June 20, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Brian Wilson and Dale Hein!

1,560 years ago
451

War
With the help of Roman foederati, Flavius Aetius defeated Attila the Hun in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, halting the invasion of Gaul by the Huns and their allies.

380 years ago
1631

War
The Irish village of Baltimore was sacked by Algerian pirates.

150 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Frederick Gowland Hopkins. U.K. biochemist. Sir Frederick was awarded a share of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins." He died on May 16, 1947 at the age of 85.

140 years ago
1871

Exploration
Charles Francis Hall left Brooklyn, New York in command of the Polaris in an expedition to reach the North Pole between Greenland and Ellesmere Island.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
John A. Costello. Taoiseach of Ireland, 1948-1951; 1954-1957. Mr. Costello, member of the Fine Gael party, was Attorney Genera of Ireland from 1926-1932, and was first elected to the Teachta Dála (lower house of Parliament) in 1933. He was Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of a coalition government at the time Ireland was declared a republic in 1948. After electoral defeat in 1951, another coalition was successful in 1954, and Mr. Costello was elected to head the government again, until another electoral defeat in 1957. He died on January 5, 1976 at the age of 84.

110 years ago
1901

Albertana
Red Deer became a town.

100 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Gail Patrick. U.S. actress and television producer. Miss Patrick, born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, appeared in more than 60 movies, including My Man Godfrey (1936); Stage Door (1937); and My Favorite Wife (1940). She retired from acting in 1948, and in the 1950s co-founded and served as president of Paisano Productions, making her the only female producer of television programs at that time. The company's most notable program was Perry Mason (1957-1966). Miss Patrick was vice president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1960-1962) and was president of its Hollywood chapter. She won numerous awards for her business and civic activities, and died on July 6, 1980, 16 days after her 69th birthday, after a four-year battle with leukemia.

90 years ago
1921

Labour
Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, began a four-month strike.

75 years ago
1936

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Louis Hector and Harry West, on MBS
Tonight’s episode: The Solitary Cyclist

70 years ago
1941

War
The British Royal Air Force bombed Damascus for the first time. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress accusing Germany of acting as an "international outlaw" engaged in "piracy" in the May 21 torpedoing of the American freighter Robin Moor. Finland ordered general mobilization, calling up all reservists under 45 years of age.

Diplomacy
The United States asked Italy to close all 47 of her consulates and 7 Italian agencies in the United States and to remove all their employees by July 15, 1941.

Defense
The United States Army Air Corps was deprecated to being the American training and logistics section of what was to be known until 1947 as the United States Army Air Forces. U.S. President Roosevelt banned shipment of all petroleum products from the Atlantic coast to any countries except the British Empire, Ireland, Egypt, and the Western Hemisphere.

Archaeology
U.S.S.R. archaeologists in Sammarkand opened the tomb of Tamerlane, the Mongol warrior who had died in 1405, and found the skeleton well-preserved. The body had been embalmed with musk and rose water.

Americana
The Hoover Library on War, Peace, and Revolution was dedicated in Palo Alto, California. The library contained many rare documents of World War I.

Labour
Ford Motor Company personnel director Harry Bennett and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray signed a contract covering 130,000 employees in Ford plants throughout the United States. The United Auto Workers won a union shop, wage increases, and a dues check-off.

Track and field
Archie Harris of Indiana University set a world record in the discus throw of 175 feet 8 3/4 inches in the trials for the National Collegiate Athletic Asociation championships in Palo Alto, California.

60 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. offered to discuss its treaties with the People's Republic of China and other Soviet bloc countries at a Big Four foreign ministers conference if the West agreed to put U.S. bases and the North Atlantic Treaty on the agenda.

U.S. President Harry Truman welcomed Ecuadorian President Gala Plaza Lasso to Washington for a state visit.

Defense
U.S. President Truman created a Psychological Strategy Board under former Army Secretary Gordon Gray to coordinate the nation's psychological warfare activities.

Crime
A U.S. federal grand jury in New York indicted 21 American Communist leaders, including Israel Amter and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, on charges of subversion under the 1940 Smith Act.

Labour
A strike blamed by the government on Communists shut down the entire American-controlled copper industry in Chile.

Baseball
The Washington Nationals sold pitcher Hank Wyse to the New York Yankees. Mr. Wyse began the season with the Philadelphia Athletics, going 1-2 with a 7.98 earned run average in 9 games before being sold to the Nationals on May 16 and posting a 0-0 record with a 9.64 ERA in 3 games. He underwent an emergency appendectomy before joining the Nationals, and was still weak from his operation when he played with them. The Yankees assigned Mr. Wyse to the Kansas City Blues of the American Association, and he never played in the major leagues again.

Bobby Avila batted 5 for 6 with 3 home runs, a double, 4 runs, and 4 runs batted for the Cleveland Indians as they defeated the Boston Red Sox 14-8 before 11,397 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Early Wynn (5-8) pitched a 15-hit complete game victory, allowing 8 earned runs.

Richie Ashburn singled to lead off the 6th inning and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Bill Nicholson for the game's only run as the Philadelphia Phillies edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 before 12,751 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bubba Church (7-3) pitched a 9-hit shutout to outduel Bob Friend (1-4), who allowed just 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings.

Warren Spahn (8-5) pitched a 5-hitter and batted 3 for 4 with a home run, double, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in to lead the Boston Braves to a 9-0 rout of the Chicago Cubs before 8,548 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Greenfields--The Brothers Four (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, hosted by John Newland, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Tiger, starring Pamela Brown, Elspeth March, and Pauline Challoner



Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Final Arrangements, starring Martin Balsam and Vivian Nathan

40 years ago
1971

Golf
Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus were tied for the lead with scores of even par 280 after four rounds of the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club, East Course in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, necessitating an 18-hole playoff the following day.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Amoureux Solitaires--Lio

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): How 'bout Us--Champaign (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: You Drive Me Crazy--Shakin' Stevens (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Being with You--Smokey Robinson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Being with You--Smokey Robinson (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 How 'bout Us--Champaign (4th week at #1)
2 I've Seen That Face Before--Grace Jones
3 Rain in May--Max Werner
4 Dance On--Doris D and the Pins
5 Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angiò
6 Kids in America--Kim Wilde
7 Klap Maar In Je Handen (Live)--Peter Koelewijn en Zijn Rockets
8 This Ole House--Shakin' Stevens
9 De Verzonken Stad--Frank & Mirella
10 He's Just a Runaway--Sister Sledge

Singles entering the chart were Chequered Love by Kim Wilde (#24); Don't Let Him Go by REO Speedwagon (#30); Crazy Accordion by De Kermisklanten (#31); Rainy Night in Georgia by Randy Crawford (#35); and You'll Never Be So Wrong by Hot Chocolate (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Medley--Stars on 45
2 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
3 Sukiyaki--A Taste of Honey
4 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
5 All Those Years Ago--George Harrison
6 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
7 The One that You Love--Air Supply
8 America--Neil Diamond
9 You Make My Dreams--Daryl Hall & John Oates
10 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield

Singles entering the chart were Touch Me When We're Dancing by the Carpenters (#76); You are Forever by Smokey Robinson (#79); The Kid is Hot Tonite by Loverboy (#81); Some Changes are for Good by Dionne Warwick (#82); Suzi by Randy Vanwarmer (#83); Lady (You Bring Me Up) by the Commodores (#84); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#85); Don't Want to Wait Anymore by the Tubes (#86); Fly Away by Blackfoot (#89); and Rich Man by Terri Gibbs (#95).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Medley--Stars on 45
2 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
3 All Those Years Ago—George Harrison
4 Sukiyaki--A Taste of Honey
5 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
6 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
7 The One That You Love—Air Supply
8 This Little Girl—Gary U.S. Bonds
9 I Love You—Climax Blues Band
10 America—Neil Diamond

Singles entering the chart were Touch Me When We’re Dancing by the Carpenters (#76); Lady (You Bring Me Up) by the Commodores (#78); You are Forever by Smokey Robinson (#83); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#84); The Real Thing by the Brothers Johnson (#86); Suzi by Randy Vanwarmer (#87); Some Changes are Good by Dionne Warwick (#88); Don't Want to Wait Anymore by the Tubes (#89); The Kid is Hot Tonite by Loverboy (#90); and Rich Man by Terri Gibbs (#94).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (3rd week at #1)
2 Medley--Stars on 45
3 All Those Years Ago--George Harrison
4 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
5 The One that You Love--Air Supply
6 Take it on the Run--REO Speedwagon
7 Morning Train (Nine to Five)--Sheena Easton
8 Sukiyaki--A Taste of Honey
9 America--Neil Diamond
10 I Love You--Climax Blues Band

Singles entering the chart were Touch Me When We're Dancing by the Carpenters (#70); You are Forever by Smokey Robinson (#84); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#87); The Real Thing by the Brothers Johnson (#88); Some Changes are for Good by Dionne Warwick (#89); The Kid is Hot Tonite by Loverboy (#90); and Push by One Way (#97).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Medley--Stars on 45 (3rd week at #1)
2 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
3 Watching the Wheels--John Lennon
4 Too Much Time on My Hands--Styx
5 All Those Years Ago—George Harrison
6 Being with You--Smokey Robinson
7 Sukiyaki—A Taste of Honey
8 Angel of the Morning--Juice Newton
9 Take it on the Run--REO Speedwagon
10 Morning Train (Nine to Five)--Sheena Easton

Singles entering the chart were Elvira by the Oak Ridge Boys (#42); Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through by Jim Steinman (#45); The Stroke by Billy Squier (#46); Gemini Dream by the Moody Blues (#48); and Tempted by Squeeze (#49).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Beatles Medley--Stars on 45
2 All Those Years Ago--George Harrison
3 This Little Girl--Gary U.S. Bonds
4 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
5 Living Inside Myself--Gino Vannelli
6 The Waiting--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
7 Sweetheart--Franke & the Knockouts
8 Sukiyaki—A Taste of Honey
9 Nobody Wins--Elton John
10 You Make My Dreams--Daryl Hall & John Oates

Singles entering the chart were The One that You Love by Air Supply (#28); and In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins (#20).

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-3) 18 @ British Columbia (3-0) 28

25 years ago
1986

Baseball
The Chicago White Sox, sixth and last in the American league West Division with a record of 26-38, fired manager Tony LaRussa, who had held the position since 1979 and had led them to the division title in 1983. Doug Rader relaced Mr. LaRussa for 2 games before Jim Fregosi was hired as manager.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Light My Fire--The Doors (2nd week at #1)

Germanica
The Bundestag voted to move the German capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

Defense
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attended the Conference of Security and Co-operation in Europe in Germany; the conference adopted the Canadian proposal to monitor arms build-ups.

Politics and government
The Edwards-Beaudoin Committee recommended a regional veto to the Canadian Constitution, and unanimous consent for changes involving the monarch, language and resources. All other changes would require consent of Ottawa, Ontario, Québec, two Western, and two Atlantic provinces. The Québec Liberal government of Premier Robert Bourassa pushed through Bill 150 (an Act respecting the process for determining the political and constitutional future of Québec) in closing session, requiring a referendum on the province's sovereignty by October, 1992. The government also decreased payments to municipalities and put a wage freeze on public sector. Mr. Bourassa also announces a by-election in the riding of Montmorency on August 12, 1991; the riding had been vacated by fomer revenue minister Yves Séguin, who had resigned in protest against combining the provincial sales tax with the federal government's Goods and Services Tax.

Diplomacy
The inquiry into the fast-track immigration into Canada of Mohamed Al-Mashat, an Iraqi diplomat and defector from the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, agreed on the flawed and controversial processing of the case.

Labour
Uniroyal Goodrich Tire decided to keep one of two plants, making a deal with the United Rubber Workers Union, saving 1,000 of the present 2,000 jobs. The plant saved was the one in Kitchener, Ontario.

10 years ago
2001

Crime
Andrea Yates drowned her five children, who ranged in age from 6 months to 7 years, in the bathtub in her family's home in Houston.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
British Columbia (0-1) 14 @ Saskatchewan (1-0) 19
Edmonton (0-1) 10 @ Calgary (1-0) 34

Darren Hall returned the 2nd half kickoff for a touchdown to help the Stampeders defeat the Eskimos at McMahon Stadium.