July 4, 2013

1,070 years ago
943

Died on this date
Taejo, 66. King of Goryeo (Korea), 918-943. Taejo, born Wang Geon, was a military commander who acceded to the throne as the result of a military coup that overthrew and killed Gung Ye. Taejo founded the Goryeo dynasty and achieved the unification of the Later Three Kingdoms in 936. He was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son Hyejong.

210 years ago
1803

Americana
The Louisiana Purchase was announced to the American people.

175 years ago
1838

Americana
The Iowa Territory was organized.

150 years ago
1863

War
In the American Civil War, Vicksburg, Mississippi surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army was repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. In Pennsylvania, the Army of Northern Virginia withdrew from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Henry Armetta. Italian-born U.S. actor. Mr. Armetta played stereotypical Italian character roles in more than 150 movies for 30 years until his death from a heart attack at the age of 57 on October 21, 1945.

Politics and government
Joseph Royal was appointed Commissioner of the North-West Territories.

120 years ago
1893

Sport
A team from Zorra Township, Ontario, won the world tug-of-war championship at the Chicago World's Fair.

110 years ago
1903

Born on this date
Howard Hobson. U.S. basketball, football, and baseball coach. Mr. Hobson was head coach at Southern Oregon Normal School—now Southern Oregon University—from 1932-1935; University of Oregon from 1935-1944, 1945-1947; and Yale University from 1947-1956, compiling a career record of 401–257. The 1938–39 Oregon basketball team won the inaugural NCAA Basketball Tournament. Mr. Hobson was also head football coach at Southern Oregon from 1932-1934--compiling a record of 12-7-1--and head baseball coach at Oregon from 1936-1947, with a record of 167-75-1. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1965 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Mr. Hobson died on June 9, 1991, 25 days before his 88th birthday.

90 years ago
1923

Boxing
Jack Dempsey (59-4-9) retained his world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Tommy Gibbons (47-3-1) at the Arena in Shelby, Montana. Mr. Dempsey received a purse of $200,000, while Mr. Gibbons received a reported $150,000. Only 7,702 fans paid to see the fight, while an estimated 13,000 saw it free. The banks that financed the fight and the town of Shelby went broke from the event, and Shelby never recovered.











75 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Otto Bauer, 56. Austrian politician. Mr. Bauer led the Austrian Social Democratic Party and served as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the coalition government of Chancellor Karl Renner from November 21, 1918-July 26, 1919. He was forced into exile abroad after a failed coup attempt against the dictatorship of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in 1934, and died of heart failure in Paris.

Suzanne Lenglen, 39. French tennis player. Miss Lenglen won 81 singles titles from 1914-1926, including 6 women's singles titles at Wimbledon. In late 1926-early 1927 she became the first major female star to turn professional, but she retired from competitive tennis after a brief tour. Miss Lenglen died of pernicious anemia.

70 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Wladyslaw Sikorski, 62. Prime Minister of Poland, 1922-1923; Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1943. General Sikorski had a distinguished military career before entering politics. He was returning to England from an inspection of Polish forces in the Middle East when his plane crashed 16 seconds after takeoff from Gibraltar Airport, killing him, his daughter, Chief of Staff Tadeusz Klimecki, 47, and seven others, with only the pilot surviving. Conspiracy theories abound, especially since Gen. Sikorski's death marked the effective end of Polish influence over the Allies during and immediately after World War II.

War
The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, began at Prokhorovka village. A large force ofU.K. Royal Air Force bombers made their 118th raid on the Kalk and Deutz industrial districts of Cologne in the Rhineland and attacked Hamburg for the 98th time. Allied planes bombed five Axis airfields in Sicily: Catania, Gerbini, Sciacca, Comiso, and Milo.

Politics and government
The Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRI) won all 147 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the governorships of seven states in Mexican elections.

Aviation
A fully-loaded Waco CG 4-A glider was towed across the Atlantic Ocean from Montreal to England in 28 hours.

Economics and finance
The U.S. National Youth Administration, which had been operating since 1935, was ordered liquidated by Director Aubrey Williams.

60 years ago
1953

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're Just in Love--Ethel Merman and Dick Haynes; Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (Best seller--8th week at #1; Disc Jockey--8th week at #1); I'm Walking Behind You--Eddie Fisher (Jukebox--1st week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (9th week at #1)
2 April in Portugal--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
--[Ralph Marterie and his "Down Beat" Orchestra]
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 No Other Love--Perry Como
7 Say You're Mine Again--Perry Como
8 Anna--Silvana Mangano
9 Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford
10 I Believe--Frankie Laine

Singles entering the chart were Oh! by Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra (#20); Return to Paradise by Nat "King" Cole (#21); With These Hands by Eddie Fisher (#26); Shane (The Cry of the Far-Away Hills), with versions by Paul Weston and his Orchestra; and Richard Hayman and his Orchestra (#30); You, You, You by the Ames Brothers (#32); Johnny (Is the Boy for Me) by Les Paul and Mary Ford (#39); and I Love You So Much by Vicki Young (#41). Crazy, Man, Crazy by Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra was listed in brackets with the version by Bill Haley and Haley's Comets, charting at #11. Shane (The Cry of the Far-Away Hills) was originally from the movie Shane (1953). Johnny (Is the Boy for Me) was the B-side of Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You).

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): I Like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers (3rd week at #1)

Diplomacy
Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies arrived in Ottawa to begin a three-day visit to Canada.

40 years ago
1973

Politics and government
Chilean President Salvador Allende restored full civilian rule after failing to obtain a "state of siege" from Congress.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (0-0-1) 10 @ Ottawa (0-0-1) 10
Toronto (0-1) 7 @ Hamilton (1-1) 21

Baseball
In the weekly Expos Baseball telecast on CBC, the Montreal Expos overcame a 5-0 deficit to score 7 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to beat the New York Mets 7-5 at Jarry Park in Montreal. New York left fielder George Theodore gave the Mets an early 3-0 lead with a 3-run home run, his first of 2 career major league homers. Center fielder Willie Mays made it 4-0 with his 4th home run of the season and 658th of his career, and catcher Duffy Dyer hit his only home run of the season to give the Mets a 5-0 lead. Tom Seaver started on the mound for the Mets and had a no-hitter going for 5 1/3 innings. After getting 1 hit in the 6th inning and 2 in the 7th, the Expos erupted in the 8th and knocked Mr. Seaver out of the box. The Expos had reduced the deficit to 5-4 and had 2 runners on base when pinch hitter Ron Woods hit his 3rd home run of the season--and second-last of his career--to give Montreal a 7-5 lead. Relief pitcher Joe Gilbert was credited with the only win of his 2-year major league career.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler (6th week at #1)

Diplomacy
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl began a visit to the U.S.S.R. Soviet leder Yuri Andropov cancelled two scheduled meetings with Mr. Kohl without explanation.

U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz began a visit to the Middle East.

Basketball
Canada whipped China 124-61 in men's competition at the Universiade Pavilion in Edmonton at the World University Games.

Baseball
Dave Righetti pitched a no-hitter for the New York Yankees as they blanked the Boston Red Sox 4-0 at Yankee Stadium. It was the Yankees' first no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 5th game of the 1956 World Series.





25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Got to Be Certain--Kylie Minogue

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40 (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What is Love?--Haddaway (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: What is Love?--Haddaway (4th week at #1)

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

Diplomacy
United Nations weapons inspectors withdrew from Iraq after the government of President Saddam Hussein refused to allow installation of monitoring cameras at missile sites.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
André Claveau, 91. French singer. Mr. Claveau was popular from teh 1940s through the 1960s. He won the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest with his rendition of Dors, mon amour.

Larry Burkett, 64. U.S. financial advisor. Mr. Burkett worked on the U.S. space program in the 1960s. After becoming a Christian in the early 1970s, he specialized in financial advice from a Christian point of view, and began the ministry now known as Crown Financial Ministries.

Barry White, 58. U.S. musician, songwriter, and producer. Mr. White, born Barry Carter, had a distinctively deep voice and a string of hit singles from 1973-1978, including I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby and Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe. Hits that he wrote and produced included Walking in the Rain with the One I Love for the female singing group Love Unlimited in 1972, and Love's Theme for the instrumental group Love Unlimited Orchestra, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart early in 1974.

Terrorism
Three attackers at a Shiite mosque in Quetta, Pakistan killed 50 people and wounded dozens of others. They first opened fire and then one set off a grenade strapped to his waist; all three terrorists were killed. Sunni Muslims were suspected of being the terrorists.

Football
CFL
Montreal (3-0) 32 @ Saskatchewan (2-1) 31
Toronto (1-2) 27 @ British Columbia (1-2) 30 (OT)