September 7, 2012

650 years ago
1362

Died on this date
Joan, 41. Queen consort of Scotland, 1329-1362. Joan of the Tower, the daughter of King Edward II and Queen Isabella of England, was born in the Tower of London. She was married at the age of 7 in 1328 to David, 4, son of Robert the Bruce, and became queen consort of Scotland when her husband acceded to the throne as King David II. After the English forces of King Edward III won the Battle of Haldion Hill in 1333, King David and Queen Joan fled into exile in France, living under the protection of King Philippe VI. They were able to return to Scotland in June 1341, with King David ruling under his own power. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, and spent 11 years in the Tower of London. Queen Joan was allowed to visit him several times, but didn't become pregnant. After King David's release, Queen Joan decided to remain in England, where she died.

360 years ago
1652

World events
Chinese peasants on Taiwan began a rebellion against Dutch rule; the rebellion was suppressed four days later.

200 years ago
1812

War
The Battle of Borodino was fought betweeen France and Russia. More than 250,000 troops participated in the largest one-day battle of the Napoleonic Wars, and 70,000 casualties resulted. French forces captured a tactical victory in this part of Russia but failed to destroy the Russian army, despite inflicting heavy casualties and forcing the Russian army out of position.

190 years ago
1822

World events
Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.

150 years ago
1862

Born on this date
Ed Daily. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Daily was an outfielder and pitcher who played for seven major league teams from 1885-1891. In 640 major league games he batted .239 with 19 home runs and 288 runs batted in, while posting a 66-69 won-lost record as a pitcher with an earned run average of 3.39. Mr. Daily died of consumption on October 21, 1891 at the age of 29.

120 years ago
1892

Boxing
James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett (9-0-2-3) knocked out John L. Sullivan (38-1-1-1) at 1:30 of the 21st round at the Olympic Club in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight title. It was the first heavyweight title fight in which modern gloves were used, and Mr. Sullivan’s last fight.

100 years ago
1912

Died on this date
Arthur "Bugs" Raymond, 30. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Raymond was found dead of a brain hemorrhage in his room at the Hotel Valey in Chicago, two days after his skull had been fractured in a bar fight. Mr. Raymond pitched with the Detroit Tigers (1904), St. Louis Cardinals (1907-1908), and New York Giants (1909-1911), compiling a record of 45 wins and 57 losses. He led the National League in losses with 25 in 1908, despite a low 2.03 earned run average. In 1909 Mr. Raymond went 18-12 with the Giants; he dropped to 4-11 in 1910, but had improved to 6-4 in 1911 when he was kicked off the team by manager John McGraw because of his drinking.

70 years ago
1942

Died on this date
Buster Brown; Smoky Owens. U.S. baseball players. Messrs. Brown and Owens were members of the Cincinnati Buckeyes of the Negro American League. They were killed when their car was hit from behind in Geneva, Ohio while they were changing a flat tire. The accident hospitalized their teammates Eugene Bremmer and Lefty Watts.

60 years ago
1952

World events
Six weeks after a bloodless coup had toppled King Farouk I from power, the Egyptian military forced Prime Minister Aly Maher out of office.

Disasters
At an air show at Farnborough, England, a new de Havilland 110 twin jet fighter exploded in the air, killing pilot John Derry, 30, observer Tony Richards, and 25 spectators, while 65 more were injured. 130,000 people were in attendance.

Baseball
At Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Don Grate, an outfielder with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League, threw a baseball 434' 1", breaking a record that had stood sonce 1910.

In a Tri-State League playoff gmae, Dean Stone of Charlotte pitched a no-hitter as Charlotte blanked Anderson 5-0. The no-hitter was Mr. Stone's second of the year, and came 4 days after teammate Bob Danielson had pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against Anderson.

Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gave the New York Yankees a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals.

50 years ago
1962

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (5-1) 31 @ Ottawa (4-2) 28

Leo Lewis scored 2 touchdowns for the Blue Bombers in their win over the Rough Riders before 21,050 fans at Lansdowne Park. Gerry James added a touchdown and 4 converts, while Henry Janzen also scored a Winnipeg touchdown. Ernie White scored 2 touchdowns for the Rough Riders, with Bob Simpson and Whit Tucker scoring the others. The Blue Bombers led 28-7 after 3 quarters, but the Rough Riders came roaring back in the 4th quarter. Jack Delveaux's punt single gave Winnipeg a 29-28 lead, and with just over 3 minutes remaining, Mr. Tucker fielded one of Mr. Delveaux's punts just outside the Ottawa end zone and went back into the end zone to concede a safety touch to make the score 31-28. The Rough Riders kicked off, hoping to pin the Blue Bombers deep in their own territory, but the Blue Bombers were able to control field position and the clock.

40 years ago
1972

Football
CFL
British Columbia (1-5) 7 @ Winnipeg (5-2) 42

Ed Williams scored 3 touchdowns and Mack Herron added 2 as the Blue Bombers routed the Lions before a capacity crowd of 25,210 at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Herron rushed 20 times for 149 yards, while Mr. Williams rushed 9 times for 83 yards and 2 touchdowns, with his other TD coming on a 33-yard pass from starting quarterback Don Jonas. backup quarterback Tommy Pharr rushed for the final Winnipeg touchdown. The lone B.C. touchdown came on a 14-yard pass from backup quarterback Don Bunce to Johnny Musso in the 4th quarter.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden: Cat People (Putting Out Fire)--David Bowie (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Ken Boyer, 51. U.S. baseball player and manager. Mr. Boyer, the second of three brothers who played in the major leagues, was a third baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals (1955-1965); New York Mets (1966-1967); Chicago White Sox (1967-1968); and Los Angeles Dodgers (1968-1969). In 2,034 games he batted .287 with 282 home runs and 1,141 runs batted in, and won five Gold Gloves for fielding excellence. He was the Most Valuable Player in the National League in, 1964, batting .295 with 20 home runs and a National League-leading 119 RBIs. He played in all 7 games of the Cardinals' World Series win over the New York Yankees that year; he batted just .222 with 2 home runs and 6 runs batted in, but one of his homers was a grand slam that gave the Cardinals a 4-3 win in game 4. In the seventh game, Mr. Boyer had a home run, double, single, and 3 runs as the Cardinals won 7-5. He managed the Cardinals from 1978-1980, compiling a record of 166-190. Mr. Boyer died of lung cancer; his jersey #14 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1984.

World events
The Philippines government charged 13 more people with plotting a rebellion against President Ferdinand Marcos.

Religion
The biennial convention in Louisville of the Lutheran Church in America recommended establishing communion fellowship with Episcopalians, meaning that Lutherans and Episcopalians could celebrate communion together while using the rites of either church, and members of either denomination could take communion in each other’s churches. The Commission on Ecumenical Relations of the Episcopal Church had already endorsed the idea.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): The Loco-Motion--Kylie Minogue (5th week at #1)

Diplomacy
Erich Honecker became the first East German leader to visit West Germany. At a banquet, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said that reunification of the two Germanys would be in accord with the wishes of the German people, but Mr. Honecker replied by stressing the “realities” of the existence of two sovereign German states.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (6-4) 20 @ Calgary (4-6) 29
Toronto (5-4-1) 25 @ Hamilton (6-4) 19

Rick Johnson connected with Larry Willis for a 48-yard touchdown with 4:11 remaining in regulation time and J.T. Hay kicked a 36-yard field goal with 34 seconds remaining as the Stampeders beat the Eskimos before 33,842 fans at McMahon Stadium. Tim Petros rushed 1 yard in the 1st quarter for the other Calgary touchdown. Henry “Gizmo” Williams returned a punt 63 yards for the first Edmonton touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and Damon Allen threw 10 yards to Brian Kelly for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter. Mike Thurman, the defensive back who was beaten by Mr. Willis on the touchdown, was playing his only CFL game.

Gill Fenerty scored 2 touchdowns on short rushes in the 4th quarter as the Argonauts beat the Tiger-Cats before 24,770 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Darnell Clash returned a punt 48 yards for the first Toronto touchdown in the 2nd quarter. Bernie Ruoff kicked 6 field goals and a single for the Tiger-Cats.

20 years ago
1992

World events
At least 24 people were killed and 150 injured when soldiers fired on an African National Congress demonstration on the border between South Africa and the black "homeland" of Ciskei.

Diplomacy
British Prime Minister John Major rejected calls for a referendum on the 1991 Maastricht treaty of the European Community on European union. Mr. Major discounted fears that national identities would be smothered by a Europe united by the treaty.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-6) 24 @ Hamilton (6-3) 27
Edmonton (7-2) 34 @ Calgary (6-3) 21

Bobby Dawson returned a fumble 36 yards for a touchdown and Jeff Fields returned an interception 11 yards for another touchdown as the Tiger-Cats held on to defeat the Argonauts before 30,003 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Damon Allen threw 9 yards to Earl Winfield for the other Hamilton touchdown. Toronto quarterback Rickey Foggie rushed 2 yards for a touchdown early in the 4th quarter and completed a 5-yard pass to Mike Clemons for a touchdown on the game’s final play, followed by a 2-point convert pass to Paul Nastasiuk. The teams combined for 12 turnovers.

The Edmonton defense made 6 interceptions off Doug Flutie as the Eskimos beat the Stampeders before 38,205 fans at McMahon Stadium. The Eskimos outrushed the Stampeders 226 yards to 37; Michael Soles led with 105 yards on 14 carries, followed by Blake Marshall with 15 rushes for 67 yards and Tracy Ham with 7 carries for 54 yards and 2 touchdowns. Mr. Ham also threw touchdown passes to Jay Christensen and Craig Ellis. Mr. Flutie threw touchdown passes to Derrick Crawford and Allen Pitts.



Baseball
Fay Vincent resigned as Commissioner of major league baseball, three days after failing to receive a vote of confidence from owners.

10 years ago
2002

Personal
I found $2.25 in the change slot of a pay telephone, which was one of the highlights of my year.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-7) 30 @ Ottawa (2-9-0-1) 25

Michael Bishop threw touchdown passes to Mike Morreale and Mookie Mitchell in the 4th quarter as the Argonauts came from behind to defeat the Renegades before 21,604 fans at Frank Clair Stadium. Mr. Bishop connected with Mr. Morreale for a 7-yard touchdown with 6:22 remaining to reduce Ottawa’s lead to 25-23. A 2-point convert attempt was unsuccessful, but Mr. Bishop completed an 86-yard touchdown pass to Mr. Mitchell with 3:49 remaining for the winning score. Bashir Levingston scored the first Toronto touchdown on a 90-yard punt return early in the 1st quarter. Josh Ranek rushed 3 yards for the Renegades’ first touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and Chuck Clements threw 77 yards to Jimmy Oliver for the other Ottawa touchdown in the 3rd quarter. Lawrence Tynes, playing his first CFL game, added 2 converts and 2 field goals for the Renegades, and averaged 70 yards on 3 kickoffs.

CIS
Alberta 12 @ Simon Fraser 16

The win for the Clan was their first since joining Canadian Interuniversity Sports after years of membership in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, an American organization.

Baseball
The Edmonton Trappers defeated the Las Vegas 51’s 5-2 before 6,078 fans at Telus Field in Edmonton to win the Pacific Coast League’s Pacific Conference championship 3 games to 1.

First baseman Eric Munson hit a home run in his first major league at bat, helping the Detroit Tigers to edge the New York Yankees 2-1.

Herbert Perry's 3-run home run helped the Texas Rangers to an 11-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It was the 25th straight game in which the Rangers had hit at least 1 homer, tying the American League record.