October 26, 2017

130 years ago
1887

Communications
Peter Lamont opened the first telephone exchange in what is now Saskatchewan, in a bookstore in Regina.

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Wolverines 2 @ St. Louis Browns 9 (6 innings) (Detroit won 15-game series 10-5)

The Browns scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning and 4 in the 2nd as they coasted to victory over the Wolverines before just 659 fans at Sportsman's Park in a game that was called after 6 innings because of cold weather. Bob Caruthers (4-4) won the pitching matchup over Lady Baldwin (4-1).

125 years ago
1892

Scandal
The trial of former Quebec Premier Honoré Mercier began; after four years as Premier, Mr. Mercier had been dismissed on December 17, 1891 by Lieutenant-Governor Auguste-Réal Angers for alleged misuse of public funds in the Baie des Chaleurs Railway scandal. Mr. Mercier was re-elected in the 1892 provincial election, but his Liberal Party was soundly defeated. He was be acquitted of all charges on November 4, 1892.

110 years ago
1907

Football
IRFU
Hamilton (2-1) 9 @ Montreal (3-1) 7
Toronto (1-3) 5 @ Ottawa (1-2) 34

ORFU
Peterboro (1-1) 20 @ (Toronto) Victorias (1-1) 26

Gordon Southam drop-kicked 2 field goals--then worth 4 points each--for the Tigers as they defeated the Winged Wheelers before 6,000 fans at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Grounds.

Canadian university
McGill (0-3) 16 @ Toronto (2-1) 19
Ottawa (2-0-1) 15 @ Queen's (1-1-1) 15

100 years ago
1917

War
Brazil declared war on the Central Powers, becoming the only South American country to become directly involved in World War I. Arthur Currie's Canadian Corps, including Alberta's 49th Battalion, started its first "set piece" attack against the well-entrenched Germans, taking over where the ANZAC troops left off, to capture the Belgian town of Passchendaele across a 5-mile morass of sticky mud. The Second Battle of Passchendaele, a Flanders bloodbath, lasted until November 30. In total, 2,834 Canadian lives were lost and casualties reached 16,000, to win just 3 square miles of muddy quagmire. Canadians won three Victoria Crosses the first day of the battle: Thomas William Holmes, Christopher Patrick John O'Kelly and Robert Shankland. Italian forces suffered a catastrophic defeat to the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany in the Battle of Caporetto. The young then-unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captured Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7,000 Italians.

75 years ago
1942

War
German and Romanian troops drove closer to the Black Sea port of Tuapse. The USS Hornet--the last U.S. aircraft carrier manufactured before World War II--was so badly damaged by Japanese warplanes in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands that it had to be abandoned. The three-day Battle for Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal Campaign ended in a victory for American forces over Japanese forces. The U.S. liner SS President Coolidge, now a Navy troop ship, struck two mines while entering the harbour of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides and sank with the loss of all but 4 of 4,000 troops aboard.

Protest
Street fights between pro-Axis and pro-Allied civilians erupted in Santiago, Chile.

Disasters
A British Royal Air Force ferry bomber crashed at Dorval Airport in Montreal, killing 16.

Football
WSCFL
Bombers (4-1-1) 18 University of Manitoba (0-5) 6

Jim Foubister scored 2 touchdowns and Ches McCance rushed 70 yards for a touchdown and added 3 converts as the Bombers beat the Bisons before fewer than 150 fans at Osborne Stadium. Bob Laidlaw scored a touchdown for U of M on a 32-yard fumble return in the 4th quarter, converted by Frank Mathers.

70 years ago
1947

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring John Stanley and Alfred Shirley, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Laughing Lemur of Hightower Heath

Diplomacy
Representatives of Argentina and Bolivia signed an agreement in la Paz providing for arbitration of all disputes between the two countries.

Indianica
Hari Singh, the Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu, agreed to allow his kingdom to join India despite a pro-Pakistan rising among his predominantly Muslim subjects. U.K. Viscount Louis Mountbatten accepted the move as a temporary measure, promising a plebiscite when peace was restored.

Politics and government
In Poland, a leftist Peasant Party faction led by Czeslaw Wycech took over party headquarters in Warsaw following the flight of Stanislaw Mikolajczyk.

A group of 25 entertainment figures, led by actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, flew to Washington to protest alleged violations of freedom by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities.

Law
The Japanese government published a revised code of justice which abolished lèse-majesté and adultery as criminal offenses.

Disasters
45 people were killed in the crash of a Swedish Air Lines Skymaster on Mount Hymettos, Greece.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Around the World--Bing Crosby; Nat "King" Cole

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Köhlerliesel--Die Heimatsänger (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): That'll Be the Day--The Crickets

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wake Up Little Susie--The Everly Brothers
2 Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley
3 Chances Are--Johnny Mathis
4 Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers
5 Silhouettes--The Rays
6 Fascination--Jane Morgan
7 Happy, Happy Birthday Baby--The Tune Weavers
8 That'll Be the Day--The Crickets
9 Be-Bop Baby--Ricky Nelson
10 Diana--Paul Anka

Singles entering the chart were April Love by Pat Boone (#44); Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Sides Uh-One & Uh-Two) by Stan Freberg (#50); Till by Roger Williams (#51); Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly (#52); Sayonara by Eddie Fisher (#59); and You Bug Me, Baby by Larry Williams (#60). April Love was the title song of the movie. Sayonara was a version of the title song of the movie.

Died on this date
Nikos Kazantzakis, 74. Greek author. Mr. Kazantzakis was best known for the novels Zorba the Greek (1946) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1955). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.

Gerty Cori, 61. Czech-born U.S. biochemist and physiologist. Dr. Cori, born Gerty Radnitz, was, with her husband Carl Cori, awarded a share of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen." She died after a 10-year battle with myelosclerosis.

Space
The U.S.S.R. confirmed reports that radio signals from the Sputnik 1 satellite had ceased due to power failure.

Politics and government
Colonel Guillermo Flores Avendano took office as provisional President of Guatemala following the ouster of President Luis Arturo Gonzalez Lopez.

The Soviet government announced the replacement of Marshal Georgi Zhukov as Defense Minister by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky.



Football
IRFU
Hamilton (9-3) 19 @ Montreal (6-6) 17
Toronto (2-10) 7 @ Ottawa (7-5) 25

WIFU
Calgary (6-9) 14 @ Saskatchewan (3-11-1) 32
British Columbia (4-10-1) 0 @ Edmonton (13-2) 29

ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (7-2-1) 16 @ Sarnia (5-4) 14

Johnny Bright rushed 9 times for 94 yards and a touchdown; Normie Kwong rushed 9 times for 41 yards and a touchdown; Oscar Kruger rushed 4 times for 25 yards; and Jim Shipka rushed 3 times for 16 yards and a touchdown as the Eskimos shut out the Lions at Clarke Stadium. Joe Mobra converted all 3 Edmonton touchdowns and added 2 field goals and 2 singles.

Tex Robinson scored 2 touchdowns and Mike Norcia added a convert and field goal for the Dutchmen as they edged the Golden Bears at Norm Perry Park. Dick Gregory and Ross Dwinnell scored Sarnia touchdowns, both of which were converted by Gene Lekenta.

50 years ago
1967

At the movies
Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston, and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., opened in limited release in theatres.



Asiatica
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowned himself Emperor of Iran and then crowned his wife Farah Empress of Iran.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)--Rod Stewart

Business
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, the second-largest American steel manufacturer, announced a $477-million loss for the third quarter of 1977, the largest quarterly loss in U.S. business history.

Health
Ali Maow Maalin, a Somali hospital cook and health worker, developed a rash in Merca district, Somalia; it was the last natural case of smallpox, from which he recovered. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox.

Hockey
NHL
Montreal 2 @ Toronto 2

Jimmy Jones scored for the Maple Leafs in the 3rd period to give them the tie against the Canadiens in the nationally-televised game at Maple Leaf Gardens.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): La Bamba--Los Lobos (5th week at #1)

Politics and government
The Meech Lake constitutional accord was adopted by the Canadian Parliament.

Economics and finance
After being closed for a week, the Hong Kong stock market reopened, and stock values immediately fell by one-third.

As part of the American response to the October 16 attack by an Iranian Silkworm missile on a U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced an embargo on all U.S. imports from Iran, of which oil was the most important.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Juppihippipunkkari (Remix)--Neljä Ruusua

Politics and government
54.4% of eligible voters in Canada who cast ballots voted “No” in a referendum on the Charlottetown Accord that had been reached on August 28 between provincial premiers and the federal government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The “No” side won in six provinces and one territory. The “Yes” side won by 0.2% in Ontario, as well as in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the Northwest Territories. A total of 74.9% of 18,517,982 eligible Canadians vote, plus almost 83% of eligible Québeckers.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (4th week at #1)

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

Auto Racing
Jacques Villeneuve became the first Canadian to win the World Championship of Formula One drivers; he finished third in the 69-lap European Grand Prix at Jerez, Spain, clinching the Formula One title (see video). Driving for the Williams Renault team, the 26-year-old native of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec held off Michael Schumacher's smash-and-grab assault on lap 48. Mr. Villeneuve won the Luxembourg, Austrian, Hungarian, British, Spanish, Argentine and Brazilian Grand Prix in 1997.

Football
CFL
Toronto (15-3) 38 @ Montreal (13-5) 43
British Columbia (8-10) 9 @ Calgary (10-8) 43

Thomas Haskins filled in for Mike Pringle and contributed in both rushing and receiving to the Alouettes' victory over the Argonauts before 10,801 fans at Olympic Stadium.

Jeff Garcia completed 15 of 22 passes for 187 yards and a touchdown in the 1st quarter as the Stampeders took a 33-0 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Lions before 24,690 fans at McMahon Stadium. Former Toronto Argonaut star Jimmy "The Jet" Cunningham, playing his first game in a B.C. uniform and his first game since returning to Canada from a National Football League tryout, caught 8 passes for 85 yards and the only B.C. touchdown, and added 1 punt return for 9 yards and 4 kickoff returns for 118 yards.

Baseball
World Series
Cleveland Indians 2 @ Florida Marlins 3 (11 innings) (Florida won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Tony Fernandez singled home Jim Thome and Marquis Grissom in the top of the 3rd inning to give the Indians a 2-0 lead, but Bobby Bonilla got the Marlins on the scoreboard with a solo home run in the bottom of the 7th, and they tied the game in the 9th on a sacrifice fly by Craig Counsell. Edgar Renteria singled home Mr. Renteria with 2 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th to give the Marlins their first World Series championship in just their fifth season of operation, to the delight of almost all the 67,204 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens.



10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Arthur Kornberg, 89. U.S. biochemist. Dr. Kornberg was awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Severo Ochoa "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid."

Football
CFL
British Columbia (13-3-1) 27 @ Hamilton (2-15) 19
Saskatchewan (12-5) 36 @ Edmonton (5-11-1) 29 (OT)

Jarious Jackson passed for 206 yards and 2 touchdowns to help the Lions defeat the Tiger-Cats before 19,322 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. to clinch first place in the West Division.

Henri Childs rushed for a 16-yard touchdown with 6:11 remaining in regulation time; 2 yards for the tying (after the convert) touchdown on the last play of regulation time; and 2 yards for the winning touchdown on the first overtime possession as the Roughriders came back from a 29-14 4th-quarter deficit to defeat the Eskimos before 40,127 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. The Eskimos appeared to have won the game late in regulation time on a 47-yard field goal by Sean Fleming, but the officiating crew led by referee Andre Proulx penalized the Eskimos for holding--a call that almost never occurs on placekicks. The Eskimos led 13-0 after the 1st quarter on field goals of 10 and 42 yards by Mr. Fleming and a spectacular catch for a touchdown by Calvin McCarty of a 44-yard pass from quarterback Stefan LeFors. Neal Hughes rushed 4 yards for the first Saskatchewan touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and John Chick returned a fumble 70 yards for another TD, with Luca Congi's converts giving the Roughriders a 14-13 halftime lead. Mr. LeFores connected with Kamau Peterson and Jason Tucker for a pair of 7-yard touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, and a safety touch early in the 4th quarter gave the Eskimos an apparently safe 29-14 lead. Jamie Boreham then punted for a 52-yard single; Mr. Childs scored his first touchdown; Marcus Crandell completed a 12-yard TD pass to Michael Washington with 1:26 remaining; and Mr. Childs scored his second and third touchdowns, all converted by Mr. Congi. Mr. LeFors had the best game of his CFL career, completing 34 of 48 passes for 412 yards.

October 25, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sylvia Smith and Grace Padaca!

870 years ago
1147

War
After a siege of four months, crusader knights led by King Afonso I of Portugal reconquered Lisbon.

Seljuk Turks led by Sultan Mesud I defeated German crusaders under King Conrad III in the Battle of Dorylaeum in Anatolia (now part of Turkey).

270 years ago
1747

War
A British fleet of 14 ships of the line commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke intercepted a French convoy protected by eight French ships of the line commanded by Admiral Desherbiers de l'Etenduère and decisively defeated them in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Ireland and Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain.

150 years ago
1867

Died on this date
Salama III. Ethiopian religious leader. Salama III was Abuna (head) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He attached himself to Emperor Tewodros II, but eventually fell out of favour and was imprisoned in 1864. Abuna Salama III died of bronchitis, aggravated by his imprisonment.

War
General Giuseppe Garibaldi's troops were victorious in a fight near Monte Rotondo, Italy.

130 years ago
1887

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Wolverines 4 St. Louis Browns 3 @ Chicago (Detroit led 15-game series 10-4)

The Wolverines scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and held on to defeat the Browns before just 378 fans at West Side Park. Charlie Getzein (4-2) won the pitching matchup over Silver King (1-3).

125 years ago
1892

Born on this date
Nell Shipman. Canadian-born U.S. actress, screenwriter, and producer. Mrs. Shipman, born Helen Foster-Barham in Victoria, acted in silent movies in the mid-1910s, but was best known for writing and starring in Back to God's Country (1919), the most successful Canadian silent film ever. She devoted much of her time to promoting animal welfare and rescued more than 200 animals, many of which she sold to the San Diego Zoo when she encountered financial troubles in the 1920s. Mrs. Shipman died on January 23, 1970 at the age of 77.

Died on this date
Carrie Harrison, 60. U.S. First Lady, 1889-1892. Born Caroline Scott, she married Benjamin Harrison on October 20, 1853, and became First Lady when her husband became the 23rd President of the United States of America on March 4, 1889. She became the first President General of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, but was prevented by ill health from taking an active role in society. She died of tuberculosis 24 days after her 60th birthday, while her husband was running for re-election.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Lee MacPhail. U.S. baseball executive. Mr. MacPhail was the son of Baseball Hall of Fame member Larry MacPhail, who was best known as co-owner and president of the New York Yankees. Lee directed the Yankees' farm system in the late 1940s, and then moved on to the Baltimore Orioles from 1959-1965, serving as general manager and later as president. He worked in the baseball commissioner's office from 1965-1966 and then returned to the Yankees as general manager from 1966-1973 before serving as President of the American League from 1974-1983. Mr. MacPhail spent two years as chairman of Major League Baseball's Player Relations Committee before retiring. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998, 20 years after his father; the two remain the only father-son duo in the Hall of Fame. Lee MacPhail died on November 8, 2012 at the age of 95.

Canadiana
The Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa opened the Bytown Historical Museum in Ottawa; today's Bytown Museum is located in the commissariat of stonemason Thomas MacKay, builder of the Ottawa Locks.

90 years ago
1927

Disasters
The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank off the coast of Brazil, killing 314 of 1,252 passengers and crew in the worst shipping disaster in Italian history.

80 years ago
1937

Baseball
The Boston Bees signed Casey Stengel as their new manager, replacing the departed Bill McKechnie. The Bees had finished fifth in the National League in 1937 with a record of 79-73, 16 games behind the pennant-winning New York Giants. Mr. Stengel had managed the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1934-1936, with limited success.

75 years ago
1942

On the radio
Stage, on CBC
Tonight's episode: Nazi Eyes on Canada: Alameda, with guest star Orson Welles

This was the sixth and last episode of the series.

War
British troops held advance lines at El Alamein in Egypt despite heavy German counterattacks. Japanese forces launched a coordinated air, land, and sea battle against American positions on Guadalcanal. In their first raind on Hong Kong, U.S. planes damaged Kowloon docks and reported shooting down 10 Japanese planes.

Diplomacy
Chinese Foreign Minister T.V. Soong arrived in Chunking from the United States and conferred with Chinese leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 71. U.K. politician. Lord Lytton was Under-Secretary of State for India (1920-1922); Governor of Bengal (1922-1927); and acting Viceroy of India (1926). He chaired the Lytton Commission, appointed by the League of Nations to determine blame in the war between Japan and China in 1931. The Lytton Report, issued on October 1, 1932, blamed Japanese aggression.

Disasters
U.S. President Harry Truman proclaimed Maine a disaster area as forest fires wept extensive timberlands, causing 17 deaths and an estimated $30 million in damage.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (6-3-1) 12 @ Montreal (4-6) 17
Ottawa (7-3) 8 @ Hamilton (2-7-1) 14

WIFU
Calgary (4-3) 6 @ Saskatchewan (3-5) 5

ORFU
Toronto Balmy Beach (6-3) 15 @ Ottawa (5-3-1) 8
Sarnia (0-9) 0 @ Toronto Indians (4-5-1) 18
Hamilton (8-1) 5 @ Windsor (4-6) 10

Fritz Hanson's touchdown in the 1st quarter, converted by Bill Wusyk, stood up for the victory as the Stampeders edged the Roughriders to clinch a playoff spot, eliminating Saskatchewan from contention, before a sellout crowd of 5,000 at Taylor Field in Regina.

Canadian university
McGill 9 @ Toronto 26
Queen's 3 @ Western Ontario 52

Hardy Cup
Alberta 20 @ Saskatchewan 0 (First game of 2-game total point series)

Harry Irving, Ken Moore, and Jim MacRae scored touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they shut out the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.


NCAA
Columbia University, coached by Lou Little, defeated mighty Army, guided by Earl (Red) Blaik, 21-20 at Baker Field in New York as Bill Swiacki caught 9 passes, including a dramatic one with one arm that set up the winning score. Columbia, then a waning Eastern powerhouse, broke the Cadets' 32-game unbeaten streak, which dated from World War II.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Bambino--Dalida (30th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Diana--Paul Anka (9th week at #1)

On television tonight
Harbor Command, starring Wendell Corey
Tonight's episode: Boat Bomb

At the movies
Pal Joey, starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak, opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Albert Anastasia, 55. Italian-born U.S. gangster. Mr. Anastasia, born Umberto Anastasio, illegally entered the United States with his brothers in 1919. He was sentenced to death in 1921 for murdering a longshoreman, but escaped execution on a technicality, and was released from prison in 1922. Mr. Anastasia worked his way up through New York organized crime ranks and eventually became boss of what is now the Gambino crime family. He was being attended in the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City when two masked gunmen burst in and shot him to death; no one was ever charged with his murder.

War
Algerian nationalists claimed that 400 French soldiers had been killed in a guerrilla offensive marking the third annivesary of the Algerian revolt.

World events
A three-member military junta headed by Colonel Oscar Mendoza ousted Guatemalan President Luis Arturo Gonzalez Lopez.

Crime
A U.S. federal court jury in New York convicted Soviet spy Colonel Rudolf Abel of conspiring to steal U.S. defense secrets for the U.S.S.R.

Labour
Transport, government, and public service employees throughout France struck in protest against the rising cost of living.

The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Executive Council gave the Bakery and Confectionery Workers and the United Textile Workers one month to oust officials accused of corruption.

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named Al Lopez of the Chicago White Sox as the American League Manager of the Year. Mr. Lopez led the White Sox to a 90-64 record, second in the AL, 8 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees. It was Mr. Lopez's first season in Chicago after 6 years as manager of the Cleveland Indians, and he led the White Sox to their highest finish since 1919.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts--The Bee Gees (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck
2 It Must Be Him--Vikki Carr
3 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
4 Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me--Dean Martin
5 Lightning's Girl--Nancy Sinatra
6 We Love You/Dandelion--The Rolling Stones
7 San Franciscan Nights--Eric Burdon & the Animals
8 The Letter--The Box Tops
9 (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts--The Bee Gees
10 Ode to Billie Joe--Bobbie Gentry

Singles entering the chart were There's Always Me/Judy by Elvis Presley (#31); Flowers in the Rain by the Move (#35); King Midas in Reverse by the Hollies (#37); Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie by Jay and the Techniques (#38); The Two of Us by Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch (#39); and Simon Says by the Groove (#40).

40 years ago
1977

On television tonight
Family, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Annie Laurie

Politics and government
Spanish Prime Minister Ernesto Suarez Gonzalez and leaders of major opposition parties agreed on economic stimulation and political reform measures.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Beds are Burning--Midnight Oil

#1 single in Switzerland: You Win Again--Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (11-5) 24 @ Edmonton (10-6) 49
British Columbia (10-6) 32 @ Calgary (8-8) 12

Matt Dunigan completed touchdown passes to Brian Kelly and Chris Skinner, Milson Jones rushed for 2 touchdowns, Henry “Gizmo” Williams returned a missed field goal 111 yards for a touchdown, and linebacker Danny Bass returned an interception 31 yards for another TD as the Eskimos beat the Blue Bombers before 33,376 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Mr. Williams’ touchdown was his first of the season on a missed field goal return after 4 touchdowns on punt returns. His earlier touchdowns had come during games televised by CBC, and he was promised a melon jacket of the kind worn by the broadcasters if he returned another kick for a touchdown on a CBC telecast. At 10:35 of the 1st quarter he did just that, and Jerry Kauric’s convert gave the Eskimos a 14-0 lead. CBC sideline reporter Scott Oake then gave the Gizmo his jacket. Tom Clements started at quarterback for the Blue Bombers, throwing a touchdown pass to Perry Tuttle and handing off to Lester Brown for another TD. Backup quarterback Tom Muecke completed a pass to Jeff Boyd for the game’s final touchdown. Mr. Kelly had 119 yards on just 3 receptions. Former middle linebacker Dan Kepley (1975-1984) and offensive tackle Roger Nelson (1954; 1956-1967) were added to the Eskimos’ Wall of Honour in a halftime ceremony.

Freddie Sims, playing his first game of the season, rushed 25 times for 135 yards and a touchdown and caught 6 passes for 78 yards and another touchdown as the Lions routed the Stampeders before 25,233 fans at McMahon Stadium. Ray Crouse rushed 13 times for 61 yards and the other B.C. touchdown. The Stampeders scored their only touchdown with just 49 seconds left in the game on a 2-yard rush by backup quarterback Carl Fodor. The combination of ball control by the B.C. offense and pressure by the B.C. defense—including 6 quarterback sacks—limited Calgary to 9 first downs and 98 yards in net offense.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2 @ Minnesota Twins 4 (Minnesota won best-of-seven series 4-3)

The Cardinals scored 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning off starting pitcher Frank Viola, but the Twins came back with single runs in the bottom of the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 8th innings to win their first World Series since moving to Minnesota in 1961, and the franchise's first since they were the Washington Nationals in 1924. 55,376 fans at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome saw the conclusion of the first World Series in which the home team won every game. Mr. Viola pitched 8 innings for his second win of the series. Joe Magrane started on the mound for St. Louis, but was relieved with 1 out in the 5th by Danny Cox. Mr. Cox gave up 2 hits, 3 bases on balls, and an earned run in 2/3 inning and was charged with his second loss of the series. Bad umpiring played a big part in the outcome of the game, as there were at least three wrong calls on the basepaths.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Birthday Song--Power Pack (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
In the Deep Woods, starring Anthony Perkins, Rosanna Arquette, and Will Patton

This made-for-television movie about a serial killer was the final work of Anthony Perkins, who had died on September 12, 1992 at the age of 60.

Died on this date
Roger Miller, 56. U.S. musician. Mr. Miller was a country singer and songwriter whose success crossed over into the pop charts. His biggest hits included Dang Me (1964) and King of the Road (1965), which led to him winning five Grammy Awards in 1964 and six in 1965. A lifelong cigarette smoker, Mr. Miller died of lung cancer.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (8-8) 31 @ Hamilton (9-7) 9
Toronto (6-10) 23 @ Winnipeg (9-7) 24 (OT)
British Columbia (3-13) 22 @ Saskatchewan (8-8) 41

Tom Burgess threw touchdown passes to Jock Climie and Stephen Jones, and John Kropke returned a fumble 1 yard for a touchdown as the Rough Riders beat the Tiger-Cats before 16,742 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The only Hamilton touchdown came on a 5-yard pass from Todd Dillon to Ken Evraire with 49 seconds remaining in the game. Mr. Dillon, Don McPherson, and Damon Allen all saw action at quarterback for the Tiger-Cats, combining to complete just 16 of 45 passes.

Michael Richardson rushed 31 times for 179 yards and a 4-yard touchdown on the last play of the 2nd overtime period as the Blue Bombers edged the Argonauts before 30,193 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Warren Hudson scored the other Winnipeg touchdown on a 4-yard rush in the 2nd quarter. Rocket Ismail returned a punt 74 yards in the 3rd quarter for the only Toronto touchdown. The Argonauts sent the game into overtime when Lance Chomyc kicked 3 field goals in the 4th quarter, 2 in the last 2 minutes when Toronto had the advantage of the wind. They had the wind behind them for the 1st overtime period, and Mr. Chomyc added 2 more field goals to give the Argonauts a 23-17 lead. The Blue Bombers finished with 500 yards net offense to 182 for the Argonauts.



Kent Austin completed touchdown passes of 33 yards to Mike Saunders and 81 yards to Ray Elgaard as the Roughriders outscored the Lions 30-2 in the 2nd half before 19,788 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Austin completed 20 of 46 passes for 405 yards. The Lions took a 13-0 lead in the 1st quarter on 2 field goals by Lui Passaglia and a converted touchdown by Ryan Hanson on a 34-yard pass from Gilbert Renfroe. Andre Francis returned an interception 14 yards for the other B.C. touchdown with 1:24 remaining in the 1st half. Mr. Renfroe and Mike Johnson shared the Lions’ quarterbacking, combining to complete just 6 of 31 passes for 102 yards.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Barbie Girl--Aqua (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Savoir aimer--Florent Pagny

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Barbie Girl--Aqua

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Spice Up Your Life--Spice Girls

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (3rd week at #1)

World events
After a brief civil war which had driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaimed himself President of the Republic of the Congo.

Canadiana
A Canadian businessman paid $400,000 at an auction to ensure the war medals belonging to Dr. John McCrae, who wrote "In Flanders Fields," remained in Canada.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (12-6) 30 @ Hamilton (2-16) 19

Tony Burse made touchdown runs of 1 and 2 yards, and Marcus Crandell threw his first CFL touchdown pass--10 yards to Shannon Myers--to help the Eskimos defeat the Tiger-Cats before 16,110 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. It was the only CFL game for backup Hamilton Jason McCullough, who completed 6 of 9 passes for 127 yards and 2 interceptions.

CIAU
Saskatchewan (5-2) 20 @ Alberta (1-7) 7

Doug Rozon scored a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and Ryan Smith scored a TD in the 4th quarter as the Huskies beat the Golden Bears before about 420 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Alberta opened the scoring early in the game when Steve Kabachia blocked a Matt Kellett punt and fell on the ball for a touchdown. Alberta quarterback Sean Zaychkowsky was among those playing their final game of university football, and the last game of his 4-year career might have been his worst.

Baseball
World Series
Cleveland Indians 4 @ Florida Marlins 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Chad Ogea allowed 4 hits and 1 earned run in 5+ innings to earn his second win of the series, while singling home the game's first 2 runs in the 2nd inning and doubling and scoring the final run in the 5th as the Indians beat the Marlins before 67,498 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens. Florida starter Kevin Brown allowed 5 hits and 4 earned runs in 5 innings to take his second loss of the series.

10 years ago
2007

Environment
The Government of Canada announced the creation of the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area, the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world.

Baseball
World Series
Colorado Rockies 1 @ Boston Red Sox 2 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Mike Lowell doubled home David Ortiz with 2 out in the bottom of the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Red Sox edged the Rockies before 36,370 fans at Fenway Park. Colorado left fielder Matt Holliday had 4 singles in as many at bats. Winning pitcher Curt Schilling allowed 4 hits and 1 earned run in 5 1/3 innings in the last game of his 20-year major league career.

October 24, 2017

160 years ago
1857

Soccer
The world's first soccer team, Sheffield Football Club, was formed in England by two army officers, Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William Priest. They simultaneously drew up rules, drawing on the best features of rudimentary winter games at schools such as Charterhouse, Rugby and Eton, and created the constitution of the Sheffield club.

150 years ago
1867

War
General Giuseppe Garibaldi's troops were repulsed in an attack on Viterbo, half a mile from Rome.

World events
A rebellion in Venezuela was quelled.

130 years ago
1887

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 3 @ Detroit Wolverines 6 (Detroit led 15-game series 9-4)

Lady Baldwin (4-0) pitched a 5-hit complete game to win the pitching matchup over Bob Caruthers (3-4) as the Wolverines defeated the Cardinals before 3,389 fans at Recreation Park.

125 years ago
1892

Baseball
The Boston Beaneaters defeated the Cleveland Spiders 8-3 to win their National League championship playoff series 5-0-1. Only 1,812 fans showed up at South End Grounds in Boston to see the Beaneaters win the pennant.

100 years ago
1917

War
The Battle of Caporetto--also called the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo--began, in which Italy suffered a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. The battle lasted until November 19.

World events
Bolshevik Red Guards began a takeover of buildings in Russia, among the first events associated with the October Revolution.

Canadiana
Governor General the Duke of Devonshire unveiled the Bell Telephone Memorial in Brantford, Ontario, designed by sculptor Walter Seymour Allward of Toronto. Dr. Bell was present at the ceremony, and presented the Duke with a commemorative silver telephone. In a speech, Dr. Bell noted that the telephone had been conceived in Brantford in 1874 and born in Boston in 1876.

90 years ago
1927

At the movies
Downhill, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and co-written by and starring Ivor Novello, opened in theatres in the United Kingdom.



80 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Nils Wahlborn, 50. Swedish actor. Mr. Wahlborn appeared in about 40 Swedish films. He died four days before his 51st birthday.

75 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)

War
The U.S. Senate passed its own bill lowering the draft age from 20 to 18, and returned it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. General Bernard Montgomery's British forces attacked Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's heavily fortified German line at El Alamein in Egypt after four days of intense air pounding. Russian troops launched an offensive in the Caucasus, advancing 12 1/2 miles southeast of Nalchik and capturing four cities. Two German infantry divisions and 80 tanks attacked inside Stalingrad, but were driven back after losing 1,500 men and 17 tanks. Vice Admiral William Halsey replaced Vice Admiral Robert Ghormley as commander of all American forces in the Southwest Pacific theatre. U.S. Marines and troops repulsed four Japanese assaults on their western defense lines on Guadalcanal.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull submitted a draft treaty relinquishing U.S. extraterritorial privileges in China to Chinese Ambassador Dr. Wei Tao-ming in Washington.

Aviation
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Dr. Charles Abbot credited Orville and Wilbur Wright with having made the first sustained flight in heavier-than-air machine in 1903, over claims that the feat was accomplished earlier by Samule Langley or Alberto Santos-Dumont.

Football
CRU
Ottawa Senior City Football League
Rough Riders (2-0) 43 Civil Service (0-2) 0

Eric Chipper scored 2 touchdowns and 3 converts, while Arnie McWatters added 2 touchdowns and a single for the Rough Riders before fewer than 400 fans at Lansdowne Park.

ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (0-6) 0 @ Toronto Oakwood Indians (2-4) 9
Hamilton (3-3) 5 @ Toronto Balmy Beach (4-2) 7

70 years ago
1947

Died on this date
Roy Hopkins, 66. U.S. inventor. Mr. Hopkins was a camera designer, and the inventor of microfilm.

Jack Guenther. U.S. journalist. Mr. Guenther was a former sportswriter who was managing editor of Look magazine at the time of his death. He was one of 47 passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 608, a Douglas DC-6 that crashed in Utah.

George A. Seitz, 50. U.S. military officer. Commodore Seitz was the military governor of the Marshall Islands. He died in Honolulu of a reported heart ailment, although he had been flown from his headquarters at Kwajalein on October 15, suffering from a severe case of bronchial pneumonia.

Jeff Burkett, 26. U.S. football player. Mr. Burkett played with the Louisiana State University Tigers before joining the Chicago Cardinals in 1947 as an offensive end, defensive back, and punter. He rushed once for 11 yards; caught 2 passes for 44 yards and a touchdown; made 1 interception; and punted 11 times for an outstanding average of 47.4 yards in 1947. Mr. Burkett was on the same plane as Mr. Guenther, and was returning to the team following surgery for appendicitis.

Diplomacy
Aleksandr Panyushkin succeeded an ailing Nikolai Novikov as U.S.S.R. Ambassador to the U.S.A.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Ohio) formally announced his candidacy for the 1948 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

Movie producer Walt Disney testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, where he accused Conference of Studio Unions President Herbert Sorrell of being a Communist, and called the League of Women Voters a Communist front organization.

Agriculture
36 U.S. distillers representing more than 90% of the domestic alcohol industry began a 60-day shutdown to help save grain for export to Europe.

Disasters
United Airlines Flight 608, a Douglas DC-6, crashed near Bryce Canyon Airport in Utah, killing all 47 passengers and 5 crew members, including Jack Guenther and Jeff Burkett. It was the first plane to be reconstructed from its wreckage to help determine the cause of the crash, which in this case was the result of a design flaw that led to a fire in the cabin.

60 years ago
1957

Married on this date
U.S. singer and actor Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in Las Vegas.

Defense
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and U.K. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan agreed to form committees to study joint policies on defense, nuclear energy, and missile development.

The United States Air Force began the X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Executive Council voted to suspend the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

50 years ago
1967

On television tonight
The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Dark Outpost

War
Israeli forces shelled the port of Suez, destroying Egyptian fuel tanks and refineries.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Just Want to Be Your Everything--Andy Gibb (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wanted (Shimei Tehai)--Pink Lady (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Rockollection--Laurent Voulzy (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown, on CBS

This was the first broadcast of the Peanuts special, which was broadcast the same night in Canada on CBC.

Americana
Veterans Day was observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. Beginning in 1978, the holiday returned to observance on November 11.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Bad--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La Bamba--Los Lobos

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): You Win Again--Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): You Win Again--Bee Gees

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): You Win Again--Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Bad--Michael Jackson

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Bad--Michael Jackson
2 Lost in Emotion--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
3 U Got the Look--Prince
4 Causing a Commotion--Madonna
5 Casanova--Levert
6 I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany
7 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
8 Let Me Be the One--Expose
9 Little Lies--Fleetwood Mac
10 Mony Mony (Live)--Billy Idol

Singles entering the chart were Faith by George Michael (#48); Is This Love by Whitesnake (#54); Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison (#73); Cherry Bomb by John Cougar Mellencamp (#78); Crazy by Icehouse (#87); Eagles Fly by Sammy Hagar (#88); Pop Goes the World by Men Without Hats (#89); and Need You Tonight by INXS (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
2 La Bamba--Los Lobos
3 Mony Mony (Live)--Billy Idol
4 I Heard a Rumour--Bananarama
5 Paper in Fire--John Cougar Mellencamp
6 Only in My Dreams-Debbie Gibson
7 When Smokey Sings--ABC
8 Together (The New Wedding Song)--Joey Gregorash
9 Carrie--Europe
10 Lost in Emotion--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Singles entering the chart were Skeletons by Stevie Wonder (#89); Don't Shed a Tear by Paul Carrack (#91); Faith by George Michael (#92); Julian by Alta Moda (#94); Indian Summer by the Dream Academy (#95); and Things I Do for Money by the Northern Pikes (#96).

Labour
The 35-member council of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations decided unanimously to readmit the 1.6-million member Teamsters union to its ranks, 30 years to the day after the union had been expelled. Meanwhile, Teamsters president Jackie Presser was awaiting trial, and the U.S. Justice Department was considering removing the union’s leadership because of possible links to organized crime.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-9) 28 @ Ottawa (2-14) 2

Defensive back Howard Fields returned an interception 60 yards for the winning touchdown in the 1st quarter as the Tiger-Cats ended a 6-game losing streak and extended the Rough Riders' losing streak to 13 games before 16,370 fans at Lansdowne Park. Ken Hobart started at quarterback for the Tiger-Cats and passed 23 yards to Steve Stapler for a touchdown in the 4th quarter; shortly after, Tom Porras relieved Mr. Hobart and threw a 3-yard TD pass to Tony Champion. Brad Taylor made his second and last CFL start at quarterback for Ottawa and completed just 6 of 19 passes for 56 yards. He was relieved by Joe Paopao, who was just 6 for 18 for 36 yards.

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 5 @ Minnesota Twins 11 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Trailing 5-2 after 4½ innings, the Twins scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning--highlighted by a 2-run home run by designated hitter Don Baylor--to take a 6-5 lead, and put the game away when Kent Hrbek hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 6th to make the score 10-5. 55,293 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis saw the last World Series game played in the daytime.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Zero--B'z (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Erotica--Madonna

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Don't You Want Me--Felix (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Heading for a Fall--Vaya con Dios (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Dur dur d'être bébé!--Jordy (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Sleeping Satellite--Tasmin Archer (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (11th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 End of the Road--Boyz II Men (6th week at #1)
2 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
3 Jump Around--House of Pain
4 Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown
5 She's Playing Hard to Get--Hi-Five
6 Please Don't Go--K.W.S.
7 I'd Die Without You--PM Dawn
8 When I Look Into Your Eyes--Firehouse
9 Free Your Mind--En Vogue
10 Erotica--Madonna

Singles entering the chart were Alone with You by Tevin Campbell (#76); If I Ever Fall in Love by Shai (#78); Flex by Mad Cobra (#82); Here it Comes by MC Serch (#83); To Love Somebody by Michael Bolton (#86); Do You Everynite by Joe Public (#87); and 360° (What Goes Around) by Grand Puba (#92).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley (6th week at #1)
2 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams
3 Layla--Eric Clapton
4 End of the Road--Boyz II Men
5 Nothing Broken But My Heart--Celine Dion
6 Not Enough Time--INXS
7 Enid--Barenaked Ladies
8 Walking on Broken Glass--Annie Lennox
9 Song Instead of a Kiss--Alannah Myles
10 Washed Away--Tom Cochrane

Singles entering the chart included How Do You Talk to an Angel by the Heights (#60); Rain Down on Me by Blue Rodeo (#77); Where You Goin' Now by Damn Yankees (#83); To Love Somebody by Michael Bolton (#85); Keep the Faith by Bon Jovi (#90); Grade 9 by Barenaked Ladies (#93); Bring it on Home to Me by Rita MacNeil (#96); Under the Influence by Sven Gali (#97); and People Everyday by Arrested Development (#98).

Football
CFL
Edmonton (9-7) 23 @ Calgary (12-4) 40

Doug Flutie completed 24 of 34 passes for 286 yards and touchdowns to Dave Sapunjis and Allen Pitts, and rushed 7 times for 50 yards and a touchdown to lead the Stampeders over the Eskimos before 22,884 fans at McMahon Stadium on a Saturday afternoon that got colder as it went along. Keyvan Jenkins rushed 20 times for 130 yards and a touchdown for Calgary, while Andy McVey rushed for the other Stampeder touchdown. Jim Sandusky caught 5 passes for 73 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Eskimos, all in the 1st half on passes from starting quarterback Tracy Ham. With Edmonton holding a 23-21 lead, Mr. Ham left with a shoulder injury late in the 2nd quarter and didn’t return. Backup quarterbacks Tom Muecke and DeChane Cameron produced -24 yards of net offense in the 2nd half. For Mr. Cameron, who completed 1 of 4 passes for 12 yards and an interception, and rushed once for -3 yards, it was the last actual playing time of his 1-year CFL career.



CIAU
Mount Allison 50 St. Francis Xavier 10
St. Mary's 30 Acadia 8
Bishop's (7-0) 26 Concordia 0
McGill 20 Carleton 0
Western Ontario 44 McMaster 7
Toronto 15 Guelph 14
Wilfrid Laurier 36 York 6
Waterloo 10 Windsor 8
Alberta 8 @ British Columbia 13
Michigan Tech 76 Manitoba 34 (Exhibition)

Baseball
World Series
Toronto Blue Jays 4 @ Atlanta Braves 3 (11 innings) (Toronto won best-of-seven series 4-2)

The Blue Jays failed to hold a 2-1 lead with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, but they scored 2 in the top of the 11th and held on to become the first Canadian team to win a World Series. Toronto relief ace Tom Henke was one strike away from finishing the series in the bottom of the 9th when Otis Nixon singled to drive in Jeff Blauser with the tying run. With 2 out in the top of the 11th, Dave Winfield doubled home Devon White and Sandy Alomar to give the Blue Jays a 4-2 lead. Mr. Blauser, as he had in the 9th, singled to lead off the bottom of the 11th, and advanced to third base on an error that allowed Damon Berryhill to reach first. John Smoltz went in to run for Mr. Berryhill and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Rafael Belliard. Brian Hunter then grounded out, driving in Mr. Blauser and advancing Mr. Smoltz to third. Mike Timlin then entered the game to pitch for Toronto to face Mr. Nixon. The Atlanta center fielder laid down a bunt, which Mr. Timlin fielded and threw to first baseman Joe Carter to end the series. Jimmy Key, who pitched 1 1/3 innings, was the winning pitcher over Charlie Leibrandt. Attendance at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was 51,763.



20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Don Messick, 71. U.S. actor. Mr. Messick provided the voices for numerous characters in Hanna-Barbera cartoons from 1957 until his retirement in 1996. The characters voiced by Mr. Messick included Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, and Boo-Boo Bear. Mr. Messick died from a stroke.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (8-10) 9 @ Winnipeg (4-14) 55

Ronald Williams rushed 20 times for 212 yards to lead the Blue Bombers over the Roughriders before 30,222 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Winnipeg head coach Jeff Reinebold led his players into the stands after the game to thank the fans for their support.

10 years ago
2007

Space
Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.

Business
Facebook sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from Google.

Baseball
World Series
Colorado Rockies 1 @ Boston Red Sox 13 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Dustin Pedroia led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a home run to begin a 3-run inning, and the Red Sox erupted for 7 runs in the 5th as they routed the Rockies before 36,733 fans at Fenway Park in the first World Series game in the Rockies' 15-year history.

October 23, 2017

310 years ago
1707

Politics and government
The first Parliament of Great Britain met in London.

200 years ago
1817

Born on this date
Pierre Larousse. French lexicographer. Mr. Larousse was best known for the 15 volume Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (Great Universal 19th-Century Dictionary) (1863). He died of a stroke caused by exhaustion on January 3, 1875 at the age of 57.

170 years ago
1847

Communications
The first telegraph service from Montréal to New York via Albany opened.

Transportation
Construction of the Great Western Railway began in London, Canada West.

Health
Records showed that 65 more immigrants in Grosse-Île, Canada East had died of cholera and typhus in one week, and almost 10,000 during the whole of 1847. The epidemic spread to the Pointe St. Charles neighbourhood of Montreal and then Bytown, where the Rideau Canal works were shut down; 167 died in quarantine.

150 years ago
1867

Politics and government
72 men were summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.

120 years ago
1897

Football
ORFU
Round 1
Queen's College 1 @ Osgoode Hall 17 (Osgoode Hall won 2 game total points series 18-7)

Round 2
Toronto Athletic Club-Lornes 7 @ Hamilton 25 (First game of 2 game total points series)

100 years ago
1917

War
The Brazilian freighter Macau, one of the vessels seized in the course of the war, was torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-93 near the coast of Spain, and the captain taken prisoner.

Transportation
The Canadian Railway War Board held its first meeting in the Canadian Pacific Railway boardroom in Windsor Station, Montréal. It was the origin of the Railway Association of Canada, founded in 1919.

90 years ago
1927

Died on this date
Benjamin Marinelli, 25. U.S. jockey. Mr. Marinelli rose to fame in Tijuana at the age of 17. He suffered a fractured skull in an accident at Jamaica, New York in 1926, but returned to action several months later. Mr. Marinelli was scheduled to ride at Yonkers, New York on October 22, but said he was sick; he then committed suicide with the use of a gas tube.

80 years ago
1937

Football
IRFU
Montreal 1 (1-2) @ Hamilton (1-2) 14
Ottawa (1-2) 4 @ Toronto (3-0) 10

Teddy Manorek scored the game's only touchdown as the Tigers defeated the Indians at the Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds. Huck Welch converted the touchdon and added 5 singles.

Johnny Edwards scored the game's only touchdown as the Argonauts beat the Rough Riders at Varsity Stadium. Toronto's Harry Sonshine broke his jaw in two places, putting him out of action for the rest of the season.

ORFU
Toronto (1-1-1) 0 @ Sarnia (1-0-1) 13

Pat Butler blocked a punt, and Joe Woodcock returned it 40 yards for the game's only touchdown in the 4th quarter as the Imperials blanked Balmy Beach before 3,200 fans at Athletic Park.

Canadian university
Queen's (1-2) 4 @ McGill (1-2) 6
Toronto (1-1-1) 4 @ Western Ontario (2-0-1) 4

Bernie Thornton's field goal on the last play of the game gave the Redmen their win over the Tricolor before 6,000 fans at Molson Stadium.

The Mustangs scored all their points in the 4th quarter on a field goal and a rouge as they came back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the Beavers on a snowy Saturday before a record J.W. Little Memorial Stadium crowd of 5,100.

Canadian university-high school (Exhibition)
Garneau High School (Edmonton) 0 @ University of Alberta 13

Tommy Blades and Tommy Forhan scored touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they shut out the Garneau High School seniors at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton.

75 years ago
1942

At the movies
The Mummy's Tomb, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Ralph Rainger, 41. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Rainger, born Ralph Reichenthal, wrote music for songs of stage and screen. His compositions included Moanin' Low; I Wished on the Moon; and Love in Bloom. Mr. Rainger shared the Academy Award for Best Original Song with Leo Robin for Thanks for the Memory (from The Big Broadcast of 1938). Mr. Rainger was killed 16 days after his 41st birthday when he was one of 12 passengers and crew aboard American Airlines Flight 28, a DC-3 airliner that was involved in a midair collision with a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber.

War
The Second Battle of El Alamein began in Egypt, with the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery launching a major offensive against Axis forces. Russian troops reportedly captured two points northwest of Stalingrad and repulsed three German counterattacks. Heavy Allied bombers sank or damaged 10 Japanese ships, totalling 50,000 tons, in a pre-dawn attack on Rabaul, New Britain. The Battle for Henderson Field began during the Guadalcanal Campaign, ending on October 26.

Diplomacy
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in London after a transatlantic flight, and was welcomed by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Economics and finance
Prospectors discovered a valuable molybdenum deposit at Preissac, Quebec; molybdenum was used in steel alloy.

Labour
The U.S. National War Labor Board approved a $1-per-day pay increase for copper, lead, and zinc workers in Idaho and Utah.

Disasters
All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard American Airlines Flight 28--a DC-3 airliner--were killed when it was struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. The B-34 suffered only minor damage, and landed safely at the Army Airport of the Sixth Ferrying Command, Palm Springs.

Football
United States Naval Training Academy (Wahpeton, North Dakota) 5 @ Winnipeg All-Stars 27 (Exhibition)

4,000 people were on hand for "Freedom to Play" night, which featured U.S. and Canadian military displays, followed by an exhibition game played under a combination of American and Canadian rules. Ken Charlton scored 2 touchdowns for the All-Stars, with other Winnipeg touchdowns coming from Andy Branigan, Gordie McPhee, and Brian Lynch. The U.S. naval training team scored an unconverted touchdown in the 4th quarter on a pass from Cleo Goyette to Jim Romeo.

70 years ago
1947

War
Iraqi Prime Minister Salih Jabur threatened to move troops into Palestine if the United Nations accepted a partition.

Diplomacy
The U.S. National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples filed a formal protest with the United Nations against racial discrimination in the United States, including poll taxes, lynching, job bias, and school segregation.

World events
The Romanian government ordered leaders of the Social Democratic Party, the last active anti-government political group, to appear in court on subversion charges.

Politics and government
Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Reagan and actor George Murphy testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, defending the Guild against charges of Communist infiltration. John Garfield and several other actors formed the Committee for the First Amendment of the Constitution to defend entertainment figures accused of Communist affiliation.

U.S. President Harry Truman called a special session of Congress for mid-November to deal with domestic economic problems and "the crisis in Western Europe."

Economics and finance
U.K. Economic Affairs Minister Sir Stafford Cripps ordered new curtailments in housing construction, and announced a $100-million reduction in U.S. imports during the next year.

The Hungarian Parliament approved the death penalty for black market activity.

Argentine President Juan Peron and Bolivian President Enrique Hertzog met in the Bolivian fronteir town of Yacuiba to sign a trade agreement.

Labour
The strike at Canada Packers meat curing plant in Montréal ended.

Medicine
The 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Carl and Gerty Cori of the United States "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen" and to Bernardo Houssay of Argentina "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar."

60 years ago
1957

Died on this date
Christian Dior, 52. French fashion designer. Mr. Dior founded Christian Dior S.A. in 1946. He designed dresses that emphasized voluptuousness. Mr. Dior died of a heart attack under undisclosed circumstances.

Space
The U.S. Defense Department announced the successful test of a Vanguard rocket, developed by the Navy to carry a U.S. Earth satellite into orbit.

Defense
The U.S. Navy announced the conclusion of a $62.1-million contract with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for development of the submarine-launched Polaris intermediate-range missile.

Diplomacy
Rejecting Saudi mediation as unnecessary, the Syrian government issued a statement asserting that Turkish-Syrian tension could be ended by a withdrawal of Turkish troops from the frontier. Syrian Army Chief of Staff Afif Bizri accused the United States of sending aircraft over Homs in the Turkish border area.

Politics and government
Three days after National Democratic Movement candidate Miguel Ortiz Passarelli had taken 51.64% of the vote in the Guatemalan presidential election, the election was voided because of protests about electoral fraud. A new presidential election was held on January 19, 1958.

The British Labour Party's National Executive Committee, rejecting a Soviet appeal for Socialist support in ending the Turkish-Syrian dispute, said that the Labour Party would not "undertake joint activities with any Communist party."

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower accepted the resignation of Attorney General Herbert Brownell and appointed Deputy Attorney General William Rogers, a close friend and adviser of Vice President Richard Nixon, to succeed him.

Economics and finance
The New York Stock Exchange market rebounded for the greatest one-day gain since November 14, 1929.

Labour
Argentine workers returned to their jobs, following a nationwide 48-hour general strike ordered by 62 unions.

Football
ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (6-2-1) 13 @ London (6-2-2) 13

Mike Norcia and Tex Robinson scored touchdowns and Bob Celeri added a single for the Dutchmen as they tied the Lords at Labatt Park. Dave Doane scored the only London touchdown, with Don Wright kicking a convert and field goal, Jim Thompson adding a single, and Mr. Heuring scoring a safety touch.

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named Fred Haney of the Milwaukee Braves as National League Manager of the Year. Mr. Haney led the Braves to their first World Series championship since moving to Milwaukee in 1953 and their first since they were the Boston Braves in 1914.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Los Chicos con las Chicas--Los Bravos

Music
The single Wild Honey/Wind Chimes by the Beach Boys was released on Capitol Records.

Politics and government
Premier Louis Robichaud led his governing Liberals to their third consecutive majority government, capturing 32 of 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly in the New Brunswick provincial election. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Charlie Van Horne, won the remaining 26 seats. Brenda Robertson became the first woman elected to the New Brunswick legislature, winning the riding of Albert for the PCs.

Football
CFL
Montreal (2-10) 20 @ British Columbia (3-10-1) 30

Leroy Sledge scored 2 touchdowns and set up another by quarterback Bernie Faloney to lead the Lions over the Alouettes before 24,621 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. Phil Brady scored both Montreal touchdowns.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Telephone Line--Electric Light Orchestra (5th week at #1)

Music
Ferrante and Teicher performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

Politics and government
In a national referendum in Panama, two-thirds of voters approved of the Panama Canal Treaties with the United States.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (10-4) 21 @ Hamilton (5-9) 31
Calgary (3-11) 13 @ Winnipeg (9-6) 19
Toronto (6-8) 12 @ Edmonton (8-6) 16

Jimmy Edwards scored the go-ahead touchdown early in the 4th quarter to help the Tiger-Cats defeat the Lions before 19,133 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

Dieter Brock completed a 37-yard touchdown pass to Mike Holmes and handed off to Tom Walker for a 1-yard TD run as the Blue Bombers held on to defeat the Stampeders before 23,663 fans at Winnipeg Stadium.

Dave Cutler kicked 3 field goals and converted Waddell Smith's touchdown to help the Eskimos defeat the Argonauts before 25,388 fans at Clarke Stadium. Mr. Cutler's field goals gave him 42 for the season, breaking the old CFL record of 40 that he had set two years earlier. The game was badly officiated, with the visiting team getting the benefit of numerous bad calls, the worst of which was an unnecessary roughness penalty against Edmonton defensive back Dave Montagano when he fell on top of a Toronto player after being pushed. Toronto punter Zenon Andrusyshyn set a league record that still stands, with a 108-yard punt; oddly, Edmonton punter Hank Ilesic had the higher punting average for the game, 53 yards to 51 for Mr. Andrusyshyn.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): You Win Again--Bee Gees

At the movies
The Last Emperor, co-written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring John Lone, Joan Chen, and Peter O'Toole, opened in theatres in Italy.

Law
The United States Senate voted 58-42, with 6 Republicans joining 52 Democrats, to reject the nomination of Robert Bork, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who had nominated Judge Bork, said he was “saddened and disappointed that the Senate had bowed today to a campaign of political pressure.”

Economics and finance
The New York Stock Exchange cut its trading day by two hours, restoring order and rationality after the October 19 crash; the Toronto Stock Exchange and Montreal Stock Exchange followed for three weeks.

The United States Commerce Department reported that the U.S. gross national product had grown at an annual rate of 3.8% during the third quarter of 1987 after allowing for inflation.

The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index had increased 0.2% in September.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-10-1) 3 @ Toronto (10-5-1) 25

Danny Barrett threw a touchdown pass to Paul Pearson, Tony Johns rushed for a touchdown, and John Congemi threw a touchdown pass to Gill Fenerty as the Argonauts beat the Roughriders before 22,329 fans at Exhibition Stadium. The loss eliminated Saskatchewan from playoff contention for the 11th consecutive year. Mr. Fenerty rushed 15 times for 86 yards, while Darrell Smith led Toronto's receivers with 6 receptions for 105 yards. Saskatchewan's Ray Elgaard caught 7 passes for 121 yards.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (5th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush said that Vietnam had agreed to provide to the U.S. all documents, photographs, and personal effects relating to American servicemen still missing after the Vietnam War. The U.S. listed 2,265 Americans as unaccounted for in Indochina. The total included men known to be dead whose bodies had not been recovered.

Football
CIAU
Saskatchewan (3-4) 7 @ Calgary (4-3) 67

This blogger was among those in attendance at McMahon Stadium as the Dinos, playing without injured starting quarterback John Kalin, routed the Huskies. Jason Assen played the 1st half for Calgary and ran up a 43-0 lead; third-string Calgary quarterback Sasha Blaskovich played the 3rd quarter, when the Huskies reduced the deficit to 43-7; and fourth-string Dino quarterback Brett Campbell, seeing his only playing time of the year, led the team to 24 more points in the 4th quarter. I counted 4 Saskatchewan players who left the game with injuries that looked serious--or at least painful. It was the warmest weather I've ever experienced at a Dinos' home game.

Baseball
The expansion Florida Marlins hired Rene Lachemann to be their first manager. Mr. Lachemann had previously managed the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Kosketus--Klamydia (2nd week at #1)

Baseball
World Series
Florida Marlins 8 @ Cleveland Indians 7 (Florida led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Moisés Alou's 3-run home run was the big blow of a 4-run 6th inning as the Marlins erased a 4-2 deficit and withstood a 3-run 9th-inning rally to edge the Indians before 44,888 fans at Jacobs Field.

10 years ago
2007

Disasters
A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche caused the Usumacinta jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.

October 22, 2017

310 years ago
1707

Disasters
Four British Royal Navy ships ran aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation; Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, 56-57, and 1,550 sailors drowned.

240 years ago
1777

War
American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulsed repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank in New Jersey.

220 years ago
1797

Adventure
André-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,200 feet) above Parc Monceau in Paris.

150 years ago
1867

Economics and finance
The Montreal-based Commercial Bank failed, leading to the subsequent Commercial Bank Act, 1867.

140 years ago
1877

Disasters
The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland killed 207 miners.

130 years ago
1887

Football
ORFU
City series
Hamilton 13 Ottawa 1 @ Toronto

College series
University of Toronto 0 @ Ottawa College 9

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 5 Detroit Wolverines 1 @ Brooklyn (7 innings, darkness) (Detroit led 15-game series 8-4)

The Browns scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and coasted to victory over the Wolverines before 1,138 fans at Washington Park. Silver King (1-2) won the pitching matchup over Pete Conway (2-1).

125 years ago
1892

Football
ORFU
Round 1 (2nd game of 2-game total points series)
Osgoode Hall won by default over Trinity College

Round 2
Bye: Queen’s College
Ottawa College 5 @ Toronto 34
Hamilton 34 @ London 0

Baseball
The Cleveland Spiders blew a 6-0 lead and lost 12-7 to the Boston Beaneaters at South End Grounds in Boston. The Beaneaters took a 4-0-1 lead in their National League championship playoff series, with Jack Stivetts winning the pitching matchup over John Clarkson.

110 years ago
1907

Economics and finance
In what became known as the Panic of 1907, a run on the stock of Knickerbocker Trust Company set events in motion that led to a depression.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Alfred Pinkston. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Pinkston was an outfielder and first baseman with various teams in various Negro and minor leagues in a career spanning 1936-1965, with time out for service in World War II. Records from Mr. Pinkston's early years in baseball are hard to find, although he seemed to have been the leading hitter for whatever team he played for. He didn't play in what is regarded as "Organized Baseball" until 1953, when he was 35. In six years in the minor leagues from 1953-1958, Mr. Pinkston batted .334 with 97 home runs and 483 runs batted in in 700 games. At the age of 41, he went to the Mexican League, where he played right field with the Mexico City Red Devils (1959-1960) and Veracruz Aguilas (1961-1965). In seven seasons in the Mexican League Mr. Pinkston batted .372 with 108 homers and 659 RBIs in 879 games, and won the Mexican League batting title in each of his first four seasons; his career batting average remains the highest in Mexican League history, and he was inducted into the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, as well as the U.S. National Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. Mr. Pinkston died of a heart attack on March 19, 1981 at the age of 63.

Joan Fontaine. U.K.-born U.S. actress. Miss Fontaine, born Joan de Havilland, was the younger sister of Olivia de Havilland. Miss Fontaine won an Academy Award for her starring performance in Suspicion (1941), and was nominated for Oscars for her starring performances in Rebecca (1940) and The Constant Nymph (1943). She died on December 15, 2013 at the age of 96.

Died on this date
Bob Fitzsimmons, 54. U.K.-born boxer. "Ruby Robert" was born in England, moved to New Zealand as a boy, and began his profesional boxing career in Australia. Years of working in the family's blacksmith forge had developed his arm and upper body strength, and Mr. Fitzsimmons became one of the hardest punchers in history. He knocked out "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey to win the world middleweight title in 1891, a title which he vacated in 1895. Mr. Fitzsimmons knocked out "Gentleman Jim" Corbett to win the world heavyweight title in 1897, lost the heavyweight title in 1899 when he was knocked out by Jim Jeffries, but won the world light heavyweight title with a decision over George Gardner in 1903. Mr. Fitzsimmons lost the light heavyweight title when he was knocked out by Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in 1905, but he continued to fight for several years afterward, compiling a record of 68-12-13-7, with probably numerous other fights not officially recorded. Mr. Fitzsimmons was the first boxer to hold world titles in three different weight divisions, and the only man to hold the heavyweight, light heavyweight, and middleweight belts. Mr. Fitzsimmons was married four times, had a gambling habit, and lost a lot of money to con men; he died of pneumonia in Chicago. Mr. Fitzsimmons was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the Old Timer category in 1990.

90 years ago
1927

Technology
Nikola Tesla introduced six new inventions, including single-phase electric power.

Football
IRFU
Toronto (0-2-1) 2 @ Montreal (1-3) 3
Hamilton (3-0) 14 @ Ottawa (2-1-1) 7

ORFU
Toronto Balmy Beach (3-0) 26 @ Hamilton (2-2) 3
University of Toronto II (2-1) 11 Camp Borden (0-4) 6

Canadian university
Toronto (0-2) 0 @ Queen's (2-0) 3

Ralph Harrison's field goal in the 1st quarter stood up as the winning score for the Winged Wheelers as they edged the Argonauts before 3,500 fans at Molson Stadium.

Pep Leadley kicked 2 field goals and 3 singles to lead the Tigers over the Senators at Lansdowne Park.

A safety touch and a rouge late in the game gave the Tricolor their win over Toronto at Richardson Stadium in Kingston.

75 years ago
1942

War
U.S. Major General Mark Clark met in Algeria with French Resistance fighters and officers loyal to the Allied cause to discuss Operation Torch, the first Allied amphibious landing of World War II.

Politics and government
Chilean President Juan Antonio Rios completed the organization of his new cabinet with one major change: Joaquin Fernandez y Fernandez was named Foreign Minister.

Society
The U.S. Senate defeated a proposal to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in or near military reservations.

70 years ago
1947

At the movies
Forever Amber, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, and George Sanders, opened in theatres.

War
The Kashmir conflict, a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, began, shortly after the partition of India.

Nationalist Chinese sources reporteda revolt of Turkic tribes in the northwestern province of Sinkiang.

World events
The Chilean government placed four nitrate and copper-producing provinces under military control to prevent renewed unrest among miners.

Diplomacy
U.S. Minister to Finland Maxwell Hamilton was appointed assistant to Secretary of State George Marshall to conduct preliminary negotiations for a Japanese peace conference.

Defense
The Jewish National Council in Jerusalem began recruiting a militia to protect Jewish urban centres.

Politics and government
French Prime Minister Paul Ramadier dissolved and reorganized his cabinet, reducing it from 24 to 13 ministers.

Testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer script supervisor James McGuinness charged that "an active fifth column" in Hollywood wanted to "destroy our government in the service of foreign ideology."

Oil
The Iranian Parliament rejected the U.S.S.R.'s demand for an oil concession in Iran, and approved Prime Minister Ahmad Ghavam el-Saltaneh's bill for a five-year exploration program barring all foreign capital.

Standard Oil Company of New Jersey imposed a 15% reduction in gasoline deliveries to its service stations in eastern U.S. states because of a gas shortage.

Journalism
The Chilean government arrested the staff of the Communist daily newspaper Siglo.

Labour
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Baltimore ruled that a union was liable for damages if it failed to protect a worker from racial discrimination in collective bargaining.

60 years ago
1957

War
The U.S.A. suffered her first casualties in Vietnam when 13 U.S. servicemen and 15 Vietnamese children were injured when two plastic bombs exploded in front of a U.S. officers' quarters, and under a bus loaded with American enlisted men.

Defense
The U.S. Army announced the successful test of a Jupiter intermediate-range missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Politics and government
Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier took office as the 34th President of Haiti and the first elected head of state since the 1956 ouster of Paul Magloire. Martial law and the 2 A.M. curfew were lifted.

Agrarian members of Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander's coalition cabinet resigned in protest against Socialist pension plans providing for payment of 65% of average income after 30 years' work.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped to 417.79--its lowest level since March 1955--Following a three-month price decline on the New York Stock Exchange.

50 years ago
1967

Football
CFL
Ottawa (7-4-1) 28 @ Toronto (5-6-1) 28
Hamilton (8-4) 31 @ Winnipeg (4-10) 4
Calgary (11-3) 19 @ Saskatchewan (10-4) 11

Jim Dillard scored 3 touchdowns for the Argonauts as they tied the Rough Riders before 27,238 fans at CNE Stadium to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 1961. Ottawa led 28-27 as the Argonauts lined up for a field goal attempt on the last play of the game; Dave Mann's kick was wide, but into the end zone, and a punting exchange ensued, which ended when Toronto quarterback Wally Gabler, who was holding the ball for the field goal attempt, punted for the tying point. Ottawa quarterback Russ Jackson completed 2 touchdown passes to Whit Tucker and another to Margene Adkins. U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Democrat--New York) wasin attendance as a guest of Argonauts' owner John Bassett, and expressed his enjoyment of the game, especially the last play, which is impossible in American football.

The Tiger-Cats intercepted 3 passes and recovered 2 Winnipeg fumbles as they beat the Blue Bombers before 13,045 fans at Winnipeg Stadium.

Peter Liske completed 24 of 31 passes for 269 yards to lead the Stampeders over the Roughriders before 21,845 fans at Taylor Field in Regina.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): L'angelo azzurro'--Umberto Balsamo

#1 single in Switzerland: Ti Amo'--Umberto Tozzi (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Do You Remember--Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Silver Lady--David Soul (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K (BMRB): Silver Lady --David Soul (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Light Up My Life--Debby Boone (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You Light Up My Life--Debby Boone (3rd week at #1)
2 Nobody Does it Better--Carly Simon
3 Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band--Meco
4 That's Rock 'n' Roll--Shaun Cassidy
5 Keep it Comin' Love--K.C. and the Sunshine Band
6 Boogie Nights--Heatwave
7 I Feel Love--Donna Summer
8 Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')--Johnny Rivers
9 Brick House--Commodores
10 Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue--Crystal Gayle

Singles entering the chart were We are the Champions by Queen (#74); You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) by Rod Stewart (#79); The Happy Girls by Helen Reddy (#85); You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) by High Inergy (#88); Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other’s Heart?) by Daryl Hall and John Oates (#96); Can't it All Be Love by Randy Edelman (#97); Falling by LeBlanc & Carr (#98); and Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) by Chic (#100).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band--Meco
2 Keep it Comin' Love--K.C. and the Sunshine Band
3 Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')--Johnny Rivers
4 That's Rock 'n' Roll--Shaun Cassidy
5 Nobody Does it Better--Carly Simon
6 Boogie Nights--Heatwave
7 I Feel Love--Donna Summer
8 It was Almost Like a Song--Ronnie Milsap
9 Sugar Daddy--Patsy Gallant
10 Cold as Ice--Foreigner

Singles entering the chart were I Believe in Love by Kenny Loggins (#79); It's So Easy by Linda Ronstadt (#81); Stone Cold Sober by Crawler (#82); The Way I Feel Tonight by the Bay City Rollers (#83); You're Moving Out Today by Carole Bayer Sager (#84); Silver Lady by David Soul (#92); Avenging Annie by Roger Daltrey (#93); Needles and Pins by Smokie (#94); Crying in My Sleep by Art Garfunkel (#95); From Graceland to the Promised Land by Merle Haggard (#96); The Happy Girls by Helen Reddy (#97); Do Your Dance by Rose Royce (#99); and Spaceship Superstar by Prism (#100).

Diplomacy
The Palestine Liberation Organization totally rejected the U.S. proposal for Middle East peace conference in Geneva on the ground that it neglected the Palestinian question as a whole.

Boxing
Leon Spinks (5-0-1) and Scott Ledoux (21-6-2) fought a 10-round draw in a heavyweight bout at the Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas. One judge scored the fight even, one had Mr. Spinks ahead by 2 points, and the other had Mr. Ledoux ahead by 1 point.

Hockey
NHL
Philadelphia 1 @ Toronto 6

Football
CFL
Ottawa (6-8) 16 @ Montreal (10-5) 28

Sonny Wade completed 20 of 28 passes for 3 touchdowns, 2 to Peter Dalla Riva, as the Alouettes beat the Rough Riders at Olympic Stadium.

30 years ago
1987

War
An Iranian missile struck Kuwait’s principal offshore oil terminal, through which one-third of Kuwait’s oil imports were transported. In response to China’s alleged sale of Silkworm missiles to Iran, the U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan said that it was curbing exports of some high-technology U.S. products to China. China had not acknowledged that it was selling arms to Iran.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Ronald Reagan said that the economy was fundamentally sound and that the 1987 deficit would be $148 billion, down $73 billion from 1986. He blamed Congress for the deficit.

Major U.S. banks lowered their prime lending rate from 9.25% to 9%.

Baseball
Sachi Kinugasa played the last game of his 23-year career in Japan. He played in 2,215 consecutive games from October 19, 1970 through his last game. Mr. Kinugasa began his career with the Hiroshima Carp in 1965.

World Series
Minnesota Twins 2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 4 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Cardinals broke a 0-0 tie with 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning--2 on a single by Curt Ford--as they beat the Twins before 55,347 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. Danny Cox pitched 7 1/3 innings to get the win, while Bert Blyleven pitched 6 innings in taking the loss.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Sleeping Satellite--Tasmin Archer (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Red Barber, 84. U.S. sportscaster. One of the most famous broadcasters in baseball history, Mr. Barber was the radio (and later, television) broadcaster for games of the Cincinnati Reds (1934-1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1953), and New York Yankees (1954-1966). He and colleague Mel Allen were the first broadcasters to be honoured by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.

Cleavon Little, 53. U.S. actor. Mr. Little was known for his roles in the movies Vanishing Point (1971) and Blazing Saddles (1974) and the television comedy series Temperatures Rising (1972-1974).

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Columbia, with a six-member crew commanded by James Wetherbee, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to begin the 10-day mission STS-52. The crew included one Canadian, Payload Specialist Steve MacLean, making his first space flight.

Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 7 @ Toronto Blue Jays 2 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Braves broke a 2-2 tie with 5 runs in the 5th inning before 52,268 fans at SkyDome, with the big blow being a grand slam by Lonnie Smith. John Smoltz pitched 6 innings to get the win, while losing pitcher Jack Morris gave up 9 hits and 7 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.



20 years ago
1997

At the movies
This blogger, with enjoyable female company, attended a pre-release screening of Fairytale: A True Story, starring Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Harvey Keitel, and Peter O'Toole.

Health
U.S. meat inspectors in North Dakota discovered E. coli bacteria in imported Canadian beef, halting shipments of 34,000 pounds.

Baseball
World Series
Florida Marlins 3 @ Cleveland Indians 10 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Indians scored 3 runs in the 1st inning--the first 2 coming on a home run by Manny Ramirez--and 3 in the 3rd as they coasted to victory over the Marlins before 44,887 fans on a cold night at Jacobs Field .



10 years ago
2007

War
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base, Sri Lanka was carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack; eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes were destroyed, and 10 damaged.

Politics and government
The 17th Congress of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term.