November 19, 2009

330 years ago
1679

Died on this date
Roger Conant, 87. American colonist. Mr. Conant moved from London to Plymouth Colony in 1623 or 1624, where he worked as a salter and was associated with Puritan opposition. He was credited with establishing Salem, Massachusetts, and served as its first governor (1626-1628). He remained involved in local affairs in Salem for the rest of his life.

260 years ago
1749

Died on this date
Carl Heinrich Biber, 68. Austrian musician and composer. Mr. Biber was a violinist who was a court musician in Salzburg, and wrote almost 100 works of choral and instrumental church music during the transition from the late Baroque to the rococo styles.

150 years ago
1859

Born on this date
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Russian composer. Mr. Ippolitov-Ivanov was best known for Caucasian Sketches (1894; 1896). He died on January 28, 1935 at the age of 76.

130 years ago
1879

Born on this date
John Grieb. U.S. athlete. Mr. Grieb won a gold medal in the team gymnastics event and a silver medal in the men's triathlon at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. He died on December 10, 1939, three weeks after his 60th birthday.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Clifton Webb. U.S. actor. Mr. Webb, born Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck, was a professional ballroom dancer and a successful Broadway actor before going to Hollywood and, often playing sarcastic or snobbish characters in movies such as Laura (1944); The Razor's Edge (1946); and Sitting Pretty (1949). He died on October 13, 1966 at the age of 76.

110 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Allen Tate. U.S. writer. Mr. Tate was a literary critic and poet from the 1920s through the 1970s. He was Poet Laureate of the United States from 1943-1944. Mr. Tate died on February 9, 1979 at the age of 79, after suffering from emphysema for several years.

100 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Peter Drucker. Austrian-born U.S. management consultant. Mr. Drucker, known as the "father of modern management," was known fot the concept of "management by objectives," popularized in his book The Practice of Management (1954). Mr. Drucker promoted the idea of society as a three-legged stool, with the legs being the state, the private sector, and the non-profit sector--of which the most important is the state. Mr. Drucker, although not a Christian, has had a tremendous influence upon evangelical Christianity in the late 20th-early 21st century; Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church in southern California, has publicly acknowledged his debt to Peter Drucker. Mr. Drucker died on November 11, 2005, eight days before his 96th birthday.

90 years ago
1919

Football
CRU
IRFU
The Montreal Winged Wheelers, champions of the IRFU, decided not to play for the Grey Cup. McGill University, champions of the intercollegiate league, had disbanded for the season several days earlier, and the Winged Wheelers decided that a championship without McGill wouldn't be worth contesting.

60 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Riders in the Sky--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra; Bing Crosby (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): That Lucky Old Sun--Frankie Laine (8th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 That Lucky Old Sun--Frankie Laine (5th week at #1)
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
2 I Can Dream, Can't I?--The Andrews Sisters
3 Slipping Around--Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
4 You're Breaking My Heart--Vic Damone
--Buddy Clark
--The Ink Spots
5 Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)--Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra
6 Jealous Heart--Al Morgan
7 Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--The Mills Brothers
8 I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
9 Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot)--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
--Art Mooney and his Orchestra
10 Whispering Hope--Jo Stafford and Gordon Macrae

Singles entering the chart were I'll Never Slip Around Again by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely (#19); There's No Tomorrow by Tony Martin (#25); Crocodile Tears by Doris Day (#29); Foolish Tears, with versions by Al Morgan; and Ella Fitzgerald (#30); Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts 1 and 2) by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five (#33); Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me by Wayne Raney (#37); and Mule Train, with versions by Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners; Bing Crosby; and Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (#38).

Europeana
Prince Rainier III was crowned the 30th monarch of Monaco.

Diplomacy
The British government reported that the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries had agreed "in principle" to recognize the Chinese Communist government.

World events
Panamanian security forces loyal to National Police Chief Jose Remon began to arrest high government officials, following Mr. Remon's dismissal the day before.

Defense
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Forrest Sherman denied Navy Captain John Crommelin's request for a court martial, stating "the case is closed." Capt. Crommelin was accusing Army and Air Force leaders were attempting to usurp civilian control of the armed forces.

Agriculture
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, addressing a National Grange convention in Sacramento, warned of a continuing decline in farm prices due to rapidly increasing agricultural production.

Football
CRU
Eastern Final
Hamilton (ORFU) 0 @ Montreal (IRFU) 40

This was the last game the Tigers played before they amalgamated with the Wildcats of the IRFU in 1950 to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman Jackie Robinson as the Most Valuable Player in the National League for 1949. He led the NL with a .342 batting average, with 16 home runs, 124 runs batted in, and a league-leading 37 stolen bases while playing in all 156 games.

Football
CRU
Eastern Final
Hamilton (ORFU) 0 @ Montreal (IRFU) 40

This was the last game the Tigers played before they amalgamated with the Wildcats of the IRFU in 1950 to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

50 years ago
1959

On television tonight
The Lawless Years, starring James Gregory, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Joe Angelo Story



The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll , with guest stars Clu Gulager and Lawrence Dobkin

Died on this date
Joseph Charbonneau, 67. Canadian clergyman. Rev. Charbonneau, a native of Lefaivre, Ontario, was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1916. He served as Bishop of Hearst (1939-1940) and Archbishop of Montreal (1940-1950). He supported organized labour in the Quebec asbestos strike in 1949, and resigned as Archbishop in February 1950. Rev. Charbonneau then became Archbishop of Bosphorus and served as a hospital chaplain in British Columbia; he died in Victoria.

Politics and government
Emil Jonsson (Social Democrat) resigned as Prime Minister of Iceland.

North Dakota Governor John Davis (Republican) appointed former Governor Norman Brunsdale (Republican) to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of William Langer.

Religion
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops attending a conference at Catholic University in Washington approved a statement asserting their opposition to the use of public money to promote "artificial birth prevention for economically underdeveloped countries."

Economics and finance
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry restricted all travel outside Jakarta by Chinese diplomats in order to halt their efforts to persuade alien Chinese to defy new trade regulations.

Business
Ford Motor Company announced plans to end production of the medium-priced Edsel because of low sales and the steel shortage. The car was highly promoted prior to its introduction in the fall of 1957, but had never sold well, coming onto the market just in time for a sharp decline in the market for medium-priced cars. The Edsel was ridiculed for its appearance, and there were reports of problems in quality. Only 2,486 cars were built for the 1960 model year; the last media promotion of the Edsel was a full-page advertisement in the November 21, 1959 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

40 years ago
1969

On television tonight
Then Came Bronson, starring Michael Parks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Your Love is Like a Demolition Derby in My Heart

Space
Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, in the lunar module Intrepid, landed on the moon in the Ocean of Storms.



Abominations
A sergeant who was in the U.S. Army unit that swept through the South Vietnamese village of Songmy on March 16, 1968 said that "women and children and old men" were gunned down by "most of the men" in the unit, C Company of the First Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade.

Diplomacy
Japanese Prime Minister Eisako Sato began a three-day state visit to Washington.

Disasters
All 19 aboard were killed when a Mohawk airliner crashed into Pilot Knob in the Adirondacks in New York.

Football
CFL
Western Finals
Saskatchewan 36 @ Calgary 13 (Saskatchewan won best-of-three series 2-0)

The Roughriders were clinging to a 4-3 lead 5 minutes into the 2nd quarter when Saskatchewan defensive back Ted Dushinski intercepted a Jerry Keeling pass and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown, which, with Jack Abendschan's convert, made the score 11-3. A single by Mr. Abendschan off a missed field goal made the score 12-3 at halftime. Larry Robinson's second field goal of the game for the Stampeders cut the deficit to 12-6 in the 3rd quarter, but when the Roughriders took possession of the ball at their own 35-yard line, quarterback Ron Lancaster promptly completed a pass to Bobby Thompson for a 75-yard touchdown. Mr. Abendschan's convert made the score 19-3, and the Stampeders never got close again. Mr. Lancaster completed a pass to Hugh Campbell for a touchdown, and George Reed ran for another, both converted by Mr. Abendschan, to make the score 36-6. Calgary finally managed a touchdown late in the 4th quarter on an 8-yard run by Ted Woods, converted by Mr. Robinson; many of the 23,265 in attendance at McMahon Stadium had departed by then. Saskatchewan's first 4 points were scored by Mr. Abendschan on a field goal and single. George Reed rushed 21 times for 82 yards and caught 4 passes for 51. Mr. Woods carried 13 times for 57 yards in his last CFL game. It was also the last game in the Hall of Fame career of Calgary defensive tackle Don Luzzi, as well as quarterback Bill Redell. Recently-elected Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes made his way to the Stampeders' bench late in the game to console Mr. Luzzi. I may be mistaken, but I think this was the last Canadian Football League game to be televised in black and white.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Don't Like Mondays--The Boomtown Rats (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Oyaji no Ichiban Nagai Hi--Masashi Sada (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Agapimú--Ana Belén

World events
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 female and Negro American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

Literature
Antonine Maillet became the first Canadian to receive France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt literary prize, for her novel Pélagie-la-Charette, a story of the Acadian deportation and return.

Labour
Lane Kirkland was elected president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations at the AFL-CIO's biennial convention in Washington, succeeding outgoing president George Meany. Mr. Kirkland implored unions outside the federation to rejoin the fold.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder (5th week at #1)

Disasters
A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City started a major fire, and killed about 500 people.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Lambada--Kaoma (13th week at #1)

Died on this date
Grant Adcox, 39. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Adcox, a driver on the NASCAR circuit, was killed in a crash on the 198th lap of the Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Soccer
The U.S.A., with Tony Meola in goal, clinched its first berth in the World Cup since 1950 with a 1-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago at Port of Spain.

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Winnipeg 10 @ Hamilton 14

Western Final
Saskatchewan 32 @ Edmonton 21

On a windy day at Ivor Wynne Stadium, Winnipeg kicker Trevor Kennerd missed all 3 of his field goal attempts, while Hamilton’s Paul Osbaldiston was good on 2 of 5 attempts. Winnipeg quarterback Lee Saltz completed just 15 of 44 passes, but his completions went for 308 yards. His 87-yard completion to Rick House in the first quarter accounted for the Blue Bombers’ only touchdown, which went unconverted because of a bad snap. Hamilton’s only touchdown came in the third quarter on a 10-yard pass from Mike Kerrigan to Wally Zatylny; Mr. Osbaldiston’s convert gave the Tiger-Cats an 11-9 lead, which held up. 20,389 fans saw the Hamilton defense hold the Blue Bombers to 21 yards rushing, as Tim Jessie picked up just 16 yards on 11 carries.



The Eskimos saw their 16-2 regular season go for naught when they were outplayed and outcoached by the Roughriders before a Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 35,112. The Eskimos took the ball from the opening kickoff and scored quickly on a 4-yard run by Reggie Taylor, and Jerry Kauric’s field goal made it 10-0 midway through the first quarter. The key play of the game occurred with the Eskimos leading 10-3 early in the second quarter and moving into field goal range. Eddie Lowe hit Edmonton quarterback Tracy Ham, forcing him to fumble, and Saskatchewan’s Dave Albright returned the ball 62 yards for a converted touchdown to tie the game. Kent Austin then hit Ray Elgaard with a touchdown pass to put the Roughriders ahead. The Eskimos came back with a second-quarter field goal by Mr. Kauric and a third-quarter touchdown by Mr. Ham to regain the lead, but Saskatchewan continued to play better football, and controlled the last 25 minutes. Mr. Austin left with an injury, and Tom Burgess took over in the second half and did an excellent job, completing 9 of 12 passes for 120 yards and throwing for third-quarter touchdowns to Jeff Fairholm and Mr. Elgaard. Tracy Ham had a dismal day for Edmonton, completing just 17 of 40 passes. The Roughriders did an excellent job of shutting down Edmonton slotbacks Craig Ellis and Tom Richards, and wide receivers Tony Hunter, Keith Wright, and Walter Murray weren’t good enough to make up for it. Jerry Kauric’s 34-yard punting average didn’t help the Edmonton cause, either.



10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Paul Sparer, 75. U.S. actor. Mr. Sparer was a character actor who played Rex Cooper in the television soap operas Another World (1970) and Somerset (1970-1976), and narrated the anthology series Tales from the Darkside (1983-1988). His movies included The House on Carroll Street (1988).

Space
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft, from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Inner Mongolia.

Protest
During a visit to Greece by U.S. President Bill Clinton, thousands of demonstrators reportedly organized by Greece’s Communist Party threw stones and gasoline bombs and looted and set fires, protesting U.S. foreign policy, including the bombing of Kosovo.

Diplomacy
The summit of the 54-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe set lower ceilings on the size of conventional armaments in Europe. Limits of about half of 1990 highs were established for tanks, combat vehicles, and artillery.

Health
Canadian Health Minister Allan Rock announced that about half of the $115 million pledged by the government to fight diabetes would go to aboriginal communities, where diabetes was a particular problem.