Happy Birthday, Donna Morrow!
810 years ago
1209
Europeana
Otto IV was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Innocent III.
140 years ago
1879
Technology
Thomas Edison invented a workable incandescent electric lamp at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
125 years ago
1894
Born on this date
Edogawa Rampo. Japanese author. Mr. Rampo, whose real name was Tarō Hirai, was the first modern writer of mystery fiction in Japan; his pseudonym is a rendering of Edgar Allan Poe. He created the detective Kogoro Akechi, who appeared in novels and short stories from 1925-1955. Mr. Rampo died on July 28, 1965 at the age of 70.
90 years ago
1929
Aviation
The 12-engine Dornier Do X Flugschiff (flying ship) made its 70th test flight. 169 people--150 of them passengers--were aboard, setting a world record for the most people carried on a single flight. The record stood for 20 years.
Americana
The Edison Institute--better known today as the Henry Ford--opened in Dearborn, Michigan, as Henry Ford and other prominent Americans, including President Herbert Hoover, honoured Thomas Edison on the 50th anniversary of his invention of the incandescent electric lamp.
80 years ago
1939
On the radio
Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (1-2) 4 @ Montreal (0-3) 2
Ottawa (3-0) 18 @ Toronto (2-1) 7
WIFU
Winnipeg (9-2) 12 @ Regina (6-5) 16
Edmonton (3-8) 8 @ Calgary (4-7) 18
ORFU
Toronto (1-1-1) 9 @ Peterborough (0-3) 0
Sarnia (1-1-1) 5 @ Montreal (3-0) 12
Harry Guest and Lindsay Holt scored touchdowns for the Roughriders as they upset the Blue Bombers before 3,500 fans at Park de Young. Mr. Holt scored his TD on a pass from Howard Cleveland. Fritz Hanson scored both Winnipeg touchdowns.
Paul Rowe a touchdown and 3 converts for the Bronks as they beat the Eskimos at Mewata Stadium. Larry Haynes and Wolfie Hughes scored the other Calgary touchdowns. Bill Matheny scored the Edmonton touchdown on a 35-yard return after taking a lateral from Ernie Stevens, who had intercepted a pass by Mr. Rowe. The game turned out to be the last for the Eskimos until 1949.
Canadian university
Saskatchewan (3-1) 3 @ Alberta (1-3) 9
Jerry Collins completed a 35-yard pass to Jack Miller late in the 3rd quarter for the game's only touchdown as the Golden Bears beat the Huskies at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton.
75 years ago
1944
Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Always Hurt the One You Love--The Mills Brothers (Best Seller--2nd week at #1); (There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra (Jukebox--2nd week at #1)
War
Aachen fell to American forces after three weeks of fighting, becoming the first German city to fall to the Allies. Soviet units in Hungary reached the Danube River and advanced 24 miles toward the Czech border, while Soviet troops in East Prussia reportedly reached a point 15 miles from the rail centre of Insterburg. U.S. troops in the Philippines moved inland from the beachhead on Leyte Island, meeting increasing Japanese opposition. In the first kamikaze attack, a Japanese fighter plane carrying a 200-kilogram (440-pound) bomb attacked HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
Politics and government
Salvadoran President Andres Ignacio Menendez resigned under pressure, as Colonel Osmin Aguirre y Salinas assumed control.
Diplomacy
U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Averell Harriman arrived in Washington for consultations.
In a campaign speech in New York, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to permit U.S. participation in a world security organization, which he believed should be put in operation before the end of World War II.
Football
MASSFL
Central Navigation School (Rivers) (3-1) 19 @ Canadian Army (Winnipeg) (2-2) 5
Bill Boivin scored 2 touchdowns and Gordy Clemens added another TD as the Pathfinders defeated the Grenades at Osborne Stadium. Buddy Meier converted 2 of the CNS touchdowns. Harry Hood scored the Army touchdown.
70 years ago
1949
Diplomacy
Czechoslovakian police in Prague arrested a U.S. embassy clerk and expelled a U.S. attache, accusing both of attempting to organize a spy ring in 1948.
A U.S. federal grand jury in Washington indicted the Soviet trade agency Amtorg and six of its officials for failing to register as foreign agents.
Crime
New York Judge Harold Medina sentenced 11 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of subversion to $10,000 fines and prison terms of 3-5 years.
Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and General George Marshall testified before the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, pleading for an end to the current dispute over U.S. military strategy.
Politics and government
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer claimed that the German Democratic Republic was illegal, and that the Federal Republic had "responsibility" for all Germans.
Labour
East Coast U.S. longshoremen ratified a contract establishing an employer-financed pension fund.
60 years ago
1959
Space
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the transfer of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and its team of space scientists, headed by Wernher von Braun, to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
World events
Cuban authorities arrested Major Humberto Matos, military leader of Camaguey Province and a former aide to Prime Minister Fidel Castro, on conspiracy charges.
Politics and government
United Arab Republic President Gamal Nasser issued a decree giving U.A.R. Vice President Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer full powers over the Syrian Region.
James Dillon was elected President of the United Ireland Party and became opposition leader in the Irish Parliament.
Crime
The U.S. Supreme Court granted convicted rapist Caryl Chessman a stay of execution, two days before he was scheduled to die in the gas chamber of San Quentin Penitentiary in California.
Art
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art, a facility designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.
Baseball
Continental League President Branch Rickey announced that a franchise would be awarded to Buffalo. Montreal, Atlanta, and Dallas-Fort Worth were still in the running for the remaining two slots.
50 years ago
1969
Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Je t'aime...mon non plus--Jane Birkin avec Serge Gainsbourg (8th week at #1)
On the radio
A Book at Bedtime, on BBC 4
Tonight's episode: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2, read by Nigel Stock
Theatre
Butterflies are Free, starring Keir Dullea and Eileen Heckart, opened at the Booth Theatre in New York for the first of 1,128 performances.
Died on this date
Jack Kerouac, 47. U.S. author. Mr. Kerouac was a leading figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s, and was best known for his autobiographical novel On the Road (1957). He died the day after suffering an internal hemorrhage, brought on by years of heavy drinking.
World events
A military coup d'état led by Major-General Siad Barre deposed Somali President Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein and Prime Minister Mohammad Egal, and established a Marxist–Leninist administration in Somalia that lasted until 1991.
Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva proclaimed a state of siege in order to subdue a revolt by two army regiments.
Politics and government
Willy Brandt was elected Chancellor of West Germany by the Bundestag. Mr. Brandt, who was confirmed by a three-vote margin, was the first leader of the Social Democratic party to win the leadership.
40 years ago
1979
Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Born to Be Alive--Patrick Hernandez
#1 single in Switzerland: We Don't Talk Anymore--Cliff Richard
Politics and government
Moshe Dayan resigned as Israel’s Foreign Minister in a fundamental disagreement with the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin over the future of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that his moderate position on Palestinian self-rule differed from the majority in the cabinet, and since the issue was the central one in foreign policy, he found himself "left to deal with marginal subjects--ceremonies, cocktails, things like that." Mr. Dayan had opposed the seizure of uncultivated Arab lands in the territories, argued against some of the Jewish settlements there, and met privately with Palestinian leaders for talks.
Labour
The dispute in Britain that had kept The Times and The Sunday Times of London from publishing for almost 11 months was settled. The dispute was over institution of technological advances in typesetting, manning requirements, and wildcat strikes. In the settlement, manning levels were reduced and the question of the introduction of computer typesetting technology was deferred for a year.
Football
CFL
Ottawa (7-5-2) 3 @ Hamilton (6-9) 21
Saskatchewan (1-13) 14 @ Winnipeg (4-11) 23
Tom Clements and Neil Lumsden rushed for touchdowns to lead the Tiger-Cats to their win over the Rough Riders in front of an Ivor Wynne Stadium crowd of 27,211.
Joey Walters caught 14 passes for 191 yards and a touchdown, but the Roughriders still came up short against the Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium. Dieter Brock threw a touchdown pass to Tennie Pierce and Jim Washington rushed for another Blue Bomber touchdown. Bernie Ruoff converted both and added 3 field goals. 23,033 fans witnessed the third Winnipeg win over Saskatchewan in as many games in 1979.
Hockey
NHL
Edmonton 5 Minnesota 5
30 years ago
1989
Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Lambada--Kaoma (4th week at #1)
#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Pump Up the Jam--Technotronic (2nd week at #1)
#1 single in France (SNEP): Cœur de loup--Philippe Lafontaine
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): That's What I Like--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
2 Lambada--Kaoma
3 If Only I Could--Sydney Youngblood
4 Pump Up the Jam--Technotronic featuring Felly
5 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
6 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
7 A Bit Of..--Kiss AMC
8 It's Hard to Be Tender--Carly Simon
9 Sowing the Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
10 Poison--Alice Cooper
Singles entering the chart were Knockin' on Heaven's Door by Randy Crawford featuring Eric Clapton and David Sanborn (#20); Fine Brown Frame by Lou Rawls (duet with Dianne Reeves) (#25); Call it Love by Poco (#26); Street Tuff by Rebel MC & Double Trouble (#28); White Horses in the Snow by Maarten Peters (#29); and Welcome to My Party by Luv' (#31).
U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson (3rd week at #1)
2 Love Song--The Cure
3 Sowing the Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
4 Listen to Your Heart--Roxette
5 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
6 Cover Girl--New Kids on the Block
7 Love in an Elevator--Aerosmith
8 It's No Crime--Babyface
9 Bust a Move--Young M.C.
10 When I Looked at Him--Expose
Singles entering the chart were With Every Beat of My Heart by Taylor Dayne (#61); Heat of the Moment by After 7 (#86); Just Like Jesse James by Cher (#90); The Arms of Orion by Prince with Sheena Easton (#91); The Same Love by the Jets (#92); New Thing by Enuff Z'Nuff (#93); and French Kiss by Lil Louis (#96).
U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Miss You Much--Janet Jackson (2nd week at #1)
2 Love Song--The Cure
3 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
4 Listen to Your Heart--Roxette
5 Sowing the Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
6 Dr. Feelgood--Motley Crue
7 Cherish--Madonna
8 Love in an Elevator--Aerosmith
9 Cover Girl--New Kids on the Block
10 Bust a Move--Young M.C.
Singles entering the chart were With Every Beat of My Heart by Taylor Dayne (#59); I Live by the Groove by Paul Carrack (#80); Girl I am Searching for You by Stevie B (#82); Everything by Jody Watley (#86); I'm a Believer by Giant (#90); Just Like Jesse James by Cher (#92); and Love Song by Tesla (#95).
Politics and government
U.S. President George Bush vetoed a spending bill that reinstated funding for Medicaid abortions in instances of rape or incest.
Disasters
A Honduran jetliner crashed into a mountain in Honduras, taking the lives of 131 of the 146 people aboard.
More than 50 people burned to death in Sudan after two buses collided.
Football
CFL
British Columbia (6-10) 18 @ Toronto (7-9) 29
Rick Johnson completed 16 of 27 passes for 289 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Argos to their win over the Lions before 34,267 fans at SkyDome. Mr. Johnson’s scoring strikes covered 31 yards to Gill Fenerty; 73 to Brian Bedford; and 39 to Glenn Holt. Keith Gooch returned an interception 60 yards for B.C.’s first touchdown, while the Lions’ only offensive major was scored by Darrell Wallace on a 21-yard run with less than 3½ minutes remaining in the game.
CIAU
St. Mary’s 42 St. Francis Xavier 14
Acadia 20 Mount Allison 9
Queen’s 29 McGill 0
Concordia 44 Carleton 0
Toronto 14 Wilfrid Laurier 12
McMaster 31 York 3
Saskatchewan (6-1) 21 @ Manitoba (0-8) 9
British Columbia (4-3) 37 @ Alberta (4-3) 9
Phil Guebert made 3 interceptions and Rob Symchyk and Terry Eisler each had 1-yard touchdown rushes for the Huskies as they beat the Bisons at University Stadium in Winnipeg.
Jim Stewart rushed 23 times for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns to help the Thunderbirds rout the Golden Bears in front of 775 disappointed fans at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton.
Baseball
Nippon Series
Yomiuri Giants 3 @ Kintetsu Buffaloes 4 (Kintetsu led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Daijiro Oishi and Takahisa Suzuki hit home runs for the Buffaloes as they came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Giants before 23,477 fans at Fujiidera Stadium in Osaka. Kaoru Okazaki homered for the Giants.
25 years ago
1994
Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Cotton Eye Joe--Rednex (8th week at #1)
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Love Me for a Reason--Boyzone
Diplomacy
The United States and North Korea signed an Agreed Framework that would freeze North Korea's nuclear weapons program and permit international inspection of its facilities. U.S. allies would build two nuclear power plants in North Korea, and the inspection of two suspicious nuclear sites in North Korea would be delayed.
Disasters
32 people were killed in Seoul when the Seongsu Bridge collapsed.
Football
CFL
Shreveport (1-15) 8 @ Calgary (13-3) 52
Doug Flutie threw 5 touchdown passes--3 to Allen Pitts, and 1 each to Will Moore and PeeWee Smith--as the Stampeders routed the Pirates before 21,317 fans at McMahon Stadium. Steve Taylor relieved Mr. Flutie in the 4th quarter and completed a touchdown pass to Brian Wiggins. The Pirates, who trailed 25-1 at halftime and 39-1 after 3 quarters, scored their only touchdown on a 36-yard rush by Ryan Benjamin with 12:20 remaining in the game.
10 years ago
2009
Baseball
National League Championship Series
Los Angeles 4 @ Philadelphia 10 (Philadelphia won best-of-seven series 4-1)
Jayson Werth hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning and a solo homer in the 7th to help the Phillies beat the Dodgers before 46,214 fans at Citizens Bank Park, clinching their second straight Nationl League pennant.
No comments:
Post a Comment