August 17, 2013

125 years ago
1888

Born on this date
Monty Woolley. U.S. actor. Mr. Woolley was best known for playing the title role in The Man Who Came to Dinner on Broadway (1939) and in the movie of the same name (1941). He died of heart and kidney ailments on May 6, 1963 at the age of 74.

110 years ago
1903

Business
Henry Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company of Canada in Walkerville, Ontario.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Mark Felt. U.S. law enforcement agent. Mr. Felt worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942-1973, and was the FBI's Associate Director from 1972-1973. After years of denial, Mr. Felt was identified in 2005 as "Deep Throat," the person who leaked information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. He died on December 18, 2008 at the age of 95.

Rudy York. U.S. baseball player. Mr. York was a first baseman, catcher, third baseman, and left fielder with the Detroit Tigers (1934, 1937-1945); Boston Red Sox (1946-1947); Chicago White Sox (1947); and Philadelphia Athletics (1948), batting .275 with 277 home runs and 1,152 runs batted in in 1,603 games. His best season was 1943, when he led the American League in games played (155); home runs (34); RBIs (118); slugging percentage (.527); and total bases (301). He set major league records for a calendar month by hitting 18 home runs and driving in 49 runs in August 1937. Mr. York died of cancer on February 5, 1970 at the age of 56.

Education
The Ontario Department of Instruction again issued Circular #17, banning the use of French in Ontario schools past Grade 1.

90 years ago
1923

Economics and finance
The Toronto-based Home Bank, with 71 branches across Canada, collapsed. Many of the investors who lost money were western farmers, and the failure of the bank fuelled western feelings of resentment against eastern financial interests.

75 years ago
1938

Boxing
Henry Armstrong (92-11-6) won the world lightweight title in a bloody 15-round split decision over Lou Ambers (75-6-7) at Madison Square Garden in New York, becoming the first boxer to hold titles in three different weight classes simultaneously. He also held the welterweight and featherweight crowns.

70 years ago
1943

War
The first Québec Conference of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King began at the Chateau Frontenac hotel in Quebec. The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrived in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily. The U.K. Royal Air Force began Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program at Peenemünde.
The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffered the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission, an attempt by B-17 Flying Fortresses to cripple the German aircraft industry. 25-27 German fighters were destroyed and 203 civilians killed.

Crime
Fernando Ortiz Rubio, son of former Mexican President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment in Toluca for the fatal shooting of Mexico State Governor Alfredo Zarate Albarran in March 1942.

Business
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Cities Service Power and Light Company and its subsidiary holding company Federal Light and Traction Company to relinquish control of 53 companies.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Westinghouse Studio One, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Sentence of Death, directed by Matt Harlib, and starring Gene Lyons, Betsy Palmer, Ralph Dunn, and James Dean



Football
CRU
IRFU-WIFU
Pre-season
Calgary (1-1) 12 @ Montreal (1-1) 17
Saskatchewan (1-1) 12 @ Hamilton (1-1) 21
Toronto (0-2) 0 @ Winnipeg (2-0) 24
Ottawa (0-2) 9 @ Edmonton (2-0) 12

In the last 3 minutes of the Blue Bombers' win over the defending Grey Cup champions at Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg head coach George Trafton used only Canadian players on offense. Quarterback Geoff Crain, an alumnus of McGill University, marched the Blue Bombers downfield and threw a touchdown pass to Bill LaRochelle.

Rollie Miles and Mike King scored touchdowns for the Eskimos in their win over the Rough Riders at Clarke Stadium.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): 55 Days at Peking--Rob E.G.

55 Days at Peking was a version of the title theme from the movie.

#1 single in France: Watching You--Sylvie Vartan

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Cuore--Rita Pavone (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann--Gitte (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Sweets for My Sweet--The Searchers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Fingertips - Part 2--Little Stevie Wonder (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Fingertips - Part 2--Little Stevie Wonder (3rd week at #1)
2 Blowin' in the Wind--Peter, Paul and Mary
3 (You're the) Devil in Disguise--Elvis Presley
4 Judy's Turn to Cry--Lesley Gore
5 Wipe Out--The Surfaris
6 So Much in Love--The Tymes
7 Candy Girl--The 4 Seasons
8 Surf City--Jan & Dean
9 Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)--Allan Sherman
10 More--Kai Winding & Orchestra
--[Vic Dana]
--[Steve Lawrence]
--[Danny Williams]

Singles entering the chart were Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton (#66); Then He Kissed Me by the Crystals (#71); Why Don't You Believe Me by the Duprees (#77); Mickey's Monkey by the Miracles (#86); Birthday Party by Pixies Three (#87); China Nights (Shina No Yoru) by Kyu Sakamoto (#88); This is My Prayer by Theola Kilgore (#93); The Woodpecker Song by Bobby Rydell (#94); Wonderful! Wonderful! by the Tymes (#99); Something Old, Something New by Paul and Paula (#100); and Only in America by Jay and the Americans (also #100).

Calgary's Top 10
1 Judy's Turn to Cry--Lesley Gore
2 Lucky Lips--Cliff Richard and the Shadows
3 (You're the) Devil in Disguise--Elvis Presley
4 Surf City--Jan & Dean
5 Green, Green--The New Christy Minstrels
6 My Whole World is Falling Down--Brenda Lee
6 Easier Said than Done--The Essex
7 More--Kai Winding & Orchestra
8 Abilene--George Hamilton IV
9 Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)--Allan Sherman
10 Blowin' in the Wind--Peter, Paul and Mary
Pick hit of the week: Judy, Judy, Judy--Johnny Tillotson

Died on this date
Ed Gardner, 62. U.S. actor, director, and writer. Mr. Gardner wrote and directed several plays and radio programs in the 1930s and early '40s before achieving lasting success with the radio comedy series Duffy's Tavern (1941-1951), in which he starred as Archie, the tavern's manager. He died of liver disease.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Shambala--Three Dog Night (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Paul Williams, 34. U.S. singer and choreographer. Mr. Williams was a member of the Temptations from the group's beginning in 1961 until 1971. He sang lead on the group's early singles, with his best-known lead vocal being Don't Look Back (1965). Mr. Williams was regarded as the Temptations' best dancer, and he choreographed their routines in their early years. Heavy drinking and sickle-cell anemia took their toll on him, and he finally left the group. In 1973 he recorded the single Feel Like Giving Up as a solo artist at the Motown studios in Detroit. Mr. Williams was found dead in an alley, apparently after shooting himself. His solo single was never released.

30 years ago
1983

Died on this date
Ira Gershwin, 86. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Gershwin, born Israel Gershowitz, wrote lyrics to songs with music by his brother George. His songs included I Got Rhythm; The Man I Love; and Someone to Watch Over Me. After George died in 1937, Ira teamed up with such composers as Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Superstitious--Europe (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., 74. Canadian-born U.S. politician. Mr. Roosevelt, the fifth child of the 32nd President of the United States, was born at the family's summer home on Campobello Island, New Brunswick. He represented New York's 20th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1949-1955 as a member of the Liberal Party, and later as a Democrat. Mr. Roosevelt died on his 74th birthday.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 64. President of Pakistan, 1978-1988. General Zia took power after a coup in 1977 and became Pakistan's longest-serving head of state. He was one of 32 people killed in the crash of a C130-B plane in Punjab. A board of inquiry concluded that the most probable cause of the crash was an act of sabotage in the aircraft.

Arnold Raphel, 45. U.S. diplomat. Mr. Raphel was appointed United States Ambassador to Pakistan by President Ronald Reagan in January 1987. He was killed in the plane crash that killed Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

Politics and government
At the U.S. Republican National Convention at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, U.S. Vice President George Bush was officially nominated as the party's candidate for President of the United States of America in the November 1988 election.

Defense
U.S. and Soviet scientists conducted a joint nuclear test for the first time, in the Nevada desert. 43 Soviet scientists were among the observers as the United States detonated a nuclear device 2,000 feet underground. The purpose of the exercise was to refine techniques for verifying underground nuclear explosions.

Adventure
Jeff MacInnis, 25, of Toronto and Mike Beedell, 32, of Ottawa, sailed their catamaran through the Northwest Passage, becoming the first people to navigate the Passage by wind power alone.

Track and field
Butch Reynolds of the United States ran 400 metres in 43.29 seconds at the International Grand Prix Sportfest in Zurich, breaking the 20-year-old world record of 43.86 set by Lee Evans of the United States at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. Mr. Reynolds' mark stood for 11 years until it was shattered by Michael Johnson at the World Track and Field Championships in Seville, Spain.

20 years ago
1993

Defense
Former officials with the U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s revealed that results of a test of Strategic Defense Initiative and other data had been faked in order to deceive the U.S.S.R., but that it had also misled the United States Congress into increasing spending on the program.

Crime
"Dr." Jack Kevorkian--as he wished--became the first person to be charged under a Michigan statute banning assisted suicide. He faced up to four years in prison.

10 years ago
2003

War
A U.S. soldier shot and killed a Reuters cameraman at a prison outside Baghdad, claiming tha he thought the camera was a rocket-propelled grenade.

Terrorism
For the second time in three days, saboteurs in Iraq blew up sections of a pipeline carrying oil to Turkey. A bomb in Baghdad ruptured a water main, cutting off water to 300,000 homes.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (3-7) 41 @ Saskatchewan (6-3) 51
Edmonton (6-3) 18 @ Toronto (4-5) 15 (rescheduled from August 14)

Kevin Nickerson returned the 2nd-half kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and Corey Holmes returned a punt 87 yards for another TD as the Roughriders scored 4 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter on their way to defeating the Renegades before a sellout crowd of 26,772 at Taylor Field in Regina. Ottawa led 21-8 after 1 quarter and 25-16 at halftime.

Sean Fleming's 41-yard field goal with 1 second remaining in regulation time gave the Eskimos their win over the Argonauts before 11,021 fans at SkyDome in a game that had been postponed because of the power blackout affecting the northeastern U.S.A. and eastern Canada. Toronto running back Michael Jenkins rushed 19 times for 195 yards, but the Argonauts failed to score a touchdown. Mike Pringle led the Eskimos with 100 yards on 14 carries, while Edmonton's Troy Mills scored the only touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 3rd quarter. The Argonauts were without starting quarterback Damon Allen, and Marcus Brady and Michael Bishop combined to complete just 9 of 31 passes for 135 yards.