November 2, 2013

230 years ago
1783

Defense
General George Washington issued his farewell address to the United States Army near Princeton, New Jersey.

100 years ago
1913

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the White Sox winning 9-4 in Houston.

80 years ago
1933

Politics and government
Thomas Pattullo led the Liberal Party to victory in the British Columbia provincial election, taking 34 of 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly with the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation winning 7 seats to form the Opposition.

70 years ago
1943

War
The Soviet Red Army took the historic city of Kakhovka. Allied forces in Italy cracked the German lines between Mount Massico and the Matese Ridge to bring the German strongpoints of Venafro and Isernia within artillery range. A U.S. Navy task force was able to turn away an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.

Defense
The U.S. Army disclosed the development of a 120-millimetre anti-aircraft gun with a range of 12 miles.

Politics and government
Scattered off-year elections in the United States showed a trend in favour of the Republican Party in New York, New Jersey, and Kentucky.

Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals' left fielder Stan Musial was named the Most Valuable Player in the National League for 1943. In 157 games he batted .357 with 13 home runs and 81 runs batted in, leading the NL in batting and slugging (.562); hits (220); doubles (48); and triples (20) as the Cardinals won their second straight pennant.

50 years ago
1963

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Dance On!--Kathy Kirby

#1 single in France: If I Had a Hammer--Trini Lopez (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Se mi vuoi lasciare--Michele (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Vom Stadtpark die Laternen--Gitte and Rex Gildo (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): You'll Never Walk Alone--Gerry and the Pacemakers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (3rd week at #1)
2 Deep Purple--Nino Tempo & April Stevens
3 Washington Square--The Village Stompers
4 Be My Baby--The Ronettes
5 Busted--Ray Charles
6 I Can't Stay Mad at You--Skeeter Davis
7 Mean Woman Blues--Roy Orbison
8 I'm Leaving it Up to You--Dale & Grace
9 Talk to Me--Sunny & the Sunglows
10 It's All Right--The Impressions

Singles entering the chart were Be True to Your School by the Beach Boys (#73); Loddy Lo by Chubby Checker (#80); Have You Heard by the Duprees (#88); Wives and Lovers by Jack Jones (#90); Shirl Girl by Wayne Newton (#91); You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry by the Caravelles (#92); You're No Good by Betty Everett (#95); You're Good for Me by Solomon Burke (#97); Hey Lover by Debby Dovale (#98); 31 Flavors by the Shirelles (#99); and Dominique by the Singing Nun (#100). Wives and Lovers was the A-side (or maybe the B-side) of Toys in the Attic, which had recently been listed along with versions by versions by Joe Sherman and his Orchestra and Dennis Regor and the Paulette Sisters. The version by Mr. Sherman and his orchestra had peaked at #88 on October 26 in its third and last week on the chart.

On the radio
Sherlock Holmes, starring Fridtjof Hansen Mjoen and Arne Bang-Hansen, on Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian State Broadcasting Corporation)
Tonight's episode: Thornybroen (Thor Bridge)

Died on this date
Ngô Đình Diệm, 62. 1st President of South Vietnam, 1955-1963. Diệm, a Roman Catholic, was Governor of Bình Thuận (1929-1933) and Interior Minister (1933) under Emperor Bảo Đại, but became a Vietnamese nationalist and denounced Bảo Đại as an instrument of French colonial rule. Diệm lived in exile in Rome from 1950-1953, but returned to Vietnam, serving as Prime Minister (1954-1955) and then as President upon the establishment of the Republic of Vietnam. By November 1963, Diệm had alienated his country's Buddhist minority and had lost the support of the United States. He and his brother Ngô Đình Nhu were assassinated by Nguyễn Văn Nhung, the aide of General Dương Văn Minh, in a military coup that deposed his government.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-11) 21 @ Ottawa (9-5) 30
Edmonton (2-14) 24 @ Calgary (10-4-2) 38

Rick Black scored a touchdown, 4 converts, and 2 singles for the Rough Riders as they defeated the Argonauts before 13,089 fans at Lansdowne Park. Toronto quarterbacks Jackie Parker and Sandy Stephens each threw 2 interceptions.

Joe Hernandez, Tommy-Joe Coffey, and Aubrey Linne scored touchdowns for the Eskimos in their loss to the Stampeders before 14,000 fans at McMahon Stadium. The loss was the ninth straight for the Eskimos, and was the last game for Eagle Keys after five seasons as their head coach. Among the Edmonton players whose careers ended with this game were Mr. Linne, running back Mike Lashuk, and defensive back Bill Smith.

Canadian university
Saskatchewan (1-5) 13 @ Manitoba (1-4) 7
British Columbia (3-2) 2 @ Alberta (6-0) 29

The Huskies trapped John Postie in his own end zone for a safety touch on the opening kickoff, and Dan Marisi rushed 3 yards for a touchdown 5 minutes later, converted by Walt Nibogie, to provide the neecessary scoring as they defeated the Bisons in Winnipeg. Don Shylo scored an unconverted touchdown for Manitoba.

Bert Carron scored a pair of touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they easily defeated the Thunderbirds at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton to clinch the Hardy Cup championship.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Take Me To The Mardi Gras--Paul Simon (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): I'd Love You to Want Me--Lobo

Defense
Canada agreed to share a support role with Poland on a United Nations Middle East peacekeeping force.

30 years ago
1983

Society
The U.S. Justice Department sued in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York to obtain medical records of a girl known as "Baby Doe," who had been born on Long Island on October 20 with three major birth defects: an abnormally small head; excess fluid on the brain; and incomplete closure of the spine. Her parents had decided on a limited treatment, including antibiotics. Doctors had advised them that without surgery the girl would die within two years, but that ever with surgery she would be severely mentally retarded and bedridden. In the suit, Justice Department attorneys argued that the hospital's refusal to provide medical records to government investigators constituted violation of the law guaranteeing equal rights to disabled persons. An October 20 court order that the girl undergo surgery had been blocked the same day by a New York state appeals court, which in turn was upheld by a state appellate court.

Politics and government
By a 2-1 margin, white voters in South Africa approved a new constitution granting limited powers to "coloreds" (people of mixed race) and Asians. The plan, supported by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, provided for a tricameral legislature, one branch each for whites, coloreds, and Asians, most of whom were of Indian descent. The office of prime minister was replaced by a strong presidency, with the president to be chosen by an electoral college consisting of 50 whites, 25 coloreds, and 13 Asians. Many supporters of South Africa's apartheid policy of racial separation opposed the reforms, fearing they would be the first steps toward the loss of power by whites. Supporters of rights for the country's black majority also opposed the constitution, which made no provision for participation by blacks in the nation's affairs.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill designating the third Monday in January as a national holiday in honour of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been assassinated on April 4, 1968 at the age of 39. The bill had been passed by the House of Representatives in August and the Senate in October.

Terrorism
General Paul X. Kelley, U.S. Marine Corps commandant at the base in Tripoli, Lebanon, completed three days of testimony before U.S. Senate and House of Representatives committees, conceding that security at the Marine base in Beirut had not been adequate to stop the speeding truck that had delivered the bomb that had destroyed the headquarters building on October 23, with the loss of 241 lives. The House voted 274-153 to reject a motion to cut off funding for the Marines in Lebanon by March 1984.

Defense
A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said that the United States and Israel would soon step up their strategic cooperation.

Diplomacy
Grenada began returning Cubans who had been captured in the recent invasion of their country to Cuba, where they were hailed as heroes by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Football
CFL
The Edmonton Eskimos hosted the last "Fan Fun Section" party at the Kinsmen Field House. The parties, which allowed fans in the chosen sections to meet the players, were held in the 1982 and 1983 seasons. This blogger sat in Section L of Commonwealth Stadium in those days, and this was the only time that our section was chosen for the occasion. The Eskimos had finished the regular season three days earlier with a loss to the Toronto Argonauts to drop to 8-8, and their only chance of making the Western Division playoffs was to have the 4-11 Saskatchewan Roughriders win in Calgary four days later against the 8-7 Stampeders.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Hand in Hand--Koreana (5th week at #1)

Politics and government
In the Israeli general election, no party was able to win a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. The Labour Party, led by Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, won 49 seats to 47 for the Likud Party, led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Religious parties won 18 seats and the Arab bloc won 6 seats. Labour and Likud had governed in a coalition since the 1984 election. Labour favoured an international peace conference where the idea of trading "land for peace" would be considered, while Likud favoured taking a harder line against Palestinians.

Diplomacy
The day before British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was to arrive in Poland, Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski warned that she must not meddle in Polish affairs.

Technology
The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

20 years ago
1993

Politics and government
Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican, unseated Democratic incumbent David Dinkins as mayor in the New York civic election, winning 51% of the vote to 48% for Mr. Dinkins. In Minneapolis, Democratic Party candidate Sharon Sayles Belton became the first woman and first Negro to win that city's mayoral election.

Republican Party candidate Christine Todd Whitman defeated Democratic Party incumbent Jim Florio in the New Jersey gubernatorial election, taking 49% of the vote to 48% for Mr. Florio. After being elected four years earlier, Mr. Florio had broken his promise not to raise taxes. Former U.S. Congressman George F. Allen, a Republican, defeated Democratic candidate Mary Sue Terry 58%-41% to win the Virginia gubernatorial election.

Crime
Henry Watson, a Negro who had been convicted on lesser charges but acquitted on October 20 of attempted murder in the 1992 beating of Reginald Denny, a white man who had been dragged out of his truck and beaten during rioting in Los Angeles after the acquittal of four Los Angeles policemen in the beating of Negro criminal Rodney King, pled guilty to one count of felony assault in the beating of Larry Tarvis, another truck driver.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the index of leading economic indicators had increased 0.5% in September.

10 years ago
2003

Abominations
Rev. Vicky Gene Robinson became the first openly sodomite bishop to be ordained by the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.

War
16 U.S. soldiers were killed and 21 injured when insurgents in Iraq shot down an American helicopter.

Politics and government
Preliminary results of parliamentary elections in the republic of Georgia reportedly suggested that the elections were rigged.

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
British Columbia 7 @ Toronto 28

Western Semi-Final
Saskatchewan 37 @ Winnipeg 21

Damon Allen completed 15 of 24 passes for 234 yards and touchdowns to Lal Knight and Michael Jenkins, and Marcus Brady added another touchdown pass to Jimmy Oliver, as the Argonauts defeated the Lions before 21,029 fans at SkyDome. Mr. Allen's first TD pass, 20 yards to Mr. Allen, came with just 6 seconds remaining in the 1st half and the Lions leading 7-6. B.C. starting quarterback Dave Dickenson took the pre-game warmup, but was unable to play because of a knee injury. Spergon Wynn replaced him and completed 12 of 16 passes, but for just 131 yards, 64 of them on a pass to Frank Cutolo with 4:04 remaining in the 1st half. Mr. Jenkins rushed for 111 yards on 23 carries and caught 3 passes for 33. Kelvin Anderson, playing the last game of his 8-year CFL career, led the Lions' ground game with 12 carries for 52 yards.



Kenton Keith rushed 14 times for 130 yards and touchdowns of 35, 21, and 30 yards as the Roughriders beat the Blue Bombers before 22,110 fans at Canad Inns Stadium. Saskatchewan quarterback Nealon Greene completed just 5 of 15 passes for 93 yards, but one of his completions went to Matt Dominguez for a 55-yard touchdown in the 1st quarter. Mr. Greene also rushed 6 times for 46 yards. Winnipeg quarterback Khari Jones completed just 19 of 42 passes for 260 yards and touchdown passes of 26 and 9 yards to Jamie Stoddard.