July 7, 2014

480 years ago
1534

Economics and finance
French explorer Jacques Cartier and Micmac Indians traded furs in what is now New Brunswick, marking the first exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

180 years ago
1834

Protest
Four nights of rioting against anti-slavery abolitionists began in New York City.

80 years ago
1934

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A.: Moonglow--Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Glen Gray also had versions of Moonglow that placed high on the charts at the time.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Deacon White, 91. U.S. baseball player. Mr. White was a catcher, third baseman, and first baseman with 2 teams in the National Association from 1871-1875 and another 6 teams in the major leagues from 1876-1890. He was one of the game's biggest stars in the early days of major league baseball, batting .303 with 18 home runs and 602 runs batted in in 1,299 major league games. Mr. White's best season was 1877, when he led the NL in batting percentage (.387); slugging percentage (.545); hits (103); triples (11); and runs batted in (49) with the Boston Red Caps. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Golf
Dick Burton won the British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland with a 2-under-par score of 290, 2 strokes ahead of Johnny Bulla. First prize money was £100.



Baseball
The Sacramento Solons defeated the San Francisco Seals 5-4 in a Pacific Coast League exhibition game played inside Folsom Prison.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Georges Mandel, 59. French politician. Born Louis George Rothschild, Mr. Mandel was France's Minister of Posts from 1934-1936; Minister of Overseas France and her Colonies from 1938-1940; and Minister of the Interior in 1940. He was an opponent of collaboration with the Nazis, and fled to Morocco, where he was captured in 1941. Mr. Mandel was returned to France and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was shot to death in a forest at Fontainebleau on orders of Joseph Darnand, chief of police with the Vichy government.

War
In France, Canadian Highland Light Infantry troops were ordered to attack fortified German positions in Buron, a source of dangerous fire from Germans, while Canadian and British bombers dropped 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen. U.S. forces in France crossed the Vire River north of St. Lo to establish a bridgehead threatening the encirclement of German troops in St. Jean de Daye. U.S. troops captured Rosignano, Italy. Soviet troops captured Losha, Lithuania. Japanese forces launched the largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan. Japanese Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, commander in the central Pacific theatre and leader of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Rear Admiral Yano were reported killed on Saipan.

Politics and government
Argentine War Minister Juan Perón was named the country's Vice President, filling a vacancy.

Sreten Vukosavylyevitch and Drago Maresitch, two followers of Marshal Josip Broz Tito, were added to the new Yugoslavian cabinet of Premier Ivan Subasitch.

Diplomacy
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Director General Herbert Lehman announced the appointment of former Colombian President Dr. Eduardo Santos as deputy director general for liaison with American republics.

Economics and finance
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau announced that the fifth war loan quota of $16 billion had been oversubscribed by $500 million.

Disasters
Five officials of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus were arrested on charges of manslaughter after the previous day's fire in Hartford, Connecticut, which had resulted in the deaths of 167 people and injuries to 200 more. Authorities charged that the circus's management had been negligent in providing fire protection and that the tent had been waterproofed with a paraffin-gasoline mixture.

Track and field
Gunder Haegg set a world record in the men's 1,500-metre run of 3 minutes 43 seconds at a meet in Goteburg, Sweden.

60 years ago
1954

Music
Dewey Phillips, a disc jockey at Memphis radio station WHBQ, played an advance copy of the single That's All Right, recorded two days earlier by Elvis Presley for Sun Records, on his Red, Hot & Blue program. The response from listeners was so overwhelming that Mr. Phillips played the record a reported 14 times, receiving 40 telephone calls. Mr. Presley then appeared at the WHBQ studio and was interviewed by Mr. Phillips; it was Mr. Presley's first appearance on radio.

50 years ago
1964

Transportation
Traffic opened on the Great Slave Lake Railway, operated by Canadian National Railways, from Roma Junction, Alberta to Pine Point, Northwest Territories.

Albertana
As part of the entertainment at the Calgary Stampede, Killer Kowalski battled Sweet Daddy Siki as the main event of a professional wrestling card promoted by Stu Hart at the Stampede Corral, with former world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano serving as guest referee. Don Leo Jonathan fought Waldo von Erich on the undercard. The Fabulous Moolah and midgets were also on the card. Ticket prices ranged from $1-$3.

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Shea Stadium, New York
American League 4 @ National League 7

Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a 3-run home run off Dick Radatz of the Boston Red Sox with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to climax a 4-run rally as the NL won before 50,844 fans to even the series record at 17 wins each with 1 tie.

40 years ago
1974

Soccer
FIFA World Cup
Final
West Germany 2 Netherlands 1 @ Olympic Stadium, Munich

Gerd Mueller's goal in the 43rd minute held up for the win before 75,000 fans. Johan Neeskens scored for on a penalty kick in the 1st minute to give Netherlands the lead, but Paul Breitner tied the game in the 27th minute on a penalty kick.

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Self Control--Raf (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT Top 30): The Reflex--Duran Duran (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): The Reflex--Duran Duran (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Two Tribes--Frankie Goes To Hollywood (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Two Tribes--Frankie Goes to Hollywood (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): When Doves Cry--Prince

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Dancing in the Dark--Bruce Springsteen (2nd week at #1)
2 When Doves Cry--Prince
3 The Reflex--Duran Duran
4 Eyes Without a Face--Billy Idol
5 Self Control--Laura Branigan
6 Jump (For My Love)--The Pointer Sisters
7 Time After Time--Cyndi Lauper
8 Almost Paradise...Love Theme from Footloose--Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
9 Borderline--Madonna
10 Infatuation--Rod Stewart

Singles entering the chart were Rock Me Tonite by Billy Squier (#64); Leave a Tender Moment Alone by Billy Joel (#80); My Oh My by Slade (#82); All of You by Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross (#83); Jam on It by Newcleus (#86); Black Stations/White Stations by M+M (#87); Feels So Real (Won’t Let Go) by Patrice Rushen (#88); High on Emotion by Chris DeBurgh (#89); and So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) by R.E.M. (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Oh Sherrie--Steve Perry
2 Let's Hear it for the Boy--Deniece Williams
3 Self Control--Laura Branigan
4 Dancing in the Dark--Bruce Springsteen
5 Time After Time--Cyndi Lauper
6 The Reflex--Duran Duran
7 Eyes Without a Face--Billy Idol
8 The Heart of Rock and Roll--Huey Lewis and the News
9 Sister Christian--Night Ranger
10 Almost Paradise...Love Theme from Footloose--Mike Reno and Ann Wilson

Singles entering the chart were Stuck on You by Lionel Richie (#41); Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr. (#42); Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us by Ollie & Jerry (#43); Where Do the Boys Go? by Men Without Hats (#45); and What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner (#48).

Terrorism
The airplane bound for Nigeria that was to have carried crates containing former Nigerian cabinet minister Umaru Dikko, who had been kidnapped and drugged before being found by British authorities on July 5, was freed after being detained for three days. Similarly, Nigerian authorities released a British plane that they had detained in retaliation. Four men, including the three kidnappers in the crates, were charged with kidnapping. Three of these were Israelis. Altogether, Britain arrested 17 people in the plot, but 13 were released.

Units of the reconstituted Lebanese army finished three days of movement through Beirut, taking positions from the rival militia units that had taken control of the city in February.

Diplomacy
In Stockholm, the 35-nation Conference on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures and Disarmament in Europe adjourned for the summer after failing to agree on a format for further talks.

Abominations
The Church of England General Synod, meeting at York, declined to take any action against the newly-consecrated Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins, despite Mr. Jenkins' public expression of opinions that constituted a denial of the Christian faith.

Disasters
A northbound Amtrak train derailed near Williston, Vermont and crashed into a ravine, killing 5 and injuring 153.

Football
CFL
Calgary (1-1) 16 @ Ottawa (1-1) 17

Ottawa linebacker Al Washington set a CFL record with a 104-yard fumble return, and his touchdown was the key play as the Rough Riders edged the Stampeders at Lansdowne Park.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Das Omen (Teil I)--Mysterious Art (2nd week at #1)

Music
The Grateful Dead, with Bruce Hornsby and the Range as the opening act, performed at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. It turned out to be the last event ever held at the 63-year-old facility; six days later, Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode ordered the stadium closed. It was demolished in 1992.

Law
The Louisiana state Senate voted to ask the state to enforce strict anti-abortion laws in effect before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the national unemployment rate had risen to 5.2% in June, up 0.1% from May.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Everybody--DJ Bobo

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Riverdance--Bill Whelan (10th week at #1)

Weather
21.1 inches of rain fell on Americus, Georgia in the wake of tropical storm Alberto.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Bill Clinton continued his tour of Europe with a visit to Warsaw, where he addressed the Polish parliament, pledging an increase in international aid.

Football
CFL
Baltimore (1-0) 28 @ Toronto (0-1) 20

Tracy Ham completed 2 touchdown passes to Chris Armstrong as the Baltimore Football Club, in their first regular season game ever, defeated the Argonauts before 13,101 fans at SkyDome. Mike "Pinball" Clemons returned a punt 68 yards for a Toronto touchdown. A ceremony was held before the game to remember former Argonauts' co-owner John Candy, who had died on March 4. Baltimore receiver Byron Williams suffered a snapped achilles tendon in the pre-game warmup and was lost for the balance of the season.



10 years ago
2004

Space
The head of China's space agency announced that China planned to send an unmanned mission to the moon in 2007.

Law
The U.S. Defense Department established the Combat Status Review Tribunal, allowing nearly 600 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to challenge their status as enemy combatants.