February 10, 2008

100 years ago
1908

Boxing
Tommy Burns (37-3-8) retained his world heavyweight title with a knockout of Jack Palmer (23-9-2-5) in the 4th round at Wonderland in London. Mr. Palmer was knocked down 9 times before being knocked out.

90 years ago
1918

Died on this date
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, 84. Italian journalist and peace activist. Mr. Moneta, a soldier who later became a peace activist, edited the Milan newspaper Il Secolo from 1867-1896. He founded the Lombard Association for Peace and Arbitration (Unione Lombarda per la Pace e l'Arbitrato) in 1887 and was awarded a share of the 1907 Nobel Peace Prize "[For his work as a] key leader of the Italian peace movement."

Abdul Hamid II, 75. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1909. Abdul Hamid II, the son of Sultan Abdülmecid, took the throne after his brother Murad V was deposed. Sultan Abdul Hamid promulgated the Constitution of 1876, but later suspended the constitution and Parliament, and became the last sultan to hold absolute power. He was deposed on April 27, 1909, shortly after the Young Turk Revolution. Abdul Hamid II spent his last years in captivity at Beylerbeyi Palace in Istanbul.

80 years ago
1928

Politics and government
The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 56-26, adopted the resolution of Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin, dedlaring that any departure from the anti-third-term precedent for U.S. presidents would be "unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions." Franklin Roosevelt became the first President to win election to a third term in 1940.

Communications
Conversations between officials in Berlin and Washington marked the extension of radio-telephone service from the United States to Germany.

Aviation
French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, who had flown their Breguet biplane Nungesser-Coli from Montgomery, Alabama to Washington, D.C. two days earlier, lunched at the White House and were received by Congress.

Disasters
At Everett, Massachusetts, stills of the Beacon Oil Company burned and exploded, killing 12 and injuring 40.

Fire in gold mines at Timmins, Ontario killed 39; only 12 were rescued.

75 years ago
1933

Communications
The Postal Telegraph Company, based in New York, introduced the singing telegram.

Boxing
At Madison Square Garden in New York, Primo Carnera knocked out Ernie Schaaf 51 seconds into the 13th round in a battle of heavyweight contenders. Mr. Schaaf lapsed into unconsciousness, and had to be carried out of the ring. He died four days later.

50 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): #1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Don't/I Beg of You--Elvis Presley (Best Seller--1st week at #1); At the Hop--Danny and the Juniors (Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1; Top 100--6th week at #1)

Music
The Ink Spots, along with Joyce King, performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

Diplomacy
The Tunisian government ordered the evacuation of all French civilians from the area near the Tunisian-Algerian frontier.

Politics and government
Central Sumatra military commander Colonel Ahmad Husein issued an ultimatum to the Indonesian government giving Prime Minister Djuanda five days to dissolve his cabinet and oust Communist sympathizers from government posts.

The U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Legislative Oversight voted to dismiss its chief counsel, Bernard Schwartz, after Mr. Schwartz accused most subcommittee members of seeking to "whitewash" his investigation of regulatory agencies.

Energy
Scientists testifying before the U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee revealed that the Atomic Energy Commission planned to test a new type of controlled thermonuclear reaction using a device now under construction at Princeton University.

40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)--Johnny Farnham (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Riquita--Georgette Plana

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): L'ora dell'amore--I Camaleonti (9th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Am I that Easy to Forget--Engelbert Humperdinck (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Everlasting Love--The Love Affair

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Mien Waar Is M'n Feestneus?--Toon (2nd week at #1)
2 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
3 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
4 World--The Bee Gees
5 Tin Soldier--Small Faces
6 2000 Light Years from Home/She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
7 Baby, Come Back--The Equals
8 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
9 Little Bird--Tielman Brothers
10 The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde--Georgie Fame

Singles entering the chart were Mama Vertel Me/Mijn Vriendinnetje by Heintje (#32); Everlasting Love by the Love Affair (#35); The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) by Manfred Mann (#37); I'm So Proud by Rudy Bennett (#39); and It's the End by the Buffoons (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
2 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
3 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
4 Spooky--The Classics IV
5 I Wish it Would Rain--The Temptations
6 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
7 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
8 Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You--The Lettermen
9 Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations
10 My Baby Must Be a Magician--The Marvelettes

Singles entering the chart were The End of Our Road by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#55); Men are Gettin' Scarce by Joe Tex (#60); The Click Song Number One by Cher (#78); Got What You Need by Fantastic Johnny C (#82); In the Midnight Hour by the Mirettes (#84); La-La Means I Love You by the Delfonics (#85); The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde by Georgie Fame (#87); Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu) by Al Martino (#88); Burning Spear by the Soulful Strings (#91); You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by the Four Sonics (#93); People World by Jim and Jean (#94); I'm Gonna Make You Love Me by Madeline Bell (#96); Music Music Music by the Happenings (#97); and Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations
2 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
3 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
4 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
5 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
6 Zabadak!--Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
7 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
8 Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You--The Lettermen
9 She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
10 Spooky--The Classics IV

Singles entering the chart were Walk Away Renee by the Four Tops (#56); Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition was In) by the First Edition (#58); Back Up Train by Al Green (#72); Oh How it Hurts by Barbara Mason (#82); Everything I Am by Plastic Penny (#85); Too Much Talk by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#87); A Million to One by the Five Stairsteps (#89); A Man Needs a Woman by James Carr (#90); Where is My Mind by Vanilla Fudge (#92); Here Comes the Rain, Baby by Eddy Arnold (#93); Look, Here Comes the Sun by the Sunshine Company (#94); Stop by Howard Tate (#95); Try It by the Ohio Express (#96); Toyland by Alan Bown (#97); It's Not Easy by the Will-O-Bees (#98); We Can Make It by the Collectors (#99); and Cold Feet by Albert King (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
2 Spooky--The Classics IV
3 Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You--The Lettermen
4 I Can Take or Leave Your Loving--Herman's Hermits
5 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
6 Some Velvet Morning--Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
7 1941--Tom Northcott
8 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
9 We Can Fly--The Cowsills
10 Everything that Touches You--The Association

Singles entering the chart were Walk Away Renee by the Four Tops (#27); (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls by Dionne Warwick (#28); (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (#29); and Dear Delilah by Grapefruit (#30).

Politics and government
The national board of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) voted 65-47 to endorse the candidacy of U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy (Democrat--Minnesota) for the 1968 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. It was the first time in 20 years that the ADA did not support an incumbent Democratic president, and within three days of the vote, several prominent labour leaders and supporters of the administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson had resigned from the ADA board.

Protest
The Governor's Select Committee on Civil Disorder in New Jersey issued a 478-page report on the July 1967 riot in Newark. The report found "excessive and unjustified force" by the National Guard and police, and asked for a grand jury probe of charges of corruption in Newark. The report contained 100 specific recommendations for change covering the areas of city government, housing, olice, municipal courts, welfare, employment, riot procedures, and anti-poverty programs.

Olympics
Peggy Fleming of the United States won the gold medal in the women's figure skating competition in Grenoble, France.

30 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): 2-4-6-8 Motorway--Tom Robinson Band (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mull of Kintyre--Wings (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Ti amo--Umberto Tozzi

War
Three days of clashes in Beirut between Syrian-dominated Arab peacekeeping forces and a combination of Lebanese army regulars and Christian militiamen concluded with an estimated 100 Syrians and 50 Lebanese killed.

Disasters
The worst storm in nine years hit drought-stricken southern California, killing nearly 20 people and leaving 700 homeless.

25 years ago
1983

Defense
Canada and the United States signed a military agreement in Washington allowing flight testing of Cruise missiles over Canadian soil.

20 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Heaven is a Place on Earth--Belinda Carlisle (2nd week at #1)

Crime
Concluding two days of testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, Jose Blandon, a former adviser to Panamanian dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega, gave details about Gen. Noriega's alleged drug activities. Mr. Blandon said that Gen. Noriega got Central Intelligence Agency-prepared intelligence reports on the personal lives of U.S. senators, and that a CIA official had helped to cover up the murder of a political opponent of Gen. Noriega.

10 years ago
1998

Business
Canadian National President Paul Tellier announced that CN was acquiring U.S. company Illinois Central Corporation for $2.4 billion, making CN the fifth-largest railway company in North America with 30,000 kilometres of track.

Soccer
In one of its biggest soccer upsets, the United States defeated the world champion Brazilians 1-0, advancing to the final of the Concacef Gold Cup tournament for the first time. Kasey Keller had the shutout, making four key saves on Romario, the 1994 World Cup hero. The United States had been 0-8 against Brazil and had been outscored 19-0 by the Brazilians since an exhibition match in 1930.