September 8, 2021

1,320 years ago
701

Died on this date
Sergius I, 51 (?). Roman Catholic Pope, 687-701. Sergius I was of Syrian ancestry, but born in Palermo, Sicily. He was ordained as cardinal-priest of Santa Susanna in 683, and rose through the ranks of the clergy before succeeding Conon as Bishop of Rome. Sergius was chosen as pope in order to break a deadlock between rivals Paschal and Theodore. His papacy was dominated by his rejection of the canons of the Quinisext Council (692), which was held in Constantinople, and seemed to have a bias in favour of the Eastern Church and against the Western Church. Pope Sergius I was succeeded by John VI.

750 years ago
1271

Born on this date
Charles Martel. (Titular) King of Hungary and Croatia, 1290-1295. Charles, a member of the Capetian House of Anjou, was 18 when he was set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastial party as the titular King of Hungary and Croatia, succeeding his maternal uncle Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He never succeeded in governing Hungary, as his cousin Andrew III was the actual king. Charles was successful in asserting his claim in Croatia, but died of the plague on August 12, 1295, 27 days before his 24th birthday.

690 years ago
1331

Europeana
Stefan Dušan declared himself King of Serbia.

260 years ago
1761

Married on this date
King George III of the United Kingdom and Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz were married at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, by Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Secker.

240 years ago
1781

War
The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the American Revolutionary War's last significant battle in the Southern theatre, ended in a narrow British tactical victory, although the Americans also claimed victory.

225 years ago
1796

War
French forces defeated Austrian troops in the Battle of Bassano at Bassano del Grappa in what is now part of Italy.

190 years ago
1831

Britannica
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned at Westminster, London as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

War
The Battle of Warsaw ended after two days in a decisive Russian victory over Polish forces, ending the November Uprising.

180 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Antonín Dvořák, 62. Czech composer. Mr. Dvořák was known for many compositions, including his nine symphonies, especially Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World, aka New World Symphony, which he wrote in 1893 while in New York. He died on May 1, 1904 at the age of 62.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
John Jenkins. U.S.-born Australian politician. Mr. Jenkins, a native of Pennsylvania, went to Australia as a representative of a publishing company, and remained there. He represented East Adelaide (1886-1887) and Sturt (1887-1901) in the South Australia House of Assembly, serving as Commissioner for Public Works for much of the 1890s. Mr. Jenkins was Premier of South Australia (1901-1905), resigning in March 1905 to take up the post of Agent-General for South Australia in London. He served in that capacity until 1908, and remained in London, where he was often referred to as "Australia's Unofficial High Commissioner." Mr. Jenkins ran unsuccessfully for the British House of Commons in 1918 as a candidate of the National Party. He died in London on February 22, 1923 at the age of 71.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Samuel McLaughlin. Canadian automobile executive. Mr. McLaughlin, a native of Enniskillen, Ontario, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company in 1867, which became the largest carriage manufacturing company in the British Empire. The company made carriages until 1915, and was renamed the McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited in 1907 after Mr. McLaughlin entered into a partnership with Billy Durant to manufacture Buicks. General Motors of Canada Limited was incorporated in 1918, and bought the McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited. The name of the Canadian-made car was changed to McLaughlin-Buick in 1923, and cars under that name were manufactured until 1942. Mr. McLaughlin was a philanthropist and racehorse owner, and a longtime director of the Ontario Jockey Club. His horses won the King's Plate three times, and he sold his Parkwood Stable to E. P. Taylor, who eventually renamed it Windfields Farm. Mr. McLaughlin remained with General Motors Canada as chairman of the board, as well as vice-president and executive director of the parent company until his death in Oshawa, Ontario on January 6, 1972 at the age of 100. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Refik Saydam. Prime Minister of Turkey, 1939-1942. Mr. Saydam, a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), held several cabinet posts before becoming Prime Minister. He died in office on July 8, 1942 at the age of 60, and was succeeded by Şükrü Saracoğlu.

Harry Hillman. U.S. runner and coach. Mr. Hillman won gold medals in the men's 400-metre run, 200-metre hurdles, and 400-metre hurdles at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, and a silver medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1908 Olympics in London. He was track coach at Dartmouth College from 1910 until his death on August 9, 1945, 30 days before his 64th birthday.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Howard Dietz. U.S. publicist and songwriter. Mr. Dietz was Vice President in Charge of Publicity at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from 1942-1957, but his association with the company went back further. He has been credited with creating Leo the Lion as the studio's mascot and Ars Gratia Artis as its slogan. Mr. Dietz and Arthur Schwartz were a songwriting team, with Mr. Dietz writing lyrics for more than a dozen Broadway musicals, including The Band Wagon (1931), with songs such as Dancing in the Dark and That's Entertainment. Mr. Dietz was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972, and died on July 30, 1983 at the age of 86, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Hendrik Verwoerd. Prime Minister of South Africa, 1958-1966. Dr. Verwoerd was a native of Amsterdam who moved to South Africa with his family in 1903. He was a professor of social sciences at Stellenbosch University before entering politics, where as a member of the National Party government, he held several cabinet posts and became known as the "Father of Apartheid" for his responsibility in implementing many aspects of that racial policy. Dr. Verwoerd succeeded J.G. Strijdom as Prime Minister in 1958, and continued the policies of his National Party predecessors. He survived an assassination attempt in 1960, months before a national referendum resulted in South Africa becoming a republic, the position favoured by the National Party. The National Party retained its majority in the House of Assembly in the general election of March 30, 1966. Dr. Verwoerd had just entered the House on September 6, 1966 when he was stabbed in the neck and chest four times by parliamentary messenger Dimitri Tsafendas. Dr. Verwoerd was dead on arrival at hospital, two days before his 65th birthday; his assassin was declared insane. Dr. Verwoerd was succeeded as Prime Minister by Justice Minister John Vorster.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Harry Secombe. U.K. entertainer. Sir Harry, a native of Wales, was a comedian, singer, and actor who was best known as a member of the cast of the radio comedy program The Goon Show (1951-1960). He played Mr. Bumble in the movie Oliver! (1968) and starred in the television comedy program The Harry Secombe Show (1968-1973). Sir Harry presented religious programs on television in later years, and died of prostate cancer on April 11, 2001 at the age of 79, after years of declining health.

Americana
Margaret Gorman, 16, won the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

80 years ago
1941

War
The Siege of Leningrad began as German forces captured Schlusselberg, cutting off the last land connection to the Russian city. Canadian, British, and Norwegian forces raided Spitsbergen, setting fire to coal stocks and destroying mines to prevent the Germans from using them. A large force of U.K. Royal Air Force bombers pounded Berlin during the night.

Movies
Chilean Interior Minister Arturo Olavarria approved the banning of the U.K. anti-Nazi film Pastor Hall (1940) by the Governor of Santiago.

Space
Dr. Roy K. Marshall of the Fels Planetarium in Philadelphia told the American Astronomical Society that the craters on the moon were caused by volcanic action and not the impact of great meteors.

75 years ago
1946

Terrorism
Explosives planted by the Irgun Zvai organization cut the Palestine railway in 50 places. Irgun leaders said that the action was a protest against the upcoming Palestine conference in London.

Politics and government
95.6% of voters in a referendum in Bulgaria supported abolishing the country's monarchy.

Chinese Communist leader Chou En-lai said that his party would not seek any Soviet aid in order to preserve its own independence.

Protest
Protesting a statement by U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes that the Polish-German frontier was not final, Polish Communists demonstrated before the U.S. ambassador's residence in Warsaw.

Crime
Communist-organized "squatters," protesting an acute housing shortage in the United Kingdom, seized the Duchess of Bedford's house and nine other luxury buildings in London.

Scandal
The U.S. Senate War Investigating Committee disclosed Henry Garsson's testimony that Representative Andrew May (Democrat--Kentucky) had received no pay from Garsson armaments firms.

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations President William Murray withdrewd the CIO from the International Labor Organization after a U.S. Labor Department decision making the American Federation of Labor the sole U.S. representative at the upcoming ILO conference in Montreal.

Tennis
Jack Kramer defeated Tom Brown 9-7, 6-3, 6-0 in the men's singles final of the U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, New York, while Pauline Betz defeated Doris Hart 11-9, 6-3 in the women's singles final.

Football
AAFC
Brooklyn (1-0) 27 @ Buffalo (0-1) 14
New York (1-0) 27 @ San Francisco (0-1) 14

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Too Young--Nat "King" Cole; Toni Arden

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Because of You--Tony Bennett (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Come On-A My House--Rosemary Clooney (Disc Jockey--7th week at #1; Jukebox--6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Come On-A My House--Rosemary Clooney (3rd week at #1)
--Kay Starr
2 Because of You--Tony Bennett
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
3 Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore
4 Too Young--Nat "King" Cole
5 The Loveliest Night of the Year--Mario Lanza
6 My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell
--Vic Damone
7 Jezebel--Frankie Laine
8 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin
9 Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle--Guy Mitchell
10 (Why Did I Tell You I was Going to) Shanghai--Doris Day
--Billy Williams Quartet

Singles entering the chart were The World is Waiting for the Sunrise by Les Paul and Mary Ford (#16) and Wonderful, Wasn't It? by Frankie Laine (#40). Wonderful Wasn't It? was the B-side of The Girl in the Wood, charting at #25.

War
The San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed by 48 nations at the Opera House, formally ending World War II, and Japan's position as an imperial power. The U.S.S.R., C.S.S.R., and Poland refused to sign the treaty, which Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko denounced as "sowing the seeds of a new war in the Far East."



Space
Scientists from 10 nations at the Second International Congress on Astronautics in London formed an International Astronautics Federation to coordinate research on space flight, which rocket experts predicted would be achieved before the year 2000.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. apologized to the U.S.A. for the death of Robert de Brake, an American soldier killed by East German police at the Soviet checkpoint of Lichterfeld Sued.

Politics and government Jordan's King Talal reappointed Abdul Huda Pasha as Prime Minister.

Americana
Colleen Kay Hutchins, representing Utah, was crowned Miss America 1952 at the annual pageant in Atlantic City.

Agriculture
The U.S. Agriculture Department estimated that recent floods and rains had caused crop losses of $219 million in Kansas, $156 million in Missouri, and $54 million in Illinois.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (3-0) 21 @ Toronto (1-2) 2
Montreal (0-2) 9 @ Ottawa (1-1) 13

WIFU
Saskatchewan (2-2) 7 @ Calgary (1-4) 9
Winnipeg (2-3) 19 @ Edmonton (4-1) 35

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Johnny Remember Me--John Leyton (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Jonathan Wills Story

Politics and government
The Union for National Progress (UPRONA), led by Prince Ludoviko Rwagasore, won 58 of 64 seats in the National Assembly in the Burundian general election, to create a government following Burundi's independence from Belgium in 1962. The Common Front took the remaining 6 seats.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-4) 16 @ Montreal (0-5-1) 15

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I'm Still Waiting--Diana Ross (3rd week at #1)

Americana
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was opened in Washington, D.C., with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.



40 years ago
1981

Died on this date
Roy Wilkins, 80. U.S. civil rights activist. Mr. Wilkins was a leading figure in the Negro civil rights movement from the 1930s through the '70s, and led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples as Executive Secretary (1955-1963) and Executive Director (1964-1977). He supported reform by legislative means, and opposed Communism. Mr. Wilkins died nine days after his 80th birthday, from heart problems related to a pacemaker implanted in 1979.

Hideki Yukawa, 74. Japanese physicist. Dr. Yukawa, born Hideki Ogawa, was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces." He died from pneumonia and heart failure.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos, who were in a race for the championship of the second half of the season in the National League East division, fired Dick Williams--who was in his fifth season as the team's manager--and replaced him with general manager Jim Fanning.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (6th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (ض3)
1 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai
2 Wind of Change--Scorpions
3 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
4 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
5 Sailing on the Seven Seas--OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
6 Bobby Brown--Frank Zappa
7 Losing My Religion--R.E.M.
8 You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses
9 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
10 Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)--Crystal Waters

Singles entering the chart were It Ain't Over 'til it's Over by Lenny Kravitz (#25); Baila me by Gipsy Kings (#27); and Now that We Found Love by Heavy D & the Boyz (#28).

Died on this date
Alex North, 80. U.S. composer. Mr. North, born Isadore Soifer, was known for his scores to movies such as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951); Spartacus (1960); and The Misfits (1961). He was nominated for 15 Academy Awards, but never won, and was finally given an Honorary Academy Award in 1986.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (6-4) 56 @ Ottawa (4-6) 29

Doug Flutie passed for 293 yards and rushed for 51 more as he led the Lions over the Rough Riders before 24,171 fans at Lansdowne Park. The 56 points were a B.C. club record for a single game, 1 more than the previous record set in 1987.



Saskatchewan (3-7) 41 @ Winnipeg (6-4) 49 (OT)

Robert Mimbs rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in overtime to provide the winning margin as the Blue Bombers beat the Roughriders before 28,323 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Winnipeg kicker Trevor Kennerd, in his 12th season with the Blue Bombers, suffered a career-ending injury and was replaced for the duration of the game by punter Bob Cameron, who kicked 4 converts.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Twisted--Keith Sweat

#1 single in Austria (ض3): Break My Stride--Unique II

#1 single in Switzerland: Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Flava--Peter Andre

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (3-8) 13 @ Toronto (10-1) 31

The Argonauts set a team single-game record with 9 sacks as they beat the Roughriders before 17,576 fans at SkyDome.



Hamilton (4-7) 15 @ Winnipeg (6-5) 33

Reggie Slack completed 19 of 31 passes for 287 yards and 2 touchdowns as he led the Blue Bombers over the Tiger-Cats before 25,690 fans at Winnipeg Stadium.

20 years ago
2001

Football
CFL
British Columbia (5-5) 17 @ Toronto (3-7) 32
Hamilton (5-5) 31 @ Winnipeg (8-2) 63

CIS
Saskatchewan 36 @ Alberta 7

The Huskies built a 27-7 halftime lead and coasted to an easy win over the Golden Bears on a rainy Saturday afternoon before 3,300 fans in the first regular season game played at Foote Field in Edmonton.

August 24, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sabbah Rose!

460 years ago
1561

Married on this date
Willem of Orange married duchess Anna of Saxony in Leipzig.

240 years ago
1781

War
Mohawks led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia led by Archibald Lochry near present-day Aurora, Indiana.

200 years ago
1821

Died on this date
John William Polidori, 25. U.K. writer and physician. Dr. Polidori obtained his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh at the age of 19 in 1815, and became Lord Byron's personal physician a year later. He wrote fiction and non-fiction, and was best known for his novella The Vampyre: A Tale (1819), the first published modern vampire story. Dr. Polidori was suffering from depression and gambling debts when he committed suicide by consuming prussic acid, two weeks before his 26th birthday, although the coroner returned a verdict of death by natural causes.

Mexicana
The Treaty of Córdoba was signed, ratifying the Plan of Iguala and concluding the Mexican War of Independence with Spain, effectively giving Mexico its independence.

180 years ago
1841

Died on this date
John Ordronaux, 62. French-born privateer. Mr. Ordronaux commanded two ships in the War of 1812, and captured or destroyed about 30 British merchant ships, outran about 17 British warships and brought back goods to the U.S.A. worth between $250,000-$300,000. He settled in New York City, but later became a sugar magnate and died in Cartagena, Colombia.

Theodore Hook, 52. U.K. writer and prankster. Mr. Hook was a playboy who worked briefly as a civil servant, but achieved success as a composer of songs for comic operas. He also wrote novels and short stories. Mr. Hook was best known for his practical jokes, especially the Berners Street hoax in London in 1809. He died 29 days before his 53rd birthday, from a combination of overwork and dissipation.

130 years ago
1891

Movies
Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Preston Foster. U.S. actor. Mr. Foster appeared in plays, films, radio, and television programs in a 40-year career. His movies included Two Seconds (1931); Doctor X (1932); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); and The Informer (1935). Mr. Foster lived in the San Diego area in his later years, and wrote Let's Go Padres, the theme song for the San Diego Padres when they became a major league baseball team in 1969. Mr. Foster died on July 14, 1970 at the age of 69, after a long illness.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Durward Kirby. U.S. television announcer. Mr. Kirby was the sidekick of Garry Moore on The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and 1960s, and performed the same role for Allen Funt on Candid Camera from 1961-1966. He died of congestive heart failure on March 15, 2000 at the age of 87.

100 years ago
1921

Disasters
The British airship R-38 experienced structural failure over Hull, England and crashed in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only 4 survived.

80 years ago
1941

War
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that he and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had, in their Atlantic Charter, pledged their countries to the final destruction of Nazi tyranny. Mr. Churchill warned that Japanese aggression in the Far East "has got to stop," but if it did not, the British would "range ourselves unhesitatingly at the side of the United States."

Abominations
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler ordered the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the disabled due to protests, although killings continued for the remainder of World War II.

Defense
U.S. President Roosevelt authorized the operation of foreign ships seized in American ports under British masters and crews flying the American flag.

Politics and government
U.S. President Roosevelt nominated Solicitor General Francis Biddle as U.S. Attorney General.

Labour
Workers at the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company plant in Kearny, New Jersey voted to end their 17-day strike, after Rear Admiral Harold Bowen formally took over the plant for the Navy.

American Federation of Labor members voted to end their strike against Detroit's streetcar and bus lines.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio (Best Seller--3rd week at #1; Airplay--4th week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--2nd week at #1); The Gypsy--The Ink Spots (Juke Box--13th week at #1)

Died on this date
James Clark McReynolds, 84. U.S. politician and judge. Mr. McReynolds was United States Attorney General in the administration of President Woodrow Wilson from 1913-1914, and was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1914-1941. He wrote over 506 opinions and was known for his opposition to the New Deal policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Diplomacy
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitri Manuilski told the United Nations Security Council that Greece was attempting to provoke war with Albania and endangering peace in the Balkans.

Turkey sent a note to the U.S.S.R. rejecting the Soviet proposal for joint control of the Dardanelles and suggesting an international convention to bring the Montreaux agreement up to date.

Politics and government
The Japanese House of Representatives approved by a wide margin the proposed new constitution, proclaiming popular sovereignty and renouncing war as an instrument of national policy.

U.K. Viceroy in India Viscount Archibald Wavell announced the appointment of a Hindu-Muslim Executive Council, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, to take office on September 2 and govern India until a new constitution was drawn up by the Assembly.

Defense
The U.S. Army Air Forces announced that all states had accepted their force allotments in the newly-created Air National Guard, which would number 72 fighter squadrons and 12 light bomber squadrons.

Economics and finance
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan General Douglas MacArthur ordered 505 Japanese plants in eight industries set aside as potential World War II reparations.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Woman at Land's End

Married on this date
U.S. actress Eve Arden and actor Brooks West, her leading man in summer stock, were married in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

War
Communist negotiators in Korea sent a message to Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Matthew Ridgway expressing hope for the eventual resumption of truce talks.

Diplomacy
The Netherlands agreed to negotiate with Indonesia for the termination of Indonesian membership in the Dutch Union.

World events
Bolivia's ruling junta permitted four opposition leaders, including National Revolutionary Movement chief Victor Paz Estenssoro, to return from exile.

Politics and government
West Berlin police announced plans to form a special "alert unit," heavily armed and housed in barracks, to counter the East German People's Police.

U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver (Democrat--Tennessee) proposed a code of conduct for congressional investigators, specifying that witnesses be allowed to present evidence in their defense, rebut charges against them, and retain counsel.

Baseball
Mike McCormick's grand slam with 2 out climaxed a 5-run 3rd inning for the Washington Nationals as they came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Detroit Tigers 10-7 before 2,887 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. The grand slam was Mr. McCormick's only home run in a Washington uniform, and the 14th and last of his major league career. Joe Haynes (1-3), the second of three Washington pitchers, allowed 8 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 5.1 innings and was credited with what turned out to be his 76th and last major league win, while hitting his only major league home run in the 7th.

Relief pitcher Joe Ostrowski led off the 7th inning with a single and Gene Woodling hit a 2-run home run with 2 out to provide all the scoring as the New York Yankees shut out the Cleveland Indians 2-0 before 71,768 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Mr. Ostrowski (6-3) pitched 3.2 innings in relief of Stubby Overmire as they combined for an 8-hitter. Early Wynn (14-12) allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings to take the loss.

Ray Coleman led off the bottom of the 6th inning with a single, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Minnie Minoso, and scored from second base on a single by Eddie Robinson to break a 2-2 tie as the Chicago White Sox edged the Boston Red Sox 3-2 before 24,281 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Lou Kretlow (5-6) pitched a 5-hitter and allowed 1 earned run to win the pitchers' duel over Ray Scarborough (10-7), who allowed 7 hits in a complete game.

Five days after sending midget Eddie Gaedel up to bat, St. Louis Browns' owner Bill Veeck staged "Fans Managers' Night," where 1,115 of 3,925 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis flashed placards indicating their decisions for various moves during the game, including naming the starting lineup. Sherm Lollar, voted in by the fans as the catcher, had 3 hits, including a home run, as the Browns beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3. Gus Zernial's 28th homer of the season, a 3-run blow off winning pitcher Ned Garver, accounted for all of the Philadelphia scoring. Mr. Garver (15-8) pitched a 7-hit complete game, outduelling Alex Kellner (7-13), who allowed 9 hits and 5 earned runs in a complete game.

Warren Spahn (16-11) pitched a 9-hitter and Sam Jethroe hit a solo home run in the 5th inning for what turned out to be the deciding run for the Boston Braves as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 8,807 fans at Braves Field. Ken Raffensberger (12-16) took the loss. Sibby Sisti tripled home Chet Nichols from first base with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Braves a 2-1 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Mr. Nichols was on first base after grounding into a force play following a single by Roy Hartsfield with 1 out. Mr. Nichols (8-4) pitched a 4-hitter, allowing no earned runs, to win the pitchers' duel over Herm Wehmeier (2-8), who allowed 9 hits.

Pee Wee Reese singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 1st inning and advanced to second base on an error by right fielder Gene Hermanski, advanced to third base on an outfield fly by Duke Snider, and scored on a bunt double by Jackie Robinson for the game's only run as the Brooklyn Dodgers edged the Chicago Cubs 1-0 before 22,186 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Chicago first baseman Chuck Connors overcharged Mr. Robinson's hard bunt, and it went past him into right field. Ralph Branca (11-5) pitched a 3-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Paul Minner (6-13), who allowed 9 hits and no earned runs.

Pinch hitter Davey Williams grounded into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 9th as Bobby Thomson scored to conclude a 2-run rally, giving the New York Giants a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 10,559 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York, allowing the second-place Giants to remain 7½ games behind the Dodgers in the National League pennant race.

Gus Bell hit a grand slam with 2 out in the top of the 3rd inning to provide the necessary scoring for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 before 8,847 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Mr. Bell finished the game batting 4 for 5 with a double. Winning pitcher Murry Dickson (17-11) pitched a 2-hitter and batted 2 for 4, leading off the 3rd with a single and scoring the first run. Pinch hitter Del Ennis led off the 9th with a home run for Philadelphia's only score.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Raindrops--Dee Clark (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): You Don't Know--Helen Shapiro (3rd week at #1)

At the movies
Muchachas que trabajan, co-written, produced, and directed by Fernando Cortés, and starring Ariadne Welter, Rosita Arenas, Ofelia Montesco, Angélica María, Álvaro Ortiz, and Roberto Cañedo, opened in theatres in Mexico.



Football
CFL
Edmonton (4-0) 35 @ Winnipeg (4-1) 20
British Columbia (0-4-1) 6 @ Saskatchewan (2-2) 25

Baseball
Pitching legend Satchel Paige, 55, signed with the Portland Beavers of the AAA Pacific Coast League.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Sweet Hitch-Hiker--Creedence Clearwater Revival (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Mitch Chetkovich, 54. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Chetkovich played with the Philadelphia Blue Jays (1945), posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 0.00 in 4 games. He was 64-55 in 169 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues (1942-1950).

Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-3) 1 @ Calgary (5-0) 32

The Stampeders had outscored their opponents 129-22 in their first 5 games. This was the first game in the 13-year Hall of Fame career of Larry Highbaugh, who began with the Lions as a running back. He rushed once for 0 yards in this game and returned 1 kickoff for 67 yards.

Baseball
The Montreal Expos signed catcher Walt Hriniak, who had been released by the Atlanta Braves on July 23. He was hitting .140 with no home runs and 5 runs batted in in 48 games with the Savannah Braves of the AA Dixie Association in 1971. The Expos assigned Mr. Hriniak to the Winnipeg Whips of the AAA International League.

Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs hit his 512th and last career major league home run, moving him past Mel Ott into an 8th-place tie with Eddie Mathews on the major league career list, but the Cubs lost to the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 before 38,065 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Banks hit his last home run off Jim McGlothlin in the 4th inning. Pete Rose hit 3 doubles for the Reds. Mr. McGlothlin (7-10) allowed 3 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 5 innings to get the win over Ferguson Jenkins (20-10), who allowed 12 hits and 5 runs--4 earned--in 7 innings.

The Atlanta Braves scored at least 2 runs in each of the first 5 innings as they routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 15-5 before 8,478 fans at Atlanta Stadium. Atlanta right fielder Mike Lum batted 4 for 5 with a home run, double, 2 runs, and 4 runs batted in, while third baseman Darrell Evans was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles, 3 runs, and 2 RBIs, and first baseman Hank Aaron was 3 for 4 with his 37th home run of the season, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs. Pittsburgh first baseman Bob Robertson was 3 for 3 with an RBI.

Willie Davis tripled home 3 runs and scored on a sacrifice fly as part of a 5-run 6th inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they beat the Montreal Expos 6-4 before 28,159 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Al Downing (15-8) was the winning pitcher over Bill Stoneman (14-11).

Don Buford led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a base on balls, advanced to third base on a 2-out single by Brooks Robinson, and scored on a double by Merv Rettenmund for the game's only run as the Baltimore Orioles edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 before 13,164 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Mike Cuellar (16-6) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Tom Bradley (13-11), who allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings.

Relief pitcher Tom Burgmeier doubled to lead off the bottom of the 13h inning, advanced to third base on a single by Freddie Patek, and scored on a bases-loaded single by Gail Hopkins to give the Kansas City Royals a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox before 9,963 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Mr. Burgmeier (6-5) allowed 1 hit in 3.1 scoreless innings to get the win over Luis Tiant (0-7), who allowed 3 hits and 1 earned run in 3+ innings.

Thurman Munson singled with 1 out in the top of the 1st inning, advanced to third on a double by Roy White, and scored on a ground out by Felipe Alou for the game's only run as the New York Yankees edged the Oakland Athletics 1-0 before 18,288 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Mel Stottlemyre (13-11) pitched a 3-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Vida Blue (22-6), who allowed just 4 hits.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 9th inning, Frank Howard and Jeff Burroughs drew consecutive bases on balls, and Dave Nelson singled home Mr. Howard to break a 0-0 tie, but with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, Jim Fregosi walked and Jim Spencer followed with a home run to give the California Angels a 2-1 win over the Washington Senators before 9,004 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Clyde Wright (12-13) pitched a 2-hitter and struck out 9 batters, outduelling Pete Broberg (5-4), who allowed just 3 hits.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): DEV-O Live (EP)--Devo (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): High School Lullaby--Imo-kin Trio

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): De niña a Mujer--Julio Iglesias

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (7th week at #1)

Crime
Mark Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the December 8, 1980 murder of musician John Lennon.

Baseball
Playing in his first major league game, Kent Hrbek hit a solo home run in the top of the 12th inning to break a 2-2 tie as the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Yankees 3-2 before 21,513 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Hrbek, playing first base, batted 2 for 5 with 2 runs batted in, making 13 putouts.

Every man in the starting lineup for the Oakland Athletics scored at least 1 run and had at least 1 hit as they routed the Cleveland Indians 16-4 before 30,139 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Leadoff hitter Rickey Henderson led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a home run and finished 4 for 4 with a double, 3 runs, and 2 runs. Matt Keough (8-3) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory.

Ivan De Jesus led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a base on balls and pinch hitter Mike Tyson followed with a double to score Mr. De Jesus, giving the Chicago Cubs a 9-8 win over the San Diego Padres before 7,068 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs had tied the game in the 9th on a 2-run 2-out single by Bill Buckner.

Keith Moreland singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 13th inning and Manny Trillo followed with a home run to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 7-5 win over the Atlanta Braves before 23,383 fans at Veterans Stadium.

Bruce Berenyi (6-3) pitched a 2-hitter and struck out 12 batters, while doubling and scoring the second run for the Cincinnati Reds as they shut out the New York Mets 2-0 before 19,506 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. The winning run came with 2 out in the 2nd when Ray Knight doubled and scored from second base on a single by Joe Nolan. Losing pitcher Mike Scott (3-7) allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings.

Burt Hooton (9-4) pitched a 4 hitter and batted 2 for 4 with a double, while Dusty Baker and Steve Yeager hit solo home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 before 12,308 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Losing pitcher Odell Jones (1-1) allowed 7 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 8 innings.

With 1 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 10th inning, Tito Landrum singled, stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Bob Brenly, and scored on a single by Tommy Herr to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants before 13,385 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Rennie Stennett popped out as a pinch hitter for San Francisco in the top of the 10th and remained in the game at second base, making an assist in the bottom of the inning in the 1,237th and last game of his 11-year major league career.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)--Crystal Waters (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): La Zoubida--Lagaf' (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (7th week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)
2 Now that We Found Love--Heavy D and the Boyz
3 Always There--Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown
4 Send Me an Angel--Scorpions
5 Burbujas de Amor--Juan Luis Guerra y 4;40
6 Baila Me--Gipsy Kings
7 Driver's Seat--Sniff 'n' the Tears
8 You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses
9 Danca Tago-Mago--Kaoma
10 The Beginning--Seal

Singles entering the chart were All 4 Love by Color Me Badd (#19); Guaranteed by Level 42 (#24); A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" by De La Soul (#27); Enter Sandman by Metallica (#29); Things That Make You Go Hmmm... by C+C Music Factory (featuring Freedom Williams (#31); 7 Ways to Love by Cola Boy (#39); and Beethoven by Linda (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)
2 It Ain't Over 'til it's Over--Lenny Kravitz
3 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
4 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)--Roxette
5 Summertime--D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
6 Temptation--Corina
7 Wind of Change--Scorpions
8 The Promise of a New Day--Paula Abdul
9 3 A.M. Eternal--The KLF
10 I Can't Wait Another Minute--Hi-Five

Singles entering the chart were Enter Sandman by Metallica (#47); The Real Love by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (#77); Real, Real, Real by Jesus Jones (#84); Walk Through Fire by Bad Company (#87); Tonite by DJ Quik (#89); Let's Talk About Sex by Salt-N-Pepa (#93); and When the Lights Go Out by Gerardo (#98).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)
2 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
3 Fading Like a Flower--Roxette
4 The Promise of a New Day--Paula Abdul
5 Temptation--Corina
6 It Ain't Over 'til it's Over--Lenny Kravitz
7 P.A.S.S.I.O.N.--Rythm Syndicate
8 Time, Love and Tenderness--Michael Bolton
9 Crazy--Seal
10 Wind of Change--Scorpions

Singles entering the chart were Walk Through Fire by Bad Company (#69); The Real Love by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (#71); Kiss Them for Me by Siouxsee and the Banshees (#80); Real, Real, Real by Jesus Jones (#82); and No One Has to Cry by the Fixx (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)
2 It Ain't Over 'til It's Over--Lenny Kravitz
3 Fading Like a Flower--Roxette
4 Something to Talk About--Bonnie Raitt
5 The Motown Song--Rod Stewart (with the Temptations)
6 Superman's Song--Crash Test Dummies
7 Learning to Fly--Tom Petty
8 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
9 Hole Hearted--Extreme
10 Wind of Change--Scorpions

Singles entering the chart were Feel Your Love by Alanis (#79); Only Time Will Tell by Nelson (#84); Love You Too Much by the Boomers (#85); I Adore Mi Amore by Color Me Badd (#86); Face the Music by RTZ (#88); Silver Thunderbird by Marc Cohn (#91); Twist of the Knife by the Fabulous Thunderbirds (#94); Both Sides Now by Paul Young and Clannad (#95); My Special Child by Sinead O'Connor (#96); Runaround by Van Halen (#97); and My Town by Glass Tiger (#98). Both Sides Now was from the movie Switch (1991).

Died on this date
Bernard Castro, 87. Italian-born U.S. inventor. Mr. Castro, a native of Sicily, emigrated to the United States in 1919. He invented the modern convertible couch, opening his first store in 1931. Mr. Castro sold more than 5 million Castro Convertibles and became a multimillionaire. He died 13 days after his 87th birthday.

Politics and government
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, five days after a failed coup attempt against him.

Europeana
Ukraine declared its independence from the U.S.S.R.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-4) 24 @ Hamilton (0-7) 19



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Because You Loved Me--Celine Dion (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (4th week at #1)

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

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Aquarius--Party Animals (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Wannabe--Spice Girls (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio (4th week at #1)
2 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
3 Loungin--LL Cool J
4 Twisted--Keith Sweat
5 C'mon n' Ride It (The Train)--Quad City DJ's
6 You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow--Toni Braxton
7 Change the World--Eric Clapton
8 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)--R. Kelly
9 How Do U Want It/California Love--2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo/2 Pac featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
10 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman

Singles entering the chart were Missing You by Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan (#62); Last Night by Az Yet (#64); Gettin' It by Too Short featuring Parliament Funkadelic (#77); Movin' On by CeCe Peniston (#92); and With You by Somethin' for the People (#98). Missing You was from the movie Set it Off (1996). Last Night was from the movie The Nutty Professor (1996).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
2 Twisted--Keith Sweat
3 C'mon n' Ride It (The Train)--Quad City DJ’s
4 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
5 Change the World--Eric Clapton
6 Loungin--LL Cool J
7 You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow--Toni Braxton
8 I Can't Sleep (If I)--R. Kelly
9 Who Will Save Your Soul--Jewel
10 You Learn/You Oughta Know--Alanis Morissette

Singles entering the chart were Hit Me Off by New Edition (#24); It's All Coming Back to Me Now by Celine Dion (#30); Who You Are by Pearl Jam (#48); Touch Myself by T-Boz (#50); Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance by RZA featuring Method Man & Cappadonna (#57); Last Night by Az Yet (#59); Use Your Heart by SWV (#82); and If Your Girl Only Knew by Aaliyah (#92).

Football
CFL
Ottawa (1-8) 21 @ Toronto (8-1) 28

Doug Flutie passed for 415 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Argonauts over the Rough Riders before 17,182 fans at SkyDome. Ottawa quarterback David Archer passed for 312 yards and 3 touchdowns.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Jane Greer, 76. U.S. actress. Miss Greer began her career as a big band singer and appeared in movies and television in a career spanning 50 years. She was best known for her femme fatale roles in the films noir Out of the Past (1947); They Won't Believe Me (1947); and The Big Steal (1949). Miss Greer died of cancer, 16 days before her 77th birthday.

Football
CFL
Montreal (6-2) 19 @ Winnipeg (6-2) 24



Hamilton (4-4) 20 @ Edmonton (3-5-0-1) 12

It was Warren Moon Day in Edmonton, and the Eskimos saluted their former quarterback and the other members of their Grey Cup championship teams from 1978-1982. Unfortunately, the current team played a terrible game, but a late touchdown and 2-point convert game them a chance to tie the game. They got that chance, but failed to capitalize on it.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Mike Flanagan, 59. U.S. baseball pitcher, coach, executive, and broadcaster. Mr. Flanagan played with the Baltimore Orioles (1975-1987, 1991-1992) and Toronto Blue Jays (1987-1990), compiling a record of 167-143 with an earned run average of 3.90 in 526 games. His best season was 1979, when he was 23-9 with a 3.08 ERA, leading the American League in wins and shutouts (5), winning the AL Cy Young Award. Mr. Flanagan helped the Orioles win the American League pennant in 1979 and the World Series in 1983; he was 1-1 in 4 World Series games and 2-1 in 3 American League Championship Series games (1979, 1983, 1989). He pitched an inning of relief as part of a four-man combined no-hitter in 1991. Mr. Flanagan was a colour commentator on telecasts of Orioles games for several seasons after his retirement as a player, and held the positions of pitching coach (1995, 1998); Vice President of Baseball Operations (2002-2005); and Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations (2005-2007). He was reportedly suffering from depression, exacerbated by his perceptions that he had failed in his executive positions with the Orioles, and committed suicide by shooting himself.

Business
Steve Jobs resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc.

July 29, 2021

375 years ago
1646

Born on this date
Johann Theile. German composer. Mr. Theile was an organist who composed choral works, most notably the opera Adam und Eva (1678). He died on June 24, 1724 at the age of 77.

175 years ago
1846

Born on this date
Sophie Menter. German musician and composer. Miss Menter was Franz Liszt's favourite female student, and had a successful career as a concert pianist from the 1860s to the 1880s. She wrote several works for piano, and died on February 23, 1918 at the age of 71.

Isabel. Brazilian royal family member. Princess Isabel, the eldest daughter of Emperor Pedro II and Empress Teresa Cristina, became Princess Imperial (heir presumptive to the throne) in 1847 and again in 1850 after the deaths in infancy of her two brothers. She acted as regent for her father during his absences abroad, and in 1888 signed the Lei Áurea (Golden Law) abolishing slavery in Brazil. Emperor Pedro was deposed by a military coup in 1889 and the family went into exile in France. Princess Isabel became head of the Imperial House of Brazil upon her father's death in 1891, and remained so until her own death in France on November 14, 1921 at the age of 75.

170 years ago
1851

Space
Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 15 Eunomia.

150 years ago
1871

Transportation
The Connecticut Valley Railroad opened between Old Saybrook and Hartford, Connecticut.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Fred Smith. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Smith was a third baseman and shortstop with the Boston Braves (1913); Buffalo Blues (1914-1915); Brooklyn Tip-Tops (195); and St. Louis Cardinals (1917), batting .226 with 8 home runs and 158 runs batted in in 438 games. He hit .244 with at least 14 homers in 939 games in 8 seasons in the minor leagues (1909-1921). Mr. Smith died on May 28, 1961 at the age of 69.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Roy Henshaw. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Henshaw played with the Chocago Cubs (1933, 1935-1936); Brooklyn Dodgers (1937); St. Louis Cardinals (1938); and Detroit Tigers (1942-1944), compiling a record of 33-40 with an earned run average of 4.16 in 216 games. His best season was 1935, when he was 13-5 with a 3.28 ERA in helping the Cubs win the National League pennant, and was 0-0 with a 7.61 ERA in his only World Series appearance. Mr. Henshaw died on June 8, 1993 at the age of 81.

Foster Furcolo. U.S. politician. Mr. Furcolo, a Democrat, represented Massachusetts' 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives (1949-1952) and was the state's Treasurer and Receiver-General (1952-1955). He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1954, but was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1956, serving one term (1957-1961). Mr. Furcolo achieved educational reforms, but often went against party interests, and was opposed by fellow Massachusetts Democrat John F. Kennedy. Mr. Furcolo was defeated in the 1960 U.S. Senatorial election, and returned to the practice of law. He died on July 5, 1995, 24 days before his 84th birthday.

Iakovos. Ottoman-born U.S. clergyman. Archbishop Iakovos, born Demetrios Koukouzis, was ordained a Greek Orthodox deacon in 1934, and was ordained a priest in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1940. He became primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America in 1959, supporting ecumenism and Negro civil rights. Archbishop Iakovos clashed with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I after he supported a move by 29 bishops towards the administrative unification of Eastern Orthodox churches in America, and resigned in 1996. Iakovos died on April 10, 2005 at the age of 93.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, frustrated by the opposition Conservatives in his attempts to implement reciprocity with the United Staes, obtained a dissolution of Parliament, and announced that a federal election would take place on September 27, 1911.

Baseball
Smoky Joe Wood (18-11) pitched a no-hitter, walking 2 batters and striking out 12 for the Boston Red Sox as they shut out the St. Louis Browns 5-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 17,596 fans at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston. The Browns scored a run in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 tie as they won the second game 5-4.

Doc Gessler and Tilly Walker hit home runs and Bob Groom (5-13) pitched a 4-hitter for the Washington Nationals as they beat the Cleveland Naps 7-1 before 7,038 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Shoeless Joe Jackson broke up Mr. Groom's bid for a shutout with a home run in the 9th inning. Losing pitcher Cy Young (3-4), in what turned out to be his last appearance for Cleveland, started and gave up 4 hits and 5 runs in just 3 innings. After the game, the Naps waived him to the Boston Rustlers.

The Philadelphia Athletics took a 5-0 lead after 1 inning and coasted to an 11-3 win over the Detroit Tigers befoere 30,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Danny Murphy batted 2 for 4 with a double, run, and 5 runs batted in for Philadelphia, while Eddie Collins was 5 for 5 with 3 runs. Eddie Plank (14-5) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory with 9 strikeouts.

The Chicago White Sox scored 3 runs in each of the 2nd and 3rd innings to take a 6-0 lead as they coasted to a 10-2 win over the New York Highlanders in the first game of a doubleheader before 15,000 fans at Hilltop Park in New York. Ed Walsh (17-10) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory. The White Sox trailed 5-2 after 7 innings in the second game, but scored a run in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to tie the score, scored 3 in the top of the 10th, and withstood a 2-run rally in the bottom of the inning to win 8-7 to complete the sweep.

The Pittsburgh Pirates amassed 17 hits in the first game and 14 in the second as they routed the Boston Rustlers 17-2 and 10-2 in a doubleheader before 12,702 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Richard Egan. U.S. actor. Mr. Egan appeared in such movies as The Damned Don't Cry (1950); Bright Victory (1951); One Minute to Zero (1952); Underwater! (1955); Love Me Tender (1956); Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957); A Summer Place (1959); and Moonfire (1970). He died of prostate cancer on July 20, 1987, nine days before his 66th birthday.

Politics and government
Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

80 years ago
1941

War
The U.S.S.R. claimed to have begun an offensive at Smolensk.

Diplomacy
U.S. Senator Worth Clark (Democrat--Idaho) said that the United States "should take over control" of all Latin America and Canada and set up "puppet governments" because "the Good Neighbor Policy has been a failure."

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King told his war cabinet that he would rather resign than support conscription.

Arthur Klein (Democrat) defeated George Hastings (Republican) in a special election for the New York's 14th District in the United States House of Representatives.

Law
Paraguayan President Higinio Morinigio decreed the death penalty for revolutionaries.

Economics and finance
Japan froze assets of the Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies.

Labour
A strike of 8,000 American Federation of Labor electrical workers tied up construction jobs in New York City and stopped work on defense projects at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Boxing
Freddie Cochrane (63-31-8) won the world welterweight title with a 15-round decision over defending champion Fritzie Zivic (110-26-5) at Ruppert Stadium in Newark, New Jersey.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Gypsy--The Ink Spots (11th week at #1)
--Dinah Shore
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
2 They Say it's Wonderful--Perry Como
--Frank Sinatra
3 Doin' What Comes Natur'lly--Dinah Shore and Spade Cooley and his Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
4 Prisoner of Love--Perry Como
--The Ink Spots
5 Surrender--Perry Como
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
6 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)--Dinah Shore
--Andy Russell
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
7 My Fickle Eye--Betty Hutton
--Jack Smith and the Five DeMarco Sisters
--Judy Canova
8 In Love in Vain--Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
--Margaret Whiting
9 Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra
10 I'm a Big Girl Now--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Who Do You Love I Hope by Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra (#26) and Along with Me by Margaret Whiting (#28).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon and Howard McNear, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Forgetful Murderer

War
Chinese Communist troops attacked a U.S. Marine convoy between Tientsin and Peking, killing 3 Marines and wounding 12.

Diplomacy
French Prime Minister Georges Bidault opened the 21-nation Paris Peace Conference in Luxembourg Palace, and was chosen temporary chairman of the conference.

World events
A Panamanian court acquitted former President Arnulfo Arias of charges of participating in an abortive coup in December 1945.

Politics and government
India's Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of British independence proposals, accusing the British government and the Congress Party of going back on their original pledge to guarantee certain posts for Muslims in the new government.

New York State revoked the Ku Klux Klan charter, while the U.S. Justice Department revealed that it was investigating Klan activities in seven states.

Scandal
U.S. Controller General Lindsay Warren told the Senate War Inviestigating Committee that loopholes in war contracts had cost the government "untold millions."

Oil
The Bahamian subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced that it would use radar and a diving chamber to search for oil under the Caribbean Sea floor.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate passed and sent to President Harry Truman a bill extending the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to June 30, 1947.

Business
United Aircraft Corporation made history's first commercial helicopter sale, a $48,500-delivery to Helicopter Air Transport, Inc.

Labour
The French government decreed a general wage increase for public servants averaging 18%.

Boxing
Bruce Woodcock (27-1) knocked out Albert Renet (28-18-4) in the 6th round at King's Hall in Manchester, England to win the vacant European Boxing Union heavyweight title. Mr. Woodcock knocked down Mr. Renet in the 4th, 5th, and 6th rounds before knocking him out.

Ezzard Charles (40-4-1) knocked out Lloyd Marshall (58-15-3) at 57 seconds of the 6th round of a heavyweight bout at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.



70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Yellow Robe, or The Lama's Amah

Defense
West German war veterans' groups merged into the German Soldiers' Federation.

Crime
U.S. federal narcotics agents in New York arrested 12 members of a drug smuggling and counterfeiting ring allegedly led by Charles "Lucky" Luciano.

Cycling
Ugo Koblet of Switzerland won the Tour de France in a time of 142 hours 20 minutes 14 seconds.



Baseball
Chicago Cubs' manager Phil Cavarretta drove in 3 runs in the first game and hit a pinch-grand slam in the second game as the Cubs swept a doubleheader from the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 and 8-6 before 25,840 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mr. Cavaretta tripled off Robin Roberts in the 6th inning of game 1, and hit his grand slam when Mr. Roberts entered game 2 in the bottom of the 7th in relief of eventual losing pitcher Bubba Church (12-6).

The New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox 8-3 and 2-0 before 70,972 fans at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio hit 2 home runs for the Yankees in the first game. Bob Kuzava (6-5) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Saul Rogovin (6-6) in the second game.

The Washington Nationals scored all their runs in the 4th inning as they beat the St. Louis Browns 7-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 9,069 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. St. Louis first baseman Ben Taylor batted 1 for 4 and hit a solo home run in the 3rd inning in his major league debut, while making 9 putouts and participating in a double play. The Browns scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th and withstood a 2-run rally in the bottom of the 9th as they won the second game 8-6. St. Louis third baseman Kermit Wahl batted 1 for 5 with a run, making 2 putouts and 3 assists and starting 2 double plays in the 231st and last game of his 5-year major league career.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Travelin' Man/Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Legata a un granello di sabbia--Nico Fidenco (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Wheels--The String-A-Longs (11th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Temptation--The Everly Brothers (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis (2nd week at #1)
2 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
3 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
4 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
5 The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton
6 I Like it Like That (Part 1)--Chris Kenner
7 Yellow Bird--Arthur Lyman Group
--[Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra]
8 Let's Twist Again--Chubby Checker
9 Together--Connie Francis
10 Last Night--Mar-Keys

Singles entering the chart were I Just Don't Understand by Ann-Margret (#82); I'll Never Smile Again by the Platters (#86); It's Gonna Work Out Fine by Ike & Tina Turner (#87); As If I Didn't Know by Adam Wade (#88); Solitaire by the Embers (#90); Back Beat No. 1 by the Rondels (#94); Water Boy by the Don Shirley Trio (#95); The Astronaut--Parts 1 and 2 by Jose Jimenez (#96); I Never Knew by Clyde McPhatter (#97); Time Was by the Flamingos (#99); Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (#100); Lover's Island by the Blue Jays (also #100); and Magic Moon (Claire de Lune) by the Rays (also #100). The version of I'll Never Smile Again by the Wanderers was listed with the version by the Platters, but not charted.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon (4th week at #1)
2 Shake Shake Sherry--The Flairs
3 Michael--The Highwaymen
4 Bobby--Neil Scott
5 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
6 Tell Me Why--The Belmonts
7 Johnny Willow--Fred Darian
8 Pretty Little Angel Eyes--Curtis Lee
9 Have a Drink on Me--Lonnie Donegan
10 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis

Singles entering the chart were Without You/Cutie Pie by Johnny Tillotson (#26); All I Have to Do is Dream by the Everly Brothers (#31); Private Eye by Bob Luman (#43); Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) by Barry Mann (#46); Black Land Farmer by Wink Martindale (#48); Sentimental Me (LP track) by Elvis Presley (#49); and The Charleston by Ernie Fields (#50). All I Have to Do is Dream was a re-release of the Everly Brothers' 1958 hit, but hadn't previously charted on CFUN.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Shake Shake Sherry--The Flairs
2 Something for Everyone (LP)--Elvis Presley
3 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
4 Michael--The Highwaymen
5 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
6 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
7 Johnny Willow--Fred Darian
8 Bobby--Neil Scott
9 Preacher Boy--Les Vogt
10 Private Eye--Bob Luman

Singles entering the chart were Rainin' in My Heart by Slim Harpo (#27); Boomerang by Donnie Brooks (#29); Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee (#31); Cutie Pie/Without You by Johnny Tillotson (#32); Blue Muu Muu by Annette (#37); Since Gary Went in the Navy by Marcy Joe (#38); and Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) by Barry Mann (#40).

Boxing
World welterweight champion Emile Griffith (25-2), fighting as a middleweight, won a unanimous 10-round decision over Yama Bahama (67-12-3) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (2-1) 3 @ Edmonton (3-0) 17
Saskatchewan (0-1) 3 British Columbia (2-1) 13 @ Seattle

The game between the Lions and the Roughriders was played before 28,000 fans at University of Washington Stadium.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pour un flirt--Michel Delpech (4th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Edmonton (0-2) 15 @ Hamilton (1-0) 17

Backup quarterback Wally Gabler completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Dave Fleming with 5 seconds left in the game to give the Tiger-Cats the win at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The Eskimos' touchdowns were scored by Bob Houmard on a 2-yard rush and a 54-yard interception return by Mike Law.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
2 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
3 Gemini Dream--The Moody Blues
4 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 The One that You Love--Air Supply
7 Hearts--Marty Balin
8 Elvira--The Oak Ridge Boys
9 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
10 You're Not the Same Girl--Blue Northern

Singles entering the chart were For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton (#18); and Thirsty Ears by Powder Blues (#20).

Died on this date
Robert Moses, 92. U.S. urban planner. Mr. Moses became known as the "master builder" of New York City and its surrounding area in the mid-20th century.

Married on this date
Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. The ceremony took place at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.



World events
After his impeachment on June 21, former Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr fled with Massoud Rajavi to Paris in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707 piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Protest
Up to 2000 demonstrators in Wellington, New Zealand protesting the tour of the Springbok rugby team from South Africa were confronted by police, who used batons to stop them marching up Molesworth Street to the home of South Africa’s Consul (ambassador) to New Zealand.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Donna Toki Mo. (どんなときも)--Noriyuki Makihara

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wind of Change--Scorpions (9th week at #1)

Died on this date
Christian de Castries, 88. French military officer. General de brigade de Castries served with the French Army from 1921-1959, fighting in World War II, and leading the French defense of Dien Bien Phu in French Indochina against Viet Minh forces in 1954. He died 13 days before his 89th birthday.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Freedom--Robbie Williams

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Gud! Hvor du er deilig--Bjelleklang

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (5th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 You Learn--Alanis Morissette (3rd week at #1)
2 Change the World--Eric Clapton
3 Flood--Jars of Clay
4 The Only Thing that Looks Good on Me is You--Bryan Adams
5 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman
6 Ahead by a Century--The Tragically Hip
7 Looking for It--Jann Arden
8 Wrong--Everything But the Girl
9 Jealousy--Natalie Merchant
10 Killing Me Softly--The Fugees

Singles entering the chart were Instinct by Crowded House (#93); Good Friday by the Black Crowes (#95); Sitting on Top of the World by Amanda Marshall (#96); Symbolistic White Walls by the Matthew Good Band (#97); and Lies to Me by 54-40 (#98).

Died on this date
Ric Nordman, 76. Canadian politician. Mr. Nordman, a native of Cypress River, Manitoba, represented the ward of St. Charles on Winnipeg City Council (1974-1981) before entering provincial politics as a Progressive Conservative, representing Assiniboia (1981-1988).

Defense
China conducted an underground nuclear test and then announced that it was their last, declaring a moratorium on future testing.

Law
The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act was struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.

Olympics
On his third attempt in the long jump at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Carl Lewis, 35, leapt 27 feet 10¾ inches to win his fourth Olympic long jump, tying him with former discus thrower Al Oerter of the United States as the only athletes to win four gold medals in the same event. Mr. Oerter won his medals in the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics; Mr. Lewis won in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996.



Michael Johnson of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 400-metre run in 43.49 seconds at Olympic Stadium in Atlanta.



Football
CFL
Calgary (4-1) 36 @ Winnipeg (3-3) 38

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Edward Gierek, 88. Polish politician. Mr. Gierek joined the Polish United Workers' Party (Communist) in 1948 and worked his way up through the ranks before replacing Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the party in December 1970, and serving as the de facto leader of Poland until he was ousted in September 1980. His reign was marked by a poor economy, which included food shortages, and labour strife, which ultimately forced his dismissal. Mr. Gierek, a coal miner in his youth, died of miner's lung illness.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Eugene McDaniels, 76. U.S. musician. Mr. McDaniels played saxophone and trumpet, but was better known as a singer and songwriter. As Gene McDaniels, he had hits as a singer with singles such as A Hundred Pounds of Clay (1961); Tower of Strength (1961); and Chip Chip (1962). As a songwriter, Mr. McDaniels was best known for Compared to What (1966) and Feel Like Makin' Love (1974).

Football
CFL
Montreal (3-2) 26 @ Hamilton (3-2) 34



Toronto (1-4) 25 @ Edmonton (5-0) 26

June 17, 2021

520 years ago
1501

Died on this date
Jan I, 41. King of Poland, 1492-1501. Jan I acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Casimir IV; his reign included unsuccessful military efforts against the Ottoman Turks. King Jan I was succeeded by his brother Aleksander I.

425 years ago
1596

Exploration
Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovered the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.

390 years ago
1631

Born on this date
Gauhar Ara Begum. Mughal princess. Princess Gauhar Ara was the 14th and youngest child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. Princess Gauhar Ara died in 1706 at the age of 74 or 75.

Died on this date
Mumtaz Mahal, 38. Empress consort of the Mughal Empire, 1628-1631. Mumtaz Mahal, born Arjumand Banu Begum, married the future Emperor Shah Jahan in 1612, and became Empress consort upon his accession to the throne in 1628. The couple had 14 children, but Empress Mumtaz Mahal died giving birth to Princess Gauhar Ara. A grieving Emperor Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built in Agra as a tomb for Empress Mumtaz Mahal.

250 years ago
1771

Died on this date
Daskalogiannis, 40-49. Greek rebel leader. Daskalogiannis, born Ioannis Vlachos, was a wealthy shipbuilder and shipowner who led a Cretan revolt against Ottoman rule in the spring of 1770. The revolt was unsuccessful because promised Russian support failed to arrive, and Daskalogiannis surrendered with 70 of his men. He was tortured, skinned alive, and executed, reportedly suffering the torture in silence.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Jón Sigurðsson. Icelandic politician. Mr. Sigurðsson led the movement for Icelandic independence from Denmark in the 19th century. He represented Ísafjörður in the Althing from 1844 until his death, served several terms as President of the Althing, and was Speaker of the Althing from 1875-1877. Mr. Sigurðsson died on December 7, 1879 at the age of 68; his birthday, June 17, is Iceland's national holiday.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Pete Browning. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Browning was an outfielder with seven major league clubs from 1882-1894, batting .341 with 46 home runs and 659 runs batted in in 1,183 games. He was a native of Louisville, and played with the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels of the American Association (1882-1889) and National League (1892-1893), and was the AA batting champion n 1882 and 1885. The Hillerich & Bradsby company made his bats; both Mr. Browning and the bats were nicknamed "Louisville Slugger." He won the Players League batting title with the Cleveland Infants in 1890, the only year of the PL's existence. Mr. Browning was a terrible defensive player, which may be why he isn't in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He suffered from lifelong mastoiditis, which resulted in near-total deafness and virtual illiteracy. Mr. Browning tried to numb the pain with alcohol, and was occasionally drunk on the field. He was also known to patronize prostitutes, which may have resulted in paresis. Mr. Browning was committed to a lunatic asylum in June 1905, but was released two weeks later. A month later, he was hospitalized, and died on September 10, 1905 at the age of 44 from "asthenia" (a general weakening of the body), which included mastoiditis; cirrhosis of the liver; cancer; and paresis.

War
Union Army forces suffered 8 dead and 4 killed, while the Confederate Army suffered no casualties in the Battle of Vienna, Virginia, a minor skirmish in the American Civil War.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
James Weldon Johnson. U.S. writer and civil rights activist. Mr. Johnson was a major figure in the "Harlem Renaissance"-- a novelist, poet, songwriter, lawyer, and diplomat. He was involved with the National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People from 1916 through the 1930s, and died nine on June 26, 1938, days after his 67th birthday.

Died on this date
Clement Vallandigham, 50. U.S. politician. Mr. Vallandigham, a Democrat, represented Columbiana County in the Ohio House of Representatives (1845-1847) and Ohio's 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1858-1863). He was a leader of the Copperhead faction of Democrats who opposed the American Civil War, and was convicted by a court martial of violating General Order 38, Union Army General Ambrose Burnside's order making it illegal to criticize the war from within the Department of the Ohio. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln ordered Mr. Vallandigham deported to the Confederacy; he went to North Carolina and then Virginia, but fled on a blockade runner to Bermuda and then to Windsor, Canada West, whence he campaigned unsuccessfully in absentia as the Deomcratic Party candidate for Governor of Ohio. Mr. Vallandigham sneaked back into Virginia in June 1864, but President Lincoln declined to take action against him. He resumed the practice of law, and died the day after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen while defending a client accused of murder. Mr. Vallandigham was in a hotel room demonstrating to fellow defense attorneys how he intended to show the jury how the deceased in the case could have accidentally shot himself, when the pistol he was using and which he erroneously believed to be unloaded snagged on his pants and discharged. Doctors were unable to locate the pistol ball, thought to have lodged in the vicinity of his bladder, and he died of peritonitis.

Married on this date
P.T. Barnum Circus giants Anna Swan of Nova Scotia, 7'11" (2.41 metres) and Martin Bates of Kentucky, 7'11" (2.41 metres) became the world's tallest married couple, after becoming engaged during a translatlantic voyage. The wedding took place in St. Martins-in-the Fields Church in London, and Mr. Barnum's publicist told the press that Queen Victoria had provided the wedding dress, as well as two extra-large diamond-studded gold watches.

Education
The New Brunswick Assembly passed the Common Schools Act, establishing separate schools.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Tommy Burns. Canadian boxer. Born Noah Brusso near Hanover, Ontario, Mr. Burns won a 20-round decision over Marvin Hart on February 23, 1906 to become the first Canadian to win the world heavyweight championship. He succesfully defended the title 11 times before losing a one-sided match against American Negro Jack Johnson in Sydney, Australia on December 26, 1908. Mr. Burns posted a lifetime record as a professional of 46-4-8. He became an evangelist in later years and died of a heart attack in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 10, 1955 at the age of 73.

130 years ago
1891

Baseball
In an American Association game at Union Park in Baltimore, the Washington Statesmen scored 14 runs in the top of the 1st inning, and the Orioles scored 5 in the bottom of the inning. The Statesmen barely held on to win 20-19.

120 years ago
1901

Academia
The U.S. College Entrance Examination Board introduced its first standardized test, the forerunner to the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Golf
Willie Anderson defeated Alex Smith 85-86 in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. First prize money was $200.

90 years ago
1931

Baseball
30 years after umpiring the American League’s first game as a major league, Tommy Connolly retired as an active umpire to become the AL’s supervisor of umpires.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Johan Wagenaar, 78. Dutch composer. Mr. Wagenaar was an organist, and he wrote works for organ, as well as operas, cantatas, and orchestral works.

War
British planes attacked Nazi air bases in the Boulogne area of France, and bombed the German Rhineland area for the seventh succesive night. British forces withdrew from the Fort Capuzzo-Solum area of Libya.

Diplomacy
Paraguayan Foreign Minister Luis Argana and Brazilian Foreign Minister Dr. Oswaldo Atanha signed 10 treaties in Rio de Janeiro covering commerce, transport, and cultural relations between the countries.

The U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments ordered customs officials to prevent any of the 330,000 German nationals in the United States from leaving the country "pending further instructions."

Defense
U.S. Defense Oil Coordinator Harold Ickes advised 32 Atlantic shippers to halt all shipments of petroleum products abroad without first consulting his office.

Religion
An agreement between the Vatican and the Spanish government was published in Madrid, under which the Roman Catholic Church regained virtually all of its former power to appoint the hierarchy and lower clergy.

Economics and finance
The German government reported that it had protested the closing of German consulates in the United States, and said that "necessary measures" had been ordered against $450 million in American property in Germany.

Japanese-Dutch trade negotiations in Batavia broke down.

Labour
Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies said that strikes and lockouts in war industries would be forbidden.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Gypsy--The Ink Spots (5th week at #1)
--Dinah Shore
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
2 Prisoner of Love--Perry Como
--The Ink Spots
3 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)--Dinah Shore
--Andy Russell
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
4 All Through the Day--Frank Sinatra
--Perry Como
5 I'm a Big Girl Now--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
6 Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti)--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra
7 Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra
8 They Say it's Wonderful--Perry Como
--Frank Sinatra
9 Sioux City Sue--Bing Crosby and the Jesters
10 It Couldn't Be True! (Or Could It?)--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra

No new singles entered the chart.

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon and Art Gilmore, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Murder of Gregory Hood

War
U.S. Prosecutor Joseph Keenan of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East said that a "high political level" decision had been made not to try Japanese Emperor Hirohito for war crimes during World War II. Maria Quisling, widow of Norwegian wartime Fascist leader Vidkun Quisling, was acquitted of collaboration with the Nazis during World War II.

Fighting between Zionists and British troops resulted in the deathsof nine Jews and the destruction of the Palestine Railway's central workshops in Haifa.

Diplomacy
The Thai parliament authorized the government to take the border dispute with French Indochina to the United Nations Security Council.

Politics and government
The Iranian government appointed Salamollah Javid, a Communist, as Governor of Azerbaijan.

Protest
Panamanian high school and university students went on strike, demanding educational reform and the resignation of Education Minister Jose Crespo.

Agriculture
The Allied Control Council agreed on a rural land reform program for Japan under which surplus lands would be made available to small farmers.

Academia
A Texas court ordered the University of Texas to admit Herman Sweatt, a Negro, as a law student, but suspended action for six months to allow the state to create a law school in the state-owned Negro university.

Disasters
A tornado hit Windsor, Ontario, killing 16 and injuring hundreds.

60 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC (East Coast)
Tonight’s episode: The Bazaloff Papers

Four days earlier NBC’s west coast stations had broadcast the episode as The Kuriloff Papers.

War
U.S. forces abandoned the North Korean city of Pyongyang in the "Iron Triangle."

Politics and government
The Rassemblement du peuple français (Rally of the French People) (RPF), led by Jacques Soustelle, took the largest number of seats--121 of 625--in the National Assembly in the French general election. It was the first election for the RPF, which was founded by Charles de Gaulle in 1947. The Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière (French Section of the Workers' International) (SFIO), led by Guy Mollet, was next with 107 seats, an increase of 5 from the most recent election in 1946. The SFIO total was the largest for the four-party "Third Force" coalition, which remained in power with 388 seats. The Communist Party, led by Maurice Thorez, was third with 103 seats, and received the largest number of votes.

Labour
The U.S. Labor Department reported that 18,946,000 women were in the U.S. labour force, while 37,909,000 women of working age were not in the labour force. A U.S. Senate Small Business subcommittee reported that small companies unable to get defense work were the worst sufferers from the current labour shortage.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Runaway--Del Shannon (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Il mondo di Suzie Wong--Nico Fidenco

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Non je ne regrette rien--Edith Piaf (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Surrender--Elvis Presley (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Travelin’ Man--Ricky Nelson (2nd week at #1)
2 Running Scared--Roy Orbison
3 Stand by Me—Ben E. King
4 Moody River—Pat Boone
5 Raindrops—Dee Clark
6 The Boll Weevil Song—Brook Benton
7 Quarter to Three—U.S. Bonds
8 I Feel So Bad--Elvis Presley
9 Daddy’s Home—Shep and the Limelites
10 Hello Walls—Faron Young

Singles entering the chart were Hats Off to Larry by Del Shannon (#58); Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta by Ernie K-Doe (#66); I’m Comin’ on Back to You by Jackie Wilson (#69); Life is But a Dream by the Earls (#92); The Lonely Crowd by Teddy Vann (#97); San Antonio Rose by Floyd Cramer (#99); Right or Wrong by Wanda Jackson (#100); You Can’t Sit Down, Part 2 by the Phil Upchurch Combo (also #100); and Should I by the String-A-Longs (also #100). Should I was the other side of Take a Minute, which was not on the chart.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (3rd week at #1)
2 Fallen Idol--Ken Lyon
3 Dance On Little Girl--Paul Anka
4 Barbara-Ann--The Regents
5 Girl of My Best Friend--Ral Donner
6 Ring of Fire--Duane Eddy
7 Heart and Soul--Jan and Dean
8 Love Hurts--Roy Orbison
9 Moody River--Pat Boone
10 Raindrops--Dee Clark

Singles entering the chart were Hats Off to Larry by Del Shannon (#15); Don't You Sweetheart Me by Bobby Curtola (#31); A Million Teardrops by Conway Twitty (#36); Classmate by the Beau-Marks (#39); Never on Sunday by the Chordettes (#43); Dum Dum by Brenda Lee (#44); Sad Eyes (Don't You Cry) by the Echoes (#46); Stand by Me by Ben E. King (#48); Skin Tight, Pin Striped, Purple Pedal Pushers by Sheb Wooley (#49); and Tossin' and Turnin' by Bobby Lewis (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (2nd week at #1)
2 Fallen Idol--Ken Lyon
3 Barbara-Ann--The Regents
4 Ring of Fire--Duane Eddy
5 Moody River--Pat Boone
6 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
7 Temptation--The Everly Brothers
8 Sea of Heartbreak--Don Gibson
9 Lil' Ole Me--Cornbread and Jerry
10 The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton

Singles entering the chart were Daydreams by Johnny Crawford (#22); Dum Dum by Brenda Lee (#31); Yellow Bird, with versions by the Arthur Lyman Group; and Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra (#32); Skin Tight, Pin Striped, Purple Pedal Pushers by Sheb Wooley (#37); A Million Teardrops by Conway Twitty (#39); and Don't You Sweetheart Me by Bobby Curtola (#40).

Died on this date
Jeff Chandler, 42. U.S. actor. Mr. Chandler, born Ira Grossel, was known for his gray hair and handsome features. He starred in The Adventures of Michael Shayne and played Mr. Boynton in the comedy series Our Miss Brooks (1948-1952) on radio, but was better known for movie roles. Mr. Chandler was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting performance as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), and played Cochise again in The Battle at Apache Pass (1952). He injured his back while playing baseball during a break in filming Merrill's Marauders (1962), and later underwent surgery for a spinal disc herniation. Severe hemorrhaging resulted in death from a blood infection and pneumonia; an investigation ruled that Mr. Chandler's death was the result of malpractice.

World events
Rudolf Nureyev, 23, principal dancer of the Kirov Ballet, escaped Soviet guards at Paris’s Le Bourget Airport and asked for asylum in France.

Golf
Gene Littler won the U.S. Open at Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) in Birmingham, Michigan, shooting a 2-under par 68 in the final round to finish with a 1-over par score of 281, one stroke better than Bob Goalby and Doug Sanders. First prize money was $14,000. Jack Nicklaus, still playing as an amateur, tied with Mike Souchak for fourth place, 3 strokes behind Mr. Littler.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Here's to You--Joan Baez (2nd week at #1)

At the movies
The Anderson Tapes, directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, and Alan King, received its premiere screening in New York City.



Diplomacy
A U.S.-Japanese treaty was signed under which the U.S.A. agreed to return to Japan the island of Okinawa, the other islands in the Ryuku group, and the Daito islands.

Baseball
The Oakland Athletics sold first baseman Ramon Webster to the Chicago Cubs. Mr. Webster was batting 0 for 5 in 7 games with Oakland and 0 for 1 with a run batted in in 2 games with the Iowa Oaks of the AAA American Association in 1971.

Don Kessinger batted 6 for 6 and led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a single and scored from second base on a 1-out single by Ron Santo to give the Chicago Cubs a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 22,749 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Burt Hooton made his major league debut as the Cubs' starting pitcher, allowing 3 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 3.1 innings, walking 5 batters and striking out 2, bunting into a force play in his only plate appearance. Danny Breeden caught the 8th and 9th innings for Chicago, making 1 putout in the 28th and last game of his 2-year major league career.

After giving up 3 runs in the top of the 11th inning, the Minnesota Twins came back with 4 in the bottom of the inning to edge the Chicago White Sox 7-6 before 11,072 fans at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. George Mitterwald singled home Tony Oliva with the winning run with his fourth hit of the game, with 2 out.

40 years ago
1981

Died on this date
Zerna Sharp, 91. U.S. teacher and authoress. Miss Sharp was an elementary school teacher and principal who created the Dick and Jane series of readers for children that were published, with various revisions, from 1930-1965.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Anata ni aete yokatta (あなたに会えてよかった)--Kyōko Koizumi (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)--De La Soul (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wind of Change--Scorpions (3rd week at #1)

Society
The South African Parliament repealed the Population Registration Act, which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

Golf
Payne Stewart defeated Scott Simpson in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Mr. Stewart shot a 3-over-par 75, two strokes ahead of Mr. Simpson. The two were tied with 6-under-par scores of 282 after 4 rounds, three strokes ahead of Fred Couples and Larry Nelson. First prize money was $235,000.



Baseball
Tim Wallach singled home Marquis Grissom with 1 out in the bottom of the 16th inning to give the Montreal Expos a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros before 10,523 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

Dale Murphy's solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves before 18,517 fans at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The Phillies tied the game in the 5th inning when starting pitcher Tommy Greene led off with his first major league home run.

Randy Milligan doubled home Brady Anderson and Cal Ripken, Jr. with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 3-run rally and give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins before 25,600 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Minnesota relief pitcher Rick Aguilera (2-3) intentionally walked Mr. Ripken in order to pitch to Mr. Milligan.

Don August (5-2) pitched a 5-hit shutout, and the Milwaukee Brewers scored all their runs in the 5th inning as they blanked the Oakland Athletics 5-0 before 20,431 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Steve Buechele scored on an infield single by Gary Pettis with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 10-9 win over the Kansas City Royals before 30,448 fans at Arlington Stadium. The Royals led 9-4 after 7½ innings, but the Rangers rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th, and Ruben Sierra singled home 2 runs with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La danza de los 40 limones--Juan Antonio Canta (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Macarena--Los Del Rio (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman
2 Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)--Hootie & the Blowfish
3 Ahead by a Century--The Tragically Hip
4 The Only Thing that Looks Good on Me is You--Bryan Adams
5 You Learn--Alanis Morissette
6 Because You Loved Me--Céline Dion
7 Fastlove--George Michael
8 Everything Falls Apart--Dog's Eye View
9 Always Be My Baby--Mariah Carey
10 Work it Out--Def Leppard

Singles entering the chart were Imelda by Mark Knopfler (#86); The Good Catches Up by Lawrence Gowan (#91); The Good in Everyone by Sloan (#93); Inside by Patti Rothberg (#94); Paste by Pluto (#95); Who Will Save Your Soul by Jewel (#96); Astroplane by BKS (#97); and All Along by Blessid Union of Souls (#98).

Politics and government
Sheila Copps (Liberal--Hamilton–Wentworth) was re-elected to the House of Commons in a by-election; she had resigned after promising to do so if the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien reneged on its 1993 election campaign promise to abolish the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Donald J. Cram, 82. U.S. chemist. Dr. Cram shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They founded of the field of host–guest chemistry.

Thomas Winning, 76. U.K. clergyman. Cardinal Winning was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow (1974-2001), and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. He died following a heart attack, and was succeeded by Mario Conti.

Golf
Mark Brooks and Retief Goosen were tied for the lead with 4-under-par total scores of 276 after four rounds of the U.S. Open at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, necessitating an 18-hole playoff the following day.

10 years ago
2011

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (0-1) 22 @ Saskatchewan (1-0) 23