November 20, 2012

75 years ago
1937

Football
CRU
IRFU
Finals
Toronto 11 @ Ottawa 15 (1st game of 2-game total points series)

The Rough Riders came back from an 8-4 halftime deficit to defeat the Argonauts in a roughly-played game before almost 12,000 fans at Lansdowne Park. Toronto's Art Evans recovered a fumbled punt at the Ottawa 10-yard line and returned it to the 1, from where Ted Morris rushed for a touchdown to give the Argonauts a 5-0 lead less than 3 minutes into the game; Annis Stukus's convert attempt was blocked. Ottawa's Tiny Herman kicked a field goal to make the score 5-3 after 1 quarter. In the 2nd quarter, Mr. Stukus kicked a field goal to make it 8-3, and Eddie Roccano punted for a single for the Rough Riders. The Rough Riders began to control play in the 3rd quarter, and took the lead when Andy Tommy rushed 1 yard for a touchdown on a third-down gamble. Mr. Herman converted to give Ottawa a 10-8 lead after 3 quarters. Mr. Stukus kicked another field goal early in the 4th quarter to give the Argonauts an 11-10 lead, but Mr. Roccano punted 50 yards for a single to tie the score, and Mr. Herman kicked a 26-yard field goal to give the Rough Riders a 14-11 lead. Mr. Roccano punted for another single to close the scoring. Toronto centre Bud Lewis broke his wrist in the 1st quarter, and teammate Earl Selkirk suffered a groin injury in the 2nd quarter. Toronto punter Bob Isbister took the pre-game warmup, but was unable to play because of an injury to his side. Toronto tackle Clary Burt and Ottawa end Rick Perley were ejected for getting into a fight in the 4th quarter; Mr. Perley ended up with a broken nose.

ORFU
Final
Montreal 0 @ Sarnia 63

The Imperials scored 11 touchdowns as they routed the Westmounts. Bummer Stirling, Orm Beach, and Joe Woodcock each scored 2 TDs, with Jimmy Riddell, Jack Thompson, Norm Geary, Arnie McWatters, and J. Butler scoring a touchdown each. Mr. Stirling kicked 6 converts and Alex Hayes also added a convert. Sarnia led 19-0 after the 1st quarter.

Canadian university
Yates Cup Semi-Final playoff
Western Ontario 5 @ Toronto 19

Ken McQuarrie and Don Mumford scored touchdowns in the 1st quarter and Cam Gray scored another in the 3rd quarter as the Varsity Blues beat the Mustangs at Varsity Stadium to advance to the final against Queen's one week hence. Mr. Gray converted all 3 touchdowns and punted for a single in the 3rd quarter. Jim Farmer scored a touchdown for Western in the 2nd quarter.

70 years ago
1942

Transportation
The Alaska Highway, running from Dawson Creek, British Columbia through Yukon Territory to Fairbanks, Alaska, was officially opened.

50 years ago
1962

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Elegy

Diplomacy
The Cuban missile crisis formally ended when U.S. President John F. Kennedy lifted the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba at 6:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time.

40 years ago
1972

War
Dr. A.M. Malik, the last Governor of East Pakistan, was convicted in Dacca of having waged war against Bangladesh and was sentenced to life in prison. Mr. Malik, who was in office when Dacca fell to Indian troops on December 16, 1971, had pleaded not guilty to charges that also accused him of collaborating with the Pakistani army during the civil war.

Diplomacy
India and Bangladesh jointly announced that they would repatriate 6,000 members of families of interned Pakistani civilians and prisoners of war held in India, and expressed the hope that Pakistan would reciprocate by releasing the Bengalis interned there since the war in December 1971.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: I Don't Wanna Dance--Eddy Grant (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Up Where We Belong--Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Up Where We Belong--Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (3rd week at #1)
2 Heart Attack--Olivia Newton-John
3 Truly--Lionel Richie
4 Who Can it Be Now?--Men at Work
5 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
6 I Keep Forgettin'--Michael McDonald
7 Gloria--Laura Branigan
8 Maneater--Daryl Hall & John Oates
9 Nobody--Sylvia
10 Heartlight--Neil Diamond

Singles entering the chart were I Do by J. Geils Band (#69); The Other Guy by Little River Band (#74); Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant (#81); The Elvis Medley by Elvis Presley (#85); Memory by Barry Manilow (#86); Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls (#87); (You're so Square) Baby, I Don't Care by Joni Mitchell (#88); You've Got Another Thing Comin' by Judas Priest (#89); Theme from Dynasty by Bill Conti (#90); and Bad Boy/Having a Party by Luther Vandross (#96).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Gloria--Laura Branigan
2 Up Where We Belong--Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
3 The Look of Love--ABC
4 Down Under--Men at Work
5 Steppin' Out--Joe Jackson
6 Da Da Da--Trio
7 Heart Attack--Olivia Newton-John
8 Heartlight--Neil Diamond
9 Pressure--Billy Joel
10 Dirty Laundry--Don Henley

Singles entering the chart were Mickey by Toni Basil (#44); I Know There's Something Going On by Frida (#45); Industrial Disease by Dire Straits (#47); I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) by Donald Fagen (#48); Missing You by Dan Fogelberg (#49); and You Got Lucky by Tom Petty (#50).

Died on this date
Bob Short, 65. U.S. political worker and sports executive. A trucking, real estate, and hotel magnate from Minneapolis, Mr. Short was a close friend of U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey and was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Short ran for the United States House of Representatives in Minnesota in 1978 as a Democrat, but lost. He bought the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association in the late 1950s and moved the team to Los Angeles in 1960, but is best remembered as the owner of the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers of baseball's American League from 1968-1974, serving as general manager from 1968-1972. He charged the highest ticket prices in major league baseball, and made a disastrous trade with the Detroit Tigers after the 1970 season that gutted the team's infield. Attendance plummeted, and Mr. Short obtained AL approval to move the team to Arlington, Texas after the 1971 season, where the team became known as the Texas Rangers. Mr. Short sold the Rangers to Brad Corbett in 1974.

Cassie Mackin, 43. U.S. telejournalist. Miss Mackin joined NBC in 1969 and became the first woman to anchor an evening network newscast alone when she began presenting that network's Sunday Night News on December 12, 1976. Nine months later she joined ABC, earning an Emmy Award in 1981 for a story on drunk driving that was broadcast on the newsmagazine program 20/20. Miss Mackin left broadcasting soon after that when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Football
CIAU
Vanier Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
British Columbia 39 Western Ontario 14

Glenn Steele rushed for 276 yards—142 in the 1st quarter—and 2 touchdowns as the Thunderbirds built a 29-4 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Mustangs before 14,759 fans to win their first Vanier Cup. Mr. Steele’s yardage total was a Vanier Cup record, as was his 57-yard touchdown run. Kent Bowling also rushed for a B.C. touchdown, while quarterback Jay Gard threw touchdown passes to Rob Ros and Pierre DesLauriers. Ken Munro added 5 converts, a 27-yard field goal, and a single on a kickoff. Chris Byrne scored the only Western touchdown; Kevin Rydeard converted, kicked field goals of 48 and 38 yards, and added a single on a missed field goal. Mr. Steele won the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the game’s Most Valuable Player.

NCAA
One of the most memorable plays in American football history took place when four members of the University of California Golden Bears combined for five laterals on a kickoff return to produce a touchdown on the last play as the Golden bears defeated the Stanford Cardinal 25-20. Stanford had taken a 20-19 lead on a field goal with 4 seconds to play, prompting the kickoff. Kevin Moen, who fielded the ball to begin the 55-yard return, took the last lateral for the touchdown, running past several members of the Stanford marching band on his way to the end zone.

25 years ago
1987

Diplomacy
The United States and Cuba announced the reactivation of a 1984 agreement under which Cuba would take back more than 2,000 “undesirables”—mental patients, criminals, and others in detention—who had come to America from the Cuban port of Mariel in 1980. Also under the agreement, the U.S. would accept Cuban political prisoners and more than 20,000 Cuban immigrants annually. On November 21, Cubans in a U.S. federal detention centre in Oakdale, Louisiana seized 30 hostages in protest, and two days later, Cuban detainees at a federal prison in Atlanta seized 100 hostages.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index had risen 0.4% in October.

20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Tom Lefebvre, 65. Canadian politician. Mr. Lefebvre was a Liberal member of the House of Commons from Quebec from 1965-1984, and represented that province in the Senate from 1984 until he died of cancer. He was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister John Turner, and his appointment was one of many patronage appointments by Mr. Turner that attracted heavy criticism during his brief time as Prime Minister.

Britannica
A fire at Windsor Castle burned for 30 hours and destroyed the 14th century St. George’s Hall. The castle sustained about U.S. $1 million in damages, but the art and other treasures in the castle were saved.

Economics and finance
Canadian Treasury Board President Gilles Loiselle announced that federal departments had been ordered to cut $470 million from their operating budgets before the end of the fiscal year in an effort to hold the line on the deficit.