August 14, 2013

580 years ago
1433

Died on this date
John I, 75. King of Portugal and the Algarve, 1385-1433. John was elected King of Portugal in 1385, two years after his half-brother Ferdinand I had died without a male heir. John I was succeeded on the throne by his son Edward.

325 years ago
1688

Born on this date
Friedrich Wilhelm I. King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg, 1713-1740. Friedrich Wilhelm (Frederick William) was preceded by his father Friedrich I. He died on May 31, 1740 at the age of 51 and was succeeded by his son Friedrich II, better known as Frederick the Great.

275 years ago
1738

Born on this date
Leopold Hofmann. Austrian composer. Mr. Hofmann wrote 66 symphonies and dozens of concertos. He died on March 17, 1793 at the age of 54.

200 years ago
1813

War
The British brigantine Pelican attacked and captured the US sloop Argus off the coast of England.

125 years ago
1888

Music
An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord, one of the first recordings of music ever made, was played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.

120 years ago
1893

Politics and government
France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.

110 years ago
1903

Boxing
Jim Jeffries (18-0-2-1) retained his world heavyweight title with a 10-round technical knockout of former champion "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (11-4-3-3) at the Mechanic's Pavilion in San Francisco. The fight was the first in three years and the last ever for Mr. Corbett, who had held the belt from 1892-1897.

100 years ago
1913

Died on this date
Josephine Cochrane, 74. U.S. inventor. Mrs. Cochrane designed, and built, with the assistance of mechanic George Butters, the first successful automatic dishwasher. She received the patent for her invention late in 1886, but it didn't become popular until it was exhibited at the Columbian World's Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Mrs. Cochrane died of a stroke or exhaustion; she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006.

70 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You'll Never Know--Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Joe Kelley, 71. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Kelley was a left fielder with five major league teams from 1891-1908, but was best known for his years with the Baltimore Orioles of the National League (1892-1898), whom he served as captain. He played on 6 teams that won the NL pennant, and finished his career with a .317 batting average with 65 home runs and 1,194 runs batted in in 1,853 games. He managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1902-1905, recording a record of 338-321. Mr. Kelley was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans' Committee in 1971.

Died on this date
Lore Berger, 21. Swiss authoress. Miss Berger studied German and Romance studies at the University of Basel, and volunteered for the military women's service despite being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. She wrote the novel Der barmherzige Hügel (The Mercy Hill) (1944), which was published after she committed suicide by jumping from the water tower to the Basel Bruderholz, the "mercy hill" of the novel.

War
Soviet forces repulsed strong German counterattacks in the Kharkov sector, battling their way into the northern outskirts of the city. Allied planes bombed the Axis embarkation ports in Sicily and the debarkation points on the Italian mainland. Canadian Labour Minister Humphrey Mitchell announced that married men aged 27-30 would be drafted.

World events
An Italian news agency claimed that Prime Minister Marshal Pietro Badoglio had declared Rome an open city.

Labour
The U.S. War Manpower Commission set up a new list of 149 critical occupations for first priority on draft deferments and announced that occupation and not dependency would be the deciding factor in future deferments.

60 years ago
1953

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): The Song from Moulin Rouge--Mantovani and his Orchestra

Football
CRU
IRFU-WIFU
Pre-season
Saskatchewan (1-0) 16 @ Montreal (0-1) 6
Calgary (1-0) 19 @ Hamilton (0-1) 18
Toronto 16 @ Edmonton (1-0) 28

Billy Vessels, winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1952 as the outstanding college player in the United States, scored 3 touchdowns in his first appearance in Canadian football to lead the Eskimos over the defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts at Clarke Stadium. The game was also the first for Darrell Royal as head coach of the Eskimos.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye--Demis Roussos (10th week at #1)

Died on this date
Fred Gipson, 65. U.S. author. Mr. Gipson was best known for his novel Old Yeller (1956).

War
In accord with a July Congressional ruling, the United States officially ended bombing in Cambodia at midnight after several days of intensive bombing around Phnom Penh, marking the official end of 12 years of U.S. combat activity in Indochina. The U.S. would still continue unarmed reconnaissance flights and its flow of military aid to Cambodia and Laos. U.S. President Richard Nixon issued a statement in which he again denounced the United States Congress for forcing the cessation of bombing, which he said "undermines the prospects for world peace."

Crime
Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, and David Owen Brooks, 18, were indicted in Houston, Texas on murder charges after confessing to participation in sex-and-torture killings of 27 young men over a period of three years. The crimes had come to the knowledge of authorities on August 7, when Mr. Henley had told them that he had killed Dean Corll, 33, for whom he and Mr. Brooks had procured the victims. The 27th body had been found on August 13.

Law
The Pakistani Constitution of 1973 came into effect.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (2-1) 11 @ British Columbia (1-2) 30

The Lions amassed 315 yards rushing as they beat the Eskimos before 23,139 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. Monroe Eley rushed 15 times for 153 yards and a touchdown; Johnny Musso added 76 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries; and Lou Harris carried 10 times for 65 yards and a touchdown. Gene Foster led the Eskimos with 93 yards on 8 carries, including a 57-yard run. It was the third and final CFL game for Edmonton flanker Tom Chown, whose final statistics consisted of 2 punt returns for 2 yards.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Moonlight Shadow--Mike Oldfield (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald arrived in Mexico to discuss Mexico's economic problems and U.S. Central American policy. Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado warned Mr. Reagan that U.S. "shows of force" threatened to "touch off a conflagration" in the region.

Football
CFL
Calgary (3-2) 36 @ Saskatchewan (1-5) 28

A 74-yard punt return for a touchdown by rookie defensive back Richie Hall helped to make the difference as the Stampeders defeated the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. Craig Ellis, in his first game as a Stampeder, rushed for over 100 yards, as did running back mate Ray Crouse. The loss was the fifth straight for the Roughriders and their last under head coach Joe Faragalli, who was fired six days later.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Sweet Lovers--Holidaymakers (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: The Twist (Yo, Twist!)--The Fat Boys with Stupid Def Vocals by Chubby Checker (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Enzo Ferrari, 90. Italian race car driver and businessman. Mr. Ferrari drove in races in the 1920s and early 1930s. In 1947 he founded the company that bears his name.

Roy Buchanan, 48. U.S. musician. Mr. Buchanan was a blues guitarist who also played as a sideman in various rock bands. He was found hanging by his shirt in his cell in a jail in Fairfax County, Virginia after being arrested for public drunkenness.

Golf
Jeff Sluman won the PGA Championship at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma with a 12-under-par total of 272, 3 strokes ahead of Paul Azinger. First prize money was $160,000.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You--UB40 (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Gli Spari Sopra--Vasco Rossi (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Five Live (EP)--George Michael & Queen (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Mr. Vain--Culture Beat

#1 single in France (SNEP): What is Love?--Haddaway (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Living on My Own--Freddie Mercury

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40 (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40 (3rd week at #1)
2 Weak--SWV
3 Whoomp! (There it Is)--Tag Team
4 I'm Gonna be (500 Miles)--The Proclaimers
5 Slam--Onyx
6 If I Had No Loot--Tony Toni Tone
7 Lately--Jodeci
8 If--Janet Jackson
9 I Don't Wanna Fight--Tina Turner
10 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson

Singles entering the chart were Check Yo Self by Ice Cube featuring Das EFX (#13); Dreamlover by Mariah Carey (#17); The River of Dreams by Billy Joel (#23); Alright by Kris Kross (#27); Boom! Shake the Room by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince (#63); Cryin' by Aerosmith (#67); Happy by Legacy of Sound featuring Meja (#77); and Sweat (A La La La La Long) by Inner Circle (#78).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40
2 Fields of Gold--Sting
3 I Don't Wanna Fight--Tina Turner
4 Break it Down--Tears for Fears
5 I'm Free--Jon Secada
6 Runaway Train--Soul Asylum
7 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)--The Proclaimers
8 Can't Get Enough of Your Love--Taylor Dayne
9 Numb--U2
10 Believe--Lenny Kravitz

Singles entering the chart were Dreamlover by Mariah Carey (#60); Reason to Believe by Rod Stewart (#68); Somebody's Baby by Pat Benatar (#79); My Country by Midnight Oil (#81); Too Much Information by Duran Duran (#82); Lift Me Up by the Partland Brothers (#86); Solitary Man by Chris Isaak (#87); How Could You Want Him by Spin Doctors (#92); and Ooh Child by Dino (#96). Reason to Believe was an "unplugged" version of a song that had been a hit for Mr. Stewart in 1971.

Died on this date
Francis Mankiewicz, 49. Chinese-born Canadian film and television director. Mr. Mankiewicz, a second cousin once removed of director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, moved to Montreal with his family in 1945. He worked with the National Film Board of Canada, and directed short, feature, and made-for-television films. Mr. Mankiewicz won Genie Awards for Les Bons debarras (Good Riddance) (1980); Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989); and Conspiracy of Silence (1991). He died of cancer in Montreal.

War
Serbian troops appeared to have withdrawn from the area around Sarajevo, Bosnia, and United Nations peacekeepers had moved into the area.

Religion
Observing World Youth Day at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Pope John Paul II denounced the current "false morality," including abortion and euthanasia.

Scandal
Washington, D.C. laywer Robert A. Altman was acquitted by a jury of fruad charges in connection with the case involving Bank of Credit and Commerce International.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (1-6) 7 @ Calgary (7-0) 21
Hamilton (3-3) 10 @ Sacramento (2-5) 46

Doug Flutie passed to Dave Sapunjis for a touchdown and rushed for a TD himself as the Stampeders beat the Rough Riders before 24,153 fans at McMahon Stadium.

David Archer completed 22 of 38 passes for 370 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Gold Miners routed the Tiger-Cats before 14,656 fans at Hornet Field. Freeman Baysinger caught 2 of Mr. Archer's touchdown tosses, with the other going to Carl Parker. Sacramento led 31-3 at halftime.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Mohammed Sidr. Palestinian terrorist. Mr. Sidr, leader of Islamic Jihad, was assassinated by Israel.

World events
Liberian rebels handed port facilities over to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) troops, permitting delivery of food.

Health
French Premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin declared a medical state of emergency, allowing hospitals to recall staff from vacations to assist patients suffering from heatstroke and dehydration. Deaths in France related to the recent heat wave were estimated at more than 10,000.

Energy
A power blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada, inconveniencing 50 million people for up to 48 hours.

Football
CFL
Edmonton @ Toronto (postponed to August 17)

The game between the Eskimos and Argonauts at SkyDome was postponed because of the power blackout affecting the northeastern U.S.A. and eastern Canada, which included Toronto.