February 16, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Veronica Jones!

175 years ago
1838

Born on this date
Henry Adams. U.S. writer. Mr. Adams, the great-grandson of U.S. President John Adams and grandson of President John Quincy Adams, was best known for his nine-volume History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (1889-1891) and his autobiography The Education of Henry Adams (1907). He died on March 27, 1918 at the age of 80.

90 years ago
1923

On the radio
Foster Hewitt broadcast his first hockey game, between the (Toronto) Argonaut Rowing Club and the Kitchener Greenshirts at the Arena Gardens in Toronto. The game was carried on the Toronto station CFCA.

Archaeology
Howard Carter, who had discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Thebes in November 1922, opened the Egyptian pharaoh's burial chamber.

80 years ago
1933

Business
David O. Selznick joined the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio as vice-president and producer.

70 years ago
1943

War
Soviet Red Army troops recaptured the Ukrainian city of Kharkov after 16 months of Nazi occupation.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Little Town Flirt--Del Shannon

#1 single in France: Tous les Garçons et les Filles--Françoise Hardy (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: La partita di pallone--Rita Pavone (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Junge, komm bald wieder--Freddy Quinn (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Diamonds--Jet Harris and Tony Meehan (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Hey Paula--Paul and Paula (2nd week at #1)

U.S. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Hey Paula--Paul and Paula (2nd week at #1)
2 Walk Right In--The Rooftop Singers
3 Ruby Baby--Dion
4 Walk Like a Man--The 4 Seasons
5 Rhythm of the Rain--The Cascades
6 You've Really Got a Hold on Me--The Miracles
7 From a Jack to a King--Ned Miller
8 Go Away Little Girl--Steve Lawrence
9 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes--Bobby Vee
10 Up on the Roof--The Drifters

Singles entering the chart were One Broken Heart for Sale by Elvis Presley (#56); Let's Limbo Some More by Chubby Checker (#62); All I Have to Do is Dream by Richard Chamberlain (#78); If Mary's There by Brian Hyland (#86); Meditation (Meditacao) by Pat Boone (#88, with the version by Charlie Byrd, in its third week on the chart); I Really Don't Want to Know by "Little Esther" Phillips (#93); The Yellow Bandana by Faron Young (#96); Mr. Bass Man by Johnny Cymbal (#100); and Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart? by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (also #100).

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I'd Love You to Want Me--Lobo (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ich wünsch' mir 'ne kleine Miezekatze--Wums Gesang (9th week at #1)

30 years ago
1983

Disasters
75 people were killed and 800 injured as a result of 24 brush fires that raged across South Australia.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
Canada's top 5 (The Record)
1 Pop Goes the World--Men Without Hats
2 Got My Mind Set on You--George Harrison
3 Could've Been--Tiffany
4 Faith--George Michael
5 The Way You Make Me Feel--Michael Jackson

Olympics
In men's hockey, Canada defeated Switzerland 4-2 at the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary.