November 2, 2017

225 years ago
1792

Politics and government
Voting began in the U.S. Presidential election. Incumbent President George Washington ran unopposed; Vice-President John Adams, recipient of the second-highest number of votes cast, was re-elected under the system then in place.

190 years ago
1827

Born on this date
Paul de Lagarde. German orientalist. Professor Lagarde, born Paul Bِtticher, taught oriental languages at the University of Gِttingen. He was the most renowned scholar of the Septuagint in the 19th century, but he rejected the Bible as the Word of God, and opposed Christianity and Jews, advocating a German folkish religion, racial Darwinism, and German imperialism within Europe. Prof. Lagarde's ideas influenced Nazi ideology, especially that of theorist Alfred Rosenberg. Prof. Lagarde died on December 22, 1891 at the age of 64.

130 years ago
1887

Died on this date
Alfred Domett, 76. Colonial Secretary (Premier) of New Zealand, 1862-1863. Mr. Domett was a lawyer and poet in his native England before emigrating to New Zealand in 1842, and holding several offices before serving as Colonial Secretary. In November 1863, he moved that the N.Z. seat of government be moved; in 1865 it was moved from Auckland to Wellington. Mr. Domett was a member of the N.Z. Legislative Council from 1866-1874, but moved back to England in 1871, and his Legislative Council membership lapsed through absence.

Jenny Lind, 67. Miss Lind, "The Swedish Nightingale," was an opera singer whose popularity in Europe led to a very successful tour of the United States, performing 93 concerts from 1850-1852. She spent her later years in England, and died 27 days after her 67th birthday.

Communications
The first long-distance telephone call made on the Canadian Prairies took place, from Battleford to Edmonton, North-West Territories, more than 300 miles away.

125 years ago
1892

Born on this date
Alice Brady. U.S. actress. Miss Brady, born Mary Rose Brady, appeared in more than 80 films from 1914 until just before her death from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday. She won an Academy Award for her supporting performance in In Old Chicago (1937).

Politics and government
Edgar Dewdney was commissioned Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.

110 years ago
1907

Economics and finance
The creation of the Ottawa Royal Mint was announced.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (3-2) 5 @ Ottawa (2-3) 12

ORFU
(Montreal) Westmount (2-0) 9 @ Kingston (0-2) 4

Mr. Ferguson scored a touchdown for the Rough Riders in the 4th quarter as they came back from a 5-0 halftime deficit to defeat the Tigers in a heavy downpour at Varsity Oval. Mr. Grey scored the Hamilton touchdown in the 2nd quarter.

Mr. Baillie scored the only touchdown of the game in the 3rd quarter for Westmount as they defeated the Limestones at the Baseball Park.

Canadian university
Queen's (1-2-1) 0 @ McGill (1-3) 16

Mr. Smith scored 2 touchdowns and Mr. Hastings added 2 converts and a field goal for McGill as they shut out Queen's on a muddy field.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Ann Rutherford. Canadian-born U.S. actress. Miss Rutherford, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, moved to San Francisco as an infant. She played Polly Benedict in 13 movies in the Andy Hardy series from 1937-1942, and played Scarlett O'Hara's sister in Gone with the Wind (1939). Miss Rutherford died on June 11, 2012 at the age of 94.

Diplomacy
U.K. Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote a letter to Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, who was a prominent member of Britain's Jewish community. The letter, intended for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, became known as the "Balfour Declaration," proclaiming British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities."

World events
The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, held its first meeting.

80 years ago
1937

Hockey
NHL
Howie Morenz Memorial Game @ Montreal Forum
NHL All-Stars 6 @ Montreal All-Stars 5

The National Hockey League All-Stars took a 6-2 lead in the 3rd period and hung on to defeat the Montreal All-Stars before 8,683 fans in an exhibition game that was played as a benefit for the family of Montreal Canadiens' star Howie Morenz, who had died from a coronary embolism on March 8, less than six weeks after breaking his leg in a game. The Montreal team was composed of players from the Canadiens and the Maroons. Marty Barry of the Detroit Red Wings scored with 5 minutes left in the game, and that turned out to be the winning goal. Johnny Gagnon of the Canadiens scored 2 goals and an assist. The first annual NHL All-Star game took place 10 years later.

70 years ago
1942

At the movies
Once Upon a Honeymoon, directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers, received its premiere screening in Los Angeles.

War
British forces under General Bernard Montgomery began Operation Supercharge against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's German forces in Egypt. An estimated 2,500 Axis troops were reported trapped by Australian infantrymen between El Alamein and Sidi Abd el Rahman on he Mediterranean coast. After two nights of attacks upon the Buin-Faisi area in the northern Solomon Islands, Allied bombers claimed to have sunk or seriously damaged seven Japanese warships.

Journalism
The U.S. Army newspaper The Stars and Stripes became a daily publication, the first in U.S. Army history.

Economics and finance
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau announced that the Department had raised a record $6.836 billion in September.

70 years ago
1947

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring John Stanley and Alfred Shirley, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Copper Beeches

Music
The editors of Musical Digest named Brigham Young University professor Leroy Robertson as the winner of the $25,000 Henry H. Reichhold Symphonic Award for his composition Trilogy.

Aviation
In California, Howard Hughes piloted the maiden (and only) flight of his flying boat H-4 - Hercules, popularly known as the "Spruce Goose," and the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.



Politics and government
The Communist Party U.S.A. announced that it would not join the Cominform in Belgrade for fear of intensified repression.

Economics and finance
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Mackenzie King dropped price controls on sugar and molasses, ending over five years of wartime food rationing; items rationed included butter, meat, tea, coffee, preserves, nylon, and gasoline.

Basketball
PBLA
Chicago (3-0) 80 @ St. Joseph (0-3) 66
Springfield (1-1) 33 @ Tulsa (4-1) 46

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Around the World--Bing Crosby; Nat "King" Cole (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Köhlerliesel--Die Heimatsänger (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): That'll Be the Day--The Crickets (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wake Up Little Susie--The Everly Brothers (2nd week at #1)
2 Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley
3 Chances Are--Johnny Mathis
4 Silhouettes--The Rays
5 Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers
6 Fascination--Jane Morgan
7 Happy, Happy Birthday Baby--The Tune Weavers
8 Be-Bop Baby--Ricky Nelson
9 You Send Me--Sam Cooke
10 Tammy--Debbie Reynolds

Singles entering the chart were Party Time by Sal Mineo (#45); Liechtensteiner Polka by Will Glahe and his Orchestra (#47); When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano by Pat Boone (#50); and Ca, C'est l'Amour by Tony Bennett (#53). When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano was the B-side of April Love, charting at #23.

Diplomacy
The United States protested the arrest of Marine Sergeant Robert Mott, Jack Boghos, and Faiz Tawil, U.S. embassy personnel in Damascus.

Politics and government
The Soviet government announced that former Defense Minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov had been dismissed from the Communist Party Central Committee and Presidium.

Oddities
15 witnesses reported seeing a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning, but which others said was an unidentified flying object.

Medicine
The U.S. Public Health Service announced plans for synthetic production of antimetabolites to study their effect in inhibiting the growth of cancer.

Labour
Anthony Valente resigned as President of the United Textile Workers as demanded by the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Executive Council.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (9-4) 4 @ Ottawa (8-5) 9
Montreal (6-7) 27 @ Toronto (3-10) 40

WIFU
Edmonton (14-2) 23 @ Saskatchewan (3-12-1) 0
Winnipeg (12-4) 42 @ British Columbia (4-11-1) 19

ORFU
London (8-2-2) 18 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (8-3-1) 0
Toronto (0-12) 0 @ Sarnia (6-5-1) 56

Jackie Parker scored 2 touchowns, Normie Kwong added another, and Joe Mobra kicked a convert, field goal, and single as the Eskimos defeated the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina for their second straight shutout. Johnny Bright rushed for 70 of the Eskimos' 204 yards rushing. Edmonton defensive end Frank Anderson slipped on the frozen field and fell awkwardly, suffering a serious knee injury that ended his outstanding six-year career in Canadian football. It was also the last game for Frank Filchock as head coach of the Roughriders after five seasons; he produced four winning records, but reached the WIFU finals only once, and never led the Roughriders to the Grey Cup.

Dave Doane scored 2 touchdowns and Don Wright added 2 converts, a field goal, and a single as the Lords shut out the Dutchmen at Seagram Stadium in Waterloo to finish in first place in their second season in the Ontario Rugby Football Union.

Jim Waddell scored 6 touchdowns to lead the Golden Bears to their rout at Norm Perry Park in the last game in the 34-year history of Toronto Balmy Beach.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kitaguni no Futari (In a Lonesome City)--Jackey Yoshikawa and his Blue Comets

On television tonight
Dragnet 1968, starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Big High



Disasters
A U.S. Strategic Air Command BH-52 jet crashed near Rome, New York, killing six and injuring two.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Yes Sir, I Can Boogie--Baccara (2nd week at #1)

Agriculture
The U.S.S.R. reported that the 1977 grain harvest 214 million short tons (194 million metric tons) had fallen far short of Soviet plans and American estimates.

Crime
U.S. heiress Patty Hearst's 1975 conviction on charges of participating in a 1974 bank robbery was upheld, but she remained free on bail. Miss Hearst had participated in the robbery after being kidnapped from her apartment by members of the terrorist organization Symbionese Liberation Army.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 5 @ Vancouver 1

Don Ashby scored what turned out to be his last goal in a Toronto uniform to help the Maple Leafs defeat the Canucks at Pacific Coliseum in a game that was televised in western Canada.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): La Bamba--Los Lobos (6th week at #1)

Canadiana
Melinda Gillies, Miss London, was named Miss Canada 1988.

Politics and government
Premier Zhao Ziyang, a protégé of outgoing leader Deng Xiaoping, was elected general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. A new 18-member Politburo was elected, including seven new members.

World events
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, addressing 6,000 Communist Party officials and visitors in the Kremlin, accused the late dictator Josef Stalin of committing enormous crimes. Mr. Gorbachev stated that contrary to the beliefs of some, Mr. Stalin well knew that “wholesale repressive measures and acts of lawlessness” had occurred. Mr. Gorbachev added that a commission would investigate the possibility of rehabilitating the reputations of innocent victims of Mr. Stalin. In a speech marking the 70th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution, Mr. Gorbachev praised Mr. Stalin for his policy of farm collectivization and for his leadership during World War II.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Juppihippipunkkari (Remix)--Neljä Ruusua (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Prime Time News, on CBC

Prime Time News, beginning at 9 P.M., replaced the former national newscasts The National and The Journal.

Died on this date
Hal Roach, 100. U.S. movie producer. Mr. Roach was best known for putting Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy together as a comedy team, and also produced the Our Gang comedy films.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (5th week at #1)

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (7th week at #1)

Football
CFL
East Semi-Final
British Columbia 35 @ Montreal 45

West Semi-Final
Saskatchewan 33 @ Calgary 30

Mike Pringle rushed 32 times for 264 yards--a Canadian Football League record for a playoff game--to lead the Alouettes over the Lions before 16,257 fans on a rainy Sunday in the first CFL game at Molson Stadium since 1972. The Alouettes had been forced to vacate Olympic Stadium because of a scheduling conflict with a U2 concert. The Montreal offense, quarterbacked by Tracy Ham, built up a 32-12 halftime lead and coasted to victory. It was the only CFL game for backup B.C. fullback Vito Greco.



Quarterback Reggie Slack rushed for 102 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown with 1:04 remaining in regulation time, as the Roughriders upset the Stampeders before 20,369 fans at McMahon Stadium. Mr. Slack's touchdown gave Saskatchewan a 33-28 lead, but Mr. Slack's pass for a 2-point convert attempt was intercepted by Calgary defensive back Al Jordan, who returned it a playoff-record 115 yards for a defensive convert. The Stampeders then gained possession of the ball after the kickoff, but were unable to tie the game. Jeff Garcia started at quarterback for Calgary but left the game with an injury in the 1st quarter and was replaced by Dave Dickenson; Mr. Dickenson, seeing his first extended playing time in the CFL, played well, completing 25 of 36 passes for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns.



10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
The Fabulous Moolah, 84. U.S. wrestler. The Fabulous Moolah, whose real name was Mary Ellison, wrestled professionally for more than 40 years, and held the women's world championship four times from 1956-1984.

Protest
50,000-100,000 people demonstrated in Tbilisi against the allegedly corrupt government of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Football
CFL
Montreal (8-10) 17 @ Winnipeg (10-7-1) 20

Fred Reid rushed for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Blue Bombers over the Alouettes before 23,744 fans at Olympic Stadium. Troy Westwood converted both Winnipeg touchdowns and added field goals of 30 and 21 yards.