January 4, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Agness Nyambe and Aydee Ramirez!

175 years ago
1839

Died on this date
Christopher Buckley. Canadian rebel. Mr. Buckley was executed in Kingston for his role in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.

Diplomacy
Upper Canada Rebellion leader William Lyon Mackenzie was arrested in Buffalo, New York for violating U.S. neutrality laws.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
M. Patanjali Sastri. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, 1951-1954. Mr. Sastri began his career as a lawyer in 1914, specializing in tax law. He was appointed to the Madras High Court in 1939 and in 1947 to the Federal Court, which became the Supreme Court. Justice Sastri acceded to the position of Chief Justice on November 7, 1951, and served until reaching retirement age on his 65th birthday. He served on various boards until his death from a heart attack on March 16, 1963 at the age of 74.

Transportation
Vancouver, British Columbia's Granville Street Bridge, the first of three on the site, opened to traffic.

110 years ago
1904

Law
In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that citizens of Puerto Rico were not aliens and could freely enter the United States. The court did not rule, however, that people from territories recently acquired by the United States were American citizens.

Hockey
Stanley Cup
Winnipeg Rowing Club 0 @ Ottawa Silver Seven 2 (Ottawa won best-of-three challenge series 2-1)

The Silver Seven were the defending champions.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Bide Dudley, 66. U.S. drama critic and playwright. Mr. Dudley's plays included the musicals Odds and Ends of 1917 (1917) and Sue, Dear (1922), as well as the comedies Oh, Henry (1920) and Borrowed Love (1929).

Jean Tatlock, 29. U.S. psychiatrist and journalist. Dr. Tatlock, in addition to being a psychiatrist, was a member of the Communist Party and was a reporter for their publication Western Worker. She began a romantic relationship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1936; the relationship continued for several years, but whether it continued while he was working on the atomic bomb Manhattan Project during World War II is a matter of debate. Dr. Tatlock suffered from severe clinical depression and committed suicide, apparently by kneeling over the edge of her partly-filled bathtub and drowning herself after consuming chloral hydrate. Conspiracy theories abound.

War
The U.S. Army Air Forces began Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in France, Italy, and the Low Countries. U.S.S.R. troops captured the German defense base and railway junction of Belaya Tserkov, 50 miles south of Kiev. U.S. Marines began a drive against Japanese positions at Borgen Bay in the Cape Gloucester area of New Britain. U.S. planes raided the Jaluuit and Mili atolls of the Marshall Islands. It was announced in San Francisco that U.S. Navy Vice Admiral John Greenslade would retire on February 1 as commander of the Western Sea Frontier and commandant of the 12th Naval District.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Want to Hold Your Hand--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Si J'avais un Marteau--Claude François (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Sabato triste--Adriano Celentano (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rote Lippen soll man küssen--Cliff Richard and the Shadows (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Want to Hold Your Hand--The Beatles (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): There! I've Said it Again--Bobby Vinton

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 There! I've Said it Again--Bobby Vinton
2 Dominique--The Singing Nun
3 Louie Louie--The Kingsmen
--[Paul Revere and the Raiders]
4 Since I Fell for You--Lenny Welch
5 Popsicles and Icicles--The Murmaids
6 Forget Him--Bobby Rydell
7 Talk Back Trembling Lips--Johnny Tillotson
8 You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry--The Caravelles
9 Drip Drop--Dion Di Muci
10 Midnight Mary--Joey Powers

Singles entering the chart were Letter from Sherry by Dale Ward (#83); Comin' in the Back Door by Baja Marimba Band (#84); Tonight You're Gonna Fall in Love with Me by the Shirelles (#86); My One and Only, Jimmy Boy by the Girlfriends (#90); A Fool Never Learns by Andy Williams (#92); When You Walk in the Room by Jackie DeShannon (#93); I Can't Stop Singing by Bobby Bland (#98); Soul Dance by Tommy Leonetti (#99); and The Son of Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy (#100).

U.S.A. Top Ten (Music Reporter)
1 There! I've Said it Again--Bobby Vinton (2nd week at #1)
--Popsicles and Icicles--The Murmaids
2 Since I Fell for You--Lenny Welch
3 Forget Him--Bobby Rydell
4 Dominique--The Singing Nun
5 Midnight Mary--Joey Powers
6 Quicksand--Martha and the Vandellas
7 Talk Back Trembling Lips--Johnny Tillotson
--Ernest Ashworth
8 The Nitty Gritty--Shirley Ellis
9 Pretty Paper--Roy Orbison
10 Wives and Lovers--Jack Jones

Singles entering the chart included For Your Precious Love by Garnet Mimms (#33); True Love Goes On and On by Burl Ives (#60); My One and Only, Jimmy Boy by the Girlfriends (#61); In the Summer of his Years by Connie Francis (#65); What's Easy for Two is Hard for One by Mary Wells (#66); Today's Teardrops by Rick Nelson (#67); Where or When by the Lettermen (#82); The Feeling is Gone by Bobby Bland (#93); Theme from the Cardinal by Roger Williams (#95); Together by Jimmie Rodgers (#96); A Fool Never Learns by Andy Williams (#98); and Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um by Major Lance (#99).

On the radio
Sherlock Holmes, starring Fridtjof Hansen Mjoen and Arne Bang-Hansen, on Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian State Broadcasting Corporation)
Tonight's episode: Det kataleptiske anfallet (The Resident Patient)

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Angela Ieriti!

Died on this date
Mary Sullivan, 19. U.S. murder victim. Miss Sullivan was sexually assaulted and strangled with dark stockings, becoming the 13th and last victim of the Boston Strangler. Her body was found by her roommates in Boston.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Photograph--Ringo Starr (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): La Paloma Ade--Mireille Mathieu

U.S.A. Top Four (Radio & Records)
1 Time in a Bottle--Jim Croce
2 The Joker--Steve Miller Band
3 The Most Beautiful Girl--Charlie Rich
4 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road--Elton John

Scandal
U.S. President Richard Nixon refused to comply with subpoenas from the Senate Special Committee on Campaign Activities for more than 500 tape recordings and documents related to the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Mr. Nixon told committee Chairman Sam Ervin that such a response "would unquestionably destroy any vestige of confidentiality of presidential communications, thereby irreparably impairing the constitutional functions of the office of the presidency." Chief committee counsel Sam Dash said that the committee would not seek to enforce the subpoenas, pending the outcome of the court case involving an earlier subpoena for five tapes.

30 years ago
1984

War
Israeli forces bombed Shiite Muslim positions in eastern Lebanon. Lebanese police reported that many civilians were among the more than 100 people killed. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said that there could be no pullout of the international force from Beirut unless the United States provided an alternative force.

Diplomacy
Rev. Jesse Jackson, his entourage, and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman arrived at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, the day after Rev. Jackson had concluded his trip to Syria with a visit with Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, which followed an order from Syrian President Hafez al-Assad that Lt. Goodman, who had been shot down near Beirut on December 4, 1983, be released.

Hockey
NHL
Minnesota 8 @ Edmonton 12

Wayne Gretzky scored 8 points in a game--4 goals and 4 assists--for the second time in his NHL career as the Oilers beat the North Stars at Northlands Coliseum.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vingar--Mikael Rickfors (2nd week at #1)

War
Two U.S. Navy F-14 fighter planes and two Libyan MiG-23 fighters clashed in international waters off the Libyan coast, and both Libyan planes were downed. U.S. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci said that the U.S. pilots took evasive action, but that the Libyans closed in with apparent "hostile intent."

Politics and government
U.S. Vice President George Bush presided over a joint session of Congress--the first day of business for the 101st United States Congress. The principal task was the announcement of the votes cast for president and vice president in the 1988 election by members of the Electoral College. Mr. Bush, the Republican Party candidate for President, announced his own victory, with 426 votes to 111 for Massachusetts Governor and Democratic Party candidate Michael Dukakis. One Democratic elector voted for U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat--Texas), who had been Mr. Dukakis's vice-presidential running mate.

Economics and finance
The United States Congressional Budget Office estimated that the federal deficit for the 1990 fiscal year would be $141 billion, much higher than the White House estimate of $125 billion. CBO calculations were based on higher interest rates and slower economic growth than White House estimates.

20 years ago
1994

Died on this date
R. D. Burman, 54. Indian composer. Rahul Dev Burman wrote scores for 331 films from the 1960s to the '90s, mainly for Hindi films. He was one of the influential music directors of the Indian film industry. Mr. Burman was still working when he suddenly fell ill and died.

Defense
Slovakia and Lithuania sought membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a means of protection against any military threat from Russia. NATO responded with a proposal for non-member nations to obtain "limited association" with NATO in which such nations would not be given the full security guarantee that current members enjoyed.

10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
U.S.-educated lawyer Mikhail Saakashvili was elected President of Georgia in a landslide victory.

Football
NFL
NFC Wild card playoff
Seattle 27 @ Green Bay 33 (OT)

AFC Wild Card playoff
Denver 10 @ Indianapolis 41