January 5, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Laura-Belle Robinson!

240 years ago
1781

War
A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia.

175 years ago
1846

Americana
The United States House of Representatives voted to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Frederick Converse. U.S. composer. Mr. Converse wrote five symphonies and four operas, but is best known for works such as the symphonic poems The Mystic Trumpeter (1904) and Flivver Ten Million (1927). He died on June 8, 1940 at the age of 69.

125 years ago
1896

Science
The Austrian newspaper Wiener Presse reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as an X-ray.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Jean-Pierre Aumont. French actor. Mr. Aumont, born Jean-Pierre Salomons, appeared in plays, films, and television programs in France and the United States in a career spanning 65 years, with time out for service with Free French Forces in World War II. His movies included Maria Chapdelaine (1934); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); Lili (1953); and The Seven Deadly Sins (1962). Mr. Aumont died of a heart attack on January 30, 2001, 25 days after his 90th birthday.

Academia
Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest Negro fraternity, was founded at Indiana University.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Swiss author and playwright. Mr. Dürrenmatt wrote novels, short stories, and essays, but was best known as a dramatist in the genre of epic theatre, political theatre that forces the audience to see the world as it is. His plays included Romulus der Große (Romulus the Great) (1950); and Die Physiker (The Physicists) (1962). Mr. Dürrenmatt died of heart failure on December 14, 1990, 22 days before his 70th birthday.

John H. Reed. U.S. politician and diplomat. Mr. Reed, a Republican, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate before serving as Governor of Maine (1959-1967) and chairman of the National Governors Association (1965-1966). He supported the Vietnam War, and was rewarded by President Lyndon Johnson by being appointed to the National Transportation Safety Board in 1966. Mr. Reed was U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives twice (1976-1977, 1982-1985). He died on October 31, 2012 at the age of 91.

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Musgrave Ritual

80 years ago
1941

On the radio

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Mazarin Stone

Died on this date
Amy Johnson, 37. U.K. aviatrix. Miss Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia in 1930, and set numerous distance records in the '30s, some in partnership with her husband Jim Mollison. She went off course in adverse weather conditions over the Thames Estuary, and bailed out as her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary near Herne Bay. A convoy of ships saw Miss Johnson coming down and saw her alive in the water, but HMS Haslemere, captained by Lieutenant Commander Walter Fletcher, was unsuccessful in attempting to rescue her. It has been rumoured that Miss Johnson's plane was hit by friendly fire, and that she was sucked into the rescue ship's propellers.

War
Three days of fighting in Libya concluded with a decisive victory by Australian and British forces over Italian forces in the Battle of Bardia. The British Air Ministry reported the bombing of Hamburg and Brest, while German bombers struck Bristol.

Diplomacy
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka said that Japan must establish the "Greater East Asia Sphere" as a step toward peace.

Defense
U.S. oil magnate William R. Davis denied funding Verne Marshall's No Foreign Wars Commission.

Economics and finance
The Bogota newspaper La Razon said that Germany had smuggled counterfeit pesos and dollars into Colombia.

Labour
The executive board of the Congress of Industrial Organizations Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilders barred Nazis, Communists, and Fascists from national or local office.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Symphony--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Clyde Rogers (Best Seller--1st week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--1st week at #1); White Christmas--Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra (Airplay--2nd week at #1); I Can't Begin to Tell You--Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro (Juke Box--2nd week at #1)

War
The U.S.S.R. reported that eight Germans tried for atrocities in Leningrad had been sentenced to be hanged. Lieutenant Colonel Seichi Ohta, former head of the Japanese "thought control" police in the Philippines, was sentenced by a U.S. military commission in Manila to be hanged for crimes at Fort Santiago.

Diplomacy
A seven-member United Nations subcommittee arrived in New York to inspect sites for the UN's headquarters.

The U.S. State Department resumed diplomatic relations with Siam after a break of nearly four years.

Palestine High Commissioner Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham asked several members of the Palestine Arab Committee in Jerusalem to consent to the monthly admission of 1,500 European Jews, while the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry studied the Palestinian issue.

Politics and government
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff directed Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan General Douglas MacArthur to arrange a conference between U.S. and Soviet authorities in Korea for the purpose of coordinating economic and administrative policies.

U.S. President Harry Truman named Judge William Hastie as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands; if confirmed he would be the first Negro Governor there.

Business
U.S. Surplus Property Administrator Stuart Symington accused Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) of obstructing disposal of government-pwned aluminum plants to competitors.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America called a strike of 200,000 workers at General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, and General Motors electrical division for January 15 after rejecting a second offer to raise wages.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Hear it Now, hosted by Edward R. Murrow, on CBS

Tonight's program included news about the fall of Seoul to Communist forces, and the new United States Congress.

War
A U.S. Defense Department spokesman estimated that there were 950,000 enemy troops in Korea, with 500,000 on or near the front. U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican--Ohio) opened the 82nc Congress' foreign policy debate by accusing President Harry Truman of violating the Constitution by sending troops to Korea without advance congressional approval.

Politics and government
Somaliland's Italian administration opened a school to train natives to serve in a future independent Somali government.

Economics and finance
Argentina concluded a $300-million trade agreement with France, providing grain, oil, and other raw materials in exchange for coal and steel.

Labour
Brotherhoods of U.S. railroad trainmen and firemen rejected the agreement negotiated at the White House in December 1950, instructing their representatives to bargain for better terms.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Save the Last Dance for Me--The Drifters

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): I Love You--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Big Train: Part 1

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council rejected in effect a Cuban charge that the United States was planning a military invasion of Cuba. In asking for the Council session, Cuba had warned that a U.S. invasion might occur "within a few hours." In refuting accusations by Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa, U.S. Ambassador James J. Wadsworth denied that the U.S. had planned an invasion and denied that the U.S. had sought to isolate Cuba among Latin American states. The Cuban charges were supported by Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin. In what amounted to a rejection of the Cuban charges, the Security Council adjourned without taking any action.

The Council of the Organization of American States recommended in Washington that OAS members cut off exports of oil, trucks, and spare parts to the Dominican Republic. The vote was 14-1, with only the Dominican Republic opposed, but with abstentions by Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Haiti, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The action had been proposed by OAS foreign ministers in 1960 when they recommended that OAS nations sever diplomatic relations with the Dominican government of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina because of its "aggression" against Venezuela.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): San Bernadino--Christie (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Douglas Shearer, 71. Canadian-born U.S. engineer. Mr. Shearer, a native of Westmount, Quebec, was the older brother of actress Norma Shearer. He moved to Hollywood in 1924 and went to work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios as a sound engineer, becoming a pioneer in the use of sound in films. Mr. Shearer was nominated for 21 Academy Awards for sound, visual effects, and special effects from 1930-1951, winning five Oscars for sound and two for visual effects.

Discovered dead on this date
Sonny Liston, 38 (?). U.S. boxer. The discovery of the body of Charles Liston, world heavyweight champion from 1962-1964, was made by his wife Geraldine, who arrived home after a Christmas vacation to visit relatives. The date of Mr. Liston’s death was estimated at December 30, 1970.

Terrorism
FLQ terrorist Paul Rose was sentenced to two life terms in prison for the October 1970 kidnapping and non-capital murder of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte. FLQ terrorist Claude Simard was given a life sentence, and Bernard Lortie received 20 years.

Diplomacy
After a suspension of more than four months, Middle East peace talks under United Nations mediator Gunnar Jarring resumed at the UN’s New York headquarters.

Peking radio announced that the governments of China and Chile were establishing diplomatic relations. The new tie, in line with Marxist Chilean President Salvador Allende’s campaign promise, made Chile the 57th nation and the second in Latin America--after Cuba--to recognize Communist China.

Law
U.S. Federal Judge Richard Austin, ruling that the U.S. Army was within its rights, dismissed a suit in Chicago brought to stop surveillance of private citizens by the military. Accusations had also been levelled that the Army had also been snooping on prominent political figures. Judge Austin called the Army activity "typical Washington bureaucratic boondoggling" and the investigators "an assemblage of Keystone Kops."

Basketball
The Harlem Globetrotters lost 100-99 to the New Jersey Reds. Their next loss didn’t occur until September 1995, after winning 8,829 consecutive games.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Shaddap You Face--Joe Dolce Music Theatre (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Sneaker Blues--Masahiko Kondō (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Woman in Love--Barbra Streisand (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Woman in Love--Barbra Streisand

Died on this date
Harold Urey, 87. U.S. chemist. Dr. Urey was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discovery of heavy hydrogen." During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb. Dr. Urey took an interest in space science in later years, and examined rocks brought back from the Moon by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.

Diplomacy
U.S. President-elect Ronald Reagan met with Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo to discuss the establishment of a personal relationship to ease tensions and renew the friendship between the countries. They met on the Bridge of Friendship between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, clasped arms, and left for a 70-minute meeting in the Juarez Museum of Art and History. Details of the meeting were withheld, but it was predicted that the two would meet again between May and July.

War
Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr announced that the Iranian army had mounted a counteroffensive against Iraq. It was claimed that 200 Iraqis had been killed and 500 captured near Ahwaz, and 100 others had been killed in the Gilan region of Iran. U.S. military analysts dismissed the Iranian announcement.

The Salvadoran army claimed to have killed 27 leftist guerrillas in El Salvador’s civil war.

Defense
The second round of U.S. draft registration was conducted, with about 1.9 million men born in 1962 required to register with the Selective Service System. 95% of those born in 1960 and 1961 had complied with the requirement in the first period of registration.

Crime
Peter Sutcliffe of Bradford, England appeared in court after being arrested as the suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper murders of 13 women in the previous five years.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Unchained Melody--The Righteous Brothers (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): I've Been Thinking About You--Londonbeat

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): I've Been Thinking About You--Londonbeat (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Alle Børnene--2 X Kaj (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Sadeness Part I--Enigma (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Petit Frank--François Feldman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter--Iron Maiden

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Ice Ice Baby--Vanilla Ice (3rd week at #1)
2 Sadeness Part I--Enigma
3 Pray--MC Hammer
4 Justify My Love--Madonna
5 Mary Had a Little Boy--Snap!
6 Unchained Melody--The Righteous Brothers
7 Don't Worry--Kim Appleby
8 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight--Robert Palmer and UB40
9 Unbelievable--EMF
10 It Takes Two--Rod Stewart & Tina Turner

Singles entering the chart were All the Man that I Need by Whitney Houston (#30); Knockin' Boots by Candyman (#32); Falling by Julee Cruise (#33); Sucker DJ (A Witch for Love) by Dimples D (#34); Mamma 'k Wil Een Man He! by Jody Singers (#37); Are You Dreaming? by Twenty 4 Seven featuring Capt. Hollywood (#39); and Parachute by Something Happens (#40). Falling was the theme from the television series Twin Peaks.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Justify My Love--Madonna
2 Because I Love You (The Postman Song)--Stevie B
3 From a Distance--Bette Midler
4 High Enough--Damn Yankees
5 Tom's Diner--DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
6 Impulsive--Wilson Phillips
7 Love Will Never Do (Without You)--Janet Jackson
8 Sensitivity--Ralph Tresvant
9 The First Time--Surface
10 I'm Your Baby Tonight--Whitney Houston

Singles entering the chart were Here Comes the Hammer by M.C. Hammer (#85); Signs by Tesla (#89); Remember My Name by House of Lords (#91); I've Been Waiting for You by Guys Next Door (#93); Don't Hold Back Your Love by Daryl Hall John Oates (#95); and Power of Love by Deee-Lite (#96).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Cash Box)
: Justify My Love--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Tõnis Kint, 95. Prime Minister of Estonia in exile, 1970-1990. Mr. Kint was an agriculture bureaucrat who was director of Estonia's Department of Agriculture (1938-1940) and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1938. He worked with the puppet Estonian government under Nazi occupation during World War II, but escaped to Sweden in 1944. Mr. Tint was an agriculture bureaucrat in Sweden (1945-1975), while also holding the offices of Minister of Agriculture (1953-1970); acting Prime Minister (1964-1970); and Prime Minister in duties of the President (1970-1990) in the Estonian government in exile.

World events
U.S. and Italian forces began separate operations to rescue foreigners from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Helicopters and 40 U.S. Marines evacuated 61 people, 23 of them Americans, who had gathered at the U.S. embassy. Italy, the former colonial ruler in Somalia, rescued about 200 Italian citizens and flew them to Nairobi. Somalia was beset by civil war, as rebel groups were attempting to end the 21-year rule of President Mohamed Siad Barre.

War
Georgian forces entered the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.

Diplomacy
The U.S. State Department expressed concern over Israel's use of force against Arab demonstrators.

Economics and finance
The day after the Bank of New England Corporation announced a loss of $450 million for the fourth quarter of 1990, worried investors withdrew $1 billion.

Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles 4 @ Toronto 2

Football
NFL
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Washington 20 @ Philadelphia 6

Mark Rypien threw touchdown passes to Art Monk and Gary Clark as the Redskins came back from a 6-0 2nd-quarter deficit to defeat the Eagles before 65,287 fans at Veterans Stadium.



AFC Wild Card Playoff
Kansas City 16 @ Miami 17

Dan Marino completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Tony Paige with 12 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter and a 12-yard TD pass to Mark Clayton with 3:28 remaining, and Pete Stoyanovich converted both as the Dolphins came back from a 16-3 3rd-quarter deficit to edge the Chiefs before 67,276 fans at Joe Robbie Stadium. Mr. Stoyanovich set a playoff record in the 2nd quarter with a 58-yard field goal.



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Gangsta's Paradise--Coolio feauring L.V. (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Father and Son--Boyzone (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Yahya Ayyash, 29. Palestinian terrorist. Mr. Ayyash was the chief bombmaker for the terrorist organization Hamas. He was assassinated by the Israeli security agency Shin Bet.

Abominations
The Chinese government denied allegations by New York-based Human Rights Watch that 1,000 children in Shanghai orphanages had been abused and had died of systematic starvation from 1986-1992.

20 years ago
2001

Health
Australia banned the importation of beef products from 30 European countries, adding to growing anxiety over the spread of Mad Cow Disease, formally called bovine spongiform encephalopothy (BSE) in cows.

Environment
U.S. President Bill Clinton issued an executive order banning road-building and timber-cutting in 58.5 million acres of federally-owned forest land, nearly 1/3 of the total. Large areas in the western states and Alaska were protected.

Crime
A British Department of Health report suggested that Dr. Harold Shipman, convicted in January 2000 of 15 murders, may have murdered more than 300 of his patients.

10 years ago
2011

Politics and government
Rep. John Boehner (Ohio) was elected Speaker as Republicans regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first day of the new Congress.

Baseball
Results of the latest voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced. Roberto Alomar, who batted .300 with seven major league teams (1988-2004) and was the premier defensive second baseman of his time, led with 90% of the vote. The other player to receive the requied 75% of the votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America was pitcher Bert Blyleven, who compiled a record of 287-250 with five teams from 1970-1992, and was known for his excellent curveball, receiving 79.7% of the vote. The Historical Overview Committee elected executive Pat Gillick, who was general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays when they won World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.

October 17, 2020

410 years ago
1610

Franciana
King Louis XIII was crowned in Reims Cathedral.

360 years ago
1660

World events
The nine regicides who had signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England were hanged, drawn and quartered.

240 years ago
1780

Born on this date
Richard M. Johnson. 9th Vice President of the United States, 1837-1841. A longtime politician from Kentucky who had fought in the War of 1812, Mr. Johnson ran as the running mate of Democratic Party U.S. presidential candidate Martin Van Buren in 1836. While Mr. Van Buren received 170 electoral votes, enough for a majority, Virginia's electors refused to vote for Mr. Johnson, and he received only 147 electoral votes, one short of a majority. He became the only Vice President ever chosen by the United States Senate according to the provisions of the 12th amendment to the Constitution, which states that the vice president should be chosen by the Senate from the two candidates with the greatest number of electoral votes. The vote went along party lines, with Mr. Johnson defeating Whig candidate Francis Granger 36-16, with three Senators absent. Mr. Johnson proved an electoral liability for the Democrats in 1840, and the party declined to renominate him for the vice-presidency. Mr. Van Buren ran without a running mate and lost the election, receiving 60 electoral votes; Mr. Johnson received 48 electoral votes for Vice President. Mr. Johnson returned to state politics in Kentucky, and died on November 19, 1850 at the age of 70, two weeks into a term in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

220 years ago
1800

War Britain took control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.

175 years ago
1845

Born on this date
John J. Gardner. U.S. politician. Mr. Gardner, a Republican, served two terms as Mayor of Atlantic City (1868-1872, 1874-1875); was a member of the New Jersey Senate (1878-1893); and represented New Jersey's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1893-1913). He died of heart disease on February 7, 1921 at the age of 75.

160 years ago
1860

Born on this date
Henry Campbell Black. U.S. editor. Mr. Black was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, which was first published in 1891. He died on March 19, 1927 at the age of 66.

Golf
Willie Park, Sr. shot a three-round total score of 174 to win the first British Open, at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland, 2 strokes ahead of Tom Morris, Sr.

130 years ago
1890

Baseball
World Series
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 9 @ Louisville Colonels 0 (8 innings) (Brooklyn led best-six-of-ten series 1-0)

The National League champion Bridegrooms scored 3 runs in each of the 1st, 5th, and 7th innings as they whipped the American Association champion Colonels before 5,600 fans at Eclipse Park in a game that was called because of darkness after 8 innings. Adonis Terry was the winning pitcher over Scott Stratton.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes. President of Guatemala, 1958–1963. General Ydígoras joined the Guatemalan army in 1915, and held various diplomatic and political posts until the dictatorship of President Jorge Ubico was overthrown in October 1944, forcing Gen. Ydígoras to live in diplomatic exile in Washington and then in London. He was linked to 25 coup attempts against President Juan José Arévalo from 1945-1951, and returned to Guatemala in 1950, founding the Partido Reconciliacion Democratica Nacional (National Democratic Reconciliation Party) (PRDN) and running unsuccessfully for President against Jacobo Árbenz. After Carlos Castillo Armas deposed Mr. Árbenz in a coup in 1954, Gen. Ydígoras was named Ambassador to Colombia. Mr. Castillo Armas was assassinated in 1957, and Gen. Ydígoras was elected President in 1958. His administration was plagued by corruption scandals and coup attempts, the last of which, led by Defense Minister Colonel Enrique Peralta Azurdia, proved successful. Gen. Ydígoras lived in exile in El Salvador before eventually returning to Guatemala, where he died on October 27, 1982, 10 days after his 87th birthday.

120 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Jean Arthur. U.S. actress. Miss Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna Greene, was a major star of screwball comedy movie such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); You Can't Take It With You (1938); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); and The More the Merrier (1943). Her final film performance was in a dramatic role in the Western Shane (1953). Miss Arthur suffered from chronic stage fright, leading to her retirement. She died on June 19, 1991 at the age of 90.

110 years ago
1910

Died on this date
Julia Ward Howe, 91. U.S. poetess and songwriter. Mrs. Howe, raised an Episcopalian and a convert to Unitarianism, supported the abolition of slavery, and was best known for writing The Battle Hymn of the Republic, written late in 1861 and first published early in 1862 during the American Civil War. She supported feminist causes such as female suffrage.

Baseball
World Series
Chicago Cubs 1 @ Philadelphia Athletics 4 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Home Run Baker batted 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs batted in and Chief Bender pitched a 3-hitter as the Athletics defeated the Cubs before 26,891 fans at Shibe Park. Losing pitcher Orval Overall started for the Cubs, but was replaced after 3 innings by Harry McIntire. The game was over in 1 hour and 54 minutes.



100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Montgomery Clift. U.S. actor. Mr. Clift was one of the first "method" actors to make his mark in Hollywood, although he appeared in only 17 movies. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his starring roles in The Search (1948); A Place in the Sun (1951); and From Here to Eternity (1953), and for his supporting performance in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). Serious injuries sustained in a car accident in 1956 affected his appearance and career, and contributed to increased dependence on painkillers and alcohol, eventually leading to a fatal heart attack on July 23, 1966 at the age of 45.

Zully Moreno. Argentine actress. Miss Moreno, born Zulema Esther González Borbón, appeared in more than 70 movies from 1939-1960, becoming one of Argentina's biggest stars and winning Argentine Academy Awards for her starring performances in Dios se lo pague (God Reward You) (1948) and La mujer de las camelias (1953). Miss Moreno and her husband, director Luis Cesar Amadori, lived in exile in Spain from 1955 until his death in 1977; she returned to Argentina, where she died from Alzheimer's disease on December 25, 1999 at the age of 79.

Aviation
Air Commodore A. K. Tylee and three other pilots arrived in Vancouver from Winnipeg after a two-stage flight of 3,410 miles across Canada in a total elapsed time of 45 hours, 20 minutes. Wing Commander Robert Leckie took the initial flight from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on October 4, 1920, arriving in Winnipeg on October 11.

Football
APFA

Cleveland (0-1-1) 0 @ Canton (3-0) 7
Hammond (0-2) 0 @ Dayton (2-0-1) 44
Decatur (3-0) 0 @ Rock Island (3-1) 7
Detroit (1-0) 0 @ Chicago Tigers (1-0-1) 12
McKeesport 7 @ Buffalo (3-0) 28
Utica 0 @ Rochester (2-0-1) 0
Moline 3 @ Chicago Cardinals (1-0-1) 33
Columbus (0-3) 0 @ Fort Wayne 14

Wisconsin professional
Marinette Professionals 0 @ Green Bay (2-0-1) 3

80 years ago
1940

Discovered dead on this date
Willi Munzenberg, 50. German political activist. Mr. Munzenberg was Germany's leading Communist propagandist in the 1920s, but later grew disenchanted with Communism. He led anti-Nazi activities in France until his arrest and imprisonment in a camp in southern France. Mr. Munzenberg escaped in June, 1940, apparently headed toward Switzerland, and his whereabouts were unknown until French hunters deiscovered his partialyy-decomposed corpse in a forest. Mr. Munzenberg had been hanged or garotted, but whether he was murdered by Nazis or Communists remains uncertain.

75 years ago
1945

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Dave Cutler! The Canadian Football Hall of Fame kicker with the Edmonton Eskimos (1969-1984), and this blogger's favourite player for many years, was born in Biggar, Saskatchewan.

Protest
Eight days after Juan Perón had resigned as Vice President of Argentina, and five days after he had been imprisoned on Martin Garcia island, a huge crowd of demonstrators gathered at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to demand his release. Colonel Perón was released, and that night, he told a crowd of 300,00 to disperse in peace. The event, commemorated in Argentina as Loyalty Day, marked the beginning of Col. Perón's presidential campaign, and is regarded as the founding of Peronism.

Politics and government
Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens became Prime Minister of Greece, between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King Georgios II to Greece.

70 years ago
1950

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Man Who Would Be King, starring Francis L. Sullivan

Died on this date
Jack Bell, 25. Canadian football player. Mr. Bell, a backup quarterback with the Sarnia Imperials of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, had entered the October 14 home game against Toronto Balmy Beach with his team trailing in the 4th quarter and had thrown a touchdown pass to reduce Toronto’s lead to 24-11. Shortly after, Toronto’s Carl Galbreath was returning a kickoff, and Mr. Bell led with his helmet in attempting to stop Mr. Galbreath. He hit Mr. Galbreath so hard that he knocked him 9 yards and out of bounds, but Mr. Bell suffered a "fractured dislocation" of his neck. He was taken to hospital, and never recovered. The referee’s account of the incident was printed in The Globe and Mail, and stated that the injury occurred as the result of Mr. Bell’s technique in making the hit. Mr. Bell was a local boy from Sarnia who operated his own taxi company, and was the sole support of his widowed mother. The teams had another game against each other scheduled for October 22, and they donated the receipts to Mrs. Bell. She invited Mr. Galbreath to attend the funeral. Mr. Galbreath, a rookie, went on to win the Imperial Oil Trophy as the ORFU’s most valuable player. He entered the U.S. armed services and served in the Korean War, and then returned home to Fayetteville, North Carolina to embark on a long and successful career in education. Mr. Galbreath died on September 26, 2009 at the age of 82. Mr. Bell was the third player in Canadian football at a senior level to die because of an injury on the field. Glad Murphy of the Toronto Argonauts was paralyzed from the neck down after he broke his neck in the first game of the 1915 season and died four months later; and Allan Arless of the Montreal Winged Wheelers died the day after breaking his neck in the 1922 season opener. There has been one game-related fatality since then: Tom Pate of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats died on October 21, 1975, three days after being blocked by Rick Galbos of the Calgary Stampeders, and hitting his head on the then-new artificial turf at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley

#1 single in France (IFOP): Tu t'laisses aller--Charles Aznavour

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Save the Last Dance for Me--The Drifters
2 My Heart Has a Mind of its Own--Connie Francis
3 Chain Gang--Sam Cooke
4 I Want to Be Wanted--Brenda Lee
5 The Twist--Chubby Checker
6 Devil or Angel--Bobby Vee
7 Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
8 A Million to One--Jimmy Charles and the Reveletts
9 So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)--The Everly Brothers
10 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were New Orleans by U.S. Bonds (#71); Lonely Teenager by Dion (#82); Patsy by Jack Scott (#83); Ballad of the Alamo by Marty Robbins (#92); The Girl with the Story in her Eyes by the Safaris with the Phantom's Band (#93); Side Car Cycle by Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders (#94); Midnight Lace by Ray Ellis (#95); The Last One to Know by the Fleetwoods (#96); Night Theme by the Mark II (#97); Ballad of the Alamo by Bud and Travis (#99); and Midnight Lace (Part 1) by Ray Conniff, his Orchestra and Chorus (#100). Midnight Lace was originally the theme of the movie.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Save the Last Dance for Me--The Drifters
2 Chain Gang--Sam Cooke
3 I Want to Be Wanted--Brenda Lee
4 My Heart Has a Mind of its Own--Connie Francis
5 Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
6 So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)--The Everly Brothers
7 A Million to One--Jimmy Charles and the Reveletts
8 Let's Think About Living--Bob Luman
9 Devil or Angel--Bobby Vee
10 Don't Be Cruel--Bill Black's Combo

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Poetry in Motion--Johnny Tillotson
2 Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)--Lolita
3 North to Alaska--Johnny Horton
4 Blue Angel--Roy Orbison
5 You Talk Too Much--Joe Jones
6 Devil or Angel--Bobby Vee
7 Shortnin' Bread--Paul Chaplain
8 I Want to Be Wanted--Brenda Lee
9 Save the Last Dance for Me--The Drifters
10 (You’ve Got To) Move Two Mountains--Marv Johnson

Singles entering the chart were Isn't it Amazing by the Crests (#21); Ballad of the Alamo by Bud and Travis (#36); Love Walked In by Dinah Washington (#46); I'll Save the Last Dance for You by Damita Jo (#49); Humdinger by Freddy Cannon (#55); Charming Billy by Johnny Preston (#58); Woman from Liberia by Jimmie Rodgers (#59); and Alone at Last by Jackie Wilson (#60). I'll Save the Last Dance for You was an "answer" to Save the Last Dance for Me.

Space
The mission of the U.S. satellite Discoverer 15 ended when its Agena A stage re-entered the atmosphere and burned up. It had been launched on September 13 to obtain data on propulsion, communication, orbital performance, and recovery techniques.

Football
CFL
WIFU
Winnipeg (14-1) 21 @ Edmonton (9-6) 17

15,000 fans were at Clarke Stadium to see the Eskimos drop their fourth straight game. Normie Kwong and Jackie Parker scored the Edmonton touchdowns. Tommy-Joe Coffey was good on 1 of 2 convert attempts and kicked a field goal, and Vic Chapman punted for a single to complete the Eskimos’ scoring.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha--Cliff Richard

#1 single in France: Lady D'Arbanville--Cat Stevens

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): A Song of Joy--Miguel Ríos (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Band of Gold--Freda Payne (5th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (8th week at #1)
--The Mixtures
2 Yellow River--Autumn
--Jigsaw
--Christie
--Leapy Lee
3 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
4 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
5 Old Man Emu--John Williamson
6 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel
7 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
8 Big Yellow Taxi--Joni Mitchell
9 A Song of Joy--Miguel Rios
10 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were Gemini by Robbie Porter (#44); Neanderthal Man, with versions by Hotlegs; and Love Story (#45); Joanne by Michael Nesmith & the First National Band (#46); Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond (#47); Lola by the Kinks (#48); Dear Ann by George Baker Selection (#50); and Patches by Clarence Carter (#59).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 To My Father's House--The Les Humphries Singers
2 Wild World--Jimmy Cliff
3 Lola--The Kinks
4 Back Home--Golden Earring
5 The Tears of a Clown--Smokey Robinson & Miracles
6 Paranoid--Black Sabbath
7 Suicide is Painless--The Mash
8 Peace Will Come--Melanie
9 Hulen is Voor Jou te Laat--Corry en de Rekels
10 Our House--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Singles entering the chart were Our World by Blue Mink (#22); Maggie by Mungo Jerry (#27); Cherry Cherry by Jonathan King (#29); Me and My Life by the Tremeloes (#35); and Black Night by Deep Purple (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 I'll Be There--The Jackson 5
2 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
3 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
4 All Right Now--Free
5 We've Only Just Begun--Carpenters
6 Candida--Dawn
7 Ain't No Mountain High Enough--Diana Ross
8 Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
10 Fire and Rain--James Taylor

Singles entering the chart were Heed the Call by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#67); The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#68); After Midnight by Eric Clapton (#75); I am Somebody (Part II) by Johnnie Taylor (#77); Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder (#78); I'm Not My Brothers Keeper by the Flaming Ember (#84); The Taker by Waylon Jennings (#94); Get Into Something by the Isley Brothers (#96); Losers Weepers (Part 1) by Etta James (#97); I Don't Wanna Cry by Ronnie Dyson (#98); and Jerusalem by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
2 I'll Be There--The Jackson 5
3 Candida--Dawn
4 We've Only Just Begun--Carpenters
5 All Right Now--Free
6 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
7 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
8 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rare Earth
9 Out in the Country--Three Dog Night
10 Snowbird--Anne Murray

Singles entering the chart were Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder (#53); I Just Don't Don't Know What to Do with Myself by Gary Puckett (#74); I Don't Wanna Cry by Ronnie Dyson (#77); Carolina in My Mind by Crystal Mansion (#85); Jerusalem by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (#86); One Less Bell to Answer by the 5th Dimension (#87); Indian Lady by Lou Christie (#89); Share the Land by the Guess Who (#90); No Matter What by Badfinger (#92); I'm Better Off Without You by the Main Ingredient (#94); To the Other Man by Luther Ingram (#97); Stoney End by Barbra Streisand (#98); Endlessly by Sonny James (#99); and Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the "King of Rock & Roll" by Crow (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 I'll Be There--The Jackson 5
2 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
3 We've Only Just Begun--Carpenters
4 Candida--Dawn
5 All Right Now--Free
6 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
7 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
8 Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 Snowbird--Anne Murray
10 Look What They've Done to My Song Ma--The New Seekers

Singles entering the chart were Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder (#72); America/Standing/Because I Love You by the Five Stairsteps (#73); Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way) by Iron Butterfly (#78); I'm Not My Brothers Keeper by the Flaming Ember (#84); After Midnight by Eric Clapton (#86); One Less Bell to Answer by the 5th Dimension (#87); I Just Don't Don't Know What to Do with Myself by Gary Puckett (#92); I Need Help by Bobby Lord (#97); Dreams by Buddy Miles (#98); We Gotta Get You a Woman by Runt (#99); All I Want is to Be Your Woman by Carolyn Franklyn (also #99); and Amos Moses by Jerry Reed (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
2 Candida--Dawn
3 Lookin' Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival
4 Lola--The Kinks
5 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel
6 Look What They've Done to My Song Ma--The New Seekers
7 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
8 It's Only Make Believe--Glen Campbell
9 All Right Now--Free
10 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band

Singles entering the chart were Heed the Call by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#68); We're All in This Together by Tobi Lark (#85); Share the Land by the Guess Who (#87); Fresh Air by Quicksilver Messenger Service (#95); Let's Work Together by Canned Heat (#96); Engine Number 9 by Wilson Pickett (#97); Woodstock by the Assembled Multitude (#98); Day is Done by the Brooklyn Bridge (#99); and Jerusalem by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond (2nd week at #1)
2 Lola--The Kinks
3 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
4 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rare Earth
5 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
6 Bluegreens on the Wing--William Truckaway
7 Lookin' Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Riki Tiki Tavi--Donovan
9 Corrina, Corrina--King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar
10 Snowbird--Anne Murray
Pick hit of the week: Long Long Time--Linda Ronstadt

Died on this date
Vola Vale, 73. U.S. actress. Miss Vale, born Violet Smith, appeared in almost 100 movies from 1913-1936, almost all of them silent films from 1913-1927.

Pierre Laporte, 49. Canadian politician and journalist. Mr. Laporte, a native of Montreal, wrote for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir from 1945-1961, and was known for articles critical of the Union Nationale government of Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis. Mr. Laporte joined the Quebec Liberal Party and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1961, representing Chambly. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the party in 1970, but after Robert Bourassa won the Quebec Liberal leadership and led the party to victory in the provincial election, Mr. Laporte was named Deputy Premier, Parliamentary Leader, Minister of Immigration, and Minister of Labour and Manpower. He was kidnapped from the lawn outside his suburban Montreal home by Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) terrorists on October 10. An anonymous phone call led police to the body of Mr. Laporte, strangled with the chain of a religious medal around his neck, stuffed in the trunk of a car. It was the first political assassination in Canada since the death of Thomas D’Arcy McGee in 1868.

War
U.S. dead for the week in Vietnam numbered 40 who died in combat and 33 from non-combat causes, while 432 were wounded.

Defense
Seven Warsaw Pact nations completed five days of military exercises in East Germany.

Politics and government
An opposition coalition was given permission to form a new government in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, after the state had been ruled from New Delhi for 15 days.

Disasters
Two South Korean trains collided in a tunnel near Seoul, killing 14 and injuring 55, mostly high school students.

Hockey
NHL
New York 6 @ Toronto 2

Walt Tkaczuk and Rod Gilbert each scored 2 goals for the Rangers as they overcame a 2-1 2nd-period deficit to defeat the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens. Paul Henderson and Mike Walton scored for Toronto.



Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-5) 22 @ Ottawa (3-9) 15
Edmonton (8-6) 20 @ Winnipeg (2-11) 17

Dave Fleming scored 3 touchdowns as the Tiger-Cats built a 20-1 halftime lead and hung on to defeat the Rough Riders before 21,365 fans at Lansdowne Park. The second of Mr. Fleming’s touchdowns came in the 1st quarter when Garney Henley, who was playing both ways, took a pitchout and was trapped by Ottawa defenders, but spotted Mr. Fleming open in the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown. Tommy-Joe Coffey had a poor day kicking for the Tiger-Cats, as he was successful on just 1 convert, and missed 3 field goals that went for single points. Ivan MacMillan kicked a single on a missed field goal attempt for the only Ottawa point of the first half, and added converts in the second half on touchdowns by quarterback Gary Wood and running back Charlie Leigh. Ottawa head coach Jack Gotta three times opted to gamble on third down instead of attempting a field goal when the Rough Riders were deep in Hamilton territory; all three gambles were unsuccessful, making a difference in the outcome of the game. The Tiger-Cats went into the game without defensive tackle John Barrow and backup quarterback John Manel because of injuries, and lost defensive end Billy Ray Locklin with a knee injury in the 1st quarter.



Poor officiating contributed to the Eskimos’ victory over the Blue Bombres before an angry Winnipeg Stadium crowd of 15,717. In the 3rd quarter, Edmonton defensive back Joe Hernandez intercepted a pass from Winnipeg quarterback Benji Dial at his own 45-yard line and appeared to be grounded at midfield by Winnipeg receiver Rick Shaw. However, there was no whistle, and Mr. Hernandez got back to his feet and ended up with a 65-yard return for a touchdown at 9:42 of the quarter. On a second down-and-20 yards to go play from the Winnipeg 29-yard line in the 4th quarter, Edmonton quarterback Don Trull appeared to have crossed the line of scrimmage when he threw a pass, which Terry Swarn caught for a 29-yard touchdown at 5:22. Dave Cutler, celebrated his 25th birthday with 2 converts and field goals of 31 and 17 yards for the Eskimos. Mr. Shaw, who led the Blue Bombers with 4 receptions for 74 yards, scored both Winnipeg touchdowns in the 4th quarter. The first came at 1:05 on a 23-yard pass from Ron Johnson, and the second at 9:12 on a 14-yard pass from Mr. Dial. For Mr. Shaw, they were his only touchdowns of the season. Gene Lakusiak converted 1 of the touchdowns, and the Blue Bombers scored 2 safety touches which Eskimo punter Fred Dunn conceded after bad snaps from Keith Christensen. Jim Thomas of the Eskimos led all rushers with 85 yards on 14 carries, although 64 of those cards came on one play. Jim Mankins, playing his first--and last--game as an Eskimo after being obtained from the Ottawa Rough Riders, carried 3 times for 8 yards. Mr. Swarn led all receivers with 4 receptions for 83 yards. Dick Smith, who was leading the Montreal Alouettes in pass receptions when he was dropped from the team after 10 games, played his first game as a Blue Bomber, rushing 4 times for 10 yards and catching 2 passes for 60. Mr. Trull completed just 10 of 24 passes for 158 yards and an interception; Eskimo flanker Mike Eben, who caught 2 passes for 16 yards, threw 1 pass, which was intercepted. Messrs. Dial and Johnson completed just 12 of 34 for 192 yards and 2 interceptions; Mr. Shaw completed a pass to Doug Strong, but it went for a 2-yard loss. Neither offense was effective, as the Eskimos totalled just 9 first downs and 251 yards net offense, while the Blue Bombers had 13 first downs and 292 yards net offense. Neil Payne of Winnipeg, later a referee, was a rookie official in this game, and he later said that this was the worst-officiated game that he ever participated in.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Upside Down--Diana Ross (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Amoureux solitaires (Dis-moi que tu m'aimes)--Lio

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Can't Stop the Music--Village People (3rd week at #1)
2 The Winner Takes it All--ABBA
3 Upside Down--Diana Ross
4 Emotional Rescue--The Rolling Stones
5 Magic--Olivia Newton-John
6 Paradise Road--Joy
7 More than I Can Say--Leo Sayer
8 Fame--Irene Cara
9 D.I.S.C.O.--Ottawan
10 Little Jeannie--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were Man on the Moon by Ballyhoo (#17); and Let's Get Serious by Jermaine Jackson (#20).

Diplomacy
Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to make a state visit to the Vatican.



Football
CIAU-NAIA
Exhibition
Shrum Bowl @ Empire Stadium, Vancouver
Simon Fraser 30 British Columbia 3

Jay Prepchuk completed 12 of 19 passes for 184 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Clansmen to their rout of the Thunderbirds before more than 9,000 fans.

Baseball
World Series
Philadelphia Phillies 3 @ Kansas City Royals 4 (10 innings) (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Willie Aikens hit his first major league triple to drive in Willie Wilson with the winning run with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Royals edged the Phillies before 42,380 fans in the first World Series game ever played at Royals Stadium. George Brett and Amos Otis hit solo home runs for the Royals, while Mike Schmidt did the same for the Phillies. Rich Gale started on the mound for the Royals and was lifted for Renie Martin after 4.1 innings. Dan Quisenberry pitched 2.1 innings of relief to get the win. Dick Ruthven pitched the first 9 innings for the Phillies and was replaced by Tug McGraw, who took the loss.



30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): I've Been Thinking About You--Londonbeat (2nd week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Quebec 8 @ Calgary 8

The Flames tied a National Hockey League record by scoring 2 goals, both shorthanded, in 4 seconds, as well as 3 goals in a 27-second span during the 3rd period to salvage the tie with the Nordiques at the Olympic Saddledome. With a player in the penalty box, Calgary pulled their goalie; Doug Gilmour scored at 19:45, then got the puck to Paul Ranheim on the ensuing face-off for the tying goal at 19:49.

Baseball
World Series
Oakland Athletics 4 @ Cincinnati Reds 5 (10 innings) (Cincinnati led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Joe Oliver singled in the winning run with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Reds defeated the Athletics before 55,832 fans at Riverfront Stadium. The Athletics scored a run in the top of the 1st inning off Danny Jackson, but the Reds replied with 2 in the bottom of the inning off Bob Welch. Oakland scored 3 in the 3rd to knock Mr. Jackson out of the box after 2.2 innings, but four relief pitchers kept the Athletics off the scoreboard after that as the Reds scraped back to tie the game. Rob Dibble was the winning pitcher, and Dennis Eckersley, who entered the game at the start of the 10th inning, took the loss. Oakland's Jose Canseco hit the game's only home run. Cincinnati outfielder Billy Hatcher batted 4 for 4 to set a World Series record with 7 consecutive hits.



25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Boombastic--Shaggy

Hockey
NHL
The Montreal Canadiens fired general manager Serge Savard and head coach Jacques Demers after the team had lost its first five games of the 1995-96 season. The two men had led the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup championship in 1992-93, but had been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs a year later, and had missed the playoffs in 1994-95. Mr. Savard was succeeded as general manager by former teammate Rejean Houle, and Mr. Demers was succeeded as head coach by another former Montreal player, Mario Tremblay.

Basketball
NBA
The Toronto Raptors played their first pre-season game ever, against the Atlanta Hawks at SkyDome in Toronto.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Cleveland 4 @ Seattle 0 (Cleveland won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Dennis Martinez allowed 4 hits in 7 innings, and Julian Tavarez and Jose Mesa each pitched a hitless inning of relief, as the Indians shut out the Mariners before 58,489 fans at the Kingdome to win their first AL pennant in 41 years. Cleveland center fielder Kenny Lofton singled in Alvaro Espinoza with the winning run in the 5th inning, and then singled, stole second base, and scored on a passed ball in the 8th. Seattle ace Randy Johnson started on the mound and allowed 8 hits and 4 runs--3 earned--while striking out 7 in 7.1 innings.



20 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Leo Nomellini, 76. Italian-born American football player and wrestler. Mr. Nomellini moved to the United States as an infant with his family. He served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II, and played tackle at the University of Minnesota in the late 1940s, earing All-American honours in 1948 and 1949. Mr. Nomellini played with the San Francisco 49ers (1950-1963); he was named a First Team All-Pro six times, and a Second Team All-Pro three times, among other honours. He was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1969 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977. Mr. Nomellini wrestled professionally in the off-seasons from 1950 until the early 1960s, holding various titles. He died after a stroke.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was one of those in attendance at a summit in Egypt to address the latest outbreak of violence in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, announced that the parties had agreed to a cease-fire, but nothing was put in writing. Israel would reopen the Gaza airport and borders that had been sealed, and pull back troops at the edge of the Palestinian territories. The Palestinians would seek to stop the riots; avert further incidents aimed at inciting the Israelis; and put some freed Islamic fundamentalist troublemakers back in jail.

Politics and government
U.S. presidential candidates Al Gore (Democrat) and George W. Bush (Republican) engaged in their third debate, this one in St. Louis. The format was that of a town meeting, with the audience asking questions. Mr. Gore adopted an assertive mode, drawing sharp distinctions between himself and Mr. Bush. Mr. Bush said that Mr. Gore was a big spender and was too partisan to succeed as President.



Disasters
Four people were killed and more than 70 injured in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, leading to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually causing the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Seattle 7 @ New York 9 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Trailing 4-0 after 3½ innings, the Yankees rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning and 6 in the 7th to defeat the Mariners at Yankee Stadium. Orlando Hernandez picked up his second win of the Series with relief help from Mariano Rivera. John Halama started on the mound for the Mariners, but it was Jose Paniagua, the second of four relief pitchers, who took the loss.





10 years ago
2010

Religion
Pope Benedict XIV formally canonized Frère André, a Roman Catholic brother and founder of St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal. Canada's first saint of the 21st century was credited with miracle healings before his death in 1937.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (4-11) 19 @ Montreal (11-4) 22



Calgary (11-4) 34 @ Saskatchewan (9-6) 26



Baseball
National League Championship Series
San Francisco 1 @ Philadelphia 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

September 18, 2020

840 years ago
1180

Died on this date
Louis VII, 60 (?). King of the Franks, 1137-1180. Louis VII "the Younger" acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Louis VI. His reign included the Second Crusade (1147-1149), which ended in disaster for his forces. King Louis attempted to weaken King Henry II of England by supporting Henry's rebellious sons and Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket. King Louis VII died after a paralyzing illness, and was succeeded by his son Philip II.

210 years ago
1810

South Americana
Chile declared its independence from Spain.

170 years ago
1850

Law
The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

160 years ago
1860

Born on this date
Alberto Franchetti. Italian composer. Mr. Franchetti was known for his nine performed operas, especially Germania (1902). He died on August 4, 1942 at the age of 81.

150 years ago
1870

Americana
Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it "Old Faithful".

140 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Ralph Johnstone. U.S. aviator. Mr. Johnstone was a member of the Wright brothers' exhibition team, who was known for setting altitude records and daredevil stunts. Wilbur Wright wrote a letter to the team warning them against such stunts, but Mr. Johnstone failed to heed the warning, and was killed on November 17, 1910 at the age of 30, in an exhibition in Denver before 50,000 spectators, when he failed to pull out of a deep dive, and crashed, thus becoming the first American to die piloting an airplane that crashed.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
John G. Diefenbaker. Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-1963. Mr. Diefenbaker was born in Ontario, but moved with his family to Saskatchewan in 1903 and stayed there for the rest of his life. He practiced law in Wakaw, and later Prince Albert. Mr. Diefenbaker lost his first nine elections (including a federal by-election against Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1926), but was finally elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative in the federal election of 1940. He ran for the party leadership in 1942 and 1948--losing both times--before finally winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in December 1956. A narrow Progressive Conservative plurality in the election of June 10, 1957 allowed him to become Prime Minister, and he parlayed his oratorical and campaigning skills into the most smashing majority in Canadian history, winning 208 of 265 seats in the House of Commons in the election of March 31, 1958. Unfortunately, Mr. Diefenbaker gradually frittered his majority away; as Bruce Hutchison put it in his book Mr. Prime Minister 1867-1964:

He wanted so much to do his best but could not find the means of putting his abilities to work for more than election purposes, and for them only briefly.

It’s often been said that John Diefenbaker was one of Canada’s greatest politicians but one of her worst Prime Ministers. He wasn’t an economic conservative and increased government spending, but killed the Avro Arrow jet fighter program, which resulted in the permanent loss to the country of many talented people. Perhaps Mr. Diefenbaker’s most notable achievement as Prime Minister was the passage of the Canadian Bill of Rights in 1960. Some take the view that Mr. Diefenbaker made a mistake in giving the country a bill of rights instead of the charter of rights that was eventually forced upon the country by Pierre Trudeau in 1982. Mr. Diefenbaker’s choice, however, was deliberate and well-considered. He believed in parliamentary supremacy and Canada’s common law tradition, inherited from Great Britain. Where Mr. Diefenbaker was mistaken, in his last years, was in his belief, while Mr. Trudeau was trying to force a written constitution upon the country, that the Canadian people couldn’t be fooled into thinking that they would be getting rights they didn’t already have. Unfortunately, Mr. Diefenbaker overestimated the intelligence and wisdom of his countrymen. Mr. Diefenbaker’s majority was reduced to a majority in the election of June 18, 1962, and became a defeat in the election of April 8, 1963. He remained as Leader of the Opposition through another electoral defeat in 1965, and was finally defeated in an attempt to retain his position as party leader in 1967. Mr. Diefenbaker continued to hold office as a member of the House of Commons, winning his last election on May 22, 1979. John Diefenbaker did make one notably correct prediction near the end of his life: as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s popularity was declining in the late 1970s, Mr. Diefenbaker was fond of saying, "I’m the only living ex-Prime Minister--but I’m looking forward to having company very soon!" Mr. Diefenbaker got his wish: when he died peacefully while sitting in an armchair in the library of his Ottawa residence on August 16, 1979 at the age of 83, he was a member of Parliament with the party in government.

Society
U.S. Negro scholar Booker T. Washington delivered his "Atlanta Compromise" speech.

Medicine
Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment, on deaf janitor Harvey Lillard.

120 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. Prime Minister of Mauritius, 1968-1982; Governor-General of Mauritius, 1983-1985. Sir Seewoosagur, an economist by training, led the Mauritian Labour Party from 1958 until his death. He was Chief Minister of Mauritius from 1961-1968, and became Prime Minister when Mauritius gained its independence from Britain. Sir Seewoosagur's government was defeated in the 1982 general election, and he was appointed Governor-General a year later. He died in office on December 15, 1985 at the age of 85.

Baseball
The American League’s only season as a minor league ended with the Chicago White Stockings winning the pennant by 4 games.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Josef Tal. Polish-born Israeli composer. Mr. Tal was born Josef Grünthal in Poland when it was part of the German Empire, and immigrated to Palestine in 1934. He wrote six symphonies, 13 concertos, instrumental, chamber, and electronic works, as well as three Hebrew operas and four German operas. Mr. Tal died on August 25, 2008, 24 days before his 98th birthday.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Ed Hanyzewski. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Hanyzewski played with the Chicago Cubs from 1942-1946, compiling a record of 12-13 with an earned run average of 3.30 in 58 games. His best season was 1943, when he was 8-7 with a 2.56 ERA in 33 games. Mr. Hanyzewski died on October 8, 1991 at the age of 71.

Jack Warden. U.S. actor. Mr. Warden, born John Warden Lebzelter, Jr., was a character actor in numerous films and television programs from the 1950s through the 1990s. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting performance in the made-for-television movie Brian's Song (1971), and was nominated for Academy Awards for his supporting performances in Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). Mr. Warden died on July 19, 2006 at the age of 85.

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox completed a 3-game sweep of the New York Yankees with a 15-9 win before 38,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago to remain 1½ games behind the Cleveland Indians in the American League pennant race, as rumours continued to build that the White Sox’ 1919 World Series loss to the Cincinnati Reds had been fixed. The White Sox scored 8 runs in the first 2 innings, and amassed 21 hits in the game. Eddie Cicotte (19-10) pitched an 11-hit complete game, allowing 7 earned runs, to win over Bob Shawkey (18-12). The game was played in 1 hour 50 minutes.

Larry Gardner singled home Bill Wambsganss and Tris Speaker with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th inning to break a 5-5 tie as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Washington Nationals 7-5 at Dunn FIled in Cleveland. The Nationals scored 2 unearned runs in the 5th inning as a result of 3 errors by rookie Cleveland shortstop Joe Sewell. Winning pitcher Ray Caldwell (19-10) allowed 14 hits in a complete game, but allowed just 1 earned run.

90 years ago
1930

Discovered dead on this date
Simone Caron, 7. Canadian crime victim. Miss Caron's body was discovered in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec, leading to a series of trials over the next several years, but no ultimate resolution of the case.

Baseball
Al Simmons had 4 hits, including a home run, as the Philadelphia Athletics overcame an early 5-0 deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 14-10 before 6,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago to clinch the American League pennant for the second straight year. Dutch Henry, the third of five Chicago pitchers, allowed 3 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 1/3 inning in the 164th and last game of his 8-year major league career. Chick Autry struck out as a pinch hitter for the White Sox in the 9th inning in the 120th and last game of his 6-year major league career.

Lyn Lary singled home Dusty Cooke with 2 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 6-6 tie as the New York Yankees edged the St. Louis Browns 7-6 before 600 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. New York starting pitcher Red Ruffing drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs, but he was relieved after 7 innings by Herb Pennock (11-7), who pitched 2 innings and got the win. Lin Storti and Jack Crouch both made their major league debuts as pinch hitters for the Browns, with Mr. Storti striking out in the 7th and Mr. Crouch walking in the 8th and being stranded at third base. Red Badgro played the 8th inning in right field for the Browns, with no fielding chances in the 143rd and last game of his 2-year major league career.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5 runs in the 4th inning and held on to edge the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 before 1,000 fans at National League Park in Philadelphia. Philadelphia right fielder Chuck Klein had 4 hits, including his 35th and 36th home runs of the season, driving in 3 runs. Ray Kremer (20-11) pitched a 12-hit complete game victory .

80 years ago
1940

War
The British steam passenger ship SS City of Benares was struck by a torpedo from German U-boat U-48 one minute past midnight off the British isles with heavy loss of life, including 77 of 90 children who were being evacuated from the United Kingdom to Canada for the duration of World War II. The British Air Ministry reported air attacks on French, Belgian, and Dutch coastal ports.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing over $23 million for the construction of drydocks in New York, Boston, and the Caribbean.

Economics and finance
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons that Britain would keep its tie to the Bank of International Settlement despite the war.

Japan refused to say when it would keep its promise to open the Yangtze River to foreign trade.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds edged the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 in 13 innings before 2,093 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia to clinch the National League pennant for the second straight year.

The Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics split a doubleheader before 12,757 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, with the Tigers winning the first game 14-0 and the Athletics winning the second game 13-6. Four pinch hitters came to bat for the Athletics in the top of the 9th inning of the second game, and all 4 made hits, with 3 of them coming around to score as the Athletics scored 9 runs. Hank Greenberg hit a grand slam for the Tigers in the 1st game. Pat Mullin made his major league debut, batting unsuccessfully as a pinch hitter for Detroit in the 6th inning of the first game.

75 years ago
1945

War
Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov told the Council of Foreign Ministers in London that the U.S.S.R. believed in individual rather than collective trusteeship for Italian colonies and that the Soviets would like Tripolitania in North Africa. Yugoslavia formally presented its demands on Italy, asking sovereignty over the disputed province of Venezia Giulia, which included the city of Tureste.

Politics and government
Supreme Allied Commander and military governor of Japan General Douglas MacArthur moved his command headquarters to Tokyo. Japanese Prime Minister Prince Noruhiko Higashi-Kuni said tht the Japanese War and Navy ministries would be abolished and new democratic processes broadened, with the influence of the House of Peer being curtailed.

Henry L. Stimson resigned as U.S. Secretary of War, and President Harry Truman named Robert C. Patterson to succeed him. President Truman ordered the reorganization of government labour functions, including the merger of the National War Labor Board and War Manpower Commission into the Labor Department.

Law
U.S. President Harry Truman nominated Senator Harold Burton (Republican--Ohio) to succeed the recently-retired Owen Roberts on the U.S. Supreme Court.

70 years ago
1950

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Leopard Lady, starring Martin Brandt, Sid Cassel, A.J. Herbert, and Boris Karloff

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman presented Congress with the 149-page report United States Civil Defense, and announced the establishment of a temporary Civil Defense Administration to coordinate contingency planning for an atomic attack.

Transportation
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe reported plans for a European superhighway network running from Glasgow to Istanbul and Helsinki to Lisbon at an estimated cost of $5 billion.

Baseball
Ron Northey’s third career major league pinch-grand slam helped the Chicago Cubs defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-7 before 2,051 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, offsetting 3 home runs by Brooklyn left fielder Tommy Brown.

Larry Jansen (17-12) pitched a 2-hitter and drove in 2 runs to help the New York Giants rout the St. Louis Cardinals 13-0 before 5,022 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Ed Mickelson made his major league debut with the Cardinals, striking out as a pinch hitter to end the 8th inning.

60 years ago
1960

Diplomacy
Fidel Castro arrived in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (5-2) 26 @ Toronto (5-2) 12

30,949 were at CNE Stadium to see the Rough Riders defeat the Argonauts for the second time in five days.

ORFU
London (2-1) 23 @ Port Huron-Detroit (1-3) 21

AFL
Denver (2-0) 27 @ Buffalo (0-2) 21
Los Angeles (1-1) 28 @ Houston (2-0) 38

Baseball
Before a Yankee Stadium crowd of 53,876, the New York Yankees completed a 4-game sweep of a crucial series with the second-place Baltimore Orioles, sweeping a doubleheader 7-3 and 2-0 to move 4 games ahead in the American League pennant race. Ralph Terry (9-8) pitched a 2-hitter to outduel Milt Pappas (13-11), who allowed 5 hits, in the second game.

Vern Law (20-8) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory and Vinegar Bend Mizell (12-8) followed with a 3-hit shutout for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they swept a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 and 1-0 before 14,438 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Cal McLish (4-13) and Bob Purkey (17-9) were the respective losing pitchers.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Pinocchio--Maria Dallas (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): 21 Years--Dermot Hegarty (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Lola--The Kinks
2 The Wedding--Jody Wayne
3 Neanderthal Man--Hotlegs
4 Lady D'Arbanville--Cat Stevens
5 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
6 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
7 Keep On Smiling--James Lloyd
8 Down the Dustpipe--Status Quo
9 Brown Eyes--Chris Andrews
10 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night

The only single entering the chart was Rainbow by the Marmalade (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
2 Yellow River--Christie
3 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
4 Julie, Do Ya Love Me?--Bobby Sherman
5 Patches--Clarence Carter
6 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
7 Candida--Dawn
8 All Right Now--Free
9 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf
10 War--Edwin Starr

Singles entering the chart were Lola by the Kinks (#23); God, Love and Rock & Roll (We Believe) by Teegarden & Van Winkle (#24); Groovy Situation by Gene Chandler (#26); Long Long Time by Linda Ronstadt (#29); and El Condor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 War--Edwin Starr
2 Patches--Clarence Carter
3 Yellow River--Christie
4 Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
6 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
7 All Right Now--Free
8 Candida--Dawn
9 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
10 Green-Eyed Lady--Sugarloaf

Singles entering the chart were Lola by the Kinks (#20); El Condor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel (#25); It's Only Make Believe by Glen Campbell (#26); Sunday Morning Coming Down by Johnny Cash (#27); Closer to Home by Grand Funk Railroad (#28); God, Love and Rock & Roll (We Believe) by Teegarden & Van Winkle (#29); and The Circle Game by Buffy Sainte-Marie (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Me and Bobby McGee--Gordon Lightfoot (2nd week at #1)
2 Cracklin' Rosie--Neil Diamond
3 Patches--Clarence Carter
4 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
5 Lookin' Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
7 Snowbird--Anne Murray
8 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
9 Tell it All Brother--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Candida--Dawn

On television tonight
The Interns, supposedly based on the 1960 novel by Richard Frede and the 1962 movie, broadcast its first episode--The Quality of Mercy--on CBS. The cast included Broderick Crawford; Stephen Brooks; Christopher Stone; Hal Frederick; Mike Farrell; Sandra Smith; Elaine Giftos; and Skip Homeier. The Interns was one of a number of television series in the 1970-71 season that emphasized "relevance," as opposed to the "irrelevance" of series such as The Beverly Hillbillies, and marked Mike Farrell's performance as a doctor in a series five years before he joined the cast of M*A*S*H. The Interns was broadcast in Canada by CBC on Thursday nights.



Died on this date
Jimi Hendrix, 27. U.S. rock musician. Mr. Hendrix, a left-handed guitar virtuoso who led the group Jimi Hendrix Experience, died after collapsing at a party in London. The group’s debut album Are You Experienced? was one of the best-selling albums of 1967. His singles included Hey Joe (1967); Purple Haze/The Wind Cries Mary (1967); All Along the Watchtower (1968); Crosstown Traffic (1968-1969); and Voodoo Chile (1970).

Diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir met with U.S. President Richard Nixon at the White House, and afterward told reporters that her country would not take part in peace talks until new missiles were removed from the Egyptian-held side of the Suez Canal truce zone. Mrs. Meir added that Israel would continue to observe the 90-day cease-fire.

Crime
A raid on local Black Panther headquarters in Toledo, Ohio and the fatal shooting of a Toledo policeman resulted in differing accounts of the events from the Black Panthers and the police. In New Orleans, police confirmed that two men beaten by members of a Black Panther group were undercover agents.

Labour
U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered a 60-day cooling-off period to avert a threatened nationwide railroad strike scheduled for September 24.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (5-4) 22 @ Saskatchewan (8-2) 23

The key plays of the game were 47-yard field goal attempts at the end of each half by Saskatchewan’s Jack Abendschan. The second, on the last play of the game, gave the Roughriders the win. The first, on the last play of the first half, hit the crossbar and bounced out to the B.C. 20-yard line. With the Saskatchewan players either thinking the ball was dead or going in the wrong direction, Barrie Hansen of the Lions returned the ball, without benefit of blocking from his teammates, 85 yards, only to be tackled on the Saskatchewan 5-yard line by Henry Dorsch. It was Mr. Hansen’s only punt return of the season. In 1971 the rule was changed so that a kicked ball striking the opposing team’s goal post in flight and bouncing back into the field of play was a dead ball; the following year the rule was amended so that a kicked ball striking the opposing team’s goal post in flight was automatically a dead ball whether or not it bounced back into the field of play. Mr. Abendschan kicked 3 field goals in the game and added 2 converts. Saskatchewan touchdowns were scored by George Reed on a 13-yard rush and Gord Barwell on a 21-yard pass from quarterback Ron Lancaster. B.C. quarterback Paul Brothers completed touchdown passes of 51 and 32 yards to Jim Young and another of 41 yards to Vic Washington. Ted Gerela converted all 3 and added a single on a wide field goal attempt from 48 yards. Mr. Reed rushed 16 times for 62 yards, while Jim Evenson of the Lions carried 17 times for 40 yards, leaving him 3 yards ahead of Mr. Reed in the battle for the Western Football Conference rushing title. Mr. Young led all receivers with 138 yards. Attendance at Taylor Field in Regina was 17,535. It was the first CFL game for former NFL backup quarterback Gary Lane, who dressed as one of two backup quarterbacks to Mr. Lancaster. Don Weiss, who had backed up Mr. Lancaster for the first 9 games, was also dressed, but was cut from the Roughriders before the team’s next game.

NFL
St. Louis (0-1) 13 @ Los Angeles (1-0) 34

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians sold pitcher Dean Chance to the New York Mets. Mr. Chance was 9-8 with an earned run average of 4.24 and 4 saves in 45 games with Cleveland in 1970.

Ferguson Jenkins (20-15) joined the 20-win club for the fourth consecutive season as he pitched the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Expos in the first game of a doubleheader before 27,898 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal, aided by Billy Williams’ 40th home run of the season. The Cubs completed the sweep with a 5-4 win in the second game, with Phil Regan (5-8) winning in relief, and Ron Santo singling home Don Kessinger to break a 4-4 tie in the 10th inning.

Don Baylor, playing his first major league game, singled home 2 runs in the 1st inning and then singled home pinch runner Paul Blair with none out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians before 5,752 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Mr. Baylor finsihed 2 for 5 at bat, with 4 putouts in center field. Mr. Blair was running for Roger Freed, who led off the inning with a base on balls, reaching base for the first time after batting 0 for 4 in his first major league game. Mr. Freed made 4 putouts in right field. The Cleveland runs came on a 3-run home run by Duke Sims in the 6th.

Pinch hitter Gene Tenace drew a bases-loaded walk with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to score Blue Moon Odom, giving the Oakland Athletics a 3-2 win over the California Angels before 5,379 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Mr. Odom was running for Don Mincher, who drew a base on balls to lead off the inning. Mr. Odom advanced to second base on a ground out by Sal Bando, and went to third on a wild pitch by Ken Tatum (7-4), who was relieved by Dave LaRoche after intentionally walking Reggie Jackson. Mr. LaRoche then intentionally walked Frank Fernandez and struck out Dick Green before unintentionally walking Mr. Tenace. Chuck Dobson (16-13) pitched a 3-hit complete game victory.

40 years ago
1980

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Olga Kravtsova!

Died on this date
Katherine Anne Porter, 90. U.S. authoress. Miss Porter, born Callie Russel Porter, won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter (1965), but is best known for her only novel, Ship of Fools (1962).

Leo Tankersley, 79. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Tankersley was a catcher who played 1 game with the Chicago White Sox on July 2, 1925, batting 0 for 3. He batted .205 in 110 games with the Terrell Terrors of the Class D Texas Association in 1926.

World events
Police in Paraguay shot and killed an alleged terrorist from Argentina who was a suspect in the previous day’s assassination of former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza. Police held 60 people for questioning and traced the weapons used in the ambush of Mr. Somoza to Nicaragua.

Disasters
A burst dam and flash floods killed at least 100 people and marooned more than 55,000 in the Indian state of Orissa.

Baseball
Cecil Cooper singled with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Gorman Thomas followed with a home run to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 9-8 win over the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a doubleheader before 6,039 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Minnesota leadoff hitter Gary Ward hit for the cycle. Lary Sorensen (11-9) pitched a 6-hit shutout as the Brewers won the second game 5-0 to complete the sweep. Bob Veselic, the second of three Minnesota pitchers in the second game, allowed 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 4 innings, walking 1 batter and striking out 2 in his first major league game.

30 years ago
1990

Diplomacy
Liechtenstein became a member of the United Nations.

Scandal
Charles Keating, former owner of Lincoln Savings & Loan Association, was indicted on 42 charges of criminal fraud by a California state grand jury in Los Angeles. Three executives of American Continental, Lincoln's parent company, were also indicted. The charges involved an alleged scheme to defraud old people by enticing them to invest in uninsured high-risk bonds. After American Continental filed for bakruptcy, the money could not be recovered. Mr. Keating was put in jail after being unable to pay the $5 million bail.

Olympics
Atlanta was awarded the 1996 Summer Olympic games, ahead of bids from Athens and Toronto. Toronto’s bid cost $14 million, and Paul Henderson, chief promoter of the Toronto bid, blamed his city’s defeat on a reluctant city council and opposition from the Bread Not Circuses Coalition who advocated that money spent on the Olympics would be better spent on social programs.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.8% in August.

25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Extres--EX-3

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): A Kind of Christmas Card--Morten Harket (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Boom Boom Boom--The Outhere Brothers (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Only Wanna Be with You--Hootie & the Blowfish (3rd week at #1)
2 Kiss from a Rose--Seal
3 Until I Hear it from You--Gin Blossoms
4 I Can Love You Like That--All-4-One
5 Roll to Me--Del Amitri
6 Not Enough--Van Halen
7 I Wish You Well--Tom Cochrane
8 Walk in the Sun--Bruce Hornsby
9 You Oughta Know--Alanis Morissette
10 A Higher Place--Tom Petty

Singles entering the chart were Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio featuring L.V. (#68); Hard as a Rock by AC/DC (#78); The Road Home by Heart (#87); Runaway by Janet Jackson (#90); and Muddy Jesus by Ian Moore (#92).

20 years ago
2000

Olympics
China won the gold medal in men’s team gymnastics at the Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Baseball
Bartolo Colon (14-8) gave up just an 8th-inning single to Luis Polonia, outduelling Roger Clemens (13-7) as the Cleveland Indians blanked the New York Yankees 2-0 before 31,317 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Vladimir Guerrero hit his 40th and 41st home runs of the season and his brother Wilton added a homer for the Montreal Expos beat the Florida Marlins 11-4 before 4,769 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The Expos put the game away with 6 runs in the 8th inning.

10 years ago
2010

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-5) 35 @ British Columbia (3-8) 31



CIS
Laval 45 @ St. Mary's (0-2) 7
Saskatchewan (1-2) 26 @ Regina (2-1) 37
Calgary (2-1) 23 @ Alberta (2-1) 14



Manitoba (1-2) 40 @ British Columbia (1-2) 17

Khaleal Williams passed for 215 yards and 3 touchdowns and added 100 yards rushing to lead the Bisons over the Thunderbirds at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. Matt Henry helped the Manitoba cause with 134 yards rushing on 27 carries and 2 touchdowns.