April 30, 2014

470 years ago
1544

Died on this date
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, 56 (?). English politician. Mr. Audley represented Essex in the House of Commons from 1523-1533, and served as Speaker of the house from 1529-1533, presiding over the Reformation Parliament, which abolished papal jurisdiction. He was knighted in 1532, and served as Lord Chancellor of England from 1533 until his resignation, nine days before his death.

225 years ago
1789

Politics and government
George Washington was inaugurated as the 1st President of the United States under the Constitution. The ceremony took place on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City., and President Washington delivered his inaugural address to a joint session of Congress.

Canadiana
Parrtown and Carleton became Saint John, New Brunswick, the first incorporated city in what is now Canada.

120 years ago
1894

Protest
Coxey's Army, a march of unemployed men led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893, reached Washington, D.C., 36 days after leaving Massillon, Ohio.

110 years ago
1904

Americana
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opened in St. Louis, Missouri. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wasn't there in person, but opened the fair via telegraph. John Philip Sousa and his band played at the fair on opening day.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Frank Haller, 56. U.S. boxer. Mr. Haller won the silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1904 Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis.

On television today
U.S. commercial television made its official debut as NBC broadcast U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's ceremonial address at the opening of the World’s Fair in New York City. The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building. It was the first major public event to be televised, as the National Broadcasting Company inaugurated its regularly scheduled service over station W2XBS; an estimated 1,000 people saw the event on about 200 television sets scattered throughout the New York area.

Americana
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was on hand in New York to officially open the World's Fair; 206,000 people visited the fair on opening day.



Baseball
The Washington Nationals scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th inning, 2 on a single by Buddy Lewis, as they edged the New York Yankees 3-2 before 23,712 fans at Yankee Stadium. Joe Krakauskas started on the mound for Washington and allowed just 4 hits and 1 run, earned, in 7 innings. He was removed for a pinch hitter with the Nationals trailing 1-0, but became the winning pitcher as a result of the 8th-inning rally. Oral Hildebrand started on the mound for New York and allowed 11 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 8 innings in taking the loss. New York first baseman Lou Gehrig played his 2,130th consecutive game, batting 0 for 4 and making 7 putouts and 2 assists. For the Iron Horse, it turned out to be the 2,164th and last game of his 17-year major league career.

The Detroit Tigers scored 4 runs in each of the 3rd, 5th, and 6th innings as they routed the Cleveland Indians 14-1 before 24,507 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Detroit second baseman Charlie Gehringer batted 4 for 5 with a grand slam, double, 3 runs, and 5 runs batted in, while Tommy Bridges pitched a 6-hitter and batted 2 for 4 with 2 runs to improve his 1939 record to 3-0.

The Chicago White Sox scored 5 runs in the first 3 innings and withstood a 3-run 9th-inning rally to defeat the St. Louis Browns 6-5 before 10,044 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Chicago first baseman Joe Kuhel batted 3 for 3 with a home run, double, sacrifice, 3 runs, and 2 runs batted in; his 2-run homer opened the scoring in the 1st inning. Eddie Silber struck out as a pinch hitter for the Browns in the 7th in the 23rd and last game of his 2-year major league career.

70 years ago
1944

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You'll Never Know--Vera Lynn and the Joe Loss Orchestra (3rd month at #1)

War
About 3,000 Allied planes attacked Nazi targets in France. Soviet planes made a mass raid on the old Polish fortress city of Brest-Litovsk. The U.K. reached an agreement with Yugoslavian dictator Marshal Tito permitting cooperation between the two nations' air forces.

Baseball
Phil Weintraub batted 4 for 5 with a home run, triple, and 2 doubles, and batted in 11 runs, as the New York Giants routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 26-8 in the first game of a doubleheader before 58,068 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. New York catcher Ernie Lombardi batted 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and 7 RBIs. The Giants had 18 hits, while 5 Brooklyn pitchers combined to issue 17 bases on balls. Rube Melton started for the Dodgers and took the loss, lasting just 1 inning, while Cliff Melton started for the Giants and lasted just 3 1/3 innings. Harry Feldman pitched the final 5 2/3 innings for New York to get the win. Tommy Warren, the final pitcher used by the Dodgers, pitched 5 innings, giving up 15 runs--11 earned--on 13 hits and 6 bases on balls, while recording 2 strikeouts. Perhaps the game's most amazing statistic is that it was completed in just 2 hours and 58 minutes; a game like that in 2014 would take at least 2 hours longer. The Dodgers won the second game 5-4 when it was called after 7 innings because of darkness.

Ron Northey led off the bottom of the 14th inning with a single and scored on an error by shortstop Whitey Wietelmann to give the Philadelphia Blue Jays a 2-1 win over the Boston Braves in the first game of a doubleheader at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. In the second game, Butch Nieman hit a solo home run with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning to tie the score, and the game was called after the bottom of the 9th because of a curfew, with the scored tied 2-2.

Max Lanier pitched a 3-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals as they shut out the Chicago Cubs 5-0 in the first game of a doubleheader before 11,498 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. The Cardinals scored 6 runs in the 7th inning and held on to win the second game 7-5 to complete the sweep. Bill Schuster's only major league home run, a 3-run blast with 2 out in the 9th inning, got the Cubs to within 2 runs, but Don Johnson flied out to center field to end the game.

Don Savage singled home Snuffy Stirnweiss and Tuck Stainback with 1 out in the top of the 1st inning, and that proved to be enough for the New York Yankees as they edged the Washington Nationals 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader before 31,057 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Ernie Bonham pitched a 5-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Mickey Haefner. Mike Milosevich made his major league debut at shortstop for New York, batting 0 for 4, while making 3 putouts, 4 assists, and an error in the field, participating in 3 double plays. The Yankees scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning and held on to win the second game 3-2 to complete the sweep, as Joe Page allowed 8 hits and 2 runs--both unearned--in 6 2/3 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Early Wynn, who pitched an 8-hit complete game.

Ray Schalk doubled home Guy Curtright with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Browns in the first game of a doubleheader before 6,602 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The Browns won the second game 5-4, as Chicago pitcher Ed Lopat allowed 8 hits and 5 runs--3 earned--in 7 innings, walking 4 batters, striking out 4, and hitting 1, while batting 1 for 3 with 2 runs, taking the loss in his first major league game.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wir Wir Wir Haben Ein Klavier--Die Zehn Whiskys (2nd month at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Such a Night--Johnnie Ray

At the movies
River of No Return, starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, opened in theatres. The movie was filmed in Jasper and Banff National Parks in Alberta.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Little Children--Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): A World Without Love--Peter and Gordon (2nd week at #1)

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Waterloo--ABBA

Died on this date
Agnes Moorehead, 73. U.S. actress. Miss Moorehead was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Players, and performed in the Mercury Theatre's radio programs and films, making her movie debut in Citizen Kane (1941). She earned a reputation as a great radio actress, appearing in more episodes of Suspense than any other performer, including seven different performances of Sorry, Wrong Number. Miss Moorehead was best known for her supporting performance as Endora in the television comedy series Bewitched (1964-1972). She died of cancer, and was one of the first people to have connected it with her appearance in the movie The Conqueror (1956).

Politics and government
Ralph Steinhauer was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The former chief of the Saddle Lake Indian band became the first aboriginal Canadian named to a viceregal position.

Scandal
1,200 pages of edited transcripts of White House conversations related to the June 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 were released. The transcripts were liberally sprinkled with words rendered "unintelligible;" "inaudible;" and "expletive deleted."

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
New York Rangers 1 @ Philadelphia 4 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-2)
Boston 4 @ Chicago 2 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Rick MacLeish scored the winning goal with 2:51 remaining in the 2nd period and scored into an empty net with 33 seconds remaining in the game as the Flyers beat the Rangers before 17,007 fans at the Spectrum. Tom Bladon scored for Philadelphia in the 2nd period and Simon Nolet scored his first goal of the 1974 playoffs in the 3rd period. Pete Stemkowski scored to give New York a 1-0 lead after the 1st period.

Gregg Sheppard scored with 1:49 remaining in regulation time and Phil Esposito scored 33 seconds later as the Bruins eliminated the Black Hawks before 16,666 fans at Chicago Stadium. Mr. Sheppard's goal caromed into the net off the skates of Chicago goalie Tony Esposito. Cliff Koroll scored to give the Black Hawks a 1-0 lead after the 1st period, but Don Marcotte scored twice within 4 minutes and 6 seconds in the 2nd period to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead. Len Frig scored for the Black Hawks in the 3rd period to tie the game 2-2.

WHA
Avco World Trophy
Semi-Finals
East Division
Toronto 7 @ Chicago 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Toros scored 2 goals in the 1st period and 5 in the 2nd and hung on to edge the Cougars before 2,648 fans at Randhurst Twin Ice Arena in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Guy Trottier led the Toros with 3 goals and an assist; other Toronto goals were scored by Wayne Carleton, Tom Simpson, Bob Leduc, and Rick Sentes. Larry Mavety, Rosaire Paiement, Jim Benzelock, Jan Popiel, Rick Morris, and Bob Liddington scored for the Cougars.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Boston 96 @ Milwaukee 105 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 36 points and Bob Dandridge added 24 as the Bucks defeated the Celtics before 10,938 fans at Milwaukee Arena. Milwaukee outscored Boston 32-17 in the 2nd quarter to take a 55-41 halftime lead, but the Celtics outscored the Bucks 24-13 in the 4th quarter to tie the game 90-90 at the end of regulation time. Jo Jo White led the Celtics with 25 points.

ABA
Finals
Utah 85 @ New York 89 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Julius Erving scored 47 points to lead the Nets to their win over the Stars before 13,740 fans at Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale. Jimmy Jones led the Stars with 25 points and Willie Wise added 20.

Baseball
The California Angels scored 11 runs in the first 4 innings and coasted to a 16-6 win over the Boston Red Sox before 7,395 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. California second baseman Denny Doyle had perhaps the best game of his career, batting 5 for 6 with 2 runs scored and 2 runs batted in. Third baseman Bob Oliver batted 3 for 5 with a double and triple and 4 RBIs. Winning pitcher Nolan Ryan pitched a complete game for the victory despite giving up 6 earned runs. He allowed 6 hits and 7 bases on balls, striking out 15 batters. Reggie Cleveland started on the mound for the Red Sox and took the loss, allowing 9 hits, 4 bases on balls, and 9 runs--8 earned--in 3 1/3 innings. Boston second baseman Doug Griffin, who was leading the team in hitting with a .347 average in 21 games, was beaned above the left ear and knocked unconscious in his first time at bat, in the 1st inning. He wasn't wearing an earflap on his helmet, and the beaning led to criticism of the rule that said that players who were in the major leagues prior to 1973 didn't have to wear a batting helmet with an earflap.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): 99 Luftballons--Nena (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Thriller--Michael Jackson (11th week at #1)

Diplomacy
Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Libya officially ended, 13 days after British police officer Yvonne Fletcher had been killed by gunfire from the Libyan embassy in London, and three says after personnel from the nations' respective embassies had returned home.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan continued his visit to China, and he or his aides signed agreements with Chinese representatives that would guarantee against double taxation for American corporations operating in China; provide for new exchanges of cultural programs; and enable American companies to help build Chinese nuclear reactors. Mr. and Mrs. Reagan visited the ancient capital of Xian, where archaeologists in recent years had unearthed thousands of terra-cotta figures of soldiers at the tomb of China's first emperor.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the Index of Leading Economic Indicators had declined 1.1% in March.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Wild Thing--Tone Lōc (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Looking for Freedom--David Hasselhoff

Died on this date
Sergio Leone, 60. Italian film director. Mr. Leone became known for his "Spaghetti Westerns," notably the trilogy of Fistful of Dollars (1964); For a Few Dollars More (1965); and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). He followed these movies with Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Defense
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl met in West Germany for talks, with Mr. Kohl urging talks with the U.S.S.R. aimed at producing cuts in the number of short-range missiles, and Mrs. Thatcher reiterating her opposition to such talks. Mrs. Thatcher and U.S. President George Bush supported modernization of the arsenal of U.S. short-range missiles based in West Germany.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): The Sign--Ace of Base

#1 single in Italy: Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Sister Golden Hair--Spanic (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Without You--Mariah Carey (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Without You--Mariah Carey (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Bump n' Grind--R. Kelly (4th week at #1)
2 The Sign--Ace of Base
3 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol)
4 Without You/Never Forget You--Mariah Carey
5 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies
6 The Power of Love--Celine Dion
7 So Much in Love--All-4-One
8 Now and Forever--Richard Marx
9 Return to Innocence--Enigma
10 Loser--Beck

Singles entering the chart were Back and Forth by Aaliyah (#56); Misled by Celine Dion (#65); I Wish by Gabrielle (#75); Always by Erasure (#80); El Trago (The Drink) by 2 in a Room (#86); and Worker Man by Patra (#88).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (2nd week at #1)
2 Baby, I Love Your Way--Big Mountain
3 The Sign--Ace of Base
4 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies
5 Without You/Never Forget You--Mariah Carey
6 Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen
7 So Much in Love--All-4-One
8 I'm Ready--Tevin Campbell
8 Whatta Man--Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue
9 Return to Innocence--Enigma
10 I'll Remember--Madonna

Singles entering the chart were Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are by Meat Loaf (#81); Leavin' by Tony Toni Tone (#86); and Feenin' by Jodeci (#87).

Died on this date
Richard Scarry, 74. U.S. author. Mr. Scarry was an author and/or illustrator of more than 300 books for children from 1949 until his death.

Roland Ratzenberger, 33. Austrian auto racing driver. Mr. Ratzenberger, a rookie on the Formula One circuit, was killed in a crash during the qualifying session for the San Marino Grand Prix at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.

Sport
Bruce Baumgartner, the most decorated American wrestler in history, won his 15th national heavyweight title at the United States championships in Las Vegas. It was his 12th straight championship, and he went on to win again in 1995 and 1996.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Vancouver 4 @ Calgary 3 (2 OT) (Vancouver won best-of-seven series 4-3)

10 years ago
2004

Law
A bill imposing restrictions on media was pushed through the Italian parliament by the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, leading the president of the country's state-run broadcasting network to resign in protest.

April 29, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, April Stevens and Irina Zabelina!

150 years ago
1864

War
230 Māori fighters withstood an artillery bombardment and successfully defended the Ngāi Te Rangi stronghold of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā), New Zealand against 1,700 British troops commanded by Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron.

100 years ago
1914

Education
The Supreme Court of Ontario banned employment of unqualified teachers.

75 years ago
1939

Soccer
English FA Cup
Final @ Wembley Stadium, London
Portsmouth 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1



Baseball
The Washington Nationals scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning and held on to defeat the New York Yankees 3-1 before 11,473 fans at Yankee Stadium. Ken Chase pitched a complete game for the victory, allowing 9 hits and striking out 7. Lefty Gomez started on the mound for the Yankees, allowing 9 hits in 8 innings in taking the loss. New York first baseman Lou Gehrig batted 1 for 3 with a base on balls and made 13 putouts. His single in the 4th inning was the 2,721st and last hit of his major league career.

70 years ago
1944

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): #1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): It's Love-Love-Love--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians with Skip Nelson and the Lombardo Trio (Best Seller--2nd week at #1); San Fernando Valley--Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (Jukebox--1st week at #1)

Died on this date
Bernardino Machado, 93. 3rd President of Portugal, 1915-1917; 8th President of Portugal, 1925-1926; Prime Minister of Portugal, 1914, 1921. Mr. Machado, a native of Rio de Janeiro, moved to Portugal at the age of 9. He was originally a member of the Democratic Party, but switched to the Republican Party in the mid-1900s. Mr. Machado's presidencies both ended in coups, and both times he went into exile in France. When the Nazia insvaded France in 1940, Mr. Machado was permitted to return to Portugal, living under virtual house arrest at his retreat in Famalicão.

War
German U-Boats sank the Royal Canadian Navy destroyer HMCS Athabaskan off the coast of France, while HMCS Haida drove a flaming German warship aground. British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachuted back into France to become a liaison between London and the local maquis group.

Politics and government
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur announced from New Guinea that he would not accept a nomination as a candidate for President of the United States in the November 1944 election.

Labour
As the U.S. National War Labor Board opened hearings to determine whether a Congress of Industrial Organizations union represented the workers at Montgomery Ward, U.S. Army troops left the company's Chicago plant. The Army had been sent to take over the plant after Montgomery Ward had refused to obey an order from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to recognize a CIO union.

50 years ago
1964

Labour
The Ontario government of Premier John Robarts enacted a provincial minimum wage of $1 per hour, starting June 29.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La Distancia--Roberto Carlos (7th week at #1)

Scandal
In a nationally televised address, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced that he would turn over to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of tapes of White House conversations related to the June 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. His decision was in response to the April 11 subpoena issued by the Judiciary Committee for the tapes of 42 conversations.

Hockey
WHA
Avco World Trophy
Semi-Finals
West Division
Minnesota 4 @ Houston 9 (Houston led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Mark Howe scored 2 goals and an assist as the Aeros beat the Fighting Saints before 9,874 fans at Sam Houston Coliseum. Andre Hinse, Gordie Howe, Gord Labossiere, Frank Hughes, Larry Lund, Murray Hall, and Jim Sherrit also scored for Houston. Mike Walton scored 2 goals for the Fighting Saints, with Mike Antonovich and Ted Hampson scoring the other Minnesota goals. Houston outshot Minnesota 51-24.

Baseball
Anastacio Velasquez pitched a no-hitter for the Veracruz Eagles of the Mexican League as they edged Chihuahua 1-0 in Mexico City.

Odell Jones pitched a no-hitter and struck out 13 batters for the Thetford Mines Miners of the AA Eastern League as they blanked the Pittsfield Rangers 7-0 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was Mr. Jones' second straight shutout.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Relax--Frankie Goes to Hollywood (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Big in Japan--Alphaville (2nd week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan met in Beijing with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Mr. Deng asked Mr. Reagan to use his influence with the Republic of China (Taiwan) to speed up reunification talks, but Mr. Reagan indicated that he did not wish to intercede in what he regarded as a matter to be resolved by the two Chinas.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Like a Prayer--Madonna (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Like a Prayer--Madonna (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Eternal Flame--Bangles (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Megamix--Boney M. (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Eternal Flame--Bangles (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Like a Prayer--Madonna (2nd week at #1)
2 I'll Be There for You--Bon Jovi
3 Funky Cold Medina--Tone Loc
4 She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals
5 Heaven Help Me--Deon Estus with George Michael
6 The Look--Roxette
7 Second Chance--Thirty Eight Special
8 Real Love--Jody Watley
9 After All--Cher and Peter Cetera
10 Forever Your Girl--Paula Abdul

Singles entering the chart were Pop Singer by John Mellencamp (#54); Baby Don't Forget My Number by Milli Vanilli (#62); I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty (#75); For the Love of Money by BulletBoys (#87); Who Do You Give Your Love To? by Michael Morales (#88); Down Boys by Warrant (#90); and The Mayor of Simpleton by XTC (#92).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Like a Prayer--Madonna (2nd week at #1)
2 I'll Be There for You--Bon Jovi
3 Funky Cold Medina--Tone Loc
4 She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals
5 Heaven Help Me--Deon Estus (with George Michael)
6 The Look--Roxette
7 Second Chance--Thirty Eight Special
8 Girl You Know it's True--Milli Vanilli
9 Forever Your Girl--Paula Abdul
10 Real Love--Jody Watley

Singles entering the chart were Pop Singer by John Cougar Mellencamp (#60); Baby Don't Forget My Number by Milli Vanilli (#65); This Time I Know it's for Real by Donna Summer (#70); I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty (#75); Now You're in Heaven by Julian Lennon (#80); The Mayor of Simpleton by XTC (#85); Anything Can Happen by Was (Not Was) (#88); and Down Boys by Warrant (#95).

Society
U.S. pro-life advocate and former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson spoke at Universiade Pavilion in Edmonton and screened the documentary film The Silent Scream. The following day's edition of the Edmonton Journal didn't give the event the coverage it deserved, despite the large crowd in attendance. The Journal put its article on Dr. Nathanson's presentation deep inside the paper--appropriately, on the page where the birth and death announcements appeared.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Philadelphia 4 @ Pittsburgh 1 (Philadelphia won best-of-seven series 4-2)

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Without You--Mariah Carey (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Watch Your House for Ireland--Coca-Cola Official Irish Team

World events
An estimated 250,000 people crossed the border from Rwanda to Tanzania, fleeing the ethnic bloodshed in Rwanda between Hutus and Tutsis.

Politics and government
Four days of voting in South Africa's first general-suffrage election concluded, with 19 parties contesting a 400-seat National Assembly and a 90-seat Senate. Results were announced a week later.

Protest
The Nova Scotia provincial legislature in Halifax was disrupted by a demonstration by construction workers who were angry about a recent decision by the Liberal government of Premier John Savage to allow non-union workers on union construction sites. The protesters invaded the Legislature building and the Speaker cancelled the session as MLAs were escorted from the building.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Montreal 3 @ Boston 5 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3)
Buffalo 1 @ New Jersey 2 (New Jersey won best-of-seven series 4-3)

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Sid Smith, 78. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Smith played with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1946-47 through the 1957-58 season, scoring 369 points on 186 goals and 183 assists in 601 regular season games and 27 points on 17 goals and 10 assists in 44 playoff games. He won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the NHL' s most gentlemanly player in 1951-52 and 1954-55. Mr. Smith was a member of Stanley Cup championship teams in 1947-48, 1948-49, and 1950-51. He retired from professional hockey early in the 1957-58 season and joined the senior Whitby Dunlops as player and coach, leading them to the world championship in 1958, scoring 9 goals and 5 assists in 7 games in the world championship tournament.

War
A memorial to the 16 million Americans who served in World War II opened in Washington, D.C.

Terrorism
U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney testified before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office of the White House.

Transportation
Oldsmobile built its final car, an Alero GLS 4-door sedan, ending 107 years of production.

April 28, 2014

225 years ago
1789

World events
Mutineers aboard the U.K. Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty mutinied and set her captain, Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift, 1,300 miles west of Tahiti. The rebels returned to Tahiti briefly before setting sail for Pitcairn Island.

220 years ago
1794

World events
Sardinians, led by Giovanni Maria Angioy, started a revolution against Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
António de Oliveira Salazar. Prime Minister of Portugal, 1932-1968. Dr. Salazar was an economist who entered politics as Portugal's Finance Minister, serving briefly in 1926 and then again, with greater powers, from 1928-1940. He created the National Union in 1930, and was appointed Prime Minister by President Óscar Carmona in 1932. Although Mr. Carmona constitutionally outranked Dr. Salazar, he allowed the Prime Minister a free hand, and Dr. Salazar wielded the effective power. He instituted the Estado Novo ("New State"), an authoritarian corporatist regime by which he governed the country. Dr. Salazar eschewed Fasicsm, Nazism, and Communism, basing his views on Roman Catholic social doctrine, while not having the church as part of the mechanism of the state. He used oppressive methods to suppress dissent, partly as a reaction to the political chaos that had gripped the country before his coming to power. Under Dr. Salazar, Portugal was officially neutral during World War II, while secretly aiding the Allies. Dr. Salazar maintained his authoritarian regime after World War II, conducting colonial wars while presiding over an era of prosperity. He suffered a brain hemorrhage in 1968 and was replaced by Marcelo Caetano as Prime Minister. Dr. Salazar recovered his lucidity, but was never told that he had been removed from power, and was allowed to "rule" in privacy until his death on July 27, 1970 at the age of 81. The Estado Novo was overthrown by the Carnation Revolution in 1974.

75 years ago
1939

Aviation
A twin-engine Russian monoplane attempting a non-stop flight from Moscow to New York ran out of fuel and crash-landed on Miscou Island, New Brunswick.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Frank Knox, 70. U.S. newspaper executive and politician. Mr. Knox fought in the Spanish-American War and World War I. In peacetime, he owned several newspapers. Mr. Knox was the Republican Party's candidate for Vice President of the United States, serving as Alf Landon's running mate in a landslide loss to incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1940, Mr. Roosevelt, a Democrat, attempted to make his cabinet more bipartisan, and appointed Mr. Knox as Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Knox held the position until he died after a series of heart attacks.

Mohammed Alim Khan, 64. Emirate of Bukhara, 1911-1920. Emir Alim Khan was the last emir of the Manghud dynasty, the last dynasty of the Emirate of Bukhara. He ruled as an absolute monarch, although Bukhara became a Russian protectorate in 1873. Emir Alim Khan lost his throne and fled to Kabul, Afghanistan when the Russian Red Army invaded Bukhara.

Television
James McLean of General Electric announced that nine television stations were currently operating in the United States, covering an area with a population of 22 million.

War
Nine German E-boats attacked U.S. and U.K. units during Exercise Tiger--the rehearsal for the Normandy landings--killing 946. At least 2,000 U.S. planes of all types smashed at Nazi targets in northern France. Japanese troops took Hulao Pass, gateway to Loang in the Chinese province of Honan. U.S. Undersecretary of the Navy James Forrestal, temporarily in charge of the Navy after the death of Navy Secretary Frank Knox, said that any move to unify Army and Navy commands during the war "is unthinkable."

Politics and government
The government of Bolivia announced that a "revolutionary plot" had been broken up with the arrest of several plotters.

Diplomacy
U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg (Republican--Michigan) said that if in power, the Republican Party would be committed to postwar cooperative organizations.

Labour
U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce Wayne Taylor, operating the Chicago plant of Montgomery Ward, ejected the company's president, Clement Ryan, for refusing to cooperate with an order from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Montgomery Ward recognize a Congress of Industrial Organizations union.

Baseball
Jack Kramer pitched a 4-hitter to improve his record for the season to 3-0 as the St. Louis Browns defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 before 2,123 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago to tie the major league then-record by winning their ninth straight game from the start of the season.

Woody Wheaton singled home 2 runs with 1 out in the top of the 16th inning to break a 5-5 tie as the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 at Fenway Park in Boston. The final runs were scored against Clem Hausmann, who allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 8 innings of relief in his first major league game to take the loss, walking 4 batters and striking out 2. Philadelphia catcher Frankie Hayes drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs.

Mel Harder pitched a 10-hit complete game to win the pitchers' duel over Dizzy Trout, who allowed 9 hits in going the distance, as the Cleveland Indians edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1 before 2,573 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Mickey Rocco drove in both Cleveland runs.

Ed Heusser pitched a 7-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Max Butcher as the Cincinnati Reds shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 before 1,080 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Connie Ryan led off the top of the 11th inning with a single and eventually scored on an outfield fly by Butch Nieman to break a 1-1 tie as the Boston Braves edged the Philadelphia Blue Jays 2-1 before 3,026 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Nate Andrews pitched a 7-hit complete game victory.

60 years ago
1954

Died on this date
Léon Jouhaux, 74. French labour leader. Mr. Jouhaux helped to found the International Labour Organization. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.

50 years ago
1964

At the movies
Woman of Straw, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Sean Connery, Gina Lollobrigida, and Ralph Richardson, opened in theatres in London.



The Third Secret, directed by Charles Crichton, and starring Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento, and Pamela Franklin, received its premiere screening in New York City.





Music
The single What'd I Say/Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley was released on RCA Victor Records. Both songs were from the movie Viva Las Vegas.

Diplomacy
Vasily Vasilievich Tarasov, Ottawa correspondent for the Soviet newspaper Izvestia, was expelled from Canada for spying.

40 years ago
1974

Scandal
Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and former U.S. Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans were acquitted by a jury in a U.S. federal district court in New York City of all charges that they had attempted to impede a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of financier Robert Vesco in return for a secret $200,000 cash contribution to the 1972 re-election campaign of President Richard Nixon. Both accused men had been directors of that campaign. The 18-count indictment had charged them with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury for attempting to block the SEC investigation into Mr. Vesco's mutual funds dealings, and then lying to a grand jury about their roles. Jurors interviewed after the verdict said they had not believed government witnesses, including former White House counsel John Dean and SEC Chairman Bradford Cook. The verdicts were seen as a boost to those seeking to prevent the impeachment of Mr. Nixon, especially as the credibility of Mr. Dean, the President's chief accuser, was brought into question.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Philadelphia 1 @ New York Rangers 2 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)
Chicago 2 @ Boston 6 (Boston led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Rod Gilbert scored at 4:20 of the 1st overtime period to give the Rangers their win over the Flyers before 17,500 fans at Madison Square Garden. Joe Watson had scored in the 1st period for Philadelphia, and Bobby Rousseau had tied the game with 1:47 remaining in the 2nd period. Philadelphia defenseman Barry Ashbee suffered a career-ending injury when a shot from New York defenseman Dale Rolfe hit him in the eye. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 37-20.

The Bruins scored 5 goals in the 2nd period as they beat the Black Hawks before 15,003 fans at Boston Garden. Johnny Bucyk and Phil Esposito each scored twice for Boston, with Dallas Smith and Gregg Sheppard adding the other Boston goals. Cliff Koroll and Pit Martin scored for Chicago. Tony Esposito started in goal for Chicago and allowed 6 goals on 23 shots before being replaced by Mike Veisor to start the 3rd period. Mr. Veisor stopped all 12 shots that he faced. Boston goalie Gilles Gilbert faced 21 shots.

WHA
Avco World Trophy
Semi-Finals
East Division
Toronto 2 @ Chicago 3 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-1)

West Division
Houston 4 @ Minnesota 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Rosaire Paiement scored at 1:26 and 6:42 of the 3rd period to give the Cougars their win over the Toros before 1,782 fans at Randhurst Twin Ice Arena in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The Toros had led 2-1 after the 1st period on goals by Bob Leduc and Brian Gibbons, with Bob Sicinski scoring for Chicago. The Cougars were playing in a suburban shopping mall arena because Chicago International Amphitheatre, their regular home, was unavailable because it was hosting a production of Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby.

John Schella, Gordie Howe, Gord Labossiere, and Frank Hughes scored for the Aeros as they defeated the Fighting Saints before 17,211 fans at St. Paul Civic Arena. Wayne Connelly scored for Minnesota, who trailed 1-0 after the 1st period and 2-1 after 2 periods.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Boston 98 @ Milwaukee 83 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Celtics took a 35-19 lead after the 1st quarter and went on to defeat the Bucks before 10,938 fans at Milwaukee Arena. John Havlicek scored 26 points for Boston, while Dave Cowens and Jo Jo White each added 19. Milwaukee center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led all scorers with 35 points, but none of his teammates scored more than 12.

Baseball
George Hendrick hit 2 home runs--including a grand slam--and drove in 5 runs as the Cleveland Indians beat the California Angels 10-2 before 11,581 fans at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. Gaylord Perry pitched a 4-hit complete game for his third straight win, improving his record to 3-1, while losing pitcher Frank Tanana dropped to 2-2. California first baseman Mike Epstein batted 0 for 4 in what turned out to be the last game of his nine-year major league career. He was released a week later while batting just .161 in 18 games, although he was tied for the team lead in home runs with 4.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Love of the Common People--Paul Young (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT Top 30): Hello--Lionel Richie (2nd week at #1)

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

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)--Phil Collins

#1 single in the U.K.: Hello--Lionel Richie (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)--Phil Collins (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)--Phil Collins (2nd week at #1)
2 Hello--Lionel Richie
3 Footloose--Kenny Loggins
4 Hold Me Now--Thompson Twins
5 Miss Me Blind--Culture Club
6 Eat It--"Weird Al" Yankovic
7 To All the Girls I've Loved Before--Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
8 You Might Think--The Cars
9 Love Somebody--Rick Springfield
10 They Don't Know--Tracey Ullman

Singles entering the chart were Love Will Show Us How by Christine McVie (#67); Jump (For My Love) by the Pointer Sisters (#76); Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) by Icicle Works (#82); Believe in Me by Dan Fogelberg (#84); I Want to Break Free by Queen (#86); There's No Easy Way by James Ingram (#87); Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung (#88); What is Love? by Howard Jones (#89); and Theme from "Terms of Endearment" by Michael Gore (#100). Theme from "Terms of Endearment" was from the movie.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)--Phil Collins (2nd week at #1)
2 Footloose--Kenny Loggins
3 Hold Me Now--Thompson Twins
4 Girls Just Want to Have Fun--Cyndi Lauper
5 Somebody's Watching Me--Rockwell
6 Miss Me Blind--Culture Club
7 Hello--Lionel Richie
8 To All the Girls I've Loved Before--Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
9 Eat It--"Weird Al" Yankovic
10 99 Red Balloons--Nena

Singles entering the chart were Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper (#44); The Reflex by Duran Duran (#46); and Standing in the Dark by Platinum Blonde (#50).

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan continued his visit to China. An interview that he did for Chinese television was partially censored, with his implied criticism of the U.S.S.R. being omitted from the broadcast.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference Finals
New York Islanders 5 @ Montreal 2 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Clarence S. Campbell Conference Finals
Edmonton 8 @ Minnesota 5 (Edmonton led best-of-seven series 3-0)

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Looking for Freedom--David Hasselhoff (5th week at #1)

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the Index of Leading Economic Indicators had declined 0.7% in March.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): One--Metallica

Scandal
Former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official Aldrich Ames pled guilty to a charge of spying for the U.S.S.R. and Russia, and also pled guilty to income tax evasion. Under a plea bargain with the United States government, Mr. Ames was sentenced to life in prison and agreed to cooperate with the government. In return, his wife Rosario, who also pled guilty to espionage and income tax evasion, would receive a lenient sentence.

The United States Navy expelled 24 midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in what was reported as the biggest cheating scandal in the academy's history. Originally, 134 students who had taken an electrical engineering examination in 1992 had been accused of obtaining advance information, and some had been accused of lying about what they had done.

Politics and government
Voter turnout over three days in South Africa's first general-suffrage elections was so heavy that the voting was extended for an extra day to include April 29.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product had grown at an annual rate of 2.6% in the first quarter of 1994, a sharp decline from the 7.0% increase for the last quarter of 1993.

10 years ago
2004

Abominations
The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was first revealed when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on the CBS news program 60 Minutes II.

Politics and government
Marc Bellemare resigned as Quebec's Justice Minister, stating that he was disappointed with the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest and the slow pace of reforms.

April 27, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Rod Crossley!

475 years ago
1539

South Americana
Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar re-founded the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia).

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Nicolas Slonimsky. Russian-born U.S. musician, composer, and lexicographer. Mr. Slonimsky was a concert pianist who fled Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, settling in the United States in 1923. He wrote chamber and piano works, but was best known for his writings, which included Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (1947) and Lexicon of Musical Invective (1953). Mr. Slonimsky died on December 25, 1995 at the age of 91.

110 years ago
1904

Politics and government
Chris Watson, leader of the Australian Labour Party, became the first Labour Party leader to lead a national government when he took office as Prime Minister of Australia, following the resignation of Protectionist Party leader Alfred Deakin.

100 years ago
1914

Diplomacy
Honduras became a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention copyright treaty.

70 years ago
1944

War
Allied operations ended on Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, as two Allied columns joined forces. U.S. planes made morning and afternoon raids on railyards and airfields in France. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz announced the completion of talks on integrating operations against Japanese forces.

Diplomacy
New York Governor and candidate for the 1944 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States Thomas Dewey advocated solid relationships with the U.K., U.S.S.R., and China in the postwar period.

Politics and government
The Nicaraguan Congress approved a constitutional revision to permit the president to run for re-election in 1946.

Journalism
The federal commissioner in the Argentine province of Entre Rios warned newspapers in his jurisdiction that they would be closed if they editorially discussed such subjects as freedom.

Economics and finance
A special U.S. Senate subcommittee studying wages of white collar workers reported that 20 million were receiving substandard pay.

Labour
The International Labour Organization received a request from the Italian government for readmission, seven years after Italy had quit the ILO.

Baseball
Jim Tobin pitched the major leagues' first no-hitter in three years, leading the Boston Braves to a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers before 2,034 fans at Braves Field. Mr. Tobin provided the insurance run by leading off the bottom of the 8th inning with a home run off Fritz Ostermueller, who allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in pitching a complete game.

Stan Musial drew a base on balls to lead off the top of the 9th inning and pinch hitter Walker followed with a double to drive him home, breaking a 2-2 tie as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 before 1,357 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

The St. Louis Browns scored all their runs in the first 2 innings and Nelson Potter pitched a 7-hit complete game victory as the Browns beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 before 1,106 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to improve their 1944 record to 8-0. Jim Devlin played his only major league game, catching the first 3 innings for Cleveland; he grounded out in his only plate appearance, making a putout, throwing out a runner trying to steal second base, and allowing a passed ball.

Bob Swift doubled home Don Ross and Jimmy Outlaw with 2 out in the top of the 12th inning to break a 0-0 tie as the Detroit Tigers shut out the Chicago White Sox 2-0 before 2,189 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Hal Newhouser allowed just 4 hits in going the distance for the shutout, while losing pitcher Thornton Lee also pitched a complete game, allowing 9 hits and 2 earned runs.

60 years ago
1954

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Terror Begins, starring Stefan Schnabel and Everett Sloane

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Non Ho L'Etá (Per Amarti)--Gigliola Cinquetti (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Chameleon, starring Robert Duvall, Howard Caine, Henry Brandon, Douglas Henderson, and William O'Connell

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Be My Day--The Cats (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks (4th week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 My Coo Ca Choo--Alvin Stardust (5th week at #1)
2 Farewell Aunty Jack--Grahame Bond
3 The Lord's Prayer--Sister Janet Mead
4 Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks
5 I Love You Love Me Love--Gary Glitter
6 Daytona Demon--Suzi Quatro
7 She Didn't Remember My Name--Osmosis
8 You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me--New Seekers
9 Sorrow--David Bowie
10 The Joker--Steve Miller Band

The only single entering the chart was Wild Love by Mungo Jerry (#40).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB featuring the Three Degrees (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB featuring the Three Degrees (2nd week at #1)
2 The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk
3 Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me--Gladys Knight and the Pips
4 Bennie and the Jets--Elton John
5 Come and Get Your Love--Redbone
6 Oh My My--Ringo Starr
7 I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song--Jim Croce
8 Lookin' for a Love--Bobby Womack
9 The Show Must Go On--Three Dog Night
10 Keep on Singing--Helen Reddy

Singles entering the chart were One Chain Don't Make No Prison by the Four Tops (#82); Sleepin' by Diana Ross (#83); Save the Last Dance for Me by the DeFranco Family (#85); Come Monday by Jimmy Buffett (#88); If You Wanna Get to Heaven by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils (#92); After Midnight by Maggie Bell (#95); Rhapsody in White by the Love Unlimited Orchestra (#96); Wildflower by New Birth (#97); Teenage Love Affair by Rick Derringer (#98); 48 Crash by Suzi Quatro (#99); and The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll by Mott the Hoople (#100).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)--MFSB featuring the Three Degrees
2 The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk
3 The Lord's Prayer--Sister Janet Mead
4 Bennie and the Jets--Elton John
5 Oh My My--Ringo Starr
6 I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song--Jim Croce
7 Let it Ride--Bachman-Turner Overdrive
8 Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me--Gladys Knight and the Pips
9 Star Baby--Guess Who
10 Piano Man--Billy Joel

Singles entering the chart were Just as Bad as You by Shawne Jackson (#81); Billy - Don't Be a Hero by Paper Lace (#82); Tell Laura I Love Her by Johnny T. Angel (#89); The Air that I Breathe by the Hollies (#91); Hollywood Swinging by Kool & The Gang (#97); Going Down Slow by Bobby Blue Bland (#98); Standing at the End of the Line by Lobo (#99); and For the Love of Money by the O'Jays (#100).

#1 single in Calgary: Hooked on a Feeling--Blue Swede (3rd week at #1)

Protest
10,000 people marched in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Boxing
Chartchai Chionoi (60-16-3) retained his World Boxing Association world flyweight title with a 15-round split decision over Fritz Chervet (49-8-2) at Hallenstadion in Zurich.

Basketball
ABA
Semi-Finals
Western Division
Indiana 89 @ Utah 107 (Utah won best-of-seven series 4-3)

The Stars took a 37-20 lead after the 1st quarter and coasted to victory over the Pacers before 12,191 fans at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. Utah point guard Jimmy Jones led all scorers with 29 points. Roger Brown led the Pacers with 21 points, but their biggest star, George McGinnis, scored just 14.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Reggae Nights--Jimmy Cliff (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): People are People--Depeche Mode

On television today
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation daytime public affairs show Take 30 made its final broadcast, ending a 22-year run. The program was, unfortunately, a victim of changing times and dumbing-down of audiences: 1980s viewers preferred soap operas to public affairs and news shows, and an increase in the number of available stations (especially from the United States) helped to drive ratings down. By the end, Take 30 was attracting only about 2% of the viewing audience for its timeslot. Among those who appeared as host on the show was Adrienne Clarkson, who later served as Canada's Governor General. Take 30 also had the distinction of being (I think) the last CBC network program to be broadcast in black and white; it didn't begin broadcasting in colour until the fall of 1973.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan met in Beijing with Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang and Communist Party general secretary Hu Yaobang. Mr. Reagan had heard of China's concern about the deployment of U.S. missiles in Europe, and about the interventionist U.S. policy in Central America. Mr. Reagan's address on Chinese television was censored to remove his implied criticism of the Soviet Union.

The 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy in London ended when 30 diplomats and other occupants left the building and returned to Libya, while most of the remaining British officials in Tripoli returned to Britain.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): Like a Prayer--Madonna (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Eternal Flame--Bangles (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Kōnosuke Matsushita, 94. Japanese industrialist. Mr. Matsushita, nicknamed the "god of management" in Japan, founded the company that became the electronics firm Panasonic in 1918.

Protest
The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, took place in major cities throughout China.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 3

20 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Timothy Spencer, 32. U.S. criminal. Mr. Spencer was convicted in 1988 of raping and strangling four women in Virginia in 1987. The prosecution had no confession, fingerprints, or witnesses, but DNA tests had linked semen at the crime scene with Mr. Spencer's blood. Mr. Spencer was executed in the Greensville Correctional Center, south of Richmond, Virginia, becoming the first criminal to be executed on the basis of a conviction obtained through DNA-matching technology.

War
New fighting flared up between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.

Politics and government
Voting continued in the first general-suffrage election in South Africa, and African National Congress Leader and presidential candidate Nelson Mandela cast his first vote ever. The country's Interim Constitution came into force.

Terrorism
Four days of bombings related to the elections in South Africa concluded, with 21 people killed. 31 people linked to white separatist groups were arrested for the attacks.

Americana
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon was buried next to his wife Pat on the grounds of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California. President Bill Clinton, who spoke at the funeral, declared a day of mourning. Former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush were also in attendance.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
New Jersey 0 @ Buffalo 1 (4 OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Dave Hannan scored for the Sabres in the 4th overtime period as they edged the Devils to send the series to a seventh game. It was the NHL's first quadruple-overtime game since April 18, 1987.



Baseball
Scott Erickson pitched a no-hitter for the Minnesota Twins as they shut out the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 before 17,988 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. Minnesota right fielder Kirby Puckett batted 4 for 5 with 2 doubles and a run batted in.



Darrin Jackson doubles home 2 runs with 2 out in the top of the 12th to break a 5-5 tie, but Manny Ramirez hit a 2-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th to tie the score, and Mark Lewis doubled home Matt Merullo with the winning run as the Cleveland Indians edged the Chicago White Sox 8-7 before 32,467 fans at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, with 2 of the last 3 Cleveland runs being unearned as a result of 2 Chicago errors.

The Texas Rangers scored 10 runs in the first 4 innings en route to an 11-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 38,055 fans at the Ballpark in Arlington. Every man in the Texas starting lineup had at least one hit.

The New York Yankees scored 5 runs in each of the 3rd and 5th innings as they routed the Seattle Mariners 12-2 before 22,697 fans at the Kingdome in Seattle. Jim Leyritz climaxed the 5th with a grand slam off Bobby Thigpen, who allowed 4 hits, 2 bases on balls, and 3 runs--all earned--in 2 1/3 innings of relief in the 448th and last game of his 9-year major league career. Robert Eenhorn made his major league debut with the Yankees, popping out as a pinch hitter in the 6th inning and remaining in the game at shortstop, starting a double play to end the 6th inning, then leading off the 9th with a double and scoring.

Frank Viola and two relief pitchers combined to pitch a 2-hitter for the Boston Red Sox as they edged the Oakland Athletics 1-0 before 15,250 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The only run came in the 3rd inning when Scott Cooper led off with a single and eventually scored on a ground out by Billy Hatcher with the bases loaded. Losing pitcher Ron Darling allowed just 5 hits and 1 earned run in pitching a complete game.

The Baltimore Orioles scored 11 runs in the last 4 innings to rout the California Angels 13-1 before 20,569 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Cal Ripken, Jr. led the Baltimore attack, batting 4 for 5 with a home run, double, 3 runs, and 5 runs batted in. Ben McDonald pitched a 7-hit complete game victory to improve his 1994 record to 5-0.

Kevin McReynolds led off the bottom of the 15th inning with a single and beat first baseman Phil Clark's throw to home plate on a ground ball by Fernando Vina with 2 out to score the winning run as the New York Mets edged the San Diego Padres 3-2 before 14,663 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Cory Snyder singled home Henry Rodriguez with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 30,065 fans at Dodger Stadium. Mr. Snyder batted 3 for 3 with a sacrifice, sacrifice fly, and 3 runs batted in.

10 years ago
2004

Defense
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Paul Martin unveiled a new $690-million national security policy aimed at tightening port security; funding cyber-security initiatives; improving the national fingerprinting system; and enhancing Canada's intelligence capabilities.

Politics and government
United Nations envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi announced that he would select a transitional government to run Iraq until elections were held in 2005.

Protest
A mob protesting corruption in the Peruvian town of Ilave lynched the mayor and attacked the police station with gasoline bombs.

April 26, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Lynn Weiss!

220 years ago
1794

War
British and Austrian forces commanded by the Duke of York defeated French forces commanded by René-Bernard Chapuy in the Battle of Beaumont in France.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Austro-Hungarian-born U.K. philosopher. Dr. Wittgenstein worked primarily in logic, and the philosophies of mathematics, mind, and language. He was a a contemporary of Bertrand Russell and Karl Popper, and taught at the University of Cambridge from 1939-1947. Dr. Wittgenstein died on April 29, 1951, three days after his 62nd birthday. His book Philosophical Investigations, considered a classic in the field, was published in 1953.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Rudolf Hess. German politician. Mr. Hess was Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi regime in the 1930s and early 1940s. He was captured in Scotland in 1941 after flying solo on an apparent attempt at a peace mission. Tried at Nuremberg after World War II, he was sentenced to life in Spandau Prison in Berlin. The Soviets always refused permission for Mr. Hess to be released, and he was the prison's only inmate for the last 30 years of his life, which ended when he reportedly committed suicide on August 17, 1987 at the age of 93.

110 years ago
1904

Born on this date
Paul-Émile Léger. Canadian clergyman. Cardinal Léger was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal from 1950-1968, and was named a cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1953. He died on November 13, 1991 at the age of 87.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Bernard Malamud. U.S. author. Mr. Malamud was best known for his novels The Natural (1952) and The Fixer (1966). He died on March 18, 1986 at the age of 71.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Violette Morris, 51. French athlete. Miss Morris excelled at various sports, particularly the shot put and javelin. She won the gold medal in both events at the 1921 Women's World Games; in the 1922 Women's World Games she won another gold medal in the shot put, and the silver medal in the javelin. Miss Morris became a spy for Nazi Germany in 1936, and continued through World War II. She was assassinated in an ambush by French Resistance forces.

War
British planes sank three German convoy ships off Norway. Canadian warships sank a German destroyer off France. German General Heinrich Kreipe was abducted by Allied commandos from occupied Crete. Soviet forces sank five German transport ships off Sevastopol. Chinese and American forces in northern Burma made a six-mile advance through the Mogaung Valley to a point 10 miles from Kamaing.

Diplomacy
Archbishop of York Cyril Garbett defended British policy in India and Palestine, indicating that without previous Hindu-Muslim agreement, independence for India would be meaningless. He said that the 1917 Balfour Declaration mandating Palestine as a Jewish homeland did not intend for all of Palestine to be a Jewish home.

U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said that U.S. Army Lieutenant General George Patton's April 15 statement that the U.S.A. and U.K. were destined to rule the world "represents Patton's personal views" and not that of the War Department.

Politics and government
Georgios Papandreou became Prime Minister of the Greek government-in-exile based in Cairo.

Defense
U.S. Army service forces chief Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell said that unity of command of U.S. armed forces should begin now.

Labour
U.S. Army troops took possession of the Chicago plant of Montgomery Ward, which had rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order to recognize a Congress of Industrial Organizations union. Montgomery Ward board chairman Sewell Avery was carried out of his office by U.S. soldiers.

60 years ago
1954

Diplomacy
The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, began. Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester Pearson led the Canadian delegation.

50 years ago
1964

Died on this date
E. J. Pratt, 82. Canadian poet. Mr. Pratt, a native of Western Bay, Newfoundland, was a Methodist minister before becoming an English professor. He was regarded as the foremost Canadian poet of the first half of the 20th century.

World events
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, later known as Tanzania.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
San Francisco 99 @ Boston 105 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-1)

The Celtics defeated the Warriors at Boston Garden to win their sixth straight NBA championship and seventh in the previous eight years.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: The Air That I Breathe--The Hollies (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Eddie Anderson, 73. U.S. football coach. Dr. Anderson coached at several colleges in a 39-year career, amassing a record of 201-136-15. 130 of his wins came at Holy Cross, where he coached for 21 years (1933-1938, 1950-1964). Dr. Anderson was an ear, nose, and throat specialist, and he devoted full time to his medical practice after retiring from coaching in 1964.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians traded first baseman Chris Chambliss and pitchers Dick Tidrow and Cecil Unpshaw to the New York Yankees for pitchers Fritz Peterson, Steve Kline, Fred Beene, and Tom Buskey. The key player in the trade was Mr. Chambliss, the 1971 American League Rookie of the Year, who was batting .328 in 17 games with Cleveland in 1974.

Former Pittsburgh Pirates' star pitcher Steve Blass made his debut with the Charleston Charlies of the International League after being demoted by the Pirates. He walked the first 2 Rochester Red Wings he faced, threw a wild pitch, and hit a batter to load the bases. 2 infield errors made the score 3-0, and singles by Curt Motton, Jim Hutto, and Rob Andrews gave Rochester a 5-0 lead. Mr. Blass, whose wildness had suddenly appeared in 1973, then pitched 2 scoreless innings without walking or hitting a batter before leaving for a pinch hitter in the 4th inning. Charleston came back to win the game 8-7, sparing Mr. Blass the loss.

30 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Count Basie, 79. U.S. musician. Born William James Basie, Count Basie was a prominent jazz pianist and bandleader from the 1930s through the 1950s. His theme songs were One O'Clock Jump and April in Paris.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan arrived in Beijing to begin a six-day vist to China.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference Finals
Montreal 4 @ New York Islanders 2 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Basketball
NBA
Quarter-Finals
Eastern Division
New Jersey 101 @ Philadelphia 98 (New Jersey won best-of-five series 3-2)

Buck Williams and Micheal Ray Richardson led the Nets as they eliminated the defending champion Philadelphia 76ers at the Spectrum.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Like a Prayer--Madonna (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Like a Prayer--Madonna (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Lucille Ball, 77. U.S. actress and producer. Miss Ball appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and '40s before achieving stardom in the radio comedy series My Favorite Husband (1948-1951). She then became one of television's biggest stars with the series I Love Lucy (1951-1957); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960); The Lucy Show (1962-1968); and Here's Lucy (1968-1974). With her first husband, Desi Arnaz, Miss Ball founded Desilu studios, which she began running in 1962, with great success.

Ihei Aoki. Japanese bureaucrat. Mr. Aoki was the secretary to Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who had announced the previous day that he would resign over allegations of improper dealings with Recruit Company. Mr. Aoki believed to be a middleman in financial dealings between Mr. Takeshita and Recruit Company, committed suicide.

Journalism
The Chinese People's Daily published the April 26 Editorial, which inflamed the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the gross national product had grown at an annual rate of 5.5% in the first quarter of 1989.

Disasters
The deadliest tornado in world history struck central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Chicago 4 St. Louis 2

20 years ago
1994

Politics and government
The day after the Japanese Diet had elected Tsutomu Hata of the Japan Renewal Party (Shinseito) as the country's new Prime Minister, replacing Morihio Hosokawa, the Social Democratic Party pulled out of the ruling coalition, saying that they believed they were going to be squeezed out of the government. The other parties in the coalition were more conservative. The defection left Mr. Hata's government without a majority in the lower house of the Diet.

Voting began in South Africa's first general-suffrage elections.

Disasters
China Airlines Flight 140 an Airbus A300B4-622R, crashed at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Semi-Finals
Vancouver 2 @ Calgary 1 (OT) (Calgary led best-of-seven series 3-2)

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Hubert Selby, Jr., 75. U.S. author. Mr. Selby was known for his novels Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978).

April 25, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Suzie Martin!

800 years ago
1214

Born on this date
Louis IX. King of France, 1226-1270. A member of the House of Capet, Louis IX was the only French king to be canonized. The city of St. Louis, Missouri is one of many places named in his honour. King Louis led the Seventh Crusade in the mid-13th century, and was leading the Eighth Crusade when he died of dysentery in Carthage on August 25, 1270 at the age of 56.

370 years ago
1644

Died on this date
Chongzhen, 33. Emperor of China, 1627-1644. Chongzhen, born Zhu Youjian, was the fifth son of Emperor Taichang, and succeeded his elder brother Tiangqi on the throne. Emperor Chongzhen battled peasant rebellions, but was unable to defend the northern frontier against Manchu forces, and committed suicide when they reached Beijing, ending the Ming dynasty. The Manchu then formed the succeeding Qing dynasty.

270 years ago
1744

Died on this date
Anders Celsius, 42. Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. Professor Celsius taught astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730-1744 and visited observatories in various European locations, but was best known for devising the temperature scale in 1742 that eventually bore his name.

210 years ago
1804

World events
The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepted the suzerainty of the Russian Empire.

150 years ago
1864

War
In the U.S. Civil War, Confederate troops under Major General James Fagan defeated a small Union detachment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Francis Drake in the Battle of Marks' Mills in Arkansas.

130 years ago
1884

Born on this date
Arthur Chevrolet. Swiss-born U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Chevrolet, the brother of drivers Gaston and Louis Chevrolet, participated in the 1911 and 1916 Indianapolis 500. He and his brothers founded the Frontenac Motor Corporation in 1916; Arthur drove a Frontenac in the 1916 Indianapolis 500--placing 18th--and was driving a Frontenac in 1920 when he suffered career-ending injuries in a crash during practice runs for that year's Indianapolis 500. Arthur Chevrolet continued as an automotive and aviation engineer, but suffered from depression, and hanged himself on April 16, 1946, nine days before his 62nd birthday.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Tony Mullane, 85. Irish-born U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Mullane, one of the few major league players who could pitch with either hand, played for the Detroit Wolverines (1881); Louisville Eclipse (1882); St. Louis Browns (1883); Toledo Blue Stockings (1884); Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds (1886-1893); Baltimore Orioles (1893-1894); and Cleveland Spiders (1894), compiling a record of 284-220, with an earned run average of 3.05. He pitched a no-hitter in 1882, and remains the Cincinnati Reds' career leader with 264 complete games. Bobby Matthews (297) and Tommy John (288) are the only pitchers with more career major league wins than Mr. Mullane who aren't in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

William Stephens, 84. U.S. politician. Mr. Stephens represented California's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1911-1913 and California's 10th District from 1913-1916. He was a Republican when he was first elected, but joined the Progressive Party, led by former President Theodore Roosevelt, in 1912. Mr. Stephens rejoined the Republican Party in 1916 and served as Governor of California from 1917-1923.

George Herriman, 63. U.S. cartoonist. Mr. Herriman wrote and drew two dozen newspaper comic strips, but was best known for Krazy Kat, which ran from 1913 until his death from non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver.

Humphrey Cobb, 44. U.S. author and screenwriter. Mr. Cobb, born in Italy to American parents, served with the Canadian Army in World War I before returning to the United States and writing propaganda for the U.S. Office of War Information and the Young & Rubicam advertising agency. He was best known for the novel Paths of Glory (1935) and the screenplay for San Quentin (1937).

War
Allied forces captured Sentani and Cyclops airfields on Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. Allied forces continued to push back Japanese troops within the Imphal and Kohima areas in India.

Defense
U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson told the House of Representatives Postwar Committee on Military Policy that he favoured "a single authority in planning, supervision, and control" of the armed forces.

Politics and government
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania primaries in the contest to win the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States in the November 1944 election.

Labour
Montgomery Ward telegraphed U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that the company would not recognize the Congress of Industrial Organizations union until elections were held.

Academia
The United Negro College Fund was incorporated.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): All My Loving (EP)--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser--Sylvie Vartan (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Non ho l'età--Gigliola Cinquetti (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Oh My Darling Caroline--Ronny

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): A World Without Love--Peter and Gordon

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Hello, Dolly!--Louis Armstrong
3 Suspicion--Terry Stafford
4 Twist and Shout--The Beatles
5 Glad All Over--The Dave Clark Five
6 Do You Want to Know a Secret--The Beatles
7 Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)--The Serendipity Singers
8 Bits and Pieces--The Dave Clark Five
9 The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)--Betty Everett
10 My Guy--Mary Wells

Singles entering the chart were The Very Thought of You by Rick Nelson (#55); Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) by Solomon Burke (#69); Carol by Tommy Roe (#83); From Russia with Love by the Village Stompers (#89); Today by the New Christy Minstrels (#90); Sugar and Spice by the Searchers (#91); Hey, Mr. Sax Man by Boots Randolph (#97); Soul Hootenanny (Part 1) by Gene Chandler (#98); Our Faded Love by the Royaltones (#99); and Little Donna by the Rivieras (#100). Nat King Cole's version of People, the B-side of I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore (which charted at #59), was mentioned with the version by Barbra Streisand (which charted at #78), but was not charted. Al Caiola's version of From Russia with Love was mentioned with the version by the Village Stompers, but was not charted.

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched the satellite Cosmos 29.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Detroit 0 @ Toronto 4 (Toronto won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Andy Bathgate's goal at 3:04 of the 1st period proved to be the winner as the Maple Leafs blanked the Red Wings at Maple Leaf Gardens to win their third straight Stanley Cup championship. Dave Keon scored at 4:26 of the 3rd to make it 2-0, and Red Kelly and George Armstrong scored to put the game away. Johnny Bower made 33 saves in posting the shutout in goal, while Terry Sawchuk absorbed the loss.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Waterloo--ABBA

World events
In what became known as the Carnation Revolution, a leftist military coup in Portugal led by General Antoniio de Spinola overthrew the fascist Estado Novo regime of Prime Minister Marcello Caetano and established a democratic government.

Scandal
It was disclosed that Gunter Guillaume, aide to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt for Social Democratic Party affairs, was an East German spy.

Disasters
At least 250 people were dead and more than 500 missing after landslides wiped out three villages in the Peruvian Andes.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Philadelphia 3 @ New York Rangers 5 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 2-1)
Boston 5 @ Chicago 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Brad Park scored with 11:07 remaining in the 3rd period and Rod Gilbert scored with 6:46 remaining as the Rangers rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Flyers before 17,500 fans at Madison Square Garden. Rick MacLeish, Andre Dupont, and Gary Dornhoefer scored for Philadelphia. Bill Fairbairn scored for New York in the 1st period. After Mr. Dornhoefer gave the Flyers a 3-1 lead, Steve Vickers and Vic Hadfield scored for the Rangers to tie the game in the 2nd period. The Rangers outshot the Flyers 39-15.



Gregg Sheppard and Ken Hodge scored in the 1st period, Phil Esposito and Andre Savard scored in the 2nd period, and Wayne Cashman scored in the 3rd period as the Bruins defeated the Black Hawks before 16,666 fans at Chicago Stadium. Pit Martin scored the first Chicago goal in the 1st period and Keith Magnuson scored in the 2nd period.

Football
NFL
The National Football League adopted two rule changes: It allowed for a 15-minute sudden-death overtime period for regular-season games that were tied after 60 minutes, and moved the goal posts to the back of the end zones instead of over the goal lines, thereby making field goal attempts more difficult.

Basketball
ABA
Semi-Finals
Western Division
Utah 89 @ Indiana 91 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

George McGinnis scored 23 points as the Pacers took a 27-15 lead after the 1st quarter and held on to edge the Stars before 9,482 fans in Indianapolis. Willie Wise led Utah with 24 points.

30 years ago
1984

Diplomacy
Canada signed an agreement with the Soviet Union to cooperate in Arctic research and resource development.

25 years ago
1989

Politics and government
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev obtained the resignations of 110 officials, including 74 full members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Most of those who "retired" were holdovers from the time when Leonid Brezhnev had run the party and the country (1964-1982). Among those who resigned was former President and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who had received large donations from Recruit Company, and was accused of granting favours in return, announced that he would resign after the 1989 budget was approved by the Diet.

Scandal
Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson's budget was leaked by Global television reporter Doug Small. When opposition parties reject Mr. Wilson's request for an emergency evening sitting of the House of Commons, he called a 10 P.M. news conference to announce budget highlights.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Division Finals
Boston 2 @ Montreal 3 (Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-1)

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen (3rd week at #1)

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Love Sneakin' Up on You--Bonnie Raitt
2 Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen
3 Mr. Jones--Counting Crows
4 The Sign--Ace of Base
5 Return to Innocence--Enigma
6 Without You--Mariah Carey
7 Swimming in Your Ocean--Crash Test Dummies
8 Hasn't Hit Me Yet--Blue Rodeo
9 Loser--Beck
10 I'll Remember--Madonna

Singles entering the chart were Round Here by Counting Crows (#53); Soul's Road by Lawrence Gowan (#54); Change by Blind Melon (#67); Breakaway by ZZ Top (#80); Sanctuary by Annette Ducharme (#89); and We Wait and Wonder by Phil Collins (#91).

Politics and government
The Japanese Diet elected Tsutomu Hata of the Japanese Renewal Party (Shinseito) to succeed Morihiro Hosokawa as Prime Minister. Mr. Hosokawa had announced his resignation on April 8, pending the choice of a successor, amid allegations that he had profited illegally from a loan from a trucking company.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Montreal 2 @ Boston 1 (OT) (Montreal led best-of-seven series 3-2)