October 24, 2009

1,940 years ago
69

War
In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeated those of Emperor Vitellius.

220 years ago
1789

War
The Brabant Revolution, sometimes considered as the first expression of Belgian nationalism, began with the invasion of the Austrian Netherlands by an émigré army from the Dutch Republic.

210 years ago
1799

Died on this date
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, 59. Austrian composer. Born August Carl Ditters, Mr. Ditters von Dittersdorf was a violinist who wrote at least 120 symphonies and numerous concertos for violin or oboe. He died nine days before his 60th birthday.

130 years ago
1879

Born on this date
B. A. Rolfe. U.S. musician and film producer. Benjamin Albert Rolfe was known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder," playing cornet and piccolo in his father's band before teaching brass instruments at the Utica Conservtory of Music. He founded his own film studio in 1914, and produced and directed movies through 1920; his most notable production was the 15-part serial The Master Mystery (1919), starring Harry Houdini. Mr. Rolfe then returned to music, forming his own dance band in New York City in the mid-1920s, making recordings and appearing on radio programs through the late '30s. He died on April 23, 1956 at the age of 76.

125 years ago
1884

Baseball
World Series
Providence Grays 3 @ New York Metropolitans 1 (Providence led three-game series 2-0)

Old Hoss Radbourne outduelled Tim Keefe for the second straight day, giving up just 3 hits as the Grays defeated the Metropolitans before 1,000 fans at the Polo Grounds, clinching their post-season championship series.

120 years ago
1889

Politics and government
Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, gave a speech at the Tenterfield School of Arts in Tenterfield, N.S.W., where he called for the federation of the six Australian colonies.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 11 @ Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 (Brooklyn led best-of-eleven series 3-2)

The Giants pounded Bob Caruthers for 11 hits and 24 bases as they defeated the Bridegrooms before 2,901 fans at Washington Park. Danny Brown, Willard Richardson, and winning pitcher Cannonball Crane hit home runs for the Giants.

100 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Bill Carr. U.S. runner. Mr. Carr won gold medals in the men's 400-metre and 4 X 100-metre relay events in the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, setting world records in both events. He died on January 14, 1966 at the age of 56.

80 years ago
1929

On the radio
Rudy Vallee went on the air on NBC in American network radio's first variety hour series.

Economics and finance
On "Black Thursday," 12.895 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange. A morning of panicky selling was finally quelled after a noon hour conference of banking leaders, and there was a substantial rally in the afternoon.

70 years ago
1939

Popular culture
In Wilmington, Delaware, nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time.

60 years ago
1949

Diplomacy
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie dedicated the organization's permanent headquarters in New York City in a cornerstone-laying ceremony addressed by U.S. President Harry Truman, who stressed the need for international atomic control.

Energy
Republican members of the U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee issued a minority report charging the Atomic Energy Commission with a "leisurely" approach to military uses of atomic energy and a "loosely administered" security system.

Economics and finance
U.K. Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced an austerity program aimed at reducing government spending by $784,000 per year and curbing dollar imports by 25%.

Labour
A strike of 5,200 Missouri Pacific Railroad workers ended with the settlement of most work rule disagreements.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Winnipeg (2-11) 11 @ Calgary (11-1) 22
Saskatchewan (8-5) 29 @ Edmonton (4-8) 11

Chuck Fenenboch and Dimitri Goloubef scored touchdowns for the Eskimos in a losing cause against before 5,000 fans at Clarke Stadium. Pat West added a convert.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Three Bells--The Browns (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Forever--Joe Damiano (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Souvenirs--Bill Ramsey (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Travellin' Light--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin (5th week at #1)
2 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
3 Mr. Blue--The Fleetwoods
4 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
5 Don't You Know--Della Reese
6 Deck of Cards--Wink Martindale
7 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
8 Primrose Lane--Jerry Wallace with the Jewels
9 Poison Ivy--The Coasters
10 Just Ask Your Heart--Frankie Avalon

Singles entering the chart were We Got Love (#59)/I Dig Girls (#68) by Bobby Rydell; The Best of Everything by Johnny Mathis (#71); It Might Have Been by Joe London (#85); (If You Cry) True Love, True Love by the Drifters (#86); The Clouds by the Spacemen (#92); Tennessee Waltz by Jerry Fuller (#93, charting with the version by Bobby Comstock); There I've Said it Again by Sam Cooke (#97); There's a Girl by Jan & Dean (#98); Happy Anniversary, with versions by Jane Morgan; and the Four Lads (#100); Little Blonde Girl by Don French (also #100); and Always by Sammy Turner (also #100).

Diplomacy
Czechoslovakian authorities freed U.S. Army Private John R. Kennedy and returned him to West Germany after he completed a 14-month prison sentence for illegally crossing the French border.

Pakistani officials charged that more than 10,000 Muslims had fled from Burma to East Pakistan during 1959 in order to escape pressure from Burmese officials and Buddhist tribes.

World events
Cuban authorities arrested 78 political suspects in a roundup of elements opposed to Prime Minister Fidel Castro.

Politics and government
24 of 34 French Senators from Algeria and the Sahara accepted President Charles de Gaulle's plan for Algerian self-determination in a statement urging a cease-fire as a precondition to the program.

Disasters
15-year-old Sherry Bilton of Lethbridge was one of six people killed when a truck slammed into a Canadian Pacific Dayliner train near Parkland, Alberta, about 65 miles south of Calgary. The train was going from Lethbridge to Calgary. The driver of the truck was one of those killed.

Football
CFL
IRFU
Toronto (4-9) 4 @ Ottawa (7-6) 18
Montreal (5-8) 0 @ Hamilton (10-3) 16

WIFU
Edmonton (10-6) 20 @ Saskatchewan (1-14) 19
Calgary (8-8) 8 @ British Columbia (9-7) 10

ORFU
Sarnia @ London: postponed to October 26

Dave Thelen and Russ Jackson scored touchdowns for Ottawa in front of a Lansdowne Park crowd of 14,698. It was the Rough Riders’ seventh win in their last eight games.

Bernie Faloney threw touchdown passes to Duane Wood and Gerry McDougall as the Tiger-Cats shut out the injury-riddled Alouettes on a muddy field before 15,500 at Civic Stadium.

Jackie Parker kicked a 20-yard field goal on the last play of the game to give the Eskimos the victory over the Roughriders in front of a crowd of 8,000 at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Parker scored a touchdown, 2 converts, and 2 field goals. Joe-Bob Smith scored the other Edmonton touchdown on a pass from Don Getty. Mr. Smith also contributed heavily to the Saskatchewan cause, as both Roughrider touchdowns--by Frank Fraser and Bob Golic--were scored on recoveries of fumbles by Mr. Smith. Saskatchewan coach Frank Tripucka was activated to play quarterback for the Roughriders despite being officially ineligible. Under the rules in place at the time, a CFL team had to declare its final list of American players by a certain point in the season. If one of the declared imports became injured, he couldn’t then be replaced by an American player not on the list. The Roughriders had lost starting quarterback Don Allard with a season-ending shoulder separation a week before the game vs. Edmonton, and since the season was a lost cause already, the Roughriders decided to activate Mr. Tripucka in order to demonstrate their displeasure with the rule prohibiting late-season changes to the American part of the roster. Had the Roughriders won this game, the Eskimos would have been declared the winners by forfeit, although they gave the Roughriders permission to use Mr. Tripucka.

31,954 fans showed up at Empire Stadium in Vancouver to see if the Lions could defeat the Stampeders in the final game of the season for both teams and claim the WIFU’s final playoff spot. Calgary led 8-3 in the 4th quarter when B.C. linebacker Chuck Gavin intercepted a pass by Joe Kapp at the Stampeder 35-yard line. Randy Duncan then threw a touchdown pass to Bill Jessup at 3:52 of the quarter to provide the winning margin as the Lions claimed the first playoff berth in their 6-year history. Calgary’s touchdown came on a 10-yard pass from Mr. Kapp to Don Stone. Doug Brown converted and added a single on a missed field goal. B.C.’s other points came on a field goal and convert by Vic Kristopaitis.



Canadian university
Saskatchewan (0-4) 0 @ Alberta (3-2) 24

Ted Frechette scored 2 touchdowns and George Stothart and Ernie Takacs scored 1 each as the Golden Bears shut out the Huskies at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Maury Van Vliet, Jr. had 3 convert attempts blocked, and was wide on the other.

Basketball
NBA
Philadelphia 118 @ New York 109

Wilt Chamberlain scored 43 points in his first NBA game to lead the Warriors over the Knickerbockers at Madison Square Garden.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 7 @ Nankai Hawks 10 (Nankai led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Hawks scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning to open the scoring and withstood a 4-run 9th-inning rally to defeat the Giants before 30,038 fans at Osaka Stadium. Isami Okamoto hit 2 home runs for the Hawks.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Saint Paul--Shane (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Bobbie Gentry

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Something/Come Together--The Beatles
2 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
3 Make Believe--Wind
4 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
5 Tracy--The Cuff Links
6 Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman
7 Echo Park--Keith Barbour
8 Jesus is a Soul Man--Lawrence Reynolds
9 Smile a Little Smile for Me--The Flying Machine
10 Take a Letter Maria--R.B. Greaves

Singles entering the chart were You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by Dionne Warwick (#26); And When I Die by Blood, Sweat & Tears (#27); Undun by the Guess Who (#29); and Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)
2 Reuben James--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
3 Something/Come Together--The Beatles
4 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
5 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family
6 Tracy--The Cuff Links
7 Don’t it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
8 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling--Dionne Warwick
9 Jean--Oliver
10 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, on BBC 4
Tonight's episode: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 5, read by Nigel Stock

War
The United States Command in Saigon reported that American aircraft losses in Vietnam had reached 6,000, representing an estimated cost of $6 billion.

Terrorism
Al Fatah Palestinian guerrillas and leftist groups stepped up pressure on the Lebanese government after clashes between the Lebanon-based guerrillas and government forces in southern Lebanon. Violence in Tripoli, Beirut, and elsewhere killed at least six and wounded dozens of others.

Economics and finance
The Social Democratic government of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, in its first major act, revalued the West German deutschmark upward to 27.3224 cents, 9.2896% above its previous parity of 25c. The increase, which was greater than expected, followed more than a year of speculation in exchange markets and was expected to reduce West Germany’s huge trade surplus.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Video Killed the Radio Star--The Buggles

Hockey
NHL
Edmonton 2 @ New York Rangers 10

25 years ago
1984

World events
The U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan announced that it was sending $45 million in wheat and other foodstuffs to private relief organizations for distribution in Ethiopia.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index had risen 0.4% in September.

Crime
Four members of a five-member panel investigating the 1983 assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino presented a report to President Ferdinand Marcos that found a wider conspiracy than that mentioned in the previous day’s report by the panel’s head, Corazon Agrava. The four panelists mentioned General Fabian Ver, the chief of staff of the armed forces and a close associate off Mr. Marcos as one of the conspirators. Gen. Ver was granted a temporary leave of absence from his duties; President Marcos had said that he would prosecute whomever the panel named.

20 years ago
1989

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight’s episode: Wayne on Wheels

Scandal
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who had been convicted of fraud and conspiracy, was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000, with eligibility for parole in 10 years. The sentence was later reduced considerably.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Kintetsu Buffaloes 3 @ Yomiuri Giants 0 (Kintetsu led best-of-seven series 3-0)

The Buffaloes scored a run in the 1st inning and 2 in the 2nd, and Tetsuro Katoh and Masato Yoshii combined to pitch a 3-hitter for the Buffaloes as they shut out the Giants before 45,711 fans at the Tokyo Dome.

10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Berthe Qvistgaard, 89. Danish actress. Miss Qvistgaard was a stage, film, and television actress who appeared in more than 30 movies from 1935-1987. She died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for 10 years.

Politics and government
A decade of Peronist rule in Argentina ended when Fernando de la Rua, the Mayor of Buenos Aires and Radical Civic Union candidate, won the presidential election, defeating Eduardo Duhalde, Governor of Buenos Aires province and candidate of the Judicialist Party of General Juan Domingo Peron, which had been led in recent years by outgoing President Carlos Menem. Mr. de la Rúa captured 48.37% of the popular vote, with Mr. Duhalde taking 38.28% and Action for the Republic candidate Domingo Cavallo receiving 10.22%. In the Chamber of Deputies, the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education gained 15 seats from the most recent election in 1995 and led with 126 of 257 seats, followed by the Judicialist Party, with 99, a loss of 19.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (10-6) 42 @ Saskatchewan (3-13) 12
British Columbia (11-5) 1 @ Calgary (11-5) 14

Paul Osbaldiston kicked 4 converts, 3 field goals, and 3 singles for the Tiger-Cats. Ronald Williams rushed 16 times for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns. Danny McManus also rushed for a Hamilton touchdown, while Joe Montford scored the last Hamilton major on a 42-yard fumble return. Saskatchewan’s only touchdown was scored by Reggie Jones on a 27-yard pass from Steve Sarkisian with 1:03 remaining in the game. 18,166 fans at Taylor Field in Regina watched the Roughriders fall to their seventh straight loss.

Duane Forde’s 1-yard touchdown run at 4:19 of the first quarter proved to be enough as the Stampeders limited the Lions to 176 yards in net offense in front of a McMahon Stadium crowd of 31,258. Rock Preston rushed 15 times for 80 yards to lead the Calgary attack.

CIAU
McGill (2-5) 15 @ Laval (5-2) 48

NCAA
Ricky Williams of the University of Texas Longhorns became the leading scorer in Division I-A history when his two touchdowns in the last 2 minutes and 3 seconds of a 30-20 victory over Baylor gave him 428 career points. He broke the record of 416 points set by Roman Anderson of Houston in 1989.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 7 @ Atlanta Braves 2 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The New York Yankees scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 2 in the 3rd on their way to an easy win over the Braves before 51,226 fans at Turner Field. The Braves scored both their runs in the 9th inning.



Nippon Series
Chunichi Dragons 8 @ Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

The Dragons made only 6 hits, but took advantage of 10 bases on balls to defeat the Hawks before 36,305 fans at the Fukuoka Dome. Koji Akiyama hit his second home run in as many games for Fukuoka.