May 2, 2012

130 years ago
1882

Born on this date
James F. Byrnes. U.S. politician. A key figure in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mr. Byrnes represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1911-1925 and in the U.S. Senate from 1931-1941 before being appointed by Mr. Roosevelt to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1941. He was named director of the Office of Economic Stabilization in 1942, and director of the Office of War Mobilization a year later.

80 years ago
1932

Died on this date
John Clum, 80. U.S. bureaucrat, politician, and journalist. Mr. Clum served as Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona Territory (1874-1877), where he implemented a limited form of self-government on the reservation that was so successful that other reservations were closed and their residents moved to San Carlos. He captured Geronimo in 1877 without firing a shot, but resigned soon afterward as a result of disagreements with the Indan Bureau and the U.S. Army. Mr. Clum moved to Tombstone, Arizona, founding The Tombstone Epitaph in 1880. He was elected Mayor of Tombstone in 1881, and was in office when the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place on October 26, 1881. Mr. Clum's friendship with the Earp brothers led to threats against him, and he left Tombstone in 1882. He served as a postmaster in Alaska from 1898-1909, and died in Los Angeles.

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Moonlight Cocktail--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (10th week at #1)

Horse racing
Shut Out, with Wayne D. Wright aboard, won the 68th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:04 2/5 seconds. Alsab placed second.

Transportation
The jet age began with the inauguration of the first jetliner passenger service between London and Johannesburg. A British DeHavilland Comet could cover the 6,724-mile distance in less than 24 hours.

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Red Dust, starring Lex Barker, Skedge Miller, and Robert Patten



40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
J. Edgar Hoover, 77. U.S. law enforcement executive. Mr. Hoover was director of the Bureau of Investigation--later the Federal Bureau of Investigation--from 1924 until his death.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota won the Indiana and Ohio primaries for the 1972 Democratic party nomination for President of the United States, taking 47% of the vote in Indiana to 42% for Alabama Governor George Wallace and 41.5% in Ohio to 39.3% for U.S. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota in a contest that was marred by a voting machine problem in Cuyahoga County in Cleveland. U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine finished third in both primaries. U.S. Sen. Henry Jackson (Washington), who finished fourth in Ohio, announced that he would not campaign in primaries, but was still a candidate for the nomination. Gov. Wallace won his home state’s primary for the 1972 Democratic party nomination for President of the United States.

Disasters
91 miners were killed when fire swept through the Sunshine Silver Mine in Kellog, Idaho.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New York 1 @ Boston 2 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-0)

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Hugh Marlowe, 71. U.S. actor. Mr. Marlowe appeared in such movies as Twelve O'Clock High (1949); All About Eve (1950); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); Monkey Business (1952); Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956); Elmer Gantry (1960); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); and Seven Days in May (1964).

War
A British nuclear submarine torpedoed and sank Argentina’s only cruiser, the General Belgrano, with the loss of an estimated 500 lives.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Loving You is Sweeter than Ever--Nick Kamen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: La Isla Bonita--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew
2 I Knew You were Waiting (For Me)--Aretha Franklin and George Michael
3 Looking for a New Love--Jody Watley
4 Don't Dream it's Over--Crowded House
5 Sign 'o' the Times--Prince
6 With or Without You--U2
7 La Isla Bonita--Madonna
8 The Finer Things--Steve Winwood
9 Walking Down Your Street--Bangles
10 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship

Singles entering the chart included Something So Strong by Crowded House (#85); Rock the Night by Europe (#89); and Heart and Soul by T'Pau (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Don't Dream it's Over--Crowded House
2 Lean on Me--Club Nouveau
3 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship
4 I Knew You were Waiting (For Me)--Aretha Franklin and George Michael
5 With or Without You--U2
6 (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew
7 Wild Horses--Gino Vannelli
8 Heat of the Night--Bryan Adams
9 Holiday Rap--M.C. Miker G. & DJ Sven
10 Sign 'o' the Times--Prince

Singles entering the chart included Sweet Sixteen by Billy Idol (#86) and Can't We Try by Dan Hill (#98).

Horse racing
Alysheba, with Chris McCarron aboard, won the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:03 2/5 seconds. Bet Twice placed second, and Avies Copy finished third.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Quebec 3 @ Montreal 5 (Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-3)
New York Islanders 1 @ Philadelphia 5 (Philadelphia won best-of-seven series 4-3)

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Why--Annie Lennox (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Joy--François Feldman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Jump--Kris Kross (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Jump--Kris Kross
2 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
3 Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton
4 Bohemian Rhapsody--Queen
5 Make it Happen--Mariah Carey
6 Hazard--Richard Marx
7 Masterpiece--Atlantic Starr
8 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)--En Vogue
9 Everything Changes--Kathy Troccoli
10 Beauty and the Beast--Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson

Singles entering the chart were In the Closet by Michael Jackson (#49); Love You All My Lifetime by Chaka Khan (#81); I Will Remember You by Amy Grant (#82); Smells Like Nirvana by "Weird Al" Yankovic (#88); and If You Asked Me To by Celine Dion (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
2 Human Touch--Bruce Springsteen
3 One--U2
4 Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven--Bryan Adams
5 Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton
6 Hazard--Richard Marx
7 Make it Happen--Mariah Carey
8 Sinking Like a Sunset--Tom Cochrane
9 Everything Changes--Kathy Troccoli
10 Ain't it Heavy--Melissa Etheridge

Singles entering the chart included I Will Remember You by Amy Grant (#57); 92 Days of Rain by Corey Hart (#59); Without Love by Infidels (#89); Viva Las Vegas by ZZ Top (#90); and Hold on My Heart by Genesis (#94).

Died on this date
Wilbur Mills, 82. U.S. politician. A member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1939-1977, Mr. Mills chaired the House Ways and Means Committee (or, as it’s always referred to in the media, the Powerful House Ways and Means Committee) from 1958-1975. His career was marred by a scandal in 1974 when he was arrested while driving drunk in the company of a stripper who went by the name of Fanne Foxe.

Lee Salk, 65. U.S. psychologist. The younger brother of polio vaccine creator Jonas Salk, Dr. Salk was a child psychologist who was credited with discovering the calming effect on infants of the seound of a heartbeat.

Horse racing
Lil E. Tee, with Pat Day aboard, won the 118th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:03 2/5 seconds. Casual Lies placed second and Dance Floor finished third.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Chicago 2 Detroit 1

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
P.T. Bauer, 86. Hungarian-born U.K. economist. Professor Bauer argued that the key to economic growth in backward countries lay in cultivating a workforce capable of generating private profit.

World events
Israeli forces withdrew from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Meanwhile, a firefight erupted at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, resulting in some fire damage to the structure.

Aviation
Erik Lindbergh landed his Lancair Columbia 300 plane at Le Bourget airport to conclude a 17-hour re-creation of his grandfather Charles Lindbergh’s non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris in May 1927.