July 12, 2021

830 years ago
1191

War
Saladin's garrison surrendered to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

220 years ago
1801

War
A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar in the Second Battle of Algeciras.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Anton Arensky. Russian composer. Mr. Arensky wrote two symphonies and other orchestral and piano works, but is best known for his chamber music. He died of tuberculosis, perhaps exacerbated by heavy drinking, on July 12, 1906 at the age of 44.

150 years ago
1871

Protest
For the second straight year, Orange Riots occurred in New York City between Ulster Scots Protestants and Roman Catholics.

Transportation
The Toronto and Nipissing Railway opened for traffic to Uxbridge, Ontario.

Baseball
Ross Barnes, Fred Cone, and Al Spalding each had 5 hits for the Boston Red Stockings as they came back from an 8-6 deficit to rout the Fort Wayne Kekiongas 30-9 at Kekionga Ball Grounds, where the temperature reached 100 F in the shade. Mr. Spalding (9-7) hit 2 doubles, scored 6 runs, batted in 4, and pitched a 9-hit complete game victory, allowing just 1 earned run. Losing pitcher Bill Mathews (4-7) allowed 30 hits and 15 earned runs in a complete game. Henry Kohler played first base and caught for Fort Wayne in his first National Assocation game, batting 1 for 4, and making 11 putouts and an error, while Harry Deane played his first NA game, finishing as a substitute in left field.

110 years ago
1911

Baseball
Ty Cobb drew a base on balls in the 1st inning and then stole second base, third base, and home plate to help the Detroit Tigers shut out the Philadelphia Athletics 9-0 before 10,125 fans at Bennett Park in Detroit. Bill Donovan (3-3) pitched a 4-hitter for the Tigers.

Roy Hartzell batted 2 for 4 with a grand slam, double, base on balls, sacrifice, 2 runs, and 8 runs batted in to help the New York Highlanders rout the St. Louis Browns 12-2 before 1,000 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Ray Caldwell (6-7) pitched a 3-hit complete game victory, and had 3 hits of his own. New York second baseman Stubby Magner batted 1 for 4 with a sacrifice and a run, with 3 assists in the field, in his first major league game.

100 years ago
1921

Baseball
Babe Ruth hit 2 home runs and a double to lead the New York Yankees past the St. Louis Browns 6-4 before 4,000 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Mr. Ruth's homers gave him a career total of 137, passing Roger Connor for the major league record.

Joe Sargent tripled and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Jim Middleton in the bottom of the 16th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Athletics at Navin Field in Detroit. Mr. Middleton (4-3) pitched 4 scoreless innings in relief of Dutch Leonard, while Rollie Naylor (2-4) allowed 14 hits and 2 earned runs in a complete game loss.

The Washington Nationals scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning and withstood a 3-run rally in the bottom of the 9th as they beat the Chicago White Sox 8-7 at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

90 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Nathan Söderblom, 65. Swedish clergyman. Mr. Söderblom was the Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala from 1914-1931. He led the ecumenical Christian "Life and Work" movement in the 1920s, and was awarded the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize "[F]or his efforts to involve the churches not only in work for ecumenical unity, but also for world peace."

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Daddy--Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (vocal refrain by the Kaye Choir) (2nd week at #1)

War
A Gallup Poll reported that 72% of Americans recently questioned said that they preferred to see the U.S.S.R. win the war against Germany, but 47% thought Germany would win. A U.K.-U.S.S.R. agreement for "joint action" was signed in Moscow by Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and British Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Sir Stafford Cripps, barring any separate peace with Germany. Germany claimed that "the Stalin Line has been broken at all decisive points," but the Soviet Union denied that such a breakthrough had taken place. Armistice documents between the U.K.-Free French allies and the Vichy French command in Syria were initialled in Acre, Palestine. A Japanese news agency reported that the United Kingdom and Chinese leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had agreed on, but not yet signed, a military alliance, to become effective when Japan started a southward drive in the Pacific.

Ecuador announced its acceptance of a mediation proposal made by the United States, Brazil, and Argentina to settle its border conflict with Peru.

Diplomacy
The U.S. Maritime Commission took over 16 more Danish cargo ships in American ports.

Labour
The U.S. National Maritime Union rejected a resolution by Joseph J. Doyle for an outside trial board to investigate charges of Communism against NMU President Joseph Curran. Only two votes were cast in favour of the resolution.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
Ray Stannard Baker, 76. U.S. writer. Mr. Baker wrote fiction (under the name David Grayson), but was best known for journalistic writing. He became close friends with U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, and served as Mr. Wilson's press secretary during the Versailles peace conference in 1919. Mr. Baker published 15 books about Mr. Wilson and international relations.

War
Yugoslavian patrols clashed with U.S. forces on the Yugoslav-Italian border, resulting in the deaths of two Yugoslavs.

The Belgrade war crimes trial of Yugoslavian Chetnik leader Draja Mikhailovich ended as Mr. Mikhailovich and 23 co-defendants made their final speeches.

World events
Iraqi police fired on striking oil workers in Kirkuk, killing 5 and wounding 14.

The Egyptian government reported that Egyptian police had made 220 arrests in nationwide anti-Communist raids.

Diplomacy
The Paris conference of foreign ministers ended with an agreement on the division of 125,000 tons of Italian shipping between Greece and Yugoslavia, but failed to reach accord on Germany and Austria.

Agriculture
U.S. President Harry Truman released Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson's report on American food shipments, stating that the United States had exported 16.5 million tons of food relief in 1945-46.

70 years ago
1951

War
The U.S.A. and U.K. issued draft terms of a Japanese peace treaty, including provisions for re-establishment of the Japanese armed forces and continued American administration of the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands.

Defense
The U.S.A., Australia, and New Zealand announced that they would sign a Pacific defense treaty similar to the Atlantic pact during the September conference on Japan in San Francisco.

Diplomacy
Israel demanded that the United Nations Security Council compel Egypt to lift a three-year blockade of Israel-bound shipping through the Suez Canal.

Politics and government
The United Nations Trusteeship Council approed Belgium's administration of Runada-Urundi, but recommended higher wages, more primary schools, better medical services, and greater home rule.

Protest
Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson called out the National Guard to restore order in Cicero after a night of race riots.

Journalism
An Argentine federal court in Buenos Aires ordered the Argentine government to pay the former owners of La Prensa $1.4 million for the newspaper's expropriation. La Prensa officials claimed that the amount was only a small fraction of the paper's actual value.

Labour
U.S. President Harry Truman signed a bill authorizing the recruitment of Mexican farm workers and setting up standards of pay, transportation, and housing.

Boxing
Rocky Marciano (36-0), an 11-5 underdog, knocked out Rex Layne (34-2-2) 35 seconds into the 6th round of a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.



Baseball
Allie Reynolds (10-5) pitched a no-hitter and Gene Woodling hit a home run in the 7th inning off Bob Feller (12-3) as the New York Yankees edged the Cleveland Indians 1-0 before 39,195 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

The Boston Red Sox moved into first place in the American League with a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox before 52,592 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The Red Sox won the first game 3-2 and the second game 5-4 in 17 innings. The White Sox rallied for 2 runs off Mel Parnell (11-5) in the 9th inning of the first game and had runners on first and third bases with 2 out, but relief pitcher Harry Taylor retired Bob Elliott on a ground ball to second base to end the game. Ellis Kinder (5-0) pitched 10 scoreless innings in relief to win the second game, while losing pitcher Saul Rogovin (5-5) pitched the entire 17 innings.

Elmer Valo hit a pair of solo home runs and winning pitcher Alex Kellner (6-6) drove in 3 runs to help the Philadelphia Athletics defeat the St. Louis Browns 9-7 in the first game of a doubleheader before 6,045 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Gus Zernial hit a grand slam as part of a 7-run 3rd inning, while Bobby Shantz (8-6) pitched a 9-hitter, scored 2 runs, and drove in 2 as the Athletics completed the sweep with a 13-0 rout in the second game.

Harry Rice drew a base on balls with 1 out in the top of the 5th inning and Billy Johnson followed with a home run to provide the scoring as the St. Louis Cardinals shut out the New York Giants 2-0 before 13,448 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Gerry Staley (12-8) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Larry Jansen (12-8), who allowed just 3 hits in 8 innings.

Carl Furillo, Billy Cox, and Roy Campanella hit home runs for the Brooklyn Dodgers as they beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 before 23,365 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Ralph Branca started on the mound for Brooklyn, but left with a 5-0 lead in the 5th inning because of a sore arm. Clyde King relieved him and allowed 3 runs; Bud Podbielan (1-0) pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, and was credited by the official scorer with the win.

60 years ago
1961

At the movies
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, written, produced, and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, and Peter Lorre, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Mazo de la Roche, 82. Canadian author and playwright. Miss de la Roche, a native of Newmarket, Ontario, was best known for the novel Jalna (1927) and 15 sequels and prequels through 1960.

Space
The United States launched the weather satellite TIROS 3 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellite's mission was obtaining data for a meteorological satellite system and television pictures of clouds. The launch was timed to the hurricane saeason with the hope that it could follow at least one hurricane from its formation.



The United States Air Force launched the satellite MIDAS 3 from Point Arguello, California. It was a forerunner of a satellite system to detect the hot exhaust of a missile launched anywhere on Earth.

Disasters
The Indian city of Pune flooded due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least 2,000 people.

ČSA Flight 511, an Ilyushin II-18 en route from Zurich to Rabat, crashed at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing all 72 people aboard.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Mata Au Hi Made--Kiyohiko Ozaki (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Another Day--Paul McCartney

Died on this date
Yvon Robert, 56. Canadian wrestler. Mr. Robert, a native of Verdun, Quebec, wrestled professionally with various circuits in central Canada and the eastern United States from 1932-1959. He fought Gorgeous George to a draw in Montreal in 1948, and teamed with Whipper Billy Watson to win the Canadian tag team title in 1953. Mr. Robert died at his home in Laval, Quebec.

Australiana
The Australian Aboriginal Flag was flown for the first time.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (2-0) 25 @ Montreal (0-3) 14
Toronto (2-0) 14 @ Winnipeg (2-1) 11
Hamilton (0-2) 16 @ Saskatchewan (1-1) 32
Ottawa (2-1) 41 @ British Columbia (0-2) 14



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Stars on 45--Stars on 45 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Hal Pawson, 65. Canadian journalist. Mr. Pawson wrote for the Regina Leader-Post, Sudbury Star, Vancouver News-Herald, and United Press International before joining The Edmonton Journal in 1941. In 1942 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force to serve in World War II, and returned to the Journal in 1946. Mr. Pawson eventually became the paper's sports editor and lead sports columnist, remaining there until 1966. In 1968 he became the city of Edmonton's director of public relations, a position he held until 1976 except for a time in the 1970s when he was the executive director of Edmonton's hosting of the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

Labour
A strike by 48,000 British Columbia woodworkers shut down the forest industry; 60,000 workers were off the job by July 20, 1981.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (1-1) 22 @ Saskatchewan (1-1) 20

Rookie Saskatchewan kicker Paul Watson kicked a 59-yard field goal, tying the league record set by Dave Cutler of the Edmonton Eskimos on October 28, 1970. Both kicks took place at Taylor Field with a favouring wind.

30 years ago
1991

Football
CFL
Edmonton (1-0) 34 @ Saskatchewan (0-1) 25

Albert Brown returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown, and the Roughriders jumped out to a 20-0 lead at Taylor Field in Regina before the Eskimos came back to win their first regular season game under new head coach--and former Saskatchewan quarterback and head coach--Ron Lancaster. Roughrider quarterback Kent Austin suffered a bruised sternum when hit by Eskimo linebacker Larry Wruck in the 2nd quarter, and missed the rest of that game and the next six, which had a devastating effect on the Roughriders' playoff chances. Blake Marshall scored a touchdown for the Eskimos on the last play as they won their first game at Taylor Field in four years.



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
John Chancellor, 68. U.S. broadcaster. Mr. Chancellor was best known for anchoring NBC Nightly News from 1970-1982. He died two days before his 69th birthday.

Jonathan Melvoin, 34. U.S. musician. Mr. Melvoin played keyboards with the rock group the Smashing Pumpkins, and had been fired because of drug use, but had been allowed to remain until the end of the current leg of their tour. They were in New York City when he died of a heroin overdose.

Terrorism
The second bomb in as many days detonated in a Moscow trolley car; the two blasts injured 32 people.

Scandal
A judge in Milan ordered 12 defendants, including former Italian Prime Ministers Benito Craxi and Silvio Berlusconi, to stand trial on charges of violating funding rules for political parties.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (0-3) 31 @ Ottawa (1-2) 32

20 years ago
2001

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to begin mission STS-104, with a five-member crew commanded by Steven Lindsey.



Crime
Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant tortured in a New York City police station, agreed to an $8.7 million settlement.

Football
CFL
Calgary (0-2) 14 @ Montreal (2-0) 32



British Columbia (1-1) 5 @ Hamilton (1-1) 26

Baseball
Jacque Jones, Torii Hunter, and Corey Koskie each hit 2 home runs for the Minnesota Twins as they defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 before 30,920 fans at Miller Park in Milwaukee.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Sherwood Schwartz, 94. U.S. television producer and writer. Mr. Schwartz was best known for creating the television comedy series Gilligan's Island (1964-1967) and The Brady Bunch (1969-1974). He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2008.

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Chase Field, Phoenix
American League 1 @ National League 5

Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 4th inning to offset a solo homer by Adrián González of the Boston Red Sox in the top of the inning as the NL defeated the Al before 47,994 fans.

April 2, 2021

220 years ago
1801

War
A British fleet defeated a smaller force of the Dano-Norwegian Navy in the Battle of Copenhagen.

180 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Clément Ader. French engineer and inventor. Mr. Ader improved on the telephone in 1878 and in 1881 invented the théâtrophone, a system of telephonic transmission where listeners received a separate channel for each ear, enabling stereophonic perception of the actors on a set; it was this invention which gave the first stereo transmission of opera performances, over a distance of 2 miles. He was best known for his prototype aircrafts, especially the Avion III, a steam-powered aircraft that failed to impress the French military when it was given a trial in 1897. Mr. Ader died on May 3, 1925 at the age of 84.

170 years ago
1851

Died on this date
Rama III, 63. King of Siam, 1824-1851. Rama III aka Nangklao acceded to the throne upon the death his father Rama II despite being the son of a concubine rather than of a queen. The establishment of Siam's military hegemony occurred during his reign. King Rama III died two days after his 63rd birthday; he fathered 51 children but hadn't raised any of his consorts to the position of queen, and the throne passed to his half-brother Prince Mongkut, who became King Rama IV.

150 years ago
1871

Canadiana
The Dominion of Canada's first census showed a population of 3,689,257, including 2,110,000 of British origin and 1,083,000 of French origin. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia accounted for a combined total of just over 19%.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Jack Buchanan. U.K. actor. Mr. Buchanan was known for portraying debonair British gentlemen on stage and screen in a career lasting for more than three decades. He died of spinal cancer on October 20, 1957 at the age of 66.

Max Ernst. German-born painter and sculptor. Mr. Ernst was a pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism. He spent much of his life in France, and died on April 1, 1976, the day before his 85th birthday.

Died on this date
Albert Pike, 81. U.S. military officer and Freemason. Mr. Pike was a captain in a cavalry unit during the U.S.-Mexican War in the 1840s, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). He was best known for his involvement with and influence within Freemasonry; his book Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (first published in 1872) remains an influential textbook of Scottish Rite Freemasonic philosophy.

Ahmed Vefik Pasha, 67. Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1878, 1882. Vefik Pasha held various positions, and was Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) under Sultan Abdul Hamid II from February 4-April 18, 1878 and December 1-3, 1882.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Johnny Golden. U.S. golfer. Mr. Golden turned professional in 1915 and won 10 professional tournaments, including the Connecticut Open four straight years (1932-1935). He died on January 27, 1936 at the age of 39, three days after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia.

110 years ago
1911

Australiana
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the first national census of the country. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 4,455,005 - an increase of 681,204 people (18.05%) over the 1901 "Federation" Census.

100 years ago
1921

Politics and government
The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, was established.

90 years ago
1931

Economics and finance
The Toronto Stock Exchange and Montréal Stock Exchange made joint ticker arrangements.

80 years ago
1941

War
German troops massed along the Romanian and Hungarian borders with Yugoslavia, while Yugoslavia rejected Italian Duce Benito Mussolini's offer to mediate its border dispute with Germany. The Peruvian Navy announced that German freighters that had fled Peru on March 31 had been found aflame and sinking several hundred miles off the coast. Mexican marines seized 10 German ships at Tampico to prevent their scuttling. Noted British scientists Sir Lawrence Bragg and Charles Darwin arrived in Ottawa to do war research.

Diplomacy
Pope Pius XII received Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka at the Vatican in a conference lasting over an hour. The German and Italian embassies in the United States protested for the second time to the U.S. State Department over the seizure of their merchant ships.

Defense
U.K. Commanding Officer in East Asia Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham arrived in Manila to confer with U.S. Navy Admiral Thomas Hart and U.S. Army Major General Douglas MacArthur on defense plans for the Philippines. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the Navy to prepare secret Hemispheric Defense Plan No. 1, calling for aggressive action by U.S. warships against German submarines in the western Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 324-1 in favour of a resolution authorizing its Military and Naval Affairs Committee to investigate the progress of the defense program, including the effects of labour strikes.

Politics and government
The Chinese government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek named Kuo Tai-chi as Foreign Minister, replacing Wang Chung-hui, who became Secretary General of the Supreme National Defense Council.

Labour
200 Congress of Industrial Organizations United Auto Workers strikers and non-strikers were injured in clashes at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant, and Michigan state police were ordered to the scene. Ford personnel director Harry Bennett wired U.S. President Roosevelt, describing the incident as "a Communistic demonstration of violent terrorism." U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins sent the 71-day Allis-Chalmers strike in Milwaukee to the National Defense Mediation Board. United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis said that he would oppose any move to submit the coal strike to the NDMB. Four striking miners were shot to death in a coal company commissary near Harlan, Kentucky.

75 years ago
1946

War
At the Nuremberg trials of accused Nazi war criminals, former German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop admitted supporting Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's repressive policies against Jews, but said that he did so in order not to upset the Fuehrer.

Defense
The U.S. Senate Atomic Energy Committee approved the revised Vandenberg amendment, calling for a military committee appointed by the Navy and War secretaries which would have jurisdiction over military applications of atomic energy.

Medicine
Dr. John Enders reported isolation of the virus that caused mumps, making serums and vaccines possible.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Boston 2 @ Montreal 3 (OT) (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Jim Peters scored 16:55 into the 1st overtime period to give the Canadiens their second straight overtime win over the Bruins at the Montreal Forum.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Mad Dullaghan, starring Glenn Langan, Stella Andrew, Berry Kroeger, and Doris Rich



Abominations
Communist Chinese press confirmed reports of mass executions of "counter-revolutionary" elements in Peking, Shanghai, Canton, Tientsin, Chungking, and other cities.

Energy
U.S. President Harry Truman asked Congress for an additional $51.3 million for the Atomic Energy Commission to build "urgent production and research facilities."

Economics and finance
The Western Allies lifted production curbs on the West German shipping, synthetic oil, and machine tool industries.

Labour
40,000 Congress of Industrial Organizations Textile Workers Union members struck throughout the southern United States for a 12c hourly increase in their minimum wage.

U.S. Senate Labor Committee Chairman James Murray (Democrat--Montana) established a subcommittee to study proposals for a code of ethics for government employees.

60 years ago
1961

Disasters
30 of 80 people aboard a motor launch drowned when it capsized in Shatt-al-Arab River in Iran.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
St. Louis 95 @ Boston 129 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Tom Heinsohn scored 26 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Bill Russell scored 15 points and grabbed 31 rebounds to help the Celtics beat the Hawks before 11,531 fans at Boston Garden.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden--Lynn Anderson (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 A Summer Prayer for Peace--The Archies
2 Knock Three Times--Dawn
3 Have You Ever Seen the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Rose Garden--Lynn Anderson
5 My Sweet Lord--George Harrison
6 Home--Dave Mills
7 Silver Moon--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
8 Immigrant Song--Led Zeppelin
9 Do It--Neil Diamond
10 No Matter What--Badfinger

Singles entering the chart were Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep by Lally Stott (#18); and Vicki by Lance James (#19). Vicki was the title song of the movie.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 She's a Lady--Tom Jones (2nd week at #1)
2 Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin
3 Oh What a Feeling--Crowbar
4 Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted--The Partridge Family
5 Help Me Make it Through the Night--Sammi Smith
6 I was Wondering--The Poppy Family
7 Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why--Paul McCartney
8 One Toke Over the Line--Brewer and Shipley
9 Free--Chicago
10 Blue Money--Van Morrison

Singles entering the chart were Power to the People by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#26); I Wish I Were by Andy Kim (#27); Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) by the Staple Singers (#28); Jodie by Joey Gregorash (#29); and When Love is Near by the Original Caste (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why--Paul McCartney
2 Oh What a Feeling--Crowbar
3 Wild World--Cat Stevens
4 One Toke Over the Line--Brewer and Shipley
5 What is Life--George Harrison
6 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Ocean
7 Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin
8 Free--Chicago
9 Oye Como Va--Santana
10 A Country Boy Named Willy--Spring

Singles entering the chart were C'mon by Poco (#26); Hats Off to the Stranger by Lighthouse (#27); Who Do You Love by Tom Rush (#28); We were Always Strangers by Boz Scaggs (#29); and Joy to the World by Three Dog Night (#30). Who Do You Love was a new version of the song that had originally been released as a single by Mr. Rush in 1966.

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Amos Moses--Jerry Reed (2nd week at #1)
2 Where Evil Grows--The Poppy Family
3 Patricia--Ronnie Hawkins
4 Oh What a Feeling--Crowbar
5 She’s a Lady--Tom Jones
6 Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor 1st Movement--The Manuel Da Falla Orchestra
7 I Am...I Said--Neil Diamond
8 What is Life--George Harrison
9 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Ocean
10 Another Day--Paul McCartney

Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor 1st Movement was the B-side of Beethoven 9th Symphony in D Minor "Choral" 4th Movement "Ode to Joy," a version of which had been released the previous year with English lyrics under the title Song of Joy, with Miguel Rios credited as the artist.

War
Rising violence in East Pakistan, which had recently declared its independence as Bangladesh, prompted the U.S.A., U.S.S.R., and other nations to appeal to Pakistani President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan to halt the fighting and resolve the conflict peacefully.

Boxing
Ruben Olivares (62-1-1) regained the world bantamweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over defending champion Chucho Castillo (41-11-2) at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Mr. Olivares had won a decision over Mr. Castillo a year earlier before losing the title to Mr. Castillo on a 14-round technical knockout on October 16, 1970.



40 years ago
1981

World events
General Prem Tinsulanonda declared that he was still Prime Minister of Thailand despite the previous day’s military coup and that he had the backing of King Rama IX.

War
The nine-man mission whose attempt to negotiate a settlement to the Iran-Iraq war had ended in failure on April 1 announced that they would send two members back for more discussion.

30 years ago
1991

War
France and Turkey asked the United Nations to intervene on behalf of insurgents in Iraq, while the U.S. State Department reiterated its hands-off policy toward the insurrection by Kurds and Shiites against the Iraqi dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

Politics and government
Bill Vander Zalm resigned as Premier of British Columbia after a commissioner found that the premier had violated B.C.'s conflict-of-interest guidelines. The conflict-of-interest concerned the sale of Mr. Vander Zalm's botanical garden and Christian theme park Fantasy Gardens to a Taiwanese businessman. Mr. Vander Zalm insisted that the sale had been a family business decision handled by his wife Lillian. Conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes found that Mr. Vander Zalm found that the premier had been actively involved in the sale and had accorded the buyer, Tan Yu, "red-carpet treatment," and had set up meetings for Tan with prominent provincial officials. Mr. Vander Zalm was succeeded by Rita Johnston, the first woman to become premier of a Canadian province.

25 years ago
1996

Health
The U.S. Defense Department stated that a study of 18,598 Gulf War veterans failed to establish the existence of the alleged Gulf War Syndrome.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Gary Gearhart, 77. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Gearhart was an outfielder with the New York Giants (1947), batting .246 with 6 home runs and 17 runs batted in in 73 games. He played in more than 1,000 games in 11 minor league seasons (1944-1946, 1948-1956), and worked as a scout with the New York Mets for 14 years.

Diplomacy
U.S. President George W. Bush demanded the return of the U.S. Navy spy plane and its 24-man crew, who were being held by Chinese authorities on the island of Hainan after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet the previous day.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, certifying that Yugoslavia was complying with The Hague tribunal that was trying former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, released economic aid to Yugoslavia.

Weather
A major snowstorm hit Newfoundland during a strike by provincial workers, resulting in the roads not being cleared. The blizzard capped a winter that had set a record for snowfall.

Basketball
NCAA
Men’s Championship
Fina l@ Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis
Duke 82 Arizona 72

Mike Dunleavy scored 21 points, 18 in the second half, to lead the Blue Devils to their third men’s title. Mr. Dunleavy was successful on 5 three-point attempts. Shane Battier scored 18 points for Duke, and was named the most valuable player of the "final four" playoff series.



Baseball
Roger Clemens (1-0) struck out 5 Kansas City Royals to break Walter Johnson’s American League career record of 3,508 as he helped the New York Yankees defeat the Royals 7-3 before an opening day crowd of 55,814 at Yankee Stadium. Joe Randa was Mr. Clemens’ 3,509th victim. New York catcher Jorge Posada batted 3 for 4 with a home run, double, and 4 runs batted in. His homer came off relief pitcher Tony Cogan, who allowed 2 hits and 1 run--earned--in 1/3 inning with 1 base on balls and no strikeouts in his major league debut.

The Seattle Mariners rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 before an opening day crowd of 45,911 at Safeco Field in Seattle. Seattle leadoff hitter Ichiro Suzuki batted 2 for 5 with a run, and contributed to the rally that produced the winning run in the 8th inning of his first major league game.

10 years ago
2011

Disasters
Highly radioactive water leaked into the sea from a crack at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, which had experienced a disaster on March 11, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

January 15, 2021

480 years ago
1541

Canadiana
King François I of France named Jean-François de la Rocque, Sieur de Roberval, Lieutenant-general of New France, and commissioned him to begin a colony in Canada and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith."

180 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby. U.K. politician. Mr. Stanley, a Conservative, held various cabinet posts before being appointed to the House of Lords, where as Lord Stanley of Preston he served as Governor General of Canada from 1888-1893 and donated the Stanley Cup for the championship of amateur hockey in Canada. He died on June 14, 1908 at the age of 67.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Ray Chapman. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Chapman was a shortstop with the Cleveland Naps and Indians from 1912-1920, batting .278 with 17 home runs and 364 runs batted in in 1,051 games. He led the American League in 1918 with 84 runs and 84 bases on balls. Mr. Chapman died on August 17, 1920 at the age of 29, the day after being hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and is generally recognized as the only major league player to die directly from an on-field injury (Philadelphia Athletics' catcher Mike "Doc" Powers died of post-surgery complications after running into a wall in Shibe Park in 1909, but it's uncertain if his death was directly related to his injury).

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Marjorie Bennett. Australian-born U.S. actress. Miss Bennett, the sister of actresses Enid and Catherine Bennett, moved to thee United States by 1917, and appeared in several silent films, but was inactive in movies from 1918-1946. She then appeared in small, often uncredited, roles in numerous films and television programs through 1980. Miss Bennett appeared in Charlie Chaplin's films Monseiur Verdoux (1947) and Limelight (1952), and played Blossom Kenney in 10 episodes of the television comedy series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1961). She died on June 14, 1982 at the age of 86.

Died on this date
Mathew Brady, 73. U.S. photographer. Mr. Brady studied under Samuel Morse, and opened his own photographic studio in 1844, making a name for himself with portraits of famous Americans. He became famous for his photographs of the American Civil War from the perspective of the Union Army. Mr. Brady took a staff of assistants with him, and although they took many of the photos, they worked under his direction. Mr. Brady had paid his own way to the battlefields, and after the war, his business declined badly, and his eyesight deteriorated. He died in poverty from complications following a streetcar accident.

110 years ago
1911

Journalism
The Palestinian Arabic-language newspaper Falastin was founded in Jaffa by Issa El-Issa.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Frank Thornton. U.K. actor. Mr. Thornton appeared in plays, films, and television programs in a career spanning more than 60 yers. He was best known for playing Captain Peacock in the television comedy series Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) and its sequel Grace & Favour (1992-1993), and Herbert "Truly" Truelove in the comedy series Last of the Summer Wine (1997-2010). Mr. Thornton died in his sleep on March 16, 2013 at the age of 92.

80 years ago
1941

Literature
Current History and Forum named New England: Indian Summer, 1865-1915 by Van Wyck Brooks as the most important non-fiction book published in 1940.

Diplomacy
Speaking in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Kosuke Matsuoka stressed the unity in friendship of Japan and Germany.

Economics and finance
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Secretary of the Tresury Henry Morgenthau defended Lend-Lease as necessary for national defense, and urged quick congressional action. New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey said that Lend-Lease aid to the United Kingdom would end free government in the United States.

Protest
American Negro union leader A. Philip Randolph called for 10,000 Negroes to march on Washington to demand an end to discrimination in defense employment.

Labour
U.S. federal mediator James Dewey announced that the Congress of Industrial Organizations-United Auto Workers strike against Eaton Manufacturing Company had been settled.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
Karl Nabersberg, 37. Mr. Nabersberg joined the Nazi Party in 1925, and was a Hitler Youth leader in the 1930s. He died shortly after being fined RM6,000 by the Berlin Denazification Tribunal.

War
At the trial in Manila of accused Japanese war criminal General Masaharu Homma, witnesses described Japanese brutality at Camp O'Donnell, where about 30,500 inmates died. At the hearings of the United States Senate committee on the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel, head of U.S. naval operations at Pearl Harbor at the time of the invasion, told the committee that the U.S. government had withheld information from him and had led him to believe that the Japanese would attack elsewhere.

Defense
Norman Makin of Australia, named the first chairman of the United Nations Security Council, said that the atomic bomb should be placed at the UN's disposal to maintain peace. German physicist Wilhelm Westphall said that rwo groups of German scientists had been settled by the Soviets on the Black Sea to work on military applications of electronics and atomic energy.

A U.S.-Canadian joint defense conference was held at the Chateau Frontenac in Québec.

U.S. President Harry Truman said that the United States would insist upon retention of Pacific islands considered essential for national defense, but would turn others over to the United Nations for trusteeship.

Allied Supreme Commander in Europe General Dwight Eisenhower announced that by April 30, 1946 all enlisted U.S. Army men with 45 points or 30 months service would be released.

Politics and government
Communist members of the Chinese Political Consultative Committee agreed on retaining President Chiang Kai-shek as head of the proposed all-party government.

The Argentine Labour Party elected Juan Peron as its presidential candidate.

The British government named Gordon MacDonald Governor of Newfoundland, succeeding Sir Humphrey Walwyn.

South Carolina's House of Representatives voted against a bill to abolish the poll tax.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Agriculture Department re-established wartime control over distribution of protein feed for livestock and poultry in order to correct the growing shortage in some areas and oversupply in others.

Labour
Westinghouse, General Electric, and General Motors electrical plants in 16 American states were closed as 200,000 members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers went on strike for a $2 daily wage increase.

The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Packing House Workers and American Federation of Labor Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen called a strike of 125,000 meat industry workers after negotiations broke down.

Sport
Doc Blanchard, fullback with the United States Military Academy football team, was awarded the James E. Sullivan Trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States for 1945.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Bottle Imp, starring Donald Buka and Glenn Langan

War
U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican--Ohio) rejected President Harry Truman's claim that the President could commit American troops to an international command without congressional sanction, charging that it would precipitate "a constitutional crisis affecting the whole basis of the U.S. and the liberty of the people." U.S. Sen. Styles Bridges (Republican--New Hampshire) urged that the United States sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and begin all-out mobilization to ensure victory in a world conflict.

Diplomacy
Syria and Jordan established full relations, ending a breach over the status of Arab Palestine.

West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer rejected an East German bid for unity talks by the two German governments.

Crime
Ilse Koch, the wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court.

Religion
The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a New York City ordinance requiring prerachers to obtain police permits for religious services on city streets on the ground that it violated constitutional guarantees of free speech.

Society
Cuban police closed down Havana's Barrio Colon red light district in a nationwide drive against vice.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Truman submitted to Congress the largest peacetime budget in American history, calling for the expenditure of $71.6 billion in fiscal 1952. 73% of the proposed budget went for "major national security programs."

60 years ago
1961

Track and field
Bruce Kidd, 17, won a two-mile indoor race in Boston in world record time.

Disasters
A United States Air Force "Texas tower" radar station moored in the Atlantic Ocean 105 miles off the New Jersey coast sank during a storm, taking the lives of all occupants--14 USAF personnel and 14 civilian workers repairing damage to the tower caused by Hurricane Donna.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): What Have They Done to My Song Ma--The New Seekers

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): A Song of Joy--Miguel Rios (14th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): If Those Lips Could Only Speak--Dermot Henry (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow--The Dealians
2 Looky Looky--Giorgio
3 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
4 I Think I Love You--The Partridge Family
5 Zanzibar--Wanda Arletti
6 I Hear You Knocking--Dave Edmunds
7 San Bernadino--Christie
8 You Can Get it if You Really Want--Desmond Dekker
9 Woodstock--Matthews Southern Comfort
10 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor

The only single entering the chart was Cry Bluebird Cry by the Rising Sons (#20).

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Hier ist ein Mensch--Peter Alexander
2 Abraham (Das Lied vom Trödler)--Wolfgang
3 Ruby Tuesday--Melanie
4 Black Night--Deep Purple
5 Deine Einsamkeit--Udo Jürgens
6 Paranoid--Black Sabbath
7 Oh, wann kommst du?--Daliah Lavi
8 San Bernadino--Christie
9 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
10 Lookin' Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Singles entering the chart were Ruby Tuesday; Cracklin' Rosie; I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds (#11); Walking Round by Eric [Marlyn] (#14); Woodstock by Matthews' Southern Comfort (#15); Stealer by Free (#16); Einmal um die ganze Welt by Karel Gott (#17); and Wild World by Jimmy Cliff (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Knock Three Times--Dawn (2nd week at #1)
2 Lonely Days-- Bee Gees
3 My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity--George Harrison
4 Stoney End--Barbra Streisand
5 Love the One You're With--Stephen Stills
6 Your Song--Elton John
7 One Man Band--Three Dog Night
8 Immigrant Song--Led Zeppelin
9 I Hear You Knocking--Dave Edmunds
10 Sing High, Sing Low--Anne Murray

Singles entering the chart were Nosiree by Craig Wood (#25); One Bad Apple by the Osmonds (#27); 1900 Yesterday by Liz Damon's Orient Express (#28); Let Your Love Go by Bread (#29); and Band Bandit by Tundra (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 My Sweet Lord--George Harrison (5th week at #1)
2 Knock Three Times--Dawn
3 Lonely Days-- Bee Gees
4 I Think it's Going to Rain Today--Tom Northcott
5 Love the One You're With--Stephen Stills
6 Pay to the Piper--The Chairmen of the Board
7 If You Could Read My Mind--Gordon Lightfoot
8 Your Song--Elton John
9 Black Magic Woman--Santana
10 Sing High, Sing Low--Anne Murray

Singles entering the chart were The Green Grass Starts to Grow by Dionne Warwick (#21); Amazing Grace by Judy Collins (#23); Somebody's Watching You by Little Sister (#24); Mother by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#27); Hang on to Your Life by the Guess Who (#28); We Gotta Get You a Woman by Runt (#29); and Band Bandit by Tundra (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 My Sweet Lord--George Harrison (4th week at #1)
2 Knock Three Times--Dawn
3 Sing High, Sing Low--Anne Murray
4 Silver Moon--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
5 I Think I Love You--The Partridge Family
6 Rose Garden--Lynn Anderson
7 For the Good Times--Ray Price
8 He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother--Neil Diamond
9 No Matter What--Badfinger
10 Gypsy Woman--Brian Hyland

At the movies
Vanishing Point, directed by Richard C. Sarafian, and starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger, opened in theatres in limited release.



Died on this date
John Dall, 50. U.S. actor. John Dall Thompson achieved success on Broadway in the comedy Dear Ruth in 1944, and was nominated for an Academy Award in the supporting actor category for his first movie, The Corn is Green (1945). He was a memorable villain in one of this blogger’s favourite Alfred Hitchcock movies, Rope (1948); starred with Peggy Cummins in the great film noir Deadly is the Female (aka Gun Crazy) (1950); and had a small role in Spartacus (1960). Mr. Dall reportedly became a drunkard in later years, and died of a heart attack, several months after a serious fall.

Politics and govermnent
Following the advice of U.S. President Richard Nixon, the Republican National Committee unanimously elected U.S. Senator Bob Dole of Kansas as the party’s new chairman.

40 years ago
1981

Hit Parade
Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 (Just Like) Starting Over--John Lennon
2 Angel of Mine--Frank Duval & Orchestra
3 Super Trouper--ABBA
4 Woman in Love--Barbra Streisand
5 Some Broken Hearts Never Mend--Telly Savalas
6 The Tide is High--Blondie
7 Santa Maria--Oliver Onions
8 What You're Proposing--Status Quo
9 Another One Bites the Dust--Queen
10 Master Blaster (Jammin')--Stevie Wonder

Singles entering the chart were (Just Like) Starting Over; and My Old Piano by Diana Ross (#20).

On television tonight
Hill Street Blues, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Hill Street Station

This was the pilot for the long-running series.

War
Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called upon the Iranian people to stop criticizing President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr for his conduct of the war against Iraq. Iran accused the Soviet Union of sending military advisers and arms to Iraq.

Religion
Pope John Paul II received a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity, led by Lech Wałęsa.

30 years ago
1991

War
"Black Beret" troops from the interior ministry seized a police academy in Latvia.

Australiana
Queen Elizabeth II signed letters patent instituting the Victoria Cross for Australia; the country became the first Commonwealth realm with a separate Victoria Cross award in its honours system.

Politics and government
The Supreme Soviet confirmed Aleksandr Bessmertnykh as the U.S.S.R.’s new foreign minister.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Jesus to a Child--George Michael

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Jesus to a Child--George Michael

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Earth Song--Michael Jackson (6th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Exhale (Shoop Shoop)--Whitney Houston (2nd week at #1)
2 You'll See--Madonna
3 Hand in My Pocket--Alanis Morissette
4 Breakfast at Tiffany's--Deep Blue Something
5 Name--Goo Goo Dolls
6 Your Little Secret--Melissa Etheridge
7 Blessed--Elton John
8 Good Intentions--Toad the Wet Sprocket
9 Good Mother--Jann Arden
10 I Wish You Well--Tom Cochrane

Singles entering the chart were I Want to Come Over by Melissa Etheridge (#88); Jesus to a Child by George Michael (#89); Waiting for Tonight by Tom Petty (#93); A Love So Beautiful by Michael Bolton (#96); The World I Know by Collective Soul (#97); Get Together by Big Mountain (#98); and Don't Cry by Seal (#99).

Died on this date
Les Baxter, 73. U.S. musician and composer. Mr. Baxter was a pianist who was best known as a bandleader and arranger, and a pioneer in the genre of "exotica" in the 1950s. His hit singles included Unchained Melody (1955) and The Poor People of Paris (1956), both of which reached #1 on the Billboard singles charts. Mr. Baxter was accused by fellow arranger Nelson Riddle of constantly taking credit for work done by others.

Moshoeshoe II, 57. King of Lesotho, 1966-1990, 1995-1996. Moshoeshoe II, born Constantine Bereng Seeiso, succeeded paramount chief Seeiso, and became King when Lesotho gained her independence from Britain in 1966. He was deposed in 1990 and replaced by his son Letsie III, but returned from exile in the United Kingdom to resume the throne in 1995. King Moshoeshoe II was killed in a car accident, and was once again succeeded by Letsie III.

War
Russian forces launched a three-day offensive against Chechnya.

Politics and government
Lucien Bouchard resigned his seat in the Canadian House of Commons to take the leadership of the Parti Quebecois.

Scandal
The bribery trial of former South Korean President Roh Tae Woo resumed; Mr. Roh refused to be questioned, and offered to accept his punishment. Some of the bribe money was still tucked away in a number of secret bank accounts.

Canadiana
The Palladium, home of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, opened with a concert by Bryan Adams.

Business
David Walsh announced in Calgary that his Bre-X mining company's Busang, Indonesia, holdings contained 30 million ounces of gold; this was later proven to be a fraud.

20 years ago
2001

Literature
Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.

Montrealana
14 suburban municipalities on the island of Montreal filed an injunction in Quebec Superior Court aimed at blocking the application of Bill 170, which would integrate them into a single city of Montreal.

Economics and finance
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Gulf War, Iraq signed a free trade agreement with Egypt in a bid to end its continuing isolation.

Business
Bombardier announced that it had reached an agreement with Skywest Airlines of Utah to manufacture 64 regional planes at a cost of $2 billion.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Susannah York, 72. U.K. actress. Miss York, born Susannah Fletcher, was best known for her performances in the 1960s in movies such as Freud (1962); Tom Jones (1963); and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), receiving an Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award for her supporting performance in the latter. She died of cancer, six days after her 72nd birthday.

Football
NFL
AFC Divisional Playoff
Baltimore 24 @ Pittsburgh 31

Ben Roethlisberger completed a pass to Antonio Brown for 58 yards, setting up Rashard Mendenhall's 2-yard touchdown rush with 1:33 remaining in regulation time to break a 24-24 tie as the Steelers beat the Ravens before 64,879 fans at Heinz Field.



NFC Divisional Playoff
Green Bay 48 @ Atlanta 21

The Packers scored 4 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter to overcome a 7-0 deficit and defeat the Falcons before 69,210 fans at the Georgia Dome. Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed 31 of 36 passes for 366 yards and 3 touchdowns.

January 1, 2021

1,020 years ago
1001

Europeana
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary was named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.

370 years ago
1651

Britannica
Charles II was crowned King of Scotland at Scone.

240 years ago
1781

War
In the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781, 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebelled against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey.

220 years ago
1801

Britannica
The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland was completed, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was proclaimed.

170 years ago
1851

World events
Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez entered Mexico City.

Journalism
In Windsor, Canada West, Henry Walton Bibb, the son of a white father and Negro mother, published the first issue of Voice of the Fugitive, a journal for escaped American slaves.

Law
The Canadian government abolished primogeniture, where eldest son received the greater part of his deceased father's property; all property was divided equally among all children if there was no will.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Charles Bickford. U.S. actor. Mr. Bickford was a character actor in plays, movies, and television programs in a career spanning 56 years. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his supporting performances in The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Farmer's Daughter (1947); and Johnny Belinda (1948). Mr. Bickford died of pneumonia and a blood infection on November 9, 1967 at the age of 76.

120 years ago
1901

Australiana
The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia, with Edmund Barton appointed as the first Prime Minister.

Africana
The Southern Nigeria Protectorate was established within the British Empire.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Basil Dearden. U.K. movie director and screenwriter. Mr. Dearden, born Basil Dear, wrote several screenplays before directing more than 40 movies and television programs from 1939-1974. His directing credits included Dead of Night (1945); The Captive Heart (1946); Sapphire (1959); Victim (1961); and Khartoum (1966). Mr. Dearden died on March 23, 1971 at the age of 60, after being seriously injured in a car accident.

Hank Greenberg. U.S. baseball player and executive. Mr. Greenberg was a first baseman and outfielder with the Detroit Tigers (1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1946) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947), batting .313 with 331 home runs and 1,274 runs batted in in 1,394 games. He led the American League in home runs four times and in runs batted in four times. Mr. Greenberg is probably best remembered for hitting 58 home runs in 1938, falling two short of the major league record for a single season set by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in 1927. Mr. Greenberg helped the Tigers win the World Series in 1935 and the AL pennant in 1940, but entered the United States Army in May 1941 and wasn't discharged until midway through the 1945 season, when he helped the Tigers win another World Series. Mr. Greenberg was the general manager of the Cleveland Indians from 1949-1957 and the Chicago White Sox from 1959-1961. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956. Mr. Greenberg was the first popular Jewish star in American team sports, and was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979; Jewish American Hall of Fame in 1991; and National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. He died on September 4, 1986 at the age of 75.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Regina Bianchi. Italian actress. Miss Bianchi, born Regina D'Antigny, appeared in almost 60 movies and television programs from 1939-1942 and 1961-2008. Her films included Le quattro giornate di Napoli (The Four Days of Naples) (1962) and Camerieri (Waiters) (1995). Miss Bianchi died on April 5, 2013 at the age of 92.

Died on this date
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, 64. Chancellor of the German Empire, 1909-1917. Mr. Bethmann-Hollweg, who wasn't affiliated with any party, held several cabinet posts before tking office as Chancellor in July 1909. He pursued a policy of détente with Britain, but was unsuccessful, and in his support for Austro-Hungarian action against Serbia in 1914, he tampered with the text of a message from Britain, and was upset by the U.K.'s declaration of war following Germany's violation of Belgium's neutrality. Mr. Bethmann-Hollweg gradually lost power and was forced to resign in July 1917. In 1919 he asked the Allies to place him on trial insead of Kaiser Wilhelm II if anyone should be held responsible for the origin of the war. Mr. Bethmann-Hollweg caught a cold shortly after Christmas 1920, which developed into pneumonia.

80 years ago
1941

Radio
The news division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio-Canada was founded, headed by Dan McArthur, with Lorne Greene appointed as the first announcer in the new national news service.

War
The British Royal Air Force bombed Bremen for 3½ hours. South African Prime Minister Jan Christaan Smuts predicted that the United States would enter the European war in order to save Britain from defeat. U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg (Republican--Michigan) was quoted as saying that he would back President Franklin D. Roosevel't policies, "even though I know it is bound to lead us into war," if the United States first exhausted all avenues of peace.

Defense
The National Herrerista Party withdrew its opposition to construction of Pan-American defense bases in Uruguay.

Economics and finance
The French government in Vichy announced a provisional budget of approximately 40 billion francs for the next four months.

The U.S. Federal Reserve presented Congress with a monetary plan to forestall inflation and improve monetary organization.

Americana
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the population of the United States in 1940 was 131,669,275, a gain of nearly 9 million since 1930.

Football
NCAA
Cotton Bowl
Texas A&M 13 Fordham 12

Orange Bowl
Mississippi State 14 Georgetown 7

Rose Bowl
Stanford 21 Nebraska 13

Sugar Bowl
Boston College 19 Tennessee 13

75 years ago
1946

Movies
The New York Film Critics Circle announced their awards for 1945: Best Picture--The Lost Weekend; Best Director--Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend); Best Actor--Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend); Actress--Ingrid Bergman (Spellbound; The Bells of St. Mary's). Miss Bergman also received a Special Award.

War
At his war crimes trial in Nuremberg, former German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop revealed that a week before his April 30, 1945 suicide, German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler had said that his spirit would rise again and "one will see that I have been right." At the hearings of the United States Senate committee on the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. Army Major General Walter Short, U.S. commander in Hawaii at the time of the attack, revealed that he expected the War Department to "let me know of a crisis." The United Kingdom and India signed a peace treaty with Siam, ending the state of war that had existed since January 25, 1942.

Diplomacy
Upon returning from his fact-finding trip on behalf of U.S. President Harry Truman, Mark Ethridge said that the U.S.S.R. had "made great concessions to the American viewpoint at Moscow," but that neither Bulgaria nor Romania had representative governments in "the Yalta sense."

The United States Senate ratified extension of the U.S.-Mexico sanitation and coffee pacts.

Japanica
In a New Year's Day rescript, Emperor Hirohito declared that he was not a god.

Britannica
In his annual New Year's honours list, King George VI named Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery a viscount and awarded the Order of Merit to former Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Politics and government
In legislations for the Indian Central Legislative Assembly, the All-India Congress Party captured 59.6% of the vote, to 27.6% for the Moslem League.

Society
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that birth rates tended to decline with the advance in educational status of husband or wife.

Science
Sun Oil Company and Houdry Process Corporation announced plans for quantity production of the rare Carbon 13, an isotope which could trace "intricate chemical reactions" in the body.

Economics and finance
The French Constituent Assembly approved the national budget for 1946 after President General Charles de Gaulle had threatened to resign over proposed cuts in defense spending.

Football
NCAA
Cotton Bowl
Texas 40 Missouri 27

Orange Bowl
U of Miami 13 Holy Cross 6

Sugar Bowl
Oklahoma A&M 33 St. Mary's 13

Rose Bowl
Alabama 34 Southern California 14

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Haunted Skyscraper, starring Don Dickinson and Virginia Gilmore

War
Communist Chinese and North Korean forces began a major drive on Seoul, breaking through South Korean lines on the right flank of the U.S. 8th Army.

Politics and government
The Legislative Council, the appointed Upper House of the New Zealand Parliament, ceased to exist.

France granted independence to the Saar, but maintained its economic union with the coal-mining and steel-manufacturing district.

Haiti announced a ban on the pro-Communist Peasants and Workers Movement and the Popular Socialist Party.

Popular culture
The Israeli government upheld a ban on the use of the German language in concerts and other public performances.

Football
NCAA
Cotton Bowl @ Dallas
Tennessee 20 Texas 14

Rose Bowl @ Pasadena
Michigan 14 California 6

Orange Bowl @ Miami
Clemson 15 Miami (Florida) 14

Sugar Bowl @ New Orleans
Kentucky 13 Oklahoma 7

60 years ago
1961

Television
CJCH-TV, owned by a group of Nova Scotians headed by Finlay Macdonald, began broadcasting on Channel 5 in Halifax. It was an independent station, and became one of CTV's original stations when that network began broadcasting on October 1, 1961.

Transportation
The Canadian Pacific Railway created the Soo Line Railroad Company by amalgamating the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company, the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad Company.

Energy
The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority was created to absorb all the power companies in British Columbia except for the CPR-owned West Kootenay Power and Light Company.

Economics and finance
A provincial hospital insurance plan went into effect in Quebec.

Football
AFL
Championship
Los Angeles 16 @ Houston 24

George Blanda completed 16 of 31 passes for 301 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Oilers to the first American Football League championship over the Chargers before 32,183 fans at Jeppesen Stadium. Ben Agajanian kicked field goals of 38 and 22 yards to give the Chargers a 6-0 lead after the 1st quarter, but Mr. Blanda threw 17 yards to Dave Smith for the game’s 1st touchdown at 3:51 of the 2nd quarter. Mr. Blanda converted and added an 18-yard field goal almost 5 minutes later to give the Oilers a 10-6 lead. Mr. Agajanian kicked a 27-yard field goal with 5 seconds left to cut Houston’s lead at halftime to 10-9. Mr. Blanda connected with Bill Groman on a 7-yard touchdown pass, which Mr. Blanda converted, to give the Oilers a 17-9 lead. The Chargers struck back with a long drive culminating in a 2-yard touchdown rush by Paul Lowe, converted by Mr. Agajanian, to make the score 17-16 in favour of Houston after 3 quarters. The Oilers scored the only points of the 4th quarter on an 88-yard touchdown pass from Mr. Blanda to Billy Cannon, converted by Mr. Blanda. The deepest penetration after that by the Los Angeles offense was to the Houston 22-yard line, but the Chargers lost the ball on downs. Mr. Cannon rushed 18 times for 50 yards and led all receivers with 128 yards on 3 receptions. Mr. Lowe led all rushers with 21 carries for 165 yards. Los Angeles quarterback Jack Kemp completed 21 of 41 passes for just 171 yards and 2 interceptions. It was the Chargers’ last game representing Los Angeles; they moved to San Diego in the off-season.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): A Song of Joy--Miguel Rios (12th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): If Those Lips Could Only Speak--Dermot Henry

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Looky Looky--Giorgio (3rd week at #1)
2 Zanzibar--Wanda Arletti
3 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
4 Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow--The Dealians
5 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
6 You Can Get it if You Really Want--Desmond Dekker
7 I Think I Love You--The Partridge Family
8 Woodstock--Matthews Southern Comfort
9 I Hear You Knocking--Dave Edmunds
10 Paranoid--Black Sabbath

Singles entering the chart were Mango Mango by Tidal Wave (#19); and The Witch by the Rattles (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity--George Harrison (4th week at #1)
2 Knock Three Times--Dawn
3 Immigrant Song--Led Zeppelin
4 One Less Bell to Answer--The 5th Dimension
5 Black Magic Woman--Santana
6 No Matter What--Badfinger
7 Lonely Days-- Bee Gees
8 Stoned Love--The Supremes
9 Stoney End--Barbra Streisand
10 Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?--Chicago

Singles entering the chart were I Really Don't Want to Know/There Goes My Everything by Elvis Presley (#28); Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson (#29); and If I were Your Woman by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#30).

On television tonight
The Interns, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Changes

Died on this date
Luis Aparicio, Sr., 58. Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager. Mr. Aparicio was a shortstop with seven different clubs in the National Baseball Series in 11 years from 1931-1945, and played in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League with Navegantes del Magallanes (1946); Sabios de Vargas (1947-1952); and Gavilanes (1953). He was the first batter in VPBL history, singling and scoring the first run on January 12, 1946. Mr. Aparicio coached with Gavilanes after his playing career ended, founded the Rapiños de Occidente club in 1957, and managed Águilas del Zulia in their inaugural season in 1969-70. Mr. Aparicio died of a heart attack, and was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. His son Luis, Jr. played shortstop in the American League from 1956-1973, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

War
A three-day cease-fire in Vietnam ended amid reports that sporadic fighting had continued throughout the period.

Football
NCAA
Cotton Bowl @ Dallas
Notre Dame 24 Texas 11

Rose Bowl @ Pasadena
Stanford 27 Ohio State 17

Orange Bowl @ Miami
Nebraska 17 Louisiana State 12

Sugar Bowl @ New Orleans
Tennessee 34 Air Force 13

40 years ago
1981

Hit Parade
Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Woman in Love--Barbra Streisand
2 Angel of Mine--Frank Duval & Orchestra
3 Super Trouper--ABBA
4 Santa Maria--Oliver Onions
5 Some Broken Hearts Never Mend--Telly Savalas
6 What You're Proposing--Status Quo
7 The Tide is High--Blondie
8 Another One Bites the Dust--Queen
9 Santa Maria--Roland Kaiser
10 Johnny and Mary--Robert Palmer

Singles entering the chart were When You Ask About Love by Matchbox (#16); Passion by Rod Stewart (#18); and Arrival by Mike Oldfield (#19).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 (Just Like) Starting Over--John Lennon (4th week at #1)
2 Hungry Heart--Bruce Springsteen
3 Passion--Rod Stewart
4 The Tide is High--Blondie
5 I Got You--Split Enz
6 Wasn't That a Party--The Rovers
7 Looking for Clues--Robert Palmer
8 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da--The Police
9 Every Woman in the World--Air Supply
10 More than I Can Say--Leo Sayer

Singles entering the chart were Time is Time by Andy Gibb (#18); and 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton (#20).

Literature
Obasan by Joy Kogawa, the first novel to trace the internment and dispersal of 20,000 Japanese Canadians from the West Coast during World War II, was published.

World events
The absence of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng from a New Year’s reception stirred rumours that he had been forced to resign his post. Because the reception, given by the Central Committee, was unusual in that such affairs were usually sponsored by the government, it was believed that the celebration was held purposely without Chairman Hua as a signal to the Chinese people that he had been ousted.

Economics and finance
Greece was admitted into the European Economic Community as its 10th member.

Gasoline in Canada was first sold by the litre rather than the gallon.

Disasters
A fire in a recreation club killed 48 New Year's Eve celebrants in the northern Québec mining town of Chapais.

30 years ago
1991

Abominations
The 7% Goods and Services Tax went into effect in Canada.

Canadiana
Oliver, British Columbia was incorporated as a town.

Hockey
NHL-U.S.S.R. exhibition
Moscow Dynamo 4 @ Toronto 7

This was the first appearance of a Soviet team at Maple Leaf Gardens. Harold Ballard, who had died the previous spring, had always refused to permit any team from the Soviet Union to play there as long as he owned the Maple Leafs.



Football
NCAA
Cotton Bowl @ Dallas
Miami (Florida) 46 Texas 3

Rose Bowl @ Pasadena
Washington 46 Iowa 34

Orange Bowl @ Miami
Colorado 10 Notre Dame 9

Sugar Bowl @ New Orleans
Tennessee 23 Virginia 22

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Die reise--Fraktal 2

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Gangsta's Paradise--Coolio featuring L.V. (12th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Earth Song--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Canada (RPM): Hand in My Pocket--Alanis Morissette (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Arleigh Burke, 94. U.S. military officer. Admiral Burke had a distinguished record of service with the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War, and served as Chief of Naval Operations under Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy (1955-1961).

Arthur Rudolph, 89. German-born U.S. rocket engineer. Mr. Rudolph played a key role in the development of the V-2 rocket in Germany during World War II. He was brought to the United States after the war as part of Operation Paperclip, and worked on projects such as the development of the Pershing missile and the Saturn V moon rocket. In the early 1980s, Mr. Rudolph was accused of war crimes in World War II, and he agreed to move to West Germany and renounce his U.S. citizenship in return for not being prosecuted.

Caribbeana
Curaçao gained limited self-government, though it remained within free association with the Netherlands.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Ray Walston, 86. U.S. actor. Mr. Walston was best known as the star of the television comedy series My Favorite Martian (1963-1966) and as a member of the cast of the dramatic series Picket Fences (1992-1996).

Canadiana
The Ontario cities of Hamilton and Sudbury officially merged with their suburban municipalities to create new megacities. Sudbury, now Greater Sudbury, was the only one to change its name.

Diplomacy
The Palestinian National Authority expressed concerns about Middle East peace plan principles set forth by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 23 and already accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The plan provided for Palestinian control over the Gaza Strip; Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem; and 95% of the West Bank, with partial control of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The PNA feared these principles would not produce a viable state; objected to provisions allowing for annexation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank; and protested that the plan would forego the right of return for Palestinians who had become refugees following the formation of the nation of Israel in 1948 and subsequent wars.

Law
Despite a January 1 deadline, hundreds of thousands of Canadians didn’t register guns in their possession, and now possessed the weapons illegally, making it impossible to legally purchase ammunition.

Business
Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Limited officially merged.

10 years ago
2011

Television
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) was launched, replacing the Health Channel.

Terrorism
A suicide bombing took place outside a Coptic Orthodox church in Alexandria, Egypt following a New Year service, killing 23 people.

Economics and finance
Estonia officially adopted the Euro currency and became the 17th Eurozone country.

The Quebec Sales Tax (QST) rose 1 percentage point to 8.5%.

August 22, 2020

740 years ago
1280

Died on this date
Nicholas III, 64 (?). Roman Catholic Pope, 1277-1280. Nicholas III, born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, became a cardinal in 1244, and was named Grand Inquisitor in 1262. He used his family's influence to win the election to succeed Pope John XXI. Nicholas III greatly strengthened the papal position in Italy, and appointed several relatives to important positions. He died of an apparent heart attack or stroke, although there were suspicions that he was poisoned. Pope Nicholas III was succeeded by Martin IV.

670 years ago
1350

Died on this date
Philippe VI, 56 or 57. King of France, 1328-1350. Philippe VI was chosen by the French nobility to succeed his cousin Charles IV on the throne, becoming the first king from the house of Valois. King Edward III of England was the late king's closest male relative, and eventually started the Hundred Years' War in 1337 in an attempt to claim the French throne. King Philippe VI was succeeded by his son Jean II.

260 years ago
1760

Born on this date
Leo XII. Roman Catholic Pope, 1823-1829. Leo XII, born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga, was ordained to the priesthood in 1783, became a cardinal in 1816, and succeeded Pius VII as pope in 1823. Pope Leo XII negotiated concordats that were advantageous to the papacy, and pursued a very conservative social policy, making him very unpopular with the people. He died on February 10, 1829 at the age of 68 after suddenly taking ill, and was succeeded by Pius VIII.

250 years ago
1770

Australiana
Captain James Cook named and landed on Possession Island, and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

160 years ago
1860

Born on this date
Alfred Ploetz. German eugenicist. Dr. Ploetz was a physician and biologist who was a socialist and evolutionist. He coined the term Rassenhygiene (racial hygiene), and influenced Nazi ideas of Nordic racial superiority. Dr. Ploetz supported the Nazis when they came to power in Germany in 1933, and was appointed by Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick to an "expert advisory committee for population and racial policy." German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler appointed Dr. Ploetz to a professorship in 1936. Dr. Ploetz finally joined the Nazi Party in 1937, and died on March 20, 1940 at the age of 79.

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. Polish-born German technician and inventor. In 1884, Mr. Nipkow invented the Nipkow disk--a mechanical, rotating, geometrically operating image scanning device that was a fundamental component in mechanical television. He died on August 24, 1940, two days after his 80th birthday.

140 years ago
1880

Born on this date
George Herriman. U.S. cartoonist. Mr. Herriman wrote and drew two dozen newspaper comic strips, but was best known for Krazy Kat, which ran from 1913 until his death from non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver on April 25, 1944 at the age of 63.

130 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Cecil Kellaway. South African-born U.S. actor. Mr. Kellaway grew up in South Africa and England and began his acting career in Australia before moving to the United States, where he became a popular character actor in movies and television programs. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his suporting performances in The Luck of the Irish (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Mr. Kellaway died on February 28, 1973 at the age of 82.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
László Almásy. Hungarian explorer. Count Almásy, born into a noble family, served with the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops in World War I, and led several expeditions in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts in the 1930s. After Hungary joined the Axis during World War II, Count Almásy completed Operation Salam, the infiltration of two German spies through the Libyan Desert behind enemy lines. He returned to Hungary, but fled after the Communist takeover in Hungary, and eventually settled in Egypt. Count Almásy was on a visit to Austria when he died on March 22, 1951 at the age of 55 from the effects of amoebic dysentery which he had contracted in Africa.

110 years ago
1910

Diplomacy
With the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Ray Bradbury. U.S. author. Mr. Bradbury wrote fiction in various genres, but was one of the most famous science fiction writers in history in a career spanning more than 70 years. His books included the novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and the short story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950); The Illustrated Man (1951); and I Sing the Body Electric! (1969). Mr. Bradbury died after a lengthy illness on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91.

Denton Cooley. U.S. physician. Dr. Cooley was one of the world's most famous heart surgeons. In a career spanning more than 50 years, his achievements included the first temporary implantation of an artificial heart in a man, in 1969. Dr. Cooley founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962, and died on November 18, 2016 at the age of 96.

Died on this date
Anders Zorn, 60. Swedish artist. Mr. Zorn was a painter, sculptor, and etcher who was best known for his portraits. His subjects included King Oscar II of Sweden and U.S. Presidents Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. Mr. Zorn died from abdominal blood poisoning.

80 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Oliver Lodge, 89. U.K. scientist. Sir Oliver was one of the key figures in research into electromagnetism and the development of radio.

Gerald Strickland, 79. Prime Minister of Malta, 1927-1932. Baron Strickland was Governor of Tasmania (1904-1909), Western Australia (1909-1913), and New South Wales (1913-1917) before returning to Malta. He became the leader of what became the Constitutional Party, and served as Prime Minister until the constitution was suspended as a result of conflict between the government and Roman Catholic ecclesiastical authorities.

War
Egyptian Defense Minister Mahmoud Fahmy el Kiessy Pasha declared that Egyptian forces would fight with the British.

Diplomacy
In a purge of pro-U.S. and pro-U.K. personnel, the government of Japan recalled 40 of its diplomats, including Ambassador to the United States Kensuki Horinouchi.

World events
Greek Prime Minister John Metaxas convened a special cabinet meeting to deal with Italian troop movements considered threatening to Greece.

1,300 British troops left Shanghai, ending nearly a century's influence there.

Defense
U.S. Army General Hap Arnold released the first information about the Lockheed P-38 Lightning interceptor, describing it as the world's fastest plane, capable of reaching 500 miles per hour.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Investment Company Act of 1940, providing for the regulation and registration of investment companies.

70 years ago
1945

War
Soviet airborne troops occupied Shimushu, northernmost island of the Kurils, while others occupied the Yellow Sea ports of Dairen and Port Arthur.

World events
The Iranian general staff reported the killing of seven rebellious officers and men who were planning to attack on the Soviet-garrisoned city of Meshed.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Harry Truman met in Washington with French leader General Charles de Gaulle, who pressed for creation of a separate Rhenish state in Germany and American support for French reoccupation of Indochina. Mr. Truman remained non-committal on the German question, but agreed to continued French possession of Indochina.

Defense
The U.S. Army Air Force announced that it would discharge 1.4 million-2.3 million men within the next year.

U.S. Office of Defense Transportation Director J. Monroe Johnson said that wartime curbs on wholesale and retail truck deliveries would be lifted on November 1, 1945.

Politics and government
King Michael I of Romania asked the U.S.A., U.S.S.R., and U.K. to assist in forming a new Romanian government that they could recognize.

U.S. President Truman proposed early congressional action to allow Puerto Rico to settle, by free elections, its future status.

Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen resigned as Argentina's Finance Minister.

Scandal
U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes reinstated "China hand" John S. Service, after a grand jury had refused to indict him for removing confidential government documents in the "Amerasia Affair."

Economics and finance
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Council in London approved aid to Italy and Austria.

The U.S. War Production Board dropped the priority system and set September 30, 1945 for cessation of the "controlled materials plan."

Radio
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission allowed amateur radio operators to go on the air again, after a wartime prohibition.

70 years ago
1950

War
France announced plans to send a special battalion of 1,200 infantrymen to Korea.

Diplomacy
Sir Owen Dixon abandoned his mediation efforts in India and Pakistan, announcing that "there is no immediate prospect" for agreement on plans for a Kashmir plebiscite.

Health
Dr. R.C. Williams of the U.S. Public Health Service told a conference of sanitation engineers in Albany, New York that less-than-fatal doses of atomic radiation were unlikely to produce impotence or sterility, or to greatly increase the birth of deformed babies.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau reported that federal tax collections had dropped from $40.4 billion in fiscal 1949 to $38.9 billion in fiscal 1950.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Eres Diferente--Los Cinco Latinos

#1 single in France (IFOP): Les enfants du Pirée--Dalida (6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland
3 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
4 The Twist--Chubby Checker
5 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
6 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
7 Volare--Bobby Rydell
8 Finger Poppin' Time--Hank Ballard
9 Mission Bell--Donnie Brooks
10 Image of a Girl--The Safaris with the Phantom's Band

Singles entering the chart were The Same One by Brook Benton (#61); Delia Gone (#68)/Candy Sweet (#80) by Pat Boone; (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too by Skeeter Davis (#74); Malagueña by Connie Francis (#86); The Old Oaken Bucket by Tommy Sands (#87); Kommotion by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#89); Come Back by Jimmy Clanton (#90); A Million to One by Jimmy Charles and the Reveletts (#95); Diamonds and Pearls by the Paradons (#99); and The Lovin' Touch by Mark Dinning (#100). (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too was an "answer" to Please Help Me, I'm Falling, a recent hit for both Hank Locklin and Rusty Draper. Malagueña was the B-side of My Heart Has a Mind of its Own, charting at #34.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker
4 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
5 Volare--Bobby Rydell
6 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
7 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
8 Finger Poppin' Time--Hank Ballard
9 Dreamin'--Johnny Burnette
10 Mission Bell--Donnie Brooks

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Pineapple Princess--Annette with the Afterbeats (2nd week at #1)
2 Yogi--The Ivy Three
3 It's Now or Never/A Mess of Blues--Elvis Presley
4 Hot Rod Lincoln--Johnny Bond
5 Storm Clouds--Buddy Knox
6 No--Dodie Stevens
7 The Blamers--Les Vogt
8 Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
9 The Twist--Chubby Checker
10 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison

Singles entering the chart were Let's Have a Party by Wanda Jackson (#37); Run Samson Run by Neil Sedaka (#41, charting with its other side, You Mean Everything to Me); Let's Think About Living by Bob Luman (#46); My Heart Has a Mind of its Own by Connie Francis (#47); Let the Good Times Roll, Creole by Bill Haley and his Comets (#50); Come Back to Me (My Love) by Mark Dinning (#57, charting with its A-side, The Lovin' Touch); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon by Ray Stevens (#59); and (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy by Bobby Freeman (#60).

Football
CFL
WIFU
British Columbia (2-2) 26 @ Calgary (0-3-1) 19
Saskatchewan (0-2-1) 1 @ Edmonton (2-0) 19

The Lions spoiled the debut of Steve Owen, who had replaced Otis Douglas after Mr. Douglas’s resignation three days earlier, as head coach of the Stampeders.

Rollie Miles, Johnny Bright, and Howie Schumm scored touchdowns, while Jackie Parker added 1 convert for the Eskimos as they beat the Roughriders before 17,000 fans at Clarke Stadium.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry

#1 single in France: In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La lontananza--Domenico Modugno (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel
2 Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
4 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
--The Mixtures
5 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley
6 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
7 Rhythm of Life--Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations
8 Old Man Emu--John Williamson
9 Cottonfields--The Beach Boys
10 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles

The only single entering the chart was I Want You Back by the Jackson 5 (#59).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Back Home--Golden Earring
2 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
3 White Rabbit/Somebody to Love--Jefferson Airplane
4 Are You Ready?--Pacific Gas & Electric
5 Try a Little Love--Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars
6 Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 Lady D'Arbanville--Cat Stevens
8 De Fles--Jan Boezeroen
9 Agata--Nino Ferrer
10 I Don't Believe in If Anymore--Roger Whittaker

Singles entering the chart were Wild and Exciting by Earth & Fire (#23); and Summertime Blues by the Who (#34).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Make it with You--Bread
2 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
3 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
4 War--Edwin Starr
5 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
6 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours--Stevie Wonder
7 Patches--Clarence Carter
8 Band of Gold--Freda Payne
9 I Just Can't Help Believing--B.J. Thomas
10 Tighter, Tighter--Alive and Kicking

Singles entering the chart were I (Who Have Nothing) by Tom Jones (#46); Peace Will Come (According to Plan) by Melanie (#55); Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond (#62); Stay Away from Me (I Love You Too Much) by Major Lance (#74); Where are You Going To My Love by the Brotherhood of Man (#77); On the Beach (In the Summertime) by the 5th Dimension (#80); Neanderthal Man by Hotlegs (#81); Riki Tiki Tavi by Donovan (#82); If I Didn't Care by the Moments (#86); Don't Make Me Over by Brenda and the Tabulations (#87); What a Bummer by the Jaggerz (#88); Screaming Night Hog by Steppenwolf (#91); She Said Yes by Wilson Pickett (#93); Baby, I Need Your Loving by O.C. Smith (#94); Where are You Going by Jerry Butler (#95); We Can Make it Baby by the Originals (#96); Do What You Wanna Do by Five Flights Up (#97); Sing Out the Love (In My Heart) by Arkade (#99); and As the Years Go By by Mashmakhan (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours--Stevie Wonder
2 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
3 Make it with You--Bread
4 War--Edwin Starr
5 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
6 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
7 Lay a Little Lovin' on Me--Robin McNamara
8 Tighter, Tighter--Alive and Kicking
9 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
10 (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?--Ronnie Dyson

Singles entering the chart were She Said Yes by Wilson Pickett (#72); All Right Now by Free (#82); Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt (#85); Fire and Rain by Johnny Rivers & Friends (#86); Soul Shake by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#89); Uncle John's Band by the Grateful Dead (#98); Looky Looky (Look at Me Girl) by the O'Jays (#99); and Border Song by Elton John (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours--Stevie Wonder
2 Make it with You--Bread
3 Tighter, Tighter--Alive and Kicking
4 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
5 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
6 War--Edwin Starr
7 Lay a Little Lovin' on Me--Robin McNamara
8 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
9 Patches--Clarence Carter
10 The Sly, Slick and the Wicked--The Lost Generation

Singles entering the chart were On the Beach (In the Summertime) by the 5th Dimension (#73); Comin' Back to Me by Smith (#74); Neanderthal Man by Hotlegs (#80); Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond (#83); Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#84); Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt (#85); Going to the Country by the Steve Miller Band (#87); If I Didn't Care by the Moments (#91); Where are You Going by Jerry Butler (#93); Soul Shake by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#95); Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf (#98); and Groovin' with Mr. Bloe by Cool Heat (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 As the Years Go By--Mashmakhan
2 Make it with You--Bread
3 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
4 War--Edwin Starr
5 Tighter, Tighter--Alive and Kicking
6 Lay a Little Lovin' on Me--Robin McNamara
7 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
8 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
9 Summertime Blues--The Who
10 (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?--Ronnie Dyson

Singles entering the chart were Riki Tiki Tavi by Donovan (#50); You Better Think Twice by Poco (#65); Only You Know and I Know by Dave Mason (#72); The Sly, Slick and the Wicked by the Lost Generation (#74); I Wanna Take You Higher by Ike & Tina Turner (#81); On the Beach (In the Summertime) by the 5th Dimension (#89); Melanie Makes Me Smile by Tony Burrows (#89); Peace Will Come (According to Plan) by Melanie (#91); Rubber Duckie by Ernie (Jim Henson) (#92); Moody Manitoba Morning by Rick Neufeld (#93); Everything's Tuesday by the Chairmen of the Board (#94); Screaming Night Hog by Steppenwolf (#95); Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond (#97); Lola by the Kinks (#98); Neanderthal Man by Hotlegs (#99); and Wednesday in Your Garden by Barry Allen (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 As the Years Go By--Mashmakhan
2 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
3 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
4 Tell it All Brother--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 Higher & Higher--Canada Goose
6 Pearl--Tommy Roe
7 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
8 Me and Bobby McGee--Gordon Lightfoot
9 That Same Old Feeling--Pickettywitch
10 Wigwam--Bob Dylan
Pick hit of the week: Candida--Dawn

War
The U.S. death toll for the week in the Vietnam War was 52, the lowest weekly total in more than 3½ years. 247 South Vietnamese were killed, the second lowest weekly total in 1970. The Communist death toll for the week was 1,055, lowest in two years.

Diplomacy
U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew conferred with President Richard Nixon and then began a 30,000-mile, 8-day visit to South Korea, South Vietnam, Thailand, and the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Auto racing
USAC
Al Unser won the Tony Bettenhausen 100 on a dirt track at Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Carl Williams finished second, and Jim McElreath third. Only 6 of the 28 cars that participated in the race were still running at the end.



Football
CFL
Winnipeg (0-4) 6 @ Hamilton (2-2) 27

Despite the easy win, this game ended a number of careers for the Tiger-Cats. Guard Lonnie Maich, linebacker Mike Strofolino, and tight end Bill Starr were cut before the team’s next game, while running back Willie Bethea, in his 8th season with the Tiger-Cats, was placed on the injured list and never played again. He carried once for 1 yard in his last game. The Blue Bombers cut halfback Craig Tefft and linebacker Jon Sandstrom after the loss.

Baseball
Johnny Bench doubled home Ty Cline and Bobby Tolan with 2 out in the top of the 9th inning to enable the Cincinnati Reds to edge the New York Mets 3-2 before 45,943 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Winning pitcher Jim Merritt (19-10) allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 8 innings.

Tony Taylor singled to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning and scored on a 1-out single by Johnny Briggs to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros before 15,276 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

Roberto Clemente batted 5 for 7 with a run scored and another batted in as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in 16 innings before 39,829 fans at Dodger Stadium. He led off the 16th with a single, stole second base, and scored on a 2-out single by Jerry May to break a 1-1 tie.

Ken Holtzman (14-9) gave up just an 8th-inning single to Hal Lanier as the Chicago Cubs routed the San Francisco Giants 15-0 before 11,046 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Joe Pepitone and Billy Williams each hit a double and home run and scored 3 runs. Gaylord Perry (17-12) started on the mound for San Francisco and allowed 7 hits and 8 runs--7 earned--in 1.1 innings to take the loss.

Bob Gibson (18-5) pitched a 2-hitter and batted 2 for 4 with a double, 2 runs, and 2 runs batted in to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-0 win over the San Diego Padres before 6,942 fans at San Diego Stadium. Mr. Gibson had a perfect game going until Ed Spiezio hit the first of his 2 singles to lead off the 6th inning.

The Detroit Tigers scored 3 runs in the 1st inning as they defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 before 19,286 fans at Tiger Stadium. Detroit right fielder Jim Northrup batted 2 for 4 with a double, home run, 2 runs, and 2 runs batted in. Denny McLain (3-4) pitched a 7-hit complete game for what turned out to be his last win in a Detroit uniform.

Sandy Alomar singled to lead off the 10th inning and scored on a 1-out single by Jim Fregosi to break a 2-2 tie as the California Angels edged the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 before 20,674 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

Roy Foster drew a base on balls to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and scored from there on a 1-out single by Chuck Hinton to give the Cleveland Indians a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics before 9,615 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

Gary Peters tripled home George Scott and Don Pavletich to climax a 6-run 1st inning for the Boston Red Sox as they beat the Kansas City Royals 8-1 before 9,884 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Mr. Peters (12-10) pitched a 6-hit complete game victory.

Frank Howard led off the 10th inning with his second home run of the game, breaking a 4-4 tie as the Washington Senators edged the Minnesota Twins 5-4 before 25,556 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): One More Reggae for the Road--Bill Lovelady (7th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Funkytown--Lipps Inc. (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Paradise Road--Joy (4th week at #1)
2 Call Me--Blondie
3 More than I Can Say--Leo Sayer
4 Down the Mississippi--Barbara Ray
5 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb
6 I See a Boat on the River--Boney M.
7 Boat on the River--Styx
8 Don't Make Waves--The Nolans
9 It Hurts Too Much--Eric Carmen
10 Brass in Pocket--Pretenders

Singles entering the chart were Can't Stop the Music by the Village People (#19); and Aloha-oe, Until We Meet Again by Goombay Dance Band (#20).

Died on this date
James Smith McDonnell, 81. U.S. aviation engineer and executive. Mr. McDonnell worked with several companies in the 1920s and '30s before founding McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis in 1939. McDonnell Aircraft merged with the Douglas Aircraft Company to create McDonnell Douglas in 1967. Mr. McDonnell died from a stroke.

Clive Rush, 49. U.S. football player and coach. Mr. Rush played end and punter with Miami University (1950-1952) and the Green Bay Packers (1953), and then embarked on a coaching career. He was an assistant coach at several universities from 1954-1959, and head coach at the University of Toledo (1960-1962), compiling a record of 8-20. Mr. Rush was offensive coordinator with the New York Jets (1963-1968), helping them to victory in the 1969 Super Bowl. A month later, he was named head coach of the Boston Patriots, leading them to a 4-10 record in his first season. He resigned on November 3, 1970, two days after experiencing an irregular heartbeat during a 45-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills that dropped the Patriots' record to 1-5 for the season. Mr. Rush was hired as an assistant coach with the Washington Redskins in March 1971, but quit six weeks later, and didn't coach again until 1976, when he led the United States Merchant Marine Academy to a 6-1 record, but was replaced with 2 games remaining, amidst complaints from players. Mr. Rush later ran a car dealership, and was a regional director for Grolier Education Corporation at the time of his death from a heart attack.

Diplomacy
U.S. Republican Party vice presidential candidate George Bush concluded a three-day visit to the People’s Republic of China.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index registered no increase in July, the first time since March 1967 that the index hadn’t risen. Economists warned that the stable figure was misleading, since it was due primarily to a 5.7% monthly decline in mortgage interest rates. Prices in other consumer categories continued to rise.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan):

Politics and government
Michel Belanger was appointed co-Chair, with Jean Campeau, of the special commission to shape Quebec's political future. The 35-member Belanger-Campeau Commission was to start on September 4, 1990.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (5-2) 27 @ Toronto (3-4) 23
Ottawa (1-6) 31 @ Calgary (5-1-1) 34

Less Browne intercepted a pass from Tom Porras and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown at 5:43 of the 4th quarter to provide the winning margin for the Blue Bombers before 30,249 at SkyDome. Tom Burgess passed 26 yards to Perry Tuttle for the first Winnipeg touchdown, while Robert Mimbs rushed 1 yard for the other. John Congemi started at quarterback for the Argos, but left the game with an injury just 6 minutes into the game. Mr. Porras completed touchdown passes of 60 yards to Paul Masotti and 5 yards to Darrell K. Smith. This blogger was in attendance with lovely female company.

Mark McLoughlin’s 54-yard field goal on the last play gave the Stampeders the win in front of 20,311 fans at McMahon Stadium. Just 54 seconds earlier, Mr. McLoughlin had converted quarterback Danny Barrett’s 5-yard touchdown run to tie the score. The Rough Riders were unable to move the ball, giving the Stampeders the chance to win the game. Ottawa quarterback Ken Hobart completed just 9 of 23 passes for 85 yards, but rushed for 2 touchdowns, and 6 Calgary turnovers helped the Rough Riders to a 31-16 lead in the 4th quarter. Mr. Barrett completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Allen Pitts, and Andy McVey rushed for a 2-point convert to reduce the lead to 31-24. Scott Flagel scored the Rough Riders’ other touchdown on a 42-yard fumble return in the 2nd quarter, while Derrick Crawford scored the Stampeders’ first touchdown on a 47-yard pass from Mr. Barrett later in the 2nd quarter. Anthony Parker, playing his first--and last--game as a Stampeder after more than 3 seasons with the British Columbia Lions, rushed 6 times for 11 yards and caught 2 passes for 12. Stacey Dawsey was Ottawa’s biggest weapon, amassing 259 yards in kick returns.

25 years ago
1995

Scandal
U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds (Democrat--Illinois) was convicted in a Cook County courtroom of sexual assault, sexual abuse, soliciting child pornography, and obstructing justice, in relation to an affair he had had with 16-year-old campaign worker Beverly Heard. It was illegal in Illinois for an adult to have sex with a 16-year-old or for a person in a position of authority to have sex with a 17-year-old.

20 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Bill Bradford, 78. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Bradford played in 1 game with the Kansas City Athletics on April 24, 1956, posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 9.00 in 2 innings. He was 90-74 in 351 games in 10 seasons in the minor leagues (1949-1958). Mr. Bradford died six days before his 79th birthday.

Abulfaz Elchibey, 62. 2nd President of Azerbaijan, 192-1993. Mr. Elchibey, whose real name was Abulfaz Qadirqulu oglu Aliyev, was a scholar of Oriental philosophy, history, literature and religion who was a dissident against Soviet rule of Azerbaijan. He was elected President in 1992 and secured the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Azerbaijan, but was overthrown in a coup on September 1, 1993, after less than 15 months in office. Mr. Elchibey led the opposition Azerbaijani Popular Front Party in the late 1990s, but died of prostate cancer.

Baseball
The Colorado Rockies had to use backup catcher Brent Mayne as a pitcher in the 12th inning after running out of pitchers in their game against the Atlanta Braves before 41,707 fans at Coors Field in Denver. Mr. Mayne, who had never pitched at any level of professional baseball, gave up a base on balls but no runs, and the Rockies scored in the bottom of the inning to win 7-6, making Mr. Mayne the first regular position player since Rocky Colavito in 1968 to become the winning pitcher in a major league game.

Eric Karros hit 2 home runs in a 9-run 6th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 14-6 before 29, 804 fans at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers hit 6 home runs in the game.

The San Diego Padres scored 5 runs in each of the 2nd, 3rd, and 8th innings of a 16-1 rout of the New York Mets before 24,919 fans at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. San Diego leadoff hitter Damian Jackson batted 3 for 5 with a grand slam, double, and 5 runs batted in.

Brad Fullmer hit a 3-run home run with none out in the bottom of the 8th inning and Tony Batista followed with a homer as the Toronto Blue Jays scored 4 runs and defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-5 before 22,551 fans at SkyDome in Toronto.