December 4, 2016

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Marina Kosan!

320 years ago
1696

Died on this date
Meishō, 72. Empress of Japan, 1629-1643. Meishō, born Okiko, acceded to the Chrysanthemum throne upon the abdication of her father Go-Mizunoo. She had no children, and abdicated in favour of her brother Go-Kōmyō.

225 years ago
1791

Journalism
The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, published its first edition in London.

150 years ago
1866

Politics and government
Delegates from Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick met at the London Conference to draw up an act uniting the provinces of British North America. Meetings were held at the Westminster Palace Hotel; business commenced with a thorough review of the Québec Resolutions (72 Resolutions) to ensure that the wording of each was satisfactory. Much discussion ensued over Section 93, which protected separate schools in Québec and Ontario, but not in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. The London conference lasted until December 24, when the London Resolutions were drafted and sent to the Imperial government.

90 years ago
1926

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Ottawa Senators 10 University of Toronto 7

Charlie Lynch scored the game's only touchdown and Joe Miller added 5 singles as the Senators defeated U of T to win their second straight Grey Cup championship. Charlie Trimble kicked 5 singles for the University of Toronto and Mr. Snyder added 2 more. 8,276 fans were in attendance, but conditions were so cold in the stadium that many of the fans immediately went back downstairs and attempted unsuccessfully to get their money back, while others huddled under the stands trying to keep warm. Mr. Miller immediately retired from football after the game, and promptly joined the New York Americans of the National Hockey League as a goaltender. It was the last Grey Cup in which a university team played.

75 years ago
1941

War
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Polish Prime Minister Wladyslaw Sikorski signed a declaration in Moscow stating that the U.S.S.R. and Poland would continue the war until Germany was defeated. A bill to empower the British government to conscript all British men and women aged 18½-51 passed its first test in the House of Commons after a Labour Party amendment urging the government to seize transport, coal mining, and munitions factories was defeated 336-40. A conference in Washington adopted a resolution urging the creation of a 200,000-man Jewish army, to be recruited in the U.S.A. and Palestine to fight the Nazis. Chesley Manly of the Chicago Tribune reported that the U.S. Army and Navy Joint Board had prepared a confidential report for President Franklin D. Roosevelt on how the United States could defeat Germany and her allies. Mr. Manly said the report envisioned an expeditonary force of five million men.
Diplomacy
A Japanese news agency criticized U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull's November 26 position on American-Japanese relations, declaring, "It is utterly impossible for Japan to accept the stipulations of the American document."

Defense
The U.S. National Association of Manufacturers urged that a single agency with a single head be created to supervise defense production.

Law
Under the Indian government's new policy of freeing all civil disobedience political prisoners "whose offenses have been formal or symbolic in character," 500 members of the Indian National Congress Party were released from prisons.

Terrorism
A bomb destroyed the Detroit home of Patrick J. Currier, head of a lumber company involved in a labour dispute.

Academia
The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools dropped 10 state colleges of Georgia from its accredited list, effective September 1, because of "unprecedented and unjustfiable political interference" by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge.

Journalism
The Chicago Sun published its first edition.

Medicine
The U.S. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced its approval of the polio treatment that had been developed by Australian nurse Elizabeth Kenny, consisting of massage, movement, and re-education of paralyzed muscles as soon as possible after the disease was discovered.

Labour
American Federation of Labor President William Green and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray denounced the defense anti-strike bill passed the previous day by the U.S. House of Representatives.

70 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
In the first Soviet concession on the veto issue, U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov told the United Nations General Assembly that the veto need not apply to proposed international arms control commissions. The UN General Assembly turned over all resolutions on Spain to an 18-nation subcommittee for consideration. Greek delegate Vassili Dendramis submitted to the UN Security Council charges of border violations by Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria, asking that an investigation commission be sent to Greece.

Defense
The U.S. Army announced the creation of a commission of five generals to study defense against atomic and other modern weapons.

Politics and government
General Joseph McNarey ordered the U.S. military government in Germany to drop its policy of hostitlity toward Germans and help in the country's reconstruction.

Economics and finance
The Australian Labour Party refused to approve the Bretton Woods Agreement, preventing Australia from joining the World Bank by the end of 1946.

Labour
The day after convicting United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis in Washington, D.C. of contempt of court, U.S. District Court Judge T. Alan Goldsborough fined the UMW $3.5 million and Mr. Lewis $10,000.

60 years ago
1956

Music
The Million Dollar Quartet--Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash--got together at Sun Record Studios in Memphis for the first and last time.

Canadiana
The first Hungarian refugees arrived in Vancouver. Many who followed were students, staff and family members from the big Sopron School of Forestry in Hungary, and almost 300 enrolled in the Faculty of Forestry of the University of British Columbia. A total of about 37,000 Hungarian refugees came to Canada after Soviet tanks crushed their October 1956 uprising.

Football
NCAA
The New York Downtown Athletic Club named Notre Dame halfback Paul Hornung as the winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy as the outstanding college player in the United States for 1956.

50 years ago
1966

Football
Continental League
Championship @ Temple Stadium, Philadelphia
Orlando 17 @ Philadelphia 20 (OT)

Jamie Caleb kicked the winning field goal in overtime as the Bulldogs edged the Panthers before 5,226 fans.



40 years ago
1976

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Sei forte papà--Gianni Morandi

#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): Money, Money, Money--ABBA (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K (New Musical Express).: Under the Moon of Love--Showaddywaddy

Rhodesia's Top 10 (Lyons Maid)
1 Don't Go Breaking My Heart--Elton John and Kiki Dee (8th week at #1)
2 Arms of Mary--Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
3 In Zaire--Johnny Wakelin
4 (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty--K C & the Sunshine Band
5 Heart on My Sleeve--Gallagher & Lyle
6 Why Did You Do It--Stretch
7 (What a) Wonderful World--Johnny Nash
8 You to Me are Everything--The Real Thing
9 Dancing Queen--ABBA
10 Wild One--Thin Lizzy

Singles entering the chart were Dr. Kiss Kiss by 5000 Volts (#16); and Dance Little Lady Dance by Tina Charles (#17).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1)
2 Muskrat Love--Captain and Tennille
3 Love So Right--Bee Gees
4 More than a Feeling--Boston
5 Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)--Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.
6 The Rubberband Man--The Spinners
7 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing--Leo Sayer
8 You are the Woman--Firefall
9 I Never Cry--Alice Cooper
10 You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)--Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.

Singles entering the chart were I Wish by Stevie Wonder (#46); Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (#56); Night Moves by Bob Seger (#80); Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie (#86); Someone to Lay Down Beside Me by Linda Ronstadt (#87); Save it for a Rainy Day by Stephen Bishop (#89); Can't Let a Woman by Ambrosia (#97); Slow Dancing by the Funky Kings (#98); and You've Got Me Runnin' by Gene Cotton (#100). Free Bird was a live version of the original hit from 1975.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1)
2 Love So Right--Bee Gees
3 Muskrat Love--Captain and Tennille
4 More than a Feeling--Boston
5 Stand Tall--Burton Cummings
6 You are the Woman--Firefall
7 Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)--Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.
8 I Never Cry--Alice Cooper
9 Do You Feel Like We Do--Peter Frampton
10 Nights are Forever Without You--England Dan & John Ford Coley

Singles entering the chart were Surprise by Andre Gagnon (#77); Flying by Hometown Band (#88); This Song by George Harrison (#95); I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love by the Emotions (#96); It Keeps You Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers (#77); Dog Eat Dog by Ted Nugent (#98); Baby, I'll Give it to You by Seals and Crofts (#99); and I Kinda Miss You by the Manhattans (#100).

Died on this date
Benjamin Britten, 63. U.K. composer. Mr. Britten wrote orchestral, chamber, and vocal music. His works included The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945); the opera Peter Grimes (1945); and The War Requiem (1962). In 1976, Mr. Britten became the first composer to receive a life peerage; he died of congestive heart failure 12 days after his 63rd birthday.

Tommy Bolin, 25. U.S. musician. Mr. Bolin was a guitarist with the rock groups Zephyr (1969-1971); The James Gang (1973-1974); and Deep Purple (1975-1976), and also had a solo career. He died of an overdose of heroin and other substances hours after performing in Miami as the opening act for Jeff Beck.

Hockey
NHL
Pittsburgh 1 @ Montreal 3

Football
NFL
St. Louis 24 Baltimore 17
Atlanta 0 @ Los Angeles 59

The Rams' rout of the Falcons at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum would have been even worse if Tom Dempsey hadn't missed the convert attempts on the first 3 touchdowns. All three Los Angeles quarterbacks--Pat Haden, James Harris, and Ron Jaworski--produced touchdowns.

NCAA
Grantland Rice Bowl
Montana State 10 North Dakota State 3

30 years ago
1986

On television tonight
Our World, hosted by Linda Ellerbee and Ray Gandolf, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Together and Apart: 1943



The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Toys of Caliban, starring Richard Mulligan, Anne Haney, and David Greenlee

25 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Dinner Out

Terrorism
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released by his Islamic captors after spending more than six years as a hostage in Lebanon.

Business
Pan American World Airways ceased operations after 64 years, and 11 months after declaring bankruptcy. The last Pan Am flight took place that afternoon: Flight 436, a Boeing 727-200 from Bridgetown, Barbados to Miami, piloted by Captain Mark Pyle.

10 years ago
2006

Abominations
Racial tensions among Negro and white teenagers in Jena, Louisiana culminted in the beating by six Negro youths of white Justin Barker, 17. The usual anti-white race hustlers supported the thugs.