July 10, 2014

225 years ago
1789

Exploration
Alexander Mackenzie reached the delta of the river that now bears his name, near what is now Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

175 years ago
1839

Born on this date
Adolphus Busch. German-born U.S. brewer. Mr. Busch and his father-in-law Eberhard Anheuser founded the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis. Mr. Busch died on October 10, 1913 at the age of 74.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Jimmy McHugh. U.S. songwriter. Mr. McHugh, with various partners, wrote the music for more than 500 songs from the 1920s through the 1950s. His songs included I Can't Give You Anything but Love; I'm in the Mood for Love; and On the Sunny Side of the Street. Mr. McHugh died on May 23, 1969 at the age of 74, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Joe Shuster. Canadian-born U.S. artist. Mr. Shuster and Jerry Siegel created the comic book superhero Superman, first published in 1938. Mr. Shuster died on July 30, 1992 at the age of 78.

80 years ago
1934

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Polo Grounds, New York
American League 9 National League 7

Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants turned in a memorable performance, striking out five consecutive Hall of Famers: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin. The NL jumped out to an early lead, but Mel Harder of the Cleveland Indians pitched 5 shutout innings in relief of Red Ruffing of the New York Yankees.



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 Devil's Foot

War
British troops in France moving south of Caen captured Eterville and Maltot. French troops in Italy drove to within 20 miles of Florence. Chinese troops in the province of Yunan fought their way to the walls of Tenguyueh, the Japanese base blocking the Chinese from Allied forces in Burma. J. Carlton Ward, Jr., president of Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Company, told the United States Senate Military Affairs Committee that Germany planned to invade the U.S. in 1940 through Newfoundland and Mexico after bombing the United Kingdom out of the war.

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Guy Gillette (Democrat--Iowa) said that he was withdrawing as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention because he could not support Franklin D. Roosevelt's bid for a fourth term as President of the United States in the November 1944 election.

60 years ago
1954

Hit Parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Young at Heart--Frank Sinatra (2nd week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen (Best Seller--6th week at #1; Disc Jockey--5th week at #1; Jukebox--3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen (2nd week at #1)
2 Three Coins in the Fountain--The Four Aces
--Frank Sinatra
3 Hernando's Hideaway--Archie Bleyer
4 The Happy Wanderer--Frank Weir and his Orchestra
--Henri Rene's Musette
5 The Little Shoemaker--The Gaylords
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
6 Wanted--Perry Como
7 If You Love Me (Really Love Me)--Kay Starr
--Vera Lynn
8 I Understand Just How You Feel--The Four Tunes
--June Valli
9 Isle of Capri--Jackie Lee and his Orchestra
--The Gaylords
10 Young at Heart--Frank Sinatra

Singles entering the chart were I Envy by Nat "King" Cole (#36); Friends and Neighbors, with versions by Tommy Prisco; Sammy Kaye and his “Swing And Sway” Orchestra; The Plunkett Family; and Billy Cotton (#37); I'll Be Seeing You by the Four Freshmen (#38); They were Doin' the Mambo by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (#42); The High and the Mighty by Les Baxter and his Orchestra (#44); Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem’ries Of You) by the Three Suns (#45); This Ole House by Rosemary Clooney (#47); Let's Walk and Talk by the Ames Brothers (#48); and Somebody Else's Love Song by Georgie Shaw (#49). The High and the Mighty was a version of the title theme of the movie.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Bless You--Brendan Bowyer (2nd week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Thank You Girl--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 As Long as I'm Sure of You--Bobby Curtola
3 A Hard Day's Night--The Beatles
4 All My Loving--The Beatles
5 Lucky Star--Rick Nelson
6 Can't You See that She's Mine--The Dave Clark Five
7 C'mon Everybody--Elvis Presley
8 Memphis--Johnny Rivers
9 A World Without Love--Peter and Gordon
10 Tell Me (You're Coming Back)--The Rolling Stones
Pick hit of the week: More and More of Your Amor--Nat King Cole
New this week: Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston--George Hamilton IV
Someone, Someone--Brian Poole and the Tremeloes
Ringo's Theme (This Boy)--George Martin and his Orchestra
Invisible Tears--The Ray Conniff Singers
Looking for Love--Connie Francis

A Hard Day's Night was the title song of the movie, while Ringo's Theme (This Boy) was also from A Hard Day's Night. Looking for Love was the title song of the movie. The B-side of More and More of Your Amor was Marnie, a vocal version of the instrumental theme from the movie.

Music
The album A Hard Day's Night by the Beatles was released in the United Kingdom on Parlophone Records.

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched the satellites Elektron 3 and Elektron 4. Elektron 3's mission was to study Earth's inner radiation region, while Elektron 4's mission was to study Earth's outer radiation region.

Golf
Tony Lema won the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland with a 9-under-par score of 279, 5 strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus. First prize money was ₤1,500 ($4,200).

Football
CFL
Edmonton Eskimos' intrasquad game
Green 33 Gold 20

Baseball
Jesus Alou batted 6 for 6 with a home run and Orlando Cepeda batted 4 for 4 with a triple and homer as the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 10-3 before 13,556 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. San Francisco center fielder Willie Mays batted 3 for 4 with 2 home runs.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: Seasons in the Sun--Terry Jacks (3rd week at #1)

Defense
In response to bills introduced two days earlier in both houses of the United States Congress to suspend all military and economic aid to Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Turan Gunes said that even if aid were cut off, Turkey would not change the status of U.S. military bases maintained in Turkey under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He warned, however, that cutting off U.S. aid to Turkey might cause an "unstoppable wave" of adverse opinion among Turkish politicians and the public. The U.S. was objecting to the July 1 announcement by the Turkish government to once again permit the cultivation and sale of opium poppies.

Scandal
A grand jury in Jacksonville, Florida indicted U.S. Senator Edward Gurney (Republican--Florida) and six other men on charges of running an influence peddling and extortion racket for the past 3 1/2 years. According to the indictment, Sen. Gurney offered to exert pressure on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to secure housing contracts and mortgage insurance for Florida contractors and real estate developers in exchange for Sen. Gurney receiving at least $223,000 for use as "personal, political, and travel expenses" and operations of his Washington and Florida offices since 1970. 39 real estate developers were named as unindicted co-conspirators. Sen. Gurney maintained that he was absolutely innocent of the charges.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
British Columbia (1-2) 27 @ Ottawa (4-0) 28
Winnipeg (0-2) 17 @ Toronto (1-0-1) 27

WFL
Hawaii (0-1) 7 @ Florida (1-0) 8
Portland (0-1) 8 @ Philadelphia (1-0) 33
Southern California (0-1) 7 @ Birmingham (1-0) 11
Detroit (0-1) 15 @ Memphis (1-0) 34
Houston (0-1) 0 @ Chicago (1-0) 17

These were the first games played in the World Football League.



30 years ago
1984

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Candlestick Park, San Francisco
American League 1 @ National League 3

Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets combined for a record 6 consecutive strikeouts to help the NL defeat the AL before 57,756 fans. In the 4th inning, Mr. Valenzuela struck out Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George Brett. In the 5th, Mr. Gooden struck out Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and Alvin Davis. The 19-year-old Mr. Gooden was the youngest player ever to appear in an All-Star game.



25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): The Look--Roxette

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): The Look--Roxette (3rd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM):
1 Good Thing--Fine Young Cannibals (2nd week at #1)
2 Express Yourself--Madonna
3 Buffalo Stance--Neneh Cherry
4 Baby Don't Forget My Number--Milli Vanilli
5 Satisfied--Richard Marx
6 If You Don't Know Me by Now--Simply Red
7 This Time I Know it's for Real--Donna Summer
8 I Drove All Night--Cyndi Lauper
9 The Doctor--The Doobie Brothers
10 Pop Singer--John Mellencamp

Singles entering the chart were Love Train by Holly Johnson (#81); Jackie Brown by John Cougar Mellencamp (#83); The Prisoner by Howard Jones (#85); California Blue by Roy Orbison (#87); Black Velvet by Alannah Myles (#90); If You Could See Me Now by Big Bam Boo (#92); Can't Live with You by Billy Newton-Davis (#94); and Times Like These by the Razorbacks (#97).

Died on this date
Mel Blanc, 81. U.S. actor. Mr. Blanc provided the voice for countless cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Woody Woodpecker, and Barney Rubble. He played Jack Benny’s music teacher on Mr. Benny’s radio and television programs for many years. Mr. Blanc also had his own radio show for one season in the 1940s.

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush met with the leader of Poland’s Communist regime, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, and then addressed the Polish parliament. Noting the tide of democratic reform in Poland, Mr. Bush said, "A profound cycle of turmoil and great change is sweeping the world..." He announced a plan for U.S. economic aid for Poland that included $100 million for investment in Polish business (subject to approval by Congress); support for the rescheduling of Poland’s foreign debt; support for World Bank loans to assist industry and agriculture; and $15 million to clean up industrial pollution (also subject to Congressional approval).

Labour
Miners in Mezhdurechensk, Siberia walked off the job, one of a series of wildcat strikes in the U.S.S.R. in July.

Basketball
NBA
Phil Jackson was named to succeed Doug Collins as head coach of the Chicago Bulls.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I Swear--All-4-One

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Eins, zwei, polizei--Mo-Do (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Freude herrscht (ohne Wenn und Aber)--DJ Igo

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Love is All Around--Wet Wet Wet (7th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President Bill Clinton began two days of talks in Bonn with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

At the meeting in Naples of the "Group of 7," leaders of the world's leading industrialized countries, Russian President Boris Yeltsin participated for the first time in the leaders' political discussion.

Politics and government
Leonid Kuchma defeated incumbent Leonid Kravchuk in a runoff election for President of Ukraine. Mr. Kuchma, who called for closer association with Russia, won overwhelmingly in Russian-speaking areas of the country. Mr. Kravchuk was hurt by a poor economy.

Disasters
The Flint River crested at 28 feet above flood stage in Albany, Georgia, a leftover result of tropical storm Alberto.

10 years ago
2004

Football
CFL
Toronto (2-2) 34 @ Hamilton (3-1) 6