September 11, 2011

470 years ago
1541

War
Santiago, Chile was besieged by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards decapitated them and rolled their heads on the main square, horrifying the indigenous warriors, and subsequently ending the attack .

300 years ago
1711

Died on this date
William Boyce, 67. U.K. composer. Mr. Boyce was an organist who was known for his church music, as well as eight symphonies, anthems, and odes. He gave up performing and teaching because of deafness, and died from an attack of gout on February 7, 1779 at the age of 67.

240 years ago
1771

Born on this date
Mungo Park. U.K. physician and explorer. Dr. Park, a native of Scotland, was assistant surgeon aboard the East India Company's ship Worcester when it sailed to Sumatra in 1793. He joined the African Association in 1794 and explored the upper Niger River (1795-1796), becoming the first successful explorer of Africa. Dr. Park returned to Scotland in 1797, and published the book Travels in the Interior of Africa (1799), which became a bestseller. He led another expedition in 1805, and made it about two-thirds of the way down the Niger River before he was killed in a clash with hostile natives early in 2006 at the age of 34. Dr. Park believed the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river, but he was proven wrong in 1830 when Richard Lander and his brother John followed the course of Niger to the sea.

160 years ago
1851

Protest
In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped slaves and free Negroes led by William Parker fought off a federal posse seeking to arrest and return the escapers to slavery.

150 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Juhani Aho. Finnish author. Mr. Aho, born Johannes Brofeldt, wrote novels and short stories, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 12 times, but never won. He died on August 8, 1921 at the age of 59.

140 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Scipione Borghese. Italian aristocrat. Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, the Prince of Salmona, was an industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber, and auto racing driver. With his chauffeur, Ettore Guizardi--who did most of the driving--and journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr., Prince Borghese won the Peking to Paris auto race in 1907. Prince Borghese died on November 18, 1927 at the age of 56, and was succeeded as Prince of Salmona by his younger brother Livio.

130 years ago
1881

Disasters
A rockslide in the Swiss state of Glarus buried parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.

125 years ago
1886

Baseball
Connie Mack, recently purchased from Hartford of the Eastern League, played his first major league game, contributing a single as he helped the Washington Senators edge the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 at Swampdoodle Grounds in Washington. Winning pitcher Frank Gilmore pitched a complete game in his major league debut.

The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Pittsburgh Alleghenys 18-10 in an American Association game at Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
William Thomas Walsh. U.S. historian. Mr. Walsh several biographies of notable Roman Catholics and occasional works of fiction, expressing a Roman Catholic viewpoint, and sometimes drawing accusations of anti-Semitism. He died on January 22, 1949 at the age of 57.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Bola de Nieve. Cuban musician. Bola de Nieve, whose real name was Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a singer-songwriter and pianist who accompanied silent films and then singer Rita Montaner in Cuba in the 1930s, and eventually performed as a cabaret artist on his own and with prominent musicians in Europe, the Orient, and the Americas. Mr. Villa wrote some of his songs, and recorded several singles and albums. He suffered from diabetes in later years, and died while on tour in Mexico City on October 2, 1971, three weeks after his 60th birthday.

90 years ago
1921

Asiatica
Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, was settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.

75 years ago
1936

Died on this date
Byron G. Harlan, 75. U.S. singer. Mr. Harlan was a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who recorded on his own and in duets with others from the late 1890s through the early 1920s. He was best known for his duets with Arthur Collins--billed as Collins & Harlan--which included hits such as In My Merry Oldsmobile (1905); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1911); Aba Daba Honemoon (1914); and The Old Grey Mare (1918). Mr. Harlan died 13 days after his 75th birthday.

Braggo Roth, 44. U.S. baseball player. Robert Frank Roth, who got his nickname from his boasts about his hitting, was an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox (1914-1915); Cleveland Indians (1915-1918); Philadelphia Athletics (1919); Boston Red Sox (1919); Washington Nationals (1920); and New York Yankees (1921), batting .284 with 30 home runs and 422 runs batted in in 811 games. In 1915 he hit 3 home runs in 70 games with Chicago and 4 homers in 39 games with Cleveland--with the final 3 home runs coming in the final week of the season--to lead the American League. Mr. Roth was killed in a car accident when the car in which he was a passenger was struck by a newspaper truck; the driver of the car was killed, and Mr. Roth died later in the day from severe head injuries.

Americana
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam in Nevada.

Baseball
Hod Lisenbee of the Philadelphia Athletics tied a dubious major league record, giving up 26 hits as he pitched all 8 innings of the Athletics' 17-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Mike Kreevich, Zeke Bonura, and Luke Appling each had 5 hits for the White Sox. Winning pitcher Monty Stratton pitched a 6-hit complete game, and hit his first major league home run. The game was played in 1 hour 57 minutes. 13,000 fans were in attendance, 9,000 of whom were admitted free for Ladies Day. Les Rock made his major league debut with the White Sox, entering the game as a pinch hitter in the 8th inning and grounding into a double play (it was then credited as a run batted in), andplaying the 9th inning at first base without a fielding chance.

The New York Yankees scored 9 runs in the 8th inning as they beat the Detroit Tigers 14-4 at Navin Field in Detroit. Winning pitcher Pat Malone had 2 hits, including a double, and batted in 4 runs. New York center fielder Joe DiMaggio was 0 for 6.

The Washington Nationals scored 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning and coasted to a 7-2 win over the Cleveland Indians at League Park in Cleveland. Earl Whitehill pitched a 6-hit complete game victory and had 2 hits and a run batted in. Denny Galehouse started on the mound for Cleveland and was pulled after facing 6 batters, all of whom hit safely, and 5 of whom scored.

Don Gutteridge hit 2 home runs and a triple, scoring 4 runs and driving in 5, to help the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-8 in the first game of a doubleheader before 10,000 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Mike Ryba, the second of three St. Louis pitchers, was credited with the win despite allowing 12 hits and 6 earned runs in 4.1 innings. The Dodgers rallied for 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning, but George Earnshaw relieved Mr. Ryba and put out the fire. The Dodgers won the second game 5-4.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored 4 runs in each of the 1st and 6th innings as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. Eddie Joost made his major league debut with the Reds, entering the game in the top of the 8th inning as a pinch runner at first base for Babe Herman, and playing shortstop in the bottom of the 8th without a fielding chance.

70 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Christian Rakovsky, 68. Ottoman-born U.S.S.R. politician and diplomat. Mr. Rakovsky was born in what is now Bulgaria; he was a collaborator with Leon Trotsky and served as 1st Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919-1923 and as U.S.S.R. Ambassador to France from 1925-1927 and Ambassador to Japan in 1935. Mr. Rakovsky was a victim of Soviet dictator Josef Stain's Great Purge in 1937-1938, and was sentenced to 20 years' hard labour. He was executed as one of the victims of the Medvedev Forest Massacre.

Married on this date
King Leopold III of Belgium secretly married Marie Lilian Baels, a commoner and the daughter of a former agriculture minister. The marriage was morganatic.

Abominations
157 political prisoners in Oryol Prison in Russia were executed in the nearby Medvedev Forest on orders from U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin.

War
In Des Moines, Iowa, American aviator Charles Lindbergh, speaking for the America First Committee, delivered his most controversial speech in opposition to U.S. involvement in World War II (hear audio). The U.S.-owned cargo ship Montana, under Panamanian registry, was torpedoed and sunk midway between Greenland and Iceland.



Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that he had ordered the Navy to destroy on sight any Axis submarines or surface raiders found "in the waters which we deem necessary for our defense." He declared, "When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him."

Ground was broken for the construction of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.

Diplomacy
Nine more Germans and one more German-born Chilean were arrested in Santiago for questioning in the investigation of Nazi activities.

Movies
America First Committee leader John T. Flynn, testifying before the U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating the motion picture industry, charged that movies were loaded with "pro-war propaganda" because they were "controlled by four or five men who cannot possibly have an American point of view."

Oil
The U.S. Senate special investigating committee reported no shortage of oil or gasoline in the eastern states and urged that restrictions on sales be removed.

Disasters
An earthquake struck the Van area of Turkey, leaving a reported 500 people missing.

Boxing
Chalky Wright (121-28-15-2) knocked out Joey Archibald (59-28-3) 54 seconds into the 11th round at Griffith Stadium in Washington to win the New York State Athletic Commission and Maryland recognition of the world featherweight title.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Strange for a Killer, starring John Forsythe and Anthony Ross

War
After rejecting 10 Communist complaints about United Nations violations of the Kaesong neutral zone, the United States command admitted that one of its bombers had strafed the site of the stalled truce talks the previous day.

World events
Czechoslovakian railroad engineer Frazek Jarda escaped the C.S.S.R. with his family and 21 other anti-Communist refugees by driving a train into the American zone of Germany at Selb-Ploeszberg.

Law
In Atlanta, Judge Frank Guess ordered the inclusion of Negroes on trial and grand juries in Dekalb County, Georgia after quashing the indictment of a Negeo by an all-white jury on rape charges.

Economics and finance
U.S. Defense Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann warned of an "emergency" shortage of scrap steel, while Defense Mobilization Director Charles Wilson demanded that the scrap steel industry increase its output by one million tons in the first quarter of 1952.

Swimming
Florence Chadwick of the United States became the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions when she completed a crossing from St. Margaret's Bay near Dover, England to Sangatte, France.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Enamorada--José Guardiola (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il faut savoir--Charles Aznavour (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Michael--The Highwaymen (2nd week at #1)
2 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
3 My True Story--The Jive Five with Joe Rene and Orchestra
4 Hurt--Timi Yuro
5 You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)--Ral Donner
6 Wooden Heart--Joe Dowell
7 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)--Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
8 Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)--Barry Mann
9 Little Sister--Elvis Presley
10 As If I Didn't Know--Adam Wade

Singles entering the chart were Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#55); Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (#64); Bristol Stomp by the Dovells (#74); Stick Shift by the Duals (#76); Cinderella by Paul Anka (#78); Sweets for My Sweet by the Drifters (#87); Anniversary of Love by the Caslons (#91); (He's) The Great Impostor by the Fleetwoods (#93); Ya Ya by Lee Dorsey (#95); It's Your World by Marty Robbins (#97); Impossible by Gloria Lynne (#98); Signed, Sealed and Delivered by Rusty Draper (#99); and I Love You Yes I Do by Bull Moose Jackson (#100).

Disasters
Hurricane Carla struck the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

Football
CFL
The British Columbia Lions "suspended" head coach Wayne Robinson and replaced him with assistant coach Dave Skrien. Mr. Robinson had become the Lions' head coach in 1959 and had led them to a 9-7 record that year, and the team's first appearance in the playoffs, but the team had dropped to 5-9-2 and out of the playoffs in 1960, and were 0-6-1 after 7 games in 1961.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Co-Co--The Sweet

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tanta voglia di lei--Pooh

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I'm Still Waiting--Diana Ross (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool (10th week at #1)
2 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
3 I Did What I Did for Maria--Tony Christie
4 Daddy Cool--Drummond
5 L.A. International Airport--Susan Raye
6 It's Too Late--Carole King
7 Sweet, Sweet Love--Russell Morris
8 I Don't Know How to Love Him--Helen Reddy
9 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Double Barrel--Dave & Ansil Collins

Singles entering the chart were Don't Let it Die by Hurricane Smith (#39); Love is a Beautiful Song by Dave Mills (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Borriquito--Peret (5th week at #1)
2 Black and White--Greyhound
3 One Way Wind--Cats
4 Blossom Lady--Shocking Blue
5 Manuela--Jacques Herb
6 Pour un Flirt--Michel Delpech
7 Hey, You Love--Mouth & MacNeal
8 We Shall Dance--Demis Roussos
9 Because I Love--Majority One
10 Bangla-Desh--George Harrison

Singles entering the chart were Storm and Thunder by Earth and Fire (#26); Zonder 't Te Weten by Corry en de Rekels (#29); Help (Get Me Some Help) by Tony Ronald (#31); Walk the World Away by Teddy Brown (#33); I Just Want to Celebrate by Rare Earth (#37); and Hallo Koning Onbenul by Jules De Corte (#39).

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

Singles entering the chart were One Fine Morning by Lighthouse (#75); Talk it Over in the Morning by Anne Murray (#76); MacArthur Park (Part 2) by the Four Tops (#78); Ghetto Woman by B.B. King (#79); Get it While You Can by Janis Joplin (#80); Birds of a Feather by the Raiders (#81); Yo-Yo by the Osmonds (#85); Pin the Tail on the Donkey by the Newcomers (#87); Some of Shelly's Blues by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#90); That's the Way a Woman Is by the Messengers (#93); Handbags and Gladrags by Chase (#95); Can You Get to That by Funkadelic (#96); Solo by Billy Sans (#98); Summer Side of Life by Gordon Lightfoot (#99); and Black Seeds Keep on Growing by the Main Ingredient (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
2 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
3 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
4 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
5 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
6 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
7 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
8 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
9 I Just Want to Celebrate--Rare Earth
10 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who

Singles entering the chart were Yo-Yo by the Osmonds (#57); One Fine Morning by Lighthouse (#82); That's the Way a Woman Is by the Messengers (#84); Stone of Years by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#86); Handbags and Gladrags by Chase (#87); One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) by Coven (#88); California Kid and Reemo by Lobo (#92); Hijackin' Love by Johnnie Taylor (#97); You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk) by the 8th Day (#98); All My Hard Times by Joe Simon (#99); and The Year that Clayton Delaney Died by Tom T. Hall (#100). One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) was from the movie Billy Jack (1971).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
2 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
3 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
4 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
5 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver with Fat City
6 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
7 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
8 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
9 I Just Want to Celebrate--Rare Earth
10 Whatcha See is Whatcha Get--The Dramatics

Singles entering the chart were Yo-Yo by the Osmonds (#66); MacArthur Park (Part 2) by the Four Tops (#77); Can You Get to That by Funkadelic (#80); One Fine Morning by Lighthouse (#81); Women's Love Rights by Laura Lee (#83); A Long Time, a Long Way to Go by Runt (#86); Military Madness by Graham Nash (#88); He'd Rather Have the Rain by Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti (#92); Black Seeds Keep on Growing by the Main Ingredient (#94); I'm Comin' Home by Tommy James (#95); Never My Love by the 5th Dimension (#96); and A Song for You by Jaye P. Morgan (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
3 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
4 Liar--Three Dog Night
5 Riders on the Storm--The Doors
6 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver
7 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
2 Draggin' the Line--Tommy James
8 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
9 Go Down Gamblin'--Blood, Sweat and Tears
10 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who

Singles entering the chart were Maggie May by Rod Stewart (#19, replacing its other side, Reason to Believe, which had reached #24 the previous week); It's for You by Springwell (#70); MacArthur Park by the Four Tops (#86); One Fine Morning by Lighthouse (#90); I've Found Someone of My Own by the Free Movement (#91); Think His Name by Johnny Rivers & the Guru Ram Das Ashram Singers (#94); Military Madness by Graham Nash (#95); I Believe in You by Rita Coolidge (#96); Ghetto Woman by B.B. King (#97); K-Jee by the Nite-Liters (#98); Yo-Yo by the Osmonds (#99); and The Love We Had by the Dells (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
2 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
3 We've Got a Dream--Ocean
4 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
5 Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Take Me Home, Country Roads--John Denver
7 Talk it Over in the Morning--Anne Murray
8 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road
9 I Hear those Church Bells--Dusk
10 Liar--Three Dog Night
Pick hit of the week: Maggie May--Rod Stewart

Died on this date
Percy Helton, 77. U.S. actor. A man who looked like a slightly smaller version of Nikita Khrushchev (or a slightly larger version of Porky Pig), Mr. Helton was a character actor who appeared in small roles in many movies and television programs, often playing shady characters. He had a hoarse voice and talked fast.

Nikita Khrushchev, 77. First Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R., 1953-1964; Premier of the U.S.S.R., 1958-1964. Mr. Khrushchev, "The Butcher of the Ukraine," won a power struggle against rivals Lavrenti Beria, Georgy Malenkov, and Nikolai Bulganin after the death in 1953 of dictator Josef Stalin. Under Mr. Khrushchev, Soviet forces invaded Hungary in 1956 to suppress a popular uprising against that country's Communist government, and the U.S.S.R. became the first country to place a satellite in Earth orbit with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. Mr. Khrushchev delivered a "secret speech" at the Communist Party congress in 1956 denouncing Mr. Stalin's cult of personality, and engaged in the public "kitchen debate" with U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in 1959. Mr. Khrushchev is perhaps best remembered for allegedly banging his shoe on his desk at the United Nations General Assembly on October 12, 1960 in protest at comments by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong. Mr. Khrushchev was removed from power in a bloodless coup by party comrades on October 14, 1964, and lived quietly in retirement. He began dictating his memoirs; copies were smuggled out of the country, and the first volume was published in 1970 under the title Khrushchev Remembers.

Rube Melton, 54. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Melton, the cousin of major league pitcher Cliff Melton, played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1941-1942) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1943-1944, 1946-1947), compiling a record of 30-50 with an earned run average of 3.62 in 162 games, batting .120 with 1 home run and 14 runs batted in. He was 49-48 in 171 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues (1936-1951). Mr. Melton ran a sand and gravel company after his baseball career was over; he and his wife Hazel were killed in South Carolina in a highway accident that also claimed the life of the driver of the vehicle they collided with.

Americana
Laurie Lea Schaefer, representing Ohio, was crowned Miss America 1972 at the annual pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.



Politics and government
In a public referendum, voters in Egypt approved a new constitution for the country, replacing the 1963 Provisional Constitution.

Journalism
The Canadian Magazine featured Montreal Canadiens' rookie Guy Lafleur, and also contained the third in a series of articles on unsolved Canadian crimes; this issue's article was about the disappearance of 17-year-old Marion McDowell from her Toronto home on December 6, 1953.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-5) 6 @ Montreal (4-2) 25
Edmonton (1-8) 14 @ Winnipeg (4-5) 26

The Eskimos' loss at Winnipeg Stadium marked the end of the CFL careers of several players on their roster, including quarterback Don Trull and defensive back Ted Page. The only Edmonton touchdown came on a 33-yard pass from quarterback Larry Lawrence to George McGowan, and was only the Eskimos' second touchdown pass of the year, and the first to a receiver.

CIAU
Manitoba (0-1) 1 @ Calgary (1-0) 15
Alberta (1-0) 27 @ British Columbia (0-1) 3

The Golden Bears scored 3 converted touchdowns in the 2nd half as they overcame an early 3-0 deficit and defeated the Thunderbirds at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver in the first game for Jim Donlevy as Alberta's head coach. UBC recovered an Alberta fumble early in the game and Jim Hill kicked a field goal to give the Thunderbirds the lead, but the B.C. offense never came close to scoring after that, recording just 4 first downs and 33 yards net offense-- -15 rushing--in the game.

Baseball
Paul Popovich hit his first major league grand slam to help the Chicago Cubs shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 before 24,010 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago, with Juan Pizarro (6-5) pitching a 6-hitter to win over Jerry Reuss (14-13).

Jim Fairey doubled home Rusty Staub and Ron Fairly, advanced to third base on a passed ball, and scored on a double by Bob Bailey as the Montreal Expos scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie and defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 before 18,376 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Ernie McAnally (9-10) pitched a 6-hitter to win over Bruce Kison (5-5). Rimp Lanier made his major league debut with the Pirates, grounding out as a pinch hitter to end the top of the 7th.

The New York Mets scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning and 5 in the 6th as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-2 before 19,508 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. The Phillies scored 2 unearned runs in the 9th against Tom Seaver (18-8), who pitched a 6-hitter to win over Woodie Fryman (10-6).

John Mayberry drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs to help the Houston Astros defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 before 17,092 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Pete Rose homered to lead off the bottom of the 1st for Cincinnati. J.R. Richard (2-0) allowed 2 hits and 1 run--earned--in 5+ innings, striking out 5 batters and walking 6 in his second major league game, to get the win over Ross Grimsley (9-6), who allowed 5 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 7 innings.

Gates Brown led off the bottom of the 4th inning with a home run to provide all the scoring as the Detroit Tigers edged the Boston Red Sox 1-0 before 14,694 fans at Tiger Stadium. Joe Coleman (17-8) pitched a 3-hitter and struck out 11 batters to win the pitchers' duel over Ray Culp (14-15), who allowed 5 hits in 7 innings.

The Cleveland Indians scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, and Ray Fosse and Kurt Bevacqua each hit 2-run home runs in the 9th as the Indians came back from a 10-2 deficit, but they still lost 10-8 to the New York Yankees before 4,925 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Roy White, Ron Blomberg, and Horace Clarke each had 3 hits for the Yankees.

Rick Monday singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning and Reggie Jackson followed with a home run to give the Oakland Athletics a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins before 8,276 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

Johnny Briggs led off the 2nd inning with a home run to provide the necessary scoring for the Milwaukee Brewers as they shut out the California Angels 3-0 before 6,673 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Lew Krausse (7-12) allowed 3 hits in 7 innings and Ken Sanders pitched 2 innings of hitless relief to get the save. Losing pitcher Clyde Wright (14-15) allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in 6 innings.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vill ha dej--Freestyle (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (8th week at #1)

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

Singles entering the chart were Amour by Baron Longfellow (#12); and How 'bout Us by Champaign (#20).

Died on this date
Mir Asadollah Madani, 66-67. Iranian cleric and politician. Mir Madani was the Imam Jumu'ah of Tabriz and the Imam Jumu'ah of Hamadan. A member of the Muslim People's Republic Party, he represented Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in East Azerbaijan, and represented the province of Hamadan in the Assembly of Experts. Mir Madani and three others were assassinated, and 50 injured, by an agent of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (People's Mujahedin of Iran) (MEK), who detonated a grenade during Friday prayers in Tabriz.

Edmontonia
West Edmonton Mall, touted as the world's largest shopping centre, opened.

Football
CIAU
Alberta (0-1) 10 @ British Columbia (1-1) 15

Peter Eshenko caught a pass from quarterback Jaimie Crawford on a third-down gamble, but was stopped at the B.C. 16-yard line, 3 yards short of a first down, late in the game, as the Thunderbirds held on to defeat the Golden Bears before 1,000 fans at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. Jay Gard completed a 43-yard pass to Ken Munro for the first B.C. touchdown, and Glenn Steele, who amassed 149 yards rushing in the game, ran 1 yard for the winning TD in the 4th quarter. Reg Gilmour kicked a 17-yard field goal to open the scoring for Alberta in the 1st quarter and converted Troy Ciochetti's 64-yard TD on a pass from Mr. Crawford at 10:30 of the 1st quarter.

25 years ago
1986

Died on this date
Noel Streatfeild, 90. U.K. authoress. Miss Streatfeild wrote fiction and non-fiction from the 1930s through the 1970s, but was best known for her children's novels, such as Ballet Shoes (1936).

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, 83. Prime Minister of Greece, 1945, 1967. Mr. Kanellopoulos held various positions during his career, and was serving as a caretaker Prime Minister prior to national elections scheduled for May 28, 1967 when his government was deposed on April 21 by a military coup, which ruled as a junta from 1967-1974.

Economics and finance
The Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver stock exchanges experienced large sell-off as Wall Street dove to its worst one-day stock market decline since Black Thursday on October 28th, 1929.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (6-5) 27 @ Calgary (6-5) 28

Joe Poplawski was wide on a 27-yard field goal attempt on the last play of the game, and teammate Sean Kehoe was penalized for no yards for contacting the ball in the Calgary end zone, allowing the Stampeders to escape with a victory over the Blue Bombers before 26,184 fans at McMahon Stadium.



20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)

Disasters
Continental Express Flight 2574, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop en route from Lredo, Texas to Houston, crashed in Colorado County near Eagle Lake, killing all 11 passengers and 3 crew members.

Baseball
Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers, and Alejandro Pena combined to pitch a no-hitter for the Atlanta Braves as they edged the San Diego Padres 1-0 before 20,477 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Mr. Mercker (5-3) pitched 6 innings, Mr. Wohlers 2, and Mr. Pena 1. The only run scored on a home run by Terry Pendleton with 2 out in the bottom of the 5th inning. Losing pitcher Greg Harris allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in pitching a complete game. Rico Rossy mad his major league debut with the Braves in the bottom of the 8th, pinch running for Lonnie Smith at first base.



Pinch hitter Jose Calderon hit a 2-run home run in the 8th inning and Andres Galarraga led off the 9th with a home run to give the Montreal Expos a 6-3 lead, but the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th before losing 6-5 in front of 13,501 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Zane Smith (14-10) pitched a 6-hit complete game victory and didn't allow an earned run, while singling in a run of his own as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 before 20,457 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Losing pitcher Bob Tewksbury (9-11) allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs in 6 innings. Stan Royer made his major league debut with the Cardinals, singling as a pinch hitter for Mr. Tewksbury in the 6th inning.

Tony Castillo (2-1) allowed 3 hits and no runs in 6 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Frank Castillo (6-4) as the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 before 15,795 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Frank Castillo allowed 8 hits and 4 earned runs in 6.1 innings.

Pinch runner Willie Wilson scored on a sacrifice fly by Jose Canseco in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox before 28,422 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The White Sox scored all their runs in the 4th inning off starting pitcher Todd Van Poppel, who allowed 7 hits, 2 bases on balls, and 5 earned runs in 4.2 innings in his major league debut.

Rafael Palmeiro doubled home John Russell and Julio Franco with 2 out in the top of the 12th inning to break a 9-9 tie and give the Texas Rangers an 11-9 win over the California Angels before 20,663 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Messrs. Russell and Franco drew bases on balls before Mr. Palmeiro homered off losing pitcher Jeff Robinson (0-3), the seventh of eight California pitchers.

10 years ago
2001
Terrorism
Two hijacked commercial jets were crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, while another hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a fourth crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed.