September 3, 2019

830 years ago
1189

Britannica
Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

170 years ago
1849

Born on this date
Sarah Orne Jewett. U.S. authoress. Miss Jewett lived her entire life near the southern seacoast of Maine, writing novels and short stories about the area that served as important examples of American regional literature. She died on June 24, 1909 at the age of 59 after suffering two strokes in three months.

150 years ago
1869

Born on this date
Fritz Pregl. Austro-Hungarian chemist and physician. Dr. Pregl was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances." He died on December 13, 1930 at the age of 61.

140 years ago
1879

Died on this date
Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari, 38. French-born U.K. military officer. Sir Pierre, a member of an Italian family that had been in service of the Bonaparte family, moved to England at the age of 10 and became a British subject. He entered the military service of the East India Company in the late 1850s, and was appointed British representative to Kabul, taking up residence in July 1879. He was killed leading defense of the Residency against mutinous Afghan troops.

War
Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides were massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

125 years ago
1894

Canadiana
Labour Day was officially celebrated in Canada for the first time.

120 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Australian virologist. Dr. Burnet shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Peter Medawar of the United Kingdom "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance." He died on August 31, 1985, three days before his 86th birthday.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds collected 22 hits and 8 bases on balls in a 19-3 win over the Cleveland Spiders at League Park in Cincinnati. Crazy Schmit was the losing pitcher.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Phil Stern. U.S. photographer. Mr. Stern was known for his war photography while serving in the U.S. Army with "Darby's Rangers" during World War II, and for his photographs of celebrities in later years. He died on December 13, 2014 at the age of 95.

90 years ago
1929

Died on this date
John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, 89. U.K. jurist and politician. Mr. Bigham was a successful lawyer who, as a Liberal Unionist, represented Liverpool Exchange in the House of Commons (1895-1897), leaving politics when he was appointed a Queen's Bench justice. He was elevated to the peerage in 1910, becoming Viscount Mersey in 1916. Baron Mersey was best known for heading the inquiry commission into the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. He presided over several other maritime disaster inquiries, including the sinkings of RMS Empress of Ireland (1914) and RMS Lusitania (1915). Viscount Mersey worked into his 80s despite increasing deafness, and died a month after his 89th birthday.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 381.17, its highest level before the stock market crash in October.

80 years ago
1939

War
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. France, New Zealand and Australia also declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies. The United Kingdom and France began a naval blockade of Germany that lasted until the end of World War II. This also marked the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.









Baseball
With a Sunday curfew impending and the Boston Red Sox leading the New York Yankees 7-5 in the top of the 8th inning before 27,000 fans at Fenway Park in Boston, the Yankees started making outs to get the game in, while the Red Sox started stalling. Two Yankees were intentionally walked, and then fans littered the field with cushions and debris to further slow the game down. Umpire Cal Hubbard forfeited the game to the Yankees, but he was subsequently overruled by American League President Will Harridge, who fined both managers (Joe McCarthy of the Yankees and Joe Cronin of the Red Sox), rolled the game back to the end of the 7th inning with the score tied 5-5, and ordered the game to be replayed. The game never was replayed, however, as the 2-game series between the teams at Fenway Park on September 26 and 27 was rained out. Boston won the first game 12-11.

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
František Drdla, 75. Czech musician and composer. Mr. Drdla had a successful career as a concert violinist, and wrote three operettas, a violin concerto, and several orchestral and chamber works, but was primarily known for composing light works for violin and piano.

War
The Finnish government reported an agreement with the U.S.S.R. to cease fighting at 8 A.M. the following day. U.S. troops in France occupied Lyons and pushed 36 miles beyond. As British troops entered Brussels, U.S. forces reached the Luxembourg border. Indian troops advancing along the Lyitkyina-Mandalay railroad occupied the village of Kyagiyon, while British troops closed in on Tiddim in western Burma.

Abominations
Diarist Anne Frank and her family were placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, arriving three days later.

Tennis
Pauline Betz defeated Margaret Osborne to win the U.S. women's singles title in the national championships at Forest Hills, New York.

70 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Far Away Places--Bing Crosby; The Joe Loss Orchestra (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Some Enchanted Evening--Perry Como (6th week at #1)
--Bing Crosby
2 Baby, it's Cold Outside--Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
--Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer
--Don Cornell and Laura Leslie
3 You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone
--The Ink Spots
4 The Huckle-Buck--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
--Frank Sinatra
5 Room Full of Roses--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Dick Haymes
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
6 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
7 Again--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Doris Day and the Mellomen
8 I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore--The Stardusters with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Perry Como
9 Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--The Mills Brothers
10 The Four Winds and the Seven Seas--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Jealous Heart by Al Morgan (#21); Dance of the Hours by Spike Jones and his City Slickers (#26); My Bolero by Vic Damone (#27); Ain't She Sweet by Mr. Ford and Mr. Goon-Bones (#29); Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot) by Art Mooney and his Orchestra (#30); Give Me Your Hand by Perry Como (#32); Who Do You Know in Heaven (That Made You The Angel You Are?) by the Ink Spots (#34); and Fiddle Dee-Dee, with versions by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; and Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#35).

On the radio
Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: A Dose of Death

Died on this date
Walter Short, 69. U.S. military officer. Lieutenant General Short was put in command of the Hawaiian Department of the United States Army on February 8, 1941, and was responsible for the defense of U.S. military installations in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941. He was removed from command 10 days after the attack, reduced to his previous rank of major general, and retired from the Army in 1942. The Roberts Commission, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, accused Maj. Gen. Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel of dereliction of duty and lack of preparation. Neither officer testified before the commission, and neither was granted a court-martial. Maj. Gen. Short died of a heart ailment. In 1999, the United States Congress passed a resolution restoring the highest ranks of Maj. Gen. Short and Adm. Kimmel, but no President has yet acted on the resolution.

War
The Burmese Army reported the recapture of Thawatti, former headquarters of Communist guerrillas in central Burma.

Aviation
Joseph De Bona of Hollywood, California took the Bendix Trophy as the winner of the race from Los Angeles to Cleveland, averaging 407 miles per hour in a modified F-51.

Religion
Pope Pius XII charged the Polish government with suppressing all Roman Catholic organizations in the country.

Economics and finance
Brazil's Senate refused to ratify a commercial treaty with Czechoslovakia.

Business
The Romanian government ordered the liquidation of all private insurance companies within six months.

Labour
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board outlawed a sympathy strike for the first time under the Taft-Hartley Act, ruling against the action of a Teamsters local in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Golf
Charlie Coe won the U.S. Amateur Championship, defeating Rufus King 11 and 10 at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (0-2) 21 @ Ottawa (2-0) 22
Hamilton (0-1) 18 @ Toronto (1-0) 26

Howie Turner's punt single broke a 21-21 tie as the Rough Riders edged the Alouettes at Lansdowne Park for their second straight 1-point win over Montreal. Pete Karpuk scored the first Ottawa touchdown on a 40-yard return of a fumbled lateral, while Mr. Turner made a short touchdown rush and Andy Gordon completed a pass to Flip McDonald for the other Ottawa TD. Montreal quarterback Frank Filchock completed 19 of 26 passes, connecting with Virgil Wagner for the first touchdown and to Chuck Anderson for the next 2 TDs as the Alouettes came back from a 15-3 deficit.

Joe Krol scored 2 touchdowns, passed 35 yards to Frank Dunlap in the 4th quarter for another, and added 3 converts as he led the Argonauts over the Wildcats at Varsity Stadium. Quarterback Russ Reader scored the other Toronto touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and converted it himself. Ben Dyack rushed 17 yards for the first Hamilton touchdown in the 1st quarter and Bob "Robin" Hood caught a pass for the Wildcats' other TD in the 3rd quarter.

ORFU
Sarnia (1-0) 7 @ Hamilton (0-1) 6
Toronto (0-1) 1 @ Windsor (1-0) 29

George Curtis threw a touchdown pass to Jim Burr in the 2nd quarter to help the Imperials beat the Tigers at Civic Stadium, handing the defending champions their first regular season loss since rejoining the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1948. The Tigers didn't score until late in the game, when a blocked kick put them in good field position, and Merle Hapes rushed 10 yards for a touchdown, converted by Joe Capriotti.

Windsor product Bob Simpson made his senior football debut with the hometown Rockets in their rout of Balmy Beach in front of 2,000 fans at Jackson Park.

Baseball
In the American Association, Cot Deal of Columbus collected 4 hits while pitching 20 innings in a 4-3 win over the Louisville Colonels.

60 years ago
1959

Diplomacy
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower met in Paris with Italian Prime Minister Antonio Segni and Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella and announced "full identity of views" on all major problems discussed.

Commenting on the publication in Foreign Affairs of an article by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, U.S. State Department spokesman Lincoln White called on the U.S.S.R. to permit the publication of a statement on U.S. foreign policy by a "prominent American official."

Defense
Cordoba garrison officers announced that they had lost confidence in Argentine War Minister Elbio Anaya's conduct of army affairs, and called on him to resign.

Politics and government
Belgian Colonial Minister Maurice van Hemelrijck resigned in protest against a cabinet decision to grant only advisory status to African-elected legislative bodies in the Belgian Congo.

Religion
Vatican radio announced that representatives of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches would meet in Venice for unofficial talks on possible reunification.

Crime
New York Mayor Robert Wagner ordered $2.5 million diverted from other municipal programs to increase the city's police force to 24,508 in order to combat a wave of juvenile crime.

Economics and finance
West Bengal Chief Minister B.C. Roy announced a new food rationing system, after three days of rioting in Calcutta had left 19 dead.

Labour
17,000 members of the United Packinghouse Workers Union and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen struck against Swift and Company, the U.S.A.'s largest meat packer, in a wage dispute.

Football
CFL
WIFU
British Columbia (3-3) 23 @ Winnipeg (4-2) 34

50 years ago
1969

Died on this date
Bill Culp, 82. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Culp played with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1910, posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 8.10 in 4 games. He played at least 4 seasons in the minor leagues from 1908-1913.

Abominations
Two days of emotional debate, during which one black clergyman told the U.S. Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies, "You don’t trust black priests, and you don’t trust black people," ended with a vote granting James Foreman’s Black Economic Development Council $200,000. The organization had demanded the money as "reparations."

Defense
United States Marine Corps Commandant General Leonard Chapman, Jr. ordered an end to racial violence in the corps, and an end to discrimination against Negroes in promotions, assignments, and social activity on marine posts.

Boxing
Jerry Quarry (33-3-4) knocked out Brian London (37-19-1) at 2:30 of the 2nd round of a heavyweight bout at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena.



Baseball
Jim Davenport singled home Dave Marshall and Willie McCovey with the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the 7th inning to enable the San Francisco Giants to defeat the Montreal Expos 2-1 before 3,951 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Juan Marichal (17-9) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory, while losing pitcher Mike Wegener (4-12) allowed just 2 hits in 7 1/3 innings, but walked the bases loaded before facing Mr. Davenport in the 7th.

The Chicago Cubs, their lead in the National League East Division reduced to 5 games, lost 2-0 to the Cincinnati Reds before 5,960 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Jim Maloney allowed only 2 hits to improve his 1969 record to 8-4, winning over Bill Hands, who allowed 8 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings to fall to 16-12.

Willie Davis doubled home Maury Wills with the winning run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, extending his hitting streak to 31 games, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the New York Mets 5-4 before 26,625 fans at Dodger Stadium. The Mets had scored 4 runs in the 8th inning on 2-run home runs by Tommie Agee and Donn Clendenon.



The Oakland Athletics scored all their runs in the 7th inning as they erased a 4-0 deficit and defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-4 in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park in Boston. Jerry Moses and Syd O'Brien hit solo home runs in the 2nd inning to help the Red Sox win the second game 5-1, with Mike Nagy (11-2) pitching a 10-hit complete game victory.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Sharona--The Knack

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanpaku Sengen--Masashi Sada (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gloria--Umberto Tozzi (3rd week at #1)

Diplomacy
Cuban President Fidel Castro opened a conference of non-aligned states in Havana with a denunciation of both the United States and China as being responsible for global conflicts.

Religion
The Dalai Lama, leader of 6 million Tibetan Buddhists, arrived in the United States for a month-long visit. Although he entered the country as a religious leader, he was also using his trip to advance the cause of an independent Tibet.

Disasters
Hurricane David struck the United States mainland, hitting the Florida coastline, moving in a zigzag course that narrowly missed Miami and the Florida Keys. Florida Governor Robert Graham had ordered the evacuation of nearly 300,000 people in low-lying coastal areas. The storm struck mainland north of Palm Beach with winds of 90 miles per hour, damaging mobile homes, shopping centres, and other buildings, spanning a 220-mile stretch of coastline at one point.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (3-5) 28 @ Saskatchewan (0-8) 11
Edmonton (6-0-2) 27 @ Calgary (6-2) 1
Ottawa (3-4-1) 9 @ Hamilton (2-6) 16

Dieter Brock completed a 75-yard touchdown pass to Mike Holmes in the first quarter and a 10-yard scoring strike to Gord Paterson in the third quarter in the Blue Bombers’ win before 22,190 at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Brock also rushed 1 yard for a touchdown. Bob Macoritti accounted for the Saskatchewan scoring with 3 field goals and 2 singles. Larry Dick started at quarterback for the Roughriders and completed 3 of 5 passes for 42 yards, but suffered a career-ending knee injury when he was sacked by Bob Toogood early in the game. Backup Lloyd Patterson was rushed into action and completed just 8 of 26 passes for 90 yards, with 4 interceptions. Two of the Winnipeg interceptions were by Ricky Wesson; Frank Dark and Gary Rosolowich had the others.

Gregg Butler’s 10-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter proved to be all the Eskimos needed in their win before 34,825 at McMahon Stadium. Tom Wilkinson threw a touchdown pass to Waddell Smith, and Warren Moon rushed 1 yard for the final touchdown I a dull defensive game. Jim Germany led the Edmonton rushing attack with 14 carries for 124 yards, while Tom Scott caught 4 passes for 110 yards.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats had obtained quarterback Tom Clements in a trade with the Saskatchewan Roughriders earlier in the weekend, but he hadn’t yet been added to the roster, so Ed Smith was given a chance to start. He completed 11 of 21 passes for 172 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown pass to John Holland. The other Hamilton touchdown was scored by Jesse O’Neal, who returned an interception 32 yards 4:09 into the game. Ottawa appeared headed for an easy win before 19,246 at Ivor Wynne Stadium when Emmitt King, on his first play in the CFL, rushed 53 yards for a touchdown just 50 seconds into the game. Gerry Organ missed all 4 of his field goal attempts for the Rough Riders.

Baseball
Andre Dawson and Gary Carter hit home runs to help the Montreal Expos defeat the New York Mets 7-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 48,366 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Bill Lee allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in 5 innings to get the win and improve his 1979 record to 14-10, while Stan Bahnsen allowed just 1 hit in 4 scoreless innings to get the save. New York second baseman Doug Flynn made an error on a throw from third baseman Richie Hebner on a ground ball by Ellis Valentine, allowing pinch runner Rodney Scott to score with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Expos a 6-5 win to complete the sweep. Mr. Scott was running for Rusty Staub, who had doubled.

Steve Nicosia's double leading off the 6th inning was the only hit off Steve Carlton (14-11) as he pitched the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of a doubleheader before 43,444 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Losing pitcher Bert Blyleven (11-5) allowed 6 hits and 1 run--earned--in 6 innings. The Pirates scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie and win the second game 7-3 to remain 2½ games ahead of the Expos in the National League East Division pennant race.

Jerry Reuss (5-12) pitched a 2-hitter to outduel Joe Niekro (18-9), who pitched a 5-hitter, as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Houston Astros 1-0 before 19,280 fans at the Astrodome. Dusty Baker drew a base on balls to lead off the 7th inning for the Dodgers, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and scored the game's only run on a single by Joe Ferguson.

Eddie Murray singled home Pat Kelly with none out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader before 20,432 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Baltimore starting pitcher Steve Stone and Toronto starter Tom Underwood each allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 10 innings. The Orioles scored 4 runs in the 2nd and coasted to a 5-1 win in the second game to complete the sweep, with Mike Flanagan (20-7) pitching a 7-hitter.

Dennis Leonard (11-9) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Geoff Zahn (10-6), who allowed 7 hits, as the Kansas City Royals edged the Minnesota Twins 1-0 before 19,643 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Darrell Porter drew a base on balls to lead off the 8th inning and scored the only run on a 2-out single by U.L. Washington. Gary Ward made his major league debut with the Twins, entering the game as a pinch runner at first base for Mike Cubbage in the bottom of the 8th. Mr. Ward advanced to third on a double by Ron Jackson with 1 out, but Dave Edwards struck out and Hosken Powell grounded out to first base to end the threat. Mr. Ward remained in the game in right field in the 9th inning, with no fielding chances.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Toy Soldiers--Martika (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Lambada--Kaoma (2nd week at #1)

Music
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band concluded their 30-concert tour at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. This concert was recorded and was released as an album in the fall of 1990.

World events
Three of the four Polish cardinals who had approved the 1987 agreement to move a Roman Catholic convent from the site of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp to a nearby ecumenical centre reaffirmed their support for the agreement, a day after Polish primate Cardinal Jozef Glemp had expressed his objection.

Disasters
About 150 people were killed when a Cuban airliner carrying Italian tourists crashed on takeoff from the airport in Havana.

One pilot was killed as two Snowbird jets collided during the Canadian National Exhibition airshow in Toronto; the other pilot ejected safely over Lake Ontario.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (5-4) 28 @ Saskatchewan (4-5) 20

Sean Salisbury threw touchdown passes to James Murphy and Jeff Smith, and Tim Jessie rushed for a touchdown to help the Blue Bombers defeat the Roughriders before 28,315 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Saskatchewan quarterback Tom Burgess tossed 4 interceptions. Milson Jones rushed 3 yards for the only Roughrider touchdown.

CIAU
British Columbia (1-1) 35 @ Calgary (2-0) 58

Bob Torrance completed 27 of 37 passes for 439 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Dinosaurs to the win. Dave Brown and Sean Furlong each caught 2 touchdown passes, while J.P. Izquierdo rushed for 3 more scores, and Mr. Torrance added another. Brian DeMug added 8 converts and 2 singles. Todd Wickman caught touchdown passes of 19 and 76 yards for the Thunderbirds, while Jim Stewart rushed 5 and 47 yards for two more majors for the Thunderbirds. This night game at McMahon Stadium was televised on TSN.

Baseball
7 players were hit by pitches as the Kansas City Royals pounded the Texas Rangers 13-2 before 18,144 fans at Arlington Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Bo Jackson hit a 3-run home run for the Royals.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): I Swear--All-4-One (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: 7 Seconds--Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Johnny Techno Ska--Paco Pil (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): 7 Seconds--Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (14th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (2nd week at #1)
2 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello
4 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio
5 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
6 I Swear--All-4-One
7 Stroke You Up--Changing Faces
8 When Can I See You--Babyface
9 Funkdafied--Da Brat
10 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base

Singles entering the chart were Body and Soul by Anita Baker (#52); At Your Best (You are Love) by Aaliyah (#69); Games People Play by Inner Circle (#88); You Gotta Be by Des'ree (#90); Fade Into You by Mazzy Star (#92); and Can U Get Wit It by Usher (#94).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men
2 Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
3 When Can I See You--Babyface
4 Can You Feel the Love Tonight--Elton John
5 Any Time, Any Place/And On and On--Janet Jackson
6 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
7 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me’shell Ndegeocello
8 Shine--Collective Soul
9 Back and Forth--Aaliyah
10 Fantastic Voyage--Coolio

Singles entering the chart were Summer Bunnies by R. Kelly (#65); Circle of Life by Elton John (#67); At Your Best (You are Love) by Aaliyah (#71); New Age Girl by Deadeye Dick (#73); Bop Gun (One Nation) by Ice Cube featuring George Clinton (#84); Action by Terror Fabulous featuring Nadine Sutherland (#85); 7 Seconds by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry (#88); Never Lie by Immature (#89); and Who's That Man by Xscape (#90). Circle of Life was from the movie The Lion King (1994).

Died on this date
James Aubrey, 75. U.S. television executive. Mr. Aubrey was head of television programming with ABC from 1956-1958 and president of CBS from 1959-1965. During Mr. Aubrey's reign at CBS, the network consistently had the highest ratings of the three major American networks. It was said that no one ever dominated American television to the extent that Mr. Aubrey did. Mr. Aubrey ws accused of "dumbing down" television to cater to the lowest common denominator of audience tastes with such programs as The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) and Gilligan's Island (1964-1967). Mr. Aubrey was nicknamed "The Smiling Cobra," led an afterhours life characterized by degeneracy, and made many enemies, so when the television ratings for CBS showed signs of declining in the early part of the 1964-65 season, he was fired. Mr. Aubrey was president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios from 1969-1973, where he succeeded in cutting budgets and turning profits. He disappeared into relative obscurity during the last 20 years of his life.

Major Lance, 55. U.S. singer. Mr. Lance was best known for having hit singles with songs written by Curtis Mayfield, including The Monkey Time (1963); Hey Little Girl (1963); and Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (1964).

Music
This blogger, with enjoyable female company, attended the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra outdoor concert at Mayfair Park in Edmonton.

Defense
Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed several agreements in Moscow. They agreed not to aim their nuclear weapons against each other, and pledged to reduce the number of troops each had massed along their common border. It was the visit to Moscow by a Chinese head of state since 1957.

Football
CFL
Las Vegas (3-6) 50 @ Ottawa (3-6) 54 (OT)
Baltimore (6-3) 28 @ Shreveport (0-9) 16

Joe Campbell rushed 11 yards for a touchdown and Terry Baker added a 45-yard field goal in overtime as the Rough Riders edged the Posse before 17,732 fans at Frank Clair Stadium. Mr. Baker sent the game into overtime with a 29-yard field goal on the last play of regulation time. Ottawa quarterback Danny Barrett threw 4 touchdown passes, 2 each to James Ellingson and Fred Ward. Las Vegas quarterback Anthony Calvillo passed for 3 touchdowns--2 to Curtis Mayfield--and rushed for a TD of his own.



Shawn Jones completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Chris Armstrong and Mike Pringle rushed 83 yards for a TD as the Baltimore Football Club opened a 21-0 halftime lead and defeated the Pirates before 16,332 fans at Independence Stadium. Donald Igwebuike converted both touchdowns and added 4 field goals. Martin Patton scored the first Shreveport touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 3rd quarter and backup quarterback Robert Cobb threw a 17-yard TD pass to Charles Thompson in the last minute of the game.

20 years ago
1999

At the movies
Sweet and Lowdown, written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Sean Penn, Amanda Morton, Uma Thurman, and Anthony LaPaglia, opened in theatres.

Labour
The U.S. District Court upheld the resignations of 22 major league baseball umpires that they made in the abortive negotiations with their union on July 14‚ 1999.

Baseball
Terry Collins resigned as manager of the Anaheim Angels and was replaced by Joe Maddon. The Angels were fourth and last in the American League West Division with a record of 51-82.

Roberto Alomar's 3-run home run with 1 out in the top of the 7th inning enabled the Cleveland Indians to overcome a 6-4 deficit and defeat the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 before 41,521 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mr. Alomar drove in 2 other runs with a sacrifice fly and a single.

Carlos Delgado singled in a run and scored a run in the top of the 9th inning to provide the deciding margin as the Toronto Blue Jays withstood a 2-run rally in the bottom of the 9th and defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-4 before 13,857 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. With none out in the bottom of the 9th and runners on first and third bases, Carlos Beltran hit a sacrifice fly that scored Mr. Damon, but Mendy Lopez was thrown out by center fielder Vernon Wells trying to get back to first base. As so often happens, Jermaine Dye then singled, but Mike Sweeney struck out to end the game.

The Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 10-4 before 29,266 fans at the Ballpark in Arlington, and now had five players with at least 20 home runs in a season for the first time in team history: Rafael Palmeiro (41); Juan Gonzalez (32); Ivan Rodriguez (31); Lee Stevens (22); and Todd Zeile (20). Messrs. Zeile, Gonzalez, Stevens, and Rodriguez all homered in this game.

Dan Wilson singled home Charles Gipson with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox before 44,471 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle.

Jeff Barry, who had driven in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 6th inning to tie the score, drove in 3 runs with a double with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Colorado Rockies beat the New York Mets 5-2 before 36,102 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. It was the first major league game for first base umpire Rob Cook and third base umpire Morris Hodges.

Juan Acevedo hit Mark Loretta with a pitch with the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the 11th inning to drive home Jeff Cirillo with the winning run as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 before 24,031 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Robinson Cancel caught the last 4 innings for Milwaukee, batting 1 for 2 with a run, and making 5 putouts in his first major league game.