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