August 25, 2017

150 years ago
1867

Born on this date
James W. Gerard. U.S. diplomat. Mr. Gerard was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician in New York City who served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1913-1917. He officially left office on February 5, 1917, two days after diplomatic relations between the countries were severed, and he left Germany. Mr. Gerard died on September 6, 1951 at the age of 84.

Died on this date
Michael Faraday, 75. U.K. scientist. Mr. Faraday was one of the most influential scientists in history, contributing greatly to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. As a chemist, he discovered benzene, and invented an early form of the Bunsen burner. Mr. Faraday's accomplishments were too numerous to be recorded here.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Mel Ferrer. U.S. actor and director. Mr. Ferrer was best known for his performances in the movies Rancho Notorious (1952); Scaramouche (1952); Lili (1953); and War and Peace (1956). He was married five times, most notably to actress Audrey Hepburn from 1954-1968. Mr. Ferrer died on June 2, 2008 at the age of 90.

Crime
A Calgary court handed death sentences to Sinnisiak and Uluksuk, two Inuit found guilty of the 1913 murder of an Oblate missionary, in the first trial of Inuit in a Canadian court. Hired by two Oblates to act as guides in the Coppermine district of the Northwest Territories, the two Inuit killed the priests and stole some of their goods during a dispute, when one of the priests struck Sinnisiak. The Northwest Mounted Police arrested the men in 1916 and brought them to Calgary. The sentences were later commuted to life imprisonment, and they were released two years later.

80 years ago
1937

Health
The government of Ontario announced a delay of school openings due to a polio epidemic sweeping southern Ontario.

75 years ago
1942

Died on this date
Prince George, Duke of Kent, 39. Prince George, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, became a Group Captain and later an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force, and was killed with 13 others on board RAF Short Sunderland flying boat W4026, which crashed into a hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland, while flying from Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, to Iceland on non-operational duties.

War
In the second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal was turned back by an Allied air attack.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Peg o' My Heart--The Harmonicats (9th week at #1)
--Three Suns
--Art Lund
--Buddy Clark
--Clark Dennis
2 That's My Desire--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Frankie Laine and Mannie Klein's All-Stars
3 Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)--Perry Como and the Satisfiers
4 I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
5 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)--Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
--Phil Harris and his Orchestra
6 Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)--Red Ingles and his Natural Seven
7 Across the Alley from the Alamo--The Mills Brothers
8 Ivy--Jo Stafford
--Woody Herman with the Four Chips
9 Tallahassee--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
10 Feudin' and Fightin'--Dorothy Shay
--Jo Stafford
--Bing Crosby and the Jesters

Singles entering the chart were Oh! My Achin' Heart by the Mills Brothers (#20); Whiffenpoof Song by Bing Crosby with Fred Waring and his Glee Club (#21); Lazy River by the Mills Brothers (#23); Kate (Have I Come Too Early, Too Late) by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (#28); Without Music by Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (#30); Blue Tail Fly by the Andrews Sisters and Burl Ives (#33); Blue Tail Fly (#33, charting with the version by the Andrews Sisters and Burl Ives/An Apple Blossom Wedding (#40) by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra; Mother, Mother, Mother (Is it Good or is it Bad) by Beryl Davis (#36); All My Love, with versions by Dinah Shore, and Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (#39); and An Apple Blossom Wedding by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#40, charting with the version by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra).

Aviation
Major Marion Carl set a world speed record of 650.6 miles per hour in a D-558 Skystreak at Muroc Lake, California.

60 years ago
1957

Golf
Ken Venturi won the Milwaukee Open; first prize money was $6,000.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: All You Need is Love--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)

Edmonton's top 10 (CJCA)
1 Words/Pleasant Valley Sunday--The Monkees
2 All You Need is Love--The Beatles
3 Little Bit o' Soul--The Music Explosion
4 Thank the Lord for the Night Time--Neil Diamond
5 To Love Somebody--The Bee Gees
6 Laborer--The 49th Parallel
7 Silence is Golden--The Tremeloes
8 Carrie-Anne--The Hollies
9 Light My Fire--The Doors
10 Come Back When You Grow Up--Bobby Vee and the Strangers
Pick hit of the week: Twelve Thirty--The Mamas and the Papas
New this week: Gimme Little Sign--Brenton Wood
Hey Joe--Cher
A Little Bit Now--The Dave Clark Five
Even the Bad Times are Good--The Tremeloes
You Can't Do That--Nilsson

Died on this date
Stanley Bruce, 84. Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-1929. Mr. Bruce, a member of the Nationalist Party, was first elected to Parliament in 1918, and led the party from 1923 until running afoul of labour unions and losing the government and his seat in the general election in 1929. He remained with the NP when it became the United Australia Party in 1931, and briefly served as assistant treasurer in the government of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons before serving as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1933-1945.

Paul Muni, 71. Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. actor. Mr. Muni, born Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, moved to Chicago with his parents in 1902. Yiddish was his first language, and he began his career in Yiddish theatre before moving to Broadway in 1926 and then to Hollywood in 1929. Mr. Muni won the Academy Award for his starring performance in The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), and was nominated for Oscars for The Valiant (1929); I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); The Life of Emile Zola (1937); and The Last Angry Man (1959).

Emmett Nelson, 62. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Nelson played with the Cincinnati Reds frm 1935-1936, compiling a record of 5-4 with an earned run average of 4.07 in 25 games. He was 67-53 in eight minor league seasons from 1932-1939.

George Lincoln Rockwell, 49. U.S. politician and activist. Mr. Rockwell was a Commander in the United States Navy, serving in World War II and the Korean War. In March 1959 he founded the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS), which was renamed the American Nazi Party nine months later. Mr. Rockwell attracted attention to himself and his party through such activities as public speeches and counter-protests against Negro civil rights marches. Mr. Rockwell was shot and killed as he was getting into his car outside a laundromat in Arlington, Virginia. The assassin, John Patler, had been a close associate of Mr. Rockwell, but had been expelled from the party several months earlier over differences in policy.

Music
The Woodward's Salute to Youth took place before a crowd of 3,700--young girls, according to Lori Hall of The Edmonton Journal--a the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. Mike Marshall, evening shift disc jockey at CHED, was the emcee. Dino, Desi and Billy were the headline act, with the Guess Who, Willie and the Walkers, Barry Allen and the Southbound Freeway as the other acts. The 1967-68 Fashionettes also appeared. Tickets were priced at $1.50.

The Beach Boys performed at Honolulu International Center for the first of two nights of concerts that were recorded and intended to be released as a live album titled Lei'd in Hawaii. Brian Wilson accompanied the group for his first live appearances since 1964, while Bruce Johnston declined

The Monkees performed at Seattle Center Coliseum, the first of three concerts that provided the material for the album Live 1967, released in 1987.

Law
The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories dismissed the Crown's application for leave to appeal in R. v. Drybones, upholding the June 5 ruling of Justice W.G. Morrow of the Territorial Court that section 94(b) of the Indian Act--which prohibited Indians from drinking alcohol off a reserve--contravened section 1(b) of the Canadian Bill of Rights, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race. Joseph Drybones had been found intoxicated in the lobby of the Old Stope Hotel in Yellowknife and charged with violating section 94(b) of the Indian Act. Justice Morrow acquitted Mr. Drybones on the grounds that section 94(b) of the Indian Act violated section 1(b) of the Bill of Rights because Mr. Drybones had been charged with an offense only because he was an Indian.

Politics and government
Eric Gairy took office as Premier of Grenada, the day after leading his Grenada United National Party to victory in the British colony's general election.

Argentine President Juan Carlos Ongania signed into law a 28-article bill to curb Communists.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (2-2) 18 @ Saskatchewan (3-1) 24

Continental League
Jackie Parker quit as head coach of the Toronto Rifles, two days before the team was to open its season in Akron. He objected to the fact that the team would be cutting corners financially, contrary to what the team's owners had promised. He was replaced by quarterback Bubba Marriott.

Baseball
The Kansas City Athletics released first baseman Ken Harrelson. Mr. Harrelson was batting .305 with 6 home runs and 30 runs batted in with Kansas City, after batting .203 with 3 homers and 10 RBIs in 26 games with the Washington Senators earlier in the season before being sold to the Athletics on June 9. Mr. Harrelson had recently reportedly referred to Athletics' owner Charlie Finley as a "menace to baseball."

Dean Chance pitched a no-hitter for the Minnesota Twins as they edged the Cleveland Indians 2-1 in the second game of a doubleheader before 10,519 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. The only run against Mr. Chance was scored in the 1st inning as the result of 2 bases on balls, an error, and a wild pitch. Mr. Chance improved his record for the season to 17-9, while losing pitcher Sonny Siebert, who balked home Cesar Tovar with the winning run in the 6th inning, allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 8 innings. In the first game, Harmon Killebrew hit his annual triple to drive home Tony Oliva, and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Sandy Valdespino to break a 4-4 tie as the Twins won 6-5. Joe Azcue hit a solo home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th.

The New York Yankees scored 4 runs in the 6th inning as they defeated the Washington Senators 7-5 in the first game of a doubleheader before 16,790 fans at District of Columbia Stadium. Joe Verbanic allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 6 1/3 innings to get the win as the Yankees won the second game 2-1.

John Hiller pitched a 6-hit shutout, and Dick McAuliffe, Bill Freehan, and Eddie Mathews hit solo home runs as the Detroit Tigers blanked the Kansas City Athletics 3-0 before 12,010 fans at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Losing pitcher Chuck Dobson allowed 5 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 innings.

Ken Berry singled home Sandy Alomar with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox and a split of their doubleheader before 34,580 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Cisco Carlos made his major league debut as Chicago's starting pitcher, allowing 4 hits and no runs in 6 1/3 innings. George Scott batted 4 for 5 and Carl Yastrzemski and Reggie Smith each had 3 hits to help the Red Sox win the first game 7-1. Jim Lonborg pitched a 7-hit complete game to improve his 1967 record to 17-6, while Gary Peters, in a rare poor performance, allowed 8 hits and 4 runs--all earned--in 1 2/3 innings to drop to 14-7.

Jim Bunning and Chris Short were the respective winning pitchers for the Philadelphia Phillies as they swept a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 and 6-2 before 13,696 fans at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

Vada Pinson's solo home run with 2 out in the top of the 5th inning broke a 1-1 tie and held up as the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds edged the Houston Astros 2-1 before 14,884 fans at the Astrodome. Winning pitcher Mel Queen allowed 5 hits and 1 earned run in 7+ innings.

40 years ago
1977

Oil
A three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel in New York ruled that a $1-billion 1976 federal sale of drilling rights off the northeast shore was valid, overturning a lower court decision in February that stated that the Interior Department environmental impact statement had been inadequate.

30 years ago
1987

Health
The Canadian Medical Association decided to allow physicians to disclose blood-test results of people infected with HIV, the AIDS virus; such disclosure was normally a breach of doctor-patient confidentiality.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high of 2,722.42.

25 years ago
1992

Politics and government
U.S. Representative Mickey Edwards (Republican—Oklahoma), chairman of the House Republican Party Committee, finished third in a Republican party primary in Oklahoma. Mr. Edwards had been declared one of the “worst abusers” of the House of Representatives bank by the House Ethics Committee after writing 386 overdraft cheques.

Disasters
Hurricane Andrew struck the coast of Louisiana with winds of 140 miles per hour. The eye of the hurricane was about 90 miles southwest of New Orleans.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Building a Mystery--Sarah McLachlan (4th week at #1)
2 Men in Black--Will Smith
3 Where's the Love--Hanson
4 It Could Happen to You--Blue Rodeo
5 Do You Know What it Takes--Hobyn
6 2 Become 1--Spice Girls
7 I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
8 Everybody--Backstreet Boys
9 Numb--Holly McNarland
10 Honey--Mariah Carey

Singles entering the chart were Marching to Mars by Sammy Hagar (#64); Just to See You Again by TRU-G'z (#72) C U When U Get There by Coolio (#77); Fade to Blue by 38 Special (#79); Trust Me by Amanda Marshall (#82); Sometimes by Brand New Heavies (#85); and Make My Mind by Universal Honey (#89).

Crime
A court in Berlin sentenced former East German leader Egon Krenz to 6 1/2 years in prison for the shooting deaths of four Germans attempting to escape East Germany over the Berlin Wall.

Business
The tobacco industry agreed to an $11.3 billion settlement with the state of Florida.

10 years ago
2007

Football
CFL
Hamilton (1-7) 9 @ Montreal (5-3) 27