July 6, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Ancamaria!

530 years ago
1483

Britannica
Richard III was crowned King of England at Westminster.

460 years ago
1553

Died on this date
Edward VI, 15. King of England, 1547-1553. Edward VI was son of King Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. He succeeded to the throne upon his father's death. A devout Protestant who was plagued by poor health in his last few months, he and his Council attempted to arrange for his Protestant cousin Lady Jane Grey to succeed him on the throne, but her "reign" lasted just nine days, and Edward's older sister Mary I, a Roman Catholic, became Queen.

440 years ago
1573

South Americana
Córdoba, Argentina, was founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

200 years ago
1813

Died on this date
Granville Sharp, 77. U.K. social activist. Mr. Sharp was one of the first Englishmen to campaign for the abolition of slavery. He founded the St. George's Bay Company with the intention of settling free Negroes in Sierra Leone. Mr. Sharp was also a Trinitarian Bible scholar and a founder of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the Society for the Conversion of the Jews.

120 years ago
1893

Died on this date
Guy de Maupassant, 42. French author. Mr. Maupassant was one of the first authors of short stories, of which he wrote about 300, including Boule de Suif (1880) and Le Horla (1887). He contracted syphilis and died in an asylum.

Disasters
The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, was nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200.

80 years ago
1933

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Comiskey Park, Chicago
American League 4 National League 2

Babe Ruth's 2-run home run in the 3rd inning, the first in All-Star Game history, provided the winning margin in the first modern All-Star Game before 47,595 fans. Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees was the starting pitcher for the AL and pitched 3 scoreless innings to get the win over Bill Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals.

75 years ago
1938

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Crosley Field, Cincinnati
National League 4 American League 1

4 American League errors led to 3 unearned runs as the National League won before 27,067 fans. Johnny Vander Meer of the hometown Reds, who had recently pitched two consecutive no-hitters, started on the mound for the NL and pitched 3 scoreless innings to get the win over Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees. National League manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants used just 12 players, including 3 pitchers.





70 years ago
1943

War
Spearheaded by a force of tanks, German troops broke the Soviet lines at two points in the Belgorod sector. Five Japanese destroyers and four lightr cruisers were sunk or beached in the Kula Gulf naval battle off northewest New Georgia.

Labour
Officials of the United Mine Workers of America reported that all but 9,000 coal miners were now at work and all mines were in production.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): It's My Party--Lesley Gore

#1 single in France: Enfants de Tous Pays--Enrico Macias

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Cuore--Rita Pavone (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Barcarole in der Nacht--Connie Francis

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Like It--Gerry and the Pacemakers (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Easier Said than Done--The Essex

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (4th week at #1)
2 Easier Said than Done--The Essex
3 So Much in Love--The Tymes
4 Surf City--Jan & Dean
5 Hello Stranger--Barbara Lewis
6 Blue on Blue--Bobby Vinton
7 One Fine Day--The Chiffons
8 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
9 Memphis--Lonnie Mack
10 Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport--Rolf Harris

Singles entering the chart were (You're the) Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley (#64); Blowin' in the Wind by Peter, Paul and Mary (#71); I Wonder (#72)/My Whole World is Falling Down (#79) by Brenda Lee; Candy Girl (#75)/Marlena (#80) by the Four Seasons; More by Kai Winding & Orchestra (#85); From Me to You by Del Shannon (#86); How Many Teardrops by Lou Christie (#87); Love Me All the Way by Kim Weston (#95); Will Power by the Cookies (#99); Scarlett O'Hara, with versions by Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra; and Bobby Gregg (#100); and Summertime by the Chris Columbo Quintet (also #100). More was originally from the movie Mondo Cane (1962). Vocal versions of More by Steve Lawrence and Danny Williams were listed with the instrumental version by Kai Winding & Orchestra. Del Shannon's version of From Me to You was the first cover by an American artist of a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and performed by the Beatles.

Calgary's Top 10
1 Sukiyaki--Kyu Sakamoto (3rd week at #1)
2 Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley
3 Easier Said than Done--The Essex
4 It's My Party--Lesley Gore
5 Don't Make My Baby Blue--Frankie Laine
6 Wipe Out--The Surfaris
7 Blue on Blue--Bobby Vinton
8 Ring of Fire--Johnny Cash
9 Happy Cowboy--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra
10 How Do You Do It--Gerry and the Pacemakers
Pick hit of the week: My Whole World is Falling Down--Brenda Lee

Boxing
Sonny Banks (15-4) won a unanimous 8-round decision over Jim Jones (10-1) in a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

40 years ago
1973

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

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan (9th week at #1)

Died on this date
Otto Klemperer, 88. German conductor and composer. Mr. Klemperer conducted various orchestras in Germany before fleeing to the United States when the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933. He was music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra for several years, before returning to Europe after World War II, where he worked with various orchestras. Among Mr. Klemperer's compositions were nine symphonies. He was the father of actor Werner Klemperer, who played Colonel Klink in the television comedy series Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971).

Football
CFL
Pre-season
British Columbia (1-0) 16 @ Calgary (0-1) 15
Montreal (1-1) 14 @ Edmonton (1-0) 25

30 years ago
1983

Weather
A big thunderstorm hit Edmonton in the evening.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris that an employer-sponsored retirement plan could not pay women lower monthly benefits than it paid men. In Barefoot v. Estelle the court ruled 5-4 to permit expedited death penalty appeals. The decision, which went against convicted Texas murderer Thomas Barefoot, upheld a federal appeals court ruling that a defendant could not use habeas corpus petitions to delay execution indefinitely.

Basketball
In the World University Games, Yugoslavia defeated Canada 61-54 in men's competition at Universiade Pavilion in Edmonton.

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Comiskey Park, Chicago
American League 13 National League 3

Fred Lynn's grand slam in the 3rd inning off Atlee Hammaker was the big blow as the AL scored 7 runs in the inning--all off Mr. Hammaker--on the way to their first win in 12 years before 43,801 fans. Mr. Lynn, representing the California Angels, was voted the game's most valuable player. Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays started on the mound for the AL and pitched 3 innings to get the win over NL starter Mario Soto of the Cincinnati Reds, who gave up 2 runs in 2 innings. Mr. Hammaker, representing the San Francisco Giants, turned in the worst pitching performance in All-Star history, and his career never recovered.



25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Den jeg elsker--Sanne Salomonsen

Politics and government
Presidential and legislative elections took place in Mexico, but the vote count was slow and announced results were rejected by opposition candidates. Carlos Salinas de Cortari, representing the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was the favourite in the presidential election. He was opposed by Manuel Clouthier of the conservative National Action Party and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas of the leftist National Democratic Front. Mr. Salinas was declared the winner with 50.7% of the vote to 31.1% for National Democratic Front (FDN) candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and 16.8% for National Action Party (PAN) candidate Manuel Clouthier. In legislative elections, the PRI captured 60 of 64 seats in the Senate and 260 of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, with the PAN next with 101.

Disasters
The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea was destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers, most of them from Scotland, were killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.

20 years ago
1993

Albertana
The former Provincial Courthouse in Blairmore was declared a Provincial Historic Site.

Crime
Karla Homolka, estranged wife of accused murderer Paul Bernardo, aka Paul Teale, was found guilty of two charges of manslaughter and sentenced to two concurrent 12-year prison terms in connection with the deaths of Ontario teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. The courtroom was closed to the public and Justice Francis Kovacs imposed a publication ban on details pending Mr. Bernardo's trial. When his trial did take place, video evidence showed that Ms. Homolka was a willing participant in the crimes and not acting under coercion, as she had claimed in her trial.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (0-1) 34 @ Calgary (1-0) 54

Doug Flutie rushed for 76 yards and 3 touchdowns and passed for 192 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the defending Grey Cup champion Stampeders over the Blue Bombers before 25,486 fans at McMahon Stadium.



10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Buddy Ebsen, 95. U.S. actor. Mr. Ebsen was best known for playing Jed Clapmpett in the television comedy series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971) and as the title character in the detective series Barnaby Jones (1973-1980).

Space
Radio telescope RT-70 in Yevpatoria, Ukraine sent Cosmic Call 2 to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.

Diplomacy
Liberian President Charles Taylor said he had accepted an offer to go into exile in Nigeria, but then said he would not depart until an international peacekeeping force took over in Liberia.

Tennis
Roger Federer of Switzerland won the men's singles tite at Wimbledon, defeating Mark Philippoussis of Australia 7-6, 6-2, 7-6. Martina Navratilova tied Billie Jean King's record for the most Wimbledon titles at 20, teaming with Leander Paes of India to win the mixed doubles championship.