Thursday, 26 July 2012

July 29, 2012

125 years ago
1887


Born on this date
Sigmund Romberg
. Hungarian-born U.S. composer. Mr. Romberg was a violinist and pianist who emigrated to New York in 1909. He was known for his musicals and operettas, including The Student Prince (1924); The Desert Song (1926); and The New Moon (1928). Mr. Romberg died from a stroke in his suite at the Ritz Towers Hotel in New York City on November 9, 1951 at the age of 64.

120 years ago
1892


Born on this date
William Powell
. U.S. actor. Mr. Powell was one of the most popular leading men in movies in the 1930s. He was romantically teamed with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the six movies in the Thin Man series (1934-1947). Mr. Powell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Thin Man (1934); My Man Godfrey (1936); and Life with Father (1947). He also played fictional detective Philo Vance in five films, including The Canary Murder Case (1929) and The Kennel Murder Case (1933). Mr. Powell retired from acting after Mr. Roberts (1955). In addition to his movies, Mr. Powell put his fine speaking voice to good use in radio dramas, including several episodes of Suspense. When Don Adams starred in the television comedy series Get Smart (1965-1970), he used an exaggerated imitation of Mr. Powell's voice for the voice of Maxwell Smart. Mr. Powell died on March 5, 1984 at the age of 91.

100 years ago
1912


Boxing
Jess Willard (10-2) fought Arthur Pelkey (10-4-1) in a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. The New York Sun and Washington Post both gave the decision to Mr. Willard.

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 (4th week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Sylvia's Mother--Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (2nd week at #1)
2 Puppy Love--Donny Osmond
3 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
4 Song Sung Blue--Neil Diamond
5 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face--Roberta Flack
6 Nice to Be with You--Gallery
7 Marshall's Portable Music Machine--Robin Jolley
8 Hurting Each Other--Carpenters
9 Metal Guru--T.Rex
10 It's Four in the Morning--Faron Young

Singles entering the chart were Hooky Jo by Rick Springfield (#31 and Red Back on the Toilet Seat by Slim Newton (#38).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Too Late to Turn Back Now--Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
2 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
3 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
4 (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right--Luther Ingram
5 Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)--Looking Glass
6 Lean on Me--Bill Withers
7 School's Out--Alice Cooper
8 Where is the Love--Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
9 How Do You Do--Mouth and MacNeal
10 Day By Day--Godspell

Singles entering the chart were Saturday in the Park by Chicago (#71); Black & White by Three Dog Night (#72); Get on the Good Foot (Part 1) by James Brown (#73); My Man, A Sweet Man by Millie Jackson (#75); Sittin' on a Time Bomb by the Honey Cone (#78); Love Song by Tommy James (#82); My Ding-a-Ling by Chuck Berry (#84); Speak to the Sky by Rick Springfield (#89); Could You Put Your Light on Please by Harry Chapin (#91); Slipping Into Darkness by Ramsey Lewis (#92); Alabama Wild Man by Jerry Reed (#94); Summer Sun by Jamestown Massacre (#96); Bad Side of the Moon by April Wine (#98); Whatever Turns You On by Travis Wammack (#99); and My Mind Keeps Telling Me by Eddie Holman (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Too Late to Turn Back Now--Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
2 Wild Eyes--Stampeders
3 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
4 Troglodyte--The Jimmy Castor Bunch
5 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
6 Too Young--Donny Osmond
7 How Do You Do--Mouth and MacNeal
8 Take it Easy--Eagles
9 Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)--Looking Glass
10 Conquistador--Procol Harum (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)

Singles entering the chart were Rock and Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter (#78); One More Chance by Ocean (#96); I'm Coming Home by Stories (#98); and A Simple Man by Lobo (#100).

Calgary's Top 10
1 Wild Eyes--Stampeders
2 How Do You Do--Mouth and MacNeal
3 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
4 Alone Again (Naturally)--Gilbert O'Sullivan
5 Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)--Looking Glass
6 The Candy Man--Sammy Davis, Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation
7 Brand New Sunny Day--James Robert Ambrose
8 Take it Easy--Eagles
9 Where is the Love--Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
10 Nice to Be with You--Gallery
Pick hit of the week: Motorcycle Mama--Sailcat

Politics
U.S. Senator Thomas Eagleton, the Democratic party’s 1972 nominee for Vice-President of the United States, returned from a campaign trip to Hawaii and told reporters in San Francisco that he had telephoned presidential candidate George McGovern, and had been assured by Mr. McGovern that “he was for me 1000%.” Mr. Eagleton had recently revealed that he had been hospitalized three times in the 1960s for depression, nervous exhaustion, and fatigue, and that he had received electroshock therapy. Mr. McGovern confirmed that he was “still backing” Mr. Eagleton’s candidacy, but added that he was insisting on “a proper period of evaluation by both of us on this difficult question,” citing “intense pressure” to ask Sen. Eagleton to withdraw.

Crime
Virginia Piper, 49, wife of millionaire broker Harry Piper, Jr., was found unharmed chained to a tree in Duluth, Minnesota, two days after being kidnapped from their home in the Minneapolis suburb of Orona. 12 hours before Mrs. Piper was found, her husband personally paid a record ransom of $1 million to two kidnappers described by authorities as “tough looking” and wearing masks.

30 years ago
1982


Hit parade
Edmonton’s top 16 (CHED)
1 Abracadabra—Steve Miller Band
2 Eye of the Tiger—Survivor
3 Only the Lonely—The Motels
4 One More Time—Streetheart
5 What Kind of Fool am I?—Rick Springfield
6 Hard to Say I’m Sorry—Chicago
7 Hurts so Good—John Cougar
8 Your Daddy Don’t Know—Toronto
9 Always on My Mind—Willie Nelson
10 Hold Me—Fleetwood Mac
11 Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard on Me—Juice Newton
12 Even the Nights are Better—Little River Band
13 Love Plus One—Haircut One Hundred
14 Eyes of a Stranger—Payolas
15 Enough is Enough—April Wine
16 Take it Away—Paul McCartney

Edmonton’s top 10 (CFRN)
1 Abracadabra—Steve Miller Band
2 Eye of the Tiger—Survivor
3 Hard to Say I’m Sorry—Chicago
4 Wasted on the Way—Crosby, Stills & Nash
5 If the Love Fits Wear It—Leslie Pearl
6 Hold Me—Fleetwood Mac
7 (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay—The Reddings
8 Eye in the Sky—Alan Parsons Project
9 American Music—Pointer Sisters
10 Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do—Huey Lewis and the News

Died on this date
Vladimir Zworykin, 94
. Russian-born U.S. scientist. Dr. Zworykin, a native of St. Petersburg who moved to the United States in 1918, was one of the pioneers in the development of television, beginning with the invention of a transmitting and receiving system using cathode ray tubes. He died on his 94th birthday.

Diplomacy
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and U.S. President Ronald Reagan concluded their summit in Washington with an announcement that the two countries had agreed to increase scientific, cultural, and economic cooperation. They also announced that a long-standing dispute over uranium fuel had been resolved. A U.S. law had blocked shipments from the United States of low-enriched uranium fuel for an American-built atomic power plant near Bombay. President Reagan agreed to give India permission to buy the fuel from France instead of the U.S.A.

Football
CFL
Montreal (0-3) 5 @ Ottawa (1-2) 55

Rookie quarterback Chris Isaac completed 17 of 28 passes for 471 yards—a team record--and 5 touchdown passes to lead the Rough Riders to the rout of the Concordes before 18,991 fans at Lansdowne Park. Kelvin Kirk scored touchdowns on passes of 66, 88, and 4 yards, and finished with 6 receptions for 219 yards. Peter Stenerson scored on a 37-yard pass from Mr. Isaac, and Skip Walker caught another TD pass for 96 yards. Ricky Barden scored the game’s first touchdown on a 33-yard fumble return in the 1st quarter, and Jim Reid rushed 2 yards for another Ottawa major. Ken Johnson, playing what turned out to be the last game of a 5-year CFL career, started at quarterback for the Concordes, completing 19 of 31 passes for 135 yards and rushing twice for 7 yards.

25 years ago
1987


Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): It's a Sin--Pet Shop Boys

20 years ago
1992


Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Abba-esque--Erasure (6th week at #1)

World events
A United Nations delegation concluded two days of inspections of the offices of Iraq’s agriculture ministry and reported that they had found nothing to document the production of weapons.

Scandal
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and associate Robert Altman were indicted on charges that they had misled banking regulators about Bank of Credit & Commerce International’s control of First American Bankshares Inc., the largest bank in Washington, D.C. From 1982-1991 Messrs. Clifford and Altman had been top executives with First American. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced that it had filed a civil suit against Messrs. Clifford and Altman, and Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced that the two men had been indicted for conspiracy and bribery and other charges. Mr. Morgenthau also filed a civil suit against Messrs. Clifford and Altman, announced indictments against four top BCCI officials, and stated that BCCI had defrauded depositors of $5 billion.

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