March 7, 2010

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Carolyn Jagger!

200 years ago
1810

Died on this date
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, 61. U.K. military officer. Vice Admiral Collingwood served in the Royal Navy and served as a partner with Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson in several British victories in the Napoleonic Wars. He often succeeded Lord Nelson in commands, including the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), when Lord Nelson was fatally shot. Lord Collingwood was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1805; his health seriously declined in 1809, and he was allowed to return home, but died of cancer aboard the Ville de Paris while en route to England.

160 years ago
1850

Born on this date
Champ Clark. U.S. politician. Mr. Clark, a Democrat, represented Missouri's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1893-1895, 1897-1921), serving as House Minority Leader (1909-1911) and Speaker (1911-1921). In 1911, Mr. Clark delivered a speech suggesting that the recent Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty would lead to the incorporation of Canada into the United States; he thus inadvertently helped to defeat the treaty, and influence the outcome of that year's Canadian federal election. Mr. Clark ran for the Democratic Party U.S. presidential nomination in 1912 and had a majority of delegates at the party convention, but was unable to secure the two-thirds needed to capture the nomination, and lost to Woodrow Wilson, who went on to win the election. Mr. Clark supported most of Mr. Wilson's legislation, but opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, and split the party when he opposed American entry into World War I in 1917. Mr. Clark was defeated in the 1920 congressional election, and died at the age of 70 on March 2, 1921, five days before his 71st birthday, and two days before the expiration of his term in office.

Tomáš Masaryk. 1st President of Czechoslovakia, 1918-1935. Mr. Masaryk was a member of the Young Czech Party and then the Realist Party. He helped the Allies during World War I, which helped Czechoslovakia gain her independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Mr. Masaryk's powers were legally limited in comparison with those of the Prime Minister, but he provided stability through numerous changes of government, and became known as "The Great Old Man of Europe." Mr. Masaryk died on September 14, 1937 at the age of 87; his son Jan was Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister of the government-in exile from 1940-1945 and in the governments from 1945-1948.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Daniel Webster (Massachusetts) delivered his "Constitution and the Union" speech--better-known as the "Seventh of March" speech--supporting the Compromise of 1850 on the issue of slavery, in order to avoid a possible civil war.

110 years ago
1900

Communications
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

Hockey
Stanley Cup
Halifax Crescents 0 @ Montreal Shamrocks 12 (Montreal won best-of-three challenge series 2-0)

Arthur Farrell scored 4 goals for the second straight game as the Shamrocks routed the Crescents at Montreal Arena to retain possession of the Cup. Harry Trihey added 3 goals and Jack Brannen 2 for the Shamrocks, while goalie James McKenna faced no serious threats from the Crescents.

90 years ago
1920

Died on this date
Jaan Poska, 54. Estonian politician. Mr. Poska was Mayor of Tallinn (1913-1917), supporting health and education reforms. He became Governor of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia in April 1917, and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs when Estonia declared itself a republic in February 1918. Mr. Poska participated in the Paris Peace Conference (1919), and led peace talks with Russia that resulted in the Treaty of Tartu (1920), just a month before his death, which occurred three days after he had chaired the last meeting of Estonia's Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

80 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Jacinto Peynado, 62. President of the Dominican Republic, 1938-1940; Vice President of the Dominican Republic, 1934-1938. Mr. Peynado was a figurehead officeholder under the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, holding several positions. He died 12 days after resigning the presidency because of ill health.

War
The U.S.S.R. and Finland agreed to armistice negotiations. The U.S.S.R. reported the occupation of several islands in Lake Ladoga and the capture of Nautsi on the Arctic front in the Finnish war. France called U.S. citizens to military service.

Diplomacy
U.S. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles conferred with French President Albert LeBrun and Prime Minister Eduard Daladier in Paris.

Economics and finance
Arrangements were completed for a $20-million American loan to China by the Import-Export Bank.

Scandal
Former U.S. Federal Judge Martin Morton began serving a two-year prison term at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for "conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the United States."

60 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Church Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Ledge, starring King Calder, Russell Collins, Dick Foran, Eileen Heckart, E.G. Marshall, and Harold J. Stone

Died on this date
Daniel Frisch, 52. Palestinian-born U.S. activist. Mr. Frisch, president of the Zionist Organization of America since 1948, died in New York.

Crime
The U.S.S.R. news agency Tass issued a statement denying that British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs, recently arrested in London, had served as a Soviet spy, despite his confession that he had passed on atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The Tass statement claimed that Soviet nuclear capability was entirely the work of Soviet scientists. A jury in New York City convicted former U.S. Justice Department employee Judith Coplon and U.S.S.R. engineer and former United Nations employee Valentin Gubitchev of espionage. Testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee, Victor Kravchenko, a Soviet Purchasing Commission official during World War II and author of I Chose Freedom, claimed that U.S.S.R. agents had stolen "dozens and dozens of tons' of American secrets during the war.

Medicine
Dr. Sidney Rothbard of Montefiore Hospital in New York City described a new blood test for tuberculosis, which so far had proven 92% accurate, and which gave a quantitative measure of the activity of lung tuberculosis.

Labour
United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis returned the $500,000 cheque donated by Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray for miner strike relief, but proposed that unions establish "a mutual aid pact for common defense."

Basketball
NCAA
An Associated Press poll of sportswriters and sportscasters named Bradley University as the top college team in the United States, followed by Ohio State, Kentucky, Holy Cross, and North Carolina State.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mackie el Navaja--(Mack The Knife)--José Guardiola (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (3rd week at #1)
2 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
3 Handy Man--Jimmy Jones
4 Wild One--Bobby Rydell
5 What in the World's Come Over You--Jack Scott
6 Teen Angel--Mark Dinning
7 Beyond the Sea--Bobby Darin
8 Baby (You've Got What it Takes)--Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
9 Let it Be Me--The Everly Brothers
10 Running Bear--Johnny Preston

Singles entering the chart were Sink the Bismark by Johnny Horton (#69); White Silver Sands by Bill Black's Combo (#70); I Love the Way You Love by Marv Johnson (#79); Just One Time by Don Gibson (#80); Never Let Me Go by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#82); Footsteps by Steve Lawrence (#84); Apple Green by June Valli (#89); What'cha Gonna Do by Nat King Cole (#94); Suddenly by Nickey DeMatteo (#95); Jambalaya by Bobby Comstock and the Counts (#99); and Down by the Riverside by Les Compagnons de la Chanson (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves (4th week at #1)
2 Teen Angel--Mark Dinning
3 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
4 Running Bear--Johnny Preston
5 What in the World's Come Over You--Jack Scott
6 Handy Man--Jimmy Jones
7 Lucky Devil/In My Heart--Carl Dobkins, Jr.
8 Beatnik Fly--Johnny and the Hurricanes
9 Wild One/Little Bitty Girl--Bobby Rydell
10 Beyond the Sea--Bobby Darin

Singles entering the chart were Baby What You Want Me to Do by Jimmy Reed (#44); Sixteen Reasons by Connie Stevens (#49); I Love the Way You Love by Marv Johnson (#52); Greenfields by the Brothers Four (#54); What Do You Want by Adam Faith (#55); I was Such a Fool by the Flamingos (#57); China Doll by the Ames Brothers (#58); and Summer Set by Monty Kelly and his Orchestra (#60).

Space
The mission of the U.S. satellite Discoverer 8 ended. The spacecraft, which consisted of a main satellite body and a separable re-entry vehicle containing a recovery capsule, had been launched on November 20, 1959 with the purpose of studying propulsion, communication, recovery techniques, and cosmic radiation. The re-entry vehicle was separated from the main body and released over the Pacific Ocean on November 21, but its parachute failed to deploy; it impacted outside the target area, and was never recovered.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Pretty Belinda--Chris Andrews (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: It's Five O'Clock--Aphrodite's Child

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Venus--Shocking Blue (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Wand'rin' Star--Lee Marvin

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head--Johnny Farnham (7th week at #1)
2 I Thank You--Lionel Rose
3 Smiley--Ronnie Burns
4 Venus--Shocking Blue
5 Superstar--Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers
6 Jam Up Jelly Tight--Tommy Roe
7 Don't Cry Daddy/Rubberneckin'--Elvis Presley
8 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
9 Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son--Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 Arizona--Mark Lindsay

Singles entering the chart were Honey Come Back by Glen Campbell (#23); Come and Get It by Badfinger (#26); Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam (#36); and The Groupie by New Dream (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 Mijn Gebed--D.C. Lewis
3 Dear Ann--George Baker Selection
4 Seasons--Earth and Fire
5 Venus--Shocking Blue
6 Room to Move--John Mayall
7 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
8 Bitter Tears--The Shuffles
9 Mighty Joe--Shocking Blue
10 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel

Singles entering the chart were Ik Hou Van Holland by Heintje (#22); Instant Karma! by Lennon (#23); No Dogs Allowed by José Feliciano (#24); It's Five O'Clock by Aphrodite's Child (#33); You're Such a Good Looking Woman by Joe Dolan (#34); Evil Ways by Santana (#36); Let There Be Love by the Bee Gees (#37); Lay Down by Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#39); and Prikkebeen by Bob Vrieling (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)
2 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody is a Star--Sly & the Family Stone
4 Rainy Night in Georgia--Brook Benton
5 Hey There Lonely Girl--Eddie Holman
6 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
7 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
8 Give Me Just a Little More Time--The Chairmen of the Board
9 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas
10 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother--Hollies

Singles entering the chart were Up the Ladder to the Roof by the Supremes (#57); Come Together by Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes (#78); Easy to Be Free by Rick Nelson (#80); Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got by Marvin Gaye (#81); Love or Let Me Be Lonely by the Friends of Distinction (#82); Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance by Gary Puckett & the Union Gap (#83); Who's Your Baby? by the Archies (#86); Add Some Music to Your Day by the Beach Boys (#89); Brighton Hill by Jackie DeShannon (#93); Don't Worry Baby by the Tokens (#95); Mighty Joe by the Shocking Blue (#96); Mississippi Mama by Owen B. (#98); and Run Sally Run by the Cuff Links (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)
2 Hey There Lonely Girl--Eddie Holman
3 Rainy Night in Georgia--Brook Benton
4 Psychedelic Shack--The Temptations
5 Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin--Sly & the Family Stone
6 Travelin' Band--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
8 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
9 No Time--The Guess Who
10 Venus--The Shocking Blue

Singles entering the chart were Up the Ladder to the Roof by the Supremes (#60); Mighty Joe by the Shocking Blue (#61); Love or Let Me Be Lonely by the Friends of Distinction (#66); Add Some Music to Your Day by the Beach Boys (#71); Don't Worry Baby by the Tokens (#81); Easy to Be Free by Rick Nelson (#83); Free as the Wind by the Brooklyn Bridge (#84); My Woman, My Woman, My Wife by Marty Robbins (#86); A Change is Gonna Come & People Gotta Be Free by the 5th Dimension (#89); Turn Back the Hands of Time by Tyrone Davis (#96); The Fightin' Side of Me by Merle Haggard (#99); and Just About the Same by the Association (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)
2 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Hey There Lonely Girl--Eddie Holman
4 Rainy Night in Georgia--Brook Benton
5 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
6 Psychedelic Shack--The Temptations
7 Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody is a Star--Sly & the Family Stone
8 No Time--The Guess Who
9 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
10 Arizona--Mark Lindsay

Singles entering the chart were Love or Let Me Be Lonely by the Friends of Distinction (#68); Up the Ladder to the Roof by the Supremes (#82); Mighty Joe by the Shocking Blue (#85); Easy to Be Free by Rick Nelson (#86); Lay Lady Lay by Ferrante & Teicher (#87); Baby Baby Don't Stop Now by Sam & Dave (#92); Add Some Music to Your Day by the Beach Boys (#94); Time to Get it Together by Country Coalition (#95); Tennessee Bird Walk by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#97); Peter and the Wolf by the Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (#98); You're Right Ray Charles by Joe Tex (#99); and Dianne by Golden Gate (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 No Time--The Guess Who (2nd week at #1)
2 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
3 Hey There Lonely Girl--Eddie Holman
4 Travelin' Band--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Psychedelic Shack--The Temptations
6 Rainy Night in Georgia--Brook Benton
7 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
8 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
9 That's Where I Went Wrong--The Poppy Family
10 Honey Come Back--Glen Campbell

Singles entering the chart were Who's Your Baby? by the Archies (#91); Shilo by Neil Diamond (#93); Don't Get Close by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#95); Long Lonesome Highway by Michael Parks (#96); Mighty Joe by the Shocking Blue (#97); Chains of Love by Ronnie Dove (#98); Add Some Music to Your Day by the Beach Boys (#99); and Lay Lady Lay by Ferrante & Teicher (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel (2nd week at #1)
2 Arizona--Mark Lindsay
3 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Come and Get It--Badfinger
6 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother--Hollies
7 Light of Love--The Cat
8 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
9 That's Where I Went Wrong--The Poppy Family
10 The Rapper--The Jaggerz
Pick hit of the week: Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)

Space
A total eclipse of the sun was visible in Central America and the eastern seaboard of North America. In western and northern Canada it was visible as a partial eclipse. It was the first solar eclipse I ever saw, although in Yellowknife the effect wasn’t very noticeable.

War
The commander of the Royal Laotian Air Force base at Pakse disclosed that American and Laotian air missions in Laos were coordinated by a joint centre in Vientiane. The centre was evidence of the active role of U.S. planes in Laos. Officially, however, only Laotian planes were flying combat missions over the country.

U.S. casualty figures in Vietnam for the week ending March 7 showed 88 dead, down 25 from the week before. 343 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed, the 38th straight week in which South Vietnamese dead had outnumbered American dead. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead for the week numbered 2,105.

Basketball
NCAA
Austin Carr, a 6’ 3" junior guard from Notre Dame, scored 61 points in an NCAA tournament game against Ohio University, setting a one-game record for the tourney.

Auto racing
The world drivers' championship series began with the South African race in Johannesburg. Jack Brabham of Australia won, with Denis Hulme of New Zealand second.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Himmel No. 7/Flickorna på TV2--Gyllene Tider (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd (5th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)--Pink Floyd (3rd week at #1)
2 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
3 Babe--Styx
4 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band
5 Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
6 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
7 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough--Michael Jackson
8 Rise--Herb Alpert
9 The Part of Me that Needs You Most--Exile
10 Video Killed the Radio Star--The Buggles

The only single entering the chart was I Want You Tonight by Pablo Cruise (#18).

Music
Jazz Festival '80, featuring stage bands from northern Alberta high schools, began at SUB Theatre at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. This blogger’s old school, Sir John Franklin Territorial High School from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, was represented by its band, Swinging Moods, under the direction of Roy Menagh.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Labor Department reported that the producer price index had increased 1.5% in February, pushed by a 7.5% increase in energy prices, the greatest energy price rise in six years. The unemployment rate dropped to 6% in February, indicating that the economy was still not entering a recession.

25 years ago
1985

On television tonight
The first episode of Television Parts, a comedy and music series starring former Monkee Michael Nesmith, was broadcast on NBC. The series evolved from Mr. Nesmith’s video Elephant Parts, which won the first Grammy Award for video for 1980-81. The featured music video in the first episode of Television Parts was for a song called Eldorado to the Moon. It was one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen; the song wasn’t released on a record until it appeared on the album The Newer Stuff, released in 1989.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Nothing Compares 2 U--Sinéad O'Connor (3rd week at #1)

World events
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that evidence indicated that a plant in Rabta, Libya--50 miles southwest of Tripoli--was producing chemical weapons. He called on the "international community" to "step up its efforts to deny the ability to continue operating the plant." Libya claimed that the plant was a pharmaceutical factory.

Protest
7 people were killed and 450 injured when local police opened fire on a crowd of 50,000 that had marched on a government office in the South African "homeland" of Bophuthatswana.

Law
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled that Nova Scotia Micmac Indians had a constitutional right to hunt and fish for food as long as they obeyed conservation guidelines.

Business
British Gas bid $1.1 billion for Consumers Gas from the Reichmann family.

Figure skating
Lloyd Eisler and Isabelle Brasseur of Canada won the silver medal in the pairs competition at the World Championships at Halifax Metro Centre. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov of the U.S.S.R. won the gold medal; it was their fourth straight world championship, in addition to an Olympic gold medal.







10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Pee Wee King, 86. U.S. musician. Mr. King, born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski, was a country singer and songwriter known for co-writing and performing Tennessee Waltz. His other hit singles included Slow Poke and You Belong to Me. He died 17 days after his 86th birthday.

Diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat met in Israel.

Politics and government
U.S. Vice President Al Gore clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States after primaries in caucuses were held in 15 states. Mr. Gore defeated his only rival, U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, in every vote, even in Sen. Bradley’s home state of New York, where he won by nearly a 2-1 margin. Mr. Gore took 81% of the vote in California and 74% of the vote in Ohio. Texas Governor George W. Bush clinched the Republican nomination after primaries or caucuses were held in 13 states. Gov. Bush defeated U.S. Senator John McCain in 9 of the 13 contests, losing only in 4 New England states. Mr. Bush took 61% of the vote in California to 35% for Mr. McCain to win all that state’s delegates. He won Ohio 58%-37%, and won New York 50%-44%.

Abominations
A Quebec Court judge ruled that two Montreal police officers convicted of assault causing bodily harm in the fatal 1993 beating of taxi driver Richard Barnabe could keep their jobs.

Society
Californians voted 61%-39% to approve a referendum holding that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid" in the state.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 2 Edmonton 0