March 2, 2012

80 years ago
1932

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 6

50 years ago
1962

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: To Serve Man, starring Lloyd Bochner and Richard Kiel

Basketball
NBA
Philadelphia 169 New York 147 @ Hershey, Pennsylvania

Wilt Chamberlain of the Warriors scored 100 points, an NBA individual record for a single game that still stands. The two-team total of 316 points also set a league record for a single game. 4,124 fans attended the game at Hershey Arena.

40 years ago
1972

Space
The U.S.A. launched Pioneer 10, the first probe to be sent to Jupiter, from Cape Kennedy, Florida.

Crime
French customs agents captured the biggest cache of pure heroin yet recorded—937 pounds—at Marseilles, in the bilges of the Caribbean shrimp boat Le Caprice.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Die Fogel-Song--Kvack Kvack (2nd week at #1)

Personal
This blogger was presented with the Students Association Scholarship at Grant MacEwan Community College awards ceremony at GMCC’s Jasper Place campus.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Randolph Scott, 89. U.S. actor. Mr. Scott was one of the most popular stars of western movies from the 1940s through the early 1960s. Perhaps his best-known film was his last, Ride the High Country (1962).

Personal
This blogger received a plaque from the Canadian Football League in recognition for submitting the best entry from Alberta in the CFL’s photo contest in 1986. The prize also included a gift certificate from Japan Camera Centre for $100.

Canadiana
Heather Morton, representing Toronto, was chosen Miss Teen Canada 1987. The pageant was televised on CTV.

20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Sandy Dennis, 54. U.S. actress. Mainly known as a stage actress, Miss Dennis won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Her other movies included Up the Down Staircase (1967), Sweet November (1968), The Out of Towners (1970), and The Four Seasons (1981).

10 years ago
2002

Music
This blogger attended a free concert by the musicians of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at All Saints Anglican Cathedral. The musicians had been on strike since February 15.