November 7, 2014

140 years ago
1874

Politics and government
The U.S. Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine.

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Frank Fellows. U.S. politician. Mr. Fellows, a Republican, represented Maine's 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 until his death from a heart ailment on August 27, 1951 at the age of 61. He opposed Communism, and favoured the settlement of displaced persons in the United States.

100 years ago
1914

Journalism
The first issue of The New Republic magazine was published.

War
The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao were captured by Japanese forces.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (4-1) 13 @ Montreal (2-3) 5
Toronto (4-1) 47 @ Ottawa (0-5) 4

ORFU
Toronto (2-1) 16 @ Hamilton (3-1) 12

Canadian university
McGill (2-1) 7 @ Toronto (3-1) 12

Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association's ORFU win over Hamilton Rowing Club was marred by dirty play by HRC, according to an anonymous Toronto Daily Star reporter, who blamed the fiasco in part on incompetent officiating by referee Jack Williams and his brother Ken, who served as umpire.

70 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Richard Sorge, 49; Hotsumi Ozaki, 43. U.S.S.R. spies. Mr. Sorge worked under cover of being a German journalist in Nazi Germany and Japan in the 1930s and early 1940s; while in Japan in 1940-1941 he provided advance information about German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's plan to attack the Soviet Union He's regarded as one of the best spies--if not the best--ever. Mr. Ozaki was a journalist with the Tokyo newspaper Asahi Shimbun. A Communist, he joined Mr. Sorge's circle of spies in 1934. He was caught and arrested on October 14, 1941, and Mr. Sorge was arrested four days later. Mr. Ozaki, and then Mr. Sorge, were hanged at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. Mr. Ozaki was the only Japanese person to be hanged for treason by the Japanese government during World War II.

Hannah Szenes, 23. Hungarian-born Israeli soldier. Miss Szenes was recruited by the British Army and sent to Yugoslavia, where she joined a partisan group in an effort to rescue Hungarian Jews who were about to be deported to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland. She was arrested at the Hungarian border and imprisoned for several months before being convicted of treason. Miss Szenes was executed by firing squad.

War
The British Royal Navy announced that the Aegean Sea was free of German shipping. In the second attack on Manila Bay, U.S. planes reportedly destroyed another 249 enemy aircraft and sank three cargo ships and an oil tanker. Japanese forces reached to within 20 miles of the important railway centre of Liuchow in the southern part of the Chinese province of Kwangsi.

Diplomacy
The United States and other American republics extended recognition to the new government of Guatemala. Revolutionary Action Party candidate Juan José Arévalo had been elected President of Guatemala in a landslide two days earlier.

Politics and government
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a record fourth term as President of the United States of America. Mr. Roosevelt and vice-presidential running mate Harry Truman captured 432 electoral votes to 99 for Republican Party candidate Thomas Dewey and running mate John W. Bricker. Mr. Roosevelt took 53.4% of the popular vote to 45.9% for Mr. Dewey. Elections for the United States Senate resulted in a net loss of 1 seat from the Democrats to the Republicans, but the Democrats still held 57 seats to 38 for the Republicans and 1 for the Progressive Party. In the House of Representatives, 242 Democrats were elected, with 191 Republicans, 1 Progressive, and 1 American Labor member--a gain of 20 seats for the Democrats and a loss of 18 for the Republicans since the 1942 elections.



Disasters
16 people were killed and 50 injured when a passenger train derailed in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill.

60 years ago
1964

At the movies
Target Earth, directed by Sherman A. Rose, and starring Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey, and Richard Reeves, opened in theatres.



50 years ago
1954

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): She's a Mod--Ray Columbus and the Invaders

#1 single in France: Le Pénitencier--Johnny Hallyday (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): In ginocchio da te--Gianni Morandi (17th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Memphis--Johnny Rivers; Bernd Spier (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me--Sandie Shaw (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Baby Love--The Supremes (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Last Kiss--J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
2 Baby Love--The Supremes
3 We'll Sing in the Sunshine--Gale Garnett
4 Oh, Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison
5 Do Wah Diddy Diddy--Manfred Mann
6 Have I the Right?--The Honeycombs
7 Come a Little Bit Closer--Jay and the Americans
8 Leader of the Pack--The Shangri-Las
9 The Door is Still Open (To My Heart)--Dean Martin
10 Little Honda--The Hondells

Singles entering the chart were Big Man in Town by the 4 Seasons (#79); The Jerk by the Larks (#81); It Ain't Me, Babe by Johnny Cash (#89); Here She Comes by the Tymes (#92); It's All Over by Walter Jackson (#93); Goin' Out of My Head by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#95); I've Got the Skill by Jackie Ross (#98); Why (Doncha Be My Girl) by the Chartbusters (#99); and Almost There by Andy Williams (#100).

On television tonight
The Outer Limits, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Wolf 359, starring Patrick O'Neal, Sara Shane, Ben Wright, Peter Haskell, and Dabney Coleman

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
Montreal 0 @ Ottawa 27

Western Semi-Finals
Calgary 25 @ Saskatchewan 34 (First game of 2-game, total points series)

Ottawa quarterback Russ Jackson rushed for a touchdown, passed to Ted Watkins for another, and handed off to Dave Thelen for a third TD--all in the 1st half--as the Rough Riders shut out the Alouettes before 18,214 fans at Lansdowne Park. Moe Racine added 3 converts and a field goal, and Ed Ulmer punted for e singles.

Ron Lancaster set a CFL playoff record with 28 completed passes as the Roughriders defeated the Stampeders before 14,462 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Lancaster, playing with a flak jacket to protect injured ribs, threw for 376 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 3 of his touchdown passes coming in the 4th quarter.

Canadian university
Alberta at Edmonton (6-0) 26 @ Saskatchewan 9

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Everything I Own--Ken Boothe (2nd week at #1)

Football
WFL
Chicago (7-12) 24 @ Memphis (16-3) 49

25 years ago
1989

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight’s episode: On the Spot

Politics and government
East German Premier Willi Stoph and the entire Council of Ministers resigned.

Douglas Wilder, a Democrat, became the first Negro to be elected as a Governor of a state when he won a narrow victory in Virginia over Republican candidate J. Marshall Coleman. In New Jersey, Democrat James Florio won in a landslide over Republican Jim Courter. Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins, a Democrat, became the first Negro to be elected Mayor of New York, defeating former U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani, a Republican. New Haven, Durham, and Seattle also elected their first Negro mayors.

Environment
A meeting in the Netherlands of representatives of 68 countries unanimously adopted a compromise resolution on the issue of the alleged threat to the environment posed by alleged global warming. The resolution committed the signatories to stabilizing levels of carbon dioxide emissions by 2000. A stronger resolution that would have set specific goals did not get a consensus, meeting resistance from the United States and Japan.

Diplomacy
The day after unfreezing $567 million in Iranian assets that the United States had held since 1979, U.S. President George Bush said that he hoped Iran would use its influence to help free U.S. hostages in the Middle East.

20 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (3rd week at #1)
2 All I Wanna Do--Sheryl Crow
3 Circle of Life--Elton John
4 Secret--Madonna
5 What's the Frequency, Kenneth--R.E.M.
6 Out of Tears--Rolling Stones
7 Jane--Barenaked Ladies
8 Always--Bon Jovi
9 Endless Love--Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
10 Could I Be Your Girl--Jann Arden

Singles entering the chart were Insensitive by Jann Arden (#85); A Conspiracy by the Black Crowes (#86); If I Only Knew by Tom Jones (#88); Hope by Our Lady Peace (#94); Embers by Lennie Gallant (#95); If I'm Not in Love by Kathy Troccoli (#96); Tell Me by the Groove Kings (#97); and Only One Road by Celine Dion (#98).

Died on this date
Shorty Rogers, 70. U.S. musician. Mr. Rogers, born Milton Rajonsky, played trumpet and flugelhorn with bandleaders such as Woody Herman and Stan Kenton before leading his own band. He later became prominent as a composer and arranger.

Radio
WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provided the world's first Internet radio broadcast.

World events
The Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, sitting in The Hague, indicted a Serb, the former commander of a detention camp in Bosnia, for crimes against humanity.

Disasters
A tornado roared through the Charlebois region of Quebec, killing an estimated 1 million trees.

10 years ago
2004

Died on this date
Howard Keel, 85. U.S. actor and singer. Mr. Keel acted in Broadway musicals before starring in movie musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Show Boat (1951); Calamity Jane (1953); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954); and Kismet (1955). He was a member of the cast of the television series Dallas from 1981-1991.

War
The interim government of Iraq called for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces stormed the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

Football
CFL
Western Semi-Final
Saskatchewan 14 @ Edmonton 6

A 17-yard touchdown pass from Henry Burris to Corey Grant with 32 seconds remaining in the 1st half, following an Edmonton turnover on an unsuccesful fake punt, provided the Roughriders with all the points they needed as they ended the Eskimos' reign as Grey Cup champions before 37,359 fans on a snowy Sunday afternoon at Commonwealth Stadium. The game was scoreless until Sean Fleming's 24-yard field goal at 6:53 of the 2nd quarter gave the Eskimos a 3-0 lead. Late in the 2nd quarter, the Eskimos tried a fake punt from their own 41-yard line, but the Saskatchewan defense prevented running back Mike Bradley from getting downfield in time to catch Mr. Fleming's pass, and it fell incomplete, and the Roughriders promptly took advantage and marched in for their first touchdown. Mr. Fleming missed 2 field goals in the 3rd quarter, both of them going for single points, and punted for a single with 5:16 remaining in regulation time to make the score 7-6. Mr. Burris then marched the Roughriders 75 yards downfield; a 34-yard rush by Kenton Keith set up a 9-yard pass from Mr. Burris to Mr. Keith for a touchdown with 2:38 remaining, and Paul McCallum's second convert of the game ended the scoring. An Edmonton turnover gave Saskatchewan a chance to put the game away, but Mr. McCallum's field goal attempt in the last minute was blocked, giving the Edmonton offense another chance. On the last play, Edmonton quarterback Jason Maas completed a pass to Brock Ralph at midfield, and Mr. Ralph punted the ball downfield, hoping that an onside teammate might be able to recover and score a touchdown, but the Roughriders recovered the ball to end the game. Mr. Maas completed 34 of 49 passes for 369 yards, but the Eskimos were held to 43 yards rushing and never looked as though they would score a touchdown or the points needed to win the game. Edmonton's Ed Hervey led all receivers with 14 receptions for 173 yards. Mr. Burris completed 15 of 28 passes for 158 yards Mr. Keith rushed 17 times for 97 yards and caught 3 passes for 28. Edmonton running back Mike Pringle was held to 35 yards on 8 carries and 12 yards on 2 pass receptions in the last game of his 13-year Hall of Fame career. It was also the last game for Tom Higgins as Edmonton's head coach; he resigned several days later.