June 30, 2013

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Walter Ulbricht. German politician. Mr. Ulbricht was a Social Democrat before joining the Communist Party in the early 1920s. He was First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971), effectively the head of the Communist government of East Germany. He was also Chairman of the State Council (head of state) (1960-1973). Mr. Ulbricht was a loyal Marxist-Leninist and Stalinist, and was in power when the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. He was removed from power in 1971, but remained as head of state until his death on August 1, 1973 at the age of 80.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Alfonso López Michelsen. 32nd President of Colombia, 1974-1978. Mr. López, the son of former Colombian President Alfonso López Pumarejo, was the leader of the Liberal Party. He died on July 11, 2007 at the age of 94.

Harry Wismer. U.S. sportscaster and sports executive. Mr. Wismer was the radio voice of the National Football League's Detroit Lions in the late 1930s and Washington Redskins in the early 1940s, and was a sportscaster with the National Broadcasting Company "Blue" network, which became the American Broadcasting Company in 1943. Mr. Wismer had been a part-owner of the Lions and Redskins during his years as their broadcaster, and he was one of the charter owners in the American Football League in 1959, with the New York Titans. The Titans were a financial failure, and Mr. Wismer sold the team to Sonny Werblin in 1963, who renamed them the Jets. Mr. Wismer died in New York City on December 3, 1967 at the age of 54, the day after suffering a fractured skull from a fall down a flight of stairs at a restaurant, reportedly while drunk.

75 years ago
1938

Baseball
Hank Leiber batted 4 for 6 with a home run, 2 doubles, and 5 runs batted in, and Sam Leslie was 5 for 6 with 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 2 RBIs as the New York Giants routed the Philadelphia Phillies 14-1 before 1,500 fans in the last major league game ever played at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, which had been the Phillies' home since 1895. The Phillies subsequently shared Shibe Park with the Athletics.

Van Mungo pitched a 1-hitter and had a hit of his own to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 5-0 win over the Boston Bees before 2,581 fans at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Rabbit Warstler doubled to lead off the 5th inning for the only Boston hit.

Cy Blanton pitched a 3-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 before 3,685 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

The Boston Red Sox scored 4 runs in the 5th inning and 5 in the 6th as they routed the Washington Nationals 11-1 before 4,400 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Jim Bagby pitched a 6-hit complete game victory.

Joe DiMaggio, the fourth New York Yankee batter in the game, hit a 3-run home run to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead before a batter had been retired in the bottom of the 1st inning, and the Yankees coasted to a 7-1 win over the Philadelphia Athletics before 4,663 fans at Yankee Stadium. Red Ruffing pitched a 4-hit complete game victory.

Al Pytlak tripled with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Johnny Allen singled him home to give the Cleveland Indians a 10-9 win over the Detroit Tigers at League Park in Cleveland. Mr. Allen relieved starting pitcher Bob Feller and was credited with the win despite allowing 2 earned runs in 2 innings, improving his 1938 record to 11-1.

The Chicago White Sox scored 5 runs in the 4th inning of an 11-1 rout of the St. Louis Browns before 888 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Jack Knott pitched a 4-hit complete game victory.

70 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): White Christmas--Bing Crosby (1st month at #1)

War
Soviet troops repulsed German attacks on the Leningrad, Smolensk, and Kursk fronts and captured a German position on the Velikie Luki front. U.S. Flying Fortresses bombed Palermo and the Bocca di Falco airfield in Sicily while other Allied planes attacked airfields at Sciacca, Borizzo, and Milo. At dawn, U.S. forces landed on Rendova Island in the central Solomons, 195 miles north of Guadalcanal. U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, 11 miles southwest of Salamaua, New Guinea, under an umbrella of fighter planes.

Defense
The New York area had its first test of barrage balloons "somewhere on Long Island" when 34 were sent aloft over an industrial area.

Economics and finance
Both houses of the United States Congress adopted the conference report banning subsidies to hole down retail food prices, ordering the meat and butter price rollback ended by August 1, and extending the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Favourable war news sent New York Stock Exchange prices to their highest levels in three years.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Fury of Señorita Gomez, starring Nina Foch and Harold Gordon

Popular culture
The first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.

50 years ago
1963

Crime
A car bomb intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco killed seven police officers and military personnel in Ciaculli, Sicily who had gone to defuse the bomb after an anonymous telephone call.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): We were All Wounded at Wounded Knee--Redbone (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Skweeze Me Pleeze Me--Slade

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (5th week at #1)
2 The Twelfth of Never--Donny Osmond
3 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
4 Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan
5 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)--Deodato
6 Daniel--Elton John
7 Part of the Union--The Strawbs
8 The Morning After--Maureen McGovern
9 Heaven is My Woman's Love--Col Joye
10 Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend--Lobo

There were no new singles entering the chart.

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Give Me Love--(Give Me Peace on Earth)--George Harrison

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Give Me Love--(Give Me Peace on Earth)--George Harrison
2 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
3 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
4 Will it Go Round in Circles--Billy Preston
5 Kodachrome--Paul Simon
6 Shambala--Three Dog Night
7 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
8 One of a Kind (Love Affair)--The Spinners
9 Natural High--Bloodstone
10 Long Train Runnin'--The Doobie Brothers

Singles entering the chart were Here I Am (Come and Take Me) by Al Green (#82); Live and Let Die by Wings (#83); Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (#84); Clouds by David Gates (#87); Angel by Aretha Franklin (#89); You were Always There by Donna Fargo (#95); You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart by the Detroit Emeralds (#96); Where There's Smoke There's Fire by the Grass Roots (#97); Lord, Mr. Ford by Jerry Reed (#98); Darling Come Back Home by Eddie Kendricks (#99); and Sweet Charlie Babe by Jackie Moore (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes (2nd week at #1)
2 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
3 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
4 Frankenstein--The Edgar Winter Group
5 Kodachrome--Paul Simon
6 The Farmer's Song--Murray McLauchlan
7 Right Place Wrong Time--Dr. John
8 Long Train Running--The Doobie Brothers
9 I'm a Stranger Here--Five Man Electrical Band
10 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk

Singles entering the chart were Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy (#70); He Did with Me by Vicki Lawrence (#74); Living Without You by Greencheese Goodtime Band (#77); Gypsy Davy by Arlo Guthrie (#80); Consider it Done by the Limeliters (#82); Maybe Baby by Gallery (#86); Master of Pantomime by Lorence Hud (#90); Gimme Your Money Please by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#92); Jimmy Loves Mary Anne by Looking Glass (#93); Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin (#94); Sitting on a Poor Man's Throne by Copper Penny (#95); Live and Let Die by Wings (#96); Everyone's Agreed that Everything Will Turn Out Fine by Stealers Wheel (#97); The Hurt by Cat Stevens (#98); Tequila Sunrise by the Eagles (#99); and Clouds by David Gates (#100). Gimme Your Money Please was Bachman-Turner Overdrive's first hit. Live and Let Die was the title song of the movie.

Calgary’s Top 10
1 Kodachrome--Paul Simon
2 Daniel--Elton John
3 Shambala--Three Dog Night
4 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
5 I'm a Stranger Here--Five Man Electrical Band
6 I'm Doin' Fine Now--New York City
7 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
8 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy--Bette Midler
9 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
10 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
Pick hit of the week: Soul Makossa--Manu Dibango

Married on this date
Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament and future Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark and Maureen McTeer, a researcher in the Progressive Conservative Party office in Ottawa, were married in the national capital.

World events
The day after using the armed forces to suppress a revolt in Santiago and declaring a state of emergency, Chilean President Salvador Allende Gossens called on the opposition-controlled Congress to grant a "state of siege" that would broaden his authority to suspend civil rights.

Protest
As a nationwide strike continued in protest against Uruguayan President Juan Maria Bordaberry's June 27 abolition of Congress, the government used armed troops to attempt to break up the strike, and ordered the National Workers Confederation disbanded and its leader arrested.

30 years ago
1983

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Lucia Rios!

World events
Timekeepers throughout the world added a leap second to the last minute of June in order to keep atomic time in tune with solar time.

Television
The Toronto-based C-Channel pay TV arts network, one of three such networks that had begun broadcasting on February 1, 1983, went off the air.

Oil
The governments of Canada and Alberta agreed to set the price of Canadian oil at $29.75 per barrel, or 75% of world price; producers would get world price for oil discovered from 1974-80.

Crime
The Simpsons-Sears retailing chain was fined $1 million for misleading advertising, the largest such fine in Canadian history.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Saskatchewan (2-2) 26 @ British Columbia (4-0) 37

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gimme Hope Jo’anna--Eddy Grant (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Afrikka, sarvikuonojen maa--Eppu Normaali (3rd week at #1)

Politics and government
One speaker at the 19th All-Union Conference of the Soviet Communist Party in Moscow called for a purge of President Andrei Gromyko and other members of the "old guard." Others complained about systemic shortcomings, including bureaucratic interference in the economy.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the U.S.A. was still the world's largest debtor nation at the end of 1987. The net debt burden stood at $269.24 billion, an increase of 37% in a year.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (0-1) 12 @ Toronto (1-0) 16

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You--UB40

At the movies
The Firm, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise, opened in theatres.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (1-1) 27 @ British Columbia (0-2) 20

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Buddy Hackett, 78. U.S. comedian and actor. Mr. Hackett, born Leonard Hacker, first attracted public notice in 1953 with a character of his creation called "The Original Chinese Waiter." He was a frequent guest on television talk shows and game shows for several decades.

World events
Israeli forces pulled out of most of the Gaza Strip, ending a blockade of the key highway that had been in place since 2000.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (0-2) 8 @ Toronto (1-1) 49

June 29, 2013

400 years ago
1613

Theatre
London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII.

125 years ago
1888

Music
George Edward Gouraud recorded G.F. Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.

1903

Born on this date
Max Winter. Czech-born U.S. sports executive. Mr. Winter moved with his family to Minneapolis in 1922, and became a successful restaurateur. He became a part owner of the Minneapolis Lakers in 1947, and was one of the founding owners of the Minnesota Vikings, who joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1961 after initially being approved as a charter franchise in the American Football League. Mr. Winter was team president from 1965-1987, but sold his share of the team in 1985, to the chagrin of his partners. He died on July 29, 1996, 27 days after his 93rd birthday.

80 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, 46. U.S. movie actor and director. Mr. Arbuckle was one of the most popular stars of the 1910s, but his career was ruined when bit-part actress Virginia Rappe died shortly after taking ill at a party attended by Mr. Arbuckle. He was charged with manslaughter; two trials resulted in hung juries and the third trial produced an acquittal after just six minutes of deliberation and an apology from the jury for the injustice Mr. Arbuckle had endured. Despite the legal exoneration, Mr. Arbuckle was "crucified for the sins of Hollywood," and the only work he could get for the next decade was as a direcor under the pseudonym William Goodrich. Mr. Arbuckle finally resumed acting in short films under his own name in 1933, but he died of a heart attack in his sleep just hours after signing a contract with Warner Brothers to make a feature-length film.

Boxing
Primo Carnera (75-6) knocked out Jack Sharkey (35-9-2) at 2:27 of the 6th round to win the world heavyweight title before 40,000 fans at Madison Square Garden Bowl in Long Island City, New York.



50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Tamoure--Bill Justis (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: L'école est Finie--Sheila (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Cuore--Rita Pavone (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova--Manuela (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (3rd week at #1)
2 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
3 Blue on Blue--Bobby Vinton
4 Hello Stranger--Barbara Lewis
5 Easier Said than Done--The Essex
6 So Much in Love--The Tymes
7 One Fine Day--The Chiffons
8 You Can't Sit Down--The Dovells
9 Surf City--Jan & Dean
10 Memphis--Lonnie Mack

Singles entering the chart were Be Careful of Stones that You Throw by Dion (#74); Green, Green by the New Christy Minstrels (#78); Rock Me in the Cradle of Love by Dee Dee Sharp (#79); I (Who Have Nothing) by Ben E. King (#84); I Can't Stop Loving You by Count Basie and his Orchestra (#91); My Block by the Four Pennies (#93); I Will Love You by Richard Chamberlain (#94); Cottonfields by Ace Cannon (#97); Gypsy Woman by Rick Nelson (#98); When a Boy Falls in Love by Mel Carter (#100); and A Letter from Betty by Bobby Vee (also #100). Gypsy Woman was the B-side of String Along, which charted at #17. A Letter from Betty was the B-side of Be True to Yourself, which charted at #54.

U.S.A. Top 10 (The Music Reporter)
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto
2 Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer--Nat King Cole
3 Hello Stranger--Barbara Lewis
4 Blue on Blue--Bobby Vinton
5 18 Yellow Roses--Bobby Darin
6 If My Pillow Could Talk--Connie Francis
7 One Fine Day--The Chiffons
8 The Good Life--Tony Bennett
9 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
10 Every Step of the Way--Johnny Mathis

Singles entering the chart were Fingertips by Little Stevie Wonder (#54); Graduation Day by Bobby Pickett (#70); I Will Love You by Richard Chamberlain (#73); Hello Jim by Paul Anka (#80); More, with versions by Kai Winding & Orchestra; and Katyna Ranieri (#82); Cottonfields by Ace Cannon (#84); I (Who Have Nothing) by Ben E. King (#87); Be True to Yourself by Bobby Vee (#88); Tender Years by Brook Benton (#89); Pop the Whip by Miles Stone (#92); Congratulations by Ivory Joe Hunter (#93); When a Boy Falls in Love by Mel Carter (#94); Someone to Take Your Place by Joe Tex (#97); Where Can You Go for a Broken Heart by George Maharis (#98); Did You Ever by Jean & Jerry (#99); and Jack the Ripper by Link Wray and his Ray Men (#100). More was originally from the movie Mondo Cane (1962).

Calgary's Top 10
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (2nd week at #1)
2 Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley
3 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
4 Poor Little Rich Girl--Steve Lawrence
5 Easier Said than Done--The Essex
6 Happy Cowboy--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra
7 I Will Follow Him--Little Peggy March
8 Don't Make My Baby Blue--Frankie Laine
9 Two Faces Have I--Lou Christie
10 Tamoure--Bill Justis
Pick hit of the week: Memphis--Lonnie Mack

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan (8th week at #1)

World events
Armed forces loyal to Chilean President Salvador Allende Gossens put down a three-hour revolt in Santiago by 150 members of the 900-man 2nd Armored Regiment. At least 7 people were killed and 32 wounded, most of them civilians. The attempted coup followed weeks of strikes, scattered violence, and claims that the government was threatened by "Fascist plots." Mr. Allende immediately declared a state of emergency.

War
U.S. President Richard Nixon assured Congress that U.S. military activity in Cambodia would cease by August 15 and that he would seek Congressional approval for future military activity.

Energy
U.S. President Richard Nixon appointed Colorado Governor John Love to direct a new energy office from the White House. Mr. Nixon said, "unless we act swiftly and effectively, we could face a genuine energy crisis in the foreseeable future." His energy plan included a volutary conservation drive in which the government would set the example; expanded research into new energy sources; and government reorganization to give high priority to energy matters.

Economics and finance
In its second revaluation of the year, West Germany raised the official value of the mark 5.5% against a composite of seven European currencies linked with it in a joint float. The move, intended to save European monetary unity and stem new turbulence in foreign exchange markets, spurred a new surge in selling of U.S. dollars, whose value fell to a new low in Frankfurt.

30 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Joe Delaney, 24. U.S. football player. Mr. Delaney was a running back with the Kansas City Chiefs who rushed for 1,121 yards in his rookie season of 1981. He died in his home town of Monroe, Louisiana while attempting to save three boys who were drowning.

Edmontonia
Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales began a visit to Edmonton. About 50,000 people crowded into Sir Winston Churchill Square for the royal couple's downtown walkabout. This blogger was able to get to the front of the crowd to shake hands with Prince Charles and take a close-up photo of Diana.

World events
Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt suspended civil liberties, a day after a former junta member had declared his intention to overthrow the government.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court decided 5-4 to uphold a Minnesota law granting tuition tax credits to parents of students in private and parochial schools, ruling that the law did not violate the constitutional ban on government establishment of religion.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (2-2) 40 @ Ottawa (1-3) 47
Edmonton (1-3) 31 @ Calgary (3-1) 32

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Only One Woman--Alien (6th week at #1)

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the index of leading economic indicators had declined 0.1% in May.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (1-0) 30 @ Ottawa (0-1) 25

20 years ago
1993

Television
The U.S.A.'s four major commercial networks agreed to post warnings on violent content in programs in a move to avert a federally-imposed ratings system.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (2-0) 39 @ Toronto (0-2) 25 (OT)

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Katharine Hepburn, 96. U.S. actress. One of the most famous actresses in history, Miss Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Morning Glory (1933); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); The Lion in Winter (1968); and On Golden Pond (1981).

War
In an attempt to end a series of deadly attacks on U.S. and U.K. troops, American troops carried out about 20 raids in the Tigris River valley in Iraq.

Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced a cease-fire on Israeli targets for three months. The group al-Fatah announced a six-month truce.

June 28, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, James Remnant!

400 years ago
1613

War
Captain Samuel Argall came up the coast from Boston to attack the French settlements at Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

200 years ago
1813

Died on this date
Gerhard von Scharnhorst, 57. Prussian general. General Scharnhorst was known for his leadership in the Napoleonic Wars. He died of the results of a foot wound received in battle on May 2, 1813.

175 years ago
1838

Britannica
Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.

Politics and government
Canadian Governor General Lord Durham banished eight Patriote leaders to Bermuda without trial, including Dr. Wolfred Nelson. He proclaimed an amnesty for 107 jailed rebels (released on bail of $5,000-20,000), but not for the 16 Patriotes still in the United States (including George-Etienne Cartier), and the ten accused of the murder of George Weir.

100 years ago
1913

Died on this date
Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, 72. 4th President of Brazil, 1898-1902. Mr. Ferraz de Campos Sales succeeded Prudente José de Morais Barros as President, and was succeeded in turn by Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves.

70 years ago
1943

War
Paris radio claimed that 96 German divisions--about 1.7 million troops--were ready to meet an invasion of the continent. Japanese troops in China moved from Nanking, Hankow, and Siyang to the central Yangtze front.

Defense
Sperry Corporation announced that its new automatic computing sight, which could aim and fire 50-calibre machine guns automatically, had been installed on U.S. Flying Fortresses.

Crime
Three Brazilians and 10 people now in Germany were sentenced in Rio de Janeiro to 20-30-year prison terms for giving shipping information to the German government before Brazil's entry into World War II.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Judge Marvin Jones to replace Chester Davis as war food administrator.

Horse racing
Calumet Stables retired Whirlaway, the five-year-old who had won 32 races, including the 1941 Triple Crown, and a record $561,161.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Welcome to My World--Jim Reeves (3rd week at #1)

Space
The United States launched Research Satellite for Geophysics.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Rubber Bullets--10 C.C.

Died on this date
Mohamed Boudia, 41. Algerian terrorist. Mr. Boudia, who had participated in the Algerian War before fleeing to Paris in 1965, was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He was assassinated by an Israeli hit squad as part of Operation Wrath of God in reprisal for his role in the massacre of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team at the Summer Olympic games in Munich in September 1972.

Politics and government
The first elections were held for the Northern Ireland Assembly. Parties supporting the British White Paper's proposal for power-sharing between Protestants and Roman Catholics won a majority of seats in the 78-member body.

The New Democratic Party government of Premier Ed Schreyer retained power in the Manitoba provincial election, winning a five-seat majority.

30 years ago
1983

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to strike down a life sentence imposed in South Dakota against a repeat offender who had passed a bad cheque for $100.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that interstate natural gas pipeline companies could charge the same rates for their gas as those charged by independent producers.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the U.S. trade deficit had risen to $6.91 billion in May, the highest monthly figure ever. President Ronald Reagan said that his administration was raising its forecast of economic growth for the final quarter of 1983 from 4.7%-5.5%.

Disasters
Three people were killed in the partial collapse of Connecticut's busy I-95 Mianus River Bridge.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Toronto (3-1) 25 @ Montreal (2-2) 24

25 years ago
1988

Politics and government
In a keynote address on the opening day of the 19th All-Union Conference of the Soviet Communist Party--and the first such conference since 1941--Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev proposed to create a central government headed by a strong president who would be chosen by a 2,250-member Congress of People's Deputies, representative of the Soviet people. He called for a limit of two five-year terms for party leaders; multi-candidate elections; a commission to combat corruption; a review of the Soviet constitution; more authority for local legislatures over local matters; and a ban on interference in the management of economic affairs by party organizations. Mr. Gorbachev supported freedom of conscience in religion, and he condemned the "cult of personality" under Josef Stalin and the "period of stagnation" under Leonid Brezhnev. He also warned that the government's budget deficit was growing.

The legislatures of British Columbia and Ontario ratified the Meech Lake constitutional accord.

Crime
U.S. attorney Rudolph Giuliani filed a suit in New York under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law on behalf of the U.S. Justice Department, asking a federal court to remove the leaders of the Teamsters Union and appoint a trustee to run it. Mr. Giuliani said that his goal was "to take back the Teamsters from the Mafia," and said that organized crime had deprived union members of their rights through 20 murders as well as through shootings, bombings, beatings, extortion, and theft. Mr. Giuliani noted that four of the last five teamsters presidents had been indicted while in office and three had been imprisoned.

Law
The Canadian Parliament passed a law banning tobacco advertising, with some exceptions.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (1-0) 39 @ British Columbia (0-1) 27

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Mr. Vain--Culture Beat (2nd week at #1)

War
The United States launched missiles against an Iraqi intelligence centre in Baghdad in reprisal for an attempt to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait in April.

10 years ago
2003

Football
CFL
British Columbia (0-2) 30 @ Saskatchewan (2-0) 32

June 27, 2013

270 years ago
1743

War
In Bavaria, King George II became the last British monarch to personally lead troops into battle, in the Battle of Dettingen in the War of the Austrian Succession.

175 years ago
1838

Born on this date
Paul Mauser. German weapon designer. Mr. Mauser and his brother Wilhelm were among the world's most successful designers of rifles, beginning with the Mauser Model 1871. Paul Mauser died on May 29, 1914 at the age of 75.

120 years ago
1893

Economics and finance
The New York Stock Exchange crashed, beginning the Panic of 1893; 600 banks and 74 railroads were defunct by year's end.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Elton Britt. U.S. musician. Mr. Britt, born James Elton Baker, was a country music singer and songwriter whose main period of popularity was 1945-1950. He died on June 22, 1972, five days before his 59th birthday.

Willie Mosconi. U.S. billiards player. Mr. Mosconi won the World Straight Pool Championship 15 times in the 17 years from 1941-1957. His world record run of 526 straight balls, set in Springfield Ohio on March 19-20, 1954, may never be equalled. Mr. Mosconi died on September 17, 1993 at the age of 80.

90 years ago
1923

Aviation
Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first ever aerial refuelling in a DH-4B biplane.

70 years ago
1943

War
U.S.S.R. Red Army troops repelled repeated German counterattacks on the Orel front and made advances, taking 50 more villages.

Education
A report to the National Education Association stated that two million American children aged 14-18 had left school for work.

Track and field
AAU Championships @ Elizabeth, New Jersey
Bill Watson won the decathlon with 5,994 points.

Baseball
A special Hall of Fame room was set up at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to house the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame, which had been founded by the Helms Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles in 1942.

60 years ago
1953

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Till I Waltz Again with You--Teresa Brewer (5th week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (Best seller--7th week at #1; Disc Jockey--7th week at #1; Jukebox--6th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (8th week at #1)
--[Mantovani and his Orchestra]
2 April in Portugal--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--[Ralph Marterie and his "Down Beat" Orchestra]
--[Vic Damone]
3 I'm Walking Behind You--Eddie Fisher
4 Ruby--Richard Hayman and his Orchestra
--[Les Baxter and his Orchestra]
5 Terry's Theme from "Limelight"--Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra
6 Say You're Mine Again--Perry Como
7 I Believe--Frankie Laine
8 Anna--Silvana Mangano
9 No Other Love--Perry Como
10 Allez-Vous-En--Kay Starr

Singles entering the chart were Love Me, Love Me by Bobby Wayne (#25); Gambler's Guitar by Jim Lowe (#36); She Loves Me by Don Cornell (#40); and Frenesi by Eydie Gorme (#44).

Literature
The June 27 issue of Collier's magazine contained the short story The Adventure of Foulkes Rath by Adrian Conan Doyle, the seventh in a series known as The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): I Like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited his ancestral homeland in County Wexford, Ireland.

40 years ago
1973

World events
Uruguayan President Juan María Bordaberry ended 40 years of constitutional rule and abolished the Congress, saying it would be replaced by a Council of State which would oversee the president's duties and do the work of Congress. Military officials said the move had been necessitated by Congress's efforts to block the armed forces' campaign to end left-wing subversion. The Communist-controlled National Workers' Confederation called for a general strike and ordered the occupation of factories.

Politics and government
The United States Senate voted 96-0 in favour of President Richard Nixon's nominee, Clarence Kelley, as new permanent director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Kelley, a former police chief of Kansas City, Missouri, had been with the FBI for 21 years.

Law
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court in Philadelphia overturned 6 of 7 convictions of Rev. Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister for smuggling letters into and out of a federal prison. Six of the 1972 convictions were overturned because the letters were carried by a Lewisburg Prison inmate who was a government informer.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
CFL All-Stars 22 @ Hamilton (0-1) 11

Jim Young of the British Columbia Lions and Peter Dalla Riva of the Montreal Alouettes scored touchdowns as the All-Stars beat the defending Grey Cup champion Tiger-Cats before 24,765 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Mr. Dalla Riva was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Tony Gabriel scored the lone Hamilton touchdown.

Baseball
18-year-old David Clyde, the first player selected in the recent amateur draft, made his major league debut on the mound for the Texas Rangers, before almost 36,000 fans at Arlington Stadium in the franchise's first home sellout since moving from Washington prior to the 1972 season. Mr. Clyde walked 7 batters and threw 112 pitches, but left after 5 innings with a 4-2 lead over the Minnesota Twins, and Bill Gogolewski preserved a 4-3 win for Mr. Clyde and the Rangers. Jim Kaat took the loss for the Twins.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler (5th week at #1)

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): What a Wonderful World--Louis Armstrong (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
In Ottawa, Canadian External Affairs Minister Joe Clark met Soviet ambassador Alexei Rodionov to ease confrontation over the recent expulsion of 9 Soviet diplomats accused of spying, and barring 10 from returning to Canada. Mr. Clark called for a freeze on additional expulsions.

Disasters
At Gare de Lyon in Paris, a train collided with a stationary train, killing 56 people.

Boxing
Mike Tyson (35-0) knocked out Michael Spinks (31-1) at 1:31 of the 1st round of their bout for the unified (World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council, International Boxing Federation) world heavyweight title at Convention Hall in Atlantic City. The knockout was the fourth quickest in heavyweight championship history. It was the last fight for Mr. Spinks.



20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What is Love?--Haddaway (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: What is Love?--Haddaway (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): What is Love?--Haddaway

10 years ago
2003

World events
Israeli troops began leaving parts of the Gaza Strip as part of a pullout agreement. Palestinians were to assume a security role there and work to intercept attacks by Islamic terrorists. These were the first coordinated steps in the "road map" peace process.

Communications
The U.S. do-not-call registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolled almost 750,000 phone numbers on its first day.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (2-0) 34 @ Ottawa (1-1) 32

June 26, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Olga!

1,650 years ago
363

Died on this date
Julian, 31 or 32. Roman Emperor, 361-363. Julian the Apostate, who acquired his nickname from his desire to repudiate Christianity and return Rome to its pagan roots, succeeded Constantius II as emperor. Julian died as a result of being mortally wounded in battle against the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian was proclaimed his successor by troops on the battlefield.

770 years ago
1243

War
Mongols defeated the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.

290 years ago
1723

War
After a siege and bombardment by cannon, the Azerbaijanian city of Baku surrendered to the Russians.

170 years ago
1843

Britannica
The Treaty of Nanking went into effect, as Hong Kong Island was ceded to the United Kingdom "in perpetuity."

75 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Daria Pratt, 79. U.S. golfer. Miss Pratt won a bronze medal in the women's golf event at the 1900 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. She married Prince Alexis Karageorgevich, a claimant to the throne of Serbia, in 1913.

James Weldon Johnson, 67. U.S. writer and civil rights activist. Mr. Johnson was a major figure in the "Harlem Renaissance"-- a novelist, poet, songwriter, lawyer, and diplomat. He was involved with the National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People from 1916 through the 1930s.

70 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Taking a Chance on Love--Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with Helen Forrest (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Karl Landsteiner, 75. Austro-Hungarian born U.S. biologist and physician. Dr. Landsteiner won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1930 "for his discovery of human blood groups." He also helped to discover the polio virus.

War
Three squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force bomber wing began operating from Tunisia. U.K. Royal Air Force bombers attacked the Ruhr coal and steel centres of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.

Politics and government
King Peter II announced in London that Miles Trifunovich would head the new cabinet of the Yugoslavian government-in-exile.

Labour
About 210,000 coal miners, most of them in Pennsylvania, remained on strike.

Tennis
NCAA championship
Francisco "Pancho" Segura of the University of Miami defeated Tom Brown, Jr. of the University of California in the men's singles final.

60 years ago
1953

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I'm Walking Behind You--Eddie Fisher

World events
Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD (the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs), was arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.

50 years ago
1963

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Beth Stover!

Music
Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas were at Abbey Road studios in London to record the songs Bad to Me and I Call Your Name, both written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Diplomacy
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech to an audience of 120,000 in West Berlin.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye--Demis Roussos (3rd week at #1)

Disasters
At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 9 people were killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.

At least 9 died and 31 were missing when an Indian merchantman-passenger vessel capsized and sank off Cape Guardafui in the Indian Ocean.

At least 20 drowned when a Philippine inter-island passenger ship sank about 12 miles south of Cebu.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Juliet--Robin Gibb (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-4) 10 @ Saskatchewan (2-1) 33

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Blue Monday ‘88--New Order

#1 single in Switzerland: Im Nin'Alu--Ofra Haza

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Informer--Snow (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: What is Love?--Haddaway (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Five Live (EP)--George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Ain't Nothing to It--Def Dames Dope

#1 single in France (SNEP): Your Latest Trick--Dire Straits (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Dreams--Gabrielle

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (6th week at #1)
2 Have I Told You Lately--Rod Stewart
3 Weak--SWV
4 Knockin' Da Boots--H-Town
5 Come Undone--Duran Duran
6 Freak Me--Silk
7 Show Me Love--Robin S
8 Bad Boys--Inner Circle
9 Dre Day--Dr. Dre
10 I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)--Exposé

Singles entering the chart were Run to You by Whitney Houston (#44); One Last Cry by Brian McKnight (#46); Girl U for Me by Silk (#77); Plush by Stone Temple Pilots (#81); Almost Unreal by Roxette (#88); and Dur Dur d'être Bébé! by Jordy (#92).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (4th week at #1)
2 Come Undone--Duran Duran
3 Have I Told You Lately--Rod Stewart
4 Fields of Gold--Sting
5 I Don't Wanna Fight--Tina Turner
6 In These Arms--Bon Jovi
7 Hero--David Crosby and Phil Collins
8 Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)--Chris Isaak
9 Love Don't Live Here Anymore--Sven Gali
10 Regret--New Order

Singles entering the chart were Runaway Train by Soul Asylum (#55); Eat the Rich by Aerosmith (#65); The Return of Pan by the Waterboys (#78); Calling My Personal Angel by Paul Janz (#81); You've Got to Know by the Boomers (#85); Sonny Say You Will by Alannah Myles (#86); Dark is the Night by A-Ha (#89); and Special Kind of Love by Dina Carroll (#92).

Died on this date
Roy Campanella, 71. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Campanella was a catcher who played in the Negro National League from 1937-1945 and in the Mexican League in 1942-1943. Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946, he played for the Dodgers from 1948-1957, batting .276 with 242 home runs and 856 runs batted in in 1,215 games. Mr. Campanella was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1951, 1953, and 1955. The Dodgers won 5 NL pennants during the time that Mr. Campanella was with them, and won the World Series in 1955. Mr. Campanella was paralyzed from the shoulders down in a car accident in January 1958, but he remained with the Dodgers (who moved to Los Angeles in 1958) in several capacities. Mr. Campanella was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 and the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

Football
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame added builder Sam Berger and players Peter Dalla Riva, Herman Harrison, and Whit Tucker.

CFL
Pre-season
British Columbia (0-1) 20 @ Sacramento (2-0) 39

The Gold Miners' win over the Lions at Hornet Field was the first Canadian Football League game ever played in Sacramento.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Strom Thurmond, 100. U.S. politician. Mr. Thurmond was Governor of South Carolina from 1947-1951 and then represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954-1956 and 1956-2003. Originally a Democrat, he switched to the Republican Party after 1964. Mr. Thurmond was the 1948 U.S. presidential candidate of the States Rights Democratic Party, popularly known as "Dixiecrats," a southern wing that had split with the national party over the issue of civil rights. Mr. Thurmond received 39 electoral votes. A longtime opponent of civil rights legislation, Mr. Thurmond fathered an illegitimate daughter at the age of 22 by his family's 16-year-old Negro maid, and paid for her education. This part of Mr. Thurmond's history wasn't revealed until six months after his death. Mr. Thurmond was the first active Senator to reach the age of 100.

Denis Thatcher, 88. U.K. industrialist. Sir Denis was a millionaire from his ownership of the family business, a paint company called Atlas Preservatives. He was best known as the husband of Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979-1990.

Marc-Vivien Foé, 28. Cameroonian football player. Mr. Foé was a midfielder who played professionally in both France and England. While playing for Cameroon's national team in the semi-final of the Confederations Cup in Lyon, France, Mr. Foé collapsed on the field, and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. His death was attributed to a hereditary heart condition.

Abominations
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Lawrence v. Texas to overturn a Texas state law that forbade sodomy between persons of the same sex, although not persons of oppostie sexes. The ruling had the effect of invalidating similar laws in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, and anti-sodomy laws applying to both same-sex and opposite-sex partners in nine other states. The ruling overturned the Supreme Court's 1986 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick that upheld a Georgia law against sodomy.

Terrorism
Saudi officials announced the arrest of Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi, aka Abu Bakr al-Azdi, suspected of overseeing bombings in Riyadh in May that had killed 34 people. Mr. Ghamdi was believed to be a senior figure in the al-Qaeda organization.

Football
CFL
Calgary (0-2) 24 @ Edmonton (1-1) 34

June 25, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Gail McGonigal!

1,760 years ago
253

Died on this date
Cornelius. Bishop of Rome, 251-253. Cornelius was exiled to Centumcellae, Italy in 252 as a result of anti-Christian persecution under Roman Emperor Trebonianus Gallus. Cornelius was reported to have died either as a result of the hardships of banishment, or from beheading.

225 years ago
1788

Americana
Virginia entered the Union as the 10th state.

160 years ago
1853

Exploration
John Rae left York Factory in what is now Manitoba to survey the west coast of Boothia Peninsula between Castor and Pollux River and Bellot Strait.

125 years ago
1888

Politics and government
The U.S. Republican National Convention concluded at the Auditorium Building in Chicago. U.S. Senator Benjamin Harrison (Indiana) was elected on the eighth ballot as the party's 1888 U.S. presidential candidate. Former U.S. Representative and Minister to France Levi P. Morton was elected on the first ballot as the vice presidential nominee.

90 years ago
1923

Politics and government
George Howard Ferguson led the Conservatives to power in the Ontario provincial election.

75 years ago
1938

Politics and government
Dr. Douglas Hyde was inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.

70 years ago
1943

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Wisteria Lodge

Died on this date
Arthur Goldstein, 56. German politician. Mr. Goldstein was a Social Democrat and then a Communist. He fled to Paris after the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, but was deported to the Auschwitz death camp on June 23, 1943, and was murdered in the gas chamber with 517 other Jews.

War
More than 100 U.S. Flying Fortresses, the largest formation of heavy bombers ever sent over a single target from North Africa, attacked Messina in eastern Sicily. Buenos Aires police closed volunteer organizations aiding the Allies.

Diplomacy
King George VI returned by plane to England, concluding a 14-day, 5,800-mile trip to Algiers, Oran, Tunis, Cap Bon, Tripoli, and Malta.

Defense
The French Committee of National Liberation established an eight-man commission to unify the Giraud-de Gaulle forces, and invalidated the acts of Vichy French courts against patriots.

Protest
Michigan Governor Harry Kelly said that his committee's investigation into the Detroit race riot indicated that there was no plot and that no grand jury investigation was necessary.

Religion
The Central Conference of American Rabbis, meeting in New York, adopted resolutions declaring that there was no essential incompatibility between Reform Judaism and Zionism, and urging an end to the fight over Zionism.

Labour
The United States Congress quickly overrode President Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto of the Connally-Smith anti-strike bill. Mr. Roosevelt said that he would not recognize the United Mine Workers of America policy committee's October 31, 1943 deadline for a wage agreement.

60 years ago
1953

Crime
A British jury sentenced John Reginald Christie to death for murdering his wife and then hiding her body under the floorboards of their Notting Hill home in London.

50 years ago
1963

Health
The Alberta government of Premier Ernest Manning began a voluntary medical care program.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: La maladie d'amour--Michel Sardou (4th week at #1)

Canadiana
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip began a 10-day visit to Canada.

Diplomacy
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev concluded his nine-day visit to the United States. A joint communique issued with U.S. President Richard Nixon called their talks a "further milestone," but also indicated that areas of difference, such as the Middle East, still remained, while disclosing that East-West talks on armed forces reductions in central Europe would begin on October 30.

Scandal
Former presidential counsel John Dean read a six-hour statement to the United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Activities which included allegations that President Richard Nixon had participated for the last eight months in the cover-up surrounding the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: L'Italiano--Toto Cutugno (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Stars on 45 Proudly Presents The Star Sisters--The Star Sisters

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Every Breath You Take--The Police (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Every Breath You Take--The Police (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (5th week at #1)
2 Let's Dance--David Bowie
3 Time (Clock of the Heart)--Culture Club
4 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
5 Beat It--Michael Jackson
6 Every Breath You Take--The Police
7 Always Something There to Remind Me--Naked Eyes
8 She Blinded Me with Science--Thomas Dolby
9 She's a Beauty--The Tubes
10 Affair of the Heart--Rick Springfield

Singles entering the chart were Rock 'N' Roll is King by Electric Light Orchestra (#64); Pieces of Ice by Diana Ross (#79); The Border by America (#80); Puttin' on the Ritz by Taco (#83); War Games by Crosby, Stills & Nash (#85); The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats (#86); It's Inevitable by Charlie (#87); Shy Boy by Bananarama (#89); Fade Away by Loz Netto (#90); and Johnny B. Goode by Peter Tosh (#96).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Electric Avenue--Eddy Grant
2 Every Breath You Take--The Police
3 Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara
4 Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco
5 Let's Dance--David Bowie
6 Time (Clock of the Heart)--Culture Club
7 Beat It--Michael Jackson
8 White Wedding--Billy Idol
9 Sign of the Times--Mens Room
10 Overkill--Men at Work

Singles entering the chart were Baby Jane by Rod Stewart (#39); We Two by Little River Band (#41); Girls Night Out by Toronto (#45); It's a Mistake by Men at Work (#46); and Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics (#49).

Died on this date
Alberto Ginastera, 67. Argentine composer. Mr. Ginastera was one of South America's most important composers. He wrote pieces for piano and organ, film scores, three operas, and two ballets.

Protest
As U.S. Vice-President George Bush visited West Germany, his motorcade was pelted with rocks thrown by protesters opposing the deployment of U.S. missiles in Europe. Up to 20,000 people demonstrated peacefully outside his hotel.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Gimme Five--Jovanotti (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Theme From S'Express--S'Express

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You--Glenn Medeiros (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): N'importe quoi--Florent Pagny (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): The Boys in Green--Republic of Ireland Soccer Squad (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I Owe You Nothing--Bros

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Foolish Beat--Debbie Gibson

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Foolish Beat--Debbie Gibson
2 Together Forever--Rick Astley
3 Dirty Diana--Michael Jackson
4 Make it Real--The Jets
5 One More Try--George Michael
6 The Valley Road--Bruce Hornsby and the Range
7 The Flame--Cheap Trick
8 Circle in the Sand--Belinda Carlisle
9 Alphabet St.--Prince
10 Mercedes Boy--Pebbles

Singles entering the chart were I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (#81); Boom! There She Was by Scritti Politti featuring Roger (#82); Here with Me by REO Speedwagon (#84); Joy by Teddy Pendergrass (#86); Knocked Out by Paula Abdul (#87); Please Don't Go Girl by New Kids on the Block (#88); and Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns 'N' Roses (#89). If I'm not mistaken, the last three new entries marked the first chart entries for all three artists.

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Together Forever--Rick Astley
2 Beds are Burning--Midnight Oil
3 One More Try--George Michael
4 Pink Cadillac--Natalie Cole
5 The Valley Road--Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6 Everything Your Heart Desires--Daryl Hall John Oates
7 Circle in the Sand--Belinda Carlisle
8 Dirty Diana--Michael Jackson
9 Foolish Beat--Debbie Gibson
10 Breakaway--Big Pig

Singles entering the chart were Sign Your Name by Terence Trent D'Arby (#72); Fast Car by Tracy Chapman (#77); Something to Live For by Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (#81); Time and Place by Andrew Cash (#87); Hands to Heaven by Breathe (#89); Go Ahead 'N' Love Me by the Jitters (#93); and Love Changes (Everything) by Climie Fisher (#96).

Died on this date
Jimmy Soul, 45. U.S. singer. Mr. Soul, born James McCleese, was known for his single If You Wanna Be Happy, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the last two weeks of May 1963. He died of a heart attack.

War
Iraq recaptured its Majnoon oil fields north of Basra from Iran.

Canadian Armand Roy was named by the United Nations to head a multinational peacekeeping force in Western Sahara ; 700 Canadian infantry were to monitor a cease-fire in Morocco.

20 years ago
1993

On television tonight
After 11 years, Late Night with David Letterman broadcast its last program on NBC, as Mr. Letterman was preparing to begin a similar show on CBS. Larry "Bud" Melman was among the guests.

Politics and government
Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn administered the oaths as Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada's 19th Prime Minister, with a 24-member cabinet. Canada's first female Prime Minister named Jean Charest, her chief rival in the recent contest for the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, as Deputy Prime Minister.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that employees alleging discrimination on the part of employers must prove that discrimination was the real reason for the employer's action.

Philip Murray was appointed Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; he served until September 1, 2000.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (1-1) 15 @ Hamilton (1-0) 19
Winnipeg (1-1) 40 @ Saskatchewan (0-2) 17
Calgary (2-0) 22 @ Edmonton (0-1) 8

The Eskimos' loss to the Stampeders at Commonwealth Stadium was the only appearance for John Cutler in an Edmonton uniform. Like his father Dave, whose Hall of Fame career as an Eskimo lasted from 1969-1984, John was a kicker who wore #26 and used a straight-on kicking style. Edmonton defensive back David Shelton, who had missed the entire 1992 season after breaking a leg in the second pre-season game, broke the same leg again, ending his career.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Lester Maddox, 87. U.S. politician. Mr. Maddox, a Democrat, was Governor of Georgia from 1967-1971 and Lieutenant-Governor of Georgia from 1971-1975. Elected as a promoter of racial segregation, he instituted some integrationist measures while in office.

World events
U.S. officials allowed thousands of refugees from the civil war in Liberia to enter the U.S. diplomatic compound in Monrovia, but shells from attacking rebel forces exploded in the compound, causing injuries.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board lowered the overnight loan rate between banks to 1.0%, its lowest rate since 1958.

June 24, 2013

200 years ago
1813

Born on this date
Henry Ward Beecher. U.S. clergyman. Mr. Beecher, a Congregationalist minister, was one of the most famous American clergymen of the 19th century. He was a prominent social reformer, supporting the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, temperance, and Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Mr. Beecher was very popular with women, and was often accused of having extramarital affairs. In 1875 he was tried on a civil charge of adultery, accused of having an affair with Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his. The trial ended in a hung jury. Mr. Beecher died on March 8, 1887 at the age of 73. Readers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories will remember that Dr. Watson kept an unframed portrait of Mr. Beecher.

War
In the War of 1812, a force of 440 British Iroquois attacked and harassed Colonel Charles Boerstler and 570 American soldiers as they moved through wooded country to attack the British outpost at Beaver Dams, Upper Canada. Lieutenant James FitzGibbon, the British commander, had already been already warned of their approach by the Iroquois and Laura Secord. To escape being massacred, Col. Boerstler surrendered with 462 men to Lt. FitzGibbon and his 50 British regulars. The Americans were forced back across the Niagara River in this Iroquois victory in defense of Canada.

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Roy Disney. U.S. motion picture executive. Mr. Disney was the older brother of motion picture producer Walt Disney, and the two co-founded Walt Disney Productions. While Walt was the creative genius of the company, Roy looked after the financial interests of the studio. Roy Disney retired shortly after the opening of Walt Disney World, and died on December 20, 1971 at the age of 78.

100 years ago
1913

Diplomacy
Greece and Serbia annulled their alliance with Bulgaria.

75 years ago
1938

Space
Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, landed near Chicora, Pennsylvania.

70 years ago
1943

Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams conducted the premiere performance of his Symphony No. 5 in a Promenade Concert at Royal Albert Hall in London.

War
Nearly 500 Allied planes bombed oil depots and airfields in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Defense
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel William Lovelace set an American record with a 40,200-foot parachute jump near Euphrata, Washington to test oxygen equipment.

Crime
An attempt by white U.S. Army military police to arrest Negro servicemen at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England, turned into a firefight, leaving one dead and seven injured.

Politics and government
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin's Labour Party government survived a non-confidence vote in Parliament.

Economics and finance
The U.S. State Department created an Office of Foreign Economic Cooperation, headed by Assistant Secretary Dean Acheson, to coordinate economic activities of civilian economic agencies in liberated areas.

Labour
U.S. Interior Secretary Harold Ickes warned that coal rationing may be necessary, as about 40% of 530,000 striking coal miners remained off the job.

Transportation
The British Columbia government of Premier John Hart allocated $6 million to build a road linking Prince George with the Alaska Highway.

60 years ago
1953

On the radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews
Tonight’s episode: Tour of Duty

50 years ago
1963

Politics and government
The United Kingdom granted Zanzibar internal self-government.

Edmontonia
Edmonton's city council approved a $1.9-million downtown civic centre and farmers' market.

Boxing
Leotis Martin (8-0) won a 6-round decision over Johnny Alford (15-9-3) in a heavyweight bout at Convention Hall in Philadelphia.

40 years ago
1973

Diplomacy
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed an agreement in Washington setting forth a "modest expansion" of air passenger service by Pan American Airlines and Aeroflot. Washington and Leningrad were to become points of entry and departure, and beginning in April 1974, both airlines would schedule three round-trip flights per week. In the first televised address of a Soviet leader to the American people, Mr. Brezhnev suggested the possibility of another summit before the end of the year.

Disasters
29 people were killed and at least 15 injured when a flash fire, attributed to arson, swept through a bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Beat It--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Juliet--Robin Gibb (4th week at #1)

At the movies
Twilight Zone: The Movie opened in theatres in North America.

Died on this date
Stephen Clark, 10. Canadian accident victim. Master Clark was playing with friends in the Edmonton area of Mill Woods when a late-afternoon thunderstorm hit so quickly and so hard that a manhole cover popped off, and he was sucked down the manhole and drowned.

Space
U.S. space shuttle mission STS-7 ended after six days when Challenger landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, rather than Cape Canaveral, Florida as planned, because of weather.

Diplomacy
U.S. Vice-President George Bush began a two-week trip to Europe.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favour of prohibiting the United States Postal Service from preventing the dissemination of unsolicited advertisements for contraception.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the administration of President Ronald Reagan had been "arbitrary and capricious" in seeking to repeal a regulation requiring passive restraints in new cars.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (0-3) 15 @ Toronto (2-1) 31

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Im Nin'Alu--Ofra Haza (2nd week at #1)

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): I Can't Help Falling in Love (With You)--UB40

Terrorism
With the assistance of an informer wearing a wire, U.S. federal agents seized eight alleged Muslim terrorists who were planning a campaign of bombings and political assassinations.

Politics and government
British Minister for Northern Ireland Michael Mates resigned from the Conservative cabinet of Prime Minister John Major because of his links with fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir.

Science
The United States House of Representatives voted to halt support for the $11-billion supercollider proton-smasher in Texas.

10 years ago
2003

Diplomacy
At a meeting at Camp David, Maryland, U.S. President George W. Bush offered Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a $3-billion package of military aid, but not the F-16 fighter planes that Mr. Musharraf specifically wanted.

Scandal
Canadian privacy commissioner George Radwanski resigned amid investigations by the federal Auditor General and a parliamentary committee into his food and travel spending. Mr. Radwanski and a female assistant spent $500,000 over two years for travel and meals, much of it enjoyed together.

June 23, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sherry Holden!

330 years ago
1683

Diplomacy
Pennsylvania Governor William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians.

300 years ago
1713

Canadiana
French residents of Acadia given one year to pledge allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia.

250 years ago
1763

Born on this date
Joséphine de Beauharnais. Empress Consort of the French, 1804-1814; Queen Consort of Italy, 1805-1814. Born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, Empress Josephine married Alexandre de Beauharnais, who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution. She was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1796-1810, when he divorced her because she was unable to provide him with children. Empress Josephine died of pneumonia on May 29, 1814 at the age of 50.

175 years ago
1838

War
In Pelham, Upper Canada, Niagara militia drove back James Morreau and the Hunter Patriots (Republican exiles and American sympathizers), ending the Short Hills Raid.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Lee Moran. U.S. actor, director and screenwriter. Mr. Moran appeared in 462 films, directed 109, and wrote for 92 from 1912-1935. He was was often paired with actor Eddie Lyons and the two made several comedic films together. Mr. Moran died on April 24, 1961 at the age of 72.

120 years ago
1893

Died on this date
William Fox, 80. Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1856; 1861-1862; 1869-1872; 1873. Sir William, an independent, was born in England and moved to New Zealand in the early 1840s. An independent, he was in and out of Parliament from 1855-1881. Sir William was known for his confiscation of Māori land rights (although he later took a different stand on the issue); his contributions to the education system (such as establishing the University of New Zealand); and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from Britain.

Theophilus Shepstone, 76. U.K.-born S.A. politician. Mr. Shepstone moved to Cape Colony with his family at the age of 3. He served as the leading British politician in Natal, and was primarily responsible for the annexation of Transvaal by the United Kingdom in 1877.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
William Rogers. U.S. politician. Mr. Rogers was U.S. Attorney General under President Dwight D. Eisenhower(1957-1961) and Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon (1969-1973). He died on January 2, 2001 at the age of 87.

War
Greek forces defeated Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Dojran in the Second Balkan War, forcing the Bulgarians to retreat further north.

75 years ago
1938

Aviation
The Civil Aeronautics Act was signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.

70 years ago
1943

War
British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sank the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoed the cruiser HMS Newfoundland. Nearly 700 U.K. Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force bombers struck twice at the Ruhr steel centre of Muelheim for the first time since 1940. Brazilian President Getulio Vargas assured Bolivian President Enrique Penaranda del Castillo that Bolivia may have free use of Santo, a southern Brazilian port.

Defense
The U.S. Ordnance Department disclosed that a 4.7-inch anti-aircraft gun had been invented that could fire 60,000 feet--more than 11 miles--into the air.

Politics and government
The 32 Governors of the U.S. Governors' Conference in Columbus, Ohio adopted two resolutions to oppose further encroachments by the federal government on states' rights.

Protest
Michigan Governor Harry Kelly named a committee to investigate the Detroit race riot, as 119 whites and Negroes were sentenced to 90-day jail terms, and the death toll rose to 31.

Crime
U.S. District Court Judge Bolitha Laws declared a mistrial in the Washington, D.C. trial of George S. Viereck, charged with failing to register as a German agent, because a female juror was seen talking to a U.S. Justice Department attorney.

Transportation
Trans-Canada Air Lines inaugurated transatlantic service, from Montréal.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Signal Man, starring Boris Karloff and Alan Webb

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): We were All Wounded at Wounded Knee--Redbone (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Rubber Bullets--10cc

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (4th week at #1)
2 The Twelfth of Never--Donny Osmond
3 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
4 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)--Deodato
5 Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan
6 Part of the Union--The Strawbs
7 Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend--Lobo
8 Goondiwindi Grey--Tex Morton
9 Daniel--Elton John
10 Heaven is My Woman's Love--Col Joye

Singles entering the chart were Venus by Jamie Redfern (#27); You Gave Me a Mountain/Steamroller Blues by Elvis Presley (#29); and You are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder (#32).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings (4th week at #1)
2 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
3 Give Me Love--(Give Me Peace on Earth)--George Harrison
4 I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby--Barry White
5 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
6 Will it Go Round in Circles--Billy Preston
7 Kodachrome--Paul Simon
8 Shambala--Three Dog Night
9 Daniel--Elton John
10 One of a Kind (Love Affair)--The Spinners

Singles entering the chart were Feelin' Stronger Every Day by Chicago (#71); Get Down by Gilbert O'Sullivan (#74); Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy (#87); I Believe in You (You Believe in Me) by Johnnie Taylor (#88); Are You Man Enough by the Four Tops (#89); If You Want Me to Stay by Sly and the Family Stone (#90); Top of the World by Lynn Anderson (#96); Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen (#98); Put it Where You Want It by Nino and April (#99); I was Checkin' Out She was Checkin' In by Don Covay (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
2 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
3 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
4 Frankenstein--The Edgar Winter Group
5 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
6 I'm a Stranger Here--Five Man Electrical Band
7 Close Your Eyes--Edward Bear
8 The Farmer's Song--Murray McLauchlan
9 Daniel--Elton John
10 Long Train Running--The Doobie Brothers

Singles entering the chart were Get Down by Gilbert O'Sullivan (#82); My Merry-Go-Round by Johnny Nash (#84); Goodbye Mama by Dave Nicol (#95); Whole Lotta Your Love by Lee Hurst (#96); Cowgirl in the Sand by the Byrds (#97); Blue Feeling by Snakeye (#98); Uneasy Rider by the Charlie Daniels Band (#99); and Apalachicola by Keath Barrie (#100).

Calgary’s Top 10
1 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
2 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
3 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
4 Shambala--Three Dog Night
5 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
6 I'm Doin' Fine Now--New York City
7 I'm a Stranger Here--Five Man Electrical Band
8 Kodachrome--Paul Simon
9 Daniel--Elton John
10 Drift Away--Dobie Gray
Pick hit of the week: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy--Bette Midler

Died on this date
Cliff Aberson, 51. U.S. football and baseball player. Mr. Aberson was a tailback and defensive back with the Green Bay Packers (1946), rushing 48 times for 161 yards (3.4 yards per carry) and completing 14 of 41 passes for 184 yards with no touchdowns and 5 interceptions in 10 games. He played left field with the Chicago Cubs (1947-1949), batting .251 with 5 home runs and 26 runs batted in in 63 games. Mr. Aberson played 7 seasons in the minor leagues (1941-1942, 1947-1950, 1954).

30 years ago
1983

Diplomacy
Pope John Paul II concluded his trip to Poland with a private audience near Zakopane with Solidarity trade union movement leader Lech Walesa.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a "legislative veto" was unconstitutional. The decision involved a Kenyan student who had overstayed his visa. The U.S. House of Representatives, acting under a provision of the 1952 immigration act, had vetoed a decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to allow him to remain in the United States. The court sided with the student. The court's ruling affected 200 laws, including the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The common feature of the affected laws was a provision that permitted one or both houses of Congress to reject actions by the president or an executive agency.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Calgary (2-1) 19 @ British Columbia (3-0) 41

The Lions' win over the Stampeders was the first football game ever played at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gimme Hope Jo’anna--Eddy Grant (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): I Can't Help Falling in Love (With You)--UB40

Weather
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist James Hansen told a U.S. Senate committee that the Earth had been warmer during the first five months of 1988 than at any time since records had been kept. He said that global temperatures had risen by half a Fahrenheit degree in the 100 years before 1880, by another degree from 1880-1950, and by more than half a degree since then. Dr. Hansen said, "It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence that the greenhouse effect is here." He warned that an "increasing tendency" to droughts could be expected in the future.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
All-Star Game @ Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
CFL All-Stars 15 @ Edmonton (0-1) 4

The All-Stars, who wore old Montreal Alouettes uniforms, defeated the defending Grey Cup champion Eskimos, and turned in the game's only exciting play just 3 minutes into the 1st quarter, when Will Lewis of the Ottawa Rough Riders returned Jerry Kauric's punt 100 yards for a touchdown. 27,573 attended the game, which was less than half the capacity of Commonwealth Stadium, but was nonetheless an All-Star game record. It was one of the dullest games that this blogger has ever attended; matters weren't helped when rain started at halftime, and continued through the rest of the game. Matt Dunigan, whose previous Commonwealth Stadium appearances had been as quarterback of the Eskimos, played with the All-Stars, having been traded in the off-season to the British Columbia Lions. Calgary Stampeders' receiver Larry Willis was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Jackie Parker, who had resigned as head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos after the second regular season game in 1987, came out of retirement to serve as head coach of the All-Stars. This remains the last CFL All-Star Game to date.



20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Somebody Dance with Me--DJ Bobo (2nd week at #1)

Crime
Lorena Bobbitt of Prince William County, Virginia sexually mutilated her husband John after he allegedly raped her.

Economics and finance
The Canadian Senate approved the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Max Manning, 84. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Manning played from 1939-1954 in Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, and Canada, but was best known for his years with the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League (1939-1943, 1946-1948) and Houston Eagles of the Negro American League (1949). He was 56-30 in the NNL--32-10 from 1946-1948, after missing almost three full seasons while serving with the U.S. Army in World War II. Mr. Manning helped the Eagles win the Negro World Series in 1946, and pitched in two Negro League All-Star Games. Overwork from playing in winter leagues eventually led to shoulder problems in the late 1940s, but Mr. Manning was still able to play for several more years. He spent many years as a schoolteacher in Pleasantville, New Jersey after his baseball career ended.

World events
Zahra Kazemi, a Montreal-based photojournalist with dual Iranian and Canadian citizenship, was arrested in Iran while taking pictures of protesters.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold an affirmative action policy at the University of Michigan providing preference to minorities for admission to the law school, while ruling 6-3 to strike down an affirmative action program for the University of Michigan's undergraduate college which had provided preference to minorities according to a strict numerical formula. Under the undergraduate program, all Negro, Hispanic, and American Indian applicants were automatically awarded 20 points (on a scale of 150), which meant that almost all qualified minority members were admitted, while many qualified whites were not.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in U.S. v. American Library Association to uphold the Children's Internet Protection Act, which required federally-funded libraries to block obscene Internet computer network material on computers to which minors had access.

June 22, 2013

420 years ago
1593

War
Croatian forces defeated Ottoman forces in the Battle of Sisak in central Croatia.

410 years ago
1603

Exploration
Samuel de Champlain landed at the site of modern-day Quebe, where he saw no sign of Jacques Cartier's Iroquois village of Stadacona, and named Montmorency Falls.

380 years ago
1633

World events
The Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition in Rome forced Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it.

200 years ago
1813

War
After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Upper Canada, Laura Secord set out on a 30-kilometre journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.

120 years ago
1893

Disasters
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rammed the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria, which sank with the loss of 358 crew members, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

90 years ago
1923

Society
Manitoba adopted government control of the sale of liquor, instead of prohibition.

80 years ago
1933

Died on this date
Henry Birkin, 35. U.K. auto racing driver. Mr. Birkin and Woolf Barnato co-drove to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1929. Mr. Birkin died six weeks after badly burning his arm on an exhaust pipe during the Tripoli Grand Prix; the wound reportedly turned septic, but Mr. Birkin's death was also attributed to a malaria attack.

75 years ago
1938

Boxing
Joe Louis (36-1) avenged his 1936 12-round knockout loss to Max Schmeling (52-8-4), retaining his world heavyweight title by knocking the former champion down 3 times and out in just 2 minutes 4 seconds of the 1st round before about 80,000 fans at Yankee Stadium in New York.



70 years ago
1943

War
About 700 U.K. Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force heavy bombers dropped more than 2,000 tons of bombs on the steel and chemical centre of Krefeld at the western end of the Ruhr Valley. The French Committee of National Liberation reached a compromise under which General H.H. Giraud would retain command of the French armies in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and French West Africa, and General Charles de Gaulle would continue as commander of all forces in the rest of the empire.

Protest
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered federal troops to maintain order in Detroit as a result of the city's race riot.

Labour
United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis and the UMW Policy Committee ordered 530,000 soft-coal miners to suspend their two-day strike until midnight October 31, pending a wage agreement.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Tamoure--Bill Justis (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: L'école est Finie--Sheila

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Cuore--Rita Pavone

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova--Manuela (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (2nd week at #1)
2 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
3 You Can't Sit Down--The Dovells
4 Da Doo Ron Ron--The Crystals
5 Blue on Blue--Bobby Vinton
6 Hello Stranger--Barbara Lewis
7 Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer--Nat King Cole
8 I Love You Because--Al Martino
9 Easier Said than Done--The Essex
10 One Fine Day--The Chiffons

Singles entering the chart were Without Love (There is Nothing) (#70)/No One (#81) by Ray Charles; Hopeless by Andy Williams (#72); Fingertips - Part 2 by Little Stevie Wonder (#80); Abilene by George Hamilton IV (#82); Tender Years by Brook Benton (#89); Like the Big Guys Do by the Rocky Fellers (#90); Mockingbird by Inez Foxx (#91); Where Can You Go (For a Broken Heart) by George Maharis (#93); Brenda by the Cupids (#96); Hootenanny by the Glencoves (#97); Hello Jim by Paul Anka (#99); I'm Afraid to Go Home by Brian Hyland (#100); and The Ten Commandments of Love by James MacArthur (also #100). Tender Years was the B-side of My True Confession, charting at #64.

U.S.A. Top 10 (The Music Reporter)
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto
2 Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer--Nat King Cole
3 18 Yellow Roses--Bobby Darin
4 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
5 Blue on Blue--Bobby Vinton
6 Hello Stranger--Barbara Lewis
7 If My Pillow Could Talk--Connie Francis
8 The Good Life--Tony Bennett
9 Pushover--Etta James
10 Every Step of the Way--Johnny Mathis

Singles entering the chart included I'm the Boss by Burl Ives (#76); Without Love (There is Nothing) by Ray Charles (#78); Rat Race by the Drifters (#80); Detroit City by Bobby Bare (#81); Come Go with Me by Dion (#84); Allentown Jail by the Lettermen (#85); Memphis by Lonnie Mack (#87); Mockingbird by Inez Foxx (#89); Hopeless by Andy Williams (#90); Scarlett O'Hara, with versions by Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra; and Bobby Gregg (#91); Hootenanny by Glen Coves (#92); I'm Afraid to Go Home by Brian Hyland (#96); Roll Muddy River by the Wilburn Brothers (#98); Denise by Randy and the Rainbows (#99); and Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye by the Shirelles (#100).

Calgary's Top 10
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto
2 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
3 Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley
4 Summer Holiday--Cliff Richard and the Shadows
5 Tamoure--Bill Justis
6 I Will Follow Him--Little Peggy March
7 Two Faces Have I--Lou Christie
8 Poor Little Rich Girl--Steve Lawrence
9 18 Yellow Roses--Bobby Darin
10 Happy Cowboy--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra
Pick hit of the week: How Do You Do It--Gerry and the Pacemakers

Died on this date
Maria Tănase, 49. Romanian singer. Miss Tănase was Romania's best-known folk singer from the 1930s until her death from cancer.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan (7th week at #1)

Space
The Skylab 1 crew of Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin, and Paul Weitz splashed down, ending a mission that had begun on May 25 with their liftoff from Cape Kennedy, Florida. The astronauts set a space endurance record of 28 days and 40 minutes, and accomplished virtually all of the mission's objectives.

Diplomacy
Continuing their meetings in Washington, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed an agreement obliging the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. to enter into immediate consultations if relations between them or between one of them and another country "appear to involve risk of nuclear conflict." The pact was immediately seen as a further restraint on any potential Soviet attack on China, a posibility openly feared by China.

30 years ago
1983

Space
The remote manipulator Canadarm, built by Spar Aerospace in Toronto, was used by the crew of U.S. space shuttle mission STS-7 to release and retrieve the SPAS-01 satellite. The 15.2-metre arm was capable of accurately maneuvering payloads of 30,000 kg in the weightlessness of space.

Defense
Queen Elizabeth II read a speech to Parliament written by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reaffirming support for U.S. initiatives on arms control and for the planned deployment of U.S. missiles in Europe.

Diplomacy
Pope John Paul II continued his trip to Poland with a visit to his home city of Krakow, where he had his second meeting within a week with General Wojciech Jaruzelski, leader of Poland's Communist regime.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index had risen 0.5% in May.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (2-1) 18 @ Hamilton (2-1) 25
Winnipeg (0-3) 16 @ Edmonton (1-2) 34

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Only One Woman--Alien (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Dennis Day, 72. U.S. singer and actor. Mr. Day, born Owen McNulty, was a member of the supporting cast of Jack Benny's radio and television programs from 1939-1965 except for 1944-1946, when Mr. Day was serving in the United States Navy. Mr. Day also hosted the radio show A Day in the Life of Dennis Day from 1946-1951. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

20 years ago
1993

Died on this date
Pat Nixon, 81. U.S. First Lady, 1969-1974. Mrs. Nixon, born Thelma Catherine Ryan, married lawyer Richard Nixon in 1940. During Mr. Nixon's time as President, Mrs. Nixon made solo trips to Peru in 1970 and Africa in 1972, becoming the first President's wife to be officially designated a representative of the United States. She was known for her support of volunteerism. Mrs. Nixon died of lung cancer; Mr. Nixon died exactly 10 months later.

Defense
Canadian peacekeepers joined Operation Lance, a United Nations mission monitoring the border between Uganda and Rwanda for illegal arms entering Rwanda.