June 16, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Glory Bella!

1,650 years ago
363

War
Roman Emperor Julian marched back up the Tigris River and burned his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffered several attacks from the Persians.

130 years ago
1883

Disasters
183 children aged 3-14 were crushed to death at Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England when they were caught in a stampede of 1,100 children rushing to get prizes at the conclusion of a variety show.

110 years ago
1903

Exploration
Roald Amundsen departed Oslo to commence the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage.

Business
The Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

80 years ago
1933

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt marked the end of his first 100 days in office by signing the National Industrial Recovery Act.

70 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Albert Bushnell Hart, 88. U.S. historian. Dr. Hart was one of the first generation of professionally-trained historians in the United States, and taught at Harvard University from 1883-1926. He wrote and edited many books and journals, and was known for his admiration for Theodore Roosevelt and the United Kingdom, although he opposed imperialism. Dr. Hart died 15 days before his 89th birthday.

Married on this date
U.K.-born film actor and director Charles Chaplin, 54, married Oona O'Neill, 18, daughter of U.S. playwright Eugene O'Neill, in California.

War
The Allies claimed that 1,337 Japanese planes had been destroyed in the South Pacific area since July 31, 1942. Dispatches from Ankara stated that Romanian Prime Minister Ion Antonescu was making peace offers through a neutral ambassador.

Protest
Martial law was declared in Beaumont, Texas after two people were killed and 11 injured as a result of a race riot set off by an attack on a white woman by a Negro.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: See No Evil, starring John Conte and Betty Jane Watson

Died on this date
Margaret Bondfield, 80. U.K. politician. Miss Bondfield, a member of the Labour Party, was the first woman to hold a cabinet post in Great Britain, serving as Minister of Labour in the government of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald from 1929-1931.

50 years ago
1963

Space
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman and first civilian to go into space when the U.S.S.R. launched Vostok 6, the last of the Vostok missions, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Vostok 5, with Valery Bykovsky aboard, was still in Earth orbit two days after launch.

Politics and government
David Ben-Gurion, Israel's Prime Minister and Minister of Defense from 1948-1954 and since 1955, announced his resignation from both posts for "personal reasons," effective June 26.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): We were All Wounded at Wounded Knee--Redbone (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Can the Can--Suzi Quatro

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (3rd week at #1)
2 The Twelfth of Never--Donny Osmond
3 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)--Deodato
4 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
5 Part of the Union--The Strawbs
6 Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan
7 Goondiwindi Grey--Tex Morton
8 Killing Me Softly with His Song--Roberta Flack
9 Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend--Lobo
10 Dead Skunk--Loudon Wainwright III

Singles entering the chart were Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall (#30); My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings (#34); Suzie Darling by Barrie Crocker (#35); and Saw a New Morning by the Bee Gees (#38).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings (3rd week at #1)
2 Daniel--Elton John
3 Pillow Talk--Sylvia
4 Hocus Pocus--Focus
5 I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby--Barry White
6 Give Me Love--(Give Me Peace on Earth)--George Harrison
7 Playground in My Mind--Clint Holmes
8 Frankenstein--The Edgar Winter Group
9 Will it Go Round in Circles--Billy Preston
10 Kodachrome--Paul Simon

Singles entering the chart were Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango (#81); Be What You Are by the Staple Singers (#82); How Can I Tell Her by Lobo (#84); The Morning After by Maureen McGovern (#85); Soul Makossa by Afrique (#89); Watergrate by Dickie Goodman (#90); Block Buster by the Sweet (#95); My Merry-Go-Round by Johnny Nash (#97); What's Your Mama's Name by Tanya Tucker (#99); and Bad Weather by the Supremes (#100).

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

Singles entering the chart were Glamour Boy by the Guess Who (#76); Block Buster by the Sweet (#79); Goin' Home by the Osmonds (#87); Rock Star by Warpig (#89); So Very Hard to Go by Tower of Power (#94); Dance a Little Step by Mashmakhan (#95); Natural High by Bloodstone (#96); I Have a Following by Ocean (#97); The Morning After by Maureen McGovern (#98); Bongo Rock by the Incredible Bongo Band (#99); and Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango (#100). The Morning After was from the movie The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1972.

Died on this date
Louise Latimer, 60. U.S. actress. Miss Latimer's best-known movie was California Straight Ahead! (1937), in which she co-starred with John Wayne.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. leader Leonid Brezhnev began a nine-day visit to the United States.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi arrived in Ottawa to start an eight-day visit to Canada.

War
Initial reports on the latest cease-fire agreement in South Vietnam that had gone into effect the previous day stated that fighting was on a smaller scale than that accompanying the original cease-fire in January. However, commanders of opposing sides in South Vietnam failed to meet within the specified 24 hours.

30 years ago
1983

Society
U.S. President Ronald Reagan criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of the previous day upholding unrestricted rights to abortions, and called for legislation to "restore legal protections for the unborn."

Diplomacy
Pope John Paul II arrived in Warsaw to begin a week-long visit to Poland. It was his second visit to his homeland since assuming the papacy in 1978.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that housing starts had increased 19.1% in May.

Boxing
Former world lightweight champion Roberto Duran (77-4) scored a technical knockout of Davey Moore (12-1) at 2:02 of the 8th round at Madison Square Garden in New York to win the World Boxing Association world light middleweight title.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (2-0) 34 @ Ottawa (0-2) 13

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Eloise--Tino Casal (3rd week at #1)

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

Opera
Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, starring soprano Katia Ricciarelli in the title role and tenor Nicola Martinucci as Radames, was staged at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, with Giuseppe Raffa conducting a 120-piece orchestra and a 140-member chorus in the largest operatic production in Canadian history, with a 14-metre model of the Sphinx, elephants, tigers and a python. An audience of 30,000 people paid $20-$150 each for tickets.

Scandal
Former Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, who had been impeached and removed from office, was found not guilty of concealing a $350,000 campaign loan. His brother Willard, who had been Evan's treasurer during is successful gubernatorial campaign in 1986, was also acquitted. The defense attributed the failure to list the loan to Willard Mecham's bookkeeping error.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 94 @ Detroit 104 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 3-2)



20 years ago
1993

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

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Phoenix 105 @ Chicago 111 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 3-1)



10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Pierre Bourgault, 69. Canadian political activist. Mr. Bourgault was a longtime advocate of Quebec's separation from Canada, and was a member of the separatist Parti Québécois in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He ran for office just once, as a PQ candidate in the provincial election of 1970; he lost in the riding of Mercier to Premier Robert Bourassa, a Liberal.

War
U.S. forces in Iraq apprehended Abed Hamid Mahmoud al-Tikrit, former secretary to deposed President Saddam Hussein and fourth on the most-wanted list in Iraq.

Diplomacy
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations condemned the government of Myanmar for its crackdown on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters.