June 27, 2010

1,160 years ago
850

Born on this date
Ibrahim II. Emir of Ifriqiya, 875-902. Ibrahim II succeeded his elder brother Muhammad II as Emir of the Aghlabid dynasty in the North African kingdom of Ifriqiya. He acquired a reputation as a bloodthirsty tyrant, and Caliph al-Mu'tadid forced him to abdicate in favour of his son Abdallah II. Following his abdication, Ibrahim II led a holy war against Christians, placing all of Sicily in Muslim hands. However, he died of dysentery on October 23, 902 at the age of 52.

660 years ago
1350

Born on this date
Manuel II. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 1391-1425. Manuel II acceded to the throne upon the death of his father John V. Manuel II had to deal with attacks by Ottoman forces, although he was on friendly terms with Sultan Mehmed I. Emperor Manuel II died on July 21, 1425, 24 days after his 75th birthday, and was succeeded by his son John VIII.

460 years ago
1550

Born on this date
Charles IX. King of France, 1560-1574. Charles IX, the third son of King Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, acceded to the throne upon the death of his elder brother François II. Under the influence of his mother, a fervent Roman Catholic, King Charles allowed the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of the country's Huguenot leaders in 1572. King Charles IX died of tuberculosis on May 30, 1574, four weeks before his 24th birthday, and was succeeded by his younger brother Henri III.

250 years ago
1760

War
Cherokee warriors defeated British forces in the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.

130 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Helen Keller. U.S. authoress and activist. Miss Keller became deaf and blind from an illness at the age of 19 months, but under the tutelage of Annie Sullivan, learned to communicate and eventually to speak. She was a socialist who supported politically correct causes--an aspect of her life which is usually overlooked--and followed the religious teachings of mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. Miss Keller died on June 1, 1968, 26 days before her 88th birthday.

125 years ago
1885

Born on this date
Guilhermina Suggia. Portuguese musician. Miss Suggia was a classical cellist who performed internationally for more than 30 years. She died of cancer on July 30, 1950 at the age of 85.

120 years ago
1890

Boxing
George Dixon (11-1-9) of Canada won the vacant world bantamweight title, knocking out Nunc Wallace (6-3) in the 19th round of a scheduled 30-round bout at New Pelican Club Gym in London.

90 years ago
1920

Died on this date
Adolphe-Basile Routhier, 81. Canadian judge and songwriter. Sir Basile, a native of Saint-Benoît (now Saint-Placide), Lower Canada, sat on the Quebec Superior Court from 1873-1906, serving as Chief Justice from 1904-1906, while also serving on the Admiralty of the Exchequer Court of Canada from 1897-1906. Sir Basile wrote the original French lyrics for O Canada. He died in Saint-Irénée-les-Bains, Quebec, three days after the 40th anniversary of the first public performance of O Canada.

70 years ago
1940

Literature
Mrs. Antonia Riasanovsky received the $10,000 Atlantic Novel Award for The Family.

War
General Charles de Gaulle announced that a French volunteer legion would be formed in Britain.

Diplomacy
German radio reports said that the German government had no interest in the Soviet demands on Romania.

Politics and government
King Farouk of Egypt asked Hassan Sabry Pasha to form a new cabinet.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Donald Nelson to supervise all government purchases of war supplies and to coordinate U.S. and U.K. defense needs.

60 years ago
1950

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

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Wisteria Cottage, starring Conrad Janis, Marjorie Gateson, and Joan Copeland



At the movies
Destination Moon, produced by George Pal, directed by Irving Pichel, and starring John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, and Dick Wesson, opened in theatres.





711 Ocean Drive, directed by Joseph M. Newman, and starring Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley, and Dorothy Patrick, received its premiere screening at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.





Died on this date
Theophilus, 76. U.S. clergyman. Metropolitan Theophilus was primate of the Russian Orthodox Church of North America.

Milada Horáková, 48. Czechoslovakian politician. Dr. Horáková was a social welfare worker and member of the Czechoslovakian Socialist Party who was active in the resistance against Nazi occupation during World War II, and was interned in concentration camps before being freed during Allied liberation in 1945. She represented the southern Bohemian constituency of České Budějovice from 1946-1948, resigning after the Communist takeover of the government. Dr. Horáková was arrested in 1949 and charged with treason and espionage, and after being tortured and convicted, was hanged at Pankrác Prison in Prague along with co-defendants Jan Buchal, Oldřich Pecl (46 or 47), and Záviš Kalandra. Dr. Horáková's trial was officially annulled in 1968, and she was officially rehabilitated in the 1990s.

Záviš Kalandra, 47. Czechoslovakian journalist. Mr. Kalandra was a historian, theatre critic and theorist of literature who joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1923, but was later expelled because of his criticism of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Mr. Kalandra was arrested by the Gestapo in 1939 and spent World War II in several concentration camps. After the war, he was labelled a Trotskyist and an enemy of Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. Mr. Kalandra was executed at Pankrác Prison in Prague. His sentence was overturned in 1968, and he was fully rehabilitated in 1990.

Oldřich Pecl, 46. Czechoslovakian political activist. Mr. Pecl was a lawyer and a high school classmate of Mr. Kalandra. He was active in anti-Communist resistance in the late 1940s, and was arrested in November 1949, and was accused of being part of Dr. Horáková's alleged plot against the Communist government. Mr. Pecl was convicted, his appeal was rejected, and he was hanged at Pankrác Prison in Prague. He was officially rehabilitated several decades later.

Jan Buchal, 37. Czechoslovakian political activist. Mr. Buchal became a driver with the Sbor národní bezpečnosti (National Security Corps) (SNB) in 1938, and joined the Czechoslovakian Socialist Party in 1946. He was forced to leave his job in 1947 under pressure from local Communists, and participated in anti-Communist resistance. Mr. Buchal was arrested in 1949, and was accused of being part of Dr. Horáková's alleged plot against the Communist government. His conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court on June 8, and he was executed at Pankrác Prison in Prague, four weeks after his 37th birthday. Mr. Buchal was officially rehabilitated in 1989.

War
U.S. President Harry Truman announced that he had ordered the United States Air Force and Navy, under General Douglas MacArthur, to support South Korean troops in resisting the invasion of North Korean troops. President Truman also ordered the U.S. 7th Fleet to protect Taiwan from Communist invasion, on condition that the Nationalist government refrain from offensive operations against the Chinese mainland. The United Nations Security Council, acting despite a Soviet boycott, invoked military sanctions for the first time in its history when it asked UN members to help repel North Korean invaders. The U.S.S.R. and North Korea repudiated the Security Council resolution of June 25, declaring that it "has no force" because major Communist powers had not attended the session. U.S. President Truman instructed U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Grayson Kirk to ask the Soviet government to use its good offices to end the Korean War.

Abominations
South Korean President Syngman Rhee ordered the execution of people related to either the Bodo League or the South Korean Workers Party.

Diplomacy
The U.K. House of Commons rejected the idea of the Schuman Plan as a step toward the creation of a European community when the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee won two votes of non-confidence over its decision to boycott the Paris talks. Winston Churchill led the Conservative opposition in denouncing the decision.

Economics and finance
The U.S. National Security Resources Board disclosed that a bill giving President Truman power to freeze prices, wages, manpower, and materials in a sudden war crisis could be rushed to Congress if necessary.

Golf
Chandler Harper defeated Henry Williams, Jr. 4 & 3 to win the PGA Championship at Scioto Country Club in Upper Arlington, Ohio. First prize money was $3,500.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Tom Pillibi--Jacqueline Boyer (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (14th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Everybody's Somebody's Fool--Connie Francis
2 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
3 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles
4 Burning Bridges--Jack Scott
5 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
6 I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee
7 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)--Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
8 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant
9 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
10 Swingin' School--Bobby Rydell

Singles entering the chart were Josephine by Bill Black's Combo (#71); Question by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#85); You've Got the Power by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#86); There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving #2 The Ballad of Francis Powers by Red River Dave (#89); Sticks and Stones by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#92); Don't Come Knockin' by Fats Domino (#96); You were Born to Be Loved by Billy Bland (#97); and I've Been Loved Before by Shirley and Lee (#98).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Alley-Oop--The Hollywood Argyles (2nd week at #1)
--Dante and the Evergreens
2 I'm Sorry/That's All You Gotta Do--Brenda Lee
3 Mule Skinner Blues--The Fendermen
4 Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)--Roy Orbison
5 Everybody's Somebody's Fool/Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia)--Connie Francis
6 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
7 My Old Man's a Dustman--Lonnie Donegan
8 My Home Town/Something Happened--Paul Anka
9 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini--Brian Hyland
10 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant

Singles entering the chart were Josephine by Bill Black's Combo (#44); I'm Getting Better by Jim Reeves (#47); Feel So Fine by Johnny Preston (#50); Walking to New Orleans/Don't Come Knockin' by Fats Domino (#59); and Question by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#60).

Died on this date
Lottie Dod, 88. U.K. athlete. Miss Dod was a world-class competitor in tennis, golf, field hockey, and archery from the 1880s through the 1900s, ranking with Babe Didrikson Zaharias of the United States as the most versatile sportswoman in history. Miss Dod won the women's singles tennis title at Wimbledon five times (1887-1888, 1891-1893); won the British Ladies Amateur golf championship (1904); and won a silver medal in women's archery at the 1908 Olympic Games in London.

Politics and government
Louis Robichaud led the Liberals to victory over the incumbent Conservative government of Premier Hugh John Flemming in the New Brunswick provincial election. The Liberals took 31 of 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly; their total was an increase of 16 from the most recent election in 1956. The Conservatives won the remaining 21 seats, a decline of 16.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Travelin' Band--Creedence Clearwater Revival

#1 single in France: L'Amérique--Joe Dassin (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): It's Five O'Clock--Aphrodite's Child (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): El Condor Pasa (If I Could)--Simon & Garfunkel

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (4th week at #1)
2 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
3 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
4 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
5 Cottonfields--The Beach Boys
6 Airport Love Theme--Vincent Bell
7 Boom-Sha-La-La-Lo--Hans Poulsen
8 Let it Be--The Beatles
9 Knock Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
10 Cecilia--Simon & Garfunkel

Singles entering the chart were Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27); Puppet Man by the 5th Dimension (#32); Woodstock by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#34); The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley (#39); and My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Never Marry a Railroad Man--Shocking Blue
2 Question--Moody Blues
3 Kitsch--Barry Ryan
4 Yellow River--Christie
5 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
6 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 Real Cool World--The Greatest Show on Earth
8 The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)--Fleetwood Mac
9 American Woman--The Guess Who
10 I Don't Believe in If Anymore--Roger Whittaker

Singles entering the chart were Magical Mystery Morning by the Cats (#17); Free the People by Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#26); Oh Had Ik Het Maar Geweten by Anja (#34); He Didn't Wanna Go Home by De Bintangs (#35); Go Back by Crabby Appleton (#36); and Which Way You Goin' Billy? by the Poppy Family (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Love You Save/I Found That Girl--The Jackson 5
2 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
3 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
4 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles
5 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
6 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
7 Get Ready--Rare Earth
8 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
9 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley
10 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family

Singles entering the chart were Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder (#49); Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (#58); Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera) by the Assembled Multitude (#82); One Day of Your Life by Andy Williams (#83); The Witch by the Rattles (#91); Big Yellow Taxi by the Neighborhood (#92); Your Own Back Yard by Dion (#94); I'll Be Right Here by Tyrone Davis (#95); You've Been My Inspiration by the Main Ingredient (#97); Let's Make Each Other Happy by the Illusion (#98); Humphrey the Camel by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#99); and Eve of Destruction by the Turtles (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
2 Get Ready--Rare Earth
3 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
4 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
5 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
6 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
7 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
8 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
9 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations
10 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains

Singles entering the chart were Sunshine by the Archies (#73); My Marie by Engelbert Humperdinck (#76); Superman by the Ides of March (#80); Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) by Mary Hopkin (#81); Give a Woman Love by Bobbi Martin (#82); Destiny by Jose Feliciano (#83); Humphrey the Camel by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#89); The Sly, the Slick, and the Wicked by the Lost Generation (#92); Hello Darlin' by Conway Twitty (#93); You've Been My Inspiration by the Main Ingredient (#96); Drivin' Home by Jerry Smith (#98); This Bitter Earth by the Satisfactions (#99); Groovy Situation by Gene Chandler (#100); and If My Heart Could Speak by the Manhattans (also #100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 The Love You Save--The Jackson 5
2 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles
3 Mama Told Me (Not to Come)--Three Dog Night
4 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
5 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley
6 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family
7 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
8 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
9 Get Ready--Rare Earth
10 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)--The Temptations

Singles entering the chart were Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (#67); Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder (#68); I'll Be Right Here by Tyrone Davis (#70); Sunshine by the Archies (#72); I'll Be There by Eddie Holman (#78); Hand Clapping Song by the Meters (#80); Dear Ann by George Baker Selection (#85); When We Get Married by the Intruders (#86); Hello Darlin' by Conway Twitty (#91); Roll Away the Stone by Leon Russell (#96); Drivin' Home by Jerry Smith (#97); Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (#98); I.O.I.O. by the Bee Gees (#99); and Melanie Makes Me Smile by Tony Burrows (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Get Ready--Rare Earth
3 Hitchin' a Ride--Vanity Fare
4 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
5 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
6 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
7 The Letter--Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People
8 Ride Captain Ride--Blues Image
9 Question--The Moody Blues
10 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were O-o-h Child by the Five Stairsteps (#51); So Much Love by Faith, Hope and Charity (#62); Save the Country by the 5th Dimension (#69); I Just Can't Help Believing by B.J. Thomas (#71); Sweet Feeling by Candi Staton (#85); Tighter, Tighter by Alive and Kicking (#87); Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons than One) by Luther Ingram (#88); Who's Gonna Take the Blame by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#91); And My Heart Sang by Brenda and the Tabulations (#92); The End of Our Road by Marvin Gaye (#93); Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (#94); Pearl by Tommy Roe (#95); Hand Clapping Song by the Meters (#96); I Want to Take You Higher by Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes (#97); A Little Bit of Soap by Paul Dais (#98); Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young with Crazy Horse (#99); and Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours by Stevie Wonder (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Gimme Dat Ding--The Pipkins
3 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
4 Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
6 Mr. Pride--The Pepper Tree
7 I'm Gonna Capture You--Terry Jacks
8 A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)--Miguel Rios
9 Indiana Wants Me--R. Dean Taylor
10 Mississippi--John Phillips
Pick hit of the week: Teach Your Children--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

R. Dean Taylor was a Canadian who had written songs for the Motown corporation. Indiana Wants Me was his first hit as an artist.

Music
The Festival Express, a rock festival featuring performers such as Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, The Band, and the Great Speckled Bird, opened for the first of two days at CNE Stadium in Toronto before moving on to Winnipeg and Calgary. The festival was the subject of the documentary film Festival Express (2004).

War
With scattered fighting taking place as American forces were leaving Cambodia, U.S. casualties for this week in the Vietnam War numbered 104 dead--including 34 in Cambodia--and 802 wounded.

Politics and government
King Hussein of Jordan named Foreign Minister Abdel Monheim Rifai, who had conducted most of the recent truce talks with Palestinian guerrillas, as Premier, succeeding Bahjat al-Talhouni, who had resigned the previous day.

Protest
It was reported that the names of thousands of law-abiding Americans termed "persons of interest" were being fed into several large U.S. government computers for use by law enforcement agents. The U.S. Justice Department, the Secret Service, and the Army were among the organizations that maintained computer files on possible "malcontents," "radicals," and "moderates."

Rioting between Roman Catholics and Protestants continued in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the day after Member of Parliament Bernadette Devlin had begun serving a six-month prison sentence for her role in the Bogside riots of 1969.

30 years ago
1980

At the movies
Airplane!, directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, and starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty, opened in theatres in Toronto and Buffalo.



Defense
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a funding bill for a peacetime draft registration, six months after he had said, in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, that a revival of the registration would demonstrate a resolve to resist aggression. The U.S. had suspended draft registration in 1975, and actual conscription in 1973.

Disasters
Itavia Flight 870, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jetliner, crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 people on board.

Baseball
Jerry Reuss (9-1) pitched a no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they shut out the San Francisco Giants 8-0 before 20,285 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.



The California Angels scored 2 runs in the 8th inning and 2 in the 9th as they overcame a 5-2 deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 before 27,389 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Gorman Thomas and Ben Oglivie each hit a pair of solo home runs for Milwaukee.

25 years ago
1985

Hit parade
Canada's Top 30
1 A View to a Kill--Duran Duran
2 Angel--Madonna
3 Would I Lie to You?--Eurythmics
4 Raspberry Beret--Prince and the Revolution
5 Black Cars--Gino Vannelli
6 Everybody Wants to Rule the World--Tears for Fears
7 Sussudio--Phil Collins
8 The Search is Over--Survivor
9 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free--Sting
10 The Goonies 'R Good Enough--Cyndi Lauper
11 Never Surrender--Corey Hart
12 Strange Animal--Gowan
13 In My House--Mary Jane Girls
14 Axel F--Harold Faltermeyer
15 Tough All Over--John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
16 Into the Groove--Madonna
17 Crazy in the Night--Kim Carnes
18 Everytime You Go Away--Paul Young
19 Walk of Life--Dire Straits
20 Things Can Only Get Better--Howard Jones
21 Walking on Sunshine--Katrina and the Waves
22 Sentimental Street--Night Ranger
23 Voices Carry--'Til Tuesday
24 Glory Days--Bruce Springsteen
25 Smuggler's Blues--Glenn Frey
26 Cannonball--Supertramp
27 The Power of Love--Huey Lewis and the News
28 Go to Pieces--Paul Janz
29 Getcha Back--The Beach Boys
30 Possession Obsession--Daryl Hall and John Oates

Americana
Route 66, running from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, was decertified, a victim of the Interstate Highway System. This blogger has travelled along a short stretch of Route 66, in Missouri.

20 years ago
1990

Space
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported that an improper curvature in one or both mirrors in the $1.5-billion Hubble Space Telescope was preventing rays of light from meeting at a sharp focus at the cameras. The defect appeared to preclude any search for black holes and quasars, and might also jeopardize a calculation of the size of the universe. A camera could be sent up in three years to correct for the flaw, but the mirrors, which had not been tested together on the ground for reasons of cost, could not be replaced, NASA said.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that leading economic indicators had risen 0.8% in May.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (1-1) 10 @ Calgary (1-0) 29

10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Pierre Pflimlin, 93. Prime Minister of France, 1958. President of the European Parliament, 1984-1987. Mr. Pflimlin, a member of the Christian democratic Popular Republican Movement (MRP) from 1944-1966, held various cabinet posts in the Fourth Republic, including Minister of Agriculture (1947–1949, 1950–1951) and Minister of Economy and Finance (1955–1956, 1957–1958). He took office as Prime Minister on May 14, 1958, but was unable to obtain support, and resigned on June 1, 1958 in favour of Charles de Gaulle. Mr. Pflimlin held other cabinet posts, and was Mayor of Strasbourg (1959-1983) and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1963-1966) before serving as President of the European Parliament.

Politics and government
The Parliament of Syria approved Bashar al-Assad, son of recently-deceased President Hafez al-Assad, as the sole candidate for President to be voted upon in a referendum in July.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (0-1-1) 33 @ Montreal (1-0-1) 43
Toronto (0-1-1) 13 @ Winnipeg (1-0-1) 59
Edmonton (1-1) 38 @ Saskatchewan (0-2) 23 (Overtime demonstration: Edmonton 1 Saskatchewan 0)
Calgary (2-0) 32 @ British Columbia (1-1) 20