September 1, 2013

Married on this date
Happy Anniversary, Donna and Will Morrow!

240 years ago
1773

Literature
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phyllis Wheatley was published in London. It was the first book of poetry by an American Negro woman to be published.

175 years ago
1838

Died on this date
William Clark, 68. U.S. explorer. Mr. Clark and Meriwether Lewis were the Lewis and Clark whose expedition of 1804-1806 explored the Pacific Northwest regions which became part of the United States. He died a month after his 68th birthday.

120 years ago
1893

Literature
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter by A. Conan Doyle, tenth in a series of short stories published in book form in 1894 as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, was published in the September 1893 issue of The Strand Magazine.

100 years ago
1913

Born on this date
Christian Nyby. U.S. film and television director. Mr. Nyby, who was an editor before moving into directing, was best known for directing the movie The Thing from Another World (1951). He died on September 17, 1993, 16 days after his 80th birthday.

90 years ago
1923

Disasters
The Great Kantō earthquake struck the island of Honshu and devastated Tokyo and Yokohama, killing more than 140,000 people and leaving 2 million homeless. It was the deadliesr earthquake in Japanese history.

70 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Ntsama "Charles" Atangana, 57-67 (?). Cameroonian chief. Mr. Atangana was the paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bane ethnic groups during much of the colonial period in Cameroon. He was a loyal servant of the German colonial administration, and after World War I, when Cameroon became a League of Nations mandate territory under the administration of the French Third Republic, he loyally served that administration, rising high in the civil service under both administrations.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Paradise Junction, starring Tod Andrews

Health
The opening of the school year in Newfoundland was postponed to September 14 because of the polio epidemic. In Alberta, provincial government officials announced that there had been 373 cases of polio, 20 fatal, to September 1, compared to 324 cases--24 fatal--to the same point in 1952. 27 cases were reported on September 1 alone. Manitoba was the Canadian province hit the hardest, with 1,130 cases so far in 1953, and 53 new cases reported September 1.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Rote Rosen--Freddy Breck (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Young Love--Donny Osmond (2nd week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)--Shirley Bassey (3rd week at #1)
2 And I Love You So--Perry Como
3 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
4 Heaven is My Woman's Love--Col Joye
5 My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings
6 Je T'Aime--Abigail
7 The Morning After--Maureen McGovern
8 Daisy a Day--Jud Strunk
9 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
10 If We Try--Don McLean

Singles entering the chart were Standing on the Inside by Neil Sedaka; Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall (#28); See My Baby Jive by Wizzard (#33); Movie Queen by Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs (#36); and Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas (#38).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Brother Louie--Stories (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Let's Get it On--Marvin Gaye
2 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
3 Brother Louie--Stories
4 Live and Let Die--Wings
5 I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)--Johnnie Taylor
6 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross
7 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
8 We're an American Band--Grand Funk
9 Loves Me Like a Rock--Paul Simon with the Dixie Hummingbirds
10 Uneasy Rider--Charlie Daniels Band

Singles entering the chart were Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan (#82); Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning) by John Denver (#83); Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#85); Never Let You Go by Bloodstone (#87); Outlaw Man by the Eagles (#88); Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces by Cheech and Chong (#90); Summer in the City by Quincy Jones (#92); Slick by Willie Hutch (#94); It's a Small Small World by the Mike Curb Congregation (#95); You're the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me by Ray Price (#96); and Make My Life a Little Bit Brighter by Chester (#100). Knockin' on Heaven's Door was from the movie Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Brother Louie--Stories (2nd week at #1)
2 Live and Let Die--Wings
3 Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
4 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
5 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown--Jim Croce
6 Young Love/A Million to One--Donny Osmond
7 Behind Closed Doors--Charlie Rich
8 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross
9 Minstrel Gypsy--Stampeders
10 Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan

Singles entering the chart were Ramblin' Man by the Allman Brothers Band (#72); That Lady by the Isley Brothers (#88); Sweet Charlie Babe by Jackie Moore (#89); Yes We Can Can by the Pointer Sisters (#90); Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan (#91); Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder (#92); The Badger's Song by Bobby G. Griffith (#95); Alright Alright Alright by Mungo Jerry (#96); Carpenter of Wood by Cliff Edwards (#97); Hold Back the Water by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#98); Long Way Home by Neil Diamond (#99); and Show Biz Kids by Steely Dan (#100).

Winnipeg's Top 17 (CKRC)
1 Live and Let Die--Wings
2 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
3 Feelin' Stronger Every Day--Chicago
4 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
5 Touch Me in the Morning--Diana Ross
6 Loves Me Like a Rock--Paul Simon with the Dixie Hummingbirds
7 A Million to One/Young Love--Donny Osmond
8 We're an American Band--Grand Funk
9 Brother Louie--Stories
10 The Hurt--Cat Stevens
11 Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting--Elton John
12 Get Down--Gilbert O'Sullivan
13 Dance a Little Step--Mashmakhan
14 Gypsy Man--War
15 Half-Breed--Cher
16 Shambala--Three Dog Night
17 My Maria--B.W. Stevenson
Canadian content hits
1 Dance a Little Step--Mashmakhan
2 Spending My Time--Chad Allan
3 Highway Driving--Alabama
4 Sitting on a Poor Man's Throne--Copperpenny
5 Make My Life a Little Bit Brighter--Chester

Calgary's Top 10
1 Smoke on the Water--Deep Purple
2 Could You Ever Love Me Again--Gary & Dave
3 Feelin' Stronger Every Day--Chicago
4 Live and Let Die--Wings
5 How Can I Tell Her--Lobo
6 Dreams are Ten a Penny--Kincade
7 The Morning After--Maureen McGovern
8 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose--Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
7 Yesterday Once More--Carpenters
9 Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy
10 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown--Jim Croce
Pick hit of the week: Glamour Boy--The Guess Who

Abominations
Historian Pyotr I. Yakir and economist Victor A. Krasnin, both dissidents, were each sentenced to three years of confinement to be followed by three years of enforced residence, five days after pleading guilty to charges of being paid agents of a western plot to overthrow the Soviet Union. The relatively lenient sentences were recommended by the prosecution after the guilty pleas and continued cooperation by the dissidents with the prosecution.

Labour
In a special night-long session, the Canadian Parliament passed emergency legislation ordering an end to the 9-day railway strike by 56,000 employees. The legislation set a schedule of minimum wage increases, and provided for mediation and ultimately for binding arbitration to determine benefits beyond the minimum increase.

Oil
Libya nationalized all foreign oil companies operating in the company, following a breakdown in negotiations between the companies and the government.

Disasters
35 people, including 20 Americans, died in an early morning fire in a hotel in Copenhagen.

Boxing
George Foreman (39-0) made his first defense of the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council heavyweight titles that he had won from Joe Frazier on January 22, knocking out Jose "King" Roman (43-8-1) at 2:00 of the 1st round at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo.



Football
CFL
Leon McQuay's career as a Calgary Stampeder ended when he was ordered off the practice field by head coach Jim Duncan. Mr. McQuay, a running back who had been the Eastern Football Conference's nominee for Most Outstanding Player in his rookie season with the Toronto Argonauts in 1971, had been acquired from the Argonauts on August 16 in a trade for guard Granville Liggins. In 2 games with the Stampeders Mr. McQuay rushed 9 times for 49 yards and caught 2 passes for -13 yards.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
Canada's top 12 (Weekly Music Magazine)
1 Maniac--Michael Sembello
2 China Girl--David Bowie
3 Rock and Roll is King--Electric Light Orchestra
4 She Works Hard for the Money--Donna Summer
5 1999--Prince
6 It's a Mistake--Men at Work
7 Never Gonna Let You Go--Sergio Mendes
8 Human Touch--Rick Springfield
9 Video Kids--Prototype
10 Human Nature--Michael Jackson
11 Tell Her About It--Billy Joel
12 I'll Tumble 4 Ya--Culture Club
13 Every Breath You Take--The Police
14 (Keep Feeling) Fascination--The Human League
15 Take Me to Heart--Quarterflash
16 Through the Years--Tim Finn
17 Mistake--Mike Oldfield
18 (She's) Sexy + 17--Stray Cats
19 Don't Cry--Asia
20 Making Love out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
21 Far from Over--Frank Stallone
22 After the Fall--Journey
23 Kiss the Bride--Elton John
24 Lawyers in Love--Jackson Browne
25 I Don't Wanna Dance--Eddy Grant
26 Burning Down the House--Talking Heads
27 King of Pain--The Police
28 I Never Said I Loved You--Payola$ with Carole Pope
29 Queen of the Broken Hearts--Loverboy
30 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton

Died on this date
Henry Jackson, 71. U.S. politician. Mr. Jackson, nicknamed "Scoop," was a Democrat who represented the state of Washington in the United States House of Representatives from 1941-1953 and in the United States Senate from 1953 until his death. He was one of the last anti-Communist Democrats to still hold office, and supported the defense industries that were located in his home state. Mr. Jackson was also a strong advocate of civil rights for Negroes, and voted in favour of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964. He co-sponsored, with Charles Vanik (Democrat--Ohio) from the House of Representatives, the Jackson-Vanik amendment in 1974, a provision in Title IV of the 1974 Trade Act, denying most favoured nation status to countries with non-market economies that restricted emigration. The amendment was mainly aimed at the U.S.S.R., which was restricting emigration of Jews. Mr. Jackson died of an aortic aneurysm in his home town of Everett just after holding a press conference denouncing the Soviet attack on Korean Air Lines Flight 007.

Larry McDonald, 48. U.S. politician. Dr. McDonald, a urologist and surgeon by occupation, was a Democrat who represented Georgia's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until his death aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007. He was an admirer of U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy and shortly before his death became president of the anti-Communist John Birch Society. Mister, we could use a man like Larry McDonald again.

Abominations
All 269 people--240 passengers and 29 crew members--on board Boeing 747 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 were killed when the commercial jetliner entered Soviet air space and was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter, plunging into the Sea of Japan. The Soviets charged that the plane ws on a spying mission.

War
U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered 2,000 U.S. Marines into the waters just off Beirut as part of the international peacekeeping force. There were eight U.S. ships in the force, as well as warships from Italy and France.

Diplomacy
Two days of testimony from prominent Americans before the U.S. National Bipartisan Commission on Central America concluded. Former President Gerald Ford said that both external and internal factors were to blame for the region's problems, and that the United States should think in terms of long-term solutions. Former President Jimmy Carter urged a policy of alleviating economic and social suffering as a means of checking Communist subversion. Former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance favoured a political rather than a military solution, ascribing unrest to internal problems, while former Secretary of State Alexander Haig blamed outside agitation. Former Secretaries of State Dean Rusk and William Rogers also testified before the Commission.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gimme Hope Jo’anna--Eddy Grant (13th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): The Loco-Motion--Kylie Minogue (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Luis Walter Alvarez, 77. U.S. physicist. Dr. Alvarez won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 "for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonant states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chambers and data analysis." He was also involved in a project to X-ray Egyptian pyramids in a search for unknown chambers; analyzed the Abraham Zapruder film of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy; and, with his son Walter and others, developed the Alvarez hypothesis that dinosaurs became extinct as the result of an impact by an asteroid.

Television
Three Canadian French-language cable specialty channels began broadcasting: Canal Famille, Météo-Média, Musique Plus and RDS (Réseau du sport).

Technology
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation became the first Canadian broadcasting group to use people meters to measure its audience.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (5-3) 46 @ Ottawa (1-7) 20
British Columbia (4-4) 9 @ Edmonton (5-3) 17

Chris Skinner rushed 8 yards for the Eskimos' only touchdown in their win over the Lions at Commonwealth Stadium. For B.C. kicker Bernie Ruoff, it was the final game in his 14-year CFL career. He had recently joined the Lions while regular punter and kicker Lui Passaglia was trying out with the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): What's Up?--4 Non Blondes (4th week at #1)

War
Peace talks in Bosnia collapsed as the three factions failed to agree on how the country would be divided.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Eulalio González, 81. Mexican entertainer. Eulalio "Lalo" González Ramírez was a singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter who was a radio announcer before beginning a career in movies in 1951, appearing in more than 70 films in a career spanning almost 40 years. His comic character "Piporro" was regarded as the embodiment of norteño (northern Mexican) popular culture, and his films often dealt with situations regarding the border between Mexico and the United States. Mr. González was nominated for four Ariel Awards, winning for his minor role in Espaldas mojadas (1955) and for his comedy performance in El pocho (1970). He died of a heart attack.

Defense
French troops in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo handed over their duties to United Nations forces, ending their three-month deployment to protect civilians from ethnic bloodshed. The 5,000-man UN force was largely made up of Uruguayan and Bangladeshi soldiers.

Politics and government
Iraq's governing council named a 25-member cabinet to assume responsibility for running government departments.

Scandal
The widow of U.K. scientist and United Nations weapons inspector David Kelly, who had committed suicide on July 18, testified before the Hutton inquiry investigating his death that Dr. Kelly felt betrayed by his political masters.

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-6) 19 @ Hamilton (0-11) 11
Edmonton (7-4) 22 @ Calgary (3-8) 28

The Stampeders deserved their win over the Eskimos at McMahon Stadium, but it was one of the most poorly-officiated games this blogger has ever seen. In the 1st quarter, Edmonton's Sean Fleming kicked a field goal that was straight through the uprights, but the official ruled it wide, and Calgary's Wane McGarity ran it back 126 yards for a touchdown as the Eskimos appeared to let up on the play. In the 4th quarter, the Stampeders instigated a brawl, but the Eskimos got the worst of the penalties, and referee Dave Yule and his crew lost control of the game. Edmonton wide receiver Ed Hervey took off his helmet and accidentally hit and knocked down line judge Brent Buchko, for which he was suspended for one game--and rightly so. However, Calgary defensive back Davis Sanchez grabbed Mr. Yule by his jersey and twirled him around--and didn't even receive a penalty.