April 24, 2009

380 years ago
1629

Diplomacy
Under the Treaty of Suza, England and France agreed on mutual restoration of all territory and shipping taken subsequent to that date; Sir William Alexander lost his Nova Scotia possessions to the French.

230 years ago
1779

Died on this date
Eleazar Wheelock, 68. American clergyman and educator. Mr. Wheelock was pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Lebanon, Connecticut from 1735-1769; he participated in the Great Awakening, and evangelized and taught Native Americans. Mr. Wheelock established Dartmouth College in 1769, and served as its first president. He died two days after his 68th birthday.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Stafford Cripps. U.K. politician. Sir Stafford, a member of the Labour Party, was Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production in the government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II, and Minister for Economic Affairs (1947) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1947-1950) in the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee. He died on April 21, 1952, three days before his 63rd birthday.

100 years ago
1909

World events
The Ottoman Empire's Army of Action (Hareket Ordusu) put down the countercoup of 1909 in order to restore the Constitution.

Soccer
English FA Cup
Final @ Crystal Palace, London
Manchester United 1 Bristol City 0

80 years ago
1929

Disasters
Fire destroyed two blocks of buildings in Carbonear, Newfoundland.

70 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Louis Trousselier, 57. French cyclist. Mr. Trousselier won the 1905 Tour de France, and won Paris-Roubaix (1905) and Bordeaux-Paris (1908).

60 years ago
1949

War
Chinese Communist forces occupied the Nationalist capital of Nanking without opposition and advanced toward Shanghai. The Shansi Province capital of Taiyuan, the only northern Chinese city remaining to the Nationalists, surrendered to the Communists.

Politics and government
The U.S. Republican Party formed a 21-man committee in Washington to plan strategy for the 1950 election campaign.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): It Doesn't Matter Anymore--Buddy Holly

Diplomacy
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Foreign Secretary Subimal Dutt met with the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie, India.

A Western working group on German unification ended a series of meetings in London without substantial progress toward ending disagreement on terms for negotiating a German settlement with the U.S.S.R.

World events
Asserting that letters discovered in a Santa Clara beach cottage implicated Dame Margot Fonteyn in a plot to overthrow his government, Panamanian President Ernesto de la Guardia declared that he may seek the ballerina's extradition from the United Kingdom.

Boxing
Don Jordan (47-11) retained his world welterweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Virgil Akins (50-20-1) at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Mr. Jordan had won the title from Mr. Akins with a 15-round unanimous decision on December 5, 1958.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): M'Lady--John Rowles

War
American B-52's dropped almost 3,000 tons of bombs on the Cambodian border area northwest of Saigon, by far the heaviest bombing concentration of the Vietnam war. Some of the raids hit within 2,000 yards of the border.

Biafran forces recaptured the garrison city of Owerri from Nigerian government forces.

Politics and government
After a midnight debate, Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karami submitted his resignation in response to criticism of his restrictions on guerrillas using Lebanon as a base for raids on Israel. 12 rioters and policemen were killed in two days of rioting over Lebanon's restrictions on Arab commandos.

The ninth congress of the Chinese Communist party ended.

Hockey
Montreal 2 @ Boston 1 (2 OT) (Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Jean Beliveau scored at 11:28 of the 2nd overtime period for the Canadiens as they eliminated the Bruins at Boston Garden. Rogie Vachon made 50 saves to win the goaltending duel over Gerry Cheevers, who made 45 saves.

30 years ago
1979

On television tonight
The Paper Chase, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Scavenger Hunt

This was the last episode of the season, and the last to be broadcast on CBS. The series was revived in 1983 and broadcast on the cable network Showtime.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Jimmy Carter appointed former special trade representative Robert Strauss as chief United States envoy to Middle East negotiations on Palestinian self-rule.

Politics and government
Medhi Bazargan, Prime Minister of Iran, criticized Islamic committees linked to the Ayatollah Khomeini, calling for an end to anarchy and the "rule of revenge."

Economics and finance
U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (Republican--North Carolina) introduced a bill to force President Jimmy Carter to lift economic sanctions against Rhodesia. The U.S. State Department called Helms' move premature.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
New York Rangers 8 @ Philadelphia 3 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-1)

WHA
Avco World Trophy
Quarter-Finals
New England 2 @ Cincinnati 1 (New England won best-of-three series 2-1)

The Whalers' win over the Stingers was the last World Hockey Association game ever played at Riverfront Coliseum.

25 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): 99 Luftballons--Nena (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, 92. Spanish author. Mr. Pérez wrote 160 romantic novels in a career spanning more than 60 years.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.2% in March.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference Finals
Montreal 3 @ New York Islanders 0 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Clarence S. Campbell Conference Finals
Minnesota 1 @ Edmonton 7 (Edmonton led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Rookie Steve Penney earned the shutout in goal for the Canadiens as they shut out the Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Like a Prayer--Madonna (7th week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM):
1 Like a Prayer--Madonna
2 She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals
3 The Look--Roxette
4 Eternal Flame--Bangles
5 The Living Years--Mike + the Mechanics
6 Girl You Know it's True--Milli Vanilli
7 Walk the Dinosaur--Was (Not Was)
8 Stand--R.E.M.
9 Lost in Your Eyes--Debbie Gibson
10 Diamond Mine--Blue Rodeo

Singles entering the chart included Seeing is Believing by Mike + the Mechanics (#82); Nineteen Forever by Joe Jackson (#86); Every Little Step by Bobby Brown (#90); Thinking of You by Sa-Fire (#91); Miss You Like Crazy by Natalie Cole (#93); Cult of Personality by Living Colour (#94); and Round & Round by New Order (#96).

10 years ago
1999

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Toronto 2 Philadelphia 1 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-1)