November 16, 2021

530 years ago
1491

Abominations
An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, Spain, concluded the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
John Bright. U.K. politician. Mr. Bright, a Liberal, sat in the House of Commons from 1843 until his death on March 27, 1889 at the age of 77. He founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the laws that were seen as unfairly protecting the interests of landowners. Mr. Bright supported free trade, electoral reform, and religious freedom, and was opposed to England's involvement in the Crimean War.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Luigi Facta. Prime Minister of Italy, 1922. Mr. Facta was a journalist before entering politics; he was a member of the Historical Right when he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1892 representing Pinerolo, a seat he held for 30 years. Mr. Facta was a member of the Liberal Union Party when he held various offices, including Minister of Finance (1910-1914, 1920-1921), and was a Liberal when he was appointed Prime Minister in February 1922. The Fascist movement, led by Benito Mussolini, was threatening to take over Italy, and Mr. Facta wanted to invoke martial law and use the army to stop the Fasists, but he required the approval of King Vittorio Emmanuel III. The king refused to give his permission, and Mr. Facta's government resigned on October 27 in protest against the royal decision. King Vittorio Emmanuel then asked Mr. Mussolini to come to Rome to form a government. King Vittorio Emmanuel III named Mr. Facta a Senator in 1924, an office he held until his death on November 5, 1930, 11 days before his 69th birthday.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this
Lawrence Tibbett. U.S. singer. Mr. Tibbett was an operatic baritone who performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York more than 600 times from 1923-1950, and appeared in several movies. Severe arthritis and drinking shortened his life; he died on July 15, 1960 at the age of 63 as the result of a fall in his apartment when he hit his head on a table.

Oswald Mosley. U.K. politician. Sir Oswald was a Conservative and then an independent when he represented Harrow in the House of Commons (1918-1924). He then joined the Labour Party, representing Smithwick in the House of Commons (1926-1931), and serving as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1929-1931). Sir Oswald resigned from the Labour Party on February 28, 1931, and founded the New Party the next day; it became the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932. The BUF was banned in 1940, and Sir Oswald was imprisoned from 1940-1943. He was unsuccessful in later attempts at getting elected, and moved to France in 1951, and spent most of the rest of his life there. Sir Oswald died on December 3, 1980, 17 days after his 84th birthday, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Joan Lindsay. Australian writer and artist. Mrs. Lindsay wrote fiction and non-fiction in various genres, and was best known for her novel Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967). She painted in her later years, and died of stomach cancer on December 23, 1984 at the age of 88.

Education
Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and Manitoba Premier Thomas Greenway reached a compromise on the divisive Manitoba Schools Question, involving publicly-funded separate schools for Roman Catholics and Protestants.

120 years ago
1901

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto (5-1) 2 @ Ottawa (4-2) 1
Kingston (1-5) defaulted @ Hamilton (2-4)

110 years ago
1911

Died on this date
A.A. Ames, 69. U.S. politician. Surgeon Major Albert Alonzo Ames, the son of a physician, received his medical degree in 1862, and served with the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was a Democrat until 1900 and a Republican thereafter, and represented the 5th District in the Minnesota House of Representatives (1867-1868) and then served four terms as Mayor of Minneapolis (1876-1877, 1882-1884, 1886-1889, 1901-1902), which were increasingly characterized by accusations of corruption. Dr. Ames and the Minneapolis police department ran the municipal government as a criminal operation until he resigned and fled the state in 1902 after being indicted for corruption. He was arrested in New Hampshire in 1903 and extradited to Minneapolis, where a conviction, resulting in a prison sentence, was overturned on appeal, and two subsequent trials resulted in mistrials. Dr. Ames practiced medicine in Minneapolis until his sudden death.

Lawrence Feuerbach, 32. U.S. athlete. Mr. Feuerbach won a bronze medal in the men's shot put competition and was a member of the team that finished fourth in tug-of-war at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. He died from tuberculosis.

80 years ago
1941

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Adventure of the Missing Papers

War
The Royal Rifles of Canada (a Québec unit) and the Winnipeg Grenadiers arrived in Hong Kong to beef up the British garrison; the 1,975 Canadian troops were sent even though they were not considered fit for action. U.S.S.R. press reported that U.S. P-40 fighter planes had gone into action on the Moscow front. The German government admitted that winter weather was bogging down the German drive on Moscow and Leningrad.

Diplomacy
The German Foreign Office refused to accept a protest by the Mexican government against the reprisal execution of French hostages.

Defense
The attacking 1st Army of 200,000 men and the defending 4th Army of 110,000 men began two weeks of U.S. Army war games in North and South Carolina.

Politics and government
Emperor Hirohito of Japan opened the extraordinary session of the Diet in Tokyo with a message urging cooperation with the government of Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo.

Labour
The coal conference in Washington between Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America officials and three steel company executives failed to reach an agreement on the union's demand for a union shop in coal mines owned by steel firms.

Football
NFL
Cleveland (2-8) 14 @ New York (7-2) 49
Chicago Cardinals (2-5-1) 9 @ Green Bay (8-1) 17
Brooklyn (5-4) 7 @ Pittsburgh (1-7-1) 14
Philadelphia (2-6-1) 17 @ Detroit (3-5-1) 21
Washington (5-3) 21 @ Chicago Bears (7-1) 35

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Best Seller--5th week at #1; Juke Box--4th week at #1; Airplay--4th week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--3rd week at #1)

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Genuine Guarnarius

Diplomacy
The United Nations Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Commission unanimously adopted a Danish resolution urging all UN members to grant equal political rights to women.

Politics and government
Chinese Communist leader Chou En-lai said in Nanking that the Nationalist government's unilateral action in convening the Constitutional Assembly meant the complete termination of peace negotiations.

The U.S.A. and U.K. warned Romania that they expected upcoming parliamentary elections to be "free and fair."

The U.S. Senate Campaign Investigating Committee voted to investigate the fitness of Sen. Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) to hold his Senate seat; he had been in the Senate since 1935, after serving two four-year terms as Governor of Mississippi.

Education
The U.S. Veterans Administration announced that 1,958,033 veterans had enrolled in college or on-the-job training courses under the GI bill.

Labour
Eight Communist leaders in South Africa were arrested in Cape Town on charges of inciting the gold mine strike the previous August.

Trans World Airways flights resumed after the Air Line Pilots Association called off its strike and agreed to submit the wage dispute to an arbitration board.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Final
Toronto 12 @ Montreal 6

ORFU
Final
Toronto Balmy Beach 13 @ Hamilton 6

IRFU-ORFU
Exhibition
Hamilton Tigers (IRFU) 9 @ Toronto Indians (ORFU) 13

Joe Krol rushed for a touchdown, passed to Royal Copeland for a touchdown, and kicked 2 converts to lead the Argonauts over the Alouettes before 23,000 fans at Delorimier Stadium. Virgil Wagner scored the Montreal touchdown in the 4th quarter and scored the other Montreal point with a single when he fumbled into the Toronto end zone, and the Argonaut player who recovered was rouged.

Tommy Ford and Bob Cunningham scored touchdowns for Balmy Beach in the 4th quarter as they defeated the Wildcats before 13,000 fans at Civic Stadium. Toronto led 1-0 afer the 1st quarter on a single by Bobby Porter, but Don Toms scored a converted touchdown in the 2nd quarter to give the Wildcats a 6-1 lead, which held up into the 4th quarter. Mr. Ford rushed 6 yards for the first Toronto TD, and Mr. Porter completed a pass for the convert. Balmy Beach then recovered their own kickoff, and marched downfield, with Mr. Cunningham rushing 5 yards for the touchdown. Johnny Lake kicked the convert to close the scoring.

Only 500 fans were in attendance at Oakwood Stadium to see the Indians defeat the Tigers.

70 years ago
1951

Diplomacy
Egypt proposed that the United Kingdom withdraw temporarily from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan pending a United Nations-supervised plebiscite on the territory's status.

Defense
U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky proposed a four-point disarmament plan to the United Nations General Assembly, including provisions to ban production of new atomic weapons and to endorse a one-third reduction of Big Five armed forces within a year.

Politics and government
Pakistani Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin was elected President of the Pakistani Muslim League, succeeding his predecessor as Prime Minister, the late Liaquat Ali Khan.

The Massachusetts Leglislature outlawed the Communist Party.

Scandal
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Theron Caudie, head of the Justice Department's Tax Division, who had drawn congressional criticism for alleged personal tax irregularities and failure to prosecute tax fraud cases, resigned at the request of President Harry Truman.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Loophole

Died on this date
Sam Rayburn, 79. U.S. politician. "Mr. Sam," a Democrat, represented the 34th District in the Texas House of Representatives (1907-1913), and Texas' 4th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 until his death from pancreatic cancer. He served as Speaker of the House from 1940-1947, 1949-1953, and from 1955 until his death; his 17 yers as Speaker remains the record. Mr. Rayburn preferred to work in the background to get things done; he was known for integrity and fairness, and his ability to work with both Democrats and Repubicans. Mr. Rayburn was succeeded as Speaker of the House by John W. McCormack (Democrat--Massachusetts).

Art
A Rembrandt painting, Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, sold for $2.3 million, the highest price yet paid for a painting at puclic auction or private sale. The winning bid came from James Rorimer, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The painting was one of 24 from the collection of the late Alfred Erickson, an advertising executive. The auction took place at Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City.

Basketball
New York playground legend Connie Hawkins, expelled from the University of Iowa and barred from the National Basketball Association as a result of false accusations of involvement with gamblers, played his first game as a professional, with the Pittsburgh Rens of the fledgling American Basketball League.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Edie Sedgwick, 28. U.S. model and actress. Miss Sedgwick, a member of a socially prominent family, was one of the "superstars" who appeared in the various projects of pop artist Andy Warhol in New York City in the mid-1960s. She experienced mental problems from early adolecence, exacerbated by drug abuse during her brief period of fame. Miss Sedgwick's best-known film was the semi-biographical Ciao! Manhattan (1972), which took several years to film, and was released after her death. Miss Sedgwick gave up drug and alchohol use in 1971 after marrying Michael Post, whom she had met as a fellow hospital patient. She suffered a relapse after being given prescription medicine, and died of a fatal mixture of the prescription with alcohol, several hours after attending a fashion show at the Santa Barbara Museum. Miss Sedgwick has inspired numerous pop culture tributes.

Defense
The first working session of the sixth round of U.S.A.-U.S.S.R. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) resumed in Vienna.

Boxing
Jerry Quarry (40-5-4) knocked out British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight champion Jack Bodell (58-11) at 1:04 of the 1st round at Empire Pool, Wembley, London.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Physical--Olivia Newton-John

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Gingiragin ni Sarigenaku--Masahiko Kondō (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (8th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wären--Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
William Holden, 63. U.S. actor. Mr. Holden, born William Beedle, was one of the most popular leading men in movies in the 1950s, starring in films such as Sunset Blvd (1950); Stalag 17 (1953); The Country Girl (1954); Picnic (1955); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The Wild Bunch (1969); and Network (1976). He won the Academy Award for his performance in Stalag 17, and was nominated for Best Actor for Sunset Blvd and Network. Mr. Holden won an Emmy Award for his starring performance in the made-for-television film The Blue Knight (1973). Mr. Holden devoted much effort in his last 20 years to conservation of African wildlife. He was alone and drunk in his apartment when he fell, cut his head on a bedside table, and bled to death.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): The Fly--U2 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (16th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Crucified--Army of Lovers (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (6th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Dizzy--Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1)
2 Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)--Rozalla
3 James Brown is Dead--L.A. Style
4 Kon Ik Maar Even Bij Je Zijn--Gordon
5 Hail Hail Rock 'n Roll--Garland Jeffreys
6 The Fly--U2
7 35 Koeien--André Van Duin
8 Change--Lisa Stansfield
9 No Son of Mine--Genesis
10 Roodkapje--Pater Moeskroen

Singles entering the chart were Heavy Fuel by Dire Straits (#31); Hitmedley by Corry Konings (#32); Gimme Some (Swing it Baby) by Tony Scott (#33); Obsession by Army of Lovers (#34); Under Pressure by Boyz II Men (#35); and Spending My Time by Roxette (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation (2nd week at #1)
2 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
3 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
4 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men
5 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn
6 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
7 O.P.P.--Naughty by Nature
8 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant
9 Romantic--Karyn White
10 Don't Cry--Guns N' Roses

Singles entering the chart were Can't Let Go by Mariah Carey (#42); Kiss You Back by Digital Underground (#79); Too Blind to See It by Kym Sims (#84); All She Wrote by Firehouse (#88); Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody by Kid 'n Play (#89); In My Dreams by the Party (#92); Love Me All Up by Stacy Earl (#96); and Into the Great Wide Open by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#99).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
2 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams
3 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
4 Romantic--Karyn White
5 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant
6 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
7 Don't Cry--Guns N' Roses
8 Real, Real, Real--Jesus Jones
9 Emotions--Mariah Carey
10 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul

Singles entering the chart were Can't Let Go by Mariah Carey (#43); All She Wrote by Firehouse (#80); Tell Me What You Want Me to Do by Tevin Campbell (#82); Just a Touch of Love by C+C Music Factory (#87); Into the Great Wide Open by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#88); and Finally by Ce Ce Peniston (#89).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams (3rd week at #1)
2 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane
3 Emotions--Mariah Carey
4 Get a Leg Up--John Mellencamp
5 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation
6 What About Now--Robbie Robertson
7 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart
8 Calling Elvis--Dire Straits
9 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest
10 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt (#56); Shining Star by INXS (#62); It's Been a Long Time by Surfside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (#76); Roll the Bones by Rush (#77); Another Rainy Night (Without You) by Queensryche (#92); I Fall All Over Again by Dan Hill (#94); You're No Good by Sons of Freedom (#95); Say You'll Be Mine by West End Girls (#96) and 2 Legit 2 Quit by Hammer (#99).

Football
NCAA
Miami (Florida) 17 Florida State 16
The University of Miami Hurricanes, ranked #2 in the U.S.A., emerged victorious over the #1-ranked Seminoles when Florida State kicker Gerry Thomas missed a 34-yard field goal attempt in the game's final seconds.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Born Slippy--Underworld (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Céline Dion (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): I Can't Help Myself--The Kelly Family (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/Saturday Night at the Movies/ You'll Never Walk Alone--Robson & Jerome (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) (2nd week at #1)
2 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
3 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton
4 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
5 I Love You Always Forever--Donna Lewis
6 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
7 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage
8 Pony--Ginuwine
9 Where Do You Go--No Mercy
10 This is for the Lover in You--Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels

Singles entering the chart were You Must Love Me by Madonna (#22); Between You and Me by dc Talk (#39); Bittersweet Me by R.E.M. (#53); How Could You by K-Ci & JoJo (#58); If We Fall in Love Tonight by Rod Stewart (#78); Little Bitty by Alan Jackson (#83); and The Moment by Kenny G (#84). You Must Love Me was from the movie Evita (1996). How Could You was from the movie Bulletproof (1996).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre)
2 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
3 Don't Let Go--En Vogue
4 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
5 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
6 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton
7 This is for the Lover in You--Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels
8 Pony--Ginuwine
9 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage
10 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow

Singles entering the chart were Don't Let Go; I'm Still in Love with You by New Edition (#13); Street Dreams by Nas (#32); You Must Love Me by Madonna (#36); No Time by Lil’ Kim featuring Puff Daddy (#38); Never Leave Me Alone by Nate Dogg featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg (#55); Bittersweet Me by R.E.M. (#70); Knocks Me Off My Feet by Donell Jones (#79); Come See Me by 112 (#81); Hero of the Day by Metallica (#84); and Devil's Haircut by Beck (#88).

This was the final chart published by Cash Box, as the original version of the magazine ceased publication with this issue.

Football
CIAU
Yates Cup
Guelph 23 @ Waterloo 13



20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Tommy Flanagan, 71. U.S. musician. Mr. Flanagan was a jazz pianist and composer who recorded more than 200 albums as a sideman and more than three dozen albums as a bandleader, usually in a trio, in a career spanning 45 years. He worked with artist such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane, and was the full-time accompanist and musical director for Ella Fitzgerald (1962-1965, 1968-1978). Mr. Flanagan left the latter position after suffering a heart attack, and made lifestyle changes that resulted in an improvement in his health. He died of complications from a decade-old aneurysm.

Law
The U.S. Congress passed a law mandating that airport screeners be federal employees.

10 years ago
2011

Law
Bob Paulson was named Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, succeeding William Elliott.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 @ Chunichi Dragons 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)