May 9, 2020

850 years ago
1170

Born on this date
Valdemar II. King of Denmark, 1202-1241. Valdemar "the Conqueror" acceded to the throne upon the death of his elder brother Knud VI. He achieved military victories in the first two decades of his reign, and spent the rest of his life instituting legal and economic reforms, including instituting the feudal system. King Valdemar II died on March 28, 1241 at the age of 70, and was succeeded on the throne by his son Erik IV.

570 years ago
1450

Died on this date
Abdal-Latif Mirza, 30 (?). Timurid ruler of Transoxiana, 1449-1450. Abdal-Latif Mirza, the grandson of Emperor Tamerlane and son of Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler of Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and parts of Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan), rebelled against his father and defeated him in battle in October 1449, but was assassinated in a conspiracy by his emirs, and was succeeded by Abdullah Mirza.

480 years ago
1540

Born on this date
Pratap Singh I. Maharana of Mewar, 1572-1597. Pratap Singh I, popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was chosen by senior courtiers to succeed his father Udai Singh II on the throne. He suffered a military loss to Mughal forces and was wounded in the Battle of Haldighati in 1576, but reconquered Mewar in 1579. Maharana Pratap died on January 19, 1597 at the age of 56, reportedly from injuries in a hunting accident. He was succeeded by his eldest son Amar Singh I.

Exploration
Spanish explorer Hernando de Alarcón set sail from Acapulco with two ships--San Pedro and Santa Catalina--on an expedition to the Gulf of California.

280 years ago
1740

Born on this date
Giovanni Paisiello. Italian composer. Mr. Paisiello wrote sacred music and instrumental works, but was primarily known for his 94 operas, which made him the most popular operatic composer of the late 18th century. His music was admired by Haydn and Beethoven, and he influenced the operas of Mozart and Rossini. Mr. Paisiello died on June 5, 1816, 27 days after his 76th birthday.

260 years ago
1760

Died on this date
Nicolaus Zinzendorf, 59. German clergyman. Count Zinzendorf was raised as a Lutheran in a family of nobility, but eventually rejected doctrinaire Lutheranism in favour of a more pietist Protetantism. He became a bishop in the Moravian Church, serving as a missionary and sponsoring missionaries. In the early 1720s, Count Zinzendorf offered refuge to persecuted Moravian believers, and allowed them to build the village of Herrnhut on a corner of his estate. The village split into factions, but unity was later restored on the basis of a set of rules known as the Brüderlicher Vertrag (Brotherly Agreement). Count Zinzendorf was often accused of doctrinal heterodoxy, and was known as the "Pilgrim Count" for a period of time when he was exiled from his home in Saxony. He was ecumenical in doctrine, and appealed to the emotions as well as the intellect. Count Zinzendorf fell ill and died 17 days before his 60th birthday.

230 years ago
1790

Died on this date
William Clingan, 69 (?). U.K.-born U.S. politician. Mr. Clingan, a native of Scotland, was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress (1777-1779), and signed the Articles of Confederation in 1778.

220 years ago
1800

Born on this date
John Brown. U.S. abolitionist. Mr. Brown was hanged at Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859 at the age of 59 for leading a raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia on October 16 which resulted in Mr. Brown, two of his sons, and 19 abolitionist followers capturing the arsenal. Mr. Brown was wounded and 10 of his men killed in a subsequent shootout with U.S. Marines. Mr. Brown’s dignified conduct and sincere defense at his trial led many in the northern United States to regard him as a martyr.

170 years ago
1850

Born on this date
Edward Weston. U.K.-born U.S. chemist. Dr. Weston moved to the United States from his native England after receiving his medical degree in 1870. He received 334 U.S. patents, and developed the electrochemical cell, named the Weston cell, for the voltage standard. Dr. Weston died on August 20, 1936 at the age of 86.

Died on this date
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, 71. French chemist and physicist. Professor Gay-Lussac was known for two laws related to gases that were incorrectly attributed to him; for his discovery (with Alexander von Humboldt) that water is composed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen; and for his work on alcohol-water mixtures, which led to the degrees used to measure alcoholic beverages in many countries.

160 years ago
1860

Born on this date
J. M. Barrie. U.K. author. Sir James Matthew Barrie was a novelist and playwright who was best known for creating the character Peter Pan. He died of pneumonia on June 19, 1937 at the age of 77.

Politics and government
The U.S. Constitutional Union National Convention opened in Baltimore.

150 years ago
1870

Born on this date
Harry Vardon. U.K. golfer. Mr. Vardon turned professional in 1890, and was one of the greatest golfers in the world from the mid-1890s through the mid-1910s, winning 48 tournaments, including the British Open six times from 1896-1914. He toured the United States and Canada in 1900, 1913, and 1920, and competed in the U.S. Open in all three years--winning in 1900, and finishing second in 1913 and 1920. Mr. Vardon's use of an overlapping grip of the club became so influential that it bceame known as the Vardon grip. His career was shortened by a bout of tuberculosis and subsequent nerve damage to his right hand, which affected his putting. Mr. Vardon died of pleurisy, or possibly lung cancer, on March 20, 1937 at the age of 66; he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1974. The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually to the professional with the lowest stroke average on both the European and PGA tours.

140 years ago
1880

Died on this date
George Brown, 61. U.K.-born-Canadian journalist and politician. Mr. Brown, a native of Scotland, moved to New York with his family in 1837 and to Toronto in 1843, where he founded the Toronto Globe in 1844. He was a Reformer and Clear Grit (Liberal), and was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1851. When the government of Premier John A. Macdonald lost a non-confidence motion and was forced to resign in 1858, Mr. Brown served as Premier of Canada West and, with Antoine-Aimé Dorion, co-Premier of Canada from August 2-6, before in turn losing a non-confidence vote. Mr. Brown failed to win a seat in the Dominion of Canada's first federal election in 1867, but since the Liberal Party had no official leader, he was regarded as the party's elder statesman. Mr. Brown represented the Ontario region of Lambton in the Canadian Senate from 1873 until his death on May 9, 1880 at the age of 61, seven weeks after being shot by disgruntled former Globe employee George Bennett.

125 years ago
1895

Born on this date
Richard Barthelmess. U.S. actor. Mr. Barthelmess appeared in movies from 1916-1942, but was mainly popular in silent films such as Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920). He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performances in The Patent Leather Kid (1927) and The Noose (1928), receiving a special citation for producing the former. Mr. Barthelmess died of throat cancer on August 17, 1963 at the age of 68.

Frank Foss. U.S. pole vaulter. Mr. Foss won the Amateur Athletic Union championship in 1919 and 1920, and won the gold medal in the men's pole vault competition at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp, breaking his own world record. He died on April 5, 1989 at the age of 93.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
Harry Simeone. U.S. musician. Mr. Simeone was an arranger for bandleader Fred Waring, and also worked in movies and television, but was best known for assembling the Harry Simeone Chorale, who recorded the Christmas songs The Little Drummer Boy (1958) and Do You Hear What I Hear? (1962). He died on February 22, 2005 at the age of 94.

100 years ago
1920

Born on this date
William Tenn. 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 on February 7, 2010 at the age of 89.

Richard Adams. U.K. author. Mr. Adams was a civil servant who turned to writing in his spare time, and became known for the novels Watership Down (1972); Shardik (1974); and The Plague Dogs (1977). He died from complications of a blood disorder on December 24, 2016 at the age of 96.

War
The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrated its capture of Kiev with a victory parade down Khreshchatyk, Kiev's main street.

90 years ago
1930

Horse racing
Gallant Fox, with Earl Sande up, won the 55th running of the Preakness Stakes before 40,000 fans at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in a time of 2:00 3/5. Crack Brigade, with George Ellis aboard, placed second, just ¾ length behind. The Preakness was the first leg of the Triple Crown that year, with the Kentucky Derby eight days later.



80 years ago
1940

On the radio



War
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler ordered an amnesty for Norwegian prisoners of war.

Diplomacy
The U.S. administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt denied a report from Rome that Mr. Roosevelt had offered through Italian Duce Benito Mussolini to mediate the European War.

Economics and finance
The U.S.A., Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Dominican Republic signed an agreement in Washington to establish the Inter-American Bank.

The U.S. Wholesale Grocers' Association adopted a resolution at its convention in Savannah, Georgia charging U.S. Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace with favouring big business.

Politics and government
Republicans in Connecticut were reportedly planning to place the name of Connecticut Governor Raymond E. Baldwin in nomination as a candidate for President of the United States at the Republican National Convention the following month.

The U.S. Prohibition Party adopted a resolution at its convention in Chicago that it become the nucleus of a new party coalition opposing the Republican and Democratic parties.

Business
Monsanto Chemical Corporation opened a new laboratory in Springfield, Massachusetts devoted solely to research in plastics.

75 years ago
1945

Died on this date
Hans Kammler, 43. German SS officer and engineer. SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Kammler oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentration camps before being put in charge of the V-2 rocket and jet programmes towards the end of World War II. His death was recorded as occurring on May 9, 1945, but reports differ as to whether he took cyanide or whether he was shot by an aide-de-camp in order to prevent his capture. Other accounts state that SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Kammler escaped, with differing reports as to where he ended up.

War
U.S. Army Service Forces Chief General Brehon B. Somervell said that about 3.1 million U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Europe within a year. U.S. President Harry Truman "reluctantly" signed the bill extending the Selective Service Act to May 15, 1946 because of restrictions on 18- and 19-year-olds. The German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France was ratified in Berlin-Karlshorst with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Allied Supreme Commander General Dwight Eisenhower's deputy. Signing for Germany were Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe; Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht; and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. German Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, Field Marshal General Albert Kesselring, and General Franz Ritter von Epp surrendered to the U.S. 7th Army. The Channel Islands were liberated by British forces after five years of German occupation. Norwegian puppet President Vidkun Quisling was arrested along with various officials of his government. Japanese forces in the Philippines offered their first serious resistance on Mindanao Island north of the captured town of Davao.

Abominations
Arab agitators massacred over 50 Europeans, and pillaged houses during V-E Day celebrations in the Algerian Department of Constantine.

Politics and government
King Christian X of Denmark opened parliament in Copenhagen and paid tribute to the Allies.

Economics and finance
U.S. War Mobilization Director Fred Vinson said that unemployment may increase by 1.5 million over the next six months, and announced the immediate lifting of the midnight curfew and ban on horse racing.

Labour
The Associated General Contractors of America and the American Federation of Labor made public their pact for postwar working relations, including a joint committee to deal with industry problems without recourse to government.

Scandal
Henry Rosen and Harvey Stemmer were convicted in New York of bribing five Brooklyn College basketball players to throw games.

70 years ago
1950

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

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Red Wine, starring Hume Cronyn, Tom Drake, Jean Gillespie, and Alfred Hesse

Died on this date
Art Watson, 66. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Watson was a catcher with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914-1915) and Buffalo Blues (1915), batting .337 with 2 home runs and 17 runs batted in in 53 games. He played more than 470 games in at least 9 seasons in the minor leagues from 1906-1916.

War
Sources in Lebanon reported that Israeli armoured forces had driven 12,000 Arabs out of a 55,000-acre farm area near Hebron at harvest time.

Diplomacy
Sources in Hong Kong reported the establishment of a liaison office between the Viet Minh and the People's Republic of China in Lungchow, China, near the Indochinese border.

Politics and government
The Canadian House of Commons rejected a motion to outlaw the Communist Party of Canada.

The California State Senate Committee on Un-American Activities heard testimony from two former Communists that nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer had attended two Communist Party meetings in 1941. Dr. Oppenheimer denied the charges.

Economics and finance
The French cabinet proposed the pooling of all steel and coal production in France and Germany under a common high authority as a major step toward the unification of Europe. France predicted that the coal-steel union would result in a continental "economic community" and "European federation."

The U.S. State Department disclosed that an immediate $64-million economic and technical advice program for Indochina, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, and Malaya had been recommended by a U.S. Far Eastern Study mission.

Baseball
Ralph Kiner drove in 7 runs with a grand slam and a 3-run home run to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-5 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers before 26,734 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The grand slam, which climaxed a 5-run 8th inning to break a 5-5 tie, was the 8th of Mr. Kiner's career and his second in three days.

The Philadelphia Athletics scored 7 runs in the 6th inning and withstood a 5-run 8th-inning rally and a solo home run by Al Rosen with 2 out in the 9th to defeat the Cleveland Indians 9-8 before 11,908 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mustapha--Bob Azzam

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mustapha--Bob Azzam (7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley (3rd week at #1)
2 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
3 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
4 Night--Jackie Wilson
5 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
6 Sink the Bismarck--Johnny Horton
7 The Old Lamplighter--The Browns
8 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
9 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
10 Let the Little Girl Dance--Billy Bland

Singles entering the chart were Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis (#52); Ding-A-Ling (#54)/Swingin' School (#71) by Bobby Rydell; Pink Chiffon by Mitchell Torok (#82); Theme for Young Lovers by Percy Faith and his Orchestra (#85); Jump Over by Freddy Cannon (#86); Put Your Arms Around Me Honey by Ray Smith (#91); Before I Grow Too Old by Fats Domino (#93); Hot Rod Lincoln by Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders (#94); A Cottage for Sale by Little Willie John (#95); Wonderful World by Sam Cooke (#97); I'll Be Seeing You by the Five Satins (#99); and Pennies from Heaven by the Skyliners (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Stuck on You/Fame and Fortune--Elvis Presley (4th week at #1)
2 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
3 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
4 Sixteen Reasons--Connie Stevens
5 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
6 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
7 Got a Girl--The Four Preps
8 Cherry Pie--Skip & Flip
9 Step by Step--The Crests
10 Just One Time--Don Gibson

Singles entering the chart were Barbara by the Temptations (#52); My Home Town by Paul Anka (#54); My Old Man's a Dustman by Lonnie Donegan (#56); Three Steps to Heaven by Eddie Cochran (#57); Hey Little One by Dorsey Burnette (#58); I Really Don't Want to Know by Tommy Edwards (#59); and Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald (#60).

Space
The United States conducted a mission known as Beach Abort, an unmanned test of the Mercury spacecraft launch escape system. A Mercury spacecraft and its launch escape system were launched from ground level. The test, which took place at Wallops Island, Virginia, was considered a success.

Society
Enovid, the original oral contraceptive comprised of synthetic hormones that inhibit ovulation, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use by married women to control birth.

40 years ago
1970

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP)--Simon & Garfunkel (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Jésus-Christ--Johnny Hallyday

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): La prima cosa bella--Nicola Di Bari (7th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Let it Be--The Beatles

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Let it Be--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)--Edison Lighthouse
3 Bridge Over Troubled Water--Simon & Garfunkel
4 Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 Ma Belle Amie--The Tee Set
6 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
7 Whole Lotta Love--Led Zeppelin
8 A Little Ray of Sunshine--Axiom
9 All I Have to Do is Dream--Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
10 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum

Singles entering the chart were The Rapper by the Jaggerz (#34); Please Remember Me by Lionel Rose (#36); Reach Out by Gene Pierson (#38); and Rachael by Russell Morris (#40).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 El Condor Pasa--Simon & Garfunkel (Instrumental track by Los Incas) (5th week at #1)
2 Sympathy--Steve Rowland & the Family Dogg
3 All Kinds of Everything--Dana
4 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
5 Good Morning Freedom--Blue Mink
6 Knock, Knock Who's There--Mary Hopkin
7 Osaka--The Shoes
8 House of the Rising Sun--Frijid Pink
9 Lay Down--Melanie en the Edwin Hawkins Singers
10 El Cóndor Pasa--Los Incas

Singles entering the chart were Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel (#12); Niemand Kan Ons Toch Scheiden by Duo X (#31); Vamos a Ver by Eva Gloria Lopèz (#34); Cat Food by King Crimson (#35); I Feel All Right by James Brown (#38); and Funky Monkey, Monkey by Billy Jones and the Stars (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
2 ABC--The Jackson 5
3 Let it Be--The Beatles
4 Vehicle--The Ides of March
5 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
6 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
7 Everything is Beautiful--Ray Stevens
8 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
9 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
10 Reflections of My Life--The Marmalade

Singles entering the chart were Baby Hold On by the Grass Roots (#79); Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image (#85); Go Back by Crabby Appleton (#86); Into the Mystic by Johnny Rivers (#90); Baby I Love You by Little Milton (#91); I Call My Baby Candy by the Jaggerz (#92); Tobacco Road by Jamul (#93); Patch of Blue by Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons (#94); If You Do Believe in Love by the Tee Set (#95); Sweet Feeling by Candi Staton (#96); She Didn't Know (She Kept on Talking) by Dee Dee Warwick (#99); and And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) by Brenda and the Tabulations (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (2nd week at #1)
2 American Woman--The Guess Who
3 ABC--The Jackson 5
4 Let it Be--The Beatles
5 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
6 Vehicle--The Ides of March
7 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
8 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
9 Reflections of My Life--The Marmalade
10 For the Love of Him--Bobbi Martin

Singles entering the chart were The Wonder of You (#69)/Mama Liked the Roses (#72) by Elvis Presley; I Call My Baby Candy by the Jaggerz (#81); Love Like a Man by Ten Years After (#85); Mississippi Queen by Mountain (#89); Darkness, Darkness by the Youngbloods (#92); Take Me with You by the Honey Cone (#93); I Want To (Do Everything for You) by the Raeletts (#97); Get Down People by the Fabulous Counts (#98); Birds of All Nations by George McCannon III (#99); and Mississippi by John Phillips (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum (2nd week at #1)
2 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
3 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Tyrone Davis
4 Vehicle--The Ides of March
5 Let it Be--The Beatles
6 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
7 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
8 ABC--The Jackson 5
9 For the Love of Him--Bobbi Martin
10 Woodstock--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Singles entering the chart were Brother Rapp (Part 1) by James Brown (#74); The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley (#76); Hey, Mister Sun by Bobby Sherman (#77); (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String by the Chairmen of the Board (#84); Get Down People by the Fabulous Counts (#91); Into the Mystic by Johnny Rivers (#93); Go Back by Crabby Appleton (#94); You, Me and Mexico by Edward Bear (#96); Whoever Finds This, I Love You by Mac Davis (#97); Feet Start Walking by Doris Duke (#98); and Lucifer by the Bob Seger System (#99).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight--The Guess Who
2 Spirit in the Sky--Norman Greenbaum
3 Love or Let Me Be Lonely--The Friends of Distinction
4 Come and Get It--Badfinger
5 You, Me and Mexico--Edward Bear
6 Let it Be--The Beatles
7 ABC--The Jackson 5
8 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
9 Reflections of My Life--The Marmalade
10 Vehicle--The Ides of March

Singles entering the chart were Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby (#79); I Who Have Nothing by Liquid Smoke (#80); Question by the Moody Blues (#83); Into the Mystic by Johnny Rivers (#84); Whoever Finds This, I Love You by Mac Davis (#86); Strawberry Fields by Life (#87); Man of Constant Sorrow by Ginger Baker (#88); Gone Movin' On by the Raiders (#89); Go Back by Crabby Appleton (#93); Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#96); Farther on Down the Road by Joe Simon (#97); We Will Find Love by Ann Attenborough (#98); Dear Old Daddy Bill by Motherlode (#99); and The Liquidator by the Harry J. All Stars (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 American Woman--The Guess Who
2 Let it Be--The Beatles
3 Little Green Bag--George Baker Selection
4 My Baby Loves Lovin'--White Plains
5 Something’s Burning--Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
6 Instant Karma (We All Shine On)--John Ono Lennon (with the Plastic Ono Band)
7 Mr. Monday--The Original Caste
8 Everybody's Out of Town--B.J. Thomas
9 Vehicle--The Ides of March
10 Tennessee Bird Walk--Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Pick hit of the week: Up Around the Bend--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Died on this date
Oskar Stonorov, 64. German-born U.S. architect and historian. Mr. Stonorov was educated and began his work in Europe, collaborating with Willy Boesiger from 1929-1969 in editing the eight-volume set of the complete works of the Swiss architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Mr. Stonorov moved to the United States in 1929, and was best known for housing developments in Pennsylvania. He and five others, including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reuther, were killed when the plane in which they were passengers crashed on approach to Emmet County Airport in Pellston, Michigan.

Walter Reuther, 62. U.S. labour leader. Mr. Reuther became President of the United Automobile Workers of America in 1946, and was President of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1952-1955, surviving assassination attempts in 1938 and 1948. Mr. Reuther pioneered the guaranteed annual wage principle and other benefits for auto workers, and argued that labour should seek to build a better world. He supported civil rights for Negroes and migrant farm workers, and was one of the leaders of the movement behind the first Earth Day in 1970. Mr. Reuther and his wife May were killed in the plane crash that took the life of Oskar Storinov.

War
U.S. casualties in the Vietnam War for the week were 168 killed and 1,001 wounded, the highest total in eight months. South Vietnam lost 863 soldiers in battles in South Vietnam and Cambodia, their second-highest weekly total of the war.

Protest
U.S. President Richard Nixon, unable to sleep, left the White House and drove to the Lincoln Memorial before dawn to spend an hour talking with antiwar protesters.







President Nixon addressed a press conference at the White House, answering questions about recent college protests and violence.



An antiwar crowd estimated at between 75,000-100,000, drawn mostly from American campuses, demonstrated peaceably near the White House. After the rally, small groups of hooligans crashed through the barricades on nearby streets, disrupting traffic and throwing bottles.



Business
Bernard Cornfeld resigned as chairman and chief executive officer of Investor Overseas Services, a mutual fund complex that became one of the world's financial empires. Insiders said that Mr. Cornfeld was the victim of a palace coup staged by his board of directors.

Boxing
Oscar Bonavena (44-6-1) scored a technical knockout of Manuel Ramos (23-12-2) at 1:50 of the 1st round of a heavyweight bout at Estudio Luna Park in Buenos Aires.



40 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le Banana Split--Lio (3rd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Please Don't Go--KC and the Sunshine Band (7th week at #1)
2 Fly Too High--Janis Ian
3 I'm in the Mood for Dancing--The Nolans
4 Sun of Jamaica--Goombay Dance Band
5 Rapper's Delight--Sugarhill Gang
6 Message in a Bottle--The Police
7 Do That to Me One More Time--Captain & Tennille
8 American Dream--The Dirt Band
9 Computer Games--MS
10 We Belong to the Night--Ellen Foley

Singles entering the chart were Brass in Pocket by the Pretenders (#15); and Spacer by Sheila B. Devotion (#19).

At the movies
The Nude Bomb, based on the television comedy series Get Smart (1965-1970), directed by Clive Donner, and starring Don Adams, opened in theatres.



Crime
Five masked gunmen held up a Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California, leading to a shootout and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer were killed and 33 police and civilian vehicles were destroyed in the chase.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the prices paid by retailers rose only 0.5% in April, compared to 1.4% in March.

Disasters
In the third-worst bridge disaster in U.S. history, the 35,000-ton phosphate freighter MV Summit Venture struck the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida during a driving rainstorm and tore away a 1,000-foot section of the span, killing at least 35 people.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Vogue--Madonna (3rd week at #1)

Baseball
The Louisville Redbirds scored 16 runs in the 3rd inning and whipped the Nashville Sounds 18-4 an an American Association game. Louisville outfielder Bernard Gilkey set an AA record with 3 hits in the inning--2 singles and a home run.

25 years ago
1995

Politics and government
The United States Senate voted 98-0 to confirm John Deutch as Director of Central Intelligence.

Abominations
Ontario Supreme Court Judge David Nevins struck down a provincial law preventing sodomite/lesbian couples from adopting children.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Western Conference Quarter-Finals
Dallas 1 @ Detroit 4 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Toronto 3 @ Chicago 0 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Vancouver 5 @ St. Louis 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)
San Jose 5 @ Calgary 4 (OT) (San Jose led best-of-seven series 2-0)

20 years ago
2000

Politics and government
U.S. Senator John McCain (Arizona) endorsed Texas Governor George W. Bush for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Conference Semi-Finals
Philadelphia 2 @ Pittsburgh 1 (Philadelphia won best-of-seven series 4-2)

10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
Lena Horne, 92. U.S. singer and actress. Miss Horne had a career that spanned more than 70 years. She began as a performer at the Cotton Club in New York City in the mid-1930s and eventually became an acclaimed jazz singer, winning four Grammy Awards and being nominated for four more. Miss Horne starred in the movies Cabin in the Sky (1943) and Stormy Weather (1943), but was better known for numerous appearances on stage and on television variety programs. She was of mixed racial ancestry, and spent many years as an advocate of Negro civil rights.

Otakar Motejl, 77. Czech jurist and politician. Mr. Motejl was a lawyer who was known for defending clients who were unjustly persecuted by Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court (1968-1970); President of the Supreme Court of the C.S.S.R. (1990-1992)/Czech Republic (1993-1998); Minister of Justice (1998-2000); and Ombudsman (2000-2010). Mr. Motelj was a heavy smoker who died after a short illness.

Baseball
Fred Lewis's 3-run home run provided the winning margin as the Toronto Blue Jays scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th inning to erase a 7-5 deficit and defeat the Chicago White Sox 9-7 before 23,850 fans at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.

Dallas Braden (4-2) pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays before 12,228 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.