November 12, 2013

220 years ago
1793

Died on this date
Jean Sylvain Bailly, 57. French astronomer and politician. Mr. Bailly constructed an observatory at the Louvre, published several scientific writings, and calculated, in 1959, an orbit for the next appearance of Halley's Comet. During the French Revolution, he was Deputy of the Estates-General and President of the National Constituent Assembly in 1789, and then served as the first Mayor of Paris from 1789-1791. Mr. Bailly opposed republican demands for the abdication of King Louis XVI, and resigned as Mayor. He refused to cave into pressure to testify against Queen Marie Antoinette in October 1793, and was executed by guillotine two days after being tried by a French Revolutionary Tribunal.

200 years ago
1813

Americana
John McTavish took possession of Astoria, Oregon Territory for the North West Company, establishing a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River.

175 years ago
1838

War
Republican Colonel Nils von Schoultz led 200 Canadian exiles and U.S. sympathizers in an attack against Prescott, Upper Canada, beginning the four-day Battle of the Windmill against British regulars and the local Upper Canadian militia.

120 years ago
1893

Diplomacy
Emir of Afghanistan Abdur Rahman Khan accepted the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

100 years ago
1913

Disasters
Six days of gales on the Great Lakes concluded with the loss of 4 Canadian ships and 9 American ships and approximately 300 deaths.

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

90 years ago
1923

Football
CRU
ORFU
(Toronto) Parkdale Canoe Club (2-2) 2 @ Hamilton (4-0) 2 (Hamilton declared winner by forfeit)

The game between Parkdale and Hamilton Rowing Club was stopped in the 4th quarter when the Paddlers attempted to use Lionel Conacher, who had just returned to Canada after coaching at a college in the United States during the fall. Mr. Conacher was ineligible to play, and although the Rowing Club had no personal animosity toward Mr. Conacher, they refused to grant permission for him to play, and officials warned Parkdale that if Mr. Conacher took the field, the game would be forfeited to Hamilton. Mr. Conacher did take the field for Parkdale, and the game was immediately forfeited. It turned out to be the last game ever played by the Paddlers, who had played in the first Grey Cup game in 1909.

75 years ago
1938

Transportation
The Lions Gate Bridge opened for traffic from Vancouver, British Columbia to North Vancouver.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (5-1) 18 @ Montreal (0-6) 3
Toronto (5-1) 24 @ Hamilton (2-4) 8

WIFU
Finals
Calgary 2 @ Winnipeg 13 (Winnipeg won 2-game total points series 25-9)

ORFU
Toronto (3-3) 14 @ Montreal (3-1-2) 13

The Blue Bombers led the Bronks 3-2 after 3 quarters at Osborne Stadium, with Greg Kabat's field goal offsetting a pair of Calgary singles, but Mr. Kabat kicked another field goal in the 4th quarter and Art Stevenson scored a touchdown, converted by Fritz Hanson. The Bronks lost 2 fumbles and threw 2 interceptions, which greatly hurt their cause.

Canadian university
McGill (5-1) 6 @ Western Ontario (4-2) 16
Queen's (0-6) 10 @ Toronto (3-3) 13

70 years ago
1943

War
U.S.S.R. forces established a bridgehead across the Sangro and recaptured Zhitomir. German forces began an invasion of the Dodecanese island of Lero, gaining "footing" in some places. Allied forces in Italy drove a two-mile salient into the German lines between Montaquilo and Venafro, seizing Pozzilli and Filignano. U.S. Army and Marine forces secured the six-mile-long beachhead on Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, New Guinea.

Politics and government
The French Committee of National Liberation announced that General Georges Catroux would go to Lebanon to settle dispute growing out of the demand for immediate independence.

Medicine
The Royal Canadian Navy announced that it had developed a pill which was a preventative and cure for seasickness and airsickness in 75% of the cases treated.

60 years ago
1953

Diplomacy
The United States and Canada signed an agreement in Washington establishing the St. Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers to plan construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

50 years ago
1963

On television tonight
The Fugitive, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Ticket to Alaska, with guest stars Geraldine Brooks, Murray Matheson, John Larkin, David White, and Tim O'Connor

40 years ago
1973

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): He Did with Me--Vicki Lawrence

#1 single in France: Angie--Rolling Stones

Oil
The United States House of Representatives voted 361-14 in favour of a bill to build a 789-mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope to the warm-water port of Valdez.

30 years ago
1983

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Flashdance...What a Feeling--Irene Cara (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Uptown Girl--Billy Joel

#1 single in the U.K.: Uptown Girl--Billy Joel (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Islands in the Stream--Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton (2nd week at #1)
2 All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie
3 Total Eclipse of the Heart--Bonnie Tyler
4 Say Say Say--Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
5 True--Spandau Ballet
6 One Thing Leads to Another--The Fixx
7 Cum On Feel the Noize--Quiet Riot
8 Uptown Girl--Billy Joel
9 Delirious--Prince
10 Suddenly Last Summer--The Motels

Singles entering the chart were Undercover of the Night by the Rolling Stones (#43); If I'd Been the One by 38 Special (#79); Joanna by Kool & The Gang (#82); I Still Can't Get Over Loving You by Ray Parker, Jr. (#87); Baby I Lied by Deborah Allen (#88); and Magnetic by Earth, Wind & Fire (#90).

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

Singles entering the chart were Undercover of the Night by the Rolling Stones (#43); Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes (#45); The Way He Makes Me Feel by Barbra Streisand (#47); Why Me? by Irene Cara (#49); and Old Emotions by the Spoons (#50).

Diplomacy
In an address to the South Korean National Assembly in Seoul, U.S. President Ronald Reagan reaffirmed the American commitment to South Korea's defense.

Football
CIAU
Churchill Bowl @ Richardson Stadium, Kingston
Toronto 7 @ Queen's 21



Canadian junior
Little Grey Cup @ Windsor, Ontario
Edmonton Wildcats 30 Ottawa Sooners 11

Greg Kratzer caught 2 touchdown passes from Mark Denesiuk and returned a punt 75 yards for another TD to lead the Wildcats to the championship of Canadian junior football.

25 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Don't Worry Be Happy--Bobby McFerrin

#1 single in France (SNEP): Amor de mis amores--Paco (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): I Don't Want Your Love--Duran Duran (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Teardrops--Womack & Womack (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Orinoco Flow--Enya (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Orinoco Flow--Enya (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Wild, Wild West--Escape Club

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Kokomo--The Beach Boys (2nd week at #1)
2 Wild, Wild West--Escape Club
3 Bad Medicine--Bon Jovi
4 The Loco-Motion--Kylie Minogue
5 Desire--U2
6 One Moment in Time--Whitney Houston
7 A Groovy Kind of Love--Phil Collins
8 Kissing a Fool--George Michael
9 How Can I Fall?--Breathe
10 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)--Will to Power

Singles entering the chart were Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson (#70); Back on Holiday by Robbie Nevil (#76); Nobody's Perfect by Mike + the Mechanics (#80); American Dream by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#84); Love, Truth and Honesty by Bananarama (#86); If You Feel It by Denise Lopez (#87); I'm Gonna Miss You by Kenny Loggins (#89); and You Make Me Work by Cameo (#91).

Died on this date
Lyman Lemnitzer, 89. U.S. military officer. General Lemnitzer graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1920, and served in World War II and the Korean War. A four-star general, he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960-1962. He approved of Operation Northwoods, a plan to foment "flase flag" terrorist events in the United States that would be blamed on the Cuban regime of dictator Fidel Castro, thus providing justification for a U.S. military invasion of Cuba and the overthrow of the Castro regime. U.S. President John F. Kennedy rejected the operation, and shortly thereafter refused to give Gen. Lemnitzer another term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In November 1962 Gen. Lemnitzer was appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe. In January 1963 he became Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a position he held until his retirement in July 1969.

Football
CIAU
Atlantic Bowl @ Huskies Stadium, Halifax
Bishop's 10 @ St. Mary's 44



20 years ago
1993

Died on this date
H. R. Haldeman, 67. U.S. political aide. Mr. Haldeman was White House Chief of Staff under U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1969-1973. He and John Ehrlichman served as "gatekeepers" in protecting Mr. Nixon from outsiders. Mr. Haldeman served 18 months in prison from 1977-1978 after a legal battle that resulted in conviction on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in connection with the 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington, D.C. and the subsequent cover-up. He was a businessman in later years, and died of abdominal cancer, 16 days after his 67th birthday.

Scandal
The U.S. Justice Department and the New Jersey State Attorney General's office began criminal investigations into the November 9 statement by Ed Rollins, manager of Republican party candidate Christine Todd Whitman's successful gubernatorial election campaign, that he had paid out $500,000 to Negro clergymen and Democratic party workers to suppress Negro voter turnout in the November 2 election, in which Ms. Whitman had defeated incumbent Governor Jim Florio, a Democrat, by just 26,000 votes.

Popular culture
U.S. singer Michael Jackson delivered a taped statement saying that he was cancelling the remainder of a worldwide concert tour to seek treatment for drug addiction.

10 years ago
2003

Died on this date
Penny Singleton, 95. U.S. actress. Miss Singleton, born Dorothy McNulty, played Blondie Bumstead in 26 movies from 1938-1950 and in a radio comedy series from 1939-1950. She also provided the voice for Jane Jetson in the animated television series The Jetsons (1962-1963, 1985-1987).

War
At least 27 people were killed and 100 injured when a fuel truck exploded outside an Italian police compound in Nasiriya, Iraq.

Protest
Six people in the Dominican Republic were killed in clashes with troops during a student protest against high prices and regular power cuts.

Scandal
Three former executives of the state-owned oil company Elf received long prison sentences in France for corruption and embezzling public funds.