November 20, 2011

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Nancy Eakin!

570 years ago
1441

War
The Peace of Cremona ended the war between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan, after the victorious Venetian enterprise of military engineering of the Galeas per montes.

250 years ago
1761

Born on this date
Pius VIII. Roman Catholic Pope, 1829-1830. Pius VIII, born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni, earned a doctorate in canon law and civil law, and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1785, rising through the ranks until he succeeded Leo XII on the papal throne. He opposed masonic secret societies and modernistic Bible translations, and addressed the issue of marriages between Catholics and Protestants, approving them only if the children were raised as Catholics. Pope Pius VIII suffered from poor health during his entire reign, and his health declined seriously in the final weeks before his death on November 30, 1830, 10 days after his 69th birthday. Some have speculated that Pope Pius VIII was poisoned, but evidence is lacking. He was succeeded by Gregory XVI.

170 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Wilfrid Laurier. Prime Minister of Canada, 1896-1911. Sir Wilfrid, a native of Saint-Lin, Canada East, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1874, and led the Liberal Party of Canada from 1887 until his death at the age of 77 on February 17, 1919. He was the first French Canadian Prime Minister and led the Liberals to four consecutive federal election victories (1896; 1900; 1904; 1908) before losing to the Conservative Party led by Robert Borden in 1911. Sir Wilfrid's time in office remains the longest consecutive reign for any Canadian Prime Minister. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by Mackenzie King, who holds the record for total time as Prime Minister (approximately 22 years). Sir Wilfrid was one of Canada's greatest Prime Ministers.

François Denys Légitime. President of Haiti, 1888-1889. General Légitime, a member of the Liberal Party, held several offices in the early 1880s and in the provisional govenment in the late 1880s. He was elected President in December 1888, but resigned in August 1889 because of the opposition of Gen. Florvil Hyppolite, and retired to Jamaica. Gen. Légitime returned to Haiti under a general amnesty in 1896, and represented Sud in the State Council (1918-1919). He died on July 29, 1935 at the age of 93.

Crime
Maketū Wharetōtara, the 17-year-old son of the Ngāpuhi chief Ruhe, murdered five people at Motuarohia in New Zealand's Bay of Islands.

160 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Margherita. Queen consort of Italy, 1878-1900. Margherita, the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and Princess Elisabeth of Saxon, married her first cousin, the future King Umberto I, in 1868, and became queen consort when he acceded to the throne ten years later. She engaged in social and charitable work to strengthen the popularity of the monarchy, and worked to protect the monarchy against republicans and socialists. King Umberto was assassinated in 1900, and Margherita was a dowager queen as their son Victor Emmanuel III reigned. Queen Margherita died on January 4, 1926 at the age of 74.

150 years ago
1861

Americana
A secession ordinance was filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

140 years ago
1871

Born on this date
William Heard Kilpatrick. U.S. pedagogue. Dr. Kilpatrick was a major figure in progressive education, a colleague of and successor to John Dewey. Dr. Kilpatrick was a student (1907-1909) and professor (1909-1937) at Columbia University. He developed the Project Method for early childhood education, and believed that the role of a teacher should be that of a "guide" as opposed to an authoritarian figure, and that children should direct their own learning according to their interests and should be allowed to explore their environment, experiencing their learning through the natural senses. Dr. Kilpatrick died on February 13, 1965 at the age of 93.

Politics and government
Wilfrid Laurier was first elected to Québec Legislative Assembly, as a Liberal candidate in Arthabaska.

Communications
The first telegraph lines linking Winnipeg and eastern Canada via Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota began operating.

125 years ago
1886

Born on this date
Robert Hunter. U.S. golfer. Mr. Hunter was a member of the American team that won the gold medal at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, and won the national collegiate championship in 1910 while at Yale University. He died on March 28, 1971 at the age of 84.

Died on this date
William Bliss Baker, 26. U.S. artist. Mr. Baker produced more than 130 paintings, mainly of landscapes. He died at his father's house in Hoosick Falls, New York, a week before his 27th birthday, after being injured while ice skating and subsequently catching a cold.

120 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Reginald Denny. U.K. actor. Mr. Denny, born Richard Dugmore, appeared in numerous plays, movies, and television programs in the U.K. and U.S.A. in a career spanning almost 70 years. He manufactured a drone called the OQ-2 Radioplane, which was used by the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Denny died after a stroke on June 16, 1967 at the age of 75.

90 years ago
1921

Football
APFA
Green Bay (3-1-1) 3 @ Chicago Cardinals (3-2-1) 3
Akron (7-1-1) 0 @ Dayton (4-3-1) 3
Columbus (0-8) 13 @ Rochester (2-3) 27
Cleveland (2-4) 7 @ Chicago Staleys (6-0) 22
Canton (2-1-3) 7 @ Buffalo (6-0-2) 7

The Triangles' game-winning field goal in the 3rd quarter of their shutout of the Pros at Triangle Park marked the first points Akron had allowed all season.

75 years ago
1936

Died on this date
Buenaventura Durruti, 40. Spanish anarchist. Mr. Durruti was a member of various anarchist organizations before and during the Spanish Civil War. He was killed during a battle for the defense of Madrid, although accounts differ as to the circumstances of his death.

José Antonio Primo de Rivera, 33. Spanish politician. Mr. Primo de Rivera was a founder of the Falange Española (Spanish Phalanx) in 1933, and was a member of the Congress of Deputies from November 30, 1933-January 7, 1936. He was arrested in Madrid by the Republican government on March 14, 1936, and was executed by firing squad.

70 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Helmuth Wilberg, 61. German military officer. General der Flieger (General of the Air Force) Wilberg was one of the highest-ranking officers in the Luftwaffe. He was killed in a plane crash near Dresden while on his way to the funeral of Generaloberst Ernst Udet.

War
The British command announced that the British 8th Army had driven 80 miles into Libya and captured Rezegh, 10 miles from the outer Tobruk forts. The Vichy French regime announced the "retirement" of General Maxime Weygand; American sources said that his ouster had been demanded by German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.

Politics and government
19 members resigned from the Japanese Imperial Rule Assistance League in protest against its curb on debate of domestic policy in the Diet.

Space
Dr. Adrian van Maanen of Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California reported the discovery of 24 small stars--some of them 1,000 times as faint as the sun--in the Pleiades constellation, raising the total discovered to 211.

Americana
Lincoln Borglum announced that work on the heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota had been completed. Mr. Borglum had taken over the work from his father Gutzun after the elder Mr. Borglum's death six months earlier.

Journalism
The Brazilian government prohibited the circulation of German newspapers from abroad in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catharina, and Parano.

U.S. Ambassador to Chile Claude Bowers told Chilean Interior Minister Leonardo Guzman that he repudiated as an "outrage" Time magazine's derogatory article on Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda.

Reader's Digest reported that its monthly circulation had reached five million, the highest ever attained by a magazine.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Frisco Payoff, starring Harry Bellaver, Russell Collins, and Royal Dano



The Storm, on WKRC
Tonight's episode: The Sands of Tom

This was one of a number of episodes written for the local Cincinnati program by Rod Serling.

World events
More than 1,000 families of British servicemen began moving out of the Suez Canal Zone town of Ismailia, two days after five U.K. soldiers and nine Egyptians had been killed in a shooting.

War
Emperor Hirohito signed Japan's ratification of the Treaty of San Francisco and the U.S. security pact.

Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Matthew Ridgway claimed that the killing of 365 American prisoners by the Communists in Korea had been confirmed through recovery of the victims' bodies, indicating that other charges lacked conclusive proof.

Crime
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Federal Judge Matthew McGuire acquitted the Peace Information Center and five of its officers, including W.E.B. Du Bois, of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica

#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (3rd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
4 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
5 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
6 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
7 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
8 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
9 This Time--Troy Shondell
10 The Fly--Chubby Checker

Singles entering the chart were Peppermint Twist - Part I by Joey Dee & the Starliters (#68); When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) by Connie Francis (#80); Revenge by Brook Benton (#83); When I Fall in Love by the Lettermen (#89); If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody by James Ray (#90); Love (I'm So Glad) I Found You by the Spinners (#91); There's No Other (Like My Baby) by the Crystals (#92); Greetings (This is Uncle Sam) by the Valadiers (#93); What a Walk by Bobby Lewis (#94); and You're Following Me by Perry Como (#97).

On the radio
Macabre, on USAFRS Far East Network
Tonight's episode: Weekend

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Third for Pinochle, starring Edward Andrews, Doro Merande, and June Walker



40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Amore caro amore bello--Bruno Lauzi

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Coz I Luv You--Slade (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1)
2 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
4 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
5 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
6 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
7 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
8 Daddy Cool--Drummond
9 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie--Gerry Monroe
10 Come Back Again--Daddy Cool

Singles entering the chart were Did You Ever by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#34); and Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road (4th week at #1)
2 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen
3 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart
4 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
5 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
6 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
7 Only Lies--Greenfield & Cook
8 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken
9 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen
10 Het Soldaatje (De Vier Raadsels)--De Zangeres Zonder Naam

Singles entering the chart were Mama Oh Mama by George Baker Selection (#21); Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers (#24); Schِn ist es auf Der Welt zu sein by Roy Black + Anita (#25); Wild Night by Van Morrison (#26); We are Goin' Down Jordan by the Les Humphries Singers (#28); Ze Zeggen... by Jan Boezeroen (#29); Blij Als Een Kind by De Makkers (#35); and Empty Words by Monica and the Voices of Freedom (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
2 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
3 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
4 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
5 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
6 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
7 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
8 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
9 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
10 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds

Singles entering the chart were One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) by the Honey Cone (#74); Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#76); (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#79); Satisfaction by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#84); Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' by Charley Pride (#88); My Boy by Richard Harris (#90); Turn Your Radio On by Ray Stevens (#91); You Keep Me Holding On by Tyrone Davis (#97); Lookin' Back by Bob Seger (#98); The Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone (#99); and Pretty as You Feel by Jefferson Airplane (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes (2nd week at #1)
2 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
5 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
6 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone
7 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
8 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
9 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
10 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye

Singles entering the chart were (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#61); Hey Girl (#72)/I Knew You When (#94) by Donny Osmond; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) by the Honey Cone (#73); Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#78); Nothing to Hide by Tommy James (#79); Hey Big Brother by Rare Earth (#86); Clean Up Woman by Betty Wright (#89); Love is Funny that Way by Jackie Wilson (#93); That's the Way I Feel About Cha by Bobby Womack and Peace (#98); Can I by Eddie Kendricks (#99); and Lookin' Back by Bob Seger (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
5 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
6 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
7 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye
8 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
9 Trapped by a Thing Called Love--Denise LaSalle
10 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin

Singles entering the chart were (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#66); Nothing to Hide by Tommy James (#75); Get Down by Curtis Mayfield (#79); Hey Girl by Donny Osmond (#80); Hallelujah by Sweathog (#82); Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#84); Help Me Make it Through the Night by O.C. Smith (#85); Satisfaction by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (#88); Tell Mama by Savoy Brown (#91); The Girl Who Loved Me When by Glass Bottle (#93); and Show Me How by the Emotions (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher (3rd week at #1)
2 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
3 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
4 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
5 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
6 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
7 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
8 Everybody's Everything--Santana
9 Never My Love--The 5th Dimension
10 Superstar--Carpenters

Singles entering the chart were Stones by Neil Diamond (#61); Theme from "Summer of '42" by Peter Nero (#64); Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by the Temptations (#81); Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#82); White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet (#83); No Good to Cry by the Poppy Family (#84); Hey Big Brother by Rare Earth (#85); Love Me Brother by Tapestry (#88); Long Promised Road by the Beach Boys (#89); Let it Be by Joan Baez (#91); Nothing to Hide by Tommy James (#92); You are Everything by the Stylistics (#93); (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#94); I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross (#95); Help Me Make it Through the Night by O.C. Smith (#97); Long Ago Tomorrow by B.J. Thomas (#99); and Mother by Barbra Streisand (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
2 The Desiderata--Les Crane
3 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
4 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
5 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
6 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
7 Tell Me Why--Matthews' Southern Comfort
8 What Are You Doing Sunday--Dawn
9 Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops
10 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Pick hit of the week: Stones--Neil Diamond

Football
CFL
Eastern Finals
Hamilton 17 @ Toronto 17 (Toronto won 2-game total points series 40-25)

Rookie quarterback Joe Theismann played the entire game, throwing a touchdown pass to Mel Profit and handing off to Bill Symons for a 12-yard touchdown rush, as the Argonauts held off the Tiger-Cats to advance to the Grey Cup for the first time in 19 years. Ivan MacMillan converted both Toronto touchdowns and kicked a field goal. Max Anderson, who rushed 10 times for 47 yards, and Dick Wesolowski, who rushed 11 timed for 51 yards, each scored a touchdown for the Tiger-Cats on a short run. Tommy-Joe Coffey was successful on 1 of 2 convert attempts and added a single on a wide field goal attempt. Paul McKay punted for a single, and the Tiger-Cats also scored a safety touch. The game, before a capacity crowd of 33,135, was played on a muddy field, and was the last game to be played at CNE Stadium on real grass. Artificial turf was installed before the 1972 season. It was the last game for Al Dorow as Hamilton's head coach; he departed with a record of 8-8-1. It was also the last post-season game in the CFL to end in a tie.



CIAU
Canadian College Bowl @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Western Ontario 15 Alberta 14

Paul Knill's 17-yard field goal with 3:57 remaining in regulation time gave the Mustangs their first Vanier Cup. Mr. Knill also kicked a 38-yard field goal in the 2nd quarter and converted Western Ontario's only touchdown, a 44-yard pass from quarterback Joe Fabiani to Terry Harvey with 2:11 remaining in the 3rd quarter. UWO's other points came on a safety touch conceded by Alberta punter Percy Kosak at 5:22 of the 2nd quarter, a few plays after the Golden Bears had stopped Western running back Bruce Macrae on a third-down run from the 1-yard line. Western had started with a first down-and-goal from the Alberta 8-yard line after Mr. Fabiani had completed a pass to Mr. Harvey for 97 yards. Mr. Macrae rushed 24 times for 89 yards during the game. Bob McGregor, who won the Ted Morris Trophy as the game's most valuable player, rushed 20 times for 108 yards, including both Alberta touchdowns, in the 1st and 3rd quarters. Joe Petrone converted both touchdowns, but narrowly missed a 36-yard field goal attempt in the 3rd quarter, and the Mustangs were successful in returning the ball out of the end zone. Frank Cosentino, in his second season as head coach of the Mustangs, won the head coaching duel over Jim Donlevy, who was in his first year at the helm of the Golden Bears. Attendance was 12,470, a College Bowl record at the time. It was the only time that the Vanier Cup game was played in the same city at the same time that a CFL game was being played.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden: Ooa Hela Natten--Attack

#1 single in France (IFOP): Confidence Pour Confidence--Jean Schultheis

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (6th week at #1)
2 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
3 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
4 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
5 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
6 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
7 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
8 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through--Jim Steinman
9 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
10 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters

The only single entering the chart was Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do) by Christopher Cross (#19).

25 years ago
1986

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 10 (CKRA)
1 Two of Hearts--Stacey Q
2 True Blue--Madonna
3 I'll Be Over You--Toto
4 Human--Human League
5 The Lady in Red--Chris de Burgh
6 I Am by Your Side--Corey Hart
7 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
8 Typical Male--Tina Turner
9 Love Will Conquer All--Lionel Richie
10 The Next Time I Fall--Peter Cetera with Amy Grant

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden: Black or White--Michael Jackson

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Soccer

Died on this date
Jean Bégin, 47. Canadian hockey coach. Mr. Bégin, a native of Quebec, was head coach of five teams in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (1982-86, 1987-89), coaching in France in 1986-87. He led the Laval Voisins to the President's Cup championship in 1984, only to be fired in mid-season the following year, but was hired by the Verdun Junior Canadiens shortly befoere the end of the regular season, and led them to the President's Cup championship. Mr. Bégin was in his second season with the Drummondville Voltigeurs when an anonymous player contacted agent Gilles Lupien, and two players contacted police, accusing Mr. Bégin of inappropriate sexual behaviour. He was promptly removed as coach, and served six months in prison after being convicted on seven counts of sexual assault. Mr. Bégin was banned from sports and contact with teenagers, and was stated to be a broken man after his release from prison. Near Stoneham, Quebec, he committed suicide by using a pipe to redirect carbon monoxide into his car, which then burst into flames and burned his corpse.

War
An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan was shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council chose Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be the next UN Secretary-General.

Auto racing
Michael Andretti, winner of 7 races in 1991, was named Indy Car Driver of the Year, 22 years after his father Mario had won the same award. Michael's brother Jeff had been named the top rookie driver in the 1991 Indianapolis 500.