March 30, 2013

175 years ago
1838

Politics and government
John Lambton, Lord Durham was appointed Governor-in-Chief of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America, with his term to begin May 29.

150 years ago
1863

World events
The Greek National Assembly voted in favour of Prince Wilhelm Georg of Denmark to become King George I of the Hellenes. The vacancy in the throne had been created by the overthrow of Bavarian-born King Otto in October 1862.

Born on this date
Mary Calkins. U.S. philosopher and psychologist. Ms. Calkins conducted research into dreams and into the concept of the self. Her books included The Persistent Problems of Philosophy (1907) and The Good Man and The Good (1918). Ms. Calkins became president of the American Psychological Association in 1905--the first woman to hold the position--and was named president of the American Philosophical Association in 1918. She died on February 26, 1930 at the age of 66.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
J. R. Williams. Canadian-born U.S. cartoonist. James Robert Williams, a native of Nova Scotia, moved to Detroit at the age of 15. He created the comic panel Out Our Way, which began running in newspapers on March 30, 1922. Mr. Williams was active until his death on June 17, 1957 at the age of 68; Out Our Way was continued by others until 1977.

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Dennis Hoey. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. Hoey, born Samuel David Hyams, began acting on stage in his native Britain in 1918. He moved to Hollywood in 1931, becoming a character actor in movies until 1952. Mr. Hoey was best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in six Sherlock Holmes movies (1942-1946). He played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the episode of the television series Omnibus titled The Fine Art of Murder (December 9, 1956). Mr. Hoey died of kidney disease on July 25, 1960 at the age of 67.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Richard Helms. U.S. spymaster and diplomat. Mr. Helms was Director of Central Intelligence from 1965-1973 under Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, and then served as U.S. Ambassador to Iran from 1973-1977. During his confirmation hearings after being appointed to his ambassadorial post, he made statements about CIA involvement in Chile which were revealed two years later to be false. Mr. Helms was convicted in 1977 of misleading Congress, receiving a suspended sentence and a $2,000 fine. He died on October 22, 2002 at the age of 89.

Frankie Laine. U.S. singer. Mr. Laine, born Francesco LoVecchio, was one of the most popular singers in the U.S.A. and U.K. from 1947-1957. His hit singles included That's My Desire (1947); On the Sunny Side of the Street (1947); That Lucky Old Sun (1949); Mule Train (1949); Swamp Girl (1950); The Cry of the Wild Goose (1950); Jezebel (1951); High Noon (1952); I Believe (1953); and Moonlight Gambler (1956). Mr. Laine was also known for singing theme songs of western movies such as 3:10 to Yuma (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); and Blazing Saddles (1974), and the television series Rawhide (1959). He died on February 6, 2007 at the age of 93.

Censu Tabone. 4th President of Malta, 1989-1994. Dr. Tabone was an ophthalmologist who led campaigns that virtually eradicated the disease of trachoma from the island of Gozo, and Taiwan, Indonesia, and Iraq. He entered politics with the Nationalist Party in 1961, and was a member of parliament from 1966-1989 before succeeding acting President Paul Xuereb. Mr. Tabone was succeeded as President by Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Mr. Tabone died on March 14, 2012 at the age of 98.

80 years ago
1933

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Boston 2 @ Toronto 1 (OT) (Boston led best-of-five series 2-1)

Eddie Shore scored 4:23 into overtime to give the Bruins the win over the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens. Tiny Thompson won the goaltending duel over Lorne Chabot.

75 years ago
1938

Disasters
Five coal miners were killed and five injured in a gas explosion and fire in the Hinton Collieries at Hinton, Alberta.

70 years ago
1943

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Montreal 4 @ Boston 5 (OT) (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-1)
Detroit 3 @ Toronto 2 (OT) (Detroit led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Ab DeMarco scored 3:41 into overtime to give the Bruins their win over the Canadiens at Boston Garden.

Adam Brown scored 9:21 into overtime to give the Red Wings their win over the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Hey Paula--Paul and Paula (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Tous les Garçons et les Filles--Françoise Hardy (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Come te non c'è nessuno--Rita Pavone (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Junge, komm bald wieder--Freddy Quinn (13th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Foot Tapper--The Shadows

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): He's So Fine--The Chiffons

U.S. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 He's So Fine--The Chiffons
2 The End of the World--Skeeter Davis
3 Our Day Will Come--Ruby and the Romantics
4 Walk Like a Man--The 4 Seasons
5 Rhythm of the Rain--The Cascades
6 South Street--The Orlons
7 You're the Reason I'm Living--Bobby Darin
8 Blame it on the Bossa Nova--Eydie Gorme
9 Ruby Baby--Dion
10 Our Winter Love--Bill Pursell

Singles entering the chart were Surfin' U.S.A. by the Beach Boys (#70); Foolish Little Girl by the Shirelles (#71); Tom Cat by the Rooftop Singers (#73); Charms by Bobby Vee (#76); Gone with the Wind by the Duprees (#80); (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry by Darlene Love (#94); Ask Me by Maxine Brown (#95); Here I Stand by the Rip Chords (#96); Heart by Kenny Chandler (#97); That's How Heartaches are Made by Baby Washington (#99); This Empty Place by Dionne Warwick (#100); Memory Lane by the Hippies (also #100); and Eternally by the Chantels (also #100).

Died on this date
Aleksandr Gauk, 69. Russian conductor and composer. Mr. Gauk was musical director of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra from 1930-1934 and was the first musical director of what became the U.S.S.R. State Symphony Orchestra from 1936-1941. He wrote a symphony, chamber works, and works for piano.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Toronto 2 @ Montreal 0 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Eddie Shack and Bob Pulford scored goals and Johnny Bower won the goaltending duel over Jacques Plante as the Maple Leafs blanked the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum.

WHL
Edmonton 4 @ Calgary 1

The Flyers' win over the Stampeders at the Corral was the last regular season game ever for both teams, and the last game ever for the Stampeders, who were soon to suspend operations after 12 years in the league as the farm team of the Chicago Black Hawks.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Block Buster--The Sweet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Block Buster--The Sweet (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 70. U.K. aviator and politician. The Duke of Hamilton was elected as a candidate for the Unionist Party to the House of Commons in 1930, representing the English riding of East Renfrewshire until 1940. In 1933 he was chief pilot of the first flight over Mount Everest, flying a Westland PV-3 biplane.

Politics and government
Dissident Protestant factions in Northern Ireland opposed to the U.K. government's White Paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals, which called for an 80-seat assembly giving fair representation to Northern Ireland's 500,000 Roman Catholics as well as her 1 million Protestants, broke away from the Unionist political party and formed the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party.

Economics and finance
The New Democratic Party government of Manitoba under Premier Ed Schreyer began an experiment in offering a guaranteed annual income, with the government of Canada covering 75% of the cost.

30 years ago
1983

Diplomacy
United States President Ronald Reagan offered to reduce the number of intermediate-range missiles planned for deployment in Europe if the Soviet Union reduced its missiles in Europe and Asia.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Allt som jag känner--Tone Norum and Tommy Nilsson (7th week at #1)

Died on this date
Edgar Faure, 79. Prime Minister of France, 1952; 1955-1956. Mr. Faure, a member of the Radical party, was Prime Minister of France from January 20-March 8, 1952 and February 23, 1955-February 1, 1956, when no party was able to gain a majority in parliament.

Defense
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17-2 to endorse a treaty with the Soviet Union on intermediate-range nuclear forces, two days after the Senate Armed Services Committee had approved the deal. The Foreign Relations Committee’s approval came with a condition requiring that any interpretation of the treaty would be in accord with an understanding of its meaning shared by both the executive branch and the Senate at the time of Senate ratification. Also, the President could not adopt an interpretation different from the common understanding without Senate approval. Many senators had criticized the broad interpretation applied by the Reagan administration to the 1972 SALT treaty, which established a basis for proceeding with Strategic Defense Initiative.

Protest
On Land Day, the day that Palestinians in the occupied territories observed the anniversary of the 1976 deaths of six Arabs who were protesting Israel's seizure of land, four Arabs were shot to death and scores were wounded by Israeli soldiers, bringing the numbe of Palestinians killed since December 1987 to at least 112.

20 years ago
1993

World events
A military court in Sarajevo sentenced two Serbian men to death by firing squad for genocide against Muslims.

10 years ago
2003

War
U.S. Marines and Army troops launched the first attack on Iraq's republican Guard forces, about 65 miles outside Baghdad. An Iraqi spokesman said that 4,000 volunteers from 23 countries were ready to carry out suicide attacks. U.S. and U.K. officials complained that Iraqi forces were resorting to tactics that violated military codes of conduct, such as disguising themselves in civilian clothes, fighting after pretending to surrender, forcing civilians to act as human shields, and threatening civilians with death in order to prevent them from welcoming or cooperating with U.S. and U.K. invading forces.