June 20, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Dale Hein!

225 years ago
1789

Politics and government
In a pivotal event in the French Revolution, 576 of 577 members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath in Versailles, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established."

125 years ago
1889

Academia
Mary K. Tibbitts of Fredericton became the first woman to graduate from the University of New Brunswick, receiving her Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English, as well as the Governor General's Stanley Gold Medal for proficiency in English.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Lloyd Hall. U.S. chemist. Mr. Hall devoted most of his life to food preservation, and received 59 U.S. patents. He died on January 2, 1971 at the age of 76, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Gordon Juckes. Canadian hockey executive. Mr. Juckes, a native of Watrous, Saskatchewan and longtime resident of Melville, Saskatchewan, was secretary-manager and then executive director of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and was the most significant booster of a world championship for junior hockey. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979, and died on October 5, 1994 at the age of 80.

70 years ago
1944

War
The Battle of the Philippine Sea concluded with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle was also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." The U.S. lost 130 aircraft and one sustained hit on the battleship South Dakota, while Japan lost 3 aircraft carriers and 480 aircraft after sending four waves of air attacks on American vessels. U.S. troops on Saipan held the entire southern portion of the island. U.S. troops captured the last two airfields on Blak Island in the Schouten Islands. Quebec's Mount Royal Fusiliers participated in the Allied offensive in Caen, Normandy, attacking the armoured division of the 12th SS Panzergranadir and winning a first battle in Normandy. U.S. troops in France pressed through the outer perimeter of the Cherbourg defenses and held positions only 4-7 miles from the port. Soviet troops in Finland took the ancient fortress of Vyborg in their Karelian Isthmus drive, and demands an unconditional surrender from Finland. The Finnish government refused.

Diplomacy
U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace arrived in Chungking for talks with Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek.

Economics and finance
The U.S. War Production Board advised the distilling industry that beverage alcohol could be produced throughout August because the need for alcohol in the synthetic rubber program had declined.

Medicine
The U.S. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced that grants totalling $1.12 million would be made to 27 universities and other institutions to aid studies of the disease.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Guy--Mary Wells (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser--Sylvie Vartan (10th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Cin, cin--Richard Anthony (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Shake Hands--Drafi Deutscher

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): It's Over--Roy Orbison

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Chapel of Love--The Dixie Cups (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Chapel of Love--The Dixie Cups (3rd week at #1)
2 A World Without Love--Peter and Gordon
3 I Get Around--The Beach Boys
4 Love Me with All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)--The Ray Charles Singers
5 People--Barbra Streisand
6 Love Me Do--The Beatles
7 My Boy Lollipop--Millie Small
8 Memphis--Johnny Rivers
9 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying--Gerry and the Pacemakers
10 Walk on By--Dionne Warwick

Singles entering the chart were Rag Doll by the 4 Seasons (#60); Steal Away by Jimmy Hughes (#76); Wishin' and Hopin' by Dusty Springfield (#78); Share Your Love with Me by Bobby Bland (#79); Peg O' My Heart by Robert Maxwell and his Orchestra (#81); Girls (#84)/It Ain't No Use (#86) by Major Lance; (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am by Nancy Wilson (#85); Rosie by Chubby Checker (#91); A Little Toy Balloon by Danny Williams (#92); Licorice Stick by Pete Fountain (#95); Farmer John by the Premiers (#97); Hickory, Dick and Doc by Bobby Vee (#98); The Things that I Used to Do by James Brown and his Orchestra (#99); and She's My Girl by Bobby Shatto (#100). Rosie was the B-side of Lazy Elsie Molly, which charted at #52.

Died on this date
Edgar Barrier, 57. U.S. actor. Mr. Barrier appeared on radio, stage, and screen in a career spanning more than 30 years. He was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, appearing in Mr. Welles' short film Too Much Johnson (1938) and the feature film Macbeth (1948). Mr. Barrier spoke with a German accent, which made him an effective villain in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), where he was unseen, but appeared as the title voice. He played The Saint on radio in 1945. Mr. Barrier died of a heart attack.

Horse racing
Northern Dancer, winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, ended his career by winning the Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke, Ontario.





Golf
Ken Venturi overcame heat exhaustion and 100-degree F. temperatures to win the U.S.Open with a 2-under-par score of 278, 4 strokes ahead of Tommy Jacobs at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. First prize money was $17,000.



40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I See a Star--Mouth & McNeal (2nd week at #1)

At the movies
Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, opened in theatres.



30 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Estelle Winwood, 101. U.K.-born U.S. actress. Miss Winwood was a stage actress in London's West End before moving to New York to become a star on Broadway. She made numerous television appearances, while her movies included The Swan (1956); The Misfits (1961); The Producers (1968); and Murder by Death (1976).

Diplomacy
French President Francois Mitterand began a visit to the U.S.S.R. and asked about the condition of dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov, who had been on a hunger strike since May in an effort to obtain medical treatment in the West for his wife Yelena Bonner. Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko refused to discuss the subject.

Law
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-211 in favour of a compromise bill on immigration that would provide legal status, or amnesty, to millions of aliens who had established U.S. residence before 1982.

Education
British Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph announced that O-Level and Certificate for Secondary Education (CSE) exams would be abolished, to be replaced by a new examination for 16-year-olds, the General CSE, with the first such exams to be written in 1988.

Disasters
Four miners were killed in a cave-in at the Falconbridge Nickel Mine in Sudbury, Ontario.

Football
CFL
The day before the Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders were to play each other at McMahon Stadium in Calgary in the final pre-season game for both teams, they made a major trade. The Stampeders traded middle linebacker Dan Bass, who was involved in a contract dispute with the team, to the Eskimos for slotback Tom Scott. Mr. Bass had been the CFL's All-Canadian middle linebacker in 1982 and 1983, while Mr. Scott had been an all-star in 6 of the previous 7 seasons, held the CFL career record for touchdowns receiving, and was closing in on Tommy-Joe Coffey's career records for pass receptions and yards receiving. The trade was unpopular in Calgary because Mr. Bass, 26, had many years of football left in him, while Mr. Scott, 33, had just one season left in him.

25 years ago
1989

Baseball
The Montreal Expos scored 2 runs in the 8th inning and 3 in the 9th as they overcame a 5-0 1st-inning deficit and defeated the New York Mets 8-5 before 37,570 fans at Shea Stadium in New York in a game that was televised on Radio-Canada.

Shawon Dunston singled home Vance Law with 2 out in the top of the 11th inning to break a 4-4 tie as the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 before 11,713 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.

The Kansas City Royals scored 6 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 2-2 tie and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 before 17,185 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Jaime Navarro started on the mound for Milwaukee and allowed 8 hits and 2 runs--1 earned--in 6 2/3 innings, walking 2 batters and striking out 2 in his first major league game.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 I Swear--All-4-One
2 I'll Remember--Madonna
3 Wild Night--John Mellencamp with Me’shell Ndegeocello
4 Sleeping in My Car--Roxette
5 Misled--Celine Dion
6 The Most Beautiful Girl in the World--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Love Symbol)
7 You Mean the World to Me--Toni Braxton
8 Don't Turn Around--Ace of Base
9 Shine--Collective Soul
10 If You Go--Jon Secada

Singles entering the chart were Afternoons and Coffespoons by Crash Test Dummies (#85) and Just Before Mary Goes by Universal Honey (#93).

Crime
Former football star O.J. Simpson pled not guilty in Los Angeles Municipal Court to the June 12 killings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Mr. Simpson was held in jail without bail.

Golf
Ernie Els defeated Loren Roberts on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff after an 18-hole playoff with Mr. Roberts and Colin Montgomerie to win the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Messrs. Els and Roberts were tied at 3-over-par 71 after the playoff round, with Mr. Montgomerie eliminated with a 7-over-par 78. Returning to the 10th hole to begin a sudden-death playoff, the remaining two players parred the hole, and Mr. Els parred the 11th hole while Mr. Roberts missed his par putt. First prize money was $320,000.



Football
CFL
Pre-season
Las Vegas (1-0) 47 @ British Columbia (0-1) 12

10 years ago
2004

Politics and government
The vote count in the Philippines' presidential election was completed, six weeks after the vote, confirming that Gloria Arroyo had been re-elected President.

Golf
Retief Goosen won the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York, finishing 2 strokes ahead of Phil Mickelson. First prize money was $1,125,000.

Football
CFL
Calgary (1-0) 33 @ Saskatchewan (1-1) 10

The Stampeders' win over the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina marked a successful regular season debut for Matt Dunigan as Calgary's head coach, and was the first game for Calgary receiver Nik Lewis.