November 25, 2011

1,700 years ago
311

Died on this date
Peter I. Patriarch of Alexandria, 300-311. Peter I suucceeded Theonas as Patriarch of Alexandria, and spent time in prison and in exile during the persecution under Roman Emperor Diocletian in the early 300s. Peter I was succeeded by Achillas, and is revered as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Roman Catholic Church.

520 years ago
1491

War
The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ended with the Treaty of Granada.

160 years ago
1851

Society
Sir George Williams officially opened a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in St. Helen's Baptist Church in Montréal, a project of his old friend Francis Grafton, who had arrived in Montreal in 1847, and who drafted the Montréal YMCA’s first constitution. It opened two weeks before the first American YMCA in Boston, making it the first YMCA in North America.

130 years ago
1881

Born on this date
John XXIII. Roman Catholic Pope, 1958-1963. Born Angelo Roncalli, John XXIII succeeded Pius XII as pope and was best known for convening the Second Vatican Council in 1962. He died on June 3, 1963 at the age of 81.

110 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Arthur Liebehenschel. German SS officer. SS Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Liebehenschel joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and the SS in 1934, serving in the Death's Head Units. He was Lagerkommandant at the Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps in German-occupied Poland from 1943-1945. SS Obersturmbannführer Liebehenschel made some minor improvements for the prisoners, but was arrested by the U.S. Army and extradited to Poland, where he was convicted in 1947 of crimes against humanity and executed by hanging on January 24, 1948 at the age of 46.

100 years ago
1911

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
University of Toronto 14 Toronto Argonauts 7

A crowd of 13,687, the largest to that date in Canadian football history, saw the Varsity Blues win the Grey Cup for third straight year. The game, played on a snowy day and a frozen field, was the first Grey Cup played at brand-new Varsity Stadium. Ross Binkley's single in the 1st quarter gave the Argonauts a 1-0 lead, but Allan Ramsay rushed 5 yards for a touchdown, converted by Jack Maynard, to give the Varsity Blues a 6-1 halftime lead. 2 more singles by Mr. Binkley reduced the Argonauts' deficit to 6-3, which became 7-3 on a single by Mr. Maynard. Mr. Binkley fumbled a punt while trying to run the ball out of his end zone, and Frank Knight recovered for a touchdown. Mr. Maynard's convert gave the Varsity Blues a 13-3 lead after 3 quarters. Mr. Binkley, who had been short on a field goal attempt in the 3rd quarter, was successful on a field goal attempt early in the 4th quarter to make the score 13-6. Mr. Mallett of the Argonauts and Mr. Maynard each added singles to make the score 14-7. Dr. A.B. Wright, who had replaced Harry Griffith that year, was the winning coach over Billy Foulds.

NCAA
Navy 3 Army 0 @ Franklin Field, Philadelphia

80 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Study in Scarlet, Part 2

70 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Pedro Aguirre Cerda, 62. President of Chile, 1938-1941. Mr. Cerda, a member of the Radical Party, held several cabinet posts before being elected President in 1938. He initiated economic and industrial reforms, but died from tuberculosis, shortly after announcing that Interior Minister Jerَnimo Méndez would assume the duties of acting President.

Movies
Providence, Rhode Island banned the showing of Two-Faced Woman (1941) after the Catholic Legion of Decency gave the film a "C" rating for "condemned," citing its "immoral and un-Christian attitude toward marriage and its obligations: impudently suggestive scenes, dialogue, and situations: suggestive costumes."

War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's war council met in Washington. According to the notes of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, "The question was how we should maneuver them (the Japanese) into ... firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves." The British Royal Navy battleship HMS Barham was sunk by a German torpedo off the coast of Egypt, with the loss of 862 crewmen, approximately two-thirds of her crew.

Diplomacy
Representatives of 12 nations signed a protocol in Berlin renewing the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1938 for five years.

U.S. President Roosevelt announced that he was sending William C. Bullitt to the Near East as his special representative.

Disasters
An earthquake described by the director of the Lisbon Observatory as "the most violent recorded since 1755" rocked the Portuguese and Spanish coasts and Madeira and the Azores.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians signed Lou Boudreau, 24, to a two-year contract as playing manager. He had been the team's shortstop since 1938, and had batted .257 with 10 home runs, 56 runs batted in, and an American League-leading 45 doubles in 148 games in 1941. He replaced Roger Peckinpaugh as manager, who had led the Indians to a 75-79 record, tied for fourth in the AL with the Detroit Tigers, 26 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees. Oddly, Mr. Peckinpaugh, as a 23-year-old shortstop, had become the youngest manager in major league history when he had managed the Yankees for the last 20 games of the 1914 season, leading them to a 10-10 record.

60 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Susceptibility, starring Bethel Leslie, Leslie Nielsen, Joe Silver, and Jack Weston

Died on this date
Harry Liversedge, 57. U.S. military officer. Brigadier General Liversedge joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1917 and served in the Dominican Republic before participating in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the men's shot put competition in Antwerp in 1920. He was best known for leading the 28th Marines in the Iwo Jima campaign in 1945, helping to raise the American flag. Brig. Gen. Liversedge commanded the Marine Corps Reserve from June 1950 until his death.

War
U.S. forces recaptured "Little Gibraltar," a 1,000-foot hill dominating the western Korean front near Yonchon, after a two-day battle.

World events
Cuban revolutionary Policarpo Soler and other prisoners escaped from Havana's Principe Fortress jail with the aid of outside friends.

Agriculture
The Yugoslavian Communist Party announced plans to push collectivization of agriculture.

Disasters
A head-on collision of two express trains near Woodstock, Alabama caused 16 deaths.

Football
NFL
Pittsburgh (3-5-1) 17 @ Philadelphia (3-6) 13
Chicago Bears (6-3) 21 @ Cleveland (8-1) 42
Los Angeles (6-3) 21 @ Washington (4-5) 31
New York Giants (6-2-1) 10 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-7) 0
San Francisco (4-4-1) 10 @ New York Yanks (0-7-2) 10



50 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren

#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (4th week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
6 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
7 The Fly--Chubby Checker
8 You're the Reason--Tommy Edwards
9 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
10 Moon River--Jerry Butler
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus

Singles entering the chart were Well, I Told You by the Chantels (#69); It Will Stand by the Showmen (#71); When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) by Connie Francis (#84); I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) by Barbara George (#85); Revenge by Brook Benton (#86); Happy Times (Are Here to Stay) by Tony Orlando (#87); Never, Never by the Jive Five (#88); Preview of Paradise by Adam Wade (#89); Walkin' with My Angel by Bobby Vee (#90); Poor Fool by Ike & Tina Turner (#92); It Do Me So Good by Ann-Margret (#94); When I Fall in Love by the Lettermen (#95); Tennessee Flat-Top Box by Johnny Cash (#96); A-One A-Two A-Cha Cha Cha by Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra (#97); Hey! Little Girl by Del Shannon (#98); He's Not Just a Soldier by Little Richard (#100); Trade Winds, Trade Winds by Aki Aleong (also # 100); and Dreamy Eyes by Johnny Tillotson (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka (2nd week at #1)
1 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee (1st week at #1)
3 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
4 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
5 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
6 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
7 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
8 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
9 Dreamy Eyes--Johnny Tillotson
10 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney

Singles entering the chart were The Wanderer by Dion (#21); Bye Bye Baby by Bob Conrad (#27); Peppermint Twist, with versions by Joey Dee & the Starliters; and Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks (#32); A Sunday Kind of Love by Jan and Dean (#36); When I Fall in Love by the Lettermen (#42); Trade Winds by Dodie Stevens (#46); and Hitchhiker by Bobby Curtola (#49).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
2 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
3 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee
4 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
5 Language of Love--John D. Loudermilk
6 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
7 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney
8 Johnny Will--Pat Boone
9 Steps 1 and 2--Jack Scott
10 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren

Singles entering the chart were Hey! Little Girl by Del Shannon (#15); Tonight, with versions by Ferrante & Teicher; and Eddie Fisher (#22); Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee & the Starliters (#37); Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes (#39); and A Sunday Kind of Love by Jan and Dean (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Pinky Goes to College

Died on this date
Hubert Van Innis, 95. Belgian archer. Mr. Van Innis won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, and won four gold and two silver medals at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, when he was 54. He won the World Championship in 1933 at the age of 67.

Football
Canadian university
Atlantic Bowl
McMaster 0 St. Francis Xavier 14 @ Halifax

Halfback Ralph "Woody" Hayes rushed for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and quarterback Jock Simpson passed to halfback Bill Crean for another in the 3rd quarter as the X-Men defeated the Marauders before 3,901 fans on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Paul McFarlane converted Mr. Crean's touchdown, and Bill Giguere punted for a single in the 1st quarter to open the scoring. Don Loney was the winning head coach over Bobby Dawson.

40 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Coz I Luv You--Slade

Died on this date
Leonard W. Murray, 75. Canadian military officer. Rear Admiral Murray, a native of Granton, Nova Scotia, served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1913-1946, serving in both World Wars. He was the only Canadian to command an Allied theatre of operations in either world War, commanding the Newfoundland Escort Force (1941–1943), and from 1943 to the end of the war serving as Commander-in-Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic, and playing a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic. He was blamed for allowing sailors shore leave in Halifax for VE Day in May 1945, which resulted in a riot. Rear Admiral Murray was never assigned another command, and left Canada for the United Kingdom in September 1945, retiring from the RCN in March 1946. He practiced maritime law in Britain until 1960.

Television
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission granted a broadcasting licence to Toronto's Channel 79 (CITY-TV); it was Canada's first commercial UHF station.

Football
NFL
Los Angeles (6-4-1) 21 @ Dallas (8-3) 21
Kansas City (7-3-1) 21 @ Detroit (7-3-1) 32

NCAA
Nebraska 35 @ Oklahoma 31

Jeff Kinney scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:38 remaining in the game to lift the Cornhuskers to their 30th straight game without a loss. Nebraska was ranked #1 in the U.S.A. going into the game at Norman, with the Sooners ranked #2.



30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
5 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
6 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
7 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
8 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
9 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
10 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard

Singles entering the chart were Harden My Heart by Quarterflash (#16); Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham (#19); and Don't Stop Believin' by Journey (#20).

Died on this date
Jack Albertson, 74. U.S. actor. Mr. Albertson appeared on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 50 years. He won a Tony Award for his featured performance in The Subject Was Roses (1964), and won an Academy Award when he reprised his role in the movie (1968). He was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his starring role in the television comedy series Chico and the Man (1974-1978), winning in 1976. Mr. Albertson died after a three-year battle with colorectal cancer.

Society
A report on the April 1981 riots in the Brixton area of London stated that the riots had been caused by serious social and economic problems affecting the U.K.'s inner cities.

Religion
Pope John Paul II appointed Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Baseball
Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for 1981, becoming the first relief pitcher to be so honoured by the AL. He was 6-3 with an earned run average of 1.04 and 28 saves in 47 games.

20 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wild Heaven--TMN

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Black or White--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Eleanor Audley, 86. U.S. actress. Miss Audley specialized in playing autocratic, often villainous, matrons in radio, films, and television. She played Eunice Douglas in the television comedy series Green Acres (1965-1969), and provided the voices for characters in the Walt Disney animated films Cinderella (1950) and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Miss Audley died from respiratory failure, six days after her 86th birthday.

Crime
Winston Silcott, sentenced top life in prison in 1987 for killing a police officer during a 1985 riot in Tottenham, north London, was cleared of the crime by a U.K. Appeal Court.

10 years ago
2001

Crime
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police captured escaped convict John Bjornstrom near Lake Shuswap, British Columbia after a two year manhunt; known as the "Bushman of the Shuswap," he escaped from a Kamloops jail in 1999 while serving time for breaking and entering.

Football
CFL
Grey Cup @ Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Calgary 27 Winnipeg 19

Calgary quarterback Marcus Crandell completed 18 of 35 passes for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns, and was named the game's Most Valuable Player, as the Stampeders upset the favoured Blue Bombers before 65,255 fans. Troy Westwood kicked a 29-yard field goal and a single on a missed field goal to give Winnipeg a 4-0 lead after the 1st quarter, but Calgary came back with 17 points in the 2nd quarter on a 37-yard field goal by Mark McLoughlin and touchdown passes from Mr. Crandell of 68 yards to Marc Boerigter and 9 yards to Travis Moore, both converted by Mr. McLoughlin. The Blue Bombers did all the scoring in the 3rd quarter. Quarterback Khari Jones completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Arland Bruce; Mr. Westwood converted and added a single on a missed 53-yard field goal to make the score 17-12 after 3 quarters. Probably the game's biggest play occurred at 5:37 of the 4th quarter when Aldi Henry of the Stampeders blocked a punt by Winnipeg's Bob Cameron at the Blue Bombers' 20-yard line. Willie Fells recovered for the Stampeders at the 11 and ran into the end zone for a Calgary touchdown, converted by Mr. McLoughlin. Mr. Jones completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Milt Stegall, converted by Mr. Westwood, reducing Calgary's lead to 24-19 with 5:25 remaining in regulation time. However, Mr. McLoughlin kicked a 24-yard field goal with 48 seconds remaining, giving the Stampeders an insurmountable lead. Each team had 20 first downs, with the Stampeders holding a slight 370-350 edge in net offense. Mr. Stegall led all receivers with 11 receptions for 118 yards, while Mr. Boerigter had 114 yards on just 4 catches. It was a frustrating day for Mr. Jones, the CFL's most outstanding player for 2001; he completed just 19 of 40 passes, albeit for 286 yards. Mr. Westwood missed 3 field goal attempts, adding to the Blue Bombers' woes.