May 4, 2013

520 years ago
1493

World events
Pope Alexander VI issued his bull Inter Cetera, dividing up the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation--about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands (already Portuguese) and islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola (claimed by Spain)--and forbidding further exploration.

230 years ago
1783

Canadiana
The first United Empire Loyalists to settle in the Maritimes arrived in Nova Scotia.

130 years ago
1883

Journalism
John Gordon Cashmans began publishing the Vicksburg (Mississippi) Evening Post.

125 years ago
1888

Defense
Italy and Spain signed a military covenant.

110 years ago
1903

Born on this date
Paul Demel. Czech actor. Mr. Demel began his career in his native Czechoslovakia before fleeing to Britain, where he appeared in minor roles in movies such as Passport to Pimlico (1949); State Secret (1950); and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). He died on August 31, 1951 at the age of 48.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark. Princess Katherine was the third daughter and sixth child of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophie of Prussia. In 1947 she married U.K. Royal Navy Major Richard Campbell, and the couple lived in England. Princess Katherine died on October 2, 2007 at the age of 94 as the most senior female line descendant of Queen Victoria.

75 years ago
1938

Born on this date
Tyrone Davis. U.S. soul singer. Mr. Davis was known for his hits Can I Change My Mind (1969) and Turn Back the Hands of Time (1970). He died on February 9, 2005 at the age of 66.

Died on this date
Carl von Ossietzky, 48. German journalist. Mr. Ossietzky, a pacifist, was convicted of high treason and espionage in 1931 after publishing details of Germany’s alleged violations of the Treaty of Versailles. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they arrested Mr. Ossietzky and put him in the concentration camp Esterwegen near Oldenburg. He was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for 1935, but the Nazis refused to release him in order to go to Oslo to accept the prize. They did, however, transfer him to the Nordend police hospital in Berlin because he was suffering from tuberculosis. Mr. Ossietzky was still in custody at the time of his death.

60 years ago
1953

Literature
Ernest Hemingway was awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Old Man and the Sea.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Pipeline--Chantays (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: L'école est Finie--Sheila (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Come te non c'è nessuno--Rita Pavone (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wini-Wini--Die Tahiti-Tamourés

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): From Me to You--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Will Follow Him--Little Peggy March (2nd week at #1)

U.S. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Will Follow Him--Little Peggy March
2 Can't Get Used to Losing You--Andy Williams
3 Puff the Magic Dragon--Peter, Paul and Mary
4 He's So Fine--The Chiffons
5 Pipeline--Chantays
6 Surfin' U.S.A.--Beach Boys
7 Baby Workout--Jackie Wilson
8 If You Wanna Be Happy--Jimmy Soul
9 Watermelon Man--The Mongo Santamaria Band
10 Foolish Little Girl--The Shirelles

Singles entering the chart were It's My Party by Lesley Gore (#79); Ronnie, Call Me When You Get a Chance by Shelley Fabares (#85); I'm Movin' On by Matt Lucas (#87); The Last Leaf by the Cascades (#88); I'm Saving My Love by Skeeter Davis (#89); Patty Baby by Freddy Cannon (#90); These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding (#91); Sukiyaki by Kyo Sakamoto (#92); Rockin' Crickets by the Rockin' Rebels (#94); Don't Make My Baby Blue by Frankie Laine (#95); The Folk Singer by Tommy Roe (#98); Island of Dreams by the Springfields (#100); He's a Bad Boy by Carole King (also #100); and (These are) The Young Years by Floyd Cramer (also #100). The Last Leaf was the B-side (or maybe the A-side) of Shy Girl, which had charted at #99 the previous week and was now off the chart.

Married on this date
Comedienne Carol Burnett married producer Joe Hamilton.

Disasters
The government of Canada ordered the evacuation of the remaining residents of Hay River, Northwest Territories because of flooding from the Mackenzie River.

Horse racing
Chateaugay, with Braulio Baeza aboard, won the 89th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville in a time of 2:01 4/5, finishing 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Never Bend.

Boxing
Blair Richardson (37-4-1) of Sydney, Nova Scotia won a unanimous 12-round decision over Edmonton's Wilf Greaves (35-25-2) before 4,242 fans in Halifax to retain the Canadian middleweight championship. Mr. Greaves had defeated Mr. Richardson with a 10-round technical knockout on July 28, 1962 to win the title, but Mr. Richardson had regained the belt on September 29, 1962 with an 8-round TKO of Mr. Greaves.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Killing Me Softly with His Song--Roberta Flack (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Der Junge mit der Mundharmonika--Bernd Clüver (4th week at #1)

30 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Nino Sanzogno, 72. Italian conductor and composer. Mr. Sanzogno conducted mainly in Venice and Milan. His compositions included symphonic poems and concertos written in the 1930s.

Defense
The People’s Republic of China performed a nuclear test at Lop Nor.

The United States House of Representatives approved a watered-down endorsement of a "mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions in nuclear weapons" by the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. The non-binding resolution carried 278-149, but only after the adoption of an amendment (by a vote of 221-203) that tied the freeze to negotiated arms reductions that must be achieved "within a reasonable, specified period of time." Another amendment called for the U.S. to continue to modernize its nuclear weapons until the freeze was actually in place.

Diplomacy
Lebanon gave its approval to the U.S.-mediated plan for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Maybe We're About to Fall in Love--Tommy Nilsson (2nd week at #1)

War
Two days after entering Lebanon in pursuit of Palestinian guerrillas, Israeli troops fought a battle with Shiite Muslim militiamen in which 40 Lebanese and 3 Israelis were killed. The Israelis, using tanks, helicopter gunships and heavy artillery, fought in alliance with a mostly "Christian" mercenary force.

Terrorism
Three French hostages were freed in Lebanon.

Defense
The U.S.S.R. performed a nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk.

Society
Nearly 1.4 million illegal aliens met the deadline for applying for amnesty under a U.S.. Immigration and Naturalization Service policy. Those who claimed residence in the United States since January 1, 1982 could, if their claims could be proven, receive legal status and eventual citizenship. More than 100,000 rushed to apply on the last day. The INS estimated that more than half of the applications had come from California, and that about 71% nationwide had entered the country from Mexico.

Disasters
2 people were killed, 372 injured, and $100 million dollars of damage resulted when tons of space shuttle fuel detonate during a fire at the Pacific Engineering Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) plant in Henderson, Nevada.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference
Finals
New Jersey 3 @ Boston 2 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Doug Brown scored at 17:46 of the 1st overtime period to give the Devils their win over the Bruins at Boston Garden.

Basketball
NBA
Playoffs
Eastern Conference
First Round
Atlanta 115 @ Milwaukee 123 (Atlanta led best-of-five series 2-1)
Boston 100 @ New York 109 (Boston led best-of-five series 2-1)
Detroit 103 @ Washington 106 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

Western Conference
First Round
Portland 108 @ Utah 113 (Utah led best-of-seven series 2-1)

20 years ago
1993

Diplomacy
The United Nations took over leadership of the Somalia relief operation, as Lieutenant General Robert Johnston of the U.S. Marines ended U.S. leadership. The UN force, led by Turkish Lt. Gen. Cevik Bur, was expected to number 28,000 troops.

Health
U.S. President Bill Clinton bowed to Congressional opposition to his proposal for buying up and distributing all childhood vaccines in the United States.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference
Division Finals
Buffalo 3 @ Montreal 4 (OT) (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)
New York Islanders 0 @ Pittsburgh 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Guy Carbonneau scored at 2:50 of the 1st overtime period to give the Canadiens their win over the Sabres at the Montreal Forum. Vincent Damphousse scored 2 goals for Montreal.

Basketball
NBA
Playoffs
Eastern Conference
First Round
Chicago 98 @ Atlanta 88 (Chicago won best-of-five series 3-0)
New York 93 @ Indiana 116 (New York led best-of-five series 2-1)

Western Conference
First Round
Phoenix 107 @ Los Angeles Lakers 102 (Los Angeles led best-of-five series 2-1)
Seattle 80 @ Utah 90 (Utah led best-of-five series 2-1)