November 1, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Will Morrow and Maurice Pratt!

400 years ago
1611

Theatre
The Tempest by William Shakespeare was performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

180 years ago
1831

Born on this date
Harry Atkinson. Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1876-1877, 1883-1884, 1887-1891. Sir Harry, a native of England, followed his elder brother William to New Zealand at the age of 22 and became a farmer. He represented Grey and Bell in the Taranaki provincial council (1857-1865, 1873-1874), and was a member of the Executive Council (1868, 1874). Sir Harry represented Grey and Bell (1861-1866); Town of New Plymouth (1867-1869); and Egmont (1872-1891) in the N.Z. Parliament, serving as Defence Minister (1864-1866) and as Colonial Treasurer for 10 years, carefully managing government finances. During his last term as Prime Minister, he held seven other posts. Sir Harry was known for his support of the wars against the Māori and his opposition to Māori land rights. He suffered from declining health during his last months as Prime Minister, and was appointed to the Legislative Council in January 1891, accepting an appointment as Speaker of the Legislative Council. On June 28, 1892, Sir Harry presided over the Council's first sitting of the 1892 session, returned to the Speaker's Room, and died at the age of 60.

150 years ago
1861

War
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appointed General George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

140 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Stephen Crane. U.S. writer. Mr. Crane was a poet, journalist, and author of novels and short stories who was a notable early figure in American Naturalism and Impressionism; Ernest Hemingway was among the writers influenced by his work. Mr. Crane reported on the Greco-Turkish War and the Spanish-American War, but was best known for the novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) and The Red Badge of Courage (1895). He was living in England when he suffered a series of pulmonary hemorrhages, and died at the age of 28 on June 5, 1900, at the spa of Badenweiler, Germany while attempting to recover.

125 years ago
1886

Born on this date
Hermann Broch. Austrian-born author. Mr. Broch, a native of Vienna, was considered a major figure in Modernism, although he didn't begin his writing career until he was in his 40s. He emigrated to Britain and then to the United States after the Nazi Anschluss of Austria in 1938, and wrote on politics and worked on mass psychology. Mr. Broch was perhaps best known for his novel Der Tod des Vergil (The Death of Virgil) (1945). He died on May 30, 1951 at the age of 64.

100 years ago
1911

War
The world's first combat aerial bombing mission took place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War, as Italian Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped several small bombs.

80 years ago
1931

Football
NFL
Portsmouth (8-1) 0 @ New York (4-3) 14
Chicago Cardinals (1-3) 14 @ Brooklyn (2-7) 7
Providence (1-3-2) 7 @ Staten Island (1-3-1) 7
Green Bay (8-0) 6 @ Chicago Bears (3-3) 2

75 years ago
1936

World events
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini described Italy's new alliance with Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.

70 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Piano Concerto in B Flat--Freddy Martin (5th week at #1)

Americana
Ansel Adams took a photograph of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

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War
A statement from German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's headquarters charged that the U.S. ships Greer and Kearny had attacked German submarines, and "therefore the United States attacked Germany." A secret Japanese cabinet meeting decided for war against the United States if negotiations did not produce an agreement with the U.S.A. by December 1 for Japan to receive oil from the East Indies and to be left free to settle the China incident without intervention.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King met with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Mr. Roosevelt's private home in Hyde Park, New York.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Joseph E. Davies stated that the "treason trials and purges from 1935 to 1938...indicates the amazing farsightedness of [Soviet leader Josef] Stalin...There can be no doubt that these defendants were...in the employ of the German and Japanese high commands."

U.S. Senator Alben W. Barkley (Democrat--Kentucky), speaking to Zionists in New York, urged that a Jewish homeland be created in Palestine.

Defense
Panamanian President Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia said that his country's policy of neutrality would have to be revised because peace was now endangered.

Transportation
The Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario opened.

Economics and finance
A Japanese news agency said that unless the U.S. halted its economic blockade, Japan must seek supply sources for vital goods and materials as a measure of self-defense.

Football
CRU
ERFU
Ottawa (5-1) 11 @ Montreal (0-6) 2
Toronto Balmy Beach (2-4) 5 @ Toronto Argonauts (5-1) 8

Wilf Tremblay scored the Rough Riders' touchdown in their win over the Bulldogs at Percival Molson Stadium. George Fraser converted and added a field goal and single, and Arnie McWatters punted for a single for Ottawa. Gord Noseworthy punted for 2 singles for Montreal, who were playing their last game under the name Bulldogs.

Pat Reid scored the Argonauts' touchdown in their win over Balmy Beach at Varsity Stadium. Earl Selkirk converted, and Mike Meikle and Annis Stukus added singles. Singles accounted for all the Balmy Beach points: 3 by Sammy Sward, and 1 each by Bobby Porter and Jack Alexander.

These games marked the end of regular season play for the Eastern Rugby Football Union's only season. Balmy Beach returned to the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1942, while the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Bulldogs suspended operations through the 1944 season because of World War II. The Ottawa Rough Riders played in the Ottawa City Senior Football League in 1942 before suspending operations through 1944. For the present, the Rough Riders and Argonauts were preparing for a 2-game, total points series to determine the ERFU champion, with the first game scheduled for Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on November 8.

60 years ago
1951

War
U.S. and Communist negotiators reached a tentative agreement on the location of the truce line for the eastern half of the Korean front, running east from Kumhwa. Defense
5,000 U.S. troops participating in Desert Rock I, the world's first atomic maneuvers, witnessed from a distance of about six miles in Nevada the explosion of Buster-Jangle Dog, the fourth in a series of seven atomic devices.

Protest
Election day riots in Casablanca resulted in 6 deaths and 60 injuries. French authorities blamed the violence on the Moroccan Independence Party.

Energy
The first coal pipeline unit, owned by the Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company, began functioning near Cadiz, Ohio.

Economics and finance
West Germany threatened to cancel its new trade pact with East Germany unless Soviet authorities kept their promise to stop interfering with traffic between West Germany and West Berlin.

Increases in federal excise and individual income taxes went into effect in the United States.

50 years ago
1961

At the movies
The Comancheros, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, and Lee Marvin, opened in theatres.



Fear No More, directed by Bernard Wiesen, and starring Mala Powers, Jacques Bergerac, and Anna Lee Carroll, opened in theatres.



Russiana
The body of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was removed from the mausoleum in Red Square in Moscow where it had lain next to that of Vladimir Lenin since Mr. Stalin's death in 1953, and was reburied near the Kremlin wall.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 3 @ Nankai Hawks 2 (Yomiuri won best-of-seven series 4-2)

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Ballad--Masayuki Yuhara (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (2nd week at #1)

Defense
A five-nation Asian defense pact, signed by Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, superseded the British-Malaysian-Singaporean defense treaty under which the U.K. had formerly assumed sole responsibility for security of the area.

Journalism
Two days after The Toronto Telegram published its last edition, The Toronto Sun published its first edition. Many of the Sun's employees were alumni of the Telegram.

Football
NFL
Detroit (4-2-1) 14 @ Green Bay (2-4-1) 14

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Say I Love You--Renée Geyer

#1 single in Switzerland: Japanese Boy--Aneka (2nd week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Du entschuldige - i kenn' di--Peter Cornelius (5th week at #1)
2 Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wären--Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde
3 Dance Little Bird--Electronica's
4 Dance Little Bird--Bobby Setter Showband
5 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
6 Japanese Boy--Aneka
7 Strada del sole--Rainhard Fendrich
8 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
9 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
10 Only Crying--Keith Marshall

Singles entering the chart were Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wären; Japanese Boy; Hooked on Classics by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#11); Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones (#14); Highdelbeeren by Wilfried (#19); and Crazy Music by Ottawan (#20).

Caribbeana
Antigua and Barbuda gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (5-11) 15 @ Montreal (3-13) 39

Tight end Peter Dalla Riva caught 2 touchdown passes for the Alouettes as they overcame a 14-7 deficit and defeated the Rough Riders to clinch the third and final playoff spot in the East Division, becoming the worst team ever to make the playoffs in the CFL.



Calgary (6-10) @ Winnipeg (11-5) 44

Winnipeg receiver Eugene Goodlow tied a CFL single-game record with 15 receptions as the Blue Bombers routed the Stampeders at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Goodlow finished the season with 100 receptions, breaking the record of 98 set by George McGowan of the Edmonton Eskimos in 1975. Mr. McGowan had also set the regular season record of 15 pass receptions in a game in 1973. The Stampeders' loss marked the last game for Jerry Williams as a CFL head coach. He had been head coach of the Stampeders from 1965-1968, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1972-1975, before returning to the Stampeders in 1981 as an assistant to Ardell Wiegandt and resuming the head coaching duties with 4 games remaining after the dismissal of Mr. Wiegandt.

25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Holiday Rap--M.C. Miker G & D.J. Sven (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Take My Breath Away--Berlin

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Don't Leave Me This Way--The Communards

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Take My Breath Away--Berlin

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Every Loser Wins--Nick Berry (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): True Colors--Cyndi Lauper (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
2 Typical Male--Tina Turner
3 Amanda--Boston
4 I Didn't Mean to Turn You On--Robert Palmer
5 When I Think of You--Janet Jackson
6 Human--Human League
7 Heartbeat--Don Johnson
8 True Blue--Madonna
9 All Cried Out--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force
10 Throwing it All Away--Genesis

Singles entering the chart were Notorious by Duran Duran (#52); Land of Confusion by Genesis (#62); Control by Janet Jackson (#75); All I Wanted by Kansas (#76); Someday by Glass Tiger (#79); Victory by Kool and The Gang (#80); Goldmine by the Pointer Sisters (#83); and Goin' to the Bank by the Commodores (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Lady in Red--Chris de Burgh (2nd week at #1)
2 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
3 Spirit in the Sky--Doctor and the Medics
4 Rumors--Timex Social Club
5 Friends and Lovers--Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
6 When I Think of You--Janet Jackson
7 Walk This Way--Run-D.M.C.
8 Human--Human League
9 Stuck with You--Huey Lewis and the News
10 True Blue--Madonna

Singles entering the chart were Stand by Me by Ben E. King (#80); You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi (#82); Word Up by Cameo (#85); Kiss You (When it's Dangerous) by Eight Seconds (#92); Strength in Numbers by Luba (#93); Loving Strangers by Christopher Cross (#95); For Tonight by Nancy Martinez (#96); C'est la Vie by Robbie Nevil (#97); and All I Hear (Is a Heartbeat) by Agent (#98). Stand by Me, the title song of the movie, was a re-release of the hit from 1961, which was three years before RPM began publication.

Environment
A fire at the Sandoz chemicals factory near Basel, Switzerland sent tons of toxic chemicals into the Rhine River, turning the water red and killing hundreds of thousands of fish.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (12-4-1) 16 @ Ottawa (3-13-1) 16

The Eskimos had a chance to clinch first place in the West Division with a win over the Rough Riders before 14,058 fans on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Lansdowne Park. They were leading 16-8 late in regulation time and appeared to be heading for more points, but quarterback Matt Dunigan fumbled while attempting to score a touchdown, and the Rough Riders recovered. Ottawa quarterback Gilbert Renfroe marched the Rough Riders for a touchdown pass to Marc Lewis and a 2-point convert pass to Glenn Steele to tie the game with 26 seconds remaining. Neither team came close to scoring in the two 5-minute halves of overtime, with Ken Clark's punt from his own 54-yard line on the last play of the 2nd overtime half coming up short. With the tie, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who were playing at home against the British Columbia Lions the next day, still had a chance to finish first.



CIAU
Manitoba (3-5) 32 @ Alberta (1-7) 9

Doug Lynch completed 6 of 8 passes for 129 yards and 3 touchdowns--2 to Joe Galante and the other to Arliss Ricker--to lead the Bisons over the Golden Bears before about 200 fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Oddly, the 2 passes that Mr. Lynch didn't complete were intercepted.

20 years ago
1991

Politics and government
Roy Romanow, who had led his New Democratic Party to victory in the recent provincial election, was sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Grant Devine and the Progressive Conservatives.

Law
Clarence Thomas took his place on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Transportation
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced a $6-million, two-year study for a high speed train corridor between Windsor, Ontario and Québec City. The estimated cost of $7 billion would be shared by the governments of Canada and Québec.

10 years ago
2001

Crime
Arsonists destroyed St. John's Church in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The second-oldest Anglican church in Canada was built in 1754; restoration was completed in 2005.

Agriculture
United Grain Growers (UGG) and Agricore merged to become Agricore United, based in Winnipeg.

Baseball
World Series
Arizona Diamondbacks 2 @ New York Yankees 3 (12 innings) (New York led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Steve Finlay and Rod Barajas hit solo home runs off New York starting pitcher Mike Mussina to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead in the top of the 5th inning before 56,018 fans at Yankee Stadium. Miguel Batista started for Arizona and pitched 7.2 innings, but Byun-Hyun Kim, who had failed to protect the lead the previous night, gave up a 2-run home run to Scott Brosius with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game. Alfonso Soriano singled home Chuck Knoblauch with the winning run off losing pitcher Albie Lopez (0-1) with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th. Sterling Hitchcock (1-0), the last of four New York pitchers, pitched a perfect 12th inning and was credited with the win.