Beijing). He appointed Chou En-lai as Premier.

Diplomacy
Newly-appointed Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai sent a note to U.S. Consul General O. Edmund Clubb in Peking (Beijing) requesting the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Labour
The United Steel Workers of America began a nationwide strike of 500,000 workers against U.S. Steel and other major steel producers in a dispute over workers' pensions.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (3-3) 11 @ Ottawa (6-0) 34

WIFU
Winnipeg (1-7) 7 @ Saskatchewan (5-3) 24
Calgary (7-0) 12 @ Edmonton (2-5) 8

ORFU
Windsor (3-2) 6 @ Hamilton (3-2) 20

ORFU-Canadian university
Exhibition
Toronto 6 @ University of Toronto 40
Sarnia 20 @ University of Western Ontario 11

Baseball
Johnny Lindell hit a solo home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 4-4 tie as the New York Yankees edged the Boston Red Sox 5-4 before 69,551 fans at Yankee Stadium, moving into a first place tie with the Red Sox with 1 game remaining between the teams the next day to settle the American League pennant race.

50 years ago
1959

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

This was the first episode of the season.



Died on this date
Enrico De Nicola, 81. 1st President of Italy, 1948. Mr. De Nicola, a Liberal, was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1909, holding various minor before serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1920-1924. He withdrew from politics during the era of Fascist power in Italy from the 1920s through World War II, but was named provisional head of state in 1946, and served as President from January 1-May 12, 1948. Mr. De Nicola declined to be a candidate for President in the first constitutional election, and became a Senator for Life, serving as President of the Senate from 1951-1952 and President of the Constitutional Court from 1956-1957.

Economics and finance
A World Bank meeting in Washington adopted proposals for the establishment of an International Development Association, capitalized initially at $1 billion.

Labour
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports in the United States were shut down by a strike of 70,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Union whose contracts had expired.

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 @ Chicago White Sox 11 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Ted Kluszewski batted 3 for 4 with 2 home runs and 5 runs batted in to lead the White Sox to their rout of the Dodgers before 48,013 fans in the first World Series game at Comiskey Park in 40 years. Early Wynn allowed 6 hits in 7 innings to get the win over Roger Craig.



Junior World Series
Minneapolis Millers (AA) 2 @ Havana Sugar Kings (IL) 3 (10 innings) (Havana led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Sugar Kings scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to tie the score and a run in the bottom of the 10th to defeat the Millers at Gran Estadio de La Habana.

40 years ago
1969

On television tonight
Then Came Bronson, starring Michael Parks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Famine Where Abundance Lies

Music
The album The Monkees Present was released on Colgems Records in the U.S.A. and RCA Victor Records in Canada. It was the last new album with Michael Nesmith as a member of the group until Just Us (1996).

World events
Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) presided in Peking over celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. His deputy and heir, Lin Piao, warned the Chinese to prepare for a possible war with the U.S.A. or U.S.S.R.

Politics and government
Swedish education minister Olaf Palme was elected leader of the Social Democratic party as its leader to replace Prime Minister Tage Erlander, who was retiring after 23 years.

Scandal
The United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, looking into corruption in the operations of servicemen’s clubs, started hearings with charges that Army non-commissioned officers had systematically bilked the clubs of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Sharona--The Knack (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanpaku Sengen--Masashi Sada (10th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lady Laura--Roberto Carlos

Died on this date
Roy Harris, 81. U.S. composer. Mr. Harris wrote over 170 works in all major genres except opera, and was especially prolific as a choral composer. Between 1933 and 1976, Mr. Harris composed 13 symphonies.

Religion
Pope John Paul II arrived in Boston to begin his first pastoral visit to the United States.

Defense
Responding to pressure to do something about the presence of a brigade of Soviet troops in Cuba, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced a series of political and military steps. There would be increased surveillance of Cuba; the establishment of a Caribbean task force based in Key West, Florida; and 1,500 Marines would take part in a landing exercise in the next few weeks at the U.S. naval base of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Carter said he had been given assurances by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev that the Soviet troops would not assume a combat function and would never be a threat to the U.S.A. or any other nation.

Politics and government
The American Canal Zone in Panama ceased to exist as Panama took formal control of the territory. The U.S.A. would reatain effective control of about 40% of the area which had served as home for the Americans who had built and operated the canal and attendant services since 1904. In compliance with the Panama Canal Treaty, Panama would take responsibility for public services in the area over a 30-month period.

Transportation
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR), the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opened.

25 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Walter Alston, 82. U.S. baseball manager. Mr. Alston played in one game with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936, striking out in his only time at bat in the major leagues. As a minor leaguer, he led the Mid-Atlantic League in home runs in four seasons. He began his career as a manager in 1940, while still playing in the minors. From 1950-1953 Mr. Alston managed the Montreal Royals of the International League; his teams never finished lower than second place, and the Royals won the Junior World Series (defeating the Kansas City Blues, champions of the American Association) in 1953. Mr. Alston became manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954, and led the team to its first World Series victory in 1955. He accompanied the team when it moved to Los Angeles in 1958, and managed the Dodgers until he handed the reins to coach Tom LaSorda with four games remaining in the 1976 season. His career regular season record with the Dodgers was 2,040 wins, 1,613 losses, 5 ties, .558 winning percentage. His teams won the World Series in 1955, 1959, 1963, and 1965, plus National League pennants in 1956, 1966, and 1974. Mr. Alston was named the Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News in 1955, 1959, and 1963. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): On Our Own--Bobby Brown (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Lambada--Kaoma (6th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (3rd week at #1)
2 Flamenco Turistico--Stefanie Werger
3 The Best--Tina Turner
4 Lambada--Kaoma
5 French Kiss--Honesty 69
6 Dressed for Success--Roxette
7 Das Omen (Teil 1)--Mysterious Art
8 A Cry in the Night--Lory "Bonnie" Bianco
9 Sealed with a Kiss--Jason Donovan
10 French Kiss--Lil Louis

Singles entering the chart were Lambada; the version of French Kiss by Lil Louis; Healing Hands by Elton John (#14); Mixed Emotions by the Rolling Stones (#17); This One by Paul McCartney (#22); and Cherish by Madonna (#26).

Abominations
Denmark introduced the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership."

World events
More than 6,000 East Germans who had taken refuge in West German embassies in Prague and Warsaw arrived by train in West Germany; the East German government had agreed to their departure.

Football
CFL
Calgary (8-5) 33 @ Ottawa (2-11) 13
Toronto (5-8) 24 @ Winnipeg (7-6) 17

Terrence Jones, who alternated with Danny Barrett at quarterback, rushed 6 times for 62 yards, including 2nd-quarter touchdowns of 1 and 40 yards, to lead the Stampeders over the Rough Riders before 21,943 fans at Lansdowne Park. Lorenzo Graham added 97 yards on 12 carries and Tim Petros carried 10 times for 47 and a touchdown as the Stampeders amassed 266 yards rushing. Tyrone Thurman scored the only Ottawa touchdown on a 36-yard pass from Damon Allen in the 4th quarter.



In a rare Sunday night game, a fierce wind kept the offenses from accomplishing much at Winnipeg Stadium. The Argos picked up just 13 first downs to 8 for the Blue Bombers; Toronto had just 151 yards net offense to 108 for Winnipeg. The Argos mounted the game’s only offensive touchdown drive while they had the wind behind them in the 1st quarter. Terry Underwood, who ended up rushing for 84 yards on 19 carries in place of injured Gill Fenerty, ran 1 yard for a touchdown to give Toronto an early lead. The Argos’ only other touchdown was scored by Mike "Pinball" Clemons on a 25-yard punt return in the 3rd quarter when Bob Cameron’s punt travelled just 8 yards into the wind, and Mr. Clemons scooped up the ball as it bounced back toward the Winnipeg line while the Blue Bombers moved out of the way to avoid a no yards penalty. Winnipeg’s only touchdown came in the 2nd quarter when Rod Hill blocked a Glenn Harper punt and Paul Clatney scooped up the ball and ran it in from the 5-yard line. Toronto quarterbacks John Congemi and Rick Johnson combined to complete just 4 of 16 passes for 29 yards. 22,189 frozen fans were on hand, but there wasn’t much action for them to see.



10 years ago
1999

World events
Russia declared a small group of pro-Russia Chechens as the "sole legitimate authority" in the rebellious republic of Chechnya.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-6) 17 @ Calgary (9-4) 21

Kelvin Anderson rushed 26 times for 158 yards in going over 1,000 yards rushing for the fourth straight season, and Mark McLoughlin kicked 5 field goals in as many attempts to lead the Stampeders to victory in front of 26,062 fans on a cold, snowy night at McMahon Stadium. Duane Forde scored the only Calgary touchdown on a 1-yard run in the third quarter. Hamilton's touchdown came early in the game on a 22-yard pass from Danny McManus to Darren Flutie. Paul Osbaldiston converted and added 3 fourth-quarter field goals and a single. Mr. Anderson was helped by the insertion of former Edmonton Eskimo Thomas Rayam into the Calgary lineup at offensive tackle for his first game as a Stampeder.