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.