September 18, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Olga Kravtsova!

300 years ago
1711

Born on this date
Ignaz Holzbauer. Austrian-born composer. Mr. Holzbauer was a kapellmeister at the Court Theatre of his native Vienna, and later in Stuttgart. He wrote 196 symphonies, almost 20 operas, and other orchestral works. Mr. Holzbauer died on April 7, 1783 at the age of 71.

290 years ago
1721

Died on this date
Matthew Prior, 57. U.K. poet and diplomat. Mr. Prior wrote satirical poems at a time when satirists could be sure or patronage and promotion. He served in the court of King William III and represented East Grinstead in the House of Commons in 1701, voting with the Tories on the First Partition Treaty. Mr. Prior served as Ambassador to France during the reign of Queen Anne, but fell into disfavour after she died in 1714 and the Whigs returned to power. He was impeached by de facto Prime Minister Robert Walpole and kept in close custody from 1715-1717; he was forced into retirement, but made enough money from his poems to live comfortably.

170 years ago
1841

Canadiana
The census showed the population of Prince Edward Island to be about 50,000.

Politics and government
The first session of the first Parliament of the Province of Canada ended in Montreal; the Assembly passed the first Canadian Copyright Act and Public Schools Act.

Education
Canadian Solicitor-General Charles Day's Public Schools Act was passed by Parliament, providing $80,000 annually for elementary schools in Canada West; $120,000 for Canada East; creation of the post of superintendent of Public Schools; and teachers to be paid $68 per year.

160 years ago
1851

Journalism
The first edition of The New York Daily Times--later The New York Times--was published.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Rafael Pérez y Pérez. Spanish author. Mr. Pérez wrote 160 romantic novels in a career spanning more than 60 years. He died on April 24, 1984 at the age of 92.

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Harold Clurman. U.S. theatre director and critic. Mr. Clurman co-founded the Group Theatre in New York City, which from 1931-1941 presented plays expressing left-wing views on current social issues. He directed more than 40 plays, and was drama critic for The New Republic (1948-1952) and The Nation (1953-1980). Mr. Clurman died of cancer on September 9, 1980, nine days before his 79th birthday.

Canadiana
The Duke and Duchess of York--the future King George V and Queen Mary--continued their Canadian tour, arriving in Montreal, where they were welcomed by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal Monsignor Paul Bruchési. The royal couple visited religious congregations and were received by Lord Strathcona.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Syd Howe. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Howe played left wing with the Ottawa Senators (1929-30, 1932-34)/St. Louis Eagles (1934-35); Philadelphia Quakers (1930-31); Toronto Maple Leafs (1931-32); and Detroit Red Wings (1935-46), scoring 528 points on 237 goals and 291 assists in 697 regular season games and 44 points on 17 goals and 27 assists in 70 playoff games. He was a member of Stanley Cup championship teams in 1936, 1937, and 1943, and was a second team NHL All-Star in 1944-45. Mr. Howe scored 6 goals against the New York Rangers on February 3, 1944, tying the modern record for goals in a game. Mr. Howe, no relation to subsequent Red Wing legend Gordie Howe, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965. He died of throat cancer on May 20, 1976 at the age of 64.

Died on this date
Pyotr Stolypin, 49. Prime Minister of Russia, 1906-1911. Mr. Stolypin, born in Dresden, Germany as the son of a Russian envoy, was a member of an aristocratic family and a career civil servant who was named Minister of the Interior in April 1906, succeeding Ivan Goremykin as Prime Minister three months later. Mr. Stolypin initiated major agrarian reforms that granted the right of private land ownership to the peasantry. His tenure was also marked by increased revolutionary unrest, to which he responded with a new system of martial law that allowed for the arrest, speedy trial and execution of accused offenders. Mr. Stolypin was shot by anarchist Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Czar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Czar Nikolai II. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Vladimir Kokovtsov and as Interior Minister by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Makarov.

80 years ago
1931

Abominations
Lieutenant Suemori Kawamoto of the Independent Garrison Unit of the 29th Japanese Infantry Regiment (独立守備隊) detonated a small quantity of dynamite close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden (now Shenyang). The explosion was so weak that it failed to destroy the track, and a train passed over it minutes later. The Imperial Japanese Army accused Chinese dissidents of the act and responded with a full invasion that led to the occupation of Manchuria, in which Japan established its puppet state of Manchukuo six months later.

Football
NFL
Cleveland (0-2) 0 @ Chicago Bears (1-0) 21

Baseball
Lefty Grove (30-3) pitched a 5-hitter and singled and scored the first run of a 2-run 3rd inning for the Philadelphia Athletics as they beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 before 1,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Losing pitcher Red Faber (10-13) allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 innings. The game was played in 1 hour 32 minutes.

Heinie Manush led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a single and eventually scored from third base on a wild pitch by Earl Whitehill with 2 out to give the Washington Nationals a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers before 4,000 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Firpo Marberry (16-4) pitched an 11-hit complete game victory over Mr. Whitehill (13-15), who allowed 8 hits in a complete game.

Jack Russell (9-19) and Hod Lisenbee (5-12) were the respective winning pitchers for the Boston Red Sox as they swept a doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians 6-1 and 6-4 before 4,200 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Willis Hudlin (15-13) and Clint Brown (10-15) were the respective losing pitchers. Earl Averill drove in all the Cleveland runs in the second game with a pair of home runs. Boston first baseman Jack Smith batted 1 for 4 in the first game and 1 for 4 with a run in the second game, with a stolen base and 11 putouts in his fourth and last major league game. His singles were his only major league hits.

The New York Yankees scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning and 6 in the 4th en route to a 14-4 win over the St. Louis Browns before 5,000 fans at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth hit his 43rd home run of the season with 1 out and the bases empty in the 3rd to open the scoring. Herb Pennock (10-6) pitched a 14-hit complete game to win over Lefty Stewart (14-17).

Chick Hafey singled with 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 9th inning and scored all the way from first base on a single by Pepper Martin to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 win over the New York Giants before 4,144 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Allyn Stout (6-0) pitched a scoreless 9th inning in relief of Burleigh Grimes to get the win over reliever Jack Berly (7-8).

75 years ago
1936

Transportation
The Canadian Pacific Railway tested a new lightweight streamlined passenger train; 4-4-4 locomotive #3003 hit an officially-recorded speed of 112.5 miles per hour on the Canadian Pacific Winchester Subdivision line at St-Télésphore, Québec.

Baseball
Larry MacPhail resigned as general manager of the Cincinnati Reds; he had held the position since 1933.

80 years ago
1941

War
U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin ordered conscription of all male workers aged 16-60 for military training after hours to build up a reserve estimated at nearly 25 million men.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress for an additional $5.985 billion with which to continue the Lend-Lease program through June 30, 1943. The U.S. Maritime Commission seized three freighters tied up by the American Federation of Labor Seafarers' International Union strike.

Oil
U.S. Petroleum Coordinator Harold Ickes said that East Coast gasoline rationing would continue despite a Senate committee report that no shortage existed.

Baseball
Vancouver's Asahi team played their last game before wartime internment began for the Japanese community in British Columbia; most were exiled to inland farms and work camps.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Merryman's Murder, starring Red Buttons

Died on this date
Gelett Burgess, 85. U.S. writer. Mr. Burgess was an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, known for his humourous writing in various books and in his magazine The Lark (1895-1897). His most notable work was probably the short poem The Purple Cow (1895). Mr. Burgess created cartoon characters called the Goops, which appeared in a comic strip (1924-1925) and in seven books (1900-1951). He spent many years in France, and introduced French Cubist art to the United States in his essay The Wild Men of Paris (1910).

War
White Russian refugees in Munich reported a three-day guerrilla battle between anti-Communists and Soviet troops at Ossowiec near the Polish-German border.

Diplomacy
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers General Matthew Ridgway paid his first call on Japanese Emperor Hirohito, who had previously visited Gen. Ridgway at Allied headquarters in Tokyo.

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced plans to send "cultural exchange" delegations to the U.S.S.R. and the People's Republic of China.

Crime
A Chicago jury handed down six indictments resulting from the July 1951 race riots in Cicero,Illinois. Among those indicted were Cicero police chief Erwin Konovsky, who was accused of misconduct as a police officer.

Baseball
Tommy Byrne hit a grand slam with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning to climax a 6-run as he pitched the St. Louis Browns to an 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader before 2,808 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Mr. Byrne came to bat as a pinch hitter in the top of the 10th inning of the second game and singled home Fred Marsh from second base with the winning run as the Browns completed the sweep with a 3-2 win. Mr. Byrne (6-10) pitched a 3-hit shutout in the first game, and Ned Garver (17-12) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory in the second game, with Sid Hudson (4-12) and Julio Moreno (4-11) taking the respective losses.

Mike Garcia (20-12) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory for the Cleveland Indians as they beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 before 20,824 fans at Fenway Park in Boston to move into a tie for first place in the American League with the New York Yankees. Bill Wight (7-6) took the loss.

The Chicago White Sox scored 6 runs in the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie as they beat the New York Yankees 7-1 before 44,214 fans at Yankee Stadium. Billy Pierce (14-14) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory over Vic Raschi (19-10). Archie Wilson made his major league debut as a pinch hitter for the Yankees, grounding out to shortstop to lead off the 8th inning.

The Detroit Tigers took an 8-1 lead after 5½ innings and held on to defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 8-6 before 1,402 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Detroit leadoff hitter Johnny Lipon batted 5 for 5 with a double, run, and 2 runs batted in. Virgil Trucks (11-8) allowed 11 hits and 6 earned runs in 6.1 innings, but got the win over Sam Zoldak (5-10).

The New York Giants scored 2 runs in each of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings and withstood a 3-run 9th-inning rally as they defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 before 5,448 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Winning pitcher Dave Koslo (9-9) allowed 13 hits and 5 runs--3 earned--in 8.2 innings, with George Spencer inducing pinch hitter Hank Edwards to ground into a force play to end the game.

Vern Benson hit a home run to lead off a 5-run 6th inning for the St. Louis Cardinals as they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-1 before 22,054 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, reducing the Dodgers' lead in the National League to 3 games over the Giants. Tom Poholsky (6-13) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory over Ralph Branca (13-9).

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Quisiera Ser--Dْo Dinلmico

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il faut savoir--Charles Aznavour (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee
2 Michael--The Highwaymen
3 My True Story--The Jive Five with Joe Rene and Orchestra
4 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley
5 Crying--Roy Orbison
6 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)--Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
7 Without You--Johnny Tillotson
8 Wooden Heart--Joe Dowell
9 One Track Mind--Bobby Lewis
10 When We Get Married--The Dreamlovers

Singles entering the chart were This Time by Troy Shondell (#75); Tonight I Won't Be There by Adam Wade (#76); Let True Love Begin by Nat King Cole (#77); I Understand (Just How You Feel) by the G-Clefs (#78); Night Train by Richard Hayman and his Orchestra (#80); Magic is the Night by Kathy Young with the Innocents (#81); So Long Baby by Del Shannon (#85); Take My Love (I Want to Give it to You) by Little Willie John (#87); Girl in My Dreams by the Capris (#92); Back to the Hop by Danny and the Juniors (#93); Berlin Melody by Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#94); Dear Mr. D.J. Play it Again by Tina Robin (#95); Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) by Solomon Burke (#96); Panic by Otis Williams and his Charms (#99); and Bright Lights Big City by Jimmy Reed (#100).

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: What Beckoning Ghost?, starring Judith Evelyn, Tom Helmore, and Adele Mara

This was the first episode of Thriller's second season.



Died on this date
Dag Hammarskjöld, 56. Swedish diplomat; United Nations Secretary-General, 1953-1961. Dr. Hammarskjöld was an economist who was a career civil servant with the Swedish government. In 1951 he was vice chairman of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in Paris, and in 1952 he became the chairman of the Swedish delegation to the General Assembly in New York. Dr. Hammarskjöld succeeded Trygvie Lie as Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1953; he presided over the creation of the first UN peacekeeping forces in Egypt and the Congo, and personally intervened to defuse or resolve diplomatic crises. Dr. Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash on September 18, 1961 near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, where he was due to arrive for peace talks between UN peacekeeping troops and forces fighting for independence in the separatist Congolese province of Katanga.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-0) 22 @ Saskatchewan (3-6) 15
Toronto (3-3-1) 15 @ British Columbia (0-8-1) 7

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Co-Co--The Sweet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tanta voglia di lei--Pooh (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Hey Girl Don't Bother Me--The Tams

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

Singles entering the chart were Draggin' the Line by Tommy James (#32); Get it On by T. Rex (#34); Come Back Again by Daddy Cool (#36); and Tom Tom Turnaround by New World (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Borriquito--Peret (6th week at #1)
2 Black and White--Greyhound
3 Blossom Lady--Shocking Blue
4 One Way Wind--Cats
5 Hey, You Love--Mouth & MacNeal
6 Because I Love--Majority One
7 Manuela--Jacques Herb
8 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
9 Pour un Flirt--Michel Delpech
10 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen

Singles entering the chart were Mamy Blue by the Pop-Tops (#17); Such a Funny Night by Aphrodite's Child (#28); Soley, Soley by the Middle of the Road (#31); (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People by the Chi-Lites (#34); Me Queda la Palabra by Aguaviva (#35); and Sombras/Anna by Combo Wil de Bras (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond (2nd week at #1)
2 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
3 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
4 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
5 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
6 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
7 I Just Want to Celebrate--Rare Earth
8 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
9 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart--The Bee Gees
10 Whatcha See is Whatcha Get--The Dramatics

Singles entering the chart were Charity Ball by Fanny (#81); One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) by Coven (#87); Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher (#88); Never My Love by the 5th Dimension (#89); It's a Cryin' Shame by Gayle McCormick (#90); You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk) by the 8th Day (#91); It's for You by Springwell (#97); and I Like What You Give by Nolan (#100).

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

Singles entering the chart were Birds of a Feather by the Raiders (#57); Never My Love by the 5th Dimension (#58); I'm Comin' Home by Tommy James (#68); Glory, Glory by the Byrds (#71); I'd Love to Change the World by Ten Years After (#76); Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher (#81); Some of Shelly's Blues by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#85); Bend Me, Shape Me by Storm (#92); I'm So Glad by the Fuzz (#96); Talk it Over in the Morning by Anne Murray (#97); It's for You by Springwell (#98); and Rub it In by Layng Martine (#100). Some of Shelly's Blues was written by Michael Nesmith and had been released as a single by the Stone Poneys in 1968.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
2 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
3 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
5 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
6 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
7 I Just Want to Celebrate--Rare Earth
8 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who
9 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
10 Whatcha See is Whatcha Get--The Dramatics

Singles entering the chart were Spill the Wine by the Isley Brothers (#75); Handbags and Gladrags by Chase (#78); Pin the Tail on the Donkey by the Newcomers (#82); That's the Way a Woman Is by the Messengers (#84); Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher (#85); Some of Shelly's Blues by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#87); Talk it Over in the Morning by Anne Murray (#88); Stone of Years by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#90); Rub it In by Layng Martine (#93); One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) by Coven (#94); I'm So Glad by the Fuzz (#99); and Bend Me, Shape Me by Storm (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
2 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
3 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
4 I Woke Up in Love this Morning--The Partridge Family
5 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
6 Smiling Faces Sometimes--The Undisputed Truth
7 Won't Get Fooled Again--The Who
8 Go Down Gamblin'--Blood, Sweat and Tears
9 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
10 I Just Want to Celebrate--Rare Earth

Singles entering the chart were Easy Loving by Freddie Hart (#70); The Year that Clayton Delaney Died by Tom T. Hall (#71); Never My Love by the 5th Dimension (#72); Call My Name I'll Be There by Wilson Pickett (#76); Stone of Years by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#83); Breakdown by Rufus Thomas (#84); Make it Funky by James Brown (#94); One More Mountain to Climb by Doctor Music (#95); One Tin Soldier by Coven (#97); A Song for You by Andy Williams (#98); Birds of a Feather by the Raiders (#99); and True Fine Virginia by Allan J. Ryan (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
2 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
3 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
4 Ain't No Sunshine--Bill Withers
5 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
6 Down by the River--Joey Gregorash
7 Sweet Dreams and Sarah--Mac Davis
8 Creators of Rain--Ian & Sylvia
9 Talk it Over in the Morning--Anne Murray
10 Bangla-Desh--George Harrison
Pick hit of the week: The Story in Your Eyes--The Moody Blues

War
Egyptian and Israeli forces stationed along the Suez Canal exchanged heavy ire for the first time since August 1970, when a cease-fire went into effect.

Football
CFL
Montreal (4-3) 9 @ Hamilton (4-3) 10
Saskatchewan (5-4) 19 @ Edmonton (1-9) 3

Defensive tackle Ed McQuarters returned a fumble 3 yards for the game's only touchdown for the Roughriders in their win over the Eskimos at Clarke Stadium. Bruce Lemmerman played his first CFL game, entering the game in the 4th quarter at quarterback for the Eskimos in relief of starter Larry Lawrence. Mr. Lemmerman promptly threw 2 interceptions, while Ron Lancaster of the Roughriders was intercepted twice by Edmonton defensive back John Wydareny.

CIAU
Manitoba (1-1) 26 @ Saskatchewan (0-1) 7
British Columbia (0-2) 0 @ Alberta (2-0) 54

The Bisons took advantage of seven turnovers in their win over the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Bob Toogood rushed 100 yards for the final Manitoba touchdown.

The Golden Bears amassed 28 first downs and 325 yards net offense--232 rushing--in their rout of the Thunderbirds at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Doug Louch returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown and an ineterception 54 yards for another TD. UBC recorded just 7 first downs and 86 yards net offense. Alberta led 32-0 at halftime.

Exhibition
Calgary 14 @ Rocky Mountain College 0

The Calgary-Rocky Mountain College game was played in Glasgow, Montana.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vill ha dej--Freestyle (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (9th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Hak Hom Blokkies--David Kramer (2nd week at #1)
2 One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson
3 Titles--Vangelis
4 Chequered Love--Kim Wilde
5 You Drive Me Crazy--Shakin' Stevens
6 Amour--Baron Longfellow
7 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
8 It's Hard to Be Humble--Mac Davis
9 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
10 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes

Singles entering the chart were Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton (#17); If You Go, I'll Follow You by Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton (#18); and A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) by Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio (#20).

Abominations
The Assemblée Nationale voted to abolish capital punishment in France.

Football
CIAU
Manitoba (1-1) 1 @ British Columbia (2-1) 27

Don Moen blocked 2 punts--1 leading to a touchdown--and Laurent Deslauriers returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdown to help the Thunderbirds defeat the Bisons before 1,000 fans at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. Glenn Steele scored the other touchdowns on rushes of 3 nd 25 yards.

25 years ago
1986

Football
CFL
Montreal (2-10) 14 @ Winnipeg (7-5) 39

John Hufnagel threw touchdown passes of 80 yards to Jeff Boyd and 85 yards to Perry Tuttle as he led the Blue Bombers over the Alouettes before 21,899 fans at Winnipeg Stadium.

Baseball
Reggie Jackson hit 3 home runs, scored 4 runs, and drove in 7 to lead the California Angels to an 18-3 rout of the Kansas City Royals before 25,876 fans at Anaheim Stadium.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 3 runs in the 9th inning to defeat the Montreal Expos 3-1 before 4,012 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Dennis Martinez allowed 3 hits in 7th innings and Bob McClure pitched a scoreless 8th, but Jeff Reardon faced 3 batters in the 9th, all of whom hit safely and scored. John Smiley (1-0), the third of four Pittsburgh pitchers, was credited with his first major league win.

Pinch hitter Billy Sample doubled home Omar Moreno and Terry Harper with 2 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 4,956 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Dodgers broke a 2-2 tie with an unearned run in the top of the 12th, but the Braves began their comeback with 1 out when Mr. Moreno struck out, but reached first base on a wild pitch by Brian Holton, and advanced to third on a single by Mr. Harper, as Mr. Harper took second on the throw to third. Ted Simmons was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Mr. Sample drove in the tying and winning runs.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (6th week at #1)

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, with its five man crew commanded by John Creighton, landed at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude the six-day mission STS-48.



War
Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of seven Adriatic port cities.

Labour
Public Service Alliance of Canada President Daryl Bean called strikers back to work to negotiate a new contract.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Sandy Saddler, 75. U.S. boxer. Mr. Saddler compiled a record of 145-16-2 in a professional career spanning 1944-1956. He was world featherweight champion (1948-1949, 1950-1957), winning, losing, and regaining the title in a series of bouts against Willie Pep, and was world junior lightweight champion (1950). Mr. Saddler retired as champion six months after suffering a detached retina in a car accident. He became a boxing trainer after retiring as a trainer; one of the fighters he trained was future world heavyweight champion George Foreman. Mr. Saddler was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.

Ernie Coombs, 73. U.S.-born Canadian television host. Mr. Coombs, a native of Lewiston, Maine, began his career as an assistant puppeteer to Fred Rogers in Pittsburgh, and accompanied Mr. Rogers to Toronto in the early 1960s when he was offered a children's television program on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. When Mr. Rogers returned to the United States a few years later, Mr. Coombs remained in Canada, portraying the character Mr. Dressup in the programs Butternut Square (1964-1967) and Mr. Dressup (1967-1996). He had long intended to retire back to his native Maine, but after his wife was killed in a freak traffic accident in 1992, he decided to remain in Canada, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1994. Mr. Coombs died in Pickering, Ontario, eight days after suffering a stroke.

Terrorism
The first five in a series of letters containing anthrax spores were mailed with a Trenton, New Jersey postmark to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, and the National Enquirer.

Baseball
Doug Glanville drove in Brian Hunter with a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Scott Rolen singled home Jimmy Rollins with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Phialdelphia Phillies a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves before 23,653 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. Wilson Betemit made his major league debut as a pinch runner for the Braves in the 9th, and was stranded at second base.

The Colorado Rockies made 3 errors as they allowed the Arizona Diamondbacks to score 6 runs in the top of the 1st inning, but Todd Helton and Jeff Cirillo hit consecutive home runs off Byung Hyun Kim (5-6) to begin bottom of the 9th inning to give the Rockies a 10-9 win before 30,552 fans at Coors Field in Denver.

Pinch hitter Brady Clark singled home Aaron Boone and Dmitri Young with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 3-run rally for the Cincinnati Reds as they beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 before 21,304 fans at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati.

Alex Gonzalez drove in 4 runs with a pair of home runs, with his second homer, a 3-run blast with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning, breaking a 5-5 tie as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 before 18,604 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. The deciding runs were all unearned as a result of Cal Ripken, Jr.'s error on a ground ball by Josh Phelps with the bases empty after the first two batters were retired.