February 4, 2018

260 years ago
1758

Braziliana
The city of Macapá was founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.

160 years ago
1858

Canadiana
Gold was discovered along British Columbia's Fraser River at Langley, leading to a gold rush.

100 years ago
1918

Born on this date
Ida Lupino. U.K.-born U.S. actress and director. Miss Lupino appeared in movies such as The Light that Failed (1939) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), but was perhaps better known as one of the first women to become successful as a director in Hollywood. She directed numerous television programs, and movies such as Outrage (1950); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); and The Bigamist (1953). The movies that Miss Lupino directed usually dealt with controversial topics such as unwanted pregnancy, rape, and bigamy--topics that major Hollywood studios preferred to avoid. She died on August 3, 1995 at the age of 77.

Died on this date
Akiyama Saneyuki, 49. Japanese military officer. Vice Admiral Saneyuki was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy who was famous for planning the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. He was in ill health when he assumed the command of the 2nd Fleet in October 1917, and died of peritonitis.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Hendrik Lorentz, 74. Dutch physicist. Dr. Lorentz, regarded as the greatest Dutchman of his time, shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman "in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena." Dr. Lorentz also derived the transformation equations underpinning Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity.

Aviation
French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, after spending some time in Central America and South America, arrived in the United States. They flew from Mexico City to New Orleans, a distance of 1,000 miles, in 10 hours and 8 minutes. The United States was the last country the two would visit on their transatlantic adventure.

75 years ago
1943

Died on this date
Frank Calder, 65. Canadian hockey executive. Mr. Calder was the first President of the National Hockey League, serving from 1917 until his death. He was succeeded in his office by Red Dutton. The Calder Memorial Trophy is given annually to the NHL's top rookie player, and the Calder Cup is awarded annually to the winners of the American Hockey League championship.

War
The U.S.S.R. reported that in fighting since January 27, 17,000 Asis troops had been killed and 27,000 taken prisoner on the Voronezh front. U.K. Royal Air Force bombers struck Hamburg for the 95th time, starting large fires. The Cuban government announced that about 200 Japanese suspected of sabotage had been arrested and were being sent to the Isle of Pines concentration camp.

Defense
The South African House of Assembly approved a motion for voluntary military service abroad.

Society
The U.S. Labor Department reported that juvenile delinquency had increased 31% among girls and 7.5% among boys in 1942.

Labour
German Economy Minister Walther Funk ordered the retail, arts and crafts professions, and eating establishments to release all dispensable labour for war or military work service. U.S. War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul McNutt announced plans to supply labour in 32 shortage areas on a priority basis.

70 years ago
1948

Asiatica
Ceremonies were held in Colombo to mark the change in status of Ceylon - now Sri Lanka - from a British colony to an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. and Romania signed a 20-year friendship and mutual aid treaty in Moscow.

Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary James Forrestal consolidated the Navy and Air Force air transport systems into the Military Air Transport Service, under the command of Air Force General Laurence Kuter.

Iraq denounced its recently-concluded defense treaty with the United Kingdom.

Politics and government
The Supreme Soviet ended its winter session after approving the dismissal of Justice Minister Nikolai Rychkov for tolerating laxity and graft among his subordinates. Arts Committee Chairman Mikhail Khrapchenko was also removed for approving art and music works that lacked the "correct direction" determined by the Communist Party.

Bulgaria's Fatherland Front, consisting of Communists and four other groups, was merged into a single party.

Crime
Former German-American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn escaped from an internment camp in Dachau.

Agriculture
Prices of wheat and other grains began a sharp plunge on U.S. commodity markets, attributed by observers to the decreasing world cereal shortage.

Labour
The British government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee called on unions to accept a voluntary wage freeze, warning that prices must be kept down for the sake of exports.

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld an amendment to the state constitution banning the closed shop.

60 years ago
1958

Died on this date
Henry Kuttner, 42. U.S. author. Mr. Kuttner wrote science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, often in collaboration with his wife C.L. Moore, and often under various pseudonyms. He died of a heart attack.

Music
The Grand Ole Opry show, featuring Ferlin Husky and Faron Young, was at the Edmonton Gardens. Ticket prices ranged from $1.50-$2.00.

Space
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower directed his science adviser, James Killian, Jr., to study and report on whether a civilian or a military agency should head U.S. space activities.

Defense
Contradicting earlier announcements that British-based U.S. bombers flew regular patrols with nuclear weapons, Acting U.K. Prime Minister R.A. Butler told Parliament that U.S. jets carried nuclear weapons over Britain only in "special operational exercises."

World events
41 Communists were sentenced to life imprisonment in Jerusalem on charges of spying for Syria and plotting to overthrow the Jordanian government.

Politics and government
The Japanese Diet defeated a Socialist resolution calling for the dissolution of Parliament and new elections. Socialist deputies began a boycott of the Diet and its committees.

Religion
The U.S. National Lutheran Council convention in Atlantic City adopted a resolution saying that racial integration of congregations could not be prevented without committing a "sin against God and man."

Transportation
Justice Roy Kellock issued the report of the Kellock Royal Commission, which ruled that a fireman was unnecessary on Canadian Pacific Railway diesel railway engines.

Labour
The Mexican police strike ended after the police were informed that a bill to raise their salaries had been sent to Congress.

50 years ago
1968

Died on this date
Neal Cassady, 41. U.S. writer. Mr. Cassady was a novelist and poet who was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s, and served as the model for Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road (1957). He was a bisexual and heavy drug user, and died in Mexico, four days before his 42nd birthday, after attending a wedding party and passing out next to railroad tracks on a cold and rainy night.

World events
96 more Indians and Pakistanis from Kenya arrived in Britain, the latest in a wave of thousands fleeing discrimination.

Disasters
Nine people were killed and 15 injured in a hotel fire in Boston.

Golf
Arnold Palmer won the Bob Hope Desert Classic in Palm Springs, California in a playoff after shooting a 5-round score of 348; first prize money was $20,000.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Solo Tu--Matia Bazar (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Mull of Kintyre--Wings (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: Mull of Kintyre--Wings (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Uptown Top Ranking--Althia & Donna

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Stayin' Alive--Bee Gees

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 If I Had Words--Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley with the St. Thomas More School Choir (2nd week at #1)
2 Mull of Kintyre--Wings
3 Singin' in the Rain--Sheila B. Devotion
4 It's a Heartache--Bonnie Tyler
5 Smurfenbier--Vader Abraham
6 Tingelingeling--Andre Van Duin Presenteert Ome Joop en Het Dik Voormekaar Koor
7 Lailola - No Ablas Mas--José e Los Reyes
8 Take a Chance on Me--ABBA
9 Is Je Moeder Niet Thuis--Nico Haak
10 Egyptian Reggae--Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers

Singles entering the chart were Love is Like Oxygen by Sweet (#22); Ti Amo by Umberto Tozzi (#25); I Go to Rio by Peter Allen (#29); Daddy Cool/The Girl Can't Help It by the Darts (#30); and Stop Still by Allan Jeffers (#32).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Stayin' Alive--Bee Gees
2 Short People--Randy Newman
3 Baby Come Back--Player
4 Just the Way You Are--Billy Joel
5 We are the Champions--Queen
6 You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)--Rod Stewart
7 Sometimes When We Touch--Dan Hill
8 Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)--Chic
9 Desiree--Neil Diamond
10 Emotion--Samantha Sang

Singles entering the chart were Night Fever by the Bee Gees (#71); Can't Smile Without You by Barry Manilow (#74); It's You that I Need by Enchantment (#83); Boogie Shoes by K.C. and the Sunshine Band (#86); If I Can't Have You by Yvonne Elliman (#87); Sweet, Sweet Smile by the Carpenters (#88); Love Me Right by Denise LaSalle (#96); Baby, Baby My Love's All for You by Deniece Williams (#97); Hollywood by Boz Scaggs (#99); and What's Your Name, What's Your Number by the Andrea True Connection (#100). Night Fever and If I Can't Have You were from the movie Saturday Night Fever (1977).

Canada's top 10 (RPM)
1 You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)--Rod Stewart
2 Baby Come Back--Player
3 Slip Slidin' Away--Paul Simon
4 We are the Champions--Queen
5 Sometimes When We Touch--Dan Hill
6 How Deep is Your Love--Bee Gees
7 Here You Come Again--Dolly Parton
8 (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again--L.T.D.
9 Come Sail Away--Styx
10 Short People--Randy Newman

Singles entering the chart were Always and Forever by Heatwave (#76); Wonderful World by Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon (#81); The Way You Do the Things You Do by Rita Coolidge (#84); Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game by April Wine (#86); Lady Love by Lou Rawls (#90); Rocky Mountain Way by Triumph (#91); Everybody Loves a Rain Song by B.J. Thomas (#96); Theme Song from "Which Way is Up?" by Stargard (#97); Oh, Pretty Lady by Trooper (#99); and I Need Somebody Tonight by Fosterchild (#100).

Golf
Hubert Green won the Hawaiian Open in Honolulu with a score of 274; first prize money was $50,000.

Hockey
NHL
Chicago 5 @ Vancouver 1

The Black Hawks defeated the Canucks at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver in the national Hockey Night in Canada telecast. Murray Bannerman made his NHL debut, playing the third period in goal for the Canucks and holding the Black Hawks scoreless.

CHL
Fort Worth 4 @ Dallas 3
Tulsa 5 @ Kansas City 4

30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Always on My Mind--Pet Shop Boys (5th week at #1)

Crime
U.S. federal grand juries in Miami and Tampa returned indictments against Panamanian dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega, accusing him of protecting and otherwise helping international drug traffickers, and allowing the laundering of drug profits through Panamanian banks. Gen. Noriega denied the charges. He and 15 others were named in the Miami indictments, which charged that he had assisted the Medellin drug cartel, which was linked to 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.

Labour
Thousands of British seamen continued a strike after their union had called an end to the action.

25 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): No Limit--2 Unlimited

20 years ago
1998

Disasters
At least 4,000 people were killed and thousands left homeless when an earthquake struck Afghanistan.

10 years ago
2008

Died on this date
Augusta Dabney, 89. U.S. actress. Miss Dabney appeared in numerous television programs, especially soap operas, from 1949-2001.

Stefan Meller, 65. Polish diplomat and politician. Professor Meller, a historian, was Poland's Ambassador to France from 1996-2001, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz from 2005-2006.