May 23, 2012

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Chrisie Bell!

Married on this date
Happy Anniversary, Polly & Maurice Pratt!

100 years ago
1912

Born on this date
Marius Goring. U.K. actor. Mr. Goring was a stage and film actor whose movies included A Matter of Life and Death (1946); The Red Shoes (1948); and The Barefoot Contessa (1954). He died of cancer on September 30, 1998 at the age of 86.

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Tangerine--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (3rd week at #1)

Track and field
Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam of Long Beach, California set a world record in the pole vault, reaching a height of 15 feet, 7 3/4 inches at a meet in Modesto, California. The record lasted until 1957.

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: World of Water, starring Victor Jory, Nita Talbot, and Logan Field



50 years ago
1962

Crime
A military court in France sentenced former general Raoul Salan, leader of the Secret Army Organization (OAS)--an organization that had carried out terrorist acts in France in recent years as part of a campaign opposing Algerian independence--to life imprisonment.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Richard Day, 76. Canadian-born U.S. art director and set decorator. Mr. Day, a native of Victoria, was a captain in the Canadian Army in World War I, and moved to Hollywood after the war. He worked on almost 300 films from 1919-1970, receiving 20 Academy Award nominations for art direction, and winning 7 Oscars. Mr. Day died two weeks after his 76th birthday.

Diplomacy
U.S. and Soviet officials, meeting in Moscow, signed agreements to cooperate on health and environmental problems.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota won the Oregon and Rhode Island primaries for the 1972 Democratic party nomination for President of the United States, giving him more than 1/3 of the 1,509 delegate votes needed to secure the nomination.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Let it Be--Ferry Aid

#1 single in the U.K.: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now--Starship (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): With or Without You--U2 (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 With or Without You--U2 (2nd week at #1)
2 Looking for a New Love--Jody Watley
3 The Lady in Red--Chris DeBurgh
4 You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde
5 Always--Atlantic Starr
6 Heat of the Night--Bryan Adams
7 Big Love--Fleetwood Mac
8 (I Just) Died in Your Arms--Cutting Crew
9 La Isla Bonita--Madonna
10 Wanted Dead or Alive--Bon Jovi

Singles entering the chart included Shakedown by Bob Seger (#51); The Pleasure Principle by Janet Jackson (#79); Only in My Dreams by Debbie Gibson (#82); and If I was Your Girlfriend by Prince (#88).

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

Singles entering the chart included Take My Heart by Corey Hart (#87); One Night (Is All it Takes) by Paul Janz (#91); Shakedown by Bob Seger (#93); and Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by the Nylons (#95).

20 years ago
1992

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

#1 single in Italy: Why--Annie Lennox (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Joy--François Feldman (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Jump--Kris Kross (5th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)--En Vogue
2 Jump--Kris Kross
3 One--U2
4 Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams
5 Bohemian Rhapsody--Queen
6 Everything About You--Ugly Kid Joe
7 Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven--Bryan Adams
8 Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers
9 Live and Learn--Joe Public
10 Let's Get Rocked--Def Leppard

Singles entering the chart included Hold on My Heart by Genesis (#60) and Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane (#75).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 One--U2 (3rd week at #1)
2 Human Touch--Bruce Springsteen
3 Let's Get Rocked--Def Leppard
4 Sinking Like a Sunset--Tom Cochrane
5 If You Asked Me To--Celine Dion
6 Will You Marry Me--Paula Abdul
7 Make it Happen--Mariah Carey
8 Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers
9 Lift Me Up--Howard Jones
10 Constant Craving--k.d. lang

Singles entering the chart included Steel Bars by Michael Bolton (#72); Just Another Day by Jon Secada (#76); I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison (#80); Hold Me Now by Dan Hill (#92); Fall in Love Again by Eddie Money (#93); I Want to Believe by Sass Jordan (#95); and You've Got a Way by Kathy Troccoli (#97).

Died on this date
Givanni Falcone, 53. Italian judge. Mr. Falcone, an anti-Mafia crusader, was killed along with this wife and three bodyguards in a bomb explosion. 13 others were injured in the attack.

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
Sam Snead, 89. U.S. golfer. Mr. Snead won 81 PGA tournaments and every major championship for which he was eligible except the U.S. Open, where he finished in second place four times. His last appearance was at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia in April 2002, where his ceremonial tee shot beaned a spectator. Mr. Snead died just 4 days before his 90th birthday.

Weather
Officials in India reported that an ongoing nationwide heat wave had killed 1,030 people, mostly in the state of Andhra Pradesh.