August 6, 2008

470 years ago
1538

South Americana
Bogotá, Colombia was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

150 years ago
1858

Politics and government
Canadian Premier John A. Macdonald and Deputy Premier George-Étienne Cartier resumed their offices, four days after being replaced by the "short ministry" of George Brown and Antoine-Aimé Dorion. Messrs. Macdonald and Cartier pulled what the Opposition referred to as the "Double Shuffle" when they got all their ministers to resign and exchange portfolios for one day to get around the technicality that under the Independence of Parliament Act of 1857, a newly appointed minister was obliged to resign his seat and face a by-election.

100 years ago
1908

Baseball
Johnny Lush of the St. Louis Cardinals was pitching a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers before 1,000 fans at Washington Park in Brooklyn when the game was called after 6 innings, with the Cardinals winning 2-0. Mr. Lush singled and scored the winning run in a 2-run 3rd inning.

Tully Sparks and Bill Foxen won pitching matchups against Orval Overall and Ed Reulbach, respectively, as the Philadelphia Phillies swept a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs 7-5 and 5-3 at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia.

Bob Spade pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Joe McGinnity and had a single and 2 runs of his own as the Cincinnati Reds shut out the New York Giants 5-0 before 1,500 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York.

The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 3 runs in each of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th innings as they routed the Boston Doves 9-1 before 6,771 fans at South End Grounds in Boston.

Eddie Hahn singled home George Davis with 2 out in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at South Side Park in Chicago. Mr. Hahn singled home Billy Sullivan with the first Chicago run in the 1st. Doc White pitched a 7-hit complete game victory.

80 years ago
1928

Disasters
The Italian submarine F-14 was sunk in a collision with the destroyer Giuseppe Missori in the Adriatic Sea; the sub's crew of 31 were suffocated by gas. F-14 was raised to the surface the next day.

Eight people were killed and 200 injured near Mouns, Illinois when a sewer pipe fell from a freight train and wrecked two passenger expresses.

60 years ago
1948

War
Egypt rejected Israeli proposals for direct negotiations on the Palestine situation.

Space
The U.S. Army Engineer Corps announced a $3.5-million plan to expand the White Sands rocket testing ground in New Mexico.

Defense
Two B-29s landed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona after completing the bomber's first round-the-world flight. Another B-29 set a distance record for the plane by completing a 5,120-mile flight from Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany to Marshall Field, Kansas.

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King delivered his farewell address to the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership convention at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. He recounted the achievements of his government, and claimed that only liberalism could stop the spread of Communism.

The U.S. Senate Expenditure subcommittee suspended public hearings on the loyalty of federal officials after Chairman Homer Ferguson (Republican--Michigan) threatened impeachment proceedings against President Harry Truman if Mr. Truman's administration continued to withhold information on officials under congressional investigation.

The Communist Party USA ended its five-day convention in New York after adopting a platform similar to that of the Progressive Party.

42 members of the anti-Peronist Radical Party resigned from the Argentine Parliament in protest against the expulsion of a deputy for a speech critical of Argentine President Juan Peron.

Technology
Dr. Dorman Lichty of Ann Arbor, Michigan demonstrated a new lightweight respirator for polio victims.

Business
The U.S.A and U.K. renounced four-power control of the German chemical combine I.G. Farben and announced plans to sell plants of the concern located in their occupation zones.

Olympics
Bob Mathias, a 17-year-old California high school senior, became the youngest men's gold medalist in the history of Olympic track and field, winning the decathlon in London with a total of 7,139 points.

Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds fired manager Johnny Neun and replaced him with veteran pitcher Bucky Walters. The Reds were seventh in the National League with a record of 44-56. Mr. Walters was 0-3 with an earned run average of 4.63 in 7 games with the Reds in 1948.

50 years ago
1958

At the movies
The Naked and the Dead, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Also Ray, Cliff Robertson, and Raymond Massey, opened in theatres.

World events
The Nationalist Chinese government ordered a state of emergency in the Pescadores and Matsu Island, following increased Communist activity in the Formosa Strait area.

Defense
Israel allowed U.S. aircraft to resume the airlift of supplies and fuel for British forces in Jordan.

Diplomacy
U.S. State Secretary John Foster Dulles and Brazilian Foreign Minister Francisco Negrao de Lima issued a joint declaration in Rio de Janeiro recommending that the foreign ministers of the American republics meet periodically with the Organization of American States to discuss mutual problems.

Americana
The U.S. House of Representatives Interior and Insular Affairs Committee approved a Hawaiian statehood bill, but members said that there was little chance of the bill being passed in the current congressional session.

Politics and government
The French cabinet ordered preparations for a national referendum on the new Gaullist constitution.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a compromise version of the Defense Department reorganization bill which allowed the service chiefs to submit complaints and recommendations directly to Congress.

Track and field
Herb Elliot of Australia set a record in the mile with a time of 3:54.5 at a meet in Dublin.

Boxing
Sonny Liston (19-1) scored a technical knockout of Wayne Bethea (17-9-2) at 1:09 of the 1st round of a heavyweight bout at Chicago Stadium. Mr. Bethea had seven of his teeth removed from his mouthpiece after the fight.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (2-0) 21 @ Toronto (1-1) 13

Nobby Wirkowski threw 3 touchdown passes to Chuck Holloway to lead the Stampeders over the Argonauts at Varsity Stadium. Dave Mann and Dick Shatto scored touchdowns for the Argonauts.

CFL-ORFU
Pre-season
Saskatchewan (1-1) 23 @ London (0-1) 1

Cookie Gilchrist scored 2 touchdowns and Larry Isbell added another as the Roughriders beat the Lords before 4,800 fans at Labatt Park.

40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Heavenly Club--Les Sauterelles (2nd week at #1)

War
Allied forces in Vietnam concluded three days of sweeping the Ashau Valley.

Israeli helicopter-borne troops pursued a band of Arab guerrillas into Jordan and blew up their jeep and a cave believed to have been their base.

Boxing
Cleveland Williams (71-6-1) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jean-Claude Roy (7-8) in a heavyweight bout in Houston.

Former world middleweight and welterweight champion Emile Griffith (56-9) won a 12-round unanimous decision over Gypsy Joe Harris (24-1) in a middleweight bout before 13,875 fans at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. It was Mr. Harris's last fight; a routine examination on October 11 revealed that he had been fighting all along while blind in his right eye, and his license was revoked.



Football
CFL
Calgary (1-1) 41 @ British Columbia (1-1) 7

30 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Rivers of Babylon--Boney M. (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Paul VI. Roman Catholic Pope, 1963-1978. Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Montini, served in the Holy See's Secretariat of State from 1922-1954 before being named Archbishop of Milan in 1954 and a cardinal in 1958. He succeeded John XXIII as Pope, and continued the Second Vatican Council, which closed in 1965. Paul VI pursued ecumenical relations with Orthodox and Protestant churches, while also visiting and pursuing diplomatic relations with various foreign nations. He is perhaps best remembered for his encyclical Humanae vitae (Of Human Life) (1968), attracting considerable criticism from within and without the Church for reaffirming the traditional Roman Catholic view of marriage and the Church's ban on artificial birth control. Pope Paul VI died of a heart attack and was succeeded by John Paul I. Pope Paul VI is to be canonized on October 14, 2018.

Politics and government
General Juan Pereda Asbun, who had seized control of the Bolivian government in a coup on July 21, announced that elections would be held in 1980 and that he would not run for President.

Golf
John Mahaffey won the PGA Championship in a sudden-death playoff at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, birdieing the second hole to finish a stroke ahead of Jerry Pate and Tom Watson. The three had been tied after four rounds with 8-under-par totals of 276. First prize money was $50,000.

25 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: L'Italiano--Toto Cutugno (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Wrapped Around Your Finger--The Police (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)--Paul Young (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Every Breath You Take--The Police (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Every Breath You Take--The Police (4th week at #1)
2 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
3 Never Gonna Let You Go--Sergio Mendes
4 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
5 Our House--Madness
6 She Works Hard for the Money--Donna Summer
7 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)--Eurythmics
8 Is There Something I Should Know--Duran Duran
9 Maniac--Michael Sembello
10 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Michael Jackson

Singles entering the chart were (She's) Sexy + 17 by the Stray Cats (#64); Kiss the Bride by Elton John (#79); Get it Right by Aretha Franklin (#84); Burning Down the House by the Talking Heads (#85); Words by F.R. David (#88); Bad Boys by Wham! (#89); Crazy by the Manhattans (#90); and Do it Again/Billie Jean by Club House (#98).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 White Wedding--Billy Idol
2 Every Breath You Take--The Police
3 Is There Something I Should Know--Duran Duran
4 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
5 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
6 Come Dancing--The Kinks
7 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Michael Jackson
8 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler
9 Hot Girls in Love--Loverboy
10 China Girl--David Bowie

Singles entering the chart were Promises, Promises by Naked Eyes (#41); Human Nature by Michael Jackson (#42); Tell Her About It by Billy Joel (#44); This Time by Bryan Adams (#48); Singin' in the Rain by Taco (#49); and Cum on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot (#50).

Defense
The United States sent two Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes and eight F-15 jet fighters to Sudan, a Pro-U.S. nation bordering Chad. U.S. President Ronald Reagan had recently announced an increase in aid to Chad to protect herself against a threat from Libya.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (2-3) 31 @ Toronto (4-1) 18

20 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tell Me--Nick Kamen (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Fast Car--Tracy Chapman (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Push It--Salt-n-Pepa (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Nuit de folie--Début de Soirée (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Flight of Earls--Paddy Reilly

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): The Only Way is Up--Yazz and the Plastic Population

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Roll With It--Steve Winwood (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Roll With It--Steve Winwood
2 Pour Some Sugar on Me--Def Leppard
3 Hands to Heaven--Breathe
4 Sign Your Name--Terence Trent D'Arby
5 Make Me Lose Control--Eric Carmen
6 1-2-3--Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
7 Hold on to the Nights-Richard Marx
8 I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love--Chicago
9 I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That--Elton John
10 The Flame--Cheap Trick

Singles entering the chart were A Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince (#75); What You See is What You Get by Brenda Starr (#77); Staying Together by Debbie Gibson (#78); Time and Tide by Basia (#84); Chains of Love by Erasure (#85); Don't Walk Away by Toni Childs (#86); Forever Young by Rod Stewart (#87); Go for Yours by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force (#88); Sendin' All My Love by the Jets (#89); Off on Your Own (Girl) by Al B. Sure! (#90); Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown (#91); and Mary, Mary by Run-D.M.C. (#92).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Roll With It--Steve Winwood
2 In Your Soul--Corey Hart
3 The Flame--Cheap Trick
4 Make Me Lose Control--Eric Carmen
5 New Sensation--INXS
6 Lost in You--Rod Stewart
7 Make it Real--The Jets
8 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That--Elton John
9 Foolish Beat--Debbie Gibson
10 Sign Your Name--Terence Trent D'Arby

Singles entering the chart were Look Out Any Window by Bruce Hornsby and the Range (#75); I Don't Wanna Be a Hero by Johnny Hates Jazz (#77); Smile Me Down by Andrew Cash (#87); IBU by Roman Grey (#90); Mr. Wrong's (Alright by Me) by Louisa Florio (#92); I'll Always Love You by Taylor Dayne (#94); and Love is My Decision by Chris DeBurgh (#96).

Protest
Amid protests over a curfew in Tompkins Square Park in New York City, out-of-control police attacked hundreds of people, injuring 38, and prompting over 100 complaints of police brutality.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-2) 21 @ Winnipeg (2-2) 38

10 years ago
1998

Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-4) 16 @ Montreal (4-2) 22
Winnipeg (0-6) 14 @ Toronto (3-3) 29