November 10, 2014

570 years ago
1444

Died on this date
Władysław III, 20. King of Poland, 1434-1444; King of Hungary and Croatia, 1440-1444. Władysław III, the son of King Władysław II, acceded to the throne at the age of 10, and accepted the crown of Hungary and Croatia six years later, where he was known as Ulaszlo I. 10 days after his 20th birthday, King Władysław III was killed by Ottoman forces in the Battle of Varna.

War
The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland were defeated by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Murad II in the Battle of Varna in what is now Bulgaria.

340 years ago
1674

War
As provided by the second Treaty of Westminster, the Netherlands ceded the North American colony of New Netherland to England.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Claude Rains. U.K.-born U.S. actor. Mr. Rains was a popular character actor who appeared in such movies as The Invisible Man (1933); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Wolf Man (1941); Casablanca (1942); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Notorious (1946); and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He died on May 30, 1967 at the age of 77.

120 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Boris Furlan. Slovene jurist and politician. Dr. Furlan worked as a lawyer in Italy in the 1920s, but fled Fascist persecution and went to Yugoslavia. He practiced and taught law there, but was evacuated to England in 1941 after Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact with the Axis powers. Dr. Furlan held several posts with the Yugoslavian government-in-exile in London during World War II, and was one of its leading propagandists. He returned to Yugoslavia at the end of the war, and became the Dean of Law at the University of Ljubljana. Dr. Furlan ran afoul of Yugoslavia's Communist regime, and was convicted in a show trial in 1947; he was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to 20 years of forced labour. Dr. Furlan was released after 4½ years because of illness, but was severely injured in a reported beating by agents of the Yugoslavian secret police in November 1953. He died on June 10, 1957 at the age of 62.

90 years ago
1924

Died on this date
Dean O'Banion, 32. U.S. gangster. Mr. O'Banion was a bootlegger and rival to Al Capone in Chicago. He led the North Side Gang until he was gunned down by rival gangsters.



80 years ago
1934

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (3-2-1) 8 @ Toronto (3-2-1) 11
Ottawa (1-5) 5 @ Hamilton (3-1-2) 10

The Tigers' win at the H.A.A.A. Grounds gave them the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union championship.

WCRFU
Finals
Game 1
Regina 22 @ Vancouver Meralomas 2

Canadian university
Hardy Cup
Saskatchewan 12 @ Alberta 2

The Huskies scored 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to defeat the Golden Bears at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. The Golden Bears broke a 0-0 tie with a single in the 3rd quarter and another early in the 4th quarter to take a 2-0 lead, but Jack Belles intercepted a Hal Richard pass and returned it 20 yards. Mr. Belles, playing quarterback when the Huskies had the ball, then passed to Frank Kells for a touchdown to give Saskatchewan the lead. Clarence Garvie scored a rouge to increase the Saskatchewan lead to 6-2, and the Huskies put the game away on a fake punt when Mr. Weaver passed to Mr. Kells for another TD, with Mr. Weaver converting.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Wang Ching-wei, 61. Premier of China, 1932-1935; President of China, 1940-1944. Wang was originally a member of the Kuomintang ruling party, before becoming President of the Reorganized National Government of China, the collaborationist government in Nanking after the Japanese invasion of China. He died in Japan while undergoing treatment for a wound from an assassination attempt in 1939.

War
In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill confirmed the use against Britain of German V-2 rockets. U.S. forces in Franc in the Metz-Nancy area drove to within 2½ miles of the German frontier north of Thionville. Soviet troops in Hungary expanded their bridgehead across the Tisza River, gaining up to 7 miles and cutting the railroad linking Budapest with eastern Slovakia. Japan claimed the capture of both Kweilin and Liuchow in the Chinese province of Kwangsi. Seven Japanese destroyers and three transports were sunk in Ormoc Bay, Philippines by Allied planes and a PT boat.

Disasters
The United States Navy ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded in Seeadler Harbor at Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands, killing all men aboard, obliterating the ship, and sinking or severely damaging 22 smaller craft nearby.

Society
11 women and 20 men convicted of polygamous marriage charges in Salt Lake City were given jail sentences of one year each after they were denied motions for a new trial.

Economics and finance
The U.S. War Production Board informed distillers that they could take a holiday from production of industrial alcohol in January 1945 to make liquor.

Business
500 delegates and assistants from 52 countries opened an international conference in Rye, New York, sponsored by the American Section of the International Chamber of Commerce; the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; the National Foreign Trade Conference; and the NAM. The aim of the meeting was to get back export capital in the shape of goods and services and provide raw materials to countries to promote world industrialization.

60 years ago
1954

Americana
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicated the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) at Arlington National Cemetery.

50 years ago
1964

On television tonight
The Fugitive, starring David Janssen, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Dark Corner, with guest stars Tuesday Weld, Elizabeth MacRae, Paul Carr, and Crahan Denton

At the movies
Roustabout, directed by John Rich, and starring Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, and Leif Erickson, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Jimmie Dodd, 54. U.S. actor. Mr. Dodd was best known as the host of the television program The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-1959). He died of cancer.

40 years ago
1974

At the movies
Lenny, directed by Bob Fosse and starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine, opened in theatres.

Hockey
WHA
Cleveland 1 @ Edmonton 4

15,326 were in attendance as the Oilers beat the Crusaders in the first game ever played at Edmonton Coliseum. Ron Buchanan, traded from Cleveland to Edmonton a month earlier, scored the first goal in the new building in the 1st period. Bob Clearwater scored for the Crusaders to tie the game, but the Oilers put it away with 3 goals in the 3rd period. Barry Long scored 2 consecutive goals and Doug Barrie closed the scoring. Mr. Buchanan added 2 assists to his goal, and Jacques Plante, who made 20 saves in getting the win in goal, had an assist on the final goal. Gerry Cheevers made 29 saves for the Crusaders.

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
Hamilton 19 @ Ottawa 21

Western Semi-Final
British Columbia 14 @ Saskatchewan 24

Field goal kicking late in the game made the difference as the Rough Riders edged the Tiger-Cats before 14,786 fans at Lansdowne Park. With Ottawa leading 18-17, Hamilton's Ian Sunter missed a 32-yard field goal with 3:59 remaining in regulation time; it went for a single point to tie the game. Ottawa defensive back John Kruspe made his second inerception of the game to set up a 30-yard FG with 50 seconds remaining to give the Rough Rides a 21-18 lead. Hamilton quarterback Don Jonas drove the Tiger-Cats into position for a field goal on the last play to send the game into overtime, but Mr. Sunter missed from 37 yards, scoring another single point. Rick Cassata played most of the game at quarterback for Ottawa and completed just 6 of 21 passes for 112 yards, but 2 of his completions went for touchdowns. Jim Foley scored from 22 yards in the 1st quarter and Terry Wellesley scored on a 55-yard pass from Mr. Cassata in the 2nd quarter. Mr. Jonas, playing the final game of his 5-year CFL career, completed 26 of 44 passes for 339 yards and a touchdown, but surrendered 4 interceptions--2 each to Mr. Kruspe and Al Marcelin. Mr. Jonas also rushed 4 times for 43 yards and a touchdown. Hamilton tight end Tony Gabriel, in his final game as a Tiger-Cat, tied a CFL record for a playoff (or any other) game with 15 receptions, for 188 yards and a touchdown.

Ron Lancaster completed touchdown passes of 17 yards to Rhett Dawson and 37 yards to Bob Pearce and handed off to George Reed for a 1-yard touchdown run as the Roughriders defeated the Lions before 24,465 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Pearce's TD came in the last minute of the 1st half and was the biggest play of the game. Lou Harris rushed 7 yards for the first B.C. touchdown, and Terry Bailey scored the other B.C. TD on a 10-yard pass from Peter Liske, who shared quarterbacking duties with Don Moorhead. For the Lions, the loss was their fifth straight. It was the first CFL game for B.C. defensive back Luther Howard, and the last for B.C. tight end Lefty Hendrickson. It was the 27th and last playoff game as a head coach for B.C.'s Eagle Keys.

NFL
Atlanta (2-7) 0 @ Los Angeles (7-2) 21
Chicago (3-6) 3 Green Bay (4-5) 20 @ Milwaukee
Cleveland (3-6) 21 @ New England (6-3) 14
Detroit (4-5) 13 @ Oakland (8-1) 35
Houston (4-5) 21 @ Buffalo (7-2) 9
Miami (7-2) 21 @ New Orleans (3-6) 0
New York Jets (2-7) 26 @ New York Giants (2-7) 20
San Diego (3-6) 14 @ Kansas City (3-6) 7
San Francisco (2-7) 14 @ Dallas (5-4) 20
Washington (6-3) 27 @ Philadelphia (4-5) 20
Denver (4-4-1) 17 @ Baltimore (1-8) 6
Pittsburgh (6-2-1) 10 @ Cincinnati (6-3) 17

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): I Just Called To Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder

#1 single in Flanders (VRT Top 30): I Just Called To Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Purple Rain--Prince and the Revolution (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Freedom--Wham! (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: I Feel for You--Chaka Khan

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)--Billy Ocean (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Purple Rain--Prince and the Revolution
2 Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)--Billy Ocean
3 I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder
4 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go--Wham!
5 Blue Jean--David Bowie
6 Hard Habit to Break--Chicago
7 I Feel for You--Chaka Khan
8 Lucky Star--Madonna
9 Strut--Sheena Easton
10 I'm So Excited--Pointer Sisters

Singles entering the chart were Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen (#52); Understanding by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#67); The Boys of Summer by Don Henley (#69); Call to the Heart by Giuffria (#84); Heaven (Must Be There) by Eurogliders (#85); Jungle Love by the Time (#87); Supernatural Love by Donna Summer (#89); and The Gap by Thompson Twins (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go--Wham!
2 I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder
3 The Glamorous Life--Sheila E.
4 Purple Rain--Prince and the Revolution
5 Missing You--John Waite
6 The Warrior--Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
7 Dynamite--Jermaine Jackson
8 Blue Jean--David Bowie
9 Lucky Star--Madonna
10 Hard Habit to Break--Chicago

Singles entering the chart were Stranger in Town by Toto (#91); Hello Again by the Cars (#93); I Need You Tonight by Peter Wolf (#94); Burning in Love by Honeymoon Suite (#98); and Heaven (Must Be There) by Eurogliders (#99).

Horse racing
The first afternoon-long Breeders' Cup series was held at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California, with Wild Again, a 31-1 longshot, holding off Slew O' Gold and Gate Dancer before a crowd of 64,254 to win the $3 million Cup Classic.



Football
CIAU
Ontario-Quebec Final
Queen's 37 @ Bishop's 35

Ontario Final
Guelph 31 @ Western Ontario 26

Western Final
Hardy Cup
Calgary 33 @ Alberta 18

A 15-yard touchdown passs from Pete Harrison to Scott Bissessar with 15 seconds remaining gave the Queen's Golden Gaels the win at Coulter Field in Lennoxville, Quebec. The Gaiters erased a 30-1 halftime deficit and took the lead on a 92-yard touchdown reception by Steve Lalonde with 1:32 remaining in the fourth quarter.

7,000 rain-soaked fans at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London left disappointed when Western Ontario running back Blake Marshall fumbled on the Guelph 1-yard line in the final seconds, allowing the Gryphons to preserve the win.

Josh Borger caught 11 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown to lead the Dinosaurs to a lopsided victory over the Golden Bears to win the Hardy Trophy in front of 1,208 frozen fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton. Lew Lawrick completed 17 of 35 passes for 259 yards; in addition to the touchdown pass to Mr. Borger, he also completed a scoring strike to Ken Szarka. Mark Petros scored the other Calgary touchdown on a 2-yard run in the first quarter, while Brian DeMug added 3 converts and 4 field goals. Alberta quarterbacks Mark Denesiuk and Darren Brezden combined to throw 6 interceptions. The Golden Bears, who made just 2 first downs in the first half, were trailing 33-4 until they struck for 2 touchdowns in the last 2:32 of the game. Jeff Funtasz rushed 2 yards for a touchdown at 13:28, and Mr. Denesiuk completed a pass to Brad Clark for a 2-point convert. The Golden Bears quickly got the ball back, and Mr. Denesiuk threw a 29-yard pass to Mr. Clark with 15 seconds left; a 2-point convert was unsuccessful. Alberta's earlier points came from a field goal and single off a missed field goal by Rick Magee.

NCAA
Maryland 42 @ Miami (Florida) 40

University of Maryland quarterback Frank Reich threw 6 touchdown passes in the second half as the Terrapins came back from a 31-0 halftime deficit to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl.



25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Lambada--Kaoma (8th week at #1)

On the radio
The Canadian all-news network CKO went off the air permanently during the noon (Eastern Standard Time) broadcast. The network had lost a reported $55 million since its first broadcasts on stations in Toronto and Ottawa on July 1, 1977.

World events
East Germany opened more crossing points, and East Germans by the hundreds of thousands poured into the West to shop, look around, and be reunited with family and friends.

Politics and government
Todor Zhivkov, who had led Bulgaria's Communist Party since 1954 and had been President of Bulgaria since 1971, resigned both posts at a meeting of the party's Central Committee. Mr. Zhivkov, 78, was regarded as a hard-line Communist and loyal supporter of the U.S.S.R. The Central Committee named Foreign Minister Petar Mladenov to succeed him as the party's general secretary.

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the 10 premiers concluded a conference in Ottawa without making any progress to resolve their differences on the Meech Lake constitutional accord. Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells threatened to withdraw his province's support for the accord, while Gary Filmon of Manitoba and Frank McKenna of New Brunswick reiterated their positions that the accord needed substantial amendment before it would be approved by their legislatures.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland):

Died on this date
Carmen McRae, 74. U.S. singer and musician. Miss McRae was a jazz singer and pianist who performed with the bands of Benny Carter, Count Basie, and Mercer Ellington, and recorded more than 60 albums.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the index of prices charged by producers for finished goods had declined 0.5% in October, the same decline as in September.