November 1, 2009

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Will Morrow and Maurice Pratt!

130 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Pál Teleki. Prime Minister of Hungary, 1920-1921, 1939-1941. Count Teleki held various cabinet posts in addition to the office of Prime Minister. During his second term as Prime Minister, he attempted to maintain Hungarian autonomy and non-alignment at the beginning of World War II, but committed suicide on April 3, 1941 at the age of 61 after hearing that German troops were marching through Hungary on their way in to Yugoslavia. Count Teleki signed many anti-Jewish laws, and thus remains a controversial figure.

125 years ago
1884

Football
ORFU
Ottawa @ Toronto: Ottawa defaulted

90 years ago
1919

Died on this date
Harry L. Shaw. Canadian football fan. Mr. Shaw was a spectator at the game between the Montreal Winged Wheelers and Ottawa Senators at Molson Stadium in Montreal. According to newspaper reports, it was an exciting game, and Mr. Shaw suffered a fatal heart attack.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (2-3) 6 @ Montreal (3-2) 15
Toronto (2-3) 6 @ Hamilton (3-2) 9

ORFU
Hamilton Rowing Club (0-3) 3 @ Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (3-0) 27

Intercollegiate
McGill (2-0) 16 @ Toronto (2-1) 3

WCRFU
Semi-final
Winnipeg 0 @ Regina 12

Piffles Taylor and Mr. Rogers scored touchdowns for the Roughriders in their win over the Victorias.

ARU
Edmonton and Calgary were both experiencing cold and snowy weather, so the games between the Edmonton Canucks and Calgary Canucks in Calgary and the Calgary Tigers and University of Alberta in Edmonton were cancelled.

75 years ago
1934

Football
CRU
Western Canada playoffs
University of Alberta 0 @ Vancouver Meralomas 5 (First game of 2-game total points series)

Pete Wilson rushed for a touchdown late in the 3rd quarter to provide all the scoring as the Meralomas shut out the Golden Bears.

70 years ago
1939

Science
The first rabbit born after artificial insemination was exhibited to the world.

60 years ago
1949

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Black Passage, starring Stella Adler, William Prince, Mary Sinclair, and Morton Stevens



Diplomacy
The British government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee sent a note to the U.S. State Department urging early recognition of the Communist Chinese government.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman appointed Admiral Forrest Sherman to succeed Adm. Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations.

Politics and government
A subcommittee of the United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee concluded three weeks of debate on the disposition of Italy's former colonies by recommending independence for Libya by 1952 and a 10-year Italian trusteeship over Italian Somaliland.

Economics and finance
U.S. Budget Director Frank Pace released an annual review of the federal budget, predicting a $5.5-billion deficit for the current fiscal year in the absence of a tax increase.

The United Kingdom's Overseas Food Corporation reported the failure of an attempt to encourage peanut cultivation in British East Africa with the aim of satisfying British demand for edible oils.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations convention in Cleveland passed a resolution barring Communists, Fascists, and other adherents of "totalitarian" movements from high union office. The move permitted the expulsion of leftist CIO Executive Board members, including Harry Bridges of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.

Gulf Coast U.S. shippers averted a strike of American Federation of Labor longshoremen by accepting a contract providing for an employer-financed union benefit fund.

Virginia Governor William Tuck ordered the seizure of strip mining operations in the southwestern part of the state in order to relieve a fuel crisis caused by the current miners' strike.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Venus--Gloria Lasso (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Anniversary Gift, starring Harry Morgan, Barbara Baxley, and Jackie Coogan

Space
Soviet scientist Alla Masevich charged over Moscow radio that American scientists were "not keeping their side of the bargain" on releasing satellite data.

World events
Congolese police arrested Congolese National Movement leader Patrice Lumumba, charging him with inciting a Stanleyville meeting to violence.

War
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, under attack for failing to act against recent Chinese border incursions, told an Indian National Congress Party rally in New Delhi that India was taking "adequate military preparations" to meet Chinese "aggression."

Acting on the request of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Secretary of State Christian Herter asked the Justice Department to stop flights from the United States "for the purpose of furthering civil strife" in Cuba.

Politics and government
The Gaullist Union for the New Republic concluded a three-day meeting in Bordeaux, pledging to support French President Charles de Gaulle's offer of Algerian self-determination, but declaring that the party would work for a "close union" between Algeria and metropolitan France.

U.S. Senator Paul Douglas (Democrat--Illinois) said in Washington that Sen. Lyndon Johnson (Texas) was "unacceptable" as a potential Democratic Party U.S. presidential nominee in northern states.

Labour
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations President George Meany charged that U.S. President Eisenhower had put himself on the steel companies' side before the steel strike started.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 3 @ Boston 6
Montreal 3 @ New York 1
Chicago 1 @ Detroit 2

Late in the 1st period at Madison Square Garden, a shot from the Rangers' Andy Bathgate hit Montreal goalie Jacques Plante in the face, cutting his upper lip. There was a 21-minute delay while Mr. Plante went off for treatment, and when he came back, he was wearing a mask that he'd been keeping for such an occasion. Mr. Plante thus became the first NHL goaltender to regularly wear a mask. Dickie Moore, Marcel Pronovost, and Junior Langlois scored for the Canadiens, while Camille Henry replied for New York. Mr. Plante finished with 27 saves.

Football
NFL
New York (5-1) 20 @ Green Bay (3-3) 3
Baltimore (4-2) 31 @ Cleveland (4-2) 38
Washington (2-4) 23 @ Philadelphia (4-2) 30
Pittsburgh (2-4) 24 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-4) 45
Chicago Bears (2-4) 26 @ Los Angeles (2-4) 21
San Francisco (5-1) 33 @ Detroit (1-5) 7

Jim Brown carried 32 times for 178 yards and 5 touchdowns to lead the Browns past the Colts at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Star--Ross D. Wyllie

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Soul Deep--The Box Tops

#1 single in France: Petit bonheur--Salvatore Adamo

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lo straniero--Georges Moustaki (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Bobbie Gentry (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love--Russell Morris (3rd week at #1)
2 Sweet Caroline--Neil Diamond
3 Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman
4 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones
5 The Star--Ross D. Wyllie
6 Green River/Commotion--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 Without You/Hair--Doug Parkinson in Focus
8 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
9 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
10 Natural Born Bugie--Humble Pie

Singles entering the chart were Jean by Oliver (#20) and I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Bobbie Gentry.

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 My Special Prayer--Percy Sledge (3rd week at #1)
2 Air--Ekseption
3 Pastorale--Liesbeth List met Ramses Shaffy
4 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
5 Oh Lady Mary--David Alexandre Winter
6 Come Together--The Beatles
7 Bloody Mary--Tom & Dick
8 Deep Water--Grapefruit
9 Cha-La-La, I Need You--The Shuffles
10 Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees

Singles entering the chart were I'm Gonna Make You Mine by Lou Christie (#28); Delta Lady by Joe Cocker (#35); and In Gedachten Zie Ik 't Kerkje Weer by Duo X (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
2 Wedding Bell Blues--The 5th Dimension
3 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
4 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
5 Baby it's You--Smith
6 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone
7 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
8 Jean--Oliver
9 Tracy--The Cuff Links
10 Come Together/Something--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were Fortunate Son (#58)/Down on the Corner (#60) by Creedence Clearwater Revival; Holly Holy by Neil Diamond (#71); Up on Cripple Creek by The Band (#74); On the Dock of the Bay by the Dells (#82); I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City by Nilsson (#83); Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You by Bob Dylan (#85); Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head by B.J. Thomas (#86); Love Will Find a Way by Jackie DeShannon (#90); Okie from Muskogee by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (#91); Ballad of Easy Rider by the Byrds (#92); We Love You, Call Collect by Art Linkletter (#93); Cupid by Johnny Nash (#94); Why is the Wine Always Sweeter (On the Other Side) by Eddie Floyd (#98); Midnight Cowboy by Ferrante & Teicher (#99); and I Can't Make it Alone by Lou Rawls. I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City was the B-side of Maybe, which did not chart. Ballad of Easy Rider was a version of the song from the movie Easy Rider; the version in the movie was credited to Byrds' lead singer Roger McGuinn. We Love You, Call Collect was a spoken word recording addressed to his daughter Diane, who had died on October 4, 1969 at the age of 20 after jumping out of her sixth-floor kitchen window; the recording was made before her death. Midnight Cowboy was a version of the title theme from the movie.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wedding Bell Blues--The 5th Dimension
2 Something--The Beatles
3 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
4 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
5 Baby it's You--Smith
6 Tracy--The Cuff Links
7 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
8 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
9 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie
10 Smile a Little Smile for Me--The Flying Machine

Singles entering the chart were Heaven Knows by the Grass Roots (#66); Someday We'll Be Together by Diana Ross and the Supremes (#68); I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City by Nilsson (#71); Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You by Bob Dylan (#75); On the Dock of the Bay by the Dells (#84); Girls it Ain't Easy by the Honey Cone (#93); You Got Your Thing on a String by J.P. Robinson (#96); I'm Gonna Tear You a New Heart by Clarence Reid (#97); Midnight Cowboy by Ferrante & Teicher (#98); We Love You, Call Collect by Art Linkletter (#99); and One Tin Soldier by the Original Caste (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Wedding Bell Blues--The 5th Dimension
2 Tracy--The Cuff Links
3 Something/Come Together--The Beatles
4 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
5 Baby it's You--Smith
6 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone
7 Is That All There Is--Peggy Lee
8 Smile a Little Smile for Me--The Flying Machine
9 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family
10 Ball of Fire--Tommy James and the Shondells

Singles entering the chart were I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City by Nilsson (#74); Backfield in Motion by Mel and Tim (#77); Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You by Bob Dylan (#84); Someday We'll Be Together by Diana Ross and the Supremes (#86); Heaven Knows by the Grass Roots (#89); On the Dock of the Bay by the Dells (#90); I'll Bet You by Funkadelic (#92); You're Not Even Going to the Fair by Tobias (#93); One Tin Soldier by the Original Caste (#95); You Gotta Pay the Price by Gloria Taylor (#96); We Love You, Call Collect by Art Linkletter (#98); Delta Lady by Joe Cocker (#99); and Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family (7th week at #1)
2 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
3 Don't it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
4 Reuben James--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 One Tin Soldier--The Original Caste
6 Something--The Beatles
7 Sugar on Sunday--The Clique
8 Try a Little Kindness--Glen Campbell
9 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
10 I'm Gonna Make You Mine--Lou Christie
Pick hit of the week: Make Believe--Wind

Wind was a studio group that featured Tony Orlando on lead vocals, a year before he hit it big as lead singer of Dawn.

Crime
A tackle by the chief of Rome detectives in the woods south of Rome brought down U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Raffaele Minichiello, five hours after LC Minichiello had hijacked a TWA jet from California to Rome.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (11-3) 7 @ Hamilton (8-5-1) 28
Winnipeg (3-12-1) 9 @ Calgary (9-7) 32

The Blue Bombers' loss to the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium was the last game for Joe Zaleski as Winnipeg's head coach; in three years he compiled a record of 10-37-1.

CIAU
Calgary (2-4) 24 @ Saskatchewan (1-5) 7
Manitoba (6-0) 38 @ Alberta (3-3) 12

The Dinosaurs scored 3 touchdowns within a 4-minute span in the 2nd quarter as they beat the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Bob Handel rushed 4 yards for the first Calgary TD, and Joe Petrone completed touchdown passes of 9 yards to Jim Patterson and 12 yards to Bob Heinz, with all the Calgary majors set up by Saskatchewan turnovers. Neil Garvie rushed 22 yards for the Husky touchdown in the 3rd quarter.

The Bisons scored 3 converted touchdowns to take a 21-0 lead in the 1st quarter, and coasted to victory over the Golden Bears before 3,300 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Dennis Hrycaiko rushed 84 yards for the first Manitoba touchdown, and Mike Shylo added a 98-yard touchdown rush a few minutes later. Quarterback Bob Kraemer passed 37 yards to Mr. Shylo for the next Bison TD. A 42-yard field goal by Walt McKee, who converted all the Bison touchdowns, gave Manitoba a 24-0 halftime lead. Dave Kates passed 42 yards to Don Hickey with 4 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter to get Alberta on the scoreboard, and Terry Lampert passed to Mr. Hickey for another Alberta touchdown early in the 4th quarter; 2-point convert attempts were unsuccessful on both Golden Bear TDs. The Bisons responded with converted touchdowns by Graham Kinley and Robin Wright to close the scoring.

30 years ago
1979

Died on this date
Mamie Eisenhower, 82. U.S. First Lady, 1953-1961. Mrs. Eisenhower, born Mamie Doud, married future President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1916, when she was 19. She lived the live of an Army wife, moving with her husband to various posts in the United States and abroad. As First Lady, Mrs. Eisenhower was known for her outgoing manner and her tasteful clothes. She survived her husband by more than 10 years, and died several weeks after suffering a stroke.

World events
Bolivia's three-month-old civilian government of interim President Wálter Guevara was overthrown by troops loyal to Colonel Alberto Natusch Busch. The soldiers surrounded the presidential palace and killed 6 people in a crowd of protesters.

Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini appealed over the radio to students to observe the anniversary of student protests that occurred on November 4, 1978, and "expand with all their might their attacks against the United States and Israel, so they may force the United States to return the deposed and cruel shah."

Politics and government
Griselda Álvarez took office as Governor of Colima, becoming the first female governor of a Mexican state.

U.S. Senator Howard Baker, the Senate Republican leader since 1977, declared his candidacy for the 1980 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination.

Business
The U.S. administration of President Jimmy Carter proposed a $1.5 billion federal loan guarantee plan for Chrysler Corporation. The proposal would require Chrysler to raise an additional $1.5 billion from new private loans without federal guarantees. In addition, the company had to provide the government with a four-year plan showing in detail how it would return to profitability in that period. Chrysler would have until December 31, 1990 to repay the loans completely.

25 years ago
1984

World events
Several days of rioting began in India in the wake of the previous day’s assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

Austria's top 10 (Ö3)
1 Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)
2 Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
3 The Best--Tina Turner
4 French Kiss--Lil Louis
5 Pump Up the Jam--Technotronic featuring Felly
6 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
7 Flamenco Turistico--Stefanie Werger
8 French Kiss--Honesty 69
9 Puerto Rico--Vaya con Dios
10 Healing Hands--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were Girl I'm Gonna Miss You; Still Cruisin' by the Beach Boys (#11); Ride on Time by Black Box (#19); Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx (#20); If Only I Could by Sydney Youngblood (#21); Viva la mamma by Edoardo Bennato (#22); and Yellow Moon by Bluesbreakers (#25).

World events
East Germany opened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting a sharp increase in East German emigration to West Germany through Czech territory.

10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Theodore Hall, 74. U.S. physicist and spy. Dr. Hall, born Theodore Holtzberg, skipped three grades in school, and graduated from Harvard University at the age of 18. He worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and passed information about the design of an atomic bomb to the U.S.S.R. Dr. Hall was questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but was not charged, and information on his spying for the Soviet Union didn't become public knowledge until 1995, with publication of records of the Venona project. Dr. Hall studied and taught at the University of Chicago from 1946-1962, and then moved to Cambridge University in England, where he worked as a biophysicist from 1962-1984. He suffered from Parkinson's disease in later years, and died of renal cancer.

Walter Payton, 46. U.S. football player. Mr. Payton, nicknamed "Sweetness," was a running back at Jackson State University (1971-1974), and was an All-American in his final season. He played in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears (1975-1987), earning more honours than can be mentioned here. At the time of his retirement his total of 16,726 yards rushing was the NFL career record, and his 275 yards against Minnesota on November 20, 1977 was the single-game record. He was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1993 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Mr. Payton died from the effects of a rare liver disease.

War
Russia reopened several border crossings with Chechnya, allowing terrified refugees to flee Russian air and rocket attacks.

Crime
At the trial in Laramie, Wyoming of Aaron McKinney, one of those charged in the beating death of sodomite Matthew Shepard, Judge Barton Voigt rejected Mr. McKinney's "gay panic" defense, an attempt to justify violence as an emotional rection to a homosexual overture.