November 29, 2014

620 years ago
1394

Asiatica
Korean King Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moved the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.

470 years ago
1544

Died on this date
Jungjong, 56. King of Korea, 1506-1544. Jungjong, born Yi Yeok, acceded to the throne of the Joseon dynasty as a result of a coup that deposed his half-brother Yeonsangun. Jungjong was regarded as a weak king; the Confucian scholar Jo Gwang-jo was the major governing influence during the early years of his reign, and the later years were marked by struggles among various conservative factions. Jungjong was succeeded on the throne by his son Injong.

700 years ago
1314

Died on this date
Philip IV, 46. King of France, 1285-1314; King of Navarre and Count of Champagne, 1284-1314. Philip IV succeeded his father King Philip III on the French throne, a year after becoming King Philip I of Navarre and Count of Champagne upon his marriage to Queen Joan I of Navarre. Significant acts of Philip's reign included wars against England from 1294-1298 and 1300-1303; the expulsion of the Jews from France in 1306; and the annihilation of the Knights Templar order in 1307. Philip IV died several weeks after suffering a stroke and was succeeded by his son Louis, who became King Louis X of France and King Louis I of Navarre and Count of Champagne.

150 years ago
1864

Abominations
In the Sand Creek Massacre, 700 militia volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington slaughtered at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in southeastern Colorado Territory.

War
In the Battle of Spring Hill in the American Civil War, a Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army, as the retreating Union forces retreated from Columbia, Tennessee through Spring Hill, finally making it to Franklin, Tennessee.

120 years ago
1894

Died on this date
Juan N. Méndez, 74. President of Mexico, 1876-1877. Brigadier General Méndez defended Puebla against rebel forces in the 1850s and French forces in the 1860s, and was twice Governor of Puebla. He aided Porfirio Díaz in his successful revolt against President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada in 1876, and served as interim President from December 1876-February 1877 while Gen. Díaz was fighting partisans of José María Iglesias, who claimed to be Mexico's legal President. Gen. Méndez sat in the Senate (1877-1880) and served a third term as Governor of Puebla (1880-1885) before serving as President of the Supreme Military Court from 1885 until his death.

90 years ago
1924

Died on this date
Giacomo Puccini, 65. Italian composer. Mr. Puccini was famous for operas such as La bohème (1896); Tosca (1900); and Madama Butterfly (1904).

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 7

The Canadiens' rout of the St. Patricks was the first game played at the Montreal Forum.

Football
CRU
Eastern Final @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Queen's University 11 Toronto Balmy Beach 3

Leading 5-1 in the 3rd quarter before 5,978 fans, the Tricolor scored the game's only touchdown when Morris Hughes' punt was blocked by Art Lewis at the Toronto 35-yard line and James Wright recovered and took it into the end zone. Balmy Beach had a chance to score a touchdown late in the game, but were stopped on the Queen's 1-yard line in the final seconds. The winner of the game was scheduled to play western champion Winnipeg Victorias at Varsity Stadium for the Grey Cup on December 6, but the Winnipeg players and management disagreed over which railway to take from Winnipeg to Toronto, and the Victorias announced on November 30 that they had cancelled their plans to travel to Toronto, thus giving Queen's its third straight Grey Cup championship, and the last ever for a university team. Balmy Beach was in its first season in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.

80 years ago
1934

Football
NFL
New York (8-4) 27 @ Brooklyn (4-6) 0
Chicago Bears (12-0) 19 @ Detroit (10-2) 16
Green Bay (6-6) 0 @ Chicago Cardinals (5-6) 6

The Lions began an annual tradition by playing at home on Thanksgiving Day, losing to the Bears before 26,000 fans at University of Detroit Stadium. It was also the first game NFL game to be broadcast nationally on radio, with Graham McNamee calling the game for NBC.

75 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Philipp Scheidemann, 74. Chancellor of Germany, 1919. Mr. Scheidermann, a member of the Social Democratic Party, proclaimed Germany a republic on the fall of the monarchy on November 9, 1918. He served as Chancellor from February 13-June 20, 1919, when he and his cabinet resigned in protest over the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Mr. Scheidermann fled to Denmark; he died in Copenhagen.

70 years ago
1944

War
German submarine U-1230, on war patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean, landed two German agents at Hancock Point, Maine. Four days later, she sank the Canadian merchant steamer Cornwallis in the Gulf of Maine, on route to Saint John, New Brunswick.
U.S. troops in Germany advanced on the left flank, taking Beeck and Lindern. Albania was liberated from Nazi occupation by partisan forces. Soviet troops in Hungary captured the ancient fortress city of Pecs as they forded the Danube River 100 miles south of Budapest. U.S. forces in the Philippines repulsed another Japanese effort to reinforce Leyte Island. B-29s from Saipan made their first attack upon Tokyo's industrial targets. U.S. fliers in China revealed that Japanese forces had made startling gains in the province of Kweichow, outflanking some Chinese units expected to defend the provincial capital of Kweiyang.

Defense
Carl Norden, inventor of the bombsight and automatic pilot bearing his name, received the Holley Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Medicine
The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome was performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

60 years ago
1954

On television tonight
Sherlock Holmes, starring Ronald Howard and H. Marion Crawford
Tonight's episode: The Case of the Winthrop Legend



40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Kung Fu Fighting--Carl Douglas (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Gathering Storm, directed by Herbert Wise, and starring Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Ian Bannen, and Ian Ogilvy, on NBC

This drama, which took its title from Winston Churchill's book, starred Mr. Burton as Mr. Churchill, and was broadcast the night before the 100th anniversary of Sir Winston's birth.



Died on this date
James J. Braddock, 69. U.S. boxer. Mr. Braddock, the "Cinderella Man," was a contender for the world light heavyweight title in the late 1920s, and earned a title fight with champion Tommy Loughran, but lost a close decision, and fractured his right hand, which led to his decline. He then worked as a longshoreman and was on government relief at one time, but gradually resumed his boxing career. An upset victory over heavyweight contender Corn Griffin enabled Mr. Braddock to become a contender in the heavyweight division, and he was given an opportunity to challenge Max Baer for the title at Madison Square Garden Bowl in Long Island City, New York on June 13, 1935. Mr. Braddock won a 15-round unanimous decision to take the championship in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. He didn't defend the title until two years later, when he met Joe Louis on June 22, 1937 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Mr. Braddock knocked the heavily-favoured "Brown Bomber" down in the 1st round, but lost the title when he was knocked out in the 8th round. Mr. Braddock retired from boxing after winning one more fight in 1938, finishing his professional career with a record of 51 wins, 26 losses, 7 draws, and 2 no contests.

Terrorism
CP Air Flight 71, a Boeing 737 jet, took off from Montreal for Edmonton, with planned stops in Ottawa, Toronto, and Winnipeg, but made an unplanned stop in Saskatoon when it was hijacked above Yorkton, Saskatchewan by passenger Naim Djemal, who demanded to go to Cyprus and took stewardess Lena Madsen hostage. Pilot Bob Pitcairn landed the plane at Saskatoon, ostensibly for refuelling, where Mr. Djemal surrendered and was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Football
WFL
Playoffs
Round 2
Florida 18 @ Memphis 15

30 years ago
1984

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 30 (CHED)
1 The Wild Boys--Duran Duran
2 Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)--Billy Ocean
3 Sea of Love--The Honeydrippers
4 Penny Lover--Lionel Richie
5 No More Lonely Nights--Paul McCartney
6 All Through the Night--Cyndi Lauper
7 Out of Touch--Daryl Hall John Oates
8 Run to You--Bryan Adams
9 We Belong--Pat Benatar
10 Valotte--Julian Lennon
11 The War Song--Culture Club
12 Stranger in Town--Toto
13 I Feel for You--Chaka Khan
14 Born in the U.S.A.--Bruce Springsteen
15 I Can't Hold Back--Survivor
16 Better Be Good to Me--Tina Turner
17 Walking on a Thin Line--Huey Lewis and the News
18 Tears--John Waite
19 I Do Wanna Know--REO Speedwagon
20 Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)--Roger Hodgson
21 Heaven (Must Be There)--Eurogliders
22 Teacher Teacher--.38 Special
23 I Need You Tonight--Peter Wolf
24 Lucky Star--Madonna
25 Pride (In the Name of Love)--U2
26 Like a Virgin--Madonna
27 The Boys of Summer--Don Henley
28 Hello Again--The Cars
29 Understanding--Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
30 You're the Inspiration--Chicago

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Lambada--Kaoma (7th week at #1)

Music
Gordon Lightfoot performed at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. This blogger paid $22 for his ticket.

Politics and government
Three days after the governing Congress Party lost more than half of its seats in parliamentary elections, Rajiv Gandhi announced his resignation as Prime Minister of India, subject to the selection of a new Prime Minister.

Czechoslovakia’s parliament deleted from the Constitution a provision guaranteeing the Communist Party the "leading role" in society.

20 years ago
1994

Economics and finance
The United States House of Representatives voted 288-146 in favour of the tariff-cutting provisions of the so-called Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Harry Danning, 93. U.S. baseball player. "Harry the Horse" was a catcher with the New York Giants from 1933-1942, batting .285 with 57 home runs and 397 runs batted in in 890 games. He was one of the leading Jewish players of his era, and was considered to be one of the best defensive catchers of his era, playing for the National League in four straight major league All-Star games from 1938-1941.

John Drew Barrymore, 72. U.S. actor. Mr. Barrymore was the son of the famous actor John Barrymore. Like his father, the younger Barrymore was known for heavy drinking, but unlike the elder Barrymore, never amounted to much as an actor, appearing mainly in low-budget Hollywood and European movies and making guest appearances in episodes of Western television series.