October 7, 2017

775 years ago
1242

Died on this date
Juntoku, 44. Emperor of Japan, 1210-1221. Juntoku, born Morinari-shinnō, was the third son of Emperor Go-Toba and succeeded his elder brother Tsuchimikado on the throne. Juntoku was forced to abdicate after participating in Go-Toba's unsuccessful attempt to displace the Kamakura shogunate, and was succeeded on the throne by his son Chūkyō. Juntoku spent the rest of his life in exile on Sado Island, and died 15 days before his 45th birthday.

240 years ago
1777

War
Robert Rogers' First American Regiment beat back George Washington and his American colonial forces at Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. British forces commanded by General John Burgoyne were defeated at the Battle of Bemis Heights at Saratoga, New York; surrounded on October 13 by 16,000 Americans, Gen. Burgoyne surrendered over 5,000 British and Hessian troops to General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Saratoga, marking the reversal of British fortunes in the American Revolutionary War.

225 years ago
1792

Died on this date
George Mason, 66. U.S. politician. Mr. Mason has been credited as the "Father of the Bill of Rights;" he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but was one of three delegates who refused to sign, in part because a bill of rights wasn't included, and also because the Constitution didn't contain anti-slavery provisions. He died of various ailments, including gout.

150 years ago
1867

Politics and government
Electors in the Mexican presidential election met in Sinola and cast all their votes for Benito Juarez.

Disasters
$3 million in damage was caused by a tornado that struck Matamoras, Mexico.

120 years ago
1897

Canadiana
Northwest Territories Premier Frederick Haultain delivered a speech in Yorkton in which he supported the creation of a new prairie province called "Buffalo."

110 years ago
1907

Born on this date
Ruby Goldstein. U.S. boxer and referee. Mr. Goldstein, nicknamed "The Jewel of the Ghetto," was a bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight who compiled a record of 55-6 with 39 knockouts in a professional career from 1924-1937. He became a prominent referee in the 1950s, officiating bouts such as the first world heavyweight title bout between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson in 1959, and the world welterweight title bout between Benny "Kid" Paret and Emile Griffith in 1962. Mr. Griffith pummelled Mr. Paret with numerous punches to the head in the 12th inning while Mr. Paret was unconscious but being propped up by the ropes. Mr. Paret died 10 days later, and Mr. Goldstein, hitherto the most respected referee in boxing, was heavily criticized for not stopping the fight earlier. He previously had a reputation for stopping fights early, and refereed just one more bout. Mr. Goldstein died of throat cancer on April 23, 1984 at the age of 76. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994, and is also a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
June Allyson. U.S. actress. Miss Allyson, born Eleanor Geisman, was known for her husky voice and for playing wholesome, supportive wives or girlfriends in movies such as The Stratton Story (1949); Battle Circus (1953); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); and Strategic Air Command (1955). She died on July 8, 2006 at the age of 88.

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 2 @ Chicago White Sox 7 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Giants took a 2-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning, but the White Sox came back with 2 in the bottom of the 2nd and 5 in the 4th to win before 32,000 fans at Comiskey Park.

90 years ago
1927

Baseball
World Series
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 @ New York Yankees 8 (New York led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Babe Ruth's 3-run home run climaxed a 6-run 7th inning as the Yankees beat the Pirates before 60,695 fans at Yankee Stadium. Herb Pennock pitched a 3-hit complete game victory.

80 years ago
1937

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 1 @ New York Yankees 8 (Yankees led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Yankees scored 2 runs in the 5th inning, 4 in the 6th, and 2 in the 7th as Red Ruffing easily won the pitching matchup against Cliff Melton before 57,675 fans at Yankee Stadium.

75 years ago
1942

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington and Viscount Simon in London announced that a United Nations commission would be established to investigate Axis crimes against civilians, and that "war criminals" would be punished. The Soviet government reported that Russian troops had repelled several Nazi assaults on Stalingrad. The U.S. Navy announced that American reconnaissance planes had discovered that Japanese forces had abandoned Attu and Agattu Islands in the Aleutians during September and had now relocated to Kiska.

Religion
Plans to merge the Evangelical and Reformed Churches of America and Congregational Christian Churches were announced in Chicago by Rev. Dr. Louis Goebel.

Labour
United Mine Workers of America delegates voted overwhelmingly in Cincinnati to withdraw from the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins announced that President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order banning double-time pay for Sunday work, except when it was a seventh consecutive work day, applied only to war industries.

70 years ago
1947

Diplomacy
Australian External Affairs Minister Herbert Evatt visited U.S. President Harry Truman at the White House and urged the United States to call an early conference of the Far Eastern Commission on a Japanese peace treaty despite Soviet opposition.

Politics and government
U.K. Prime Minister Clement Attlee completed a major cabinet shuffle designed to bring younger men into his Labour Party government.

The U.S. State Department announced a policy of dismissing as a "security risk" any employee who associated with suspected Communists, fascists, or subversive "front" members.

Economics and finance
The Romanian government relaxed price controls on most foods in order to persuade peasants to stop withholding their products from the cities.

Labour
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruled that top American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations officials did not have to file affidavits under the Taft-Hartley Act verifying that they were not Communists. Leaders of individual unions still had to file such affidavits, however.

Business
The day after his New York Yankees had won the World Series, Larry MacPhail announced his resignation as team president and sold his share of the club to Dan Topping and Del Webb for an estimated $2 million.

Boxing
European middleweight champion Marcel Cerdan (102-2) scored a technical knockout of Billy Walker (22-20-1) at 2:48 of the 1st round of a light heavyweight bout at the Montreal Forum.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers (Best Seller--2nd week at #1; Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1; Top 100--1st week at #1)

Space
Soviet Communist Party First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev said in a published interview that the U.S.S.R. was willing to subject Earth satellites and unmanned missiles to international control under a U.S.A.-U.S.S.R. agreement.

The U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics displayed models of an "ion gun"-powered engine for space propulsion of future manned rockets and Earth satellites.

Defense
In the wake of bipartisan demands for investigation of U.S. "failure" in the missile and satellite fields, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard Russell (Democrat--Georgia) announced plans for a "full inquiry" into the matter.

Diplomacy
Syrian Foreign Minister Salah el-Bitar addressed the United Nations General Assembly, charging the United States with "acts of provocation, military demonstration, the massing of forces on our frontiers, and threats directed against Syria."

World events
Ghanaian Finance Minister Komla Agbeli Gbdemah and his secretary were refused service at a Howard Johnson's restaurant in Dover, Delaware. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized for the incident.

Business
Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance to provide the Dodgers baseball team with a ballpark site in Chavez Ravine, including $2 million worth of levelling work, and $2.75 million worth of county work on access roads.

Labour
The Argentine government released 270 Peronist labour leaders who had been arrested in an effort to avert a threatened general strike.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Winnipeg (8-3) 37 @ Saskatchewan (2-9-1) 3
Calgary (6-5) 1 @ British Columbia (2-8-1) 27

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

Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, and Joe Adcock hit consecutive singles in the bottom of the 6th inning, with Mr. Mathews scoring the game's only run as Lou Burdette (2-0) won the pitchers' duel over Whitey Ford (1-1) before 45,811 fans at County Stadium.





50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): It Must Be Him--Vikki Carr (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Une Larme aux Nuages--Salvatore Adamo (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): A Whiter Shade of Pale--Procol Harum (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)--Scott McKenzie

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Excerpt from "A Teenage Opera"--Keith West

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): The Letter--The Box Tops (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Letter--The Box Tops (3rd week at #1)
2 Never My Love--The Association
3 Come Back When You Grow Up--Bobby Vee and the Strangers
4 Ode to Billie Joe--Bobbie Gentry
5 Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie--Jay and the Techniques
6 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher--Jackie Wilson
7 Dandelion--The Rolling Stones
8 Brown Eyed Girl--Van Morrison
9 Gimme Little Sign--Brenton Wood
10 To Sir with Love--Lulu

Singles entering the chart were As Long as You're Here by Zalman Yanovsky (#78); Beg, Borrow and Steal by Ohio Express (#79); I Can See for Miles by the Who (#81); Can't Stop Loving You by the Last Word (#82); Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba (#86); Brink of Disaster by Lesley Gore (#93); Hush by Billy Joe Royal (#95); Lovey Dovey (You're So Fine) by Bunny Sigler (#97); Nine Pound Steel by Joe Simon (#98); and When the Snow is on the Roses by Ed Ames (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Boat that I Row--Lulu
2 The Letter--The Box Tops
3 Groovin'--Booker T. and the M.G.'s
4 Funky Broadway--Wilson Pickett
5 I Had a Dream--Paul Revere and the Raiders
6 Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie--Jay and the Techniques
7 Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil--Jefferson Airplane
8 San Franciscan Nights--Eric Burdon & the Animals
9 Things I Should Have Said--The Grass Roots
10 Put Your Mind at Ease--Every Mother's Son

Singles entering the chart were Holiday by the Bee Gees (#72); Expressway to Your Heart by the Soul Survivors (#73); Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock (#81); The Rain, the Park, and Other Things by the Cowsills (#83); King Midas in Reverse by the Hollies (#85); Purple Haze by the Jimi Hendrix Experience (#86); Sometimes She's a Little Girl by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (#87); I'm Wondering by Stevie Wonder (#89); Desiree by the Left Banke (#91); Look in My Face by Magic Mushroom (#92); You, No One But You by Frankie Laine (#94); I Can See for Miles by the Who (#95); Go with Me by Gene and Debbe (#96); Lovers of the World Unite by the Vogues (#97); Can't Stop Loving You by the Last Word (#99); and Melancholy Mood by Tommy Roe (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Come Back When You Grow Up--Bobby Vee and the Strangers (2nd week at #1)
2 Incense and Peppermints--Strawberry Alarm Clock
3 Gimme Little Sign--Brenton Wood
4 How Can I Be Sure--The Young Rascals
5 Hotel Indiscreet--Sagittarius
6 Never My Love--The Association
7 You're a Very Lovely Woman--The Merry-Go-Round
8 You Keep Running Away--Four Tops
9 The Letter--The Box Tops
10 Expressway to Your Heart--Soul Survivors

Singles entering the chart were Holiday by the Bee Gees (#21); (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin (#24); Let it All Hang Out by the Hombres (#25); Hole in My Shoe by Traffic (#29); and What Now My Love by Mitch Ryder (#30).

Died on this date
Norman Angell, 94. U.K. journalist and political activist. Sir Norman, born Ralph Norman Angell Lane, wrote for several newspapers and was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bradford North from 1929-1931. He was awarded the 1933 Nobel Peace Prize for authoring The Great Illusion (1910) and for being a "supporter of the League of Nations as well as an influential publicist [and] educator for peace in general." Sir Norman was a member of the executive committee of the League of Nations Union, and spent much of the 1930s advocating for collective opposition to the Axis powers.

Politics and government
Bahjat Talhouni took office as Prime Minister of Jordan, succeeding Saad Jumma.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-3) 10 @ Calgary (9-3) 34

Peter Liske completed 25 of 37 passes for 343 yards and 5 touchdowns--3 to Herm Harrison, 2 to Terry Evanshen--to lead the Stampeders over the Tiger-Cats before 22,096 fans at McMahon Stadium. Fullback Clem Turner, playing his first Canadian Football League game, scored the Hamilton touchdown in the 3rd quarter.

CIAU
Calgary 7 @ Alberta (2-1) 19

Dave Kates rushed 82 yards for a touchdown just 41 seconds into the game to get the Golden Bears off to a good start as they beat the Dinosaurs. Les Sorenson rushed 1 yard for the second Alberta TD, and Larry Dufresne rushed 52 yards for the other Alberta touchdown. Ray Boettger rushed 1 yard for the only Calgary touchdown late in the game.

Baseball
World Series
Boston Red Sox 2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 5 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Cardinals scored 3 runs in the first 2 innings as they defeated the Red Sox before 54,575 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. This is the first baseball game this blogger can personally remember, watching part of it on a small black-and-white television set.







40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Yes Sir, I Can Boogie--Baccara (9th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Sorry, I'm a Lady--Baccara (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood--Santa Esmeralda

Music
Rod Stewart performed at Edmonton Coliseum, with Air Supply as the opening act; all tickets were priced at $9.

Politics and government
The Fourth Soviet Constitution took effect, following ratification by the Supreme Soviet. Vasily Kuznetsov, 76, a foreign ministry official, was named First Vice President, a post created by the new constitution.

Economics and finance
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to lend $50.9 million, interest-free, to backward nations.

Labour
The U.S. Labor Department reported that national unemployment had dropped from 7.1% in August to 6.9% in September, but stated that there was little long-term improvement, especially for Negroes.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Los Angeles 6 @ Philadelphia 5 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 2-1)

The Phillies were just 1 out away from a 5-3 victory before 63,719 fans at Veterans Stadium when pinch hitter Vic Davalillo beat out a bunt single; pinch hitter Manny Mota doubled off the glove of left fielder Greg Luzinski and advanced to third base on a throwing error by Mr. Luzinski; Dave Lopes beat out an infied hit, ruled safe at first when he appeared to be out, and scoring Mr. Mota with the tying run, and then advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw by Gene Garber; and Bill Russell then singled home Mr. Lopes.





American League Championship Series
New York 2 @ Kansas City 6 (Kansas City led best-of-five series 2-1)

Pinch hitter Amos Otis drove in 2 runs with a double in the bottom of the 6th inning and Dennis Leonard pitched a 4-hit complete game victory for the Royals before 41,285 fans at Royals Stadium.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Bobby Walston, 58. U.S. football player. Mr. Walston was an end and kicker with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1951-1962, scoring 881 points. His best season was 1954, when he set a team record with 114 points on 11 touchdowns, 4 field goals, and 36 points after touchdowns. Mr. Walston was a member of the team that won the 1960 NFL championship and was named to play in the Pro Bowl in 1961 and 1962.

Asiatica
Sikh nationalists declared the independence of Khalistan from India; it was not internationally recognized.

Protest
The Dalai Lama urged his followers in Tibet to continue their protests against Chinese rule, but to do so peacefully.

Defense
Addressing the Organization of American States in Washington, U.S. President Ronald Reagan said that he would fight for renewed aid for the Contras in Nicaragua until “full democracy is established.”

Economics and finance
Major U.S. banks raised their prime lending rates from 8.75% to 9.25%, the fifth increase of the year.

Religion
A U.S. federal bankruptcy court rejected a reorganization plan submitted by PTL television “ministry” president Rev. Falwell, and ordered creditors of PTL to submit their own plan. The “ministry” was more than $50 million in debt.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
San Francisco 5 @ St. Louis 0 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Dave Dravecky pitched a 2-hitter for the Giants as they blanked the Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium.



American League Championship Series
Detroit 5 @ Minnesota 8 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Gary Gaetti hit 2 home runs for the Twins as they beat the Tigers before 53,269 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Scenes from a Wedding

Prime Time News, on CBC

This program which was hosted by Peter Mansbridge and Pamela Wallin, aired at 9 P.M., replacing The National and The Journal.

Died on this date
Allan Bloom, 62. U.S. scholar. Dr. Bloom was best known for his book The Closing of the American Mind (1987).

World events
The parliament of Azerbaijan voted to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States, leaving the CIS with 10 member states from the former U.S.S.R.

Abimael Guzman Reynoso, leader of the Maoist guerrilla movement in Peru known as Shining Path, was sentenced by a military tribunal to life in prison without possibility of parole after being convicted of treason. Mr. Guzman had been captured in September. The judge, who wore a hood to protect his identity, stated that Mr. Guzman had been responsible for 20,000 deaths and $20 billion in damages that had occurred during Shining Path’s 12-year war against Peruvian authorities.

Terrorism
The Irish Republican Army began a random bombing campaign in London.

Economics and finance
Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson initialled NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement - with Mexico and the U.S.A. The symbolic ceremony in San Antonio, Texas was attended by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, U.S. President Bush, and Mexican President Carlos Salinas.

Hockey
NHL
The Montreal Canadiens held a ceremony at the Montreal Forum to retire the #1 jersey of goaltender Jacques Plante.

Chris Kontos scored 4 goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-3 win over the defending Stanley Cup finalist Chicago Blackhawks before 11,000 fans at Expo Hall in Tampa in the Lightning's first regular season game ever.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 5 @ Atlanta 13 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Ron Gant hit his first major league grand slam as the Braves beat the Pirates before 51,975 fans at Altanta-Fulton County Stadium.



American League Championship Series
Oakland 4 @ Toronto 3 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Mark McGwire, Terry Steinbach, and Harold Baines hit home runs for the Athletics as they edged the Blue Jays before 51,039 fans at SkyDome. Dave Winfield and Pat Borders homered for Toronto.

20 years ago
1997

Politics and government
New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna announced his resignation after 10 years in office, effective October 13, 1997. He was succeeded by Ray Frenette.

Scandal
An arbitrator ordered the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to make reparations of $2 million plus interest to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, to cover his legal expenses, for defamatory accusations released during the Airbus enquiry. Mr. Mulroney launched a $50-million libel suit in November 1995 against the Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien after the Justice Department and RCMP investigators linked his name to over $5 million in purported kickbacks from the 1988 sale of 34 Airbus A320 passenger jets to Air Canada for $1.8 billion.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Florida 5 @ Atlanta 3 (Florida led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Moises Alou doubled home 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning and drove in another run with a ground out in a 2-run 3rd as the Marlins beat the Braves before 49,244 fans at Turner Field.



10 years ago
2007

Baseball
American League Division Series
Boston 9 @ Los Angeles 1 (Boston won best-of-five series 3-0)





Cleveland 4 @ New York 8 (Cleveland led best-of-five series 2-1)