TODAY IN HISTORY

On this date in 1993

In 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first team to win the World Series on Canadian soil when Joe Carter hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning to give Toronto an 8-6 win over Philadelphia. The defending champions won the series 4-2. Also on this date in history: In 1915, 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote.

In 1924, Ontarians voted, by a narrow margin, to maintain Prohibition in the province. It lasted from 1916 until 1927.

In 1962, 12-year-old Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records, “Thank You For Loving Me All the Way.” He was billed as “The 12-Year-Old Genius,” an attempt to identify him with Ray Charles. The single was not successful but he eventually became a superstar within a year.

In 1970, Anne Murray starred in the first of several annual specials made for CBC television.

In 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica.

In 2009, Kyle Unger, who spent 14 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl at a rock concert outside Winnipeg in 1990, was acquitted of first-degree murder, a rare move in wrongful conviction cases. The acquittal, rather than just a stay of the charges, is a Canadian first. (In September 2011, he filed a lawsuit for $14.5 million.)