November 6, 2014

225 years ago
1789

Religion
Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as Archbishop of Baltimore, making him the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.

200 years ago
1814

Born on this date
Adolphe Sax. Belgian-born French musician. Mr. Sax played the flute and clarinet, but was best known for inventing the saxophone, saxotromba, saxhorn, and saxtuba. He died on or around February 7, 1894 at the age of 79.

170 years ago
1844

Politics and government
The first Constitution of the Dominican Republic was adopted.

130 years ago
1884

Football
CRU
Dominion Final @ University Lawn, Toronto
Montreal 30 @ Toronto 0

Montreal Football Club, representing Quebec, defeated the Toronto Argonauts, champions of Ontario, on the campus of the University of Toronto to win Canada's first national championship.

100 years ago
1914

Born on this date
Jonathan Harris. U.S. actor. Born Jonathan Charasuchin, Mr. Harris was best known for playing Bradford Webster in the television series The Third Man (1959-1965) and Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space (1965-1968). He died on November 3, 2002, three days before his 88th birthday.

Died on this date
Carl Hans Lody, 37. German military officer and spy. Oberleutnant zur See (Sub-Lieutenant) Lody, who spoke English fluently, was in the reserves of the Imperial German Navy when he was assigned to spy on the British Royal Navy. Using the alias Charles A. Inglis and speaking English with an American accent, Oberleutnant zur See Lody posed as an American while observing naval movements around Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth. He was arrested in early October and convicted of espionage by a military court in a three-day public hearing that ran from October 30-November 2. Oberleutnant zur See Lody was shot by a firing squad in the Tower of London, becoming the first person to be executed in the Tower in 167 years.

80 years ago
1934

Energy
Memphis became the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.

75 years ago
1939

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Bruce-Partington Plans

This is the oldest episode starring Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce for which a recording is available.

Abominations
Sonderaktion Krakau--a mass arrest by Nazis of professsors and scholars at Jagiellonian University and other universities--took place in Krakow, Poland, which had recently come under Nazi occupation.

70 years ago
1944

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I'll Walk Alone--Dinah Shore (2nd week at #1)
--Martha Tilton
--Mary Martin
2 It Had to Be You--Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
--Betty Hutton
--Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
3 You Always Hurt the One You Love--The Mills Brothers
4 Is You is or is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five
5 Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking)--Evelyn Knight with Camarata and his Orchestra
--Tony Pastor and his Orchestra
6 Swinging on a Star--Bing Crosby
7 Together--Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
8 Time Waits for No One--Helen Forrest
--Johnny Long and his Orchestra
9 How Many Hearts Have You Broken--Stan Kenton and his Orchestra
--The Three Suns
10 Till Then--The Mills Brothers

Singles entering the chart were I'm Making Believe (#29)/Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (#32) by the Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald; A Fellow on a Furlough, with versions by Phil Hanna; and Albert Sack and his Orchestra (#33); Sleepy Time Gal by Harry James and his Orchestra (#40); Humoresque by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (#41); and It's a Crying Shame, with versions by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra; and Phil Hanna (#44).

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Murder Under the Big Top

Died on this date
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, 64. U.K. politician. Lord Moyne was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1941-1942 and Minister Resident in the Middle East in the government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill until he was assassinated as he was about to get into his car outside his residence in Cairo. Lord Moyne's chauffeur was also murdered. The assassins were Eliyahu Bet-Zuri and Eliyahu Hakim of the Jewish terrorist group Lehi.

War
U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin announced the restoration of the Soviet frontier along its 1,800-mile length from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea.

Defense
Plutonium was first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility in Hanford, Washington; it was subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945.

Politics and government
The day before the U.S. presidential election, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an address broadcast by radio in which he asked all citizens to vote the next day in a practical demonstration to the world of American democracy. Republican Party presidential candidate Thomas Dewey said that an argument for retention of an administration during an ordeal simply amounted to "the bald plea for re-election...of whoever happens to be President."

Economics and finance
The United States government dropped import controls on 38 food items and shifted administrative functions connected with importation of certain other items from the War Production Board to the War Food Administration.

60 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Little Things Mean a Lot--Kitty Kallen (3rd week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): This Ole House--Rosemary Clooney (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Hey There--Rosemary Clooney (Disc Jockey--5th week at #1; Jukebox--4th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Hey There--Rosemary Clooney (7th week at #1)
--Sammy Davis, Jr.
2 If I Give My Heart to You--Doris Day
--Denise Lor
--Connee Boswell
3 I Need You Now--Eddie Fisher
4 Papa Loves Mambo--Perry Como
5 Skokiaan--Ralph Marterie and his Orchestra
--Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band
--The Four Lads
6 This Ole House--Rosemary Clooney
7 Shake, Rattle and Roll--Bill Haley and his Comets
8 Sh-Boom--The Crew-Cuts
--The Chords
9 Hold My Hand--Don Cornell
10 Teach Me Tonight--The DeCastro Sisters
--Jo Stafford

Singles entering the chart were My Son, My Son by Vera Lynn and Frank Weir (#22); Mambo Italiano by Rosemary Clooney (#23); Suddenly by Jo Stafford (#37); Yours (Quireme Mucho) by Dick Contino (#48); and I Spoke Too Soon by the Crew-Cuts (#49).

Horse racing
Allegations of attempted bribery of jockeys in the third race at Dufferin Park in Toronto prompted the Ontario Racing Commission to conduct an inquiry three days later.

Football
IRFU
Hamilton (8-5) 15 @ Montreal (11-2) 19
Ottawa (1-12) 12 @ Toronto (6-7) 18

WIFU
Finals
Winnipeg 3 @ Edmonton 9 (Edmonton led best-of-three series 1-0)

Canadian university
McGill (0-5) 0 @ Queen's (4-1) 20
Toronto (2-1-2) 12 @ Western Ontario (2-1-2) 12

Sam Etcheverry passed the Alouettes to victory over the Tiger-Cats before 19,000 fans at Molson Stadium despite giving up an interception early in the game to Pete Karpuk, who returned it 85 yards for the game's first touchdown. Montreal's Alex Webster scored his 10th touchdown of the season. Montreal running back Chuck Hunsinger was ejected for slugging Hamilton's Ray Ramsey in the 4th quarter.

Al Pfeifer caught 14 passes for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Argonauts defeated the Rough Riders before 11,273 fans at Varsity Stadium. Gene Wilson scored the other Toronto touchdown. Quarterback Jim Root rushed for the first Ottawa touchdown and handed off to Choo Choo Roberts for the other.

Jackie Parker rushed 3 yards for the game's only touchdown with 4 minutes remaining in regulation time as the Eskimos defeated the Blue Bombers before 19,817 fans at Clarke Stadium. Bob Dean's 29-yard field goal in the 1st quarter gave the Eskimos a 3-0 lead, which held up until the 4th quarter, when Buck Rogers kicked a 33-yard FG to tie the game. The Edmonton offense, which had been dormant for most of the game, woke up, and quarterback Bernie Faloney led a 75-yard, 7-play drive from the Edmonton 35-yard line that ended in Mr. Parker's touchdown. Winnipeg quarterback Jack Jacobs completed 13 of 22 passes, but for just 94 yards, while the Blue Bombers rushed for 150 yards. The Eskimos completed just 4 of 15 passes for 52 yards and rushed for 123 yards. Winnipeg halfback Tom Casey left the game in the 2nd quarter with a leg injury.

50 years ago
1964

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Candy Store--Dickie Rock (2nd week at #1)

Edmonton's top 10 (CJCA)
1 Last Kiss--J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (5th week at #1)
2 She's Not There--The Zombies
3 Do Wah Diddy Diddy--Manfred Mann
4 Leader of the Pack--The Shangri-Las
5 I'm Into Something Good--Herman's Hermits
6 Ain't That Loving You Baby--Elvis Presley
7 Ringo--Lorne Greene
8 Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison
9 Las Vegas Scene--Wes Dakus
10 Come a Little Bit Closer--Jay and the Americans
Pick hit of the week: Big Man in Town--The 4 Seasons
New this week: Send Me No Flowers--Doris Day
A Happy Guy--Rick Nelson
Sometimes I Wish I were a Boy--Lesley Gore
As Tears Go By--Marianne Faithfull
Dance, Dance, Dance--The Beach Boys
The Monster Swim--Bobby (Boris) Pickett

Send Me No Flowers was the title song of the movie.

Died on this date
Hans von Euler-Chelpin, 91. German-born Swedish biochemist. Dr. Euler-Chelpin shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Arthur Harden "for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes."

Space
The United States launched the satellite Explorer 23, whose mission was to study micrometeoroids.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland: I'm Leaving It (All) Up to You--Donny and Marie Osmond

On television tonight
Sons and Daughters, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Tryst

This was the ninth and last episode of the series, which had officially been cancelled by CBS on October 16.

Football
WFL
Portland (7-11-1) 0 @ Florida (13-6) 23
Philadelphia (8-11) 23 @ Birmingham (14-5) 26
Charlotte (10-9) 14 @ Shreveport (7-11-1) 19
Southern California (13-6) 8 @ Hawaii (8-11) 29

Baseball
Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first reliever to win the Cy Young Award when he was named the winner of the award in the National League for 1974. He appeared in a record 106 games, winning 15 and saving 21 in helping the Dodgers to win the National League pennant.

30 years ago
1984

Politics and government
Ronald Reagan was re-elected President of the United States with Vice President George Bush, easily defeating Democratic party challenger Walter Mondale and running mate Geraldine Ferraro. Mr. Reagan won 525 electoral votes to Mr. Mondale's 13; in the popular vote it was 54,281,858 for Mr. Reagan to 37,457,215 for Mr. Mondale.

Crime
Former Saskatchewan cabinet minister Colin Thatcher was convicted of the murder of his ex-wife Joanne Wilson.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (12th week at #1)

Died on this date
Dickie Goodman, 55. U.S. songwriter and producer. Mr. Goodman created the "break-in" record, where clips from popular records are used to "answer" questions. With Bill Buchanan, Mr. Goodman released (as Buchanan and Goodman) the novelty single The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 and 2), which reached #3 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956. The two had several other novelty hits before Mr. Goodman continued as a solo act. His biggest hit under his own name was Santa Jaws, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. Mr. Goodman committed suicide by shooting himself.

Yūsaku Matsuda, 40. Japanese actor. Mr. Matsuda appeared in action roles in movies and television programs in the 1970s and '80s. He died of cancer shortly after the release of Black Rain (1989).

Diplomacy
It was announced that the United States was unfreezing $567 million in Iranian assets that had been held since 1979.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Endless Love--Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex

#1 single in Switzerland: Saturday Night--Whigfield

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Baby Come Back--Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell (3rd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (11-7) 16 @ Hamilton (4-14) 14
Toronto (7-11) 28 @ Winnipeg (13-5) 35
Las Vegas (5-13) 10 @ Edmonton (13-5) 51

Paul McCallum's 49-yard field goal in the dying seconds of regulation time gave the Roughriders their win over the Tiger-Cats before 24,242 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium, eliminating Hamilton from playoff contention. Mr. McCallum kicked 2 other field goals, while Elbert Turner scored the only Saskatchewan touchdown on a 10-yard pass from Warren Jones to Elbert Turner in the 4th quarter. The Tiger-Cats scored their only touchdown in the 3rd quarter on a 27-yard pass from Reggie Slack to Earl Winfield.

Matt Dunigan threw touchdown passes to Gerald Wilcox and Gerald Alphin and rushed for another TD himself as the Blue Bombers beat the Argonauts before 20,720 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Linebacker Greg Clark scored the other Winnipeg touchdown on a return of a blocked punt early in the game. Defensive back Ken Walcott scored the first Toronto touchdown in the 2nd quarter on a 71-yard interception return, while Mohammed Shamsid-Deen rushed 10 yards for the Argonauts' other TD in the 4th quarter. Wayne Lammle added 2 converts, 4 field goals, and 2 singles.

Lucius Floyd and Michael Soles each rushed for 2 touchdowns as the Eskimos routed the Posse before 14,228 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in a game that had originally been scheduled to be played in Las Vegas on November 5, but had been moved to Edmonton because of increasingly poor attendance and ticket sales for Posse home games. Damon Allen completed a 35-yard pass to Jim Sandusky for the game's first touchdown in the 1st quarter, and backup quarterback Chris Vargas threw a 7-yard TD pass to Marc Tobert late in the 3rd quarter. Sean Fleming added 6 converts and 3 field goals. Tamarick Vanover scored the only Las Vegas touchdown when he returned a kickoff 90 yards for the game's final major score. Carlos Huerta converted and also kicked a field goal. Despite playing at home, the Eskimos were officially the visiting team for the game, and wore their road uniforms, with the Posse wearing their home uniforms. It was the last appearance on the field for any Las Vegas uniforms; the CFL folded the franchise after the season.

10 years ago
2004

Disasters
Seven people were killed and 150 injured when an express train collided with a parked car at a level crossing near the village of Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England.

Football
CIS
McGill 18 @ Montréal 38