July 4, 2020

410 years ago
1610

War
Forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth recorded a decisive victory over Russian troops in the Battle of Klushino, during the Polish–Muscovite War.

175 years ago
1845

Literature
Writer Henry David Thoreau began a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
Irving Caesar. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Caesar, born Isidor Keiser, wrote lyrics for such songs as Swanee; Crazy Rhythm; and Tea for Two. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972, and died on December 18, 1996 at the age of 101.

Americana
The song America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates was published.

120 years ago
1900

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants split a doubleheader at Redland Field in Cincinnati. The Reds won the opener 8-1, while the Giants took the second game 6-3. In the 3rd inning of the second game, Jack Doyle of the Giants slugged umpire Robert Emslie after being called out on an attempted steal. Mr. Emslie fought back, and fans jumped out of the stands to join the action. Police chased the fans back into the stands, and Mr. Doyle was taken to a nearby police station and fined for his assault on Mr. Emslie.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Robert K. Merton. U.S. sociologist. Dr. Merton was known as the founder of the sociology of science. He developed and popularized terms such as "role model," "self-fulfilling prophecy," "reference group," and "unintended consequences." Dr. Merton died on February 23, 2003 at the age of 92.

Gloria Stuart. U.S. actress and artist. Miss Stuart, born Gloria Stewart, appeared in movies such as The Old Dark House (1932) and The Invisible Man (1933). She began reducing her acting roles in the 1940s in favour of pursuing a career as an artist, producing works in various genres through the 1970s. Miss Stuart returned to acting in later years, and was nominated for an Academy Award for her supporting performance in Titanic (1997). She died of respiratory failure on September 26, 2010 at the age of 100.

Died on this date
Melville Fuller, 77. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1888-1910. Justice Fuller, a Democrat, represented the 60th District in the Illinois House of Representatives (1863-1865), and was one of Chicago's leading lawyers before his appointment to the Supreme Court by President Grover Cleveland. Among the cases the Supreme Court presided over during his tenure was Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), upholding "separate but equal" treatment for Negroes. Justice Fuller died in office, and was succeeded as Chief Justice by Edward White.

Giovanni Schiaparelli, 75. Italian astronomer. Mr. Schiaparelli demonstrated that meteor showers were associated with comets, but was best known for his observations of Mars in 1877, in which he observed "canali" (channels), usually misunderstood as "canals."

Auto racing
AAA
Championship Car Series
Joe Dawson won the 200-mile Cobe Trophy race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bob Burman finished second and Ray Harroun third in the 16-car field.

Boxing
In one of the most famous fights in history, Jack Johnson (50-5-9-3) retained his world heavyweight title with a knockout of former champion Jim Jeffries (19-1-2) at 2:20 of the 15th round of a scheduled 45 in Reno, Nevada, where an outdoor stadium had been constructed from scratch just to host this bout. Mr. Jeffries, who had been world heavyweight champion from 1899-1905, was 35 years old and hadn’t fought in six years. Resentment against a Negro (especially Mr. Johnson, who wasn’t deferential to white people) holding the championship belt led to calls for Mr. Jeffries to come out of retirement and defend the honour of the white race. He proved to be no match for Mr. Johnson; so lopsided was Mr. Johnson’s win that when films of the fight were shown in theatres throughout the United States, race riots often ensued, leading to laws banning the public screening of fight films. After the fight, Mr. Jeffries went back into retirement and acknowledged that even in his prime he couldn’t have beaten Mr. Johnson, who had won the belt by defeating Tommy Burns on December 26, 1908.



100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Leona Helmsley. U.S. businesswoman. Mrs. Helmsley, born Lena Rosenthal, was a real estate tycoon in New York City who was nicknamed "The Queen of Mean" for her tyrannical behaviour. She served 19 months in prison from 1992-1994 for income tax evasion, and died on August 20, 2007 at the age of 87.

Norm Drucker. U.S. basketball referee. Mr. Drucker worked in the National Basketball Association (1953-69, 1976-77) and American Basketball Association (1969-76), and was Supervisor of Officials in the NBA (1977-81) and ABA (1969-74). He was paid more in the ABA than the average player in the NBA, and was more responsible than anyone else for turning professional basketball officiating into a full-time occupation. Mr. Drucker recommended rule changes, helped to train future generations of referees, and contributed to the betterment of working conditions for officials. He died on February 6, 2015 at the age of 94.

Died on this date
Dick T. Morgan, 66. U.S. politician. Mr. Morgan, a Republican, was a mathematics professor and lawyer before serving in the Illinois House of Representatives (1880-1881). He was appointed by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt as register of the United States Land Office in Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, serving from 1904-1908. Mr. Morgan represented Oklahoma's 2nd (1909-1915) and 8th (1915-1920) Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives, and was expected to be easily re-elected in 1920, but he died of pneumonia in Danville, Illinois, while returning from Washington, D.C. to Oklahoma.

80 years ago
1930

Auto racing
AAA
Championship Car Series
Wilbur Shaw won a 100-mile race on the board track at Pittsburgh-Bridgeville Speedway in Pennsylvania. Russ Snowberger finished second and Bert Karnatz third in the 12-car field.

Baseball
The Washington Nationals swept a doubleheader from the New York Yankees 8-0 and 7-3 at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Sad Sam Jones (7-2) pitched a shutout in the first game and Firpo Marberry (8-4) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory in the second game, despite allowing Babe Ruth's 32nd home run of the season.

Roy Johnson doubled home Billy Rogell with the tying run and scored the winning run on a single by Liz Funk as the Detroit Tigers scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader at Navin Field in Detroit. Charlie Gehringer led off the bottom of the 12th with a home run to give the Tigers a 4-3 win in the second game to complete the sweep. George Uhle (7-8), who singled as a pinch hitter in the first game, pitched a 9-hit complete game victory, batting 2 for 5 with a double.

Lefty O'Doul hit a home run in each game as the Philadelphia Phillies split a doubleheader with the Boston Braves at National League Park in Philadelphia. The Phillies won the first game 7-3, while the Braves scored 3 runs in the 9th to break a 6-6 tie as they won the second game 9-7.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored 8 runs in the 4th inning as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 15-4 in the first game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Charlie Gelbert drove in 5 runs for the Cardinals, while George Watkins and Frankie Frisch each scored 4 runs. The Cardinals scored 5 runs in the 8th as they won the second game 6-2 to complete the sweep.

80 years ago
1940

War
In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill defended the previous day's attack by the Royal Navy on the French fleet at Mers El Kébir, and vowed to "prosecute the war with the utmost vigour."

Politics and government
A pro-German, anti-Semitic cabinet was established in Romania.

Vice President Ramon Castillo was named acting President of Argentina to replace ailing President Roberto Ortiz.

The British government promised to consider dominion status for Burma after World War II.

Reports from India suggested the formation of a coalition government for the purpose of defense.

The American Youth Congress adopted a report asking that U.S. youth not be forced to fight against Adolf Hitler.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers, playing before the biggest home crowd in their history--56,272 at Briggs Stadium--split a doubleheader with the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers won the opener 5-3 behind the pitching of Tommy Bridges, then the Indians took the second game 2-1 in 11 innings.

In the American Association, Ab Wright of the Minneapolis Millers hit a home run in the first of 2 games against the St. Paul Saints at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis, then tied a league record with 4 home runs in the second game. Mr. Wright also had a triple in game 2, giving him an AA record of 19 total bases for the game. St. Paul won the first game 3-2, while Minneapolis won the second game 17-5.

70 years ago
1945

War
Australian troops entered the Borneo oil refining centre of Balik Papan and captured the most important airfield in the area at Sepingang.

World events
U.S. troops formally established themselves in Berlin under commander Major General Floyd Parks. Canadian troops entered Berlin as part of a British garrison force, to share occupation duties.

Diplomacy
The U.S. delegation to the international conference to consider the provisional status of the port of Tangier informed the French government that it no objection to the U.S.S.R. participating in the conference.

Defense
Commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Admiral Jonas Ingram said that several U.S. Navy ships would be turned over to the Brazilian Navy after the end of World War II.

Disasters
The Brazilian Navy cruiser Bahia was accidentally sunk by one of her own crewmen during target practice, resulting in the deaths of at least 336 crewmen, with fewer than three dozen who survived until they were rescued four days later.

Politics and government
American Founding Father Thomas Paine, who had lost the right to vote in New Rochelle, New York in 1806, had his franchise restored, 136 years after his death.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Foreign Economic Administration announced resumption of trade between the United States and French North Africa; Algeria; French Morocco; and Tunisia.

The U.S. War Production Board ordered the use of some synthetic rubber in all future tires, regardless of size, to save about 1,300 tons of natural rubber per year.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered the Book Paper Manufacturing Association of New York and 42 member manufacturers to stop fixing "uniform prices."

70 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight's episode: The Muddy Murder Case

This was the last episode of the series ever broadcast.

Died on this date
Barney Doyle, 56. U.S. crime victim. Mr. Doyle, who had managed future world heavyweight boxing champion Jim Braddock in the 1920s, was attending a doubleheader between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds in New York with neighbour Otto Flaig Jr. 13, when he was struck and killed by a bullet fired from outside the ballpark. The New York Daily News reported that after Mr. Doyle was removed from the Polo Grounds, the standing-room-only crowd fought over his vacant seat. The fatal shot was later traced to a gun fired by Robert Peebles, 14, from the rooftop of a nearby apartment building.



Radio
Radio Free Europe began broadcasting.

Politics and government
French Prime Minister Pierre Queuille's new government was overthrown by a vote of 334-221 in the National Assembly. Socialists, who had earlier backed Mr. Queuille as Prime Minister, refused to enter his government when he declined to promise raises for civil servants and other heavy social expenditures.

Crime
Gunmen raided a Havana courtroom and took all documents bearing on a case against former President Ramon Grau San Martin and five other former Cuban officials charged with misappropriating $174 million in government funds.

Baseball
49,316 were in attendance at the Polo Grounds in New York as the New York Giants edged the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader, with the Dodgers winning the second game 5-3. Alvin Dark of the Giants hit a home run in each game, while Don Newcombe (7-4) of the Dodgers was the losing pitcher in the first game despite hitting his first major league home run.

Andy Seminick’s grand slam in a 6-run 1st inning led the Philadelphia Phillies to a 14-5 win in the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Braves before 21,190 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, with Robin Roberts (10-3) pitching an 11-hit complete game. Murray Wall, the last of three Boston pitchers, allowed 6 hits and 5 runs--4 earned--in 4 innings, walking 2 batters and striking out 2 in his first major league game. Sid Gordon’s record-tying 4th grand slam of the season enabled the Braves to win the second game 12-9. Mr. Gordon’s blast came off Phillies’ relief ace Jim Konstanty (6-3) with 2 out in the top of the 9th.

Stan Musial hit a home run in each game to help the St. Louis Cardinals sweep a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs 4-1 and 4-3 before 31,445 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Max Lanier (8-2) and Harry Brecheen (5-4) were the respective winning pitchers.

The New York Yankees scored 12 runs in the last 3 innings to beat the Washington Nationals 16-9 in the first game of a doubleheader before 25,229 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Bob Kuzava of the Nationals and Ed Lopat of the Yankees battled to a 3-3 tie in the second game, which was called after 9 innings because of darkness.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Tom Pillibi--Jacqueline Boyer (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (15th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Everybody's Somebody's Fool--Connie Francis (2nd week at #1)
2 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
3 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
4 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
5 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
6 That's All You Gotta Do--Brenda Lee
7 Burning Bridges--Jack Scott
8 My Home Town--Paul Anka
9 Mule Skinner Blues--The Fendermen
10 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)--Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

Singles entering the chart were Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini by Brian Hyland (#59); My Tani by the Brothers Four (#78); Johnny Freedom by Johnny Horton (#82); One Boy by Joanie Sommers (#91); Do You Mind? by Andy Williams (#93); I Shot Mr. Lee by the Bobettes (#95); Second Honeymoon by Johnny Cash (#96); Too Young to Go Steady by Connie Stevens (#98); and Over the Rainbow by the Demensions (#100). I Shot Mr. Lee was a sequel to the 1957 hit Mr. Lee.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Mule Skinner Blues--The Fendermen
2 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland
3 I'm Sorry/That's All You Gotta Do--Brenda Lee
4 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
5 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
--Dante and the Evergreens
6 Tell Laura I Love Her--Ray Peterson
7 Everybody's Somebody's Fool/Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia)--Connie Francis
8 When Will I Be Loved--The Everly Brothers
9 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
10 Please Help Me, I'm Falling--Hank Locklin

Singles entering the chart were Ain't Gonna Be that Way/All the Love I Got by Marv Johnson (#50); A Woman, a Lover, a Friend/All My Love by Jackie Wilson (#51); In My Little Corner of the World by Anita Bryant (#52); Girls, Girls, Girls by Steve Lawrence (#53); Unchained Melody by the Blackwells (#54); That's When I Cried by Jimmy Jones (#55); One Boy by Joanie Sommers (#56); A Long Vacation by Rick Nelson (#57); Is There Any Chance by Marty Robbins (#58); The Blamers by Les Vogt (#59); and No by Dodie Stevens (#60).

Died on this date
Frank Parkinson, 65. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Parkinson was an infielder with the Philadelphia Phillies (1921-1924), batting .256 with 24 home runs and 149 runs batted in in 378 games. He played in the minor leagues from 1925-1929, until a knee injury ended his career.

Americana
Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuted in Philadelphia, almost 10½ months later.

Baseball
Ryne Duren (2-3) walked Reno Bertoia with the bases loaded and 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to force home Earl Battey with the winning run as the Washington Senators edged the New York Yankees 9-8 before 16,913 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Mickey Mantle hit a 3-run home run--his 300th career major league homer--in the 1st inning to give the Yankees an early lead.

Gary Bell (7-6) pitched a 3-hitter for the Cleveland Indians as they shut out the Kansas City Athletics 4-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 22,793 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. John Romano drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs to help the Indians win the second game 7-4 to complete the sweep.

Jim Bunning (6-5) and Dave Sisler (5-2) were the respective winning pitchers over Frank Baumann (4-4) and Bob Shaw (7-8) as the Detroit Tigers swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox 3-0 and 3-2 before 26,951 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.

Jack Sanford (8-5) pitched a 4-hitter and Bob Schmidt and Willie Mays hit home runs as the San Francisco Giants shut out the Chicago Cubs 4-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 36,569 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The second game was tied 1-1 when it was called because of darkness after 14 innings.

Eddie Mathews drew a base on balls with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning, stole second base with 2 out, and scored on a single by Al Spangler to give the Milwaukee Braves a 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of a doubleheader before 38,478 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. The Pirates led 6-1 going into the bottom of the 7th. The Pirates scored 5 runs in the first 2 innings and won the second game 7-2. Winning pitcher Harvey Haddix (5-4) allowed 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st, but none after that, finishing with a 6-hitter.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival

#1 single in France: On me recherche--Johnny Hallyday

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lady Barbara--Renato

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): El Condor Pasa (If I Could)--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (5th week at #1)
2 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
3 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
4 Cottonfields--The Beach Boys
5 Airport Love Theme--Vincent Bell
6 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
7 Boom-Sha-La-La-Lo--Hans Poulsen
8 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
9 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel
10 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel

Singles entering the chart were The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue by the Beatles (#24); It's All in the Game by the Four Tops (#26); American Woman by the Guess Who (#30); You Make Me Real/Roadhouse Blues by the Doors (#31); All Kinds of Everything by Pat Carroll (#35); Curly by Jimmy Hannan (#37); and Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#38).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Never Marry a Railroad Man--Shocking Blue (2nd week at #1)
2 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
3 Question--Moody Blues
4 I Don't Believe in If Anymore--Roger Whittaker
5 Yellow River--Christie
6 Magical Mystery Morning--Cats
7 Kitsch--Barry Ryan
8 Let Us Pray Together--Sandra & Andress
9 Real Cool World--The Greatest Show on Earth
10 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Singles entering the chart were The Long and Winding Road by the Beatles (#19); Groovin' with Mr. Bloe by Mr. Bloe (#25); I'll Kiss Your Memory by Barry Gibb (#27); 'n Suikerspin by Wilma (#30); Zijn Testament by D.C. Lewis (#33); and All Right Now by Free (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Love You Save/I Found That Girl--The Jackson 5 (2nd week at #1)
2 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
3 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
4 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles
5 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
6 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
7 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
8 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
9 The Wonder of You/Mama Liked the Roses--Elvis Presley
10 Get Ready--Rare Earth

Singles entering the chart were Everything a Man Could Ever Need by Glen Campbell (#80); Superman by the Ides of March (#83); Destiny/Susie-Q by Jose Feliciano (#84); Tell it All Brother by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#86); Sunshine by the Archies (#87); Hello Darlin' by Conway Twitty (#88); Wonder Could I Live There Anymore by Charley Pride (#90); Stealing in the Name of the Lord by Paul Kelly (#92); Hand Clapping Song by the Meters (#93); and Let the Music Take Your Mind by Kool & The Gang (#95). Everything a Man Could Ever Need was from the movie Norwood (1970), which co-starred Mr. Campbell; the film's title song was the B-side.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5 (2nd week at #1)
2 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
3 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
4 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
5 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
6 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
7 Get Ready--Rare Earth
8 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
9 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
10 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were Tell it All Brother by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#72); No Arms Can Ever Hold You by Bobby Vinton (#75); Everything a Man Could Ever Need by Glen Campbell (#79); Summertime Blues by the Who (#80); Sixty Minute Man (Part 2) by Rufus Thomas (#83); Your Own Back Yard by Dion (#87); Yellow River by Christie (#89); Big Yellow Taxi by the Neighborhood (#94); and After the Feeling is Gone by Lulu with the Dixie Flyers (#97).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
2 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
3 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
4 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley
5 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
6 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
7 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
8 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
9 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles
10 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family

Singles entering the chart were My Marie by Engelbert Humperdinck (#65); Summertime Blues by the Who (#71); Morning Much Better by Ten Wheel Drive with Genya Ravan (#72); Do You See My Love (For You Growing) by Jr. Walker & the All Stars (#73); Tell it All Brother by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#74); Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) by Mary Hopkin (#75); Superman by the Ides of March (#77); Susie-Q/Destiny by Jose Feliciano (#79); Give a Woman Love by Bobbi Martin (#80); Humphrey the Camel by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#88); Song from M*A*S*H by Al DeLory (#92); This Bitter Earth by the Satisfactions (#95); You've Been My Inspiration by the Main Ingredient (#96); Let's Make Each Other Happy by the Illusion (#97); and If My Heart Could Speak by the Manhattans (#99). Song from M*A*S*H was a version of the theme from the movie.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Get Ready--Rare Earth
2 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
3 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
4 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
5 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
6 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
7 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
8 Question--The Moody Blues
9 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley
10 United We Stand--The Brotherhood of Man

Singles entering the chart were My Marie by Engelbert Humperdinck (#87); Sunshine by the Archies (#88); Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) by Mary Hopkin (#89); Superman by the Ides of March (#93); Quicksilver Woman by Chimo (#94); Make it with You by Bread (#96); In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry (#97); (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? by Ronnie Dyson (#98); Days When We are Free by Mashmakhan (#99); and Humphrey the Camel by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
3 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
4 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
5 Mr. Pride--The Pepper Tree
6 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
7 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
8 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
10 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
Pick hit of the week: (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters

On the radio
American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, broadcast its first program, on seven stations.

Music
McMahon Stadium in Calgary hosted the Festival Express for the first of two days, featuring performers such as Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band, and The Great Speckled Bird. Footage of Miss Joplin's performance was included in the documentary movie Janis (1974). The event itself was the subject of the documentary film Festival Express (2004).

War
The U.S. casualty list in Vietnam for the week numbered 61 dead--the lowest weekly total in five years--and 463 wounded. Among those killed was Major General George Casey, 48, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, who had led the recent U.S. campaign in Cambodia, who was one of seven killed in a helicopter crash.

New York Mayor John Lindsay called for support for American troops in Vietnam, but challenged "the wisdom of the political policy which keeps them there."

Protest
A crowd estimated at 10,000-25,000 heard Billy Graham speak in the morning at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and another 350,000 attended an evening rally emceed by Bob Hope at the site of the Washington Monument as part of Honor America Day. Most of those in attendance were non-political middle-Americans, but minorities of hard hat patriots and young leftist radicals engaged in brief scuffles.

Diplomacy
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. President Richard Nixon’s personal envoy to the Vatican, conferred with Pope Paul VI, resuming official U.S. contact with the Vatican for the first time in 20 years.

Economics and finance
Cambodia’s economy was reported to be seriously damaged by the war with the Vietnamese Communists; tourism and rubber production had been halted amid inflation.

Disasters
The bodies of five mountaineers suspended in ice for six months were recovered from the slopes of Mount Cleveland in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Auto racing
USAC
Gary Bettenhausen won the Michigan Twin 200s at Michigan International Speedway. Bobby Unser finished second, and Johnny Rutherford third. In a non-championship event, Ted Foltz won the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb in Colorado.

Boxing
Oscar Bonavena (45-6-1) scored a technical knockout of James J Woody (14-7-1) in the 5th round of a heavyweight bout at Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires.



Baseball
Steve Renko (5-4) struck out 10 batters, including consecutive pinch hitters Jim Beauchamp, Vic Davalillo, and Leron Lee in the 8th inning, to lead the Montreal Expos to an 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 23,715 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Bob Bailey's 2-run home run off Steve Carlton (5-10) in the 1st inning provided the necessary scoring. Montreal leadoff hitter Don Hahn batted 3 for 3 with a base on balls, sacrifice, run, and run batted in.

Jim McGlothlin (11-4) allowed 3 hits in 8.2 innings to outduel Jack Billingham (6-2) as the Cincinnati Reds shut out the Houston Astros 3-0 before 23,466 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

Tony and Billy Conigliaro each hit a home run as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-1 before 14,246 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Mike Andrews and Reggie Smith also homered for Boston, while Ray Fosse's home run was one of just 2 hits off Sonny Siebert (7-5).

Norm Cash and Mickey Stanley hit home runs as the Detroit Tigers rallied for 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning as they came back from a 5-0 deficit and defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 before 26,513 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Dave Johnson doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th and advanced to third base on a ground out, but pinch hitter Terry Crowley flied out to right field to end the game.

Lou Piniella hit a 3-run home run with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning to enable the Kansas City Royals to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6 before 9,665 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

An error by pitcher Dick Woodson (1-2) led to 2 unearned runs in the top of the 12th inning as the Chicago White Sox broke a 3-3 tie and beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 before 20,935 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): What's Another Year--Johnny Logan (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il jouait du piano debout--France Gall (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb
2 Brass in Pocket--Pretenders
3 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
4 Crying--Don McLean
5 Together We are Beautiful--Fern Kinney
6 Computer Games--MS
7 Day-O/Island in the Sun--Richard Jon Smith
8 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
9 January, February--Barbara Dickson
10 It Hurts Too Much--Eric Carmen

Singles entering the chart were Call Me by Blondie (#17); and Paradise Road by Joy (#19).

Music
The Beach Boys performed their first annual Independence Day concert at the Washington Mall in Washington, D.C.



Died on this date
Jack Martin, 93. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Martin was a utility infielder with the New York Highlanders (1912); Boston Braves (1914); and Philadelphia Phillies (1914), batting .237 with no home runs and 43 runs batted in in 187 games. He played 1,179 games in 13 seasons in the minor leagues (1911-1924, 1929-1930), and managed for four seasons in the the minors. Mr. Martin died several years after suffering a pair of heart attacks.

Society
U.S. Border Patrol agents found two Salvadorans and a Mexican smuggler, and obtained information from them about the distress suffered by illegal aliens from El Salvador attempting to enter the United States through Arizona, where the temperature was 115 F.

Religion
Pope John Paul II continued his tour of Brazil with visits to Aparecida and Porto Alegre.

Baseball
Nolan Ryan (5-6) struck out Cesar Geronimo in the 2nd inning for his 3,000th career major league strikeout, but Mr. Ryan and the Houston Astros lost 8-1 to the Cincinnati Reds before 37,047 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Charlie Leibrandt (8-4) pitched a 4-hit complete game victory and singled home the game's first 2 runs in the 2nd inning.

George Hendrick hit a home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 15,481 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Bob Sykes (3-6) pitched an 8-hit shutout, while Philadelphia starter Nino Espinosa allowed just 2 hits in 8 innings before giving way to Kevin Saucier (3-3).

Britt Burns balked home Mike Heath and Jeff Cox stole home plate for the only runs of the game in the 5th inning as the Oakland Athletics shut out the Chicago White Sox 2-0 before 11,428 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Brian Kingman (4-8) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Mr. Burns (9-6), who allowed 7 hits in a complete game.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): I Promised Myself--Nick Kamen

Politics and government
Addressing the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said that he would quit within two years if perestroika (restructuring) failed to produce positive results.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Toronto (2-0) 43 @ Ottawa (1-1) 30

25 years ago
1995

Died on this date
Eva Gabor, 76. Hungarian-born U.S. actress. Miss Gabor, the younger sister of Zsa Zsa and Magda, was best known for co-starring in the television comedy series Green Acres (1965-1971).

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis decoupled from the Russian space station Mir. U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard, who had been aboard since flying to it aboard a U.S. mission in March, joined the crew of Atlantis, along with cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov. Cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin, who had been abouard Atlantis when it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 27 to begin mission STS-71, remained aboard Mir.

Diplomacy
Meeting in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestine National Authority leader Yasser Arafat agreed in principle to the next phase of their agreement. Israeli soldiers woule be redeployed away from centres of Palestinian population in the West Bank, with Palestinian elections to follow.

Politics and government
British Prime Minister John Major won his battle to remain leader of the Conservative Party, receiving the votes of 218 members of his paliamentary caucus to 89 for former Secretary of State for Wales John Redwood.

Football
CFL
Birmingham (1-0) 38 @ Winnipeg (0-2) 10

Andre Strode and Junior Thurman returned interceptions for touchdowns and Jimmy Klingler completed touchdown passes to Jason Phillips and Derrick Crawford as the Barracudas defeated the Blue Bombers before 22,208 fans at Winnipeg Stadium in the first regular season game for the expansion Birmingham club and the first game for Jack Pardee as a CFL head coach. Mr. Klingler, replacing injured starter Matt Dunigan at quarterback, threw a 96-yard TD pass to Mr. Phillips in the 1st quarter.



20 years ago
2000

Politics and government
Yoshiro Mori was reconfirmed as Prime Minister of Japan by a vote of the Diet. His Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partners won the national elections in June.

Baseball
Keith McDonald, a rookie catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, came to bat as a pinch hitter in the 8th inning and hit a home run off Andy Larkin in his first major league at bat as the Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 14-3 before 46,022 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

The Kansas City Royals outlasted the Chicago White Sox 10-7 before 29,884 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City despite giving up home runs by Ray Durham and Jose Valentin to lead off the game and a solo homer by Frank Thomas in the 2nd inning. Jon Garland (0-1) started on the mound for Chicago and allowed 8 hits and 7 runs--all earned--in 3 innings, walking 1 batter, striking out 1, and throwing a wild pitch in his first major league game as he took the loss.

10 years ago
2010

War
General David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (1-0) 25 @ Edmonton (0-1) 10