October 23, 2013

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Onésime Gagnon. Canadian politician. Professor Gagnon, a native of Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec, was a law professor at Université Laval (1942-1958). A Conservative, he represented Dorchester in the Canadian House of Commons (1930-1935) serving briefly as Minister Without Portfolio (1935). He unsuccessfully campaigned for the leadsership of the Quebec Conservative Party in 1933, but was elected to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in 1936 as a Union Nationale candidate, representing Matane (1936-1958), serving in the cabinet of Premier Maurice Duplessis as Minister of Fisheries (1936-1939) and Treasurer (1944-1958). Prof. Gagnon left his academic post and provincial politics to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, serving from February 14, 1958 until his death in office, 23 days before his 73rd birthday. He was succeeded by Paul Comtois.

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Gummo Marx. U.S. actor and talent agent. Milton Marx was the fourth of the five Marx Brothers, and was part of their vaudeville act until the time of World War I, when he entered the United States Army, and was replaced in the act by his younger brother Zeppo. After the war, Gummo became a successful businessman, and served as an agent representing various people in show business, including his brother Groucho. He died on April 21, 1977 at the age of 83.

Died on this date
Alexander of Battenberg, 36. Prince of Bulgaria, 1879-1886. Alexander Joseph was the second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by the latter's morganatic marriage with Countess Julia von Hauke, and a nephew of Czar Aleksandr II of Russia. The Bulgarian Grand National Assembly, on Czar Aleksandr's recommendation, elected Alexander Joseph as prince of the newly-autonomous principality. He proved to be a capable soldier and sound diplomat, but a union with Eastern Rumelia led to a military plot that forced his abdication, and he retired to private life.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Gordie Drillon. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Drillon, a native of Moncton, New Brunswick, played left wing with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936-1942 and the Montreal Canadiens in 1942-43, scoring 294 points on 155 goals and 139 assists in 311 games. He won the Art Ross Trophy in 1937-38 as the NHL's leading scorer with 26 goals and 26 assists in 48 games, and remains the most recent member of the Maple Leafs to win that trophy. Mr. Drillon also won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy that year as the league's most gentlemanly player, and made the NHL's first All-Star team in that and the following season. He made the second All-Star team in the 1941-42 season. Mr. Drillon was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975 and died on September 23, 1986 at the age of 72.

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the Giants winning 6-3 in Sioux City, Iowa.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Little World Series
Baltimore Orioles' owner and manager Jack Dunn suspended pitcher Chief Bender and catcher Lena Styles indefinitely because of his disgust at their conduct at a banquet for the International League champion Orioles and their Little World Series opponents, the American Association champion Kansas City Blues, the previous night.

75 years ago
1938

Radio
Canadian singers and orchestras produced A Musical Portrait of Canada, the first major Canadian broadcast heard around the world.

70 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sunday, Monday, or Always--Bing Crosby and the Ken Darby Singers (7th week at #1)

Married on this date
Former U.K. Prime Minister David Lloyd George, 80, married Frances Stevenson, 55, his secretary since 1911.

War
The British cruiser HMS Charybdis and destroyer HMS Limbourne were lost to enemy action in the English Channel off the French coast. After 11 days of street fighting, Soviet troops took the key city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine. U.K. troops in Italy forced German troops to retreat at the Trigno River, taking three towns along a 50-mile front. 230 Allied planes dropped 130 tons of bombs on Bougainville Island, temporarily putting the airports at Kahili and Kara out of commission.

World events
Charters of Jewish and Masonic societies were withdrawn in the Argentine province of Entre, while the student organization Federacion Universitaria Argentina was outlawed in Buenos Aires as "communistic."

Economics and finance
U.S. War Production Board acting Chairman Charles Wilson reported that September war production was "disappointing" except for a 6% increase in four-motored bombers.

Football
WCASRFL
Winnipeg RCAF (5-0) 34 @ Regina (2-4) 24

Johnny Lake, Al Olsen, Cliff McFayden, Jim Berry, Don Durno, and Sammy Lavitt scored touchdowns for the Bombers as they beat the All-Services Roughriders at Parc de Young. Mr. Lake added 3 converts and Mr. Gellers 1 convert. Ken Charlton scored 3 touchdowns for the Roughriders, while Joe Turner added a touchdown and single. George Cullen converted 3 of the Regina touchdowns.

60 years ago
1953

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Hey Joe!--Frankie Laine

40 years ago
1973

Scandal
Charles Alan Wright, attorney for U.S. President Richard Nixon, told U.S. federal district court Judge John Sirica that Mr. Nixon would obey a court order and turn over tapes of White House conversations, including those related to the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. The House of Representatives began to consider impeachment proceedings against Mr. Nixon.

A U.S. federal grand jury in New York indicted U.S. Representative Frank Brasco (Democrat--New York) of Brooklyn on charges of conspiring to receive $27,500 in illegal payoffs in 1968 from a Bronx trucking concern led by an alleged member of the Mafia.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: I'm Still Standing--Elton John (2nd week at #1)

Terrorism
241 men, mostly U.S. Marines, were killed when a bomb detonated by the driver of a truck exploded at 6:22 A.M. at the headquarters building occupied by U.S. troops in Beirut. The truck driver was apparently affiliated with a fundamentalist Isamic sect. Two minutes later, another bomb exploded at the French paratroop barracks two miles away, killing 58 French soldiers in the multinational peacekeeping force. The two terrorists were also killed.

World events
The hardline Communist regime that had assassinated Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and seized power four days earlier predicted that the island would be invaded by its neighbours in the eastern Caribbean area. The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) sent an "urgent, formal request" to the United States to help "restore order and democracy" in Grenada.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (8-6) 20 @ Toronto (10-4) 19
Edmonton (8-7) 15 @ Winnipeg (9-6) 33

Backup quarterback Prince McJunkins, who had relieved starter J.C. Watts to begin the 2nd half, completed a 4-yard touchdown pas to Skip Walker with 2 seconds remaining, and Gerry Organ's convert gave the Rough Riders the victory before 36,526 fans at Exhibition Stadium. 2 touchdowns by Cedric Minter had helped Toronto to a 19-7 lead after 3 quarters, but Mr. Walker, who rushed 22 times for 145 yards, ran 33 yards for a touchdown at 2:25 of the 4th quarter. A 2-point convert attempt was unsuccessful, leaving the Rough Riders trailing 19-13. Toronto kicker Hank Ilesic appeared to have given his team a 7-point lead with a single on a wide 38-yard field goal attempt with less than 3 minutes remaining. The scoreboard read 20-13 in favour of Toronto and the ball was placed at the Ottawa 35-yard line after the kick, but it was later ruled that the ball had ticked the upright on its way through the end zone, resulting in a dead ball and no single point. However, the ball in that case should have been put in play from the 25-yard line.

John Hufnagel completed 18 of 28 passes for 373 yards and 2 touchdowns to Joe Poplawski, and Trevor Kennerd added 2 converts, 6 field goals, and a single as the Blue Bombers beat the Eskimos before 24,206 fans at Winnipeg Stadium on a rainy Sunday afternoon to clinch second place in the Western Division for the third straight season. James Murphy of the Blue Bombers led all receivers with 168 yards on 7 receptions. Tom Scott scored the only Edmonton touchdown on a 20-yard pass from Warren Moon early in the 4th quarter. Mr. Moon completed 19 of 36 passes for 265 yards and 2 interceptions. Edmonton punter Paul Hickie kicked 4 singles. Larry Cowan played his first CFL game as a running back with the Eskimos, gaining just 22 yards on 7 carries and catching 1 pass for 9 yards. Winnipeg's Willard Reaves carried 8 times for 30 yards and caught 1 pass for 6 yards, but suffered a season-ending knee injury.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Desire--U2 (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Hand in Hand--Koreana (6th week at #1)

Disasters
At least 111 people, 50 in Nicaragua, were reported dead after a hurricane had swept through the Caribbean area over the previous five days.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (9-7) 13 @ Toronto (12-4) 36
British Columbia (8-8) 35 @ Edmonton (10-6) 15

The Blue Bombers turned over the ball 6 times in the 2nd half of their loss to the Argonauts before 23,324 fans at Exhibition Stadium.



The Eskimos turned over the ball 7 times in their loss to the Lions before 30,030 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. The Lions were cruising with a 21-1 lead in the 2nd half before the Eskimos struck back with 2 quick touchdowns (including one from Henry "Gizmo" Williams on a 75-yard punt return) to cut the deficit to 21-15. However, former Eskimo quarterback Matt Dunigan produced 2 more touchdowns to put the Eskimos away. The Eskimos added Tommy-Joe Coffey and John LaGrone to the Wall of Honour at halftime; this blogger got to meet the honourees that day, and it was a privilege to meet both men. For CJCA's Bryan Hall, it was his 500th game as a play-by-play broadcaster. Another notable feature of the game was that the Lions brought their cheerleaders to the game with them, making for some enjoyable viewing.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 3 @ Chunichi Dragons 7 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)--Meat Loaf (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Living on My Own (1993)--Freddie Mercury (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Living on My Own (1993)--Freddie Mercury (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Mets de l'huile--Regg'Lyss (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)--Bitty McLean (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Dreamlover--Mariah Carey (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The River of Dreams--Billy Joel
2 Just Kickin' It--Xscape
3 Dreamlover--Mariah Carey
4 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)--Meat Loaf
5 All that She Wants--Ace of Base
6 Another Sad Love Song--Toni Braxton
7 Right Here/Human Nature--SWV
8 Hey Mr. D.J.--Zhane
9 Anniversary--Tony Toni Tone
10 Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart

Singles entering the chart were Runaway Love by En Vogue featuring FMob (#43); Breathe Again by Toni Braxton (#46); Shoop by Salt-N-Pepa (#48); Can We Talk by Tevin Campbell (#51); Wild World by Mr. Big (#59); As Long as I Can Dream by Expose (#73); Shifftee by Onyx (#84); Foreplay by RAab (#88); and Written on Ya Kitten by Naughty by Nature (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Dreamlover--Mariah Carey (6th week at #1)
2 The River of Dreams--Billy Joel
3 Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
4 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)--Meat Loaf
5 No Rain--Blind Melon
6 Two Steps Behind--Def Leppard
7 Human Wheels--John Mellencamp
8 Hopelessly--Rick Astley
9 When There's Time (For Love)--Lawrence Gowan
10 Nothing 'Bout Me--Sting

Singles entering the chart were Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies (#57); Again by Janet Jackson (#67); Don't Fall Apart on Me by Aaron Neville (#68); I'll Always Be There by Roch Voisine (#73); Please Forgive Me by Bryan Adams (#79); Out of My Head by Junkhouse (#86); and Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana (#90).

Terrorism
A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb prematurely detonated in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing bomber Thomas Begley, 22, and nine Protestant civilians, and wounding 50 others.

Football
CFL
Calgary (14-2) 45 @ Saskatchewan (10-7) 48
Toronto (3-13) 24 @ Sacramento (5-11) 38

The Roughriders opened up a 35-7 lead in the 2nd quarter but needed a 34-yard field goal by Dave Ridgway with 1 second remaining in regulation time to defeat the Stampeders before 26,137 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Saskatchewan quarterback Kent Austin rushed for 3 touchdowns and completed touchdown passes to Jeff Fairholm, Bruce Boyko, and Ray Elgaard. Calgary quarterback Doug Flutie rushed for 2 TDs and threw 3 touchdown passes to Brian Wiggins and another to Dave Sapunjis, while completing a pass to Derrick Crawford for a 2-point convert. Mr. Elgaard caught 10 passes for 154 yards and set the CFL career record for yards receiving, breaking the record formerly held by Brian Kelly.

David Archer threw 2 touchdown passes to Joe Howard Johnson and 1 each to James Pruitt and Rod Harris, while rushing for a TD of his own to lead the Gold Miners over the Argonauts before 11,574 fans at Hornet Field. Toronto quarterback Tracy Ham rushed 21 yards for a touchdown and completed touchdown passes to Mike Clemons and Manny Hazard, while Mr. Clemons added a 2-point convert.



CIAU
McGill (4-3) 37 @ Queen's (2-5) 24



Baseball
World Series
Philadelphia Phillies 6 @ Toronto Blue Jays 8 (Toronto won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Joe Carter's 3-run home run off Mitch Williams in the bottom of the 9th inning before 52,195 fans at SkyDome gave the Blue Jays their second straight World Series championship. The Blue Jays scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning off Philadelphia starting pitcher Terry Mulholland and led 5-1 after 6 innings, but the Phillies rallied for 5 runs in the top of the 7th--3 on a home run by Lenny Dykstra--to take a 6-5 lead and knock Toronto starting pitcher Dave Stewart out of the game. Mr. Williams entered the game in the bottom of the 9th and walked leadoff batter Rickey Henderson. Devon White flied out and Paul Molitor singled, with Mr. Henderson stopping at second base. Mr. Carter then hit a 2-2 pitch for the game-winning home run, marking only the second time--after Bill Mazeroski's home run leading off the bottom of the 9th in the seventh game of the 1960 World Series--that a World Series had ended with a home run. Toronto radio broadcaster Tom Cheek's call of "Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!" immediately became legendary. Duane Ward, who had entered the game in the top of the 9th inning and retired all 3 batters, was the winning pitcher. For Mr. Williams, who had already pitched poorly in the series, the loss was his second of the series. Mr. Molitor, who batted .500 (12 for 24) with 2 home runs, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 10 runs, and 8 runs batted in, was named the series' Most Valuable Player.



Nippon Series
Yakult Swallows 8 @ Seibu Lions 5 (Yakult led best-of-seven series 1-0)

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Soong May-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek), 105. Chinese First Lady. Madame Chiang was the wife of Generalissio Chiang Kai-shek and served as First Lady of the Republic of China from 1948 until Chiang's death in 1975. She was a popular figure in the U.S.A. while trying to drum up support for the Nationalist Chinese cause during World War II, and spent her later years in the United States.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 4 @ Florida Marlins 6 (Florida led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Brad Penny gave up 2 runs--1 earned--in 7 innings to get his second win of the series and drove in 2 runs with a single in the 2nd inning as the Marlins won before 65,975 fans in the last World Series game ever played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens. David Wells started on the mound for New York and retired the Marlins in order in the 1st, but was removed for a pinch hitter in the to of the 2nd because of a back injury. Jose Contreras pitched the next 3 innings, giving up 5 hits, 3 bases on balls, and 4 runs--all earned--in taking the loss. After falling behind 1-0 in the 1st, Florida came back with 3 in the 2nd, a run in the 4th, and 2 in the 5th to take a 6-1 lead. It was 6-2 until the Yankees mounted a 9th-inning rally for the second straight night. With 1 out, pinch hitter Jason Giambi hit a home run, Derek Jeter singled, and Enrique Wilson doubled him home to make the score 6-4. Ugueth Urbina relieved Brad Looper on the mound and retired Bernie Williams and Hideki Matsui to pick up his second save of the series.

October 22, 2013

130 years ago
1883

Died on this date
Thomas Mayne Reid, 65. U.K.-born author. Mr. Reid, a native of Ireland who spent much of his life in the United States, wrote numerous adventure novels set in exotic locales.

Opera
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opened with a performance of Faust by Charles Gounod.

125 years ago
1888

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 12 St. Louis Browns 5 @ Philadelphia (8 innings) (New York led best-of-ten series 5-1)

The Giants trailed 3-0 after 1 inning and 4-1 after 5 innings, but scored 3 runs in each of the 6th and 7th innings and 5 in the top of the 8th to defeat the Browns before 3,281 fans at Philadelphia Baseball Grounds in a game called after 8 innings because of darkness. Mickey Welch gave up 3 hits in pitching a complete game for his first win of the series, while losing pitcher Elton Chamberlain gave up 13 hits in pitching a complete game while absorbing his second loss of the series. The Browns made 7 errors and the Giants 5. It was the last World Series game ever played at a neutral site.

100 years ago
1913

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the White Sox winning 7-2 in Ottumwa, Iowa.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Little World Series
Kansas City Blues (AA) 9 @ Baltimore Orioles (IL) 10 (Kansas City led best-of-nine series 4-3)

Lena Styles' bloop single just past second base scored Dick Porter with the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Orioles their win over the Blues at Municipal Stadium. Kansas City scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th to tie the score and drive Baltimore pitcher Lefty Grove from the mound; he was relieved by Tommy Thomas, who allowed 1 hit before retiring the side, and was credited as the winning pitcher.

80 years ago
1933

Boxing
Primo Carnera (77-6) retained his world heavyweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Paulino Uzcudun (50-15-2) at Piazza di Siena in Rome. The crowd of 70,000 included Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. On the undercard, Harold Mays (31-13), who had lost a 4-round decision to Mr. Carnera in a non-title bout on August 11, ended his professional career by knocking out Raul Bianchi (18-10) in the 1st round.



75 years ago
1938

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (2-1) 6 @ Toronto (3-0) 10
Montreal (0-3) 3 @ Hamilton (1-2) 17

WIFU
Regina (4-4) 6 @ Winnipeg (6-2) 19
Calgary (6-2) 4 @ Edmonton (0-8) 0

ORFU
Toronto (1-2) 3 @ Montreal (2-0-1) 4
Sarnia (1-1-1) 2 @ Peterborough (1-2) 3

Fritz Hanson scored 3 touchdowns to lead the Blue Bombers over the Roughriders at Osborne Stadium.

The Bronks scored a single in each quarter as they shut out the Eskimos at Clarke Stadium. The Bronks finished first in the Western Interprovincial Football Union on the basis of points for and against in the game between Calgary and Winnipeg.

Canadian university
Queens (0-3) 5 @ McGill (3-0) 17
Toronto (1-2) 2 @ Western Ontario (2-1) 3

WCIRU
Saskatchewan (1-2) 1 @ British Columbia (3-0) 2

Ralph Henderson punted for a single in the 1st quarter and Mr. Roberts rouged Bud Weaver in the 3rd quarter to break a 1-1 tie as the Thunderbirds edged the Huskies at Athletic Park in Vancouver to clinch the Hardy Cup championship. The Huskies scored their point in the 2nd quarter when UBC's Tommy Williams was rouged.

75 years ago
1943

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS

War
HMCS Portage was commissioned at Esquimalt, British Columbia. The U.S. Navy announced that three 45,000-ton aircraft carriers, 12,000 tons larger than any previously built, were to be contracted. A German U-boat landed at Martin Bay on the coast of Labrador, 25 miles south of Cape Chidley, to set up an automatic weather station; it transmitted data to the German Navy for three months before shutting down, and wasn't discovered until July 1981. In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the U.K. Royal Air Force conducted an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless. Soviet forces gained 3-6 miles, cutting the Denpropetrovsk-Krivoi Rog railway, and reached Iskrovka, 18 miles north of Krivoi Rog. Allied troops and air assaults broke the Japanese effort to reach the coast north of Finschhafen, New Guinea.

Diplomacy
The American-Swedish News Exchange reported that Nobel prizes would not be awarded again in 1943.

Protest
Detroit Negroes Charles Lyon and Leon Tipton were convicted as the principal inciters of the race riots that had begun in Detroit on June 20.

Law
U.S. Justice Department official Edward Ennis announced that the ban on issuance of writs of habeas corpus for persons held by the military in Hawaii must stand.

Society
The first Pan-Am Demographic Congress ended its session in Mexico City and announced the establishment of a permanent committee to study immigration problems.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Treasury announced that it would cease coining the new zinc-steel pennies, which when new were confused with dimes. The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee voted to abolish the 5% Victory Tax, substituting a 3% tax on low incomes now reached only through the Victory Tax, and to raise the normal income levy from 6%-10%.

Labour
The U.S.National Association of Broadcasters issued a statement condemning the American Federation of Musicians offer to permit recordings on payment of fees to the union.

Disasters
The Indian government announced that 8,667 people in Calcutta had died of starvation since August 1.

50 years ago
1963

On television tonight
The Fugitive, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Decision in the Ring, with guest stars James Edwards, Ruby Dee, and James Dunn

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Angélique--Christian Vidal (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Pablo Casals, 96. Spanish musician. Mr. Casals, a native of Catalonia, played several instruments, but became famous as one of the greatest cellists in history. His performing career spanned more than 70 years, and his recording career spanned half a century.

Scandal
Two days after firing special prosecutor Archibald Cox, acting U.S. Attorney General Robert Bork formally appointed Henry Petersen, head of the U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division, to take over the investigation of the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up. Mr. Petersen would proceed with the evidence and staff already assembled. Democratic party leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives agreed that an inquiry into whether cause for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon existed should be begun in the Juidiciary Committee.

Football
NFL
Oakland (3-2-1) 23 @ Denver (2-3-1) 23

Jim Turner's 35-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining in the game gave the Broncos their tie against the Raiders at Mile High Stadium in the first Monday night game to be played in Denver.



30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Karma Chameleon--Culture Club

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Karma Chameleon--Culture Club (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Karma Chameleon--Culture Club (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler (3rd week at #1)
2 Making Love Out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
3 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
4 True--Spandau Ballet
5 King of Pain--The Police
6 The Safety Dance--Men Without Hats
7 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
8 (She’s) Sexy + 17--Stray Cats
9 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
10 Tell Her About It--Billy Joel

Singles entering the chart were Why Me? by Irene Cara (#59); Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club (#62); The Way He Makes Me Feel by Barbra Streisand (#76); In a Big Country by Big Country (#83); Lady, Lady, Lady by Joe "Bean" Esposito (#85); Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More) by Cliff Richard (#86); Time Will Reveal by DeBarge (#88); Caught in the Game by Survivor (#89); and Favorite Waste of Time by Bette Midler (#95). The Way He Makes Me Feel was from the movie Yentl (1983).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
2 King of Pain--The Police
3 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)--Eurythmics
4 True--Spandau Ballet
5 Making Love Out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
6 Maniac--Michael Sembello
7 Modern Love--David Bowie
8 (She’s) Sexy + 17--Stray Cats
9 Rise Up--The Parachute Club
10 Tell Her About It--Billy Joel

Singles entering the chart were Say Say Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson (#42); Crumblin' Down by John Cougar Mellencamp (#47); Delirious by Prince (#49); and All I Need by Toronto (#50).

Protest
An estimated 1 million people demonstrated in Great Britain against the presence of cruise missiles, while a similar demonstration in West Germany attracted a crowd of 500,000.

Football
CFL
Calgary (7-7) 8 @ Montreal (4-10) 27
Hamilton (5-9) 16 @ British Columbia (10-4) 41

Harry Skipper made 3 interceptions and returned one 36 yards for a touchdown early in the 2nd quarter as the Concordes beat the Stampeders before 27,573 fans at Olympic Stadium. Denny Ferdinand rushed 18 times for 88 yards and Lester Brown added to the Montreal total with 78 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. Montreal quarterback Johnny Evans completed 16 of 22 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown to Ron Robinson. Calgary quarterback Bernard Quarles, who rushed 5 times for 43 yards, including a 2-yard run for the Stampeders' only touchdown in the 3rd quarter, completed 15 of 30 passes for 219 yards and 4 interceptions.



B.C. defensive backs Andre Jones and Kerry Parker returned fumbles 67 and 36 yards, respectively, for touchdowns in the 2nd quarter and Ray Strong rushed for 2 touchdowns in the 2nd half as the Lions clinched first place in the Western Division for the first time in 19 years. 43,513 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver saw the Lions limit the Tiger-Cats to just 5 first downs. Defensive back Felix Wright scored the only Hamilton touchdown on a 62-yard interception return with 9 seconds remaining in the 1st half.



25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Desire--U2

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): The Only Way is Up--Yazz and the Plastic Population (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Teardrops--Womack & Womack

#1 single in France (SNEP): Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me Reason)--Elsa and Glenn Medeiros (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Orinoco Flow--Enya

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): One Moment in Time--Whitney Houston (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): A Groovy Kind of Love--Phil Collins

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 A Groovy Kind of Love--Phil Collins
2 Red Red Wine--UB40
3 What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)--Information Society
4 Wild, Wild West--Escape Club
5 Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?--Steve Winwood
6 Kokomo--The Beach Boys
7 Don't Be Cruel--Bobby Brown
8 Don't Be Cruel--Cheap Trick
9 Love Bites--Def Leppard
10 Bad Medicine--Bon Jovi

Singles entering the chart were Welcome to the Jungle by Guns 'N' Roses (#48); Till I Loved You by Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson (#55); Early in the Morning by Robert Palmer (#66); I Remember Holding You by Boys Club (#76); Handle with Care by the Traveling Wilburys (#80); Put This Love to the Test by Jon Astley (#85); Silhouette by Kenny G (#87); (It's Just) The Way that You Love Me by Paula Abdul (#89); The Way You Love Me by Karyn White (#90); and Boy, I've Been Told by Sa-Fire (#91).

Died on this date
Cynthia Freeman, 73. U.S. authoress. Miss Freeman, whose real name was Bea Feinberg, specialized in novels about multi-generational Jewish families, with a female protagonist. Her best-known novel was No Time for Tears (1981). Miss Freeman died of cancer.

Politics and government
Lubicon First Nation Chief Bernard Ominayak and Alberta Premier Don Getty agreed on setting aside 205 square kilometres for a Cree band reserve in northern Alberta.

Football
CFL
Calgary (5-11) 3 @ Ottawa (2-14) 19

The Rough Riders defeated the Stampeders before a Lansdowne Park crowd announced at 16,237 for their only win at home all year, in a snowstorm that was steady enough that fans were building snowmen in the stands. At the end of the game, Ottawa quarterback Roy Dewalt led his teammates into the stands to thank the fans for their support. It was the second and last win for Ottawa head coach Bob Weber.



Baseball
Nippon Series
Seibu Lions 5 @ Chunichi Dragons 1 (Seibu led best-of-seven series 1-0)

20 years ago
1993

Died on this date
Merian Frederick. U.S. medical patient. Ms. Frederick, who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, was assisted in committing suicide by "Dr." Jack Kevorkian.

Innes Ireland, 63. U.K. auto racing driver. Mr. Ireland entered 53 Formula One races from 1959-1966, with his only win coming in the U.S. Grand Prix in 1961. He died of cancer.

Politics and government
The final Reform Party rally in Edmonton prior to the October 25 Canadian federal election took place at the Universiade Pavilion, featuring party leader Preston Manning.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (10-6) 19 @ Ottawa (3-13) 17

Sean Fleming's fifth field goal of the game, a 23-yard kick with 50 seconds remaining in regulation time, provided the winning margin as the Eskimos edged the Rough Riders before 19,580 fans at Frank Clair Stadium. Ottawa kicker Paul McCallum kicked 3 field goals, and had a chance to tie the game with a 33-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds, but the kick went wide for a single point. Mr. Fleming also scored 2 singles, and the Edmonton defense sacked Ottawa quarterback Tom Burgess for a safety touch. The Rough Riders scored the game's only touchdown on a 57-yard pass from Mr. Burgess to Walter Stanley in the 2nd quarter. It was the first CFL game--and the only one in an Edmonton uniform--for linebacker Mike Kerr.

10 years ago
2003

War
The government of Sudan committed to signing a peace deal with rebels from the country's non-Muslim south to end a civil war that had been fought for nearly 50 years and had killed more than 1.5 million people.

Terrorism
The report of the August 19, 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad placed most of the blame on the UN's own security system, which it called "dysfunctional."

Society
After five referenda in 30 years, the town of Steinbach, Manitoba, whose population was largely composed of Mennonites, voted to allow alcohol to be served in local restaurants.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ Florida Marlins 4 (12 innings) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Alex Gonzalez led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a home run off relief pitcher Jeff Weaver to give the Marlins their win over the Yankees before 65,934 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Marlins scored 3 runs, including 2 on a home run by Miguel Cabrara, in the 1st inning off New York ace Roger Clemens. The Yankees scored a run in the 2nd inning, but the game was scoreless after that until the top of the 9th, when pinch hitter Ruben Sierra, with a full count, fouled off two pitches and then tripled home 2 runs off Florida reliever Ugueth Urbina to tie the game. New York loaded the bases against Florida reliever Chad Fox with 1 out, but Braden Looper relieved Mr. Fox and got the last 2 outs without a run being scored. Mr. Looper pitched 1 2/3 innings to get the win over Mr. Weaver, who had entered the game at the beginning of the 11th.

October 21, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Donna Morrow!

180 years ago
1833

Born on this date
Alfred Nobel. Swedish chemist and engineer. Mr. Nobel became fluent in six languages, and obtained the first of 355 patents at the age of 24. His best-known invention was dynamite, which he patented in 1867. Mr. Nobel acquired the weapons manufacturing firm Bofors-Gullspهng in 1894. When his brother Ludwig died in 1888, several newspapers erroneously printed Alfred's obituary, with one accusing him of being a war profiteer and killer. The accusation prompted Mr. Nobel to create the Nobel Prizes to recognize those who "conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Mr. Nobel was accused of high treason against France for selling the propellant ballistite to Italy, so he moved from Paris to Sanremo, Italy in 1891, and died there from a stroke on December 10, 1896 at the age of 63.

125 years ago
1888

Politics and government
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland was founded.

120 years ago
1893

Football
CRU
ORFU
Round 1
Trinity College defaulted to Hamilton.

Round 2 (First games of 2-game total points series)
Osgoode Hall 34 @ Toronto 28
University of Toronto 7 @ Queen's College 27

100 years ago
1913

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the White Sox winning 6-4 in Peoria, Illinois.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Little World Series
Kansas City Blues (AA) 12 @ Baltimore Orioles (IL) 5 (Kansas City led best-of-nine series 4-2)

Lena Styles hit a 2-run home run and Joe Boley, Clarence Pitt, and Otis Lawry added solo homers to account for all the Baltimore scoring in the Orioles' loss to the Blues at Municipal Stadium.

80 years ago
1933

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

U.S.-Canada professional exhibition
Buffalo 0 @ (Toronto) Crosse & Blackwell Chefs (1-2) 18

The game at Varsity Stadium was the last of three exhibition games played by the Crosse & Blackwell Chefs, Canada's first professional team.

75 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Dorothy Hale, 33. U.S. socialite. Mrs. Hale was an aspiring actress who travelled in New York City art circles. After her husband, artist Gardner Hale, drove on a cliff in 1931, Mrs. Hale was left with severe financial difficulties, her acting career stalled, and she was forced to depend on wealthy friends and lovers to maintain her lifestyle. Mrs. Hale entertained some friends several hours before her death, went to the theatre, and then left friends at the 21 Club in New York to go home. She wrote several suicide notes and then jumped to her death from her 16th-floor apartment window. Mrs. Hale's suicide was commemorated by her friend Frida Kahlo's painting The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (1939).

70 years ago
1943

War
The Royal Canadian Navy Bangor Class minesweeper HMCS Chedabucto sank after a night collision with the cable vessel Lord Kelvin, 30 miles from Rimouski, Quebec; one officer was lost. The Soviet offensive in the Dnieper River bend carried to within 23 miles of Krivoi Rog. Allied forces in Italy seized Alife and Piedimonte d'Alife as they pushed nearer the northern end of the Germans' Mondragone-Venatro line. Japanese units made slight gains in the Satelberg-Son River area northwest and north of Finschhafen, New Guinea, infiltrating the Australian lines at night.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that Lincoln McVeagh would be in Egypt to serve as Ambassador to the Greek and Yugoslavian governments in exile.

Politics and government
The Provisional Government of Free India, aka Azad Hind, was established in occupied Singapore. It was supported by the Axis powers and led by Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose.

Argentine President General Pedro Ramirez named General Alberto Gilbert as Foreign Minister and Gen. Luis Perlinger as Interior Minister.

Society
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the Chinese exclusion laws in effect since 1882, and passed a bill giving China an immigration quota of 105 yearly.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Prentiss Brown as director of the Office of Price Administration.

40 years ago
1973

Football
CFL
Toronto (6-5-2) 19 @ Ottawa (8-5) 20
Calgary (5-9) 7 @ Saskatchewan (9-5) 34

The Rough Riders, who trailed 14-0 after the 1st quarter, scored 10 points in the last 24 seconds of the game to shock the Argonauts at Lansdowne Park. Bill Symons scored the Toronto touchdowns on a 4-yard pass from Joe Theismann and a 1-yard rush, both converted by Zenon Andrusyshyn. Ottawa quarterback Jerry Keeling completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Rhome Nixon with 18 seconds remaining in the 1st half, converted by Gerry Organ, to reduce the deficit to 14-7. The Argonauts led 19-10 in the 4th quarter, but Mr. Keeling connected with Hugh Oldham for a 17-yard touchdown with 24 seconds remaining. Mr. Organ converted, the Rough Riders regained possession of the ball, and Mr. Organ kicked a 25-yard field goal with 1 second remaining to win the game.

Alan Ford, Rick Eber, and George Reed scored touchdowns, while Jack Abendschan added 3 converts, 4 field goals, and a single as the Roughriders routed the Stampeders at Taylor Field in Regina. Messrs. Ford and Reed rushed for their scores, while Mr. Eber scored on a 26-yard pass from Ron Lancaster. The Stampeders trailed 24-0 until breaking the shutout with 9:22 remaining in the game on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Peter Liske to Mark Herman, converted by Larry Robinson.

Baseball
World Series
New York Mets 2 @ Oakland Athletics 5 (Oakland won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson each hit 2-run home runs in the 3rd inning as the Athletics opened a 4-0 lead and coasted to victory before 49,333 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for their second straight World Series championship. Ken Holtzman started on the mound for Oakland and led off the bottom of the 3rd inning with a double off New York starter Jon Matlack. Mr. Campaneris then followed with the Athletics' first homer of the series. Joe Rudi singled and Mr. Jackson followed him with a homer to give Oakland a 4-run lead. Mr. Holtzman gave up 5 hits and 1 earned run in 5 1/3 innings to get his second win of the series. Rollie Fingers gave up 3 hits and 1 earned run in 3 1/3 innings of relief before Darold Knowles became the first man ever to pitch in 7 games of a single World Series. Mr. Knowles picked up his second save of the series by pitching to just 1 batter, retiring New York third baseman Wayne Garrett on a popup to Mr. Campaneris at shortstop for the final out. Mr. Matlack allowed 4 hits and 4 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings in taking his second loss of the series. Oakland manager Dick Williams announced his resignation after the game.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Red Red Wine--UB40

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): I Like Chopin--Gazebo

Defense
A 10-ship U.S. Navy task force that had left Norfolk, Virginia for Lebanon on October 19 was diverted to Grenada, where a 16-member military council under army commander General Hudson Austin had taken power following the assassination of President Maurice Bishop and several of his ministers.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): One Moment in Time--Whitney Houston

Scandal
Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda, and eight others, including international arms merchant Adnan Khashoggi, were indicted by a U.S. grand jury in New York on charges of fraud and racketeering. Mr. Marcos was accused of embezzling more than $100 million from the Philippine government, which he allegedly used to buy three buildings in New York City. The other counts included the charge of fraudulently borrowing $165 million from U.S. banks to refinance the buildings and buy more property.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.3% in September.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (10-6) 21 @ Hamilton (8-8) 24

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Relax--Frankie Goes to Hollywood (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Melchior Ndadaye, 40. President of Burundi, 1993. Mr. Ndadaye, the first Hutu President of Burundi, captured 65% of the vote in a democratic presidential election in June 1993, and his Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) won 65 of 81 seats in the parliamentary election later in the month. Mr. Ndadaye took office on July 10, a week after a failed coup attempt, but he and six of his ministers were killed in an abortive coup by army paratroopers. The coup failed after Frfancois Ngeze, the civilian who had been installed as temporary head of state, refused to support the coup and called for Prime Minister Sylvie Kinigi to assume control, and key military leaders supported her.

Politics and government
This blogger attended a forum at Dinwoodie Lounge in the University of Alberta Students Union Building for the candidates in the riding of Edmonton Strathcona in the October 25 Canadian federal election. Reform Party candidate Hugh Hanrhahan was unable to be there, but first-year U of A law student Ezra Levant substituted for him, and did a fine job, responding to the New Democratic Party candidate's accusations of racism on the part of the Reform Party by saying, "Maybe you didn't hear my name: Ezra...Isaac...Levant!"

Diplomacy
Negotiators at the Egyptian resort of Taba agreed on the terms of the first large-scale release of Palestinian prisoners in almost 10 years.

Energy
A U.S. Senate and House of Representatives conference committee complied with the October 19 vote of the House to cancel the Superconducting Supercollider (SSC) project, but left $640 million in the appropriations bill for the 1994 fiscal year to help cover the costs of closing the SSC, which had been under construction near Waxahachie, Texas, and would have allowed scientists to study collisions of atomic particles at high speeds in an attempt to better understand the nature of matter. The project was cancelled after $2 billion had already been spent because the estimated total cost had increased from $4.4 billion to $11 billion.

Chess
Gary Kasparov of Russia defeated Nigel Short of the United Kingdom 12.5-7.5 in London to win the world championship of the Professional Chess Association, which the two had founded after a dispute with the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Mr. Kasparov had been the FIDE-recognized world champion, and Mr. Short the FIDE-designated challenger. FIDE responded with its own world championship match in Jakarta, Indonesia between former world champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia and Jan Timman of the Netherlands, which began later than the Kasparov-Short match.

Baseball
World Series
Toronto Blue Jays 0 @ Philadelphia Phillies 2 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Curt Schilling pitched a 5-hit shutout and the Phillies scored single runs in each of the first 2 innings before 62,706 fans at Veterans Stadium. Juan Guzman started on the mound for Toronto and gave up 5 hits and 2 runs--1 earned--in 7 innings in taking the loss.



10 years ago
2003

Society
The United States Senate voted 64-34 in favour of a federal ban on partial-birth abortions.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush invoked a hastily-passed law and ordered a feeding tube reinserted into Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman at the centre of a bitter right-to-kill battle.

Diplomacy
The Irish Republican Army announced that it had been destroying its arms and would continue to do so. British Prime Minister Tony Blair then announced dates for elections in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Politics and government
The Progressive Conservatives, led by Danny Williams, won the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election, taking nearly 60% of the popular vote.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 6 @ Florida Marlins 1 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Hideki Matsui singled in a run in the top of the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie and the Yankees scored 4 more runs in the 9th before 65,731 fans at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens. Aaron Boone led off the top of the 9th with a home run to make the score 3-1, and Bernie Williams hit a 3-run homer to put the game away. Mike Mussina gave up 7 hits and an earned run in 7 innings to get the win, while Mariano Rivera pitched 2 innings for the save. Josh Beckett started on the mound for Florida and gave up just 3 hits and 2 earned runs in taking the loss.

October 20, 2013

210 years ago
1803

Americana
The United States Senate voted 24-7 to ratify the Louisiana Purchase Treaty.

130 years ago
1883

Football
ORFU
Round 2
Ottawa 17 @ Queen's College 0

125 years ago
1888

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 4 @ New York Giants 6 (8 innings) (New York led best-of-ten series 4-1)

The Giants trailed 6-3 after 7 1/2 innings but rallied for 5 runs in the bottom of the 8th, after which the game was called because of darkness. Tim Keefe pitched his third complete game victory of the series, while Silver King pitched his third complete game loss. 9,124 fans were in attendance at the Polo Grounds.

110 years ago
1903

Diplomacy
In Washington, D.C., the Joint High Commission issued a Canada/Alaska boundary award, the commissioners voting 4-2 to support the U.S. claim for a boundary running behind the heads of the inlets, but agreeing to equal distribution of four islands at the mouth of Portland Canal. The British commissioner, Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England, broke the deadlock, but the two Canadian members, A.B. Aylesworth and Sir Louis Jetté, refused to sign the lopsided award and returned to Ottawa. The Alaska Boundary Crisis led to a Canada's determination to protect its own interest through the creation of the Department of External Affairs.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Barney Phillips. U.S. actor. Mr. Phillips, born Bernard Philip Ofner, was a character actor in radio, television, and films in a career spanning almost 50 years. He played Sergeant Ed Jacobs in 11 episodes of the television series Dragnet (1952-1953), and provided the voice of the title character in the animated television series Shazzan! (1967-1969). Mr. Phillips died of cancer on August 17, 1982 at the age of 68.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton 36 @ Montreal 1
Toronto 10 Ottawa 10

ORFU
(Toronto) Parkdale Canoe Club (1-1) 24 @ Hamilton (0-1) 5

ORFU-IRFU (exhibition)
Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (ORFU) 9 @ Hamilton (IRFU) 13

Canadian university
McGill 21 Toronto 6

SRU
Saskatoon 9 @ Moose Jaw 17

ARU
Calgary (2-1) 12 @ Edmonton (3-1) 13

3,000 fans at Diamond Park saw the Eskimos score the winning point against the Tigers late in the 4th quarter when Calgary's Arnold Wark was rouged. Mr. Miller scored the first Edmonton touchdown in the 1st quarter, and Leo Cullnan returned a fumble 30 yards for the other Eskimo TD inthe 2nd quarter. The Tigers scored their only touchdown when Mr. Conway of the Eskimos fumbled a punt in his end zone and Mr. Gordon recovered for Calgary. The game was reported to be the most exciting game ever played in Edmonton to date.

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the Giants winning 6-4 in Springfield, Illinois.

90 years ago
1923

Communications
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals exchanged northern Canada's first wireless messages from Dawson, Yukon Territory.

Horse racing
1923 Kentucky Derby winner Zev defeated 1923 Epsom Derby winner Papyrus by 6 lengths in a match race before 60,000 fans at Belmont Park, New York. Zev won $80,000 of the $100,000 purse as well as the Gold Challenge Cup.



Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (2-0-2) 14 @ Montreal (1-2-1) 14
Ottawa (1-3) 1 @ Hamilton (2-1-1) 2

The Argonauts, trailing the Winged Wheelers 14-8 at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Grounds with 5 minutes remaining in the game, drove downfield and tied the game when Joe Sirrett recovered Dunc Munro's onside kick for a touchdown, and Mr. Munro converted.

The Rough Riders, in position to tie their game against the Tigers at Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds, attempted to recover an onside kick, but were unsuccessful, allowing the Tigers to escape with the win.

ORFU
Hamilton (3-0) 9 @ University of Toronto (0-2) 2

Canadian university
Queen's (2-0) 9 @ Toronto (1-1) 3

MRU
University of Manitoba (2-2) 32 Winnipeg Tammany Tigers (1-3) 13

SRU
Saskatoon (1-3) 0 @ Regina (3-1) 15

The Roughriders shut out the Quakers to clinch the Saskatchewan provincial championship.

ARU
Edmonton (1-1) 7 @ University of Alberta (1-1) 8 (Edmonton won 2-game total points series 30-9)

Bill Rankin scored a touchdown and convert, and Blake Brunson added a rouge for the Eskimos in their loss to the U of A at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton in the second game of the series for the championship of the northern half of Alberta.

70 years ago
1943

Football
WCASRFL
Winnipeg RCAF (4-0) 6 Winnipeg United Services (1-4) 5

Don Durno scored a touchdown, converted by Ches McCance, as the Bombers edged United Services at Osborne Stadium. Lee Sherman kicked a field goal and single for United Services, with Danny Summers recording a rouge on a punt by Mr. Sherman.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Valley of the Kings, starring Herbert Berghof and Jack Livesey

50 years ago
1963

Music
The Beach Boys recorded their first Christmas single, Little Saint Nick, at Western Recorders in Hollywood.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (8-4) 11 @ Toronto (2-10) 10

21,196 fans at CNE Stadium saw quarterback Sandy Stephens direct the Argonaut offense from the Toronto 51-yard line to the Hamilton 39 in the last 2 minutes of the game, only to have Mr. Stephens throw 2 consecutive incomplete passes. Instead of having Dave Mann attempt to punt for the tying point on third down, Toronto head coach Nobby Wirkowski elected to gamble, but another pass play was unsuccessful.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Angie--Rolling Stones

#1 single in the U.K.: Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")--Simon Park Orchestra (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (2nd week at #1)
2 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
3 Live and Let Die--Wings
4 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
5 You Don't Own Me--The Ormsby Brothers
6 Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)--Shirley Bassey
7 And I Love You So--Perry Como
8 Yesterday Once More--Carpenters
9 Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
10 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross

Singles entering the chart were Angie by the Rolling Stones (#21); Satin Sheets by Jeanne Pruett (#35); Mess of the Blues by the Coloured Balls (#38); and Twelve Pound Toothbrush by Madder Lake (#39).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Angie--Rolling Stones

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ramblin' Man--Allman Brothers Band
2 Angie--Rolling Stones
3 Half-Breed--Cher
4 Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)--Eddie Kendricks
5 Higher Ground--Stevie Wonder
6 That Lady (Part 1)--The Isley Brothers
7 Midnight Train to Georgia--Gladys Knight and the Pips
8 China Grove--The Doobie Brothers
9 Heartbeat--It's a Lovebeat--DeFranco Family
10 Free Ride--The Edgar Winter Group

Singles entering the chart were Be by Neil Diamond (#75); Mammy Blue by Stories (#77); Corazon by Carole King (#79); The Joker by the Steve Miller Band (#89); I Won't Last a Day Without You by Maureen McGovern (#91); Wrapped Up in Your Warm and Tender Love by Tyrone Davis (#93); Back for a Taste of Your Love by Syl Johnson (#94); Calico by Tommy James (#96); Painted Ladies by Ian Thomas (#97); Hey, Little Girl by Foster Sylvers (#98); Vado Via by Drupi (#99); and Some Guys Have All the Luck by the Persuaders (#100). Be was from the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Angie--Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)
2 Half-Breed--Cher
3 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
4 We're an American Band--Grand Funk
5 Loves Me Like a Rock--Paul Simon with the Dixie Hummingbirds
6 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross
7 Ramblin' Man--Allman Brothers Band
8 Free Ride--The Edgar Winter Group
9 China Grove--The Doobie Brothers
10 Could You Ever Love Me Again--Gary & Dave

Singles entering the chart were Love is a Beautiful Song by Dave Mills (#97); Kingston by Joe Probert (#98); Cousin Mary by Fludd (#99); and Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren (#100).

#1 single in Calgary: Half-Breed--Cher (2nd week at #1)

Scandal
In what became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre," U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned and his deputy William Ruckelshaus and special prosecutor Archibald Cox were fired when Mr. Cox, who had been hired to investigate the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up, rejected a compromise proposed by the administration of President Richard Nixon regarding an order by federal district court Judge John Sirica to turn over tapes of White House conversations, and threatened to secure a judicial ruling that Mr. Nixon was violating a court order by refusing to turn over the tapes to Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox argued that Mr. Nixon's proposed compromise would create "insuperable difficulties" in conducting a criminal investigation. Mr. Richardson was ordered to dismiss Mr. Cox, but resigned instead, saying that to dismiss the prosecutor would conflict with his pledge to provide Mr. Cox with "full authority" to contest presidential claims of executive privilege. When Mr. Ruckelshaus also refused to fire Mr. Cox, he was fired himself. Mr. Cox was finally dismissed by Solicitor General Robert Bork, who became acting Attorney General. The White House ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to seal the offices of Messrs. Cox, Richardson, and Ruckelshaus.

Australiana
The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.

Religion
The Dalai Lama began a 10-day visit to the United Kingdom--his first visit to Britain--for the purpose of administering vows.

Disasters
Two days of torrential rains and floods in southern Spain concluded with at least 93 deaths and more than 100 people missing.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a Brazilian jet fighter crashed into a cluster of adobe huts on the outskirts of Fortaleza, Brazil.

Boxing
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (43-2) won a 12-round unanimous decision over Rudi Lubbers (21-2) at Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.



Football
CFL
Winnipeg (4-9-1) 7 @ Montreal (7-4-1) 34
British Columbia (3-9-2) 14 @ Edmonton (8-4-2) 14

The Alouettes overcame a 7-3 halftime deficit with 31 unanswered points in the 2nd half to rout the Blue Bombers at Autostade. Montreal scored 24 points in the 3rd quarter on a 41-yard touchdown rush by John Harvey, a 27-yard TD pass from George Mira to Peter Dalla Riva, and a 34-yard interception return for a touchdown by Jim Nettles, with 3 converts and a field goal by Don Sweet. Mr. Mira connected with Brian Jack for a 31-yard touchdown, converted by Mr. Sweet, early in the 4th quarter. Mr. Sweet kicked a field goal in the 1st quarter to give the Alouettes a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Bombers replied with a 24-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Paul Williams, converted by Walt McKee. The Montreal defense limited the Winnipeg offense to 8 first downs and 178 yards net offense on a muddy field.

Bruce Lemmerman completed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Garry Lefebvre with 23 seconds remaining in the game, and Dave Cutler's convert enabled the Eskimos to tie the Lions before 20,688 fans at Clarke Stadium. The Eskimos led 7-0 at halftime on a 7-yard TD pass from Mr. Lemmerman to George McGowan with 4:10 remaining in the 2nd quarter, converted by Mr. Cutler. Johnny Musso rushed 3 yards for a B.C. touchdown in the 3rd quarter, and Jim Young rushed 8 yards for a TD with 7:06 remaining in the game to give the Lions the lead. Both B.C. touchdowns were converted by Ivan MacMillan. Sam Scarber, who had played for the Eskimos in 1971 and 1972 before being released at the end of the pre-season of 1973, returned to the lineup after the team had discovered he was still in town and was working in the sporting goods department of the downtown Hudson's Bay Company store. In what turned out to be his final CFL game, Mr. Scarber carried 3 times for 12 yards and caught 4 passes for 28 yards. It was the first CFL game for Lions' defensive tackle Mike Samples, and his only game in a B.C. uniform.

Baseball
World Series
New York Mets 1 @ Oakland Athletics 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Reggie Jackson doubled in a run in each of the 1st and 3rd innings, and Catfish Hunter, with help from Darold Knowles and Rollie Fingers, won the pitchers' duel over Tom Seaver before 49,333 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Mets trailed 2-0 with 1 out in the top of the 8th but scored a run on consecutive singles by Ken Boswell, Wayne Garrett, and Felix Millan before Rusty Staub struck out and Cleon Jones flied out to center fielder Vic Davalillo. The Athletics scored an unearned insurance run in the bottom of the 8th when Mr. Jackson singled and made it to third base when New York center fielder Don Hahn let the ball get by him for a 2-base error, and Jesus Alou hit a sacrifice fly to Mr. Jones in left field. Mr. Hunter gave up just 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 1/3 innings for his first win of the series. Mr. Knowles gave up 2 hits in 1/3 inning, and Mr. Fingers retired all 4 batters he faced for his second save of the series. Mr. Seaver gave up 6 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings in taking his first loss of the series.



30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
Canada's Top 30 (Weekly Music Magazine)
1 King of Pain--The Police
2 I Don't Wanna Dance--Eddy Grant
3 True--Spandau Ballet
4 Making Love out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
5 Promises, Promises--Naked Eyes
6 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
7 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
8 Lawyers in Love--Jackson Browne
9 Delirious--Prince
10 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)--Sheena Easton
11 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
12 What am I Gonna Do?--Rod Stewart
13 How am I Supposed to Live Without You?--Laura Branigan
14 Modern Love--David Bowie
15 Tell Her About It--Billy Joel
16 Kiss the Bride--Elton John
17 If Anyone Falls--Stevie Nicks
18 I Never Said I Loved You--Payola$ with Carole Pope
19 Queen of the Broken Hearts--Loverboy
20 Sitting at the Wheel--The Moody Blues
21 All I Need--Toronto
22 Suddenly Last Summer--The Motels
23 It Must Be Love--Madness
24 Don't Forget to Dance--The Kinks
25 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
26 Heart and Soul--Huey Lewis and the News
27 Can't Shake Loose--Agnetha Faltskog
28 Love is a Stranger--Eurythmics
29 Love is a Battlefield--Pat Benatar
30 Say, Say, Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

25 years ago
1988

Law
The British government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced plans to change the law regarding a suspect's right to remain silent, allowing the prosecution to draw a jury's attention to the suspect's silence and inviting the jury to draw inferences from it.

Baseball
CFL
Los Angeles Dodgers 5 @ Oakland Athletics 2 (Los Angeles won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Mickey Hatcher hit a 2-run home run in the 1st inning, Mike Davis added a 2-run homer in the 4th, and Orel Hershiser pitched a 4-hit complete game, recording 9 strikeouts, as the Dodgers completed their upset of the Athletics before 49,317 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Mr. Hershiser, who recorded his second win of the series, was named the series' Most Valuable Player. Storm Davis started on the mound for Oakland and gave up 6 hits and 4 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings in absorbing his second loss of the series.



20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Living on My Own '93--Freddie Mercury (4th week at #1)

Abominations
A jury in Los Angeles acquitted Negro thug Henry Watson of attempted murder in the 1992 beating of white truck driver Reginald Denny, but guilty of a lesser charge. Judge John Ouderkirk declared a mistrial on one remaining assault charge against Mr. Watson after the jury became deadlocked. The beating took place in the aftermath of the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Negro criminal Rodney King.

Scandal
The United States Senate Ethics Committee voted unanimously to subpoena the full diaries of Sen. Bob Packwood (Republican--Oregon). For a year, the committee had been investigating complaints from 26 women that Sen. Packwood had made unwanted sexual advances toward them. Mr. Packwood had allowed the committee to examine portions of his diaries, but objected that it was seeking to examine entries unrelated to the allegations.

Baseball
World Series
Toronto Blue Jays 15 @ Philadelphia Phillies 14 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Blue Jays trailed 14-9 after 7 innings but rallied for 6 runs in the top of the 8th to win the highest-scoring and longest (4 hours, 14 minutes) game in World Series history before 62,731 fans at Veterans Stadium. Luis Castillo, the third of five Toronto pitchers, gave up 3 hits, 3 bases on balls, and 2 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings, but was the winning pitcher. Duane Ward retired all 4 batters he faced to earn his second save of the Series. Mitch Williams, the fifth of six Philadelphia pitchers, gave up 3 hits, a base on balls, and 3 earned runs in 2/3 inning in taking the loss.



10 years ago
2003

Defense
U.S. President George W. Bush outlined a security guarantee for North Korea if it dismantled its nuclear weapons program.

Crime
Cecilia Zhang, 9, was abducted from her suburban Toronto home in the middle of the night, sparking a city-wide manhunt.

October 19, 2013

1,020 years ago
993

Died on this date
Conrad I, 68 (?). King of Burgundy, 937-993. Conrad I succeeded his father Rudolph II, and was succeeded by his son Rudolph III.

125 years ago
1888

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 6 St. Louis Browns 3 @ Brooklyn (New York led best-of-ten series 3-1)

The Giants scored a run in the top of the 1st inning and 4 in the 3rd to open up a 5-1 lead as they coasted to victory before 3,062 fans at Washington Park. Ed Crane won the pitching matchup over Elton Chamberlain.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Al Brazle. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Brazle played with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1943 and 1946-1954, compiling a record of 97 wins and 64 losses, with 60 saves. As a rookie, he went 8-2 with an earned run average of 1.53, starting and losing the third game of the World Series against the New York Yankees. In 1946, Mr. Brazle lost the fifth game of the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. He led the National League in saves with 16 in 1952 and 18 in 1953. Mr. Brazle died on October 24, 1973, five days after his 60th birthday.

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the Giants winning 3-1 at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

90 years ago
1923

Baseball
Little World Series
Baltimore Orioles (IL) 2 @ Kansas City Blues (AA) 5 (Kansas City led best-of-nine series 3-1)

Ferdie Schupp struck out 10 men to win the pitching matchup over Lefty Grove and Jack Ogden as the Blues defeated the Orioles at Muehlebach Field.

70 years ago
1943

War
Soviet troops captured Pyatikhatka, 60 miles west of Dnepropetrovsk, cutting the Germans' main escape route from that city. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced that American submarines had sunk 319 Japanese ships since the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The German-held cargo vessel MS Sinfra was attacked by Allied aircraft at Souda Bay, Crete, and sunk; as many as 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drowned.

Diplomacy
The Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference opened with U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull , U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, and U.S.S.R. Vyacheslav Molotov discussing "frankly and freely what is one one another's minds."

Medicine
Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, was isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

60 years ago
1953

Hockey
Gus Galbreath, 21, of South Porcupine, Ontario, had his left leg amputated, three days after breaking his thigh while playing with the Paisley Pirates of the Scottish Hockey League.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Halfback and punter Joe Krol, who had missed all but 2 of his team's first 10 games of 1953 because of injuries, announced his retirement from the Toronto Argonauts. The University of Western Ontario graduate had played with the Hamilton Flying Wildcats and Detroit Lions before joining the Argonauts in 1945 and starring with five Grey Cup championship teams from 1945-1952. His 30 points in Grey Cup competition was a career record at the time.

WIFU
Winnipeg (7-8) 18 @ Calgary (3-12) 6
Saskatchewan (8-7) 20 @ Edmonton (12-3) 19

Neill Armstrong caught 2 touchdown passes and Lorne Benson rushed for another TD, all of which were converted by Bud Korchak, as the Blue Bombers beat the Stampeders before 10,000 fans at Mewata Stadium. Al Endriss scored the Calgary touchdown.

Harry Lampman, Bill Todd, and Bobby Marlow scored touchdowns for the Roughriders as they edged the Eskimos before 15,000 fans at Clarke Stadium. Mr. Lampman's TD came on a halfback option pass from Mr. Todd. Former Eskimo head coach and quarterback Frank Filchock, now performing the same duties for the Roughriders, completed 9 of 11 passes. Rollie Miles scored 2 touchdowns for the Eskimos--one on a 92-yard rush, the other on a pass from Claude Arnold--and Frank Anderson made a great catch on a pass from Mr. Arnold in the last minute for the other Edmonton TD, all of which were converted by Wilbur Snyder.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues--Roy Orbison

#1 single in France: Ma Guitare--Johnny Hallyday

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Se mi vuoi lasciare--Michele (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Vom Stadtpark die Laternen--Gitte and Rex Gildo (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Do You Love Me--Brian Poole and the Tremeloes (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
2 Be My Baby--The Ronettes
3 Blue Velvet--Bobby Vinton
4 Cry Baby--Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters
5 Busted--Ray Charles
6 Donna the Prima Donna--Dion Di Muci
7 Washington Square--The Village Stompers
8 Mean Woman Blues--Roy Orbison
9 I Can't Stay Mad at You--Skeeter Davis
10 Honolulu Lulu--Jan & Dean

Singles entering the chart were Misery by the Dynamics (#72); I Adore Him by the Angels (#78); Young Wings Can Fly (Higher than You Know) by Ruby and the Romantics (#79); Can I Get a Witness by Marvin Gaye (#85); Witchcraft by Elvis Presley (#87); Gotta Travel On by Timi Yuro (#91); Hey Little Girl by Major Lance (#92); Signed, Sealed, and Delivered by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#93); The Matador by Johnny Cash (#95); Hurry Up and Tell Me by Paul Anka (#97); Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen (Doesn't Anybody Know My Name) by Jimmie Rodgers (#98); Dear Abby by the Hearts (#99); and Any Other Way by Chuck Jackson (#100). Witchcraft was the B-side of Bossa Nova Baby, which charted at #50.

Football
CFL
Montreal (6-6) 21 @ Ottawa (8-4) 27
Calgary (8-4-2) 33 @ Saskatchewan (6-6-2) 33
Edmonton (2-12) 6 @ British Columbia (11-3) 32

Russ Jackson threw 4 touchdown passes, including a 24-yard strike to Whit Tucker for the winning score with less than 2 minutes remaining, as the Rough Riders defeated the Alouettes before a record Lansdowne Park crowd of 22,763.

Reg Whitehouse's late field goal gave the Roughriders their tie with the Stampeders before 12,600 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Saskatchewan quarterbacks Ron Lancaster and Frank Tripucka combined for 361 yards passing, to 246 for Calgary quarterback Eagle Day.

Joe Kapp directed an effective offense and Peter Kempf set a CFL record with his 22nd field goal of the season as the Lions routed the Eskimos before 29,133 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver to clinch first place in the Western Football Conference for the first time in their 10-year history.

Canadian university
Manitoba (1-2) 37 @ Saskatchewan (0-4) 7
Alberta (4-0) 44 @ British Columbia (2-1) 33

The Bisons scored 2 touchdowns in each of the last 3 quarters as they routed the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Mr. Falk scored 2 of the Manitoba touchdowns.

Ken Nielsen and Clarence Kachman each returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown for the Golden Bears as they erupted for a 26-6 lead in the 1st quarter and held on to defeat the Thunderbirds at Varsity Stadium in Vancouver.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Take Me To The Mardi Gras--Paul Simon

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): The Ballroom Blitz--The Sweet

At the movies
The Way We Were, starring Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, opened in theatres.



Charley Varrick, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker, and John Vernon, opened in theatres.





Terrorism
The siege of the Bank of America in Beirut that had begun the previous day when five Arab guerrillas had seized control of the bank and taken 40 bank employees hostage ended after 25 hours when policemen and army commandos fought their way into the bank. One hostage, an American, and two guerrillas were killed in the gun battle.

Scandal
John Dean, former counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice in plotting to cover up the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. In a bargain with special prosecutor Archibald Cox, Mr. Dean agreed to testify for the prosecution in future proceedings against alleged cover-up participants in exchange for immunity from prosecution for any Watergate-related crime. According to the plea bargain, Mr. Dean could be prosecuted only for future perjury. He faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $10,000. That night, Mr. Nixon announced that he would not appeal the order of federal district court judge John Sirica to turn over tapes of White House conversations, but would personally edit a summary of Watergate-related information on the tapes. Mr. Nixon explained that his compromise, which involved a "breach in confidentiality that is so necessary to the conduct of the presidency," would "assure unity of purpose at home and end the temptation abroad to test our resolve." He also ordered Mr. Cox to drop his demands for other tapes, notes, and memoranda of presidential conversations.

Disasters
8 people were killed and 12 injured in the flaming crash of a tractor-trailer, a bus, and a car on the New Jersey Turnpike.

30 years ago
1983

World events
Several thousand supporters of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop rallied at his home and freed him after six days of house arrest. As he led the crowd through the streets of the capital city of St. George's to army headquarters, he and several of his cabinet ministers were apparently separated from the crowd by soldiers and shot to death.

Defense
A 10-ship U.S. Navy task force left Norfolk, Virginia, bound for Lebanon.

Abominations
The United States Senate voted 78–22 in favour of a bill making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Hand in Hand--Koreana (3rd week at #1)

Disasters
At least 164 people were killed in two plane crashed in India; 130 of the deaths occurred when an airliner descending near Ahmadabad struck a tree.

Journalism
The British government imposed a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and 11 Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 @ Oakland Athletics 3 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The teams combined to score 3 unearned runs--2 by the Athletics before 49,317 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The deciding run was scored in the top of the 7th inning when Alfredo Griffin drew a base on balls with 1 out and moved to third base on a single by Steve Sax. Pinch hitter Tracy Woodson then hit a grounder to Oakland shortstop Walt Weiss for what would have been a double play, but Mr. Sax, who was running on the pitch, beat the throw to second baseman Glenn Hubbard, whose relay to first baseman Mark McGwire was only the second out, with Mr. Griffin scoring on the play to give the Dodgers a 4-2 lead. The Athletics scored a run in the bottom of the 7th and loaded the bases with 2 out, but Mr. McGwire popped out to Mr. Woodson, now playing first base, to end the threat. Tim Belcher started on the mound for Los Angeles and gave up 7 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 6 2/3 innings to get the win, while Jay Howell pitched 2 1/3 innings for the save. Oakland starter Dave Stewart gave up 6 hits and 4 runs--2 earned--in 6 1/3 innings in taking the loss.

20 years ago
1993

Diplomacy
Nine American and Canadian warships put into effect a United Nations naval blockade of Haiti, while a UN arms and oil embargo of Haiti, approved earlier, was instituted in an attempt to restore recently exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power.

Announcing that he was committed to pursuing negotiations aimed at finding a political solution to problems in Somalia, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced that 750 U.S. Army Rangers would be withdrawn from the country immediately.

Israel began a week-long period of freeing 600 Palestinians from Israeli jails.

Politics and government
Benazir Bhutto, who had been removed from power in 1990 for alleged corruption and incompetence, was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan again by a parliamentary vote of 121-72. Ms. Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party had led in voting in parliamentary elections earlier in the month, but no majority had resulted, necessitating a coalition.

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay was named as Quebec's first female Finance Minister, replacing Gérard D. Lévesque on an interim basis in the Liberal government of Premier Robert Bourassa. Mr. Lévesque, who had been a member of the National Assembly for 37 years, was terminally ill, and died on November 17.

Energy
The United States House of Representatives voted 242-143 to order to order Senate and House conferees working on the appropriations bill for energy projects to cancel the Superconducting Supercollider (SSC), four years after authorizing it, because the estimated total cost of the project had risen from $4.4 billion to $11 billion. THe SSC, which had been under construction near Waxahachie, Texas, would have permitted scientists to study collision of atomic particles at high speeds in an attempt to better understand the nature of matter.

Baseball
World Series
Toronto Blue Jays 10 @ Philadelphia Phillies 3 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Paul Molitor hit a single, triple, and home run and batted in 3 runs, and Roberto Alomar made 4 hits to lead the Blue Jays over the Phillies before 62,689 fans at Veterans Stadium. Toronto starter Pat Hentgen pitched 6 innings to get the win, while Philadelphia starting pitcher Danny Jackson pitched 5 innings and took the loss.



10 years ago
2003

Religion
Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St. Peter's Square in Rome.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (10-7) 34 @ Calgary (5-12) 6

Baseball
World Series
Florida Marlins 1 @ New York Yankees 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Hideki Matsui hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning and Alfonso Soriano added a 2-run homer in the 4th, while Andy Pettitte came within 1 out of a complete game victory before 55,750 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Pettitte gave up just 6 hits, the last a single by Derrek Lee with 2 out in the 9th, driving in Luis Castillo with an unearned run. Jose Contreras relieved Mr. Pettitte and retired Mike Lowell on a force play for the final out. Mark Redman started on the mound for Florida and gave up 5 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in taking the loss.

October 18, 2013

490 years ago
1523

Born on this date
Anna Jagiellonka. Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania, 1575-1587. Anna was the daughter of King Sigismund I, and declined numerous marriage proposals until she was 52. Her brother King Sigismund II died in 1572, and Prince Henry de Valois was elected King in 1573 with Anna's support; he left Poland in 1574 to assume the throne of France, and was removed as king in 1575. Anna had to marry in order to be eligible for the throne of Poland, so she married Stephen Bلthory, Voivode of Transylvania, in 1575, and the couple were elected as co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. After Stephen died in December 1586, Anna declined the opportunity to be elected as queen; she died on September 9, 1596 at the age of 72, and was succeeded by her nephew Sigismund III.

140 years ago
1873

Born on this date
Ivanoe Bonomi. Prime Minister of Italy, 1921-1922, 1944-1945. Mr. Bonomi was a member of the Italian Socialist Party when he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1909, but was expelled from the party in 1912 for advocatiing reform. He then joined the Italian Reformist Socialist Party and served as Minister of Public Works (1916-1917) and Minister of War (1920-1921) before leading a coalition government for a year and then withdrawing from politics after the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini came to power. Mr. Bonomi joined an anti-Fascist movement in 1940 and served as Prime Minister as leader of the Labour Democratic Party during the country's transition back to democracy, introducing several social reforms. He joined the Italian Democratic Socialist Party in 1947, and was appointed to the Senate in 1948, serving as its President until his death on April 20, 1951 at the age of 77.

125 years ago
1888

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 2 @ New York Giants 4 (New York led best-of-ten series 2-1)

The Giants scored 2 runs in the 1st inning and a run in each of the 4th and 7th innings before 5,780 fans at the Polo Grounds. The Browns scored a run in each of the 8th and 9th innings. Tim Keefe pitched a 5-hitter for his second win of the series, while Silver King gave up 5 hits in absorbing his second loss. The Browns made 5 errors and the Giants 2.

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Roy Del Ruth. U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter. Mr. Del Ruth began his career as a writer for Mack Sennett's silent comedy films in 1915, and directed his first movie in 1919. His films included The Maltese Falcon (1931) and Blonde Crazy (1931). Mr. Del Ruth died of a heart attack on April 27, 1961 at the age of 67.

Sidney Holland. Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-1957. Sir Sidney was first elected to Parliament as a candidate for the Reform Party in 1935, and helped to found the National Party in 1938. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1940-1949, taking office as Prime Minister after leading the National Party to its first electoral victory. Sir Sidney's government abolished the Legislative Council (upper house of Parliament); confronted labour unions; reinstated capital punishment; and entered into the ANZUS defense agreement with Australia and the United States. Sir Sidney suffered a heart attack or stroke during the Suez Crisis in October 1956, retired as Prime Minister 11 months later. He died on August 5, 1961 at the age of 67.

Died on this date
Charles Gounod, 75. French composer. Mr. Gounod was best known for his Ave Maria; the opera Faust (1859); and Funeral March of a Marionette (1872).

100 years ago
1913

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (0-2) 1 @ Hamilton (1-1) 36
Ottawa (1-0) 10 @ Toronto (1-0) 10

The Rough Riders started to walk off the field at the end of regulation time in their game against the Argonauts at Rosedale Field. When they were warned that they would forfeit the game if they left, they agreed to play two 10-minute periods of overtime. However, the referee called the game because of darkness after just 5 minutes of overtime had been played. The tie was later replayed.

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox began their post-season exhibition tour, with the Giants winning 11-2 in Cincinnati.

70 years ago
1943

At the movies
The Dark Tower, directed by John Harlow, and starring Ben Lyon, Anne Crawford, David Farrar, and Herbert Lom, opened in theatres in the United Kingdom.



War
An exchange of disabled prisoners was reported under way between the Allies and Germany at Goteborg, Sweden and Barcelona. Soviet units fought their way into the centre of Melitopol, German forces still held other portions of the southern Ukrainian city. Yugoslavian partisans began a new offensive along a 140-mile front in Slovenia, with the aim of pushing south to capture the Croatian capital of Zagreb. Allied forces advanced along the whole Italian front, occupying 23 towns, including the last German position on the north bank of the Volturno River in Brezza. In a surprise raid on Rapaul, New Britain, Allied planes destroyed 60 enemy planes on the ground and aloft and sank three vessels. The assembly of the Japanese-controlled Philippine government ratified the alliance with Japan, committing it to the Japanese war effort.

Diplomacy
U.S. State Secretary Cordell Hull and U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived in Moscow from Tehran and discussed with U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov plans for a three-power conference.

60 years ago
1953

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (4-6) 11 @ Montreal (6-4) 39

ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (7-3) 9 @ Toronto (6-3) 31

Sam Etcheverry threw 4 touchdown passes--2 to Red O'Quinn, and 1 each to Joey Pal and Alex Webster--as the Alouettes beat the Argonauts at Delorimier Stadium. Chuck Hunsinger rushed 2 yards for a Montreal touchdown, and Ed Bradley returned a fumble for the Alouettes' other TD. Ray Poole added 5 converts and a field goal. Joe Scudero scored the first Toronto touchdown, and Al Bruno scored the other on a pass from Nobby Wirkowski in the 4th quarter. The game had originally been scheduled for October 4 but had been postponed because the stadium was being used by the Montreal Royals for baseball's Little World Series.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Kiss Me Quick--Brendan Bowyer (7th week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (2nd week at #1)
2 Bossa Nova Baby--Elvis Presley
3 Three Rows Over--Bobby Curtola
4 Blue Bayou--Roy Orbison
5 Blue Guitar--Richard Chamberlain
6 I'm the Same Old Me--Lorne Greene
7 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right--Peter, Paul and Mary
8 Deep Purple--Nino Tempo & April Stevens
9 Blue Velvet--Bobby Vinton
10 Little Deuce Coupe--The Beach Boys

On television tonight
Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, on CBS
Tonight's episode: A Kind of a Stopwatch, starring Richard Erdman and Roy Roberts

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, on CBS
Tonight's episode: You'll Be the Death of Me, starring Robert Loggia and Pilar Seurat

Space
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration introduced its third group of astronauts. The 14 men were: Buzz Aldrin; Bill Anders; Charlie Bassett; Al Bean; Gene Cernan; Roger Chaffee; Mike Collins; Walt Cunningham; Donn Eisele; Ted Freeman; Dick Gordon; Russell "Rusty" Schweickart; David Scott; and C.C. Williams. The announcement was made at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.



The U.S.S.R. launched the satellite Cosmos 20.

Politics and government
Lord Home, a Scottish Earl, was chosen by Harold Macmillan to succeed him as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mr. Macmillan had announced his resignation a week earlier because of ill health.

Boxing
Sonny Banks (16-4) won a 10-round split decision over Dave Bailey (14-9-3) in a heavyweight bout at Cobo Arena in Detroit.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): My Friend Stan--Slade

Died on this date
Leo Strauss, 74. German-born U.S. political philosopher. Dr. Strauss received his education in his native Germany, but left the country after the Nazis took power in 1933, moving to England and then to the United States in 1937. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1949-1969, specializing in contemporary applications of classical theorists such as Plato and Aristotle. Dr. Strauss has been accused of influencing the neoconservative policies of U.S. administrations such as that of President George W. Bush, but that assertion is a matter of dispute. Dr. Strauss died of pneumonia.

Terrorism
Five Arab guerrillas seized the Bank of America office in Beirut and took 40 bank employees hostage, threatening to blow up the building unless the Bank of America agreed to pay $10 million to the Arab war effort against Israel. The terrorists also demanded that Lebanon release all Palestinian guerrillas and provide them safe conduct to Algeria.

Baseball
World Series
Oakland Athletics 0 @ New York Mets 2 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Jerry Koosman and Tug McGraw combined to limit the Athletics to 3 hits before 54,817 fans at Shea Stadium. Cleon Jones led off the bottom of the 2nd inning with a double off Oakland starting pitcher Vida Blue and the next batter, John Milner, singled him home. With 2 out in the 6th, Jerry Grote singled and scored on a triple by Don Hahn. Oakland outfielder Billy Conigliaro made his final appearance in a major league game, striking out as a pinch hitter for relief pitcher Rollie Fingers for the game's final out. Mr. Koosman gave up 3 hits in 6 1/3 innings to get the win, while Mr. McGraw pitched 2 2/3 hitless innings for the save.



30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Moonlight Shadow--Mike Oldfield (5th week at #1)

Music
This blogger, with enjoyable female company, was in the audience as Gene Pitney performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. I paid $14.25 per ticket.

25 years ago
1988

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 @ Oakland Athletics 2 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Mark McGwire hit a home run off Jay Howell with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the Athletics their win before 49,316 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Rick Honeycutt, the fourth Oakland pitcher of the game, pitched 2 innings and was credited with the win. Mr. Howell, who had just entered the game, took the loss. Bob Welch started on the mound for the Athletics and gave up 6 hits and a run in 5 innings. John Tudor started for the Dodgers but left with an injury after retiring the first 4 batters to face him. Tim Leary pitched the next 3 2/3 innings in relief of Mr. Tudor.



20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (9th week at #1)

Abominations
A jury in Los Angeles found Negro thug Damian Williams not guilty of attempted murder in the 1992 beating of white truck driver Reginald Denny, buit guilty of lesser charges. Mr. Denny was the victim of Negro rioting in the aftermath of the acquittal of four white Los Angeles police officers of the beating of Negro criminal Rodney King.

Football
CFL
Calgary (14-1) 51 @ Toronto (3-12) 7

Doug Flutie completed 16 of 25 passes for 292 yards and 4 touchdowns and rushed for another TD to lead the Stampeders to a rout of the Argonauts before 21,023 fans at SkyDome. Dave Sapunjis caught 2 touchdown passes from Mr. Flutie, while Will Moore caught a touchdown pass from Mr. Flutie and another from backup quarterback Steve Taylor. Brian Wiggins caught the other touchdown pass from Mr. Flutie, and Derrick Crawford also caught a TD pass from Mr. Taylor. The Calgary defense held the Argonauts without a touchdown.

10 years ago
2003

Football
CFL
British Columbia (11-6) 29 @ Hamilton (1-17) 23

The Tiger-Cats' loss to the Lions at Ivor Wynne Stadium gave them the dubious distinction of becoming the first--and so far, only--CFL team to lose 17 games in a regular season.



CIS
Alberta (4-3) 16 @ Saskatchewan (7-0) 18

Baseball
World Series
Florida Marlins 3 @ New York Yankees 2 (Florida led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Center fielder Juan Pierre singled and scored in the 1st inning and drove in 2 runs with a single in the 5th inning before 55,769 fans at Yankee Stadium. Brad Penny pitched 5.1 innings to get credit for the win. Dontrelle Willis followed with 2 1/3 innings before Ugueth Urbina pitched 1.1 innings for the save. New York placed runners on first and second bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, but Alfonso Soriano struck out and Nick Johnson flied out to Mr. Pierre to end the game.