November 13, 2017

1,150 years ago
867

Died on this date
Nicholas I, 67. Roman Catholic Pope, 858-867. Nicholas I, also known as Saint Nicholas the Great, succeeded Benedict III. His reign was characterized by a consolidation of papal authority. Nicholas I was succeeded and canonized by Adrian II.

375 years ago
1642

War
Royalist forces of King Charles I withdrew in the face of the Parliamentarian army and failed to take London in the Battle of Turnham Green in Middlesex.

130 years ago
1887

Protest
Irish protesters clashed with Metropolitan Police and the British Army in London on "Bloody Sunday."

120 years ago
1897

Football
CRU
ORFU
Finals
Hamilton 15 @ Osgoode Hall 8 (Hamilton won 2-game total points series 17-14)

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Vasantdada Patil. Indian politician. Mr. Patil, a member of the Indian National Congress Party, was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1977-1978 and 1983-1985 and Governor of Rajasthan from 1985-1987. He died on March 1, 1989 at the age of 71.

Robert Sterling. U.S. actor. Mr. Sterling, born William Steling Hart, appeared in supporting roles in such movies as Show Boat (1951) and in numerous television programs, but was best known for his co-starring role in the television comedy series Topper (1953-1955); he also co-starred in the television comedy series Ichabod and Me (1961-1962). He died on May 30, 2006 at the age of 88.

90 years ago
1927

Transportation
The Holland Tunnel opened to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking Jersey City, New Jersey to New York City.

80 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Mrs. Leslie Carter, 80. U.S. actress. Mrs. Carter, born Caroline Louise Dudley, appeared in plays and silent movies using her married name to spite her ex-husband. Her popularity peaked from the mid-1890s to the early 1900s.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (2-4) 5 @ Ottawa (3-3) 9
Hamilton (2-4) 5 @ Toronto (5-1) 18

Johnny Rocano punted for 4 singles and Tiny Herman added a field goal and a single as the Rough Riders overcame a 5-0 1st-quarter deficit to defeat the Indians before 7,000 rain-soaked fans at Lansdowne Park. Abe Eliowitz punted for 5 singles to give the Indians the lead in the 1st quarter when they had a favouring wind. It was Montreal's last game as the Indians after 2 seasons under that name. They became the Cubs in 1938.

Art West scored 2 touchdowns and Annis Stukus kicked 2 field goals as the Argonauts defeated the Tigers on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Varsity Stadium. Mr. Stukus's field goals gave Toronto a 6-0 after halftime lead. Teddy Manorek scored a touchdown for the Tigers to make the score 6-5 early in the 3rd quarter. This seemed to wake up the Argonauts, who controlled the rest of the game.

Canadian university
Western (3-2-1) 4 @ McGill (1-5) 0
Toronto (3-2-1) 0 @ Queen's (4-2) 3

Jack Kennedy punted for 2 singles in each of the 1st and 3rd quarters as the Mustangs blanked the Redmen before 700 fans on a rainy day at Molson Stadium in Montreal.

Johnny Munro punted for 3 singles in the 4th quarter to give the Tricolor their win over the Varsity Blues before 3,000 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston. Rain had been falling steadily for 23 hours by the time the game started, turning the field into a quagmire. The results of the games meant that Western would visit Toronto for a sudden-death semi-final one week hence.

75 years ago
1942

At the movies
Nightmare, directed by Tim Whelan, and starring Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy, and Henry Daniell, opened in theatres.



Died on this date
Daniel J. Callaghan, 52. U.S. military officer. Rear Admiral Callaghan was on the bridge of USS San Francisco during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal when he and most of his command staff were killed by incoming Japanese fire. Rear Admiral Callaghan was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

War
The German battleship Tirpitz was sunk by British bombers in the harbour of Tromso, Norway. As U.S. and U.K. forces advanced toward Tunis, reports indicated that French forces there were resisting Germans landing by sea and air. British forces in Libya took Bardia and Tobruk while advancing guards closed in on El Gazala, west of Tobruk. Costa Rican coast guards reportedly repulsed a landing attempt from a German submarine in the Limon area. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered immediate shipment of weapons, supplies, and food through Lend-Lease to civilians of North Africa occupied by Allied forces.

Diplomacy
Panama and Honduras severed relations with the Vichy French regime.

Based on information supplied from the United States, the Argentine government launched an investigation of Axis espionage.

Defense
Pacific Bridge Company's shipyard in Alameda, California launched the 4,000-ton freighter Samuel Very, 3 days and 8 1/2 hours after the keel was laid.

Politics and government
French armed forces chief Admiral Jean-Francois Darlan announced in a broadcast from Algiers that he had assumed responsibility for French interests in North Africa.

Labour
Philip Murray was re-elected President and James B. Murray secretary-treasurer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the CIO's convention in Boston.

Boxing
World lightweight champion Sammy Angott announced his retirement from boxing because of a broken hand that had failed to heal after surgery. Mr. Angott had held the title since 1940; he came out of retirement just four months later.

70 years ago
1947

Literature
Andre Gide of France was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight."

Diplomacy
Ukraine was chosen as a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council after India dropped its challenge, while the UN General Assembly approved a U.S. proposal for the creation of an Interim Committee on Peace and Security.

The United Kingdom rejected a U.S.-U.S.S.R. plan calling for British troops to maintain order in Palestine during the transition period following the end of the British mandate. U.K. delegate Sir Alexander Cadogan informed the United Nations of Britain's decision to withdraw all troops from Palestine by August 1, 1948.

Politics and government
Hugh Dalton resigned as U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer at the request of Prime Minister Clement Attlee, allegedly for disclosing budget data to the press. Mr. Dalton was succeeded by Economic Affairs Minister Sir Stafford Cripps.

California Governor Earl Warren authorized his supporters to enter his name in the state primary for the 1948 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination, but said that he would seek no delegates in other states.

Technology
The U.S.S.R. completed development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

Labour
140,000 members of Argentina's Metal Workers Union struck for higher wages at the largest plants of the nation's metal industry.

Basketball
PBLA
The Midwestern and Southern-based Professional Basketball League of America, which had played its first games on October 25, disbanded, unable to compete against the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. The Chicago Gears had the PBLA's best record at 8-0, while the Atlanta Crackers were leading the Southern Division at 7-1. Chicago center George Mikan was leading in total points (193) and points per game (24.1).

60 years ago
1957

Diplomacy
Faced with a threatened Soviet boycott of the 11-nation United Nations Disarmament Commission, the U.S.A., France, United Kingdom, and Canada agreed to ask that the General Assembly approve the expansion of the commission to 21 members.

The U.K. Foreign Office said that the independent oil-producing sheikhdom of Bahrein Island was under British protection, and warned that Sheikh Sulman bin Hamad al Khalifah's regime would be defended against Iran. Iranian Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi had instructed his government the previous day to prepare a bill assertiong Iranian sovereignty over Bahrein.

Defense
Members of the Military Commission of the North Atlantic Traty Organization parliamentary conference demanded that the United States and United Kingdom give up their nuclear weapons duopoly and distribute tactical weapons among other NATO member states.

Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the convictions under the Smith Act of four Communists from Philadelphia and granted new trials to five others convicted under the Act.

Boxing
Eddie Machen (24-0) scored a technical knockout over Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson (29-7-1) when referee Frankie Carter stopped their heavyweight bout at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California after the 10th round of a scheduled 12.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Semi-Final
Montreal 24 @ Ottawa 15

Avatus Stone rushed for a touchdown in the 1st quarter and Joel Wells and Pat Abbruzzi rushed for touchdowns in the 3rd quarter as the Alouettes built a 20-1 lead and coasted to victory over the Rough Riders before 15,000 fans at Lansdowne Park. Bobby Judd rushed 4 yards for the first Ottawa touchdown with 1:20 remaining in the 3rd quarter, and Tom Dimitroff completed an 83-yard TD pass to George Brancato with 6:55 remaining in the 4th quarter. Gary Schreider converted both Ottawa TDs to reduce the deficit to 21-15 and had two chances to take the lead, but both drives were snuffed out by interceptions. On the second, Hal Patterson intercepted on his own 15-yard line and appeared to be headed for a Montreal touchdown, but he was tripped by a spectator at the Ottawa 25. Bill Bewley kicked a field goal with 15 seconds remaining to put the game away.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Los Chicos con las Chicas--Los Bravos (3rd week at #1)

Boxing
Brian London (37-15) won a 10-round decision over Zora Folley (76-9-4) in a heavyweight bout at Liverpool Stadium.



40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Float On--The Floaters

Diplomacy
Somalia, which had been the U.S.S.R.'s prime ally in East Africa for eight years, expelled all Soviet advisers--ordering them to leave within seven days--and broke diplomatic relations with Cuba. In expelling the Soviets, Somalia ended U.S.S.R. use of strategic naval facilities on the Indian Ocean. The Cubans were given 48 hours to leave the country. The move was spurred by Somalian anger over Soviet support for Ethiopia in the four-month-old war in Ethiopia's Ogaden district, and by the presence there of Cuban advisers. In a statement over Mogadishu radio, Somali Minister of Information Abdulkassim Salad Hassan attacked "governments that have brazenly interfered in the struggle of the peoples fighting for their liberation from the Ethiopian government" and charged that their "intention is to launch a joint attack on Somalia."

Politics and government
Jean Pelletier was elected Mayor of Quebec City, with a majority of 8,000 votes over his main opponent, Pierre Racicot of the Rassemblement populaire.

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
Toronto 16 @ Ottawa 21

The Argonauts trailed the Rough Riders 21-2 in the 4th quarter at Lansdowne Park, but James Marshall returned an interception for a touchdown, and Leon McQuay caught a pass for another TD, reducing the deficit to 21-16. The Argonauts appeared to be marching toward the possible winning touchdown in the final minute, but Toronto quarterback Chuck Ealey fumbled when hit by Ottawa defensive linemen Mike Fanucci and Mike Riley, and Ottawa recovered, prompting Toronto head coach Leo Cahill to visibly express his disappointment.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): You Win Again--Bee Gees (4th week at #1)

Diplomacy
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Miguel Cardinal Obanda y Bravo, who had been appointed several days earlier by Mr. Ortega as a mediator between the Sandanista government and Contra rebels, met in Washington with Jim Wright, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Ortega proposed a cease-fire plan that required Contras to lay down their arms and accept an amnesty. Contra leaders had said they would present their own plan. Mr. Wright’s involvement angered the U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan and Republican party leaders, who said that it was wrong for the Speaker to become involved in matters which were the prerogative of the President and Secretary of State.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that prices charged by producers for finished goods had declined 0.2% in October, the first such drop since July 1986.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (8th week at #1)

At the movies
Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed and co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves, opened in theatres (see video).



Law
Jack Major, 61, was elevated from the Alberta Court of Appeal to succeed retiring fellow Albertan William Stevenson on the Supreme Court of Canada.

The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): The Memory Remains--Metallica (3rd week at #1)

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named Colorado Rockies' right fielder Larry Walker as the National League's Most Valuable Player for 1997. Mr. Walker batted .366 with 49 home runs and 130 runs batted in and 33 stolen bases, leading the NL in homers and slugging percentage (.720), and second to Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres in batting. The native of Maple Ridge, British Columbia became the first Canadian to win a major league MVP award.

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Kazuhisa Inao, 70. Japanese baseball pitcher and manager. Mr. Inao played with the Nishitetsu Lions of the Pacific League from 1956-1969, compiling a record of 276-137 with an earned run average of 1.98. He helped the Lions to Japan Series championships in each of his first three seasons; in the 1958 series he pitched in 6 games, winning the last 4 straight after the Yomiuri Giants had won the first 3. Mr. Inao hit a home run in the fifth game of that series, and was named the series' Most Valuable Player. He won 20 straight games in 1957, and 42 games total in 1961, and was the PL's Rookie of the Year in 1956 and Most Valuable Player in 1957 and 1958. Mr. Inao injured his shoulder in 1964, and was mainly a relief pitcher after returning to full-time action in 1965. Upon retiring as a player. Mr. Inao managed the Nishitetsu and Taiheiyo Club Lions from 1970-1974 and the Lotte Orions from 1984-1986. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.