September 5, 2012

130 years ago
1882

Labour
10,000 workers in New York City marched in America's first Labor Day parade.

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Jingle Jangle Jingle--Kay Kyser Orchestra (8th week at #1)

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Seeing-Eye Surgeon, starring Bruce Cabot, Edwin Jerome, Joseph Holland, and Constance Towers



Baseball
Raul Sanchez pitched a shutout in his major league debut as the Washington Nationals blanked the Boston Red Sox 2-0.

Clint Hartung's 2-run pinch-hit home run in the 8th inning lifted the New York Giants to a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

50 years ago
1962

Baseball
The Minnesota Twins and Washington Senators split a doubleheader; the Twins won the opener 9-7 in 11 innings, and the Senators won the second game 3-0. John Kennedy made his major league debut for the Senators in the first game, coming to bat as a pinch hitter and hitting a home run to break up a bid for a no-hitter by Dick Stigman. Claude Osteen pitched a 3-hitter for the Senators in the second game.

40 years ago
1972

Personal
This blogger began grade 7 at Yellowknife Public School, with Miss Anne McGrath as home room teacher.

Terrorism
Eight members of Black September invaded the Israeli dormitory at the Olympic village in Munich and killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team. The terrorists took nine other Israeli Olympians hostage and threatened to kill them unless Israel released 200 Arab guerrillas from Israeli prisons. 23 hours after Black September terrorists had invaded the Israeli dormitory at the Olympic village in Munich and killed two members of Israel’s Olympic team while taking nine more hostage, the terrorists and their hostages were flown in three helicopters to nearby Furstenfeldbruck airport, where, shortly before midnight, a shootout occurred, resulting in the deaths of five of the terrorists, a German policeman, and all of the hostages.

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Douglas Bader, 72. U.K. military aviator. Group Captain Bader joined the Royal Air Force in 1928 and lost both legs in a crash in 1931. He was able to resume his career as a pilot, and became a fighter ace in World War II. Group Captain Bader's biography, Reach for the Sky, was published in 1954 and made into a movie in 1956. An apartment building in Edmonton, Alberta that was designed to be accessible to people with disabilities was named in his honour. Group Captain Bader died of a heart attack.

World events
Israel allocated $18.5 million to build three new settlements in the occupied West Bank and approved the building of seven others. The 10 settlements would bring the number of such towns in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to 109.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (7-1) 36 @ Saskatchewan (4-4) 35

Dieter Brock rushed 2 yards for his second touchdown of the game with 2:22 remaining in the game to give the Blue Bombers their win over the Roughriders before 30,621 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Brock also completed touchdown passes to Mike Holmes and Rick House. Mike Washington and Joe Adams rushed for Saskatchewan touchdowns, and John Hufnagel connected with Dwight Edwards for a 57-yard touchdown. Winnipeg’s William Miller rushed 24 times for 143 yards, including a 54-yard run in the 2nd quarter that set up Mr. Brock’s first touchdown.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Who's That Girl--Madonna (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)
2 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
3 Who's That Girl--Madonna
4 I Want Your Sex--George Michael
5 Don't Mean Nothing--Richard Marx
6 Only in My Dreams--Debbie Gibson
7 Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston
8 Can't We Try--Dan Hill (with Vonda Shepard)
9 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
10 When Smokey Sings--ABC

Singles entering the chart were Mony Mony "Live" by Billy Idol (#68); It's a Sin by Pet Shop Boys (#71); I Won't Forget You by Poison (#82); I've Been in Love Before by Cutting Crew (#83); Betcha Say That by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine (#85); Painted Moon by the Silencers (#88); Let's Dance by Chris Rea (#89); and Happy Together by the Nylons (#90).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 La Bamba--Los Lobos
2 Who's That Girl--Madonna
3 I Want Your Sex--George Michael
4 Heart and Soul--T'Pau
5 Luka--Suzanne Vega
6 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
7 Funkytown--Pseudo Echo
8 Together (The New Wedding Song)--Joey Gregorash
9 Alone--Heart
10 Don't Mean Nothing--Richard Marx

Singles entering the chart were Stay with Me by Tu (#83); Wipeout by the Fat Boys (with the Beach Boys ) (#87); It's a Sin by Pet Shop Boys (#89); Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 (#94); Let Me Be the One by Expose (#95); and Rain by Michael Green (#97);

Died on this date
Quinn Martin, 65. U.S. television producer. Mr. Martin was executive producer of such series as The Untouchables (1959-1960); 12 O'Clock High (1964-1967); The Fugitive (1963-1967); The Invaders (1967-1968); The F.B.I. (1965-1974); Dan August (1970-1971); Cannon (1971-1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977); Barnaby Jones (1973-1978); and Tales of the Unexpected (1977). At one time in the early 1970s, Quinn Martin Productions was responsible for more hours of prime-time television programming in the United States than any other company.

Diplomacy
Kuwait expelled five Iranian diplomats, the day after a surface-to-surface missile had struck the coast of Kuwait.

Baseball
Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox hit his 300th career major league home run, but the White Sox lost 4-2 to the Kansas City Royals.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Amigos Para Siempre--Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap!

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (4th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 November Rain--Guns N' Roses (3rd week at #1)
2 End of the Road--Boyz II Men
3 Baby-Baby-Baby--TLC
4 This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna
5 Baby Got Back--Sir Mix-a-Lot
6 Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown
7 Giving Him Something He Can Feel--En Vogue
8 Stay--Shakespears Sister
9 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane
10 Just Another Day--Jon Secada

Singles entering the chart included Am I the Same Girl by Swing Out Sister (#77); Forever Love by Color Me Badd (#79); and Countdown by Lindsey Buckingham (#97).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 The One--Elton John
2 This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna
3 Lost Together--Blue Rodeo
4 Even Better than the Real Thing--U2
5 November Rain--Guns N' Roses
6 Restless Heart--Peter Cetera
7 Friday I'm in Love--The Cure
8 Nothing Broken But My Heart--Celine Dion
9 Enid--Barenaked Ladies
10 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams

Singles entering the chart included Livin' in the '90s by Barney Bentall (#61); Start the Car by Jude Cole (#72); Deep Kiss by Mitsou (#82); Hot Fun in the Summertime by the Beach Boys (#84); and End of the Road by Boyz II Men (#96).

Died on this date
Billy Herman, 83. U.S. baseball player and manager. Mr. Herman was a second baseman with the Chicago Cubs (1931-1941); Brooklyn Dodgers (1941-1943, 1946); Boston Braves (1946); and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947). In 1,922 games he batted .304 with 47 home runs and 839 runs batted in. Mr. Herman's best season was probably 1935, when he batted .341 and led the National League with 227 hits and 57 doubles and helped the Cubs win the pennant. He managed the Pirates in 1947 and the Boston Red Sox for 2 games in 1964 and full-time in 1965 and 1966, posting a record of 189 wins and 274 losses. Mr. Herman was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.

10 years ago
2002

Baseball
Alex Rodriguez hit his 49th and 50th home runs of the season to lead the Texas Rangers to an 11-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.