March 28, 2012

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Moonlight Cocktail--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Flight Overdue, starring Veronica Lake, Walter Brooke, and Lenore Shanewise



40 years ago
1972

Politics and government
84% of the 16,000 eligible Arab voters in 10 towns in the West Bank cast ballots in elections for municipal councils. The voters defied demands by King Hussein of Jordan and Palestinian commandos for a boycott of the elections. Final results showed leaders opposing King Hussein and favouring an independent Palestinian state had won in five towns, while candidates favouring continued union with Jordan were re-elected in the other five towns.

Boxing
Jose Napoles (72-5) retained his world welterweight title with a knockout of Ralph Charles (39-4) at 2:52 of the 7th round at Empire Pool, Wembley, London. For Mr. Charles, it was his last professional fight. On the undercard, world lightweight champion Ken Buchanan (42-1) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Edmonton’s Al Ford (41-2) in a non-title bout.

30 years ago
1982

Politics and government
Approximately 1 million of 1.3 million eligible voters turned out for elections for El Salvador’s new constituent assembly. Early results showed the centrist Christian Democrat party, led by junta chief Jose Napoleon Duarte, with a plurality of 40.5% of the vote. The five minority parties began negotiations to form a majority coalition. The assembly would have the power to appoint an interim president, write a new constitution, and call presidential elections planned for 1983.

Disasters
50 people were killed in the eruption of a volcano near Pichucalco, Mexico.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Si può dare di più--Gianni Morandi, Enrico Ruggeri, Umberto Tozzi (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): The Final Countdown--Europe (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Respectable--Mel and Kim

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Respectable--Mel and Kim (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Everything I Own--Boy George (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Respectable--Mel and Kim

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Respectable--Mel and Kim

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Lean on Me--Club Nouveau (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Lean on Me--Club Nouveau (2nd week at #1)
2 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship
3 Let's Wait Awhile--Janet Jackson
4 Mandolin Rain--Bruce Hornsby and the Range
5 Somewhere Out There--Linda Ronstadt with James Ingram
6 Tonight, Tonight, Tonight--Genesis
7 Jacob's Ladder--Huey Lewis and the News
8 Livin' on a Prayer--Bon Jovi
9 Come Go with Me--Expose
10 The Final Countdown--Europe

Singles entering the chart included Heat of the Night by Bryan Adams (#48); Big Love by Fleetwood Mac (#50); Se La by Lionel Richie (#68); Always by Atlantic Starr (#87); and You Keep Me Hangin' On by Kim Wilde (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship
2 Livin' on a Prayer--Bon Jovi
3 Somewhere Out There--Linda Ronstadt with James Ingram
4 Touch Me (I Want Your Body)--Samantha Fox
5 At this Moment--Billy Vera and the Beaters
6 Montego Bay--Amazulu
7 The Final Countdown--Europe
8 Keep Your Hands to Yourself--Georgia Satellites
9 Will You Still Love Me?--Chicago
10 Respect Yourself--Bruce Willis

Singles entering the chart included Everything I Own by Boy George (#90) and What's Going On by Cyndi Lauper (#92).

Died on this date
Maria von Trapp, 82. Austrian singer. Ms. Trapp was the leader of the Trapp Family Choir, who inspired the musical The Sound of Music.

Patrick Troughton, 67. U.K. actor. Mr. Troughton had a 40-year career in theatre, films, and television, but was best known for playing the second incarnation of the doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who (1966-1969, 1973, 1983, 1985). While attending a science fiction convention in Columbus, Georgia, he died of a heart attack, three days after his 67th birthday.

Diplomacy
Margaret Thatcher arrived in Moscow to begin her first visit to the U.S.S.R. as British Prime Minister.

Hockey
NHL
Edmonton 2 @ Toronto 4

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Saltwater--Julian Lennon (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kanashimi hayuki no yoni--Shogo Hamada (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Human Touch---Bruce Springsteen

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Human Touch---Bruce Springsteen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Remember the Time--Michael Jackson

#1 single in France (SNEP): Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--George Michael/Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Twilight Zone--2 Unlimited (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Stay--Shakespears Sister (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Remember the Time--Michael Jackson
2 To Be with You--Mr. Big
3 I Can't Dance--Genesis
4 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
5 Masterpiece--Atlantic Starr
6 Missing You Now--Michael Bolton featuring Kenny G
7 Good for Me--Amy Grant
8 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted--Paul Young
9 Justified & Ancient--The KLF (featuring Tammy Wynette)
10 Too Much Passion--Smithereens

Singles entering the chart included Money Don't Matter 2 Night by Prince and the New Power Generation (#74); All Woman by Lisa Stansfield (#81); and My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) by En Vogue (#87).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 To Be with You--Mr. Big (4th week at #1)
2 Remember the Time--Michael Jackson
3 Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton
4 Hazard--Richard Marx
5 Good for Me--Amy Grant
6 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted--Paul Young
7 I Can't Dance--Genesis
8 Again Tonight--John Mellencamp
9 Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven--Bryan Adams
10 Missing You Now--Michael Bolton

Singles entering the chart included Sinking Like a Sunset by Tom Cochrane (#71); Constant Craving by k.d. lang (#77); Weather with You by Crowded House (#82); and You are Everything by Rod Stewart (#97).

Music
This blogger attended a performance of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.

Politics and government
Percival Patterson was elected leader of Jamaica’s ruling People’s National Party and replaced Michael Manley, who had resigned because of ill health, as Prime Minister.

Basketball
NCAA
East Regional Men's Final
Duke 104 Kentucky 103 (overtime)

Christian Laettner beat the final buzzer with a 17-foot jump shot to give the Blue Devils their win over the Wildcats in Philadelphia.

10 years ago
2002

Diplomacy
Leaders of the Arab League summit in Beirut agreed to a Saudi Arabian proposal to form normal relations with Israel if it would agree to conditions meant to lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. They also united in opposing any U.S. military action against Iraq.

Scandal
Juliusz Paetz, Roman Catholic archbishop of Poznan, Poland, resigned amid accusations of sexually molesting teenage seminarians.