July 22, 2012

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Eileen Sasakamoose!

210 years ago
1802

World events
Gia Long conquered Hanoi and united Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

75 years ago
1937

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to "pack" the U.S. Supreme Court with judges who wouldn't strike down his New Deal legislation was rejected by the U.S. Senate.

Crime
Andrew Wright, one of the "Scottsboro Boys"--Negro youths accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931--was convicted of rape and sentenced to 99 years in prison.

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Crooked Frame, starring Richard Kiley, Neva Patterson, Dean Harens, and Lois Wheeler

40 years ago
1972

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Puppy Love--Donny Osmond (3rd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Sylvia's Mother--Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
2 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
3 Puppy Love--Donny Osmond
4 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face--Roberta Flack
5 Song Sung Blue--Neil Diamond
6 Marshall's Portable Music Machine--Robin Jolley
7 Hurting Each Other--Carpenters
8 Nice to Be with You--Gallery
9 Vincent--Don McLean
10 Everything I Own--Bread

Singles entering the chart were (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All by the 5th Dimension (#24); I'll Never Smile Again by Daddy Cool (#33); and Mary Had a Little Lamb by Wings (#38).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Lean on Me--Bill Withers (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Lean on Me--Bill Withers (2nd week at #1)
2 Too Late to Turn Back Now--Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
3 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
4 Troglodyte--The Jimmy Castor Bunch
5 (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right--Luther Ingram
6 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
7 I Wanna Be Where You Are--Michael Jackson
8 Too Young--Donny Osmond
9 Take it Easy--Eagles
10 Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)--Looking Glass

Singles entering the chart were The Guitar Man by Bread (#69); The Coldest Days of My Life (Part 1) by the Chi-Lites (#71); This World by the Staple Singers (#79); Run to Me by the Bee Gees (#80); All Down the Line by the Rolling Stones (#83); Easy Livin' by Uriah Heep (#85); I'll Play the Blues for You by Albert King (#86); In the Quiet Morning by Joan Baez (#92); Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness by Soul Children (#93); If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry by Jerry Wallace (#94); Little Woman Love by Wings (#95); Down by the River by Albert Hammond (#97); Yankee Lady by Brewer and Shipley (#98); and (They Long to Be) Close to You by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (#100). If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry was from an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery titled The Tune in Dan's Cafe, originally broadcast on NBC on January 5, 1972.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Troglodyte--The Jimmy Castor Bunch (2nd week at #1)
2 Wild Eyes--Stampeders
3 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
4 Song Sung Blue--Neil Diamond
5 Too Late to Turn Back Now--Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
6 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
7 Masquerade--Edward Bear
8 Rocket Man--Elton John
9 Too Young--Donny Osmond
10 Conquistador--Procol Harum (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)

Singles entering the chart were Join Together by the Who (#63); The Guitar Man by Bread (#64); Small Beginnings by Flash (#86); Down on Me by Janis Joplin (#88); You're Still a Young Man by Tower of Power (#89); Looking Through the Window by the Jackson 5 (#90); Can't Get Hurt Any More by Ginette Reno (#91); Concrete Sea by Terry Jacks (#93); Time by Marty Butler (#94); I'm Still in Love with You by Al Green (#95); Ride Johnny Ride by Mashmakhan (#96); I am Woman by Helen Reddy (#97); Feelin' Better Already by Everyday People (#98); You Really Got Me by Thundermug (#99); and Love is a Railroad by Pepper Tree (#100).

Calgary's Top 10
1 How Do You Do--Mouth and MacNeal (3rd week at #1)
2 Wild Eyes--Stampeders
3 Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)--Looking Glass
4 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
5 Take it Easy--Eagles
6 Nice to Be with You--Gallery
7 Sealed with a Kiss--Bobby Vinton
8 The Candy Man--Sammy Davis, Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation
9 Song Sung Blue--Neil Diamond
10 I Need You--America
Pick hit of the week: Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Lloyd Waner, 76. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Waner, who was known as “Little Poison” in contrast to his brother Paul “Big Poison” Waner, was an outfielder with five National League teams from 1927-1945, most notably with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1927-1941 and 1944-1945. A leadoff hitter, he batted .316 in 1,993 games, with 27 home runs and 598 runs batted in. In his only World Series, he batted .400 as the Pirates were swept in 4 games by the New York Yankees in 1927. Mr. Waner was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.

Sonny Stitt, 58. U.S. jazz saxophonist. A performer of the bebop/hard bop idiom, Mr. Stitt recorded over 100 albums.

War
A 12-day ceasefire between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization ended when Israel attacked eastern Lebanon and west Beirut, charging that the cease-fire had been violated by Syrians and Palestinians.

Great Britain eased its 200-mile sea and air blockade around the Falkland Islands, but asked Argentina to keep its military ships and airplanes at least 150 miles away.

World events
Supporters of the Polish trade union movement Solidarity were arrested at a counter-demonstration against ceremonies honouring Poland’s National Day.

25 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Jack Lescoulie, 74. U.S. radio and television personality. Mr. Lescoulie was an announcer on a number of programs, but was best known for his work on the NBC morning television program Today from 1952-1961 and 1962-1967. He spent his first nine years on Today as the sidekick of host Dave Garroway, and he died exactly five years and one day after Mr. Garroway. Mr. Lescoulie also briefly hosted Tonight! America After Dark in 1957.

Don McMahon, 57. U.S. baseball pitcher and coach. Mr. McMahon pitched in 874 major league games--all but 2 as a relief pitcher--from 1957-1974, with 7 teams, compiling a record of 90 wins and 58 losses, with 153 saves. He played in 10 games in 3 World Series, pitching for the Milwaukee Braves in 1957 and Detroit Tigers in 1968 as they won the series, and the Braves in 1958. Mr. McMahon led the National League in appearances in 1959 with 49, and in saves that year with 15 while with the Braves. He became the pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants in 1972 and continued to play for them, retiring as a player at the age of 44. He was a pitching coach for two other major league teams before joining the Los Angeles Dodgers as a coach and batting practice pitcher. He died several hours after suffering a heart attack while pitching batting practice.

Crime
Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali was critically wounded when he was shot in the face outside his office in London.

Football
CFL
Calgary (1-5) 16 @ Toronto (2-2-1) 26

Gill Fenerty caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Gilbert Renfroe in the 3rd quarter and rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in the 4th quarter as the Argonauts handed the Stampeders their fifth straight loss before 31,524 fans at Exhibition Stadium. Darrell K. Smith scored the other Toronto touchdown on a 54-yard pass from Mr. Renfroe in the 2nd quarter. Calgary’s Andy McVey rushed 1 yard for the game’s first touchdown in the 1st quarter, and quarterback Rick Worman connected with Larry Willis for a 10-yard touchdown with 1:36 remaining in regulation time. A 2-point convert attempt on the last touchdown was unsuccessful.



20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden: Abba-esque--Erasure (5th week at #1)

Crime
Pablo Escobar, a cocaine trafficker who had become a billionaire in Colombia and had accepted a prison sentence in a plea bargain in 1991, escaped from prison in Envigado with at least seven other prisoners, the day after they had taken guns from guards and seized officials who had come to transfer them. The hostages were freed when soldiers attacked the prison, but Mr. Escobar and his associates escaped through a tunnel. At least six people were killed in the clashes at the prison.

Economics and finance
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan predicted that the economic expansion would soon gain momentum.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (2-1) 32 @ Winnipeg (2-1) 51

Matt Dunigan and Sammy Garza combined for 392 yards passing and 5 touchdowns to lead the Blue Bombers past the Eskimos before 24,265 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Larry Thompson caught 6 passes for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns, and set up another Winnipeg touchdown when he fumbled on the Edmonton 1-yard line after a 58-yard gain, and teammate Eric Streater recovered and went in for the touchdown. Robert Mimbs scored the other 2 Blue Bomber touchdowns on rushes of 5 and 32 yards. Edmonton quarterback Tracy Ham completed 25 of 42 passes for 366 yards and 4 touchdowns. Chris Armstrong led the Eskimos with 6 catches for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns, with Jim Sandusky catching Mr. Ham’s other touchdown pass. Mike Pringle rushed 6 times for 12 yards and caught 1 pass for 7 in his last game as an Eskimo until 2003. Winnipeg defensive back Rod Hill blocked a punt, setting a CFL career record with his eighth blocked kick.

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
Salah Shehade, 49. Palestinian terrorist leader. Mr. Shehade, a leader of the military wing of the Islamist movement Hamas, was killed when Israeli forces dropped a bomb on his house in Gaza City, killing Mr. Shehade, his wife and daughter, seven members of the Matar family next door, and five other people.