April 9, 2010

570 years ago
1440

Europeana
Christopher of Bavaria was proclaimed King Christopher III of Denmark at the Viborg Assembly. His uncle Eric of Pomerania had been deposed in 1439.

240 years ago
1770

Born on this date
Thomas Johann Seebeck. Estonian-born German physicist. Dr. Seebeck was known for his discovery in 1822 of the relationship between heat and magnetism known as the thermoelectric effect. He died on December 10, 1831 at the age of 61.

180 years ago
1830

Born on this date
Eadweard Muybridge. U.K.-born photographer. Mr. Muybridge, born Edward Muggeridge, moved to the United States at the age of 20, and spent much of his life photographing the American West. He was best known for The Horse in Motion (1878), which was an important step in the development of motion pictures. In 1874, Mr. Muybridge shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover; a jury acquitted Mr. Muybridge on grounds of justifiable homicide. Mr. Muybridge returned to England permanently in 1894, and died of prostate cancer on May 8, 1904, 29 days after his 74th birthday.

150 years ago
1860

Technology
French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville recorded himself singing Au clair de la lune on his phonautograph, producing the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.

130 years ago
1880

Golf
Bob Ferguson shot 39 in the final round to win the British Open at Musselburgh Links in East Lothian, Scotland with a total score of 162, 5 stroke ahead of Peter Paxton. First prize money was £8.

110 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Allen Jenkins. U.S. actor. Mr. Jenkins was known for comic character roles in numerous movies and television programs. He died on July 20, 1974 at the age of 74.

100 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Abraham Ribicoff. U.S. politician. A Democrat, Mr. Ribicoff served in the Connecticut state legislature from 1938-1942, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1949-1953, where he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Ribicoff ran for United States Senator in 1952, losing to Republican Prescott Bush. He then returned to state politics, and was governor of Connecticut from 1955-1961. One of his projects as governor was an effort to curb speeding; in 1956 he suspended 10,346 driver's licenses, as opposed to 372 the year before. Mr. Ribicoff was a longtime friend of John F. Kennedy, and nominated the Massachusetts senator for Vice-President at the Democratic National Convention in 1956. When JFK became President, he rewarded Mr. Ribicoff for his support by naming him to his cabinet, as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in 1961. Mr. Ribicoff found the department too large to be manageable, and left the cabinet to run for the Senate again in 1962. He was elected, replacing the retired Prescott Bush, and served three terms, leaving office in January 1981. Perhaps Mr. Ribicoff's most memorable moment occurred at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. In his speech nominating George McGovern for President, Mr. Ribicoff expressed his disgust with the behaviour of Chicago police towards student protesters by saying "If George McGovern were President, we wouldn’t have these Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago." The comment prompted loud applause from much of the audience, and an angry reaction from Chicago mayor Richard Daley. Mr. Ribicoff spent his remaining years in the Senate supporting liberal stands on various issues. After leaving public office he practiced law with a New York firm. Mr. Ribicoff died of Alzheimer's disease on February 22, 1998 at the age of 87.

75 years ago
1935

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Toronto 1 @ Montreal Maroons 4 (Montreal won best-of-five series 3-0)

Baldy Northcott scored at 16:18 of the 2nd period to break a 1-1 tie and Cy Wentworth scored 12 seconds later as the Maroons defeated the Maple Leafs at the Montreal Forum. It marked the second and last Stanley Cup for the Maroons, who disbanded in 1938. Alex Connell, who provided the Maroons with outstanding goaltending, retired from hockey after this win.

70 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Mrs Patrick Campbell, 75. U.K. actress. Mrs. Campbell, born Beatrice Tanner and popularly known as "Mrs. Pat," starred in numerous plays in a career spanning more than 40 years. She played Eliza Doolittle in a London production of Pygmalion (1912), and had a romantic relationship with George Bernard Shaw. Her few movies included Riptide (1934); One More River (1934); and Crime and Punishment (1935). Mrs. Campbell died of pneumonia.

War
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung. The Allied Supreme war Council met in London to plan countermoves. Japanese planes bombed China near Hong Kong.

Politics and government
Vidkun Quisling seized power in Norway, with himself as Prime Minister, in a Nazi-backed coup d'état.

C. D. Howe was appointed the first Minister of Munitions and Supply in the Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

Supporters of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the Illinois Democratic Party primary for the 1940 nomination for President of the United States. New York City District Attorney Thomas Dewey won the Republican Party presidential primaries in Illinois and Nebraska.

Technology
Bell Laboratories staged the first public demonstration of stereophonic sound at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Education
New York Governor Herbert Lehman signed the McLaughlin bill, permitting public school children to be absent for religious observance and education.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New York Rangers 0 @ Toronto 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Gus Marker's goal with 40 seconds remaining in the 1st period stood up as the winner for the Maple Leafs as they blanked the Rangers at Maple Leaf Gardens. Wally Stanowski and Gordie Drillon scored in the last 4 minutes of the game. Turk Broda earned the shutout in goal, outduelling Dave Kerr.

60 years ago
1950

On the radio
The Jack Benny Program, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Fifty Cents to a Bum (aka Needy man Gets Fifty Cents), with Frank Fontaine

Theatre
The Tony Awards for 1949-1950 were presented at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The winners included: Play--The Cocktail Party; Musical--South Pacific; Actor (Play)--Sidney Blackmer (Come Back, Little Sheba); Actress (Play)--Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba); Actor (Musical)--Ezio Pinza (South Pacific); Actress (Musical)--Mary Martin (South Pacific); Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical)--Myron McCormick (South Pacific); Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical)--Juanita Hall (South Pacific).

Agriculture
Veterinarians reported that growth of hogs had been sped by as much as 50% by the addition of aureomyecin to feed, the greatest increase ever achieved by a growth stimulator.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Toronto 0 @ Detroit 1 (OT) (Detroit won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Leo Reise scored at 8:39 of overtime at Olympia Stadium to end the Maple Leafs’ three-year reign as Stanley Cup champions. Harry Lumley earned his second straight shutout in goal, outduelling Turk Broda. It was also the last game for Hap Day as coach of the Maple Leafs; in 10 years, he coached Toronto to 5 Stanley Cup championships.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Minneapolis 85 @ Syracuse 91 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

The Nationals outscored the Lakers 28-14 in the 2nd quarter to take a 44-31 halftime lead, and held on to win before 8,280 fans at State Fair Coliseum. George Ratkovitz led the Nationals with 17 points, while Minneapolis's George Mikan led all scorers with 32 points.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Beatnik Fly--Johnny and the Hurricanes

#1 single in Italy: Marina--Rocco Granata and the International Quintet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Banjo Boy--Jan & Kjeld (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): My Old Man's a Dustman--Lonnie Donegan (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)
2 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
3 He’ll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
4 Wild One--Bobby Rydell
5 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
6 Baby (You’ve Got What it Takes)--Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
7 Harbor Lights--The Platters
8 Mama--Connie Francis
9 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
10 This Magic Moment--The Drifters

Singles entering the chart were Stuck on You (#53)/Fame and Fortune (#67) by Elvis Presley; Besame Mucho (Part 1) by the Coasters (#78); Come Dance with Me by Eddie Quinteros (#82); Hither and Thither and Yon (#84)/The Ties that Bind (#94) by Brook Benton; Because of My Pride by the Fireflies (#88); Earth Angel (#89)/Pledging My Love (#96) by Johnny Tillotson; Barbara by the Temptations (#90); Heart by Peggy Lee (#97); House of Bamboo by Earl Grant (#99); and Nobody Loves Me Like You by the Flamingos (#100). The Temptations were a different group from the Temptations who had numerous hits from 1964 through the 1970s.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
2 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
3 Wild One--Bobby Rydell
4 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence
5 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
6 Step by Step--The Crests
7 Rockin' Rollin' Ocean--Hank Snow
8 Angela Jones--Johnny Ferguson
9 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
10 (Welcome) New Lovers--Pat Boone

Singles entering the chart were Funny Honey by the Two Dons (#42); Rosemary by Brian Hyland (#49); Just a Closer Walk with Thee by Jimmie Rodgers (#50); Got a Girl by the Four Preps (#52); Young Emotions by Ricky Nelson (#53); Ruby by Adam Wade (#55); Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones (#56); Put Your Arms Around Me by Ray Smith (#58); and Just One Time by Robert Mosely (#60).

Crime
South African Prime Minister Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd narrowly survived an assassination attempt in Johannesburg. Dr. Verwoerd was addressing a crowd of 35,000 at the Rand Easter Fair, a livestock exhibit, when he was shot in the face by David Pratt, a wealthy white cattle farmer.





Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Toronto 1 @ Montreal 2 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Dickie Moore and Jean Beliveau scored in the first 6 minutes of the game, and the goals held up for the Canadiens as they edged the Maple Leafs at the Montreal Forum. Larry Regan scored the Toronto goal with 28 seconds remaining in the 1st period.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
St. Louis 103 @ Boston 122 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3)

The Celtics outscored the Hawks 41-23 in the 2nd quarter before 13,909 fans at Boston Garden to win their second straight National Basketball Association championship. Tom Heinsohn and Bill Russell each scored 22 points for the Celtics, while Mr. Russell grabbed 35 rebounds. Bob Pettit led the Hawks with 22 points.



Baseball
Walt Bond hit 2 home runs for the Cleveland Indians as they defeated the Boston Red Sox 12-8 in a spring training game at City Park Stadium in New Orleans. It was the first time that white and Negro fans had integrated the stadium.

40 years ago
1970

On television tonight
Dragnet 1970, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Burglary: Baseball



Space
Backup Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert began training with the prime crew of Apollo 13 in a furious last-minute attempt to get the mission ready for its scheduled April 11 liftoff for the moon. Ken Mattingly, the original Command Module Pilot, had been scratched from the mission when it was discovered that he had been exposed to the measles, and was not immune. Commander Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise had also been exposed to the measles through fellow astronaut Charlie Duke--whose son had caught the illness--but were both immune, having already had measles.

Politics and government
Martha Mitchell, the wife of U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, telephoned the Arkansas Gazette and urged the paper to "crucify" U.S. Senator J.W. Fulbright (Democrat--Arkansas) for voting against the nomination of G. Harrold Carswell for the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Carswell’s nomination had been defeated 51-45 in the Senate the previous day.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
Detroit 2 @ Chicago 4 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0)
New York 3 @ Boston 5 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Minnesota 1 @ St. Louis 2 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Oakland 1 @ Pittsburgh 2 (Pittsburgh led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Terry Sawchuk, who had played in just 8 games during the regular season, went the distance in goal for the Rangers in their loss to the Bruins at Boston Garden. It was the last full game he ever played.

Baseball
Left fielder Don Buford became the first Baltimore player to hit a home run from each side of the plate in a game as the Orioles whipped the Cleveland Indians 13-1 before 2,440 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Winning pitcher Tom Phoebus pitched a 2-hitter, and batted 2 for 4 with a run and 3 runs batted in.

Wayne Simpson made his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds, giving up just 2 hits as the Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 before 12,862 fans at Dodger Stadium. The only hits off Mr. Simpson were singles by Willie Crawford and Ted Sizemore in the 6th and 7th innings, respectively. Johnny Bench provided the winning run when he hit his first home run of the season, leading off the 7th inning against losing pitcher Don Sutton.

30 years ago
1980

Died on this date
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, 45; Amina al-Sadr, 42 or 43. Iraqi activists. Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was a Shia Muslim cleric and ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. Amina al-Sadr, his cousin, was a journalist who wrote about the suffering of Islamic women under Islamic ideology. The pair were killed by the regime of President Saddam Hussein after three days of torture.

War
In an attempt to retaliate for the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s raid on a kibbutz two days earlier, 350 Israeli soldiers penetrated five miles into southern Lebanon, but encountered no opposition from Lebanese troops. An Israeli spokesman said that the soldiers carried out "patrols in southern Lebanon as a precaution against possible terrorist activity."

World events
The True Whig Party of Liberian President William Tolbert offered rewards of up to $2,000 for the capture--dead or alive--of opposition leaders still at large. Many had been arrested a month earlier after calling for a general strike to force Mr. Tolbert out of office.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance sent messages to the governments of Canada; Japan; Australia, New Zealand; and the western European nations asking them to halt their non-food exports to Iran and to withdraw their ambassadors as a show of support for the latest American actions against Iran.

Scandal
U.S. Federal District Court Judge Charles Moye dismissed a banking conspiracy charge and 12 other counts against former U.S. Budget Director Bert Lance due to insufficient evidence. Mr. Lance had resigned in September 1977 as director of the Office of Management and Budget in the midst of a controversy over his banking practices when he served as president and chief executive officer of both the National Bank of Georgia and the Calhoun First National Bank.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Preliminary Round
Edmonton 1 @ Philadelphia 5 (Philadelphia led best-of-five series 2-0)
Hartford 4 @ Montreal 8 (Montreal led best-of-five series 2-0)
Atlanta 1 @ New York Rangers 5 (New York led best-of-five series 2-0)
Los Angeles 6 @ New York Islanders 3 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1)
Vancouver 0 @ Buffalo 6 (Buffalo led best-of-five series 2-0)
Toronto 2 @ Minnesota 7 (Minnesota led best-of-five series 2-0)
St. Louis 1 @ Chicago 5 (Chicago led best-of-five series 2-0)

The last goal scored in the game between the Whalers and the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum was scored by Hartford's Gordie Howe; it was his last goal in professional hockey, coming 34 years after his first NHL goal.





Baseball
Frank Pastore, a late replacement for Tom Seaver, who was ill with the flu, pitched a 3-hitter as the Cincinnati Reds whipped the Atlanta Braves 9-0 before 51,774 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Phil Niekro took the loss. George Foster drove in the first 2 runs with a double in the 1st inning, and became the first major league player to be credited with a game-winning RBI, a new statistic that was dropped 9 years later.

The Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6 before 22,588 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle, as Ted Cox became the first American League player to be credited with a game-winning RBI. Mike Parrott was the winning pitcher over Dave Lemanczyk. Toronto first baseman John Mayberry had 4 hits, including 2 home runs.

25 years ago
1985

Baseball
Gary Carter, in his first game with the New York Mets, hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Mets a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Shea Stadium in New York.

Tom Seaver, making his record 15th opening day start, worked 6 2/3 innings in leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium in Milwaukee. The win was the 298th of Mr. Seaver’s major league career.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Sexy Music--Wink

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Nothing Compares 2 U--Sinéad O'Connor (6th week at #1)

Politics and government
The government of Canada signed a final land claim agreement in Yellowknife with 15,000 Dene-Metis of the Mackenzie Valley. They were awarded surface title to 181,230 square kilometres of land, mineral rights to 10,000 square kilometres, and $500 million cash over 20 years.

Angus Reid released a poll showing the federal Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's support at only 15% of decided voters, a historic low for a governing party. The Liberals had 53%; New Democratic Party 23%; Reform 6% (30% in Alberta); and 29% undecided.

Jean-Francois Lisée published Dans l'oeil de l'aigle, claiming that then-Premier René Levesque regularly gave the U.S. an advance look at sensitive legislation before showing it to the Parti Quebecois Cabinet.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Divisional Semi-Finals
Buffalo 1 @ Montreal 2 (OT) (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-1)
Boston 3 @ Hartford 5 (Hartford led best-of-seven series 2-1)
New York Rangers 3 @ New York Islanders 4 (2 OT) (Rangers led best-of-seven series 2-1)
New Jersey 2 @ Washington 1 (New Jersey led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Baseball
On the 25th anniversary of the first game at the Astrodome, the Houston Astros lost 8-4 to the Cincinnati Reds in 11 innings before 40,957 fans. Glenn Davis of the Astros was hit by pitches 3 times.

Milt Thompson drew a base on balls to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice, and scored on a 1-out single by Willie McGee to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 win over the Montreal Expos before 48,752 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Delino DeShields had 4 of the Expos’ 8 hits, including 2 doubles, in his first major league game.

Bobby Bonilla and Andy Van Slyke hit home runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 5 runs off Dwight Gooden in 4 1/3 innings in a 12-3 win over the New York Mets before 47,919 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Nolan Ryan, who had pitched just 7 innings during spring training because of the players’ strike, was lifted by Texas Rangers’ manager Bobby Valentine when he had a no-hitter going after 5 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays before 40,907 fans at Arlington Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers won 4-2, with Mr. Ryan getting the win.

Sam Horn hit a pair of 3-run home runs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-6 win over the Kansas City Royals in 11 innings before 37,671 fans at Royals Stadium.

The Chicago White Sox edged the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 before 40,008 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Brewers’ starter Tony Fossas retired the side on just 3 pitches in the 6th inning, but gave up the winning run in the 7th.

10 years ago
2000

On television tonight
CBS attempted a return to the "golden age" of television with a live telecast--in black and white--of a dramatic program, in this case Fail Safe, which had been a successful movie in 1964. The show, starring Richard Dreyfuss, was good, but the commercial breaks dragged on for what seemed like forever. The experiment in live television drama hasn't been attempted since then, as far as I know.

Politics and government
Alberto Fujimori, seeking a third term as President of Peru, narrowly failed to win a majority of votes, forcing a runoff election on May 28. His leading opponent, Alejandro Toledo, charged that the voting was marked by widespread fraud.

Golf
Vijay Singh of Fiji won the Masters at August National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia with a 10-under-par score of 278, 3 strokes ahead of Ernie Els of South Africa. Tiger Woods finished 6 strokes behind Mr. Singh. First prize money was $828,000.



Curling
Men’s World Championship @ Braehead Arena, Glasgow
Final
Canada (Greg McAulay) 9 Sweden (Peter Lindholm) 4

Baseball
The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals 13-7 before 20,480 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, and the teams became the first to each hit 3 consecutive home runs in the same game. Ron Coomer, Jacque Jones, and Matt LeCroy hit consecutive home runs for the Twins in the 6th inning; Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye, and Mike Sweeney replied for the Royals in the 7th inning.