December 10, 2013

200 years ago
1813

War
In the War of 1812, U.S. troops under Major McClure evacuated Fort George, New York and crossed the Niagara River to Newark (today known as Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada.

175 years ago
1838

War
Lower Canadian militia chased 400 Chasseur raiders out of the village of Beauharnois to end the second Lower Canada rebellion.

110 years ago
1903

Crime
Convicted murderer Ernest Cashel escaped from jail in Calgary, five days before he was to hang for robbing and killing a rancher. He was captured in Shaganappi, a camp on the western outskirts of Calgary on Jan. 24, 1904, after a two-month long manhunt, and hanged on February 2, 1904.

100 years ago
1913

Transportation
The Canadian Northern Railroad finished building a tunnel under Mount Royal in Montreal.

75 years ago
1938

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Argonauts 30 Winnipeg 7

Red Storey scored 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter and almost scored a fourth as the Argonauts rallied from a 7-6 deficit to rout the Blue Bombers before a then-Grey Cup-record crowd of 18,778. 2 field goals by Greg Kabat and a single by Art Stevenson had enabled Winnipeg to take a 7-5 halftime lead, with the Toronto scoring coming on an unconverted touchdown on a pass from Annis Stukus to Art West. A single by Annis Stukus made the score 7-6 after 3 quarters before Mr. Storey, who had shared the IRFU lead during the regular season with 5 touchdowns in 6 games, entered the game as a substitute for Doug McPherson. He took a lateral from quarterback Bill Stukus and ran 28 yards for his first touchdown, then quickly followed with a 40-yard interception return for his second TD. The Blue Bombers then marched into Toronto territory, but Bob Isbister intercepted on is own 4- or 5-yard line and lateralled to Mr. Storey, who returned the ball 100 or 102 yards--accounts differ--before being stopped on the Winnipeg 4- or 5-yard line. A tired Mr. Storey left the game briefly, and Bernie Thornton rushed for the next Toronto touchdown. Mr. Storey then returned to the game and rushed 12 yards for his third touchdown, setting a Grey Cup record set for touchdowns and tying a record set by Lionel Conacher of the Argonauts in 1921 with 15 points. Annis Stukus and Bill Stukus each kicked 2 converts.

70 years ago
1943

At the movies
The Spider Woman, starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, and Alec Craig, received its premiere screening in Seattle.



War
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the draft bill which put men who had become fathers prior to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 at the bottom of the induction list. U.S.S.R. forces captured the twin junctions of Znamenk and Khirovka, southeast of Kremenchug. Chinese forces moved out from Changteh, advancing 13 miles northwest of the city and 20 miles to the southwest.

Politics and government
The French Committee of National Liberation pledged a "more liberal" political status for Indochina.

Journalism
U.S. Censorship Director Byron Price issued revised codes for press and radio which gave his agency fuller control and larger powers to clear news hitherto released only "by appropriate authority."

Football
NCAA
The New York World-Telegram's annual poll to designate the football coach of the year awarded the honour to Amos Alonzo Stagg, 81, coach at College of the Pacific.

50 years ago
1963

Canadiana
Canada's first permanent research laboratory north of the Arctic Circle opened in Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Angie--Rolling Stones (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Noël interdit--Johnny Hallyday (2nd week at #1)

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew--The Rock Steady Crew (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Love of the Common People--Paul Young (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Only You--The Flying Pickets

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
2 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
3 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
4 Love is a Battlefield--Pat Benatar
5 Union of the Snake--Duran Duran
6 Say it Isn't So--Daryl Hall-John Oates
7 Cum On Feel the Noize--Quiet Riot
8 Crumblin' Down--John Cougar Mellencamp
9 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
10 Church of the Poison Mind--Culture Club

Singles entering the chart were Pink Houses by John Cougar Mellencamp (#58); Think of Laura by Christopher Cross (#76); 99 Luftballons by Nena (#82); Ebony Eyes by Rick James featuring Smokey Robinson (#84); Wet My Whistle by Midnight Star (#86); Save the Last Dance for Me by Dolly Parton (with the Jordanaires) (#87); The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream) by Irene Cara (#88); Almost Over You by Sheena Easton (#89); and Rappin' Rodney by Rodney Dangerfield (#96).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie (3rd week at #1)
2 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
3 Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
4 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
5 Tonight I Celebrate My Love--Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
6 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)--Sheena Easton
7 In a Big Country--Big Country
8 True--Spandau Ballet
9 Crumblin' Down--John Cougar Mellencamp
10 Love is a Battlefield--Pat Benatar

Singles entering the chart were That was Then But This is Now by ABC (#42); Running with the Night by Lionel Richie (#44); Karma Chameleon by Culture Club (#49); and She's Trouble by Musical Youth (#50).

Politics and government
Raul Alfonsin, winner of the October 30 presidential election, was inaugurated as President of Argentina, ending more than seven years of military rule. Former President Isabel Peron, who had been ousted in 1976, had returned from exile in Spain the previous day to witness the inauguration. In his inaugural address, Mr. Alfonsin promised "a decent government" and an end to "public immorality." He asked Congress to abrogate an amnesty granted in September to those who had committed human rights abuses.

Defense
The United States lifted a ban on military aid and arms sales to Argentina, based on an improvement in Argentina's record on human rights.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): È qui la festa?--Jovanotti (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Wee Rule--Wee Papa Girl Rappers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Orinoco Flow--Enya (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Pourvu qu'elles soient douces--Mylène Farmer (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Mistletoe and Wine--Cliff Richard

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Mistletoe and Wine--Cliff Richard

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Look Away--Chicago

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Look Away--Chicago
2 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)--Will to Power
3 I Don't Want Your Love--Duran Duran
4 Giving You the Best That I Got--Anita Baker
5 Every Rose has its Thorn--Poison
6 How Can I Fall?--Breathe
7 Walk on Water--Eddie Money
8 Waiting for a Star to Fall--Boy Meets Girl
9 My Prerogative--Bobby Brown
10 Welcome to the Jungle--Guns N' Roses

Singles entering the chart were Roni by Bobby Brown (#80); Is it Love by J.J. Fad (#85); Dial My Heart by Boys (#87); and If We Never Meet Again by Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers (#88).

Died on this date
Richard S. Castellano, 55. U.S. actor. Mr. Castellano was best known for his Academy Award-nominated supporting performance in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) and his supporting performance in The Godfather (1972). He starred in the television comedy series The Super (1972). Mr. Castellano died of a heart attack.

Disasters
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa began visiting areas of Armenia that had been struck by an earthquake three days earlier.

20 years ago
1993

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had risen 0.2% in November.

Business
The last shift left Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland, England; the closure of the 156-year-old pit marked the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

Sport
Ty Murray won his fifth consecutive all-around championship at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The most accomplished rider in history, Mr. Murray competed in three of the roughest and most dangerous events--bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding--while most performers specialized in just one.

10 years ago
2003

Abominations
Jean Chretien, two days away from retirement, presided over his final cabinet meeting as Prime Minister of Canada. The cabinet approved a politically-correct proclamation acknowledging historic wrongs done by the British Crown from 1755-1763, when 11,000 Acadians had been expelled from the Maritimes.

Crime
The U.K. court of appeal overturned the conviction of Angela Cannings, who had been sentenced to prison in 2002 for the deaths of infant sons Jason in 1991 and Matthew in 1999. Mrs. Cannings had maintained that the boys had died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which had taken the life of her first daughter, Gemma, in 1989.