November 8, 2016

180 years ago
1836

Born on this date
Milton Bradley. U.S. businessman. Mr. Bradley was a draftsman and lithographer before founding the Milton Bradley Company, maunfacturer of board games, in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. He died on May 30, 1911 at the age of 74, and was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2004 and the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006.

150 years ago
1866

Born on this date
Herbert Austin. U.K. automobile executive. Sir Herbert founded the Austin Motor Company in 1905. A Conservative, he represented Birmingham King's Norton in the House of Commons from 1918-1922. Sir Herbert, who was created the first Baron Austin in 1937, died of a heart attack at the age of 74 on May 23, 1941.

110 years ago
1906

Movies
Fred A. Dobson began filming The Skyscrapers of New York atop an uncompleted skyscraper at Broadway and 12th Street. The film was released a month later.

90 years ago
1926

Football
CRU
ORFU
Hamilton (0-5) 7 @ Toronto (5-0) 18

IRFU-Canadian university (exhibition)
University of Toronto 12 @ Ottawa Senators 10
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Winged Wheelers 7 @ McGill University 2

Canadian university
Saskatchewan (1-1) 1 @ Alberta (1-1) 20 (Alberta won 2-game total points series 29-12)
Exhibition
Queen's University Old Boys 12 Queen's University Seniors 0

Bill Pullishy scored 2 touchdowns for the Golden Bears as they defeated the Huskies on Thanksgiving Day on a hard field at Varsity grid in Edmonton. The Huskies had won the first game 11-9 in Saskatoon.

AFL
New York (7-2) 28 Los Angeles (4-4-1) 0 @ Toronto

80 years ago
1936

War
In the Spanish Civil War, Francoist troops failed in their effort to capture Madrid, but began the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterward.

75 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Piano Concerto in B Flat--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra (6th week at #1)

War
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, speaking in Munich, said that he had ordered German warships to fire on American ships only if attacked, declaring, "The German officer who does not defend himself, I will place before a court martial." The United Kingdom announced that British bombers had carried out the greatest aerial offensive of the war the previous night and today, ranging from Oslo to the Italian air base at Brandisi. 500 planes took part in raids on Germany.

Diplomacy
The Japanese government announced that it had protested to Panama against "discriminatory racial treatment" in the closing of Japanese businesses there.

Defense
U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced that a Navy base had been established in Iceland with Rear Admiral James L. Kauffman as commandant.

Labour
American Federation of Labor Teamsters President Daniel Tobin rejected U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's appeal that he call off the union's strike in Detroit.

Scandal
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle asked the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to impeach retired Federal Judge J. Warren Davis on charges of misconduct.

Football
CRU
ERFU
Finals
Toronto Argonauts 16 @ Ottawa 8 (First game of 2-game total points series)

Annis and Bill Stukus each scored a touchdown for the Argonauts, with Annis adding 2 converts and a field goal. Jimmy Folwell punted for a single to complete the Toronto scoring. Tony Golab scored the Rough Riders' touchdown, converted by George Fraser. Arnie McWatters punted for 2 singles to complete the Ottawa scoring.

WIFU
Finals
Winnipeg 6 @ Regina 8 (Regina led best-of-three series 1-0)

Ken Charlton scored a touchdown and 2 singles for the Roughriders, while Toar Springstein converted Mr. Charlton's touchdown. Ches McCance converted his own touchdown for the Blue Bombers.

70 years ago
1946

War
Nationalist Chinese leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ordered his troops to cease hostilities on November 11, and invited the Communists to participate in a constitutional assembly meeting on November 12.

Diplomacy
Switzerland agreed to give the United Nations the 144-acre former League of Nations site in Geneva.

The U.S. State Department recalled the U.S. mission to Albania because the Albanian regime of dictator Enver Hoxha "has failed to affirm its recognition of the validity" of treaties and agreements between the two countries.

Defense
The U.S. Navy disclosed that strong fleet units would visit ports in Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Crete in late November and early December "incident to training exercises." Plans for an Antarctic expedition were also revealed, involving 5,000 Navy personnel under Admiral Richard Byrd, to study weather conditions, test equipment, and search for uranium deposits.

Politics and government
Socialists from 18 countries met in Bournemouth, England under the chairmanship of British Labour Party leader Harold Laski to discuss the possible formation of a new Socialist International.

Society
Canadian businesswoman Viola Desmond, a Negress, was arrested and fined $20 for sitting in the section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia that was reserved for white patrons; tickets sold to Negro Canadians were for the balcony.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Semi-Finals
Toronto Balmy Beach 12 @ Toronto Indians 7

Johnny Lake scored a touchdown and convert and Bob Cunningham also scored a TD as Balmy Beach upset the Indians at Oakwood Stadium. Bob Porter kicked a single for the other Balmy Beach point. Fred Kijek rushed 7 yards for the Indian touchdown in the 1st quarter; Annis Stukus converted and added a single.

60 years ago
1956

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Au revoir Rome--Lucienne Delyle (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Marshall Field III, 63. U.S. publisher. Mr. Field, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune, published the Chicago Sun (now the Chicago Sun-Times); the New York newspaper PM; and the newspaper magazine supplement Parade. He died of brain cancer.

At the movies
The Ten Commandments, produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, and many others, received its premiere screening at the Criterion Theatre in New York City.

Defense
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion asserted that Israel welcomed a United Nations force in the Sinai Peninsula, and would "willingly withdraw our forces" under "satisfactory arrangements" with the United Nations.

Anti-Soviet resistance in Budapest ceased in all but a few isolated districts.

Aviation
A U.S. Navy helium balloon manned by two researchers attained an altitude of 76,000 feet, the highest achieved to date for a manned balloon.

Society
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower announced that he had directed the Refugee Relief Administration to rush admission to the United States of up to 5,000 Hungarian refugees.

Oil
The American-Arabian Oil Company confirmed reports that Saudi Arabia had banned oil shipments to Britain and France.

50 years ago
1966

Politics and government
The Democratic Party lost 47 seats to the Republican Party in mid-term elections for the United States House of Representatives, but maintained a comfortable 248-187 majority. Candidates elected for the first time included future President George H.W. Bush (Republican--Texas) and former Olympic decathlon gold medallist Bob Mathias (Republican--California), who unseated seven-term Democratic incumbent Harlan Hagen. In the Senate, the Democrats lost 3 seats to the Republicans, but maintained a 64-36 majority. Candidates elected for the first time included Charles Percy (Republican--Illinois); Mark Hatfield (Republican--Oregon); Howard Baker (Republican--Tennessee); and former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke (Republican), who became the first Negro elected to the Senate since Reconstruction in the 19th century. In gubernatorial elections, the Republicans won 23 of 35 races. Actor Ronald Reagan (Republican) defeated two-term incumbent Pat Brown (Democrat) in California by 850,000 votes. In Alabama, George Wallace (Democrat) was forbidden by state law to succeed himself as Governor, so his wife Lurleen ran as the Democratic candidate, and was elected.

Business
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the rival American Football League.

Baseball
Baltimore Orioles' right fielder Frank Robinson was voted the American League's Most Valuable Player after his triple-crown season (.316 average, 49 home runs, 122 runs batted in) as he helped the Orioles to their first World Series championship. He remains the only player to have won MVP awards in both leagues, having received the first one with the Cincinnati Reds in 1961.

40 years ago
1976

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Let's Stick Together--Bryan Ferry (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ochiba ga Yuki ni--Akira Fuse

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): El Jardín Prohibido--Sandro Giacobbe (14th week at #1)

Music
Burton Cummings former leader of the Guess Who, began his solo performing career with a concert at Manitoba Centennial Hall in Winnipeg, a year after leaving the group.

Abominations
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block federal funds for abortion by choice.

Agriculture
A U.S.-Canadian syndicate paid $235,000 for Hanover Hill Barb in Oaklville, Ontario; it was the highest price ever paid for a cow to that date.

30 years ago
1986

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Holiday Rap--M.C. Miker G & D.J. Sven (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Take My Breath Away--Berlin (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Don't Leave Me This Way--The Communards (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Take My Breath Away--Berlin (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Every Loser Wins--Nick Berry (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Amanda--Boston

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Amanda--Boston
2 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
3 Human--Human League
4 True Blue--Madonna
5 I Didn't Mean to Turn You On--Robert Palmer
6 Typical Male--Tina Turner
7 Take Me Home Tonight--Eddie Money
8 You Give Love a Bad Name--Bon Jovi
9 All Cried Out--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force
10 The Next Time I Fall--Peter Cetera with Amy Grant

Singles entering the chart were Stay the Night by Benjamin Orr (#79); Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) by Miami Sound Machine (#81); Love in Siberia by Laban (#86); Touch Me (I Want Your Body) by Samantha Fox (#87); I Want to Make the World Turn Around by Steve Miller Band (#89); and Coming Around Again by Carly Simon (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 True Colors--Cyndi Lauper
2 The Lady in Red--Chris de Burgh
3 Spirit in the Sky--Doctor and the Medics
4 Human--Human League
5 Rumors--Timex Social Club
6 When I Think of You--Janet Jackson
7 True Blue--Madonna
8 Friends and Lovers--Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
9 Amanda--Boston
10 Two of Hearts--Stacey Q

Singles entering the chart were Walk Like an Egyptian by the Bangles (#77); Notorious by Duran Duran (#80); Love is Forever by Billy Ocean (#82); Is This Love by Survivor (#86); Foolish Pride by Daryl Hall (#88); Thorn in My Side by Eurythmics (#92); Strangers in Love by Body Electric (#97); and All Along You Knew by Honeymoon Suite (#98).

Died on this date
Vyacheslav Molotov, 96. U.S.S.R. politician. Mr. Molotov, born Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin, joined the Bolshevik movement soon after joining the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) in 1906. He played a major role in the early decades of the Soviet Union, holding several positions. Mr. Molotov was probably best known as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Premier) from 1930-1941 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1939-1949 and 1953-1956. He was the principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi–Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939 (also known as the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact).

Francis "King" Clancy, 83. Canadian hockey player, coach, official, and executive. Mr. Clancy played in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators from 1921-1930 and the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1930-1936 (including the first 6 games of the 1936-37 season), scoring 136 goals, making him the highest-scoring defenseman in NHL history at the time of his retirement. He was a first-team all-star in 1931 and 1934, and a second-team all-star in 1932 and 1933. Mr. Clancy was a member of Stanley Cup champion teams in 1923, 1927, and 1932, and on March 31, 1923, in a Stanley Cup game against the Edmonton Eskimos, became the first player to play all 6 positions in a single game. He coached the Montreal Maroons of the NHL and the Cincinnati Mohawks and Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League, leading the Hornets to the Calder Cup championship in 1952. Between his NHL and AHL coaching days, Mr. Clancy spent 11 years as an NHL referee. Mr. Clancy coached the Maple Leafs for several seasons in the 1950s, and then was made the team's assistant general manager. He returned to coaching on an interim basis when Punch Imlach fell ill during the 1966-67 season, and when John McLellan fell ill during the 1971-72 season. In both cases, Mr. Clancy helped to calm the Maple Leafs when they were struggling, and the team responded well. Mr. Clancy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958 and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. He spent his last years in the company of his friend Harold Ballard, not only in attendance at Maple Leafs' home games, but at home games of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Mr. Ballard had purchased the Tiger-Cats in 1978, and Mr. Clancy died just 22 days before they won the Grey Cup.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (11-7) 24 @ British Columbia (12-6) 36

The Lions scored 26 points off 6 Winnipeg turnovers as they defeated the Blue Bombers before 54,723 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. It was the Lions' second win over the Blue Bombers in as many games, and clinched second place for the B.C. in the West Division, forcing the Blue Bombers to play the semi-final in Vancouver a week later. It was the only CFL game for Winnipeg defensive back Lyndell Jones.

CIAU
OQIFC
Final
Bishop's 38 Carlton 19

Tom Harris passed for 485 yards to lead the Gaiters over the Ravens.

25 years ago
1991

Defense
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, attending a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Rome, said that Canada would join the European Community in imposing economic sanctions on Yugoslavia in an attempt to stop the Balkan civil war; Mr. Mulroney confirmed that the NATO alliance was still needed.

20 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Free Like a Flying Demon--E-type (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Words--Boyzone (5th week at #1)