August 2, 2012

120 years ago
1892

Born on this date
Jack L. Warner. Canadian-born U.S. film producer. Mr. Warner, born Jakob Warner in London, Ontario, moved to the United States with his family at the age of 2. He co-founded Warner Brothers Studios with his brothers Harry and Sam, and ran the studio from the 1910s until his retirement in 1969. Mr. Warner died on September 9, 1978 at the age of 86.

John Kieran. U.S. journalist and broadcaster. Mr. Kieran was a sportswriter with The New York Times, serving as the paper's lead sports columnist from 1927-1943. He was best known as a panelist on the radio (1938-1948) and television (1952) quiz program Information, Please! Mr. Kieran hosted television's first widely-syndicated program, Kieran's Kaleidoscope (1949-1952), commenting on various topics. He was an amateur naturalist and birdwatcher, and wrote the book A Natural History of New York City (1959). Mr. Kieran was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1971, and in 1973 was honoured by the Baseball Writers' Association of America with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for distinguished baseball writing. He died on December 9, 1981 at the age of 89.

Protest
An anti-Chinese riot broke out in Calgary.

110 years ago
1902

Born on this date
Cyril VI. Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, 1959-1971. Cyril VI, born Azer Youssef Atta in Egypt, became a monk in 1927, and succeeded Joseph II, becoming the only Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria in the 20th century who wasn't first a bishop/Metropolitan. He died after a short illness on March 9, 1971 at the age of 68, and was succeeded by Shenouda III. Cyril VI was canonized as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church in 2013.

60 years ago
1952

Hit Parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Auf Widerseh'n Sweetheart--Vera Lynn (Best seller--4th week at #1; Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1); Half as Much--Rosemary Clooney (Juke Box--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart--Vera Lynn (2nd week at #1)
--Eddy Howard
2 Here in My Heart--Al Martino
3 Delicado--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
4 Kiss of Fire--Georgia Gibbs
--Tony Martin
5 I'm Yours--Don Cornell
--Eddie Fisher
6 Half as Much--Rosemary Clooney
7 Botch-A-Me--Rosemary Clooney
8 Walkin' My Baby Back Home--Johnnie Ray
--Nat "King" Cole and Billy May and his Orchestra
9 Blue Tango--Leroy Anderson and his "Pops" Concert Orchestra
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
10 Lover--Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were All of Me (#21)/A Sinner am I (#26) by Johnnie Ray; Some Day by Tony Martin (#27); and Luna Rossa (Blushing Moon) by Alan Dean (#36).

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): I Remember You--Frank Ifield (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (3-0) 14 @ Ottawa (1-2) 10

Jim Letcavits and Mike Lashuk scored touchdowns for the Eskimos, both converted by Tommy-Joe Coffey. Jim Reynolds scored the Rough Riders' lone touchdown on a pass from Russ Jackson. The game at Lansdowne Park marked the last time that Ottawa defensive linemen Angelo Mosca and Billy Joe Booth, two of the CFL’s toughest players of the 1960s, played as teammates.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Paul Goodman, 61. U.S. author. Dr. Goodman was a public intellectual who wrote fiction and poetry, but was primarily known for his works of social criticism, particularly Growing Up Absurd (1960). He was heavily influenced by psychoanalysis and gestalt therapy, and was perhaps the most prominent non-Marxist philosopher of the "New Left" of the 1960s, supporting anarchistic youth movements, although he admired traditional American values associated with Thomas Jefferson. Dr. Goodman was an open bisexual, and his homosexual activities frequently cost him jobs. He died of a heart attack, and is now largely forgotten.

Brian Cole, 29. U.S. musician. Mr. Cole played bass guitar and sang with The Association, whose hit singles included Along Comes Mary (1966); Cherish (1966); Windy (1967); Never My Love (1967); and Everything that Touches You (1968). He died of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles.

Diplomacy
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Libyan leader Colonel Muammar el-Gaddafi concluded three days of talks in Tobruk and Bengazi with an accord that would see the governments of the two countries unite by September 1, 1973. The proposed union, which would create the largest state in Africa, was seen as a move to provide money from oil-rich Libya for the Egyptian army to buy offensive weapons that the Soviets had refused to supply. The plan was subject to public referenda in each country, but the “final version” of the accord could be vetoed by the leaders of the two countries.

Law
In a letter to Czechoslovakian Communist party leader Gustav Husak, the International Commission of Jurists at Geneva called the trials resulting in the August 1 convictions of Milan Huebl (former adviser to ousted Premier Alexander Dubcek), Karl Kynci (former television commentator and New York correspondent for Prague radio), and Karel Bartosek (historian) for anti-state activities “a political purge” carried out “under the cover of legal proceedings.”

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (0-2) 7 @ Ottawa (1-0) 22
Winnipeg (0-1) 7 @ Calgary (1-0) 31

Saskatchewan tight end Nolan Bailey played his last CFL game in the Roughriders’ loss to the Rough Riders at Lansdowne Park, as a knee injury put him out of action for the rest of the season.

Hugh McKinnis rushed for 148 yards to lead the defending Grey Cup champion Stampeders to their win over the Blue Bombers before the usual sellout crowd of 23,616 at McMahon Stadium.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Ran (So Far Away)--A Flock of Seagulls

Died on this date
Cathleen Nesbitt, 93. U.K. actress. Miss Nesbitt had a lengthy career on stage, and appeared in such movies as Pygmalion (1938); An Affair to Remember (1957); Separate Tables (1958); and Family Plot (1976).

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Joe le taxi--Vanessa Paradis

Weather
A severe and frightening thunderstorm struck London, Ontario in the afternoon.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-2-1) 32 @ Calgary (1-6) 13

The Argonauts jumped out to a 20-0 lead early in the 2nd quarter as they handed the Stampeders their sixth straight loss before 21,125 fans at McMahon Stadium. Darrell K. Smith caught 6 passes for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Argonauts, while Gill Fenerty rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown and added 74 yards on pass receptions. Mr. Smith’s first touchdown came on a 12-yard pass from Gilbert Renfroe in the 2nd quarter, and his other score came on a 16-yard pass from John Congemi with 1 minute remaining in the game. Calgary quarterback Rick Johnson scored both his team’s touchdowns on 1-yard rushes in the 4th quarter, including one on the last play of the game.



20 years ago
1992

Olympics
Jackie Joyner-Kersee of the United States won the gold medal in the heptathlon in Barcelona.

Auto racing
Scott Goodyear, who had missed winning the 1992 Indianapolis 500 by less than 1/25 of a second, won the Michigan 500, with fellow Canadian Paul Tracy finishing second.

10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
Edmonton (4-2) 14 @ Montreal (6-0) 37

Keith Stokes returned one punt 80 yards for a touchdown in the 1st quarter and another 69 yards for a touchdown in the 4th quarter to lead the Alouettes to their win over the Eskimos before a sellout crowd of 20,002 at Molson Stadium. Mr. Stokes finished the game with 224 yards on punt returns—8 yards behind the CFL single-game record set by Edmonton’s Henry “Gizmo” Williams in 1991—and caught 6 passes for 80 yards. Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray completed touchdown passes of 42 yards to Jason Tucker in the 1st quarter and 11 yards to Rick Walters in the 2nd quarter. Corey Grant of the Alouettes led all receivers with 117 yards on 6 receptions. Montreal’s Mike Pringle, who had been with the team since their days as the Baltimore Football Club in 1994, rushed twice for 4 yards and left the game after his second carry with a season-ending knee injury in what turned out to be his last game as an Alouette.