February 7, 2020

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sherri Pierce!

520 years ago
1500

Born on this date
João de Castro. Portuguese explorer and politician. Don de Castro travelled to India with his uncle Garcia de Noronha, and to Suez with Estêvão da Gama. He served as Governor and Viceroy of Portuguese India from 1545 until his death from illness on June 6, 1548 at the age of 48.

500 years ago
1520

Died on this date
Alfonsina Orsini, 47 or 48. Regent of Florence, 1515-1519. Ms. Orsini, the wife of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, was regent of Florence while her son Lorenzo de' Medici was absent. She used her wealth and position to help the poor and underrepresented, while also increasing her family's wealth and power. Ms. Orsini died after a period of declining health.

225 years ago
1795

Law
The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. It reads:

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

150 years ago
1870

Born on this date
Alfred Adler. Austro-Hungarian born psychiatrist. Dr. Adler began his medical career as an opthalmologist before changing to psychiatry. He studied with Sigmund Freud and was president of the Vienna Psychoanaytic Society in 1910, but split from Dr. Freud a year later. Dr. Adler founded the school of psychotherapy known as individual psychology; he emphasized the importance of overcoming feelings of inferiority, which likely came from his personal history as a child of below-average size. When Dr. Adler became successful, Dr. Freud offered the scholarly comment, "I made a pygmy great." Dr. Adler died on May 28, 1937 at the age of 67.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
Anita Stewart. U.S. actress. Miss Stewart starred in movies in the 1910s and '20s, including A Tale of Two Cities (1911). She produced seven of her own films in 1918-1919. Miss Stewart died of a heart attack on May 4, 1961 at the age of 66.

120 years ago
1900

War
British troops commanded by General Redvers Buller were defeated by Boer forces led by Louis Botha in the Battle of Vaal Krantz, the third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

Health
Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King fell ill in San Francisco with bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
Oscar Brand. Canadian-born U.S. musician and author. Mr. Brand, a native of Winnipeg, was a folk singer-songwriter who wrote at least 300 songs and recorded almost 100 albums. He wrote short stories, but was perhaps best known as a radio and television host. Mr. Brand hosted the weekly folk music program Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival on New York station WNYC-AM from 1945-2015, setting a record as the longest-running program with a single host in radio history. Mr. Brand frequently returned to his native Canada to perform, and hosted the television program Let's Sing Out (1963-1968). He was involved with the Children's Television Workshop in the development of Sesame Street, and it was rumoured that the character Oscar the Grouch was named after him. Mr. Brand died of pneumonia on September 30, 2016 at the age of 96.

Died on this date
Charles Langelier, 69. Canadian politician and judge. Mr. Langelier, a native of Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East, was a Liberal who represented Montmorency (1878-1881) and Lévis (1898-1901) in the Quebec Legislative Assembly, and represented Montmorency in the Canadian House of Commons (1887-1890). He was appointed to the Court of Sessions of the Peace in 1910, and died in Quebec City.

Alexander Kolchak, 45. Supreme Ruler of Russia, 1918-1920. Admiral Kolchak joined the Imperial Russian Navy in 1894, and participated in the Russian polar expedition (1900-1902). He served in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I, and played a leading role in the White movement in the Russian Civil War. Adm. Kolchak established what became the Provisional All-Russian Government (1918-1920), based in Omsk, Siberia. He became the internationally-recognized Supreme Ruler of Russia on November 18, 1918, but his refusal to work with non-Bolshevik leftists or to allow autonomy for ethnic minorities resulted in failure to unify the White movement. Adm. Kolchak was captured by the Czechoslovak Legion, handed over to local Socialists-Revolutionaries, and executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in Irkutsk.

Viktor Pepelyayev, 35. Prime Minister of the Provisional All-Russian Government, 1919-1920. Mr. Pepelyayev was elected to the Siberian State Duma in 1912. He supported the White movement during the Russian Civil War, and held various offices in the provisional government before becoming Prime Minister. Mr. Pepalyayev was executed with Adm. Kolchak by a Bolshevik firing squad in Irkutsk.

80 years ago
1940

At the movies
Pinocchio, an animated feature produced by Walt Disney, received its premiere screening at the Center Theater in New York City.

War
South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts reported widespread support for Germany in the Union of South Africa and South-West Africa among Germans and people of German extraction.

Defense
The Japanese government announced that it was considering abrogation of the 1922 Nine Power Naval Pact.

The Hague announced plans to build three battle cruisers and modernize the harbour at Surabaya, Java for the defense of the Netherlands East Indies.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed three new ambassadors: George Earle to Bulgaria; David Gray to Ireland; and Louis Dreyfus to Afghanistan.

Politics and government
U.S. Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner was reported to be considering entering the Illinois Democratic Party primary for President of the United States in the 1940 election in an effort to "smoke out" President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the issue of whether he would run for an unprecedented third term as President. Mr. Roosevelt's name was on the ballot.

The U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee approved the Walter-Logan bill to limit the power of federal boards and agencies.

Society
A subsidiary of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee conducting hearings on the Gavagan anti-lynching bill was disrupted at its opening session by spectators.

Medicine
Doctors Sidney Levinson, Frank Neuwelt, and Heinrich Nicholes announced that blood serum, the colourless liquid part of blood, could be used as the basis of a blood substitute.

75 years ago
1945

At the movies
Hangover Square, starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, and George Sanders, opened in theatres.



Diplomacy
The Yalta Conference of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin became public knowledge upon the issuance of a statement by the British Ministry of Information. The conference had begun three days earlier.

War
The Paraguayan Council of State approved a declaration of war against the Axis. Four U.S. Divisions crossed the German frontier opposite Luxembourg at 10 places, bridging the Our and Saur Rivers. Russian troops extended their hold on the east bank of the Oder River, capturing Zaeckerick, 31 miles from Berlin. U.S. forces in the Philippines closed in on downtown Manila. Much of the old city, dating from the Spanish colonial period, was destroyed by American artillery fire and Japanese demolitions.

Politics and government
Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot and his cabinet resigned in anticipation of an unfavourable vote in parliament. Mr. Pierlot, leader of the Catholic party, had led the government-in-exile in London from 1940-1944, returning to Belgium after the country's liberation from Nazi occupation.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor--affiliated American Federation of Musicians notified the four radio networks that the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan had been placed on its "unfair list," which barred musicians there from commercial unemployment.

Scandal
The New York Stock Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced that they would report daily sales in round numbers in an effort to deprive numbers game operators of the basis for their gambling activities.

70 years ago
1950

On the radio
Philo Vance, starring Jackson Beck
Tonight’s episode: The Chicken Murder Case

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Escape This Night, starring Donald Buka, Peter Capell, and Robert H. Harris

Television
A Washington survey reported that television set owners saw fewer films, read less, and listened to the radio less than they did before buying their sets.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. and U.K. recognized Bao Dai's Vietnamese government, the Cambodian government of King Norodom Sihanouk, and the Laotian regime of King Sisavang Vong.

Politics and government
Testifying before a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover requested 700 additional employees for his agency to keep track of Soviet agents in the United States.

Economics and finance
The Organization for European Economic Cooperation issued its annual report to the United States, asking for $5 billion in U.S. aid and a 50% increase in sales to the U.S. by 1952. The report said that member states had reached 1938 production levels, but living standards were still 10% below their pre-World War II level.

Labour
The American Federation of Labor Executive Council ended a 10-day meeting in Miami by authorizing top AFL officials to approach the Congress of Industrial Organizations on unification of the two groups.

The CIO Communications Workers of America postponed a scheduled nationwide strike of telephone workers for 16 days on the request of Federal Mediation Service director Cyrus Ching.

Baseball
Boston Red Sox' left fielder Ted Williams became the highest paid player in history, signing a contract for 1950 for about $125,000. The 1949 American League Most Valuable Player had led the league in runs (150); doubles (39); home runs (43); slugging (.650); total bases (368); and bases on balls (162), while tying for the AL lead in games (155) and runs batted in (153), and finishing second in batting (.343), just missing the batting title.

60 years ago
1960

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Not the Running Type, starring Paul Hartman, Robert Bray, Bert Freed, and Wendell Holmes

Died on this date
Igor Kurchatov, 57. U.S.S.R. physicist. Dr. Kurchatov was known as the "Father of the Soviet atomic bomb," directing the Soviet atomic bomb project in the 1940s and '50s. He died 26 days after his 57th birthday after years of declining health, likely resulting from exposure to nuclear radiation in 1949.

50 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Take a Letter Maria--R.B. Greaves

#1 single in France: The 5th--Ekseption

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Ma chi se ne importa--Gianni Morandi (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Dein schönstes Geschenk--Roy Black (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head--Johnny Farnham (3rd week at #1)
2 Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son--Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 Holly Holy--Neil Diamond
4 Smiley--Ronnie Burns
5 Take a Letter Maria--R.B. Greaves
6 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
7 Picking Up Pebbles--Matt Flinders
8 Arkansas Grass--Axiom
9 Something/Come Together--The Beatles
10 Jam Up Jelly Tight--Tommy Roe

Singles entering the chart were (Call Me) Number One by the Tremeloes (#30); Break My Mind by Roy Orbison (#33); and Cowboy Convention by Ohio Express (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Mijn Gebed--D.C. Lewis
2 Mighty Joe--Shocking Blue
3 Seasons--Earth and Fire
4 Venus--Shocking Blue
5 Het Zal Je Kind Maar Wezen--Adèle Bloemendaal, Leen Jongewaard, Piet Römer en koor
6 Jin-Go-La-Ba--Santana
7 Marian--The Cats
8 Het Stoomlied (Kunst- En Vliegwerk)--Ed & William Bever
9 Wat Een Spreker is Die Man--Seth Gaaikema
10 Melting Pot--Blue Mink

Singles entering the chart were Bij Ons Staat Op de Keukendeur by De 2 Pinten (#31); Room to Move by John Mayall (#35); Karel by Else De Wijn (#37); True Love Travels on a Gravel Road by Percy Sledge (#38); Moeder, er Zit 'n Muis in de Hoek by Willemien (#39); and Wat 'n Spreker is Die Man by Sjakie Schram (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Venus--The Shocking Blue
2 I Want You Back--The Jackson 5
3 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas
4 Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody is a Star--Sly & the Family Stone
5 Without Love (There is Nothing)--Tom Jones
6 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Dionne Warwick
7 Hey There Lonely Girl--Eddie Holman
8 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
9 No Time--The Guess Who
10 Jingle Jangle--The Archies

Singles entering the chart were Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (#49); Do the Funky Chicken by Rufus Thomas (#62); Never Had a Dream Come True by Stevie Wonder (#67); House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink (#73); Good Guys Only Win in the Movies by Mel and Tim (#74); Easy Come, Easy Go by Bobby Sherman (#75); Shilo by Neil Diamond (#82); Why Should I Cry by the Gentrys (#83); My Elusive Dreams by Bobby Vinton (#86); Come and Get It by Badfinger (#92); Can't Help Falling in Love by Al Martino (#93); She's Ready by the Spiral Starecase featuring Pat Upton (#95); 1984 by Spirit (#96); Jesus is Just Alright by the Byrds (#97); The Bells by the Originals (#98); and Call Me/Son of a Preacher Man by Aretha Franklin (#99). Come and Get It, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney, was from the movie The Magic Christian (1969).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Venus--The Shocking Blue (2nd week at #1)
2 Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin--Sly & the Family Stone
3 I Want You Back--The Jackson 5
4 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas
5 Without Love (There is Nothing)--Tom Jones
6 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Dionne Warwick
7 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
8 No Time--The Guess Who
9 Don't Cry Daddy--Elvis Presley
10 Early in the Morning--Vanity Fare

Singles entering the chart were Something's Burning by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#76); Keep on Doin' by the Isley Brothers (#82); Good Guys Only Win in the Movies by Mel and Tim (#86); Down in the Alley by Ronnie Hawkins (#89); Oh Well (Part 1) by Fleetwood Mac (#94); Je T'Aime...Moin Non Plus by Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg (#95); Heartbreaker by Grand Funk Railroad (#97); Easy Come, Easy Go by Bobby Sherman (#98); It's Just a Matter of Time by Sonny James (#99); and Come and Get It by Badfinger (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Venus--The Shocking Blue (3rd week at #1)
2 I Want You Back--The Jackson 5
3 Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody is a Star--Sly & the Family Stone
4 Without Love (There is Nothing)--Tom Jones
5 Don't Cry Daddy--Elvis Presley
6 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas
7 No Time--The Guess Who
8 Hey There Lonely Girl--Eddie Holman
9 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Dionne Warwick
10 Early in the Morning--Vanity Fare

Singles entering the chart were House of the Rising Sun by Frijid Pink (#74); Easy Come, Easy Go by Bobby Sherman (#75); Something's Burning by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#79); Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) by Janis Joplin (#80); Walking Through the Country by the Grass Roots (#83); If You've Got a Heart by Bobby Bland (#89); My Elusive Dreams by Bobby Vinton (#92); Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac (#96); The Bells by the Originals (#97); Crazy Annie by Evie Sands (#98); Do the Funky Chicken by Rufus Thomas (#99); and Welfare Cadillac by Guy Drake (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Venus--The Shocking Blue (2nd week at #1)
2 I Want You Back--The Jackson 5
3 Jingle Jangle--The Archies
4 Don't Cry Daddy/Rubberneckin'--Elvis Presley
5 Without Love (There is Nothing)--Tom Jones
6 I'll Never Fall in Love Again--Dionne Warwick
7 Arizona--Mark Lindsay
8 Winter World of Love--Engelbert Humperdinck
9 No Time--The Guess Who
10 Blowing Away--The 5th Dimension

Singles entering the chart were The Bells by the Originals (#66); Never Had a Dream Come True by Stevie Wonder (#70); How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad by the Lovelights (#73); Why Should I Cry by the Gentrys (#76); Evil Ways by Santana (#77); Then She's a Lover by Roy Clark (#79); Victoria by the Kinks (#80); Shades of Green by the Flaming Ember (#82); If You've Got a Heart by Bobby Bland (#83); I Must Have Been Blind by the Collectors (#86); Heartbreaker by Grand Funk Railroad (#87); Easy Come, Easy Go by Bobby Sherman (#89); It's Just a Matter of Time by Sonny James (#92); Come and Get It by Badfinger (#94); Something's Burning by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#95); Oh Well (Part 1) by Fleetwood Mac (#97); Country Preacher by Cannonball Adderley (#98); Back to Dreamin' Again by Pat Shannon (#99); and Do the Funky Chicken by Rufus Thomas (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas
2 Don't Cry Daddy--Elvis Presley
3 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
4 That's Where I Went Wrong--The Poppy Family
5 Sunday Mornin'--Oliver
6 Venus--The Shocking Blue
7 Fancy--Bobbie Gentry
8 No Time--The Guess Who
9 La La La (If I Had You)--Bobby Sherman
10 Leaving on a Jet Plane--Peter, Paul and Mary
Pick hit of the week: We were Happy--The Trials of Jayson Hoover

War
American bombers ignored a Viet Cong cease-fire for Tet, the lunar new year, and unloaded up to 600 tons of bombs in South Vietnam. A U.S. and South Vietnamese cease-fire had ended the day before.

Politics and government
Italian Prime Minister Mariano Rumor and his Christian Democratic minority cabinet resigned amid social unrest and political uncertainty, provoking the nation’s 30th government crisis since World War II.

Basketball
NCAA
Alabama 106 Louisiana State 104

Louisiana State University’s Pete Maravich scored 69 points in the Tigers' loss to the Crimson Tide. It was the highest total ever by an NCAA Division I player in a single game, breaking the record of 68 points set by Niagara’s Calvin Murphy 14 months earlier.

Hockey
NHL
Oakland 1 @ Toronto 5



40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
Edmonton’s Top 20 (CHED)
1 I Don’t Like Mondays--The Boomtown Rats (3rd week at #1)
2 Coward of the County--Kenny Rogers
3 Crazy Little Thing Called Love--Queen
4 The Long Run--Eagles
5 Don’t Do Me Like That--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
6 Jane--Jefferson Starship
7 Video Killed the Radio Star--The Buggles
8 Yes I’m Ready--Teri DeSario with K.C.
9 Tiny Thing--Jenson Interceptor
10 Why Me--Styx
11 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
12 A Night to Remember--Prism
13 An American Dream--The Dirt Band
14 Message in a Bottle--The Police
15 Janine--Trooper
16 Sara--Fleetwood Mac
17 Chiquitita--ABBA
18 Longer--Dan Fogelberg
19 I Wanna Be Your Lover--Prince
20 Romeo’s Tune--Steve Forbert

Politics and government
Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr was named head of the regime’s Revolutionary Council.

Business
Chrysler Corporation reported losses for 1979 of $1.1 billion, believed to be the largest yearly loss in American corporate history. Chrysler’s 1979 car and truck sales fell 18.8% as buyers switched to smaller, more fuel-efficient models. The company said that it could return to profitability when the 1981 model cars were introduced.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Jimmy Dean--Troll

Died on this date
Alfredo M. Santos, 84. Filipino military officer. General Santos joined the Philippine Army in 1936, and served in several key battles of World War II, led campaigns against Communist insurgents, and was named the first chief of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization's Military Planning Office in 1957. He became the first four-star general of the Philippines Armed Forces, and was Chief of Staff of the Philippines Armed Forces from 1962-1965.

Alan Perlis, 67. U.S. computer scientist. Dr. Perlis helped to develop the programming language ALGOL, and was awarded the first Turing Award in 1966 "for his influence in the area of advanced programming techniques and compiler construction."

Politics and government
The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party endorsed President Mikhail Gorbachev’s proposal to change the constitution and end the party’s monopoly on political power in the U.S.S.R.

Former Prime Minister John Turner resigned as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, to be replaced on an interim basis by Herb Gray. Mr. Turner had won the party leadership and taken office as Prime Minister upon the retirement of Pierre Trudeau in June 1984, but had lasted just 69 days in office, as the Liberals were defeated in the federal election. Mr. Turner continued as Leader of the Opposition until his resignation as party leader.

Economics and finance
The United States Congress approved $42 million in emergency aid to Panama and lifted economic sanctions against Panama.

Law
Donald Marshall, a Micmac Indian who had served 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, received an apology from the government of Nova Scotia. Provincial Attorney General Tom McInnis told a news conference that he agreed with a royal commission’s conclusion that the justice system had failed Mr. Marshall, and that part of the reason for the failure was that Mr. Marshall was an Indian. Mr. McInnis also said that the provincial government would introduce many of the commission’s recommendations, including the establishment of a cabinet committee on race relations; the scheduling of provincial court sessions on Indian reserves; and the establishment of a native criminal court as a pilot project. It was also announced that there would be a further judicial inquiry into the conduct of five Court of Appeal judges who concluded in 1983 that , although he was innocent, Mr. Marshall had been partly to blame for his conviction.

Hockey
NHL
New York Rangers 5 Edmonton 2

25 years ago
1995

Terrorism
Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. The explosion had killed 6 people and injured more than 1,000. Authorities believed that Mr. Yousef had flown to New York in September 1992 and then assembled the group of men who helped him plan the bombing. He had then flown from New York to Pakistan hours after the explosion.

Labour
U.S. President Bill Clinton invited representatives of major league baseball club owners and major league players to come to the White House in Washington and make a final effort to reach an agreement. The principal issue was the owners' desire to impose a cap on players' salaries. The players had gone on strike after the games of August 11, 1994, ending the season prematurely. After the White House meeting, Mr. Clinton said that his efforts had not been successful.

Basketball
NBA
Milwaukee 95 New York 87

20 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Doug Henning, 52. Canadian magician. Mr. Henning, a native of Winnipeg, became famous with Spellbound, a combination rock opera and magic show. He hosted annual television specials on NBC from 1975-1982. A believer in transcendental meditation, Mr. Henning ran for parliament in the British general election in 1992 and in the Canadian general election of 1993 for the Natural Law Party, but like every other NLP candidate, didn’t come close to getting elected. Mr. Henning died of liver cancer.

Politics and government
Stipe Mesic was elected President of Croatia in a runoff election with 56% of the vote. Although he was a former Communist leader, Mr. Mesic declared a commitment to Western-style policies. Mr. Mesic was not a Croatian nationalist, unlike his late predecessor, Franjo Tudjman.

Texas Governor and Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate George W. Bush adopted a new slogan--"A Reformer with Results"--emphasizing his record in education and tax reform as Governor of Texas.

Diplomacy
Middle East peace talks broke down again when the Palestinian National Authority froze talks with Israel. In January, Israel had missed a deadline for handing over more land on the West Bank, and the parties subsequently failed to agree on what land would be transferred.

Terrorism
The Afghan jetliner that had been hijacked the day before soon after takeoff from Kabul landed in London. British police began negotiations with the hijackers, who began releasing hostages in groups.

Protest
About 150 angry farmers occupied the Saskatchewan legislature building demanding financial help.

Technology
Three days of disruption on the World Wide Web began when unknown hacker(s) swamped such popular sites as those of CNN, Yahoo, Amazon, and EBay with thousands of spam messages, thereby preventing the sites from providing their services.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Bill Clinton submitted his budget for the 2001 fiscal year. The budget projected revenues at $2.019 trillion and outlays of $1.835 trillion, for a surplus of $1.84 billion, the third consecutive surplus and the highest ever. Much of the Social Security surplus, pegged at $160 billion, would be used to reduce the $5.7-trillion national debt. The budget proposed $351 billion in tax cuts over 10 years, mostly for low- and middle-income Americans. $45 billion over 10 years would go to lowering the extra tax obligations of married couples (the so-called marriage penalty). Mr. Clinton also backed expansion of the earned income tax credit for low-income workers.

Business
Pfizer Inc. announced plans to buy Warner-Lambert Company. The merger would form the world’s second-largest drug company, keeping the Pfizer name. The biggest drug company had been created in January by the merger of two British companies, Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline.

Golf
Tiger Woods overcame a 7-stroke deficit with 7 holes to play today to win the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by two strokes over Matt Gogel and Vijay Singh for his sixth consecutive win on the PGA tour.



10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
William Tenn, 89. U.K.-born U.S. author. Mr. Tenn, whose real name was Philip Klass, was a native of London who moved to New York City with his family before the age of 2. He wrote a pair of science fiction novels and more than 60 short stories, many including satirical elements. Under his own name, Mr. Klass wrote non-fiction. He died of congestive heart failure.

Football
NFL
Super Bowl XLIV @ Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
New Orleans 31 Indianapolis 17

Drew Brees completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns as he led the Saints back from a 10-0 1st-quarter deficit to their first Super Bowl championship, before 74,059 fans. Tracy Porter's 74-yard interception return for a touchdown with 3:12 remaining in the game climaxed a 15-point 4th quarter for the Saints.