August 29, 2013

480 years ago
1533

Died on this date
Atahualpa, 36. Incan Emperor, 1532-1533. Atahualpa assumed the throne upon the execution of his half-brother Huáscar in a civil war following the death of their father Huayna Capac. Atahualpa was the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) before the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. He was captured by forces of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro at Cajamarca, Peru and was executed there by garroting after being baptized into the Roman Catholic Church. Atahualpa was succeeded on the throne by puppet Emperor Túpac Huallpa.

130 years ago
1883

Technology
Thomas Ahearn, head of the Ottawa Street Railway Company, presided over a demonstration of his pioneering electric stove at the Windsor Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. This is believed to have been the world's very first dinner cooked on an all-electric stove.

110 years ago
1903

Defense
Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy, was launched at St. Petersburg.

75 years ago
1938

Transportation
Malton Airport opened northwest of Toronto.

70 years ago
1943

War
German-occupied Denmark scuttled 20 of its 60 naval vessels in Copenhagen harbour, and military installations were destroyed after martial law was declared. Soviet troops took 40 more villages southwest of Kharkov, including the rail junction of Lyubotin.

Politics and government
German occupation authorities dissolved the Danish government and declared martial law.

Medicine
The U.S. War Production Board disclosed that it had granted permission to nine concerns to build facilities for the manufacture of penicillin.

Economics and finance
A Brookings Institution report made public in Washington praised Canada's control of loving costs as being better than similar programs in the United States. The report added that costs had increased 17% in Canada since the beginning of World War II, as opposed to a 26% increase in the U.S.A.

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 (2nd week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford (Best seller--4th week at #1; Jukebox--2nd week at #1); No Other Love--Perry Como (Disc Jockey--3rd week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)--Les Paul and Mary Ford (2nd week at #1)
2 No Other Love--Perry Como
3 Crying in the Chapel--Darrell Glenn
--June Valli
--Rex Allen
--The Orioles
4 You, You, You--The Ames Brothers
5 I'm Walking Behind You--Eddie Fisher
6 P.S. I Love You--The Hilltoppers
7 C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)--Eartha Kitt
8 With These Hands--Eddie Fisher
9 Oh!--Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra
10 Allez-Vous-En--Kay Starr

Singles entering the chart were God Bless Us All by Spike Jones and his City Slickers (#25, charting with the versions by Brucie Weil and Jimmy Boyd); Relax by Tony Martin (#33); and Tonight, Love by Bill Darnel (#38).

Football
IRFU
Ottawa (0-1) 10 @ Hamilton (1-0) 14

WIFU
Edmonton (0-1) 6 @ Winnipeg (1-0) 7
Calgary (1-0) 29 @ Saskatchewan (0-1) 17

ORFU
Kitchener-Waterloo (1-0) 23 Brantford (0-1) 12
Sarnia (1-0) Toronto (0-1) 5

Billy Joe Grimes and Joe Shinn scored touchdowns in the 3rd quarter for the Tiger-Cats as they defeated the Rough Riders in 95 F. heat before 12,000 fans at Civic Stadium. It was Mr. Shinn's final game as a Tiger-Cat.

Ted Tully's missed field goal attempt on the last play of the game went for a single point, allowing the Blue Bombers to edge the Eskimos in the first regular season game ever played at Winnipeg Stadium. It was the first regular season game for Darrell Royal as Edmonton head coach, and because of roster limitations on American players, he had left tackle and kicker Wilbur Snyder at home and used Mr. Tully, a Canadian linebacker, instead. Mr. Tully recovered a fumble for the only Edmonton touchdown but missed the convert. Len Meltzer scored the Winnipeg touchdown in the 4th quarter. It was the first regular season game for 1952 Heisman Trophy winner Billy Vessels as an Eskimo, as well as the first game in Canada for Winnipeg offensive end and defensive back Bud Grant. Two Eskimos suffered season-ending injuries: end Rollin Prather dislocated an elbow, and halfback Bill Rowekamp, playing his first game, returned the opening kickoff 44 yards but suffered an ankle injury. He was in the U.S. military during the 1954 and 1955 seasons, and didn't return to the Eskimos until 1956.

The Stampeders took a 23-0 lead after the 1st quarter and coasted to victory over the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. The game marked a successful debut for former San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Frankie Albert, playing his first game of Canadian football. He completed 16 of 21 passes for 288 yards and 2 touchdown passes to Willard Sherman and others to Sugarfoot Anderson and Al Endriss. John Henry Johnson, who scored a Calgary touchdown in the 4th quarter, played the first game of his 13-year professional career. Stan Williams and former Cleveland Browns star Mac Speedie scored touchdowns for the Roughriders. It was the first game for former Los Angeles Rams' head coach Bob Snyder as coach of the Stampeders, and the first game for former Edmonton Eskimos' coach Frank Filchock as coach of the Roughriders.

The Dutchmen made a successful debut in the ORFU with their win over the Redskins.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Bad to Me--Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
British Columbia (4-1) 15 @ Winnipeg (3-2) 16

Hal Ledyard relieved Kenny Ploen at quarterback in the 4th quarter at Winnipeg Stadium and drove the Blue Bombers 80 yards downfield in 1 minute and 48 seconds, passing 9 yards to Farrell Funston for the tying touchdown with 31 seconds remaining, followed by George Fleming's winning convert. Mr. Fleming added 3 field goals. B.C. quarterback Joe Kapp passed to Pat Claridge for one touchdown and handed off to Nub Beamer for the other.

40 years ago
1973

World events
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi announced the "birth of a new unified Arab state." The declaration, however, made it clear that actual unification would come gradually; Col. Gaddafi had supported immediate full union.

Scandal
U.S. District Court Judge John Sirica ordered U.S. President Richard Nixon to make the tapes of White House conversations relevant to the investigation into the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up available to him for a decision on their use by a grand jury.

Disasters
As flood waters crested after two weeks of severe flooding in Pakistan's Punjab, the death toll was set at 286. 155,219 people were evacuated and 260,000 homes were listed as destroyed.

24 people were killed when a U.S. military cargo jet crashed near Madrid.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (4-1) 13 @ Winnipeg (1-5) 12
Toronto (4-1) 24 @ Edmonton (3-2) 16

Jack Abendhschan's 24-yard field goal with 4:27 remaining in the game provided the winning margin as the Roughriders edged the Blue Bombers before a sellout crowd of 25,210 at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Abendschan kicked a 32-yard field goal with 2:57 remaining in the 2nd quarter and converted his team's only touchdown, a 67-yard pass from Ron Lancaster to Rick Eber with 1:10 remaining in the 1st half. Winnipeg quarterback Don Jonas scored all his team's points, rushing 2 yards for a touchdown just 2:42 into the game and adding a convert and field goal to give the Blue Bombers a 10-0 lead. He missed field goal attempts of 13 and 25 yards in the 4th quarter, both of which went for single points. Mr. Jonas' second missed field goal came with 2:16 remaining in the game, and would have given the Blue Bombers the lead.

Joe Theismann completed 15 of 26 passes for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns and rushed 12 times for 55 yards to lead the Argonauts over the Eskimos before 22,918 fans at Clarke Stadium. Mr. Theismann's touchdown passes came in the 3rd quarter to Peter Muller and Bill Symons. Mr. Symons also rushed 2 yards for a touchdown on a third-down gamble in the 2nd quarter. Roy Bell scored the only Edmonton touchdown on a 39-yard rush on the Eskimos' first play from scrimmage just 1:14 into the game after a one-handed interception by linebacker Ceasar Belser. Toronto's Marv Kendricks led all rushers with 16 carries for 98 yards, while teammate Eric Allen led all receivers with 89 yards on 4 receptions. Edmonton linebacker Mike Lambros suffered a season-ending injury when he broke his arm in attempting to "clothesline" Mr. Theismann in the 1st half. It was the last game in an Eskimo uniform for linebacker Jerry Griffin, who was in his seventh season with the team.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (7th week at #1)

Died on this date
Simon Oakland, 68. U.S. actor. Mr. Oakland, a trained concert violinist, played character roles in numerous movies, television programs, and plays--usually cast as a tough guy--from 1956 until his death from cancer the day after his 68th birthday. His movies included I Want to Live! (1958); Psycho (1960); West Side Story (1961); The Sand Pebbles (1966); and Bullitt (1968).

Diplomacy
Soviet leader Yuri Andropov distributed a note to Western countries along with an interview published August 26 in Pravda in which he said that the U.S.S.R. was prepared to dismantle all missiles it removed from Europe if talks in Geneva on reducing intermediate-range missiles in Europe ended successfully. Mr. Andropov reiterated his previous proposal to reduce the number of medium-range missiles deployed in Europe to the number already deployed by the United Kingdom and France, providing that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization also cancelled the deployment of U.S. missiles scheduled for December. The U.S.A. and West Germany reiterated their position that the French and British arsenals were independent and could not be counted as NATO weapons.

Politics and government
Brian Mulroney, who had been elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada on June 11, won a seat in the House of Commons when he captured a federal by-election in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova.

Sport
The Pan-American Games concluded in Caracas. The United States won the greatest number of medals, followed by Cuba, and Canada third with 108.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Perfect--Fairground Attraction (2nd week at #1)

Space
The U.S.S.R. mission Soyuz TM-6 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked with space station Mir for a duration of almost 4 months. The crew consisted of Commander Vladimir Lyakhov, Flight Engineer Valeri Polyakov, and Research Cosmonaut Abdul Mohmand, who became the first Afghan to go into space.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You--UB40 (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Mr. Vain--Culture Beat

On television tonight
The documentary film Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, which later received theatrical release, was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.

Golf
Brandie Burton won the du Maurier Golf Classic.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, 63. Iraqi Muslim clergyman. Ayatollah al-Hakim was a moderate Shiite Muslim leader in Iraq. He was assassinated, and an estimated 84-125 others were killed, when a car bomb exploded as they were leaving the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf. Among those killed were 15 of Ayatollah al-Hakim's bodyguards. It was unclear who was responsible for the bombing, but four men were arrested the following day, and one was finally hanged in 2007.

Diplomacy
The six-nation talks in Beijing concerning North Korea's alleged nuclear weapons program concluded with an agreement to hold more talks.

War
By this date 282 U.S. service personel had died in Iraq from all causes. 143 had died--67 in hostile action--since May 1, the day U.S. President George W. Bush had proclaimed an end to major combat activities.

Football
CFL
Montreal (9-2) 38 @ Ottawa (4-7) 43

Josh Ranek rushed 17 times for 103 yards and touchdowns of 21 and 38 yards, and quarterback Kerry Joseph completed 16 of 22 passes for 218 yards and a 48-yard touchdown to Denis Montana while rushing 5 times for 76 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown, as the Renegades withstood a late rally to defeat the Alouettes before 24,583 fans at Frank Clair Stadium. Lawrence Tynes added 4 converts and 5 field goals for Ottawa. Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo completed 27 of 50 passes for 293 yards and 3 touchdowns--1 to Jeremaine Copeland and 2 to Ben Cahoon in the last 3:08 of the game. Mr. Cahoon also rushed 17 yards for a touchdown, and receiver Dave Stala passed 67 yards to Sylvain Girard for another Montreal touchdown. Montreal kicker and punter Matt Kellett was ejected in the 3rd quarter for knocking down head linesman Don Cousens while trying to recover his own punt. Mr. Stala replaced him and converted 2 touchdowns--including the one he had passed for--and punted for a single. The game was the 300th regular season game for Montreal's Don Matthews as a head coach in the CFL as he became the first man to reach that total.

CIS
Alberta (0-1) 30 @ Calgary (1-0) 31

Quarterback Charles Guedo rushed 2 yards for a touchdown, converted by Matthew Nimik with 34 seconds remaining in the game, as the Dinos overcame a 16-point halftime deficit to nip the Golden Bears before 2,495 fans at McMahon Stadium. Alberta kicker Mark Wojcichowsky missed a 42-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds, and Calgary's Stephen Hughes ran it out of the end zone to preserve the win. Mr. Guedo, celebrating his 20th birthday, completed 20 of 36 passes for 308 yards and 2 touchdowns. Alberta quarterback Darryl Salmon completed 14 of 26 passes for 188 yards, while running back Jarred Winkel led the Alberta ground game with 143 yards--112 in the 1st half.