Tuesday 29 January 2008

February 2, 2008

50 years ago
1958

On television tonight

Alfred Hitchcock Presents on CBS
Tonight's episode: Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty

40 years ago
1968

Hit parade

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10
1 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
2 Bottle of Wine--The Fireballs
3 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
4 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
5 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
6 Susan--The Buckinghams
7 Love is Blue--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
8 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
9 Jezebel--The Witness Inc.
10 Skip a Rope--Henson Cargill
Pick of the Week: Tomorrow--The Strawberry Alarm Clock
New this week: Guitar Man--Elvis Presley
Walk Away Renee--The Four Tops
Make it Easy--The Collectors
Dottie I Like It--Tommy Roe
Maybe Just Today--Bobby Vee and the Strangers

30 years ago
1978


Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary Harold Brown told the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon needed to increase its budgets from $116.8 billion for fiscal 1978 to $172.7 billion by fiscal 1983 in order to maintain the present nuclear balance with the U.S.S.R.

Labour
In Buffalo, U.S. District Court Judge John Elfvin ruled that the American Hockey League had violated New York human rights law, as well as the constitutional rights, of Greg Neeld by denying him employment because he'd lost the vision in his left eye as the result of an injury in junior hockey.

Football
CFL
Cal Murphy, who had been an assistant coach with the Montreal Alouettes team that had recently demolished the Edmonton Eskimos 41-6 in the 1977 Grey Cup, joined the Eskimos as offensive line coach.

The Toronto Argonauts announced the signing of former Winnipeg Blue Bombers' assistant coach Del Wight as an assistant coach under head coach Leo Cahill.

NFL
One former Montreal Alouettes' head coach hired another. Marv Levy, who had just become head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs after leading the Alouettes to the 1977 Grey Cup championship, hired Kay Dalton as one of his assistants. Dalton had joined the Alouettes as an assistant under Darrell Mudra in 1966, and was head coach with the Alouettes from 1967-1969.

February 1, 2008

75 years ago
1933

On the radio

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Speckled Band

60 years ago
1948

On the radio

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on MBS, starring John Stanley and Alfred Shirley
Tonight's episode: The Case of the Avenging Blade

At the movies
Call Northside 777, directed by Henry Hathaway, and starring James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, and Helen Walker, opened in theatres.





50 years ago
1958


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Diana--Paul Anka (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der lachende Vagabund--Fred Bertelmann (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Only You (And You Alone)--The Platters (12th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 At the Hop--Danny and the Juniors (5th week at #1)
2 The Stroll--The Diamonds
3 Get a Job--The Silhouettes
4 La Dee Dah--Billy and Lillie
5 Stood Up--Ricky Nelson
6 Peggy Sue--Buddy Holly
7 Sail Along Silvery Moon--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra
8 Don't--Elvis Presley
9 Great Balls of Fire--Jerry Lee Lewis
10 Sugartime--The McGuire Sisters

Singles entering the chart were Magic Moments by Perry Como (#41); This Little Girl of Mine by the Everly Brothers (#46); Ballad of a Teenage Queen by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two (#52); Little Pigeon by Sal Mineo (#53); Click-Clack by Dickey Doo and the Don'ts (#56); and So Tough by the Original Casuals (#59). Magic Moments was the other side of Catch a Falling Star, charting at #22.

Died on this date
Clinton Davisson, 76
. U.S. physicist. Dr. Davisson shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals."

World events
The United Arab Republic, a union of Egypt and Syria, came into effect. The union was driven by the government of Syria, controlled by a combination of Army officers and the Ba'ath party. Government leaders were concerned about increasing Communist activity in Syria, and saw a union with Egypt a way of avoiding Communist domination. Egyptian President Gamal Nasser was respected for his ability to get what he wanted from the Soviet Union without giving in to Communism, and was viewed (and promoted himself) as the one man who could unite the Arab people.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker kept the House of Commons in suspense when he departed for a lengthy absence. He made a trip to Quebec City, where Governor General Vincent Massey was temporarily residing, in order to obtain the consent of the Queen's representative to dissolve Parliament. Mr. Diefenbaker returned to the House later in the day to announce that Parliament had been dissolved, and a federal election would be held on March 31.

Defense
General Olaf Keyster, chief United Nations delegate to the Korean Joint Military Armistice Commission, rejected Communist protests against UN introduction of atomic weapons into South Korea.

Economics and finance
Moroccan National Economy Minister Abderahim Bouabid announced in Rabat a French-Moroccan agreement giving Morocco economic autonomy within the franc zone.

Disasters
Two large U.S. military planes collided in flight over Norwalk, California, killing 48 people. 41 of the dead were on a transport plane, and 6 more were on a Navy bomber. The other person killed was Edith Hernandez, 23, a housewife who had rushed outside to find out what the noise was, when she was hit by debris and decapitated. Two crew members from the Navy bomber were rescued.

40 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kaette Kita Yopparai--The Folk Crusaders (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Am I that Easy to Forget--Engelbert Humperdinck (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Dragnet 1968, starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Starlet



At the movies
Sergeant Ryker, directed by Buzz Kulik, and starring Lee Marvin, Bradford Dillman, Vera Miles, Peter Graves, and Lloyd Nolan, opened in theatres.





Died on this date
Lawson Little, 57
. U.S. golfer. Mr. Little won the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur championships in 1934 and 1935, when they were both major tournaments, and remains the only player to have won both titles in the same year more than once. He turned professional in 1936, and won nine professional tournaments, including the U.S. Open in 1940. Mr. Lawson carried as many as 26 clubs in his bag, prompting the United States Golf Association to introduce the 14-club limit in 1938. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1980.

Nguyễn Văn Lém, 35 or 36. Viet Cong military officer. Captain Lém killed South Vietnamese Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Tuan, along with Lt. Col. Tuan's wife, 80-year-old mother and six of his seven children during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. Captain Lém was summarily executed on a Saigon street by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brigadier General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan. The execution was recorded on motion picture film, as well as in a famous still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.

Echol Cole; Robert Walker. U.S. sanitation workers. Messrs. Cole and Walker were crushed to death in Memphis in a garbage compactor where they were taking shelter from the rain. Their deaths sparked the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, which began 11 days later.

Abominations
Unification of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force into the Canadian Armed Forces took effect. This was the brainchild of Defence Minister Paul Hellyer, almost 40 years before he made headlines by alleging that the United States was preparing for war against space aliens.

Politics and government
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon formally declared his candidacy for the 1968 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

30 years ago
1978


At the movies
Coma, directed by Michael Crichton and starring Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, and Elizabeth Ashley, opened in theatres.



Football
NFL
George Allen was rehired by the Los Angeles Rams as head coach. Allen was the Rams' head coach from 1966-1970, where he had good records, but failed to win a championship. He was fired by then-owner Dan Reeves, and spent the next 7 years as head coach of the Washington Redskins, leading the Redskins to the National Football Conference title in 1972. Shortly after Reeves fired Allen, he and Baltimore Colts' owner Carroll Rosenbloom swapped franchises, and it was Rosenbloom who brought Allen back to Los Angeles.

25 years ago
1983

World events

About 1,600 U.S. military personnel and 4,000 Honduran soldiers began six days of war games in Honduras near the border of Nicaragua, whose Sandanista government had been the recent target of criticism by Mr. Reagan. The U.S. forces didn't engage in the mock combat, but Nicaragua charged that the games were a training exercise for an invasion of Nicaragua.

Diplomacy
Soviet leader Yuri Andropov rejected U.S. President Ronald Reagan's proposal that they meet and sign a ban on all intermediate-range, land-based missiles. Mr. Andropov proposed removing all nuclear weapons from Europe. Western European leaders supported Mr. Reagan's proposal, but Mr. Reagan undercut his own offer by saying that he was merely responding to the Soviet peace offensive.

20 years ago
1988

Died on this date
Georgi Malenkov, 86
. Premier of the U.S.S.R., 1953-1955. Mr. Malenkov was one of those who filled in the vacuum after the death of Josef Stalin, before Nikita Khruschchev centralized power in his own hands.

Heather O'Rourke, 12. U.S. actress. Miss O'Rourke appeared in all three of the Poltergeist movies. She had Crohn's Disease, and her sudden death from septic shock as a result of a bowel obstruction contributed to the legend that the Poltergeist movies were cursed. Poltergeist III was released four months after her death.

Monday 28 January 2008

January 31, 2008

160 years ago
1848


Politics and government
U.S. Army Major John C. Frémont, popularly admired for his mapmaking expeditions to the West, was court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders. General Stephen Kearny brought charges against Frémont when a dispute arose over who held governing authority in California.

140 years ago
1868


Born on this date
Theodore W. Richards
. U.S. chemist. Dr. Richards became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, winning in 1914 "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements." He reportedly suffered from chronic respiratory problems and a profound depression, and died on April 2, 1928 at the age of 60.

90 years ago
1918


Disasters
A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night led to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines and 104 lives, and damage to another five British warships.

80 years ago
1928


World events
The U.S.S.R. exiled Leon Trotsky to Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. Mr. Trotsky was a leader in the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and in he early 1920s, but lost a power struggle with Josef Stalin within the Communist Party, and was gradually removed from various positions until his exile. He and his family were expelled to Turkey in February 1929.

60 years ago
1948


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Anniversary Song--Al Jolson; Bing Crosby (3rd month at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Ballerina--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (8th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ballerina--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (6th week at #1)
--Bing Crosby with the Rhythmaires
--Buddy Clark
2 How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
--Jack Owens
--Dinah Shore
3 Too Fat Polka (I Don’t Want Her) (You Can Have Her) (She’s Too Fat for Me)--Arthur Godfrey
4 Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)--Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters
--Louis Prima and his Orchestra
--Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters
--Ray McKinley and his Orchestra
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
5 Golden Earrings--Peggy Lee
6 Serenade of the Bells--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
7 I'll Dance at Your Wedding--Ray Noble and his Orchestra with Buddy Clark
--Peggy Lee
8 Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters
--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra
9 You Do--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
--Margaret Whiting
--Dinah Shore
--Vic Damone
10 Pass That Peace Pipe--Margaret Whiting
--Beryl Davis

Singles entering the chart were My Old Flame by Spike Jones and his City Slickers (#20); Ooh! Look-a There, Ain't She Pretty by Buddy Greco and the Three Sharps (#22); Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song), with versions by Bing Crosby; Gracie Fields; Eddy Howard and his Orchestra; and Margaret Whiting (#38); and I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, with versions by Art Mooney and his Orchestra, and the Three Suns (#39).

At the movies
Open Secret, directed by John Reinhardt, and starring John Ireland, Jane Randolph, Roman Bohnen, and Sheldon Leonard, received its premiere screening in New York City.



Defense
The Greek government removed General Constantin Ventiris as commander-in-shief of Army units fighting Communist guerrillas, and placed all military forces under the general staff.

Politics and government
Indonesian nationalists formed a new cabinet for the Indonesian Republic in Jakarta, with Mohammed Hatta as Prime Minister.

Economics and finance
U.S.S.R. Finance Minister Arzeny Zverev submitted to the Supreme Soviet a record budget of 387.9 billion rubles ($77.58 billion).

Academia
The University of Delaware followed the University of Arkansas law school in allowing Negro students to enter graduate courses which were unavailable in state Negro schools.

50 years ago
1958


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Harbor Command, starring Wendell Corey
Tonight's episode: Gold Smugglers

Space
The United States entered the space race with the successful launch of the Explorer 1 satellite atop an Army Jupiter C rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The event made a household name of rocket wizard Wernher von Braun, and to a lesser extent, physicist James Van Allen (the satellite's instrument package discovered that the earth was surrounded by radiation belts, which were promptly named the Van Allen belts). The launch came almost four months after the Soviet Union had begun the space race with the launch of Sputnik 1. The first American attempt, a Vanguard satellite atop a Navy rocket (but under civilian management), ended in embarrassment, as the rocket collapsed in flames on the launch pad on live television on December 6, 1957.





Politics and government
James Gladstone,70, an Alberta Blood, took his seat as Canada's first aboriginal Senator; he was appointed by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, and sat as a Progressive Conservaitve.

People's Republic of China President Mao Tse-tung dismissed Communications Minister Chang Po-chun; Timber Industry Minister Lo Lung-chi; and Food Minister Chag Nai-chi (all non-Communists) from their cabinet posts for criticizing the government.

Labour
Staff investigator Pierre Salinger presented a memo to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Labor-Management Activities claiming that William Maloney's rise to the presidency of the International Union of Operating Engineers was aided by the murder of three oppositional union officials.

40 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Everlasting Love--Love Affair

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)--Johnny Farnham
2 Hello Goodbye/I Am the Walrus--The Beatles
3 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
4 The Rain, The Park and Other Things--The Cowsills
5 World/Sir Geoffrey Saved the World--The Bee Gees
6 Snoopy's Christmas--The Royal Guardsmen
7 The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck
8 Cathy Come Home/The Way They Play--The Twilights
9 You've Not Changed--Sandie Shaw
10 All My Love--Cliff Richard

Singles entering the chart were Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred and his Playboy Band (#11); You Only Live Twice/Oh Lonesome Me by Nancy Sinatra/Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#34); That's Life by the Wild Cherries (#37); and Neon Rainbow by the Box Tops (#40).

War
The American command in Vietnam reported over 5,000 fatalities after two days of heavy fighting in the Tet Offensive, which included an attack by Viet Cong guerrillas against the United States embassy in Saigon and other attacks in the early hours.

World events
The Republic of Nauru, formerly a United Nations trust territory in the South Pacific administered by Australia and New Zealand, was proclaimed.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. Premier Aleksei Kosygin concluded his week-long visit to India. He and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi issued a joint statement urging an "unconditional stoppage" to the bombing of North Vietnam, saying that a halt in the bombing would "create conditions for negotiations aimed at a political settlement."

West Germany and Yugoslavia resumed diplomatic relations, which had been broken by West Germany in 1957.

30 years ago
1978


On television tonight
Family, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Lifeline

Politics and government
The Northeastern Québec Agreement was signed in Ottawa as an amendment to the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement; it incorporates the Naskapi of Northern Québec, who received funds, lands and rights equal to those obtained by the Cree and Inuit peoples who had signed the original agreement with the government of Canada in 1975.

Hockey
CHL
Salt Lake City 3 @ Kansas City 1

25 years ago
1983


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Do You Really Want to Hurt Me--Culture Club (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Robert Stevens, 83
. U.S. businessman and politician. Mr. Stevens was chairman of the textile manufacturing firm J.P. Stevens and Company and served as U.S. Secretary of the Army under President Dwight Eisenhower from 1953-1955, during the period when U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin) was investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the Army.

20 years ago
1988


Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Heaven is a Place on Earth--Belinda Carlisle

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Pilot

This was broadcast after the Super Bowl telecast.

Football
NFL
Super Bowl XXII @ Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium
Washington 42 Denver 10

The Redskins, behind 10-0 after the first quarter, stormed back to rout the Broncos before 73,302 fans (see video). Washington quarterback Doug Williams was voted the game's Most Valuable Player, as he became the first Negro to quarterback a team to the NFL championship, completing 18 of 29 passes for 349 yards, and 4 touchdowns. Deion Sanders caught 9 passes for 193 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Redskins. Denver quarterback John Elway completed just 14 of 38 passes for 257 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions.

January 30, 2008

120 years ago
1888


Died on this date
Asa Gray, 77
. U.S. botanist. Dr. Gray had a medical degree, but was more interested in botany, which he taught at Harvard University from 1842-1873. He was instrumental in unifying the taxonomic knowledge of the plants of North America, with his most notable work being his Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, from New England to Wisconsin and South to Ohio and Pennsylvania Inclusive. Dr. Gray was a friend of Charles Darwin and a promoter of theistic evolution. He died two months after suffering a stroke.

80 years ago
1928


Died on this date
Forrest Winant, 39. U.S. actor. Mr. Winant appeared in various Broadway productions from 1907-1920, including Kick In (1914), which starred John Barrymore. Winant was in four movies: The Brink (1915); New York (1916); The Iron Heart (1917); and His Woman (1919). He died of a heart attack in his hotel room in Alameda, California.

75 years ago
1933


On the radio
The Lone Ranger, created by George W. Trendle, and written by Fran Striker, made its debut on station WXYZ in Detroit. Go to http://www.write101.com/loneranger.htm for more information.

Politics and government
Adolf Hitler took office as Chancellor of Germany.

60 years ago
1948


Died on this date
Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, 78
. Indian independence activist. Mr. Gandhi, whose nickname means "high-souled" in Sanskrit, was the leading Hindu nationalist in India and advocate for independence from British rule, with a resume too lengthy to list here. He lived long enough to see India gain her independence in 1947. At Birla House in Delhi, the "great soul" emerged from his quarters to conduct a prayer meeting in the gardens. He was weak from a fast and was supported by a grandniece on each side. As the crowd parted for him, a man in a green pullover and khaki jacket rushed up to Mr. Gandhi, bowed briefly, and shot him once in the abdomen and twice in the chest. Mr. Gandhi shouted "Hai Rama! Hai Rama!", collapsed and died. The assassin, 37-year-old newspaper editor Nathuram Godse, was the ringleader of an 8-man conspiracy to kill Mr. Gandhi. He was a dedicated member of Hindu Mahasabha, an anti-Muslim organization that hated Gandhi for his tolerance of non-Hindu religions. Mr. Godse was afraid that Mr. Gandhi's policies would lead to a Muslim takeover of India. Winston Churchill, in a speech to his constituency association on February 23, 1931, had Mr. Gandhi pegged:

It is alarming, and also nauseating, to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal palace, while he is still organizing and conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor...this malignant, subversive fanatic and the Viceroy of India.

Orville Wright, 76. U.S. aviator. Mr. Wright and his older brother Wilbur made the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air craft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903, beginning the age of aviation. The brothers co-founded the Wright Company in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio in 1909. Wilbur died of typhoid fever in 1912 at the age of 45; Orville sold the company in 1915, and made his last flight as a pilot in 1918. He spent his remaining years as an adviser with various aviation organizations. Orville Wright died of a heart attack.

Herb Pennock, 53. U.S. baseball pitcher and executive. Mr. Pennock played with the Philadelphia Athletics (1912-1915); Boston Red Sox (1915-1917, 1919-1922, 1934); and New York Yankees (1923-1933), compiling a record of 241-162 with an earned run average of 3.60 in 617 games, and batted .191 with 4 home runs and 103 runs batted in in 620 games. He was a member of five World Series championship teams, and posted a 5-0 record with a 1.95 ERA in 10 World Series games. Mr. Pennock was the Red Sox' pitching coach from 1936-1939 and was an executive in the Red Sox' farm system until becoming general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in December 1943, holding that position until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage, 11 days before his 54th birthday. Mr. Pennock was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame a few weeks after his death.

Arthur Coningham, 53. Australian-born U.K. military officer. Air Marshal Sir Arthur was an ace with the British Royal Flying Corps in World War and was a senior officer with the Royal Air Force in World War II, as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Flying Training Command. He was known as the "architect of modern air power doctrine regarding tactical air operations," based on the principles of air superiority as the first priority; centralized command of air operations co-equal with ground leadership; and innovative tactics in support of ground operations. Air Marshal Sir Arthur retired in 1947, and was among those aboard the British South American Airways plane Star Tiger when it disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle, 11 days after his 53rd birthday.

War
U.S. State Secretary George Marshall threatened to revoke the passports of Americans fighting on either side of the conflict in Palestine.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom rejected a resolution of the United Nations Security Council's Palestine Committee urging the establishment of a Jewish militia in Palestine before the end of the British mandate.

Crime
Former McGill University professor Raymond Boyer received a two-year prison sentence in Montreal for conspiring to reveal Canadian war secrets to the U.S.S.R.

Energy
The U.S. Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy approved the priority of weapons development over civilian research in the U.S. atomic energy program.

Disasters
The British South American Airways Avro Tudor IV Star Tiger, with 25 passengers and 6 crew members aboard, disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle. The disappearance remains unexplained.

Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games opened in St. Moritz, Switzerland, with 27 nations participating.

50 years ago
1958

Crime

The hunt for fugitives Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate ended in Wyoming, almost 500 miles from its beginning several days earlier in Lincoln, Nebraska. 12 miles outside of Douglas, Wyoming, Mr. Starkweather spotted a Buick pulled over at the side of the road, and decided that it would be an excellent opportunity to change cars (he had been driving a 1956 Packard stolen from Lincoln businessman C. Lauer Ward, one of Mr. Starkweather's murder victims). Shoe salesman Merle Collison was sleeping in the Buick, and Charlie shot him 9 times (he later claimed that Caril had finished Collison off). An oil company worker named Joe Sprinkle came upon the Buick, intending to offer help, and met Mr. Starkweather pointing a rifle at him. Mr. Sprinkle decided to go down fighting, and rushed forward, wrestling for the gun. As they scuffled, a deputy sheriff just happened to arrive, and Caril ran to the deputy, screaming, "It's Starkweather! He's going to kill me!" The deputy fired at Charlie's boots when Mr. Starkweather refused to raise his hands. In the confusion, Mr. Starkweather ran back to the Packard and took off. In a chase that reached speeds of up to 110 miles per hour, Charlie crashed a roadblock, but finally stopped when his windshield was shattered by a police bullet, and his face was cut by the flying glass. Charlie's explanation to the deputy was "I shot all those people in self-defense. People kept coming at me and I had to shoot. What else would you do?" Charlie Starkweather was extradited to Nebraska, and went to the electric chair on June 25, 1959. Caril Fugate went to prison, and was paroled in 1976. The crime spree has inspired several movies, including Badlands (1973); Natural Born Killers (1994); and Starkweather (2004).

40 years ago
1968

War

Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, believed to number 50,000, struck at 30 provincial capitals in South Vietnam in violation of a mutually agreed-upon ceasefire for Tet, the lunar new year. The attacks, which became known as the Tet offensive, caught Allied forces off guard. Saigon and Hue became major battlefields, and Communist forces occupied buildings of the U.S. embassy in Saigon for 6 hours before being wiped out. North Vietnam claimed that the attacks were being launched "to punish the American aggressors" for unilaterally cancelling the ceasefire in South Vietnam's five northern provinces the day before.

30 years ago
1978


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Mull of Kintyre--Wings (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): UFO--Pink Lady (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Credo--Elsa Baeza (5th week at #1)

Scandal
Francis Fox resigned as Canada's Solicitor-General, days after admitting to an affair with a married woman which had resulted in her pregnancy, followed by Mr. Fox forging the signature of the woman's husband on a hospital document in order to obtain an abortion for the woman. The incident was a typical example of Quebec morality.

25 years ago
1983

Football

NFL
Super Bowl XVII @ Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Washington 27 Miami 17

The Redskins scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to defeat the Dolphins 27-17, avenging their defeat of 10 years earlier in Super Bowl VII. Washington fullback John Riggins set Super Bowl records with 38 carries and 166 yards rushing. His 43-yard touchdown run gave the Redskins a 20-17 lead in the fourth quarter, and Joe Theismann's 6-yard scoring pass to Charlie Brown put the game away shortly after. Mr. Riggins, the game's MVP, also caught 1 pass for 15 yards, and his 181 yards of total offense was 5 yards more than the combined rushing and passing yardage of the Dolphins as a team. Washington's other touchdown came on a 4-yard pass from Theismann to Alvin Garrett. Miami scored on a 76-yard pass from David Woodley to Jimmy Cefalo in the first quarter, and a 98-yard kickoff return by Rick Walker in the second quarter. Mr. Theismann completed 15 of 23 passes for 143 yards. Mr. Woodley was just 4 for 14 (0 for 8 in the second half) for 97 yards, and Miami backup quarterback Don Strock was 0 for 3 in passing. The Redskins' defense held the Dolphins to just 9 first downs.

January 29, 2008

130 years ago
1878


Born on this date
Barney Oldfield
. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Oldfield was one of the major figures in the early days of auto racing, becoming, in 1903, the first man to drive at 60 miles per hour. He set other speed records, and was barred by the American Automobile Association for much of his career for participating in "outlaw" events, but the ban was lifted, and Mr. Oldfield raced in the Indianapolis 500 in 1914 and 1916, finishing fifth both times. He died of a heart attack on October 4, 1946 at the age of 68.

80 years ago
1928

Aviation

French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix flew from Guatemala City to Mexico City as they resumed their transatlantic flight.

40 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Cállate Niña--Pic-Nic (5th week at #1)

War
The United States unilaterally cancelled a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam that covered South Vietnam's five northern provinces. The cease-fire was to have taken effect for the lunar new year, better known as Tet.

Sunday 27 January 2008

January 28, 2008

80 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, 60
. Spanish novelist. His best known works include The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Blood and Sand; and Mare Nostrum. The first two of these were made into movies in 1921, and helped propel Rudolph Valentino to stardom. Mare Nostrum was made into a movie in 1926. Mr. Blasco Ibanez was an activist on behalf of Republican politics in Spain in his younger days, and made many enemies. He eventually became so disenchanted with Spanish politics that he moved to Paris just before the start of World War I. He supported the Allies. Blasco Ibanez died the day before his 61st birthday.

50 years ago
1958

Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers' catcher Roy Campanella,36, was paralyzed below the neck when his car skidded off a slippery road while he was driving to his home in Glen Cove, New York. After a long career in the negro leagues, Mr. Campanella had a sensational 10-year career with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948-1957. He was voted the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1951, 1953, and 1955. His best season was probably 1953, when he hit .312 with 41 home runs and a league-leading 142 runs batted in, and 103 runs scored. Mr. Campanella played in 5 World Series from 1949-1956, but the Dodgers' only win came in 1955.

40 years ago
1968


Disasters
24 people were killed in a train crash near General Camara, Brazil.

20 people were reported killed in avalanches in the Swiss Alps.

Golf
Billy Casper won the Los Angeles Open with a total score of 274; first prize money was $20,000.

Boxing
Chartchai Chionoi (47-10-2) retained his World Boxing Council world flyweight title with a technical knockout of Efren Torres (53-5-1) at 1:15 of the 13th round at El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos in Mexico City. The fight was stopped because of a severe cut over Mr. Torres' left eye.



30 years ago
1978


#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Solo Tu--Matia Bazar (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Mull of Kintyre--Wings

#1 single in Ireland: Mull of Kintyre--Wings (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Mull of Kintyre/Girls' School--Wings (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Baby Come Back--Player (3rd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 If I Had Words--Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley with the St. Thomas More School Choir
2 Mull of Kintyre--Wings
3 Egyptian Reggae--Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
4 Singin' in the Rain--Sheila B. Devotion
5 It's a Heartache--Bonnie Tyler
6 Tingelingeling--Andre Van Duin Presenteert Ome Joop en Het Dik Voormekaar Koor
7 The Floral Dance--The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
8 Smurfenbier--Vader Abraham
9 Lailola - No Ablas Mas--José e Los Reyes
10 Only a Fool--The Mighty Sparrow with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

Singles entering the chart were Take a Chance on Me by ABBA (#15); For a Few Dollars More by Smokie (#22); Darling by Baccara (#23); Kayuta Hill by Partner (#26); and The House of the Rising Sun by Santa Esmeralda (#29).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Short People--Randy Newman
2 Baby Come Back--Player
3 We are the Champions--Queen
4 Stayin' Alive--Bee Gees
5 You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)--Rod Stewart
6 Just the Way You Are--Billy Joel
7 Here You Come Again--Dolly Parton
8 How Deep is Your Love--Bee Gees
9 Desiree--Neil Diamond
10 Sometimes When We Touch--Dan Hill

Singles entering the chart were Dust in the Wind by Kansas (#75); Poor Poor Pitiful Me by Linda Ronstadt (#76); Silver Dreams by the Babys (#82); Ebony Eyes by Bob Welch (#90); Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione (#91); Baby Hold On by Eddie Money (#97); I Can't Hold On by Karla Bonoff (#98); You Brought the Woman Out of Me by Hot (#99); and Never Had a Love by Pablo Cruise (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 How Deep is Your Love--Bee Gees (6th week at #1)
2 (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again--L.T.D.
3 Slip Slidin' Away--Paul Simon
4 You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)--Rod Stewart
5 Sometimes When We Touch--Dan Hill
6 Baby Come Back--Player
7 We are the Champions--Queen
8 Here You Come Again--Dolly Parton
9 Come Sail Away--Styx
10 Sentimental Lady--Bob Welch

Singles entering the chart were (You're My) Soul and Inspiration by Donny and Marie Osmond (#94); Dreamer by Supertramp (#95); Donna by Andre Gagnon (#96); Galaxy by War (#97); Our Love by Natalie Cole (#98); and Storybook Children (Daybreak) by Bette Midler (#99).

World events
Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle imposed emergency rule, hoping to end the nationwide strike aimed at forcing him to resign.

Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles 3 @ Montreal 6

Football
NFL
New Orleans Saints' owner John Mecom, Jr. fired Hank Stram just 2 years into a 10-year contract as head coach. The Saints had gone 4-10 in 1976, and had followed that with a 3-11 record in 1977. Perhaps the low point of Mr. Stram's coaching reign in New Orleans came in the second last game of the season, when the Saints lost 33-14 at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers, in their second season in the NFL, had lost their first 26 games going into that game. Mr. Stram coached the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs franchise in the AFL and NFL from 1960-1974, winning American Football League titles in 1962, 1966, and 1969. His 1969 team finished the season with a victory over the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings in the Super Bowl.

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A.: Baby Come Back--Player (3rd week at #1)

25 years ago
1983

Politics and government

Canada's federal Progressive Conservatives, at a party convention in Winnipeg, put Joe Clark's leadership to a vote. The former Prime Minister received the support of 66.9% of those in attendance, a remarkably high percentage for someone whose blundering had cost his party the government three years earlier. However, showing the judgement for which he was famous, Chinless Joe decided that that figure was too low. A leadership convention was then set for June.

20 years ago
1988


Died on this date
Klaus Fuchs, 76
. German physicist. Dr. Fuchs was a socialist who became a Communist while still a student in Germany. He fled to the United Kingdom shortly after the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, and went to the United States during World War II, where he worked on the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bombs. Dr. Fuchs worked as a spy with the U.S.S.R., and illegally transferred nuclear information to the Soviets. In January 1950 he confessed to being a spy, and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for espionage. Dr. Fuchs was released in 1959 after serving 9 1/3 years, and emigrated to East Germany, where he spent the rest of his life. He died 30 days after his 76th birthday.

Abominations
The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada's abortion law. Bertha Wilson, showing the mental and moral retardation that characterized her dismal feminist career, wrote for the majority. Ted Byfield, writing in Alberta Report, stated that "her so-called judgement...reads like something you'd be handed on a street corner." I've read "Madam Justice" Wilson's judgement, and Mr. Byfield was right.

January 27, 2008

50 years ago
1958

Crime

Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate left Lincoln, Nebraska, six days after Mr. Starkweather had murdered Caril’s mother, stepfather, and sister. A note taped to the front door of the house where the murders took place warned visitors that the residents had the flu, but Caril’s grandmother got suspicious and called police. By the time they arrived, Charlie and Caril were heading for Bennet in Charlie’s rebuilt 1949 Ford, carrying a .38, a .22 rifle, and a .410-gauge shotgun. Arriving early in the evening at the farmhouse of 70-year-old August Meyer, a Starkweather family friend, Charlie shot Meyer (ostensibly for his guns and ammunition), but the couple abandoned their car when it got stuck in the mud on the way out. Robert Jensen and Carol King, two local teenagers out on a date, picked them up, but Charlie forced them to drive to an abandoned storm cellar. Robert and Carol were shot to death; Mr. Starkweather later admitted shooting Mr. Jensen, but claimed that Caril had shot King. The killers then made off with their victims’ car, a more recent model Ford. Charlie and Caril returned to Lincoln, and drove to the wealthy residential area on the southeast side of the city. They entered the home of C. Lauer Ward, 48-year-old president of Capital Steel Works, who at that moment was downtown in conference with Nebraska governor Victor Anderson. Mr. Ward’s wife Clara and maid Lillian Fencl were stabbed to death. When Ward arrived home, Charlie shot him, and he and Caril filled Mr. Ward’s black 1956 Packard with loot from the house and hit the highway, in the direction of Wyoming.

Football
CFL
Sam Lyle was named to succeed the departed Pop Ivy as head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. Lyle, like Ivy, was an assistant to Bud Wilkinson at the University of Oklahoma when approached by the Eskimos. Perry Moss was also interviewed for the Eskimo job, and impressed the directors, but they wished to continue their "Oklahoma Connection."

40 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)--Johnny Farnham (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: La Dernière Valse--Mireille Mathieu (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): L'ora dell'amore--I Camaleonti (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der letzte Walzer--Peter Alexander (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 World--The Bee Gees (3rd week at #1)
2 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
3 2000 Light Years from Home/She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
4 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
5 Mien Waar Is M'n Feestneus?--Toon
6 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
7 Magical Mystery Tour (EP)--The Beatles
8 Dear Eloise--The Hollies
9 Tin Soldier--Small Faces
10 Little Bird--Tielman Brothers

Singles entering the chart were Walk Away Renee by the Four Tops (#32); The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde by Georgie Fame (#34); Celestial Dreams by Dragonfly (#36); Bend Me, Shape Me by the American Breed (#38); and Sleep, Sleep, Sleep by Ro-d-Ys (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
2 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
3 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
4 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
5 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
6 I Heard it Through the Grapevine--Gladys Knight & the Pips
7 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
8 Susan--The Buckinghams
9 Spooky--The Classics IV
10 Darlin'--The Beach Boys

Singles entering the chart were I Thank You by Sam & Dave (#61); (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (#63); Simon Says by 1910 Fruitgum Company (#67); Guitar Man by Elvis Presley (#76); Everything that Touches You by the Association (#79); Get Out Now by Tommy James and the Shondells (#82); (You’ve Got) Personality & Chantilly Lace by Mitch Ryder (#86); Carpet Man by the 5th Dimension (#88); Stop by Howard Tate (#92); Try It by the Ohio Express (#93); Birds of a Feather by Joe South (#94); Toyland by Alan Bown (#97); and Love Explosion by Troy Keyes (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
2 Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations
3 Next Plane to London--The Rose Garden
4 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
5 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
6 Who Will Answer?--Ed Ames
7 Susan--The Buckinghams
8 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
9 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
10 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed

Singles entering the chart were (You’ve Got) Personality & Chantilly Lace by Mitch Ryder (#81); Malayisha by Miriam Makeba (#83); (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls by Dionne Warwick (#84); Hey Little One by Glen Campbell (#90); Thank U Very Much by the Scaffold (#93); Never Ever by Peter and Gordon (#94); She Says by the 49th Parallel (#96); Guitar Man by Elvis Presley (#97); There was a Time by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#98); Love Never Changes by Brian Foley (#99); and There Is by the Dells (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
2 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
3 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
4 Spooky--The Classics IV
5 Money--The Lovin' Spoonful
6 Tomorrow--Strawberry Alarm Clock
7 Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You--The Lettermen
8 I Can Take or Leave Your Loving--Herman's Hermits
9 Love Me Two Times--The Doors
10 Some Velvet Morning--Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Singles entering the chart were Mr. Soul Satisfaction by Timmi Willis (#24); Everything that Touches You by the Association (#25); Sunday Mornin' by Spanky and Our Gang (#28); No Sad Songs by Joe Simon (#29); and Explosion in My Soul by the Soul Survivors (#30).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
2 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
3 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
4 (Alone) In My Room--Willie & the Walkers
5 Different Drum--Stone Poneys
6 She Says--The 49th Parallel
7 Love of the Common People--Wayne Newton
8 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
9 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
10 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
Pick hit of the week: I Can Take or Leave Your Loving--Herman's Hermits

Disasters
The French submarine Minerve, with 52 aboard, was reported missing in the Mediterranean Sea, two days after the Israeli submarine INS Dakar had disappeared in bad weather, 100 miles west of Cyprus.

25 years ago
1983

Hit parade

Canada's Top 30
1 Pass the Dutchie--Musical Youth
2 Africa--Toto
3 Come On Eileen--Dexys Midnight Runners & the Emerald Express
4 The Other Guy--Little River Band
5 Baby Come to Me--Patti Austin
6 You Can't Hurry Love--Phil Collins
7 Be Good Johnny--Men at Work
8 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?--Culture Club
9 I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)--Donald Fagen
10 Shame on the Moon--Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
11 Truly--Lionel Richie
12 All of My Heart--ABC
13 Gloria--Laura Branigan
14 Allentown--Billy Joel
15 Goody Two Shoes--Adam Ant
16 Crazy--Supertramp
17 When I'm With You--Sheriff
18 Heart to Heart--Kenny Loggins
19 Subdivisions--Rush
20 Mirror Man--The Human League
21 Stray Cat Strut--The Stray Cats
22 She Controls Me--Strange Advance
23 Everytime I See Your Picture I Cry--Luba
24 Heart Gone Cold--Harlequin
25 We've Got Tonight--Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
26 Silhouettes--The Nylons
27 The Woman in Me--Donna Summer
28 Space Age Love Song--A Flock of Seagulls
29 Breaking Us in Two--Joe Jackson
30 All Right--Christopher Cross

Saturday 26 January 2008

January 26, 2008

100 years ago
1908


Born on this date
Percy Beard
. U.S. hurdler and coach. Mr. Beard set a world record time of 1.2 seconds in the 120-metre hurdles in 1931, and tied the record in 1934. He won a silver medal in the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Mr. Beard was track and field coach of the University of Florida Gators from 1937-1964, and used his civil engineering background to design all-weather tracks. He was inducted into the U.S. National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1981, and died on March 27, 1990 at the age of 82.

80 years ago
1928


Died on this date
Guido Nardini, 46
. Italian military aviator. Maresciallo Nardini was an air ace during World War I, recording six combat victories from 1916-1918. He continued to serve in the armed forces after the war, and was killed when he bailed out of an aircraft in trouble over the Ciampino airfield, and his parachute malfunctioned.

Aviation
French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix flew from Colon, Panama to Guatemala City, Guatemala, the latest stop on their transatlantic flight.

50 years ago
1958

On television tonight

Alfred Hitchcock Presents on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Motive

40 years ago
1968

Hit parade

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Bottle of Wine--The Fireballs
2 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
3 Susan--The Buckinghams
4 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
5 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
6 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
7 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
8 Dear Eloise--The Hollies
9 Jezebel--The Witness Inc.
10 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
Pick of the Week: Sunday Mornin'--Spanky and Our Gang
New this week: Tomorrow--Strawberry Alarm Clock
Lollipop Train--Barry McGuire
1941--Tom Northcott
Get Out Now--Tommy James and the Shondells
Strawberry Shortcake--Jay and the Techniques

On television tonight
Off to See the Wizard, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Alexander the Great, starring William Shatner, Adam West, Joseph Cotten, and John Cassavetes

This episode was a pilot for a proposed series, filmed in 1963. The series was rejected by ABC, and the network kept the program in its vaults until broadcasting it as part of the family-oriented anthology series.



30 years ago
1978


On television tonight
James at 15, starring Lance Kerwin, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Star-Crossed Lovers



Class of '65, starring Tony Bill, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Class Clown

Television
It was announced that Frank Rigney, longtime colour analyst on CBC telecasts of Canadian Football League games, would be taking his telestrator with him to join the CTV broadcast crew for CFL games.

Died on this date
Leo Genn, 72
. U.K. actor. Mr. Genn trained as a barrister, and practiced law when he wasn't acting, assisting the prosecution at the Nuremberg war crimes trials. His movie credits included The Velvet Touch; Mourning Becomes Electra; Quo Vadis (1951); Moby Dick; and 55 Days at Peking.

Scandal
South Korean rice dealer Tongsun Park reportedly gave U.S. Justice Department investigators in Seoul evidence that 15-18 current members of the United States Congress may have received cash gifts in violation of ethical standards. Acting Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti said that about $1 million had been given to American officials. Two days earlier, Mr. Park had told investigators that he had made financial contributions to at least five U.S. Senators, including the recently-deceased Hubert Humphrey (Democrat--Minnesota).

Disasters
A snowstorm swept the midwestern United States, with 15-inches of snow in Michigan and Indiana, killing more than 70 people and stranding thousands of motorists. In Ohio, about 150,000 homes were without heat or electricity when the storm knocked out power lines. In West Virginia, rivers overflowed their banks and forced at least 3,000 people to flee.

Hockey
NHL
Pittsburgh @ Detroit (postponed, snow)
Toronto 2 @ New York Islanders 4
Minnesota 2 @ Buffalo 1
Cleveland 0 @ Chicago 5
St. Louis 1 @ Los Angeles 5

A major snowstorm caused the postponement of the Red Wings' vs. the Penguins at Olympia Stadium. The storm also battered Chicago, and it was expected that the Black Hawks' home game that night against the Cleveland Barons would also be postponed. To the surprise of just about everybody, the game went ahead. Only 537 fans were on hand in the 17,000-seat Chicago Stadium to watch the Black Hawks win 5-0. Tony Esposito stopped 26 shots for the shutout, and the Black Hawks got goals from Ivan Boldirev, Stan Mikita, John Marks, Alain Daigle, and Phil Russell. Paul Harrison made 34 saves to outduel Buffalo goalie Don Edwards for his first NHL win as the North Stars upset the Sabres at War Memorial Auditorium. Glenn Goldup scored twice and Marcel Dionne scored his 250th career NHL goal as the Kings beat the Blues at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

Football
CFL
In Edmonton, Vic Rapp of the British Columbia Lions was awarded the Annis Stukus Trophy as the CFL's Coach of the Year for 1977. Mr. Rapp had coached the Lions to a 10-6 record and second place in the Western Football Conference, the Lions' best season since their Grey Cup championship year of 1964.

25 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Paul "Bear" Bryant, 69
. U.S. college football coach. He amassed a record of 323-85-17 in 38 years as a head coach at Maryland (1945); Kentucky (1946-1953); Texas A&M (1954-1957); and Alabama (1958-1982), and recorded just one losing season. Bryant died just a month after announcing his retirement (and appearing on the cover of Time magazine).

Hockey
The Toronto Maple Leafs came from behind to earn a 6-6 tie with the Edmonton Oilers at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton.

Wednesday 23 January 2008

January 25, 2008

75 years ago
1933

On the radio

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Adventure of the Missing Dancer

60 years ago
1948

On the radio

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on MBS, starring John Stanley and Alfred Shirley
Tonight's episode: The Case of the Engineer's Thumb

20 years ago
1988

Died on this date
Colleen Moore, 87
. U.S. actress. She was one of the best-known "flappers" of the 1920s, and was Hollywood's biggest box office draw in 1927. Among her best-known movies are Flaming Youth (1923); So Big (1924); Ella Cinders (1926); The Power and the Glory (1933); and her last film, The Scarlet Letter (1934). Miss Moore invested wisely, became a partner in Merrill Lynch, and wrote a book on investing. She was one of the people interviewed for Sidney D. Kirkpatrick's fascinating 1986 Hollywood true crime book A Cast of Killers.

January 24, 2008

160 years ago
1848


Americana
James W. Marshall discovered gold on the property of Johann A. Sutter near Coloma, California.

80 years ago
1928

Aviation

French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, continuing their transatlantic flight, went from Baranquilla, Colombia to Colon, Panama.

70 years ago
1938


Died on this date
Rosamond Pinchot, 33
. U.S. socialite and actress. Miss Pinchot was from an influential political family. She appeared in several Broadway plays, and made her only film appearance in The Three Musketeers (1935). Miss Pinchot committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days before the tenth anniversary of her marriage to "Big Bill" Gaston, from whom she'd been separated for several years.

60 years ago
1948


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Ballerina--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ballerina--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)
--Buddy Clark
--Bing Crosby with the Rhythmaires
2 Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)--Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters
--Louis Prima and his Orchestra
--Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters
--Ray McKinley and his Orchestra
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
3 Serenade of the Bells--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
4 Too Fat Polka (I Don’t Want Her) (You Can Have Her) (She’s Too Fat for Me)--Arthur Godfrey
5 How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
--Jack Owens
--Dinah Shore
6 Golden Earrings--Peggy Lee
7 I'll Dance at Your Wedding--Ray Noble and his Orchestra with Buddy Clark
--Peggy Lee
8 Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters
--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra
9 You Do--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
--Margaret Whiting
--Dinah Shore
--Vic Damone
10 Pass That Peace Pipe--Margaret Whiting
--Beryl Davis

Singles entering the chart were Beg Your Pardon, with versions by Francis Craig and his Orchestra, and Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (#16); Loaded Pistols, Loaded Dice by Phil Harris and his Orchestra (#20); (The Treasure Of) Sierra Madre, with versions by Ray Noble and his Orchestra with Buddy Clark; and Dick Haymes (#23); Pianissimo, with versions by Perry Como, and Buddy Clark (#30); Mickey by Ted Weems and his Orchestra (#33); I Hate to Lose You (I’m So Used to You Now) by Sammy Kaye and his “Swing And Sway” Orchestra (#38); and Dardanella by Les Brown and his Orchestra (#39). (The Treasure Of) Sierra Madre was inspired by the movie.

On the radio
Escape, on CBS (West Coast)
Tonight's episode: Papa Benjamin

This was an adaptation of the short story Dark Melody of Madness (1935) by Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish.

Died on this date
George Alan Powell, 69
. U.K. broadcasting executive. Mr. Powell was a former chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Arthur Liebehenschel, 46. German SS officer. SS Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Liebehenschel joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and the SS in 1934, serving in the Death's Head Units. He was Lagerkommandant at the Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps in German-occupied Poland from 1943-1945. SS Obersturmbannführer Liebehenschel made some minor improvements for the prisoners, but was arrested by the U.S. Army and extradited to Poland, where he was convicted in 1947 of crimes against humanity and executed by hanging.

Maria Mandl, 36. Austro-Hungarian born war criminal. SS-Oberaufseherin Mandl was in charge of all female camps and subcamps at Auschwitz, and was believed to have been directly complicit in the deaths of over 500,000 female prisoners. A Polish court convicted her in 1947, and she was hanged at Kraków, two weeks after her 36th birthday.

Politics and government
China's Nationalist government concluded parliamentary elections, which returned 200 Kuomintang representatives from districts earlier promised to the minority Young China and Social Democratic Parties.

Moscow sources reported the dismissal of Eugen Varga, the U.S.S.R.'s leading economist, from the Soviet Academy of Sciences for advocating Soviet cooperation with the United States and western Europe.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor International Ladies Garment Workers Union executive board, meeting in Miami, denounced former U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace's third-party U.S. presidential campaign as "Communist-inspired."

United Air Lines signed a contract with the AFL Air Line Pilots Association, giving a top pay of $1,266 per month to senior pilots.

50 years ago
1958

Hit parade

#1 single in the U.K.: Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley

30 years ago
1978


On television tonight
Family, on ABC
Tonight's episode: See Saw

Died on this date
Herta Oberheuser, 66
. German physician. Dr. Oberheuser specialized in dermatology after obtaining her medical degree in Bonn in 1937. She served as doctor for the League of German Girls before working at Ravensbrück women's concentration camp during World War II, where she performed atrocities on the prsioners. Dr. Oberheuser was the only female defendant in the Nuremberg "Doctors' trial" (1946-1947), where she was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 20 years in prison. She was released after five years, and was a family doctor in Stocksee, West Germany before losing her job and her medical license after being recognized in 1958 by a Ravensbruck survivor. Dr. Oberheuser never practiced medicine again.

Space
The Soviet nuclear-powered spy satellite Cosmos 954 broke up over the Northwest Territories, spreading Communist radiation over an area of several hundred square miles.

Hockey
NHL
All-Star Game @ War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo
Prince of Wales Conference 3 Clarence S. Campbell Conference 2 (OT)

Gilbert Perreault scored 3:55 into overtime to give the Prince of Wales Conference a 3-2 win over the Clarence Campbell Conference. Campbell Conference goalie Billy Smith was chosen the game's Most Valuable Player. It's hard to believe today that there was a time when the NHL All-Star game could be such a low-scoring affair.

Football
NFL
Quarterback Joe Namath announced his retirement as a professional football player. After 13 seasons with the New York Jets, Broadway Joe had joined the Los Angeles Rams in 1977, but a hard hit in the fifth game of the season had sidelined him for the rest of the year. Mr. Namath's best season was 1968, when he led the Jets to the American Football League championship, and followed it with a 16-7 win over the NFL champion Baltimore Colts to become the first AFL team to win the Super Bowl.

CFL
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hired Tom Dimitroff as head coach to succeed Bob Shaw, who had stepped down in order to be the team's full-time general manager. Mr. Dimitroff had been an assistant under George Brancato with the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1974-1977, earning a Grey Cup ring in 1976.

25 years ago
1983

Died on this date
George Cukor, 83
. U.S. movie director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady in 1964. Cukor's other movies include The Women; Born Yesterday; Camille; Let's Make Love. He was known as a "woman's director," and was particularly known for his successful working relationship with Katharine Hepburn, with whom he made 10 movies (including Holiday; The Philadelphia Story; and Adam's Rib).

10 years ago
1998

Hit parade

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Truly, Madly, Deeply--Savage Garden

January 23, 2008

320 years ago
1688


Born on this date
Ulrika Eleonora
. Queen of Sweden, 1718-1720. Ulrika Eleonora, the youngest child of King Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, was Queen Regnant of Sweden from 1718-1720 and Queen Consort to King Frederick I from 1720 until her death from smallpox on November 24, 1741 at the age of 53.

100 years ago
1908

Died on this date
Edward MacDowell, 47
. U.S. composer and pianist. Mr. MacDowell is best known for his second piano concerto and the piano suites Woodland Sketches (1896), Sea Pieces (1898), and New England Idylls (1902). In 1896 he was considered America's finest composer, but his reputation began to wane around World War I, perhaps as a result of the instant American dislike for all things German (Mr. MacDowell had spent some time in Germany, and was heavily influenced by German romanticism). Mr. MacDowell was chairman of the music department at Columbia University for a number of years, but left after a dispute with university president Nicholas Murray Butler over the importance of fine arts as an educational requirement. Mr. MacDowell and his wife then settled in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where they established an artists' colony. Mr. MacDowell died of a progressive degenerative nervous disease; his wife continued to operate the colony, and the MacDowell Colony continues to this day. Its alumni include composer Aaron Copland and writer Thornton Wilder.

50 years ago
1958

Politics and government

Marco Perez Jimenez, President of Venezuela since December 2, 1952, was deposed by a military coup and fled to the Dominican Republic. Wolfgang Larrazabal was appointed interim President.

40 years ago
1968

War

Four North Korean patrol boats seized the U.S. Navy electronic surveillance ship Pueblo and her 83-man crew in the Sea of Japan, and took them to the port of Wonsan.

30 years ago
1978


Died on this date
Jack Oakie, 74
. U.S. actor. Mr. Oakie was a comic actor best known for his portrayal of Italian dictator "Benzino Napaloni" in Charlie Chaplin's satire The Great Dictator (1940).

Football
NFL
Pro Bowl @ Tampa Stadium
NFC 14 AFC 13

Running back Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears was the game's Most Valuable Player. Bud Grant of the Minnesota Vikings was the head coach of the National Football Conference team, while John Madden was head coach of the American Football Conference squad.

Tuesday 22 January 2008

January 22, 2008

220 years ago
1788


Born on this date
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
. U.K. poet. Lord Byron, a leading figure in the Romantic movement, was born in London. He died of the effects of a brief illness and resulting medical treatment on April 19, 1824 at the age of 36, while aiding Greek naval forces in attempting to win Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire.

200 years ago
1808


World events
The Portuguese royal family arrived in Brazil, after fleeing the French Army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.

90 years ago
1918


Abominations
Mary Ellen Smith, an Independent Liberal, became the first woman elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, winning a by-election in the Vancouver riding that had been held by her husband Ralph Smith.

80 years ago
1928


Diplomacy
King Amanullah I of Afghanistan and his party continued their European tour, arriving in Nice to begin a visit to France.

70 years ago
1938


Theatre
Our Town by Thornton Wilder was first performed in public, at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.

60 years ago
1948


Radio
Hooperatings listed the most popular programs in the United States as: Bob Hope; Radio Theater; Jack Benny; Fibber McGee and Molly; and Fred Allen.

Diplomacy
U.K. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, in a major address before the House of Commons, announced a shift from Britain's traditional balance of power politics to support for a "western union" of European states working in close cooperation with the United States.

Defense
U.S. Navy Admiral Louis Denfeld announced that improvements in V-2 rocket weapons allowed them to be installed on ships for use against trans-oceanic targets.

Protest
Iraqi students protesting their country's recently-concluded treaty with the United Kingdom ended three days of riots in Baghdad, with 11 demonstrators dead.

Environment
State and federal officials participating in the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Commission agreed to a six-yer program committing $2.4 billion to the development of land and water resources in the 10 Missouri basin states.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations Executive Council voted 33-11 against supporting the third-party U.S. presidential campaign of former U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace.

The New York State Labor Relations Board barred R.H. Macy Company from fulfilling its promise of triple pay for employees who crossed picket lines during a 1946 delivery drivers' strike.

50 years ago
1958


At the movies
The Female Animal, directed by Harry Keller, and starring Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling, and George Nader, opened in theatres in New York City.





Flood Tide, starring George Nader, Cornell Borchers, Michel Ray, Judson Pratt, and Joanna Moore, opened in theatres in Los Angeles.



Died on this date
Lawrence Smith, 65
. U.S. politician. Mr. Smith, a Republican, represented Wisconsin's 1st District in the House of Representatives from 1941 until his death from a heart attack in the House restaurant. He was known for his opposition to foreign aid and liberalized foreign trade.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council approved a U.S.-U.K. resolution calling for tightened UN control of the narrow demilitarized zone between Israeli and Jordanian lines in Jerusalem.

U.S. State Secretary John Foster Dulles rejected as "totally false" Soviet contentions that the United States had sought to force Baghdad Pact states to accept U.S. missile sites and nuclear weapons.

Politics and government
Italian typewriter manufacturer Adriano Olivetti announced that his Community of Culture of the Workers and Peasants would enter national politics in 1959.

40 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Cállate Niña--Pic-Nic (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, on NBC

This was the first regular episode of the comedy program, which had aired on NBC as a special in September 1967. One unintentionally prophetic skit had Rowan and Martin delivering a newscast of the future, set in January 1988: "Dateline: Washington. President Ronald Reagan..." The audience burst into laughter at this point. The cancelled series that NBC replaced in its time slot was The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

Died on this date
Duke Kahanamoku, 77
. U.S. swimmer and surfer. Mr. Kahanamoku, who was born in Honolulu when Hawaii was still an independent kingdom, represented the United States in the Summer Olympic Games in 1912, 1920, and 1924, winning a total of three gold and two silver medals in swimming. He did more than anyone else to introduce and popularize surfing on the U.S. mainland and in Australia. Mr. Kahanamoku served as sheriff of Honolulu from 1932-1961, and was the first person inducted into both the Swimming Hall of Fame and the Surfing Hall of Fame. He died of a heart attack.

Music
The single Born to Be Loved by You b/w Shy Away by Roy Orbison was released on MGM Records. It failed to chart in either the U.S.A. or U.K.

Space
The United States launched Apollo 5, an unmanned mission that served as the first test for the Lunar Module, from Cape Kennedy, Florida. There were a few minor glitches, but the mission was successful enough for a second such test to be cancelled. The Saturn 1B rocket that carried the Apollo spacecraft was the same one that would have taken the Apollo 1 crew into space, if they hadn't been killed in the fire on January 27, 1967.





War
Operation Igloo White, a U.S. electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.

Diplomacy
U.K. Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrived in Moscow to begin three days of talks with U.S.S.R. Premier Alesksei Kosygin on a "political settlement" of the Vietnam War.

Weather
29 people were reported dead as a result of a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro.

Disasters
40 people drowned when a boat capsized in the Ganges River near Benares, India.

20 years ago
1988


Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Always on My Mind--Pet Shop Boys (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Parker Fennelly, 96
. U.S. actor. Mr. Fennelly played crusty New England characters in numerous radio and television programs and in several movies, including The Trouble with Harry (1955).

10 years ago
1998


Crime
Ted Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, California to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.

Scandal
The Law Society of Upper Canada stripped lawyer and hockey agent Alan Eagleson of his right to practice law, for unbecoming conduct; he had pleaded guilty to fraud on January 7, 1998.

January 21, 2008

670 years ago
1338


Born on this date
Charles V
. King of France, 1364-1380. Charles V, nicknamed "Charles the Wise," acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Jean II. He reigned during the Hundred Years' War, and his armies recovered much of the territory lost to English forces by his predecessors. King Charles V died on September 16, 1380 at the age of 42, and was succeeded by his son Charles VI.

80 years ago
1928

Aviation

French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix continued their transatlantic flight by going from Caracas, Venezuela to Branquilla, Colombia.

70 years ago
1938


Boxing
Former world heavyweight champion Jim Braddock (51-26-7-3), in his first fight since losing the title to Joe Louis seven months earlier, ended his professional career by winning a 10-round split decision over British heavyweight champion Tommy Farr (68-27-17-2) at Madison Square Garden in New York (see video). It was Mr. Farr's fight since losing a 15-round decision to Mr. Louis in a challenge for the world title five months earlier.

50 years ago
1958

Crime

19-year-old Charley Starkweather began his murder spree in Lincoln, Nebraska. When he went to the home of his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Fugate, and found she wasn’t home, he argued with, and shot to death, Caril’s mother and stepfather, Velda and Marion Bartlett, and clubbed Caril’s 2-year-old sister Betty Jean to death. Charley hid the bodies behind the house before Caril came home from school. Charley and Caril stayed in the house for six more days, keeping visitors away with a note taped to the front door warning that everyone inside was sick with the flu.

30 years ago
1978


Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Baby Come Back--Player (2nd week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
On the national Hockey Night in Canada telecast, the Montreal Canadiens whipped the Vancouver Canucks 8-1 at the Montreal Forum.

10 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Jack Lord, 77
. U.S. actor. Mr. Lord starred in the ABC television western series Stoney Burke in 1962-1963, and then hit it big as the star of the CBS police drama Hawaii Five-O from 1968-1980. As Steve McGarrett, he was known for the line "Book him, Dan-O!" Among his movies were Man of the West and Dr. No. Mr. Lord was a talented artist who sold paintings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the British Museum of Modern Art by the time he was 20.

Wednesday 16 January 2008

January 20, 2008

40 years ago
1968


Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)--Johnny Farnham

#1 single in France: La Dernière Valse--Mireille Mathieu (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): L'ora dell'amore--I Camaleonti (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der letzte Walzer--Peter Alexander

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 World--The Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)
2 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
3 2000 Light Years from Home/She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
4 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
5 Magical Mystery Tour (EP)--The Beatles
6 A Walk in the Sky--Flower Pot Men
7 Little Bird--Tielman Brothers
8 Dear Eloise--The Hollies
9 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
10 Susannah's Still Alive--Dave Davies

Singles entering the chart were Mien Waar Is M'n Feestneus? by Toon (#26); Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred and his Playboy Band (#30); 'k Hoop Dat Jij Eens Wacht Op Mij! by De Heikrekels (#35); and Am I that Easy to Forget by Engelbert Humperdinck (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
2 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
3 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
4 I Heard it Through the Grapevine--Gladys Knight & the Pips
5 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
6 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
7 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
8 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
9 Susan--The Buckinghams
10 Summer Rain--Johnny Rivers

Singles entering the chart were Words by the Bee Gees (#67); Strawberry Shortcake by Jay and the Techniques (#68); Do Unto Me by James & Bobby Purify (#72); Malayisha by Miriam Makeba (#73); (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls by Dionne Warwick (#81); There was a Time by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#85); I was Made to Love Her by King Curtis and the Kingpins (#87); There Is by the Dells (#88); Hey Little One by Glen Campbell (#89); It's Not Easy by the Will-O-Bees (#94); Do What You Gotta Do by Al Wilson (#95); Never Ever by Peter and Gordon (#96); Without Love (There is Nothing) by Oscar Toney, Jr. (#97); It's a Gas by the Hombres (#98); Cold Feet by Albert King (#99); and Let the Heartaches Begin by Long John Baldry (#100). (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls was from the movie.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Next Plane to London--The Rose Garden
2 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
3 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
4 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
5 Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations
6 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
7 It's Wonderful--The Young Rascals
8 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
9 Who Will Answer?--Ed Ames
10 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed

Singles entering the chart were I Can Take or Leave Your Loving by Herman's Hermits (#59); Sunshine of Your Love by Cream (#61); Words by the Bee Gees (#74); Strawberry Shortcake by Jay and the Techniques (#79); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus (#83); Do Unto Me by James & Bobby Purify (#86); Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition was In) by the First Edition (#87); If the Whole World Stopped Lovin' by Val Doonican (#89); Born Free by the Hesitations (#91); To Each his Own by Frankie Laine (#95); Quicksand by the Youngbloods (#97); Cross My Heart by Billy Stewart (#98); Without Love (There is Nothing) by Oscar Toney, Jr. (#99); and A Working Man's Prayer by Arthur Prysock (#100). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was a version of the title theme of the movie.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
2 Home from the Forest--Ronnie Hawkins
3 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
4 Love Me Two Times--The Doors
5 She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
6 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
7 Tomorrow--Strawberry Alarm Clock
8 Money--The Lovin' Spoonful
9 Who Will Answer?--Ed Ames
10 Spooky--The Classics IV

Singles entering the chart were I Wish it Would Rain by the Temptations (#23); Nobody But Me by the Human Beinz (#24); We Can Fly by the Cowsills (#25); 1941 by Tom Northcott (#27); And Get Away by the Esquires (#28); Darlin' by the Beach Boys (#29); and Skinny Legs and All by Joe Tex (#30).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Love of the Common People--Wayne Newton
2 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
3 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
4 (Alone) In My Room--Willie & the Walkers
5 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
6 She Says--The 49th Parallel
7 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
8 Monterey--Eric Burdon & the Animals
9 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
10 Next Plane to London--The Rose Garden
Pick hit of the week: Different Drum--Stone Poneys

Died on this date
Robert Shankland, 80
. U.K.-born Canadian military officer. Lieutenant Shankland, a native of Scotland who moved to Canada in 1910, won the Victoria Cross at the World War I Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, and was one of three VC winners who lived on Pine Street in Winnipeg--which was renamed Valour Road in their honour. Mr. Shankland was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel during World War II; after the war, he became the secretary of a securities firm in Vancouver.

Basketball
NCAA
California at Los Angeles 69 @ Houston 71

Elvin Hayes--to shouts of "E! E! E!"--scored 39 points to lead the second-ranked Cougars over Lew Alcindor and the #1-ranked Bruins in the nationally-televised "Game of the Century" before 52,693 fans at the Astrodome.





30 years ago
1978

On the radio

CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Tonight's episode: The Enchanted Child, starring Teri Keane and Ralph Bell

A boy influences events around him in an increasingly terrifying way. I remember this as a very scary show; the plot has similarities to the Twilight Zone episode It's a Good Life.

25 years ago
1983

Disappeared on this date

6-year-old Tania Murrell disappeared on her way home from school in Edmonton. Tania's disappearance has never been solved, and led to the creation of Child Find Alberta.