November 18, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Patty Werbicki and Veronica Vamosi!

580 years ago
1441

Died on this date
Roger Bolingbroke. English cleric and astrologer. Mr. Bolingbroke was a member of the household of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester and personal clerk to Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester. Mr. Bolingbroke produced a horoscope for Duchess Eleanor predicting the death of King Henry VI, which if true, would have resulted in the duke becoming king. On July 23, 1441, Mr. Bolingbroke publicly confessed before Roman Catholic Church authorities that his actions were incompatible with Christianity. He was also one of three scholars accused of treasonable witchcraft against King Henry, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London until his execution at Tyburn, when he was hanged, drawn and quartered, with his head displayed on London Bridge.

450 years ago
1571

Born on this date
Hippolytus Guarinonius. Italian-born polymath. Dr. Guarinonius was a Jesuit-educated physician who spent most of his life in the Tyrol in Austria. As an architect, he was instrumental in building Karlskirche (St. Charles Church) in the town of Volders. Dr. Guarinonius was a local leader in the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation, and his harsh behaviour was occasionally too much even for his Jesuit mentors. He died on May 31, 1654 at the age of 82.

420 years ago
1601

War
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routed the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.

180 years ago
1841

Died on this date
Agustín Gamarra, 56. President of Peru, 1829-1833, 1838-1841. Mariscal (Marshal) Gamarra was a career military officer who overthrew José de la Mar to take the presidency in 1829. Marsical Gamarra led troops to thwart rebellions in various parts of the country, and he opposed constitutional limitations on the president. He was obsessed with uniting Bolivia and Peru in a single country, and opposed the Peru-Bolivian Confederacy that went into effect in 1836. Mariscal Gamarra supported efforts to depose President Luis José de Orbegoso; the efforts ultimately proved successful, and Mariscal Gamarra was named President by Congress in 1838. He led Peruvian troops in a border war against Bolivia, and was killed in the Battle of Ingavi. Mariscal Gamarra was succeeded as President by Manuel Menéndez.

War
Peruvian and Bolivian forces clashed in the Battle of Ingavi in Bolivia. The battle resulted in a slightly higher casualty rate for the Bolivians, but Peruvian President and commander Mariscal Agustín Gamarra was killed, and the Peruvian Army left Bolivia.

170 years ago
1851

Died on this date
Ernest Augustus, 80. King of Hanover, 1837-1851. Ernest Augustus, the fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover, acceded to the throne of Hanover upon the death of his older brother William IV, as Salic law prevented Queen Victoria from the throne. Ernest Augustus was an active member of the House of Lords, but became the first King of Hanover since George I more than a century earlier to live in the kingdom. He was involved in controversy at the beginning of his reign when he suspended the 1833 constitution and restored the 1819 constitution, but eventually became a popular monarch. King Ernest Augustus died after a month-long illness, and was succeeded by his son George V.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Dorothy Dix. U.S. journalist. Miss Dix, whose real name was Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, adopted her pseudonym when she began writing obituaries, recipes and theatre reviews for the New Orleans Daily Picayune in 1896. She soon began her advice column Dorothy Dix Talks, which achieved widespread popularity after being acquired by the Public Ledger Syndicate in 1923. The column was published in as many as 273 newspapers, and at its peak in 1940, Miss Dix was receiving 100,000 letters a year, and being read by 60 million people. She also reported on major murder trials for the New York Evening Journal for 15 years. Mrs. Gilmer supported women's suffrage, and was still the most widely-read and highest-paid female journalist in the United States at the time of her death on December 16, 1951, four weeks after her 90th birthday.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Craig Wood. U.S. golfer. Mr. Wood turned professional in 1920, and won 28 professional tournaments through the mid-1940s. He had the dubious distinction of being the first golfer to lose all four major tournaments in playoffs; most notoriously, he was the victim of Gene Sarazen's albatross in the final round of the 1935 Masters, which led to a playoff won by Mr. Sarazen. Mr. Wood finally won two major tournaments, winning both the Masters and U.S. Open in 1941. He died of a heart attack on May 7, 1968 at the age of 66, and was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame in 2008.

George Gallup. U.S. pollster. Dr. Gallup was head of the journalism department at Drake University before founding, in 1935, the American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup Poll), America's best known firm for surveying public opinion. He launched the the Gallup International Association in 1947, and combined his organizations into the Gallup Organization in 1958. Dr. Gallup was also instrumental in the creation of several other public opinion organizations. He died of a heart attack on July 26, 1984 at the age of 82.

V. Shantaram. Indian film director, producer, and actor. Mr. Shantaram, whose real name was Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, worked mainly in Hindi and Marathi-language films. He directed 51 movies, produced 16, and acted in 13 in a career spanning almost 60 years. Mr. Shantaram's films included Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946) and Amar Bhoopali (1951). He died on October 30, 1990, 19 days before his 89th birthday.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and U.K. Foreign Secretary Lord Pauncefote signed the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullified the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdrew British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

110 years ago
1911

Football
CRU
Grey Cup Semi-Final
Hamilton Alerts (ORFU) 2 @ Toronto Argonauts (IRFU) 9

WCRFU
Final
Winnipeg Rowing Club 6 @ Calgary 13

The Tigers defeated the Winnipeg Rowing Club at Hillhurst Park to become the first team to win the Hugo Ross Trophy. The Tigers hoped to play for the Grey Cup, but their challenge came too late.

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Study in Scarlet, Part 1

Weather
Gale force winds reached 125 miles per hour (200 kilometres per hour) at Cape Hopes Advance, Quebec; it was the highest wind speed ever recorded in Canada.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Walther Nernst, 77. German chemist. Dr. Nernst was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] his work in thermochemistry."

Chris Watson, 74. Prime Minister of Australia, 1904. Mr. Watson, born John Christian Tanck in Valparaiso, Chile, moved to Australia at the age of 13, and took the surname of his stepfather. He led the Australian Labour Party from 1901-1907. The Labour Party held the balance of power in minority governments after the 1901 and 1903 general elections, and Mr. Watson led a minority government from April 27-August 18, 1904. He resigned as Prime Ministe when Governor General Lord Northcote refused to grant a dissolution of Parliament. Mr. Watson led his party thorugh the 1906 election and resigned his seat in the House of Representatives shortly before the 1910 election.

Married on this date
Serial marrier Tommy Manville Jr., 47, wed for the fifth time, this time to Bonita Edwards, 22, in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Defense
Lieutenant General Sir Alan Brooke was named to replace General Sir John Dill as Chief of the British Imperial General Staff upon the latter's 65th birthday on December 25, 1941.

U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced that merchant ships sailing to Britain and Russia would be the first to be armed by the Navy. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in a message to the Congress of Industrial Organizations convention in Detroit that war material must be produced "without delay and without interruption." The convention passed a resolution backing all-out aid to the Allies.

Politics and government
The Japanese Diet adopted a resolution stating that the nation's policy had been fixed in support of the creation of an "East Asia cooperative sphere."

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 167-141 to reject a bill that would have enabled the Justice Department to hold non-deportable aliens for 150 days and criminal aliens for life.

Disasters
About 100 people were reported killed when a landslide wiped out the village of Mongua in northern Colombia.

Boxing
Jackie Wilson (88-20-7) won a 12-round unanimous decision over defending champion Richie Lemos (44-11-2) at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles to win the National Boxing Association world featherweight title.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (4th week at #1)
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
2 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
--Hoagy Carmichael
3 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
--The Ink Spots
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
4 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--The Three Suns
5 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
6 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
7 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
8 Pretending--Andy Russell
9 Passe--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Margaret Whiting
10 I Guess I'll Get the Papers (And Go Home)--The Mills Brothers
--Les Brown and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Why Does it Get So Late So Early by Monica Lewis and Bobby Doyle (#27); My Sugar is So Refined by Johnny Mercer (#30); and This Time, with versions by Jo Stafford, and Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (#31).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS

Died on this date
Jimmy Walker, 65. U.S. politician. Mr. Walker, a Democrat, was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1910-1914 and the New York State Senate from 1915-1925 before serving as Mayor of New York City from 1926-1932. He was associated with the Tammany Hall machine and was known for his stylish dress, affairs with chorus girls, and opposition to prohibition. Mr. Walker was forced to resign in a bribery scandal in 1932. He died of a brain hemorrhage.

War
Generals Eberhard von Mackensen and Kurt Maelzer, German commanders in Italy during World War II, pled not guilty before a British military court in Rome that was trying them on charges of ordering the 1944 massacre of 335 Italian civilians at the Ardeatine caves.

Terrorism
Tel Aviv police, reacting to recent assassinations of policemen and British soldiers, rioted against Jews, firing into houses and attacking passers-by. 20 Jews were injured in clashes with British troops.

Diplomacy
French and Siamese negotiators agreed to create a commission with French, Siamese, and neutral representatives to study the dispute over the Siamese-French Indochina border.

Politics and government
Big Four foreign ministers meeting in New York reached a compromise on the powers of the Governor of Trieste, who would control police and have emergency powers to suspend legislation under the city's international statute.

Defense
Marshal Ivan Konev succeeded Marshal Georgi Zhukov as commander of U.S.S.R. ground forces.

Crime
Former Canadian Army officer David Lunan was sentenced to five years in prison for transmitting information to Soviet agents.

Scandal
The U.S. Senate War Investigating Committee ordered a subcommittee to begin hearings on the dealings of Sen. Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) with war contractors in 1942.

Transportation
Preparing for a possible coal strike, the U.S. Office of Defense Transportation ordered a 25% reduction in passenger train service and halted the movement of all trains not required as common carriers.

Economics and finance
U.K. Fuel and Power Minister Emanuel Shinwell announced that the government would take over ownership of coal mines on January 1, 1947.

Labour
The U.S. Justice Department obtained a nine-day restraining order from a federal district court in Washington, requiring Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis to revoke his contract termination notice.

Football
AAFC
Buffalo (3-8-1) 14 @ Miami (2-8) 21

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Misfit, starring Arthur Batanides, Ray Danton, Eddie Hyans, Jerry Paris, and Gene Saks

Movies
Mary Pickford, who hadn't appeared in a movie since 1933, announced that she would appear in The Library, produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by Irving Reis. She pulled out of the project in 1952, and the movie was eventually released in 1956 as Storm Center, directed by Daniel Taradash, and starring Bette Davis.

War
British troops and Egyptian police clashed in the Suez Canal Zone town of Ismalia, leaving five British officers, eight Egyptian policemen, and four Egyptian civilians dead.

Defense
The U.S.A., U.K., and France proposed that the United Nations Security Council set up a new Disarmament Commission to draft proposals for a world treaty on "limitation and balanced reduction" of all armed and "effective international control to ensure the prohibition of atomic weapons."

Journalism
John J. Crider resigned as editor of the Boston Herald when publisher Robert Choate refused to print Mr. Crider's critical review of the book A Foreign Policy for Americans by U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican--Ohio).

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (2-6) 27 @ San Francisco (4-4) 21
Cleveland (7-1) 10 @ New York Giants (5-2-1) 0
Detroit (5-2-1) 28 @ Philadelphia (3-5) 10
Green Bay (3-5) 13 @ Chicago Bears (6-2) 24
New York Yanks (0-7-1) 21 @ Los Angeles (6-2) 48
Washington (3-5) 22 @ Pittsburgh (2-5-1) 7

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Crying/Candy Man--Roy Orbison (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (9th week at #1)

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

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (3rd week at #1)
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
4 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
5 This Time--Troy Shondell
6 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
7 I Love How You Love Me--The Paris Sisters
8 The Fly--Chubby Checker
9 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
10 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels

Singles entering the chart were Run to Him by Bobby Vee (#69); Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen by Neil Sedaka (#77); The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens (#79); Peppermint Twist - Part I by Joey Dee & the Starliters (#80); Town Without Pity by Gene Pitney (#88); Pop Goes the Weasel by Anthony Newley (#89); If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody by James Ray (#91); The Comancheros by Claude King (#94); Just Got to Know by Jimmy McCracklin (#96); Johnny Will by Pat Boone (#99); and Little Miss U.S.A. by Barry Mann (#100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
2 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
3 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee
4 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
5 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
6 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
7 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney
8 Language of Love--John D. Loudermilk
9 Let Me Tell You About Johnny--Dodie Stevens
10 Johnny Will--Pat Boone

Singles entering the chart were Hey! Little Girl by Del Shannon (#11); Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley (#23); The Gypsy Rover by the Highwaymen (#33); Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes (#36); Run to Him by Bobby Vee (#40); O Sole Mio by Robertino (#41); Lonesome Number One by Don Gibson (#42); Here Comes My Baby/Static by Dana and Dexter (#44); Little Girl by Little Bill (#45); Tell Her Bye by Bonnie Guitar (#47); Weekend by Eddie Cochran (#49); and The Avenger by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#50). Can't Help Falling in Love was from the movie Blue Hawaii (1961).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Flying Blue Angels--George, Johnny and the Pilots
2 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
3 Language of Love--John D. Loudermilk
4 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
5 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
6 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney
7 God, Country and My Baby--Johnny Burnette
8 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
9 Steps 1 and 2--Jack Scott
10 Johnny Will--Pat Boone

Singles entering the chart were The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens (#17); The Gypsy Rover by the Highwaymen (#30); Just a Little Bit Sweet by Charlie Rich (#36); Dreamy Eyes by Johnny Tillotson (#38); Lonesome Number One by Don Gibson (#39); and The Bridge of Love by Joe Dowell (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Duke on the Bum

War
U.S. President John F. Kennedy sent 18,000 military advisers to South Vietnam.

Football
CFL
Western Finals
Winnipeg 14 @ Calgary 1 (Winnipeg led best-of-three series 1-0)

Gerry James rushed 74 yards to set up the game's only touchdown, kicked the convert, and added 2 field goals as the Blue Bombers defeated the Stampeders before 18,500 fans at McMahon Stadium in the Stampeders' first western final appearance since 1949. Mr. James' big run, in the 2nd quarter, was from the Winnipeg 35-yard line to the Calgary 1. Charlie Shepard rushed for the touchdown from there. Mr. Shepard punted for a single for the other Winnipeg point, while Calgary quarterback Eagle Day punted 67 yards for a single in the 2nd quarter. The game was greatly affected by a strong wind.

Canadian university
Yates Cup
McGill 0 @ Queen's 11

Quarterback Cal Connor rushed 13 yards for the game's only touchdown in the 1st quarter as the Golden Gaels blanked the Redmen before 8,000 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston. Gary Strickler converted and added a 24-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter. Gary West punted for a single in the 4th quarter to complete the scoring. It was the third Yates Cup championship for Queen's head coach Frank Tindall, and the final game for Bruce Coulter as McGill's head coach; he moved to Lennoxville, Quebec to become head coach at Bishop's College.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Kiss Me Goodbye--Red Hurley

Died on this date
Junior Parker, 39. U.S. musician. Herman Parker was a Memphis blues singer and harmonicist who was known for his smooth voice. He formed a band called the Blue Flames in 1951, and recorded a string of hit singles, four of which reached the top ten on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart. Mr. Parker was still active when he died during surgery for a brain tumour. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001.

Music
The English group Procol Harum performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Da Camera Singers at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. The concert was recorded, and the album Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra was released in the spring of 1972, and was a surprise best-seller, as was the single from the album, Conquistador c/w A Salty Dog.

Asiatica
Oman declared its independence from the United Kingdom.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack (2nd week at #1)
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
3 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
4 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
5 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
6 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
7 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
8 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
9 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
10 Hard to Say--Dan Fogelberg

Singles entering the chart were Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Diana Ross (#17); Letting Go by Straight Lines (#18); and Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks with Don Henley (#19).

Business
The Hudson's Bay Company announced the closure of its 65 catalogue stores in Ontario.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Alone--B'z (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Onnellinen perhe--Ne Luumنet (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa

Died on this date
Gustáv Husák, 78. 9th President of Czechoslovakia, 1975-1989. Mr. Husلk was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969-1987, leading the period of "Normalization" after the "Prague Spring" under Alexander Dubček in 1968. Mr. Husák resigned as First Secretary in favour of Miloš Jakeš, remaining as President until December 10, 1989, when the Communist government fell.

War
After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulated to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

Diplomacy
Church of England envoy Terry Waite was freed by his Islamic captors after four years of captivity in Beirut.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Child--Mark Owen

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Breathe--The Prodigy

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (2nd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette
2 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow
3 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies
4 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion
5 Leave it Alone--Moist
6 Beautiful Goodbye--Amanda Marshall
7 Everything You've Done Wrong--Sloan
8 Let's Make a Night to Remember--Bryan Adams
9 What's Up with That--ZZ Top
10 As Long as it Matters--Gin Blossoms

Singles entering the chart were The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson (#94); Swallowed by Bush X (#95); I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying by Sting (#96); Blow Up the Outside World by Soundgarden (#99); and The Tears I Cry by Gavin Hope (#100).

Politics and government
Pat Binns led the Progressive Conservative Party to victory in the Prince Edward Island provincial election, ending 10 years of Liberal Party government. The PCs captured 18 of 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly, up from just 1 seat in the 1993 election. The Liberals, led by Premier Keith Milligan, were reduced from 31 seats to 8; New Democratic Party leader Herb Dickieson was the only member of his party to be elected. It was the first P.E.I. provincial election since 1893 in which there were no multi-member constituencies.

Disasters
A fire occurred on a train travelling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England, causing several injuries and damaging approximately 1,600 feet of tunnel.

20 years ago
2001

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Hamilton 13 @ Winnipeg 28



Western Final
Calgary 34 @ Edmonton 16

Calgary quarterback Marcus Crandell threw 4 touchdown passes--2 to Kamau Peterson, 1 each to Vince Danielsen and Travis Moore--as the Stampeders built a 27-7 halftime lead at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton quarterback Jason Maas threw 2 touchdown passes to Ed Hervey, but the Eskimos turned over the ball 12 times, including 9 straight possessions. The Stampeders used an offensive formation of six receivers, and picked on Eskimo cornerback Quincy Coleman, playing his first CFL game. By the time the Eskimos adjusted, the game was out of reach. The first touchdown pass to Mr. Peterson, less than 4 minutes into the game, covered 72 yards.



10 years ago
2011

On television today
Regis Philbin, 80, made his last appearance as co-host of the syndicated morning program Live! with Regis and Kelly. He had co-hosted the program, originally titled The Morning Show, since 1983. After Mr. Philbin's retirement, Kelly Ripa continued hosting the show, retitled Live! with Kelly.