Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Brenda Kiema!
875 years ago
1146
Died on this date
Erik III, 26 (?). King of Denmark, 1137-1146. Erik III acceded to the throne upon the murder of his uncle Erik II. In 1841, Erik III defeated and killed in battle his cousin Olaf Haraldsen, who had been a rival anti-king under the name Olaf II since 1839. Erik III abdicated shortly before his death, and remains the only Danish monarch to voluntarily abdicate. His abdication created a vacuum that was fought over by Svend III, Knud V, and Valdemar I.
500 years ago
1521
Died on this date
Josquin des Prez, 65-71 (?). French composer. Mr. des Prez, born Josquin Lebloitte but often referred to simply as Josquin, wrote sacred and secular vocal music, including masses, motets, chansons, and frottole. He was the most important figure of the Franco-Flemish School, and was regarded in the 16th century as the greatest composer of his age.
410 years ago
1611
Died on this date
Tomás Luis de Victoria, 62-63 (?). Spanish clergyman and composer. Rev. Victoria was a Roman Catholic priest who worked at the royal monastery Monasterio de las Descalzas de St. Clara in Madrid for 24 years--17 years as chaplain to dowager Empress María until her death, and then as convent organist. He was Spain's leading composer of the Counter-Reformation, known for his masses and motets, prominently featuring the organ.
170 years ago
1851
Politics and government
The Legislative Council of Vancouver Island was created in Victoria.
150 years ago
1871
Born on this date
Theodore Dreiser. U.S. author. Mr. Dreiser was best known for his novels Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925). In his later years he wrote non-fiction works praising the Soviet Union, and joined the Communist Party four months before his death on December 28, 1945 at the age of 74.
Died on this date
William Whiting Boardman, 76. U.S. judge and politician. Mr. Boardman, the son of U.S. Senator Elijah Boardman, was a Judge of Probate in New Haven, Connecticut (1825-1829), and as a Whig, sat in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1836-1839, 1845, 1849-1851), and represented Connecticut's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1840-1843).
140 years ago
1881
Canadiana
Lord Lorne, with his wife Princess Louise, became the first Governor General to travel through what is now Saskatchewan.
Disasters
The Georgia hurricane made landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
130 years ago
1891
Died on this date
Samuel C. Pomeroy, 75. U.S. politician and railroad executive. Mr. Pomeroy, a Republican, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1852-1853) and Mayor of Atchison, Kansas (1858-1859) before representing Kansas in the U.S. Senate (1861-1873). He was the Anti-Masonic Party's candidate for U.S. Vice President in 1880. Mr. Pomeroy was president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1864-1868).
125 years ago
1896
Born on this date
Kenji Miyazawa. Japanese author and poet. Mr. Miyazawa wrote children's novels and poetry that was influenced by his conversion to Nichiren Buddhism. He suffered from poor health for years, and died of pneumonia on September 21, 1933, 25 days after his 37th birthday.
War
British forces defeated Zanzibari forces in the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which, at 38 minutes, remains the shortest war in history. Sheikh Khalid bin Barghash, who had claimed the Sultanate two days earlier upon the sudden death of his cousin Sheikh Hamad bin Thuwaini, fled to the German consulate, and was replaced as Sultan by Sheikh Hamoud bin Mohammed Al-Said.
110 years ago
1911
Born on this date
Kay Walsh. U.K. actress. Miss Walsh was an English stage actress whose movies included In Which We Serve (1942); This Happy Breed (1944); Oliver Twist (1948); Stage Fright (1950); The Horse's Mouth (1958); and A Study in Terror (1965). She was married to director David Lean from 1940-1949, and died on April 16, 2005 at the age of 93.
Crime
N.Z. criminal Joseph Pawelka escaped from Wellington’s Terrace Gaol for the third time in 18 months; he was never recaptured, with reports of his subsequent whereabouts including Canada and Mexico.
Baseball
Ed Walsh (24-14) pitched a no-hitter to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-0 win over the Boston Red Sox before 18,000 fans at White Sox Park. Mr. Walsh allowed just one baserunner, on a base on balls to Clyde Engle in the 4th inning. The White Sox scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning against Ray Collins (9-10), who allowed 11 hits in a complete game.
Vean Gregg (21-7) pitched a 4-hitter and drove in Neal Ball with the game's only run in the bottom of the 7th inning as the Cleveland Naps edged the Washington Nationals 1-0 before 6,150 fans at League Park in Cleveland. Carl Cashion started on the mound for Washington and allowed 2 hits in 3 scoreless innings before being relieved by Dolly Gray (2-12), who allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 5 innings.
100 years ago
1921
Born on this date
Leo Penn. U.S. actor and director. Mr. Penn appeared in plays and television programs, and directed episodes of many television programs. He was the father of actors Sean and Chris Penn and musician Michael Penn. Leo Penn died of lung cancer on September 5, 1998, 15 days after his 77th birthday.
90 years ago
1931
Died on this date
Frank Harris, 76. U.K.-born U.S. writer. Mr. Harris, a native of Ireland, he emigrated to the United States as a young man. He was a journalist and author of novels and short stories, but was best known for his four-volume autobiography My Life and Loves (1922-1927), which was banned in many countries, including the United States, for many years because of its explicit depictions of sexual activity. He died in Nice of a heart attack.
Willem Hubert Nolens, 70. Dutch clergyman and politician. Monsignor Nolens was a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Roman Catholic State Party who sat in the Dutch House of Representatives from 1896 until his death, 11 days before his 71st birthday. He favoured better social security for the working class, which often brought him into conflict with conservative Catholics.
80 years ago
1941
On television tonight
Thrills and Chills, hosted by Doug Allan, on WNBT
Faustin Wirkus, a former U.S. Marine who had ruled the Haitian island of La Gonave as King Faustin II for several years in the 1920s, was the guest on the first broadcast of this program in which Mr. Allan interviewed explorers and presented films they had taken of their adventures. WNBT was the NBC flagship station in New York City.
World events
While reviewing troops from the Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)--a French unit of the German Wehrmacht--in Versailles, Vichy French politicians Pierre Laval and Marcel Déat were shot and wounded by 21-year-old Paul Collette. The wounded men, who advocated collaboration with Nazis, soon recovered from their wounds.
War
U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler (Democrat--Montana) charged that some members of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration "have been anxious for a war with Japan for some time," and declared that in such a war "we will be preserving the British domination of Asia rather than helping the United States."
Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull indirectly warned Japan not to interfere with American aid shipments to Vladivostok when he remarked that the United Staes would insist upon the policy of freedom of the seas in the Pacific.
Politics and government
The Iranian cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Khan Mansur resigned as the U.K.-U.S.S.R. occupation of Iran continued with little opposition.
The British government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill named Viscount Knollys as Governor of Bermuda, succeeding Lieutenant General Sir Denis John Charles Kirwan Bernard.
The U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars convention urged U.S. President Roosevelt to fire Labor Secretary Frances Perkins for "lack of ability." Delegates also urged Congress to bar the Communist Party from the ballot.
Defense
U.S. Lend-Lease administrator Edward Stettinius issued a regulation requiring companies to accept all defense orders for the United States and foreign countries and to complete them before private non-defense orders.
Oil
U.S. Price Administrator Leon Henderson issued a schedule of fair maximum retail service station prices for regular gasoline in 40 Eastern cities ranging from 16.5c-20.1c per gallon.
Baseball
Charlie Root of the Chicago Cubs relieved starting pitcher Ken Raffensberger in the 1st inning, pitched the rest of the game, and hit a bases-loaded single in the top of the 9th inning to drive in 2 runs and earn his 200th career major league win as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Braves 6-4 in the second game of a doubleheader before 3,204 fans at Braves Field. The Braves won the first game 6-0, scoring all the runs in the 3rd inning. Manny Salvo pitched a 5-hit shutout, striking out 6 batters and walking none, to win the pitching matchup with Claude Passeau.
Arky Vaughan batted 5 for 6 with 3 doubles and 4 runs, while teammate Bud Stewart was 4 for 6 with 2 runs and a run batted in as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-2 before 1,748 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.
Jeff Heath batted 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, a triple, 2 runs, and 7 runs batted in to lead the Cleveland Indians over the Philadelphia Athletics 11-4 before 2,000 fans at League Park in Cleveland.
The New York Yankees scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning and 6 in the 4th as they routed the St. Louis Browns 11-1 before 13,416 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Every man in the starting lineup for New York had at least one hit.
Mickey Vernon batted in 4 runs with a 2-run home run and 2 singles, while teammate Buddy Lewis had a single, double, and triple as the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago White Sox 11-3 before 3,615 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
75 years ago
1946
Diplomacy
At the Paris Peace Conference, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov accused Australia of acting as a front for other Western nations in proposing numerous treaty amendments, while Australian delegate J.A. Beasely accused the U.S.S.R. of attempting to thrust its views "down the throats" of other delegates.
Journalism
General Robert McClure of the U.S. military government in Germany threatened to bar all Soviet-licensed newspapers and reporters from the American zone unless the U.S.S.R. agreed by September 16, 1946 to permit the exchange of German publications among the four occupation zones.
Politics and government
French President Charles de Gaulle charged that the draft constitution now being debated by the Constituent Assembly would create a weak state and empire.
Defense
U.S. Army Corporal Harry Brickheimer successfully demonstrated an automatic ejection parachute device which catapulted him from a speeding P-81.
Protest
Muslim League President Mohammed Ali Jinnah ordered all members to boycott Indian government meetings, including those of the new interim regime.
Crime
At the opening session of the trial in Frankfurt, Germany of U.S. Army Colonel Jack Durant and his wife Captain Kathleen Nash Durant, U.S. Army prosecutors introduced Capt. Nash's confession that she and her husband had collaborated with Major David Watson and Sergeant Roy Carlton in stealing the $1.5-million Hesse family jewels and smuggling them into the United States.
Roswell Biggers was arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of holding five Negroes at forced labour on his farm near Atlanta.
Economics and finance
Argentine President Juan Peron established the Argentine Foreign Trade Institute as the sole sales agent for the nation'e meat exports.
70 years ago
1951
On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Mrs. Manifold, starring Leslie Nielsen, Adelaide Klein, and J. Pat O'Malley
Died on this date
Frank Fellows, 61. U.S. politician. Mr. Fellows, a Republican, represented Maine's 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 until his death from a heart ailment. He opposed Communism, and favoured the settlement of displaced persons in the United States.
War
Communist negotiators suspended truce talks in Kaesong. U.S. headquarters in Tokyo charged that 2,000 troops from the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe had entered Korea to fight for the Communists if truce talks collapsed.
Politics and government
Governor Luis Munoz Marin's Popular Democratic Party won 70 of 92 seats in an election of delegates to participate in Puerto Rico's Constitutional Convention.
Labour
U.S. defense production was threatened by a walkout of 58,000 workers in the copper, lead, and zinc industries resulting from a wage dispute.
Football
CRU
WIFU
Calgary (0-2) 24 @ Winnipeg (1-1) 34
Edmonton (1-1) 0 @ Saskatchewan (2-0) 23
Baseball
Whitey Lockman singled home Alvin Dark with 1 out and the bases loaded to tie the score, and pinch hitter Bill Rigney hit a fly ball to to left field to score Monte Irvin from third base, giving the New York Giants a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,748 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Cubs had scored a run in the top of the 12th to break a 3-3 tie. Eddie Stanky and Mr. Irvin each hit home runs to help the Giants win the second game 6-3, with Al Corwin (5-0) pitching a 6-hitter to win over Bob Rush (8-9), who allowed 12 hits and 6 runs--all earned--in a complete game. The sweep extended the Giants' winning streak to 16 games and moved within 5 games of the National League-leading Brooklyn Dodgers.
Ralph Branca (12-5) carried a no-hitter into the 9th inning, but gave up singles by Pete Castiglione and Catfish Metkovich, settling for a 2-hitter but still pitching a shutout for the Brooklyn Dodgers as they blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 32,561 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Carl Furillo led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a home run and Jackie Robinson added a solo homer with 2 out to provide the necessary scoring. Clyde McCullough doubled home Frank Thomas and Ralph Kiner to climax a 3-run 1st inning for the Pirates as they won the second game 5-2.
Richie Ashburn singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 1st inning and Bill Nicholson followed with a home run to provide all the scoring as the Philadelphia Phillies shut out the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 9,766 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Jocko Thompson (4-8) pitched a 3-hitter to outduel Herm Wehmeier (2-9), who allowed only 4 hits in a complete game. Del Wilber hit solo home runs in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th innings and Ken Johnson (5-4) pitched a 7-hitter to outduel Ken Raffensberger (12-17) as the Phillies won the second game 3-0 to complete the sweep.
Warren Spahn (17-11) and Max Surkont (11-11) were the respective winning pitchers as the Boston Braves swept a doubleheader from the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 and 4-2 before 10,337 fans at Braves Field.
Dave Philley led off the 2nd inning with a home run to provide the scoring as the Philadelphia Athletics edged the Detroit Tigers 1-0 before 14,329 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Bobby Shantz (13-9) pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Marlin Stuart (4-3), who pitched an 8-hitter.
60 years ago
1961
Baseball
Rocky Colavito hit 1 home run in the first game and hit 3 homrs and drove in 6 runs in the second game as the Detroit Tigers swept a doubleheader from the Washington Senators 7-4 and 10-1 before 10,542 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The Senators rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning of the first game and had runners on first and third bases with 2 out, but Chuck Hinton struck out to end the game.
Floyd Robinson's 3-run triple with 2 out climaxed a 6-run 6th inning for the Chicago White Sox as they defeated the Cleveland Indians 10-6 in the first game of a doubleheader before 30,270 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Losing pitcher Mudcat Grant (12-8) led off the top of the 6th with a home run. Roy Sievers batted 3 for 4 with a home run, double, and 4 runs batted in to help the White Sox win the second game 9-3 to complete the sweep.
Rollie Sheldon drew a base on balls to lead off the 9th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice by Bobby Richardson, and scored from there on a single by Tony Kubek to provide what turned out to be the deciding run for the New York Yankees as they withstood a 3-run rally in the bottom of the 9th to defeat the Kansas City Athletics 8-7 before 34,065 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The Athletics had Deron Johnson on second base with 2 out in the 9th, but Norm Siebern struck out to end the game. Whitey Ford (22-3) allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 5 innings, and was credited with the win.
Milt Pappas (10-7) pitched a 2-hitter and hit 2 solo home runs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-0 win over the Minnesota Twins before 19,406 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Eddie Robinson also homered for the Orioles. Mr. Pappas lost his bid for a no-hitter with the first batter, when Lenny Green doubled. Pedro Ramos (9-16) allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings to take the loss.
The Cincinnati Reds extended their lead in the National League over the second-place Los Angeles Dodgers to 3½ games when they swept a doubleheader from the Dodgers 6-5 and 8-3 before 30,195 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. The Reds came back from a 5-1 deficit to win the first game as Gene Freese hit a 3-run home run in the 7th inning and Wally Post hit a 2-run double in the 8th. Rookie Ken Johnson (5-2) doubled home 2 runs and was the winning pitcher over Don Drysdale (10-8) in the second game.
Frank Thomas hit an infield single and advanced to second base on a throwing error by shortstop Bobby Malkmus to lead off the 12th inning, and scord on a 1-out double by Sammy White to break a 10-10 tie as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 11-10 in the first game of a doubleheader before 9,263 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia. Art Mahaffey (9-17) pitched a 6-hitter to outduel Bob Buhl (9-10) as the Phillies won the second game 3-0.
50 years ago
1971
Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): I Did What I Did for Maria--Tony Christie
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Co-Co--The Sweet
South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Co-Co--The Sweet (3rd week at #1)
2 I Did What I Did for Maria--Tony Christie
3 The Banner Man--Blue Mink
4 He's Gonna Step on You Again--John Kongos
5 You--Peter Maffay
6 Rain, Rain, Rain--Gentle People
7 Hold On (To What You Got)--Peanutbutter Conspiracy
8 Lady Rose--Mungo Jerry
9 Me and Bobby McGee--Gordon Lightfoot
10 Funny Funny--The Sweet
Singles entering the chart were I'm Gonna Run Away from You by Tami Lynn (#13); and Daar's Niks Soos Ware Liefde by Groep Twee (#20).
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
2 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
3 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Beginnings/Colour My World--Chicago
5 Saturday Morning Confusion--Bobby Russell
6 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
7 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)--Marvin Gaye
8 We Got a Dream--Ocean
9 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart
10 Liar--Three Dog Night
Singles entering the chart were Go Down Gamblin' by Blood, Sweat & Tears (#27); I Just Want to Celebrate by Rare Earth (#28); Down by the River by Joey Gregorash (#29); and Whatcha See is Whatcha Get by the Dramatics (#30).
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (2nd week at #1)
2 Colour My World/Beginnings--Chicago
3 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
4 Liar-- Three Dog Night
5 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
6 We Got a Dream--Ocean
7 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Riders on the Storm--The Doors
9 Rings--Cymarron
10 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who
Singles entering the chart were Talk it Over in the Morning by Anne Murray (#33); The Story in Your Eyes by the Moody Blues (#35); I Woke Up in Love this Morning by the Partridge Family (#36); Surrender by Diana Ross (#39); and Build a Tower by Brahman (#40).
Died on this date
Bennett Cerf, 73. U.S. publisher and television personality. Mr. Cerf co-founded the Random House publishing firm in 1927. He compiled books of jokes and puns, and became a celebrity as a regular panelist on the television quiz show What's My Line? from 1951 until his death, which was from natural causes.
Bill Clarkson, 72. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Clarkson played with the New York Giants (1927-1928) and Boston Braves (1928-1929), compiling a record of 3-12 with an earned run average of 5.44 and 2 saves in 51 games. He was 68-62 in 198 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues (1922-1930). Mr. Clarkson died a month before his 73rd birthday.
Margaret Bourke-White, 67. U.S. photojournalist. Miss Bourke-White worked for Fortune (1929-1935) and Life (1936-1940, 1941-1942, 1945-1957) magazines, and provided the cover photograph for Life's first issue in 1936. She was the first known female war photojournalist, accompanying the U.S. Army in North Africa, Italy, and Germany in World War II, and also in the Korean War. Miss Bourke-White photographed the violence that took place during the partition of India in 1947, and was the first professional photographer from the West allowed into the Soviet Union. She died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
World events
An attempted coup d'état failed in Chad; the government of Chad accused Egypt of playing a role in the attempt, and broke off diplomatic relations.
Football
CFL
Ottawa (2-4) 21 @ Saskatchewan (3-4) 42
The Roughriders came back from a 21-7 deficit to defeat the Rough Riders at Taylor Field. Saskatchewan defensive tackle Ed McQuarters, whose career was believed to be over, returned to play his first game since losing an eye in a household accident several months earlier.
Baseball
Milt Pappas (16-11) pitched a 5-hitter and singled and scored the game's first run in the 3rd inning as the Chicago Cubs shut out the Atlanta Braves 3-0 before 23,150 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Ron Reed (12-10) allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 innings to take the loss.
Pinch hitter Jimmy Stewart drove in 3 runs with a bases-loaded triple and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Pete Rose to climax a 5-run 9th inning for the Cincinnati Reds as they overcame a 7-3 deficit to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 before 33,273 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.
Harmon Killebrew drove in 5 runs with a pair of home runs to lead the Minnesota Twins over the Cleveland Indians 8-4 before 15,899 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Bert Blyleven (11-15) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory over Steve Dunning (8-12).
Sandy Alomar led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a single, advanced to third base on a single by Mickey Rivers, and scored the game's only run when Tony Gonzalez grounded into a double play as the California Angels edged the Boston Red Sox 1-0 before 7,897 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Andy Messersmith (14-12) allowed 4 hits in 7.2 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Sonny Siebert (14-9), who allowed 7 hits in a complete game.
40 years ago
1981
Died on this date
Joan Edwards, 62. U.S. musician. Miss Edwards was a pianist who was better known as a singer, hosting the radio program Girl About Town (1941) before appearing as the regular female soloist on Your Hit Parade (1941-1947). She later had success writing commercial jingles. Miss Edwards died of an apparent heart attack.
Valeri Kharlamov, 33. U.S.S.R. hockey player. Mr. Kharlamov played left wing with CSKA Moscow in the Soviet league (1967-81), scoring 507 points on 293 goals and 214 assists in 438 games, while scoring 207 points on 94 goals and 113 assists in 138 international (World Championships, Olympics, "Summit Series" vs. Canada) games, helping the Soviets win eight World Championships and two Olympic gold medals. He became famous in North America in the 1972 Summit Series vs. Canada, when his speed and playmaking dazzled the Canadian players and fans alike, prompting a deliberate slash to the ankle by Canada's Bobby Clarke to put him out of action. Mr. Kharlamov missed the 1976 Canada Cup tournament because if injuries sustained in a car accident, and was left off the Soviet roster for the 1981 Canada Cup because of concerns from coach Viktor Tikhonov about his conditioning. Mr. Kharlamov's wife Irina was driving them and her cousin back to Moscow from their cottage when she lost control of the car and veered into opposing traffic, and they were all killed. Mr. Kharlamov was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.
30 years ago
1991
Europeana
The European Community recognized the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Moldova declared independence from the U.S.S.R.
Politics and government
Speaking in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced the establishment of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, co-chaired by Georges Erasmus and Judge René Dussault.
Football
CFL
British Columbia (4-4) 25 @ Toronto (6-2) 34
The Argonauts scored 21 points in the 1st quarter and held on to defeat the Lions before 39,508 fans at SkyDome. Mike "Pinball" Clemons led Toronto rushers, who combined for 213 yards on the ground.
Calgary (6-2) 15 @ Winnipeg (5-3) 28
Robert Mimbs rushed 22 times for 152 yards as the Blue Bombers beat the Stampeders before 29,102 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. The Winnipeg defense recorded 4 interceptions and 6 sacks.
25 years ago
1996
Died on this date
Greg Morris, 62. U.S. actor. Mr. Morris played Barney Collier in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966-1973) and Lieutenant David Nelson in Vega$ (1979-1981). He died of brain cancer, a month before his 63rd birthday.
20 years ago
2001
Died on this date
Abu Ali Mustafa, 63. Palestinian terrorist and politician. Abu Ali Mustafa, born Mustafa Zibri, was a member of the Arab Nationalist Movement (1955-1967) before helping to found the Marxist terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1967. He was PFLP's Secretary-General from July 2000 until his assassination by means of two rockets fired by Israeli helicopters through his office windows as he sat at his desk in Al-Bireh.
10 years ago
2011
Died on this date
Eve Brent, 81. U.S. actress. Miss Brent, born Jean Ann Ewers, was a character actress in films and television programs in a career spaning more than 50 years. She was best known for playing Jane in the movies Tarzan's Fight for Life (1957) and Tarzan and the Trappers (1958). Miss Brent died of natural causes, 15 days before her 82nd birthday.
Disasters
Hurricane Irene struck the east coast of the United States, killing 47 people and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
Football
CFL
Montreal (5-3) 31 @ Calgary (6-2) 38
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