November 8, 2009

490 years ago
1519

Exploration
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés entered Tenochtitlán (now the centre of Mexico City), and Aztec ruler Moctezuma II welcomed him with a great celebration.

410 years ago
1599

Died on this date
Francisco Guerrero, 71. Spanish clergyman and composer. Mr. Guerrero was a Roman Catholic priest who sang and composed sacred and secular music; his music has been especially popular in cathedrals in Latin America.

120 years ago
1889

Americana
Montana entered the Union as the 41st state.

90 years ago
1919

Politics and government
Voting concluded in the Romanian general election. The Romanian National Party, led by Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, led with 169 of 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 76 of 216 seats in the Senate. The National Liberal Party (PNL), led by Ion I. C. Brătianu, was second, with 103 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 54 seats in the Senate. Mr. Vaida-Voevod took office as Prime Minister on December 1.

Football
IRFU
Ottawa (2-4) 1 @ Toronto (3-3) 31
Montreal (4-2) 12 @ Hamilton (3-3) 6

ORFU
Hamilton (0-4) 6 @ Toronto Capitals (2-1) 17

Canadian university
Queen's (0-4) 2 @ McGill (3-0) 25

ARU
University of Alberta (1-2) 16 @ Calgary Canucks (4-0) 19

The Winged Wheelers' win over the Tigers at the Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds gave them the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union championship.

U of A reportedly outplayed the Tigers at Hillhurst Park, but a lost fumble deep in their own end early in the game and an offside penalty deep in the Calgary end late in the game helped to decide the game in favour of the Tigers.

70 years ago
1939

World events
Eight people were killed and 63 injured when a bomb exploded at the Bürgerbräukeller beer hall in Munich. The bomb, planted by Georg Elser, had been intended to kill German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, who was there to make a speech on the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch, the unsuccessful attempt by Nazis to take over the German government in 1923. However, Mr. Hitler arrived earlier than originally scheduled and delivered a shorter-than-usual speech, ending 13 minutes before the bomb went off.

Politics and government
Adélard Godbout took office as Premier of Quebec, two weeks after his Liberal Party had defeated the Union Nationale government of Premier Maurice Duplessis.

60 years ago
1949

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Surprise, starring Russell Collins, Charlton Heston, and Meg Mundy

At the movies
All the King's Men, written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen, and starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, and Mercedes McCambridge, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Clyde Reed, 78. U.S. politician. Mr. Reed, a Republican, held various civil service positions, and bought the Parsons Sun in Parsons, Kansas in 1923. He was Governor of Kansas (1929-1931), known for his progressive views. Mr. Parsons returned to newspaper publishing, but returned to politics, representing Kansas in the United States Senate from 1939 until his death, which occurred 20 days after his 78th birthday while on a visit home.

Diplomacy
Czechoslovakian police released U.S. embassy clerk Samuel Meryn after 2½ weeks of detention on espionage charges.

Defense
U.S. Navy Captain John Crommelin was reprimanded and transferred to San Francisco as an aviation officer for releasing confidential letters in the controversy over U.S. military strategy.

Politics and government
The Costa Rican junta headed by Jose Figueres stepped aside as National Union Party leader Otilio Ulate Blanco was inaugurated as President.

Elpidio Quirino was re-elected President of the Philippines, defeating Jose Laurel, an anti-American candidate favoured by Hukbalahap guerrillas.

Off-year elections in the United States resulted in Democratic Party victories in most important races. Former New York Governor Herbert Lehman defeated Republican Party candidate John Foster Dulles in a U.S. Senate election in New York, while Democrats won contested House of Representatives seats in Brooklyn and San Francisco. Boston Mayor James Curley lost his bid for re-election to fellow Democrat John Hynes. In other elections, Texas and Virginia voters rejected measures repealing the poll tax.

The Polish Parliament amended the constitution to include Defense Minister Marshal Konstantin Rokosovssky in the policy-making State Council.

Labour
Republic Steel, the third-largest steel producer in the United States, accepted United Steel Workers of America demands for a company-financed workers' pension plan.

An Associated Press survey indicated that nearly 25% of the United Electrical Workers union's 450,000 members had left the union following its expulsion from the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Venus--Gloria Lasso (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Dry Run, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Vaughn, and David White

Died on this date
William Langer, 73. U.S. politician. Mr. Langer, originally a member of the Nonpartisan League, was Attorney General (1917-1920) and Governor (1932-1934, 1937-1939) of North Dakota. He was forced out of office during his first term as Governor after being convicted of attempting to defraud the federal government in a case which Mr. Langer claimed was a political vendetta by his enemies. The conviction was overturned on appeal, and retrials resulted in a hung jury and an acquittal. Mr. Langer ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate in 1940, and was elected in 1940 as a Republican. He was known for his opposition to American involvement in World War I and to American involvement in the United Nations. Mr. Langer represented North Dakota in the Senate from 1941 until his death.

Frank S. Land, 69. U.S. restaurateur and social activist. Mr. Land, a native and resident of Kansas City, Missouri, grew up in a Congregational Church, but became a Scottish Rite Freemason in 1912, and founded the Masonic youth organization DeMolay International in 1919.

Space
The U.S. Air Force failed for the sixth time to recover a Discoverer satellite when the capsule aboard the orbiting Discoverer 7 did not separate.

Diplomacy
In the wake of increasing friction over alleged Chinese violations of Philippine immigration and tax laws, the Philippine government ordered all Nationalist and Hong Kong Chinese currently visiting and residing in the Philippines to leave within two weeks.

The United Arab Republic and Sudan signed an agreement in Cairo on division of the Nile River waters which would permit the U.A.R. to proceed with plans for the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

Defense
Former U.S. President Harry Truman called for immediate resumption of U.S. nuclear tests to prevent the U.S.S.R. from gaining the lead in the nuclear arms race.

Politics and government
Brazil's opposition National Democratic Union chose independent reformer and former Sao Paulo Governor Janio Quadros as its candidate for President in the 1960 election.

Basketball
NBA
Boston 115 @ Minneapolis 136

Rookie Elgin Baylor set a National Basketball Association record for a single game with 64 points as he led the Lakers over the Celtics at Minneapolis Armory.

Football
Tonight's episode: NFL
New York (6-1) 9 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-5) 3
Philadelphia (4-3) 7 @ Cleveland (5-2) 28
Detroit (1-5-1) 10 @ Pittsburgh (2-4-1) 10
Baltimore (4-3) 24 @ Washington (3-4) 27
Green Bay (3-4) 17 @ Chicago Bears (3-4) 28
San Francisco (6-1) 24 @ Los Angeles (2-5) 16

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Star--Ross D. Wyllie (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Don't Forget to Remember--The Bee Gees

#1 single in France: Petit bonheur--Salvatore Adamo (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lo straniero--Georges Moustaki (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Sugar, Sugar--The Archies (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Part Three Into Paper Walls/The Girl that I Love--Russell Morris (4th week at #1)
2 The Star--Ross D. Wyllie
3 Sweet Caroline--Neil Diamond
4 Something in the Air--Thunderclap Newman
5 Without You/Hair--Doug Parkinson in Focus
6 Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want--The Rolling Stones
7 Penny Arcade--Roy Orbison
8 Polk Salad Annie--Tony Joe White
9 Don't Forget to Remember/The Lord--The Bee Gees
10 Natural Born Bugie--Humble Pie

Singles entering the chart were Something/Come Together by the Beatles (#31); Love Me Again by the Town Criers (#35); I'm Gonna Make You Mine by Lou Christie (#38); and Everybody's Talkin' by Nilsson (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 My Special Prayer--Percy Sledge (4th week at #1)
2 Air--Ekseption
3 Pastorale--Liesbeth List met Ramses Shaffy
4 Come Together--The Beatles
5 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
6 Oh Lady Mary--David Alexandre Winter
7 Cha-La-La, I Need You--The Shuffles
8 Harp Met de Harp--Henk Elsink
9 Huil Maar Niet, Kleine Eva!--Het Radi-Ensemble
10 Deep Water--Grapefruit

Singles entering the chart were Oh Well! by Fleetwood Mac (#15); Maanserenade by Marty (#31); So Good Together by Andy Kim (#34); Geh' Nicht Vorbei by Christian Anders (#36); and Ridin' on The L & N by the Bintangs (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Wedding Bell Blues--The 5th Dimension
2 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
3 Come Together/Something--The Beatles
4 I Can't Get Next to You--The Temptations
5 Baby it's You--Smith
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone
8 And When I Die--Blood, Sweat & Tears
9 Something--The Beatles
10 Smile a Little Smile for Me--The Flying Machine

Singles entering the chart were Someday We'll Be Together by Diana Ross and the Supremes (#50); Heaven Knows by the Grass Roots (#57); A Brand New Me by Dusty Springfield (#83); Girls it Ain't Easy by the Honey Cone (#85); You Got to Pay the Price by Gloria Taylor (#92); The Ten Commandments of Love by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#93); Kozmic Blues by Janis Joplin (#94); (I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again by Charley Pride (#95); Eleanor Rigby by Aretha Franklin (#96); That's How Heartaches are Made by the Marvelettes (#97); and Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wedding Bell Blues--The 5th Dimension (2nd week at #1)
2 Something--The Beatles
3 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
4 Baby it's You--Smith
5 Tracy--The Cuff Links
6 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
7 Smile a Little Smile for Me--The Flying Machine
8 Come Together--The Beatles
9 And When I Die--Blood, Sweat & Tears
10 Is That All There Is--Peggy Lee

Singles entering the chart were Eleanor Rigby by Aretha Franklin (#62); See Ruby Fall (#70)/Blistered (#78) by Johnny Cash; Midnight by Dennis Yost and the Classics IV (#76); Swingin' Tight by Bill Deal & the Rhondels (#83); St. Louis by the Easybeats (#86); Early in the Morning by Vanity Fare (#88); Get it from the Bottom by the Steelers (#89); A Woman's Way by Andy Williams (#91); Cupid by Johnny Nash (#96); The Ten Commandments of Love by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#97); Ooh, Ooh, Ooh by Sam & Dave (#98); and Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane (#100).

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

Singles entering the chart were No One Better than You by Petula Clark (#86); Ballad of Easy Rider by the Byrds (#93); Everybody's Talkin' by Spanky and Our Gang (#97); River Deep--Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner (#98); Midnight by Dennis Yost and the Classics IV (#99); and Swingin' Tight by Bill Deal & the Rhondels (#100). Everybody's Talkin' had originally been released in 1968 under the title Echoes as the B-side of Sunday Mornin'.

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
2 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family
3 Reuben James--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
4 Something--The Beatles
5 One Tin Soldier--The Original Caste
6 Don't it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
7 Make Believe--Wind
8 Try a Little Kindness--Glen Campbell
9 Sugar on Sunday--The Clique
10 Riverboat--Five Man Electrical Band
Pick hit of the week: Leaving on a Jet Plane--Peter, Paul and Mary

On television tonight
World Premiere Theater, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Night Gallery

A made-for-television movie that served as the pilot for the subsequent series that ran from 1970-1973, Night Gallery was an anthology consisting of three stories written and presented by Rod Serling: The Cemetery; Eyes; and The Escape Route. Eyes, starring Joan Crawford and Tom Bosley, was the first directorial credit for Steven Spielberg.



Diplomacy
It was reported that New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s long-secret report to President Richard Nixon on his fact-finding tour of Latin America earlier in the year warned of a new wave of nationalism and anti-Americanism that could produce another Fidel Castro.

Hockey
NHL
St. Louis 2 @ Minnesota 5

Bill Goldsworthy scored 3 goals to lead the North Stars over the Blues at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington.



Football
CFL
Western Semi-Final
British Columbia 21 @ Calgary 35

Jerry Keeling completed 22 of 31 passes for 323 yards and 2 touchdowns, and ran for a touchdown himself to lead the Stampeders to victory at McMahon Stadium. Herm Harrison caught 7 passes for 141 yards and a touchdown; Gerry Shaw caught 6 of Mr. Keeling's passes for 103 yards, and Terry Evanshen caught 4 for 44 and a touchdown. Gerald Watson, who hadn't carried the ball once all season, scored the other Calgary touchdown on a 24-yard rush with 19 seconds left in the game. Larry Robinson converted 4 of the touchdowns and added 2 field goals and a single. B.C. quarterback Paul Brothers completed 16 of 28 passes for 189 yards, but served up 3 interceptions. He scored 2 touchdowns on short runs, while defensive back Rich Robinson scored the Lions' other touchdown on a 33-yard return of a blocked punt in the 2nd quarter. Ted Gerela added 3 converts.

Canadian university
Exhibition
Alberta 19 @ British Columbia 12

The Golden Bears scored all of their points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Thunderbirds in front of just 119 fans in the annual Rain Bowl at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. Hart Cantelon, Jim Dallin, and Ludwig Daubner scored Alberta's touchdowns, one of which was converted by Mr. Daubner. Dave Corcoran scored 2 unconverted touchdowns for UBC. Terry Lampert, in his final university game, played the 1st and 4th quarters at quarterback for the Golden Bears, while Dan McCaffery and Don Tallas handled one quarter each. It was a very sloppy victory for the Golden Bears, as they gave up 6 interceptions and lost 3 fumbles. This was the Thunderbirds' final game before returning to Canadian football after several years playing American football against teams from the Pacific Northwestern United States.

30 years ago
1979

Diplomacy
U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter began a two-day visit to Thailand to inspect Cambodian refugee camps.

Politics and government
California Governor Jerry Brown announced his candidacy for the 1980 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States with a statement charging President Jimmy Carter with a lack of presidential leadership.

Academia
In a gift that was believed to be the largest single donation in the history of U.S. philanthropy, Robert Woodruff, the retired chairman of Coca-Cola Corp. gave Emory University $100 million.

25 years ago
1984

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 17 (CHED)
1 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go--Wham
2 On the Dark Side--John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
3 Purple Rain--Prince and the Revolution
4 Better Be Good to Me--Tina Turner
5 Lucky Star--Madonna
6 All Through the Night--Cyndi Lauper
7 Out of Touch--Daryl Hall and John Oates
8 Had a Dream--Roger Hodgson
9 Strut--Sheena Easton
10 Desert Moon--Denis DeYoung
11 I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder
12 No More Lonely Nights--Paul McCartney
13 What About Me--Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes and James Ingram
14 Blue Jean--David Bowie
15 The War Song--Culture Club
16 The Wild Boys--Duran Duran
17 Penny Lover--Lionel Richie

20 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Lambada--Kaoma (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Lambada--Kaoma (4th week at #1)

Politics and government
The East German Communist Party’s Central Committee nominated reformist Hans Modrow for Premier as more members of the Politburo resigned.

Scandal
United States Air Force Major General (retired) Richard Secord pled guilty to making a false statement to Congress regarding the Iran-Contra scandal. Mr. Secord admitted that he had lied in June 1987 when he said he did not know that Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North had benefited financially from the sale of arms to Iran or from the diversion of profits to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. 11 other charges against Mr. Secord were dropped as part of a plea bargain.

10 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Lester Bowie, 58. U.S. musician. Mr. Bowie was a jazz trumpeter and composer who performed with musicians such as Little Milton, Solomon Burke, and Joe Tex, and led the nonet Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy in the 1980s. He died of cancer, four weeks after his 58th birthday.

Bruce Miller. U.S. crime victim. Mr. Miller was killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, 28, was having an online affair with Jerry Cassaday, and persuaded Mr. Cassaday to kill Mr. Miller. Mr. Cassaday shot Mr. Miller, and later committed suicide. Mrs. Miller was convicted of plotting her husband's death in what became known as the world's first Internet murder.

Diplomacy
Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians began in Ramallah in the West Bank.