July 8, 2011

250 years ago
1761

Diplomacy
The Mi’kmaq of Chignecto, New Brunswick agreed to the 1760 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, as a renewal of the agreements of 1725 and 1749, reaffirming Mi’kmaq hunting and fishing rights.

180 years ago
1831

Born on this date
John Pemberton, 57. U.S. pharmacist. Dr. Pemberton is best known for creating Coca-Cola in 1886 in Atlanta. He died on August 16, 1888 at the age of 57.

160 years ago
1851

Born on this date
John Murray. Australian politician. Mr. Murray, a Liberal, represented Warmambool in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1884 until his death, and held several cabinet posts before serving as Premier of Victoria (1909-1912). He resigned as Premier in the result of opposition within his party, and served as Chief Secretary in the government of his successor, William Watt. Mr. Murray died in an equestrian accident on May 4, 1916 at the age of 64.

Arthur Evans. U.K. archaeologist. Sir Arthur was a journalist and keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford who was a pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He was best known for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete in the early 1900s. Sir Arthur died on July 11, 1941, three days after his 90th birthday.

120 years ago
1891

Married on this date
Future U.S. President Warren G. Harding married Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.

100 years ago
1911

Baseball
Rube Marquard (8-3) hit his only major league home run as he pitched the New York Giants to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds in New York, which had recently been refurbished after a fire. Harry McIntire (9-3) gave up Mr. Marquard's home run and was the losing pitcher.

The Cincinnati Reds scored 8 runs in the top of the 1st inning en route to an 11-7 win over the Boston Rustlers at South End Grounds in Boston.

90 years ago
1921

Law
An order was issued in Pittsburgh allowing baseball fans to keep balls hit into the stands at Forbes Field. Director of public safety Robert Allardice made the ruling after three policemen were threatened with lawsuits by fans who had been arrested for refusing to throw balls back onto the diamond.

75 years ago
1936

Died on this date
Thomas Meighan, 57. U.S. actor. Mr. Meighan was a leading man in silent and sound films from 1914-1934; his movies included The Miracle Man (1919); The Racket (1928); and The Mating Call (1928). He died after a two-year battle with cancer.

70 years ago
1941

Diplomacy
U.S. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, Argentine Ambassador to the U.S.A. Felipe Espil, and Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S.A. conferred in Washington on means to settle the border dispute between Ecuador and Peru.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told a press conference that the United States would defend those areas where her vital interests lay, whether or not they were in the Western Hemisphere.

Scandal
The New York State Board of Pardons announced that former New York Stock Exchange President Richard Whitney would be paroled from Sing Sing prison on August 11, 1941 after serving three years and four months of his 1938 sentence for grand larceny.

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Briggs Stadium, Detroit
National League 5 @ American League 7

Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit a 3-run home run off Claude Passeau of the Chicago Cubs with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the American League the win before 54,674 fans. Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop Arky Vaughan became the first player to hit 2 home runs in an all-star game, homering in the 7th and 8th innings. Mr. Williams and Mr. Vaughan each batted in 4 runs.







60 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Sabotage

War
Preliminary arrangements for Korean truce talks were completed by U.S. and Communist liaison teams meeting in Kaesong.

Defense
11 Western European and American countries reached agreement in Washington on the allocation of tungsten and molybdenum, with the U.S.A. receiving 44.8% of the West's tungsten production and 77.8% of its molybdenum.

Franciana
Paris celebrated its 2,000th anniversary.



Health
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reported that the number of polio cases in the United States had risen 400% in the past 12 years.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Travelin' Man/Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Legata a un granello di sabbia--Nico Fidenco (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Wheels--The String-A-Longs (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Temptation--The Everly Brothers

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds (2nd week at #1)
2 Raindrops--Dee Clark
3 The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton
4 Moody River--Pat Boone
5 Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson
6 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
7 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
8 Yellow Bird--Arthur Lyman Group
--[Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra]
9 Stand by Me--Ben E. King
10 The Writing on the Wall--Adam Wade

Singles entering the chart were The Fish by Bobby Rydell (#74); A Tear by Gene McDaniels (#75); Wooden Heart by Joe Dowell (#77); Somebody Nobody Wants by Dion (#85); Granada by Frank Sinatra (#88); Think of Me by Maxine Brown (#91); Starlight, Starbright by Linda Scott (#93); You'll Answer to Me by Patti Page (#95); Have a Drink on Me by Buddy Thomas (#98); I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven by Tex Ritter (#99); That's What Girls are Made For by the Spinners (#100); I Don't Want to Take a Chanceby Mary Wells (also #100); and I'll Never Be Free by Kay Starr (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
2 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
3 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
4 Don't You Sweetheart Me--Bobby Curtola
5 Classmate--The Beau-Marks
6 Sea of Heartbreak--Don Gibson
7 Don't Be Cruel--Elvis Presley
8 Daydreams/So Goes the Story--Johnny Crawford
9 Never on Sunday--The Chordettes
10 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis

Singles entering the chart were So Goes the Story; Last Night by the Mar-Keys (#26); Michael by the Highwaymen (#36); Have a Drink on Me by Lonnie Donegan (#40); What Would You Do? by Jim Reeves (#43); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Frankie Avalon (#45); I'm Comin' on Back to You by Jackie Wilson (#47); So Close to Heaven by Ral Donner (#49); and Gidget Goes Hawaiian by James Darren (#50). Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was the title song of the movie. Gidget Goes Hawaiian was the title song of the movie.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon (3rd week at #1)
2 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
3 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
4 Sea of Heartbreak--Don Gibson
5 Daydreams--Johnny Crawford
6 Classmate--The Beau-Marks
7 Fallen Idol--Ken Lyon
8 Never on Sunday--The Chordettes
9 I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges
10 Don't You Sweetheart Me--Bobby Curtola

Records entering the chart were Something for Everybody (LP) by Elvis Presley (#19); Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker (#30); Last Night by the Mar-Keys (#35); Michael by the Highwaymen (#36); Princess by Frank Gari (#39); and The Mountain's High by Dick and Deedee (#40).

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Green defeated Gold 21-19 in the Edmonton Eskimos' annual intrasquad game at Clarke Stadium.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pour un flirt--Michel Delpech

Defense
American and Soviet delegates opened the fifth round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in Helsinki.

World events
Two men were killed by British soldiers during rioting in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (0-2) 10 @ Toronto (1-0) 29

30 years ago
1981

Died on this date
Bill Hallahan, 78. U.S. baseball pitcher. "Wild Bill" played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1925-1926, 1929-1936); Cincinnati Reds (1936-1937); and Philadelphia Phillies (1938), compiling a record of 102-94 with an earned run average of 4.03 in 324 games, batting .162 with 2 home runs and 32 runs batted in in 328 games. He led the National League in bases on balls and wild pitches three times each, in strikeouts twice, and tied for the NL lead in wins in 1931 (19). Mr. Hallahan played in four World Series with the Cardinals, and helped them win in 1926, 1931, and 1934; he was 3-1 with a 1.36 ERA in 7 World Series games. Mr. Hallahan died of cancer, 25 days before his 79th birthday.

Joe McDonnell, 29. U.K. terrorist. Mr. McDonnell, a native of Belfast, was a member of the provisional Irish Republican Army who was serving a 14-year sentence at Maze Prison for illegal possession of a firearm, and joined Bobby Sands and others in a hunger strike for special rights. He died on the 61st day of his strike.

25 years ago
1986

Politics and government
Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as President of Austria.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Beat Emotion--Tomoyasu Hotei

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Lensin matalalla--Eppu Normaali

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wind of Change--Scorpions (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
James Franciscus, 57. U.S. actor. Mr. Franciscus was known for his starring roles in the television series Naked City (1958-1959); The Investigators (1961); Mr. Novak (1963-1965); and Longstreet (1971-1972). He died of emphysema.

Politics and government
A Gallup Poll reported that 69% of Canadians wanted Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to resign; 80% in Ontario and 54% in Mr. Mulroney's home province of Québec favoured his resignation.

Abominations
Joseph Burke a former teacher for the Roman Catholic Christian Brothers order, was sentenced to 25 months in prison for abusing boys under his care at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, Newfoundland in the 1970s.

10 years ago
2001

Died on this date
John O'Shea, 81. N.Z. movie producer and director. Mr. O'Shea was active from 1940-1970 and co-founded Pacific Films in Wellington, producing and directing short films as well as Broken Barrier (1952); Runaway (1964); and Don't Let it Get You (1966), the country's first three feature films made during that era. Mr. O'Shea also worked in television, and died 18 days after his 81st birthday.

Baseball
A librarian found a reference to "base ball" from 1823, marking the earliest known reference to the game.