October 30, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Angie Buan!

410 years ago
1611

Died on this date
Karl IX, 61. King of Sweden, 1604-1611. Karl IX was the youngest son of King Gustav I. When his brother Johan III died in 1592, the throne passed to his son Sigismund, a Roman Catholic who was living in Poland. Duke Karl and and the Swedish privy council ruled in Sigismund's name, and eventually forced Sigismund to abdicate in favour of Karl, who was a Lutheran. Karl IX's reign was one of constant warfare, mostly unsuccessful, against Russia and Poland. He died 26 days after his 61st birthday, and was succeeded by his son Gustav II.

190 years ago
1831

Crime
Nat Turner, who had led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in August that had resulted in the deaths of 55-65 white people, was arrested after being discovered by white farmer Benjamin Phipps in a hole covered with fence rails.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Buck Freeman. U.S. baseball player. John Frank Freeman began his major league career as a pitcher with the Washington Statesmen in 1891, posting a 3-2 record with an earned run average of 3.89 in 7 games. He played in the minor leagues for the next six years, returning to the major leagues as a right fielder with the Washington Senators (1898-1899); Boston Beaneaters (1900); and Boston Americans (1901-1907), batting .293 with 82 home runs and 713 runs batted in in 1,126 games. He led the National League in home runs in 1899 (25) and the American League in home runs in 1903 (13), and led the AL in runs batted in in 1902 (121) and 1903 (104). Mr. Freeman helped the Americans win the first modern World Series in 1903, batting .281 with no homers and 4 RBIs in 8 games as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 games to 3. He played at least 728 games in at least 11 seasons in the minor leagues from 1891-1912, and was 4-12 with a 2.53 ERA in 19 games in the minors from 1892-1899. Mr. Freeman died on June 25, 1949 at the age of 77.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Rex Cherryman. U.S. actor. Mr. Cherryman appeared in plays and films from the late 1910s through the 1920s; his best-known film was Camille (1921), in which he co-starred with Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino. Mr. Cherryman appeared on Broadway in plays such as The Noose (1926-1927), in which he co-starred with Barbara Stanwyck. He was sailing to France to read for a play when he contracted septic poisoning, and died in Le Havre on August 10, 1928 at the age of 31.

Forrest Sherman. U.S. military officer. Admiral Sherman joined the U.S. Navy in 1917 and rose through the ranks, helping to plan defense mobilization for World War II, winning the Navy Cross for his command of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp after it was sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1942. He was named Chief of Naval Operations in October 1949, and died in Naples at the age of 54 on July 22, 1951, after a series of heart attacks. Adm. Sherman was succeeded as Chief of Naval Operations by Admiral William Fechteler.

Harry R. Truman. U.S. folk hero. Mr. Truman served with the U.S. Army in World War I and was then a prospector and bootlegger before opening Mount St. Helens Lodge in the state of Washington in 1928. He ran the lodge for 52 years, and became a folk hero in the spring of 1980 when he refused to evacuate his lodge despite repeated warnings from state authorities that Mount St. Helens, a volcano, was about to erupt. Mr. Truman died on May 18, 1980 at the age of 83 when the volcano erupted, burying Mr. Truman, his 16 cats, and 2 dogs.

Ruth Gordon. U.S. actress and screenwriter. Miss Gordon was a successful Broadway actress who also acted in movies and won the Academy Award for her supporting performance in Rosemary's Daughter (1968), and was also known for her co-starring role in Harold and Maude (1971). With her second husband, Garson Kanin, she was nominated for Academy Awards for screenplays for A Double Life (1947); Adam's Rib (1949); and Pat and Mike (1952). She died from a stroke on August 28, 1985 at the age of 88.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Ruth Hussey. U.S. actress. Miss Hussey was a stage actress who played supporting roles in movies such as Another Thin Man (1939); The Philadelphia Story (1940); and The Uninvited (1944). She died on April 19, 2005 at the age of 93.

Baseball
Clark Griffith was named manager of the Washington Nationals.

100 years ago
1921

Football
APFA
Rochester (0-3) 0 @ Akron (6-0) 19
Detroit (1-3-1) 0 @ Buffalo (5-0) 21
Cleveland (2-1) 2 @ Dayton (2-2-1) 3
Rock Island (3-1-1) 13 @ Green Bay (1-1) 3
Columbus (0-5) 0 @ Minneapolis (1-2) 28

80 years ago
1941

War
The U.S.S.R. claimed that Soviet forces had beaten off German attacks on Tula, 110 miles south of Moscow. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk west of Iceland while on convoy duty. U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh told an America First Committee rally in New York that U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was practicing "dictatorship and subterfuge" to lead the United States into war.

Defense
The Vichy French regime announced that French Somaliland authorities had agreed to discuss British requests for the use of the port of Djibouti and the railroad to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Bolivian defense ministry announced that it wuld not renew the Italian military mission's contract at the end of the year.

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, adopted resolutions urging the formation of an armed Jewish corps in the Near East, and attacking the United Kingdom's curtailment of Jewish immigration to Palestine.

Abominations
1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi in western Ukraine were sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

Radio
NBC and CBS filed suit in New York to restrain the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from putting into effect on November 15 its "anti-monopoly rules."

Labour
Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis called off the four-day coal mine strike until November 15 to give the National Defense Mediation Board time to settle the dispute over a union shop. U.S. President Roosevelt ordered the Army to take over the Air Associates plant in Bendix, New Jersey after non-strikers clashed with returning strikers.

Disasters
20 people were killed aboard an American Airlines plane that crashed near St. Thomas, Ontario.

14 people were killed when a Northwest Airlines plane crashed near Moorhead, Minnesota.

Horse racing
Filisteo, a 7-year-old bay from Argentina, set a world record of 3 minutes 30 4/5 seconds for the distance of 2 miles 70 yards at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

75 years ago
1946

War
U.S. Reparations Commissioner Edwin Pauley rejected Soviet demands for 25% of the current production of the Ruhr-Rhineland area in return for U.S.S.R. cooperation in the economic unification of Germany.

Diplomacy
Albanian President Enver Hoxha appealed to the United Nations General Assembly against alleged violations of his country's territorial integrity by U.K. and Greek forces.

Politics and government
General Lucius Clay of the U.S. military government in Germany approved a draft constitution for the state of Hesse, approved the previous day by the state assembly. The constitution, which provided for nationalization of important raw materials and industries, required approval in a popular referendum.

Defense
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan General Douglas MacArthur named General George Moore as commander of U.S. Western Pacific forces, most of which were stationed in the Philippines.

Television
The Radio Corporation of America demonstrated a colour system in which colours were transmitted electronically rather than mechanically, as in previous systems.

Football
CRU
ORFU
Ottawa (0-10) 7 @ Hamilton (8-1-1) 23

5,000 fans at Civic Stadium saw the Wildcats defeat the Trojans in a game that had originally been scheduled for November 2 in Ottawa.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Court Day, starring Richard Coogan, Parker Fennelly, and Steve Holland

Defense
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered 15,000 troops to the Middle East in a move to guard against further Suez violence.

The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission set off Buster-Jangle Charlie, the third in a series of seven atomic explosions in Nevada; it was a large blast compared to the bombs that exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Politics and government
An NBC poll of 1948 Republican National Convention delegates showed that U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Ohio) was favoured by a more than 2-1 margin over General Dwight D. Eisenhower for the 1952 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Quisiera Ser--Dْo Dinلmico (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Il faut savoir--Charles Aznavour (9th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Runaround Sue--Dion (2nd week at #1)
2 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
3 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
4 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
5 I Love How You Love Me--The Paris Sisters
6 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
7 Ya Ya--Lee Dorsey
8 Let's Get Together--Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
9 The Fly--Chubby Checker
10 This Time--Troy Shondell

Singles entering the chart were Danny Boy by Andy Williams (#86); Sometime by Gene Thomas (#90); I Don't Know Why by Linda Scott (#93); Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson (#94); Town Without Pity by Gene Pitney (#96); Turn Around, Look at Me by Glen Campbell (#97); Walk on By by Leroy Van Dyke (#98); On Bended Knees by Clarence Henry (#99); and I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong to Me) by the Pentagons (#100).

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Masquerade, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Tom Poston, and John Carradine



Died on this date
Luigi Einaudi, 87. 2nd President of Italy, 1948-1955. Professor Einaudi was an economist who was named a Senator in the Kingdom of Italy in 1919, and opposed the country's subsequent Fascist regime. He was Governor of the Bank of Italy (1945-1948), and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (1947-1948) before serving a term as President. Prof. Einaudi became the first Italian President to appoint a Prime Minister who didn't already have majority support in Parliament, naming Giuseppe Pella to the office after Alcide de Gasperi and Attilio Piccioni had failed to obtain parliamentiary support. Prof. Einaudi finished his term as President in 1955, after which he was made a Life Senator.

Defense
The U.S.S.R. detonated the world's largest nuclear device--estimated at 50 megatons, or the equivalent of 50 million tons of TNT--in the largest man-made explosion in history.

Russiana
Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts," it was decreed that Josef Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-10-1) 19 @ Winnipeg (12-3) 13
Edmonton (10-4-1) 20 @ Calgary (6-9) 8

Johnny Bright and Bobby Walden scored touchdowns, while Jackie Parker added a convert, 2 field goals and a single for the Eskimos as they beat the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium.

Baseball
Nippon Series
Nankai Hawks 6 @ Yomiuri Giants 3 (Yomiuri led best-of-seven series 3-2)

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Tom Tom Turnaround--New World (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tanta voglia di lei--Pooh (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Daddy Cool--Drummond (7th week at #1)
2 Come Back Again--Daddy Cool
3 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
4 What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John--Tom Clay
5 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
6 I Woke Up in Love this Morning--The Partridge Family
7 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
8 Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
9 He's Gonna Step on You Again--John Kongos
10 L.A. International Airport--Susan Raye

Singles entering the chart were Co-Co by the Sweet (#31); and Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum by Middle of the Road (#39).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road
2 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen
3 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
4 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
5 Het Soldaatje (De Vier Raadsels)--De Zangeres Zonder Naam
6 Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops
7 Only Lies--Greenfield & Cook
8 She Flies on Strange Wings--Golden Earring
9 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
10 Jij En Ik Blijven Bestaan (De Wereld Zal Toch Ooit Vergaan)--Vader Abraham met Zijn Zeven Goede Zonen

Singles entering the chart were Without a Worry in the World by Rod McKuen (#27); Ode Aan Manuela by Kermisklanten (#32); Father and Son by Cat Stevens (#34); Cousin Norman by the Marmalade (#35); California Calling by Fickle Pickle (#36); and Voor Jou by the Shepherds (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart (5th week at #1)
2 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
3 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
4 Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children--Carpenters
5 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
6 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
7 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
8 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
9 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
10 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement

Singles entering the chart were Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin (#69); Till by Tom Jones (#71); Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#77); Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers (#86); Brand New Key by Melanie (#87); Got to Be There by Michael Jackson (#89); Lisa, Listen to Me by Blood, Sweat and Tears (#90); Long Promised Road by the Beach Boys (#93); I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) by the Intruders (#99); and Walk Right Up to the Sun by the Delfonics (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
2 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
3 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
4 Superstar--Carpenters
5 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
6 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
7 Tired of Being Alone--Al Green
8 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
9 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
10 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels

Singles entering the chart were Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin (#46); Got to Be There by Michael Jackson (#59); Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers (#69); Cherish by David Cassidy (#74); I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Anne Murray/Glen Campbell (#80); Family Affair by Sly and the Family Stone (#81); Behind Blue Eyes by the Who (#82); Ain't Nobody Home by B.B. King (#84); Long Ago Tomorrow by B.J. Thomas (#85); I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross (#87); My Part/Make it Funky (Part 3) by James Brown (#89); You are Everything by the Stylistics (#90); Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#92); Dolly Dagger by Jimi Hendrix (#94); Soledad by Eric Clapton and Jimmy Witherspoon (#95); If it's Alright with You by Rose Colored Glass (#97); Walk Easy My Son by Jerry Butler (#98); Olena by Don Nix (#99); and Louisiana Lady by New Riders of the Purple Sage (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
2 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
3 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
4 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
5 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
6 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
7 Superstar--Carpenters
8 Sweet City Woman--Stampeders
9 Thin Line Between Love & Hate--The Persuaders
10 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement

Singles entering the chart were Have You Seen Her by the Chi-Lites (#20); Got to Be There by Michael Jackson (#66); Brand New Key by Melanie (#73); Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers (#75); Theme from "Summer of '42" by Peter Nero (#80); Behind Blue Eyes by the Who (#82); White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet (#84); My Part/Make it Funky (Part 3) by James Brown (#85); Lisa, Listen to Me by Blood, Sweat and Tears (#87); Ain't Nobody Home by B.B. King (#89); If it's Alright with You by Rose Colored Glass (#94); Dolly Dagger by Jimi Hendrix (#96); Walk Right Up to the Sun by the Delfonics (#98); I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Anne Murray/Glen Campbell (#99); and Lookin' Back by Bob Seger (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
2 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
3 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
4 Superstar--Carpenters
5 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
6 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
7 Rain Dance--The Guess Who
8 Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond
9 Down by the River--Joey Gregorash
10 Sweet Sounds of Music--The Bells

Singles entering the chart were Everybody's Everything by Santana (#62); An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night (#68); Till by Tom Jones (#84); Banks of the Ohio by Olivia Newton-John (#86); Baby I'm-A Want You by Bread (#90); Lisa, Listen to Me by Blood, Sweat and Tears (#91); Wild Night by Van Morrison (#92); Your Move by Yes (#93); Brand New Key by Melanie (#94); Behind Blue Eyes by the Who (#95); Bow Down to the Dollar by Jericho (#96); For Ladies Only by Steppenwolf (#97); Love by the Lettermen (#98); Out of My Mind by Rain (#99); and Are You Old Enough by Mark Lindsay (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
2 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
3 It's a Cryin' Shame--Gayle McCormick
4 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
5 The Desiderata--Les Crane
6 Little Kind Words--Lighthouse
7 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
8 Loving Her was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)--Kris Kristofferson
9 One More Mountain to Climb--Doctor Music
10 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
Pick hit of the week: New Jersey--England Dan and John Ford Coley

Journalism
After 95 years in business, the Toronto Telegram published its last edition. John Bassett, who had bought the paper in 1952, had endured numerous labour disputes and decided to cease publication as a strike was looming. The Telegram had lost $635,000 in 1969 and $921,000 in 1970, and was projected to lose another $900,000 in 1971. Sportswriter Ted Reeve, who had worked at the "Tely" for 48 years, quipped, "And they told me this was going to be a permanent job." Many of the Telegram's employees immediately found work with the Toronto Sun, which published its first edition two days after the Tely published its last.

Football
CFL
Montreal (6-8) 7 @ Ottawa (6-8) 9
Calgary (9-6-1) 7 @ British Columbia (6-9-1) 30

Montreal guard and kicker Justin Canale missed 4 field goals, allowing Ottawa to escape with a narrow victory and take the third and final playoff spot in the Eastern Football Conference on the basis of 2 wins in the 3 games during the season between the teams. The win at Lansdowne Park was the Rough Riders' third straight. The defending Grey Cup champion Alouettes were only 3 points below their 7-6-1 record of 1970, but that was enough to eliminate them from playoff contention.

The Stampeders could have clinched first place in the Western Football Conference with a win over the Lions at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, but the Lions won handily to clinch fourth place ahead of the Edmonton Eskimos. The Stampeders finished the season with a record of 1-5-1 in their last 7 games; in their last 2 games, they were outscored 65-19 while losing to the WFC's two worst teams. It was the first CFL game for Calgary defensive back Reggie Holmes; he was replacing Bill Van Burkleo, who had suffered a season-ending shoulder separation a week earlier.

CIAU
Calgary (4-3) 19 @ Saskatchewan (2-5) 14
Alberta (6-2) 8 @ Manitoba (4-3) 22
Exhibition
Seattle Cavaliers 6 @ British Columbia 9

The Dinosaurs rushed for 282 yards as they defeated the Huskies at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.

Dennis Hrycaiko's 109-yard punt return for a touchdown with less than 4 minutes remaining in the game was the big play for the Bisons in their win over the Golden Bears on a snowy day at Pan Am Stadium in Winnipeg.

Doug Kiloh kicked 3 field goals for the Thunderbirds as they beat the Cavaliers, a semi-pro team, at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. Bob Cason passed 7 yards to Ed Softi for the Seattle touchdown in the 1st half; 53-year-old kicker Dick Barnes hit the upright on his convert attempt.

NCAA
Ed Marinaro of Cornell University rushed for 272 yards in a win over Columbia University at Schoelkopf Field in Ithaca, New York, to break the NCAA Division I career rushing record previously held by Steve Owens, who played for the University of Oklahoma from 1967-1969. With this game, Mr. Marinaro surpassed 4,000 yards rushing in less than 3 years.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Japanese Boy--Aneka (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): La danse des canards--J.J. Lionel

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (3rd week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
4 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
5 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through--Jim Steinman
6 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
7 One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson
8 Hak Hom Blokkies--David Kramer
9 You Drive Me Crazy--Shakin' Stevens
10 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens

Singles entering the chart were Love Hurts by the Mattisson Brothers (#15); and Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones (#20).

Society
Nicholas Reed, secretary of the British pro-euthanasia group Exit, was sentenced to 2½ years in prison for aiding and abetting suicide.

Football
CIAU

Calgary (3-4) 16 @ British Columbia (7-1) 25

Glenn Steele rushed for 259 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Thunderbirds over the Dinosaurs on a rainy night at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (12th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Full Moon Rising

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush opened a Middle East peace conference in Madrid.

Disasters
A Canadian Armed Forces Hercules C-130 crashed on Ellesmere Island in the Northwest Territories while on a routine supply mission; 5 of the 13 passengers died from injuries or hypothermia before rescuers could reach them over 33 hours later.

25 years ago
1996

Transportation
Ottawa Valley RaiLink took over the former Canadian Pacific line between Smiths Falls to Cartier, Ontario, and also the Mattawa-Temiskaming branch in Québec.

20 years ago
2001

Baseball
World Series
Arizona Diamondbacks 1 @ New York Yankees 2 (Arizona led best-of-seven series 2-1)

New York ace Roger Clemens (1-0) allowed just 3 hits in 7 innings and Mariano Rivera pitched 2 hitless innings to earn the save. Scott Brosius singled home Bernie Williams in the bottom of the 6th inning to break a 1-1 tie. Arizona starter Brian Anderson (0-1) was the losing pitcher. U.S. President George W. Bush became the first sitting president to throw out the ceremonial first ball at a World Series game since Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. 55,820 fans were in attendance at Yankee Stadium to see a game that dragged on for 3 hours and 26 minutes despite a total of just 17 batters reaching base.



10 years ago
2011

Football
CFL
Calgary (10-7) 32 @ Montreal (10-7) 27