April 3, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Evgeniya!

200 years ago
1814

Born on this date
Lorenzo Snow. U.S. religious leader. Mr. Snow joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in the mid-1830s He rose through the ranks and succeeded Wilford Woodruff as president of the church in 1898 and held the position until his death on October 10, 1901 at the age of 87. During Mr. Snow's presidency, the Latter-day Saints adopted the policy that tithing--payment of 10% of one's income--to the church was regarded as a hallmark of one's membership in the church.

130 years ago
1884

Born on this date
Rikichi Andō. Japanese military officer and politician. General Andō commanded forces in China in 1939, and led an unauthorized invasion of French Indochina in September 1940, leading to his forced retirement in February 1941. He was soon recalled and put in charge of Japanese forces in Taiwan, and served as the final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from December 30, 1944 until formally surrendering to Chinese General Chen Yi on October 25, 1945. Gen. Andō was formally charged with war crimes from his tenure in China, but committed suicide in prison in Shanghai on April 19, 1946, 16 days after his 62nd birthday, by taking poison before he could go to trial.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Grigoraș Dinicu. Romanian musician and composer. Mr. Dinicu was a violin virtuoso of Roma ancestry, whose career spanned more than 40 years. He wrote mainly for violin and piano, with his violin piece Hora Staccato (1906) being his most popular work. Mr. Dinicu died of laryngeal cancer on March 28, 1949, six days before his 60th birthday.

110 years ago
1904

Born on this date
Sally Rand. Miss Rand, born Helen Beck, was a dancer who performed from the 1920s through the 1970s, and was mainly popular in the 1920s and '30s. Her fan dance, offering glimpses of her body and hints of nudity, made her famous, resulting in occasional arrests, but no serious consequences. Miss Rand died on August 31, 1979 at the age of 75.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Ray Getliffe. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Getliffe played with the Boston Bruins from 1935-39 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1939-45, scoring 273 points on 136 goals and 137 assists in 393 regular season games, and adding 9 goals and 10 assists in 44 playoff games. He was a member of Stanley Cup championship teams in 1939 and 1944. Mr. Getliffe's best season was 1943-44, when he scored 53 points on 28 goals and 25 assists in 44 games and added 5 goals and 4 assists in 9 playoff games. His best game came on February 6, 1943 when he scored 5 goals for the Canadiens. Mr. Getliffe died on June 15, 2008 at the age of 94.

80 years ago
1934

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

Paul Thompson scored at 1:05 of the 2nd overtime period as the Black Hawks edged the Red Wings at Olympia Stadium.

70 years ago
1944

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Fingerprints that Couldn't Lie

WarRoyal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant Commander Roy Baker Falkner led an audacious low-level dive-bombing attack against the German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord; 14 dive-bombing hits crippled the ship and prevented Tirpitz from posing a major threat in the forthcoming invasion of Normandy by the allies in June 1944. U.S. Army forces completed the occupation of 10 more atolls in the Marshall Islands. Japanese forces cut the main road supplying Imphal in the Indian state of Manipur. The Soviet drive across the Prut River into Romania established two bridgeheads: one at Carpiti and the other beween Dangeni and Saveni.

Politics and government
Emmanouil Tsouderos announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the Greek government-in-exile after a cabinet meeting in Cairo, and suggested to King George II, who was now in London, that Sofoklis Venizelos be named as his successor.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Negroes could not be barred from voting in the Texas Democratic Party primaries on the grounds of race, and repudiated the contention that political parties were private associations free of constitutional regulation. Applying equally to other states with "white primaries," the decision held that discrimination against Negroes by a political party violated the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution and that political parties functioned as state agencies in primary elections.

60 years ago
1954

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Ebb Tide--Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Make Love to Me--Jo Stafford (Best Seller--3rd week at #1; Disc Jockey--1st week at #1; Jukebox--4th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Secret Love--Doris Day (5th week at #1)
2 Make Love to Me--Jo Stafford
3 I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)--The Four Knights
4 Wanted--Perry Como
5 Young at Heart--Frank Sinatra
6 Cross Over the Bridge--Patti Page
7 Answer Me, My Love--Nat "King" Cole
8 From the Vine Came the Grape--The Gaylords
--The Hilltoppers
9 Stranger in Paradise--Tony Bennett
--The Four Aces
--Tony Martin
10 A Girl, A Girl (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)--Eddie Fisher

Singles entering the chart were Jilted by Teresa Brewer (#30); It Happens to Be Me by Nat "King" Cole (#37); Have a Heart by Julius LaRosa (#38); Seems Like Old Times by the Four Freshmen (#39); Hey Brother, Pour the Wine by Dean Martin (#41); Until Sunrise by Joe "Fingers" Carr and the Carr-Hops (#42); Crazy Mixed Up Song by Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy (#49); and Poor Butterfly by the Hilltoppers (#50).

Sport
The University of Oxford defeated Cambridge University by 4 1/2 lengths to win the 100th annual Boat Race on the River Thames in England.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Syracuse 62 @ Minneapolis 60 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Love You Because--Jim Reeves (2nd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 All My Loving--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 Twist and Shout--The Beatles
3 This Boy--The Beatles
4 Kissin' Cousins--Elvis Presley
5 Can't Buy Me Love--The Beatles
6 Bits and Pieces--The Dave Clark Five
7 She Loves You--The Beatles
8 One Minute to One--Rick Nelson
9 I Want to Hold Your Hand--The Beatles
10 Please Please Me--The Beatles
Pick hit of the week: Bits and Pieces--The Dave Clark Five
New this week: Cotton Candy--Al Hirt
The Baby Beatle Walk--Al Martin Six
It's Over--Roy Orbison
I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore--Nat King Cole
Wrong for Each Other--Andy Williams
Whenever He Holds You--Bobby Goldsboro

On television tonight
Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Sounds and Silences, starring John McGiver, Penny Singleton, Billy Benedict, Francis De Sales, and Michael Fox

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, on CBS
Tonight's episode: A Matter of Murder, starring Darren McGavin, Pat Crowley, and Telly Savalas

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Tchip Tchip--Cash & Carry (3rd week at #1)

Politics and government
Alain Poher, centrist President of the Senate, was named acting President of France, replacing Georges Pompidou, who had died the previous day.

War
The day after an official Israeli commission report blamed the country's lack of preparedness for the October 1973 Yom Kippur War on the military command rather than the government, opposition politicians attacked the report as too lenient on Prime Minister Golda Meir and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. There were calls for Mr. Dayan's resignation, and for him to take responsibility for setbacks in the early part of the war.

Crime
San Francisco newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, who had been kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army terrorists on February 4, announced in a recorded message that she had rejected an offer of freedom from the SLA and had chosen to join the group to fight for "the freedom of the oppressed people."

Scandal
The U.S. federal grand jury hearing evidence on 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 indicted California Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke on three counts of lying to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. The charges stemmed from the committee's March-April 1972 investigations into possible political influence in the settlement of three anti-trust suits against International Telephone and Telegraph.

The White House announced that U.S. President Richard Nixon would pay $432,787.13 in back taxes plus interest for the years 1969-1972. The figure was based on an Internal Revenue Service report of an investigation of Mr. Nixon's tax returns, with a total coming to about $465,000. The President's decision came shortly after the release of a staff report of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation placing Mr. Nixon's tax delinquency for the same years at $476,431. The committee staff found underpayment in five categories of taxable income that Mr. Nixon should have reported and six categories of deductions to which he had not been entitled. The House of Representatives committee investigating the possible impeachment of the President began immediately to study the taxation committee's report, apparently with the intention of focusing on whether Mr. Nixon's treatment of his tax liabilities had diminished public respect for the presidency. A White House spokesman said that Mr. Nixon's tax attorneys felt they could make a strong case against the findings, but that the President had said, when he had asked for the investigation, that he would abide by their findings, and was doing so.

Disasters
The Super Outbreak of tornadoes in the United States struck from Michigan to Georgia, with a death toll of 315, nearly 5,500 injured, and damage exceeding $1 billion. Xenia, Ohio was the place that was worst hit, with 35 people killed and half the town destroyed.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): 99 Luftballons--Nena

Politics and government
Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale won the New York primary in the contest for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States in the November 1984 election, taking 45% of the vote to 27% for U.S. Senator Gary Hart (Colorado) and 26% for Rev. Jesse Jackson, who captured more than 80% of the Negro vote.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals (2nd week at #1)

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

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Washington, and Mr. Bush declared that the two countries "share the goals of security for Israel, the end of the occupation, and achievement of Palestinian political rights."

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev flew from Ireland to Cuba, where he met with dictator Fidel Castro. Mr. Castro had publicly opposed Mr. Gorbachev's economic and social reforms in the U.S.S.R., but had scaled back his criticisms, since Cuba depended heavily on economic aid from the Soviet Union.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield, upheld the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

Basketball
NCAA
Men's Championship
Final @ Kingdome, Seattle
Michigan 80 Seton Hall 79 (OT)

Rumeal Robinson's 2 free throws with 3 seconds remaining in overtime provided the winning margin for the Wolverines as they edged the Pirates, but teammate Glen Rice was the star, with 31 points and 11 rebounds. John Morton of Seton Hall led all scorers in the game with 35 points.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Gangsta Lean--DRS (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): All for Love--Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: It's Alright--East 17

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Everything Changes--Take That

Died on this date
Frank Wells, 62. U.S. entertainment executive. Mr. Wells served with Warmer Brothers as president (1973-1977) and vice chairman (1977-1982), and was president of the Walt Disney Company from 1984 until his death in a helicopter crash returning from a ski trip in Nevada's Ruby Mountains. Of the five people aboard, one survived.

10 years ago
2004

Terrorism
Five Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks were trapped by the police in their apartment outside the city and blew themselves up, resulting in the deaths of the terrorists and a special forces agent.

Soccer
14-year-old Freddy Adu, a native of Ghana who had moved to the United States at the age of 8, became the youngest player in an American professional sport in over a century when he took the field with D.C. United of Major League Soccer.