September 12, 2010

180 years ago
1830

Born on this date
William Sprague IV. U.S. politician. Mr. Sprague, a Republican, was Governor of Rhode Island from 1860-1863 and represented Rhode Island in the United States Senate from 1863-1875. He died on September 11, 1915, the day before his 85th birthday.

140 years ago
1870

Died on this date
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, 34. U.S. writer. Mr. Ludlow wrote fiction and non-fiction. He was best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857), an account of his drug use, and The Heart of the Continent (1863), a report of his travels with Mormon pioneers in Utah. Mr. Ludlow's drug addiction got the best of him, and caused his death, the day after his 34th birthday.

130 years ago
1880

Born on this date
H.L. Mencken. U.S. journalist and literary critic. Mr. Mencken was best-known for founding The American Mercury magazine in 1924. He was a tireless--and tiresome--social critic who lost much of his audience when he began criticizing U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, and was long forgotten by the time of his death on January 29, 1956 at the age of 75. A miscast Gene Kelly portrayed Mr. Mencken in the movie Inherit the Wind (1960).

120 years ago
1890

Africana
Salisbury, Rhodesia was founded by the Pioneer Column--a small military force of the British South Africa Company--and named Fort Salisbury after U.K. Prime Minister Lord Salisbury.

110 years ago
1900

Disasters
The Galveston Hurricane, originating off the coast of Texas, reached New Brunswick. Ten fishing schooners out of Gloucester County were lost in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Baseball
The Chicago White Stockings defeated the Cleveland Blues 12-4 to clinch the first American League pennant.

Sammy Strang had 7 hits in his first 2 major league games as his Chicago Colts split a doubleheader with the New York Giants, winning the first game 9-1 and losing the second game 7-6 in 7 innings at the Polo Grounds in New York.

The Brooklyn Superbas swept a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 and 13-9 at Washington Park in Brooklyn, as the Reds amassed a 2-game total of 17 errors.

100 years ago
1910

Music
Gustav Mahler conducted the first performance of his Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major at the newly-built Neue Musik-Festhalle, in the Munich International Exhibition grounds. Among those present at the sold-out premiere were composers Richard Strauss, Camille Saint-Saëns and Anton Webern; conductor Leopold Stokowski; writers Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler; and the leading theatre director of the day, Max Reinhardt.



80 years ago
1930

Baseball
Hack Wilson hit a home run, 2 doubles, and 2 singles, scoring 4 runs and driving in 6 to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 17-4 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies before 5,000 fans at National League Park in Philadelphia.

Charlie Gehringer doubled with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, Marty McManus drew a base on balls, and Dale Alexander followed with a single to score Mr. Gehringer, giving the Detroit Tigers a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees before 5,000 fans at Navin Field in Detroit.

Ski Melillo drew a base on balls to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning, advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on an infield single by Frank O'Rourke to give the St. Louis Browns a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox before 1,500 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. St. Louis starting pitcher George Blaeholder was 1 out away from a 4-0 shutout, but left fielder Goose Goslin made an error on what should have been the final out, and the Red Sox rallied for 4 unearned runs to tie the score.

The Washington Nationals scored 5 runs in the top of the 2nd inning to take a 6-0 lead and took an 8-0 lead in the 7th, but barely held on for an 8-7 win over the Chicago White Sox before 5,000 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Washington shortstop Joe Cronin batted 4 for 4 with a base on balls, a run, and a run batted in. The White Sox scored 5 runs in the 7th and 2 in the 8th, and had runners on second and third bases with 2 out in the 9th, but Johnny Watwood was thrown out by Mr. Cronin in an attempt to steal home plate, ending the game. Bruce Campbell made his major league debut as a pinch hitter for the White Sox in the 7th, singling home Buck Crouse and scoring on a home run by Carl Reynolds.

70 years ago
1940

On the radio



War
Two million British troops were reportedly dispersed along the coastline in anticipation of a German invasion. German bombs hit Buckingham Palace in London, but the royal family was uninjured.

Diplomacy
A Japanese diplomatic and trade mission, seeking greater access to raw materials, especially oil, arrived in the Netherlands East Indies. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew urged the State Department to apply greater economic pressure on Japan, calling her "one of the predatory powers."

Art
Cave paintings were discovered in Lascaux, France.

Disasters
An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey killed 51 people and injured over 200.

60 years ago
1950

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Edge of Panic, starring Louisa Horton and Patrick McVey



Radio
The American Broadcasting Company refused to stop striptease dancer Gypsy Rose Lee as hostess of the quiz program What Makes You Tick?, despite allegations from an American Legion official in Illinois that she had Communist sympathies.

Movies
Argentina banned the screening of Soviet-made movies.

War
U.S. Minister to Indochina Donald Heath presented U.S. arms and equipment for three battalions to Cambodia.

Egypt charged that Israeli troops had driven more than 6,000 Arabs from their homes in southern Israel during the past 10 days, forcing them to go to Egypt.

Defense
General Mark Clark, U.S. Army field commander in Germany, charged that American forces there were "wholly inadequate" for a major emergency.

Politics and government
The U.S. Senate voted 70-7 in favour of the McCarran Communist Registration bill, after amending it to provide for internment of Communists during an emergency.

Protest
Bolivian police seized San Andres University in La Paz from armed students and rightist politicians, who had held it for the past three days.

Baseball
Luke Easter's second home run of the game, a 3-run blast in the 9th inning off Tom Ferrick (8-6), climaxed a 4-run rally for the Cleveland Indians as they overcame a 6-run deficit and edged the New York Yankees 8-7 before 29,454 fans at Municipal Stadium, dropping the Yankees ½ game behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the American League pennant race.

Dizzy Trout (13-4) pitched an 8-hitter, outduelling Gene Bearden (3-8), as the Detroit Tigers edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 before 5,092 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Fred Taylor made his major league debut as a pinch hitter for the Nationals, grounding into a force play to end the game.

Ewell Blackwell (14-15) pitched a 1-hitter, but lost a pitchers' duel to Carl Erskine (4-4), who allowed just 3 hits as the Brooklyn Dodgers scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie and defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 before 3,323 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Mr. Blackwell hit Bruce Edwards with a pitch to lead off the 8th, and then made a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt by Billy Cox, allowing the runners to reach third and second bases, respectively. Mr. Blackwell then made a wild pitch, allowing Mr. Edwards to score and sending Mr. Cox to third base, and Gene Hermanski scored Mr. Cox with a ground out. Mr. Hermanski singled in the 4th inning for the only Brooklyn hit.

Andy Seminick led off the bottom of the 5th inning with a home run for the game's only run as the Philadelphia Phillies shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 before 20,864 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Robin Roberts (19-8) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Max Lanier (11-7), who allowed just 2 hits in 7 innings.

50 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Comunicando--Arturo Millán (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Les enfants du Pirée--Dalida (9th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley (5th week at #1)
2 The Twist--Chubby Checker
3 My Heart Has a Mind of its Own--Connie Francis
4 Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
5 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
6 Chain Gang--Sam Cooke
7 Volare--Bobby Rydell
8 Kiddio--Brook Benton
9 Yogi--The Ivy Three
10 Mission Bell--Donnie Brooks

Singles entering the chart were I Want to Be Wanted by Brenda Lee (#67); Yes Sir, That's My Baby by Ricky Nelson (#80); Since I Met You Baby by Bobby Vee (#81): Brontosaurus Stomp by the Piltdown Men (#83); Journey of Love by the Crests (#85); Tonight's the Night by the Chiffons (#89); Five Brothers by Marty Robbins (#95); Don't Be Cruel by Bill Black's Combo (#96); Tonights the Night by the Shirelles (#97); Shimmy Like Kate by the Olympics (#98); Just Call Me (And I'll Understand) by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#99); and Time Machine by Dante and the Evergreens (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 The Twist--Chubby Checker
2 It's Now or Never--Elvis Presley
3 My Heart Has a Mind of its Own--Connie Francis
4 Walk - Don't Run--The Ventures
5 Kiddio--Brook Benton
6 Theme from The Apartment-- Ferrante and Teicher with their Orchestra & Chorus
7 Chain Gang--Sam Cooke
8 Volare--Bobby Rydell
9 Mission Bell--Donnie Brooks
10 Yogi--The Ivy Three

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
2 Hot Rod Lincoln--Johnny Bond
3 Let's Have a Party--Wanda Jackson
4 Robot Man--Jamie Horton
5 Storm Clouds--Buddy Knox
6 Let's Think About Living--Bob Luman
7 Pineapple Princess--Annette with the Afterbeats
8 Cool Water--Jack Scott
9 Beatnick Sticks--Paul Revere and the Raiders
10 Time Machine--Dante and the Evergreens

Singles entering the chart were Nice 'n' Easy by Frank Sinatra (#38); North to Alaska by Johnny Horton (#43); Vickie Lee by the Untouchables (#49); You Talk Too Much by Joe Jones (#52); You're Looking Good by Dee Clark (#55); Blue Angel by Roy Orbison (#57); What a Dream by Conway Twitty (#58); A Million to One by Jimmy Charles and the Reveletts (#59); and Three Nights a Week by Fats Domino (#60). North to Alaska was the title song of the movie.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (0-6-1) 11 @ Winnipeg (8-0) 38
Calgary (1-5-2) 21 @ British Columbia (3-4-1) 21

16,530 were at Winnipeg Stadium to see the Blue Bombers defeat the Roughriders, while 27,759 were at Empire Stadium in Vancouver to see the Lions tie the Stampeders.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer--Marc Hamilton

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La lontananza--Domenico Modugno (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): The Tears of a Clown--Smokey Robinson and The Miracles

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (3rd week at #1)
--The Mixtures
2 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel
3 The Wonder of You--Elvis Presley
4 Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Old Man Emu--John Williamson
6 Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)--Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
7 The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue--The Beatles
8 Rhythm of Life--Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations
9 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
10 Gimme Dat Ding--Maple Lace

Singles entering the chart were Lay a Little Lovin' on Me by Robin McNamara (#49); The Saddest Song of All by Doug Ashdown (#55); Humphrey the Camel by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#58); and My Way, with versions by Frank Sinatra; and Brook Benton (#59).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Back Home--Golden Earring (4th week at #1)
2 Lola--The Kinks
3 Are You Ready?--Pacific Gas & Electric
4 White Rabbit/Somebody to Love--Jefferson Airplane
5 Wild and Exciting--Earth & Fire
6 Brandend Zand--Gert Timmerman
7 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
8 Wigwam--Bob Dylan
9 Hulen is Voor Jou te Laat--Corry en de Rekels
10 Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Singles entering the chart were The Way the Music Goes by the Shuffles (#25); Hi-De-Ho by Blood, Sweat and Tears (#31); and World in Changes by Dave Mason (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 War--Edwin Starr (3rd week at #1)
2 Ain't No Mountain High Enough--Diana Ross
3 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
4 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
5 Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Patches--Clarence Carter
7 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
8 (They Long to Be) Close to You--Carpenters
9 Make it with You--Bread
10 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War

Singles entering the chart were El Condor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel (#54); We Can Make Music by Tommy Roe (#76); I Do Take You by the Three Degrees (#80); Fire and Rain by James Taylor (#83); We've Only Just Begun by the Carpenters (#84); Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom (#88); I Just Wanna Keep it Together by Paul Davis (#89); Deeper & Deeper by Freda Payne (#92); Animal Zoo by Spirit (#97); Alone Again by Love (#99); and Loving You is a Natural Thing by Ronnie Milsap (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 War--Edwin Starr (2nd week at #1)
2 Patches--Clarence Carter
3 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough--Diana Ross
4 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
5 Lookin’ Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
7 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
8 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
9 Hi-De-Ho--Blood, Sweat and Tears
10 Candida--Dawn

Singles entering the chart were We've Only Just Begun by the Carpenters (#67); Deeper & Deeper by Freda Payne (#69); Just Let it Come by Alive and Kicking (#84); Lovin' You Baby by White Plains (#85); For Yasgur's Farm by Mountain (#87); God, Love and Rock & Roll (We Believe) by Teegarden & Van Winkle (#88); Fire and Rain by James Taylor (#89); I Do Take You by the Three Degrees (#93); and Strange by Jellyroll (#97).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry
2 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough--Diana Ross
3 War--Edwin Starr
4 Patches--Clarence Carter
5 Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
7 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
8 Hi-De-Ho--Blood, Sweat & Tears
9 Make it with You--Bread
10 Don't Play that Song--Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers

Singles entering the chart were Deeper & Deeper by Freda Payne (#62); Empty Pages by Traffic (#68); We've Only Just Begun by the Carpenters (#71); (Baby) Turn on to Me by the Impressions (#79); Our World by Blue Mink (#80); Gas Lamps and Clay by Blues Image (#82); Fire and Rain by James Taylor (#85); I Do Take You by the Three Degrees (#86); Funk #49 by the James Gang (#87); Lovin' You Baby by White Plains (#93); Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong by the Whispers (#96); Stay Away from Me (I Love You Too Much) by Major Lance (#97); Georgia Took Her Back by R.B. Greaves (#98); and Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy) by Third Condition (#100). Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy) had originally been released in June under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (2nd week at #1)
2 War--Edwin Starr
3 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
4 Lookin' Out My Back Door--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Hi-De-Ho--Blood, Sweat & Tears
6 Julie, Do Ya Love Me--Bobby Sherman
7 As the Years Go By--Mashmakhan
8 Snowbird--Anne Murray
9 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
10 I've Lost You--Elvis Presley

Singles entering the chart were El Condor Pasa by Simon & Garfunkel (#89); Stop (Wait a Minute) by Copperpenny (#94); I am Your Little Boy by Heintje (#95); God, Love and Rock & Roll (We Believe) by Teegarden & Van Winkle (#96); El Condor Pasa by the James Last Orchestra (#97); Express Yourself by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#99); and It's Only Make Believe by Glen Campbell (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 In the Summertime--Mungo Jerry (3rd week at #1)
2 Snowbird--Anne Murray
3 As the Years Go By--Mashmakhan
4 Joanne--Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
5 Patches--Clarence Carter
6 Candida--Dawn
7 25 or 6 to 4--Chicago
8 Spill the Wine--Eric Burdon and War
9 Make it with You--Bread
10 Me and Bobby McGee--Gordon Lightfoot
Pick hit of the week: Look What They've Done to My Song Ma--The New Seekers

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched Luna 16, a satellite whose mission was to land on the moon, retrieve a core sample of moon dust, and return to Earth.

Terrorism
Palestinian guerrillas blew up three jets that they had held in the Jordanian desert after being hijacked several days earlier. The 40 hostages were removed from the planes minutes before the explosions.

100 U.S. Treasury agents, armed with guns, began travelling on overseas flights of U.S. airliners as part of a new U.S anti-hijacking program.

War
U.S. dead for the week in Vietnam numbered 54, the second-lowest weekly toll in nearly four years. The number of wounded for the week was 337, up 14 from the week before.

Disasters
A series of sharp rolling earthquakes struck southern California from San Diego to Los Angeles, but caused only minor damage.

Auto racing
USAC
Al Unser won the Hoosier Hundred, a 100-mile race on a dirt track at Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, with Ralph Liguori finishing second and A.J. Foyt third in the 18-car field. The win was the second straight for Mr. Unser and his seventh of the year. Mr. Liguori recorded the best finish of his career.



Boxing
Former world middleweight champion Nino Benvenuti knocked out Doyle Baird in the 10th round of a bout in Bari, Italy.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-3) 23 @ Montreal (4-2) 38
Saskatchewan (7-2) 6 @ Edmonton (3-6) 10

Sonny Wade threw touchdown passes to Terry Evanshen, Dick Smith, and Bob McCarthy while rushing for a touchdown of his own to lead the Alouettes to victory before 25,721 fans at Autostade. Dennis Duncan rushed for 2 other Montreal touchdowns. George Springate was good on just 2 of 5 convert attempts. Tommy-Joe Coffey scored 17 points for the Tiger-Cats on 2 touchdowns, 2 converts, and a field goal. Ed Buchanan scored the other Hamilton touchdown.

Dave Cutler kicked 3 field goals and a single to account for the Eskimos’ scoring, while Jack Abendschan kicked 2 field goals for the Roughriders, who suffered their only road loss of the season. Saskatchewan quarterback Ron Lancaster completed just 9 of 30 passes, but mounted a late drive that ended when a third-down pass from the Edmonton 11-yard line intended for Nolan Bailey was knocked down in the end zone by Eskimo linebacker Doug Dersch. Keith Christensen played his first CFL game at offensive tackle for the Eskimos, replacing Willie Young, who had been highly-touted but proved to be not very good. Howie Schumm, who had been released by the Eskimos early in the 1969 season while in his 11th season with the team, was added to the lineup after being cut from the Calgary Stampeders. The Eskimos’ win came after Edmonton Journal sports columnist Wayne Overland had written a series of columns criticizing the organization for the team’s poor performance in recent years. 19,334 attended the game at Clarke Stadium.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): One More Reggae for the Road--Bill Lovelady (10th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime--The Korgis (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Paradise Road--Joy (7th week at #1)
2 More than I Can Say--Leo Sayer
3 Call Me--Blondie
4 Down the Mississippi--Barbara Ray
5 Can't Stop the Music--Village People
6 Don't Make Waves--The Nolans
7 Boat on the River--Styx
8 I See a Boat on the River--Boney M.
9 I'm Alive--Electric Light Orchestra
10 Space Invaders--Player (1)

Singles entering the chart were Emotional Rescue by the Rolling Stones (#17); D.I.S.C.O. by Ottawan (#18); and (You'll Always Find Me in the) Kitchen at Parties by Jona Lewie (#19).

World events
Turkey's armed forces ousted Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel in a bloodless predawn coup, and placed the leaders of the three major political groups and 95 members of parliament in protective custody. The military leaders, under Chief of Staff General Kenan Evren, abolished Turkey's 19-year-old constitution, dissolved parliament, and extended martial law to all 67 provinces.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): U Can't Touch This--MC Hammer (3rd week at #1)

At the movies
Reversal of Fortune, starring Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Ron Silver, received its premiere screening at the Festival of Festivals in Toronto.



Died on this date
Jim Romano, 63. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Romano appeared in 3 games with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950, posting a record of 0-0 with an earned run average of 5.68 in 6 1/3 innings. In a minor league career from 1947-1952, Mr. Romano was 48-50 with an ERA of 3.93.

Diplomacy
Representatives of the U.S.S.R.; U.S.; U.K.; France; East Germany; and West Germany met in Moscow to sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany. The World War II allies pledged to "terminate their rights and responsibilities relating to Berlin and to Germany as a whole." The united Germany was thus granted full sovereignty over its internal and external affairs.

The Red Cross organizations of mainland China and Taiwan signed the Kinmen Agreement on repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks in Kinmen, Fujian Province in response to the two tragedies in repatriation in the previous two months. It was the first agreement reached by private organizations across the Taiwan Strait.

Politics and government
John Buchanan resigned as Premier of Nova Scotia to accept an appointment to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Mr. Buchanan was appointed in order to vote in favour of the Mulroney government's Goods and Services Tax. The appointment was heavily criticized not only as a patronage appointment, but because Mr. Buchanan's government was under investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police over allegations of corruption. Mr. Buchanan was replaced as interim Premier by Minister of Housing and Deputy Premier Roger Bacon.

Oil
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board allowed a $565-million project in the Cohasset & Panukle fields south of Sable Island to go ahead, producing an estimated six million barrels.

Baseball
Steve Adkins of the New York Yankees, making his major league debut with a start against the Texas Rangers, was pulled after 1 1/3 innings despite not giving up a hit. Mr. Adkins walked the first 3 batters to face him, but managed to retire the side in the 1st inning. After a fly ball out to begin the 2nd, he gave up 5 consecutive bases on balls before being pulled. Texas won the game 5-4 before 18,624 fans at Yankee Stadium.

10 years ago
2000

Diplomacy
The European Union lifted sanctions against Austria, which included a boycott of cultural exchanges and military exercises. A ruling coalition had formed in Austria in February that included the Freedom Party, whose leader, Joerg Haider, had occasionally made pro-Nazi remarks. A U.S. State Department spokesman said that the United States would maintain limited diplomatic sanctions against Austria.

Protest
Gasoline pumps ran dry all over Great Britain as protesters, angry about high fuel prices and high taxes, blockaded fuel depots, and the shortages set off panic buying.

Scandal
China executed a legislator who had made nearly US$5 million in bribes in hopes of marrying his mistress. He became the most senior official put to death for corruption since the Communists had come to power in 1949.

Environment
14 Burnt Church and Miramichi Bay Mi’kmaq lobster fishers are arrested and their boats seized for fishing out of season in New Brunswick, despite a Supreme Court of Canada ruling giving Mi’kmaq unrestricted fishing rights.