June 2, 2012

80 years ago
1932

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Night Walk, starring Don Hanmer and Susan Douglas Rubes

Law
The United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional President Harry Truman’s April 8 seizure of the nation’s steel mills in order to avert a strike by 600,000 members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Steelworkers.

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: No More--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Good Luck Charm--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Can't Stop Loving You--Ray Charles

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Can't Stop Loving You--Ray Charles (2nd week at #1)
2 Stranger on the Shore--Mr. Acker Bilk
3 Mashed Potato Time--Dee Dee Sharp
4 Soldier Boy--The Shirelles
5 Lovers Who Wander--Dion
6 The One Who Really Loves You--Mary Wells
7 Palisades Park--Freddy Cannon
8 It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'--Johnny Tillotson
9 Second Hand Love--Connie Francis
10 Old Rivers--Walter Brennan

Singles entering the chart were Roses are Red (My Love) by Bobby Vinton (#74); Johnny Get Angry by Joanie Sommers (#80); Swingin' Gently by Earl Grant (#94); Tennessee by Jan and Dean (#97); Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers (#98); That Greasy Kid Stuff by Janie Grant (#100); Drum Stomp by Sandy Nelson (also #100); and Lipstick Traces by Benny Spellman (also #100).

Space
The U.S.A. launched Oscar 2, a satellite whose mission was “radio propagation.”

30 years ago
1982

War
British forces were within sight of the Falkland Islands’ capital of Stanley and held all the important high ground around the city.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan arrived in Paris to begin a nine-day visit to Europe.

Religion
Pope John Paul II concluded his visit to the British Isles with a stop in Cardiff, Wales.

25 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Andres Segovia, 94. Spanish classical guitarist. Mr. Segovia was regarded as one of the greatest classical guitarists of the 20th century.

Sammy Kaye, 77. U.S. bandleader. Mr. Kaye, known for his tag line "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye," was one of the most popular figures of the Big Band era. His most famous recording was probably Remember Pearl Harbor (1942).

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Boston 113 @ Los Angeles Lakers 126 (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Magic Johnson scored 29 points and added 13 assists and 8 rebounds, while James Worthy contributed 33 points and 9 rebounds to lead the Lakers over the Celtics before 17,505 fans at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Larry Bird led the Celtics with 32 points.

20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Philip Dunne, 84. U.S. film director and screenwriter. Mr. Dunne's screnplay credits included How Green was My Valley (1941); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); Forever Amber (1947); Pinky (1949); The Robe (1953); Three Brave Men (1956); Ten North Frederick (1958); and Blue Denim (1959).

Politics and government
Voters in a Danish referendum on the Maastricht treaty on European economic and
Political unity rejected the agreement by a small margin of 50.7%-49.3%. The defeat of the treaty shocked the Danish government and prompted French President Francois Mitterand to propose a referendum in his own country.

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won primaries in California, Ohio, New Jersey, and three other states, capturing enough delegates to assure him of the 1992 Democratic party nomination for President of the United States. In California, Mr. Clinton took 47% of the vote to 40% for former California Governor Jerry Brown. President George Bush swept all six Republican party primaries, although columnist Pat Buchanan took 26% of the vote in California.

Scandal
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Lawrence Garrett ordered that disciplinary action begin against 70 officers as a result of the Tailhook scandal. In September 1991 members of the Tailhook Association, a private organization of Navy and Marine Corps fliers, had held their convention at a hotel in Las Vegas. After complaints from women, two Navy investigations concluded that 26 women, including 14 military officers, had been abused at the convention, which had included heavy drinking and entertainment by nude dancers.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the index of leading economic indicators had risen 0.4% in April, the fourth straight monthly increase.

10 years ago
2002

Crime
16 people in rural southwestern Mexico were jailed in connection with a massacre two days earlier of 26 sawmill workers from the village of Santiago Xochiltepec. The event was believed to have stemmed from a feud, mostly over land, between neighbouring villages.