August 22, 2009

450 years ago
1559

Religion
Bartolomé Carranza, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toledo, was arrested at Torrelaguna and charged with heresy.

410 years ago
1599

Died on this date
Luca Marenzio, 44-46. Italian composer. Mr. Marenzio was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, writing about 500.

370 years ago
1639

Indianica
Madras (now Chennai) was founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from the King of the Vijayanagara Empire, Peda Venkata Raya.

160 years ago
1849

War
In the first air raid in history. Austria launched pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.

100 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Mel Hein. American football player and coach. Mr. Hein was a center and middle linebacker with the Washington State College Cougars (1928-1930), leading the Cougars to an undefeated season in 1930 and earning All-American honours. He played with the New York Giants from 1931-1945, making First Team All-Pro for eight straight years (1933-1940). Mr. Hein helped the Giants win National Football League championships in 1934 and 1938, and was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1938. He was head coach at Union College (1943-1946), and an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Dons (1947-1948); New York Yankees (1949); Los Angeles Rams (1950); and University of Southern California Trojans (1951-1965). Mr. Hein served as supervisor of officials for the American Football League (1966-1969) and continued in the same position for the American Football Conference (1970-1974) after the AFL-NFL merger took effect. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, and was a charter member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1963. Mr. Hein died of stomach cancer on January 31, 1992 at the age of 82.

Julius J. Epstein. U.S. screenwriter. Mr. Epstein, his twin brother Philip, and Howard Koch won an Academy Award for their screenplay for Casablanca (1942). Julius Epstein also received Oscar nominations for his screenplay adaptations for Four Daughters (1938); House Calls (1978); and Reuben, Reuben (1983). Mr. Epstein died on December 30, 2000 at the age of 91.

Baseball
Deacon McGuire was named to replace Nap Lajoie as manager of the Cleveland Naps, who in sixth place in the American League with a record of 57-57.

75 years ago
1934

Baseball
Boston Red Sox’ pitcher Wes Ferrell hit a home run in the eighth inning to tie the game and another with 2 out in the 10th inning to defeat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 at Fenway Park in Boston. It was the second time this season that Mr. Ferrell had hit 2 home runs in a game.

60 years ago
1949

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, read by Laidman Browne, on BBC Light Programme
Tonight's episode: The Bruce-Partington Plans, Part 1

Literature
The novel The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett was published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf.

The novel The Egyptian by Mika Waltari was published in New York by Putnam.

Died on this date
Chief Zimmer, 88. U.S. baseball player and manager. Charles Louis Zimmer was a catcher with six major league teams from 1884-1903, batting .269 with 26 home runs and 625 runs batted in in 1,280 games. In his final season in the major leagues, he managed the Philadelphia Phillies, who finished seventh in the National League with a record of 49-86. Mr. Zimmer was regarded as the best defensive catcher of his day, and set numerous defensive records. He was also the first president of the Players' Protective Association, and in 1891 invented "Zimmer's Baseball Game," a mechanical parlor game.

War
Hong Kong sources reported a rapid Communist advance in China's Yunnan Province near the Burmese and Indochinese border.

Politics and government
The U.S. Department of the Interior released two Indian tribes--the Saginaw-Chippewas of Michigan and the Stockbridge-Munsees of Wisconsin--from government wardship. They were the first Indian tribes to be given full control over their own affairs.

Rhode Island Governor John Pastore (Democrat) appointed lawyer Edward Leahy to the U.S. Senate to complete the term of J. Howard McGrath, who had recently been appointed Attorney General in the administration of President Harry Truman.

Oil
Stanford University geologist A.I. Levorsen, speaking at the United Nations Scientific Conference on Conservation and Utilization of Resources, estimated existing oil reserves at 70 billion barrels, a 20-year supply at present rates of consumption. He urged an intensified search for undersea deposits off continental shorelines in both hemispheres.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Truman addressed a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Miami, urging congressional approval of the full $1.45-billion Military Assistance Program for Western Europe, Turkey, Greece, Iran, South Korea, and the Philippines.

Disasters
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake, Canada's largest since the 1700 Cascadia event, hit the west coast of British Columbia. It occurred on the Queen Charlotte Fault, Canada's equivalent of the San Andreas Fault, at the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates that runs underwater along the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Baseball
The New York Giants sold veteran first baseman Johnny Mize to the New York Yankees for $40,000. Mr. Mize, who had tied for the National League lead in home runs in 1947 and 1948, was batting .263 with 18 home runs and 82 runs batted in in 106 games with the Giants in 1949.

The Boston Braves scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning--the first coming on Eddie Stanky’s first home run of the season--to nip the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-6 before 14,264 fans at Braves Field. Pete Reiser hit a 2-run triple for the Braves in the 1st inning; Roy Campanella homered for the Dodgers. It was the Dodgers’ 6th loss in the last 7 games, dropping them 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League pennant race.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Battle of New Orleans--Johnny Horton (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Arrivederci--Don Marino Barreto Jr. (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Am Tag, als der Regen kam--Dalida (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Living Doll--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (4th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 There Goes My Baby--The Drifters (2nd week at #1)
2 A Big Hunk o' Love--Elvis Presley
3 My Heart is an Open Book--Carl Dobkins, Jr.
4 Lavender-Blue--Sammy Turner
5 The Three Bells--The Browns
6 What'd I Say (Part I)--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
7 Sea of Love--Phil Phillips with the Twilights
8 What a Diff'rence a Day Makes--Dinah Washington
9 Lonely Boy--Paul Anka
10 Thank You Pretty Baby--Brook Benton

Singles entering the chart were The Shape I'm In by Johnny Restivo (#84); The Mummy by Bob McFadden and Dor (#86); Adonis, with versions by Terri Stevens; and Terri Dean (#88); Slow Motion by Wade Flemons (#91); Poison Ivy by the Coasters (#93); Young as We Are by Sal Mineo (#94); Oh, What a Feeling by the Everly Brothers (#96); Hey Little Girl by Dee Clark (#97); Just as Much as Ever by Bob Beckham (#98); Betty My Angel by Jerry Fuller (#100); and Sweet Bird of Youth by Nat "King" Cole (also #100). Oh, What a Feeling was the other side of ('Til) I Kissed You, charting at #49. Sweet Bird of Youth was the other side of Midnight Flyer, charting at #48.

Music
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, opened a tour of the U.S.S.R. with a concert in Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall in Moscow.

War
Ngon Sananikone, special Laotian envoy to the United Nations, reached agreement with UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold on "diplomatic measures" to deal with the Laotian conflict.

Health
The U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee issued a report summarizing expert scientific opinion on dangers to human health and heredity from radioactive fallout from nuclear tests.

Football
ORFU
Sarnia (2-0) 33 @ Detroit (0-2) 13
London (1-1) 36 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (1-1) 21

Pete Bentley and Tom Dwinnell each scored 2 touchdowns to lead the Golden Bears past the Raiders. Joe Reaves scored the other Sarnia touchdown, and Ernie White kicked 3 converts.

Quarterback Gerry Thompkins scored 2 touchdowns to lead the Lords over the Dutchmen at Waterloo Stadium. London head coach Al Bruno added a touchdown, 3 converts, and a field goal, while Larry Aldrich and John Beattie scored the other London TDs. Mike Norcia led the K-W scoring with 2 touchdowns and 2 converts, with Terry Meyer scoring a touchdown and Doug Copeland adding a single.

Baseball
Frank Robinson hit 3 straight home runs and had 6 runs batted in for the Cincinnati Reds as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-4 before 6,915 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

Bennie Daniels allowed 6 hits in 8 1/3 innings and Don Gross retired the 2 batters he faced to get a save as the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 before 10,260 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bill Mazeroski hit a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning to score Smoky Burgess with the game's second run. Mr. Burgess had led off with a single and advanced to third base on a single by Don Hoak. Los Angeles manager Walter Alston protested that the ball hit by Mr. Hoak had hit Mr. Burgess, who should have been declared out. Los Angeles players Don Drysdale and Duke Snider were ejected by first base umpire Frank Dascoli for bench jockeying.

Carlton Willey pitched a 6-hitter and Del Crandall hit a 3-run home run for the Milwaukee Braves as they shut out the Chicago Cubs 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 36,211 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. With the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the 9th inning of the second game, Bill Henry relieved Don Elston, and Stan Lopata pinch hit for Lee Maye. Mr. Henry promptly threw a wild pitch, allowing Bobby Avila to score to give the Braves a 3-2 win to complete the sweep.

Barry Latman pitched a 5-hitter to improve his 1959 record to 6-5, outduelling Russ Kemmerer (7-13), who allowed just 3 hits in a complete game, as the Chicago White Sox edged the Washington Senators 1-0 before 9,739 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Sherm Lollar led off the bottom of the 2nd inning with a base on balls, stole second base, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a 2-out single by Bubba Phillips.

Jerry Lumpe singled home Bill Tuttle from third base with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Kansas City Athleitcs an 8-7 win over the New York Yankees before 17,567 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Heather Honey--Tommy Roe

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (3rd week at #1)
2 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
3 Put a Little Love in Your Heart--Jackie DeShannon
4 True Grit--Glen Campbell
5 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
6 Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot)--Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group
7 Commotion/Green River--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
9 Simple Song of Freedom--Tim Hardin
10 Marrakesh Express--Crosby, Stills & Nash

Singles entering the chart were Easy to Be Hard by Three Dog Night (#23); Jean by Oliver (#28); Little Woman by Bobby Sherman (#29); and Muddy Mississippi Line by Bobby Goldsboro (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)
2 Give Peace a Chance--Plastic Ono Band
3 A Boy Named Sue--Johnny Cash
4 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager and Evans
5 Get Together--The Youngbloods
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 That's the Way God Planned It--Billy Preston
8 Lay Lady Lay--Bob Dylan
9 Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot)--Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group
10 True Grit--Glen Campbell

That’s the Way God Planned It was produced by George Harrison.

Politics and government
South Vietnamese Prime Minister Tran Van Huong resigned under pressure from President Nguyen Van Thieu.

Protest
Unconfirmed reports said that two people were dead, as 5,000 demonstrators--shouting "Gestapo! Gestapo!"--clashed with riot squads in Brno, Czechoslovakia on the second day of rioting sparked by the first anniversary of the Soviet invasion of the country.

Diplomacy
A joint statement in San Francisco by U.S. President Richard Nixon and South Korean President Park Chung Hee reaffirmed their determination "to meet armed attack," in line with their mutual security pact. Although the White House said that Mr. Nixon had given no commitments beyond the annual $160 million in U.S. military aid, South Korean sources said they believed the visit would help Mr. Park in his bid for a third term as President.

Business
The W.R. Grace Company paper and chemical complex about 200 miles north of Lima had been taken over by the Peruvian government, according to a company spokesman. The government told the company in June that the complex, the largest in Peru, would not be expropriated. Attributing the takeover to a misunderstanding, a company spokesman said that the company expected the plant to be returned.

Boxing
Ruben Olivares (53-0-1) won the world bantamweight title with a technical knockout of defending champion Lionel Rose (34-3) at 2:24 of the 5th round at the Forum in Inglewood, California.





Football
CFL
Edmonton (1-3) 9 @ Saskatchewan (4-0) 24

Thermus Butler scored the only Eskimo touchdown late in the game at Taylor Field in Regina.

Baseball
In San Francisco‚ U.S. President Richard Nixon chatted with a crowd outside his hotel, and was asked who would be in the World Series. "Well‚ it has to be the Cubs‚ though the Cardinals are closing the gap‚" he predicted. "In the other league it has to be the Orioles."

Tony Horton's home run leading off the 9th inning against Jim Bouton--Mr. Horton's second homer of the game--proved to be the deciding run as the Cleveland Indians withstood a 4-run rally in the bottom of the 9th and defeated the Seattle Pilots 9-8 before 6,720 fans at Sick's Stadium in Seattle. The Pilots had runners on first and second bases with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, but Stan Williams relieved Dick Ellsworth and struck out pinch hitters Gus Gil and Jim Pagliaroni to end the game.

Curt Motton, pinch hitting for Jim Palmer, led off the top of the 10th inning with a home run to break a 3-3 tie as the Baltimore Orioles edged the Oakland Athletics 4-3 before 14,609 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Mr. Palmer (13-2) allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs in 9 innings.

Denny McLain pitched a 7-hitter to improve his 1969 record to 20-6 as the Detroit Tigers beat the California Angels 3-1 before 11,709 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Jim Spencer, the second batter in the game to face Mr. McLain, hit a home run, but the Tigers struck back with a 3-run homer by Willie Horton against Tom Murphy (8-12) in the 6th inning.

Al Oliver hit a home run in each game, with his 2-run homer off Clay Carroll with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning providing the victory, as the Pittsburgh Pirates swept a twi-night doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 and 5-3 before 28,184 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Willie McCovey drove in 5 runs with a pair of home runs to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Montreal Expos 7-5 in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before 28,561 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. The Giants scored 4 runs in each of the 2nd and 4th innings as they won the second game 10-2 to complete the sweep, with Mike McCormick (9-7) pitching a 6-hit complete game victory. The Giants were now 1 game behind the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers, who were tied for the National League West Division lead.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Don't Like Mondays--The Boomtown Rats (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
James T. Farrell, 75. U.S. author. Mr. Farrell was best known for the Studs Lonigan trilogy of novels (1932-1935).

Politics and government
U.S. President Jimmy Carter held a town meeting outdoors at Burlington, Iowa, and told the assembled people that American farmers would be allocated enough diesel fuel for harvesting. In response to a question as to whether giving sanctuary to 220,000 Vietnamese refugees would add to the nation’s unemployment and inflation, Mr. Carter replied, "We are a country of refugees. Whether your parents came here 300 years ago, one generation ago, or a few months ago, the United States has always been a nation with an open heart and open arms to receive those people seeking religious freedom and a better way of life." President Carter also came out strongly in favour of nuclear power, saying "I think it’s inevitable that there is a place for nuclear power in our future."

Indian President Sanjiva Reddy ordered that national elections be held in three months, and designated Charan Singh, who had announced his resignation as Prime Minister three days earlier, to head a caretaker government.

Labour
The United Automobile Workers said that nearly one million workers across the U.S.A. had stopped work that day for as long as six minutes in a protest against the government’s handling of energy problems. The protest was carried out mostly by UAW members, and each member signed four prepared postcards for elected officials that said, "I’m tired of being ripped off by the oil companies, OPEC and the lack of an energy program. When Congress returns, I want them to enact an effective energy program."

Diplomacy
United States Middle East envoy Robert Strauss received President Jimmy Carter’s backing for the abandonment of the U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution on Palestinian rights--which had received a mixed response in Egypt and a negative response in Israel--and confirmation that he was in charge of the Middle East peace negotiations.

Protest
More than 200 American Negro leaders met in New York to express their anger over the resignation on August 15 of Andrew Young as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

World events
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini offered Kurdish rebels a day’s oil revenues, equivalent to $75 million, to end their uprising.

Football
CFL
Calgary (5-1) 6 @ Saskatchewan (0-6) 5

This is, so far, the most recent CFL regular season game in which the winning team scored fewer than 10 points.

Baseball
Johnny Bench set a Cincinnati Reds' team record with his 325th career home run in a Cincinnati uniform as the Reds beat the Montreal Expos 7-2 before 28,382 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Frank Robinson held the previous team record. Mike LaCoss pitched an 8-hit complete game victory to improve his 1979 record to 14-5.

Kevin Kobel relieved Pete Falcone and retired Jose Cruz on a ground out for the final out as the New York Mets shut out the Houston Astros 5-0 in a game at Shea Stadium in New York that had been suspended the night before, and then resumed after a Houston protest (click the link above for the details). In the scheduled game, J.R. Richard (13-12) pitched a 7-hitter and struck out 10 batters to lead the Astros to a 3-1 win. Mr. Kobel (5-7) remained on the mound for New York, allowing 4 hits and 1 run--earned--in 7 innings.

25 years ago
1984

Politics and government
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush were re-nominated in nearly unanimous votes at the Republican National Convention in Dallas.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department announced that the consumer price index had advanced only 0.3% in July.

20 years ago
1989

Died on this date
Robert Grondelaers, 56. Belgian cyclist. Mr. Grondelaers won the silver medal in the individual men's road race competition and shared a gold medal in the men's team road race at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki. He competed professionally from 1954-1962.

Huey P. Newton, 47. U.S. criminal and activist. A co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s, Mr. Newton was a street thug from Oakland who eventually earned a Ph.D. after getting out of prison. He was shot to death in Oakland by an alleged drug dealer named Tyrone Robinson.

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush said that Colombian President Virgilio Barca had told him that additional financial aid for Colombia in fighting drug lords was necessary, but that sending in U.S. troops would not be necessary.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (3-4) 10 @ Calgary (4-3) 31

Baseball
The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers 2-0 before 42,869 fans at Arlington Stadium, with Bob Welch (14-7) winning over Nolan Ryan (13-7). However, Mr. Ryan fanned Rickey Henderson in the 5th inning for his 5,000th career major league strikeout. Mr. Ryan struck out 13, while Mr. Welch struck out 9 in 8 innings.

In his only inning of work, Atlanta Braves’ pitcher Paul Assenmacher struck out 4 batters in the 5th inning of a 10-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

10 years ago
1999

Abominations
Tony Martin, 54, a farmer, was arrested after fatally shooting Fred Barras, 16, and wounding Brendan Fearon, 29, who were breaking into Mr. Martin's house in the village of Emneth, Norfolk, England.

Swimming
Ian Thorpe of Australia knocked more than two seconds off the 400-metre world freestyle record with a clocking of 3 minutes 41.83 seconds at the Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney.

Baseball
Mark McGwire’s 49th and 50th home runs of the season helped the St. Louis Cardinals edge the New York Mets 8-7 at Shea Stadium in New York in the first game of a doubleheader before 50,139 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Home run number 49 broke a light bulb in the scoreboard, 502 feet away. The Cardinals scored 4 runs in the 8th inning and withstood a 3-run 9th-inning rally as they won the second game 7-5.

Gerald Williams led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a base on balls and scored from second base on a 1-out single by Brian Jordan to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres before 33,847 fans at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Sean Casey's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning scored Mike Cameron to give the Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 win over the Montreal Expos before 22,465 fans at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati.

Richie Sexson hit a 2-run home run and Jesse Levis drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk as the Cleveland Indians scored 3 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 tie and defeat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 before 44,941 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle.

Miguel Tejada led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a base on balls and scored from second base on a 2-out single by Randy Velarde to give the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 23,907 fans at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland.