March 29, 2012

120 years ago
1892

Diplomacy
The United States Senate ratified without opposition the Bering Sea arbitration treaty.

100 years ago
1912

Died on this date
Robert Falcon Scott, 43. U.K. explorer. Captain Scott, a Royal Navy officer, had led a party that had arrived at the South Pole on January 17, 1912, only to find that Roald Amundsen of Norway had arrived there a month earlier to become the first to reach the pole. Capt. Scott was the last of his party to die; his last diary entry was dated March 29, although he may have died the following day. The bodies of Capt. Scott and his party were discovered by a search party on November 12, 1912 .

60 years ago
1952

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Wheel of Fortune--Kay Starr (Best Seller--3rd week at #1; Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1); Juke Box--1st week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wheel of Fortune--Kay Starr
--Bobby Wayne
--Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale
2 Blue Tango--Leroy Anderson and his "Pops" Concert Orchestra
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
3 Cry--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads
4 Any Time--Eddie Fisher
5 Tell Me Why--The Four Aces
--Eddie Fisher
6 The Little White Cloud that Cried--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads
7 Please, Mr. Sun--Johnnie Ray
8 Slow Poke--Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys
--Arthur Godfrey
--Helen O'Connell
9 Bermuda--The Bell Sisters
10 Hambone--Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford

Singles entering the chart were A Guy is a Guy by Doris Day (#24); Forgive Me by Eddie Fisher (#39); and I'll Walk Alone by Don Cornell (#46).

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman, in an address to the Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner at the National Guard Armory in Washington, told 5,000 fellow Democrats that he would not be seeking the party's 1952 presidential nomination.







50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Wonderful Land--The Shadows (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Maggie Storm Story

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Chicago 3 @ Montreal 4 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)
New York 1 @ Toronto 2 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Dickie Moore led the Canadiens to victory at the Montreal Forum with 2 goals and an assist. Mr. Moore's second goal tied the game 2-2 at 11:04 of the 3rd period. Jean-Guy Talbot scored at 12:46, and Claude Provost scored at 14:05. Bobby Hull scored both Chicago goals.

George Armstrong and Bob Pulford scored in the 2nd period to lift the Maple Leafs past the Rangers at Maple Leaf Gardens. Earl Ingarfield scored for the Rangers. Rod Gilbert, called up from the Eastern Professional Hockey League, played his first NHL game for the Rangers.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
J. Arthur Rank, 83. U.K. film producer. Joseph Arthur Rank produced films and bought theatres, consolidating his interests in founding the J. Arthur Rank Organisation in 1939. His movies included The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); Henry V (1944); and The Red Shoes (1948).

World events
The Berlin Wall was opened to residents of West Berlin until April 5 to permit them to make Easter visits in East Berlin. The pass period, the first in six years, did not apply to residents of East Berlin.

Disasters
At least 40 were believed drowned when an Indian bus plunged into Arabian Sea backwaters.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): What About Me--Moving Pictures (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Walter Hallstein, 80. German politician. Professor Hallstein was a law professor who became a diplomat after World War II, serving as West German State Secretary at the Federal Foreign Office (1951-1958) and as President of the European Commission (1958-1967). He was known for the Hallstein Doctrine, which regarded diplomatic recognition of East Germany as an unfriendly act toward West Germany. Dr. Hallstein was a member of the Christian Democratic Party, and sat in the Bundestag (1969-1972). He died after a two-year illness.

Basketball
NCAA
Men's championship
Final @ Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
North Carolina 63 Georgetown 62

Georgetown's Fred Brown, apparently mistaking North Carolina's James Worthy for a teammate, made a bad pass to him with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game, allowing the Tar Heels to defeat the Hoyas before 61,612 fans. Michael Jordan scored the winning field goal with 15 seconds left, as head coach Dean Smith won his first national championship.



25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Funkytown--Pseudo Echo (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: On se retrouvera--Francis Lalanne (5th week at #1)

Politics and government
A national referendum in Haiti resulted in the approval of a new constitution that created a power-sharing arrangement among a president as head of state, a premier as head of government, and a legislature to which the premier would be responsible.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): To Be with You--Mr. Big (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Das Boot--U 96 (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Das Boot--U 96 (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Paul Henreid, 84. Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. actor and film director. Mr. Henreid was best known for his supporting role in Casablanca (1942) and his starring role in Now, Voyager (1942).

Politics and government
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, leading candidate for the 1992 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States, admitted smoking marijuana “a time or two” while studying at Oxford University in England more than 20 years earlier, but said he didn’t like it and “didn’t inhale.”

Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 2

10 years ago
2002

War
The Israeli army moved into the West bank town of Ramallah and stormed the compound of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, imprisoning him in his office.

Terrorism
A Palestinian high school student detonated herself in the entrance to a grocery store in Jerusalem, killing herself and 2 Israelis and wounding at least 30.

Transportation
Direct commercial flights between Delhi and Beijing resumed after a hiatus of 40 years.