July 1, 1943: The Courage and Execution of Willem Arondéus

July 1, 1943: Dutch artist, author and Resistance fighter Willem Arondéus is executed by the Nazis in Haarlem, the city in the Netherlands that gave its name to the famous black neighborhood in New York City. He was 48 years old.

He was born on August 22, 1894 in Naarden, the Netherlands. He started working as an illustrator, designer of posters and tapestries and a painter. In 1923, he was commissioned to paint a large mural for Rotterdam City Hall. During that same period, he illustrated poems by writers J.H. Leopold, Pieter Cornelis Boutens and Martinus Nijhoff. He decided he could write as well as anyone he was working for. In 1938, he published Het Uilenhuis (The Owls House) and In de bloeiende Ramenas (In the Blossoming Winter Radish).

The Nazis conquered the Netherlands on May 17, 1940. In 1942, Arondéus began publishing the underground newspaper Brandarisbrief. (This translates as "Brandaris' Letter." Brandaris is the oldest lighthouse in the country, overlooking the Wadden Sea since 1594.) In 1943, the Brandarisbrief merged with another publication called De Vrije Kunstenaar (The Free Artist). Through this work, he met other members of the Dutch Resistance, and set his skills toward forging identity documents to help protect Jews against deportation and death.

But the forgeries could be checked against the Municipal Office for Population Registration to determine legitimacy. So, on the night of March 27, 1943 -- the day my father was born -- Arondéus and some friends disguised themselves as policemen, knocked the security guards out, dragged them to safety (they didn't want to kill any Dutch people), and went in.

They piled registration cards, and soaked them in benzene. They stole some blank cards to make more forgeries, and also some cash, then set their time bombs and got out. The firefighters put the fire out quickly, but the water damage ended up helping the Resistance cause: About 15 percent of the total cards were destroyed, probably saving many Dutch Jews from certain death.

The Nazis put up a reward, and someone ratted Arondéus out. He was arrested a month later. He refused to name anyone else involved in the plot, but the Gestapo found his notebook, and 13 others were arrested. All 14 were sentenced to death. Arondéus pleaded guilty and took all the blame, which resulted in two of his accomplices being granted clemency.

Arondéus was openly gay, at a time when few people were, even in the comparatively liberal Netherlands. His last words were to Laura Mazirel, his attorney and a fellow Resistance fighter: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."

Many of those involved in the bombing, including Arondeus, were later honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations for their efforts to save Jews from the Holocaust.

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July 1, 1943 was a Thursday. Stage composer Jeff Wayne was born that day.

These baseball games were played:

* The New York Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians, 3-2 at League Park in Cleveland. Al Smith (not to be confused with the later White Sox outfielder or the former Governor of New York) outpitched Charles "Butch" Wensloff. Tribe shortstop and manager Lou Boudreau went 1-for-3 with 2 walks. Yankee right fielder George "Tuck" Stainback went 3-for-4. Most of the Yankees' big names, including Joe DiMaggio, were serving in The War.

* The Brooklyn Dodgers lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 10-9 at Ebbets Field. In the top of the 12th inning, Dain Clay singled Eddie Miller home, and Lonny Frey got Ray Mueller home on a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the 12th, Bobby Bragan walked with the bases loaded to get a run home, but the Brooks could get no closer.

For the Reds, Miller went 4-for-6 with 2 RBIs, Frey went 3-for-7 with a home run and 3 RBIs, and Eric Tipton went 3-for-4 with 2 walks and an RBI. For Dem Bums, Joseph "Arky" Vaughan went 4-for-5 with 2 walks and 5 RBIs; and Mickey Owen went 3-for-5 with a walk.

* The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves, 6-5 at Braves Field in Boston.

* A doubleheader was split at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Phillies won the opener, 6-1. The Pittsburgh Pirates won the nightcap, 2-1. Over the 2 games, for the Phils, Ron Northey went 5-for-9 with an RBI, and Babe Dahlgren went 4-for-9 with 2 RBIs.

* The Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2 at Briggs Stadium (later Tiger Stadium) in Detroit. For the Red Sox, Leon Culberson went 4-for-5, and Jim Tabor went 3-for-5. Hank Greenberg of the Tigers and Ted Williams of the Red Sox were unavailable.

* The Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Senators, 2-0 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Bill Dietrich pitched a 4-hit shutout, outpitching Early Wynn, who would later be the White Sox' ace. Luke Appling went 2-for-3 with a walk.

* And the St. Louis Browns beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 2-1 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Browns catcher Joe Schultz, later to be a coach on the 1964 and 1967 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals and the manager of the infamous 1969 Seattle Pilots of Ball Four fame, singled Vern Stephens home with the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning. Bob Muncrief of the Browns and Don Black of the A's both went the distance.

* And the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals moved their game scheduled for this day to the previous day, making for a doubleheader. (They played again on July 2, so wartime travel restrictions had nothing to do with it.) The Giants won the 1st game, 4-3. Buster Maynard hit a sacrifice fly to score Sid Gordon with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning. former Cubs catching star Ernie Lombardi went 3-for-5 with a home run and 2 RBIs, then got the 2nd game off.

The Cards won the 2nd game, 5-0. Howie Pollet pitched a 6-hit shutout. Over the 2 games, Gordon went 3-for-9 with an RBI, Mikey Witek went 4-for-8 with a walk, Giant right fielder and manager Mel Ott went 0-for-7, but did draw 2 walks, and Stan Musial went 4-for-9 with an RBI.

May 29, 1974: The Tottenham Fan Riot In Rotterdam

The 1974 UEFA Cup Final in Rotterdam

May 29, 1974: Having drawn the home leg of the UEFA Cup Final 2-2, North London soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, a.k.a. "Spurs," go to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, home of Feyenoord, who had won the European Cup in 1970, and who had 7 players who would be selected for the Netherlands team that would star at the World Cup in West Germany over the next few weeks.

Just before halftime, Wim Rijsbergen, a right back, put a goal past Pat Jennings, Spurs' fine Northern Irish goalkeeper, putting Feyenoord up, 1-0 on the night and 3-2 on aggregate. At halftime, the angry Spurs fans started tearing up Stadion Feijenoord, nicknamed De Kuip -- "The Bathtub," for its shape. Some were picking fights with the Feyenoord fans. This was a mistake: Feyenoord had the toughest hooligan firm in the country, and one of the toughest in Europe.

The Rotterdam authorities found Sidney Wale, Tottenham's chairman, and gave him the public address microphone. He said, "You are disgracing yourselves as Tottenham supporters. You are disgracing the British people." He told the fans that if they didn't stop, the game might be forfeited to Feyenoord, and that UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) might fine the club. Things calmed down a bit.

Spurs' defense hung on, while their attackers looked for an equalizer. It didn't come, and Peter Ressel put the game away in the 84th minute. Feyenoord won the game, 2-0, and the tie on aggregate, 4-2.

The Spurs fans left the stadium, and went on the warpath in Rotterdam. The consequences were, by the standards of the time, devastating. UEFA banned Spurs from European competitions indefinitely. In other words:

* If they had won the Football League Division One, they could not compete in the next season's European Cup, the tournament that has been known as the UEFA Champions League since 1992.

* If they had finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th, they could not compete in the next season's UEFA Cup, the tournament that has been known as the UEFA Europa League since 2010.

* And if they had won the FA Cup, they could not compete in the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup. That tournament was last conducted in 1999. Since then, teams winning their countries' cups have been put into the UEFA Cup/Europa League.

And Spurs had been in Europe regularly. They had competed in the European Cup in 1961-62; the Cup Winners' Cup in 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1967-68; the Texaco Cup in 1970-71; the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1971-72; and the UEFA Cup in 1971-72, 1972-73 and 1973-74. Their win in the 1962-63 Cup Winners' Cup was the 1st European tournament won by a British team. And in 1972, they won both the UEFA Cup and the Anglo-Italian Cup.

This was on top of their domestic trophies: The Football League and the FA Cup, "The Double," in 1961; the FA Cup again in 1962 and 1967; and the Football League Cup in 1971 and 1973.

This was the 1st time any British team had been banned from European competition. Though it was lifted after 2 years, it is a great stain on Spurs' history. Ever since, every fan in every country in Europe, even if they are not fluent in English, knows at least 3 words: "Fuck you, Tottenham!"

But it got more personal: The glory that Spurs had achieved from 1961 onward had been under manager Bill Nicholson, who had been a player on their 1950-51 squad, the only other time that Tottenham has won the League. If any man, to this day, can be called "Mr. Tottenham," it is "Bill Nick." But this game turned out to be the last one he ever managed, as he resigned in disgust. He was only 55 years old, and lived another 30 years. Although he returned to their home ground of White Hart Lane, he was never actively involved with the team again.

Ask any fan of the other team in North London, Arsenal, and they'll tell you that Tottenham are disgusting. Of course, Tottenham fans will say the reverse. But Tottenham fans not only got their team banned from Europe for 2 years, they caused the greatest figure in their history to quit after managing in a cup final. That's something that no other fans in Britain, regardless of how hated their team might be, have to live with.

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May 29, 1974 was a Wednesday. These Major League Baseball games were played that day:

* The New York Mets lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Tony Pérez won the game with a home run off Harry Parker in the bottom of the 10th inning, ruining a good start by Jon Matlack. The Mets' runs came on solo home runs by Cleon Jones and John Milner. Pete Rose went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Johnny Bench went 0-for-5.

* The Houston Astros beat the Montreal Expos, 5-3 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

* The Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-4 at Fenway Park in Boston. The winning run scored in the top of the 13th inning, in unusual fashion. Luis Gómez led off with a single. Rod Carew grounded into a forceout that eliminated Gómez. Larry Hisle singled Carew to 3rd base. Then, with Jerry Terrell at bat, home plate umpire Merle Anthony called a balk on Sox pitcher Diego Seguí, forcing Carew home. The Sox got the tying run to 3rd with 1 out in the bottom of the 13th, but couldn't score.

Carew went 2-for-4 with 3 walks and 2 stolen bases. Harmon Killebrew appeared only as a pinch-hitter, and did not reach base. Carl Yastrzemski went 0-for-4, but had an RBI on a sacrifice fly.

* The Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 at Atlanta Stadium. (The name was changed to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium the next year.) Vic Correll singled Ralph Garr home in the bottom of the 11, ending a pitcher's duel between Steve Carlton and Carl Morton, with Tom House pitching the 11th inning in relief of Morton, and getting the win. Hank Aaron and Mike Schmidt went 1-for-3 with a walk.

* The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Diego Padres, 13-3 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Bob Robertson hit 2 home runs. Willie Stargell went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Dave Winfield, in his 1st full season in the major leagues, had a bad day, going 0-for-4 with an error.

* The San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

* The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2 at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

* The Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals, 10-3 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City. (It was renamed Kauffman Stadium in 1993.) Brooks Robinson went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. Rookie George Brett went 0-for-4.

* The Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians, 3-0 at Arlington Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas. Jackie Brown pitched a 3-hit shutout, with 8 strikeouts and no walks. This series would be marred by fights, spurred on by Rangers manager Billy Martin. There would be consequences when the teams played again, the next week, in Cleveland, on what would become known as Ten-Cent Beer Night.

* The Milwaukee Brewers beat the California Angels, 7-5 at Anaheim Stadium (which would be renamed Edison International Field in 1998 and Angel Stadium of Anaheim in 2004. The Brewers scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th, including a home run by George Scott, to win it. Robin Yount went 2-for-4. For the Angels, Frank Robinson went 1-for-2 with 2 walks and 2 RBIs.

* The Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-1 at the Oakland Coliseum. Reggie Jackson went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Al Kaline went 0-for-4.

* And the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox were rained out at Shea Stadium, where the Yankees were groundsharing with the Mets while Yankee Stadium was being renovated. The game was made up as part of a doubleheader on August 16. The Yankees won the opener, 9-8. Dick Allen hit a home run for the Pale Hose off Sparky Lyle in the top of the 13th inning. But in the bottom of the 13th, Bobby Murcer singled, and Thurman Munson hit a home run off Terry Forster to win it. The South Siders won the nightcap, 4-2. Former Yankee Stan Bahnsen outpitched Dick Tidrow.

May 26, 1982: Aston Villa Win the European Cup

Left to right: Captain Dennis Mortimer,

Manager Tony Barton, and goalscorer Peter Withe,

who had swapped shirts with a Bayern player

May 26, 1982: Aston Villa, of Birmingham, England, win the European Cup, the tournament now known as the UEFA Champions League. It is the signature achievement of the biggest football club (soccer team) in England's Midlands.

They had qualified for the tournament by winning the title in England's Football League First Division the season before. On May 2, 1981, they lost to Arsenal, 2-0, at the Arsenal Stadium, nicknamed Highbury for its neighborhood in North London. Willie Young and Brian McDermott scored the goals.

But Ipswich Town, of Suffolk, lost to Middlesbrough, 2-1 at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough. This enables Villa to win the Football League title anyway. Despite the defeat, they are the only team besides Arsenal ever to become top-flight Champions while playing away to Arsenal.

Villa finished 4 points ahead of Ipswich, who had absolutely collapsed, losing 7 of their last 10 League games, although they did win the UEFA Cup, the tournament now known as the UEFA European League. Ipswich led Villa by 1 point, with a game in hand, on March 20. Villa finished 7 points ahead of Arsenal, whose 3rd-place finish is their best in 8 years. It remains Villa’s only League title since 1910.

The next season, 1981-82, would be the last season that a win was worth 2 points. FIFA decided that there were too many draws, so they increased the incentive for a win, making it 3 points.

Villa struggled in 1981-82, as they focused on the European Cup. Of their 1st 9 League games, they won only 1 and drew 6. Manager Ron Saunders feuded with team chairman Ron Bendall, and resigned on February 9. Of Saunders' last 8 League games, he won 2 and lost 6. He immediately took charge of Villa's intracity arch-rivals, Birmingham City, and remains one of the few people to be popular with both teams' fans.

His top assistant, Tony Barton, took the job, and while he could only get them to 11th in the League, and to the 5th Round of each of the domestic cups. But, under Saunders, they had already reached the Quarterfinal of the European Cup: They overwhelmed Valur, Champions of Iceland; and advanced past Dynamo Berlin, Champions of East Germany, on away goals.

Under Barton, they beat Dynamo Kyiv, Champions of the Soviet Union, in the Quarterfinal; and Anderlecht, Champions of Belgium, in the Semifinal. That set up the Final, on May 26, at Feyenoord Stadium (a.k.a. De Kuip, "The Bathtub"), in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Their opponents would be Bayern Munich, Champions of West Germany, and winners of the tournament in 1974, '75 and '76, with some of the players from those teams still there.

Centrebacks Ken McNaught and Allan Evans, and central midfielder Des Bremner, were Scottish. The rest of Villa's starting lineup were English: Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer, right back Kenny Swain, left back Gary Williams, midfielders Dennis Mortimer (the Captain) and Gordon Cowans; and forwards Gary Shaw, Peter Withe and Tony Morley.

The game started very badly for Villa: Rimmer's shoulder injury acted up, and he had to leave the game in the 9th minute. His replacement, Nigel Spink, was making only his 2nd first-team appearance for Villa. But his performance earned him status as a club legend, and he would be their starting goalie for the next 10 seasons.

The most famous goal in Villa history came in the 67th minute, the commentary of ITV's Brian Moore is displayed on a giant banner across the Doug Ellis Stand of Villa Park: "Shaw, Williams prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be, and it is! It's Peter Withe!"

A 30-year-old native of Liverpool, Withe had won the 1975 North American Soccer League title with the Portland Timbers, gone back to England, and helped Nottingham Forest win the League title in 1978. But Forest sold him after that season, so he was not a part of their 1979 and '80 European Cup winners. Instead, he won the trophy known as "Ol' Big Ears" for Villa.

Each team scored near the end of normal time, but both goals were disallowed for offside. Aston Villa brought the European Cup back to Birmingham, England's 2nd-largest city but the one with the worst reputation for crime and failing industry. It was as if the Detroit Lions had won the Super Bowl. Come to think of it, Villa haven't won the FA Cup since 1957, and that was the last year the Lions won the NFL Championship.

Villa haven't had much success since, either. They finished 2nd in the League in 1990 and 1993, lost the FA Cup Final in 2000 and 2015, won the League Cup in 1994 and 1996 but lost the Final in 2010 and 2020, and won the now-defunct Intertoto Cup in 2001 and 2008. (UPDATE: In 2026, they won the UEFA Europa League.)

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May 26, 1982 was a Wednesday. Football was out of season. The NBA Finals began the next day, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games. The hockey season had ended 10 days earlier, when the New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Canucks.

And these Major League Baseball games were played:

* The New York Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-0 at Yankee Stadium. The Dynasty of 1976-81 was well and truly over. Dave Stieb outpitched Rudy May, allowing only 4 hits, 2 of them to Oscar Gamble. Barry Bonnell went 2-for-3 with a walk and 4 RBIs.

* The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves, 6-4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Craig Swan was the winning pitcher, in relief of Pete Falcone. Wally Backman went 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs.

* The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Mario Soto pitched a 4-hit shutout, striking out 10 and walking none. Johnny Bench went 0-for-3. Mike Schmidt went 0-for-4. Pete Rose went 2-for-4.

* The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals, 7-2 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Greg Luzinski had 2 home runs and 6 RBIs. George Brett went 1-for-4 with a walk.

* The Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-2 at Milwaukee County Stadium. Rickey Henderson went 0-for-2, but drew 3 walks, and stole 2nd base each time. Robin Yount went 1-for-4. Paul Molitor went 0-for-4.

* The Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins, 2-1 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

* The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3 at Arlington Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas. Jon Matlack outpitched Dennis Martínez. Eddie Murray went 0-for-4. Rookie Cal Ripken Jr. went 0-for-4, but had an RBI on a groundout.

* The Montreal Expos beat the Houston Astros, 4-0 at the Astrodome in Houston. Over 9 innings, Charlie Lea allowed the Astros 1 hit, and Don Sutton had allowed the Expos 5. The Expos scored 4 runs in the top of the 10th inning, as Frank LaCorte walked the bases loaded, Tim Raines hit a sacrifice fly, and Tim Wallach hit a home run.

* The Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres, 5-3 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. Gary Woods singled 2 runs home in the top of the 9th inning to win it.

* The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Former Pirate Jerry Reuss was the winning pitcher. Dusty Baker went 2-for-2 with a home run, 2 walks and 3 RBIs. Willie Stargell, in his last season, appeared as a pinch-hitter, but did not reach base.

* The St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants, 8-4 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. 

* The Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-2 at the Kingdome in Seattle.

* And the Boston Red Sox and the California Angels were not scheduled.

March 27, 1937: De Kuip Opens In Rotterdam

March 27, 1937: Stadion Feijenoord opens in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The name is a bit confusing: It was named after the soccer team that plays there, Sport Club Feijenoord, which was named after its neighborhood. However, the stadium is in a different neighborhood of Rotterdam, IJsselmonde. (That's not a typographical error: The 1st 2 letters are capitalized.) And in 1973, the name of the team was slightly changed to "Feyenoord."

And, of course, no one calls the stadium "Stadion Feijenoord." It is known by its nickname, "De Kuip," meaning "The Tub," for its shape.

AFC Ajax, their Amsterdam-based arch-rivals, built what is now named the Johan Cruijff Arena in 1996. Before that, they split their games between their neighborhood ground, De Meer, and the larger Olympic Stadium. For that reason, De Kuip is regarded as the greatest football stadium in the Netherlands.

(And to clear something else up: The names "Holland" and "the Netherlands" are not interchangeable. While Holland includes the country's 3 largest and most important cities -- Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague -- it has about 1/3rd of the country's population, and about 1/6th of its area. Telling someone from Eindhoven, in North Brabant, that he lives in "Holland" is less dangerous than telling someone from Glasgow that he lives in "England," but it's still an insult.)

The stadium's original capacity was 64,000. The Nazis planned to tear it down, for scrap for their war effort, but didn't get around to it. In 1949, capacity was expanded to 69,000, and in 1994 it was converted to a 51,117-seat all-seater. In 1999, a significant amount of restoration and interior work took place at the stadium prior to its use as a venue in the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament, although capacity was largely unaffected.

Feyenoord have won the Dutch national league, the Eredivisie, 15 times, 12 since moving into De Kuip. They've won the Dutch version of the FA Cup, the KNVB Beker, 13 times, 11 since moving in. They've won both, "The Double," 3 times: 1965, 1969 and 1984. In 1970, a year after Ajax lost the Final, Feyenoord became the 1st Dutch team to win the European Cup, the tournament now known as the UEFA Champions League. (UPDATE: They won a 16th Eredivisie in 2023, and a 14th, KNVB Cup in 2024.)

De Kuip hosted the European Cup Final in 1972 (Ajax, to the locals' dismay, defeated Inter Milan) and 1982 (Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich), 6 European Cup Winners' Cup Finals, and the Final of Euro 2000 (France beat Italy on a golden goal by David Trezeguet).

De Kuip has hosted 2 Finals of the UEFA Europa League, both under the tournament's former name, the UEFA Cup. In 1974, Feyenoord beat Tottenham Hotspur, and the "Spurs" fans rioted, both inside the stadium and throughout the city, making themselves the 1st English team suspended from European play (first indefinitely, then the ban was lifted after 2 years), and embarrassing their manager, Bill Nicholson, into resigning. The 2002 Final was free of controversy and crowd trouble, and Feyenoord beat Borussia Dortmund.

Since 2006, Feyenoord have gone back and forth with plans for an expansion of De Kuip to 70,000 seats and plans for a new stadium of that size. They can't seem to agree on which would be better. And so, they continue to play at this legendary venue.

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March 27, 1937 was a Saturday. Elsewhere in soccer, North London team Arsenal went to Yorkshire, and played Middlesbrough to a draw, 1-1 at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough.

In America, baseball was in Spring Training. Football was out of season. The NBA hadn't been founded yet. One game was played in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Montreal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings, 3-1 at the Montreal Forum. The Wings went on to win the series, and the Cup, anyway.