April 11, 2014

325 years ago
1689

Britannica
William III and Mary II were crowned at Westminster as joint sovereigns.

220 years ago
1794

Born on this date
Edward Everett. U.S. politician and diplomat. Mr. Everett was a Unitarian pastor who was associated with several political parties, most notably the Whig Party from 1834-1854. He represented Massachusetts' 4th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1825-1835); was Governor of Massachusetts (1836-1840); served as U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1841-1845); was U.S. Secretary of State in the administration of President Millard Fillmore (1852-1853); and represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate (1853-1854). Mr. Everett was the best-known orator in the United States, and was the featured speaker at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery in November 1863; his two-hour speech immediately preceded President Abraham Lincoln's two-minute Gettysburg Address. Mr. Everett died at the age of 70 on January 15, 1865, six days after catching a bad cold.

200 years ago
1814

War
The Treaty of Fontainebleau ended the War of the Sixth Coalition against French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, and forced him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Norman McLaren. U.K.-born-Canadian animator. Mr. McLaren worked in the United Kingdom and New York before moving to Canada in 1941, where he became known for his work with the National Film Board of Canada. His film Neighbours (1952) won an Academy Award. Mr. McLaren died on January 27, 1987 at the age of 72.

Robert Stanfield. Canadian politician. Mr. Stanfield, a Progressive Conservative, was Premier of Nova Scotia from 1956-1967 before he resigned to enter federal politics, serving as leader of the national Progressive Conservative party from 1967-1976. He led the party through election campaigns in 1968, 1972, and 1974, but failed to unseat the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The PCs almost defeated the Liberals in 1972, winning 107 seats to 109 for the Liberals, but the Liberals were able to win the support of the New Democratic Party to remain in power. By all accounts Mr. Stanfield was a decent man, but he wasn't really a conservative, and agreed with the Liberals on such divisive issues as official bilingualism, which is a major reason he never led his party to victory in a federal election. He died on December 16, 2003 at the age of 89.

80 years ago
1934

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Detroit 0 @ Chicago 1 (2 OT) (Chicago won best-of-five series 3-1)

Mush March scored at 10:05 of the 2nd overtime period at Chicago Stadium to give the Black Hawks their first Stanley Cup championship. Chicago goalie Chuck Gardiner was the star, earning the shutout for his seventh win in eight playoff games. Sadly, it proved to be the last game for Mr. Gardiner; two months later he was dead of a brain hemorrhage brought on by a tonsillar infection at the age of 29.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
S.S. Van Dine, 50. U.S. author. Mr. Van Dine, whose real name was Willard Huntington Wright, was an art critic who became an author of crime fiction, writing under the name S.S. Van Dine in 12 novels featuring the detective Philo Vance, published from 1926-1939. He created another fictional detective, Dr. Crabtree, a character in 12 short films from 1931-1932. Mr. Van Dine died from a heart condition exacerbated by heavy drinking.

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

Bobby Bauer, Roy Conacher, and Jack Crawford scored in the 3rd period for the Bruins as they overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens.

70 years ago
1944

At the movies
The Shining Future, a short propaganda film aimed at persuading Canadians to buy victory bonds, opened in theatres in Canada. The film was directed by LeRoy Prinz, hosted by Herbert Marshall, and starred Charlie Ruggles, Olive Blakeney, and Jimmy Lydon, with guest appearances by Jack Carson, Deanna Durbin, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Harold Peary, and Bing Crosby.



Literature
Dodd Mead & Company and Redbook magazine announced that Dorothea Cornwell was the winner of their joint fiction prize of $10,000 for her novel They Dare Not Go A' Hunting.

War
German reinforcements broke into the Soviet ring around Nazi forces in the Skala region and joined their comrades. Japanese troops wung around north of Kohima in the Indian state of Manipur in an effort to encircle the city.

Politics and government
Hungarian exiles in England formed a government under the leadership of former President Count Michael Karolyi.

Diplomacy
U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace announced plans to visit China in the late spring or early summer as a representative of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Disasters
34 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a tornado that caused heavy damage at several points in Arkansas.

60 years ago
1954

Died on this date
Paul Specht, 59. U.S. bandleader. Mr. Specht's band was popular in the 1920s, and played at the inauguration of Herbert Hoover as President of the United States on March 4, 1929.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Montreal 1 @ Detroit 0 (OT) (Detroit led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Ken Mosdell scored on a backhand shot at 5:45 of overtime as the defending Stanley Cup champion Canadiens averted elimination by edging the Red Wings at Olympia Stadium. Gerry McNeil, who had lost his job to rookie Jacques Plante, was reinserted in goal for Montreal by coach Dick Irvin, and won a brilliant goaltending duel over Terry Sawchuk.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Syracuse 65 @ Minneapolis 63 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Roll Over Beethoven/Hold Me Tight--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: A Présent Tu Peux T'en Aller--Richard Anthony (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Una lacrima sul viso--Bobby Solo (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): I Want to Hold Your Hand--The Beatles (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles
2 Twist and Shout--The Beatles
3 She Loves You--The Beatles
4 I Want to Hold Your Hand--The Beatles
5 Hello, Dolly!--Louis Armstrong
6 Suspicion--Terry Stafford
7 Please Please Me--The Beatles
8 Glad All Over--The Dave Clark Five
9 The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)--Betty Everett
10 Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)--The Serendipity Singers

Singles entering the chart were Ronnie by the 4 Seasons (#64); Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) by Sugar Pie DeSanto (#72); Charade by Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra (#77); Kiss Me Sailor by Diane Renay (#79); It's Over by Roy Orbison (#80); In My Lonely Room by Martha and the Vandellas (#81); Cotton Candy by Al Hirt (#85); I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore by Nat King Cole (#86); (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up by the Ronettes (#87); Come to Me by Otis Redding (#92); Loving You More Every Day by Etta James (#96); People by Barbra Streisand (#97); Where Are You by the Duprees (#98); Soul Serenade by King Curtis (#99); and Wrong for Each Other by Andy Williams (#100).

U.S.A. Top Ten (Music Vendor)
1 Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles
2 Twist and Shout--The Beatles
3 Hello, Dolly!--Louis Armstrong
4 Suspicion--Terry Stafford
5 She Loves You--The Beatles
6 The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in his Kiss)--Betty Everett
7 Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)--The Serendipity Singers
8 My Heart Belongs to Only You--Bobby Vinton
9 Glad All Over--The Dave Clark Five
10 Do You Want to Know a Secret--The Beatles

Singles entering the chart were You Can't Do That by the Beatles (#51); Ronnie by the 4 Seasons (#60); Be Anything (But Be Mine) by Gloria Lynne (#72); It's Over by Roy Orbison (#75); Can You Do It by the Contours (#78); I Should Care by Gloria Lynne (#82); Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) by Sugar Pie DeSanto (#85); (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet by the Reflections (89); From Russia with Love by the Village Stompers (#90); Charade by Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra (#93); (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up by the Ronettes (#95); Soul Serenade by King Curtis (#96); The Wonder of You by Ray Peterson (#97); The Fall of Love by Johnny Mathis (#98); Whenever He Holds You by Bobby Goldsboro (#99); and Love Me with All Your Heart by the Ray Charles Singers (#100). This was the last issue of Music Vendor under that title; beginning wih the April 18, 1964 issue, the magazine was known as Record World.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Detroit 2 @ Toronto 3 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Bob Pulford scored shorthanded with 2 seconds remaining in regulation time as the Maple Leafs edged the Red Wings at Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto defenseman Allan Stanley was in the penalty box, but two Detroit players allowed the puck to slip between them on the powerplay, and Mr. Pulford took it and raced the length of the ice to put it past Detroit goalie Terry Sawchuk.



Baseball
Steve Barber allowed 5 hits in 7 innings and Dick Hall added 2 scoreless innings for the Baltimore Orioles as they routed the New York Mets 11-0 in a spring training game before 5,350 fans at Frank D. Lawrence Stadium in Portsmouth, Virginia. Boog Powell, Lou Jackson, and Sam Bowens hit home runs. Tracy Stallard pitched the first 3 innings for the Mets and took the loss. It was the final spring training game for the Mets, and the last game in a New York uniform for Duke Snider, who grounded out as a pinch hitter for the second out of the 9th inning, and was sold to the San Francisco Giants three days later.



40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Cross Your Heart--Tina (3rd week at #1)

Terrorism
Three Arab guerrillas attacked a four-storey residential building in the Israeli border town of Qiryat Shemona, killing 18 people, mostly women and children. The Lebanese-based Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claeimed responsibility for the raid, which was aimed at sabotaging upcoming Middle East peace negotiations in Geneva.

Crime
Former U.S. United Mine Workers president Tony Boyle was convicted of ordering the December 1969 murders of his reformist rival Jock Yablonski and Mr. Yablonski's wife and daughter. The convictions carried an automatic sentence of life in prison.

Scandal
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena for tapes of 42 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.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
East Division
Toronto 3 @ Boston 6 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-0)
New York Rangers 1 @ Montreal 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

West Division
Atlanta 1 @ Philadelphia 5 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Los Angeles 1 @ Chicago 4 (Chicago led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Ken Hodge, Bobby Schmautz, Johnny Bucyk, Wayne Cashman, Phil Esposito, and Gregg Sheppard each scored for the Bruins as they defeated the Maple Leafs before 15,003 fans at Boston Garden. Ron Ellis, Dave Keon, and Darryl Sittler scored for Toronto. The game was tied 2-2 after the 1st period and the Bruins led 4-3 after the 2nd period.

Bruce MacGregor scored in the 1st period to give the Rangers the lead, but Steve Shutt scored in the 2nd period to tie the game, and Yvan Cournoyer scored a pure hat trick--1 goal in the 2nd period and 2 more in the 3rd--as the Canadiens evened their series before 16,790 fans at the Montreal Forum. Bunny Larocque won the goaltending duel over Ed Giacomin.

Terry Crisp scored in the 1st period, and Rick MacLeish followed with a pure hat trick in the 2nd period as the Flyers beat the Flames before 17,007 fans at the Spectrum. Rey Comeau broke up Bernie Parent's bid for a shutout at 1:31 of the 3rd period, and Jim Watson scored the final Philadelphia goal later in the period.

Stan Mikita's goal with 1:47 remaining in the 2nd period broke a 1-1 tie as the Black Hawks defeated the Kings before 16,666 fans at Chicago Stadium. Dick Redmond, Bobby Hull, and Jim Pappin also scored for Chicago, while Bob Nevin scored for Los Angeles.

Basketball
NBA
Quarter-Finals
Western Conference
Chicago 88 @ Detroit 92 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

30 years ago
1984

Politics and government
Konstantin Chernenko, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was named Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (in effect, President) of the U.S.S.R. in a unanimous vote of the Supreme Soviet. Mr. Chernenko was nominated for the title by Mikhail Gorbachev, who, at 53, was the youngest member of the Politburo, prompting speculation that he was in line to succeed Mr. Chernenko as the next Soviet leader.

25 years ago
1989

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Birthday Boy

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers became the first goalie to score a goal in a playoff game when he scored shorthanded into an empty net in an 8-5 victory over the Washington Capitals in a first-round game at the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland.

20 years ago
1994

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

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Sign--Ace of Base (4th week at #1)
2 Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen
3 Mr. Jones--Counting Crows
4 Return to Innocence--Enigma
5 Without You--Mariah Carey
6 Swimming in Your Ocean--Crash Test Dummies
7 Love Sneakin' Up on You--Bonnie Raitt
8 Hasn't Hit Me Yet--Blue Rodeo
9 Now and Forever--Richard Marx
10 Because of Love--Janet Jackson

Singles entering the chart were You Mean the World to Me by Toni Braxton (#80); The Most Beautiful Girl in the World by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol) (#88); Beautiful in My Eyes by Joshua Kadison (#89); She Don't Let Nobody by Chaka Demus & the Pliers (#90); and In the Wink of an Eye by the Barra MacNeils (#91).

War
After Serbs in Bosnia had attacked the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, bombs from two U.S. planes destroyed a Serb tank and two armoured personnel carriers. The Serbs then halted their shelling of Gorazde.