June 18, 2016

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Paul McCartney and Irma Tovar!

1,275 years ago
741

Died on this date
Leo III, 55 or 56. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 717-741. Leo the Isaurian, born Konon, was a military commander who forced the abdication of Emperor Theodosios III in 717 and founded the Isaurian dynasty. He successfully defended the Empire against the invading Umayyads and forbade the veneration of icons. Emperor Leo III died of dropsy, and was succeeded by his son Constantine V.

725 years ago
1291

Died on this date
Alfonso III, 25. King of Aragon; King of Valencia, 1285-1291. Alfonso III acceded to his thrones upon the death of his father Peter III. King Alfonso conquered Majorca (1285), Ibiza (1286), and Menorca (1287), but his reign was marred by a constitutional struggle with the Aragonese nobility. A marriage was arranged for Alfonso III to Princess Eleanor, daughter of King Edward I of England, but King Alfonso died before the marriage could take place, and was succeeded on his throne by his younger brother James II.

170 years ago
1846

Communications
The Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company was founded by D.S Harris and associates; it opened Canada's first telegraph system, from Toronto to Hamilton and Niagara Falls, on December 19, 1846.

150 years ago
1866

Died on this date
Sigismund, 1. Prussian royal family member. Prince Sigismund was the fourth child and third son of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (later Kaiser Freidrich III of Germany) and Victoria, Princess Royal. Prince Sigismund died of meningitis at the age of 21 months.

125 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Mae Busch. Australian-born U.S. actress. Miss Busch appeared in about 130 movies, but was best known for playing Oliver Hardy's shrewish wife in 13 Laurel and Hardy films. She died of colon cancer on April 20, 1946 at the age of 54.

120 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Blanche Sweet. U.S. actress. Miss Sweet appeared in numerous movies during the silent film era, including Judith of Bethulia (1913) and Anna Christie (1923). She retired from acting after marrying actor Raymond Hackett, and died on September 6, 1986 at the age of 90.

110 years ago
1906

Boxing
Jack Johnson (37-8-5-3) knocked out Charlie Haghey (18-11-7) in the 2nd round of a heavyweight bout at Gloucester Athletic Club in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

100 years ago
1916

Born on this date
Julio César Turbay Ayala. 25th President of Colombia, 1978-1982. Mr. Turbay, a Liberal, held several cabinet and diploamtic posts before assuming the presidency. In 1978 his administration implemented the Security Statute, in response to leftist guerrilla activity. The law gave more power to the military and attracted criticism from civil libertarians, but Mr. Turbay won praise for his non-violent handling of a hostage crisis at the Dominican Republic embassy in 1980. Mr. Turbay died on September 13, 2005 at the age of 89.

Died on this date
Max Immelmann, 25. German military aviator. Oberleutnant Immelmann was the first German flying ace during World War I. He was credited with 15 victories before being shot down and killed in a battle with the British Royal Air Force.

90 years ago
1926

Died on this date
Olga Constantinovna, 74. Queen consort of the Hellenes, 1867-1913. Olga, a granddaughter of Czar Nikolai I, niece of Czar Nikolai II, and first cousin of Czar Nikolai III of Russia, married King George I of Greece in 1867. She became involved in charitable activities, and the couple had eight children. King George was assassinated in 1913, and dowager Queen Olga returned to Russia, where she remained until the Bolshevik Revolution. Intervention by the Danish embassy allowed her to escape to Switzerland, but she was unable to return to Greece, as her son King Constantine I had been deposed in favour of his son Alexander. Following King Alexander's sudden death in 1920, Olga returned to Greece, serving as regent from November-December 1920 until Constantine I was returned to the throne. He was forced to abdicate in September 1922, and dowager Queen Olga was forced into exile again, spendin her last years in declining health, mainly in Paris and Rome.

80 years ago
1936

Died on this date
Maxim Gorky, 68. Russian author. Mr. Gorky, born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, was a founder of the literary method known as socialist realism, which he used in various novels, short stories, and poems.

Boxing
Joe Louis (24-0), the #1 contender for the world heavyweight title, and former world champion Max Schmeling (48-7-4) met at Yankee Stadium for their scheduled 15-round bout, but the fight was postponed until the next day because of rain. Mr. Louis was a heavy favourite; Mr. Schmeling was regarded as past his prime.

75 years ago
1941

War
Allied troops attacked Damascus after French forces rejected an ultimatum to surrender the city. Juan Bautista Rossetti, Chile's new Foreign Minister, said in an interview in Santiago that he was neutral in his attitude toward the European war.

Diplomacy
German Ambassador to Turkey Franz von Papen and Turkish Foreign Minister Shukru Saracoglu signed a 10-year friendship pact in Ankara.

Defense
Brazilian exporters in Rio de Janeiro disclosed that the government had banned the export of rubber, manganese ore, industrial diamonds, quartz, crystal, mica, and other vital defense materials to all countries except the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee declared that Communists were chiefly responsible for the "widespread stoppages and delays" in the defense program, and recommended giving the President additional authority to seize strike-bound plants. The New York State Parole Board refused to release former German-American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn from prison because he was "a hazard to the public peace and security."

Economics and finance
A Japanese spokesman revealed that Japan demanded a right to share in the economic exploitation of the Netherlands East Indies and said that the Dutch reply was "very unsatisfactory."

Labour
At a White House meeting with A. Philip Randolph and other Negro leaders, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to have an executive order drafted barring discrimination in defense plants.

Boxing
Joe Louis (50-1) retained his world heavyweight title with a knockout of former world light heavyweight champion Billy Conn (59-11-1) at 2:58 of the 13th round at the Polo Grounds in New York. Mr. Conn, who weighed 174 pounds to 199½ for Mr. Louis, was ahead on the scorecards of two of the officials and even on the scorecard of the third after 12 rounds, but made the mistake of trying to slug it out with the heavyweight champion in the 13th round. The Brown Bomber hit the challenger with a left hook and then a hard right to knock him out.



70 years ago
1946

War
At the Nuremberg trial of accused Nazi war criminals, the defense counsel for former German Chancellor Franz von Papen introduced evidence to show that Mr. Papen had participated in the July 20, 1944 assassination plot against German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.

Diplomacy
A four-member subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, which had toured Europe the previous fall, recommended "immediate abandonment of any semblance of appeasement" in U.S. relations with the U.S.S.R.

Terrorism
Jewish terrorists kidnapped five British officers from a Tel Aviv club and held them as hostages to prevent the execution of two Irgun Zvai Leumi members who had been condemned for attacking a British camp.

Labour
American Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer George Meany told a California Federation of Labor convention that the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) was a Communist "worldwide fifth column organization."

60 years ago
1956

Died on this date
William Pierce Boteler. U.S. diplomat. Mr. Boteler, the U.S. Vice Consul in Cyprus, was killed, and three other consular employees injured, by a Cypriot terrorist bomb thrown into a restaurant in the Greek sector of Nicosia.

Diplomacy
13 Arab-Asian nations petitioned the United Nations Security Council for an immediate meeting to consider the "grave situation" and "grievous loss of life" in Algeria.

Former U.S. President Harry Truman, addressing a news conference in London at the beginning of a 10-day visit to the United Kingdom, dismissed suggestions that the U.S.S.R. was about to turn its back on its Stalinist past.

Science
Fossilized bones believed to be part of the skeleton of a humanoid that lived 10 million years ago were found in a coal mine near Grosseto, Italy.

Education
The American Library Association convention in Miami heard a committee report proposing creation of a network of library systems through which resources of large libraries could be made available to smaller libraries.

50 years ago
1966

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Paint It, Black/Long Long While--The Rolling Stones

#1 single in France: Ton Nom--Salvatore Adamo

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Qui ritornerà--Rita Pavone

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Sloop John B--The Beach Boys (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Paint It, Black--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Strangers in the Night--Frank Sinatra (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Paint It, Black--The Rolling Stones (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Strangers in the Night--Frank Sinatra
2 Paint It, Black--The Rolling Stones
3 Paperback Writer--The Beatles
4 I Am a Rock--Simon and Garfunkel
5 Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind--The Lovin' Spoonful
6 When a Man Loves a Woman--Percy Sledge
7 A Groovy Kind of Love--The Mindbenders
8 Cool Jerk--The Capitols
9 Green Grass--Gary Lewis and the Playboys
10 Red Rubber Ball--The Cyrkle

Singles entering the chart were Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (#66); Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You) by the Miracles (#73); Happy Summer Days by Ronnie Dove (#76); The Pied Piper by Crispian St. Peters (#77); Everybody Loves a Nut by Johnny Cash (#78); Wild Thing by the Troggs (#82); It Takes One to Know One by Brenda Lee (#91); Where Were You When I Needed You by the Grass Roots (#93); Billy and Sue by B.J. Thomas and the Triumphs (#94); Because of You by Rome and Paris (#95); Painter by Lou Christie (#97); One Too Many Mornings by the Beau Brummels (#98); and Grim Reaper of Love by the Turtles (#100).

40 years ago
1976

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Fernando--ABBA (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Fernando--ABBA (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Fernando--ABBA (12th week at #1)

30 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): The Final Countdown--Europe (4th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (1-1) 16 @ Ottawa (1-1) 23

Baseball
Don Sutton became the 19th pitcher in major league history to reach 300 career wins as he pitched the California Angels to a 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers before 37,044 fans at Anaheim Stadium. Mr. Sutton pitched a 3-hit complete game for the win.





Don Baylor doubled home 3 runs with 1 out in the top of the 9th inning to break a 2-2 tie and give the Boston Red Sox a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees before 41,841 fans at Yankee Stadium.

Kirby Puckett singled to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning and Steve Lombardozzi followed with a triple to score Mr. Puckett and give the Minnesota Twins a 10-9 win over the Chicago White Sox before 13,123 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. The Twins scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to send the game into extra innings. Kent Hrbek hit 2 home runs for Minnesota, including a 2-run blast to begin the 9th-inning comeback. Ron Kittle homered twice for Chicago.

Dave Kingman's home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 2nd inning was the game's only run as the Oakland Athletics edged the Kansas City Royals 1-0 before 11,878 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Curt Young (5-3) pitched a 4-hit shutout to win the pitchers' duel over Bret Saberhagen (4-7), who also pitched a 4-hit complete game.

Ron Cey scored on a wild pitch by Don Carman with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 38,093 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs trailed 4-1 before scoring 2 runs in the 8th, and Shawon Dunston led off the 9th with a home run to tie the score.

Dave Parker singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Eric Davis followed with a 2-run home run to give the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros before 17,426 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

San Diego Padres’ relief pitcher Tim Stoddard hit a home run off San Francisco’s Mike LaCoss in the 3rd inning of the Padres’ 6-3 loss to the Giants before 24,444 fans at Jack Murphy-San Diego Stadium. For Mr. Stoddard, it was his last major league at bat.

25 years ago
1991

Died on this date
Joan Caulfield, 69. U.S. actress. Miss Caulfield appeared in plays, movies, and television programs in a career spanning 40 years. She appeared in movies such as Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Dear Ruth (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); and The Unsuspected (1947), but was perhaps best known for co-starring in the television comedy series My Favorite Husband (1953-1955). Miss Caulfield died of cancer.

Defense
Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson suspended further exports of automatic arms to the Middle East for six months, pending a policy review by a House of Commons committee.

Politics and government
Québec gave Barrière Lake Algonquins band control of ancestral lands on the La Vérendrye reserve at Maniwaki.

10 years ago
2006

Died on this date
Vincent Sherman, 99. U.S. movie director. Mr. Sherman, born Abraham Orovitz, directed such movies as All Through the Night (1942); Across the Pacific (1942); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); and The Young Philadelphians (1959). He died four weeks before his 100th birthday.

Space
The first Kazakh satellite, the communications satellite KazSat, was launched atop a Proton-K rocket.

Abominations
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop for the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the global Anglican Communion.

Golf
Geoff Ogilvy won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course in Mamaroneck, New York with a 5-over-par score of 285, one stroke ahead of Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, and Colin Montgomerie. Five different players held the lead at one point during the final round, with 15 different lead changes among them. First prize money was $1,225,000.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Dallas 100 @ Miami 101 (OT) (Miami led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Dwyane Wade made 2 free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Heat their won over the Mavericks before 20,145 fans at American Airlines Arena. Mr. Wade finished with 43 points, including a record 21 free throws. Mr. Wade attempted 25 free throws, as many as the entire Dallas team. Jason Terry led the Mavericks with 35 points. The Mavericks expressed dissatisfaction with the officiating, leading to heavy fines.