May 16, 2012

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Polly Pratt and Jessie Larocque!

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Tangerine--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Black Planet, starring Frank Albertson, Horace McMahon, and Leslie Nielsen



40 years ago
1972

Politics and government
The day after being shot four times and paralysed from the waist down while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland, Alabama Governor George Wallace won the Michigan and Maryland primaries for the 1972 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. In Michigan, Gov. Wallace captured 51% of the vote, followed by U.S. Senator George McGovern (South Dakota) (27%) and U.S. Sen. Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota) (16%). In Maryland, Gov. Wallace took 39% of the vote to 27% for Sen. Humphrey and 22% for Sen. McGovern. Gov. Wallace now had 323 delegates to the party’s nominating convention in July, behind Sen. McGovern (405 delegates), but ahead of Sen. Humphrey (207). Gov. Wallace was recovering from five hours of surgery as the primaries were taking place. In the Republican Party primaries, President Richard Nixon took 95% of the vote in Michigan and 86% in Maryland.

John Connally, the only Democratic Party member of U.S. President Richard Nixon’s cabinet, resigned as Secretary of the Treasury, having agreed to take the position for only one year. President Nixon named George Shultz, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to succeed Mr. Connally.

30 years ago
1982

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New York Islanders 3 @ Vancouver 1 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-0)

The win marked the third straight year in which the Islanders had won the Stanley Cup.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: C'est la ouate--Caroline Loeb (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): With or Without You--U2

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 With or Without You--U2
2 Looking for a New Love--Jody Watley
3 (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew
4 La Isla Bonita--Madonna
5 The Lady in Red--Chris DeBurgh
6 Heat of the Night--Bryan Adams
7 Big Love--Fleetwood Mac
8 You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde
9 Don't Dream it's Over--Crowded House
10 I Knew You were Waiting (For Me)--Aretha Franklin and George Michael

Singles entering the chart included I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston (#39); Alone by Heart (#52); Funkytown by Pseudo Echo (#86); Flames of Paradise by Jennifer Rush (with Elton John) (#87); and Give Me All Night by Carly Simon (#89).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew
2 With or Without You--U2
3 Lean on Me--Club Nouveau
4 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship
5 La Isla Bonita--Madonna
6 I Knew You were Waiting (For Me)--Aretha Franklin and George Michael
7 Heat of the Night--Bryan Adams
8 Wild Horses--Gino Vannelli
9 Don't Dream it's Over--Crowded House
10 Boom Boom--Paul Lekakis

Singles entering the chart included Meet Me Half Way by Kenny Loggins (#91); Heart and Soul by T'Pau (#94); Head to Toe by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (#96); Jammin' Me by Tom Petty (#97); and Alone by Heart (#98). Meet Me Half Way was from the movie Over the Top (1987).

Space
The U.S.S.R. successfully tested the world’s most powerful rocket, which weighed, along with its dummy payload, 2,000 tons. The “Energia” had eight liquid hydrogen engines and was capable of putting a 100-ton space shuttle into orbit.

Horse racing
Alysheba, ridden by Chris McCarron, followed his Kentucky Derby win with a victory in the 112th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): To Be with You--Mr. Big

#1 single in Italy: Why--Annie Lennox (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Joy--François Feldman (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Jump--Kris Kross (4th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Bohemian Rhapsody--Queen
2 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)--En Vogue
3 Jump--Kris Kross
4 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
5 Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton
6 Everything About You--Ugly Kid Joe
7 One--U2
8 Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven--Bryan Adams
9 Live and Learn--Joe Public
10 Make it Happen--Mariah Carey

Singles entering the chart were Do it to Me by Lionel Richie (#52); Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus (#79); and T.L.C. by Linear (#88).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 One--U2 (2nd week at #1)
2 Human Touch--Bruce Springsteen
3 Sinking Like a Sunset--Tom Cochrane
4 Let's Get Rocked--Def Leppard
5 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
6 Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven--Bryan Adams
7 Make it Happen--Mariah Carey
8 Hazard--Richard Marx
9 If You Asked Me To--Celine Dion
10 Ain't it Heavy--Melissa Etheridge

Singles entering the chart included America by Kim Mitchell (#69); Touch the Hand by Bryan Adams (#74); Smells Like Nirvana by "Weird Al" Yankovic (#78); Live and Learn by Joe Public (#80); Separate Tables by Chris DeBurgh (#86); The Wild Life by Slaughter (#90); and For Your Babies by Simply Red (#91).

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, nine days after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, concluding mission STS-49.

Horse racing
Pine Bluff, with Chris McCarron aboard, won the 117th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Alydeed placed second, and Casual Lies finished third.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Clarence S. Campbell Conference Finals
Edmonton 2 @ Chicago 8 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 1-0)

10 years ago
2002

Space
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii announced that they had discovered 11 new moons orbiting Jupiter, increasing the total discovered to 39.

Journalism
Granma, the newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party, published the full text of a speech by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in which he expressed criticism of the Cuban government.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Eastern Conference Finals
Toronto 2 @ Carolina 1 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 1-0)