November 5, 2017

260 years ago
1757

War
Prussian forces of King Frederick the Great took just 90 minutes to defeat the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Rossbach in Saxony.

150 years ago
1867

Politics and government
Democrats won off-year elections in New York, New Jersey, and Maryland, while Republicans won in Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, and Wisconsin. Voters in Minnesota reject Negro suffrage by a majority of 1,298 votes, while voters in Kansas rejected Negro suffrage by a majority of 8,523, and female suffrage by a majority of 9,692.

A Reconstruction Constitutional Convention met in Montgomery, Alabama.

Protest
Serious bread riots occurred in Exeter, England.

130 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Paul Wittgenstein. Austrian-born musician. Mr. Wittgenstein, the older brother Ludwig Wittgenstein, was a concert pianist who lost his right arm after being wounded in the elbow while fighting in World War I. He continued to play with his left hand, and commissioned works from numerous composers, most notably Concerto for the Left Hand by Maurice Ravel (1932). Mr. Wittgenstein had the habit of altering the works commissioned for him, which often resulted in strained relations with the composers. He moved to New York in 1941, became an American citizen in 1946, and died on March 3, 1961 at the age of 73.

Football
CRFU
Dominion Final
Ottawa College 10 @ Montreal 5

Ottawa College led 10-4 at halftime of a rough game on the strength of two touchdowns (then worth 4 points each).

125 years ago
1892

Born on this date
John Alcock. U.K. military aviator. Captain Alcock served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force in World War I, winning the Distinguished Service Cross in 1917. He and navigator Arthur Brown completed the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, flying from St. John's, Newfoundland to Ireland on June 14-15, 1919. Captain Alcock was flying to an aeronautical exhibition in Paris when his plane crashed in fog on December 18, 1919, and he died shortly thereafter from a fractured skull at the age of 27.

J. B. S. Haldane. U.K.-born Indian geneticist, biologist, and mathematician. Professor Haldane was the leading popularizer of Darwinian evolution of his time, and was the first to promote the idea that life originated in a "primordial soup." He was an atheist and admirer of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Professor Haldane died on December 1, 1964 at the age of 72.

Football
ORFU
Final
Hamilton 14 @ Osgoode Hall 30

Osgoode Hall led 20-1 and coasted to victory before 2,500 fans.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Banarsi Das Gupta. Indian politician. Mr. Gupta, a member of the Indian National Congress party, was imprisoned many times for protesting British rule of India. He served as Chief Minister of Haryana from 1975-1977. Mr. Gupta died on August 29, 2007 at the age of 89.

World events
In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt led revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government; as Estonia and Russia were still using the Julian calendar, subsequent period references showed an October 23 date.

Agriculture
The Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden banned the use of grain to manufacture liquor for the duration of the Great War.

90 years ago
1927

Golf
Walter Hagen defeated Joe Turnesa 1 up at Cedar Crest Country Club in Dallas to win his fourth consecutive PGA Championship.

Football
IRFU
Ottawa (3-2-1) 4 @ Hamilton (5-0) 15
Montreal (1-5) 8 @ Toronto (1-3-1) 10

ORFU
Hamilton (2-3) 0 @ Toronto (4-0) 16

WCRFU
Semi-final
Regina 17 @ Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 2

Canadian university
Toronto (1-3) 8 @ McGill (2-1) 1

75 years ago
1942

Died on this date
George M. Cohan, 64. U.S. entertainer and producer. Mr. Cohan was known as "the father of American musical comedy," and "the man who owns Broadway," with a career that spanned more than 50 years. He wrote over 300 songs, and starred in and/or produced more than 50 plays. Mr. Cohan's few movies included The Phantom President (1932); he was the subject of the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), which resulted in James Cagney winning an Academy Award for his portrayal of Mr. Cohan. Mr. Cohan saw the movie shortly before his death from abdominal cancer.

War
U.S. forces repulsed several night counterattacks by Japanese forces west of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

Defense
U.S. War Secretary Henry L. Stimson announced the creation of a new military and naval decoration--the Legion of Merit--as an award for "extraordinary fidelity and essential service."

Politics and government
Republican candidate Thomas Dewey was elected Governor of New York, taking 52.1% of the vote to 36.4% for Democratic candidate John J. Bennett, Jr. and 9.8% for American Labor Party candidate Dean Alfange.

70 years ago
1947

World events
The Polish government announced the capture of three Peasant Party officials attempting to flee the country, including party treasurer Wincenty Bryja.

Politics and government
The United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee approved a U.S. plan for creation of a nine-nation commission to supervise free national elections in Korea by the end of March 1948.

The British House of Commons passed the Burmese independence bill on the second reading despite bitter criticism from former Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition Winston Churchill and other Conservatives.

U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall refused to order departmental hearings for 10 State Department employees dismissed as "potential security risks," claiming that he could not issue a full statement of charges "for security reasons."

Economics and finance
The French cabinet ended coal subsidies and raised the price of coal in an effort to reduce the budget deficit.

Labour
American Federation of Labor President William Green filed a National Labor Relations Board affidavit verifying that he was not a Communist.

Basketball
PBLA
St. Joseph (1-4) 54 @ Houston (2-0) 65
New Orleans (3-2) 56 @ St. Paul (2-1) 67
Waterloo (0-4) 44 @ Tulsa (5-1) 46 (OT)
Springfield (1-4) 54 @ Birmingham (2-1) 58

60 years ago
1957

Space
The United States government reportedly asked aerospace firms "to submit definite proposals for a rocket vehicle capable of reaching the moon."

Politics and government
Democrats scored impressive gains in off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York.

California Governor Goodwin Knight withdrew his candidacy for renomination and announced that he would run for the United States Senate.

French Prime Minister-designate Felix Gaillard presented a program to the National Assembly calling for new taxes and efforts toward a cease-fire in Algeria through negotiations with nationalist leaders.

Labour
Chicago labour relations consultant Nathan Shefferman, charged with operating a "union-busting" agency, refused to answer questions of the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Improper Labor-Management Activities.

Popular culture
Mrs. Nellie McGrail, clerical worker for a mail order firm in Manchester, won a record $574,658 on a two-penny chance in a British football pool.

50 years ago
1967

Died on this date
Terry Young, 46. U.S. boxer. Mr. Young was a lightweight and welterweight, compiling a record of 70-28-5 in a professional career from 1939-1953. He fought world champions Beau Jack (twice), Willie pep, and Sandy Saddler, with the highlight of his career probably being a 10-round split decision over Mr. Jack at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 20, 1948.

Space
The United States launched Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) 3 from Cape Kennedy, Florida.

Disasters
49 people were killed and 78 injured after a commuter train derailed between stations in south-east London. Singer Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and his wife Molly were among the survivors.

A Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 jet crashed into Hong Kong harbour on takeoff, but all but one of the 127 people aboard survived.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (10-4) 9 @ Toronto (5-8-1) 5
Saskatchewan (12-4) 24 @ Winnipeg (4-12) 14

In a driving rain before 24,146 fans at CNE Stadium, the Argonauts had possession of the ball at the Tiger-Cats' 14-yard line late in the game when Hamilton defensive back Ted Page hit Toronto quarterback Wally Gabler and forced a fumble, which the Tiger-Cats recoevered. Hamilton quarterback Joe Zuger used up all but the last 3 seconds, and Mr. Gabler's desperation pass on the last play was incomplete. It was the second straight game in which the Tiger-Cats didn't allow a touchdown.

George Reed scored 2 touchdowns to help the Roughriders defeat the Blue Bombers before 11,015 fans on a windy day at Winnipeg Stadium. Several fans attacked referee Al Dryburgh--who was from Winnipeg--at the end of the game, in protest at Mr. Dryburgh's ejection of Winnipeg guard Dwayne Crozier after a 4th-quarter fracas with Saskatchewan defensive lineman Ron Atchison. Among those whose CFL careers ended with this game were Winnipeg quarterback Kenny Ploen and offensive tackle Frank Rigney.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood--Santa Esmeralda

#1 single in Switzerland: Ballade pour Adeline--Richard Clayderman

#1 single in the Netherlands (Veronica Top 40): 't Smurfenlied--Vader Abraham

#1 single in Ireland: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie--Baccara

#1 single in the U.K (BMRB): The Name of the Game--ABBA

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Light Up My Life--Debby Boone (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You Light Up My Life--Debby Boone (5th week at #1)
2 Nobody Does it Better--Carly Simon
3 Boogie Nights--Heatwave
4 Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band--Meco
5 I Feel Love--Donna Summer
6 Brick House--Commodores
7 Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue--Crystal Gayle
8 That's Rock 'n' Roll--Shaun Cassidy
9 Keep it Comin' Love--K.C. and the Sunshine Band
10 Heaven on the 7th Floor--Paul Nicholas

Singles entering the chart were Point of Know Return by Kansas (#76); (Love Is) Thicker than Water by Andy Gibb (#78); Runaround Sue by Leif Garrett (#83); Serpentine Fire by Earth, Wind & Fire (#84); Mind Bender by Stillwater (#88); Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Santa Esmeralda (#93); Moondance by Van Morrison (#95); Time Bomb by Lake (#97); and Spaceship Superstar by Prims (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 You Light Up My Life--Debby Boone
2 Nobody Does it Better--Carly Simon
3 That's Rock 'n' Roll--Shaun Cassidy
4 Boogie Nights--Heatwave
5 Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band--Meco
6 I Feel Love--Donna Summer
7 Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')--Johnny Rivers
8 It was Almost Like a Song--Ronnie Milsap
9 Keep it Comin' Love--K.C. and the Sunshine Band
10 Cold as Ice--Foreigner

Singles entering the chart were Sentimental Lady by Bob Welch (#88); We are the Champions by Queen (#90); You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) by High Inergy (#91); Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other's Heart?) by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#92); Closer to the Heart by Rush (#93); Fill My Life with Love by Richard Tate (#94); Heaven's Just a Sin Away by the Kendalls (#95); Georgia Rhythm by Atlanta Rhythm Section (#96); Sweet Jamaica by Cat Stevens (#98); Red Hot by Robert Gordon with Link Wray (#99); and Echoes of Love by the Doobie Brothers (#100).

Died on this date
Guy Lombardo, 75. Canadian- born U.S. musician and speedboat racer. Mr. Lombardo, a native of London, Ontario, was a violinist who formed the Royal Canadians with brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor, and others from London in 1924. The band became known for "the sweetest music this side of heaven" in a recording caree that produced more than 300 hit singles from the late 1920s to the 1950s. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians were known for their annual New Year's Eve performances, at the Roosevelt Hotel, and later, the Waldorf Astoria, in New York City, which were broadcast in North America on radio, and later, television, until the late 1970s; their version of Auld Lang Syne became a standard. Mr. Lombardo was a speedboat racing champion in the 1940s and '50s, winning numerous trophies, including four straight U.S. national championships from 1946-1949. He was still active when he died of a heart attack or lung ailment in Houston, Texas.

Energy
U.S. President Jimmy Carter used his first veto to reject legislation authorizing $80 million for a nuclear reactor on the Clinch River in Tennessee, claiming that the project woud be "technically and econmically unnecessary," and that the plutonium-fueled reactor would "imperil the administration's policy to curb proliferation of nuclear weapons technology."

Boxing
Rodrigo Valdes (60-6-2) won the vacant world middleweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Bennie Briscoe (58-15-5) at Campione d'Italia in Rome.

Ken Norton (40-4) won a 15-round split decision over Jimmy Young (22-6-2) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in a World Boxing Council heavyweight title eliminator bout. The winner was to be the first challenger to face the winner of the February 15, 1978 title fight between champion Muhammad Ali and challenger Leon Spinks. Mr. Spinks won, but granted a rematch to Mr. Ali instead of facing Mr. Norton. The WBC then stripped Mr. Spinks of the title and recognized Mr. Norton as champion as the result of his win over Mr. Young.



Hockey
NHL
Boston 2 @ Montreal 5

Football
CFL
Calgary (4-12) 10 @ Toronto (6-10) 7
Winnipeg (10-6) 31 @ British Columbia (10-6) 21

After missing three straight field goal attempts, Cyril McFall finally kicked a field goal late in the game to break a 7-7 tie and give the Stampeders their only road win of the season, defeating the Argonauts on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Exhibition Stadium. Calgary offensive tackle Lloyd Fairbanks, who had suffered torn knee ligaments in the team's first pre-season game on June 15, was activated, but head coach Jack Gotta, fearful of further injury, allowed Mr. Fairbanks on the field for just one play.

Jim Washington's 8-yard touchdown rush on a third-down gamble late in the game clinched the Blue Bombers' win over the Lions before 30,580 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, preventing the Lions from clinching first place in the Western Football Conference.

30 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Eamonn Andrews, 64. Irish broadcaster. Mr. Andrews worked in radio and television in both Great Britain and Ireland, as a sportscaster and host of several television programs. From 1960-1964 he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority, overseeing the introduction of a state television broadcasting service to Ireland. Mr. Andrews died of heart failure, several months after contracting a virus while on a plane flight.

Diplomacy
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega returned from Moscow—where he may have received a promise of more Soviet aid—and offered a proposal for a cease-fire between government troops and Contra rebels supported by the United States. Mr. Ortega said he was prepared to negotiate indirectly with Contra leaders, and that 981 prisoners would be released under an amnesty.

War
Leftist rebels in El Salvador rejected a unilateral cease-fire declared that day by the government.

Defense
Caspar Weinberger, who had supervised the largest peacetime military buildup in American history since assuming the position of U.S. Secretary of Defense in January 1981, resigned his office. President Ronald Reagan nominated National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci to succeed Mr. Weinberger and nominated Lieutenant General Colin Powell, Mr. Carlucci’s deputy, to succeed Mr. Carlucci. Mr. Powell became the first Negro to hold the position.

Economics and finance
For the second time in two weeks, U.S. banks lowered their prime lending rate, from 9% to 8.75%.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Sleeping Satellite--Tasmin Archer (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Jan Oort, 92. Dutch astronomer. Dr. Oort was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. In 1932 he became the first person to discover the evidence of dark matter.

20 years ago
1997

Died on this date
Isaiah Berlin, 88. Latvian-born U.K. scholar. Sir Isaiah was born into a Jewish family moved moved to Russia in 1915, and to England in 1921. He spent most of his life at the University of Oxford, where he taught social and political theory, and gained a reputation as the world's greatest thinker, especially in such areas as liberty and values.

Crime
Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer was convicted for a second time of second-degree murder in the 1993 death of his disabled daughter Tracy in what he said was mercy killing; his 1994 conviction was overturned on appeal. A judge originally set aside the mandatory sentence, but the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2001 that Latimer must serve the minimum sentence of 10 years in prison. He was granted full parole on December 6, 2010.

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Doug Scott. Canadian policeman. Mr. Scott was a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who was shot and killed in the Baffin Island hamlet of Kimmirut, Nunavut when responding to an impaired driving complaint.

Space
China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, went into orbit around the Moon.

Technology
Google unveiled the Android mobile operating system.