July 11, 2012

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Lois Morrow!

180 years ago
1832

Born on this date
Charilaos Trikoupis. Prime Minister of Greece, 1875, 1878, 1880, 1882-1885, 1886-1890, 1892-1893, 1893-1895. Mr. Trikoupis was first elected to the Hellenic Parliament in 1865. He opposed royal privilege in selecting Prime Ministers, but after he formed the New (or Modernist) Party and won a plurality in Parliament, King George I reluctantly named him Prime Minister. Mr. Trikoupis achieved parliamentary reforms, including the introduction of non-confidence motions into the constitution, but Greece was beset by political instability, and Mr. Trikoupis was frequently in and out of office as Prime Minister. During his 1892-1893 government, he declared the country bankrupt. Mr. Trikoupis declined to run for office in 1895 and moved to Cannes; his party was resoundingly defeated in that year's election. He was involuntarily nominated for a seat in Parliament in 1896 and was elected, but he remained in Cannes, where he died on March 30, 1896 at the age of 63.

120 years ago
1892

Died on this date
Ravachol, 32. French terrorist. An anarchist and dynamiter, Mr. Ravachol--born François Claudius Koenigstein--was guillotined in Paris after being convicted for his part in bombings in 1891 which had resulted in the deaths of three people.

Labour
Bloody riots between union and non-union workers broke out at Coeur d’Alene mines in Idaho.

100 years ago
1912
Born on this date
Sergiu Celibidache. Romanian-born orchestra conductor. Mr. Celibidache was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1945-1952) and Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (1979-1996), and worked with radio orchestras in Stockholm, Stuttgart, and Paris. Mr. Celibidache was a Zen Buddhist who was always looking for a "transcendent experience" in his conducting; he didn't think that was possible outside the concert hall, leading him to refuse to release his many recordings during his lifetime, which ended on August 14, 1996 at the age of 84.

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sleepy Lagoon--Harry James and his Orchestra (4th week at #1)

60 years ago
1952

Golf
Bobby Locke won the British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England, finsihing 1 stroke ahead of Peter Thomson.

50 years ago
1962

Television
The day after Telstar 1, the world's first communications satellite, had been launched by the United States, it relayed its first, non-public, television pictures. A view of a flag outside Andover Research Station in Andover, Maine was relayed to a ground station at Pleumeur-Bodou in northwestern France.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton Tiger-Cats intrasquad game
Gold 46 Black 27

40 years ago
1972

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (1-1) 15 @ Edmonton (1-1) 13

Jim “King” Corcoran completed touchdown passes of 15 yards to Peter Dalla Riva and 5 yards to Phil Mosser to lead the Alouettes over the Eskimos before 16,444 fans at Clarke Stadium. Gene Foster rushed 3 yards for the Eskimos’ only touchdown. Edmonton kicker Dave Cutler missed 6 of 7 field goal attempts.

30 years ago
1982

War
The government of El Salvador announced that 130 guerrillas had been killed and a rebel training camp destroyed in Morazan Province, near the Honduran border.

Disasters
At least 120 people were killed when a Mexican train derailed and plunged down a mountain gorge near Tepic.

Soccer
World Cup
Final @ Madrid
Italy 3 West Germany 1

Paolo Rossi, Marco Tardelli, and Alessandro Altobelli scored in the 2nd half to lead Italy to their first World Cup title in 48 years. Paul Breitner scored for West Germany in the 83rd minute. 90,000 attended the game at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu .

Football
CFL
Edmonton (1-0) 55 @ Ottawa (0-1) 7

The Eskimos looked sloppy at times, but still set a team record (that still stands) for points in a road game as they routed the Rough Riders before 21,435 fans at Lansdowne Park. Kevin Cole, playing his first CFL regular season game in place of injured Jim Germany, rushed 10 times for 54 yards—including an 8-yard touchdown—and caught 7 passes for 76, including a 5-yard touchdown reception from starting quarterback Warren Moon. Tom Scott caught 5 passes for 108 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown pass from Mr. Moon. Mike Levenseller, playing his first CFL game, caught just 1 pass, but it was from Mr. Moon for a 6-yard touchdown. Defensive back Emilio Fraietta returned an interception 42 yards for his only CFL touchdown, and Neil Lumsden rushed 7 times for 20 yards and caught 3 passes for 84 yards, including touchdown receptions of 45 yards from Mr. Moon and 32 yards from backup quarterback Cliff Olander, playing his first CFL game. Eskimo defensive end Tom Tuinei, playing his first CFL game, recorded 2½ quarterback sacks and recovered 2 Ottawa fumbles, earning recognition as the CFL’s lineman of the week. Linemate Ron Estay recorded ½ sack for the Eskimos in what turned out to be the last game of an 11-year Hall of Fame career. The Rough Riders’ only points came on a 59-yard bomb from Jordan Case to John Holland, converted by Gerry Organ, with 32 seconds remaining in the 2nd quarter. The win was the fifth straight for the Eskimos in a season opener.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Let it Be--Ferry Aid (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Voyage, voyage--Desireless (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Want Your Sex--George Michael

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): It's a Sin--Pet Shop Boys (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): It's a Sin--Pet Shop Boys

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): It's a Sin--Pet Shop Boys (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Alone--Heart

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston (2nd week at #1)
2 Alone--Heart
3 Shakedown--Bob Seger
4 Songbird--Kenny G
5 Head to Toe--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
6 Always--Atlantic Starr
7 Just to See Her--Smokey Robinson
8 Point of No Return--Expose
9 Something so Strong--Crowded House
10 Don't Disturb this Groove--System

Singles entering the chart included Who's That Girl by Madonna (#35); Love Power by Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne (#65); Wipe Out by the Fat Boys (with the Beach Boys) (#79); Stand Back by the Fabulous Thunderbirds (#81); I Heard a Rumour by Bananarama (#88); and Twistin' the Night Away by Rod Stewart (#89).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 Always--Atlantic Starr
2 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)--Whitney Houston
3 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You--Glenn Medeiros
4 Head to Toe--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
5 You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde
6 Alone--Heart
7 Shakedown--Bob Seger
8 Funkytown--Pseudo Echo
9 Boom Boom--Paul Lekakis
10 La Isla Bonita--Madonna

Singles entering the chart were Who's That Girl by Madonna (#83); Hypnotize Me by Wang Chung (#91); Good Times by INXS and Jimmy Barnes (#92); La Bamba by Los Lobos (#95); Only in My Dreams by Debbie Gibson (#96); When Smokey Sings by ABC (#97); and Moonlighting (Theme) by Al Jarreau (#98).

Football
CFL
Toronto (0-2-1) 27 @ Ottawa (2-1) 34

Todd Dillon completed 29 of 41 passes for 402 yards and touchdown passes of 40 and 14 passes to Gerald Alphin, the latter breaking a 27-27 tie with 2:50 remaining in regulation time, to lead the Rough Riders past the Argonauts before 19,699 fans at Lansdowne Park. Cedric Minter rushed 21 times for 85 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown for Ottawa, and Dean Dorsey added 3 converts and 4 field goals. Warren Hudson rushed 1 yard for the first Toronto touchdown, Jake Vaughan recovered a blocked punt in the Ottawa end zone for another, and Gilbert Renfroe completed a 36-yard pass to Ken Joiner for a touchdown and then rushed for a 2-point convert to tie the game with 5:02 remaining in regulation time. Marc Lewis of the Rough Riders led all receivers with 9 receptions for 135 yards; Mr. Alphin had 100 yards on 7 receptions.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Jump--Kris Kross (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): if--Chage $ Aska

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Sensacion de Vivir--Xuxa (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Knockin' on Heaven's Door--Guns N' Roses

#1 single in France (SNEP): Smells Like Teen Spirit--Nirvana (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Knockin' on Heaven's Door--Guns N' Roses (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Abba-esque (EP)--Erasure (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Baby Got Back--Sir Mix-a-Lot (2nd week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I'll Be There--Mariah Carey (3rd week at #1)
2 Baby Got Back--Sir Mix-a-Lot
3 Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers
4 Jump--Kris Kross
5 Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus
6 If You Asked Me To--Celine Dion
7 Damn I Wish I was Your Lover--Sophie B. Hawkins
8 Tennessee--Arrested Development
9 The Best Things in Life are Free--Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson
10 Wishing on a Star--Cover Girls

Singles entering the chart included Jam by Michael Jackson (#69) and Stay by Shakespears Sister (#76).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 I'll Be There--Mariah Carey
2 You Won't See Me Cry--Wilson Phillips
3 If You Asked Me To--Celine Dion
4 Hold on My Heart--Genesis
5 America--Kim Mitchell
6 Under the Bridge--Red Hot Chili Peppers
7 Why--Annie Lennox
8 Damn I Wish I was Your Lover--Sophie B. Hawkins
9 Do it to Me--Lionel Richie
10 Steel Bars--Michael Bolton

Singles entering the chart included Mad Mad World by Tom Cochrane (#70); The Sweater by Meryn Cadell (#88); Wishing on a Star by Cover Girls (#92); and Sleeping with the Lights On by Curtis Stigers (#98).

10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (2-1) 20 @ Montreal (3-0) 26
Winnipeg (2-1) 24 @ Ottawa (1-2-0-1) 25

Lawrence Phillips rushed 16 times for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns and caught 4 passes for 63 to lead the Alouettes past the Roughriders before a sellout crowd of 20,002 at Molson Stadium. Quarterback Anthony Calvillo rushed 3 yards for the other Montreal touchdown. Saskatchewan quarterback Nealon Greene rushed 10 times for 107 yards and a 19-yard touchdown, and Sedrick Shaw rushed 11 times for 55 yards, including a 6-yard touchdown for the Roughriders. With 1:32 remaining in regulation time, Mr. Greene ran the ball to the Montreal 38-yard line, but fumbled when hit, and the ball was recovered by Montreal’s William Loftus. Television replays showed that Mr. Greene should have been ruled down before the ball came loose, but video review wasn’t in the CFL rule book in those days, and the bad call stood.

Dan Crowley completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Donnie Ashley and a 2-point convert pass to Mark Nohra with 3:49 remaining to provide the winning margin as the Renegades won their first game ever before 22,436 fans at Frank Clair Stadium. Mr. Crowley handed off to Darren Davis for a 2-yard touchdown and passed 1 yard to Denis Montana for another Ottawa touchdown. Winnipeg quarterback Khari Jones completed touchdown passes to Milt Stegall, Arland Bruce, and Charles Roberts. Ottawa punter Glenn Harper conceded a safety touch with 2 seconds remaining in the game, leaving his team 1 point ahead.