August 22, 2013

875 years ago
1138

War
English forces commanded by William of Aumale defeated Scottish forces led by King David I in the Battle of the Standard on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire, England.

110 years ago
1903

Died on this date
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 73. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1885-1886; 1886-1892; 1895-1902. The Marquess of Salisbury, a Conservative, died 50 years to the day that he'd first entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Stamford in Lincolnshire. He was the last British Prime Minister to lead his full administration from the House of Lords, which he'd entered in 1868. Lord Salisbury's motto was "Whatever happens will be for the worse, and therefore it is in our interest that as little should happen as possible." Mister, we could use a man like Lord Salisbury again.

80 years ago
1933

Politics and government
Angus Lewis Macdonald led the Liberals to power in the Nova Scotia provincial election.

60 years ago
1953

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford (Best seller--3rd week at #1; Jukebox--1st week at #1); No Other Love--Perry Como (Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford
2 No Other Love--Perry Como
3 Crying in the Chapel--Darrell Glenn
--June Valli
4 I'm Walking Behind You--Eddie Fisher
5 You, You, You--The Ames Brothers
6 P.S. I Love You--The Hilltoppers
7 Oh!--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra
8 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart)--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
9 With These Hands--Eddie Fisher
10 Allez-Vous-En--Kay Starr

Singles entering the chart were A Dear John Letter by Pat O'Day (#25); Too Long by Bob Dini (#40); and If You were Mine by Mario Lanza (#41).

Died on this date
Jim Tabor, 36. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Tabor was a third baseman with the Boston Red Sox (1938-1944) and Philadelphia Phillies (1946-1947), batting .270 with 104 home runs and 598 runs batted in in 1,005 games. In 1939, his first full season, Mr. Tabor hit .289 with 14 home runs and 95 RBIs. He followed that with .285-21-81 in 1940 and .279-16-101 in 1941, but heavy drinking and nagging injuries led to a decline in his career. Mr. Tabor put in several good seasons in the Pacific Coast League, finishing with the Portland Beavers in 1952. He died several days after suffering a heart attack.

Football
IRFU-ORFU pre-season
Sarnia (0-1) 5 @ Hamilton (2-1) 36

Several IRFU stars from other clubs bolstered the Imperials' lineup in the game before 15,000 fans at Civic Stadium. The game was staged as a benefit for Hamilton halfback Bobby McDonald, who had recently been stricken with polio. Among the players from other clubs playing with Sarnia was Joe Krol of the Toronto Argonauts, who suffered an injury that shortened his season.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Bad to Me--Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas

Aviation
U.S. pilot Joe Walker flew an X-15 test plane to an altitude of 66 miles (106 kilometres).

40 years ago
1973

Politics and government
The Congress of Chile voted in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demanded that he resign or else be unseated through force, with new elections to be called.

U.S. President Richard Nixon nominated national security adviser Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State to replace William Rogers, who resigned the same day.

Scandal
U.S. President Richard Nixon, in his first press conference in five months, acknowledged that the scandal involving the 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. had hampered his ability to govern. He said he had never considered resigning and would serve out the remainder of his term with the full authority of a strong presidency. Mr. Nixon defended Vice-President Spiro Agnew and condemned "the outrageous leak in information from either the grand jury or the Justice Department or all three." On the matter of whether to make public his recordings of White House conversations relevant to the Watergate investigation, Mr. Nixon said he would abide by a "definitive" decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-1) 4 @ Hamilton (2-2) 38
British Columbia (2-2) 23 @ Winnipeg (1-4) 19
Edmonton (3-1) 24 @ Calgary (2-2) 4

The Tiger-Cats scored 4 converted touchdowns in the last 5:15 of the game to blow open a close game at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Toronto led 4-0 at halftime, but Hamilton quarterback Chuck Ealey completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to Bob Richardson in the 3rd quarter, and the Tiger-Cats led 7-4 after 3 quarters. Ian Sunter's field goal made it 10-4, and Mr. Ealey passed 4 yards to Dave Cranmer to make the score 17-5 after Mr. Sunter's convert at 9:45 of the 4th quarter. Rookie linebacker Lou Clare returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown 55 seconds later, linebacker Bob Krouse returned an interception 25 yards for another TD 31 seconds after that, and guard Jon Hohman returned a fumbled punt 37 yards for a touchdown with 3 seconds remaining.

Don Moorhead threw touchdown passes to Monroe Eley and Lefty Hendrickson in the last 4:41 of the game as the Lions edged the Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Hendrickson also caught a TD pass from Mr. Moorhead in the 2nd quarter, and the Lions led 9-2 after 3 quarters. Winnipeg quarterback Don Jonas completed a 46-yard touchdown pass to Bob LaRose at 2:26 of the 4th quarter, and Mr. Jonas rushed 2 yards for another TD at 5:12 to give the Blue Bombers the lead.

Bruce Lemmerman threw touchdown passes to Tyrone Walls and George McGowan and the Eskimos outrushed the Stampeders 233 yards to 35 as they won before a sellout crowd of 27,188 at McMahon Stadium. Gene Foster led the Edmonton ground attack with 130 yards on 18 carries and Roy Bell carried 18 times for 96 yards. Leon McQuay, in his first game as a Stampeder after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Argonauts for guard Granville Liggins, rushed for just 14 yards in 11 carries and lost a fumble on his own 29-yard line, leading to an Edmonton touchdown. He also lost 7 yards on his only pass reception. It was the first game in an Edmonton uniform for defensive tackle Ron Estay, whom the Eskimos had signed after his release from the British Columbia Lions. It was also the first game in the CFL for Edmonton defensive back John Farlinger, who had played his university football in Calgary.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (6th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan indicated that his planned visit to the Philippines in November was in some doubt following the previous day's assassination of Filipino political opposition leader Benigno Aquino.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Perfect--Fairground Attraction

World events
The government of Burundi said that at least 5,000 people had been killed in ethnic clashes between the ruling Tutsi tribe and the Hutu tribe. Although they constituted only about 15% of the population, Tutsis ran the government and the army with a firm hand. A slaughter of the virtually defenseless Hutu by the army apparently followed a minor skirmish.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: You Make the Whole World Smile--Hammond Gamble

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Living on My Own--Freddie Mercury

10 years ago
2003

Terrorism
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ontario Provincial Police arrested 19 Muslim men, most from Pakistan, on suspicion of terrorism. One of the men was enrolled in flight school and was making training flights over the Pickering nuclear power plant outside Toronto.

Abominations
The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a complaint with the Alabama Court of the Judiciary (COJ), effectively suspending Chief Justice Roy Moore for his refusal two days before to enforce an order from a federal judge to remove from the rotunda of the State Supreme Court building in Montgomery a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments. The COJ ordered the rock removed, using the ridiculous argument that the display violated the separation of church and state.

Diplomacy
U.S. President George W. Bush ordered a freeze on the assets of six leaders of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and five charities said to support Hamas.

Football
CFL
Calgary (2-8) 17 @ Winnipeg (7-3) 52
Hamilton (0-10) 25 @ British Columbia (7-3) 47