August 24, 2017

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sabbah Rose!

1,650 years ago
367

Politics and government
Gratian, 8-year-old son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, was named co-Augustus by his father.

1,175 years ago
842

Died on this date
Saga, 55. Emperor of Japan, 809-823. Saga, born Kamino, was the second son of Emperor Kanmu, and the younger brother of Emperor Heizei. Saga succeeded his brother on the throne, and was succeeded in turn by his son-in-law Junna.

975 years ago
1042

Died on this date
Michael V, 26 or 27. Byzantine emperor, 1041-1042. Michael V succeeded his uncle and adoptive father Michael IV in November 1041. He lost a power struggle with his adoptive mother Zoe, and was deposed on April 20, 1042. Michael V took monastic vows, but was arrested, blinded, and castrated; he died as a monk.

160 years ago
1857

Economics and finance
The New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company failed, sparking the Panic of 1857 (see also here).

150 years ago
1867

War
Mexican Liberal forces entered Monterrey.

Protest
Riots broke out in Québec City during the Canadian federal election campaign.

Technology
Alexander Graham Bell obtained a Canadian patent for the telephone.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Dennis James. U.S. television personality. Mr. James, born Demie James Sposa, was credited as the host of television's first game show--Cash and Carry (1946)--as well as the first person to host a telethon; the first to appear in a television commercial; first to emcee a variety show; and the first to appear on video tape. He died on June 3, 1997 at the age of 79.

80 years ago
1937

War
In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrendered to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.

Politics and government
The Sovereign Council of Asturias and León was proclaimed in Gijon, Spain.

75 years ago
1942

War
The Battle of the Eastern Solomons took place; the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō was sunk, with the loss of 7 officers and 113 crewmen. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise was heavily damaged.

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)--Marty Robbins (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Banana Boat Song--Harry Belafonte (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): All Shook Up--Elvis Presley (7th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Tammy--Debbie Reynolds (2nd week at #1)
2 It's Not for Me to Say--Johnny Mathis
3 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter--Billy Williams
4 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear--Elvis Presley
5 Bye Bye Love--The Everly Brothers
6 Diana--Paul Anka
7 Send for Me--Nat "King" Cole
8 White Silver Sands--Don Rondo
9 Rainbow--Russ Hamilton
10 Love Letters in the Sand--Pat Boone

Singles entering the chart were You're My One and Only Love by Ricky Nelson (#43) and Hula Love by Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids (#52).

Canada's top 25 (150 listening-posts coast-to-coast)
1 Tammy--Debbie Reynolds
2 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter--Billy Williams
3 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear--Elvis Presley
4 White Silver Sands--Don Rondo
5 Searchin'--The Coasters
6 Diana--Paul Anka
7 Star Dust--Billy Ward and his Dominoes
8 Whispering Bells--The Dell-Vikings
9 Send for Me--Nat "King" Cole
10 Bye Bye Love--The Everly Brothers
11 Love Letters in the Sand--Pat Boone
12 Old Cape Cod--Patti Page
13 Love Me to Pieces--Jill Corey
14 Rainbow--Russ Hamilton
15 Around the World--Mantovani and his Orchestra
16 In the Middle of an Island--Tony Bennett
17 June Night--The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
19 It's Not for Me to Say--Johnny Mathis
20 Shangri-La--The Four Coins
21 Short Fat Fannie--Larry Williams
22 Fascination--Dick Jacobs and his Orchestra
23 That'll Be the Day--The Crickets
24 Goody Goody--Frankie Lymon
25 Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers

Montreal's top 10
1 Tammy--Debbie Reynolds
2 Diana--Paul Anka
3 Love Me to Pieces--Jill Corey
4 Bye Bye Love--The Everly Brothers
5 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear--Elvis Presley
6 Star Dust--Billy Ward and his Dominoes
7 Love Letters in the Sand--Pat Boone
8 A Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On--Jerry Lee Lewis
9 White Silver Sands--Don Rondo
10 Dear Love--Tommy Britt

Exploration
The Royal Canadian Navy Wind-class icebreaker HMCS Labrador, under Captain O.C.S. "Long Robbie" Robertson, became the first deep draught vessel to navigate Bellot Strait, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Football
IRFU
Montreal (1-1) 6 @ Hamilton (1-1) 22

WIFU
Winnipeg (1-1) 7 @ Saskatchewan (0-3) 3
Edmonton (2-1) 6 @ Calgary (2-0) 10

ORFU
Sarnia (1-0) 58 @ Toronto (0-1) 12

Bernie Faloney completed touchdown passes to Paul Dekker and James Hinsley in the 3rd quarter and rushed 7 yards for a touchdown of his own in the 4th quarter as the Tiger-Cats came back from a 6-1 halftime deficit to defeat the Alouettes before 18,000 fans in a downpour at Civic Stadium. Hal Patterson scored the Montreal touchdown in the 2nd quarter.

Jim Finks scored on a 2-yard quarterback sneak with 6:23 remaining in the game and Don Caraway converted to give the Stampeders their upset win over the defending Grey Cup champion Eskimos before more than 16,000 fans at Mewata Stadium. The Eskimos started with a bang, as Jackie Parker fielded the opening kickoff at his own 5-yard line and lateralled to Ken Hall, who returned it 81 yards to the Calgary 24. Three plays later, Mr. Parker rushed 12 yards for a touchdown; Joe Mobra missed the convert. Mr. Caraway kicked a 12-yard field goal at 4:33 of the 2nd quarter to cut the Eskimos' lead to 6-3. Edmonton quarterback Don Getty suffered a tendon injury to his left knee, putting him out of action for several weeks. The Eskimos fumbled 7 times--losing 5.

Steve Patrick blocked a Larry Isbell punt on the Saskatchewan 15-yard line and recovered the ball in the end zone for the game's only touchdown 5:06 into the game as the Blue Bombers defeated the Roughriders before 12,500 fans on a rainy night at Taylor Field in Regina. Buddy Leake converted Mr. Patrick's TD as the Blue Bombers gave Bud Grant his first win as a head coach. Reg Whitehouse kicked a field goal for the Roughriders in the 2nd quarter.

Ross Dwinnell scored 2 touchdowns, with Dick Dixon, Bob Smith, Bob Hill, Andy McKeever, Alf Phillips, and Archie McAffer scoring 1 each as the Golden Bears routed Balmy Beach. Gene Lekenta added 5 converts and a field goal. Sam Laverty and Alex McKenna scored touchdowns for Balmy Beach, who were playing their first game under head coach Bill Zock.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Black Velvet Band--Johnny Kelly (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Henry J. Kaiser, 85. U.S. industrialist. Mr. Kaiser, known as the "father of modern American shipbuilding," founded Kaiser Shipyards, Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel, and Kaiser Motors.

Amanda Randolph, 70. U.S. musician and actress. Miss Randolph was a jazz pianist, singer, and composer from the 1910s through the early '30s, but was best known for her work in radio and television, appearing in numerous programs. She became the first Negress to star in a regularly-scheduled program on American network television when the comedy series The Laytons aired on the Dumont network (August-October 1948), and was the first Negress to have her own show on daytime television when she hosted the weekday musical program Amanda (1948-1949). Miss Randolph played Sapphire's mother Ramona Smith in the radio (1951-1954) and television (1951-1953) comedy series Amos 'n' Andy, and starred as the title character in the radio comedy series Beulah (1953-1954). She died of a stroke, nine days before her 71st birthday.

Politics and government
The Grenada United Labour Party, led by Eric Gairy, won 7 of 10 seats in the British colony's general election; the Grenada national Party, led by Herbert Blaize, captured the remaining 3 seats.

Protest
Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupted trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scrambled to grab them.

Education
Ontario Premier John Robarts announced plans to establish French-language secondary schools in Ontario.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Angelo--The Brotherhood of Man

Died on this date
Buddy O'Connor, 61. Canadian hockey player. Herbert William O'Connor was a centre with the Montreal Canadiens (1941-47) and New York Rangers (1947-50), scoring 397 points on 140 goals and 257 assists in 509 regular season games and 36 points on 15 goals and 21 assists in 53 playoff games. He was a member of Stanley Cup championship teams in 1944 and 1946, and in 1947-48 won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's Most Valuable Player and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most gentlemanly player, while finishing second behind former teammate Elmer Lach in scoring. Mr. O'Connor was named Canada's outstanding athlete of 1948, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (4-2) 22 @ Hamilton (2-4) 27

The Eskimos trailed 27-6 in the 4th quarter at Ivor Wynne Stadium before quarterback Bruce Lemmerman generated 2 converted touchdowns to reduce the deficit to 27-20. They drove deep into Hamilton territory again in the last minute, but Mr. Lemmerman threw 3 straight incomplete passes, and the Tiger-Cats conceded a safety touch in the final seconds. Edmonton running back Larry Washington sustained a pelvic injury before the game, and he fumbled 4 times. Edmonton kicker Dave Cutler kicked 2 field goals to move past former Calgary Stampeder Larry Robinson's career total of 1,030 points and become the Canadian Football League's career scoring leader. It was the sixth and final game in an Edmonton uniform for punter Gerald Kunyk, and the third and last CFL game for Edmonton defensive back Roy Painter.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): The Loco-Motion--Kylie Minogue (3rd week at #1)

Law
A three-judge appeals court panel in Cincinnati reversed a Federal District Court ruling that public schools in Hawkins County, Tennessee could excuse children from classes because textbooks offended their parents’ religious beliefs. The lower court had held that the parents could take their children elsewhere and be reimbursed for the costs of private lessons. The appeals panel unanimously found no proof “that any plaintiff student was ever called upon to say or do anything that required the student to affirm or deny a religious belief…”

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): L.S.I.--Shamen (2nd week at #1)

Crime
In a dispute over tenure and plagiarism, Valery Fabrikant, an associate professor of engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, shot and killed three members of the university’s engineering faculty and seriously wounded the professor who chaired the electrical and chemical engineering department.

Disasters
Hurricane Andrew struck southern Florida with winds up to 165 miles per hour, levelling the city of Homestead and Homestead Air Force Base. 20 people were killed and 250,000 left homeless.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 (4th week at #1)

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Men in Black--Will Smith (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 (6th week at #1)

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Andrée Boucher, 70. Canadian politician. Mrs. Boucher was Mayor of Sainte-Foy, Quebec from 1985-2001, at which point the suburb became part of Quebec City. She was Mayor of Quebec City from 2005 until her death at her home from natural causes.

Aaron Russo, 64. U.S. movie producer. Mr. Russo produced movies such as The Rose (1979); Trading Places (1983); and Wise Guys (1986). He held libertarian beliefs, and narrowly missed becoming the Libertarian Party's candidate for President of the United States in 2004. Mr. Russo died after a six-year battle with bladder cancer.

Crime
Florida Circuit Court Judge Richard Howard sentenced John Couey to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and burying her alive in 2005.

James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.

Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick pled guilty to involvement in a dogfighting organization, and was suspended by the National Football League.

Football
CFL
Toronto (2-6) 13 @ Winnipeg (5-2-1) 15