September 4, 2014

220 years ago
1794

Died on this date
Edward Augustus Inglefield, 74. U.K. military officer and explorer. Sir Edward served in the Royal Navy from 1832-1885, rising to the rank of admiral. He led three voyages to the British North American Arctic (1852-1854) in attempts to find the remains of Sir John Franklin's expedition, which had disappeared in 1847. Sir Edward's efforts were unsuccessful, but he was successful in charted previously unexplored areas along the northern coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and Lancaster Sound. Sir Edward served in the Crimean War (1854-1856) and held several other posts, including Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station (1878-1879). Sir Edward invented the marine hydraulic steering gear and the anchor design that bears his name, and painted scenes of Arctic landscapes.

190 years ago
1824

Born on this date
Anton Bruckner. Austrian composer. Mr. Bruckner was an organist who wrote nine symphonies and numerous sacred and secular choral works, as well as works for organ and piano. He was often dissatisfied with his compositions, and often reworked them. Mr. Bruckner died on October 11, 1896 at the age of 72.

175 years ago
1839

War
In the first armed conflict of the First Opium War, British vessels opened fire on Chinese war junks off the Kowloon Peninsula that were enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China.

80 years ago
1934

Baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies released veteran outfielder (and drunkard) Hack Wilson, ending his 12-year major league career at the age of 34. Mr. Wilson was hitting .245 with 6 home runs in 74 games, but was hitting just .100 (2 singles in 20 at bats, with 3 bases on balls and 3 runs batted in) in 7 games with the Phillies after playing most of the season with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mr. Wilson led the National League in home runs 4 times; his best season was 1930, when he hit .356 with 56 home runs and 191 runs batted in with the Chicago Cubs. His home run total from that season remains the National League record for a single season, and his RBI total from 1930 is still the major league record for a single season.

75 years ago
1939

War
A Bristol Blenheim became the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the U.K.'s declaration of war, and German ships were bombed.

Disasters
The British ocean liner SS Athenia was struck by a German torpedo--apparently in a case of mistaken identity--while on its way to Montreal, resulting in the loss of 118 lives, 54 Canadian.



Football
CRU
WIFU
Winnipeg (3-0) 17 @ Regina (1-2) 1
Calgary (0-2) 12 @ Edmonton (1-1) 16

Andy Bieber and Jeff Nicklin scored touchdowns for the Blue Bombers as they beat the Roughriders before a capacity crowd of 5,000 at Osborne Stadium.

Bob Fritz and Bill Matheny scored touchdowns for the Eskimos as they defeated the Bronks before 3,000 fans at Clarke Stadium for their first win since October 10, 1932, when they had played in the Alberta Rugby Union, and the first win since Mr. Fritz had become the team's head coach when the franchise had been revived in 1938 after a five-year absence. Mr. Matheny scored the winning touchdown on an 18-yard rush with 4 minutes remaining in the game.

70 years ago
1944

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Demetrius the Divine

Died on this date
Margery Williams, 63. U.K.-born U.S. authoress. Miss Williams moved with her family to the United States in 1890. She was a popular writer of children's books, with her best known book being The Velveteen Rabbit (1922). Miss Williams died after a brief illness.

Erich Fellgiebel, 57. German military officer. General Fellgiebel was executed for his participation in the July 20, 1944 assassination plot against German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.

War
The cease-fire between Finland and the U.S.S.R. became effective at 7:59 A.M. along a 500-mile front from Viborg to Salla. The British 11th Armoured Division liberated the Belgian city of Antwerp. British units entered the Netherlands and captured Breda, 25 miles southeast of Rotterdam. Allied planes sank or damaged nearly 40 Japanese barges and cargo ships in attacks against the Philippines, Halmahera, and Netherlands East Indies targets.

Economics and finance
American Federation of Labor President William Green and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray called for government-controlled reconversion of industry to peacetime production.

Tennis
Frank Parker defeated Bill Talbert to win the U.S. men's singles championships at Forest Hills, New York.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Happy Wanderer--Frank Weir and his Orchestra; Obernkirchen Children's Choir (6th week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Disc Jockey--5th week at #1; Jukebox--3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts (5th week at #1)
--The Chords
2 Hey There--Rosemary Clooney
--Sammy Davis, Jr.
3 The Little Shoemaker--The Gaylords
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
4 The High and the Mighty--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--LeRoy Holmes and his Orchestra
--Victor Young and his Orchestra
--Johnny Desmond
5 Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen
6 Skokiaan--Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
--Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band
--The Four Lads
7 In the Chapel in the Moonlight--Kitty Kallen
8 Hernando's Hideaway--Archie Bleyer
9 Three Coins in the Fountain--The Four Aces
10 Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight--The McGuire Sisters
--Sunny Gale

Singles entering the chart were The Four Lads' version of Skokiaan; the versions of If I Give My Heart to You by Connee Boswell and Dinah Shore (#17, charting with the versions by Denise Lor and Doris Day); Smile, with versions by Nat "King" Cole and Sunny Gale (#22); Veni-Vidi-Vici (I Came, I Saw, I Conquered) by the Gaylords (#26); Tell Me, Tell Me by June Valli (#28); and Lullaby of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald (#31).

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (0-2) 2 @ Montreal (2-0) 21
Hamilton (1-1) 17 @ Toronto (1-1) 6

WIFU
British Columbia (0-3) 0 @ Calgary (3-2) 34

ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (2-1) 19 @ Sarnia (2-1) 17

Rupe Andrews scored 2 touchdowns and Eddie Macon, Howard Waugh, and Lowell Wagner each scored a TD as the Stampeders blanked the Lions before 15,000 fans at Mewata Stadium for their third straight shutout, a Canadian football record that still stands.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Won't Forget You--Jim Reeves (4th week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 A Hard Day's Night--The Beatles (8th week at #1)
2 Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison
3 Come Home Little Girl--Bobby Curtola
4 It Hurts to Be in Love--Gene Pitney
5 The House of the Rising Sun--The Animals
6 Under the Boardwalk--The Drifters
7 Lucky Star--Rick Nelson
8 Everybody Loves Somebody--Dean Martin
9 Because--The Dave Clark Five
10 Johnny Loves Me--Floraine Darlin
Pick hit of the week: From a Window--Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
New this week: Do Wah Diddy Diddy--Manfred Mann
One More Minute--Matthew Reid
Welcome Welcome Home--Anita Bryant
Ride the Wild Surf--Jan & Dean
The End of a Symphony (Part II)--Allan Sherman
The Roundest of Them All--Round Robin
Father Sebastian--The Ramblers

Ride the Wild Surf was the title song of the movie.

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC Light Programme
Tonight's episode: The Three Garridebs

Britannica
Queen Elizabeth II officially opened Europe's longest suspension bridge linking Edinburgh to Perth across the River Forth.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-2) 1 @ Edmonton (1-4) 20

Jim Thomas rushed 97 yards for a touchdown as the Eskimos, who had been outscored 184-36 in their first 4 games, upset the heavily-favoured Rough Riders before 12,157 fans at Clarke Stadium to give Neill Armstrong his first win as a CFL head coach. Edmonton quarterback Lynn Amedee connected with Tommy-Joe Coffey for a 72-yard completion, and then completed an 11-yard pass to Mr. Coffey for the other touchdown. It was the first game in an Edmonton uniform for quarterback and defensive back Bill Redell and centre Ian Hagemoen, and the last for linebacker Clair Branch. Veteran Edmonton defensive back Oscar Kruger suffered a season-ending knee injury. This game gets this blogger's vote as the CFL's biggest upset of the 1960s.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Sugar Baby Love--The Rubettes (8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Creighton Abrams, 59. U.S. military officer. General Abrams commanded U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968-1972 and served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972-1974. He died 11 days before his 60th birthday.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. and East Germany established diplomatic relations. John Sherman Cooper, former Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky was named U.S. Ambassador to East Germany, while economics professor Rolf Sieber was named East German Ambassador to the U.S. The mutual recognition was negotiated by East German Foreign Ministry official Herbert Suss and U.S. Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Arthur Hartman. Establishment of diplomatic relations had been made possible when East Germany had agreed to hold future discussions on possible compensation for Jewish victims of crimes at the hands of Germany's Nazi regime from 1933-1945.

Politics and government
U.S. President Gerald Ford named national Republican Committee Chairman George Bush as his envoy to China, replacing David Bruce. Mr. Ford appointed Louise Bush to take Mr. Bush's place, making her the first woman to head the Republican Party.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos sold veteran infielder Ron Hunt to the St. Louis Cardinals. Mr. Hunt, who was in his fourth season with the Expos, was batting .268 with no home runs and 26 runs batted in in 115 games. The announcement was made immediately after the Cardinals edged the Expos 5-4 beofre 13,288 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis in the regular Wednesday Expos Baseball telecast on CBC. The Cardinals, who traied 3-0 after 2 1/1 innings, scored the winning run with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th ining when pinch hitter Jim Dwyer singled home Bake McBride from third base. Larry Herndon then made his major league debut by entering the game as a pinch runner for Mr. Dwyer. Mr. Hunt did not play in the game.

Houston Astros' manager Preston Gomez, who had removed Clay Kirby for a pinch hitter four years earlier while Mr. Kirby was pitching a no-hitter for the San Diego Padres and Mr. Gomez was the team's manager, did it again. The Cincinnati Reds scored 2 runs in the top of the 5th inning on 2 bases on balls, a sacrifice, and an error, and led 2-1 after 7 1/2 innings without getting a hit off Mr. Wilson. Mr. Gomez elected to send up Tommy Helms to bat for Mr. Wilson to lead off the bottom of the 8th inning. He grounded out to shortstop, Tony Perez singled off Houston relief pitcher Mike Cosgrove to lead off the 9th inning, and the Reds held on to win 2-1 before 8,024 fans at the Astrodome.

American Association
Playoffs
Indianapolis 2 @ Tulsa 3 (11 innings) (Tulsa led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Ed Kurpiel singled in Joe Lindsey with no outs in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Oilers the win over the Indians before 1,699 fans. Mr. Lindsey led off the inning with a single, took second base when Indianapolis left fielder Joel Youngblood bobbled the ball for an error, and went to third base on a a passed ball. Mike Thompson pitched a complete game to get the win, striking out 14 batters. Bruce Taylor, who relieved starting pitcher Santo Alcala in the 9th inning, took the loss.

Pacific Coast League
Playoffs
Albuquerque 6 @ Spokane 7 (Spokane led best-of-five series 2-0)

Pinch hitter Vern Wilkins singled home Dave Moates and Pete Mackanin with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Indians their win over the Dukes before 2,807 fans. Albuquerque had scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th to take a 6-5 lead when Lee Robinson singled in the tying run and got caught in a rundown after rounding first base, allowing Ivan DeJesus to score the go-ahead run from third base. Jeff Terpko, who relieved starting pitcher Jim Shellenback in the 7th inning, was the winning pitcher despite giving up the 2 runs in the top of the 9th. Jim Allen, who entered the game in the bottom of the 9th, was charged with the loss.

Eastern League
Semi-Finals
Quebec City 0 @ Pittsfield 1 (Pittsfield led best-of-three series 1-0)
Thetford Mines 6 @ Bristol 1 (Thetford Mines led best-of-three series 1-0)

The Rangers scored an unearned run in the first inning and Dave Harper pitched a 5-hit shutout for the Carnivals before 128 fans at Wahconah Park.

Ken Macha had 3 hits, including a 2-run double, and Dick Anderson, normally a relief pitcher, pitched a 4-hit complete game, as the Pirates beat the Red Sox.

Texas League
Playoffs
El Paso 4 @ Victoria 5 (10 innings) (Victoria led best-of-five series 1-0)

Jay Kleven hit relief pitcher Don Kirkwood's first pitch for a single that drove home Greg Harts from second base for the winning run as the Toros edged the Diablos before 902 fans. Jackson Todd pitched a complete game for the victory.

30 years ago
1984

Personal
This blogger registered at the University of Alberta, doing it in-person again. Fortunately, this was the last time I had to do this, and I was in and out in little more than an hour, unlike the all-day experience of a couple of earlier years.

Politics and government
The opposition Progressive Conservatives, led by Brian Mulroney, swept to power in the Canadian federal election, winning a majority of seats in the House of Commons for the first time since 1958, ending a Liberal Party reign in office that had lasted for all but 9 months (1979-1980) since April 1963. The PCs won a record total of 211 of 282 seats--up from 100 seats at the dissolution of Parliament; the Liberals, led by Prime Minister John Turner, were reduced from 135 seats to 40; and the New Democratic Party dropped from 32 seats to 31. Tony Roman won the Metro Toronto riding of York North as a "coalition candidate"--with support from both PCs and Liberals. Mr. Turner, who had been out of Parliament since 1975 and had won the Liberal Party leadership after the resignation of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in June, was elected in Vancouver Quadra. The PCs took 50.03% of the vote, the last time in Canadian history that any party received that high a figure. The Liberals received an embarrassing 28.02%, and the NDP 18.81%. Those of us who were sick of what Pierre Trudeau had done to the country were glad to see the Liberals get hammered, in the naive hope that we were going to get something different and better.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale said he was "damned mad" about the tax policies of the Ronald Reagan administration, which, he said, favoured the rich.

Diplomacy
East German Chairman Erich Honecker disappointed many Germans when he postponed a visit to West Germany, apparently bowing to pressures from the U.S.S.R. The visit would have been the first by an East German leader to West Germany. Hungary and Romania had given cautious support to Mr. Honecker’s visit, but Poland and Czechoslovakia had criticized it. The East Germans attributed the postponement to a flurry of statements critical of East Germany by West German political leaders.

Defense
U.S. Senator Frank Church (Democrat--Idaho), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, postponed hearings on the SALT-II nuclear arms treaty so that his committee could "deal immediately" with reports of the Soviet brigade of 2,000-3,000 men in Cuba.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): If You Don't Know Me by Now--Simply Red (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx (2nd week at #1)
2 Cold Hearted--Paula Abdul
3 The End of the Innocence--Don Henley
4 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
5 So Alive--Love and Rockets
6 On Our Own--Bobby Brown
7 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block
8 Rock 'N' Roll Duty--Kim Mitchell
9 Toy Soldiers--Martika
10 Hard Sun--Indio

Singles entering the chart were Call it Love by Poco (#69); Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears (#71); Shower Me with Your Love by Surface (#74); Revolution by Mike + the Mechanics (#84); Partyman by Prince (#86); Love Song by the Cure (#87); No Souvenirs by Melissa Etheridge (#89); and Oh Boy by Louisa Florio (#95).

Died on this date
Georges Simenon, 86. Belgian-born Swiss author. Mr. Simenon was one of the most prolific authors in history, writing several hundred books under his own name and several pseudonyms. He was best known for creating the ficitional policeman Commissaire Maigret.

Protest
In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstrations for the legalization of opposition groups and democratic reforms took place.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-5) 18 @ Hamilton (6-3) 23
Edmonton (8-1) 31 @ Calgary (5-4) 14

33,139 (including a stadium record walkup ticket sale of 19,500) fans at McMahon Stadium saw Tracy Ham rush for 1 touchdown and pass to Keith Wright and Reggie Taylor for the other Eskimo majors. Lorenzo Graham rushed 1 yard for the first Stampeder touchdown, and Danny Barrett completed a 12-yard pass to Marshall Toner for the other Calgary touchdown. Mr. Barrett had a miserable day passing, completing just 7 of 24 passes for 110 yards. His backup, Terrence Jones, was no better, going 1 for 5 for 6 yards. The game was the first in the Canadian Football League for two Calgary defensive linemen: Will Johnson, who went on to have a fine CFL career; and Flint Fleming, who didn’t.



Derrick McAdoo rushed 19 times for 97 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Tiger-Cats to their win before 25,968 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The other Hamilton touchdown came on a pass from Mike Kerrigan to Tony Champion. The Argos’ only touchdown came on a 1-yard rush by quarterback Gilbert Renfroe just 5:38 into the game. Gill Fenerty was Toronto’s top offensive player with 17 carries for 143 yards.

Baseball
Fred Lynn hit his 300th career major league home run to help the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals before 17,412 fans at Tiger Stadium.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I Swear--All-4-One (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: I Swear--All-4-One (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (15th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (6-3) 31 @ Saskatchewan (5-4) 42

The Roughriders led the Blue Bombers 29-4 late in the 2nd quarter, but it took a 58-yard interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Dan Rashovich late in the game to clinch victory for Saskatchewan before 28,738 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Saskatchewan quarterback Warren Jones completed 2 touchdown passes to Don Narcisse and another to Mike Saunders, and Mr. Saunders also rushed for a touchdown. Linebacker Greg Clark scored the first Winnipeg touchdown on the recovery of a blocked punt in the Saskatchewan end zone just before halftime, and quarterback Keithen McCant threw touchdown passes to Gerald Wilcox and Gerald Alphin in the 3rd quarter.



10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Moe Norman, 75. Canadian golfer. Mr. Norman, a completely self-taught player who developed his own unique swing, was known as the most accurate ball-striker in golf. He preferred to play in Canada, and won 55 professional tournaments in Canada, set 33 course records, and shot 17 holes-in-one.

Alphonso Ford, 32. U.S. basketball player. Mr. Ford, a guard, played in the Continental Basketball Association from 1993-1995, and made it to the NBA for 6 games with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1993-94 and 5 games with the Philadelphia 76ers the following season. He played from 1995-2004 in Spain, Greece, and Italy, twice leading the Euroleague in scoring. Mr. Ford died after a long battle with leukemia, several months after announcing his retirement.

Disasters
Hurricane Frances struck Florida, causing about $40 billion in damage.

Football
CIS
Alberta (1-0) 23 @ Regina (0-1) 14
Manitoba (0-1) 11 @ British Columbia (1-0) 18