Thursday 31 October 2019

October 31, 2019

325 years ago
1694


Born on this date
Yeongjo
. King of Korea, 1724-1776. Yeongjo, the 21st King of the Joseon dynasty, was the second son of King Sukjong, and acceded to the throne upon the death of his elder brother Gyeongjong. King Yeongjo was a Confucian monarch who opposed Roman Catholic missionary efforts in Korea. He took political and economic measures to reduce factional strife in the country. King Yeongjo died on April 22, 1776 at the age of 81, and was succeeded on the throne by his grandson Jeongjo.

290 years ago
1729


Born on this date
Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
. Spanish-born clergyman. Dr. Núñez de Haro was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico from 1772 until his death on May 26, 1800 at the age of 70. He was acting Viceroy of New Spain from May 8-August 16, 1787; during his brief term, he sent a large sum of money to Havana to buy slaves from the British and Dutch, and attempted to abolish tribute requirements for indigenous Mexicans.

170 years ago
1849


Born on this date
Marie Louise Andrews
. U.S. writer. Mrs. Andrews, a native and resident of Indiana, wrote poems, essays, and sketches for various periodicals. She was an editor at the Indianapolis Herald in the 1880s, and was one of the founders of the Western Association of Writers, serving as its first secretary from 1886-1888. Mrs. Andrews died on February 7, 1891 at the age of 41.

150 years ago
1869


Died on this date
Charles Wickliffe, 81
. U.S. politician. Mr. Wickliffe was a member of several parties during the course of his career. He represented Kentucky's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1823-1833) and was a Whig when he was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1836-1839), acting as Governor (1839-1840) following the death of Governor James Clark. Mr. Clark was U.S. Postmaster General in the administration of President John Tyler (1841-1845), and served as President James K. Polk's envoy to the Republic of Texas in 1845. As a Union Whig, Mr. Wickliffe represented Kentucky's 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1861-1863), opposing the state's secession from the United States. He was permanently crippled in a fall from a carriage near the end of his term, but still ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Kentucky as a Peace Democrat. Mr. Wickliffe became totally blind in later years.

140 years ago
1879


Born on this date
Karel Hašler
. Czech entertainer. Mr. Hašler was an actor, director, singer, and songwriter who acted in plays and operated various cabarets in a career that began in the late 1890s. He appeared in silent and sound films from 1914-1941. Mr. Hašler's patriotic songs led to his arrest by the Gestapo in September 1941; he was taken to Malthausen concentration camp in Germany, where he was tortured to death on December 22, 1941 at the age of 62.

Died on this date
Jacob Abbott, 75
. U.S. author. Mr. Abbott was a Congregational pastor and co-founder and principal of the private school Abbott's Institute, but was better known as the author of more than 180 books, especially juvenile fiction. His Rollo Books featured a boy named Rollo, and he followed these with the Uncle George series, using the title character to teach various lessons to the reader. Mr. Abbott died two weeks before his 76th birthday.

Joseph Hooker, 64. U.S. military officer. Major General Hooker, who acquired the nickname "Fighting Joe" as the result of a typographical error, served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and was best known for his defeat at the hands of Confederate forces commanded by General Robert E. Lee in the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. Maj. Gen. Hooker had a reputation as a hard-drinking ladies' man, but that may be exaggerated. He suffered a stroke in later years, and died while on a visit to Garden City, New York, 13 days before his 65th birthday.

Clark Brown, 21. Canadian murderer. Mr. Brown was publicly hanged in Cornwall, Ontario for the September 2 murder of his 68-year-old father Robert and 12-year-old sister Addie.

100 years ago
1919


Born on this date
Daphne Oxenford
. U.K. actress. Miss Oxenford appeared in plays, radio and television programs, and films. She was probably best known as the voice of the BBC radio program Listen with Mother (1950-1971) and for playing Esther Hayes in the television soap opera Coronation Street (1960-1963, 1971-1972). Miss Oxenford died on December 21, 2012 at the age of 93.

90 years ago
1929


Died on this date
António José de Almeida, 63
. 6th President of Portugal, 1919-1923; Prime Minister of Portugal, 1916, 1916-1917. Dr. Almeida, a physician, was associated with the moderate wing of the Portuguese Republican Party before founding the Evolutionist Party, which became part of the Republican Liberal Party. He was the only President of the First Republic to serve a full four-year term.

Norman Pritchard, 52. Indian-born athlete and actor. Mr. Pritchard was the first Indian athlete to compete in the Olympic Games and to win a medal, winning silver medals in the men's 200-metre run and 200-metre hurdles competition at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. He was officially competing for the United Kingdom, but the International Olympic Committee recognizes him as representing India. Mr. Pritchard moved to Britain in 1905 and later moved to the United States, where he appeared in plays and movies under the name Norman Trevor from the mid-1910s until his death from a brain illness.

80 years ago
1939


Died on this date
Otto Rank, 55
. Austrian psychologist. Dr. Rank was the leading disciple of Sigmund Freud in the field of psychoanalysis, but eventually parted company with his mentor, emphasizing emotional relationships in the "here and now" in his practice. His best-known book was Das Trauma der Geburt (The Trauma of Birth) (1924), in which he argued that birth was an interruption of life in the uterus from which people spent their lives trying to recover. Dr. Rank's work influenced the fields of existential, humanistic, and gestalt psychology. He died in New York City from a kidney infection.

75 years ago
1944


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Pistol Packin' Mama--Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (1st month at #1)

War
The Allies reported that 637,544 German prisoners had been taken on the western front since June 6. Soviet troops in Hungary seized more than 200 towns as they advanced to within 44 miles of Budapest. After taking the Japanese stronghold of Jaro in the centre of Leyte Island in the Philippines, U.S. forces pushed a spearhead across the northern end of the island. Three Japanese colums moved to within 6 miles of Kweilin in the Chinese province of Kweisan.

70 years ago
1949


Theatre
Regina, an opera by Marc Blitzstein based on The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, opened at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway in New York. The production was directed by Robert Lewis, and starred Jane Pickens and Brenda Lewis.

Died on this date
William D. Mahon, 88
. U.S. labour leader. Mr. Mahon was a coal miner before becoming a mule car driver in the 1880s. He attended the founding meeting of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America--now known as the Amalgamated Transit Union--in 1892, and served as its president from 1893 until his retirement in 1946.

Edward Stettinius, 49. U.S. politician and diplomat. Mr. Stettinius was an executive with General Motors before moving into public service on the Industrial Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration (1933-1934). He returned to the private sector as an executive with United States Steel and then served on the National Defense Advisory Commission, as chairman of the War Resources Board (1939-1941) and administrator of the Lend-Lease Program (1941-1943). He became Undersecretary of State in 1943 and succeeded Cordell Hull as Secretary of State in December 1944. Mr. Stettinius was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Yalta Conference in 1945, but Harry Truman, who had succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as President upon Mr. Roosevelt's death on April 12, thought that Mr. Stettinius was too soft on Communism. Mr. Stettinius resigned as Secretary of State on June 27, 1945, and was the first United States Ambassador to the United Nations, chairing the U.S. delegation at the UN's founding conference. He resigned in June 1946, and returned to the private sector. Mr. Stettinius died of a heart attack, nine days after his 49th birthday.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. expelled Ervin Munk, Czechoslovakian Consul General in New York, and a staff member of the C.S.S.R. embassy in Washington in retaliation for Czechoslovakian actions against American diplomatic personnel in Prague.

Defense
The United Kingdom announced plans to withdraw 3,000 troops remaining in Greece "in the near future."

Politics and government
The U.K. House of Commons passed a government-sponsored measure halving the time in which the House of Lords could block legislation. It was the third time in the past two years that such legislation had been passed.

Economics and finance
The Organization for European Economic Cooperation began a meeting in Paris, with West Germany represented for the first time. U.S. Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman threatened to cut off Marshall Plan aid to Europe in the absence of more rapid progress toward "integration of the Western European economy."

Labour
Bethlehem Steel settled with the United Steel Workers of America for a company-financed pension plan and an insurance program financed jointly by workers and management.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Calgary (13-1) 11 @ Edmonton (4-10) 1

Ken Sluman’s single accounted for the Eskimos’ only point as they suffered their sixth loss in as many games against the Stampeders in 1949. The game at Clarke Stadium was worth only 1 point in the standings.

60 years ago
1959


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Johnnie Ray

#1 single in Italy: Forever--Joe Damiano (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Souvenirs--Bill Ramsey (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Travellin' Light--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (3rd week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin (6th week at #1)
2 Mr. Blue--The Fleetwoods
3 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
4 Don't You Know--Della Reese
5 Deck of Cards--Wink Martindale
6 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
7 Primrose Lane--Jerry Wallace with the Jewels
8 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
9 Poison Ivy--The Coasters
10 Lonely Street--Andy Williams

Singles entering the chart were High School U.S.A. by Tommy Facenda (#60); Be My Guest by Fats Domino (#67); Boys Do Cry by Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones (#95); Come Into My Heart by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#97); Midnight Stroll by the Revels (#98); Piano Shuffle by Dave "Baby" Cortez (#99); Smooth Operator by Sarah Vaughan (#100); The Hunch, with versions by the Bobby Peterson Quintet; and Paul Gayten (also #100); and Reveille Rock by Johnny and the Hurricanes (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Living Doll--Cliff Richard and the Drifters (2nd week at #1)
2 Just Ask Your Heart--Frankie Avalon
3 Mr. Blue--The Fleetwoods
4 Poco-Loco--Gene and Eunice
5 One Minute to One--Ricky Nelson
6 We Got Love--Bobby Rydell
7 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
8 Poison Ivy--The Coasters
9 It Happened Today--The Skyliners
10 Woo-Hoo--The Rock-A-Teens

Singles entering the chart were There's a Girl by Jan & Dean (#21); The Big Hurt by Miss Toni Fisher (#27); There Comes a Time by Jack Scott (#30); Say Man by Bo Diddley (#32); Torquay by the Fireballs (#33); Tucumcari by Jimmie Rodgers (#36); The Hunch by Paul Gayten (#37); Shout by the Isley Brothers (#39); and A Lover's Prayer by Dion and the Belmonts (#40).

Calgary's Top 10 (CFAC)
1 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin
2 Mr. Blue--The Fleetwoods
3 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
4 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
5 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
6 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
7 Battle Hymn of the Republic--The Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Philadelphia Orchestra
8 Morgen--Ivo Robic and the Song-Masters
9 In the Mood--Ernie Fields Orchestra
10 Torquay--The Fireballs
Pick hit of the week: Hound Dog Man--Fabian
Audience picks: Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin
The Three Bells--The Browns
Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
Lonely Street--Andy Williams
Just Ask Your Heart--Frankie Avalon

Diplomacy
Former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald informed the U.S. embassy in Moscow that he had applied for Soviet citizenship.

Defense
In a major foreign policy address to the closing session of the Supreme Soviet, U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev urged all nations to make "reciprocal concessions" to achieve "peaceful coexistence," indicating that the Soviet Union would accept partial disarmament under inspection and control.

Disasters
Mexican authorities estimated up to 1,452 fatalities following several days of torrential rains in the states of Colima and Jalisco.

Football
CFL
IRFU
Hamilton (10-4) 14 @ Montreal (6-8) 15
Ottawa (8-6) 31 @ Toronto (4-10) 21

WIFU
Semi-Finals
Edmonton 20 @ British Columbia 8 (First game of 2-game total points series)

Two interceptions late in the game paved the way for a dramatic Montreal comeback on a muddy field as the Alouettes edged the Tiger-Cats at Molson Stadium. Milt Campbell intercepted a Bernie Faloney pass, which was followed by a 67-yard pass from Sam Etcheverry to Tom Moran to the Hamilton 3-yard line. Mr. Etcheverry carried for a touchdown, converted by Bill Bewley, to tie the game at 14. Wes Gideon then intercepted another pass from Mr. Faloney; Mr. Etcheverry drove the Alouettes to the 1-yard line, from where he punted for the game-winning single on the last play. The win, before a crowd of 21,817, clinched the third and final playoff spot in the IRFU.

Dave Thelen carried 20 times for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Rough Riders as they beat the Argonauts. He finished the season with 1,339 yards rushing, surpassing Pat Abbruzzi’s previous IRFU record of 1,248 from 1955. Ron Stewart and Ted Smale also scored touchdowns for Ottawa, while Gary Schreider contributed 4 converts and a field goal. Al Dorow, Al Schlosser, and Ron Stover scored Toronto’s touchdowns. Cookie Gilchrist, the IRFU scoring champion, added 2 converts and a single. 19,465 fans at CNE Stadium saw the Argonauts finish out of the playoffs for the fourth straight season and the sixth time in the last seven years.

A then-record playoff crowd of 33,993 showed up at Empire Stadium in Vancouver to see the Lions play the Eskimos in their first playoff game ever. After a scoreless first quarter, the Lions got on the scoreboard first on a short touchdown run by Don Vicic, converted by Vic Kristopaitis. The Eskimos, playing what head coach Eagle Keys called their best game of the season, eventually took control. Rookie Howie Schumm was a surprise star, rushing 5 times for 46 yards and a touchdown. Normie Kwong carried 10 times for 73 yards, while Johnny Bright rushed 17 times for 61 yards and a touchdown. The other Edmonton touchdown came on a pass from Jackie Parker to Jim Letcavits. Mr. Parker added 2 converts. Hal Sparrow’s punt single provided the Lions with their other point. The Edmonton defense did a good job of shutting down the B.C. running game, holding By Bailey to 40 yards on 11 carries and Willie Fleming to 36 on 8 carries.

Canadian university
Alberta (4-2) 33 @ Saskatchewan (0-5) 6

Ross Christensen scored 2 touchdowns and Pierre Turgeon, Bill Dunnigan, and Ross Walker each scored 1 as the Golden Bears routed the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Maury Van Vliet, Jr. added 2 converts and a single. Ken Tidsbury scored the Huskies’ touchdown on a 41-yard rush in the 4th quarter. Alberta led 19-0 after the 1st quarter.

50 years ago
1969


Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Saint Paul--Shane (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Bobbie Gentry (2nd week at #1)

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Something/Come Together--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Take a Letter Maria--R.B. Greaves
3 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
4 Echo Park--Keith Barbour
5 Tracy--The Cuff Links
6 Smile a Little Smile for Me--The Flying Machine
7 Jesus is a Soul Man--Lawrence Reynolds
8 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
9 Cherry Hill Park--Billy Joe Royal
10 Harlan County--Jim Ford

Singles entering the chart were Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#23); I Still Believe in Tomorrow by John and Anne Ryder (#26); Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul and Mary (#27); Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee (#29); and Eli's Coming by Three Dog Night (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)
2 Reuben James--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
3 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family
4 Something/Come Together--The Beatles
5 Echo Park--Keith Barbour
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Take a Letter Maria--R.B. Greaves
8 Try a Little Kindness--Glen Campbell
6 Tracy--The Cuff Links
9 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling--Dionne Warwick
10 Baby it's You--Smith

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, on BBC 4
Tonight's episode: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 10, read by Nigel Stock

Diplomacy
U.S. President Richard Nixon delivered a policy speech on Latin America in which he said he would loosen restrictions on U.S. aid to Latin nations, treating all equally, regardless of whether their governments were democratic or dictatorial. He also stressed that the U.S. would be receptive to suggestions from the Latin Americans to give them a greater say in American aid programs.

Crime
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Raphael Minichiello, a decorated Vietnam veteran who had escaped custody the previous day while en route to a court martial at Camp Pendleton, California to face a charge of breaking into the post exchange, hijacked a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at gunpoint on a flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles and forced the crew to fly him to Rome. In the course of the 6,900-mile flight, the plane made refuelling stops at Denver, New York, Bangor, and Shannon, Ireland while frustrated police and FBI agents stood by. The drama began at 4:42 A.M. when LC Minichiello ordered pilot Donald Cook to divert his flight to Denver, and permitted 39 passengers and 3 stewardesses to debark. With three remaining crew members as hostages, the flight continued to New York’s Kennedy Airport. FBI agents tried to board, but gave up after the skyjacker fired his rifle into the roof of the cockpit and threatened to shoot spectators unless they moved away. He permitted two overseas pilots to board, and the plane finally landed at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport after almost 20 hours. The Italian-born Marine then took off into the countryside at the wheel of a police car with airport police chief Pietro Guli as a hostage. He was captured a few hours later.

Colonel Robert B. Rheault, 43, the former Green Beret commander in Vietnam who had been charged with the murder of a South Vietnamese double agent but had never been tried on the charge, retired from the U.S. Army, apparently bitter and unsure of his future.

Boxing
George Foreman (8-0) won an 8-round unanimous decision over Roberto Davila (21-15) in one of four heavyweight bouts at Madison Square Garden in New York. On the undercard, Luis Pires (12-5) scored a technical knockout of Willie Burton (14-1-1) at 1:48 of the 7th round; Pedro Agosto (20-1) won an 8-round split decision over Bob "Pretty Boy" Felstein (14-8-1); and Bill Drover (23-3-2) scored a technical knockout of Forrest Ward (8-2-2) at 2:39 of the 7th round, ending Mr. Ward's professional career. Mike Quarry (16-0) won an 8-round split decision over Ruben Figueroa (3-2) in a light heavyweight bout.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Hankyu Braves 5 @ Yomiuri Giants 3 (Yomiuri led best-of-seven series 3-2)

40 years ago
1979


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Video Killed the Radio Star--The Buggles (2nd week at #1)

Music
The album Extensions by the Manhattan Transfer was released on Atlantic Records.

Disasters
Western Airlines Flight 2605, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 en route from Los Angeles, crashed on landing in Mexico City, killing 72 of 88 people on the plane and another on the ground. The landing took place in fog, on a runway that had been closed for maintenance.

Hockey
NHL
Hartford 4 @ Toronto 2

Dave Keon, playing his first NHL game at Maple Leaf Gardens since the Maple Leafs let him go in 1975, scored his first 2 goals of the season to lead the Whalers to victory, with Gordie Howe scoring the final Hartford goal.



Baseball
Nippon Series
Kintetsu Buffaloes 3 @ Hiroshima Carp 5 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

30 years ago
1989


On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight’s episode: Mom Wars

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush said that he and U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev would hold an informal summit on ships in the Mediterranean Sea on December 2-3.

Politics and government
The Hungarian National Assembly voted to conduct a national referendum on how to choose a president.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that its leading economic indicators had risen 0.2% in September.

25 years ago
1994


Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Saturday Night--Whigfield (2nd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 All I Wanna Do--Sheryl Crow (4th week at #1)
2 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men
3 Circle of Life--Elton John
4 Jane--Barenaked Ladies
5 Could I Be Your Girl--Jann Arden
6 What's the Frequency, Kenneth--R.E.M.
7 Endless Love--Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
8 Out of Tears--Rolling Stones
9 Secret--Madonna
10 Lucky One--Amy Grant

Singles entering the chart were Zombie by the Cranberries (#71); Blind Man by Aerosmith (#79); You Don't Know How it Feels by Tom Petty (#85); You Want This by Janet Jackson (#86); Once in a Lifetime by Michael Bolton (#87); Young Heart Forever by Steve Perry (#89); I'm the Only One by Melissa Etheridge (#90); The Color of Night by Lauren Christy (#91); At Your Best (You are Loved) by Aaliyah (#92); and Fade Into You by Mazzy Star (#95). Once in a Lifetime was from the movie Only You (1994). The Color of Night was from the movie Color of Night (1994).

Crime
Mario Aburto Martinez, a 23-year-old factory worker, was convicted and sentenced to 42 years in prison for the March 23 assassination in Tijuana of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate for President of Mexico.

Disasters
All 64 passengers and 4 crew members aboard a twin-engine ATR 72-212 commuter plane en route from Indianapolis to Chicago were killed when it crashed in a soybean field 30 miles south of Gary, Indiana. American Eagle Flight 4184 had been in a holding pattern in a heavy rainstorm waiting to land at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when it disappeared from air traffic radar at 4:15 P.M.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Greg Moore, 24
. Canadian auto racing driver. A native of New Westminster, British Columbia and resident of Maple Ridge, Mr. Moore began racing in the Indy Lights circuit in 1993. He won 3 races in 1994 and then won 10 of 12 races and the Indy Lights championship in 1995 after joining the Player’s Forsythe team. Mr. Moore graduated to the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) circuit in 1996, finishing 9th in the overall standings, with a best finish of second at Nazareth. In 1997 he won at Milwaukee and Belle Isle, becoming the youngest driver to that time to win a CART race. In 1998 he won at Rio de Janeiro and passed Jimmy Vasser on the last lap to win the U.S. 500 at Michigan in a very exciting race that featured more than 60 lead changes. Mr. Moore won the season-opening race at Homestead, Florida in 1999, but lacked a competitive enough engine to compete for the championship. The Marlboro 500 at California Speedway in Fontana was due to be Mr. Moore’s final race with the Player’s Forsythe team; he had signed to join Penske Racing for 2000, as legendary owner Roger Penske believed that Mr. Moore possessed the ability to win a championship if he had the proper equipment. Early in the race, Richie Hearn skidded off the track at the exit of turn 2 and crashed into the wall, but walked away. Mr. Moore had started in 20th position, but after only about 10 laps of green flag racing, he had already passed 10 cars, and was enjoying the race. He then went off the track, possibly as a result of a gust of wind, at the same spot as Mr. Hearn a few laps earlier. Mr. Moore’s car flipped several times before finally hitting the infield wall upside-down at high speed. The g-forces on Mr. Moore’s body were the highest ever recorded in a CART race. He suffered serious head, neck, brain, and internal injuries, and was finally extricated from the car and flown by helicopter to Loma Linda University Medical Center. Attempts to revive Mr. Moore were unsuccessful, and he died about 45 minutes after the crash, while the race continued. The Player’s Forsythe team called their other driver, Patrick Carpentier, into the pits and retired him for the rest of the day. Adrian Fernandez won the race. Helio Castroneves took Mr. Moore’s place with Penske Racing and has enjoyed a successful career ever since. Greg Moore was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2000. He was this blogger’s favourite driver, and a lot of the enjoyment of watching the races left with him.

World events
The last 900 Indonesian soldiers left the former Indonesian territory of East Timor early in the day. East Timorese in the capital city of Dili, moving about freely as part of a "non-self-governing territory" under United Nations occupation, participated in a Roman Catholic procession.

Adventure
Yachtsman Jesse Martin, 18, returned to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop, and unassisted.

Politics and government
The November 8 issue of Time magazine hit the streets, which contained an article revealing that U.S. Vice President Al Gore had paid feminist author Naomi Wolf $15,000 per month (later reduced to $5,000 per month) to offer campaign advice. She had told him that he needed to be perceived as an "alpha male," or leader of the pack.

Disasters
All 217 people aboard EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767 jetliner bound from Los Angeles to for Cairo via New York, were killed when the plane plunged 33,000 feet in two minutes, crashing into the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket Island. Experts later speculated that the plane was deliberately crashed by the co-pilot.

Auto racing
Adrian Fernandez won the final CART race of the season, the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway in Fontana. Greg Moore was fatally injured early in the race, making this the second CART race that Mr. Fernandez had won during which a driver had been killed. At Toronto in 1996, rookie Jeff Krosnoff was killed instantly in a horrific crash on the second-last lap while Mr. Fernandez was on his way to his first career victory. That race was immediately red-flagged.



Football
CFL
Montreal (11-6) 24 @ Calgary (12-5) 31

On a cold, windy, and occasionally snowy Sunday afternoon before 28,250 fans at McMahon Stadium, the Stampeders scored 17 points with the wind behind them in the 4th quarter to defeat the Alouettes and keep their hopes alive of finishing first in the West Division. Backup quarterback Mike McCoy threw 2 touchdown passes to Allen Pitts to give the Stampeders a 28-24 lead, and Mark McLoughlin extended the lead with a 46-yard field goal with just under 5 minutes remaining. Calgary led 14-13 at halftime, but the Stampeders were outscored 11-0 in the 3rd quarter when Montreal had the wind advantage. Kelvin Anderson, who was held to 42 yards on 15 carries, rushed 2 yards for a Calgary touchdown and caught a 23-yard pass from starting quarterback Dave Dickenson for another. Vince Danielsen led Calgary’s receivers with 7 catches for 149 yards. Montreal quarterback Tracy Ham rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and connected with Jock Climie for a 5-yard touchdown pass in the 3rd quarter. The Calgary defense held Mike Pringle to 64 yards on 19 carries.

10 years ago
2009


Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (9-7-1) 6 @ Hamilton (8-9) 24



Calgary (10-6-1) 28 @ British Columbia (8-9) 36



CIS
Yates Cup
Quarter-Finals
McMaster 27 @ Ottawa 15
Guelph 18 @ Western Ontario 37

Canada West
Simon Fraser (1-7) 28 @ Manitoba (5-3) 31
Calgary (7-1) 40 @ Alberta (3-5) 5

Scott Dixon kicked a field goal and a single in the 4th quarter to enable the Bisons to overcome a 28-27 deficit and defeat the Clan at University Stadium in Winnipeg, apparently clinching a playoff spot. Three days later, the Bisons were stripped of 3 wins--one of them against Alberta--for using an ineligible player, reducing their record to 2-5 and improving Alberta's record to 4-4.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 8 @ Philadelphia Phillies 5 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Yankees came back from a 3-0 deficit with 2 runs in the 4th inning, 3 in the 5, and a run in each of the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings to defeat the Phillies before 46,061 fans at Citizens Bank Park. Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher, and Hideki Matsui hit home runs for the Yankees; Mr. Rodriguez's homer, a 2-run blast that hit a camera hanging over the right field wall, was originally ruled a double, and became the first hit in World Series history to be ruled a home run after video review. Jayson Werth homered twice for the Phillies, and Carlos Ruiz also homered for Philadelphia.



Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 4 @ Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 (Yomiuri led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Hayato Sakamoto doubled home 2 runs in the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie as the Giants held on to edge the Nippon-Ham Fighters before 40,650 fans at the Sapporo Dome. Hokkaido scored a run in the 9th inning and had runners on first and second bases with 2 out, but Marc Kroon struck out the final batter.

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