April 18, 2020

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Mila Levashova!

430 years ago
1590

Born on this date
Ahmed I. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1603-1617. Ahmed I succeeded his father Mehmed III at the age of 13; he died of typhus on November 22, 1617 at the age of 27 and was succeeded by his younger brother Mustafa I.

400 years ago
1620

Born on this date
Winston Churchill. English politician. Sir Winston was a lifelong Royalist who served as a Cavalier with the King's Horse during the English Civil War (1642-1651). After the Restoration, he was a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1661-1679) and Lyme Regis (1685-1688). Sir Winston published Divi Britannici; being a remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of this Isle, from the year of the World 2855 until the year of Grace 1660. He died on March 26, 1688, 23 days before his 68th birthday. Sir Winston was an ancestor of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

280 years ago
1740

Born on this date
Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Baring. U.K. banker and politician. Sir Francis and his brother John, who was mostly a silent partner, founded the John and Francis Baring Company, which eventually became Barings Bank, a merchant bank that achieved success and influence in Europe and America. Sir Francis served as an adviser to the British government, promoting liberalization of trade, and was also a director of the East India Company, supporting the company's monopoly. He represented various ridings in the House of Commons (1784-1790, 1794-1806), and was created 1st Baronet Baring in 1793. Sir Francis died on September 11, 1810 at the age of 70.

140 years ago
1880

Born on this date
Sam Crawford. U.S. baseball player. "Wahoo Sam," a native of Wahoo, Nebraska, was a right fielder with the Cincinnati Reds (1899-1902) and Detroit Tigers (1903-1917), batting .309 with 2,961 hits, 97 home runs and 1,525 runs batted in in 2,517 games. His 309 triples remains the major league career record, and 51 of his home runs were hit inside-the-park. Mr. Crawford led the National League in home runs with 16 in 1901, and led the American League in 1908 with 7. He led the AL in RBIs in 1910, 1914, and 1915. Mr. Crawford and Ty Cobb played next to each other in the outfield from 1905-1917, but were not on good terms personally. Mr. Crawford was just 39 hits short of 3,000 when he was released by the Tigers, but he never played in the major leagues again; he did, however, continue his career, playing with the Los Angeles Angels of the AA Pacific Coast League from 1918-1921, amassing another 781 hits. Mr. Crawford coached the University of Southern California Trojans from 1924-1929, compiling a record of 59-46-3. He umpired in the PCL from 1935-1938. Mr. Crawford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957, and died on June 15, 1968 at the age of 88.

100 years ago
1920

At the movies
The False Road, directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, and Wade Boteler, opened in theatres.



Born on this date
John F. Wiley. U.S. football player and coach. "Smiling Jack" played tackle at Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania in the late 1930s, and played against Fordham University in 1939 in the first college football game ever televised. After serving with the U.S. Army during World War II--rising to the rank of captain--he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1946-1950). Mr. Wiley was head coach at Waynesburg College (1951-1954), compiling a record of 22-9-1. He was line coach at the University of Pittsburgh (1955-1961), and was credited with recruiting future NFL players and coaches Mike Ditka and Marty Schottenheimer. Mr. Wiley entered private business after 1961, and died on March 25, 2013, 24 days before his 93rd birthday.

90 years ago
1930

On the radio
The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.

80 years ago
1940

War
German troops captured the Norwegian fortresses of Oskarborg and Drobak in Oslo Fjord. The Japanese Army claimed a rout of Chinese forces in the province of Shangsi in northeastern China.

Diplomacy
Argentine President Roberto Ortez recalled the Argentine military mission to Berlin.

Protest
The All-India National Congress directed its committees to prepare for a declaration of civil disobedience.

Politics and government
The United States House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate the Walter-Logan bill, which provided court review for rulings of 130 federal bureaus and agencies.

U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Ohio) declined to enter the Republican Party primary in Maryland, leaving New York City District Attorney Thomas Dewey as the only candidate there in the contest for the 1940 Republican nomination for President of the United States.

75 years ago
1945

Died on this date
John Ambrose Fleming, 95. U.K. physicist and engineer. Sir John was an electrical engineer who taught at University College, London (1897-1927), and played an important role in the invention of radio. While under contract to Guglielmo Marconi, he designed the world's first large radio transmitter, which enabled the first transatlantic radio transmission in 1901. Mr. Marconi received all the credit because of the contractual arrangement, and later reneged on an agreement with Dr. Fleming to give him shares in the Marconi company. Sir John invented the thermionic vacuum tube in 1904--the two-electrode diode--and accused U.S. engineer Lee de Forest of infringing on his patents when Mr. de Forest added a control "grid" to make a triode. Court battles between the two men dragged on for years. Sir John promoted the new technology of television in his later years, and was the second president of the Royal Television Society. He was a devout Christian, and co-founded the Evolution Protest Movement (now the Creation Science Movement) in 1932.

Wilhelm of Wied, 69. Prince of Albania, 1914-1925. Wilhelm, a native of Germany, reigned as sovereign of the Principality of Albania from March 7, 1914 until September 3, 1914, when he went into exile, eventually returning to Germany. His reign officially ended on January 31, 1925 with the proclamation of the Albanian Republic.

Ernie Pyle, 44. U.S. journalist. Mr. Pyle was the most famous American war correspondent of World War II, and won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in 1944. He was killed on Ie Shima during the Battle of Okinawa when he was hit by a machine gun bullet.

War
Over 1,000 Allied bombers attacked the small German island of Heligoland. Germany was divided in two as spearheads of the 3rd U.S. Army drove into Czechoslovakia near Asch. German radio broadcasts reported that Soviet troops were within 14 miles of Berlin and were moving southward to outflank the city. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur reported that his forces in the Philippines had rescued about 7,000 civilians--mostly Filipinos, but including Americans, Britons, and others--from the Japanese forces cornered at Baguio, Luzon since March 28. British troops captured Chauk, centre of one of Burma's richest oil-producing areas.

Diplomacy
The United States Senate ratified the Mexican water pact, guaranteeing Mexico 2.5 million acre-feet of water annually from the Colorado River, and giving the U.S.A. about 350,000 acre-feet from the Rio Grande.

World events
Brazilian Communist Luis Carlos Prestes was released after nine years in prison under a general amnesty signed by President Getulio Vargas.

70 years ago
1950

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

Beyond Tomorrow, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Outer Limit

This was the last episode of the short-lived science fiction series.

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Murder at the Mardi Gras, starring Tom Drake, Mary Sinclair, George Reeves, Robert Emhardt, and Jack Klugman



Television
NBC Research reported that the United States had 101 stations operating, and an estimated 4,835,000 sets installed.

Terrorism
Unknown assailants bombed the U.S. legation compounds in Damascus and Beirut, following the growth of anti-American feeling in both cities due to the Palestine situation.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. dispatched a formal protest to the U.S.S.R., accusing Soviet pilots of shooting down an unarmed U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Baltic Sea. The note demanded indemnity for the plane and its 10-man crew and a formal statement of regret.

Indonesia applied for membership in the United Nations.

Irish President Sean O'Kelly greeted George A. Garrett, the first U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman promised increased consultation with Republican senators on foreign policy issues.

Aviation
The first turbo jet transport ever flown in the United States--Canada's Avro jetliner--arrived in New York after a record 1 hour, 365-mile flight from Toronto.

Religion
The Czechoslovakian government announced plans to convert many Roman Catholic monasteries into hospitals, social institutions, and workers' apartments.

Health
Victims of cholera, smallpox, and meningitis, many of them refugees from Hindu-Muslim strife, crowded Calcutta's hospitals and caused a health crisis.

Labour
The Seafarers Section of the International Transport Workers Federation ordered a boycott of ships flying the Panamanian flag, charging that shipowners of many countries used Panamanian registry to get by with poor working and living conditions on their ships.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
New York 4 @ Detroit 3 (OT) (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Don Raleigh scored 8:34 into the 1st overtime period at Olympia Stadium to give the Rangers their first playoff overtime win since winning the Stanley Cup in overtime 10 years earlier. The Rangers led 3-1 in the 3rd period, but Edgar Laprade and Gus Kyle scored for the Red Wings to tie the score.

Baseball
31,822 fans at Fenway Park in Boston were shocked as the Red Sox blew a 9-0 lead and fell 15-10 to the hated New York Yankees in the season opener. New York second baseman Billy Martin became the first major league player to get 2 hits in the same inning in his first major league game, contributing a double and single as the Yankees scored 9 runs in the 8th inning. Don Johnson was the winning pitcher over Al Papai. Former ace Boo Ferriss pitched the 9th for the Red Sox and gave up 2 runs in the 194th and last game of his 6-year major league career.

U.S. President Harry Truman threw out a first ball with each hand as the Washington Nationals edged the Philadelphia Athletics 8-7 before 29,320 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ansiedad--Nat King Cole (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (9th week at #1)
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
4 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
5 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
6 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
7 Wild One--Bobby Rydell
8 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
9 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
10 Mama--Connie Francis

Singles entering the chart were Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones (#67); The Way of a Clown by Teddy Randazzo (#76); Nobody Loves Me Like You by the Flamingos (#82); My Empty Room by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#90); Hither and Thither and Yon by Brook Benton (#92); Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers (#94); Barbara by the Temptations (#95); Burning Bridges by Jack Scott (#97); A Star is Born (A Love Has Died) by Mark Dinning (#98); Someone Loves You, Joe by the Singing Belles (#99); and Got a Girl by the Four Preps (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
2 The Theme from "A Summer Place"--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
3 He'll Have to Go--Jim Reeves
4 Sweet Nothin's--Brenda Lee
5 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
6 White Silver Sands--Bill Black's Combo
7 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
8 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
9 Mama--Connie Francis
10 I Love the Way You Love--Marv Johnson

Singles entering the chart were Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers (#63); Burning Bridges by Jack Scott (#68); For Love by Lloyd Price (#74); He'll Have to Stay, with versions by Jeanne Black; and Corina Minette (#75); Earth Angel by Johnny Tillotson (#94); Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald (#95); Pink Chiffon by Mitchell Torok (#96); Skater's Waltz by Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#97); Doggin' Around by Jackie Wilson (#98); Another Sleepless Night by Jimmy Clanton (#99); and Dutchman's Gold by Walter Brennan with Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#100). He'll Have to Stay was an "answer" to He'll Have to Go.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires
2 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
3 Footsteps--Steve Lawrence
4 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
5 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
6 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
7 Let the Little Girl Dance--Billy Bland
8 Step by Step--The Crests
9 Puppy Love--Paul Anka
10 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston

Singles entering the chart were Earth Angel by Johnny Tillotson (#35, charting with its other side, Pledging My Love); Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers (#42); Young Emotions/Right by My Side by Ricky Nelson (#46); When You Wish Upon a Star by Dion and the Belmonts (#48); Paper Roses by Anita Bryant (#53); Frankie and Johnny by Sylvia Robbins (#54); Dutchman's Gold by Walter Brennan with Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (#55); Amigo's Guitar by Dodie Stevens (#56); Comin' Down with Love by Mel Gadson (#57); Oh Little One by Jack Scott (#58); You're Singing Our Love Song by Jerry Wallace (#59); and No If's--No And's by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#60).

Diplomacy
French President Charles de Gaulle arrived in Ottawa to begin a four-day state visit to Canada, which included visits to Québec and Montréal.

Protest
60,000 protesters gathered at Trafalgar Square in London to march against nuclear weapons.

Economics and finance
Canada and the Soviet Union signed a three-year trade pact; the U.S.S.R. was to buy at least $25 million in Canadian goods annually, while Canada was to buy at least $12.5 million in Soviet goods.

Baseball
Cleveland Indians’ general manager Frank "Trader" Lane traded pitcher Herb Score to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Barry Latman. Mr. Score, whose promising career had been derailed when he was hit in the eye by a line drive in 1957, was 9-11 with an earned run average of 4.71 in 30 games in 1959, and was fourth in the American League in strikeouts with 147. Mr. Latman was 8-5 with a 3.75 ERA in 37 games with the White Sox in 1959.

Dwight D. Eisenhower threw out the first ball on opening day for the last time as U.S. President as the Washington Senators beat the Boston Red Sox 10-1 before 28,327 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Bob Allison, Earl Battey, and Billy Consolo all hit home runs in a 5-run 4th inning for the Senators, while Camilo Pascual pitched a 3-hitter, setting an opening-day record and tying Walter Johnson’s team record for a single game with 15 strikeouts. Ted Williams hit a home run for the only Boston score.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--B.J. Thomas (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Laisse-moi t'aimer--Mike Brant (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): All Kinds of Everything--Dana

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse (2nd week at #1)
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
4 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin
6 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
7 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
8 Venus--Shocking Blue
9 Honey Come Back--Glen Campbell
10 Two Little Boys--Rolf Harris

Singles entering the chart were Rag Mama Rag by the Band (#27); Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum (#31); United We Stand by the Brotherhood of Man (#37); and Let's Work Together by Canned Heat (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas) (2nd week at #1)
2 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers
3 Knock, Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
4 All Kinds of Everything--Dana
5 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas
6 Let it Be--The Beatles
7 Sympathy--Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg
8 Down South--Rob Hoeke Boogie Woogie Quartet
9 Dear Ann--George Baker Selection
10 I.O.I.O.--The Bee Gees

Singles entering the chart were Mademoiselle Ninette by the Soulful Dynamics (#31); The Seeker by the Who (#32); A Sunny Day by Ferrari (#33); Groovie Kinda Love by Elkie and Owen with the Rim Ram Band (#34); and Comedy is Over Now by the Freddies (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
5 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
6 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
7 Come and Get It--Badfinger
8 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
9 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
10 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes

Singles entering the chart were The Letter by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People (#72); I Who Have Nothing by Liquid Smoke (#83); Puppet Man by the 5th Dimension (#86); Let Me Go to Him by Dionne Warwick (#88); Farther on Down the Road by Joe Simon (#89); The Seeker by the Who (#90); My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#91); United We Stand by the Brotherhood of Man (#93); A Little Bit of Soap by Paul Davis (#94); Open Up My Heart/Nadine by the Dells (#95); The Onion Song/California Soul by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#96); My Way by Brook Benton (#97); Cinnamon Girl by the Gentrys (#98); and Don't Let the Music Slip Away by Archie Bell & the Drells (#100). The Letter was the B-side of Space Captain.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (4th week at #1)
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
6 Come and Get It--Badfinger
7 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
8 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
9 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
10 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes

Singles entering the chart were Up Around the Bend (#49)/Run Through the Jungle (#63) by Creedence Clearwater Revival; Let Me Go to Him by Dionne Warwick (#58); Love on a Two-Way Street by the Moments (#62); Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) by Diana Ross (#67); My Way by Brook Benton (#72); The Letter by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People (#79); I Can't Leave Your Love Alone by Clarence Carter (#83); Hum a Song (From Your Heart) by Lulu with the Dixie Flyers (#85); California Soul by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#88); Farther on Down the Road by Joe Simon (#92); Greatest Love by Judy Clay (#93); Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby (#94); United We Stand by the Brotherhood of Man (#95); Sympathy by Rare Bird (#96); Lucifer by the Bob Seger System (#97); Laughin' and Clownin' by Ray Charles (#98); Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#99); and Uhh by Dyke and the Blazers (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
4 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
5 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
6 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
7 Come and Get It--Badfinger
8 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
9 Up the Ladder to the Roof--The Supremes
10 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who

Singles entering the chart were Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) by Diana Ross (#74); Puppet Man by the 5th Dimension (#78); Let Me Go to Him by Dionne Warwick (#82); Fire and Rain by R.B. Greaves (#83); The Onion Song by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#86); My Way by Brook Benton (#87); Come Saturday Morning by the Sandpipers (#89); More than I Can Stand by Bobby Womack (#93); The Letter by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and the Shelter People (#94); Mississippi Queen by Mountain (#95); Brown Paper Bag by the Syndicate of Sound (#96); Love Land by Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#97); Farther on Down the Road by Joe Simon (#98); My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains (#99); and I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing by Funkadelic (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (2nd week at #1)
2 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
3 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
4 ABC--The Jackson 5
5 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
6 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
7 Easy Come, Easy Go--Bobby Sherman
8 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
9 You, Me and Mexico--Edward Bear
10 Come and Get It--Badfinger

Singles entering the chart were A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria) by Miguel Rios (#68); What is Truth by Johnny Cash (#71); Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel (#72); Oh Happy Day by Glen Campbell (#78); The Seeker by the Who (#82); California Girl by Eddie Floyd (#84); Everybody's Got the Right to Love by Catherine McKinnon (#86); Come Saturday Morning by the Sandpipers (#91); He Made a Woman Out of Me by Bobbie Gentry (#93); Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is by Tension (#94); Love on a Two-Way Street by the Moments (#95); Everything is Beautiful by Ray Stevens (#97); Rossignol by Francois Jourdan (#98); and Solo Flight by Cat (#99).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (5th week at #1)
2 American Woman--The Guess Who
3 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
4 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
5 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
6 Come and Get It--Badfinger
7 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
8 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
9 Every Man Hears Different Music--Gainsborough Gallery
10 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
Pick hit of the week: Temma Harbour--Mary Hopkin

Disasters
After two days of tornadoes in western Texas, 25 people were dead and more than 150 injured.

Boxing

Ruben Olivares (58-0-1) retained his world bantamweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Chucho Castillo (39-9-2) at the Forum in Inglewood, California.



Hockey
CHL
Adams Cup
Finals
Iowa 5 @ Omaha 7 (Omaha won best-of-seven series 4-1)

The championship was the second for the Knights; they won the Cup in the Central Professional Hockey League's first season, 1963-64. It was the second Adams Cup championship for Omaha coach Fred Shero; he had led the St. Paul Rangers to the title in 1964-65.

Baseball
Nolan Ryan (1-0) gave up a leadoff single to Denny Doyle and then pitched 9 hitless innings, striking out 15 for his first major league shutout as the New York Mets blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 before 23,500 fans at Shea Stadium in New York.

Ron Hunt hit a grand slam for the San Francisco Giants as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 16-9 before 9,018 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati despite giving up 7 runs in the 4th inning. For winning pitcher Jim Johnson, who appeared in only 3 games, it was his only major league decision.

40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Brass in Pocket--Pretenders (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Macao--Le Grand Orchestre du Splendid (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band (5th week at #1)
2 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
3 Rapper's Delight--Sugarhill Gang
4 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--The Nolans
5 Carrie--Cliff Richard
6 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
7 Ballad of Lucy Jordan--Marianne Faithfull
8 Tired of Toein' the Line--Rocky Burnette
9 You're Only Lonely--J.D. Souther
10 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band

The only single entering the chart was American Dream by the Dirt Band (#18).

Music
The Beach Boys performed at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.



Abominations
Zimbabwe became an independent country under the dictatorship of Robert Mugabe, who reiterated the theme of reconciliation in a speech marking the occasion. Prince Charles was on hand in Salisbury as the British flag was lowered and replaced by the new Zimbabwean flag, while a 21-gun salute was fired. Of course, in the 30 years since, a prosperous, relatively crime-free white country has degenerated into a hellhole under Negro rule.

World events
Cuba halted the flights of asylum-seekers to Costa Rica, demanding that the Cubans who had jammed into the Peruvian embassy in Havana be flown directly to the countries where they were to settle.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Nothing Compares 2 U--Sinéad O'Connor (9th week at #1)

Literature
W. O. Mitchell won the Stephen Leacock Humour Award for According to Jake and the Kid, published in 1989.

World events
The U.S.S.R. cut off the flow of crude oil into Lithuania.

Politics and government
Speaking to Parliament, South African President F.W. de Klerk rejected the idea of majority rule, which he said would result in Negro domination, but he endorsed the sharing of power between the races, which would include "the requirement of consensus on controversial matters." Mr. de Klerk said that the African National Congress would have to renounce violence before participating in negotiations on a new constitution.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the U.S. merchandise trade deficit had fallen to $6.49 billion in February, the smallest monthly gap since 1983.

Baseball
Eddie Murray became the first major league player to hit a home run from each side of the plate in a game in both leagues as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 before 22,022 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

25 years ago
1995

Died on this date
Arturo Frondizi, 86. 35th President of Argentina, 1958-1962. Mr. Frondizi joined the Radical Civic Union in 1932, and was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1946. He founded the Intransigent Radical Civic Union in 1956 and took office as President three years after a coup had deposed Juan Peron. Mr. Frondizi implemented economic and educational reforms, and cultivated good relations with both the United States and non-aligned nations. He lifted the ban on the Perónist Party early in 1962, and was deposed by a military coup on March 29, 1962. Mr. Frondizi founded the Integration and Development Movement (MID) in 1963, but his influence within government gradually declined until his death.

World events
The government of Rwanda began expelling refugees from camps in the southwestern part of the country, arguing that they were a destabilizing influence and that the camps were hiding places for soldiers who had participated in massacres in 1994.

Football
NFL
Joe Montana, 38, retired at a ceremony attended by 20,000 people in San Francisco. He played 14 seasons as a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers and 2 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, leading the 49ers to four Super Bowl championships.

20 years ago
2000

Economics and finance
Many world markets rallied after declining the day before.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Quarter-Finals
Dallas 4 @ Edmonton 2 (Dallas led best-of-seven series 3-1)
Philadelphia 2 @ Buffalo 3 (OT) (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-1)
New Jersey 2 @ Florida 1 (New Jersey led best-of-seven series 3-0)

Baseball
Adam Kennedy drove in 8 runs, hitting a grand-slam and a bases-loaded triple, to lead the Anaheim Angels to a 16-10 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 13,825 fans at SkyDome in Toronto. Craig Grebeck‚ Raul Mondesi‚ and Carlos Delgado hit consecutive home runs for the Blue Jays in the 6th inning. The Angels scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th, and the Blue Jays scored 6 in the bottom of the 9th and had runners on first and second bases when the game ended.

The Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs in the fourth inning and outlasted the Seattle Mariners 18-11 before 9,898 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.