January 23, 2014

225 years ago
1789

Academia
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University), the first Roman Catholic University in the United States, was established in Georgetown, Maryland (now part of Washington, D.C.).

100 years ago
1914

Baseball
The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox continued their post-season exhibition tour, with the White Sox winning 4-1 in 5 innings in Colombo, Ceylon. The teams then boarded RMS Orontes and departed for Egypt.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Edvard Munch, 80. Norwegian painter. Mr. Munch was best known for his painting The Scream (1893).

Luke Fleming, 75. U.S. inventor. Dr. Fleming invented a gas mask used by Allied forces in World War I.

War
The Allies announced that U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower would command U.S. forces in the European theatre, as well as being the supreme Allied commander. Soviet troops wiped out a strong German bridgehead on the east bank of the Volkhov River. Yugoslavian partisans claimed the annihilation of a strong German force and threw back other enemy units with heavy losses in the Livno-Grachovo sector of western Bosnia.

World events
The Portuguese liner Nyassa sailed from Lisbon with 180 Jewish refugees, to pick up 650 more at Cadiz en route to Palestine.

Politics and government
1940 Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate Wendell Willkie said that he would not enter the 1944 California Republican Party primary, where California Governor Earl Warren was a "nominal" candidate.

Hockey
NHL
New York 0 @ Detroit 15

The Red Wings set a record for the most lopsided win in National Hockey League history, and set a record with 37 individual scoring points, as they routed the Rangers at Olympia Stadium. Detroit goalie Connie Dion faced only 9 shots in recording his only NHL shutout, while Ken McAuley played the entire game in goal for New York, setting an individual record for goals against in a game that has been tied (by Doug Soetaert of the Winnipeg Jets in 1982), but not yet beaten. The Red Wings actually scored a 16th goal, but it was ruled that the puck had crossed the goal line after the final buzzer had sounded.

60 years ago
1954

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Pretend--Nat "King" Cole (4th week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Oh, Mein Papa (Oh! My Pa-Pa)--Eddie Fisher; (Best Seller--3rd week at #1; Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1); Rags to Riches--Tony Bennett (Jukebox--8th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Oh, Mein Papa (Oh! My Pa-Pa)--Eddie Fisher (4th week at #1)
--Eddie Calvert
2 Stranger in Paradise--Tony Bennett
--The Four Aces
--Tony Martin
3 That's Amore--Dean Martin
4 Changing Partners--Patti Page
--[Kay Starr]
5 Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)--Teresa Brewer
6 The Gang that Sang "Heart of My Heart"--The Four Aces
-- Don Cornell, Alan Dale, and Johnny Desmond
7 Rags to Riches--Tony Bennett
8 Woman--Johnny Desmond
9 Ebb Tide--Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra
10 Secret Love--Doris Day

Singles entering the chart were Tony Martin's version of Stranger in Paradise; Just One More Chance by the Three Suns (#26); Cabbages and Kings by Charlie Applewhite (#33); Answer Me, My Love by Nat "King" Cole (#34); and Think by Dinah Shore (#35).

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: It's All Right--The Impressions

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Glad All Over--The Dave Clark Five (2nd week at #1)

Law
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. It reads:

1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: I'd Love You to Want Me--Lobo (10th week at #1)

Diplomacy
Four days after five Soviet citizens had been expelled from China on charges of espionage, the Chinese goevernment published the confession of a Chinese individual alleged to be the agent involved with the five ousted Soviets.

Politics and government
20 members of the legislature of Northern Ireland, led by Rev. Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party, walked out of the assembly to protest the Protestant-Roman Catholic coalition government that had taken effect on January 1.

Oil
U.S. President Richard Nixon proposed to Congress more stringent taxation on foreign profits of oil companies and a two-year delay on stricter emission standards for automobiles. His tax proposal called for the elimination of the 22% depletion allowance for foreign crude oil production. Mr. Nixon emphasized the importance of increased domestic energy production, with a goal to be self-sufficient by 1980, and placed a secondary importance on conservation. He again called for the enactment of a "windfall profits" tax on crude oil companies, and the speeding up of oil licensing.

Exxon Corporation announced that profits in the fourth quarter of 1973 were up 59% over the same period in 1972, mainly because of the embargo imposed by Arab countries after the Yom Kippur War.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): All Night Long (All Night)--Lionel Richie (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Karma Chameleon--Culture Club (6th week at #1)

Defense
U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent to Congress a report alleging seven violations or possible violations by the U.S.S.R. of arms control agreements. They included the use of chemical weapons in Afghanistan and southeast Asia; electronic encoding of signals from missile test flights; and development of a second intercontinental ballistic missile beyond the one permitted by SALT II.

Politics and government
U.S. Attorney General William French Smith resigned in order to participate in the 1984 re-election campaign of President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan nominated Edwin Meese to succeed Mr. Smith.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Kokomo--The Beach Boys (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Smooth Criminal--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Salvador Dali, 84. Spanish artist. Mr. Dali was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century and was a leading figure in the Surrealist movement.

Crime
The day before he was to be executed in the electric chair at Florida State Prison in Starke, U.S. serial murderer Ted Bundy granted an interview to Christian psychologist James Dobson, claiming that his life of crime had begun with an early attraction to pornography. Some, then and since, have questioned Mr. Bundy's sincerity in his last interview, but his comments served as a powerful statement on the evils of pornography.

Disasters
274 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Soviet republic of Tajikistan.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I Can See Clearly Now--Jimmy Cliff (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)--Meat Loaf (11th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: U Got 2 Let the Music--Cappella

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Things Can Only Get Better--D: Ream (2nd week at #1)

Football
NFL
AFC Championship
Kansas City 13 @ Buffalo 30

Thurman Thomas rushed for 186 yards, caught 3 passes for 22 yards, and scored 3 touchdowns to help the Bills defeat the Chiefs before 76,642 fans at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

NFC Championship
San Francisco 21 @ Dallas 38

Daryl Johnston, Emmitt Smith, and Jay Novacek scored consecutive touchdowns as the Cowboys broke a 7-7 tie to take a 28-7 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the 49ers before 64,902 fans at Texas Stadium in Irving. Mr. Smith opened the scoring in the 1st quarter with a 5-yard touchdown rush.

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Bob Keeshan, 76. U.S. television personality. Mr. Keeshan was best known as the host and title character of the children's television program Captain Kangaroo from 1955-1984.

War
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's chief weapons inspector, David Kay, resigned, saying that his 1,400-member Iraqi Survey Group had failed to find any evidence of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons in Iraq.

Defense
Pakistani President Pervez Musharaff admitted to the claim by the United States that Pakistani scientists had supplied Libya, and possibly Iran and North Korea, with nuclear weapons designs and technology.