March 2, 2014

150 years ago
1864

War
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln gave Ulysses S. Grant the rank of Lieutenant General.

110 years ago
1904

Born on this date
Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. U.S. author. Usually using the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, Mr. Geisel wrote such classics of children's literature as The Cat in the Hat (1957); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957) and Green Eggs and Ham (1960). He died on September 24, 1991 at the age of 87.

Hockey
Stanley Cup
Ottawa Silver Seven 5 @ Montreal Wanderers 5

Following the tie, a new two-game, total goals series was ordered to be played in Ottawa, but the Wanderers, who were the challengers, refused to play unless the tie game was replayed in Montreal. When no settlement could be reached, the series was abandoned and the Silver Seven retained the Cup and accepted a challenge from Brandon.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Martin Ritt. U.S. film director. Mr. Ritt was a theatre, film, and television director whose liberal political views led to him being blacklisted from film and television for several years in the 1950s. His movies included Edge of the City (1957); The Long Hot Summer (1958); Hud (1963); The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965); The Great White Hope (1970); The Front (1976); and Norma Rae (1979). Mr. Ritt died on December 8, 1990 at the age of 76.

90 years ago
1914

At the movies
Icebound, directed by William de Mille, and starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Helen Dubois, and Edna May Oliver, opened in theatres.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Howard Carter, 64. U.K. archaeologist. Mr. Carter began working in Egypt at the age of 17, and was Chief Inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service from 1899-1905. He was best known for discovering the tomb of King Tutankhamun in November 1922. Mr. Carter died of Hodgkin's disease.

Religion
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pius XII. He succeeded Pius XI.

70 years ago
1944

Movies
The Academy Awards for 1943 were presented at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Casablanca was named Best Picture, and its director, Michael Curtiz, also won. Other winners included Paul Lukas as Best Actor (Watch on the Rhine); Jennifer Jones as Best Actress (The Song of Bernadette); Charles Coburn as Best Supporting Actor (The More the Merrier); and Katina Paxinou as Best Supporting Actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls).

War
Soviet forces drove to within 24 miles of Latvia with the capture of Soshikhino. Allied troops in west Africa continued to drive southward in the kaladan Valley of western Burma and were about 40 miles north of Akyab. The U.S. reported that Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell had complained of the failure to launch a full-scale attack against Japanese forces in Burma. U.S. Navy planes bombed targets on Paramushiro and Shimushu Islands in the Kuriles. U.S. Senator Mon Wallgren (Democrat--Washington) told the Senate's Truman Committee that Liberty ships had developed defects in such numbers that it was unsafe to use them as troop or hospital ships. The U.S. Army announced plans to expand its training program for boys aged 17, who were not affected in the recent curtailment of the program. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox said that a national service act was needed to maintain war production schedules.

Diplomacy
Acting Argentine President Edelmiro Farrell said that his country's foreign policy would not be modified and that he would work closely with other American nations.

Economics and finance
U.S. Lend-Lease aid to Turkey was halted because of Turkey's unwillingness to enter the war or give the Allies air bases for use in the Mediterranean.

Oil
55 oil companies of the U.S. Petroleum Industry War council approved a resolution assailing the proposed Arabian oil project of the Petroleum Reserves Corporation as a postwar rather than a war enterprise.

Labour
Sidney Alderman, attorney for 10 U.S. railroads dealing with the Fair Employment Practices Commission, told a House of Representatives Committee that the railroads had no intention of following an FEPC order to hire more Negroes.

Crime
New York Governor Thomas Dewey granted another stay of execution to Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and two others convicted of murder, shortly before they were to die in Sing Sing prison's electric chair.

60 years ago
1954

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: I Do Solemnly Swear, starring Royal Dano and Nancy Kelly

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): If I Had a Hammer--Trini Lopez (5th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Second Chance, starring Don Gordon, Janet DeGore, Simon Oakland, and John McLiam

Music
The album Shut Down Volume 2 by the Beach Boys was released on Capitol Records.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Dynamite--Mud (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Devil Gate Drive--Suzi Quatro (2nd week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Sorrow--David Bowie (2nd week at #1)
2 My Coo Ca Choo--Alvin Stardust
3 Farewell Aunty Jack--Grahame Bond
4 I Love You Love Me Love--Gary Glitter
5 The Most Beautiful Girl--Charlie Rich
6 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road--Elton John
7 Photograph--Ringo Starr
8 Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)--Helen Reddy
9 48 Crash--Suzi Quatro
10 The Ballroom Blitz--The Sweet

Singles entering the chart were Smokin' in the Boy's Room by Brownsville Station (#24) and Eye Level by the Simon Park Orchestra (#37).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks
2 Boogie Down--Eddie Kendricks
3 Spiders & Snakes--Jim Stafford
4 Love's Theme--The Love Unlimited Orchestra
5 The Way We Were--Barbra Streisand
6 Rock On--David Essex
7 Dark Lady--Cher
8 Sunshine on My Shoulders--John Denver
9 Jet--Paul McCartney & Wings
10 Mockingbird--Carly Simon and James Taylor

Singles entering the chart were I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song by Jim Croce (#63); Oh My My by Ringo Starr (#66); TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB featuring the Three Degrees (#82); Skybird by Neil Diamond (#83); Let it Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#84); Help Me by Joni Mitchell (#86); Touch and Go by Al Wilson (#87); Star Baby by the Guess Who (#89); If it Feels Good, Do It by Ian Lloyd and Stories (#98); I'm a Train by Albert Hammond (#99); and Mr. Natural by the Bee Gees (#100). Skybird was from the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Love's Theme--The Love Unlimited Orchestra
2 The Way We Were--Barbra Streisand
3 Spiders & Snakes--Jim Stafford
4 Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks
5 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)--Rolling Stones
6 Love Song--Anne Murray
7 I Thought of You Again--Susan Jacks
8 Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)--Aretha Franklin
9 Rock On--David Essex
10 Dark Lady--Cher

Singles entering the chart were Watching the River Run by Loggins and Messina (#86); Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash by the Steve Miller Band (#87); Let it Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#89); Wheel of Good Fortune by Bill King (#92); Nice to Be Around by Maureen McGovern (#93); Touch a Hand, Make a Friend by the Staple Singers (#94); Unborn Child by Seals and Crofts (#95); Us and Them by Pink Floyd (#96); My Mistake (Was to Love You) by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (#97); I Like to Live the Love by B.B. King (#98); Beyond the Blue Horizon by Lou Christie (#99); and Pepper Box by the Peppers (#100).

#1 single in Calgary: The Way We Were--Barbra Streisand (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
Houston, We've Got a Problem, directed by Lawrence Doheny, and starring Robert Culp, Clu Gulager, Gary Collins, Sandra Dee, and Ed Nelson, on ABC

This made-for-television movie was a fictionalized account of the Apollo 13 space mission in 1970.



Hockey
NHL
California 3 @ Montreal 5

The Canadiens' win over the Golden Seals at the Montreal Forum was the only time I can remember in which the Golden Seals appeared on a Saturday Hockey Night in Canada national telecast.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Maggie--Foster and Allen (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Relax--Frankie Goes to Hollywood (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
In his first major address as leader of the Soviet Union, Konstantin Chernenko used more restrained rhetoric than his predecessor, Yuri Andropov, in discussing U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations. Speaking to 5,000 members of the Communist Party two days before elections for the Supreme Soviet, Mr. Chernenko urged a "drastic change" for the better in relations between the superpowers. He noted that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had "begun to make peaceable sounding statements," but that they must be followed by actions. Mr. Chernenko seemed to indicate that intermediate-range and strategic nuclear weapons talks could not resume until the North Atlantic Treaty Organization reversed its deployment of missiles in Europe. He also made cautious overtures toward China and endorsed Mr. Andropov's plans to revive the economy and end corruption and inefficiency. The U.S. State Department said that it welcomed Mr. Chernenko's statements, including his expressed interest in a complete ban on chemical weapons.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): Bring Me Edelweiss--Edelweiss

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Leave Me Alone--Michael Jackson

Politics and government
The United States Senate began debate on the nomination of former U.S. Senator John Tower to be Secretary of Defense in the administration of President George Bush. The Senate Armed Services Committee had voted 11-9 to reject the nomination of Mr. Tower, largely because of concerns about his drinking.

Environment
Environmental ministers representing the 12 European Community nations agreed to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by 2000.

20 years ago
1994

Politics and government
The government of Mexico reached a tentative agreement with the Zapatista National Liberation Army, which had launched an insurrection in January. The draft agreement did not contain the commitment to democratic reform that the Zapatistas were seeking, but assurances were given that a congressional session would be sought for the purpose of codifying the reforms. Under the draft accord, public works projects would bring employment to the Mayan Indians of the state of Chiapas; laws would be approved to protect the Indians from discrimination; and the government would track the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Chiapas. The agreement would be presented to the supporters of the Zapatista for approval.

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Mercedes McCambridge, 87. U.S. actress. Miss McCambridge won the Academy Award for her supporting performance in All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). She died two weeks before her 88th birthday.

Marge Schott, 75. U.S. baseball owner. Mrs. Schott owned the Cincinnati Reds from 1984-1999. While she kept ticket prices low, she also spent very little to keep the team competitive, but the Reds won the 1990 World Series in spite of her. Mrs. Schott was known for uttering slurs against Negroes, Jews, and other minorities, while praising Adolf Hitler, and proved that a female sports owner could be as boorish as any man.

Space
NASA announced that the U.S. Martian rover Opportunity had detected sedimentary rocks that appeared to have been formed under flowing salt water.

Terrorism
Al-Qaeda suicide bombers carried out the Ashoura Massacre, killing 170 and wounding over 500 at mosques in Baghdad and Karbala, Iraq.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator John Kerry (Masachusetts) won 9 of 10 state primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday," virtually clinching the Democratic party nomination for President of the United States in the November 2004 election.

Protest
Five days of opposition protests across Venezuela began after the country's electoral council invalidated 1.8 million of 3.4 million signatures on a petition calling for a recall vote on President Hugo Chavez.