February 13, 2018

325 years ago
1693

Died on this date
Johann Kaspar Kerll, 65. German composer. Mr. Kerll was an organist and composer in the Baroque era whose compositions influenced Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Handel.

250 years ago
1768

Born on this date
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier. Marshal of France Mortier served as a general under Napoleon Bonaparte, and was Prime Minister of France from November 1834-March 1835. He died at the age of 67 on July 28, 1835 when he was one of 18 people killed in an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Marco Fieschi against King Louis Philippe I.

150 years ago
1868

Politics and government
The New Brunswick provincial legislature opened its first session under Confederation.

100 years ago
1918

Born on this date
Patty Berg. U.S. golfer. Miss Berg was perhaps the greatest female golfer in history, winning 29 amateur tournaments and 63 tournaments on the LPGA tour, including 15 major tournaments in an amateur and professional career stretching from the 1930s through the 1960s. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1951. Miss Berg died of Alzheimer's disease on September 10, 2006 at the age of 88.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Jack Palmer, 48. U.K. boxer. Mr. Palmer, born Jack Liddell, fought mainly as a middleweight, compiling a record of 23-11-3-5 in a professional career spanning 1896-1916, and held the middleweight and heavyweight titles of both Britain and South Africa on and off from 1902-1906. Mr. Palmer challenged Tommy Burns for the world heavyweight title in London on February 10, 1908, and was knocked down 9 times before being knocked out in the 4th round. Mr. Palmer fought only three times after that.

Music
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra were at Liedenkranz Hall in New York, where they recorded Midnight Reflections.

Adventure
Two men, C. Gay and E. Lucas of Toronto, crossed the ice bridge in the Niagara Gorge from Canada to the United States. The last time anyone had tried this was on Feb. 4, 1912, when three died in the attempt.

75 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Had the Craziest Dream--Harry James and his Music Makers with Helen Forrest

This song was from the movie Springtime in the Rockies (1942).

War
U.S. War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul McNutt and Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey announced that four million more men must be inducted into the armed services in 1943. Soviet forces recaptured Novocherkassk, 19 miles northeast of Rostov, while the Soviet Red Army came within 11 miles of Kharkov. U.S. planes bombed Naples and Crotone in southern Italy. Japanese forces in China captured Mafand and Lupao, near Canton.

Economics and finance
U.S. Rubber Director William Jeffers said that the rubber stockpile at the end of 1942 was 420,000 tons, slightly higher than predicted.

70 years ago
1948

War
Chinese Communists reported the capture of five U.S. Marines near Tsingtao, charging them with interfering in the civil war.

Diplomacy
Chile rejected a British protest against the establishment of a British base on Greenwich Island in Antarctica, 800 miles south of Chile.

Economics and finance
Soviet authorities in Germany revised the economic administration of their occupation zone, adding more German members to the existing advisory commission and giving the commission greater authority to determine production schedules.

60 years ago
1958

Died on this date
Georges Rouault, 86. French artist. Mr. Rouault was an Expressionist painter.

Christabel Pankhurst, 77. U.K.-born activist. Dame Christabel, the daughter of women's suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and was narrowly defeated as a Women's Party candidate in the 1918 British general election, the first in which women were allowed to vote. Dame Christabel spent most of her later years in the United States as an evangelist with ties to the Plymouth Brethren.

War
Former Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras and eight others were indicted in New York on charges of conspiring to violate the neutrality laws of the United States by planning "military expeditions...from the U.S. against the Republic of Cuba."

Defense
The British government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan published its annual White Paper on defense, warning that any Soviet attack on the West would bring instant British retaliation with hydrogen weapons.

Politics and government
Gallup Poll "trial heats" indicated that U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat--Massachusetts) would have a 49%-38% edge over Vice President Richard Nixon if the two faced each other in a presidential election.

Figure skating
Canadians Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul won the second of four straight pairs championships at the world championships in Paris. Teammates Maria and Otto Jelinek finished third.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Wojeck, starring John Vernon, on CBC

Died on this date
Mae Marsh, 73. U.S. movie actress. Miss Marsh began her career working for Mack Sennett and D.W. Griffith, appearing in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Miss Marsh appeared in many movies directed by John Ford, often in uncredited bit parts. Her last role was an uncredited appearance in Mr. Ford's western Cheyenne Autumn (1964).

Portia White, 56. Canadian singer. Miss White, a native of Truro, Nova Scotia, was an operatic contralto who performed nationally and internationally from 1941-1952. She retired because of vocal and health problems, and died in Toronto after a long battle with cancer.

Olympics
Nancy Greene of Rossland, British Columbia, representing Canada, won the silver medal in the women's slalom at Grenoble. France's Marielle Goitschel and Annie Famose won the gold and bronze, respectively.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Mull of Kintyre--Wings (10th week at #1)

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

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Credo--Elsa Baeza (7th week at #1)

On the radio
In Calgary, CFCN began carrying the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, every night of the week except Saturday at 11:10 P.M. The CFCN broadcasts were several months behind the original broadcasts on CBS; in fact, CBS was never mentioned (it was billed as the "CFCN Mystery Theatre"). The episode that was actually broadcast on CBS that night was Night Eyes, about a ringer horse.

Journalism
The U.K. Independent Television News network confirmed that former BBC presenter Anna Ford would become ITN's first female newsreader.

War
Fighting resumed in southern Lebanon between Christian militiamen and Palestinians. The Palestinians claimed that Israeli forces had aided the Christians, but Israel denied the allegation.

Terrorism
A bomb exploded in a garbage truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two garbage collectors and a policeman. The hotel was the site of the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting (CHOGRM).

Golf
Bill Rogers won the Bob Hope Desert Classic in Palm Springs, California with a 5-round total score of 339; first prize money was $45,000.

30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Sì, la vita è tutta un quiz--Renzo Arbore

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): (I've Had) The Time of My Life--Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): (I've Had) The Time of My Life--Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Boys (Summertime Love)--Sabrina (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): When Will I Be Famous--Bros

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Could've Been--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Could've Been--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)
2 Need You Tonight--INXS
3 Hungry Eyes--Eric Carmen
4 What Have I Done to Deserve This?--Pet Shop Boys (with Dusty Springfield)
5 Seasons Change--Exposé
6 I Want to Be Your Man--Roger
7 Hazy Shade of Winter--Bangles
8 Say You Will--Foreigner
9 Don't Shed a Tear--Paul Carrack
10 Father Figure--George Michael

Singles entering the chart were Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car by Billy Ocean (#44); Devil Inside by INXS (#77); Don't Look Any Further by the Kane Gang (#81); Piano in the Dark by Brenda Russell (#82); Hot Thing by Prince (#86); Electric Blue by Icehouse (#88); I Wish I Had a Girl by Henry Lee Summer (#89); and Talking Back to the Night by Steve Winwood (#90).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 Could've Been--Tiffany (2nd week at #1)
2 Need You Tonight--INXS
3 Hazy Shade of Winter--Bangles
4 Got My Mind Set on You--George Harrison
5 Candle in the Wind--Elton John
6 Faith--George Michael
7 The Way You Make Me Feel--Michael Jackson
8 Pop Goes the World--Men Without Hats
9 Crying--Roy Orbison and k.d. lang
10 When a Man Loves a Woman--Luba

Singles entering the chart were Hysteria by Def Leppard (#85); Wishing Well by Terence Trent D'Arby (#93); Dreaming by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (#96); and Here We Go Again by Johansen (#97).

Movies
Noted American film historian William K. Everson was on the campus of the University of Western Ontario in London, showing films from his collection featuring Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. Today's screenings, at the University Community Centre, were The Blue Angel (1930) (Dietrich) and Ninotchka (1939) (Garbo).

Olympics
Canadian Governor General Jeanne Sauvé declared the 15th Winter Olympics open in a ceremony at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.

25 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Gli Spari Sopra--Vasco Rossi (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Dur dur d'être bébé!--Jordy (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): No Limit--2 Unlimited

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (12th week at #1)

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (11th week at #1)
2 If I Ever Fall in Love--Shai
3 In the Still of the Nite--Boyz II Men
4 A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)--Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
5 Saving Forever for You--Shanice
6 7--Prince and the New Power Generation
7 Rump Shaker--Wreckx-N-Effect
8 Ordinary World--Duran Duran
9 Deeper and Deeper--Madonna
10 Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap!

Singles entering the chart were Sweet Thing by Mick Jagger (#73); I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston (#77); Hat 2 Da Back by TLC (#94); Man on the Moon by R.E.M. (#95); I'm So Into You by SWV (#96); Happy Days by Silk (#97); and Losin' Myself by Debbie Gibson (#98).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (9th week at #1)
2 Deeper and Deeper--Madonna
3 Faithful--Go West
4 Steam--Peter Gabriel
5 Harvest Moon--Neil Young
6 Love Can Move Mountains--Celine Dion
7 No Mistakes--Patty Smyth
8 Little Bird--Annie Lennox
9 Ordinary World--Duran Duran
10 Paper Doll--Fleetwood Mac

Singles entering the chart were If I Ever Lose My Faith in You by Sting (#48); Believe by the Northern Pikes (#50); Courage by the Tragically Hip (#69); Amazon Rain by Paul Janz (#78); Sometimes Salvation by the Black Crowes (#80); Beautiful Girl by INXS (#82); Get Away by Bobby Brown (#85); Losin' Myself by Debbie Gibson (#87); and Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development (#92).

Olympics
Myriam Bédard of Canada won the gold medal in the biathlon competition in Calgary.

20 years ago
1998

Crime
Three girls, aged 14, 15, and 16, were found guilty in Victoria, British Columbia of the murder of 14-year-old schoolmate Reena Virk; three others pleaded guilty to assault charges.

Olympics
Catriona Le May Doan of Canada won the gold medal in the women's 500-metres speed skating competition at Nagano , Japan, edging out her training partner Susan Auch by 0.03 seconds.

10 years ago
2008

World events
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a historic apology to indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.

Scandal
Seven-time Cy Young Award-winning baseball pitcher Roger Clemens denied having taken performance-enhancing drugs in testimony before Congress.