July 1, 2010

490 years ago
1520

War
Spanish conquistadors in Mexico led by Hernán Cortés fought their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall.

240 years ago
1770

Space
Lexell's Comet was seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 AU (1,360,000 miles; 2,180,000 kilometres).

150 years ago
1860

Died on this date
Charles Goodyear, 59. U.S. chemist and engineer. Mr. Goodyear was best known for developing vulcanized rubber, for which he received a U.S. patent in 1844. He lost a court battle in England in 1855 over a British patent for vulcanized rubber. He travelled to New York to see his dying daughter, and collapsed and died himself after finding out that she was already dead. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and named after Mr. Goodyear.

140 years ago
1870

Politics and government
The United States Department of Justice formally came into existence.

125 years ago
1885

Baseball
The Chicago White Stockings beat the Boston Beaneaters 24-10.

120 years ago
1890

Communications
A telegraph cable linked Canada and Hamilton, Bermuda.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Glenn Hardin. U.S. hurdler. Mr. Hardin dominated hurdling in the 1930s, winning a silver medal in the men's 400-metre event at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal in the same event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He died on March 6, 1975 at the age of 64.

Baseball
The St. Louis Browns scored both their runs in the 3rd inning as they defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-0 before 24,900 fans in the opening game at White Sox Park, later renamed Comiskey Park. It was the biggest stadium in baseball at the time, and cost $750,000 to build. St. Louis leadoff hitter George Stone batted 3 for 4 with a double, triple, run, and run batted in. Barney Pelty (2-4) pitched a 5-hitter, outduelling Ed Walsh (9-10), who allowed 7 hits.

Jack Coombs (8-4) and Chief Bender (13-2) were the respective winning pitchers over Russ Ford (9-3) and Jack Quinn (9-4) as the Philadelphia Athletics swept a doubleheader from the New York Highlanders 2-0 and 4-3 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Frank Baker hit a solo home run--his first homer of the season--in the 6th inning to break a 3-3 tie in the second game.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning en route to a 6-2 win over the Boston Doves in the first game of a doubleheader at South End Grounds in Boston. The Phillies rallied for 5 runs in the top of the 9th to overcome a 5-1 deficit and win the second game 6-5 to complete the sweep.

90 years ago
1920

Politics and government
Sir Robert Borden, who had been Prime Minister of Canada since October 1911, announced that he would be resigning as head of the Unionist government, on the advice of his doctors.

Labour
Female teachers in New Brunswick were given equal pay with men. The Schools Act of 1903 had distinguished between male and female teachers regarding salary levels.

Golf
George Duncan shot 72 in the final round to win the British Open at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Deal, England with a total score of 303, 2 strokes ahead of Sandy Herd. First prize money was £75.

Baseball
Walter Johnson (8-8) pitched a no-hitter and recorded 10 strikeouts for the Washington Nationals as they edged the Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Fenway Park in Boston. Losing pitcher Harry Harper (2-4) allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in a complete game.

The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 9-5 before 2,000 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia to move 2 percentage points ahead of the Cleveland Indians for first place in the American League. Winning pitcher Ernie Shore (2-1) gave up 12 hits, while batting 1 for 3 with a base on balls, sacrifice, and 2 runs.

Shano Collins led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a single and eventually scored from third base on a 1-out single by pinch hitter Eddie Murphy to give the Chicago White Sox a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Browns in the first game of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Eddie Cicotte (8-5) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory. The Browns scored 4 runs--3 unearned--in the 1st inning against Dickie Kerr (4-4) as they won the second game 4-1, with Bill Bayne (1-0) pitching a 6-hit complete game victory for St. Louis.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 4 runs off Bill Sherdel (4-2) in the 10th inning to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 before 20,000 fans in the Cardinals’ first home game at Sportsman’s Park. Hal Carlson (6-6) allowed 14 hits and 2 earned runs in 9 innings and was the winning pitcher, with Babe Adams pitching a perfect 10th inning to get his first save of the season. Ferdie Schupp allowed 10 hits and 2 earned runs in 9 innings for St. Louis before being removed for pinch hitter Austin McHenry.

Charlie Hollocher tripled with 1 out in the 1st inning and Zeb Terry followed with a single to score Mr. Hollocher with the game's only run as the Chicago Cubs edged the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 at Redland Field. Grover Cleveland Alexander (14-6) pitched a 7-hit shutout to win the pitchers' duel over Dolf Luque (4-3).

75 years ago
1935

Baseball
Billy Herman hit 2 triples, 2 doubles, and a single to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati in the first night game in Cubs’ history.

Ed Cole of Galveston threw the first perfect game in Texas League history, beating Tulsa 1-0.

70 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Ben Turpin, 70. U.S. comedian and actor. Mr. Turpin had a successful career in vaudeville, burlesque, and silent movies, and became famous for his crossed eyes and moustache, and his ability to perform pratfalls. He made enough money investing in real estate to be able to retire in 1929 after sound came into movies. Mr. Turpin died of a heart attack.

War
German forces occupied the Channel Islands. Japanese forces captured the walled Chinese city of Lungchow, close to the Indochina border.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin met in Moscow with U.K. Ambassador Sir Stafford Cripps, who tried to convince him that Soviet and British interests coincided. Germany advised the United States to discontinue all diplomatic missions in Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands by July 15, 1940.

Defense
The Governor General of Hong Kong, the French army commander in Indochina, and the high command of the French fleet agreed on a common defense against Japanese aggression.

U.S. Army strength reached a total of 257,730 officers and men. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill providing for construction of 45 U.S. Navy vessels costing $550 million.

Politics and government
Donald Nelson, acting director of the procurement division of the United States Treasury Department, resigned and was replaced by Owen D. Young.

The U.S. Civil Aviation Administration and Weather Bureau became units of the Commerce Department.

60 years ago
1950

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Music! Music! Music!--Donald Peers; Freddy Martin and his Orchestra; Teresa Brewer (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): "The Third Man" Theme--Anton Karas (Best Seller--10th week at #1); I Wanna Be Loved--The Andrews Sisters (Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1); "The Third Man" Theme--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (Jukebox--9th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 "The Third Man" Theme--Anton Karas (11th week at #1)
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
2 Bewitched--Bill Snyder and his Orchestra
--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Doris Day
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--Jan August & Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats
3 My Foolish Heart--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Billy Eckstine
--Mindy Carson
4 Hoop-Dee-Doo--Perry Como
--Kay Starr
--Doris Day
5 Sentimental Me--The Ames Brothers
--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
6 I Wanna Be Loved--The Andrews Sisters
--Billy Eckstine
7 The Old Piano Roll Blues--Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley
--Lawrence "Piano Roll" Cook
8 Roses--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
9 It Isn’t Fair--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
10 Mona Lisa--Nat "King" Cole
--Victor Young and his Orchestra (Don Cherry, vocal)
--Art Lund

Singles entering the chart were the version of Mona Lisa by Art Lund; I Didn't Slip - I Wasn't Pushed - I Fell by Doris Day (#32); If You were Only Mine by Perry Como (#37); and Sam's Song by Joe “Fingers” Carr and the Carr-Hops (#40).

Mona Lisa was from the movie Captain Carey, USA, and ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Song.

Died on this date
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, 84. Swiss composer and teacher. Mr. Jaques-Dalcroze composed orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works, but was best known for Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an approach to teaching music that emphasizes physical movement. He died five days before his 85th birthday.

Politics and government
The French National Assembly elected Radical Socialist leader Henri Queuille as Prime Minister by a vote of 363-208.

Republican Party leaders from 10 American states, meeting in Philadelphia, established a new "progressive" Republican Party organization, "Republican Advance." Its statement of principles accused the national party leaders of "purely negative opposition" to the Democrats.

Baseball
Walt Dropo’s 7 runs batted in--4 coming on a grand slam in the 1st inning--helped the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 13-4 before 31,081 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Mel Parnell (6-7) pitched a 12-hit complete game victory. Tommy Byrne (8-3) started on the mound for the Yankees and took the loss; Whitey Ford made his major league debut in relief for the Yankees and gave up 7 hits, 6 bases on balls, and 5 runs--all earned--in 4.2 innings.

Al Rosen drove in 5 runs with a pair of home runs to lead the Cleveland Indians over the Detroit Tigers 7-4 before 28,056 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

Bob Miller (7-0), with relief help from Jim Konstanty, allowed 10 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 6.2 innings to get the win as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-4 before 18,761 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia to move 2 percentage points ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals for first place in the National League, 1½ games ahead of the Dodgers. Mr. Konstanty pitched 2.1 scoreless innings to get his 9th save of the season.

Bob Usher drew a base on balls with 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Dixie Howell followed with a home run to give the Cincinnati Reds a 5-3 win over the Chicago Cubs before 10,370 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Ewell Blackwell (6-7) recorded 14 strikeouts in 10 innings and gave up just 2 hits to get the win; one of the hits off Mr. Blackwell was a 3-run game-tying home run by Andy Pafko in the 9th inning. Paul Minner (1-5) allowed 8 hits and 5 earned runs in a complete game loss.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: A World of His Own, starring Keenan Wynn and Phyllis Kirk

This was the final episode of The Twilight Zone's first season, and featured Rod Serling's first on-camera appearance in the series.

Africana
The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) and the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) united as the Somali Republic.

Abominations
Ghana became a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be its head of state.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds released outfielder-first baseman Whitey Lockman, ending his career. He was batting .200 (2 for 10) with 1 home run and 1 run batted in in 21 games with Cincinnati in 1960, and left the major leagues batting .279 with 114 homers and 563 RBIs in 1,666 games in 15 seasons.

The Boston Red Sox released outfielder Bobby Thomson; he was batting .263 with 5 home runs and 20 runs batted in in 40 games with Boston in 1960.

Charlie Neal hit a solo home run with 1 out in the top of the 10th inning to break a 2-2 tie, but Roberto Clemente and Dick Stuart hit consecutive run-scoring singles with 2 out in the bottom of the inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 27,312 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

The St. Louis Cardinals blew a 7-0 lead but came back to edge the Milwaukee Braves 8-7 in 10 innings in the first game of a doubleheader before 28,272 fans at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, and blew a 5-0 lead before winning the second game 7-5. Ernie Broglio was the winning pitcher in relief in both games, improving his 1960 record to 8-4. Julian Javier doubled to lead off the bottom of the 10th of the first game, and scored the winning run from third base on a single by John Glenn. Don Nottebart started on the mound for Milwaukee and allowed 9 hits and 7 runs--6 earned--in 6 innings, walking 8 batters and striking out 5, batting 0 for 2 in his major league debut. In the second game, the Braves scored all their runs in the top of the 8th, but Joe Cunningham doubled home pinch runners Bob Gibson and Larry Jackson with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th to break a 5-5 tie.

Milt Pappas (7-5) pitched a 5-hitter and provided the necessary scoring with his first home run of the season--a 2-run blast in the 5th inning--to lead the Baltimore Orioles over the Chicago White Sox 4-0 before 16,204 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Losing pitcher Billy Pierce (6-4) allowed 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 7 innings.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Herb Hall, 77. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Hall, nicknamed "Iron Duke," was 0-0 with an earned run average of 15.00 in 3 games in relief with the Detroit Tigers in 1918. He was 230-191 with a 4.24 ERA in 567 games in 14 seasons in the minor leagues (1913-1928), and had 7 seasons of 20 or more wins. Mr. Hall played with the Denver Bears of the Class A Western League from 1922-1928 and was 120-103, winning 23 or more games in each season from 1924-1926. He died 27 days after his 77th birthday.

Music
The Festival Express, a rock festival featuring performers such as Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, The Band, and the Great Speckled Bird, made a one-day stop at Winnipeg Stadium before moving on to Calgary. The festival was the subject of the documentary film Festival Express (2004).

Space
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials unveiled details of the Skylab orbiting space station project that was expected to allow manned space flights of months and even years. It was expected to be ready by late 1972. In fact, Skylab was launched into earth orbit in May 1973, with three manned missions of increasing duration taking place through early 1974. Skylab crashed back to earth on July 11, 1979.

Abominations
The U.S.A.’s most liberal abortion law went into effect in New York State. The law contained no residency requirement, stipulating only that the abortion be performed during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. That day, 500 women added their names to the 700 already scheduled for the operation in New York City hospitals, and health officials estimated that the number performed weekly in the city could reach 1,000-2,000. At least 147 women had abortions on July 1. The Governor who signed this bill was the notorious liberal Republican and womanizer Nelson Rockefeller.

Terrorism
A group calling itself Revolutionary Force 7 claimed credit for an explosion at the Inter-American Defense Board building in Washington, D.C. The group was protesting the current meeting in Washington of the Organization of American States, the parent agency of the Defense Board.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Richard Nixon, in a television interview, warned that the Arab-Israeli conflict was more dangerous than the Vietnam War because it could lead to "a collision" of the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A.--a confrontation that neither wanted. Mr. Nixon likened the Middle East situation to the Balkans "before World War I." Alarmed over reported air clashes between Israeli and Soviet pilots over the Suez Canal, Mr. Nixon reminded the U.S.S.R., in effect, that "it is in the U.S. interests to maintain the balance of power, and we will maintain that balance of power." He added that it was necessary to guarantee Israel’s continued existence since the Arabs still hoped "to drive Israel into the sea."

Soviet and American scientists reached an informal agreement under which American physicists were granted access to the world’s most powerful atom smasher, in the U.S.S.R., in return for a promise that Soviet physicists would be able to use the even larger American atom smasher now under construction.

War
The second U.S. draft lottery within seven months took place in the Commerce Department auditorium in Washington, with Selective Service Director Curtis Carr presiding. The draft decided the order in which 2,000,000 American males reaching the age of 19 in 1970 would be called into service. The first birthdate picked was July 9, 1951, meaning that those born on that date would be the first ones drafted. Oddly, the 365th birthdate picked was July 7, 1951.

U.S. President Richard Nixon announced the appointment of David Bruce as new chief American negotiator at the Paris peace talks on the Vietnam War.

Politics and government
Sultan Abdul Halim Muazzam, a nephew of Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, was elected paramount ruler of Malaysia, to succeed Ismail Nasiruddin.

Colonel Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio was inaugurated as President of Guatemala.

The U.S. Office of Management, under the direction of former Labor Secretary George Shultz, officially replaced the Bureau of the Budget, with full responsibility for preparing the annual federal budget.

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals traded relief pitcher Ted Abernathy to the Kansas City Royals for pitcher Chris Zachary. Mr. Abernathy, acquired by the Cardinals on May 29 from the Chicago Cubs, was 1-0 with an earned run average of 2.95 and 1 save in 11 games with St. Louis. Mr. Zachary had pitched in 14 games with the Omaha Royals of the AAA American Association in 1970, and he was transferred to the Tulsa Oilers of the AA.

53,863 fans and 71 writers at Tiger Stadium witnessed Denny McLain’s first game of 1970, returning from being suspended for the first half of the season. The Detroit ace was knocked out of the box in the 6th inning and left trailing 5-3, but the Tigers rallied to beat the New York Yankees 6-5, as Mickey Stanley singled home Don Wert with 2 out in the bottom of the 11th for the winning run. Mr. McLain allowed 8 hits and 5 earned runs in 5.1 innings, striking out 2 batters and walking none.

Rick Renick led off the bottom of the 2nd inning with a home run and scored Jim Kaat with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to give the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals before 15,674 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. A pair of Kansas City errors led to the winning run.

With the California Angels trailing the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 with 2 out in the bottom of the 6th inning before 7,792 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Greg Garrett came in to pitch. He promptly picked Tommy Harper off first base to end the inning and then watched as the Angels scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th and hold on for a 5-3 win. Jack Fisher pitched the last 3 innings to earn his fourth save of the season. Mr. Garrett (3-2) picked up the win for the Angels without throwing a pitch. Skip Lockwood (0-5) allowed 11 hits and 4 earned runs in 8 innings to take the loss.

Bob Bailey hit a home run in each game for the Montreal Expos as they swept a Dominion Day doubleheader over the Philadelphia Phillies 11-1 and 4-1 before 25,623 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Rich Nye (2-0) pitched a 4-hit complete game winner in the opener, batting 2 for 3 with a base on balls and a run. Dan McGinn (5-6) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 8.2 innings to win the second game.

Tommy Helms’ only home run of the season, off the left field pole just above the wall in the 6th inning, helped the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Atlanta Braves 9-2 before 12,693 fans for their first win at Riverfront Stadium. Mr. Helms’ homer was the first by a Red at the new stadium. Wayne Simpson (12-1) pitched a 6-hit complete game victory, batting 2 for 3 with a sacrifice.

The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 3-3 tie as they defeated the Houston Astros 6-3 before 17,773 fans at Dodger Stadium.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Der Nippel--Mike Krüger (3rd week at #1)
2 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
3 Take that Look Off Your Face--Marti Webb
4 Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again--Goombay Dance Band
5 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
6 I See a Boat on the River--Boney M.
7 What's Another Year--Johnny Logan
8 Call Me--Blondie
9 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
10 Hungaria--Fritz

Singles entering the chart were Funkytown; Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again; and Go Johnnie Go (Keep On Walking, John B.) by Eruption (#14).

Canadiana
O Canada officially became the national anthem, with the words "God keep our land glorious and free" replacing a repetition of "O Canada, we stand on guard for thee."

Religion
Pope John Paul II continued his Brazilian tour, beginning the day in Brasilia, then moving on to Bela Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro.

Track and field
Steve Ovett of Great Britain broke countryman Sebastian Coe's world record for the mile at Bislett Stadium in Oslo; his time of 3 minutes 48.8 seconds was 2/10 of a second better than that of Mr. Coe. Mr. Coe, who was watching, had just broken the world record for 1,000 metres with a time of 2:13.4, beating the record set by Rick Wohlhuter of the United States six years earlier.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Saskatchewan (0-4) 3 @ Ottawa (1-2-1) 29
British Columbia (1-2-1) 22 @ Winnipeg (2-2) 26

25 years ago
1985

Football
CFL
It was roster cutdown day in the Canadian Football League, and at least two Hall of Fame careers ended. The Edmonton Eskimos cut 16-year veteran Dave Cutler, who held almost every CFL career kicking record at the time. He was also my favourite player for many years. They also released slotback Tom Scott, ending his career after 11 years, 6 of which (1978-1983) were spent with the Eskimos. He had been traded to the Calgary Stampeders in 1984, but had been signed by the Eskimos again because they wanted to give Mr. Scott an opportunity to end his career with the Eskimos. At the end of his career he held the CFL career records for pass receiving yards and touchdown receptions, and was 1 pass reception behind Tommy-Joe Coffey for first place on the career list. Both players were elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1998.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Eagle Rock--Daddy Cool (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Un'estate italiana--Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 I Promised Myself--Nick Kamen (5th week at #1)
2 I Can't Stand It!--Twenty 4 Seven featuring Capt. Hollywood
3 Hey, Wickie--Der Schreckliche Sven & die tollkühnen Plattenreiter
4 Verdammt - ich lieb' dich--Matthias Reim
5 Insieme: 1992--Toto Cutugno
6 Infinity (1990's...Time for the Guru)--Guru Josh
7 Black Velvet--Alannah Myles
8 Alle meine Lieda--Remix-Poidl
9 Miles Away--Thomas Forstner
10 Ding Dong--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung

Singles entering the chart were Nothing Compares 2 U by Chyp-Notic (#21); and It Must Have Been Love by Roxette (#29).

Canadiana
Queen Elizabeth II spent 30 minutes visiting with children and Quebec provincial officials in Jacques Cartier Park in Hull, in defiance of Hull Mayor Michel Legere's rude statement of a few days earlier that Her Majesty was not a welcome visitor in Hull.

Economics and finance
A treaty signed on May 18 that established a unified economic and monetary system for East and West Germany went into effect. The West German deutschemark became the sole legal tender for all of Germany. The West German Bundesbank (central bank) was given control of monetary policy for East Germany. East Germany also became wedded to West Germany’s market economy, social security and tax systems, and labour and banking laws. East Germans were allowed to exchange from 2,000-6,000 East marks for deutschemarks at a 1-1 rate and the rest of their holdings at a rate of 2 East marks-1 deutschemark.

Baseball
Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees pitched 8 innings of no-hit baseball, but still lost 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox before 30,642 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. With 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning, an error by the Yankees’ Mike Blowers allowed a runner to reach first base, and 2 straight bases on balls from Mr. Hawkins loaded the bases. Outfielders Jim Leyritz and Jesse Barfield dropped consecutive fly balls for errors, bringing in all 4 Chicago runs. Mr. Hawkins pitched a complete game, but didn’t get credit for an official no-hitter, as the White Sox didn’t bat in the 9th inning.





The Texas Rangers scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning, but the Boston Red Sox scored a run in the bottom of the 1st, 8 in the 2nd, and 5 in the 7th as they came back to rout the Rangers 15-4 before 33,825 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Luis Salazar's 3-run home run climaxed a 4-run rally in the top of the 8th inning as the Chicago Cubs came from behind to edge the San Diego Padres 11-10 before 30,968 fans at San Diego-Jack Murphy Stadium.

10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Walter Matthau, 79. U.S. actor. Mr. Matthau, born Walter Matthow, appeared in plays and television programs, but was best known as a supporting actor and star in movies. He won a Tony Award for his supporting role in A Shot in the Dark (1961) and originated the role of Oscar Madison in the play The Odd Couple (1965) (winning another Tony), and reprising his role in the movie (1968). Mr. Matthau won an Academy Award for his supporting performance in The Fortune Cookie (1966), the first of 10 movies in which he appeared with Jack Lemmon. He was nominated for Oscars for his starring performances in Kotch (1971) and The Sunshine Boys (1975) , and was nominated for and won numerous other awards. Mr. Matthau was noted for playing tough guys and villains in his early years, but eventually became better known for his comic roles. He died of a heart attack after suffering from heart problems for many years.

World events
10 Iranian Jewish men were found guilty in Iran by a Revolutionary Court of spying for Israel, and were sentenced from 4-13 years in prison. Two Muslims were convicted of aiding their alleged spy ring, while three Jews and two Muslims were acquitted. Doubts were expressed outside Iran about the fairness of the trial.

Abominations
Vermont's civil unions law went into effect, granting sodomite/lesbian couples most of the rights, benefits, and responsibilities of marriage.

Health
5,000 scientists issued a statement declaring that AIDS was caused by the HIV infection, and that efforts to prevent the spread of the virus must be the highest world health priority.

Disasters
Eight Pearl Jam fans were killed and 25 injured when some of the 50,000 fans at a rock festival in Roskilde, Denmark pushed forward and trampled those at the front.

Baseball
The Florida Marlins edged the Montreal Expos 6-5 before 8,529 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal in a matchup of Canadian starting pitchers on Canada Day. Sechelt, British Columbia native Ryan Dempster (9-4) started for the Marlins, allowing 9 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 6.2 innings, striking out 8 and walking 5, while the Expos countered with Mike Johnson (3-3) of Sherwood Park, Alberta, who allowed 8 hits and 6 earned runs, striking out 5 and walking 2. The Expos scored 2 runs in the 9th inning and had runners on first and second bases with 1 out, but Lenny Webster grounded into a double play to end the game.

The Houston Astros hit 4 homers and the St. Louis Cardinals hit 3 as the Cardinals won 10-9 before 47,675 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Jeff Bagwell homered twice for Houston, while Mark McGwire hit his 30th homer of the season in the 1st inning for St. Louis.