November 6, 2009

580 years ago
1429

Britannica
Henry VI was crowned King of England at Westminster.

220 years ago
1789

Religion
Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as Archbishop of Baltimore, making him the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.

140 years ago
1869

Football
Rutgers defeated the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) 6-4 at the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey in the first intercollegiate football game played in the U.S.A.

110 years ago
1899

Theatre
Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Acts, by William Gillette, opened for the first of 256 performances at the Garrick Theatre on Broadway in New York, with Mr. Gillette as Sherlock Holmes and Bruce McRae as Doctor Watson.

80 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Maximilian of Baden, 62. Chancellor of Germany, 1918. Prince Maximilian, heir presumptive to the grand ducal throne of Baden, was appointed by Kaiser Wilhelm II as Chancellor, as well as Minister President of Prussia and Foreign Minister of Prussia on October 3, 1918, as the German front was collapsing at the end of World War I. He instituted some reforms, but was eventually overtaken by events as a revolution broke out in Berlin. Prince Maximilian announced the resignation of Kaiser Wilhelm on November 9, 1918; he declined the position of regent, and abandoned politics for good.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (2-4-1) 16 @ Providence (2-3-2) 0

The Cardinals shut out the Steam Roller before 6,000 fans in the first National Football League game to be played at night. Rain had made the Steam Roller's field unplayable, so the game was rescheduled under the huge floodlights at Kinsley Park Stadium. A local newspaper said the football, painted white for the game, "had the appearance of a large egg."

70 years ago
1939

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Bruce-Partington Plans

This is the oldest episode starring Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce for which a recording is available.

60 years ago
1949

Religion
Pope Pius XII urged a gathering of Roman Catholic judges in Rome to avoid granting civil divorces in valid church marriages, but admitted that an "unjust law" must sometimes be applied as "the sole means to prevent much graver evil."

Football
NFL
Los Angeles (6-1) 14 @ Philadelphia (6-1) 38
Pittsburgh (4-3) 14 @ Washington (3-3-1) 27
New York Bulldogs (1-5-1) 31 @ New York Giants (4-3) 24
Green Bay (2-5) 3 @ Chicago Bears (4-3) 24
Chicago Cardinals (3-4) 42 @ Detroit (1-6) 19



AAFC
Buffalo (3-5-1) 17 @ New York (6-2) 14
San Francisco (7-3) 28 @ Baltimore (1-9) 10
Chicago (4-5) 2 @ Cleveland (7-1-1) 35

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Travellin' Light--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Escape Clause, starring David Wayne and Thomas Gomez

War
The United Nations Security Council Subcommittee on Laos reported that it had found no clear evidence of intervention in the Laotian conflict by North Vietnamese military forces.

French Army headquarters in Algiers claimed that four nationalist filed commanders in Algeria had been killed by French troops or executed by the guerrillas.

Defense
The U.S. National Defense Council announced that Japan had adopted the U.S. Lockheed F-104C as its new basic jet fighter.

Scandal
Columbia Broadcasting System President Frank Stanton testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, chaired by Rep. Oren Harris (Democrat--Arkansas), that the broadcast industry had failed to act decisively when charges of television quiz show deception were first raised in 1957-58.

Medicine
Dr. John Scudder of Columbia University advised the American Association of Blood Banks in Chicago that interracial blood transfusions should be banned in order to reduce the possibility of harmful effects from mismatching of blood elements.

Economics and finance
Colombo Plan nations meeting in Jakarta approved proposals for increased economic aid to 15 non-Communist recipient countries in Southeast Asia.

Presenting a $13-billion budget to the National Assembly, French Finance Minister Antoine Pinay pledged that France would end all special restrictions on U.S. trade in "the shortest possible time" and all quota limitations on European and U.S. imports within two years.

Boxing
Mike DeJohn (38-7-1) scored a technical knockout of Charlie Powell (20-5-2) at 47 seconds of the 1st round of a heavyweight bout at War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse, New York; the TKO was automatic as a result of Mr. Powell being knocked down 3 times in the same round.



40 years ago
1969

On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, on BBC 4
Tonight's episode: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 14, read by Nigel Stock

Society
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ordered 33 Mississippi school districts to desegregate their separate systems by December 31 and directed them to implement desegregation plans prepared by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

30 years ago
1979

Politics and government
Iranian Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and his cabinet decided to resign after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's advisers supported the occupation of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

Masayoshi Ohira was re-elected Prime Minister of Japan by 138 votes to 121 for former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda at a special session of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Diet. It was the first time in Japanese parliamentary history that two candidates of the same party had contested the position of Prime Minister.

25 years ago
1984

Politics and government
Ronald Reagan was re-elected President of the United States, easily defeating Democratic Party challenger Walter Mondale. Mr. Reagan won 525 electoral votes to Mr. Mondale's 13; in the popular vote it was 54,281,858 for Mr. Reagan to 37,457,215 for Mr. Mondale.

Crime
Former Saskatchewan cabinet minister Colin Thatcher was convicted of the murder of his ex-wife Joanne Wilson.

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (12th week at #1)

Died on this date
Dickie Goodman, 55. U.S. songwriter and producer. Mr. Goodman created the "break-in" record, where clips from popular records are used to "answer" questions. With Bill Buchanan, Mr. Goodman released (as Buchanan and Goodman) the novelty single The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 and 2), which reached #3 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956. The two had several other novelty hits before Mr. Goodman continued as a solo act. His biggest hit under his own name was Santa Jaws, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. Mr. Goodman committed suicide by shooting himself.

Yūsaku Matsuda, 40. Japanese actor. Mr. Matsuda appeared in action roles in movies and television programs in the 1970s and '80s. He died of cancer shortly after the release of Black Rain (1989).

Diplomacy
It was announced that the United States was unfreezing $567 million in Iranian assets that had been held since 1979.

10 years ago
1999

Australiana
In a national referendum, Australia voted to remain a monarchy by a vote of 55% to 45%. Under the rejected plan, the new head of state would have been a president elected by Parliament. Of all the states and territories, only the Australian Capital Territory supported it. The vote concluded years of arguments from the anti-monarchists that Australia's abandonment of monarchy was a historical certainty. As Mark Steyn put it, "Better a people's queen than a politicians' president."

Religion
In New Delhi, Pope John Paul II declared the Roman Catholic Church to be an ally of Asia's poor.

Football
CFL
Calgary (12-6) 28 @ Hamilton (11-7) 31
Edmonton (6-12) 15 @ Toronto (9-9) 20

Paul Osbaldiston's 18-yard field goal with 14 seconds remaining in regulation time gave the Tiger-Cats their victory in front of an Ivor Wynne Stadium crowd of 19,460. After Joe Montford returned a fumble 17 yards for a Hamilton touchdown just 22 seconds into the game, the Stampeders came back to take a 24-10 lead in the 2nd quarter on touchdown passes from Mike McCoy to Vince Danielsen and Allen Pitts and another to Mr. Pitts from Dave Dickenson. The Tiger-Cats came back in the 3rd quarter when Danny McManus passed to Archie Amerson for one touchdown and handed off to Eric Lapointe for another.



The Eskimos, needing to win to clinch a playoff spot, blew a 15-7 lead and allowed the Argonauts to score 10 points in the 4th quarter to take the win before 28,387 at SkyDome. After a Dan Giancola field goal in the 3rd quarter cut the lead to 15-10, Toronto quarterback Jay Barker hit Derrell "Mookie" Mitchell with a 14-yard touchdown pass early in the 4th quarter to put the Argonauts ahead. Mr. Giancola converted and added another field goal later in the quarter. Sean Millington led the Eskimos with 20 carries for 136 yards and caught 4 passes for 31. The only Edmonton touchdown was scored by Scott Deibert on a 10-yard run in the 1st quarter; it was his first CFL touchdown. Edmonton quarterback Nealon Greene completed just 11 of 28 passes for 80 yards.



CIAU
Acadia (4-3) 33 @ St. Francis Xavier (1-6) 20
Mount Allison (3-4) 7 @ St. Mary's (6-1) 34

Ontario-Quebec Semi-Finals
Ottawa 24 @ McGill 21
Laval 42 @ Concordia 16

Ontario Semi-Finals
McMaster 27 @ Wilfrid Laurier 42
Waterloo 35 @ Western Ontario 21

Western Semi-Final
Manitoba 16 @ Saskatchewan 42

Dean Jones carried 22 times for 232 yards and 3 touchdowns for St. Mary's at Huskies Stadium in Halifax.

Mathieu Bertrand completed 14 of 30 passes with 3 touchdowns to lead Laval into its first Dunsmore Cup game.

Justin Praamsma rushed 33 times for 245 yards and 4 touchdowns for Wilfrid Laurier, while McMaster quarterback Ben Chapdelaine completed 21 of 41 passes for 351 yards.

Mike Bradley rushed 25 times for 217 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a run of 62 yards in the 4th quarter, to lead the Waterloo Warriors to an upset over the Mustangs in Western Ontario's last game after 71 seasons at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London. Waterloo quarterback Ryan Wilkinson attempted just 4 passes, completing none. UWO's Scott Crawley carried 22 times for 120 yards.

Ryan Reid completed 13 of 17 passes for 196 yards and Doug Rozon carried 15 times for 166 yards to lead the Saskatchewan Huskies past the Manitoba Bisons at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon. Craig Carr, in his final university game, rushed 17 times for 140 yards for the Bisons.