November 4, 2013

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Guille Ramirez Morales!

175 years ago
1838

War
Robert Nelson again proclaimed the independence of Lower Canada before a crowd of 700 Patriotes in Napierville. Cyrille Côté and a hundred Patriotes from Châteauguay under the command of Messrs. Cardinal and Duquet attacked Caughnawaga looking for arms while the Mohawks attended church. Iroquois counterattacked and beat back the rebels, taking Messrs. Cardinal and Duquet prisoner. In Montreal, Governor Sir John Colborne declared martial law. Joined by several hundred Habitants, Mr. Nelson was declared President of the newly proclaimed Canadian Republic.

Journalism
Francis Hincks founded the Toronto Examiner newspaper, having for its motto, "Responsible Government and the Voluntary Principle."

120 years ago
1893

Died on this date
Pierre Tirard, 66. Prime Minister of France, 1887-1888, 1889-1890. Mr. Tirard, a member of the extreme Left, held various cabinet posts in a career spanning a quarter-century. He served two brief terms as Prime Minister, and was Finance Minister at the time of his death.

Football
ORFU
Semi-Final
Hamilton 13 @ Queen's College 27

100 years ago
1913

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with their game scheduled to be played in Abilene, Texas cancelled because of rain.

80 years ago
1933

Football
IRFU
Ottawa (3-2) 4 @ Toronto (3-2) 21
Montreal (4-1) 9 @ Hamilton (0-5) 2

The Tigers set an IRFU single-game record with 16 fumbles in their loss to the Winged Wheelers at the H.A.A.A. Grounds.

70 years ago
1943

At the movies
The North Star, a work of pro-U.S.S.R. propaganda directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, and Walter Huston, opened in theatres.

Music
Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8 received its world premiere performance at the Moscow Conservatory by the State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugeni Mravinski.

War
Soviet forces claimed to hold the entire east bank of the Dnieper River from its confluence with the Sozh River to its mouth on the Black Sea. Allied forces in Italy made important gains on the southwestern half of the front, reaching the south bank of the Garagliano River at the Gulf of Gaeta.

Politics and government
A final tabulation of votes in Kentucky revealed that Simeon Willis (Republican) had beaten J. Lyter Donaldson (Democrat) to become the first Republican to be elected Governor of Kentucky since 1927.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate confirmed Chester Bowles as director of the Office of Price Administration.

Baseball
W.C. Tuttle resigned as President of the Pacific Coast League.

60 years ago
1953

On television tonight
Société Radio-Canada started broadcasting La Famille Plouffe, Quebec's first téléroman (soap opera).

50 years ago
1963

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: O.B.I.T., starring Peter Breck, Jeff Corey, Alan Baxter, and Harry Townes

40 years ago
1973

Football
CFL
Montreal (7-6-1) 13 @ Hamilton (7-7) 25
Saskatchewan (10-6) 16 @ Edmonton (9-5-2) 28

Bill Etter relieved Chuck Ealey at quarterback in the 4th quarter and completed 4 of 5 passes for 48 yards and a touchdown and rushed 4 times for 15 yards and a touchdown as the Tiger-Cats defeated the Alouettes at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

Roy Bell rushed for 174 yards on 27 carries and added a 64-yard kickoff return as the Eskimos defeated the Roughriders before 21,234 fans at Clarke Stadium to finish in first place in the Western Football Conference for the first time since 1957. Edmonton quarterback Tom Wilkinson completed just 8 of 16 passes for 132 yards, but 3 of his completions went for touchdowns to Calvin Harrell, Garry Lefebvre, and Tyrone Walls. Dave Cutler kicked 3 converts, field goals of 49 and 46 yards, and a single on a wide field goal attempt. His field goals gave him 32 for the season, 1 more than the league record established by Gerry Organ of the Ottawa Rough Riders a week earlier. The Roughriders scored both of their touchdowns in the 4th quarter on a 1-yard rush by George Reed and an 8-yard pass from Ron Lancaster to Bob Pearce. The Eskimos outrushed the Roughriders 221 yards to 48. Mr. Lancaster completed 27 of 42 passes for 315 yards; his favourite target was Tom Campana, who led all receivers with 8 catches for 115 yards. Edmonton's George McGowan caught just 1 pass for 10 yards, tying the team record for receptions in a season with 81, a mark achieved by Tommy-Joe Coffey in 1964 and 1965. It was the only CFL game for Edmonton offensive tackle Andy Kupp, who was activated in place of injured starter Charlie Turner.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Karma Chameleon--Culture Club (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): I Like Chopin--Gazebo (3rd week at #1)

Terrorism
28 Israeli soldiers and 32 Arabs were killed when a truck carrying a bomb crashed into the Israeli headquarters compound in Tyre, Lebanon.

Diplomacy
The United States promised Grenada more than $3 million in economic aid.

Energy
Atomic Energy of Canada sold Turkey a Candu nuclear reactor worth over $1 billion.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Don't Worry Be Happy--Bobby McFerrin

Diplomacy
Huge crowds greeted British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on her visit to Gdansk, Poland, where she met with Solidarity trade union movement leader Lech Walesa.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate had declined 0.1% in September.

20 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): U Got 2 Let the Music--Cappella (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
10 days after winning a majority of seats in the House of Commons in the federal election, Liberal Party leader Jean Chretien was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada along with his cabinet, which included six women.

Defense
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's government cancelled a contract with European and North American companies for the purchase of 43 helicopters, whose cost of U.S. $3.6 billion had been an issue in the recent federal election campaign against the incumbent Progressive Conservative government.

Disasters
China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new Boeing 747-400, overran the runway at Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong and crashed, with 23 people injured, but no fatalities.

10 years ago
2003

Politics and government
Claiming that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was making too much money, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga suspended Parliament and fired several of Mr. Wickremesinghe's ministers.