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.