June 22, 2018

425 years ago
1593

War
Croatian forces defeated Ottoman forces in the Battle of Sisak in central Croatia.

150 years ago
1868

Died on this date
Heber C. Kimball, 67. U.S. religious leader. Mr. Kimball was one of the early leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1835-1847 and First Counselor in the First Presidency from 1847 until his death from the results of a carriage accident, eight days after his 67th birthday. He embraced the Mormon practice of polygamy, and had 43 wives, although many were said to be strictly caretaking arrangements. Mr. Kimball fathered 66 children by 17 of his wives.

Americana
Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.

125 years ago
1893

Disasters
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rammed the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria, which sank with the loss of 358 crew members, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

120 years ago
1898

War
The U.S. Fifth Army Corps landed in Cuba.

110 years ago
1908

Disasters
A fire in Trois-Rivières, Quebec destroyed 800 buildings and caused $1.5 million in damage.

100 years ago
1918

Disasters
The Hammond Circus Train Wreck killed 86 people and injured 127 near Hammond, Indiana.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
M. Johansson. Swedish politician. Mr. Johansson, leader of the Swedish Agrarian Party and a member of the Riksdag, was killed in the crash of the Stockholm-Norrland night express train.

Nicholas Lee Eagles; Samuel Moreno; John Cline Proctor. U.S. criminals. The three men were executed in the electric chair at the District of Columbia jail in Washington for the murder of policeman Leo Busch in a gunfight on September 26, 1926.

Wayne Neville. U.S. air mail pilot. Mr. Neville was flying the Chicago-Dallas route and was killed when his plane ran into a windstorm and crashed near Lebo, Kansas.

Scandal
Judge Cohn of the Bronx County Court in New York sentenced William Oswald, suspended superintendent of the Third Street cleaning district in the Bronx, to 3-10 years at Sing Sing Prison for grafting. William Lougheed, former foreman in the Cromwell Avenue garage in which, he had told the jury, he had defrauded the city out of $225,000 through payroll padding in the past three years, was sentenced to the same prison for 18 months-3 years, and Benjamin Stoeber, assistant foreman under Mr. Lougheed, who also testified against Mr. Oswald, was sentenced to 1-2 years.

The National Board of Management of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution announced in Washington the expulsion of Mrs. Helen Tufts Bailie of Cambridge, Massachusetts on charges growing out of the publication of the so-called blacklist on speakers who were to be barred from the organization's platform.

Disasters
In one of the worst accidents in the history of Swedish State Railways, 14 people were killed and 50 injured when the Stockholm-Norrland night express train ran into a relief engine coming from the opposite direction at 50 miles per hour.

80 years ago
1938

Boxing
Joe Louis (36-1) avenged his 1936 12-round knockout loss to Max Schmeling (52-8-4), retaining his world heavyweight title by knocking the former champion down 3 times and out in just 2 minutes 4 seconds of the 1st round before about 80,000 fans at Yankee Stadium in New York.



75 years ago
1943

War
About 700 U.K. Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force heavy bombers dropped more than 2,000 tons of bombs on the steel and chemical centre of Krefeld at the western end of the Ruhr Valley. The French Committee of National Liberation reached a compromise under which General H.H. Giraud would retain command of the French armies in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and French West Africa, and General Charles de Gaulle would continue as commander of all forces in the rest of the empire.

Protest
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered federal troops to maintain order in Detroit as a result of the city's race riot.

Labour
United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis and the UMW Policy Committee ordered 530,000 soft-coal miners to suspend their two-day strike until midnight October 31, pending a wage agreement.

70 years ago
1948

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis, on MBS

War
Israeli Haganah forces attacked an Irgun Zvai Leumi ammunition dump near Natanya when the Irgun refused to observe the cease-fire ban on importation of foreign arms.

Diplomacy
Western representatives at a meeting in Berlin refused to accept the Soviet claim that Berlin was a U.S.S.R. zone city in which U.S., U.K., and French troops were guests.

U.S. President Harry Truman named James McDonald, an expert on refugee problems who had served on the Palestine Inquiry Commission in 1946, as U.S. special representative to Israel.

Abominations
802 West Indian immigrants disembarked the British troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury, England, becoming known as the "Windrush generation," marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.

Politics and government
Mississippi Democrats elected 30 anti-Truman delegates to the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

Economics and finance
Allied representatives ended a meeting in Berlin without agreement on a common currency for the city, as Soviet authorities decreed a separate currency reform in their occupation zone.

60 years ago
1958

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Impromptu Murder, starring Hume Cronyn and Robert Douglas

Defense
The U.S. Senate Disarmament Committee released a report by 31 leading U.S. seismologists indicating the possibility of establishing an inspection network capable of detecting most surface and underground nuclear detonations.

Politics and government
Burma's Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League expelled Prime Minister U Nu as party president, and named Mahn Mya Sein to replace him.

A Gallup Poll revealed that 58.8 million eligible American voters would register as Democrats and 35.1 million as Republicans if an election were held now.

Disasters
At least 20 people were killed when a train en route from Mexico City to Veracruz derailed on a mountain near Orizaba.

Auto racing
Phil Hill and Oliver Gendebien won the 24 hours of Le Mans.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Unicorn--The Irish Rovers (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Rain and Tears--Aphrodite's Child (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La bambola--Patty Pravo (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Delilah--Tom Jones (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Honey--Bobby Goldsboro (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Young Girl--The Union Gap (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): This Guy's in Love with You--Herb Alpert

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Summertime Blues--Blue Cheer
2 Jumpin' Jack Flash--The Rolling Stones
3 Ich Bau' Dir Ein Schloss--Heintje
4 Lazy Sunday--Small Faces
5 If I Only Had Time--John Rowles
6 Young Girl--The Union Gap
7 I Can't Let Maggie Go--The Honeybus
8 La Felicidad/Pa Wil Niet in Bad (La Felicidad)/Felicidad, de Roddel Van de Stad--Digno Garcia
--Johnny & Rijk
--Eddie Becker
9 Hello, How are You?--The Easybeats
10 Mrs. Robinson--Simon and Garfunkel

Singles entering the chart were The Muffin Man by World of Oz (#31); Times were When by the Cats (#36); Mony Mony by Tommy James and the Shondells (#38); and Laurel and Hardy by the Equals (#39).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 This Guy's in Love with You--Herb Alpert
2 Mrs. Robinson--Simon and Garfunkel
3 Mony Mony--Tommy James and the Shondells
4 Yummy Yummy Yummy--Ohio Express
5 MacArthur Park--Richard Harris
6 Angel of the Morning--Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts
7 Think--Aretha Franklin
8 The Look of Love--Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
9 Reach Out of the Darkness--Friend and Lover
10 I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)--The Temptations

Singles entering the chart were Don't Take it So Hard by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#63); Saturday's Father by the 4 Seasons (#67); I'm a Midnight Mover by Wilson Pickett (#73); Look Over Your Shoulder by the O'Jays (#81); Give Me One More Chance by Wilmer and Dukes (#84); Turn Around, Look at Me by the Vogues (#86); Journey to the Center of the Mind by the Amboy Dukes (#93); Young Birds Fly by the Cryan' Shames (#94); You Send Me by Aretha Franklin (#96); What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) by Jerry Lee Lewis (#97); Can't You See Me Cry by the New Colony Six (#98); Young Boy by Barbara Greene (#99); and I Need Love by the Third Booth (#100). You Send Me was the B-side of Think.

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 MacArthur Park--Richard Harris
2 Yummy Yummy Yummy--Ohio Express
3 Mrs. Robinson--Simon and Garfunkel
4 Master Jack--Four Jacks and a Jill
5 Mony Mony--Tommy James and the Shondells
6 Think--Aretha Franklin
7 Like to Get to Know You--Spanky & Our Gang
8 A Man Without Love (Quando M'innamoro)--Engelbert Humperdinck
9 Tighten Up--Archie Bell & the Drells
10 Sleepy Joe--Herman's Hermits

Singles entering the chart were Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan (#65); Let Yourself Go by Elvis Presley (#73); People Sure Act Funny by Arthur Conley (#78); Eleanor Rigby by Ray Charles (#81); Lovin' Season by Gene and Debbe (#83); Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) by the Moody Blues (#84); Classical Gas by the Midnight String Quartet (#87); Love-Itis by the Mandala (#88); Yes Sir, That's My Baby by the Baja Marimba Band (#89); Sweet Memories by Andy Williams (#93); Just a Little Bit by Blue Cheer (#96); Saturday's Father by the 4 Seasons (#98); Spin the Bottle by Bluesmen Revue (#99); and Boy by Lulu (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Jumpin' Jack Flash--The Rolling Stones
2 I Wanna Live--Glen Campbell
3 MacArthur Park--Richard Harris
4 Yummy Yummy Yummy--Ohio Express
5 Mony Mony--Tommy James and the Shondells
6 Time for Livin'--The Association
7 This Guy's in Love with You--Herb Alpert
8 Choo Choo Train--The Box Tops
9 Reach Out of the Darkness--Friend and Lover
10 Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade)--The Lemon Pipers

Singles entering the chart were Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me by Tiny Tim (#24); Turn Around, Look at Me by the Vogues (#27); Here Comes the Judge by Shorty Long (#28); Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan (#29); and She's a Heartbreaker by Gene Pitney (#30).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Mony Mony--Tommy James and the Shondells
2 Jumpin' Jack Flash--The Rolling Stones
3 Mrs. Robinson--Simon and Garfunkel
4 Master Jack--Four Jacks and a Jill
5 Sky Pilot--Eric Burdon and the Animals
6 Yummy Yummy Yummy--Ohio Express
7 MacArthur Park--Richard Harris
8 Sunshine of Your Love--Cream
9 Blue Bonnie Blue--49th Parallel
10 Delilah--Tom Jones
Pick hit of the week: D.W. Washburn--The Monkees

Labour
3,700 Metropolitan Toronto outside workers, including garbage collectors, went on strike.

40 years ago
1978

On television tonight
James at 16, starring Lance Kerwin, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Ducks

Space
Charon, Pluto's first satellite, was discovered at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.

War
Ethiopian jets began bombing Somali border towns.

Protest
The National Socialist Party of America called off plans for a march through Skokie, Illinois, a predominantly Jewish suburb of Chicago. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 12 had denied the town's request for a stay against the march, while the American Civil Liberties Union had decided to support the march.

Economics and finance
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 273-125 to cut off $56 million in aid to South Korea, 22 days after voting 321-46 in favour of a resolution that aid would be cut unless South Korea unless the Koreans cooperated fully with the House investigation into Korean influence-buying in the U.S. Congress.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Winnipeg (1-1) 4 @ Toronto (1-1) 35

30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Only One Woman--Alien (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Dennis Day, 72. U.S. singer and actor. Mr. Day, born Owen McNulty, was a member of the supporting cast of Jack Benny's radio and television programs from 1939-1965 except for 1944-1946, when Mr. Day was serving in the United States Navy. Mr. Day also hosted the radio show A Day in the Life of Dennis Day from 1946-1951. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

25 years ago
1993

Died on this date
Pat Nixon, 81. U.S. First Lady, 1969-1974. Mrs. Nixon, born Thelma Catherine Ryan, married lawyer Richard Nixon in 1940. During Mr. Nixon's time as President, Mrs. Nixon made solo trips to Peru in 1970 and Africa in 1972, becoming the first President's wife to be officially designated a representative of the United States. She was known for her support of volunteerism. Mrs. Nixon died of lung cancer; Mr. Nixon died exactly 10 months later.

Defense
Canadian peacekeepers joined Operation Lance, a United Nations mission monitoring the border between Uganda and Rwanda for illegal arms entering Rwanda.

10 years ago
2008

Died on this date
Dody Goodman, 93. U.S. actress. Dolores Goodman had a long career as a character actress, especially in television, and was a frequent guest on talk shows and game shows. She was perhaps best known for playing the title character's mother in the television comedy soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976-1977).

George Carlin, 71. U.S. comedian. In a career spanning 50 years, Mr. Carlin was a frequent critic of American culture, and was best known for challenging censorship standards with routines such as "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television." He died of heart failure a week after his last performance.