November 24, 2016

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Hilary Wharf!

275 years ago
1741

Died on this date
Ulrika Eleonora, 53. Queen of Sweden, 1718-1720. Ulrika Eleonora, the youngest child of King Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, was Queen Regnant of Sweden from 1718-1720 and Queen Consort to King Frederick I from 1720 until her death from smallpox.

125 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Vasil Gendov. Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter. Mr. Gendov, born Vasil Hadzhigendov, was best known for writing, directing, and starring in Bulgaria's first feature-length film, Bulgaran is Gallant (1915). He also produced Bulgaria's first sound film, The Slave's Revolt (1933). Mr. Gendov died on September 3, 1970 at the age of 78.

Died on this date
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, 60. U.K. diplomat, politician, and poet. Lord Lytton joined the Diplomatic Service in 1849 and held posts in numerous European countries before serving as Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1876-1880). He was criticized for his handling of the Great Famine (1876-1878), with his policies said to be influenced by his social Darwinism. Lord Lytton ordered an invasion that began the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878; the war was short and bloody, although the British ended up winning. Lord Lytton was elevated to the House of Lords in 1881, and returned to diplomacy in 1887, serving as British Ambassador to France until his death in Paris, 16 days after his 60th birthday. Lord Lytton wrote several volumes of poetry under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, but was accused of plagiarizing several of his works.

110 years ago
1906

Football
A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, led to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

100 years ago
1916

Born on this date
Forrest J Ackerman. U.S. author, editor, and literary agent. Mr. Ackerman wrote science fiction, edited Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, acted as a literary agent for science fiction writers, and was a major figure in science fiction fandom. He died on December 4, 2008 at the age of 92.

Died on this date
Hiram Maxim, 76. U.S.-born U.K. engineer. Sir Hiram was beast known for inventing the Maxim gun--the first portable, fully automatic machine gun.

75 years ago
1941

War
German forces claimed to have captured a village 31 miles from Moscow. The United Kingdom announced that New Zealand forces had captured Gambut, an Axis supply base midway between Bardia and Tobruk on the Libyan coast.

The Ecuadorian government announced that Ecuador and Peru would free all prisoners captured during the recent border conflict.

Defense
The Free French delegation announced in New York that the U.S.A. had agreed to extend Lend-Lease aid to the armies of General Charles de Gaulle in Africa and Syria.

The U.S. administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that American troops had been sent to Dutch Guinea to help Dutch troops protect bauxite mines.

A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that members of the Iroquois Confederacy were American citizens and subject to military service.

World events
Panama City police arrested nine people on charges of preparing to overthrow the government of President Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia.

Terrorism
The U.S. consulate in Saigon was wrecked by a bomb, but no one was injured.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the California Anti-Migrant Act, which barred indigent migrants, "is an unconstitutional barrier to interstate commerce."

U.S. Federal Judge Guy Bard dismissed the indictments of former Judge J. Warren Davis and Morgan S. Kaufman on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice.

70 years ago
1946

Defense
Sydney, Australia reported plans to establish a 3,000-mile rocket testing range for Britain and the Commonwealth countries in western Australia and the Indian Ocean.

Politics and government
In the Uruguayan general election, presidential candidate Tomás Berreta and vice presidential candidate Luis Batlle Berres, representing a faction of the Colorado Party, were elected, as the Colorado Party candidates took 47.8% of the vote to 32.0% for the National Party. Luis Alberto de Herrera and Martín Echegoyen, the leading National Party candidates, took 31.7% of the vote. The Colorado Party took 47 of 99 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, a decline of 11 from their total going into the election. A National Party-independent National Party coalition was second with 40 seats, an increase of 6. The Colorado Party won 15 of 30 Senate seats, a decline of 4. The National Party was second with 10, with independent National Party candidates taking 3 seats.

Voters in U.S.-occupied Wuerttemberg-Baden approved a new constitution and gave the Christian Democrats a plurality of seats in the new state assembly.

Science
Dr. Robert Williams of New York was awarded the 1946 Perkin Medal of the American chemical industry for his research on vitamin B-1.

Energy
Denmark reintroduced fuel rationing and France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland studied methods of conserving fuel as the United Kingdom cut coal exports from the Ruhr area.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Price Administration's Consumer Price Division ended its operations.

Disasters
12 Americans, stranded for five days in the Bernese Alps after the crash of their Army transport plane, were rescued by Swiss pilots.

Football
NFL
Detroit (1-8) 6 @ Chicago Bears (7-1-1) 42
Chicago Cardinals (5-5) 24 @ Green Bay (5-4) 6
Pittsburgh (5-4) 0 @ New York (6-2-1) 7
Washington (5-3-1) 27 @ Philadelphia (4-5) 10
Los Angeles (4-4-1) 21 @ Boston (1-7-1) 40

AAFC
San Francisco (7-5) 30 @ Brooklyn (3-7-1) 14
Buffalo (3-9-1) 17 @ Cleveland (10-2) 42
Chicago (4-5-2) 38 @ New York (8-3-1) 28

60 years ago
1956

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)--Perry Como (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Smoky--Die Sieben Raben

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Just Walking in the Rain--Johnnie Ray (3rd week at #1)

#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Love Me Tender/Any Way You Want Me--Elvis Presley (Best Seller--4th week at #1); Love Me Tender--Elvis Presley (Disc Jockey--4th week at #1; Top 100--1st week at #1); The Green Door--Jim Lowe (Jukebox--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Love Me Tender--Elvis Presley (5th week at #1)
2 Singing the Blues--Guy Mitchell
3 The Green Door--Jim Lowe
4 Just Walking in the Rain--Johnnie Ray
5 Don't Be Cruel--Elvis Presley
6 True Love--Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
--Jane Powell
7 Blueberry Hill--Fats Domino
8 Honky Tonk (Parts 1 and 2)--Bill Doggett
9 Cindy, Oh Cindy--Vince Martin with the Tarriers
--Eddie Fisher
10 Hey! Jealous Lover--Frank Sinatra

Singles entering the chart were Mutual Admiration Society by Eddy Arnold and Jaye P. Morgan (#24, charting with the version by Teresa Brewer); Slow Walk by Bill Doggett (#27, charting with the version by Sil Austin); Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody by Jerry Lewis (#34); Since I Met You Baby by Ivory Joe Hunter (#36); Jamaica Farewell by Harry Belafonte (#43); I Dreamed by Betty Johnson (#44); On London Bridge by Jo Stafford (#46); and Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now by Patience and Prudence (#48).

War
The first 20 Canadian peacekeeping troops arrived in Egypt as part of the United Nations Emergency Force. The United Kingdom objected, saying that the Canadian infantry uniforms were too much like the British. Canada agreed to provide service and supply troops only.

Olympics
Glenn Davis of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 400-metre hurdles in an Olympic record time of 50.1 seconds in Melbourne.

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Edmonton 50 Montreal 27

Jackie Parker set a Grey Cup scoring record with 19 points on 3 touchdowns and a single as the Eskimos defeated the Alouettes before 27,425 fans to become the first Western team to win three straight Grey Cups. Don Getty, who had replaced Mr. Parker at quarterback during the Western Interprovincial Football Union finals, with Mr. Parker moving to halfback, directed a solid ball-control offence, handing off to Johnny Bright for 2 touchdowns and rushing for 2 of his own. Joe Mobra added 4 converts and a field goal as the Eskimos came back from a 14-12 2nd-quarter deficit to take a 19-14 halftime lead before taking control of the game in the 2nd half. The Eskimos amassed 39 first downs and a Grey Cup-record 448 yards rushing. Mr. Getty completed 8 of 16 passes for 102 yards, while Mr. Parker's only pass was intercepted by Bruce Coulter. Hal Patterson scored 2 Montreal touchdowns, while Sam Etcheverry and Pat Abbruzzi scored the others, 3 of which were converted by Bill Bewley. The Alouettes rushed for 191 yards and Mr. Etcheverry passed for 293 yards on just 15 completions in 38 passes, but surrendered 4 interceptions. Mr. Bright rushed 27 times for a then-Grey Cup record 169 yards. Mr. Mobra missed his first 2 converts and didn't get a chance to attempt the convert on the last TD, when Mr. Parker scored his third touchdown with 8 seconds remaining in the game and a fan ran onto the field and stole the last remaining ball. It was the first Grey Cup in which touchdowns counted 6 points.





50 years ago
1966

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Good Vibrations--The Beach Boys (2nd week at #1)

Music
The Beatles were in studio two at Abbey Road in London, where they began recording the song Strawberry Fields Forever.

Disasters
Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashed near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.

40 years ago
1976

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Fermina Martinez!

Agriculture
The Canadian Wheat Board sold Poland up to 1.2 million metric tons of wheat, barley, and oats over three years.

Disasters
The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey killed 4,000-5,000 people.

30 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): You're the Voice--John Farnham (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): ¿A Quién Le Importa?--Alaska y Dinarama (2nd week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Buffalo Sabres' centre Gilbert Perreault announced his retirement after 17 seasons in the NHL, all with the Sabres, who, as a first-year expansion team, drafted him first overall in the amateur draft in 1970. He centred a line with wingers Rene Robert and Rick Martin that became known as The French Connection, and was one of the highest-scoring and most entertaining lines of the 1970s. Mr. Perreault scored 1,326 points on 512 goals and 814 assists in 1,191 regular season games and 103 points on 33 goals and 70 assists in 90 playoff games. In 20 games in 1986-87 he scored 9 goals and 7 assists.

25 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (16th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)
2 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
3 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
4 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
5 The Fly--U2
6 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
7 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red
8 Love to Hate You--Erasure
9 Wind of Change--Scorpions
10 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai

Singles entering the chart were Black or White by Michael Jackson (#19); Good Vibrations by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway (#24); and Crucified by Army of Lovers (#27).

Died on this date
Freddie Mercury, 45. Zanzibar-born U.K. singer. Mr. Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara, moved to England with his family in 1964. He joined the rock group Smile in 1970, and shortly thereafter changed the group's name to Queen. Mr. Mercury played piano and guitar, but was primarily known for his four-octave voice and theatrical stage presence as Queen's lead singer until his death, the day after announcing that he was HIV-positive. Mr. Mercury was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Queen in 2001, as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2003) and the UK Music Hall of Fame (2005).

Eric Carr, 41. U.S. musician. Mr. Carr, whose real name was Paul Charles Caravello, was the drummer for the rock group Kiss from 1980 until his death after a nine-month battle with heart cancer.

Football
CFL
Grey Cup @ Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
Toronto 36 Calgary 21

Raghib "Rocket" Ismail's 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the 4th quarter was the decisive play as the Argonauts defeated the Stampeders before 51,985 fans--including this blogger--on a cold Sunday afternoon in the first Grey Cup to be played at Winnipeg Stadium. Mr. Ismail's touchdown was the first in Grey Cup history on a kickoff return, and was the longest Grey Cup kickoff return to date. Toronto quarterback Matt Dunigan played the entire game despite suffering from a broken collarbone, and completed just 7 passes, but 2 of his completions went for touchdowns by Darrell K. Smith and Paul Masotti. Argos' defensive back Ed Berry scored the game's first touchdown on a 50-yard interception return early in the 1st quarter. Lance Chomyc converted all 4 Argonaut touchdowns and added 2 field goals and 2 singles on missed field goals. Calgary quarterback Danny Barrett completed 34 of 56 passes--both Grey Cup records--for 377 yards. Carl Bland caught 11 of Mr. Barrett's passes for 136 yards. Mr. Barrett threw 1 touchdown pass, a 13-yard play to Allen Pitts. Mr. Barrett scored the first Calgary touchdown on a 1-yard sneak. Mark McLoughlin converted both and added 2 field goals and a single on a missed field goal. The Stampeders dominated the offensive statistics, amassing 28 first downs to 7 for the Argonauts, and 406 yards net offense to 174 for the Argonauts. For Toronto punter Hank Ilesic, it was his ninth appearance in a Grey Cup game, and his sixth time playing for the winning team. For Calgary offensive tackle Lloyd Fairbanks, it was the final game of a 17-year CFL career--and his only Grey Cup appearance.



20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys

#1 single in Switzerland: Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Grey Cup @ Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton
Toronto 43 Edmonton 37

Adrion Smith's 49-yard interception return for a touchdown with 1:22 remaining in regulation time provided the winning margin as the Argonauts defeated the Eskimos before 38,595 fans on a snowy Sunday night in one of the most entertaining Grey Cups ever (see video). Mr. Smith's touchdown was preceded by a bad call when Toronto quarterback Doug Flutie fumbled and the Eskimos recovered, only to have an official blow a quick whistle, resulting in the Argonauts retaining possession. Edmonton led 9-0 after the 1st quarter on a safety touch and a 64-yard touchdown pass from Danny McManus to Eddie Brown, who had the ball go through his hands, and kicked it back into his hands before it hit the ground. The Argonauts then outscored the Eskimos 27-14 in a wild 2nd quarter, with Toronto touchdowns coming from Jimmy Cunningham on an 80-yard punt return, Robert Drummond on a 1-yard rush, and Mr. Flutie on a 10-yard rush. The Eskimos responded with a 75-yard touchdown bomb from Mr. McManus to Jim Sandusky and a Grey Cup-record 91-yard kickoff return TD by Henry "Gizmo" Williams. Toronto kicker Mike Vanderjagt kicked 2 field goals in the 2nd quarter, added another for the only scoring of the 3rd quarter, and kicked his fourth FG 3:06 into the 4th quarter to give the Argonauts a 33-23 lead. Eric Blount's 5-yard touchdown rush, converted by Sean Fleming, made the score 33-30 with 7:07 remaining. The quick whistle on Mr. Flutie's fumble led to Mr. Vanderjagt's fifth field goal, giving Toronto a 36-30 lead with 1:34 remaining. Mr. Smith scored his touchdown on his next play when Mr. McManus's pass bounced off receiver Darren Flutie and Mr. Smith intercepted. The Eskimos responded with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Mr. McManus to Marc Tobert with 9 seconds remaining; Mr. Fleming converted, but his short kickoff was recovered by the Argonauts, who ran out the clock. Mr. Flutie completed 22 of 35 passes for 302 yards and led all rushers with 98 yards on 12 carries, and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Mr. Vanderjagt was named the outstanding Canadian, going 5 for 5 in field goals and 4 for 4 in converts. Mr. McManus completed 25 of 38 passes for 413 yards. Mr. Fleming, playing with an injury sustained while making a game-saving tackle in the West Final a week earlier, missed all 3 of his field goal attempts. It was the final CFL game in the 14-year CFL career of Edmonton centre Blake Dermott.