November 5, 2013

875 years ago
1138

Asiatica
Lý Anh Tông, 2, was enthroned as Emperor of Vietnam, beginning a 37-year reign. He succeeded his father Lý Thần Tông, who had died five days earlier at the age of 22.

325 years ago
1688

Britannica
William of Orange landed with a Dutch fleet at Brixham, England.

175 years ago
1838

War
In Lacolle, Lower Canada, Governor Sir John Colborne's troops skirmished with Cyrille Côté's 300 Chasseurs for a half hour, leaving 8 rebels dead. The Patriotes of Beauharnois took over the St. Lawrence River steamboat Brougham.

140 years ago
1873

Politics and government
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald resigned after revelations of campaign financing by Sir Hugh Allan in return for the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

120 years ago
1893

Born on this date
Raymond Loewy. French-born U.S. industrial designer. Mr. Loewy, who moved to New York at the age of 25, was known as the "Father of Industrial Design." He designed cars, locomotives, vending machines, logos, and other things too numerous to mention. Mr. Loewy died on July 14, 1986 at the age of 92.

100 years ago
1913

Religion
Mormons in Alberta held a ground-breaking ceremony the new temple at Cardston; excavation for the foundation began on November 16.

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the White Sox winning 10-7 in El Paso, Texas.

90 years ago
1923

Society
Voters in Alberta approved government control of the sale of liquor, after seven yers of prohibition.

75 years ago
1938

Died on this date
Thomas Dewing, 87. U.S. artist. Mr. Dewing was known for his paintings of aristocratic American women at the turn of the 20th century.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (2-3) 9 @ Ottawa (4-1) 23
Montreal (0-5) 13 @ Toronto (4-1) 58

WIFU
Finals
Winnipeg 12 @ Calgary 7 (First game of 2-game total points series)

ORFU
Montreal (3-0-2) 23 @ Peterborough (1-4) 1
Toronto (2-3) 2 @ Sarnia (2-1-2) 10

Five members of the Rough Riders combined for a 65-yard punt return touchdown in their win over the Tigers at Lansdowne Park. Wilf Tremblay fielded a punt by Hamilton's Bill Strachan at the Ottawa 45-yard line and lateralled to Andy Tommy, who returned the ball to the Hamilton 30 before lateralling to Tiny Herman, who went a few yards before lateralling to Bunny Wadsworth, who didn't take more than a step before lateralling to Dave Sprague, who went the remaining distance for the touchdown--without benefit of blocking.

Bill Stukus scored 2 touchdowns and passed to his brother Annis for a touchdown, and Annis passed to Frank Stukus for a touchdown as the Argonauts routed the Cubs at Varsity Stadium. It remains the only time in senior-level Canadian football history in which three brothers have scored touchdowns in the same game. The Argonauts set IRFU single-game records for points; scoring plays (18); touchdowns (10); converts (8); and touchdowns rushing (7). The teams combined for single game records in touchdowns (12) and touchdowns rushing (9).

Paul Rowe scored a touchdown in the 2nd quarter, which he converted, and Johnny Rosano added a single, to give the Bronks a 7-0 halftime led over the Blue Bombers before 3,000 fans at Mewata Stadium, but blocked kicks in the 2nd half were Calgary's undoing, and Winnipeg capitalized to score. Greg Kabat got the Blue Bombers on the scoreboard with field goals of 20 and 40+ yards. In the 4th quarter, Lou Mogul recovered a blocked punt at the Calgary 37-yard line, and Andy Bieber promptly rushed 37 yards for a touchdown, with Mr. Kabat converting.

Canadian university
Toronto (2-3) 2 @ McGill (5-0) 23
Western Ontario (3-2) 10 @ Queen's (0-5) 1

75 years ago
1943

War
The U.S.S.R. Red Army closed in on Kiev from the north, northwest, and west, cutting rail and highway escape routes. U.K. troops in Italy cracked the Adriatic end of the Germans' trans-peninsular line by capturing the port of Vasto, while the 5th Army took Venafro, former interior anchor of the German right wing. U.S. planes dumped more than 250 tons of bombs on targets at Akyab, Burma in the heaviest Allied attack yet on the Asiatic mainland. 30,000 Japanese troops participated in an offensive in central China aimed at removing the Chinese threat to the Yangtze River.

Politics and government
The French Committee of National Liberation announced that it was not bound by "decisions concerning Germany in which it has not participated."

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate's Truman Committee asked the government to demand postwar prepayment of Lend-Lease advances to reduce peacetime reconversion costs to a minimum.

Brazil announced food rationing for hotels, restaurants, and boarding houses in Rio de Janeiro.

Labour
Philip Murray was re-elected President of the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the CIO's national convention in Philadelphia.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed a five-man National War Labor Board committee to investigate living costs, to report within 60 days.

50 years ago
1963

On television tonight
The Fugitive, on ABC
Tonight's episode: See Hollywood and Die, with guest stars Chris Robinson, Lou Antonio, and Brenda Vaccaro

Crime
Seafarers' International Union leader Hal Banks was charged in Montreal with conspiring to cause bodily harm in the 1957 assault of ship's captain H.F. Walsh.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Can the Can--Suzi Quatro (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Viens te perdre dans mes bras--Frédéric François

Scandal
U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell sentenced Donald Segretti to six months in prison for "dirty tricks" in attempting to disrup the 1972 Democratic party presidential primary election in Florida in 1972. Charges against Mr. Segretti, who was acting on behalf of the campaign to re-elect President Richard Nixon, included circulating a phony letter accusing U.S. Senators Henry Jackson and Hubert Humphrey of sexual misconduct.

Labour
Firemen in Glasgow, Scotland returned to work, ending the United Kingdom's first firemen's strike. The men returned in time for the expected rash of calls for Guy Fawkes Day, the annual celebration of the anniversary of an attempt to blow up the English Parliament, which is usually celebrated with the use of bonfires and firecrackers.

30 years ago
1983

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

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): They Don't Know--Tracey Ullman (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Uptown Girl--Billy Joel

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
2 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler
3 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
4 True--Spandau Ballet
5 Making Love Out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
6 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
7 Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
8 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)--Sheena Easton
9 Delirious--Prince
10 Burning Down the House--Talking Heads

Singles entering the chart were Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton-John (#47); Synchronicity II by the Police (#53); Union of the Snake by Duran Duran (#59); Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes (#66); Allergies by Paul Simon (#75); What's New by Linda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra (#86); and I Just Can't Walk Away by the Four Tops (#88).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 True--Spandau Ballet (2nd week at #1)
2 Modern Love--David Bowie
3 Making Love Out of Nothing at All--Air Supply
4 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
5 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
6 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
7 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)--Sheena Easton
8 Burning Down the House--Talking Heads
9 In a Big Country--Big Country
10 King of Pain--The Police

Singles entering the chart were Say it Isn't So by Daryl Hall-John Oates (#39); Union of the Snake by Duran Duran (#45); Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton-John (#48); and Cum on Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot (#50).

Defense
The U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan announced that the U.S. naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea was increasing to 30 ships, including three aircraft carriers.

Economics and finance
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed former Finance Minister Donald Macdonald to head the Royal Commission into Canada's Economic Prospects, with a mandate to examine Canada's economic future.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (9-7) 9 @ Toronto (12-4) 33
Ottawa (8-8) 13 @ British Columbia (11-5) 40

Terry Greer caught 13 passes for 148 yards to become the first receiver in CFL history to achieve 2,000 yards in a single season as the Argonauts beat the Blue Bombers before 32,921 fans at Exhibition Stadium. Mr. Greer finished the season with 113 receptions, breaking the record of 104 set a week earlier by Brian Kelly of the Edmonton Eskimos, who had already finished their season. Mr. Greer's yardage total of 2,003 in 16 games surpassed the previous record of 1,914 set by Hal Patterson of the Montreal Alouettes in a 14-game season in 1956. Condredge Holloway started at quarterback for Toronto and threw touchdown passes of 37 yards to Cedric Minter and 7 yards to Emanuel Tolbert. Hank Ilesic converted both and added a single on the kickoff after the second TD, giving the Argonauts a 15-0 lead before the game was 10 minutes old. Joe Barnes releived Mr. Holloway in the 2nd half and completed touchdown passes of 71 yards to Mr. Tolbert in the 3rd quarter and 8 yards to Paul Pearson in the 4th quarter. Trevor Kennerd kicked 3 field goals for the Blue Bombers. Former Calgary Stampeder star James Sykes played his first game as a running back for Winnipeg, rushing 12 times for 62 yards while replacing injured Willard Reaves. Another former Stampeder, receiver Darrell Smith, played his only game in a Winnipeg uniform, catching 1 pass for 7 yards.

Lui Passaglia kicked 6 field goals, 3 converts, and a single as the Lions routed the Rough Riders before 42,091 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Mr. Passaglia also finished the regular season with an average of 50.2 yards on 117 punts, beating the old CFL record of 48.5 yards per punt set by Joe Zuger of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1971. B.C.'s Merv Fernandez, who caught 9 passes for 95 yards, scored the only touchdown of the 1st half on a 14-yard pass from starting quarterback Roy Dewalt. John Henry White, who rushed for 89 yards on 11 carries, scored on a 1-yard run with 25 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter. Defensive back Larry Crawford scored the last B.C. touchdown on a 44-yard interception return with 2:35 remaining in the game. Former Lion Tyron Gray, who led all receivers with 123 yards on 3 receptions, scored the only Ottawa touchdown on a 91-yard pass from backup quarterback Chris Isaac in the 4th quarter. Ottawa running back Skip Walker carried just twice for 11 yards, finishing the season with a league-leading 1,431 yards. Prince McJunkins started at quarterback for the Rough Riders and led the team with 72 yards rushing on 10 carries, completing 5 of 10 passes for 69 yards, but producing no touchdowns in his 7th and last CFL game.



25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): I Don't Want Your Love--Duran Duran

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): A Groovy Kind of Love--Phil Collins (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Teardrops--Womack & Womack (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Amor de mis amores--Paco (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Orinoco Flow--Enya (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Orinoco Flow--Enya (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Kokomo--The Beach Boys

Kokomo was the Beach Boys' first single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Good Vibrations on December 10, 1966, a record gap of almost 22 years between #1 hits.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Kokomo--The Beach Boys
2 A Groovy Kind of Love--Phil Collins
3 Wild, Wild West--Escape Club
4 Bad Medicine--Bon Jovi
5 The Loco-Motion--Kylie Minogue
6 One Moment in Time--Whitney Houston
7 Desire--U2
8 Never Tear Us Apart--INXS
9 Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?--Steve Winwood
10 Kissing a Fool--George Michael

Kokomo was the Beach Boys' first single to reach #1 on the Cash Box chart since Good Vibrations on November 19, 1966, a record gap of almost 22 years between #1 hits.

Singles entering the chart were My Prerogative by Bobby Brown (#54); Ghost Town by Cheap Trick (#60); Put a Little Love in Your Heart by Annie Lennox and Al Green (#63); All This Time by Tiffany (#70); Best of Times by Peter Cetera (#71); It's Money that Matters by Randy Newman (#81); Don't Rush Me by Taylor Dayne (#82); I Wanna Have Some Fun by Samantha Fox (#84); Forever Young by Alphaville (#87); and Baby Can I Hold You by Tracy Chapman (#92). Put a Little Love in Your Heart was from the movie Scrooged (1988).

Protest
Fire-bombs and rocks were thrown at police during a demonstration by 10,000 students in Seoul against former South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan, whose arrest the protesters were demanding on charges of corruption.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (9-9) 24 @ British Columbia (10-8) 45

David Williams and Tony Cherry each scored 2 touchdowns and Marcus Thomas returned an interception 87 yards for a touchdown to help the Lions beat the Blue Bombers before 35,063 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.

CIAU
Dunsmore Cup
Queen's 7 @ Bishop's 16



20 years ago
1993

Crime
"Dr." Jack Kevorkian was imprisoned in Wayne County Jail in Detroit for his alleged role in the suicides of two men in August and September, and immediately began a hunger strike.

10 years ago
2003

Politics and government
The New Democratic Party government of Premier Lorne Calvert was re-elected with a narrow majority in the Saskatchewan provincial election, winning 30 seats in the legislature to 28 for the conservative Saskatchewan Party, led by Elwin Hermanson.

The day after suspending Parliament and dismissing several cabinet ministers, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency, as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremensinghe maintained his hold on power.