November 20, 2008

250 years ago
1758

Born on this date
Abraham B. Venable. U.S. politician. Mr. Venable, a Democratic-Republican, represented Virginia's 6th (1791-1793) and 7th (1793-1799) Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives, and represented Prince Edward County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1800-1803). He represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate (1803-1804), filling a vacancy, and resigned to serve as president of the Bank of Virginia. Mr. Venable died at the age of 53 on December 26, 1811 as one of the 72 victims of the Richmond Theatre fire.

80 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Carl Jensen. U.S. criminal. Mr. Jensen, alias Arthur Persson, alias Henry Peterson, wanted since November 13 for the shooting in Brooklyn of Patrolman George Wilson, died at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore of seven bullet wounds received in that city in a pistol battle in which Detective Sergeant Joseph Carroll was killed and two other detectives wounded.

Politics and government
The 20th annual conference of the Governors of the States opened in Louisiana.

Europeana
The medals belonging to Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who had died in June while searching for Italian aviator Umberto Nobile, were bought by Conrad Langaard for a sum sufficient to wipe out all the debt of Mr. Amundsen's estate, fulfilling the explorer's wish that he might die free of debt. The medals were presented to King Frederick University in Oslo.

Disasters
An explosion at an army ammunition plant at Vincennes, France, near Paris, killed and injured 50.

Hockey
NHL
Montreal Canadiens 1 @ Boston 0

The Canadiens edged the Bruins in the first National Hockey League game played at Boston Garden.

70 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Edwin Hall, 83. U.S. physicist. Dr. Hall discovered the Hall effect, a potential difference (Hall voltage) on opposite sides of a thin sheet of conducting or semiconducting material (the Hall element) through which an electric current is flowing. Dr. Hall died 13 days after his 83rd birthday.

Maud of Wales, 68. Queen consort of Norway, 1905-1938. Maud, the youngest daughter of King Edward VII, married her first cousin Prince Carl of Denmark, in 1896, who accepted the Norwegian throne in 1905, taking the name Haakon VII. While on a visit to England, she took ill, and died four days after an abdominal operation, and six days before her 69th birthday. Queen Maud Land and the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica are named in her honour, as is the Queen Maud Gulf in Nunavut.

60 years ago
1948

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Buttons and Bows--Dinah Shore and the Happy Valley Boys (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Buttons and Bows--Dinah Shore and the Happy Valley Boys (2nd week at #1)
--The Dinning Sisters
2 Maybe You'll Be There--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
3 Twelfth Street Rag--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra
4 A Tree in the Meadow--Margaret Whiting
5 It's Magic--Doris Day
--Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
--Tony Martin
--Gordon MacRae
6 Until--Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
7 On a Slow Boat to China--Kay Kyser Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
--Art Lund
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
8 My Happiness--The Pied Pipers
--Ella Fitzgerald
--Jon and Sondra Steele
9 Underneath the Arches--Primo Scala’s Banjo and Accordian Orchestra with the Keynotes
--The Andrews Sisters
10 Rambling Rose--Perry Como and the Satisfiers

Singles entering the chart were the version of On a Slow Boat to China by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra and Down Among the Sheltering Palms by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#38). Down Among the Sheltering Palms was the other side of Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly), charting at #24 with the version by Dinah Shore.

War
Chinese Communist and Nationalist forces battled indecisively aroun Suchow, northwest of Nanking.

U.S. Army General William Riley, head of the United Nations truce observation force, met in Tel Aviv with Israeli officials and in Gaza with Egyptian officers to arrange preliminary armistice talks.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations ended a four-day session in Portland, Oregon after revoking the charter of the Greater New York CIO Council for "slavish adherence" to Communist tactics.

Football
CRU
Eastern Final
Hamilton Tigers 0 @ Ottawa 19

Tony Golab scored touchdowns in the 1st and 3rd quarters and Bert Haigh scored one in the 2nd quarter as the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union champion Rough Riders shut out the Ontario Rugby Football Union champion Tigers at Lansdowne Park. Eric Hipper converted all the touchdowns, and Howie Turner punted for a single in the 2nd quarter. It was the last game in a Hamilton uniform for quarterback and coach Frank Filchock, who joined the Montreal Alouettes of the IRFU in 1949.

SIFL
Championship playoff
Western Ontario 7 @ Toronto 18

Nick Volpe, Mr. Gray, and Walt Chorostecki scored touchdowns for the Varsity Blues as they upset the Mustangs before 20,000 fans at Varsity Stadium. Bruce Cummings kicked 2 converts and a single, and threw 2 touchdown passes for Toronto. Bob Phibbs gave Western a 1-0 lead after the 1st quarter with a single, but the Mustangs didn't score again until the 4th quarter, when Jack Parry closed the scoring with a touchdown, which he converted. It was the first time since 1938 that Western Ontario hadn't won the intercollegiate championship, and the first playoff for the title since McGill's win over Toronto in 1938.

50 years ago
1958

Died on this date
George Long, 89. U.S. engineer. Mr. Long built the first workable pay telephone, and contributed to the development of the internal combustion engine.

World events
A military court in Baghdad sentenced former Iraqi Prime Minister Ahmed Mukhtar Baban to death for alleged participation in an anti-government plot.

Business
A U.S. federal court in New York prohibited a projected merger of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Youngstown Steel and Tube Company on the grounds that it would violate the Clayton Anti-trust Act.

40 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly--Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus (2nd week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Hey Jude/Revolution--The Beatles (7th week at #1)
2 Those were the Days--Mary Hopkin
3 Little Arrows--Leapy Lee
4 (The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation--Don Fardon
5 Harper Valley P.T.A.--Jeannie C. Riley
6 Hold Me Tight--Johnny Nash
7 Mary, Mary/What am I Doing Hangin' 'Round--The Monkees
8 Over You--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
9 Cinnamon--Derek
10 1,2,3, Red Light--1910 Fruitgum Company

Singles entering the chart were With a Little Help from My Friends by Joe Cocker (#16); Love Child by Diana Ross and the Supremes (#24); Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf (#36); and Jesamine by the Casuals (#39).

Music
The album Eivets Rednow, an instrumental album by Stevie Wonder (Eivets Rednow is Stevie Wonder spelled backwards), was released on Gordy Records.

Politics and government
Québec Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand tabled Bill 90 in the Legislature, abolishing the Legislative Council. The bill provided that the Quebec Legislature would now be composed solely of the Lieutenant-Governor and an elective chamber that would be called the National Assembly of Quebec, instead of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. The legislative counsels, who saw their jobs disappear, were entitled to a $ 10,000 pension, a measure that was strongly contested by the Liberals who sat in the Opposition. The bill was approved by a majority of deputies on November 29 and then by the Legislative Council on December 13, and went into effect on December 31, 1968.

Disasters
An explosion and fire trapped 78 of 99 miners at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia.

Football
CFL
Western Finals
Saskatchewan 12 @ Calgary 25 (OT) (Calgary won best-of-three series 2-0)

The Stampeders scored 2 touchdowns in the 1st 10-minute half of overtime to break a 10-10 tie before 23,780 fans at McMahon Stadium and win their first Western title since 1949. Jack Abendschan's field goal gave Saskatchewan a 3-0 lead after the 1st quarter, but Calgary took the lead in the 2nd quarter when Frank Andruski recovered a blocked punt in the Saskatchewan end zone for a touchdown. Larry Robinson missed the convert, but scored a single on a missed field goal attempt, and the Stampeders took a 7-3 halftime lead. They led 10-3 after 3 quarters on a field goal by Mr. Robinson, but George Reed rushed 1 yard for a touchdown, converted by Mr. Abendschan with 11:33 remaining in regulation time. In the 1st overtime half, Mr. Robinson intercepted a Ron Lancaster pass and returned it to the Saskatchewan 17-yard line, leading to a 3-yard touchdown pass from Peter Liske to Terry Evanshen, converted by Mr. Robinson with 5:27 remaining. On the last play of the half, Saskatchewan punter Alan Ford was under pressure from Calgary defenders and attempted to run the ball out of his end zone, but he fumbled, and Art Froese recovered in the end zone; Mr. Robinson converted to make the score 24-10. Ron Stewart punted for a single with 1:35 remaining in the 2nd half of overtime to give the Stampeders a 15-point lead, and Saskatchewan scored a safety touch when Jim Worden tackled Rick Shaw in the Calgary end zone with 23 seconds remaining.

30 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Three Times a Lady--Commodores (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kisetsu no Naka de--Chiharu Matsuyama (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): You're the One that I Want--John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (7th week at #1)

Politics and government
The Progressive Conservatives, led by Hilda Watson, won 11 of 16 seats in the Legislative Assembly in the Yukon territorial election, the first to be contested by parties. The Liberals, led by Iain MacKay, won 2 seats, and two independent candidates were elected. New Democratic Party leader Fred Berger was defeated in Klondike, but NDP candidate Tony Penikett was elected in Whitehorse West. Ms. Watson was defeated in Kluane by Liberal candidate Alice McGuire, and thus didn't become government leader; that position went to Chris Pearson, who was elected in Whitehorse Riverdale North.

Crime
Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was accused in court of plotting to kill his former homosexual lover, Norman Scott. He was acquitted in 1979, but the scandal destroyed his career.

Scandal
U.S. Representative Charles Diggs (Democrat--Michigan) was sentenced to a maximum of three years in jail for his part in a payroll kickback scheme. Rep. Diggs had been re-elected by a substantial majority on November 7, and took his seat in Congress while appealing.

25 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Karma Chameleon--Culture Club (4th week at #1)

On the radio
The Stories of Sherlock Holmes, starring Graham Armitage and Kerry Jordan, on Springbok Radio
Tonight's episode: The Lulworth Cove Incident

On television tonight
The Day After, on ABC

Approximately 100 million viewers watched this fictional made-for-television movie about the impact of nuclear war on Lawrence, Kansas.

War
Israelis bombed pro-Syrian Palestinians east of Beirut.

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Hamilton 36 @ Toronto 41

Western Final
Winnipeg 21 @ British Columbia 39

A controversial pass interference penalty against Hamilton defensive back Gerald Bess led to Cedric Minter's second 2-yard touchdown rush of the game on a third-down and goal-to-go gamble with 27 seconds remaining in regulation time, enabling the Argonauts to edge the Tiger-Cats before 54,530 fans at Exhibition Stadium to advance to the Grey Cup for the second straight season. The penalty call, by field judge Al McColman, gave the Argonauts a 34-yard gain to the Hamilton 40-yard line and prolonged the Toronto offensive drive. Mr. Bess claimed that Toronto receiver Geoff Townsend was actually interfering with him on the play. Hamilton led 23-8 in the 2nd quarter on a 41-yard touchdown pass from Dieter Brock to Johnny Shepherd, a 4-yard touchdown rush by Mr. Shepherd, a 13-yard TD pass from Mr. Brock to Scott Collie, and 3 converts and 2 singles by Bernie Ruoff. Toronto kicker Hank Ilesic kicked a single on the opening kickoff and converted Paul Pearson's 15-yard touchdown reception from Condredge Holloway. Mr. Holloway connected with Terry Greer for a touchdown with 2:37 remaining in the 1st half. Mr. Ilesic converted and added a single on a missed 26-yard field goal with 13 seconds remaining, leaving the Tiger-Cats with a 23-18 halftime lead. Mr. Minter rushed 2 yards for his first touchdown in the 3rd quarter, converted by Mr. Ilesic, but the Tiger-Cats replied with a 1-yard TD rush by Mr. Shepherd, his third touchdown of the game. Mr. Ruoff converted and kicked a 25-yard field goal with 1:16 remaining to give Hamilton a 33-23 lead going into the 4th quarter. Mr. Ilesic kicked a 16-yard field goal, converted Emanuel Tolbert's 38-yard touchdown reception from Mr. Holloway, and added a single on the ensuing kickoff, giving the Argonauts a 34-33 lead with 7:20 remaining in regulation time. Mr. Ruoff put the Tiger-Cats back into the lead with a 38-yard FG with 2:02 left, setting the stage for the Argonauts' winning drive. Mr. Holloway completed 24 of 35 passes for 374 yards and 3 touchdowns, while rushing 5 times for 34 yards. Mr. Brock was nearly his match, completing 23 of 35 passes for 341 yards, 2 TDs, and an interception. Mr. Shepherd rushed 18 times for 95 yards, caught 4 passes for 82 yards, and returned 3 kickoffs for 37 yards. Mr. Minter led Toronto receivers with 120 yards on 10 receptions, while rushing 7 times for 23 yards and returning 1 punt for 8. Mr. Tolbert caught 4 passes for 92 yards, while Keith Baker led the Tiger-Cats with 94 yards on 5 receptions.



Roy Dewalt completed 3 touchdown passes to Merv Fernandez, rushed for a touchdown of his own, and handed off to John Henry White for another TD run as the Lions defeated the Blue Bombers before 59,490 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver to advance to the Grey Cup for the first time in 19 years. B.C. opened the scoring on a 43-yard field goal by Lui Passaglia just 2:03 into the game, but Winnipeg took a 14-3 lead before the end of the 1st quarter on touchdown passes from quarterback Tom Clements of 10 yards to Joe Poplawski and 20 yards to Jeff Boyd, both converted by Trevor Kennerd. The Lions replied with a 1-yard touchdown sneak by Mr. Dewalt, converted by Mr. Passaglia, with 4:45 remaining in the 1st half. Mr. Clements, who had broken his collarbone six weeks earlier, broke it again late in the half, and was replaced by John Hufnagel. Mr. Passaglia scored a single on a missed field goal attempt at 3:56 of the 3rd quarter to reduce the Lions' deficit to 14-11, but Mr. Hufnagel completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to Rick House, converted by Mr. Kennerd, to give the Blue Bombers a 21-11 lead. Just 33 seconds later, Mr. Dewalt connected with mr. Fernandez for a 61-yard touchdown bomb, and Mr. Passaglia's convert made the score 21-18 in favour of Winnipeg after 3 quarters. The Lions won the game with 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter: a 27-yard pass from Mr. Dewalt to Mr. Fernandez at 4:02; a 71-yard bomb to Mr. Fernandez at 7:54; and a 9-yard rush by Mr. White at 13:14. All were converted by Mr. Passaglia. The final TD was set up by a fumble by Winnipeg running back James Sykes, recovered by B.C. linebacker Dave McNeel. Mr. Dewalt completed 19 of 37 passes for 375 yards, 3 TDs, and an interception. Mr. Clements was 10 for 14 for 124 yards, 2 TDs and an intrerception; Mr. Hufnagel was 12 for 19 for 124 yards, 1 TD, and 3 interceptions. Mr. Fernandez led all receivers with 260 yards on 7 receptions. Mr. Boyd led the Blue Bombers with 5 catches for 62 yards. Mr. Sykes led all rushers with 19 carries for 116 yards; Ray Strong, playing the best game of his brief CFL career, led the Lions with 10 carries for 92 yards. B.C. defensive backs Melvin Byrd and Jo Jo Heath each made 2 interceptions.



20 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): The Only Way is Up--Yazz and the Plastic Population

#1 single in Switzerland: A Groovy Kind of Love--Phil Collins (4th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Winnipeg 27 @ Toronto 11

Western Final
British Columbia 37 @ Edmonton 19

The Blue Bombers allowed only 112 yards net offense--81 in the 1st half--as they defeated the Argonauts before 26,091 fans on a rainy Sunday afternoon in the last game ever played at Exhibition Stadium. A 43-yard field goal by Trevor Kennerd and a 70-yard punt single by Bob Cameron gave Winnipeg a 4-0 lead after the 1st quarter, and Tony Johns rushed 1 yard for a touchdown, converted by Trevor Kennerd just 6 seconds into the 2nd quarter, to make the score 11-0. Lance Chomyc kicked a 39-yard field goal at 2:48 to get Toronto on the scoreboard, but Winnipeg led 11-3 at halftime. The key play occurred at 4:02 of the 3rd quarter when Winnipeg defensive back Rod Hill blocked a Hank Ilesic punt and recovered in the Toronto end zone for a touchdown. Mr. Kennerd's convert gave the Blue Bombers an 18-3 lead. Mr. Ilesic punted 59 yards for a single at 8:02, and then a no yards penalty against Winnipeg set up a drive that culminated in Toronto's only touchdown, a 1-yard rush by Lorenzo Graham, converted by Mr. Chomyc, to make the score 18-11 with 2:01 remaining in the 3rd quarter. The Blue Bombers put the game away in the 4th quarter with field goals of 12, 43, and 34 yards by Mr. Kennerd. Winnipeg quarterback Sean Salisbury completed 18 of 34 passes for 223 yards and an interception, while Toronto's Gilbert Renfroe, who played the entire game despite being almost completely ineffective, was 15 for 37 for 142 yards and 2 interceptions. Winnipeg's Tim Jessie led all rushers with 17 carries for 62 yards, while Mr. Graham led the Argonauts with just 27 yards on 12 carries. James Murphy of the Blue Bombers led all receivers with 102 yards on 6 receptions. Paul Nastasiuk led the Argonauts in yards receiving with 32 yards on 2 receptions, while Darrell K. Smith caught 4 for 31. The Argonauts were so short of wide receivers because of injuries to Pernell Moore, James Noble, and Lee Morris that Danny Barrett, normally a quarterback, played the entire game at wide receiver in what turned out to be his last game in a Toronto uniform.



The Lions scored 17 points in the last 7 minutes and 13 seconds of the game to turn a 20-19 lead into a rout before 27,055 fans to become the first visiting team to defeat the Eskimos in a playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium. Jerry Kauric opened the scoring for the Eskimos with a 38-yard field goal 2:47 into the game, but the Lions took the lead just 53 seconds later on a 73-yard touchdown pass from former Edmonton quarterback Matt Dunigan to Tony Cherry, converted by Lui Passaglia. The Eskimos scored their only touchdown at 7:19 of the 1st quarter on a 4-yard pass from quarterback Tracy Ham to defensive end Brett Williams, converted by Mr. Kauric. Mr. Passaglia kicked a 39-yard field goal and Mr. Kauric punted 55 yards for a single to give the Eskimos an 11-10 lead after the 1st quarter. Mr. Dunigan rushed 3 yards for a touchdown at 4:26 of the 2nd quarter, and Mr. Passaglia's convert gave the Lions a 17-11 lead. Mr. Kauric scored a single on a missed field goal and then kicked a 12-yard FG (after the Eskimos failed to score a touchdown with a first down and goal-to-go at the B.C. 3-yard line) with 19 seconds remaining to make the halftime score 17-15. A 32-yard field goal by Mr. Passaglia and a single on a missed 32-yard field gaol attempt by Mr. Kauric left the Lions ahead 20-16 after 3 quarters, and Mr. Kauric closed the gap with a 35-yard field goal with 9:05 remaining in regulation time. However, the Eskimos promptly fell apart, as Mr. Dunigan completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to David Williams with 7:13 remaining, and another of 18 yards to Eric Streater with 2:16 left. Mr. Passaglia converted both and kicked a 29-yard field goal with 1:03 remaining to finish the scoring. Mr. Dunigan completed 16 of 33 passes for 230 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. Mr. Ham was just 17 for 37 for 209 yards, 1 TD, and 1 interception, but played the entire game, while Damon Allen, playing his last game as an Eskimo before joining the Ottawa Rough Riders, was used just as a holder on Mr. Kauric's placekicks. Mr. Cherry led the B.C. rushing game with 11 carries for 52 yards and led all receivers with 81 yards on 2 receptions. Mr. Ham led all rushers with 11 carries for 85 yards. Rick House, playing the last game of his 4-year career as an Eskimo before returning to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, led his team with 4 receptions for 52 yards. It was the last game in the 14-year CFL and 15-year professional career for Edmonton offensive tackle Bill Stevenson, who had come back from mid-season retirement to play in place of Blake Dermott, who had suffered a season-ending knee injury in the final regular season game. It was also the last CFL game for Edmonton cornerback Steve Benjamin, who threw an elbow at Mr. Williams on the sidelines after a play late in the game, prompting a minor brawl. Mr. Williams, who caught 5 passes for just 37 yards, blasted Mr. Benjamin for not showing class. Another departing Eskimo was wide receiver Jim Sandusky, who expressed frustration with not being used enough during the season after being acquired from the Lions as part of the trade for Mr. Dunigan. Mr. Sandusky spent the next two seasons on the injured list of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks before rejoining the Eskimos for 6 productive seasons.









10 years ago
1998

At the movies
Celebrity, written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, and others, opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Cec Luining, 67. Canadian football player. Mr. Luining, a native of Winnipeg, was a guard and end with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1954-1963, and was a member of their Grey Cup championship team in 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962. He died of a heart attack while celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1958 Grey Cup with his former teammates.

Space
Zarya, the first space station module component for the International Space Station, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Terrorism
A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declared accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the August 7, 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.