November 14, 2017

600 years ago
1417

Religion
Martin V began his reign as Roman Catholic Pope, ending a two-year vacancy after the forced resignation of Gregory XII.

200 years ago
1817

Died on this date
Policarpa Salavarrieta, 22. Colombian spy. Miss Salavarrieta was a seamstress who acted as a spy for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She and her brother Bibiano were arrested, and Miss Salavarrieta, her lover Alejo Sabaraín, and six others were executed by firing squad for treason. Miss Salavarrieta is regarded as a heroine of the struggle for Colombian independence, and November 14 is annually celebrated as the "Day of the Colombian Woman."

150 years ago
1867

Americana
The United States concluded a treaty with Denmark, purchasing the West Indies islands of St. Thomas, San Juan, and Santa Cruz for $11.5 million.

120 years ago
1897

Born on this date
John Steuart Curry. U.S. artist. Mr. Curry was known for his paintings of rural life in his native Kansas, and with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, was hailed as one of the great figures of American Regionalism. He wasn't hailed in his native state, however, as many Kansans thought he portrayed the state in a negative light. Mr. Curry's most famous work is Tragic Prelude (1938-1940), one of two murals he completed for the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. He died of a heart attack on August 29, 1946 at the age of 48.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Park Chung-hee. 3rd President of South Korea, 1963-1979. General Park first came to power as head of a military coup in 1961. He was elected President in 1963 and instituted martial law in 1972. President Park was assassinated by his close friend Kim Jae-gyu, the director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, on October 26, 1979 at the age of 62.

80 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Jack O'Connor, 71. U.S. baseball player and manager. Mr. O'Connor was a catcher, outfielder, and infielder with seven major league teams from 1887-1910, batting .263 with 19 home runs and 738 runs batted in in 1,452 games. He managed the Browns in 1910, and was fired after leading the team to a dismal 47-107 record.

75 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): White Christmas--Bing Crosby (3rd week at #1)

War
British forces in Libya took El Gazala, west of Tobruk, and continued to pursue Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps toward Derna.

Diplomacy
El Salvador severed relations with the Vichy French regime.

Crime
A U.S. federal jury in Chicago convicted six German-Americans of treason for aiding and sheltering Herbert Hans Haupt, a Nazi saboteur who had been executed on August 8.

Football
CRU
Ottawa Senior City Football League
Rough Riders (3-1) 6 Civil Service (0-4) 0

ORFU
Toronto Oakwood Indians (3-6) 15 Toronto RCAF Hurricanes (7-1-1) 6
Toronto Balmy Beach (6-3) 6 HMCS York (5-3-1) 0
Kitchener-Waterloo (0-9) 1 @ Hamilton (5-4) 20

Indians' quarterback Annis Stukus scored all of his team's points on a 19-yard touchdown rush, a 25-yard fumble return for a touchdown, a 32-yard field goal, a convert, and a single as he outduelled his brother Bill, who was quarterbacking the Hurricanes. Jack Alexander opened the scoring when he rushed 1 yard for an RCAF touchdown. Fred Kijek scored the Hurricanes' other point on a punt single in the 3rd quarter. Notty Nottingham of the Indians suffered a broken left leg. 4,000 fans were in attendance for the first game of a doubleheader at Varsity Stadium.

Sammy Sward blocked a punt and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter as Balmy Beach blanked HMCS York. Bob Reid's convert was blocked, but Mr. Sward kicked a single for the game's final point. Bob Cosgrove made 3 interceptions for Balmy Beach in the second game of the doubleheader at Varsity Stadium.

Hamilton quarterback Hardy Awrey rushed for a touchdown and caught a touchdown pass from Joe Krol as the Wildcats beat the Panthers. George Slinn threw a touchdown pass to Gordon Miller in the 4th quarter and then passed to Mr. Southwick for the convert. Al Lenard converted the first touchdown and added a field goal. Doug Smith punted for a single for the Panthers' only point in the 3rd quarter.

Canadian Army-Canadian university (Exhibition)
Canadian Army 15 @ University of British Columbia 6

Joe Woodcock and Pinker Pine scored touchdowns as a Canadian Army squad defeated the Thunderbirds in a game of American football in Vancouver.

70 years ago
1947

War
Allied deputy foreign ministers meeting in London failed to agree on an agenda for discussion of the German and Austrian peace treaties.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly approved the U.S. proposal for the creation of a UN commission to supervise elections in Korea. A Soviet proposal for withdrawal of U.S. and U.S.S.R. troops from the country by the end of the year was defeated.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman assured federal employees that the Civil Service Loyalty Review Board would provide political suspects with a list of charges against them, which they would be allowed to answer. He denied that the board was created to conduct a "witch hunt" in the civil service.

Economics and finance
The French cabinet increased public transit fares and gas and electricity rates in an effort to preserve the value of the franc.

Labour
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors signed with the U.S.A.'s 132 Class A railroads for a 15c hourly wage increase, affecting 200,000 workers.

Boxing
Billy Fox (44-1) scored a technical knockout of Jake LaMotta (64-12-3) in the 4th round of a light heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. In 1960, Mr. LaMotta admitted, before a U.S. congressional investigating committee, to having thrown the fight in order to get a fight for the world middleweight title.



60 years ago
1957

War
30 Cuban guerrillas were reported killed in a clash with government troops in Pilon in the province of Oriente.

Diplomacy
King Faisal of Iraq and King Saud of Saudi Arabia urged Syria and Egypt to halt propaganda attacks on the regime of Jordan's King Hussein.

Defense
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking in Oklahoma City, promised that the United States would hasten the process of building more strategic long-range bombers and bases on which to place them, while developing long-range missiles. General John Medaris, chief of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency, said that the Army had solved the reentry problem for both long- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

West German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss said that West Germany would not succumb to "rocket psychosis" and permit Bundeswehr units to be armed with nuclear missiles within the foreseeable future.

Crime
The "Apalachin Meeting" of approximately 100 Mafia leaders in rural Tioga County, New York was raided by law enforcement; more than 60 Mafiosi were arrested while trying to flee.

Baseball
The Baseball Writers Association of America named Milwaukee Braves' right fielder Hank Aaron as the National League's Most Valuable Player for 1957. Mr. Aaron batted .322 and led the NL with 44 home runs and 132 runs batted in in 151 regular season games, and batted .393 with 3 home runs and 7 RBIs s the Braves beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 3 in the World Series.

50 years ago
1967

On television tonight
The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Prophet

South Americana
The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declared this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman."

Politics and government
Paul McCloskey won the Republican Party nomination for an election to be held in mid-December to represent California's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives. Second among the 11 candidates, and the only woman, was former actress Shirley Temple Black, 39, best known under her maiden name. The Democratic Party candidate was Roy Archibald.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Just Want to Be Your Everything--Andy Gibb (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wanted (Shimei Tehai)--Pink Lady (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Rockollection--Laurent Voulzy (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, 81. Indian religious leader. Swami Prabhupada, born Abhay Charan De, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness--popularly known as the Hare Krishna Movement--in New York City in 1966. He spent his remaining years building the organization and died in India.

Diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin formally invited Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to visit Israel and address the Knesset. Five days earlier, Mr. Sadat had expressed a willingness to discuss procedural difficulties in reconvening a Geneva conference on Middle East peace, saying, "I am ready to go to the Israeli parliament itself."

Labour
British firefighters claimed widespread support for their first national strike, over a demand for a 30% pay increase. The 30,000-member Fire Brigades Union claimed that 97.5% of its members had heeded the strike call.

Disasters
A typhoon swept the northern Philippines, leaving 80 people dead and 50,000 homeless. 47 of the dead perished in a wind-swept fire at the Filipinas Hotel in Manila.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Faith--George Michael

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La Bamba--Los Lobos (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Faith--George Michael

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Got My Mind Set on You--George Harrison

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): You Win Again--Bee Gees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): China in Your Hand--T'Pau

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)
2 Mony Mony (Live)--Billy Idol
3 (I've Had) The Time of My Life--Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
4 Brilliant Disguise--Bruce Springsteen
5 Breakout--Swing Out Sister
6 Bad--Michael Jackson
7 Heaven is a Place on Earth--Belinda Carlisle
8 Causing a Commotion--Madonna
9 Little Lies--Fleetwood Mac
10 Casanova--Levert

Singles entering the chart were Honestly by Stryper (#81); Hazy Shade of Winter by the Bangles (#83); I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man by Prince (#86); We've Only Just Begun by Glenn Jones (#87); Don't Shed a Tear by Paul Carrack (#88); The Border by Mr. Mister (#89); and Strap Me In by the Cars (#90). Hazy Shade of Winter was from the movie Less Than Zero (1987).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Mony Mony (Live)--Billy Idol (3rd week at #1)
2 Causing a Commotion--Madonna
3 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
4 I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany
5 Bad--Michael Jackson
6 Heaven is a Place on Earth--Belinda Carlisle
7 Paper in Fire--John Cougar Mellencamp
8 Only in My Dreams-Debbie Gibson
9 Try--Blue Rodeo
10 Lost in Emotion--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Singles entering the chart were Animal by Def Leppard (#90); Catch Me (I'm Falling) by Pretty Poison (#92); Need You Tonight by INXS (#93); Never Thought (I Could Love) by Dan Hill (#95); I'm Beggin' You by Supertramp (#96); and Only Time Will Tell by Saga (#97).

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 6 @ Philadelphia 0
Chicago 0 @ Montreal 3

Ken Wregget earned the shutout in goal for the Maple Leafs as they shut out the Flyers at the Spectrum.

Football
CIAU
Atlantic Bowl @ Huskies Stadium, Halifax
McGill 30 @ St. Mary’s 29

Chuck Petitpas kicked a 45-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining in regulation time to give the Redmen their win over the Huskies and enable McGill to advance to the Vanier Cup for the first time since 1969. The winning kick was set up by a McGill interception of a Chris Flynn pass at their own 17-yard line. McGill quarterback Bryan Fuller completed 4 passes in the final 42 seconds to put his team in position for the winning field goal. St. Mary’s had taken the lead on a 69-yard touchdown run by Jim Fitzsimmons on a fake punt with 7 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter.

Western Bowl @ Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver
Wilfrid Laurier 31 @ British Columbia 33

Cornerback Mark Nykoliachuk returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown with 2 minutes and 4 seconds remaining in regulation time to give the defending Vanier Cup champion Thunderbirds their victory over the Golden Hawks. The lead changed hands seven times in the game, in which UBC amassed 475 yards net offense to 464 for WLU. UBC quarterback Jordan Gagner completed 22 of 38 passes for a team record 427 yards.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Junrenka--Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Erotica--Madonna (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Because the Night--Co.Ro featuring Tarlisa (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Too Much Love Will Kill You--Brian May

#1 single in France (SNEP): Dur dur d'être bébé!--Jordy (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): How Do You Talk to an Angel--The Heights

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 End of the Road--Boyz II Men (9th week at #1)
2 How Do You Talk to an Angel--The Heights
3 I'd Die Without You--PM Dawn
4 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
5 Free Your Mind--En Vogue
6 Erotica--Madonna
7 Jump Around--House of Pain
8 Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap!
9 Real Love--Mary J. Blige
10 What About Your Friends--TLC

Singles entering the chart were Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses by U2 (#75); Never a Time by Genesis (#80); Faithful by Go West (#83); No Ordinary Love by Sade (#85); Baby I'm for Real by After 7 (#89); and Really Into You by Around the Way (#92).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Walking on Broken Glass--Annie Lennox
2 Layla--Eric Clapton
3 Song Instead of a Kiss--Alannah Myles
4 Would I Lie to You?--Charles & Eddie
5 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
6 Digging in the Dirt--Peter Gabriel
7 Washed Away--Tom Cochrane
8 Am I the Same Girl--Swing Out Sister
9 Do You Believe in Us--Jon Secada
10 I Will Be Here for You--Michael W. Smith

Singles entering the chart were Never a Time by Genesis (#65); Heartbreak Radio by Roy Orbison (#77); Music Man by 54-40 (#82); Doin' Fine by Barney Bentall (#87); Wicked as it Seems by Keith Richards (#88); Groovin' in the Midnight by Maxi Priest (#91); These are Days by 10,000 Maniacs (#92); Real Love by Mary J. Blige (#93); Taste It by INXS (#94); Someone Like You by Stan Meissner (#95); and Here in the Heart by Daniel Lavoie (#97).

Football
CIAU
Atlantic Bowl @ Huskies Stadium, Halifax
Calgary 11 @ St. Mary’s 23

The Huskies scored 2 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter as they defeated the Dinosaurs to advance to the Vanier Cup. Trailing 7-1, they scored on a 60-yard pass from David Sykes to Sean Mongey and a 1-yard rush by Brian Johnson. Mr. Johnson’s touchdown came after a 96-yard rush by Anthony Oxley to the Calgary 1-yard line. Mr. Oxley finished with 116 yards on 9 carries. Mr. Sykes, who completed just 4 of 16 passes on a windy day, threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Williams in the 2nd half. The St. Mary’s defense sacked Calgary quarterback Jason Assen 4 times, and stopped the Dinosaurs twice on third-down gambles in the 3rd quarter, including one from the Huskies’ 3-yard line. Calgary running back Craig Kittelson, who had set a Canadian record for yards rushing in a season in 1992, was held to 75 yards on 22 carries before leaving with a hip injury in the 4th quarter of his final game as a Dinosaur.



Churchill Bowl @ SkyDome, Toronto
Queen’s 23 Guelph 16

Aron Campbell intercepted a Wally Gabler pass and returned it to the Guelph 8-yard line with 33 seconds remaining in regulation time to preserve the win for the Golden Gaels over the Gryphons before 8,000 fans. Queen’s led 17-2 at halftime, but completed just 2 passes in the 2nd half. Mr. Gabler threw 47 passes and gained over 300 yards, but allowed 3 interceptions.



20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Barbie Girl--Aqua (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Burnin'--Cue

Died on this date
Jack Pickersgill, 92. Canadian politician. Mr. Pickersgill was a career civil servant and adviser to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Louis St. Laurent before entering politics as a Liberal, representing the Newfoundland rising of Bonavista-Twillingate from 1953-1967. He held various cabinet posts, including Secretary of State for Canada and Minister of Transport.

Eddie Arcaro, 81. U.S. jockey. Mr. Arcaro won 4,779 races in a career that spanned 30 years. He won the Triple Crown aboard Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948, and remains the only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners. Mr. Arcaro was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1958.

Reena Virk, 14. Canadian crime victim. Miss Virk, a member of a Jehovah's Witness family who had immigrated from India and settled in Saanich, British Columbia, was swarmed, severely beaten, and drowned by six classmates under Craigflower Bridge in Victoria.