February 3, 2018

540 years ago
1478

Born on this date
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. Mr. Stafford was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, who was executed for rebelling against King Richard III in 1483. Edward was a nephew of King Edward IV and a first cousin once removed of King Henry VIII. Edward Stafford commanded soldiers in Henry VIII's invasion of France in 1513, but his Plantagenet blood and connections led to suspicions that he was plotting against the king. Lord Buckingham was imprisoned in the Tower of London, convicted of treason, and executed on Tower Hill on May 17, 1521 at the age of 43.

530 years ago
1488

Exploration
Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal landed in Mossel Bay in what is now South Africa after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first European to travel so far south.

175 years ago
1843

Born on this date
William Cornelius Van Horne. U.S.-born-Canadian industrialist. Mr. Van Horne, a native of Illinois, began his career in his home state before moving to Montreal and becoming general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882 and President of the CPR in 1888. He was best known for overseeing construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s, and expanded the CPR's reach to include telegraph, freight, shipping, and luxury hotel services. Mr. Van Horne was a prominent member of the syndicate that created the Cuba Railroad Company in 1900. He died in Montreal on September 11, 1915 at the age of 72.

100 years ago
1918

Born on this date
Helen Stephens. U.S. athlete. Miss Stephens participated in several track and field sports as well as baseball and basketball, but was best known as a sprinter, winning gold medals in the women's 100-metres competition and as the anchor in the women's 4 x 100-metres relay event. She died on January 17, 1994 at the age of 75.

Joey Bishop. U.S. comedian, actor, and talk show host. Mr. Bishop, born Joseph Gottlieb, began his career as a stand-up comedian, but had more success as a television talk show host and as a member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack" in the 1960s. He served as guest host of Tonight in the absence of Johnny Carson at least 175 times in the 1960s and '70s, and hosted The Joey Bishop Show (1967-1969), which was a competitor to Tonight. The Joey Bishop Show was also the title of a situation comedy series in which Mr. Bishop starred from 1961-1965. Mr. Bishop's movies included the Rat Pack comedies Ocean's 11 (1960) and Sergeants 3 (1962). He died on October 17, 2007 at the age of 89.

75 years ago
1943

War
A German U-boat sank the U.S. Army troop ship SS Dorchester, killing 672 of the 902 men aboard; the incident became famour for the four chaplains who died after giving away their life jackets. Soviet forces drove to within 22 miles of Kursk, severing the Kursk-Orel railroad and capturing Zolotukhino and Vozi. Axis forces in Tunisia checked the U.S. assault on Faid Pass. A Brazilian security court indicted six Germans and five Brazilians for transmitting shipping information to Berlin.

Politics and government
The U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee approved the extension of the Committee on Un-American Activities for two more years.

Labour
American Federation of Labor President William Green and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray reported to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that living costs had outdated the National War Labor Board's formula prohibiting wage increases greater than 15% of the January 1941 level. Judge James Fee ruled in Portland, Oregon that the National Labor Relations Board had jurisdiction over labour disputes subject to review by the Circuit Court of Appeals.

70 years ago
1948

Died on this date
August Klein, 60. U.S. engineer. Mr. Klein designed the Oak Ridge electromagnetic uranium separation plant. He died in Jamaica.

Defense
The U.S.A. and Portugal agreed to a 3-5-year extension of American use of a military airfield in the Azores.

Protest
Food demonstrations in western Germany continued as 1.5 million workers struck to protest the ration administration in Wuerttemberg-Baden, Hamburg, and Hanover.

Academia
The U.S. National Institute of Arts and Letters awarded its gold medal "for distinguished achievement to historian Charles Beard.

Silas Hunt of Texarkana, Texas became the first Negro student accepted by the University of Arkansas law school.

Education
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills increasing educational benefits to war veterans by more than $350 million.

Energy
Brazil's Sao Paulo University announced plans to install the world's second-largest cyclotron, built in the United States.

60 years ago
1958

Hit parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): At the Hop--Danny and the Juniors (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1; Top 100--5th week at #1)

Space
Dr. William Pickering, head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology, disclosed that cosmic radiation in the orbit of the U.S. satellite Explorer 1 was only 12 times that on the Earth's surface and no great barrier to human space flight.

War
Algerian nationalists blew up a shipment of Saharan oil and killed a French soldier in an attack on the Touggourt-Philippeville railroad.

Edmontonia
The Federal Building opened in downtown Edmonton. It served as the home of federal government offices until it was closed in 1988. The building sat empty for many years, but has been renovated and reopened.

Economics and finance
The Benelux Economic Union was founded in The Hague, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.

Agriculture
Representatives of the United States and Yugoslavia signed an aid agreement in Washington providing for Yugoslavian purchase of $62.5 million worth of U.S. suplus wheat, cotton, and edible oils. The U.S.A. announced a gift of 20,000 tons of wheat to drought-stricken Nepal.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)--Johnny Farnham (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): L'ora dell'amore--I Camaleonti (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Hello Goodbye--The Beatles

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Am I that Easy to Forget--Engelbert Humperdinck (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde--Georgie Fame

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Mien Waar Is M'n Feestneus?--Toon
2 World--The Bee Gees
3 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
4 2000 Light Years from Home/She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones
5 Tin Soldier--Small Faces
6 Hello Goodbye--The Beatles
7 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
8 Daydream Believer--The Monkees
9 Dear Eloise--The Hollies
10 Baby, Come Back--The Equals

Singles entering the chart were Lou-Lou by Eddy Christiani (#34); Het Vissersmeisje by John Woodhouse and his Magic Accordion (#36); Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin (#37); Unchained Melody by David Garrick (#38); and Confusion in My Mind by the Left Side (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
2 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
3 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
4 Spooky--The Classics IV
5 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
6 I Wish it Would Rain--The Temptations
7 Susan--The Buckinghams
8 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
9 Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You--The Lettermen
10 She's a Rainbow--The Rolling Stones

Singles entering the chart were Walk Away Renee by the Four Tops (#63); Hi-Heel Sneakers by Elvis Presley (#71); Here Comes the Rain, Baby by Eddy Arnold (#78); Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition was In) by the First Edition (#81); Look, Here Comes the Sun by the Sunshine Company (#85); A Million to One by the Five Stairsteps and Cubie (#86); Thank U Very Much by the Scaffold (#88); Night Fo' Last by Shorty Long (#89); Funky Way by Calvin Arnold (#97); Where is My Mind by the Vanilla Fudge (#98); Cab Driver by the Mills Brothers (#99); and A Question of Temperature by Balloon Farm (#100). Hi-Heel Sneakers was the B-side of Guitar Man, charting at #61.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
2 Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations
3 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
4 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
5 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
6 Who Will Answer?--Ed Ames
7 Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
8 Next Plane to London--The Rose Garden
9 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed
10 Susan--The Buckinghams

Singles entering the chart were Simon Says by the 1910 Fruitgum Company (#62); Carpet Man by the 5th Dimension (#68); I Thank You by Sam & Dave (#92); (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (#93); Everything that Touches You by the Association (#95); 1941 by Tom Northcott (#96); Get Out Now by Tommy James and the Shondells (#98); No One Knows by Every Mother's Son (#99); and Houdini by the Dream Machine (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
2 Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You--The Lettermen
3 Spooky--The Classics IV
4 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
5 Tomorrow--Strawberry Alarm Clock
6 I Can Take or Leave Your Loving--Herman's Hermits
7 Money--The Lovin' Spoonful
8 Some Velvet Morning--Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
9 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
10 I was Made to Love Her--King Curtis and the Kingpins

Singles entering the chart were Words by the Bee Gees (#26); Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition was In) by the First Edition (#27); I Thank You by Sam & Dave (#28); Quicksand by the Youngbloods (#29); and Try It by the Ohio Express (#30).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Bend Me, Shape Me--The American Breed (2nd week at #1)
2 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)--John Fred and his Playboy Band
3 Love is Blue (L'Amour est Bleu)--Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
4 Nobody But Me--The Human Beinz
5 Different Drum--Stone Poneys
6 Woman, Woman--The Union Gap
7 Green Tambourine--The Lemon Pipers
8 She Says--The 49th Parallel
9 Love of the Common People--Wayne Newton
10 I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Pick hit of the week: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly--Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus

World events
35 people were convicted in Havana of anti-revolutionary activity and were sentenced to prison terms of up to 15 years. The chief defendant was Anibal Escalante, 58, former Cuban Communist Party secretary, who received 15 years for allegedly giving "false information" to Soviet, Czechoslovak, and East German officials, and promulgating "propaganda" unfavourable to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Figure skating
The world championships concluded in Geneva. Emmerich Danzer of Austria won the men's title, while Peggy Fleming of the United States was the women's champion.

Boxing
Jerry Quarry (26-1-4) scored a technical knockout over favoured Thad Spencer (32-6) at 2:57 of the 12th round at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California as part of the World Boxing Association's 8-man elimination tournament to find a champion to fill the vacancy left when Muhammad Ali was stripped of the title in 1967 for refusing induction into the U.S. Army.



Former world light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson (76-10) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Lothar Stengel (13-1) in a heavyweight bout at Festhalle in Frankfurt, West Germany.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): 2-4-6-8 Motorway--Tom Robinson Band (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mull of Kintyre--Wings (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Don't Play that Song--Adriano Celentano

On television tonight
Deadman's Curve, starring Richard Hatch and Bruce Davison, on CBS

This made-for-television movie was a fictionalized biography of the singing duo Jan & Dean.



War
Marxist guerrillas attacked National Guard barracks in two Nicaraguan cities, joining forces trying to oust President Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Mr. Somoza vowed that he would not give up office before his term expired in 1981.

Diplomacy
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrived in Washington to confer with U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Middle East situation.

The United States ordered Dinh Ba Thi, Vietnam's chief delegate to the United Nations, to leave the country, because of charges implicating him in an espionage case.

Politics and government
The Patriotic Union won 8 of 15 seats in the Landtag in the Liechtensteinian general election. The Progressive Citizens' party won the remaining 7 seats.

Crime
The 11-year-old daughter of clothing designer Calvin Klein was kidnapped and was released hours later after Mr. Klein paid $100,000 in ransom. A former babysitter of the girl was arrested the next day, and all but $100 of the ransom money was recovered.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate for January was 6.3%, down from 6.4% in December and 6.7% in November. Unemployment dropped to 6.1% for women and remained unchanged for adult men and teenagers, with the rate for Negroes remaining 12.7%.

30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Heaven is a Place on Earth--Belinda Carlisle

Defense
The U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Ronald Reagan's request for more than $36 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.

Labour
Several thousand British nurses took part in a one-day strike to secure more money for themselves and for the National Health Service.

25 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Unpacking

20 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Karla Faye Tucker, 38. U.S. criminal. Ms. Tucker was the first woman to be executed in Texas since the U.S. Civil War, 15 years after killing two people with a pick ax. She had become a Christian during her time on death row, leading prominent Christian leaders such as Pat Robertson to call for clemency (despite the fact that nowhere in the Bible does it say that because someone has come to Christ, that they are exempt from the consequences of what they did before they knew the Lord).

Disasters
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization Grumman Prowler piloted by U.S. Marine Captain Richard Ashby severed a cable car line 6,000 feet above Mount Cermis in the Dolomites in Italy, causing the car to crash, killing the car's 20 passengers.

10 years ago
2008

Football
NFL
Super Bowl XLII @ University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
New York Giants 17 New England 14

David Tyree made a spectacular one-handed catch for a 32-yard gain, and Plaxico Burress then made a 13-yard reception of an Eli Manning pass with 35 seconds remaining in regulation time to give the Giants their win over the Patriots before 71,101 fans in one of the greatest upsets in football history (see video). The Patriots had posted a 16-0 regular season record and had added two playoff wins going into the Super Bowl, while the Giants were 10-6 in the regular season.