tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87381121693042775702024-03-18T04:25:29.034-06:00Canadian AtticWhat happened this day or week in history 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, etc. years ago.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.comBlogger5129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-37691658122960363062021-12-30T19:12:00.005-07:002022-03-09T00:41:09.633-07:00December 31, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Mike Matson!<br />
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<b>530 years ago <br>
1491</b><br>
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<b>Born on this date<br>
Jacques Cartier</b>. French explorer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier">Mr. Cartier</a>, a native of Saint-Malo, Brittany, led expeditions for France in 1534, 1535-1536, and 1541-1542, becoming the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas" after the Iroquoian names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island). He entered and departed 50 undiscovered harbours without serious mishap or losing a ship, and was one of the first to formally acknowledge that the New World was a land mass separate from Europe/Asia. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier">Mr. Cartier</a> spent his later years in Saint-Malo and his nearby estate, and died during an epidemic, possibly typhus, on September 1, 1557 at the age of 65.<br>
<br>
<b>520 years ago<br>
1501</b><br>
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<b>War</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Cannanore">First Battle of Cannanore</a> commenced at Cannanore, India between Portuguese Empire forces commmanded by João da Nova and the Zamorin people of Calicut. It marked one of the earliest recorded deliberate uses of a naval line of battle, and for resolving the battle by cannon alone. The battle ended in a Portuguese victory two days later.<br>
<br>
<b>330 years ago<br>
1691</b> <br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Robert Boyle, 64</b>. Irish chemist and physicist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle">Mr. Boyle</a> was one of the pioneers of the modern scientific method, and was best known for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle%27s_law">Boyle's law</a>, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. He's largely regarded today as the founder of modern chemistry; his book <i>The Sceptical Chymist</i> (1661) was a major text in the history of chemistry. Mr. Boyle was an alchemist, but his experiments were unsuccessful. He was a devout Anglican, and believed that evidence from nature could provide evidence for the existence of God. Mr. Boyle died from paralysis after more than 20 years of declining health.<br>
<br>
<b>225 years ago<br />
1796</b><br />
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<b>Americana</b><br />
Baltimore was officially incorporated as a city.<br />
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<strong>140 years ago<br />
1881</strong><br />
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<strong>Crime</strong><br />
Charles Guiteau, recently convicted of the assassination of U.S. President James A. Garfield, wrote a <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-31/#letter-to-a-jailer">New Year's greeting</a> to his jailer.<br />
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<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
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<b>Born on this date<br>
Dal Stivens</b>. Australian writer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal_Stivens">Mr. Stivens</a> produced six novels and eight collections of short stories, often based on Australian folk tales, from 1936-1976, with his popularity peaking in the 1940s and '50s. He was also a naturalist and artist, and wrote non-fiction under several pseudonyms. Mr. Stivens died on June 15, 1997 at the age of 85.<br>
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<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Boies Penrose, 61</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boies_Penrose">Mr. Penrose</a>, a Republican, represented Philadelphia County in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1885) and represented the 6th District in the Pennsylvania Senate (1887-1897). He represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate from 1897 until his death from a pulmonary thrombosis in his Washington penthouse in the last hour of 1921.<br>
<br>
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Weather</b><br>
Henderson Lake, British Columbia ended the year with a record total of 319.78 inches of rain, making it thewettest place on record in Canadian history. <br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Canadian stock index plunged 37.2% and Gross National Product declined 12.7%, making it the worst business year on record in the country.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
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<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): It's a Great Day for the Irish--Judy Garland; The Jesters (1st month at #1)<br />
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<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
The first televised New Year’s Eve special aired on WNBT in New York. It consisted of entertainment from the Rainbow Room, atop the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center.<br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Sol Hess, 69</b>. U.S. writer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Hess_(writer)">Mr. Hess</a> and Wallace Carlson created the comic strip <i>The Nebbs</i> in 1923, with Mr. Hess providing the writing and Mr. Carlson doing the illustrating. Mr. Hess died of a heart attack at his apartment in the Shoreham Hotel in Chicago. His daughter Betsy and her husband Stanley Baer took over the writing for <i>The Nebbs</i> after Mr. Hess's death, and by 1947 had folded the strip into another strip of theirs, <i>The Toodle Family</i>.<br>
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<b>War</b><br>
Admiral Chester Nimitz assumed command of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet in a simple ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan demanded that U.S. forces in the Philippines surrender, and rejected the designation of Manila as an open city. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur reported that his forces were consistently falling back in the face of heavy Japanese assaults.<br>
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<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Venezuela severed diplomatic relations with Germany, Italy, and Japan.<br>
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The German government announced that German Ambassador to Argentina Baron Edmund von Thermann had been recalled. <br>
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<b>Politics and government</b><br>
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Jesse Jones as a member of the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board.<br>
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<b>Communications</b><br>
The U.S. Justice Department extended its ban on the possession of shortwave wireless sets and hand cameras by enemy aliens to cover the entire country, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<br>
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<b>Business</b><br>
The U.S. Justice Department filed civil suits in Chicago against the National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System, charging that through their ownership of key stations and the use of exclusive contracts the two chains almost completely dominated the country's broadcasting industry.<br>
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<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
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<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Sioux City Sue--Bing Crosby; Kate Smith (1st month at #1)<br />
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<b>War</b><br />
U.S. President Harry S. Truman <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1231.html#article">officially proclaimed the end of hostilities</a> in World War II, terminating his emergency powers and 20 wartime control laws. He admitted that the move was an attempt to cooperate with the new Republican-controlled Congress.<br />
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<b>World events</b><br>
Yugoslavia released Ray Stoeckel, an American jailed on espionage charges.<br>
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<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The Soviet newspaper <i>Izvestia</i> assailed the merger of the British and American occupation zones in Germany as a violation of the 1945 Potsdam agreement.<br>
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The Republican Party steering committee voted to oppose the seating of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) in the new Congress to take office on January 3, 1947, because of speeches he had made in opposition to Negro voting, and accusations of graft. Mr. Bilbo had first been elected to the Senate in 1934.<br>
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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan General Douglas MacArthur stated in Tokyo that Japan had made "major advances" toward establishing a democratic social and political system.<br>
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<b>Energy</b><br>
U.S. President Truman signed an executive order turning the Army's atomic energy facilities over to the Atomic Energy Commission.<br>
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<b>Health</b><br>
Mexican cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs were banned from the United States because of an epidemic of hoof and mouth disease.<br>
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<b>Labour</b><br>
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board recognized the right of supervisory workers to organize when it ordered Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation to bargain with a United Mine Workers of America affiliate that accepted foremen as members.<br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_(radio_show)#Television">Lights Out</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0632317/">Of Time and Third Avenue</a></i>, starring Henry Daniell, Edward Gargan, and Bethel Leslie<br />
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Maxim Litvinov, 75</b>. U.S.S.R. politician and diplomat. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Litvinov">Mr. Litvinov</a>, born Meir Henoch Wallach, joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) in Kiev in 1898 when the party was an illegal organization, and adopted the name Maxim Litvinov. He was arrested in 1901 and spent 18 months in captivity, but escaped, and spent several years in exile in Geneva and London. <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Литвинов,_Максим_Максимович">Mr. Litvinov</a> met V.I. Lenin in 1903, and joined the Bolsheviks, returning to Russia during the 1905 Revolution. He fled the country again in 1906, and lived in England from 1908-1918, returning to Moscow late in 1918. Mr. Litvinov served as a diplomat during the 1920s, advocating disarmament and favouring Soviet support of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, which outlawed war as an instrument of national policy. He proposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litvinov_Protocol">Litvinov Protocol</a>, in which signatories formally proclaimed themselves in mutual compliance with the goals of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. It was signed in Moscow in February 1929 by the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania, Latvia, and Estonia, and later by several other countries. Mr. Litvinov was People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (1930-1939), and was successful in obtaining American recognition of the Soviet Union. He was dismissed for holding anti-German views, while dictator Josef Stalin was negotiating a non-aggression pact with Germany. Mr. Litvinov served as Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1941-1943), and was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1943-1946), but was dismissed after giving an interview to an American journalist in which he stated his belief that war between the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. was inevitable. Mr. Litvinov reportedly died of a heart attack in Moscow after suffering serious heart problems, but there were rumours that he was assassinated on Mr. Stalin's instructions to the MVD (Interior Ministry), dying from injuries received after a truck deliberately collided with his car as he rounded a bend on the way to his dacha.<br>
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<b>War</b><br>
Communist negotiators at Panmunjom agreed to furnish information on 50,000 United Nations soldiers--mostly South Koreans--believed to have been taken prisoner but not accounted for on lists submitted by the Communist truce team.<br>
<br>
<strong>Diplomacy</strong><br />
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/31/newsid_2559000/2559997.stm">departed aboard the <em>Queen Mary</em></a> for New York. The purpose of the trip was to have talks with U.S. President Harry Truman in Washington, followed by a visit to Canada for talks with Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.<br />
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<b>Terrorism</b><br>
Egyptian extremists announced that they would pay any "partisan patriot" $2,800 for killing British Suez Zone commander General George Erskine, and $280 for killing any other British officer.<br>
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<b>World events</b><br>
The Bolivian government ordered a New Year's Day amnesty for 35 members of the rightist National Revolutionary Movement exiled or jailed for participating in a revolutionary plot.<br>
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<b>Energy</b><br>
Inventor Philip Ohmart announded the development of a radioelectric cell capable of converting radioactive energy into electric energy.<br>
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<strong>Economics and finance</strong><br />
After distributing more than $13.3 billion in U.S. aid to European countries since 1948, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan">Marshall Plan</a> expired; its functions would be taken over by the new U.S. Mutual Security Agency.<br />
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U.S. Mutual Security Administrator Paul Porter announced in Madrid that the United States would give Spain financial aid under a bilateral arrangement similar to Yugoslavia's.<br>
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<b>Labour</b><br>
United Steelworkers of America President Philip Murray ordered 30,000 Kaiser Aluminum and Aluminum Company of America workers to continue working under their old contracts through January 1947, ending the threat of a strike in the aluminum industry.<br>
<br>
<strong>60 years ago<br />
1961</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Television</b><br>
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's state broadcaster, launched its first national television service at 7 P.M., with an address by Irish President Eamon De Valera. Messages from John Cardinal d'Alton and Taoiseach Seán Lemass followed, and then a live concert, hosted by Radio Éireann chairman Eamonn Andrews, was broadcast from the Gresham Hotel in Dublin. The show, which was a countdown to the New Year, included appearances by tenor Patrick O'Hagan, the Artane Boys' Band, and Michael O'Hehir.<br>
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<strong>Music</strong><br />
The Beach Boys made their first live appearance, playing three songs--including their debut single, <em>Surfin'</em>-- as part of a Ritchie Valens memorial concert at Long Beach Civic Auditorium in Long Beach, California. Ike & Tina Turner were the headline act.<br />
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<strong>Football</strong><br />
NFL<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_NFL_Championship_Game">Championship</a> @ City Stadium, Green Bay<br />
New York 0 @ Green Bay 37<br />
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Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr threw 2 touchdown passes to Ron Kramer and another to Boyd Dowler, and Paul Hornung rushed for a touchdown and kicked 4 converts and 3 field goals as the Packers routed the Giants before 39,029 fans in the first NFL championship game ever played in Green Bay. The score was 0-0 after the 1st quarter, but the Packers scored 24 points in the 2nd quarter and 10 more in the 3rd. It was Green Bay's first NFL championship since 1944, and their first under head coach Vince Lombardi. Hear the radio broadcast <a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/B%20Series/Baseball%20Broadcasts/Baseball%20Game%20Broadcasts%2061-xx-xx%20(x)%20N%20F%20L%20Championship%20Green%20Bay%20Vs%20N%20Y%20Giants%20Pt%201.mp3">here</a>, <a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/B%20Series/Baseball%20Broadcasts/Baseball%20Game%20Broadcasts%2061-xx-xx%20(x)%20N%20F%20L%20Championship%20Green%20Bay%20Vs%20N%20Y%20Giants%20Pt%202.mp3">here</a>, <a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/B%20Series/Baseball%20Broadcasts/Baseball%20Game%20Broadcasts%2061-xx-xx%20(x)%20N%20F%20L%20Championship%20Green%20Bay%20Vs%20N%20Y%20Giants%20Pt%203.mp3">here</a>, <a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/B%20Series/Baseball%20Broadcasts/Baseball%20Game%20Broadcasts%2061-xx-xx%20(x)%20N%20F%20L%20Championship%20Green%20Bay%20Vs%20N%20Y%20Giants%20Pt%204.mp3">here</a>, <a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/B%20Series/Baseball%20Broadcasts/Baseball%20Game%20Broadcasts%2061-xx-xx%20(x)%20N%20F%20L%20Championship%20Green%20Bay%20Vs%20N%20Y%20Giants%20Pt%205.mp3">here</a>, and <a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/B%20Series/Baseball%20Broadcasts/Baseball%20Game%20Broadcasts%2061-xx-xx%20(x)%20N%20F%20L%20Championship%20Green%20Bay%20Vs%20N%20Y%20Giants%20Pt%206.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
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<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (7th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (9th week at #1) <br>
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South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/24-december-1971/">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (10th week at #1) <br>
2 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill <br>
3 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy <br>
4 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard <br>
5 Cousin Norman--Marmalade <br>
6 You--Peter Maffay <br>
7 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
8 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers <br>
9 Soley Soley--Middle of the Road <br>
10 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast--Daniel Boone <br>
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The only single entering the chart was <i>Tokoloshe Man</i> by John Kongos (#17). <br>
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1971/cklg123171.html">CKLG</a>)<br>
1 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers <br>
2 American Pie--Don McLean <br>
3 Brand New Key--Melanie (2nd week at #1)<br>
4 Sunshine--Jonathan Edwards <br>
5 Day After Day--Badfinger <br>
6 Devil You--Stampeders <br>
7 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br>
8 All I Really Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br>
9 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels <br>
10 Stay with Me--Faces <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Never Been to Spain</i> by Three Dog Night (#26); <i>Black Dog</i> by Led Zeppelin (#27); <i>White Lies, Blue Eyes</i> by Bullet (#28); <i>Mexican Lady</i> by Steel River (#29); and <i>Levon</i> by Elton John (#30). <br>
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKVN/1971/ckvn123171.html">CKVN</a>)<br>
1 American Pie--Don McLean <br>
2 Day After Day--Badfinger <br>
3 Sunshine--Jonathan Edwards <br>
4 Life in the Bloodstream--The Guess Who <br>
5 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show--The Honey Cone <br>
6 Brand New Key--Melanie <br>
7 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers <br>
8 Respect Yourself--The Staple Singers <br>
9 Love Me, Love Me, Love--Frank Mills<br>
10 Hey Big Brother--Rare Earth <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Hallelujah</i> by Sweathog (#27); <i>I Turn to You</i> by Spring (#33); <i>Where Did Our Love Go</i> by Donnie Elbert (#34); <i>Anticipation</i> by Carly Simon (#38); <i>Mexican Lady</i> by Steel River (#39); and <i>Too True Mama</i> by Crowfoot (#40). <br>
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Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)<br />
1 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread<br />
2 Do I Love You--Paul Anka<br />
3 Day After Day--Badfinger<br />
4 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--New Seekers<br />
5 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack<br />
6 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
7 Take it Slow--Lighthouse<br />
8 American Pie, Parts I and II--Don McLean<br />
9 The Desiderata--Les Crane<br />
10 I Don't Need No Doctor--Humble Pie<br />
Pick hit of the week: Brand New Key--Melanie<br />
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Pete Duel, 31</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Duel">Mr. Duel</a>, born Peter Deuel, appeared in several television programs and movies. He co-starred in the television comedy series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_on_a_Rooftop">Love on a Rooftop</a></i> (1966-1967), but was best known for playing Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the Western series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_Smith_and_Jones">Alias Smith and Jones</a></i> (1971), which was in its second season when Mr. Duel, who was suffering from depression and drinking heavily, committed suicide by shooting himself.<br>
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<b>Hal Weaver, 28</b>. Canadian disc jockey. Mr. Weaver began his career at CKRD in Red Deer; he worked in Edmonton (CJCA), Hamilton (CKOC), Toronto (CHUM), and Vancouver (CJOR, CKVN) before dying of cancer. <br>
<br>
<strong>40 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Hit parade</strong><br />
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1981/cklg123181.html">CKLG</a>) <br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Young Turks--Rod Stewart <br>
3 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br>
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley <br>
5 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham <br>
6 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
7 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
8 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
9 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br>
10 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Tainted Love</i> by Soft Cell (#18); and <i>Hooked on Classics</i> by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#20). <br>
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Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)<br />
1 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (3rd week at #1)<br />
2 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley<br />
3 Comin' In and Out of Your Life--Barbra Streisand<br />
4 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond<br />
5 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
6 Come Go with Me--The Beach Boys<br />
7 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates<br />
8 I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World--Ronnie Milsap<br />
9 Cool Night--Paul Davis<br />
10 She's Got a Way--Billy Joel<br />
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<b>World events</b><br>
A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rawlings#1981_coup_and_reforms">coup d'état</a> in Ghana removed President Hilla Limann's People's National Party (PNP) government and replaced it with the Provisional National Defence Council, led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings. Fl. Lt. Rawlings had previously seized power in June 1979, and handed it over to Mr. Limann and the PNP three months later.<br>
<br>
<strong>30 years ago<br />
1991</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>World events</strong><br />
As of this date, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics <a href="http://wpc.2269.edgecastcdn.net/002269/mps/Accessible_Media_Inc/31/598/Dec_25_11_End_of_the_Soviet_Union_Beyond_Our_Borders_special.mp3">ceased to exist</a>, as all official Soviet Union institutions ceased operations.<br />
<br />
<b>Terrorism</b> <br>
17 Haitian Liberation Organization activists surrendered to police after occupying the Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince for six weeks. <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Wesley Addy, 83</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Addy">Mr. Addy</a> was a character actor in numerous plays, television programs, and movies. His films included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconds_(1966_film)">Seconds</a></i> (1966); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!">Tora! Tora! Tora!</a></i> 1970) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verdict">The Verdict</a></i> (1982).<br />
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<b>Music</b><br>
About 4,000 people made their way to the remote location of Canaan Downs, Tākaka, New Zealand to take part in the first <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/first-gathering-dance-festival-held">Gathering</a>, a two-day festival for electronic dance music fans.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
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<b>Died on this date<br />
Eileen Heckart, 82</b>. U.S. actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Heckart">Miss Heckart</a>, born Anna Eileen Herbert, had a career spanning nearly 60 years, usually playing supporting roles in plays, movies, and television programs. She won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for her supporting performance in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies_Are_Free">Butterflies are Free</a></i> (1972); two Emmy Awards; and a Tony Award in 2000 for lifetime achievement. Miss Heckart died of lung cancer.<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Eduardo Camano assumed the position of acting President of Argentina, the day after the resignation of interim President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa.<br>
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<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
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<b>Space</b><br>
The United States succeeded in putting GRAIL A (Ebb), the first of two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory">Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)</a> satellites in orbit around the Moon. Grail B (FLow) followed 25 hours later. The spacecraft had been launched on September 10, 2011.<br>
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<b>- 30 -</b>Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-9292103484955181422021-12-29T17:01:00.013-07:002022-04-21T16:07:17.401-06:00December 30, 2021<span style="font-weight:bold;">Born on this date</span><br />
Happy Birthday, Gladys Lucy Pomazongo Levano!<br />
<br />
<b>430 years ago<br />
1591</b> <br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Innocent IX</b>. Roman Catholic Pope, 1591. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_IX">Innocent IX</a>, born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, became a priest in 1544 and was made a cardinal in 1583. He succeeded Gregory XIV on thee papal throne, and was crowned on November 3, 1591. He died after less than two months in office, and was succeeded by Clement VIII.<br />
<br />
<b>180 years ago<br>
1841</b><br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Vitus Bering, 60</b>. Danish explorer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering">Commander Bering</a> was a cartographer served in the Russian Navy and led the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kamchatka_Expedition">First Kamchatka Expedition</a> (1725-1731), which explored the Asian Pacific Coast, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Expedition">Great Northern Expedition</a> (1733-1743), which explored the Arctic coast of Siberia and parts of the North American coastline. He died of scurvy on an uninhabited island, later named in his honour, near the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Bering Strait and Bering Sea are among the things named in <a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering">Commander Bering</a>'s honour.<br>
<br>
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Asa Candler</b>. U.S. businessman and politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Griggs_Candler">Mr. Candler</a> founded the Coca-Cola Company in 1892, and managed the company until 1917, when he took office as Mayor of Atlanta, serving until 1919. He died on March 12, 1929 at the age of 77, three years after suffering a stroke.<br />
<br />
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
As a result of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair">Trent Affair</a>" (the seizure of two Confederate diplomats from a British vessel on the high seas), 6,000 British troops from the 62nd Wiltshire Regiment landed at St. Andrews, New Brunswick with orders to march overland to Canada to defend against a possible American invasion.<br>
<br>
<b>125 years ago<br />
1896</b><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br>
Tom Keene</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Keene_(actor)">Mr. Keene</a>, whose real name was George Duryea, also acted under the name Richard Powers. He appeared in more than 120 movies and television programs, mainly low-budget Westerns. Mr. Keene's movies included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Daily_Bread_(1934_film)">Our Daily Bread</a></i> (1934) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space">Plan 9 from Outer Space</a></i> (1959). He died of cancer on August 4, 1963 at the age of 66.<br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
José Rizal, 35</b>. Filipino writer and polymath. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal">Dr. Rizal</a>, an ophthalmologist by profession, was a Philippine nationalist who was a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. His writings were blamed by Spanish authorities for helping to incite the Philippine Revolution in 1896. While en route to Cuba via Spain to minister to victims of yellow fever. Dr. Rizal was arrested and charged with rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy. Despite disavowing the revolution in its present state, he was convicted by a court martial and was executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila. <a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Rizal">Dr. Rizal</a> is regarded as a national hero in the Philippines.<br>
<br>
<b>Hockey</b><br />
Stanley Cup<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897_AHAC_season#Stanley_Cup">Montreal Victorias 6 @ Winnipeg Victorias 5</a> (1-game challenge)<br />
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Ernie McLea scored 3 goals, including the winner on a breakaway with less than 2 minutes remaining, to give Montreal the Cup over defending champion Winnipeg at Granite Rink in the first challenge to be played outside Montreal. Mr. McLea became the first player to score a hat trick in a Stanley Cup game. Winnipeg took an early 3-0 lead and led 4-2 at halftime.<br />
<br />
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date <br>
Jeanette Nolan</b>. U.S. actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_Nolan">Miss Nolan</a> appeared in numerous radio and television programs and in movies such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_(1948_film)">Macbeth</a></i> (1948) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Heat">The Big Heat</a></i> (1953). She was nominated for four Emmy Awards, and died on June 5, 1998 at the age of 86.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Sun Yat-sen was elected the first President of the Republic of China.<br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date <br>
Rashid Karami</b>. Prime Minister of Lebanon, 1955-1956; 1958-1960; 1961-1964; 1965-1966; 1966-1968; 1969-1970; 1975-1976; 1984-1987. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Karami">Mr. Karami</a>, an independent politician, had a political career of more than 30 years, and was Lebanon's Prime Minister 10 times. He advocated increased political power for the country's Muslim population, and was known as a man that Lebanon's President could call on in a crisis, despite political differences. Mr. Karami was killed on June 1, 1987 at the age of 65 and the country’s interior minister and several other people were injured when a bomb exploded in his helicopter during a flight to Beirut from his home town of Tripoli. It was believed that the bomb had been placed in his briefcase or under his seat. The co-pilot made an emergency landing. Mr. Karami had submitted his resignation on May 4, but President Amin Gemayel had not yet formally accepted it.<br />
<br />
<strong>90 years ago<br />
1931</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em>The Hindoo in the Wicker Basket</em><br />
<br />
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
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<b>Movies</b><br />
The <a href="http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1941">New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1941</a> were presented. The winners were: Picture--<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i>; Director--John Ford (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Green_Was_My_Valley_(film)">How Green was My Valley</a></i>); Actor--Gary Cooper (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_York_(film)">Sergeant York</a></i>); Actress--Joan Fontaine (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicion_(1941_film)">Suspicion</a></i>).<br />
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<strong>Diplomacy</strong><br />
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the Canadian parliament in Ottawa, where he delivered his "Some chicken...some neck" speech, and then <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/sports/Winston+Churchill+years+Some+chicken+Some+neck/5924807/story.html?id=5924807">posed for a famous photograph</a> by Yousuf Karsh. Go <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/sports/Full+text+Winston+Churchill+Speech+Canadian+House+Commons+1941/5924771/story.html">here</a> to see the full text of the speech.<br />
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returned to London from his conference in Moscow with U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin.<br>
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<b>War</b><br>
The U.S.S.R. announced that Soviet troops on the Caucasian front had landed on the Crimean peninsula, occupying the town and fortress of Kerch. Dispatches from Manila reported that Japanese troops were within 100 miles of the city. U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh was revealed to have volunteered for active serice in the U.S. Army Air Forces. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were 25,829,788 men in the continental United States aged 20-44 who could be drafted for military service.<br>
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<b>Space</b><br>
Dr. Edwin Hubble of the Mount Wilson Observatory in California said that as a result of six years of observation through the observatory's 100-inch telescope, he doubted the theory that the universe was expanding.<br>
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<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Philippine President Manuel Quezon and Vice President Sergio Osmena were inaugurated into their second terms in a wartime ceremony near U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters.<br>
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Lieutenant General A.E. Percival declared martial law in Singapore, following four Japanese air raids the previous night.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
Seven people were indicted in New York on charges of sending vital information to Germany.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that plans were underway to boost U.S. war production to 50% of the national income, or about $50 billion in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1942.<br>
<br>
U.S. federal Price Administrator Leon Henderson froze wholesale cigarette prices at the levels prevailing on December 26, and fixed maximum retail prices for automobile tires and tubes at the level in effect on November 25.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Greyhound companies agreed to arbitrate the strike of 1,800 bus drivers.<br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
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<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/40s_files/19461230.html">Cash Box</a></i>)<br />
1 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir) <br />
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
--Hal Derwin <br />
2 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids) <br />
--Hoagy Carmichael<br />
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers<br />
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis <br />
3 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra <br />
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul<br />
--Betty Rhodes<br />
--Tony Martin <br />
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio<br />
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra<br />
--Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra<br />
5 A Gal in Calico--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra<br />
--Bing Crosby with the Calico Kids<br />
--Johnny Mercer<br />
6 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra<br />
7 Huggin' and Chalkin'--Hoagy Carmichael<br />
--Johnny Mercer<br />
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
8 The Whole World is Singing My Song--Les Brown and his Orchestra<br />
9 Passe--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra<br />
--Margaret Whiting<br />
10 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra<br />
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Singles entering the chart were the version of <i>(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons</i> by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra <i>That's the Beginning of the End</i>, with versions by Perry Como; and the King Cole Trio (#32). <br />
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<b>On the radio</b> <br />
<i><a href="http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Case-Book-of-Gregory-Hood.html">The Casebook of Gregory Hood</a></i>, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS<br />
Tonight`s episode: <i>The Payoff</i><br />
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Charles Wakefield Cadman, 65</b>. U.S. composer and critic. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wakefield_Cadman">Mr. Cadman</a> was appointed music editor and critic for the <i>Pittsburgh Dispatch</i> in 1908, and was regarded as a leading expert on American Indian music, writing and lecturing on the subject, and allowing it to influence his compositions. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1920s, helping to found the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, performing there as a piano soloist, and composing scores for motion pictures in the early years of sound movies. Mr. Cadman wrote music in various genres, but was best known for his 40-year collaboration with lyricist Nelle Richmond Eberhart, who wrote librettos for his operas and words for his songs. He died six days after his 65th birthday.<br>
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<b>Movies</b><br />
The <a href="http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1946">New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1946</a> were presented. The winners were: Picture--<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives">The Best Years of Our Lives</a></i>; Director--William Wyler (<i>The Best Years of Our Lives</i>); Actor--Laurence Olivier (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(1944_film)">Henry V</a></i>); Actress--Celia Johnson (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter">Brief Encounter</a></i>); Foreign Language Film--<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_City_(film)">Open City</a></i>.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
After conferring with French officials in Indochina, French Overseas Territories Minister Marius Moutet reiterated France's determination to re-establish "order" in the territory before resuming negotiations with nationalist guerrillas.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Republican Party U.S. congressional leadership filled majority posts in the new Senate: Arthur Vandenberg (Michigan)--President pro tempore; Wallace White, Jr. (Maine)--Majority floor leader; Robert Taft (Ohio)--steering committee chairman; Kenneth Wherry (Nebraska)--Majority whip; Eugene Milliken (Colorado)--Republican conference chairman.<br>
<br>
<b>Science</b><br>
University of California physicist Glenn Seaborg, co-discoverer of plutonium, americium, and curium, was named "chemist of the year" in an American Chemical Society poll.<br>
<br>
<b>Energy</b><br>
Despite Soviet objections, the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission appoved a U.S.-sponsored nuclear control plan recommending the creation of a strong international inspection agency not subject to a great power veto.<br>
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Argentina and Uruguay signed a pact allowing Argentina to receive electric power from the Uruguay River power project.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Venezuela became the 40th nation to join the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.<br>
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The Allied Control Council in Berlin announced the adoption of a law forbidding Germany to manufacture, possess, import, or export any equipment that may be used to wage war.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
A U.S. federal circuit court of appeals in Chicago upheld the right of a union in a closed shop to force the discharge of a member for joining a rival union.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br />
1951</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Out There</span>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667631/">The Bus to Nowhere</a></span>, starring Leonard Barry, Arthur Batanides, and Whit Bissell<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command General Matthew Ridgway announced that the Japanese government would be given custody of 1,300 Japanese war criminals still serving sentences by March 21, 1952.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Foreign ministers of six Western European countries agrred in Paris on most details of the European Army plan and recommended creating a supranational Parliament of Europe by 1955.<br>
<br>
In a year-end speech, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson admitted that "we have lost some ground" in the Middle East because of the Iranian and Suez disputes, but viewed Greece and Turkey as "bright spots."<br>
<br>
<b>Science</b><br>
The American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded the $1,000 Newcomb Cleveland Prize to Columbia University oceanographer J. Laurence Kulp for developing a technique to measure the age of water through the radioactive carbon content of suspended organic matter.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Iran banned foreign travel by its citizens, due to lack of foreign exchange.<br>
<br>
<b>Baseball</b><br>
<i>The Sporting News</i> named Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals as major league player of the year for 1951 and Leo Durocher of the New York Giants as major league manager of the year. "Stan the Man" batted .355 with 32 home runs and 108 runs batted in, leading the National League in batting average, runs (124); triples (12); and total bases (355). "Leo the Lip" led the Giants to the National League pennant as they came back from a 14½-game deficit in August to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 3-game playoff.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago <br>
1961</b> <br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake (4th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (6th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Tanze mit mir in den Morgen--Gerhard Wendland <br>
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#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (3rd week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Mirror</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (4th week at #1)<br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19611230.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (4th week at #1)<br />
2 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br />
3 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke<br />
4 Run to Him--Bobby Vee<br />
5 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes<br />
6 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley<br />
7 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters<br />
8 Moon River--Jerry Butler<br />
--Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus<br />
9 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka<br />
10 When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)--Connie Francis<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Lost Someone</em> by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#90); <em>That's My Pa</em> by Sheb Wooley (#95); <em>I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)</em> by the Ikettes (#96); <em>Fever</em> by Pete Bennett and the Embers (#98); and <em>I Told the Brook</em> by Marty Robbins (#100).<br />
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CFUN/1961/cfun123061.htm">CFUN</a>)<br>
1 Norman--Sue Thompson (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 The Wanderer--Dion <br>
3 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
4 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon <br>
5 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee <br>
6 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
7 Multiplication--Bobby Darin <br>
8 Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro <br>
9 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
10 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Bonnie B</i> by Jerry Lee Lewis (#24); <i>Bandit of My Dreams</i> by Eddie Hodges (#28); <i>My Boomerang Won't Come Back</i> by Charlie Drake (#31); <i>Patti Ann</i> by Johnny Crawford (#36); <i>I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)</i> by Barbara George (#39); <i>Baby it's You</i> by the Shirelles (#45); and <i>Lonely Sixteen</i> by Janie Black (#50). <br>
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKWX/1961/ckwx123061.htm">CKWX</a>)<br>
1 Norman--Sue Thompson <br>
2 Dear Ivan--Jimmy Dean <br>
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
4 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion <br>
5 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
6 A Little Bitty Tear--Burl Ives <br>
7 Multiplication--Bobby Darin <br>
8 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
9 When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)--Connie Francis <br>
10 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Dear Lady Twist</i> by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#26); <i>The Ballad of Thunder Road</i> by Robert Mitchum (#30); <i>Young Love</i> by Sonny James (#34); <i>I Could Have Loved You</i> by Ray Peterson (#36); <i>Mugmates</i>/<i>Bandit of My Dreams</i> by Eddie Hodges (#39); and <i>Little Altar Boy</i> by Vic Dana (#40). <br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Gray 9 Blue 7 <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br />
1971</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pop Concerto--Pop Concerto Orchestra <br>
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#1 single in Ireland (<i>IRMA</i>): O Holy Night--Tommy Drennan (2nd week at #1) <br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Jo Cals, 57</b>. Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1965-1966. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Cals">Mr. Cals</a>, a member of the Roman Catholic State Party until 1945 and the Catholic People's Party thereafter, was a member of the House of Representatives (1948-1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1963-1965), and was State Secretary/Minister for Education, Arts and Sciences (1950-1961) before serving as Prime Minister from April 1965-November 1966. He left politics after his government fell after losing a vote involving the budget. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Cals">Mr. Cals</a> died of a brain tumour.<br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br>
Iraq announced that it had <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/30/newsid_2547000/2547551.stm">expelled</a> 60,000 Iranian men, women, and children over the past few days; Iraq had severed diplomatic relations with Iran earlier inthe month.<br>
<br>
<strong>30 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Hockey</strong><br />
NHL<br />
<a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/198112300EDM.html">Philadelphia (22-13-1) 5 @ Edmonton (25-8-6) 7</a><br />
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Wayne Gretzky scored 5 goals--his 46th through 50th of the season--to lead the Oilers past the Flyers at Northlands Coliseum. Mr. Gretzky's last goal, into an empty net, gave him the distinction of reaching the 50-goal mark in one season in the fewest games; it was just the Oilers' 39th game of the season.<br />
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<br>
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Sore ga Daiji (それが大事)--Daiji-man Brothers Band <br />
<br />
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Live and Let Die--Guns N' Roses (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (7th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Child--Mark Owen (5th week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Don't Speak--No Doubt (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Time to Say Goodbye--Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Canada (<i>RPM</i>): Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (7th week at #1)<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Lew Ayres, 88</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Ayres">Mr. Ayres</a> had a career that spanned 65 years, but was best known for his starring role in the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1930_film)">All Quiet on the Western Front</a></i> (1930) and for playing Dr. Kildare in a series of nine films from 1938-1942. He died two days after his 88th birthday.<br />
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<b>Juan Antonio Canta, 30</b>. Spanish musician. <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Antonio_Canta">Mr. Canta</a>, whose real name was Juan Antonio Castillo Madico, was a singer-songwriter and guitarist who co-founded the pop group Pabellَn psiquiلtrico, who recorded four albums from 1987-1991. He then became a solo artist, and was best known for the single <i>La danza de los 40 limones</i>, which reached number one on the PROMUSICAE chart for five weeks in May-June 1996. Mr. Canta suffered from constant depression, and committed suicide by hanging himself at his home in Cَrdoba. <br>
<br>
<b>Protest</b><br />
250,000 workers in Israel shut down services in protest against proposed budget cuts by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Terrorism</span><br />
Pakistani authorities arrested Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, founder of one of the Muslim groups believed to be behind the December 13, 2001 attack on India's Parliament House in New Delhi. 12 people had been killed in the five-man attack.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa resigned as interim President of Argentina, just a week after taking office.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Ronald Searle, 91</b>. U.K.-born artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Searle">Mr. Searle</a> worked in various genre, but was mainly known as a cartoonist. He created and the comic strip <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Trinian%27s_School">St. Trinian's School</a></i> (1946-1952), which inspired a series of comic films. Mr. Searle also illustrated the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Molesworth">Molesworth</a></i> novels written by Geoffrey Willans in the 1950s. He moved to France in 1961, and lived the rest of his life there.<br>
<br>
<b>Oddities</b> <br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa">Samoa</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokelau">Tokelau</a> skipped this date, as they changed their time zones and jumped to the other side of the International Date Line, moving directly from December 29 to December 31, 2011.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-23047070940851242492021-12-29T11:37:00.002-07:002023-02-11T07:21:31.704-07:00December 29, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Christine Gotaas!<br />
<br />
<b>1,300 years ago<br>
721</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Genmei, 61</b>. Empress of Japan, 707-715. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Genmei">Genmei</a>, born Abe-hime, acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of her son Monmu. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/元明天皇">She</a> moved the seat of government to Nara, and abdicated in favour of her daughter Genshō. <br>
<br>
<b>175 years ago <br>
1846</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Alexander Barrow, 45</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Barrow">Mr. Barrow</a>, a Whig, spent several years in the Louisiana House of Representatives before representing the state from 1841 until his death. He was the older half-brother of Washington Barrow, who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.<br>
<br>
<strong>170 years ago<br />
1851</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Americana</strong><br />
The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States opened in Boston.<br />
<br />
<b>140 years ago<br>
1881</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Jess Willard</b>. U.S. boxer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Willard">Mr. Willard</a>, nicknamed the Pottawatomie Giant, stood 6' 6 1⁄2" and didn't start boxing professionally until he was 29. He knocked out Jack Johnson in the 26th round in Havana on April 5, 1915 to win the world heavyweight title, thereby accomplishing what a host of "White Hopes" had failed to achieve since Mr. Johnson had won the title more than six years earlier. Mr. Willard fought just one title bout after that (a 10-round newspaper decision over Frank Moran in 1916) before being knocked out in 3 rounds by Jack Dempsey in Toledo, Ohio on July 4, 1919. Mr. Willard came out of retirement for two fights in 1923, and then retired permanently after compiling a professional record of 25-7-2. He died on December 15, 1968, two weeks before his 87th birthday.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Arthur Peters was sworn in as Premier of Prince Edward Island, succeeding Donald Farquharson as head of the province's Liberal government. Lieutenant Governor Peter McIntyre had asked Mr. Peters to take office as Premier after Mr. Farquharson resigned to enter federal politics. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">110 years ago<br />
1911</span><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br />
Klaus Fuchs</b>. German physicist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs">Dr. Fuchs</a> was a socialist who became a Communist while still a student in Germany. He fled to the United Kingdom shortly after the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, and went to the United States during World War II, where he worked on the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bombs. Dr. Fuchs worked as a spy with the U.S.S.R., and illegally transferred nuclear information to the Soviets. In January 1950 he confessed to being a spy, and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for espionage. Dr. Fuchs was released in 1959 after serving 9 1/3 years, and emigrated to East Germany, where he spent the rest of his life. He died on January 28, 1988, 30 days after his 76th birthday.<br />
<br />
<b>Asiatica</b><br>
Mongolia gained its independence from China's Qing dynasty, enthroning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogd_Khan">8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu</a> as Khagan of Mongolia.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
In Nanking, Sun Yat-sen was elected provisional President of the Republic of China.<br />
<br />
<b>Canadiana</b><br>
A proclamation restored the words Dei Gratia to Canada's coins; the Latins phrase means King (or Queen) by the grace of God.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">100 years ago<br />
1921</span><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br>
Dobrica Ćosić</b>. 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1992-1993. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrica_%C4%86osi%C4%87">Mr. Ćosić</a>, a Serb, joined the Communist Party in 1939, and had a successful career as a novelist. He increasingly expressed concern for the Serbian population of Yugoslavia, and supported the Serbian cause in the Yugoslavian Civil War. <a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Добрица_Ћосић">Mr. Ćosić</a> became the president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, but was removed from office after turning against Serbian nationalist leader Slobodan Milošević. He died on May 18, 2014 at the age of 92.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Canada's new Liberal government, under Prime Minister Mackenzie King, took office, 23 days after winning a plurality in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Canadian_federal_election">federal election</a>. For Mr. King, it was the beginning of more than two decades as Canada's Prime Minister, and he eventually became the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the British Commonwealth.<br />
<br />
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
The new <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/floating-dock-breaks-moorings-wellington-harbour">Jubilee Dock</a> was moored in Wellington Harbour in Wellington, New Zealand.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
A London communique reported a successful six-hour raid on December 27 on the German-occupied islands of Vaagsoe and Maaloy off the Norwegaian coast. Tokyo reports claimed that Japanese troops the previous day had captured Ipoh, the tin mining centre 290 miles north of Singapore. Japanese planes bombed the island fortress of Corregidor, about 30 miles south of Manila guarding the entrance to Manila Bay.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King returned to Ottawa from Washington with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was beginning a visit to the Canadian capital. <br>
<br>
The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced that it was recalling the country's Ambassador to Germany.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Mohandas Gandhi resigned as leader of the All-India Congress Party because, he said, the party's working committee had abandoned his principles of civil disobedience and non-violence.<br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br>
The U.S. Army formally returned the Bendix, New Jersey plant of Air Associates, Inc. to private management after operating it since October 31.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
American Federation of Labor boilermakers routed picketing welders at the California Ship Building Corporation in Los Angeles.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
Portland, Oregon was shaken by a short, sharp earthquake at 10:30 A.M.<br>
<br>
<b>Sport</b><br>
New York University miler Leslie MacMitchell was named the 1941 winner of the Amateur Athletic Union's James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States.<br>
<br>
<b>Auto racing</b><br />
Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Eddie Rickenbacker announced the cancellation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_Indianapolis_500">Indianapolis 500 for 1942</a> because of American involvement in World War II. The speedway wasn't reopened, and the Indianapolis 500 wasn't held again, until 1946, the year after the war ended.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>At the movies</b><br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_in_the_Sun_(film)">Duel in the Sun</a></i>, directed by King Vidor, and starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, and many others, received its premiere screening in Van Nuys, California.<br />
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<br>
<b>Terrorism</b><br>
Irgun Zvai Leumi members kidnapped and flogged four British soldiers in retaliation for the British flogging of an imprisoned Zionist arrested for bank robbery.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The U.S.S.R. returned to Finland Helsinki's Malm Airport, occupied since the 1944 armistice.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The U.S. Navy announced the development of the Mark 3 Toss Director, a new bombsight that permitted dive-bombers to project bombs after they had pulled out of their dives.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Delegates from 10 liberal political action groups voted in New York to merge into a new organization, Progressive Citizens of America, with Frank Kingdon and Jo Davidson as co-chairmen.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
The Italian Confederation of Labour called off a general strike in the southern Italian city of Bari after the government agreed to a 3,000-lira weekly subsidy for the unemployed.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago <br />
1951</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore; Jane Turzy (2nd week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Cry--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads (Best Seller--1st week at #1); It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Disc Jockey--7th week at #1; Jukebox--1st week at #1) <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19511229.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces (8th week at #1)<br />
--Eddy Howard<br />
2 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett<br />
3 Down Yonder--Del Wood<br />
--Joe "Fingers" Carr<br />
--Champ Butler<br />
4 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown<br />
5 Because of You--Tony Bennett <br />
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra<br />
6 Charmaine--Mantovani and his Orchestra<br />
7 Shrimp Boats--Jo Stafford<br />
8 Jealousy (Jalousie)--Frankie Laine<br />
9 Slow Poke--Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys<br />
10 Cry--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads<br />
<br />
There were no singles entering the chart.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b> <br>
At a news conference in Erding, West Germany, four American fliers released the previous day by Hungary claimed that they had flown off course on November 19 in murky skies while transporting a diplomatic cargo from Munich to Belgrade.<br>
<br>
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion denounced U.S. Zionist leaders for not moving to Israel.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
In an effort to rescue stalled armistice talks, U.S. negotiators at Panmunjom offered to forego aerial inspection of Communist positions during a cease-fire. Disagreement remained over construction of new military airports, which the Americans wanted banned.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The $44-million, 540-foot U.S. Navy destroyer leader USS <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Norfolk_(DL-1)">Norfolk</a></i>, the largest destroyer in the world, was launched in Camden, New Jersey.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Colombian opposition leader Carlos Augusto Noriega, President of the House of Representatives, was removed from office and physically ejected from the chamber for trying to block debate.<br>
<br>
The U.S. House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee urged the adoption of the death penalty for peacetime espionage in the United States.<br>
<br>
<b>Energy</b><br>
The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced the first use of an atomic reactor to generate electric power in the United States, near Arco, Idaho.<br>
<br>
<b>Health</b><br>
U.S. President Harry Truman created a 15-member President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, with Dr. Paul Magnuson as chairman.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Gray 20 Blue 14 <br>
<br>
<b>Baseball</b><br>
New York baseball writers named New York Yankees' pitcher Allie Reynolds as the 1951 winner of the Sid Mercer Memorial Award as "player of the year." He was 17-8 with an earned run average of 3.05 in 40 games, leading the American League with 7 shutouts, batting .184 with no home runs and 11 runs batted in in 43 games. Mr. Reynolds was 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA in 2 World Series games as the Yankees defeated the New York Giants in 6 games for their third straight World Series championship.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">60 years ago<br>
1961</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Take Good Care of My Baby--Bobby Vee (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
Los Angeles's Top 40 (KFWB)<br />
21 Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night--Kenny Dino<br />
22 Town Without Pity--Gene Pitney<br />
23 Unchain My Heart--Ray Charles and his Orchestra<br />
24 Moments to Remember--Jennell Hawkins<br />
25 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker<br />
26 I Don't Know Why--Linda Scott<br />
27 Surfer Stomp--The Marketts<br />
28 When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)--Connie Francis<br />
29 Small Sad Sam--Phil McLean<br />
30 Pocketful of Miracles--Frank Sinatra<br />
31 Just Out of Reach--Solomon Burke<br />
32 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean<br />
33 Surfin'--The Beach Boys<br />
34 And Then Came Love--Ed Townsend<br />
35 Jambalaya (On the Bayou)--Fats Domino<br />
36 Tonight--Ferrante & Teicher<br />
37 The Wanderer--Dion<br />
38 Crazy--Patsy Cline<br />
39 Revenge--Brook Benton<br />
40 Dear Ivan--Jimmy Dean<br />
<br />
<i>Surfer Stomp</i>,<em>Surfin'</em>, <i>Jambalaya (On the Bayou)</i>, <i>The Wanderer</i>, and <i>Dear Ivan</i> were entering the chart. <i>Surfin'</i> was the Beach Boys' first single, and this was their first entry on any chart.<br />
<br />
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)">The Twilight Zone</a></em>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quality_of_Mercy">A Quality of Mercy</a></em>, starring Dean Stockwell, Albert Salmi, and Jerry Fujikawa<br />
<br />
<b>Boxing</b><br />
Alejandro Lavorante (19-2) knocked out Von Clay (16-6-2) at 1:10 of the 2nd round of a heavyweight bout at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. It proved to be the last win for <a href="http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:9376">Mr. Lavorante</a>.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">50 years ago<br>
1971</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://www.nightgallery.net">Rod Serling's Night Gallery</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660819/">The Different Ones</a></em>, starring Dana Andrews and Jon Korkes; <em>Tell David...</em>, starring Sandra Dee and Jared Martin; <em>Logoda's Heads</em>, starring Patrick Macnee, Brock Peters, Denise Nicholas, and Tim Matheson<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
U.S. Air Force and Navy planes concluded three days of heavy bombing raids on military installations in North Vietnam; it was the first time since 1968 that a series of attacks against North Vietnam had lasted more than two days. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">30 years ago<br />
1991</span><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson (6th week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Austria (<i>Ö3</i>): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (7th week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Susan Wright, 44</b>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Wright_(actress)">Miss Wright</a>, a native of Calgary, grew up in Saskatoon, where she began her career. She was best known as a stage actress, appearing frequently at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and winning two Dora Mavor Moore Awards and an ACTRA Award. Miss Wright appeared in several films and television programs. She and her parents were staying in a house in Stratford owned by actor Brent Carver, who was absent when the others died in a fire.<br>
<br>
<strong>Football</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
NFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991–92_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_17,_Chicago_Bears_13">Dallas 17 @ Chicago 13</a><br />
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AFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991–92_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Houston_Oilers_17,_New_York_Jets_10">New York Jets 10 @ Houston 17</a><br />
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<br>
<b>25 years ago <br>
1996</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Thug Devotion--Mo Thugs (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Austria (<i>Ö3</i>): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (6th week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Scotland (OCC): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
The Guatemalan government and leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity signed a peace accord, ending a 36-year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Civil_War">civil war</a>.<br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
AFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Pittsburgh_Steelers_42,_Indianapolis_Colts_14">Indianapolis 14 @ Pittsburgh 42</a><br />
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<br>
NFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_San_Francisco_49ers_14,_Philadelphia_Eagles_0">Philadelphia 0 @ San Francisco 14</a><br>
<br>
See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrieUyTHKP0">video</a>. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Takashi Asahina, 93</b>. Japanese orchestra conductor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Asahina">Mr. Asahina</a> founded the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (today the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1947, and was its principal conductor until his death. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/朝比奈隆">He</a> specialized in the music of Anton Bruckner. <br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
Magloire Poissant murdered his ex-wife Colette Harnois, her two sons Mathieu MacDonald, 18, and Michael MacDonald, 15, and their friend Francis Mongrain, age 17, at Ms. Harnois' home in Lavaltrie, Quebec. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Weather</span><br />
Five days of snow in Buffalo, New York ended with a record total of 6 feet 9 inches.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Disasters</span><br />
Nearly 300 people were killed when a firecracker ignited fireworks stands lining narrow streets in Lima, Peru.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Robert Lee Dickey, 72</b>. U.S. singer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%26_Bobby_Purify">Mr. Dickey</a> was the original Bobby Purify in the rhythm and blues duo James & Bobby Purify, who achieved several charted singles from 1966-1969; their biggest hit was their first, <i>I'm Your Puppet</i> (1966), which reached #6 on the <i>Billboard Hot 100</i> pop singles chart and #5 on the <i>Rhythm and Blues</i> chart. Mr. Dickey left the duo in 1971 for health reasons, and worked as a city maintenance supervisor in Tallahassee, Florida, and performing as an amateur singer and guitarist. James Purify performed as a solo artist until 1974, when Ben Moore joined him and took the name Bobby Purify.<br>
<br>
<b>Sport</b><br>
Downhill skier Jennifer Heil was named the <i>Canadian Press</i> female athlete of the year for 2011. She ended her career with a sweep of the moguls and dual moguls gold medals at the World Championships. Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-55315173714371987472021-12-27T18:54:00.002-07:002023-12-01T15:00:49.007-07:00December 28, 2021<b>370 years ago<br>
1651</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Johann Krieger</b>. German musician and composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Krieger">Mr. Krieger</a>, the younger brother of organist and composer Johann Philipp Krieger, was also an organist, and was one of the most important keyboard composers of his day, publishing collections containing harpsichord suites, organ toccatas, fugues, and ricercars. He also composed sacred and secular vocal music, as well as works for the stage. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Krieger_(Komponist)">Mr. Krieger</a> died at the age of 83 on July 18, 1735, the day after playing the organ at a church service.<br>
<br>
<b>175 years ago<br />
1846</b><br />
<br />
<b>Americana</b><br />
Iowa was admitted to the Union as the 29th state.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">100 years ago<br />
1921</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">At the movies</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphans_of_the_Storm">Orphans of the Storm</a></span>, directed by D.W. Griffith, and starring Lillian and Dorothy Gish, opened in theatres in Boston.<br />
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<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Johnny Otis</b>. U.S. musician and producer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Otis">Mr. Otis</a>, born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, was a drummer and bandleader who began performing with rhythm and blues artists in the late 1930s. He was a disc jockey, talent scout, producer, impresario, and television host in a career spanning more than 60 years, and has been called the "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues." Mr. Otis achieved his greatest success from 1948-1952 when the Johnny Otis Orchestra, with various featured vocalists, released 16 singles that reached the top 10 of the <i>Billboard</i> rhythm and blues chart, reaching #1 with <i>Double Crossing Blues</i> (1948); <i>Mistrustin' Blues</i> (1948); and <i>Cupid's Boogie</i> (1950). His orchestra was billed as the Johnny Otis Show when <i>Willie and the Hand Jive</i> reached #1 on the rhythm and blues chart and #9 on the pop singles chart. In addition to his musical activities, Mr. Otis founded and pastored a church in Santa Rosa California. He died on January 17, 2012, 20 days after his 90th birthday. <br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em>The Gloria Scott</em><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anthropoid">Operation Anthropoid</a>, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commenced. Reports stated that German troops were retreating in Serbia following a series of defeats by guerrillas. Japanese planes, unchallenged by anti-aircraft batteries or pursuit craft, bombed Manila for two hours in the afternoon. Japanese pressure increased southeast of Manila. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged that "the entire resources, in men and in material, of the United States stand behind" the Philippines.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The British government announced that U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden had been in Moscow since mid-December conferring with U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin regarding conduct of the war.<br>
<br>
<b>Academia</b><br>
The American Association of University Professors issued a formal statement assailing Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge for "political interference" in ousting Dean Walter D. Cocking of the University of Georgia on charges of advocating racial equality in education.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Brookings Institution issued a report urging the reduction of federal non-defense expenditures by $2.085 billion without curtailing essential social services.<br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): The Old Lamp-Lighter by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir) (Best Seller--1st week at #1; Juke Box--2nd week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits (2nd week at #1); I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons) (Airplay--1st week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce%2046-12-28%20(12)%20The%20Singular%20Affair%20Of%20The%20White%20Cockerel.mp3">The White Cockerel</a></em><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Carrie Jacobs-Bond, 84</b>. U.S. songwriter. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Jacobs-Bond">Mrs. Bond</a> was a parlor singer and pianist who experienced much personal hardship, but achieved success by writing songs such as <i>I Love You Truly</i> (1901); <i>Just Awearyin' for You</i> (1901); and <i>A Perfect Day</i> (1910). She was the most successful female songwriter of her time, reportedly earned more than $1 million in royalties before the end of 1910, at a time when royalties were earned in sales of sheet music. Mrs. Bond died of a cerebral hemorrhage.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
A new Syrian cabinet was named by Jamil Mardam Bey, with Naim Antaki as Foreign Minister.<br>
<br>
Charles de Gaulle refused to run for the French presidency, declaring that he could not be a "guarantor" of the present constitution.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Soviet Council of Ministers ordered increased concentration on the production of consumer goods, especially clothing.<br>
<br>
Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly passed a bill providing for a progressive tax on corporate profits up to 28%.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Gray 20 Blue 13 <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br />
1951</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television today</span><br />
The last episode of the soap opera <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/miss-susan/">Miss Susan</a></span>, starring Susan Peters, aired on NBC after a run of 9½ months.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br>
Two hours after the U.S. legation in Budapest paid $120,000 in fines, Hungary released four American fliers imprisoned at the Austro-Hungarian border since being forced down and captured on November 19.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The U.S. State Department banned travel in Hungary by U.S. citizens, and ordered immediate closure of the Hungarian consulates in New York and Cleveland.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The French National Assembly rejected a proposal by former Prime Minister Edouard Daladier that the United Nations be asked to arrange a truce in the Indochinese war.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The U.S. Army announced the development of a submachine gun that could shoot around corners.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Yugoslavian Finance Minister Milentije Popovic announced plans to devalue the dinar from 50 to 300 to the American dollar.<br>
<br>
<b>Tennis</b><br>
Australia retained the Davis Cup in Sydney as Frank Sedgman, Mervyn Rose, and Ken McGregor defeated Vic Seixas, Ted Schroeder, and Tony Trabert of the United States 3-2 in men's finals competition.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Moon River--Jerry Butler (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Retailer</i>): Moon River--Danny Williams <br />
<br />
<b>At the movies</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roman_Spring_of_Mrs._Stone">The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone</a></i>, directed by José Quintero, and starring Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty, opened in theatres. <br>
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qM-b7M_llrg" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>
<br>
<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Heather Pick!<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br>
Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron No.446, at North Bay, Ontario, formed Canada's first BOMARC Surface to Air Missile Squadron for defence against Soviet ICBMs. <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Akropolis adieu--Mireille Mathieu (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Max Steiner, 83</b>. Austrian-born composer and conductor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Steiner">Mr. Steiner</a>, a native of Vienna, was a child prodigy as a pianist and composer, and conducted an operetta when he was 12. He worked in theatrical productions in continental Europe and Britain in the years leading to World War I, but was interned in England as an enemy alien when World War I began in 1914. Mr. Steiner was allowed to emigrate to the United States, and spent 15 years on Broadway in New York before going to Hollywood in 1929, and sound was coming into motion pictures. He composed over 300 film scores for RKO Pictures and Warner Brothers Pictures from 1929-1965 and received 24 Academy Award nominations, winning for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Informer_(1935_film)">The Informer</a></i> (1935); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now,_Voyager">Now, Voyager</a></i> (1942); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Since_You_Went_Away">Since You Went Away</a></i> (1944). Mr. Steiner's most famous scores included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)">Gone with the Wind</a></i> (1939) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Summer_Place_(film)">A Summer Place</a></i> (1959). He died of congestive heart failure after years of declining health and poor eyesight.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Gray 27 Blue 15 <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Down Under--Men at Work (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū--Hiroko Yakushimaru (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (14th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Polonäse Blankenese--Gottlieb Wendehals (a.k.a. Werner Böhm) (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>Born on this date<br />
Elizabeth Jordan Carr</strong>. U.S. woman. Miss Carr, America's first "test-tube baby," was born in Norfolk, Virginia. <br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Allan Dwan, 96</b>. Canadian-born U.S. movie director. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Dwan">Mr. Dwan</a>, a native of Toronto, moved to the United States with his family at the age of 7. He began working in the motion picture industry in Chicago and New York; he spent his winters in California and, like many others, moved there to work full-time. Mr. Dwan directed 125 movies from 1911-1961; he directed Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in several silent films, and directed eight movies starring Gloria Swanson. Mr. Dwan's movies included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_(1922_film)">Robin Hood</a></i> (1922); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Mask">The Iron Mask</a></i> (1929); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands_of_Iwo_Jima">Sands of Iwo Jima</a></i> (1949).<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br>
1991</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Australian Music Report</i>): Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson (7th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (SNEP): Qui a le droit...--Patrick Bruel (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Kon ik maar even bij je zijn--Gordon (5th week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives--Queen (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<em>Billboard</em>): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19911228.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson<br />
2 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd<br />
3 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey<br />
4 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men<br />
5 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
6 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br />
7 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn<br />
8 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br />
9 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart<br />
10 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--George Michael/Elton John<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Forever My Lady</em> by Jodeci (#75); <em>Blinded by Love</em> by Rythm Syndicate (#77); <i>There's No Other Way</i> by Blur (#78); <em>The Rush</em> by Luther Vandross (#83); and <em>I Want You</em> by Jody Watley (#89); and <i>The Unforgiven</i> by Metallica (#90). <br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
AFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991–92_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Kansas_City_Chiefs_10,_Los_Angeles_Raiders_6">Los Angeles Raiders 6 @ Kansas City 10</a><br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSofFxim2gk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>
<br>
NFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991–92_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Atlanta_Falcons_27,_New_Orleans_Saints_20">Atlanta 27 @ New Orleans 20</a><br />
<br />
See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYWzvod8rE">video</a>. <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (9th week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (6th week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Flanders (VRT): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (9th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (10th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Don't Speak--No Doubt <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-12-28">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton (4th week at #1) <br>
2 I Believe I Can Fly--R. Kelly <br>
3 Don't Let Go (Love)--En Vogue <br>
4 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) <br>
5 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage <br>
6 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge <br />
7 I Believe in You and Me--Whitney Houston <br />
8 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion <br>
9 I'm Still in Love with You--New Edition<br>
10 I Finally Found Someone--Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>I Believe in You and Me</i>; <i>God Bless the Child</i> by Shania Twain (#80); <i>Friends</i> by John Michael Montgomery (#89); <i>That's How it Is (It's Like That)</i> by Redman featuring K-Solo (#95); and <i>Ain't Nobody</i> by LL Cool J (#98). <i>I Believe in You and Me</i> was from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher%27s_Wife">The Preacher's Wife</a></i> (1996). <i>Ain't Nobody</i> was from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America">Beavis and Butt-Head Do America</a></i> (1996).<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
AFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Jacksonville_Jaguars_30,_Buffalo_Bills_27">Jacksonville 30 @ Buffalo 27</a><br />
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<br>
NFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996–97_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_40,_Minnesota_Vikings_15">Minnesota 15 @ Dallas 40</a><br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z3kVGG_69DQ" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b> <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Acting on information that Kurdish militants were crossing the border from Iraqi territory, two Turkish F-16 jets <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roboski_massacre">fired at a group of villagers</a>, killing 34 people.<br>
<br>
<b>Sport</b> <br>
Figure skater Patrick Chan was named <i>Canadian Press</i> male athlete of the year; he had an undefeated season and won his first world men's title, setting three world scoring records.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-39519765383789389422021-12-27T05:06:00.010-07:002022-02-19T18:52:22.718-07:00December 27, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Draper!<br />
<br />
<b>500 years ago<br>
1521</b><br>
<br>
<b>Religion</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwickau_prophets">Zwickau prophets</a>--Nicholas Storch, Thomas Dreschel and Markus Stübner--arrived in Wittenberg after their exile from Zwickau, continuing their radical Reformation activities.<br>
<br>
<b>450 years ago<br>
1571</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Johannes Kepler</b>. German astronomer and mathematician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler">Mr. Kepler</a> was one of the most influential astronomers in history, best known for his laws of planetary motion. He believed that God created the world according to an intelligible plan that is accessible through the natural light of reason. Mr. Kepler's books included <i>Astronomia nova</i> (1609); <i>Harmonices Mundi</i> (1619); and <i>Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae</i> (three volumes, 1618-1621). He served as imperial mathematician to Holy Roman Emperors Rudolf II, Matthias, and Ferdinand II, and while often criticizing astrology, devised horoscopes in order to make a living. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler">Mr. Kepler</a> died after a brief illness on November 15, 1630 at the age of 58.<br>
<br>
<b>300 years ago<br>
1721</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
François Hemsterhuis</b>. Dutch philosopher. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Hemsterhuis">Mr. Hemsterhuis</a> wrote on aesthetics and moral philosophy. His philosophy has been characterized as Socratic in content and Platonic in form; its foundation was the desire for self-knowledge and truth, untrammelled by the rigid bonds of any particular system. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Hemsterhuis">Mr. Hemsterhuis</a> died on July 7, 1790 at the age of 68.<br>
<br>
<b>260 years ago<br>
1761</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, 56</b>. Russian military officer and politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Andreas_Barclay_de_Tolly">Prince Michael</a> was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Russian Army who was best known for his military reforms and leadership during the 1812 invasion of Russia by French forces commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. Prince Michael was Governor-General of Finland from 1809-1810. He died while on a visit to Germany on May 26, 1818 at the age of 56.<br />
<br />
<b>250 years ago<br>
1771</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Henri Pitot, 76</b>. French physicist and engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Pitot">Mr. Pitot</a> was a hydraulic engineer who invented the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_tube">Pitot tube</a>, and designed the Aqueduc de Saint-Clément near Montpellier and the extension of Pont du Gard in Nîmes. <br />
<br />
<strong>190 years ago<br />
1831</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Exploration</strong><br />
English naturalist Charles Darwin began his voyage to the New World aboard the HMS <em>Beagle</em>.<br />
<br />
<strong>140 years ago<br />
1881</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br>
António Granjo</b>. Prime Minister of Portugal, 1920, 1921. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_Granjo">Mr. Granjo</a> was a lawyer and a republican who was first elected to the National Constituent Assembly in 1911, resigning to serve in World War I. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Chaves (February-July 1919) and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies later in 1919 as a member of the Evolutionist Party, which soon merged into the Republican Liberal Party. <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_Granjo">Mr. Granjo</a> led coalition governments from July 19-November 20, 1920 and August 30 until his forced resignation and assassination at the age of 39 on October 19, 1921 as part of the military insurrection known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Night_(Lisbon,_1921)">Bloody Night</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>125 years ago<br>
1896</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Louis Bromfield</b>. U.S. author and conservationist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bromfield">Mr. Bromfield</a> won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for his novel <i>Early Autumn</i>; his other novels incuded <i>The Rains Came</i> (1937) and <i>Mrs. Parkington</i> (1943). He operated a farm in Ohio, and was one of the first modern champions of organic and self-sustaining farming. Mr. Bromfield died on March 18, 1956 at the age of 59. <br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Irene Handl</b>. U.K. actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Handl">Miss Handl</a> was a character actress who appeared in more than 100 movies, as well as numerous television programs, in a career spanning 50 years. Her films included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Train_to_Munich">Night Train to Munich</a></i> (1940); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellbound_(1945_film)">Spellbound</a></i> (1945); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter">Brief Encounter</a></i> (1945). Miss Handl died of breast cancer on November 29, 1987, four weeks before her 86th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Marlene Dietrich</b>. German-born U.S. actress and singer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich">Miss Dietrich</a> became a star in her native land with her appearance in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Angel">The Blue Angel</a></i> (1930), and then moved to Hollywood, where her movies included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco_(film)">Morocco</a></i> (1930); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_Venus">Blonde Venus</a></i> (1932); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_(1936_film)">Desire</a></i> (1936); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destry_Rides_Again">Destry Rides Again</a></i> (1939); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Foreign_Affair">A Foreign Affair</a></i> (1948); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_for_the_Prosecution_(1957_film)">Witness for the Prosecution</a></i> (1957); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Evil">Touch of Evil</a></i> (1958); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_at_Nuremberg">Judgement at Nuremberg</a></i> (1961). Miss Dietrich was an opponent of Germany's Nazi regime and aided the Allied effort in World War II. She narrated the documentary <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Fox:_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Adolf_Hitler">Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler</a></i>, which won the Academy Award as best documentary feature of 1962. Miss Dietrich was known for performing the songs <i>Falling in Love Again</i> and <i>Lili Marlene</i>. She died of kidney failure on May 6, 1992 at the age of 90.<br />
<br />
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Anna Russell</b>. U.K.-born Canadian musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Russell">Miss Russell</a>, born Anna Russell-Brown, was a pianist and singer known for her parodies of operas, reaching the peak of her popularity in the 1960s. She died on October 18, 2006 at the age of 94. <br />
<br />
<b>Indianica</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana">Jana Gana Mana</a></i>, the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Chattanooga Choo Choo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires) (4th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
Japanese planes bombed the undefended open city of Manila for 40 minutes in the morning and 3 hours 22 minutes in the afternoon, starting huge fires. The U.S.S.R. announced the capture of Likhvin, Vysokinichi, Novosil, and Tim on the front southwest of Moscow.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, continuing their talks in Washington, assured representatives of Axis-occupied countries that the United States and United Kingdom would do everything possible to restore their independence after World War II. Mr. Roosevelt announced that "excellent progress" had been made during the conferences of 26 Allied governments in Washington to prosecute the war on a worldwide scale.<br>
<br>
<b>Society</b><br>
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle issued an order requiring all Japanese, German, and Italian aliens in seven Pacific Coast states to surrender their shortwave radio sets and cameras to local police.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The U.S. Office of Production Management issued an order, effective immediately, restricting the manufacture of new farm machinery in the 12-month period beginning November 1, 1941 to 83% of 1940 production.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Federal spokesmen announced that the American Federation of Labor Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes had agreed to end the six-day strike by 1,500 Greyhound drivers and submit the dispute to arbitration.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
Lisbon was rocked by a severe earthquake at 6:25 P.M.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b><br>
NCAA<br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama<br>
Blue 16 Gray 0<br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br>
1946</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Fighting between French forces and Vietnamese nationalists spread to Cochin, China, where 24 civilians were killed.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Albania and Yugoslavia ratified a pact providing for economic collaboration.<br>
<br>
The U.S. State Department announced that it would release $19.3 million in Polish assets frozen in the United States and $27.5 million in gold to the current Polish government.<br>
<br>
U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Director George Allen resigned after urging that the agency be reduced to a lending institution for banks and small businesses.<br>
<br>
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission authorized a 10% rate increase by Western Union Telegraph Company.<br>
<br>
Cuba's cabinet raised the wages of all public employees $5-$10 monthly.<br>
<br>
<b>Tennis</b><br>
With Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder winning the men's doubles event in Melbourne, the United States won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1938.<br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>Movies</b> <br>
The <a href="https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1951">New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1951</a> were announced. The winners were: Picture--<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(1951_film)">A Streetcar Named Desire</a></i>; Director--Elia Kazan (<i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i>); Actor--Arthur Kennedy (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Victory">Bright Victory</a></i>); Actress--Vivian Leigh (<i>A Streetcar named Desire</i>); Foreign Language Film--<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_in_Milan">Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan)</a></i>.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
U.S. and Communist truce teams in Panmunjom failed to conclude an armistice by midnight, thus nullifying the November 27 agreement on a Korean cease-fire line.<br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br>
The Romanian government announced the execution of five Romanians convicted by a military court of spying for the United States.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen announced in Philadelphia that he would seek the 1952 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
Communist Party U.S.A. official Gus Hall was sentenced in New York to an additional three years in prison for jumping bail to escape his five-year sentence for conspiracy.<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
The first right-hand drive automobile for the delivery of mail in the United States was put into service in Cincinnati.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas signed a bill enabling the government to control prices and buy and sell essential goods.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
The United Steel Workers of America's Wage Policy Committee cancelled a strike scheduled for January 1, 1952, leaving the strike decision up to a special convention to open January 3 in Atlantic City.<br>
<br>
<b>Olympics</b><br>
Soviet press announced that the U.S.S.R. would enter the Summer Olympic Games in 1952 for the first time since the participation of pre-Soviet Russia in 1912.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>At the movies</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsider_(1961_film)">The Outsider</a></i>, directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, and Bruce Bennett, opened in theatres in Los Angeles. <br>
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<br>
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band <br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Midōsuji--Ouyang Fei Fei (8th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (10th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b> <br>
Delegates representing 18 Arab countries met in Cairo to discuss plans for coordinating military and economic strategy against Israel. <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): How Great Thou Art--Howard Morrison (2nd week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland: Sharazan--Al Bano & Romina Power <br>
<br>
<strong>Died on this date<br />
Hoagy Carmichael, 82</strong>. U.S. musician and songwriter. <a href="http://www.hoagy.com/">Mr. Carmichael</a>, one of the best-known American songwriters of the first half of the 20th century, wrote such standards as <em>Stardust</em> and <em>Georgia on My Mind</em>. He <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005994/">appeared in several movies</a>, usually as a pianist. In the last year or two of his life, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoagy_Carmichael">Mr. Carmichael</a> appeared in a television commercial for recordings of his greatest hits; the ad began with a clip of <em>Ole Buttermilk Sky</em>, followed by Mr. Carmichael saying, "<em>Ole Buttermilk Sky</em>; they don't make 'em like that anymore--maybe they shouldn't." <br />
<br />
<b>Hockey</b><br>
NHL<br>
<a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/198112270EDM.html">Los Angeles (13-20-3) 3 @ Edmonton (24-8-6) 10</a><br>
<br>
Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals and 1 assist to set the league record for the fastest 100 points in a season, helping the Oilers rout the Kings at Northlands Coliseum. Mr. Gretzky was playing his 38th game of the season, breaking Phil Esposito's mark of 51 games set in 1970-71. Mr. Gretzky's goals game him 45 for the season. Steve Bozek scored all 3 Los Angeles goals. <br>
<br>
<strong>Football</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981–82_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
AFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981–82_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Buffalo_Bills_31,_New_York_Jets_27">Buffalo 31 @ New York Jets 27</a><br />
<br />
See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIhvR9GcSRI">video</a>. <br>
<br>
NFC Wild Card Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981–82_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_York_Giants_27,_Philadelphia_Eagles_21">New York Giants 27 @ Philadelphia 21</a><br />
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<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b> <br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
Taliban forces in Afghanistan recaptured the strategic Bagram Airfield, which solidified their buffer zone around Kabul.<br>
<br>
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Abominations</strong><br />
The United States announced plans to hold Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.<br />
<br />
U.S. President George W. Bush permanently normalized trade relations between the U.S.A. and China.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate Levy Mwanawasa was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Zambian_general_election">elected President of Zambia</a>, receiving 29.15% of the vote. United Party for National Development candidate Anderson Mazoka was second with 27.20% of the vote, with nine other candidates also participating. The Movement for Multi-Party Democracy won a plurality of seats in the 159-seat National Assembly, but their total of 69 seats was a decrease of 62 from before the election. Five new parties won at least one seat; the United Party for National Development, in its first election, was second with 49 seats.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Johnny Wilson, 82</b>. Canadian-born U.S. hockey player and coach. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(ice_hockey)">Mr. Wilson</a>, a native of Kincardine, Ontario, played left wing with the Detyroit Red Wings (1950-55, 1957-59); Chicago Black Hawks (1955-57); Toronto Maple Leafs (1959-61); and New York Rangers (1961-62), scoring 332 points on 161 goals and 171 assists in 688 regular season games and 14 goals and 13 assists in 66 playoff games. He set a record, since broken, of 580 consecutive regular season games played (1951-60), including 8 straight complete 70-game seasons. Mr. Wilson helped the Red Wings win four Stanley Cup championships (1950, 1952, 1954-1955). He coached at Princeton University (1965-67) and then in the minor leagues, leading the Springfield Kings to the Calder Cup championship in 1971. Mr. Wilson coached the Los Angeles Kings (1969-70); Detroit Red Wings (1971-73); Colorado Rockies (1976-77); and Pittsburgh Penguins (1977-80) in the NHL, compiling a record of 187-241-89. He coached in the World Hockey Association with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974-75) and Cleveland Crusaders (1975-76), compiling a record of 56-93-9. Mr. Wilson coached Canada's entry in the 1977 IIHF World Championships, leading the team to a fourth-place finish in Canada's first appearance in the tournament in eight years. He settled in the Detroit area, and died of pulmonary fibrosis.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-60361540800618524522021-12-26T15:14:00.009-07:002022-03-10T00:25:46.328-07:00December 26, 2021<b>540 years ago<br>
1481</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Hollander forces <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_bij_Westbroek">defeated troops of Utrecht</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westbroek">Battle of Westbroek</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>270 years ago<br>
1751</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
George Gordon</b>. U.K. military officer and politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_George_Gordon">Lord Gordon</a>, a member of a noble family in Scotland, represented Ludgershall in the House of Commons, and was known for his criticism of all political factions. He founded the Protestant Association in 1778 and led it in opposition to limited rights for Roman Catholics. On June 2, 1780, Lord Gordon led a crowd of 50,000 in London opposed to Catholic emancipation; their actions, initially peaceful, descended into anti-Catholic violence, and became known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Riots">Gordon riots</a>." Lord Gordon was charged with high treason, but was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Lord_George_Gordon">acquitted</a> in 1781 for lack of treasonable intent. He was excommunicated from the Church of England in 1786, and converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1787, the year he was convicted of defaming Marie Antoinette, French Ambassador to Great Britain Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar, and the administration of justice in England. Lord Gordon died from typhoid fever in Newgate Prison on November 1, 1793 at the age of 41.<br>
<br>
<b>230 years ago<br>
1791</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Charles Babbage</b>. U.K. mathematician and engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage">Mr. Babbage</a> was a polymath who has been called the "father of the computer" for devising the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_Engine">Difference Engine</a>, the first mechanical computer, in the 1820s, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine">Analytical Engine</a> in 1837. He died of cystitis and kidney failure on October 18, 1871 at the age of 79.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Act_1791">Constitutional Act 1791</a>, passed by the British Parliament on June 19, went into effect, dividing the Province of Québec along the Ottawa River into Upper Canada and Lower Canada, each with a Lieutenant-Governor and a Legislature. Lower Canada kept the French civil law (Code civil). The so-called Canada Act gave the colonies their first powers to pass duties for revenue, a form of responsible government, but the governors and council retain the right to control revenue from the sale of Crown Lands, letting them bypass the Assembly. Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, was sworn in as Governor of Lower Canada. Members of the Legislative Council were: Chief Justices William Smith and Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry; Hugh Finlay; François-Marie Picoté de Belestre; Thomas Dunn; Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours; Edward Harrison; François Baby; John Collins; Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil; Adam Mabane; Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière; George Pownall; René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville; and John Fraser. The Executive Council consisted of: William Smith; Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours; Hugh Finlay; François Baby; Thomas Dunn; Joseph de Longueuil; Adam Mabane; Pierre Panet; and Adam Lymburner. <br>
<br>
<b>210 years ago<br>
1811</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Abraham B. Venable, 53</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_B._Venable">Mr. Venable</a>, a Democratic-Republican, represented Virginia's 6th (1791-1793) and 7th (1793-1799) Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives, and represented Prince Edward County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1800-1803). He represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate (1803-1804), filling a vacancy, and resigned to serve as president of the Bank of Virginia. Mr. Venable was one of the victims of the Richmond Theatre fire.<br>
<br>
<b>George William Smith, 49</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)">Mr. Smith</a>, a Democratic-Republican, represented Essex County and then Richmond (1802-1808) in the Virginia House of Delegates, and was Lieutenant Governor and served two brief terms as acting Governor before being elected in his own right. He had been in office for less than nine months when he died in the Richmond Theatre fire.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Theatre_fire">fire at the Richmond Theatre</a> in Richmond, Virginia killed 72 of the 598 people in attendance. In addition to Messrs. Venable and Smith, the victims included many members of Richmond's high society. The fire was the worst urban disaster in American history to that date. <br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair">freed by the United States government</a>, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.<br>
<br>
<b>150 years ago<br>
1871</b><br>
<br>
<b>Opera</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis_(opera)">Thespis</a></i>, the first collaboration between lyricist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, received its premiere performance at the Gaiety Theatre in London.<br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Henry Miller</b>. U.S. writer and artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Miller">Mr. Miller</a> wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolours, but was primarily known for his novels <i>Tropic of Cancer</i> (1934) and <i>Tropic of Capricorn</i> (1939), which weren't published in the United States for many years on grounds of obscenity. He died from circulatory problems on June 7, 1980 at the age of 88.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Radio</b><br>
Two weeks after receiving the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St. John's Newfoundland, Guglielmo Marconi arrived in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company, owner of the undersea cable and holder of a monopoly of telegraphy in the province, notified him that it would take legal action unless he immediately ceased his wireless experiments and removed his equipment from Newfoundland. Mr. Marconi conferred with Nova Scotia Premier George Murray, William Smith of the Canadian Post Office, Mayor Mckenzie of North Sydney, and the Honourable J.N. Armstrong, a prominent local politician and member of the Nova Scotia cabinet. They urged him to set up shop in Cape Breton, and sent him on to Ottawa two days later. <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Steve Allen</b>. U.S. broadcaster, author, songwriter, comedian. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Allen">Mr. Allen</a>, a man of many talents, was the original host of the <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show">Tonight</a></span> show on NBC from 1954-1957. He then moved into prime time on Sunday nights with a comedy and variety show on NBC that ran at the same time that Ed Sullivan's program was on CBS; <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steve_Allen_Show">The Steve Allen Show</a></i> (1956-1960) drew respectable ratings. He conceived and hosted a program on PBS called <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_of_Minds">Meeting of Minds</a></span> (1977-1981), where actors portraying historical characters would discuss various issues. Mr. Allen wrote several thousand songs, the best-known of which is <span style="font-style:italic;">This Could Be the Start of Something</span>. His books included <span style="font-style:italic;">The Funny Men</span> (1956); <span style="font-style:italic;">Funny People</span> (1981); <span style="font-style:italic;">More Funny People</span> (1982); and <span style="font-style:italic;">Vulgarians at the Gate</span> (2000). Mr. Allen died on October 30, 2000 at the age of 78, several hours after suffering a ruptured blood vessel caused by chest injuries received in a traffic accident.<br>
<br>
<b>John Severin</b>. U.S. artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Severin">Mr. Severin</a> was an illustrator with Marvel Comics and E.C. Comics in a career spanning more than 60 years. He was particularly known for his work in war comics, and for his keen eye for historical detail. Mr. Severin was one of the first artists to work with <i>Mad</i> magazine (1952-1954), but left in a dispute with the magazine's founder, Harvey Kurtzman. Mr. Severin spent more than 40 years with <i>Cracked</i>, <i>Mad</i>'s main rival, and was regarded by many as the only talented individual steadily working with <i>Cracked</i>. He died on February 12, 2012 at the age of 90.<br>
<br>
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Melvil Dewey, 80</b>. U.S. librarian. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey">Mr. Dewey</a> founded <i>The Library Journal</i> in 1876; he was one of the founders of the American Library Association, and was its secretary (1876-1891) and president (1891-1893). He was chief librarian of Columbia University Libraries (1883-1888); director of the New York State Library (1888-1906); and secretary and executive officer of the University of the State of New York (1888-1900). Mr. Dewey established the standard dimensions for catalogue cards, but was best known for creating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification">Dewey Decimal System</a> of classification system, first published in 1876. He had a reputation for sexually harassing women, which finally forced his resignation as N.Y. State Library director and from active participation in the ALA. Mr. Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club as a resort in 1895, with a policy that barred Jews, Negroes, and other minorities from membership. He died from a stroke, 16 days after his 80th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<strong>Diplomacy</strong><br />
Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the United States Congress.<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fhUXdolcIPQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
<br />
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrived in Washington to participate in the U.S.-U.K. military and naval conference.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The U.S.S.R. announced that Naro Fominsk, about 50 miles southeast of Moscow, had been recaptured together with other towns. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur declared Manila to be an open city, and ordered all troops and anti-aircraft guns to be withdrawn. The British War Office announced that Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall had arrived in Singapore to assume command of British forces in the Far East, replacing Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. The British embassy in Chungking announced that a U.K.-U.S.-Chinese Military Council had been created there.<br>
<br>
<b>Americana</b><br>
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.<br>
<br>
<b>Science</b><br>
Dr. Paul J. Kolachov reported that the Russian dandelion plant known as kok-sagyz could produce crude rubber and may be grown virtually in any soil.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Striking welders withdrew their picket lines at defense plants and shipyards in the San Francisco area.<br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br>
1946</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Max Warburg, 79</b>. German banker. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Warburg">Mr. Warburg</a>, scion of a Hamburg banking family, was director of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._M._Warburg_%26_Co.">M. M. Warburg & Co.</a>, was a member of the Hamburg parliament, and began advising Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1903. He served on the board of the German Reichsbank under governor Hjalmar Schach (1933-1935), but sold the bank after the Nazis passed the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws, and emigrated to the United States in 1938. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Warburg">Mr. Warburg</a> died in New York City.<br>
<br>
<b>Movies</b><br>
<i>Motion Picture Herald</i>'s poll reported that the top box office attractions in the United States in 1946 were: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Van Johnson, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, and Greer Garson. <br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
U.S. State Department spokesman Lincoln White affirmed that Soviet authorities in Manchuria were within their rights in ordering an American ship out of Dairen harbour on December 20.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
Mohammed Nimer el Huwari, commander of the Arab underground army Najada, announced the merger of his forces with the Arab youth organization Futuwah for joint operations under the Arab Higher Committee in Palestine.<br>
<br>
<b>Exploration</b><br>
Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl announced that he would sail 4,000 miles in a wooden raft from Peru to Tahiti in an attempt to prove that Polynesia had been settled by inhabitants of South America.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Colombia became the 39th nation to join the World Bank.<br>
<br>
The French cabinet raised telephone tolls, subway fares, and other public service charges by up to 150% in an anti-inflation move.<br>
<br>
<b>Business</b> <br>
Gangster Bugsy Siegel opened <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Las_Vegas">The Flamingo Hotel & Casino</a> in Las Vegas.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities Ernie Adamson issued an unauthorized report claiming that 17 Congress of Industrial Organizations unions were dominated by Communists; that Communists were plotting a general strike to provoke revolution; and that the Library of Congress was a "haven for foreign-minded Americans."<br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The U.S. State Department announced that it would pay Hungary $120,000 in fines to secure the release of four U.S. fliers who had been captured on November 19.<br>
<br>
<b>Oil</b><br>
Czech spokesmen in Tehran announced that Czechoslovakia would buy 500,000 tons of refined oil from Iran and "large" additional quantities of crude oil for refining in Czech plants.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Retail prices in the U.S.A. hit a record 234.5% of the 1935-1939 average, 15% above the pre-Korean War level.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart--Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Orchestra (6th week at #1) <br>
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<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i>, on NBC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508107/">A Jury of Her Peers</a></i>, starring Ann Harding, Philip Bourneuf, and Frances Reid<br>
<br>
<strong>50 years ago<br />
1971</strong><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
U.S. Air Force and Navy planes began several days of heavy bombing raids on military installations in North Vietnam.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
An Air Canada jet en route from Thunder Bay, Ontario to Toronto was hijacked to Cuba. <br>
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<strong>Boxing</strong><br />
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (34-1) knocked out Jürgen Blin (27-10-6) at 2:12 of the 7th round of their bout in an unusually small ring at Hallenstadion Arena in Zurich. On the undercard, Mac Foster (28-1) knocked out Italian heavyweight champion Bepi Ros (30-8) in the 8th round.<br />
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<strong>Football</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971–72_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
AFC Divisional Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971–72_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Baltimore_Colts_20,_Cleveland_Browns_3">Baltimore 20 @ Cleveland 3</a><br />
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Don Nottingham rushed 23 times for 92 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Jim O'Brien kicked 2 converts and 2 field goals as the defending Super Bowl champion Colts defeated the Browns at Municipal Stadium.<br />
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NFC Divisional Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971–72_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_San_Francisco_49ers_24,_Washington_Redskins_20">Washington 20 @ San Francisco 24</a><br />
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John Brodie completed touchdown passes of 78 yards to Gene Washington and 2 yards to Bob Windsor as the 49ers defeated the Redskins in the first NFL playoff game to be played at Candlestick Park.<br />
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<b>40 years ago<br>
1981</b><br>
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span><br />
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Cicale--Heather Parisi (3rd week at #1)<br>
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#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
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#1 single in Ireland: One of Us--ABBA <br />
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#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): <br>
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#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Don't You Want Me--The Human League (3rd week at #1) <br>
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Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1981/week-52">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Annie--Miggy <br>
3 One of Us--ABBA <br>
4 Wünderbar--Tenpole Tudor <br>
5 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie <br>
6 I Go to Sleep--Pretenders <br>
7 They Don't Play Our Lovesong Anymore--Anita Meyer <br>
8 Let's Start II Dance Again--Bohannon <br>
9 Spirits in the Material World--The Police <br>
10 It's Raining--Shakin' Stevens <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Je Loog Tegen Mij</i> by Drukwerk (#24); <i>I Won't Let You Down</i> by Ph.D. (#29); <i>Bensonhurst Blues</i> by Oscar Benton (#31); <i>Lobo's Gospel Show</i> by Lobo (#34); <i>Op Een Onbewoond Eiland</i> by Kinderen Voor Kinderen (#35); <i>Perhaps Love</i> by Placido Domingo & John Denver (#36); and <i>Cambodia</i> by Kim Wilde (#38). <br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1981-12-26">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1) <br>
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br>
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire <br>
4 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br />
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
6 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
7 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
8 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley <br>
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br>
10 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Abacab</em> by Genesis (#71); <i>Southern Pacific</i> by Neil Young & Crazy Horse (#80); <em>Through the Years</em> by Kenny Rogers (#82); <em>Crazy (Keep on Falling)</em> by John Hall Band (#83); <em>Tonight Tonight</em> by Bill Champlin (#85); and <i>Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)</i> by Kano (#91). <br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811226.html">Cash Box</a></span>) <br />
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind and Fire<br />
4 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates<br />
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
6 Oh No--Commodores<br />
7 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross<br />
8 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
9 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
10 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Through the Years</em> by Kenny Rogers (#60); <em>Abacab</em> by Genesis (#76); <em>Crazy (Keep on Falling)</em> by John Hall Band (#83); <em>Let the Feeling Flow</em> by Peabo Bryson (#84); <em>Pac-Man Fever</em> by Buckner and Garcia (#87); <em>You Can</em> by Madleen Kane (#88); <em>Seasons of Gold</em> by Gidea Park featuring Adrian Baker (#89); and <em>Tonight Tonight</em> by Bill Champlin (#90).<br />
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-12-26.pdf">Record World</a></i>) <br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (6th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br />
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire <br />
4 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart <br>
6 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
8 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham <br />
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br />
10 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Through the Years</em> by Kenny Rogers (#50); <em>Pac-Man Fever</em> by Buckner & Garcia (#79); <i>Could it Be Love</i> by Jennifer Warnes (#82); <i>You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration</i> by Teddy Pendergrass (#86); <i>Those Good Old Dreams</i> by the Carpenters (#89); and <i>If You Think You're Lonely Now</i> by Bobby Womack (#94). <br>
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Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0440.pdf">RPM</a></span>) <br />
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
3 Oh No--Commodores<br />
4 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie<br />
5 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
6 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack<br />
7 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham<br />
8 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis <br />
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
10 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Flying High Again</em> by Ozzy Osbourne (#42); <em>The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)</em> by Juice Newton (#44); <em>You Could Have Been with Me</em> by Sheena Easton (#46); <em>She's Got a Way</em> by Billy Joel (#47); <em>There's No One Quite Like Grandma</em> by Leliah and Jeordie (#48); <em>Take it Easy on Me</em> by Little River Band (#49); and <em>Letting Go</em> by Straight Lines (#50).<br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, 78</b>. Prime Minister of Turkey, 1965. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suat_Hayri_%C3%9Crg%C3%BCpl%C3%BC">Mr. Ürgüplü</a> was a judge of the Istanbul Commercial Court (1939-1942). A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Kayseri in the Chamber of Deputies (1939-1946, 1950-1952), serving as Minister of Customs and Public Monopolies (1947-1948). <a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suat_Hayri_Ürgüplü">Mr. Ürgüplü</a> was Turkey's Ambassador to West Germany (1952-1955); U.K. (1955-1959); U.S.A. (1959-1960); and Spain (1960-1961). As a member of the Justice Party, he was elected to the Senate in 1961, serving as Prime Minister of a non-partisan caretaker cabinet from February-October 1965 after the collapse of the government of Prime Minister İsmet İnönü. Mr. Ürgüplü remained in the Senate until his death from heart disease.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br />
1991</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives--Queen (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br>
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union met and formally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union">dissolved the Soviet Union</a>, ending the Cold War.<br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br>
The U.S. airline Northwest Airlines bought 20 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft for $190 million from Toronto-based de Haviland, a division of Boeing Canada. <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Breathe--The Prodigy (3rd week at #1)<br />
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#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Anna mulle piiskaa--Apulanta (2nd week at #1) <br />
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<b>Died on this date<br />
JonBenét Ramsey, 6</b>. U.S. crime victim. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey">Miss Ramsey</a>, a child beauty contestant, died from strangulation and a fractured skull at her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. The crime resulted in a U.S. media obsession, and the case is still officially open.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b> <br>
The Federation of Korean Trade Unions called on its 1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%931997_strikes_in_South_Korea">largest organized strike</a> in South Korean history. <br>
<br>
<b>20 years ago<br>
2001</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Nigel Hawthorne, 72</b>. U.K. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Hawthorne">Sir Nigel</a> had a distinguished career on stage, screen, and television spanning 50 years, winning numerous awards. He won a Tony Award for his starring performance in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowlands_(play)">Shadowlands</a></i> (1990), and won six Laurence Olivier Awards, four for his starring performances in the television comedy series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister">Yes Minister</a></i> (1980-1984) and <i>Yes, Prime Minister</i> (1986-1988). Sir Nigel won a Laurence Olivier Award for his starring performance in the play <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_George_III">The Madness of George III</a></i> (1991), and a BAFTA and two other British awards for starring in its film adaptation, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George">The Madness of King George</a></i> (1994), receiving an Academy Award nomination for the film. Sir Nigel died of a heart attack after suffering from pancreatic cancer. <br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Sarekoppa Bangarappa, 78</b>. Indian politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarekoppa_Bangarappa">Mr. Bangarappa</a> was a member of several parties in a political career spanning more than 40 years. He represented Soraba in the Karnataka Assembly (1967-1996), and was Chief Minister of Karnataka (1990-1992). Mr. Bangarappa represented Shimoga in the Lok Sabha (1999-2005, 2005-2009). He died from multiple causes after suffering from diabetes; his funeral required police intervention because of disputes between factions involving his sons Kumar and Madhu.<br>
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<b>Houston Antwine, 72</b>. U.S. football player. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Antwine">Mr. Antwine</a> played defensive tackle at Southern Illinois University and with the Boston/New England Patriots (1961-1971) and Philadelphia Eagles (1972). He made the American Football League's First All-Star Team in 1963, and the Second Team five times (1964, 1966-1969), earning recognition on the all-time All-AFL Team.<br>
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<b>Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71</b>. Mexican-born actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz,_Jr.">Mr. Armendáriz</a>, the son of actor Pedro Armendáriz, Sr., appeared in movies and television programs in Mexico and the United States in a career spanning 45 years. His movies included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone_(film)">Tombstone</a></i> (1993) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amistad_(film)">Amistad</a></i> (1997). <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Armendáriz_Jr.">Mr. Armendáriz</a> died in New York while being treated for eye cancer, and was buried in Mexico City.<br>
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<b>Joe Bodolai, 63</b>. U.S.-born screenwriter and producer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bodolai">Mr. Bodolai</a> fled to Canada in the late 1960s to avoid the military draft, and spent much of his life in Canada as a comedy writer and producer; he was a frequent guest of Peter Gzowski's on his CBC radio program <i>This Country in the Morning</i> (1970-1974). He returned to the United States in 1981 and wrote more than 20 episodes of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> before returning to Canada and producing television programs such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics!">Comics!</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kids_in_the_Hall">The Kids in the Hall</a></i>. Mr. Bodolai co-founded the Canadian cable channel The Comedy Network in the mid-1990s, but returned to the U.S. after the Comedy Network's owners declined to hire him to run the network. He was unable to conquer a drinking habit, and committed suicide by drinking a mixture of Gatorade and antifreeze. Mr. Bodolai's blog <i><a href="https://qualityshows.wordpress.com">Say It Ain't So, Joe!</a></i> remains online; its <a href="https://qualityshows.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/if-this-were-y0ur-last-day-alive-what-would-you-do/">last entry, dated December 23, 2011</a>, reads like a suicide note.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-5060855354546755012021-12-25T04:19:00.006-07:002023-07-27T14:54:56.138-06:00December 25, 2021<b>975 years ago<br>
1046</b><br>
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<b>Europeana</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor">Henry III</a> was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
<br>
<br>
<b>560 years ago<br>
1461</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Christina of Saxony</b>. Queen consort of Denmark (1481-1513); Norway (1483-1513); and Sweden (1497-1501). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Saxony">Christina</a> married the future King Hans in 1478, and became Queen consort when he acceded to the Danish throne upon the death of his father. Hans was subsequently elected King of Norway and conquered Sweden. <a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_af_Sachsen">Queen Christina</a> accompanied her husband to Sweden, but he began an adulterous affair in 1501, and was removed as king, while Queen Christina was taken into custody, and wasn't permitted to return to Denmark until 1503, where she lived separately from King Hans until her death on December 8, 1521, 17 days before her 60th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>310 years ago<br>
1711</b><br>
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<b>Born on this date<br>
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville</b>. French musician and composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Joseph_de_Mondonville">Mr. Mondonville</a> was a classical violinist who was associated with the Chapelle royale and chamber, performing 100 concerts. He wrote grands motets, light operas, oratorios, and works for violin. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Joseph_Cassanéa_de_Mondonville">Mr. Mondonville</a> died on October 8, 1772 at the age of 60.<br>
<br>
<b>200 years ago<br>
1821</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Clara Barton</b>. U.S. nurse. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton">Miss Barton</a> was a schoolteacher and self-taught nurse who aided Union Army soldiers in the American Civil War and ran the Office of Missing Soldiers after the war, identifying soldiers killed or missing in action. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and was its president until her retirement in 1904. Miss Barton died on April 12, 1912 at the age of 90. <br>
<br>
<b>190 years ago<br>
1831</b><br>
<br>
<b>Protest</b><br>
Baptist preacher Samuel Sharpe began the 11-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_War">Great Jamaican Slave Revolt</a>; up to 20% of Jamaica's slaves mobilized in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.<br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Madan Mohan Malaviya</b>. Indian educator, journalist, and politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Malaviya">Mahamana Malaviya</a>, a lawyer by profession, co-founded Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1916, and was its vice chancellor from 1919-1938. He founded the English-language newspaper <i>The Leader</i> in 1909, and was chairman of the <i>Hindustan Times</i> (1924-1936). Mahamana Malaviya was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council/Central Legislative Assembly (1912-1926) while being a moderate advocate of Indian independence, and served three terms as president of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the founders of the Bharat Scouts and Guides, and died on November 12, 1946 at the age of 84.<br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
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<b>Born on this date<br />
Kenneth Anderson</b>. Indian-born U.K. military officer and politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arthur_Noel_Anderson">General Sir Kenneth</a> served in both world wars, and was best known for commanding the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and the subsequent Tunisian Campaign. He served as Governor of Gibraltar from 1947-1952. General Sir Kenneth died of pneumonia on April 29, 1959 at the age of 67.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester</b>. U.K. royal family member. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alice,_Duchess_of_Gloucester">Princess Alice</a> was the daughter of the Duke of Buccleuch, Scotland's largest landowner, and married Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V, in 1935. She served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)/Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), and held official positions with a dozen British Army regiments. The Duchess of Gloucester carried out public functions until she was 98, and died on October 29, 2004 at the age of 102. <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago <br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Steve Otto</b>. Polish-born Canadian politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Otto">Mr. Otto</a>, a Liberal, represented the Ontario riding of York East in the Canadian House of Commons (1962-1972). He was 22 days past his 67th birthday when he disappeared and was presumed dead when his sailboat hit a rock and capsized off the coast of Cuba on January 16, 1989. <br>
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<b>Died on this date <br>
Hans Huber, 69</b>. Swiss composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Huber_(composer)">Mr. Huber</a> wrote eight symphonies, five operas, four piano concertos, and other orchestral, chamber, and choral works. <br>
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<b>Vladimir Korolenko, 68</b>. Russian journalist and author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Korolenko">Mr. Korolenko</a> wrote fiction and non-fiction expressing criticism of Russia's czarist regime; his best-known work was the short novel <i>The Blind Musician</i> (1886). <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Короленко,_Владимир_Галактионович">Mr. Korolenko</a> suffered from progressive heart disease in later years, and died of pneumonia.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">90 years ago<br />
1931</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Radio</span><br />
The shortwave station <a href="http://www.hcjb.org">HCJB</a>, "The Voice of the Andes," <a href="http://www.hcjb.org/History/radio-station-hcjb.html">began broadcasting</a> from Quito, Ecuador. <br />
<br />
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Richard S. Aldrich, 57</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Aldrich">Mr. Aldrich</a>, a son of U.S. Senator Nelson Aldrich and a cousin of the Rockefellers, was a Republican, and a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1914-1916) and Senate (1916-1918). He represented Rhode Island's 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1923-1933). <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">War</span><br />
British forces surrendered Hong Kong to invading Japanese forces; 290 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada (a Quebec unit) and the Winnipeg Grenadiers were dead, and 493 wounded. Major John Crawford and 1,975 Canadian soldiers were captured and incarcerated at the Sham Shui Po prison camp at Kowloon for 44 months. Japanese soldiers continued their destruction of St. Stephen's College hospital in Hong Kong, killing over 100 British, Canadian and Indian wounded soldiers, as well as a number of doctors and nurses. Manila and Tokyo dispatches reported that Japanese troops had advanced at three points on the Phillipine island of Luzon despite strong resistance. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.<br />
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<b>World events</b><br>
<i>Reuters</i> reported from Bhagalpur, India that 320 Hindu leaders, including Dr. Syamprosad Mookerjee, finance minister of the Bengal government, had been arrested for trying to attend a conference that had been banned.<br>
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<b>Communications</b><br>
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Australian Prime Minister John Curtin formally opened a 7,420-mile direct radio-telegraph communications system between the two countries.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The male population of Saint Pierre voted by more than 98% for association with Free French forces, as opposed to collaboration with the Axis.<br>
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones announced the creation of a Small Business Unit in the Commece Department under William Shepardson.<br>
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<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The U.S. Congressional-Executive Joint Committee on Non-Essential Expenditures, headed by Senator Harry F. Byrd (Democrat--Virginia), recommended total savings of $1.7 billion in non-defense expenditures.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Representatives of Air Associates, Inc. and the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Auto Workers of America reached an agreement in Bendix, New Jersey on a one-years contract, providing wage increases and a modified union shop.<br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
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<b>Died on this date<br />
W.C. Fields, 66</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/W._C._Fields">Mr. Fields</a>, born William Claude Dukenfield, was famous (and beloved by this blogger) for his misanthropic persona, side-of-the-mouth vocal delivery, large nose, juggling skill, and fondness for alcohol. His movies included <i><a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/It%27s_a_Gift">It's a Gift</a></i> (1934); <i><a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/You_Can%27t_Cheat_an_Honest_Man">You Can't Cheat an Honest Man</a></i> (1939); and <i><a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/Never_Give_a_Sucker_an_Even_Break">Never Give a Sucker an Even Break</a></i> (1941). He died as a result of years of heavy drinking.<br />
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<b>Emir Mohammed Zeinati</b>. Palestinian crime victim. Mr. Zeinati, an Arab landowner, was slain in Haifa by unknown assassins, apparently for selling land to Jews.<br>
<br>
<b>Asiatica</b><br>
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands proclaimed the Provisional State of East Indonesia, including all of the former Dutch East Indies east of Java and Borneo except New Guinea.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The U.K. and France signed an agreement eliminating visa requirements and other restrictions on citizens of one country travelling in the other.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Boycotted by Communists, China's Constitutional Assembly passed a new constitution, based on British and American models, which would go into effect on January 1, 1947. Communist spokesmen called the charter "illegal' and said that it would not be recognized in Communist-held areas.<br>
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French High Commissioner for Indonesia Admiral Thierry d'Argenlieu issued a Christmas message stating, "France does not intend in the present stage of evolution of the Indochinese people to give them total and unconditional independence."<br>
<br>
Chile's Socialist Party rejected a proposed alliance with the Communists.<br>
<br>
<b>Energy</b><br />
The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated within the U.S.S.R.'s F-1 nuclear reactor.<br />
<br />
Nuclear scientist C. Rogers McCullough revealed that researchers were constructing the world's first atomic power pile for peacetime use at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.<br>
<br>
Gas for industrial use was cut off in six New Jersey counties, following a strike at the Jersey City and Piscataway Township plants of the Public Service and Electric Company.<br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspense_(American_TV_series)">Suspense</a></i>, on CBS<br>
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0714062/">The Lonely Place</a></em>, starring Judith Evelyn, Boris Karloff, and Robin Morgan<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Harry T. Moore, 46</b>. U.S. civil rights leader. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_T._Moore">Mr. Moore</a> was a schoolteacher who founded, in 1934, the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and was president of the state chapter of the NAACP. His activities included registration of Negro voters in Florida and and working for equal pay for Negro teachers in public schools. Mr. Moore and his wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriette_Moore">Harriette</a>, 49, were at their home in Mims, Florida on Christmas night when a bomb planted under the bedroom floor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Harry_and_Harriette_Moore">exploded</a>. The local hospital in Titusville refused to treat Negroes, and Mr. Moore died while being transported by ambulance to the closest one where he could receive treatment. Mrs. Moore was seriously injured, and died nine days later, on January 3, 1952. The murders were investigated in 1951-1952, but no one was prosecuted then or in later decades when subsequent investigations took place. A state investigation in 2005-2006 named four Ku Klux Klan members, by then long dead, as the likely murderers.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Cuba and the Dominican Republic signed in Washington a declaration of peaceful intentions, as D.R. President Rafael Trujillo pardoned five Cuban sailors of plotting to overthrow the Dominican government.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
The Stone of Destiny, a British royal family heirloom, was stolen from Westminster Abbey in London.<br>
<br>
<b>Oil</b><br>
Iran nationalized the Khanaquin and Rafidian oil companies, subsidiaries of the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br />
1961</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span><br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (8th week at #1) <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-12-25">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br>
4 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren <br>
5 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke <br>
6 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
7 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes <br>
8 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
9 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson <br>
10 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>She's Everything (I Wanted You to Be)</i> by Ral Donner (#76); <i>Please Come Home for Christmas</i> by Charles Brown (#85); <i>Go on Home</i> by Patti Page (#91); <i>Tuff</i> by Ace Cannon (#92); <i>I Told the Brook</i> by Marty Robbins (#94); <i>Smoky Places</i> by the Corsairs featuring the voice of Jay "Bird" Uzzell (#95); <i>Tears from an Angel</i> by Troy Shondell (#96); <i>Free Me</i> by Johnny Preston (#97); <i>I Need Some One</i> by the Belmonts (#98); <i>Santa & the Touchables</i> by Dickie Goodman (#99); and <i>Ev'rybody's Cryin'</i> by Jimmie Beaumont (#100). <i>Santa & the Touchables</i> was a "break-in" record, a comedy record featuring excerpts from recent hits, and was Mr. Goodman's third such single in 1961, after <i>The Touchables</i> and <i>The Touchables in Brooklyn</i>. <br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="">The Blue Carbuncle</a></em><br />
<br />
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(American_TV_series)">Thriller</a></em>, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://athrilleraday.blogspot.com/2010/10/portrait-without-face-season-2-episode.html">Portrait Without a Face</a></em>, starring Jane Greer, Robert Webber, and George Mitchell<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GOkWTRXbwQg" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Otto Loewi, 88</b>. German-born pharmacologist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loewi">Dr. Loewi</a> shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Henry Dale "for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses." He emigrated to Austria in 1903 and became an Austro-Hungarian citizen two years later, but spent three months in custody after the German Anschluss of Austria in 1938. Dr. Loewi was released on condition that he relinquish all his possessions, including his research, to the Nazis. He went to Britain, Belgium, and eventually the United States in 1940, becoming an American citizen in 1946.<br>
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<b>Owen Brewster, 73</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Brewster">Mr. Brewster</a> was Governor of Maine (1925-1929); member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine (1935-1941); and United States Senator from Maine (1941-1952). As chairman of a special Senate committee investigating defense procurement during World War II, Mr. Brewster attacked the commercial interests of Howard Hughes, but his reputation suffered when Mr. Hughes responded with accusations of his own. <br />
<br />
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero--Pooh (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
Australia's Top 10 (<i><a href="http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19711225.html">Go-Set</a></i>)<br>
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John <br>
3 Peace Train--Cat Stevens <br>
4 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde <br>
5 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher <br>
6 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band <br>
7 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills <br>
8 Speak to the Sky--Ricky Springfield <br>
9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney <br>
10 Freedom Come, Freedom Go--The Fortunes <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Hi Honey Ho</i> by Daddy Cool (#26); <i>Captain Zero</i> by the Mixtures (#31); <i>Walking the Floor on My Hands</i> by Johnny Farnham (#33); and <i>Superstar</i> by the Carpenters (#37). <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1971/week-52">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 How Do You Do--Mouth & MacNeal (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys <br>
3 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken <br>
4 I Will Return--Springwater <br>
5 Coz I Luv You--Slade <br>
6 Out of Sight, Out of Mind--Shocking Blue <br>
7 Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein--Roy Black + Anita <br>
8 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen <br>
9 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road <br>
10 Des Chansons Pop--Poppys <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Hoog Daar Aan de Hemel</i> by Corry en de Rekels (#15); <i>Tightrope Ride</i> by the Doors (#31); <i>Family Affair</i> by Sly & the Family Stone (#33); and <i>Lovin' and Hurtin'</i> by Jojo (#34). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-12-25">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Brand New Key--Melanie <br />
2 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br>
3 American Pie - Parts I and II--Don McLean <br>
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br />
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson <br>
6 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br />
7 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br>
8 Scorpio--Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band<br />
9 Cherish--David Cassidy <br>
10 Hey Girl/I Knew You When--Donny Osmond<br />
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Black Dog</i> by Led Zeppelin (#67); <em>Fire and Water</em> by Wilson Pickett (#79); <em>Never Been to Spain</em> by Three Dog Night (#81); <em>What am I Living For</em> by Ray Charles (#87); <i>Under My Wheels</i> by Alice Cooper (#88); <em>Son of Shaft</em> by the Bar-Kays (#92); <i>Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)</i> by the Persuaders (#96); <em>Do the Funky Penguin Part II</em> by Rufus Thomas (#97); and <em>Pain (Part 1)</em> by the Ohio Players (#99). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19711225.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 Brand New Key-Melanie<br />
2 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
3 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br />
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night<br />
5 Cherish--David Cassidy<br />
6 American Pie - Parts I and II--Don McLean<br />
7 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher<br />
8 Scorpio--Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band<br />
9 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites<br />
10 Respect Yourself--Staples Singers<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Never Been to Spain</em> by Three Dog Night (#60); <em>Together Let's Find Love</em> by the 5th Dimension (#75); <em>Fire and Water</em> by Wilson Pickett (#76); Slippin' Into Darkness by War (#83); <em>Ain't Understanding Mellow </em>by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (#85); <em>What am I Living For</em> by Ray Charles (#86); <em>Son of Shaft</em> by the Bar-Kays (#87); <em>Those were the Days</em> by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (as the Bunkers) (#89); <em>Ajax Airlines</em> by Hudson and Landry (#90); <em>The Lion Sleeps Tonight</em> by Robert John (#93); <em>Come on Over to My House</em> by Layng Martine (#96); <em>Love Potion Number Nine</em> by the Coasters (#97); and <em>Jungle Fever</em> by Chakachas (#99).<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-12-25.pdf">Record World</a></i>)<br>
1 Brand New Key-Melanie <br />
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone <br />
3 American Pie--Don McLean <br />
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br />
5 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br />
6 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson <br>
7 Cherish--David Cassidy <br />
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br />
9 Respect Yourself--The Staple Singers <br />
10 Stones--Neil Diamond <br />
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>Never Been to Spain</em> by Three Dog Night (#66); <i>Tupelo Honey</i> by Van Morrison (#77); <em>That's the Way I Feel About Cha</em> by Bobby Womack and Peace (#79); <i>Stay with Me</i> by Faces (#82); <i>Keep on Keeping On</i> by N.F. Porter (#83); <em>Footstompin' Music</em> by Grand Funk Railroad (#85); <i>Joy</i> by Apollo 100 (#87); <em>What am I Living For</em> by Ray Charles (#89); <i>Open the Door</i> by Judy Collins (#92); <i>If I Could See the Light</i> by the 8th Day (#95); <i>Keep Playin' that Rock 'n' Roll</i> by Edgar Winter's White Trash (#96); <i>Long Time to Be Alone</i> by the New Colony Six (#98); <i>Precious and Few</i> by Climax (#99); and <i>What's Going On</i> by Quincy Jones (#100). <br>
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Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5329.pdf">RPM</a></span>) <br />
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night<br />
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane<br />
5 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes<br />
6 Brand New Key--Melanie<br />
7 Cherish--David Cassidy<br />
8 Devil You--Stampeders<br />
9 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack<br />
10 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Happy Xmas (War is Over)</em> by by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#75); <em>Don't Say You Don't Remember</em> by Beverly Bremers (#92); <em>Me and Bobby McGee</em> by Jerry Lee Lewis (#93); <em>Keep on Movin'</em> by Aaron Space (#95); <em>Footstompin' Music</em> by Grand Funk Railroad (#96); <em>Never Been to Spain</em> by Three Dog Night (#97); <em>Drowning in the Sea of Love</em> by Joe Simon (#98); <em>Mexican Lady</em> by Steel River (#99); and <em>Let's Stay Together</em> by Al Green (#100).<br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971–72_NFL_playoffs">NFL</a><br />
NFC Divisional Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Dallas_Cowboys_20,_Minnesota_Vikings_12">Dallas 20 @ Minnesota 12</a><br />
<br />
The Cowboys led 6-3 at halftime on 2 field goals by Mike Clark to 1 by Fred Cox of the Vikings, and took a 20-3 lead after 3 quarters on a 13-yard touchdown rush by Duane Thomas and a 9-yard touchdown pass from Roger Staubach to Bob Hayes, both converted by Mr. Clark. Alan Page tackled Mr. Staubach in his own end zone for a Minnesota safety touch in the 4th quarter, and the Vikings closed the scoring on a 6-yard pass from quarterback Gary Cuozzo to Stu Voigt, converted by Mr. Cox. 47,307 were in attendance at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.<br />
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<br>
AFC Divisional Playoff<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Miami_Dolphins_27,_Kansas_City_Chiefs_24_(2OT)">Miami 27 @ Kansas City 24 (2 OT)</a><br />
<br />
Garo Yepremian's 37-yard field goal at 7:40 of the 2nd overtime period ended the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/12.25.html">longest game</a> in professional football history to date (see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRUgZmiaZx8">video</a>).<br />
<br />
<b>40 years ago<br />
1981</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Ooa hela natten--Attack (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Je chante avec toi, liberté--Nana Mouskouri <br>
<br>
South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2019/09/24/25-december">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey <br>
2 It's You, It's You, It's You--Joe Dolan<br>
3 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie <br>
4 It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin <br>
5 Urgent--Foreigner <br>
6 Prince Charming--Adam & the Ants <br>
7 Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love)--Third World <br>
8 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie <br>
9 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross <br>
10 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Action Man</i> by the Village People (#18); and <i>Abacab</i> by Genesis (#19). <br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Blue 21 Gray 9 <br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br />
1991</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Black or White-- Michael Jackson (6th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Wilbur Snyder, 62</b>. U.S. football player and wrestler. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Snyder">Mr. Snyder</a> was a tackle and kicker who joined the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union during the 1952 season. He scored just 3 points in the regular season, but scored 29 points in 5 playoff games; with the Eskimos facing elimination in the best-of-three WIFU finals, Mr. Snyder scored 13 points on a touchdown, 2 converts, and 2 field goals to help the Eskimos to an 18-12 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and added 7 points in a 22-11 win in the third game as the Eskimos advanced to the Grey Cup. Mr. Snyder kicked a convert for the Eskimos in their 22-11 loss to the Toronto Argonauts in the 1952 Grey Cup, and began wrestling professionally in the off-season in western Canada. Mr. Snyder scored 51 points in the 1953 regular season and 15 points in 3 playoff games as the Eskimos lost the WIFU finals to the Blue Bombers. He retired from football to wrestle full-time, holding various regional championship belts in National Wrestling Alliance territories until his retirement in 1984. Mr. Snyder was often referred to as "The World's Most Scientific Wrestler," and was particularly known for pioneering the abdominal stretch.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Canada recognized the independent statehood of 11 member republics of the former U.S.S.R.; Canada had recognized Ukraine on December 2.<br>
<br>
<strong>Politics and government</strong><br />
As the U.S.S.R. was dissolving, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/25/newsid_2542000/2542749.stm">announced his resignation</a>.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Gray 20 Blue 12 <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Bill Hewitt, 68</b>. Canadian sportscaster. <a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/Bill_Hewitt">Mr. Hewitt</a>, the son of legendary hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt, began working with his father on <i>Hockey Night in Canada</i> broadcasts in the mid-1950s, and eventually succeeded Foster Hewitt as the television voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, retiring in 1981. Bill Hewitt died of heart failure 17 days after his 68th birthday.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Blue 44 Gray 34 <br>
<br>
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Baseball</strong><br />
Outfielder Hideki Matsui became the highest-paid player in Japanese baseball when he signed a contract with the Yomiuri Giants for the equivalent of U.S.$4.7 million.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama <br>
Blue 28 Gray 10 Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-30117265748178366692021-12-23T19:13:00.005-07:002022-03-09T00:39:08.781-07:00December 24, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
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<br />
<b>260 years ago<br>
1761</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Selim III, 46</b>. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1789-1807. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_III">Selim III</a> was the son of Sultan Mustafa III and was designated as his successor, but Selim's uncle Abdul Hamid I took the throne after Mustafa III's death, and Selim had to wait 15 years. Sultan Selim III was a poet and composer, and some of his compositions still exist. He instituted military reforms, but the elite soldiers known as Janissaries eventually deposed Selim III in favour of his cousin Mustafa IV. There was a movement to restore Selim III to the throne, but before this could take place, he was assassinated on July 28, 1808 at the age of 46.<br />
<br />
<b>175 years ago<br>
1846</b><br>
<br>
<b>Britannica</b><br>
The United Kingdom acquired the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan">Labuan</a> from the Sultanate of Brunei; it was established as a Crown Colony in 1848.<br>
<br>
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.<br>
<br>
<strong>150 years ago<br />
1871</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Opera</strong><br />
Giuseppe Verdi's opera <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida">Aida</a></em> received its premiere performance, conducted by Giovanni Bottesin,i at Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, as the completion of the final stages of the Suez Canal was being celebrated.<br />
<br />
<b>140 years ago<br>
1881</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Charles Wakefield Cadman</b>. U.S. composer and critic. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wakefield_Cadman">Mr. Cadman</a> was appointed music editor and critic for the <i>Pittsburgh Dispatch</i> in 1908, and was regarded as a leading expert on American Indian music, writing and lecturing on the subject, and allowing it to influence his compositions. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1920s, helping to found the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, performing there as a piano soloist, and composing scores for motion pictures in the early years of sound movies. Mr. Cadman wrote music in various genres, but was best known for his 40-year collaboration with lyricist Nelle Richmond Eberhart, who wrote librettos for his operas and words for his songs. He died on December 30, 1946, six days after his 65th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Feodor Rojankovsky</b>. Russian-born illustrator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_Stepanovich_Rojankovsky">Mr. Rojankovsky</a>, aka Rojan, was a White Russian who began his career in his native land, but was left stateless after the U.S.S.R. came into existence, living in France and eventually settling in the United States in 1941. He was best known for illustrating more than 100 children's books, including 35 Little Golden Books from 1943-1970. <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Рожанковский,_Фёдор_Степанович">Mr. Rojankovsky</a> won the 1956 Caldecott Medal for illustrating John Langstaff's <i>Frog Went A-Courtin'</i>. He died on October 12, 1970 at the age of 78.<br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Bill Dudley</b>. U.S. football player. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dudley">Mr. Dudley</a> was a halfback, kicker, and punter with the University of Virginia Cavaliers (1938-1941), earning All-America honours in his senior year and recognition by both the Maxwell Club in Philadelphia and the Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C. as the nation's most outstanding college player. He played in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1942, 1945-1946); Detroit Lions (1947-1949); and Washington Redskins (1950-1951, 1953), earning First Team All-Pro recognition four times and Second Team All-Pro recognition twice, leading the league twice in yards rushing, and being named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1946, when he led the league in yards rushing (604); interceptions (10); interception return yards (242); and punt return yards (385). Mr. Dudley interrupted his career for service in World War II, playing for the Army (1943-1944) and being named Most Valuable Player in the service in 1944. He was the only player in NFL history to score touchdowns by rushing, receiving, punt returns, kickoff returns, interception returns, and fumble returns, and throwing a touchdown pass. Mr. Dudley worked in insurance in Lynchburg, Virginia after his playing career, and was a scout for the Steelers and Lions. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. Mr. Dudley died on February 4, 2010 at the age of 88, five days after suffering a severe stroke.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Siegfried Alkan, 83</b>. German composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Alkan">Mr. Alkan</a>, a distant relative of Felix Mendelsson, was a pianist and music store owner who also worked in the insurance business. His compositions consisted mainly of songs. <a href="https://www.angelfire.com/art/gregorbrand/bios/siegalkan.html">Mr. Alkan</a> was a victim of "Kristallnacht" on November 9, 1938, when his store was vandalized, his piano and other instruments were thrown into the street, and his scores were scattered and lost.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
Admiral Émile Muselier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon">captured the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a> off Newfoundland, which became the first part of France to be liberated by Free French Forces. Japanese forces overran the makeshift hospital at St. Stephen’s College in Hong Kong during the final days of the defense of the territory, bayoneting some patients in their beds. There were nearly 800 Canadian casualties; many captured Canadians were prisoners for the rest of World War II. Japanese forces conquered Kuching, capital of Sarawak, Borneo, and landed in force at three points on the Philippine island of Luzon: Atimonan, Mauban, and Nasugbu. British forces conquered Barce, Benina, and Benghazi, Libya.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill made brief Christmas Eve addresses at the lighting of the Christmas tree on the lawn of the White House. Mr. Roosevelt said that Americans must prepare "our hearts...for the labor and sacrifice which lie ahead."<br>
<br>
<b>Religion</b><br>
Pope Pius XII outlined a five-point peace plan based on the "integrity and security" of all states.<br>
<br>
<b>Academia</b><br>
Brown University and Pembroke College announced that they would admit to the next freshman class outstanding students who had completed their third year of high school.<br>
<br>
<b>Journalism</b><br>
Brazilian police closed the Japanese newspaper <i>Brasil Asahi</i> and German newspapers in Sao Paulo and Santa Catharina.<br>
<br>
<b>Technology</b><br>
Ford Motor Company announced that it was ready to begin producing about 1,000 pounds daily of synthetic fiber developed from soybeans, to be used principally in upholstery.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
U.S. Federal Price Administrator Leon Henderson fixed prices for leather of all types, grades, and qualities at levels which prevailed between November 6-December 6.<br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br>
1946</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Vietnamese nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh claimed in a Christmas message that current fighting against French forces had been precipitated by a French demand for control of the police in Hanoi.<br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br>
U.S. military authorities in Frankfurt announced a Christmas amnesty for more than 800,000 Germans in the Ameican zone facing prosecution under denazification laws.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The World Zionist Congress ended its 16-day meeting in Basel after adopting a resolution to boycott the Palestine conference in London in January 1947.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The French Fourth Republic officially came into existence as the Council of the Republic, the upper legislative house, held its first session.<br>
<br>
A committee representing the United Kingdom, native Sultans, and the United Malaya nationalist organization proposed a new constitution for an independent "Federation of Malaya."<br>
<br>
Following the death of Georgia Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge, Governor Ellis Arnall announced that he would turn over his post to Lieutenant Governor-elect M.E. Thompson, while supporters of Mr. Talmadge lobbied to have his son Herman declared Governor by the State Assembly.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
The Mexican Oil Workers union voted not to fight the dismissal of 50 union leaders from their jobs in the government-owned oil industry.<br>
<br>
Congress of Industrial Organizations National Maritime Union President Joseph Curran resigned as co-chairman of the Committee for Maritime Unity, ending cooperation between the CIO and the American Federation of Labor in the maritime industry.<br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame">Hallmark Television Playhouse</a></i>, on NBC<br>
Tonight's broadcast: <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amahl_and_the_Night_Visitors">Amahl and the Night Visitors</a></i><br>
<br>
<i>Amahl and the Night Visitors</i>, with music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, was the first opera specifically composed for television in the United States, and received its premiere performance by the NBC Opera Theatre at NBC Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, New York City. It was broadcast live on 35 network stations across the United States. <br>
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<br>
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_(radio_show)#Television">Lights Out</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0632406/">This Way to Heaven</a></i>, starring Kathleen Comegys, Beverly Dennis, Burgess Meredith, and Robert Webber<br />
<br />
<b>Africana</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Libya">Kingdom of Libya</a> was proclaimed, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_of_Libya">Idris</a> as King.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The South Korean government claimed that 117,361 S.K. civilians were missing or known to have been abducted by the Communists.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas signed a decree raising minimum wages 150% to a monthly average of $45.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
U.S. President Harry Truman threatened to take any measures necessary to prevent a steel industry strike and consequent damage to the national defense effort.<br>
<br>
<strong>60 years ago<br />
1961</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
AFL<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_American_Football_League_Championship_Game">Championship</a> @ Balboa Stadium, San Diego<br />
Houston Oilers 10 @ San Diego Chargers 3<br />
<br />
George Blanda completed a 35-yard pass to Billy Cannon in the 3rd quarter for the game's only touchdown as the Oilers beat the Chargers before 29,556 fans to win the AFL championship for the second straight season. It was a sloppy game, as the Oilers made 7 turnovers and the Chargers 6. Mr. Blanda kicked a 46-yard field goal in the 2nd quarter for the only scoring of the 1st half, and converted Mr. Cannon's touchdown. George Blair kicked a 12-yard field goal for San Diego in the 4th quarter. The winning head coach was Wally Lemm, who had replaced fired incumbent Lou Rymkus after 5 games. The Oilers were 1-3-1 when Mr. Lemm had become the team's head coach, and they had gone 9-0 in their last 10 regular season games under him.<br />
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<br>
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (8th week at #1) <br>
<br>
South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/24-december-1971/">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (10th week at #1) <br>
2 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill <br>
3 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy <br>
4 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard <br>
5 Cousin Norman--Marmalade <br>
6 You--Peter Maffay <br>
7 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
8 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers <br>
9 Soley Soley--Middle of the Road <br>
10 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast--Daniel Boone <br>
<br>
The only single entering the chart was <i>Tokoloshe Man</i> by John Kongos (#17). <br>
<br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1971/cklg122471.html">CKLG</a>)<br>
1 Brand New Key--Melanie (2nd week at #1)<br>
2 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers <br>
3 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br>
4 American Pie--Don McLean <br>
5 Sunshine--Jonathan Edwards <br>
6 Devil You--Stampeders <br>
7 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family <br>
8 Hey Girl--Donny Osmond <br>
9 Day After Day--Badfinger <br>
10 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Stay with Me</i> by Faces (#27); <i>Where Did Our Love Go</i> by Donnie Elbert (#28); <i>Without You</i> by Nilsson (#29); and <i>Sour Suite</i> by the Guess Who (#30). <br>
<br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKVN/1971/ckvn122471.html">CKVN</a>)<br>
1 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces <br>
2 Brand New Key--Melanie <br>
3 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers <br>
4 Day After Day--Badfinger <br>
5 American Pie--Don McLean <br>
6 Sunshine--Jonathan Edwards <br>
7 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br>
8 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels <br>
9 Devil You--Stampeders <br>
10 Respect Yourself--The Staple Singers <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Black Dog</i> by Led Zeppelin (#34); <i>Without You</i> by Nilsson (#35); <i>Levon</i> by Elton John (#36); <i>Me and Bobby McGee</i> by Jerry Lee Lewis (#37); <i>Joy</i> by the Ventures (#38); <i>Tupelo Honey</i> by Van Morrison (#39); and <em>Happy Xmas (War is Over)</em> by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#40). <br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
U.S. President Richard Nixon commuted the prison term of former International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James Hoffa, who had served 4 years, 9 months, and 16 days of a 13-year sentence for jury tampering.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANSA_Flight_508">LANSA Flight 508</a>, a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop en route from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru, was struck by lightning and crashed in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco, killing 91 of 92 people aboard. It remains the deadliest lightning strike in history.<br>
<br>
<strong>40 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Vancouver (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1981/cklg123181.html">CKLG</a>): Young Turks--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1)
<br>
<br>
Edmonton's Top 20 (CHED)<br />
1 Take Off--Bob and Doug McKenzie<br />
2 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley<br />
3 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
4 Working for the Weekend--Loverboy<br />
5 Physical--Olivia Newton-John<br />
6 Lunatic Fringe--Red Rider<br />
7 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham<br />
8 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
9 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie<br />
10 Oh No--Commodores<br />
11 Centerfold--J. Geils Band<br />
12 Our Lips are Sealed--Go-Go's<br />
13 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
14 For Those About to Rock--AC/DC<br />
15 Here I Am--Air Supply<br />
16 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack<br />
17 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates<br />
18 Wind Him Up--Saga<br />
19 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police<br />
20 No Reply at All--Genesis<br />
<br />
Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)<br />
1 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
3 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard<br />
4 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
5 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond<br />
6 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross<br />
7 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley<br />
8 Comin' in and Out of Your Life--Barbra Streisand<br />
9 The Theme from Hill Street Blues--Mike Post<br />
10 Heart Like a Wheel--Steve Miller Band<br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br>
1996</b><br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
A Learjet 35 en route from Bridgeport, Connecticut to Lebanon, New Hampshire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_Hampshire_Learjet_crash">crashed into Smarts Mountain</a> near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board. The wreckage wasn't found until November 13, 1999.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">World events</span><br />
A truce between the new government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam went into effect.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Patrick Manning took office as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Johannes Heesters, 108</b>. Dutch-born German entertainer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters">Mr. Heesters</a> was an actor and singer who began his career in his native Netherlands at the age of 16, and moved to Germany in 1935. He was a popular star in German films during the Nazi era, and performed on stage for German soldiers and SS personnel in camps and barracks during World War II. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters">Mr. Heesters</a> easily made the transition to postwar popular culture, but his previous Nazi associations ttracted controversy in later years. <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters">He</a> made his last stage appearance on October 31, 2011 in Munich, and died 19 days after his 108th birthday, as perhaps the oldest entertainer with the longest career in history.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-16725194403597766012021-12-23T14:15:00.008-07:002022-01-08T17:58:47.279-07:00December 23, 2021<b>250 years ago<br>
1771</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, 70</b>. Canadian nun. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Marguerite_d%27Youville">Mrs. d'Youville</a>, a native of Varennes, Quebec, was a widow who suffered the death of her husband and four of her six children before the age of 30, but experienced a religious revival, and in 1737 with three other women founded an association that ministered to the poor in Montreal. The association became the Roman Catholic order The Sisters of Charity of Montreal--popularly known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Nuns">Grey Nuns</a>--in 1744, and was granted an order in 1747 to operate Montreal General Hospital. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_d%27Youville">Mrs. d'Youville</a> died in Montreal, and was canonized in 1990 by Pope John Paul II. <br>
<br>
<b>125 years ago<br>
1896</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa</b>. Italian nobleman and author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Tomasi_di_Lampedusa">Don Giuseppe Tomasi</a>, the last Prince of Lampedusa, served with the Italian Army in World War I, and was an Austro-Hungarian prisoner of war; he inherited his title upon the death of his father in 1934. <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Tomasi_di_Lampedusa">Don Giuseppe Tomasi</a> died of lung cancer on July 23, 1957 at the age of 60, but didn't become widely known until the posthumous publication of his novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard">Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)</a></i> (1958), which was made into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard_(1963_film)">movie</a> in 1963.<br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Niels Kaj Jerne</b>. U.K.-born Danish immunologist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Kaj_Jerne">Dr. Jerne</a>, whose Danish parents moved to London the year before his birth, moved to the Netherlands with his family in 1914, and eventually settled in Denmark. He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibodies">monoclonal antibodies</a>." Dr. Jerne died on October 7, 1994 at the age of 82.<br />
<br />
<b>James Gregory</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gregory_(actor)">Mr. Gregory</a> was a character actor on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 45 years. He was known for his gravelly voice and playing detectives, and starred as New York Police Detective Barney Ruditsky in the television series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawless_Years">The Lawless Years</a></i> (1959-1961), and Inspector Frank Luger in the comedy series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Miller">Barney Miller</a></i> (1975-1982). Mr. Gregory's best-known movie role was probably as the Joe McCarthy-like Senator Johnny Iselin in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate_(1962_film)">The Manchurian Candidate</a></i> (1962). He died on September 16, 2002 at the age of 90.<br>
<br>
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Wilson Bentley, 66</b>. U.S. meteorologist and photographer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bentley">"Snowflake" Bentley</a>, a lifelong resident of Jericho, Vermont, was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features, catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated. He took the first of more than 5,000 photos of snowflakes in 1885. Mr. Bentley died of pneumonia.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
At a joint press conference in Washington with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that their meetings were being devoted to the immediate question of achieving complete unanimity of action in the Pacific. The first meeting of the U.S.-U.K. War Council was held in the White House. The U.S. oil tanker SS <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Montebello">Montebello</a></i> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Montebello#Sinking">sunk</a> by Japanese submarine <i>I-21</i> off the coast of California; 33 survivors were rescued. After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island">15 days of fighting</a>, the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Wake Island. Japanese planes carried out a heavy raid on Rangoon. The Battle of Lingayen continued "with increasing intensity" on Luzon. The British command announced that Imperial forces in Libya reached the coastal plain of the Gulf of Sidra south of Bengazi the previous day. <br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Chinese Prime Minister Chiang Kai-shek appointed T.V. Soong as Foreign Minister.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
A U.S. federal grand jury in Washington indicted aviatrix <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_(aviator)">Laura Ingalls</a> on a charge of failing to register as a German agent.<br>
<br>
<b>Religion</b><br>
Pope Pius XII authorized Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world to permit Catholics in their dioceses to eat meat on Fridays and omit certain fast days for the duration of World War II.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
U.S. President Roosevelt accepted a three-point war labour peace plan agreed upon by the 24-man labour-industry conference board in Washington. The plan called for "no strikes or lockouts;" settlement of all disputes "by peaceful means;" and establishment of "a proper War Labor Board to handle these disputes."<br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/40s_files/19461223.html">Cash Box</a></i>)<br />
1 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids) (2nd week at #1)<br />
--Hoagy Carmichael<br />
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers<br />
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis <br />
2 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra <br />
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul<br />
--Betty Rhodes<br />
--Tony Martin<br />
3 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir) <br />
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
--Hal Derwin <br />
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio<br />
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra<br />
5 The Whole World is Singing My Song--Les Brown and his Orchestra<br />
6 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra<br />
--Jo Stafford<br />
7 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra<br />
8 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra<br />
--The Three Suns<br />
9 Huggin' and Chalkin'--Hoagy Carmichael<br />
--Johnny Mercer<br />
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
10 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio<br />
--The Ink Spots<br />
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade<br />
--Tony Martin<br />
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <i>Years and Years Ago</i> by Les Brown and his Orchestra (#26) and <i>Hoodle-Addle</i> by the Ray McKinley Quartet (#28).<br />
<br />
<b>On the radio</b> <br />
<i><a href="http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Case-Book-of-Gregory-Hood.html">The Casebook of Gregory Hood</a></i>, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS<br />
Tonight`s episode: <i>The Spirit of Christmas</i><br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The United Kingdom rejected a Soviet request for a "further exchange of views" on control of the Dardanelles.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
U.S. President Harry Truman set up a three-man board to review the cases of draft violators and make recommendations for executive clemency.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
French Prime Minister Leon Blum reiterated France's recognition of Vietnam's independence within the French Union, but insisted that order be restored before negotiations could begin on the composition of the Vietnamese government.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
Three men were indicted in Atlanta for arson in the December 7, 1946 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire">fire at the Winecoff Hotel</a>, in which 119 people perished.<br>
<br>
<b>Law</b><br>
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a suit on the constitutionality of Tennessee's poll tax on the grounds that Congress had jurisdiction in such matters.<br>
<br>
<b>Religion</b><br>
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered new trials for two Jehovah's Witnesses sentenced to five years in prison as conscientious objectors, stating that they were not allowed to challenge draft classifications which barred their deferment as ministers.<br>
<br>
<b>Health</b><br>
The U.S. Office of Temporary Controls dropped distribution control of penicillin.<br>
<br>
<b>Agriculture</b><br>
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization reported that a food crisis still confronted the world, with food production still below pre-World War II levels.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that collection of federal social security taxes from bankrupt companies had priority over state taxes.<br>
<br>
General Lucius Clay, deputy U.S. military governor in Germany, protested a French decision to set up a customs barrier between the Saar and the rest of Germany. <br>
<br>
The U.K. announced that it would send a Treasury delegation to India to negotiate the settlement of India's wartime debt of $5.2 billion.<br>
<br>
<b>Sport</b><br>
An <i>Associated Press</i> poll of sportswriters named Babe Didrikson Zaharias as the outstanding female athlete of 1946 in the United States.<br>
<br>
<strong>70 years ago<br />
1951</strong><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Out There</span>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667634/">The Man</a></span>, starring Florence Anglin, Philip Bourneuf, and Stewart Bradley<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br>
A Hungarian military court imposed fines totalling $120,000 on four U.S. fliers shot down in November in a C-47 transport plane.<br>
<br>
Bolivia exiled 15 right-wing extremists arrested for participating in a recent revolutionary plot.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Hungary denied a British Broadcasting Corporation report that 80 Hungarian coal miners had been shot for organizing a work slowdown in the Tatabanya mines.<br>
<br>
<strong>Football</strong><br />
NFL<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_NFL_Championship_Game">Championship</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cleveland.com/brownshistory/plaindealer/index.ssf?/browns/more/history/19511223BROWNS.html">Cleveland 17 @ Los Angeles 24</a><br />
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Just 25 seconds after Ken Carpenter's 5-yard touchdown rush, converted by Lou Groza, had brought the Browns into a 17-17 tie midway through the 4th quarter, Rams' quarterback Norm Van Brocklin completed a 73-yard touchdown pass to Tom Fears, converted by Bob Waterfield, to provide the winning margin before 59,475 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. After a scoreless 1st quarter, Dick Hoerner of the Rams opened the scoring in the 2nd quarter with a 1-yard touchdown rush, converted by Mr. Waterfield. Mr. Groza got Cleveland on the scoreboard with a 52-yard field goal, a record length for an NFL championship game. The Browns took a 10-7 halftime lead on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Otto Graham to Dub Jones, converted by Mr. Groza. In the 3rd quarter, Mr. Graham fumbled when hit by the Rams' Larry Brink, and Andy Robustelli returned the ball from the Cleveland 24-yard line to the 2. Three plays later, Dan Towler rushed 1 yard for a touchdown, and Mr. Waterfield's convert gave Los Angeles a 14-10 lead going into the 4th quarter. The lead became 17-10 when Mr. Waterfield kicked a 17-yard field goal. It was the first NFL championship game to be televised from coast-to-coast in the United States. It was broadcast on the DuMont network (which had paid $95,000 to the NFL for the rights), with Harry Wismer and Earl Gillespie as the announcers.<br />
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<br />
<b>60 years ago <br>
1961</b> <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy: La ballata della tromba--Nini Rosso <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (10th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Mirror</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (3rd week at #1)<br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19611223.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (3rd week at #1)<br />
2 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes<br />
3 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke<br />
4 Run to Him--Bobby Vee<br />
5 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br />
6 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren<br />
7 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley<br />
8 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters<br />
9 Moon River--Jerry Butler<br />
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus<br />
10 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Irresistible You</em> (#76)/<em>Multiplication</em> (#80) by Bobby Darin; <em>Pocketful of Miracles</em> by Frank Sinatra (#92); <em>Do-Re-Mi</em> by Lee Dorsey (#93); and <em>But on the Other Hand Baby</em> by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#100). <br />
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CFUN/1961/cfun122361.htm">CFUN</a>)<br>
1 Norman--Sue Thompson <br>
2 The Wanderer--Dion <br>
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
4 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee <br>
5 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
6 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon <br>
7 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Helms <br>
--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker <br>
8 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
--Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks <br>
9 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
10 Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Dear Ivan</i> by Jimmy Dean (#16); <i>Percolator (Twist)</i> by Billy Joe & the Checkmates (#32); <i>Well I'm Your Man</i> by Johnny Tillotson (#40); <i>Lucky Star</i> by Gene Vincent (#44); and <i>What are You Doing New Year's Eve</i> by Dante and the Evergreens (#50). <i>Well I'm Your Man</i> was the B-side of <i>Dreamy Eyes</i>, charting at #27. <br>
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKWX/1961/ckwx122361.htm">CKWX</a>)<br>
1 The Twist--Chubby Checker (2nd week at #1)<br>
2 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion <br>
3 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
4 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
5 Six White Boomers--Rolf Harris <br>
6 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
7 Norman--Sue Thompson <br>
8 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker <br>
--Bobby Helms <br>
9 Gypsy Rover--The Highwaymen <br>
10 Multiplication--Bobby Darin <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Memories of Maria</i> by Jerry Byrd and his Guitar (#19); <i>Dear Ivan</i> by Jimmy Dean (#26); <i>Walkin' Back to Happiness</i> by Helen Shapiro (#28); <i>Percolator (Twist)</i> by Billy Joe & the Checkmates (#30); <i>Let Me Down Easy</i> by the Glaser Brothers (#33); <i>Just a Little Bit Sweet</i> by Charlie Rich (#38); <i>Milk and Honey</i> by Eddie Fisher (#39); and <i>Love is the Sweetest Thing</i> by Saverio Saridis (#40). <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, 86</b>. U.S. authoress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Sherwin_Bailey">Miss Bailey</a> wrote short stories and novels for children in a career spanning more than 40 years. Her novel <i>Miss Hickory</i> (1946) was awarded the 1947 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature.<br>
<br>
<b>Kurt Meyer, 51</b>. German SS officer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Meyer">SS-Brigadeführer Meyer</a> joined the Nazi Party in September 1930, and joined the SS in October 1931. He participated in numerous campaigns in World War II, and several times ordered the mass murders of civilians and prisoners of war, receiving a death sentence for ordering the murders of Canadian POWs in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardenne_Abbey_massacre">Ardenne Abbey massacre</a> in 1944. SS-Brigadeführer Meyer's sentence was commuted to 14 years, and he was released on good behaviour in 1951. He became active in Hilfsgemeinschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit der Angehörigen der ehemaligen Waffen-SS (HIAG), a lobby group dedicated to rehaibilitating the reputation of the SS. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Meyer_(SS-Mitglied)">SS-Brigadeführer Meyer</a> suffered from heart and kidney disease in later years, and died on his 51st birthday, after a series of strokes.<br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br />
1971</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland (<i>IRMA</i>): O Holy Night--Tommy Drennan <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date <br>
Glenn Wallichs, 61</b>. U.S. businessman. Mr. Wallichs opened several radio stores and two recording studios in the Los Angeles area before opening <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallichs_Music_City">Wallichs Music City</a> at the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood in 1940. It became the largest record store in southern California and the world's largest specialty record store. On February 7, 1942, Mr. Wallichs and songwriters Johnny Mercer and Buddy DeSylva founded Capitol Records. Mr. Wallichs left the record store in 1946 in charge of his brother Clyde, and eventually became chairman of Capitol Industries. He died after a long illness. <br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Nationalist China's governing Kuomintang announced that the first national elections since 1947 would be held in May 1972. President Chiang Kai-shek had always refused to hold elections pending his government's return to mainland China, when all Chinese could participate.<br>
<br>
<b>Health</b><br>
U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a bill to implement a much-expanded research attack on cancer. 137 guests, including many research scientists, were at the White House for the occasion.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Canadian Parliament passed the Capital Gains Tax, effective January 1, 1972, Valuation Day. <br>
<br>
Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Garneau announced to the National Assembly a <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2259.html">provincial tax policy</a> aimed at harmonizing Quebec's tax laws with those of Canada.<br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago<br />
1981</b><br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Historian George Francis Gillman Stanley of Sackville took office as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, succeeding Hédard Robichaud.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Piece of My Wish--Miki Imai (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Live and Let Die--Guns N' Roses <br />
<br />
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (6th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
A Gallup Poll reported that support for sovereignty-association in Québec has dropped to 47% from 61% in May 1990. <br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br>
Toronto-based Grafton-Fraser announced its intention to close 221 Jack Fraser, George Richards, Grafton & Co, Madison, and Bimini stores, eliminating 1,700 full-time and part-time jobs. <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Child--Mark Owen (4th week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Don't Speak--No Doubt <br>
<br>
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Time to Say Goodbye--Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Canada (<i>RPM</i>): Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (6th week at #1)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Bola Ige, 71</b>. Nigerian politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_Ige">Mr. Ige</a>, a Yoruba, was a lawyer before entering politics; he was Commissioner for Agriculture (1967-1970) in the Western Region of Nigeria in the military government of General Yakubu Gowon. Mr. Ige joined the Unity Party of Nigeria in the late 1970s, and was Governor of Oyo State (1979-1983). He was defeated in his bid for re-election, successfully challenged the result, but was deposed by a coup led by Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Tunde Idiagbon. Mr. Ige was accused of enriching himself with party funds and was detained for two years, but was released in 1985 and resumed his law practice. When democracy was returned to Nigeria in 1999, Mr. Ige returned to politics as a member of the Alliance for Democracy, serving as Nigeria's Minister of Power and Steel (1999-2000) in the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney in January 2000; in November 2001 he declared that the Sokoto State government would not be allowed to enforce the death penalty by stoning against Safiya Hussaini, a woman convicted of adultery. Mr. Ige was entangled in squabbles within the Alliance for Democracy, which resulted in the murder of Osun State legislator Odunayo Olagbaju, the week before Mr. Ige was gunned down at his home in Ibadan. All those charged in Mr. Ige's murder were acquitted.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa was sworn in as interim President of Argentina, and immediately announced the suspension of payment on the external debt in the biggest debt default in history.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Bill Hall, 65</b>. U.S. broadcaster. Mr. Hall was a weatherman and anchorman with Nashville television station WSMV from 1974-2005.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-36134237326245617722021-12-21T20:42:00.009-07:002022-02-26T19:10:54.749-07:00December 22, 2021<b>1,620 years ago<br>
401</b><br>
<br>
<b>Religion</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_I">Innocent I</a> was elected Roman Catholic Pope, three days after the death of his father Pope Anastasius I. Innocent I remains the only man to succeed his father as Bishop of Rome.<br>
<br>
<b>380 years ago<br>
1641</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 81</b>. Chief Minister of France, 1589-1611. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_de_Béthune,_Duke_of_Sully">The Duke of Sully</a> served in the Protestant army as a teenager during the religious wars in the 1570s. As Chief Minister, Superintendent of Finances, and adviser to King Henri IV, he built a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques, but was unpopular, and his power was weakened after the assassination of King Henri in 1610. The Duke of Sully resigned in 1611, and died nine days after his 81st birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>325 years ago<br>
1696</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
James Oglethorpe</b>. U.K. military officer and politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oglethorpe">Mr. Oglethorpe</a> was a general who fought with Holy Roman Empire forces in the Austro-Turkish War (1716-1718) before returning to England. A Tory, he represented Haslemere in the House of Commons (1722-1754). As chairman of the Gaols Committee in 1729, he recommended creating a buffer colony in British North America between the Carolinas and Florida, to be settled by those released from debtors' prisons. Mr. Oglethorpe thus founded Georgia, serving as its first Governor (1732-1743). He returned to England after an unsuccessful siege of St. Augustine, Florida, was unsuccessful in leading British troops in the Jacobite rising of 1745, and served undercover in the Prussian Army during the Seven Years' War. Mr. Oglethorpe died on June 30, 1785 at the age of 88.<br>
<br>
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
India's first freight train was operated in Roorkee to transport material for the construction of the Ganges Canal.<br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br />
1891</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Paul de Lagarde, 64</b>. German orientalist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Lagarde">Professor Lagarde</a>, born Paul Bötticher, taught oriental languages at the University of Göttingen. He was the most renowned scholar of the Septuagint in the 19th century, but he rejected the Bible as the Word of God, and opposed Christianity and Jews, advocating a German folkish religion, racial Darwinism, and German imperialism within Europe. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_de_Lagarde">Prof. Lagarde</a>'s ideas influenced Nazi ideology, especially that of theorist Alfred Rosenberg.<br>
<br>
<b>Space</b><br />
Asteroid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/323_Brucia">323 Brucia</a> became the first asteroid to be discovered using photography.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Andre Kostelanetz</b>. Russian-born orchestra conductor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Kostelanetz">Mr. Kostelanetz</a> moved to the United States in 1922, and began conducting orchestras on radio. He had his own program, <i>Andre Kostelanetz Presents</i>, in the 1930s, but was best known for the many albums of "easy listening" music that he conducted from the 1940s until his death on January 13, 1980, 22 days after his 78th birthday, which resulted from pneumonia contracted while on vacation in Haiti, 13 days after conducting a New Year's Eve concert in San Francisco.<br />
<br />
<b>100 years ago<br />
1921</b><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date <br />
Hawkshaw Hawkins</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkshaw_Hawkins">Harold Franklin Hawkins</a> was a country singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was popular in the late '40s and early '50s, recording such hits as <i>Pan American</i> (1948); <i>Dog House Boogie</i> (1948); <i>Slow Poke</i> (1951); and <i>Lonesome 7-7203</i> (1963), which reached #1 on the <i>Billboard</i> country chart several weeks after his death on March 5, 1963 at the age of 41 in a plane crash that also took the lives of fellow artists Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. <br>
<br>
<b>Dimitri Fampas</b>. Greek musician and composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Fampas">Mr. Fampas</a> was a classical guitarist who had a national and international performing and recording career spanning more than 35 years. He taught at the National Conservatory of Athens, with his students winning several dozen international awards. <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Δημήτρης_Φάμπας">Mr. Fampas</a> created two guitar orchestras, and composed more than 200 guitar works. He died on May 3, 1996 at the age of 74.<br>
<br>
<b>Academia</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visva-Bharati_College">Visva-Bharati College</a>, now Visva Bharati University, opened in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.<br>
<br>
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Television</b> <br>
The first experimental broadcast from a transmitter atop the Empire State Building in New York City took place. The transmitter was put up by NBC on October 30, 1931.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Karel Hašler, 62</b>. Czech entertainer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Hašler">Mr. Hašler</a> was an actor, director, singer, and songwriter who acted in plays and operated various cabarets in a career that began in the late 1890s. He appeared in silent and sound films from 1914-1941. <a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Hašler">Mr. Hašler</a>'s patriotic songs led to his arrest by the Gestapo in September 1941; he was taken to Malthausen concentration camp in Germany, where he was tortured to death.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Japanese troops captured Wake Island--2,000 miles west of Honolulu--after two weeks of attacks; the island had been garrisoned by fewer than 400 U.S. Marines. 80,000-100,000 Japanese troops attempted to land around Lingayen on the Philippine island of Luzon at dawn under strong naval air escort. Marshal Klementy Voroshilov was named commander of Soviet troops in the Far East. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the amended Selective Service bill under which men aged 20-44 would be subject to military service. The U.S. War Department reported that 273 fifth columnists had been arrested among the 35,000 Japanese aliens in Hawaii.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington with an 86-man delegation to discuss with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt all questions relevant to the concerted war effort.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that an employer had the right to express his views on labour unions so long as he did not attempt to coerce his employees.<br />
<br />
U.S. troops were withdrawn from strike duty in San Francisco. About 495 of 3,000 welders on the day shift continued picketing. <br>
<br>
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Movies</b><br />
Humphrey Bogart signed a record 15-year contract with Warner Brothers.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
The U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics revealed the development of "Tiamat," an experimental winged rocket missile with a speed of 600 miles per hour.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The Polish government reported that the Peasant Party had been allowed to file candidates for the forthcoming elections in all 52 electoral districts.<br />
<br />
British Viceroy of India Sir Archibald Wavell returned to New Delhi from conferences in London.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
U.K. and U.S.S.R. officials in Germany signed a three-month agreement by which the Soviet zone would furnish grain, forage, fuel, and wood pulp to the British zone in return for iron, steel, and tires.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b><br />
AAFC<br />
<a href="http://goldenrankings.com/AAFCchampionshipGame1946.htm">Championship</a> @ Cleveland Stadium<br />
New York 9 @ Cleveland 14<br />
<br />
Otto Graham's 16-yard touchdown pass to Dante Lavelli, converted by Lou Groza, with 4:13 remaining in regulation time, gave the Browns their victory over the Yankees before 40,469 fans on a snowy day to end the first season of the All-America Football Conference. Marion Motley rushed 1 yard for the other Cleveland touchdown in the 2nd quarter. Harvey Johnson's 11-yard field goal gave New York a 3-0 lead in the 1st quarter. Spec Sanders rushed 2 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to give the Yankees a 9-7 lead, but Mr. Johnson missed the convert--his only such miss of the season.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago <br />
1951</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Sweet Violets--Dinah Shore; Jane Turzy <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Best Seller--2nd week at #1; Disc Jockey--6th week at #1); Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett (Jukebox--3rd week at #1); <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19511222.html">Cash Box</a></span>) <br />
1 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces (7th week at #1)<br />
--Eddy Howard<br />
2 Down Yonder--Del Wood<br />
--Joe "Fingers" Carr<br />
--Champ Butler<br />
3 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett<br />
4 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown<br />
5 Because of You--Tony Bennett <br />
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra<br />
6 Jealousy (Jalousie)--Frankie Laine<br />
7 Slow Poke--Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys<br />
8 Charmaine--Mantovani and his Orchestra<br />
9 Shrimp Boats--Jo Stafford<br />
10 Cry--Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Any Time</em> by Eddie Fisher (#20) and <em>If Wishes were Kisses</em> by Perry Como (#32).<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Henry G. Bennett, 65</b>. U.S. academic. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_G._Bennett">Dr. Bennett</a> was president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University (1919-1928) and Oklahoma A&M College (1928-1951). While still holding the latter office, he was appointed by U.S. President Harry Truman in November 1950 as the first director of the Point Four Program, a technical assistance program for backward nations. While on a visit to Iran to discuss U.S. technical aid with Iranian officials, Dr. Bennett was killed, eight days after his 65th birthday, along with his wife and 20 members of his staff, in a plane crash near Tehran.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
U.S. negotiators at Panmunjom told the Communists that 37,000 South Koreans found among Communist prisoners of war would not be returned to North Korea in a prisoner exchange.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The Greek Parliament approved a constitutional amendment permitting suspension of the rights of assembly and association by the King with parliamentary approval.<br>
<br>
<b>Oil</b><br>
Following British rejection of the 10-day limit for ordering Iranian oil, Iran concluded an oil supply agreement with Czechoslovakia.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
U.S. President Truman referred the steel industry dispute to the Wage Stabilization Board, urging the United Steel Workers of America not to disrupt production.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">60 years ago<br>
1961</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)">The Twilight Zone</a></em>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Exit">Five Characters in Search of an Exit</a></em>, starring William Windom, Murray Matheson, Susan Harrison, Kelton Garwood, and Clark Allen<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Dick Elliott, 75</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Elliott">Mr. Elliott</a> was a character actor who appeared in more than 240 films, often as blustery characters, in a career spanning almost 30 years. He played Mayor Pike in 11 episodes of the first season of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show">The Andy Griffith Show</a></i> (1960-1961). Mr. Elliott died of cardiovacular disease on December 22, 1961.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">50 years ago<br>
1971</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Elena!<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">30 years ago<br />
1991</span><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1) <br />
<br />
Austria's Top 10 (<a href="https://austriancharts.at/charts/singles/22-12-1991">Ö3</a>)<br>
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (6th week at #1) <br>
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
3 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff <br>
4 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan <br>
5 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life--Monty Python <br>
6 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams <br>
7 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung <br>
8 Love to Hate You--Erasure <br>
9 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red <br>
10 I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Bitterblue</i> by Bonnie Tyler (#22); <i>Way of the World</i> by Tina Turner (#27); and <i>You</i> by Ten Sharp (#29). <br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br />
Armed opposition groups launched a military coup against Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia.<br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago <br>
1996</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Thug Devotion--Mo Thugs <br />
<br />
#1 single in Austria (<i>Ö3</i>): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (5th week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Scotland (OCC): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls <br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b> <br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Express_Flight_827">Airborne Express Flight 827</a>, a functional evaluation flight of an Airborne Express Douglas DC-8-63F that had undergone a major modification, en route from Greensboro, North Carolina, over New River Valley Airport in Pulaski County, Virginia, then to Beckley, West Virginia, followed by other way points in Kentucky and Virginia, and then back to Greensboro, stalled and crashed near Narrows, Virginia, killing all 6 people--3 crew and 3 passengers--aboard.<br>
<br>
<b>Hockey</b><br>
NHL<br>
<a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199612220STL.html">Los Angeles (12-19-4) 4 @ St. Louis (16-19-1) 7</a><br>
<br>
Brett Hull became the 24th player in National Hockey League history to score 500 career goals when he notched a hat trick for the Blues in their victory over the Kings at Kiel Center. He joined his father Bobby as the only father-son combination to score 500 goals apiece.<br>
<br>
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<br>
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Politics and government</strong><br />
Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, handed over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Terrorism</span><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_failed_shoe_bomb_attempt">American Airlines Flight 63</a>, a Boeing 767-300ER en route from Paris to Miami with 197 passengers and crew aboard, made an emergency landing in Boston after passengers subdued passenger Richard Reid, who was attempting to ignite the soles of his shoes, which were filled with explosives.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled against the federal government's attempt to establish a national securities regulator, holding that the federal government couldn't usurp the jurisdiction of provinces in the day-to-day aspect of professional licensing and policing. Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-52163083503208496862021-12-21T10:33:00.008-07:002022-04-08T13:35:11.657-06:00December 21, 2021<b>Born on this date</b><br />
Happy Birthday, Maria de los Milagros!<br />
<br />
<b>660 years ago<br>
1361</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Linuesa">Battle of Linuesa</a> was fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén, resulting in a Castilian victory.<br>
<br>
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Thomas Chipman McRae</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chipman_McRae">Mr. McRae</a>, a Democrat, was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1877-1879), and represented Arkansas' 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1885-1903). He was Governor of Arkansas (1921-1925), and was briefly special Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1925). Mr. McRae practiced law when he wasn't engaging in political activities, and died on June 2, 1929 at the age of 77.<br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a U.S. Navy Medal of Valor, was signed into law by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.<br>
<br>
<strong>130 years ago<br />
1891</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br />
John W. McCormack</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/John_William_McCormack">Mr. McCormack</a>, a Democrat, represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1928-1971. He was majority leader from 1939-1947, 1951-1953, and 1955-1961, minority leader from 1947-1949 and 1953-1955, and Speaker of the House from 1962-1971. Mr. McCormack opposed Communism and supported farm bills. He died on November 22, 1980 at the age of 88.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Charles Boucher de Boucherville, a Conservative, was sworn in as Premier of Québec for the second time, five days after Honoré Mercie had been removed from office by Lieutenant Governor Auguste-Réal Angers on corruption charges. Mr. Boucherville had previously been Premier from 1874-1878.<br>
<br>
<strong>Basketball</strong><br />
The first game of basketball was played at International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (today known as Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. A soccer ball was used, and peach baskets (with the bottoms intact) were nailed onto a 10-foot elevated track.<br />
<br />
<strong>125 years ago<br />
1896</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br>
Leroy Robertson</b>. U.S. composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Robertson">Dr. Robertson</a> taught at Brigham Young University (1925-1948) and the University of Utah (1948-1962). He wrote piano, organ, and string works, as well as Mormon hymns, and was best known for <i>Oratorio from the Book of Mormon</i> (1953). Mr. Robertson died on July 25, 1971 at the age of 74.<br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Josh Gibson</b>. U.S. baseball player. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gibson">Mr. Gibson</a> was a catcher in the Negro Leagues with the Homestead Grays (1930-1931, 1937-1939, 1942-1946) and Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932-1936), as well as the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo (1937) in the Dominican League, and Azules de Veracruz (1940-1941) in the Mexican League. He has been credited with approximately 800 career home runs, although Negro League statistics are difficult to quantify. Whatever his official statistics, Mr. Gibson was one of the best power hitters--if not the best--in baseball history. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1943, and died of a stroke on January 20, 1947, 31 days after his 35th birthday. Baseball lore has it that Mr. Gibson died of a broken heart because he was passed over in favour of Jackie Robinson when the major leagues finally decided to abandon the prohibition on signing Negro players. Mr. Gibson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972; he and Buck Leonard were the second and third Negro League players so honoured, one year after the induction of pitcher Satchel Paige.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b> <br>
U.S. President William Howard Taft delivered the final part of his four-part annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-17">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-17#part4">Part IV</a> dealt with the financial condition of the treasury, needed banking and currency reform, and departmental questions. <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
William Reid</b>. U.K. military aviator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Reid_(VC)">Flight Lieutenant Reid</a>, a native of Scotland, was a flying instructor and bomber pilot in World War II who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the night of November 3, 1943, when he completed a bombing run to Düsseldorf and returned to Syerston, Nottinghamshire despite heavy loss of blood from serious wounds, the death of his navigator, and serious wounds to his wireless engineer from attacks by Luftwaffe planes. After recovering from his wounds, Fl. Lt. Reid returned to action, but was taken prisoner in 1944 after bailing out over France when his plane was accidentally hit by a bomb dropped from above. He was demobilized in 1946, and worked as an agricultural adviser until his retirement in 1981. Fl. Lt. Reid died on November 28, 2001, 23 days before his 80th birthday. <br>
<br>
<strong>90 years ago<br />
1931</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date</b><br />
Happy Birthday, Juliette Richard!<br />
<br />
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em>Donald's Death</em><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
David Howard, 45</b>. U.S. film director. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Howard_(director)">Mr. Howard</a> directed 46 movies, mainly low-budget Westerns, from 1930 until his death. <br>
<br>
<b>Movies</b><br />
The U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures chose <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i> as the best Hollywood picture of 1941.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Thai Prime Minister Luang Bipul Songgram and Japanese Ambassador Teiji Tsubogami signed a 10-year military alliance pledging each country not to make a separate peace. The treaty was signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. The U.S. War Department reported that U.S. planes had bombed the Philippine islands of Luzon, Cebu, and Mindanao in the past 24 hours. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox claimed that U.S. Navy ships "have to the present time probably sunk or damaged at least 14 enemy submarines" in the Atlantic Ocean.<br />
<br />
<b>Education</b><br />
The American Council of Education recommended that the high school and college education of talented students be sped up to permit them to graduate from college at age 20 in order to meet the new military draft requirements.<br />
<br />
<b>Health</b><br />
Reports from Stockholm stated that an epidemic of typhus had broken out in Lithuania and other German-occupied territory in eastern Europe.<br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
NFL<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_NFL_Championship_Game">Championship</a> @ Wrigley Field, Chicago<br />
New York Giants 9 @ Chicago Bears 37<br />
<br />
The game was played just two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and only 13,341 fans showed up to see the Bears defeat the Giants to win their second straight NFL title. Field goals of 14, 39, and 37 yards by Chicago's Bob Snyder offset an unconverted New York touchdown on a 31-yard pass from Tuffy Leemans to George Franck, and the Bears led 9-6 at halftime. The Giants tied the game in the 3rd quarter on a 16-yard field goal by Ward Cuff, but the Bears put the game away with touchdown rushes of 2 and 7 yards by Norm Standlee--the first converted by Mr. Snyder, the second by Joe Maniaci--to lead 23-9 after 3 quarters. In the 4th quarter, George McAfee rushed 5 yards for a touchdown, and Lee Artoe's convert made the score 30-9. The final touchdown came on a 42-yard fumble return by Ken Kavanaugh. Ray "Scooter" McLean drop-kicked the convert for the game's final point. Mr. McLean's convert was the last successful drop kick in the NFL until a point after touchdown by Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots in January 2006.<br />
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<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids) (Best Seller--2nd week at #1); Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Airplay--9th week at #1); The Old Lamp-Lighter by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye (Vocal refrain by Billy Williams and Choir) (Juke Box--1st week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--1st week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce%2046-12-21%20(11)%20The%20Adventure%20Of%20The%20Grand%20Old%20Man.mp3">The Grand Old Man</a></em><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Eugene Talmadge, 62</b>. U.S. politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Talmadge">Mr. Talmadge</a>, a Democrat, was Governor of Georgia from 1933-1937 and 1941-1943; he was elected to a fourth term in November 1946, but died of hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver, caused by heavy drinking, before the January 1947 inauguration. Mr. Talmadge was known for his opposition to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal economic policies, and for civil rights for Negroes; his third term included the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocking_affair">dismissal of University of Georgia Dean Walter Cocking</a> and others at the university who supported bringing white and Negro students together in the classroom. Mr. Talmadge was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Governors_Controversy">succeeded after his death</a> by his son Herman, who served for just two months before yielding to a court ruling in favour of Melvin Thompson, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor in November 1946.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
In accordance with the December 9 United Nations decision on Spain, the United Kingdom recalled her Amabassador to Spain, Sir Victor Mallet.<br />
<br />
The Arab Higher Executive Committee announced that Palestinian Arabs would refuse to pay taxes if the money was used to support Jewish immigration.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The Bavarian State Assembly elected Christian Social Unionist Hans Ehard as Minister President of Bavaria.<br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
The U.S. War Department Advisory Committee on Military Justice issued a report detailing seven basic defects in the Army court martial system, including domination of courts by commanders, and excessive sentences. Among the changes recommended was inclusion of enlisted men on courts martial.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The government of Quebec reorganized the province's <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/825.html">Dairy Industry Commission</a>, following the resignation of its president, Jules Côté. The commission, created in 1934, was used to set the price of milk in the cities.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br />
Mexican President Miguel Aleman supported the state oil agency in dismissing 50 leaders of the national oil workers' union for a December 19 strike.<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
An 8.1 Mw <a href="https://infogalactic.com/info/1946_Nankai_earthquake">earthquake</a> and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan killed over 1,300 people and destroyed over 38,000 homes.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br>
1951</span><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Elma Wischmeier, 52</b>. U.S. accident victim. <a href="https://newspaperarchive.com/lowell-sun-dec-22-1951-p-23/">Miss Wischmeier</a> was struck in Cleveland by a tractor-trailer, becoming the U.S.A.'s one millionth automobile fatality.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
British authorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Suez Canal trouble centre of Ismalia.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The U.S.A., U.K., France, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, New Zealand, China, Brazil, and South Africa repudiated World War II peace treaty limitations on the size and type of Italian armed forces.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee rejected a Soviet-sponsored resolution asking the United States to revoke its Mutual Security Act for allegedly providing aid to anti-Communist movements in Eastern Europe.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin) demanded that all federal employees in "sensitive" positions, as well as applicants for federal employment, be requied to take lie detector tests to determine their loyalty.<br>
<br>
<b>Education</b><br>
The New York State Board of Regents voted to establish a three-man commission to check for subversive material in public school textbooks.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Michigan appealed for federal aid to help ease unemployment, particularly in the Detroit area.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
119 miners were killed in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frankfort,_Illinois#1951_coal_mine_explosion">explosion</a> in the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort, Illinois, one of the world's largest coal mines. <br>
<br>
<b>Football</b><br>
NFL<br>
A <i>United Press</i> panel selected Cleveland Browns' quarterback Otto Graham as the National Football League's best player for 1951. He completed 147 of 265 passes for 2,205 yards with 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in leading the Browns to an 11-1 record and their second straight American Conference title.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Moon River--Jerry Butler <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Retailer</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series)">The Untouchables</a></i>, starring Robert Stack, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0737755/">Hammerlock</a></i> <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Akropolis adieu--Mireille Mathieu <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Charlie Fuqua, 61</b>. U.S. singer. Mr. Fuqua was a founding member of the singing group the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ink_Spots">Ink Spots</a> in 1934. In 1952, he left the group and formed the first of several spinoff groups performing and recording under the Ink Spots name. As a member of the original group, he was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The United Nations Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as UN Secretary-General.<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
New Zealand Railways (NZR) launched the twice-daily <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/full-steam-ahead-kingston-flyer">Kingston Flyer</a>, a new tourist-oriented steam passenger venture in the South Island.<br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Down Under--Men at Work <br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Sailor Fuku to Kikanjū--Hiroko Yakushimaru <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (13th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Polonäse Blankenese--Gottlieb Wendehals (a.k.a. Werner Böhm) (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br>
1991</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Australian Music Report</i>): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (SNEP): Qui a le droit...--Patrick Bruel (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives--Queen <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1991/week-51">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Kon Ik Maar Even Bij Je Zijn--Gordon (4th week at #1) <br>
2 I Love Your Smile--Shanice <br>
3 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
4 Smells Like Teen Spirit--Nirvana <br>
5 Roodkapje--Pater Moeskroen <br>
6 Go--Moby <br>
7 The Show Must Go On--Queen <br>
8 Mysterious Ways--U2 <br>
9 Over and Over Again--Robby Valentine <br>
10 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>When a Man Loves a Woman</i> by Michael Bolton (#28); <i>Keepin' the Faith</i> by De La Soul (#30); <i>The Unforgiven</i> by Metallica (#34); and <i>2 Legit 2 Quit</i> by Hammer (#39). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1991-12-21">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1) <br />
2 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men <br>
3 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd <br />
4 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn <br>
5 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton <br>
6 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey <br>
7 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul <br>
8 Finally--CeCe Peniston <br />
9 2 Legit 2 Quit--MC Hammer<br />
10 Wildside--Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch<br>
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>I'm Too Sexy</em> by Right Said Fred (#67); <i>To Be with You</i> by Mr. Big (#82); <i>I'll Get By</i> by Eddie Money (#85); <i>Every Road Leads Back to You</i> by Bette Midler (#86); <em>There Will Never be Another Tonight</em> by Bryan Adams (#87); <i>Give it Away</i> by Red Hot Chili Peppers (#93); and <i>Live and Let Die</i> by Guns N' Roses (#95). <br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19911221.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson<br />
3 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd<br />
4 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey<br />
5 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn<br />
6 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
7 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br />
8 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br />
9 Street of Dreams--Nia Peeples<br />
10 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart <br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>There Will Never be Another Tonight</em> by Bryan Adams (#64); <i>Live and Let Die</i> by Guns N' Roses (#77); <em>I'm Too Sexy</em> by Right Said Fred (#78); <i>Keep it Comin'</i> by Keith Sweat (#79); <i>I Wanna Be Your Girl</i> by Icy Blu (#86); <em>She Ain't Pretty</em> by the Northern Pikes (#87); <em>Stars</em> by Simply Red (#88); and <i>Move Any Mountain (Progen 91)</i> by Shamen (#89).<br />
<br />
Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.2025.pdf">RPM</a></span>)<br />
1 No Son of Mine--Genesis (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson<br />
3 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart<br />
4 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton<br />
5 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
6 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane <br />
7 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br />
8 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant<br />
9 Mysterious Ways--U2<br />
10 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn <br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me</em> by George Michael/Elton John (#49); <em>Daniel</em> by Wilson Phillips (#87); <em>Diamonds & Pearls</em> by the Police (#89); <em>Dreams to Dream</em> by Linda Ronstadt (#90); <em>Celebrate</em> by Infidels (#91); and <em>Caribbean Blue</em> by Enya (#94). <em>Dreams to Dream</em> was from the movie <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tail:_Fievel_Goes_West">An American Tail: Fievel Goes West</a></em> (1991).<br />
<br />
<strong>World events</strong><br />
The <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813056.html">Commonwealth of Independent States</a> was formed, consisting of Russia; Belarus; Ukraine; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgystan; Moldova; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; and Uzbekistan. The parliament of Azerbaijan didn't ratify the treaty creating the CIS until 1993.<br />
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<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (8th week at #1)<br />
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#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (5th week at #1) <br />
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#1 single in Flanders (VRT): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (2nd week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (8th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (9th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Gabbertje--Hakkûhbar (3rd week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): A Different Beat--Boyzone <br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-12-21">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 I Believe I Can Fly--R. Kelly <br>
3 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) <br>
4 Don't Let Go (Love)--En Vogue <br>
5 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage <br>
6 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge <br />
7 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion <br>
8 I Finally Found Someone--Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams <br>
9 Pony--Ginuwine <br />
10 I'm Still in Love with You--New Edition<br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Fly Like an Eagle</i> by Seal (#17); <i>Space Jam</i> by Quad City DJ's (#67); <i>Desperately Wanting</i> by Better than Ezra (#70); <i>Macarena Christmas</i> by Los Del Rio (#83); <i>I Can Make it Better</i> by Luther Vandross (#90); and <i>Naked Eye</i> by Luscious Jackson (#96). <i>Fly Like an Eagle</i> and <i>Space Jam</i> were from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Jam">Space Jam</a></i> (1996). <br>
<br>
<b>Scandal</b><br>
After two years of denials, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich (Republican--Georgia) admitted violating House ethics rules.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Ramon Puerta was installed as acting President of Argentina, the day after the resignation of Fernando de la Rua.<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Diplomacy</span><br />
India recalled its ambassador to Pakistan and cut off transportation ties to Pakistan, eight days after a five-man terrorist attack on India's Parliament House in New Delhi had left 12 people dead.<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Transportation</span><br />
The world's fastest roller coaster, the <span style="font-style:italic;">Dodonpa</span>, with speeds up to 100 miles per hour, opened in Japan.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-62198375588034285072021-12-20T20:05:00.015-07:002022-02-26T18:20:39.722-07:00December 20, 2021<b>180 years ago<br />
1841</b><br />
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<b>Born on this date<br />
Ferdinand Buisson</b>. French politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Buisson">Mr. Buisson</a> was a member of the Radical-Socialist party who was president of the French Human Rights League from 1913-1926. He and Ludwig Quidde of Germany shared the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize "[for] contributions to Franco-German popular reconciliation." Mr. Buisson died on February 16, 1932 at the age of 90.<br />
<br />
<b>160 years ago <br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Ferdinand Bonn</b>. German actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Bonn">Mr. Bonn</a> began his career on stage in 1885, and in 1905 founded Ferdinand Bonn's Berlin Theater, which collapsed after just two years. He frequently played detectives, including Sherlock Holmes in several plays. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Bonn">Mr. Bonn</a> appeared in 80 films from 1912-1932, and died on September 24, 1933 at the age of 71. <br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The British War Office ordered 18 transport ships loaded with men, arms and supplies to Canada. 16 batteries of Royal Artillery were earmarked, with 4 companies of Royal Engineers and 11 battalions of infantry, for a total of over 11,000 men. 50,000 rifles and 2¼ million rounds of ammunition were also sent for the defense of Canada in case the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair">Trent Affair</a>" was not settled without war.<br>
<br>
<b>150 years ago<br>
1871</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Henry Kimball Hadley</b>. U.S. composer and conductor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kimball_Hadley">Mr. Hadley</a> conducted various orchestras, and was the first conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. In 1933 he founded the National Association for American Composers and Conductors, and a year later, founded the summer festival known today as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglewood">Tanglewood</a>. Mr. Hadley wrote five symphonies, five operas, as well as symphonic poems, and numerous choral, orchestral, and chamber works. He conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for the soundtrack of the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_(1926_film)">Don Juan</a></i> (1926--the first motion picture with synchronized sound--and composed the first original motion picture score, for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves">When a Man Loves</a></i> (1927). Mr. Hadley was one of the most-performed composers of his time, but has largely been forgotten since his death after a long battle with cancer on September 6, 1937 at the age of 65.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Edward Blake was sworn in as Premier of Ontario, beginning 34 straight years of Liberal rule in the province. He replaced Liberal-Conservative John Sandfield Macdonald, who was gravely ill and had resigned after an inconclusive election that was followed by the desertion of a few coalition Reformers. <br>
<br>
<b>140 years ago<br>
1881</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Branch Rickey, 83</b>. U.S. baseball player, manager, and executive. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Rickey">Mr. Rickey</a>, nicknamed "The Mahatma," was a catcher with the St. Louis Browns (1905-1906, 1914) and New York Highlanders (1907), batting .239 with 3 home runs and 39 runs batted in in 120 games. He managed the Browns from 1913-1915 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1919-1925, compiling a record of 597-664-16. Mr. Rickey was also the Browns' general manager from 1913-1915 and 1919 before moving to the Cardinals, holding the same position from 1919-1942. With the Cardinals, Mr. Rickey developed the idea of a farm system of minor league teams feeding the major league club; the Cardinals won six pennants under his leadership, and World Series championships in 1926, 1931, 1934, and 1942. Mr. Rickey then moved on to the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming part-owner and putting together the team that won National League pennants in 1947 and 1949, before selling his share of the club in 1950. His most famous act was signing Jackie Robinson, who, in 1947, became the first Negro player in modern major league baseball. Mr. Rickey served as president of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1950-1955, but had no success at all. He came out of retirement to rejoin the Cardinals as an executive after the 1962 season, and the team won the World Series in 1964. Mr. Rickey died on December 9, 1965, 26 days after suffering a stroke while delivering a speech in Columbia, Missouri, and 11 days before his 84th birthday. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. <br />
<br />
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Erik Almlöf</b>. Swedish athlete. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Almlöf">Mr. Almlöf</a> specialized in the triple jump, winning bronze medals at the 1912 Olympic Games in Oslo and the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Almlöf">He</a> had a business career divided between Sweden and the United States, and died in Pennsylvania on January 18, 1971, 29 days after his 79th birthday. <br>
<br>
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Robert Van de Graaff, 65</b>. U.S. engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Van_de_Graaff">Mr. Van de Graaff</a> was known for the design and construction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_de_Graaff_generator">Van de Graaff generators</a>. He died on January 16, 1967, 27 days after his 65th birthday.<br />
<br />
<b>Communications</b><br>
Canadian Finance Minister William Fielding assured Guglielmo Marconi of a warm welcome in Nova Scotia to continue his experiments in wireless telegraphy, and offered Canadian government assistance. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company, with its underseas cable to Europe, had a monopoly in Newfoundland, and threatened to sue Mr. Marconi, who then set up shop in Cape Breton. <br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Hortense Calisher</b>. U.S. authoress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortense_Calisher">Miss Calisher</a> was a New York feminist who wrote more than 20 novels and collections of short stories, and was nominated three times for the National Book Award. She died on January 13, 2009, 24 days after her 97th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b> <br>
U.S. President William Howard Taft delivered the third part of his four-part annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-17">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-17#part3">Part III</a> dealt with the tariff on wool. <br>
<br>
<b>Energy</b><br>
The Albert County natural gas pipeline from Stoney Creek, New Brunswick commenced service to Moncton, although a temporary disruption occurred when a gas explosion on Main Street destroyed four buildings.<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
Alberta adopted its Highways Act. <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Julius Richard Petri, 69</b>. German physician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Richard_Petri">Dr. Petri</a> was a hospital and military physician who was assisting bacteriologist Robert Koch at the Imperial Health Office in Berlin (1877-1879) when he invented the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petri_dish">Petri dish</a>, a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Elmer's Tune--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (Vocal refrain by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires) <br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
A Soviet communique reported the recapture of Volololamsk on the central front and Voibokala on the northern front. Japanese troops landed from four transports at Davao on the Philippine island of Mindanao, 60 miles southeast of Manila; heavy fighting was reported. The 1st <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Volunteer_Group">American Volunteer Group</a> of the Chinese Air Force, better known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tigers">Flying Tigers</a>," saw their first action in Kunming, China, when aircraft of the 1st and 2nd squadrons intercepted 10 unescorted Kawasaki Ki-48 "Lily" bombers of the 21st Hikōtai attacking Kunming. The bombers jettisoned their loads before reaching Kunming. Three of the Japanese bombers were shot down near Kunming and a fourth was damaged so severely that it crashed before returning to its airfield at Hanoi. Two American tankers were attacked by submarines off the Pacific coast of the United States; one ship escaped, but the 6,912-ton <i>Emidio</i> was abandoned off Cape Mendocino after being shelled and torpedoed. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Admiral Ernest King, current commander of the Atlantic Fleet, as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Fleet. The Cuban government ordered the internment of all Japanese in Cuba.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
Scores of welders went on strike in shipyards and defense plants in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas in protest against alleged American Federation of Labor discrimination.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
French forces recaptured parts of Hanoi that had been seized the day before by Vietnamese nationalists, who took refuge west of the city near Ha Dong.<br />
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British authorities in Hamburg ordered immediate trials for 27,000 members of the SS and other Nazi organizations condemned for war crimes at Nuremberg.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br />
Soviet occupation authorities ordered a U.S. courier ship out of the Manchurian port of Dairen after a two-day stay, creating an international incident.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
Commanding general of U.S. ground forces General Jacob Devers announced plans for an increase in the size and firepower of fighting units to meet the requirements of the "atomic age."<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The United Kingdom offered Burma independence on the same terms extended to India, and invited a Burmese delegation to London for negotiations.<br />
<br />
<b>Boxing</b><br />
Sugar Ray Robinson (74-1-1) won a 15-round unanimous decision over Tommy Bell (39-11-2) before 15,670 fans at Madison Square Garden in New York to win the National Boxing Association and New York State Athletic Commission world welterweight titles, which had been vacant since the retirement of Marty Servo three months earlier.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br />
1951</b><br />
<br />
<b>At the movies</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman_(1951_film)">Death of a Salesman</a></i>, directed by László Benedek, and starring Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, and Cameron Mitchell, opened in theatres.<br>
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<b>Theatre</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra">Antony and Cleopatra</a></i> by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Michael Benthall, and starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, <a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/antony-and-cleopatra-2163">opened</a> at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway in New York. It ran in repertory with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_and_Cleopatra_(play)">Caesar and Cleopatra</a></i>, which had opened the previous night.<br>
<br>
<b>Mexicana</b><br>
Following Senate approval, Baja California became Mexico's 29th state.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The United Nations General Assembly chose Greece to succeed Yugoslavia on the Security Council despite the Soviet bloc's contention that an Eastern European country was entitled to the seat under an informal agreement dating from 1945.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The U.S. Selective Service headquarters announced that 300,000 4-Fs rejected for mental reasons would be reexamined for possible induction under reduced admission standards.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
<i>The New York Times</i> reported that four U.S. federal agencies--the Central Intelligence Agency, Atomic Energy Commission, and State and Defense Departments)--were using lie detectors as part of their security programs.<br>
<br>
<b>Energy</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I">Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR)-I</a> in Arco, Idaho became the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br />
1961</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Earle Page, 81</b>. Prime Minister of Australia, 1939. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page">Sir Earle</a>, a physician by trade, represented Cowper in the Australian Parliament (1919-1961). He joined the Country Party in 1920, and led it from 1921-1939. Sir Earle held various cabinet posts including Treasurer (1923-1929); Minister for Commerce (1932-1939, 1940-1941); and Minister for Health (1937-1938, 1949-1956). He was Prime Minister from April 7-26, 1939, between the death in office of Joseph Lyons and the election of Robert Menzies as leader of the United Australia Party and Prime Minister in the UAP-Country coalition. Sir Earle refused to serve in Mr. Menzies' cabinet and withdrew the Country Party from the coalition, which led to his resignation as party leader in September 1939. Sir Earle was suffering from lung cancer in 1961, but still campaigned for re-election in Cowper. He went into a coma several days before the December 9 election and was defeated, four days before the 42nd anniversary of his assumption of his seat. Sir Earle never regained consciousness.<br />
<br />
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Maggie May--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Midōsuji--Ouyang Fei Fei (7th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (9th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">At the movies</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude">Harold and Maude</a></span>, directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort, opened in theatres.<br />
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<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Roy Disney, 78</b>. U.S. motion picture executive. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_O._Disney">Mr. Disney</a> was the older brother of motion picture producer Walt Disney, and the two co-founded Walt Disney Productions. While Walt was the creative genius of the company, Roy looked after the financial interests of the studio. Roy Disney retired shortly after the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The international aid organization <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Médecins_Sans_Frontières">Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)</a> was founded in Paris by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Pakistani Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took office as President and martial law administrator, returning the nation to civilian rule for the first time since 1958. His predecessor, Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan, was forced to resign following Pakistan's defeat by India in the recent war.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
U.S. President Richard Nixon announced that the 10% surcharge on goods imported into the United States had been terminated.<br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): How Great Thou Art--Howard Morrison <br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland: Physical--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Dimitris Rontiris, 82</b>. Greek theatre director. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Rontiris">Mr. Rontiris</a> was an actor before becoming a director. He was appointed director of the Royal Theatre in Athens in 1933, directed the National Theatre of Greece (1946-1950, 1953-1955), and founded the Piraeus Theatre (1957). <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Δημήτρης_Ροντήρης">Mr. Rontiris</a> directed 11 plays by William Shakespeare, classical tragedies, and modern works.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-12-20.pdf">Radio & Records</a></i>)<br>
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)<br>
2 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd<br>
3 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey<br>
4 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men<br>
5 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br>
6 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br>
7 Wildside--Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch<br>
8 Finally--Ce Ce Peniston<br>
9 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart<br>
10 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>I Love Your Smile</i> by Shanice (#22); <i>Save Up All Your Tears</i> by Cher (#23); <i>I Can't Make You Love Me</i> by Bonnie Raitt (#30); <i>Addams Groove</i> by MC Hammer (#31); <i>Keep it Comin'</i> by Keith Sweat (#35); <i>I'll Get By</i> by Eddie Money (#37); and <i>There Will Never be Another Tonight</i> by Bryan Adams (#40). <br>
<br>
<strong>Edmontonia</strong><br />
A year after it had closed, the Garneau Theatre reopened as a second-run movie theatre. The theatre, located at 8712 109 St., was built in 1940.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br>
The U.S. Navy announced plans to close its Argentia, Newfoundland base in 1994; 500 personnel would leave what was once the largest U.S. base on foreign soil.<br>
<br>
<b>Abominations</b><br />
A Missouri court sentenced Palestinian terrorist Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the "honour killing" of their daughter Palestina.<br />
<br />
<b>Hockey</b><br>
NHL<br>
National Hockey League governors granted membership to the new Ottawa and Tampa Bay teams; the Ottawa group was led by real estate investor Bruce Firestone.<br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b> <br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls <br>
<br>
<b>At the movies</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fellow_Americans">My Fellow Americans</a></i>, directed by Peter Segal, and starring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, and Dan Aykroyd, opened in theatres.<br>
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<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Carl Sagan, 62</b>. U.S. astronomer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan">Dr. Sagan</a> was known within science for his research into planetary atmospheres, especially that of Venus, but was best known as a popularizer of astronomy and science. He wrote and hosted the PBS documentary series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage">Cosmos: A Personal Voyage</a></i> (1980). Dr. Sagan promoted investigation of unidentified flying objects, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), and nuclear disarmament. He died of pneumonia after a battle with cancer.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">10 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Léopold Sédar Senghor, 95</b>. 1st President of Senegal, 1960-1980. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor">Professor Senghor</a> was a poet and linguistics professor who was the major theoretician of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Négritude">Négritude</a>, aimed at raising and cultivating "Black consciousness" across Africa and its diaspora; unlike many of its proponents, <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léopold_Sédar_Senghor">Prof. Senghor</a> was not a Marxist. He served with the French Colonial Army in World War II, and survived internment in a German prison camp. Prof. Senghor co-founded the Bloc démocratique sénégalais (Senegalese Democratic Bloc) in 1948, and held various offices until taking office as President upon Senegal's independence from France in 1960. He wrote the Senegalese national anthem, and adopted a three-party system--socialist, Communist, and liberal--for the country. Prof. Senghor also served as Senegal's Foreign Minister, and unlike the leaders of most post-colonial African regimes, maintained close relations with France. He retired on December 31, 1980, and was succeeded by Prime Minister Abdou Diouf. Prof. Senghor was a member of the Académie française from 1983 until his death.<br>
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<b>Foster Brooks, 89</b>. U.S. comedian. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Brooks">Mr. Brooks</a> was best known for playing the character of a "Loveable Lush" in nightclub and television appearances in the 1960s and '70s. He frequently appeared on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show">The Dean Martin Show</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Celebrity_Roast">The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast</a></i>, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for the former in 1974. Mr. Brooks died of heart failure.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Fernando de la Rua resigned as President of Argentina amidst several days of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2001_riots_in_Argentina">rioting</a> throughout the nation.<br>
<br>
<b>Law</b><br>
The Quebec provincial government announced that motorists would be allowed to turn right at most red lights, starting August 18, 2002, with the island of Montreal excepted. Quebec and New York City were the last North American jurisdictions to ban such turns. <br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Barry Reckord, 85</b>. Jamaican playwright. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Reckord">Mr. Reckford</a> was one of the first Caribbean writers to achieve success in Britain, where he spent most of his adult life. His plays included <i>Della</i> (1953); <i>You in Your Small Corner</i> (1961); and <i>Skyvers</i> (1963). Mr. Reckford often worked with his younger brother Lloyd, an actor and director. Barry Reckford spent his last years back in Jamaica, where he died after years of declining health.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-40524163047497712021-12-20T06:03:00.011-07:002023-02-28T03:44:54.516-07:00December 19, 2021<b>1,620 years ago <br>
401</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Anastasius I</b>. Roman Catholic Pope, 399-401. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_I">Anastasius I</a>, born Anastasio de Massimi, was from a noble Roman family, and succeeded Siricius as Bishop of Rome. He was best known for his condemnation of the writings of the Alexandrian heretic Origen. <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Anastasio_I">Pope Anastasius I</a> was succeeded by his son Innocent I. <br>
<br>
<b>280 years ago<br>
1741</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Vitus Bering, 60</b>. Danish explorer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering">Commander Bering</a> was a cartographer served in the Russian Navy and led the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kamchatka_Expedition">First Kamchatka Expedition</a> (1725-1731), which explored the Asian Pacific Coast, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Expedition">Great Northern Expedition</a> (1733-1743), which explored the Arctic coast of Siberia and parts of the North American coastline. He died of scurvy on an uninhabited island, later named in his honour, near the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Bering Strait and Bering Sea are among the things named in <a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitus_Bering">Commander Bering</a>'s honour.<br>
<br>
<b>225 years ago<br>
1796</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_19_December_1796">engaged in battle off the coast of Murcia</a>. One Spanish frigate was captured and another damaged before Spanish reinforcements drove the British off and recaptured the lost ship.<br>
<br>
<b>175 years ago<br />
1846</b><br />
<br />
<b>Communications</b><br />
The mayors of Toronto and Hamilton exchanged greetings to open Canada's first telegraph service; the line ran between Toronto and Hamilton over lines of the Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara and St. Catharines Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company, founded October 22, 1846. The first message was from Hamilton: “Well, advise Mr. Gamble (the President of the company) that Mr. Dawson will speak to him at half-past one.”<br />
<br />
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
J.M.W. Turner, 76</b>. U.K. artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a> was known for his landscapes and seascapes, many of the latter showing the violence of nature. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper. Mr. Turner died of cholera after years of declining health.<br>
<br>
<strong>130 years ago<br />
1891</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br />
Edward Bernard Raczyński</b>. 4th President-in-exile of Poland, 1979-1986. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernard_Raczyński">Count Raczyński</a> was a career diplomat who fled to the United Kingdom early in World War II, and held various positions in the government-in-exile before assuming the presidency at the age of 87. He resigned seven years later, and died in London at the age of 101 on July 30, 1993.<br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
CRU<br>
The Canadian Rugby Union was founded.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Oliver La Farge</b>. U.S. anthropologist and author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_La_Farge">Mr. La Farge</a> explored Olmec sites in Mexico in 1925 and Native American sites in New Mexico after moving there in 1933. He wrote fiction and non-fiction, often about Native American culture. Mr. La Farge's novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Boy_(novel)">Laughing Boy</a></i> (1929), about a Navajo's difficulties in attempting to reconcile his culture with that of the United States, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Mr. La Farge died on August 2, 1963 at the age of 61.<br>
<br>
<b>Rudolf Hell</b>. German engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hell">Dr. Hell</a> demonstrated a photo-electric image splitting tube for television in 1925 that worked in principle but was useless for practical use. In 1929, he founded his own company and received a patent for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellschreiber">Hellschreiber</a>, an early forerunner to impact dot matrix printers and faxes. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hell">Dr. Hell</a> developed a new type of Morse code machine in 1931, and in 1951 invented a printing machine known as the Klischograph. In 1963, he introduced a scanner called the Chromograph, and in 1965 he introduced the Digiset, a digital typesetting machine. Dr. Hell retired in 1972, and died on March 11, 2002 at the age of 100.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The Conseil fédéré des métiers (Federation of Trades Council) (CFM) announced that it would support a list of <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/19.html">candidates for the municipal elections</a> to be held in Montreal on February 1, 1902. <br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Skiing</b><br>
The Edmonton Ski Club was founded. <br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
John Kelburne Lawson, 54</b>. Canadian military officer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Lawson">Brigadier Lawson</a> was commander of the West Brigade on the island of Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion; with his headquarters surrounded, he went out to meet the enemy with a pistol, and was fatally shot eight days before his 55th birthday, becoming the highest-ranking Canadian soldier killed during World War II.<br />
<br />
<b>John Robert Osborn, 42</b>. U.K.-born Canadian soldier. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Osborn">Company Sergeant Major Osborn</a> of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, leading a bayonet charge against the Japanese on Mount Butler, Hong Kong, threw himself on a Japanese grenade to save his comrades' lives, two weeks before his 43rd birthday; he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, becoming the first Canadian so honoured during World War II.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Nicaragua declared war on Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler appointed himself as head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberkommando_des_Heeres">Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)</a>, the Supreme High Command of the Wehrmacht; he replaced Feldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. The U.K. battleships HMS <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(1913)">Queen Elizabeth</a></i> and HMS <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Valiant_(1914)">Valiant</a></i>, moored in the harbour at Alexandria, Egypt, were severely damaged by the detonation of limpet mines that had been attached to their hulls the previous day by Italian "human torpedoes" who had been launched from a submarine that had penetrated the harbour. In New Zealand’s worst naval tragedy, the Royal Navy cruiser HMS <i><a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/hms-neptune-lost-mediterranean">Neptune</a></i> struck enemy mines and sank off Libya; of the 764 men who lost their lives, 150 were New Zealanders. The British command announced that the Derma airport, 170 miles inside Libya, had been captured the previous day. British forces abandoned their base on Penang Island as Japanese forces pressed forward. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar demanded that the U.K. and Netherlands withdraw their occupation forces from Portuguese Timor immediately. The entire Philippine Army was inducted into the U.S. Far Eastern Army under Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur. Both houses of the United States Congress quickly passed a conference-approved draft bill requiring all men aged 18-64 to register, and making those aged 20-44 subject to military service. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Communist Party USA and the German-American Bund to register with the Justice Department as agents of foreign governments.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Cuban President Fulgencio Batista signed a congressional resolution declaring a state of national emergency and granting him special war powers.<br />
<br />
<b>Boxing</b><br />
National Boxing Association world champion Sammy Angott (65-16-5) won a 15-round unanimous decision over New York State Athletic Commission world champion Lew Jenkins (50-19-5) at Madison Square Garden in New York to win the undisputed world lightweight title.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>At the movies</b><br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Wonderful_Life">It's A Wonderful Life</a></i>, directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, received a preview screening for charity at the Globe Theatre in New York City, a day before its official premiere.<br />
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<br>
<b>War</b><br />
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War">First Indochina War</a> began when Vietnamese nationalists led by Ho Chi Minh attacked French districts in Hanoi and seized French civilians as hostages.<br />
<br />
The U.S.S.R. signed a pact with the U.S.A. to repatriate Japanese prisoners now in Soviet-held areas at the rate of 50,000 per month.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Ricardo Guardo and Silvio Pontieri resigned as President and Vice President, respectively, of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.<br />
<br />
<b>Society</b><br />
U.S. President Harry Truman announced that he was not satisfied with the execution of his December 1945 directive on refugee immigration, and set aside four ships to transport refugees to the United States.<br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
A U.S. federal grand jury in Atlanta ended a three-week inquiry into the July 25, 1946 murder of four Negroes without being able to identify any of the guilty parties.<br />
<br />
<b>Scandal</b><br />
In the final session of a U.S. Senate investigation of his conduct, Sen. Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) testified for six hours, and denied all charges of accepting bribes and other wrongdoing.<br />
<br />
<b>Archaeology</b><br />
Roland Collier of the Chicago Natural History Museum announced that relics of eight separate Indian civilizations, the oldest dating back almost 2,000 years, had been discovered in the Viru Valley in Peru.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The U.K. National Coal Board ordered a five-day week for workers in state owned mines, beginning May 5, 1947.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>Theatre</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_and_Cleopatra_(play)">Caesar and Cleopatra</a></i> by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Michael Benthall, and starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, <a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/caesar-and-cleopatra-1985">opened</a> at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway in New York. It ran in repertory with <a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/antony-and-cleopatra-2163"><i>Antony and Cleopatra</i></a>, which opened the following night.<br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date <br>
Barton Yarborough, 51</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Yarborough">Mr. Yarborough</a> was known for his work in radio, playing Clifford Barbour in the soap opera <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Man%27s_Family">One Man's Family</a> (1932-1951), and playing Doc Long in the adventure series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_a_Mystery">I Love a Mystery</a></i> (1939-1944); he also played the latter character in three movies. Mr. Yarborough played Ben Romero in the radio (1949-1951) and television (1951) series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(franchise)">Dragnet</a></i>. He died four days after suffering a heart attack, which occurred the day after the conclusion of filming of the second episode of the <i>Dragnet</i> television series; his death occurred three days after the first episode was broadcast. <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
White House Press Secretary Joseph Short charged that the Communist list of United Nations prisoners in Korea was incomplete and inaccurate, pointing out that the UN command listed 70,000 men as missing in action who were not on the list.<br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br>
The Soviet news agency <i>Tass</i> charged that two U.S.-trained spies parachuted into the Moldavian Soviet Republic from an American plane the previous summer had later been captured and executed.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee approved the creation of a Disarmament Commission under the Security Council to work for the "balanced reduction of armed forces and armaments."<br>
<br>
<b>South Americana</b><br>
Colombian President Roberto Urdaneta Arbelas signed a bill establishing Cordoba as the country's 16th department.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
New York U.S. Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan found convicted Communist Party U.S.A. general secretary Gus Hall guilty of criminal contempt of court for fleeing the country to avoid serving a five-year prison term for conspiracy.<br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br>
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman James Mead ordered a crackdown on the "great wave of mergers" which, he charged, violated anti-monopoly regulations.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart--Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Orchestra (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i>, on NBC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508340/">The Right Kind of Medicine</a></i>, starring Robert Redford, Russell Collins, and Joby Baker<br>
<br>
<b>Indianica</b><br>
India annexed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman_and_Diu">Daman and Diu</a>, part of Portuguese India.<br>
<br>
<b>Communications</b><br>
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker spoke to Queen Elizabeth II by the new CANTAT cable, carrying voice, picture, and teletype message. It was the first link in the new round-the-world Commonwealth communications system. <br>
<br>
<b>Boxing</b><br>
Cleveland Williams (55-5-1) knocked out Jim Wiley (7-16-3) just 55 seconds into the 1st round of a heavyweight bout at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston.<br>
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<br>
<strong>50 years ago<br />
1971</strong><br />
<br />
<b>On television tonight</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Waltons_episodes#Pilot_(1971)">The Homecoming: A Christmas Story</a></i>, on CBS<br>
<br>
This made-for-television movie achieved good ratings and inspired the series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons">The Waltons</a></i>.<br>
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<br>
<strong>Hockey</strong><br />
NHL<br />
<a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/197112190PHI.html">Toronto (15-9-8) 4 @ Philadelphia (10-16-5) 0</a><br />
<br />
Guy Trottier scored the first and last goals and Jacques Plante made 25 saves to get the shutout in goal for the Maple Leafs as they shut out the Flyers at the Spectrum in the Sunday night broadcast on CBC radio.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Cleveland (9-5) 21 @ Washington (9-4-1) 13 <br>
San Diego (6-8) 33 @ Houston (4-9-1) 49 <br>
Buffalo (1-13) 9 @ Kansas City (10-3-1) 22 <br>
Cincinnati (4-10) 21 @ New York Jets (6-8) 35 <br>
Denver (4-9-1) 13 @ Oakland (8-4-2) 21 <br>
Green Bay (4-8-2) 6 @ Miami (10-3-1) 27 <br>
Philadelphia (5-8-1) 41 @ New York Giants (4-10) 28 <br>
Detroit (7-6-1) 27 @ San Francisco (9-5) 31 <br>
Los Angeles (8-5-1) 23 @ Pittsburgh (6-8) 14 <br>
Minnesota (11-3) 27 @ Chicago (6-8) 10 <br>
Atlanta (7-6-1) 24 @ New Orleans (4-8-2) 14 <br>
New England (6-8) 21 @ Baltimore (10-4) 17 <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago<br>
1981</b><br>
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span><br />
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Cicale--Heather Parisi (2nd week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Pretend--Alvin Stardust (2nd week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland: Don't You Want Me--The Human League <br />
<br />
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Don't You Want Me--The Human League <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Don't You Want Me--The Human League (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1981/week-51">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
2 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie <br>
3 Annie--Miggy <br>
4 Wünderbar--Tenpole Tudor <br>
5 One of Us--ABBA <br>
6 Let's Start II Dance Again--Bohannon <br>
7 It's Raining--Shakin' Stevens <br>
8 Pretend--Alvin Stardust <br>
9 Should I Do It--Pointer Sisters <br>
10 I Go to Sleep--Pretenders <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Daddy's Home</i> by Cliff Richard (#28); <i>Menergy</i> by Patrick Crowley (#30); <i>S.T.O.P.</i> by Dolly Dots (#32); <i>Live it Up</i> by Time Bandits (#35); and <i>Ik Heb Alleen Nog Maar Die Foto</i> by Hepie en Hepie (#36). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1981-12-19">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (5th week at #1) <br>
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br>
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire <br>
4 Oh No--Commodores <br />
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
6 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br />
7 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
8 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br>
10 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>Feel Like a Number</em> by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#79); <em>Those Good Old Dreams</em> by the Carpenters (#82); <i>One Hundred Ways</i> by Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram (#83); <em>Love is Like a Rock</em> by Donnie Iris (#87); and <i>It's My Party</i> by Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin (#96). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811219.html">Cash Box</a></span>) <br />
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (5th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind and Fire<br />
4 Oh No--Commodores<br />
5 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates<br />
6 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
7 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross<br />
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police<br />
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
10 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Somewhere Down the Road</em> by Barry Manilow (#76); <em>Feel Like a Number</em> by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#78); <em>Every Home Should Have One</em> by Patti Austin (#86); <em>Love is Like a Rock</em> by Donnie Iris (#88); <em>Southern Pacific</em> by Neil Young & Crazy Horse (#89); and <em>Those Good Old Dreams</em> by the Carpenters (#90).<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-12-26.pdf">Record World</a></i>) <br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (5th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br />
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire <br />
4 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart <br>
6 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
7 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
8 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br />
10 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham <br />
<br>
Singles entering the chart included <i>Somewhere Down the Road</i> by Barry Manilow (#74); <i>Little Darlin'</i> by Sheila (#75); <em>Abacab</em> by Genesis (#79); <i>Every Home Should Have One</i> by Patti Austin (#84); <i>Keeping Our Love Alive</i> by the Henry Paul Band (#87); <em>Feel Like a Number</em> by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#88); <em>Love is Like a Rock</em> by Donnie Iris (#89); <i>WKRP in Cincinnati</i> by Steve Carlisle (#90); and <i>A World Without Heroes</i> by Kiss (#95). <br>
<br>
Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0435.pdf">RPM</a></span>) <br />
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John<br />
2 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
3 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack<br />
4 Oh No--Commodores<br />
5 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
6 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie<br />
7 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis <br />
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police<br />
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
10 Working for the Weekend--Loverboy<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Abacab</em> by Genesis (#44); <em>Come Go with Me</em> by the Beach Boys (#46); and <em>Pretty Bad Boy</em> by Goddo (#48).<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On the radio</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%20Misc/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%20Misc_81-12-19%20(001)%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20vs%20Dra.mp3">Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula</a></span>, starring John Moffatt and Timothy West, on BBC<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br>
16 people, including 8 volunteer lifeboatmen, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_lifeboat_disaster">perished</a> when the Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat <i>Solomon Browne</i> went to the aid of MV <i>Union Star</i> when its <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20/newsid_2539000/2539173.stm">engines failed in heavy seas</a> near Mousehole, Cornwall, England.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br />
1991</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives--Queen <br />
<br />
<i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i> had previously occupied the #1 position for six weeks from December 1975-January 1976.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
Canadian Auto Workers President Bob White announced a merger with the Canadian Association of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers; the merger affected 6,500 aerospace and mining workers in Manitoba and British Columbia.<br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Anna mulle piiskaa--Apulanta <br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Ronald Howard, 78</b>. U.K. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Howard_(British_actor)">Mr. Howard</a>, the son of actor Leslie Howard, was best known for starring as the title character in the television series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1954_TV_series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1954-1955). His films included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Browning_Version_(1951_film)">The Browning Version</a></i> (1951) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_the_Mummy%27s_Tomb">The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb</a></i> (1964). <br />
<br />
<b>Marcello Mastroianni, 72</b>. Italian actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Mastroianni">Mr. Mastroianni</a> was a popular leading man in films in Italy and elsewhere for more than 40 years, and won numerous awards. His movies included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Dolce_Vita">La Dolce Vita</a></i> (1960); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8½">8½</a></i> (1963); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday,_Today_and_Tomorrow">Ieri, oggi, domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)</a></i> (1963); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Eyes_(film)">Oci ciornie (Dark Eyes)</a></i> (1987). Mr. Mastroianni died in Paris of pancreatic cancer.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<b>Protest</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2001_riots_in_Argentina">Riots</a> erupted in Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities in response to the government's imposition, at the behest of Economic Minister Domingo Cavallo, of "Corral" policies which restricted people's ability to withdraw cash from banks.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Scandal</span><br />
The United States government indicted Tyson Foods, Inc., the nation's largest meat producer, for smuggling illegal immigrants from Mexico to work in its meat-processing plants.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Science</span><br />
A botanist in Australia said that he had rediscovered <span style="font-style:italic;">Asterolasi buxifolia</span>, a shrub believed to have been extinct for 130 years.<br>
<br>
<b>Weather</b><br>
A record high barometric pressure of 1,085.6 hectopascals (32.06 inHg) was recorded at Tosontsengel, Khِvsgِl, Mongolia.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-2055183112411034932021-12-19T00:10:00.019-07:002023-07-27T14:53:01.324-06:00December 18, 2021<b>750 years ago<br>
1271</b><br>
<br>
<b>Asiatica</b><br>
Kublai Khan renamed his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_dynasty">Yuan dynasty</a> of Mongolia and China.<br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Lionel Monckton</b>. U.K. composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Monckton">Mr. Monckton</a> was Britain's leading composer for musical theatre during the Edwardian era, composing music for shows such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Country_Girl">A Country Girl</a></i> (1902); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arcadians_(musical)">The Arcadians</a></i> (1909); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_(musical)">The Boy</a></i> (1917). He died on February 15, 1924 at the age of 62.<br>
<br>
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Agriculture</b><br>
William Motherwell founded the Territorial Grain Growers' Association (later the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association) at a meeting in the Indian Head Planing Mill in Indian Head, Northwest Territories; the TGGA adopted resolutions dealing with such important matters as the appointment of a warehouse commissioner, loading platforms and car shortages.<br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Jules Dassin</b>. U.S.-born film director. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Dassin">Mr. Dassin</a> was known for film noir dramas such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_Force_(1947_film)">Brute Force</a></i> (1947); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_City">The Naked City</a></i> (1948); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_and_the_City">Night and the City</a></i> (1950), but went to Europe in the early 1950s after being blacklisted in Hollywood. He achieved success in France and Greece, directing movies such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rififi">Rififi</a></i> (1955) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_on_Sunday">Never on Sunday</a></i> (1960). Mr. Dassin died on March 31, 2008 at the age of 96. <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
APFA <br>
Chicago Cardinals (3-3-2) 0 @ Chicago Staleys (9-1-1) 0 <br>
Canton (5-2-3) 28 @ Washington (1-2) 14 <br>
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The season ended with the Staleys, playing their last game under that name, claiming the American Professional Football Association championship over the Buffalo All-Americans, who had finished their season two weeks earlier with a record of 9-1-2. <br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
Japanese troops crossed the Lye Mun Passage after dark, in assault boats, landing craft and small boats towed by ferry steamers, to attack Hong Kong. Two platoons of the Winnipeg Grenadiers were deployed to seize the hills known as Jardine's Lookout and Mount Butler, where they engaged in intense fighting; heavily outnumbered, they were cut to pieces, and both platoon commanders were killed. British authorities in Malaya conceded that Imperial troops had fallen back about 100 miles in northern Malaya during the past 11 days. The Netherlands government-in-exile announced in London that Dutch and Australian forces had occupied the Portuguese section of the island of Timor. The British command announced that Axis forces in Libya "are now in full retreat." The U.S. Senate voted 79-2 in favour of its own draft bill making men aged 19-44 subject to military service. 100 enemy aliens seized in the San Francisco area were sent to a concentration camp in Montana. Noted American aviatrix <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_(aviator)">Laura Ingalls</a> was arraigned in Washington on a charge of failing to register as a paid agent of the German government.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The U.S. State Department reported that an agreement had been reached for neutralizing the French possessions in the Caribbean area, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The U.S. Senate Elections Committee voted 13-3 to recommend that the Senate bar William Langer (Republican--North Dakota) from taking his seat, on the grounds of moral turpitude. Sen. Langer had repeatedly been accused of attempting to bribe a federal judge.<br />
<br />
<b>Academia</b><br />
Dr. Willard C. Rappleye of the Association of American Medical Colleges announced that 76 medical schools were planning to reduce their present four-year courses to three years by operating on a year-round basis because of war needs because of war needs for doctors.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Movies</b><br />
The U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures listed the best films of 1946 as: <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_(1944_film)">Henry V</a></i>; <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Open_City">Open City</a></i>; <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Years_of_Our_Lives">The Best Years of Our Lives</a></i>; and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter">Brief Encounter</a></i>.<br />
<br />
<i>British Kinematograph Weekly</i> reported that James Mason was the most popular British movie star of 1946.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
Sir William Fitzgerald, U.K. chief justice of Palestine, recommended the division of Jerusalem into Jewish and Arab sectors.<br />
<br />
<b>Crime</b><br />
Four German prisoners of war were hanged at the Lethbridge Provincial Jail in Alberta for the murder of fellow prisoner Corporal Karl Lehmann at the Medicine Hat POW camp in September, 1944. <br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government </b><br>
Union Nationale candidate Daniel Johnson was elected to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in a <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23396.html">provincial by-election</a> in Bagot; he received 4,725 votes to 3,585 for Liberal candidate Roland Bailly and 40 for independente Unionist Georges de Grandpré. The by-election was necessitated by the death of Liberal MLA Cyril Dumaine. <br>
<br>
<b>Science</b><br />
Carl Anderson and Robert Brode reported the discovery of new high-energy cosmic rays.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
The father of Henry Stewart, a Negro who had allegedly been refused enlistment in the United States Army on racial grounds, filed suit in Pittsburgh to stop further enlistment until segregation was banned. <br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
The Allied Far Eastern Commission in Washington eased Japan's reparations schedule to help the Japanese government combat inflation.<br />
<br />
U.S. military authorities in Berlin banned the use of cigarettes for trading in the officially approved barter markets.<br />
<br />
A bill to nationalize all of Britain's transport was approved by the House of Commons on its second reading.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspense_(American_TV_series)">Suspense</a></i>, on CBS<br>
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119066/">Pier 17</a></em>, starring Lawrence Fletcher, Paul Langton, and Joe Mantell<br />
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<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Communist and American truce teams exchanged lists of Korean War prisoners in Panmunjom. Among prisoners listed by the Communists was General William Dean, U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division commander, and Colonel James Carne, commander of Britain's Gloucestershire Regiment.<br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br>
The Bolivian government announced the suppression of a revolutionary plot with the arrest of 30-40 members of the external National Revolutionary Movement.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled in favour of Norway's four-mile territorial water limit.<br>
<br>
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Prime Minister René Pleven ended a two-day conference in Paris by announcing that Britain would work "as closely as possible" with the Western European army and the European Coal and Steel Community without joining either institution.<br>
<br>
U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Salah el-Din Bey conferred in Paris, but made "no decisive progress" toward settlement of the Sudan-Suez dispute.<br>
<br>
<b>Agriculture</b><br>
The U.S.A. announced that it would send Jordan 9,650 tons of wheat to help relieve "a serious food shortage."<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Leading New York commercial banks raised their prime lending rates from 2.75% to 3%, the highest since 1923.<br>
<br>
The U.S. National Production Authority banned the issuance of new automobile license plates for 1953 as a conservation measure.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br />
1961</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span><br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (7th week at #1) <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-12-18">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
2 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes <br>
3 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
4 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br>
5 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke <br>
6 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren <br>
7 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson <br>
8 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
9 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean <br>
10 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Baby it's You</i> by the Shirelles (#65); <i>A Little Bitty Tear</i> by Burl Ives (#73); <i>Twist-Her</i> by Bill Black's Combo (#76); <i>Do-Re-Mi</i> by Lee Dorsey (#82); <i>Room Full of Tears</i> by the Drifters (#83); <i>Multiplication</i> by Bobby Darin (#86); <i>Pocketful of Miracles</i> by Frank Sinatra (#87); <i>Seven Day Fool</i> by Etta James (#95); <i>Lost Someone</i> by James Brown and the Famous Flames (#96); <i>Pushin' Your Luck</i> by Sleepy King (#98); <i>I Could Have Loved You So Well</i> by Ray Peterson (#99); and <i>You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength</i> by Gloria Lynne (#100). <i>Pocketful of Miracles</i> was a version of the title song of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketful_of_Miracles">movie</a>. <br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>Macabre</em>, on USAFRS Far East Network<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Macabre_35/Macabre611218-6TheAvenger403.mp3">The Avenger</a></em><br />
<br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://sherlock.mindcop.net/audio/return/Charles_Augustus_Milverton_CH&NS.BBC611218.mp3">Charles Augustus Milverton</a></em><br />
<br />
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(American_TV_series)">Thriller</a></em>, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://athrilleraday.blogspot.com/2010/10/remarkable-mrs-hawk-season-2-episode-13.html">The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk</a></em>, starring Jo Van Fleet, John Carradine, Paul Newlan, and Bruce Dern<br />
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<br>
<b>At the movies</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketful_of_Miracles">Pocketful of Miracles</a></i>, directed by Frank Capra, and starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, and Arthur O'Connell, received its premiere screening in New York City. <br>
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<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Leo Reisman, 64</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Reisman">Mr. Reisman</a> was a popular violinist and bandleader who recorded more than 80 charted singles in a career spanning more than 40 years. Eddy Duchin and Mitch Miller were among the musicians who were members of his orchestra.<br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero--Pooh (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
Australia's Top 10 (<i><a href="http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19711218.html">Go-Set</a></i>)<br>
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John <br>
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde <br>
4 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher <br>
5 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills <br>
6 Peace Train--Cat Stevens <br>
7 Speak to the Sky--Ricky Springfield <br>
8 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney <br>
9 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band <br>
10 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall--Leon Russell <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Day by Day</i> by Colleen Hewitt (#32); <i>Sweet City Woman</i> by the Stampeders (#36); <i>Military Madness</i> by Graham Nash (#37); and <i>Wedding Song (There is Love)</i> by Paul Stookey (#39). <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1971/week-51">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 How Do You Do--Mouth & MacNeal <br>
2 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys <br>
3 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken <br>
4 I Will Return--Springwater <br>
5 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen <br>
6 Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein--Roy Black + Anita <br>
7 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road <br>
8 Out of Sight, Out of Mind--Shocking Blue <br>
9 Coz I Luv You--Slade <br>
10 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>(Is This the Way to) Amarillo</i> by Tony Christie (#23); <i>No Matter How I Try</i> by Gilbert O'Sullivan (#31); <i>'k Heb Niks Gezien</i> by Sjakie Schram (#35); <i>Maxigold - Twéé-In-Één-Single</i> by the Spencer Davis Group (#37); and <i>Vrede</i> by Ben Cramer (#39). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-12-18">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 Brand New Key--Melanie <br />
3 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br />
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br />
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson <br>
6 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes <br>
7 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread <br />
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br>
9 American Pie - Parts I and II--Don McLean <br>
10 Cherish--David Cassidy <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)</i> by the Partridge Family (#57); <em>Levon</em> by Elton John (#80); <em>Make Me the Woman that You Go Home To</em> by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#83); <em>You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth</em> by the Undisputed Truth (#87); <i>So Many People</i> by Chase (#88); <i>She's All I Got</i> by Johnny Paycheck (#91); <i>Keep on Keeping On</i> by N.F. Porter (#94); <i>Open the Door (Song for Judith)</i> by Judy Collins (#96); <i>Don't Say You Don't Remember</i> by Beverly Bremers (#98); <i>Without You</i> by Nilsson (#99); and <i>Keep Playin' that Rock 'n' Roll</i> by Edgar Winter's White Trash (#100). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19711218.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (4th week at #1)<br />
2 Brand New Key-Melanie<br />
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
4 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night<br />
5 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes <br />
6 Cherish--David Cassidy<br />
7 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin<br />
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher<br />
9 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites<br />
10 Scorpio--Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Happy Xmas (War is Over)</em> by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#63); <em>Levon</em> by Elton John (#73); <em>Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt 1</em> by Little Johnny Taylor (#81); <em>Black Dog</em> by Led Zeppelin (#83); <em>Keep on Keeping On</em> by N.F. Porter (#95); <em>What's Going On</em> by Quincy Jones (#96); <em>Scratch My Back (And Mumble in My Ear)</em> by Clarence Carter (#97); <em>Bang a Gong (Get it On)</em> by T. Rex (#98); and <em>Do the Funky Penguin Part I</em> by Rufus Thomas (#100).<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-12-18.pdf">Record World</a></i>)<br>
1 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone <br />
3 Brand New Key-Melanie <br />
4 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson <br>
5 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br />
6 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread <br />
7 Cherish--David Cassidy <br />
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br />
9 American Pie--Don McLean <br />
10 Respect Yourself--The Staple Singers <br />
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>Sugar Daddy</em> by the Jackson 5 (#48); <em>Happy Xmas (War is Over)</em> by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#55); <i>Those were the Days</i> by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (as the Bunkers) (#70); <i>Carolyn</i> by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (#79); <em>Black Dog</em> by Led Zeppelin (#80); <em>Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)</em> by the Persuaders (#83); <i>Space Captain</i> by Barbra Streisand (#84); <i>Without You</i> by Nilsson (#85); <i>Once You Understand</i> by Think (#87); <i>Love Potion Number Nine</i> by the Coasters (#89); <em>Five Hundred Miles</em> by Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti (#90); <i>No Good to Cry</i> by the Poppy Family (#91); <i>The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get)</i> by Free Movement (#9); <i>Fire and Water</i> by Wilson Pickett (#99); and <i>Scratch My Back</i> by Clarence Carter (#100). <br>
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Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7810.pdf">RPM</a></span>) <br />
1 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone<br />
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes<br />
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane<br />
5 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread<br />
6 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night<br />
7 Cherish--David Cassidy<br />
8 Devil You--Stampeders<br />
9 Brand New Key--Melanie<br />
10 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Sugar Daddy</em> by the Jackson 5 (#88); <em>Too True Mama</em> by Crowbar (#90); <em>Uncle Jed</em> by Perth County Conspiracy (#93); <em>Devil Song</em> by Aarons and Ackley (#94); <em>Black Dog</em> by Led Zeppelin (#96); <em>I Turn to You</em> by Spring (#97); <em>No Sad Songs</em> by Helen Reddy (#98); <em>Whiskey Fire</em> by Magic Bubble (#99); and <em>The Witch Queen of New Orleans</em> by Redbone (#100).<br />
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Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)<br />
1 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread<br />
3 Do I Love You--Paul Anka<br />
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane<br />
5 Take it Slow--Lighthouse<br />
6 I Don't Need No Doctor--Humble Pie<br />
7 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
8 Everybody's Everything--Santana<br />
9 Sour Suite--The Guess Who<br />
10 Questions 67 and 68--Chicago<br />
Pick hit of the week: (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces<br />
<br />
<strong>Died on this date<br />
Bobby Jones, 69</strong>. U.S. golfer. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/12.18.html">Mr. Jones</a>, one of the greatest golfers in history, won the Grand Slam (U.S. and British amateur championships, U.S. and British Opens) in 1930. He played in 31 major tournaments, winning 13. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)">Mr. Jones</a> retired from competitive golf in 1930 and appeared as himself in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427602/">two series of instructional films</a> that were released in 1931 and 1933, with several episodes featuring Hollywood stars in guest roles. Mr. Jones co-founded the Augusta National Invitation Tournament in 1934, and renamed it the Masters in 1938. He practiced law in Atlanta after his retirement from golf, but in 1948 was diagnosed with syringomyelia; his mobility gradually declined, and he was using a wheelchair when he died from a chest aneurysm.<br />
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<b>Diana Lynn, 45</b>. U.S. musician and actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Lynn">Miss Lynn</a>, born Dolores Loehr, was a child prodigy as a concert pianist before turning to acting, appearing in almost 70 movies and television programs from the early 1940s through the mid-1960s. She was best known for appearing in comedy films such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Major_and_the_Minor">The Major and the Minor</a></i> (1942); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_Morgan%27s_Creek">The Miracle of Morgan's Creek</a></i> (1944); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedtime_for_Bonzo">Bedtime for Bonzo</a></i> (1951), as well as three movies starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Miss Lynn died nine days after suffering a stroke. <br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
Thieves stole over $1 million from a Windsor, Ontario branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. Six people were arrested several days later. <br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The International Monetary Fund approved the new pattern of exchange rates among the world's leading currencies. The decision made legal an agreement reached the day before by a group of 10 leading industrial countries, who had recommended that currencies be permitted to fluctuate 2.25% above and below the new par values.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
St. Louis (4-9-1) 12 @ Dallas (11-3) 31 <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago<br />
1981</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Ooa hela natten--Attack (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Bensonhurst Blues--Oscar Benton <br>
<br>
<i>Bensonhurst Blues</i> was from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_la_peau_d%27un_flic">Pour la peau d'un flic (For a Cop's Hide)</a></i> (1981). <br>
<br>
South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2019/09/22/18-december">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (4th week at #1) <br>
2 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey <br>
3 It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin <br>
4 It's You, It's You, It's You--Joe Dolan<br>
5 Urgent--Foreigner <br>
6 Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love)--Third World <br>
7 Prince Charming--Adam & the Ants <br>
8 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones <br>
9 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard <br>
10 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Die Royal Hotel</i> by David Kramer (#14); and <i>Tainted Love</i> by Soft Cell (#18). <br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The Soviet heavy strategic bomber <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-160">Tupolev Tu-160</a>, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft, and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft, made its <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ту-160">first flight</a>, with test pilot B.I. Veremey at the controls.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br />
1991</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Black or White-- Michael Jackson (5th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years">The Wonder Years</a></em>, on ABC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750348/">Pfeiffer's Choice</a></em><br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
Québec completed a major overhaul of the Civil Code, governing all non-criminal law, after 35 years of reform.<br />
<br />
<b>Education</b><br>
Daniel Johnson, president of Quebec's Permanent Ministerial Committee for Montreal Development, announced, during the presentation of Montreal's recovery plan, the creation of a <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/22607.html">graphic communications technology resource centre</a>. The institution would provide businesses with services as well as training for their workforce; it was post-college training but not university. <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Irving Caesar, 101</b>. U.S. songwriter. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Caesar">Mr. Caesar</a>, born Isidor Keiser, wrote lyrics for such songs as <i>Swanee</i>; <i>Crazy Rhythm</i>; and <i>Tea for Two</i>. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.<br />
<br />
<b>Television</b> <br>
U.S. television industry executives agreed to adopt a content ratings system, which remains in effect to this day. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Marcel Mule, 100</b>. French musician and educator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Mule">Mr. Mule</a> was perhaps the greatest classical saxophonist in history, playing in quartets and as a featured soloist from the 1920s until his retirement in 1967. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Mule">He</a> taught at the Paris Conservatoire for more than 20 years, and wrote several instructional books.<br>
<br>
<b>Dimitris Dragatakis, 87</b>. Greek musician and composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Dragatakis">Mr. Dragatakis</a> began his career in classical music as a violinist, but switched to viola and played with the Greek National Opera for 20 years. <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Δημήτρης_Δραγατάκης">He</a> incorporated Greek musical traditions into his own works, which included six symphonies, concertos, orchestral, choral, and chamber works.<br>
<br>
<b>Gilbert Bécaud, 74</b>. French musician and actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_B%C3%A9caud">Mr. Bécaud</a>, born François Gilbert Léopold Silly, was a popular pianist, singer, and songwriter who had a career spanning 50 years and was known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best known song was <i>Et maintenant</i> (1961), which was covered by many artists as an instrumental, and with English lyrics, as <i>What Now, My Love?</i>. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Bécaud">Mr. Bécaud</a> appeared in several movies and television programs, and died of lung cancer.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
The Parliament of France approved a bill giving slightly more autonomy to Corsica. <br>
<br>
<b>Terrorism</b><br>
The Canadian Senate <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23173.html">passed Bill C-36</a>, the federal government's anti-terrorist legislation; police were given new powers of surveillance, arrest, and detention.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Canadian federal and provincial governments unanimously <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21684.html">rejected American proposals</a> regarding softwood lumber. While the Americans imposed customs sanctions on Canadian softwood lumber, Canada was demanding full access to the American market, without any limits. <br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Václav Havel, 75</b>. President of Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992; President of the Czech Republic, 1993-2003. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel">Mr. Havel</a> was a playwright who used an absurdist style to criticize the Communist system in plays such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_Party_(play)">The Garden Party</a></i> (1963) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Memorandum">The Memorandum</a></i> (1965). He participated in the Prague Spring liberalization in 1968 and was a prominent dissident until the Velvet Revolution toppled Czechoslovakia's Communist regime in 1989. <a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Václav_Havel">Mr. Havel</a> served as the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic after Slovakia became independent in 1993. He was instrumental in dismantling the Warsaw Pact, and supported direct democracy and civil activism, and supported the Czech Green Party from 2004 until his death from circulatory failure after a period of declining health.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-42821807358875738242021-12-18T19:40:00.010-07:002022-03-09T00:37:07.060-07:00December 17, 2021<b>1,475 years ago<br>
546</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The Ostrogoths, led by Totila, sacked Rome after a nearly year-long <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(546)">siege</a>, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.<br>
<br>
<b>150 years ago <br>
1871</b><br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b> <br>
Grand Duke Alexei, a son of Czar Aleksandr II of Russia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Alexei_Alexandrovich_of_Russia#Detour_to_Canada">arrived in Montreal</a> by train after more than three weeks in the United States as the head of a delegation of the Imperial Russian Navy. He had breakfast with Montreal Mayor Charles-Joseph Coursol and then visited Lachine, Quebec. Grand Duke Alexei spent the next few days visiting Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, and Niagara Falls before returning to the United States on December 23. <br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br />
1891</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
José María Iglesias, 68</b>. President of Mexico, 1876-1877. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Iglesias">Mr. Iglesias</a>, a lawyer and law professor by profession, was first elected to Congress in 1852, and held several posts, including Secretary of Justice in the Liberal cabinet of President Benito Juárez. He served on the Mexican Supreme Court in the late 1850s, and was President of the Chamber of Deputies in the late 1860s, retiring for health reasons in 1871. <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_María_Iglesias">Mr. Iglesias</a> was elected President of the Supreme Court in 1873, and ruled the election of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada as President in 1876 illegal because of fraud. Mr. Iglesias claimed the presidency under the constitution, holding the office from October 31, 1876-January 2, 1877. His presidency was disputed by General Porfirio Díaz, whose forces defeated those of Mr. Iglesias and forced him to flee to the United States on January 16, 1877. He returned to Mexico without incident and declined all invitations for public office, choosing to edit various journals. Mr. Iglesias died 19 days before his 69th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
The Canadian Bankers Association was founded in Ottawa.<br />
<br />
<b>125 years ago<br />
1896</b><br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenley_Park_Casino">Schenley Park Casino</a> in Pittsburgh, the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, was destroyed by a fire.<br />
<br />
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Lore Berger</b>. Swiss authoress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore_Berger">Miss Berger</a> studied German and Romance studies at the University of Basel, and volunteered for the military women's service despite being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore_Berger">She</a> wrote the novel <i>Der barmherzige Hügel (The Mercy Hill)</i> (1944), which was published after she committed suicide by jumping from the water tower to the Basel Bruderholz, the "mercy hill" of the novel, on August 14, 1943 at the age of 21.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The maple leaf design of the new nickel Canadian 5¢ coin was proclaimed; it was originally silver, but soon changed to pure nickel. <br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Movies</b><br />
The U.S. Roman Catholic National Legion of Decency announced in New York its approval of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Faced_Woman">Two-Faced Woman</a></i>, starring Greta Garbo, after the elimination of "objectionable scenes."<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
In the Battle of Hong Kong, Japan repeated her demand for surrender of the colony, but it was summarily refused by Governor Mark Young. The garrison, which included 450 Canadians, had no hope of relief, with the sinking of two British battleships off Singapore, and the crippling of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; invasion came the following day. Chinese troops attacked at Tamshui, Shawan, and Shumchun, to the rear of the Japanese forces besieging Hong Kong. Japanese forces landed in the state of Sarawak in northern Borneo. A Soviet communique reported that Alexin and Zukino, south of Moscow, had been recaptured. The U.S. Army and Navy commanders in Hawaii who were in charge at the time of the December 7 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor were ousted. U.S. Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel was replaced by Admiral Chester Nimitz, while U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Short was replaced by Lt. Gen. Delos Emmons. The U.S. House of Representatives amended the Selective Service Act by voice vote to provide for the registration of all men aged 18-64 and to make those aged 21-44 subject to military service. Dr. Fritz Hansgirg, German-born inventor of a new method of manufacturing metallic magnesium, was arrested as an enemy in the offices of Permanente Corporation in Los Altos, California, despite company protests that he was needed for defense work.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The governing board of the Pan American Union set January 15, 1942 as the date of the Pan American Conference in Rio de Janeiro, at which hemispheric defense would be discussed.<br />
<br />
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Spruille Braden as Ambassador to Cuba to succeed George Messersmith.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
U.S. President Roosevelt wrote a letter "to the President of the United States in 1956," urging an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for Colin Kelly III, the 18-month-old son of Colin Kelly, Jr., the U.S. Navy pilot who had been killed at the age of 26 in the successful bombing on December 10 of the Japanese battleship <i>Haruna</i>.<br />
<br />
<b>Americana</b><br />
The U.S. Census Bureau revealed that the foreign-born population of New York City on April 1, 1940 totalled 2,080,020, of whom 62.4% were naturalized citizens.<br />
<br />
<b>Technology</b><br />
Eastman Kodak announced a new film process called Kodacolor, enabling anyone to get full-colour prints from negatives in the shades of the original object. The film was to be offered to the public in six sizes in January 1947.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
U.S. Price Administrator Leon Henderson placed all tire sales under a consumer coupon rationing system, effective January 4, 1942.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
U.S. President Roosevelt told 24 labour and management representatives that "you must reach an agreement" on war labour policy under which all work stoppages would be eliminated.<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
Japan announced that 319 people had been killed and 437 injured in an earthquake in southern Formosa.<br />
<br />
<b>Baseball</b><br />
The <i>Associated Press</i> poll of sportswriters named New York Yankees' center fielder Joe DiMaggio as the U.S.A.'s outstanding athlete of 1941. Mr. DiMaggio batted .357 with 30 home runs and 125 home runs in leading the Yankees to the World Series championship, and thrilled the nation by hitting safely in 56 straight games, a major league record that still stands.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Space</b><br />
A German V-2 rocket set a record altitude of 114 miles at 5,450 feet per second above the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Fighting between French troops and Vietnamese nationalists spread from Tonkin to Annam, as French Minister for Overseas Territories Marious Moutet left Paris for Hanoi to investigate the situation.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
The U.S. House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee recommended the creation of an intelligence corps for continuous military espionage abroad, the first such organization in American history.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br />
The Turkish government arrested 44 "Marxists" and suspended two socialist parties--the Union of Istanbul Workers Syndicates and the Istanbul Workers Club--charging them with activities aimed at "reversing the economic and social order."<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The Japanese House of Representatives defeated a Socialist motion for immediate dissolution of the Diet, while 150,000 demonstrators in Tokyo demanded the resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.<br />
<br />
Venezuela's new Constituent Assembly officially assumed power.<br />
<br />
An electoral commission in Warsaw approved the candidacy of 110 conservative Peasant Party members in upcoming parliamentary elections.<br />
<br />
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen declared his candidacy for the 1948 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.<br />
<br />
<b>Exploration</b><br />
The U.S. Antarctic Expedition discovered a submarine mountain range which apparently connected Easter Island with the South American mainland.<br />
<br />
<b>Music</b><br />
German orchestra conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler was cleared by a denazification tribunal in Berlin and allowed to resume his career.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_(radio_show)#Television">Lights Out</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0632318/">Perchance to Dream</a></i>, starring William Eythe, Logan Ramsey, Louanna Gardner, and David White<br />
<br />
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<br>
<b>Movies</b><br>
The U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(1951_film)">A Place in the Sun</a></i> as the year's outstanding film and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon">Rashomon</a></i> as the best foreign film.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The U.S. Civil Rights Congress presented the document <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Charge_Genocide">We Charge Genocide</a></i> to the United Nations Genocide Convention, charging the United States government with genocide against African Americans. The CRC was supported by the Communist Party U.S.A.<br>
<br>
<b>Africana</b><br>
Sudan's National Front informed the Untied Nations that it favoured a plebiscite on Sudanese union with Egypt.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The U.S. Selective Service headquarters announced that aliens who had been working in the United States since last summer were now subject to the draft.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The U.S. Civil Service Commission's Loyalty Review Board ordered federal agencies to review the cases of 565 employees under a new policy permitting dismissal on the basis of "reasonable doubt" of the employee's loyalty.<br>
<br>
<b>Aviation</b><br>
U.S. President Harry Truman presented the Collier Trophy for outstanding achievement in aviation to the helicopter industry and the armed forces for "development and use of rotary-wing aircraft."<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The United Kingdom ended the Bank of England's monopoly on currency exchange transactions, which had been in effect since the start of World War II.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Steelworkers of American wage policy committee, meeting in Pittsburgh, ordered a nationwide strike of 700,000 members for January 1, 1952 unless employees granted a 15¢ hourly wage increase and other benefits.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
A train derailment near Carneiro, Brazil caused 53 deaths.<br>
<br>
<strong>60 years ago<br />
1961</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Disasters</strong><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niter%C3%B3i_circus_fire">Fire</a> broke out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500 people.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Cleveland (8-5-1) 7 @ New York (10-3-1) 7 <br>
Dallas (4-9-1) 24 @ Washington (1-12-1) 34 <br>
Green Bay (11-3) 24 @ Los Angeles (4-10) 17 <br>
Minnesota (3-11) 35 @ Chicago (8-6) 52 <br>
Philadelphia (10-4) 27 @ Detroit (8-5-1) 24 <br>
Pittsburgh (6-8) 0 @ St. Louis (7-7) 20 <br>
<br>
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<br>
AFL <br>
Boston (9-4-1) 41 @ San Diego (12-2) 0 <br>
Houston (10-3-1) 47 @ Oakland (2-12) 16 <br>
New York (7-7) 24 @ Dallas (6-8) 35 <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (7th week at #1) <br>
<br>
South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/17-december-1971/">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (9th week at #1) <br>
2 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill <br>
3 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy <br>
4 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard <br>
5 Cousin Norman--Marmalade <br>
6 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
7 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast--Daniel Boone <br>
8 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers <br>
9 You--Peter Maffay <br>
10 I Believe (in Love)--Hot Chocolate <br>
<br>
The only single entering the chart was <i>Imagine</i> by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#14). <br>
<br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1971/cklg121771.html">CKLG</a>)<br>
1 Brand New Key--Melanie <br>
2 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br>
3 Hey Girl--Donny Osmond <br>
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
5 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots <br>
6 Devil You--Stampeders <br>
7 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family <br>
8 Wild Night--Van Morrison <br>
9 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers <br>
10 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>George Jackson</i> by Bob Dylan (#26); <i>One Monkey Don't Stop No Show</i> by the Honey Cone (#28); <i>Hey Big Brother</i> by Rare Earth (#29); and <i>Behind Blue Eyes</i> by the Who (#30). <br>
<br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKVN/1971/ckvn121771.html">CKVN</a>)<br>
1 Brand New Key--Melanie <br>
2 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br>
3 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels <br>
4 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces <br>
5 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers <br>
6 Devil You--Stampeders <br>
7 Day After Day--Badfinger <br>
8 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br>
9 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br>
10 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>I Can Smell that Funky Music</i> by Eric Mercury (#27); <i>Fly Across the Sea</i> by Edward Bear (#28); <i>Bless the Beasts and Children</i> by the Carpenters (#34); <i>Sugar Daddy</i> by the Jackson 5 (#35); <i>Give Us One More Chance</i> by Pagliaro (#38); and <i>If Santa were My Daddy</i> by Little Jimmy Osmond (#39). <br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Cavett_Show">The Dick Cavett Show</a></i>, on ABC<br>
<br>
California Governor Ronald Reagan was one of Mr. Cavett's guests.<br>
<br>
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<br>
<b>Abominations</b><br>
U.S. Army Colonel Oran Henderson was acquitted of charges that he had covered up the massacre by U.S. forces of more than 100 civilians in the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai on March 16, 1968. Col. Henderson was the last to be tried for having a role in the massacre.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Steps were begun to set up the government of the new nation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The U.S. Congress temporarily extended the current foreign aid program.<br>
<br>
<strong>40 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1981/cklg121781.html">CKLG</a>) <br>
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John <br>
3 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br>
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley <br>
5 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham <br>
6 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br>
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
8 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
9 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack <br>
10 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Town Without Pity</i> by Wildroot Orchestra (#18); and <i>Oh No</i> by the Commodores (#20). <br>
<br>
Edmonton's Top 15 (CHED)<br />
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John<br />
2 Working for the Weekend--Loverboy<br />
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley<br />
5 Oh No--Commodores<br />
6 Take Off--Bon and Doug McKenzie<br />
7 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
8 Lunatic Fringe--Red Rider<br />
9 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham<br />
10 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
11 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie<br />
12 Here I Am--Air Supply<br />
13 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack<br />
14 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police<br />
15 No Reply at All--Genesis<br />
<br />
Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)<br />
1 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
3 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross<br />
4 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond<br />
5 Physical--Olivia Newton-John<br />
6 Take Off--Bob and Doug McKenzie<br />
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
8 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard<br />
9 Come Go with Me--The Beach Boys<br />
10 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Antiochos Evangelatos, 77</b>. Greek composer and conductor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochos_Evangelatos">Mr. Evangelatos</a> taught composition and counterpoint at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens (1933-1974); chief musician of the National Opera (1940-1972); and music director of the National Radio Foundation (1954-1959). His compositions included symphonic works, chamber music, and stage music for ancient tragedies. <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/ءيôكï÷ïٍ_إُلممهëـôïٍ">Mr. Evangelatos</a> died six days before his 79th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Terrorism</b><br>
U.S. Army Brigadier General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dozier">James L. Dozier</a> was abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.<br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Abominations</b><br />
Six Red Cross workers were <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/17/newsid_2538000/2538243.stm">shot dead as they slept</a> in a hospital in Chechnya, where they were caring for victims of the war between Chechnya and Russia. The dead included <b>Nancy Malloy, 51</b>, from Vancouver, British Columbia.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
Kofi Annan of Ghana took office as Secretary-General of the United Nations.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Rodrigue Biron and Gilles Duceppe announced that they were candidates to lead the Bloc québécois.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">World events</span><br />
Armed men stormed the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in an unsuccessful coup attempt.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
The new parliament of the Solomon Islands chose Sir Allan Kemakeza as the new Prime Minister.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Kim Jong-il, 70</b>. 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea, 1994-2011. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il">Kim Jong-il</a>, known as "Dear Leader," became dictator of North Korea upon the death of his father Kim Il-sung. He ruled as an absolute dictator, continuing the national ideology known as Juche, and promulgating a cult of personality as the country descended further into poverty and tyranny. <a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/김정일">Kim Jong-il</a> died of a heart attack, although reports differ as to the circumstances. He was succeeded as Supreme Leader by his son Kim Jong-un. <br>
<br>
<b>Eva Ekvall, 28</b>. Venezuelan journalist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Ekvall">Miss Ekvall</a>, a native of Caracas, was raised in both the U.S.A. and Venezuela, and was fluent in English and Spanish. She was Miss Venezuela 2000 and became a television news anchor, but was diagnoses with breast cancer in February 2010, and died while undergoing treatment in Houston.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-79611947205627929532021-12-16T13:06:00.007-07:002022-02-25T21:58:46.557-07:00December 16, 2021<b>590 years ago<br>
1431</b><br>
<br>
<b>Franciana</b><br>
King Henry VI of England was crowned King of France at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.<br>
<br>
<b>260 years ago<br>
1761</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
After a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kolberg_(Seven_Years%27_War)">four-month siege</a>, Russian forces under Pyotr Rumyantsev took the Prussian fortress of Kolberg.<br>
<br>
<b>210 years ago<br>
1811</b><br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
The first two in a series of four severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%9312_New_Madrid_earthquakes">earthquakes</a>, with an estimated magnitude of 7.7, struck the central Mississippi River Valley in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br />
1891</b><br />
<br />
<b>Scandal</b><br />
Honoré Mercier was dismissed as Premier of Québec by Lieutenant-Governor Auguste-Réal Angers after a federal Senate inquiry and provincial Royal Commission had found that Mr. Mercier had awarded subsidies for the Baie des Chaleurs Railway in return for Liberal party funds. Mr. Mercier was succeeded as Premier by Charles Boucher de Boucherville, who had previously served as Premier from 1874-1878.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Margaret Mead</b>. U.S. anthropologist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mead">Dr. Mead</a> influenced the sexual revolution and feminist movement through books such as <i>Coming of Age in Samoa</i> (1928) and <i>Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies</i> (1935), popularizing the ideas that sexual morality and sex roles were largely influenced by culture. She was a pioneer among anthropologists in living with native peoples in order to study them. Dr. Mead died on November 15, 1978 at the age of 76.<br />
<br />
<b>Radio</b><br>
Guglielmo Marconi was officially notified by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company that it would take legal action against him unless he immediately ceased his wireless experiments and removed his equipment from Newfoundland. Anglo-American had a fifty-year monopoly on electrical communications in Newfoundland that began in 1858, and it was determined to hinder radio telegraphy, which was a serious threat to its transatlantic electric telegraph business operated by submarine cables. Mr. Marconi soon decided to move his base of operations to Cape Breton Island, and was welcomed there on December 26 with open arms.<br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Eulalio González</b>. Mexican entertainer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalio_Gonz%C3%A1lez">Eulalio "Lalo" González Ramírez</a> was a singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter who was a radio announcer before beginning a career in movies in 1951, appearing in more than 70 films in a career spanning almost 40 years. His comic character "Piporro" was regarded as the embodiment of norteño (northern Mexican) popular culture, and his films often dealt with situations regarding the border between Mexico and the United States. <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalio_González">Mr. González</a> was nominated for four Ariel Awards, winning for his minor role in <i><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espaldas_mojadas_(película)">Espaldas mojadas</a></i> (1955) and for his comedy performance in <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064822/">El pocho</a></i> (1970). He died of a heart attack on September 1, 2003 at the age of 81.<br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Camille Saint-Saëns, 86</b>. French musician and composer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns">Mr. Saint-Saëns</a> was a child prodigy as a pianist, and served as a church organist in Paris for 25 years. He was a composer of the Romantic era, known for works such as the tone poem <i>Danse macabre</i> (1875); the suite <i>Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals)</i> (1886); and <i>Symphony No. 3 in C minor</i> aka "Organ Symphony" (1887). <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Saëns">Mr. Saint-Saëns</a> promoted modern music when he was young, but in later years he was regarded as a reactionary. <br>
<br>
<strong>90 years ago<br />
1931</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em>The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb</em><br />
<br />
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
The U.S.S.R. announced the recapture of Kalinin, 90 miles northwest of Moscow. Six German Gestapo agents were killed by a bomb near Paris. The Czechoslovakian government-in-exile in London declared that a state of war existed between Czechoslovakia and all countries at war with the U.K., U.S.A., and U.S.S.R. Japanese forces drove toward Panang in northwestern Malaya and occupied Miri, Sarawak. The U.S. Navy announced that Japanese warships had bombarded the U.S. naval outpost of Johnston Island and that a submarine had shelled the shipping centre of Kahului on the Hawaiian island of Maui during the previous 24 hours. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed a five-man board led by Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts to investigate whether there had been any negligence by the U.S. Army and Navy in the December 7 Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States Weather Bureau announced that publication of long-range forecasts would be banned for the duration of World War II as a security measure. HMCS <i>Calgary</i> was commissioned for the Royal Canadian Navy at Esquimalt, British Columbia. Mexican President Manuel Avila Camacho asked the Senate for authority to permit troops, warships, and planes of American nations fighting the Axis to use Mexican territory, waters, and ports for the duration of World War II.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br />
The Argentine cabinet declared a state of siege throughout the country; all constitutional guarantees were suspended.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Both houses of the United States Congress passed legislation giving President Roosevelt wartime powers similar to those held by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Mr. Roosevelt appointed <i>Associated Press</i> executive news editor Byron Price as director of the new censorship office.<br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle notified U.S. attorneys not to prosecute persons arrested on charges of seditious speech without the consent of the Justice Department.<br />
<br />
<b>Aviation</b><br />
The U.S. National Aeronautics Association awarded its highest honour, the Collier Trophy, to Dr. Sanford A. Moss for "outstanding success in high altitude flying through the development of the turbo-supercharger."<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b> <br />
The American Federation of Labor issued a declaration of war labour policy, renewing its request to the Congress of Industrial Organizations "for unity in the labor movement."<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/40s_files/19461216.html">Cash Box</a></i>)<br />
1 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
--Hoagy Carmichael<br />
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers<br />
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis <br />
2 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra <br />
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul<br />
--Betty Rhodes<br />
--Tony Martin<br />
3 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra<br />
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
--Hal Derwin <br />
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio<br />
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra<br />
5 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra<br />
--Jo Stafford<br />
6 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra<br />
7 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio<br />
--The Ink Spots<br />
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade<br />
--Tony Martin<br />
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly<br />
8 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra<br />
--The Three Suns<br />
8 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters<br />
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra<br />
10 Passe--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra<br />
--Margaret Whiting<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <i>Oh, But I Do</i>, with versions by Margaret Whiting; Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra; and Harry James and his Orchestra (#19); <i>A Rainy Night in Rio</i> by Sam Donahue and his Orchestra (#23); and <i>Sonata</i>, with versions by Perry Como; and Jo Stafford (#30).<br />
<br />
<b>On the radio</b> <br />
<i><a href="http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Case-Book-of-Gregory-Hood.html">The Casebook of Gregory Hood</a></i>, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS<br />
Tonight`s episode: <i>Pearls are Unlucky</i><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Reports from Irkutsk revealed that three million German and Japanese prisoners of war were building railways and highways in Siberia.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
U.S. President Harry Truman approved a directive placing the armed forces under a single commander in each overseas theatre.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
French Prime Minister Leon Blum, a Socialist, formed an all-Socialist cabinet with Guy Mollet as Minister of State.<br />
<br />
Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha receive a vote of confidence from Parliament on his intention to bring about a union with Sudan.<br />
<br />
<b>Scandal</b><br />
Mississippi contractors told the U.S. Senate War Investigating Committee that they had given Sen. Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) a Cadillac and other gifts in the hope of gaining government contracts.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
Argentine President Juan Peron announced the liberalization of credit, allowing the government to make home and business loans at 2%-5% interest.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The New York Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. government's right to discharge employees suspected of disloyalty by rejecting the reinstatement plea of Morton Friedman, a War Manpower Commission employee dismissed for associating with a Communist-controlled group.<br />
<br />
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Office and Professional Workers announced a policy to eliminate "Communist interference" in its affairs.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b><br />
NFL<br />
Bert Bell signed a new five-year contract as National Football League Commissioner, effective January 1, 1947. Mr. Bell had previously signed a three-year pact after replacing Elmer Layden early in 1946.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br />
1951</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Out There</span>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667629/">Seven Temporary Moons</a></span>, starring Ann Gillis, Robert P. Lieb, Robert Pastene, and G. Albert Smith<br />
<br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1951_TV_series)">Dragnet</a></i>, starring Jack Webb and Bart Yarborough, on NBC
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0565972/">The Human Bomb</a></i><br>
<br>
This was the first episode of the series, which had been running on radio since 1949.<br>
<br>
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<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Dorothy Dix, 90</b>. U.S. journalist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dix">Miss Dix</a>, whose real name was Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, adopted her pseudonym when she began writing obituaries, recipes and theatre reviews for the <i>New Orleans Daily Picayune</i> in 1896. She soon began her advice column <i>Dorothy Dix Talks</i>, 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 <i>New York Evening Journal</i> 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, four weeks after her 90th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Uruguayan voters approved a proposal to abolish the presidency and set up a nine-man State Council in its place.<br>
<br>
<b>Society</b><br>
The Iranian Parliament passed a resolution to consider legislation banning alcoholic beverages in Iran in line with the Islamic doctrine of total abstinence.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
The Congress of Industrial Organizations urged U.S. President Harry Truman to raise the minimum wage from 75¢ to $1.25 per hour.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
A Miami Airlines C-46 crashed shortly after takeoff in Elizabeth, New Jersey, killing all 56 passengers and crew members in the U.S.A.'s second-worst air disaster to date.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Chicago Cardinals (3-9) 24 @ Chicago Bears (7-5) 14 <br>
Cleveland (11-1) 24 @ Philadelphia (4-8) 9 <br>
Detroit (7-4-1) 17 @ San Francisco (7-4-1) 21 <br>
Green Bay (3-9) 14 @ Los Angeles (8-4) 42 <br>
New York Giants (9-2-1) 27 @ New York Yanks (1-9-2) 17 <br>
Pittsburgh (4-7-1) 20 @ Washington (5-7) 10 <br>
<br>
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<br>
<b>60 years ago <br>
1961</b> <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (5th week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (9th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges<br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Mirror</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (2nd week at #1)<br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19611216.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren<br />
3 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes<br />
4 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean <br />
5 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke<br />
6 Run to Him--Bobby Vee<br />
7 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br />
8 Moon River--Jerry Butler<br />
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus<br />
9 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson<br />
10 Peppermint Twist - Part I--Joey Dee & the Starliters<br />
<br />
Versions of <em>Maria</em> by the Clebanoff Strings and Johnny Mathis were now listed with that of Roger Williams, standing at #61. Singles entering the chart were <em>Baby it's You</em> by the Shirelles (#71); <em>Twist-Her</em> by Bill Black's Combo (#74); <em>Norman</em> by Sue Thompson (#77); <em>The Wanderer</em> by Dion (#79); <em>Jingle Bell Rock</em> by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#87); <em>A Little Bitty Tear</em> by Burl Ives (#88); <em>Letter Full of Tears</em> by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#89); <em>She's Everything (I Wanted You to Be)</em> by Ral Donner (#90); <em>Dear Lady Twist</em> by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#94); <em>The Bells at My Wedding</em> by Paul Anka (#98); <em>Lonesome Number One</em> by Don Gibson (#99); <em>I Could Have Loved You so Well</em> by Ray Peterson (#100); <em>Baby's First Christmas</em> by Connie Francis (also #100); and <em>Go on Home</em> by Patti Page (also #100). <br />
<br />
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CFUN/1961/cfun121661.htm">CFUN</a>)<br>
1 The Wanderer--Dion <br>
2 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee <br>
3 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker <br>
--Bobby Helms <br>
4 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
5 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
6 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
7 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
8 Static--Dana and Dexter <br>
9 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon <br>
10 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
--Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Norman</i> by Sue Thompson (#26); <i>Multiplication</i> by Bobby Darin (#32); <i>Memories of Maria</i> by Jerry Byrd and his Guitar (#39); <i>Young Love</i> by Sonny James (#42); <i>Let's Twist Again</i> by Chubby Checker (#46); <i>Dear Lady Twist</i> by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#48); and <i>The Majestic</i> by Dion (#50). <em>Multiplication</em> was from the movie <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_September">Come September</a></em>. <i>Memories of Maria</i> was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. <i>Young Love</i> was a new version of the song that had been a major hit for Mr. James in 1957.<br>
<br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKWX/1961/ckwx121661.htm">CKWX</a>)<br>
1 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
2 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
3 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
4 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion <br>
5 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters <br>
6 Gypsy Rover--The Highwaymen <br>
7 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon<br>
8 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley <br>
9 Dreamy Eyes--Johnny Tillotson <br>
10 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Six White Boomers</i> by Rolf Harris (#20); <i>Norman</i> by Sue Thompson (#22); <i>Multiplication</i> by Bobby Darin (#36); <i>My Boomerang Won't Come Back</i> by Charlie Drake (#37); <i>Small Sad Sam</i> by Phil McLean (#39); and <i>Tennessee Flat-Top Box</i> by Johnny Cash (#40). <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roaring_20%27s_(TV_series)">The Roaring 20's</a></i>, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0687261/">Blondes Prefer Gentlemen</a></i> <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Hans Rebane, 78</b>. Estonian diplomat, politician, and journalist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rebane">Mr. Rebane</a> was editor-in-chief of the newspapers <i>Postimees</i> (1913-1914, 1916-1917) and <i>Eesti Päevaleht</i> (1918-1927) before being elected to the Riigikogu and serving as Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs (1927-1928). He was Estonian Minister in Finland (1931-1937) and Latvia (1937-1940), losing the latter position when Latvia was occupied by Soviet forces. <a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rebane">Mr. Rebane</a> was arrested by Soviet authorities, but escaped, and fled to Sweden in 1944. He served as Minister and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (1945-1949). Mr. Rebane died eight days before his 79th birthday.<br>
<br>
<strong>Basketball</strong><br />
NBA<br />
<a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196112160CHP.html">Philadelphia (18-12) 112 @ Chicago (6-21) 110</a> <br>
<br>
Wilt Chamberlain scored 50 points for the Warriors as they overcame a 60-54 halftime deficit to edge the Packers at the International Amphitheater, beginning a streak of 7 games in which he scored at least 50 points. Walt Bellamy led Chicago scorers with 45 points.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Baltimore (8-6) 27 @ San Francisco (7-6-1) 24 <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br />
1971</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (5th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland (<i>IRMA</i>): I Don't Know How to Love Him--Tina and the Real McCoy (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The surrender of East Pakistani forces in Dacca concluded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971">Indo-Pakistani War</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>Asiatica</b><br>
The United Kingdom recognized Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
A three-day <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2258.html">federal-provincial conference</a> of Canadian health ministers began in Ottawa; the health ministers of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia stated major objections to the new federal formula for co-paying hospital and Medicare programs.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Piece of My Wish--Miki Imai (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Laatikoita--Sielun Veljet (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (5th week at #1) <br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hits/90s/1991/Hits-1991-12-16.pdf">Hits</a></i>)<br>
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)<br>
2 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men<br>
3 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn<br>
4 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd<br>
5 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey<br>
6 Wildside--Mark Mark & the Funky Bunch<br>
7 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton<br>
8 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br>
9 Finally--Ce Ce Peniston<br>
10 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Addams Groove</i> by MC Hammer (#32); <i>Is it Good to You</i> by Heavy D & the Boyz (#41); <i>Hearts Don't Think</i> by Natural Selection (#45); and <i>Keep it Comin'</i> by Keith Sweat (#50). <br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Nations General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism.<br />
<br />
<b>Asiatica</b><br />
Kazakhstan declared its independence from the U.S.S.R.<br />
<br />
<b>Abominations</b><br />
At Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Bernard Bradley performed Canada's first transplant of tissue from aborted fetuses to battle the effects of Parkinson's disease; the procedure stimulated dopamine. <br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Canadian Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Tom Siddon signed the Nunavut land deal with Inuit of the eastern Arctic after 15 years of negotiations; the federal government agreed to create a third territory in the North called Nunavut, with $1.15 billion in grants and title to 250,000 square kilometres. A plebiscite was set for April 1992. <br />
<br />
<b>Business</b><br />
Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. purchased 15% of Australia's John Fairfax Group Ltd. for $1.32 billion, making Hollinger the largest single shareholder. <br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Macarena Christmas--Los del Rio (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): I Can't Help Myself (I Love You, I Want You)--The Kelly Family (7th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Time to Say Goodbye--Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman <br />
<br />
Canada's Top 10 (<i><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.9720.pdf">RPM</a></i>)<br />
1 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (5th week at #1)<br />
2 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge<br />
3 When You Love a Woman--Journey<br />
4 How Bizarre--OMC<br />
5 Black Cloud Rain--Corey Hart<br />
6 Bittersweet Me--R.E.M.<br />
7 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies<br />
8 Angels of the Silences--Counting Crows<br />
9 Diggin' a Hole--Big Sugar<br />
10 Dance Into the Light--Phil Collins<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <i>Don't Let Go</i> by En Vogue (#81); <i>One Headlight</i> by the Wallflowers (#82); <i>The Grease Megamix</i> by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (#86); <i>A Long December</i> by Counting Crows (#87); <i>Bang Bang</i> by ZZ Top (#88); <i>Wannabe</i> by the Spice Girls (#89); <i>Get it While You Can</i> by Lawrence Gowan (#97); <i>Any Road Back</i> by Universal Honey (#98); and <i>I Believe I Can Fly</i> by R. Kelly (#100).<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien apologized for not telling the truth about the Goods and Services Tax, i.e., for giving Canadians the impression during the 1993 federal election campaign that his government would eliminate the Goods and Services Tax. The reason Canadians got that impression was because that was what Mr. Chrétien had promised.<br />
<br />
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Stuart Adamson, 43</b>. U.K. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Adamson">Mr. Adamson</a>, a native of Manchester who grew up in Scotland, was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player with the punk rock band Skids in the 1970s and '80s and the alternative country band the Raphaels in the 1990s, but was best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the rock group Big Country from the early 1980s through the 2000s, achieving hits such as <i>In a Big Country</i> (1983) and <i>Look Away</i> (1985). He was a heavy drinker for years, sobered up for about a decade, but began drinking again. Mr. Adamson was estranged from his wife Melanie, who reported him missing on November 26, 2001, the day she filed for divorce. He was found in a hotel room in Honolulu, having hanged himself with an electrical cord from a pole in a wardrobe, after having consumed a "very strong" amount of alcohol.<br>
<br>
<strong>Protest</strong><br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_2560000/2560157.stm">More than 10,000 people</a> joined the Scottish Countryside Alliance in the streets of Edinburgh to protest decisions being made on rural affairs.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Dan Frazer, 90</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Frazer">Mr. Frazer</a> was a character actor in cinema and television in a career spanning more than 50 years. He was perhaps best known for playing Chief of Detectives Captain Frank McNeil in the television police series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak">Kojak</a></i> (1973-1978). Mr. Frazer died of cardiac arrest, 26 days after his 90th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Robert Easton, 81</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Easton_(actor)">Mr. Easton</a>, whose full name was Robert Easton Burke, was a character actor in radio, cinema, and television in a career spanning more than 65 years. He had a severe stutter when he was young, but overcame it and became a maaster of dialects, serving as a dialect coach to other actors. Mr. Easton died 23 days after his 81st birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Nicol Williamson, 75</b>. U.K. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol_Williamson">Mr. Williamson</a>, a native of Scotland, appeared on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 35 years. He was regarded by many critics as the "Hamlet of his generation" in the 1960s. Mr. Williamson played Sherlock Holmes in the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution_(film)">The Seven-Per-Cent Solution</a></i> (1976), but his best-known film role was as Merlin in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_(film)">Excalibur</a></i> (1981). He died after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.<br>
<br>
<b>Abominations</b><br>
The Senate of Canada passed legislation to redistribute federal ridings from 308 to 338 to reflect population growth. Ontario received 15 more House of Commons seats; Alberta and B.C. 6; and Quebec 3. New ridings were in place for the 2015 federal election. Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-21168663671683388252021-12-16T05:02:00.012-07:002022-01-03T17:01:47.810-07:00December 15, 2021<strong>230 years ago<br />
1791</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Politics and government</strong><br />
The United States of America ratified the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, popularly known as the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-15/#the-bill-of-rights">Bill of Rights</a>. The ratification took effect when the Virginia General Assembly gave its approval.<br />
<br />
<b>160 years ago <br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Charles Duryea</b>. U.S. automobile executive. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Duryea">Mr. Duryea</a> was the engineer of the first American gasoline-powered car that worked, which was given its first successful road test in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 20, 1893. He and his brother Frank founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in Springfield in 1896. The company ceased production in 1917. Charles Duryea died on September 28, 1938 at the age of 76.<br />
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<b>P.E. Svinhufvud</b>. Prime Minister of Finland, 1930-1931; President of Finland, 1931-1937. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud">Mr. Svinhufvud</a> was a leader of the movement for Finnish independence and was the country's first head of state, as Chairman of the Senate from 1917-1918 and Regent from May 18-December 12, 1918. He was a conservative known for his opposition to Communism. Mr. Svinhufvud died on February 29, 1944 at the age of 82. <br />
<br />
<b>130 years ago<br />
1891</b><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br>
A.P. Carter</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.P._Carter">Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter</a> was a country singer-songwriter and guitarist who, with his wife Sara, founded the Carter Family band in 1927. A.P. and Sara separated in 1939 and divorced in 1943, and Mr. Carter eventually left the music business and ran a general store in Virginia. He died on November 7, 1960 at the age of 68. Mr. Carter was inducted into the the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, and was inducted as part of the Carter Family into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.<br>
<br>
<b>Basketball</b><br />
James Naismith devised the rules of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, inspired by a childhood game called duck-on-a-rock. He had been asked by staff of the YMCA's Springfield Training College to devise a good indoor physical education activity to keep a group of incorrigible students busy during the winter months. <br />
<br />
<b>125 years ago<br>
1896</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Betty Smith</b>. U.S. authoress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Smith">Mrs. Smith</a> wrote four novels, but was best known for her first, <i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</i> (1943). She died of pneumonia on January 17, 1972 at the age of 75.<br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Stan Kenton</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton">Mr. Kenton</a> was a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who achieved commercial success in the 1940s and early '50s, with six singles reaching the top ten of the <i>Billboard</i> singles chart. Beginning in the late '40s, he became a pioneer in the field of progressive jazz, forming several different bands over the next three decades, performing and recording several genres of music. Mr. Kenton was a leader in jazz education; he founded the Stan Kenton Band Clinic at Indiana University in 1959, and was conducting over 100 clinics a year by 1975. Heavy drinking affected his later years; he died on August 25, 1979 at the age of 67.<br>
<br>
<b>Nicholas P. Dallis</b>. U.S. psychiatrist and author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_P._Dallis">Dr. Dallis</a> practiced psychiatry in Toledo, Ohio after World War II, and got the idea that he would like to write a comic strip about the history of medicine. He created and wrote the comic strips <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Morgan,_M.D.">Rex Morgan, M.D.</a></i> (under the pseudonym Dal Curtis); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Parker">Judge Parker</a></i> (under the pseudonym Paul Nichols); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment_3-G">Apartment 3-G</a></i>. Dr. Dallis died on July 6, 1991 at the age of 79.<br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Alan Freed</b>. U.S. disc jockey. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed">Mr. Freed</a> was working at WJW in Cleveland in 1951 when he began playing rhythm and blues records on his program, <i>The Moondog House</i>. On March 21, 1952, Mr. Freed presented <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog_Coronation_Ball">The Moondog Coronation Ball</a> at Cleveland Arena, which has been credited with being the first rock and roll concert. Mr. Freed moved to New York, working at WINS and then WABC. He hosted his own television program and appeared as himself in several movies, all of which featured numerous performances by rock and roll artists. When the payola scandal broke in 1959--record companies paid disc jockeys to play their records--Mr. Freed was the most prominent of those who lost their jobs. He had difficulty holding a steady job after that, and years of heavy smoking and drinking caught up with him and hastened his death on January 20, 1965 at the age of 43, broke and all but forgotten. Mr. Freed was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1986. <br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Quebec's governing Liberal Party increased its majority in the Legislative Assembly by winning <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21775.html">four provincial by-elections</a> by acclamation. Joseph-Hugues Fortier, Louis-Philippe Mercier, Joseph-Pierre-Cyrénus Lemieux, and Minister Jacob Nicol were elected respectively in Beauce, Trois-Rivières, Wolfe, and Richmond.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>On the radio</b><br>
<i><a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/W%20Series/We%20Hold%20These%20Truths/We%20Hold%20These%20Truths%20411215%20150th%20Anniversary%20of%20the%20Bill%20of%20Rights%20(64-44)_OTRRPG.mp3">We Hold These Truths</a></i>, on CBS, NBC Red, NBC Blue, Mutual<br>
<br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Hold_These_Truths">We Hold These Truths</a></i>, a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Bill of Rights, was written and produced by Norman Corwin, and was the first program ever carried on all four major networks. An estimated 63 million people listened, the largest ever for a dramatic performance on radio.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br />
The U.S.S.R. announced that Klin, northwest of Moscow, had been recaptured together with Yasnaya Polyana and Bogoroditsk, south of Tula. A communique from Singapore reported that British forces in northeastern Malaya were retreating slowly, inflicting heavy casualties on Japanese mechanized troops. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox reported on the losses in the December 7 Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. He stated that six warshipd had been lost and several others damaged, and that almost 3,000 men had been killed. Mr. Knox said that U.S. forces were "not on the alert against the surprise air attack" and added that "a formal investigation" would be initiated immediately.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
The U.S. Congress completed action on the conference-approved $10,000,077,005 supplemental defense appropriation bill and sent it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt reported to Congress that Lend-Lease aid to the Allies during the past nine months had reached $1.202 billion.<br />
<br />
<b>Abominations</b><br />
German troops murdered over 15,000 Jews at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drobytsky_Yar">Drobytsky Yar</a>, a ravine southeast of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.<br />
<br />
<b>Academia</b><br />
Yale University President Charles Seymour announced that the university would operate on a year-round basis so that students could complete their studies in less than three years, instead of four.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The American Federation of Labor adopted a no-strike policy in all defense industries.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b><br />
NCAA<br />
For the only time in its history, the Rose Bowl game was moved from Pasadena, California to Durham, North Carolina, with the date of January 1, 1942 remaining unchanged. The relocation took place at the request of the United States Army amid fears of a Japanese invasion of the west coast of the United States.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Nationalist Chinese sources reported strong Communist attacks on the fortress city of Yulin in the northern part of the province of Shensi.<br />
<br />
Kurdish nationalist leader Ghazi Mohammed surrendered to Iranian forces after the capture of Mehabad, capital of the province of Kurdistan.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Nations General Assembly admitted Siam as its 55th member nation.<br />
<br />
The executive committee of the World Zionist Congress suspended six members of the Zionist Revisionist Union of America for requesting United Nations discussion of the Palestine problem and appealing for funds to support "underground fighters."<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
U.S. officials in Vienna completed a proposed four-year reconstruction plan for Austria.<br />
<br />
<b>Scandal</b><br />
Telephone wiretaps showed that gambler Alvin Paris had tried to bribe New York Giants' fullback Merle Hapes to fix that day's National Football League championship game against the Chicago Bears. Mr. Hapes rejected the offer, but did mention the contact to his teammate, quarterback Frank Filchock. Mr. Hapes was suspended for the game by NFL Commissioner Bert Bell for not informing team officials, while Mr. Filchock was allowed to play. Both players were soon banned for life from the NFL, and continued their playing careers in Canada. Mr. Filchock's suspension was eventually lifted.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b><br />
NFL<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_NFL_Championship_Game">Championship</a> @ Polo Grounds, New York<br />
Chicago Bears 24 New York Giants 14<br />
<br />
Sid Luckman rushed 19 yards for a touchdown with 12:15 remaining in regulation time to break a 14-14 tie as the Bears defeated the Giants before 58,436 fans. The Bears had taken a 14-0 lead in the 1st quarter on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Mr. Luckman to Ken Kavanaugh and a 19-yard interception return for a touchdown by Dante Magnani, both converted by Frank Maznicki. Frank Filchock then threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Frank Liebel with 1:26 remaining in the 1st quarter, and Ken Strong's convert reduced the deficit to 14-7. The score remained the same until Mr. Filchock completed a 5-yard TD pass to Steve Filipowicz in the 3rd quarter, converted by Mr. Strong. Mr. Maznicki converted Mr. Luckman's touchdown and closed the scoring with a 26-yard field goal with 5:16 remaining.<br />
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AAFC <br>
Chicago (5-6-3) 17 @ Los Angeles (7-5-2) 17 <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago <br />
1951</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell; Donald Peers (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Best Seller--1st week at #1; Disc Jockey--5th week at #1); Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett (Jukebox--2nd week at #1); <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19511215.html">Cash Box</a></span>) <br />
1 Down Yonder--Del Wood<br />
--Joe "Fingers" Carr<br />
--Champ Butler<br />
2 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces <br />
--Eddy Howard<br />
3 Because of You--Tony Bennett <br />
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra<br />
4 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett<br />
5 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown<br />
6 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin<br />
--Louis Armstrong<br />
7 Slow Poke--Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys<br />
8 Charmaine--Mantovani and his Orchestra<br />
9 Jealousy (Jalousie)--Frankie Laine<br />
10 And So to Sleep Again--Patti Page<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Jingle Bells</em> by Les Paul (#31); <em>My Concerto</em>, with versions by Ray Anthony and his Orchestra; and Tommy Edwards (#38); and <em>Tell Me Why</em>, with versions by the Four Aces; and Eddie Fisher (#39).<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Americans for Democratic Action began a drive for repeal of the Smith Act, which prohibited the teaching or advocacy of forcible overhrow of the government.<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
An International Air Transport Association conference in Nice agreed to introduce tourist-class transatlantic air service, costing $270 for a one-way ticket between London and New York.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Switzerland abolished its fixed price of gold at $35 per ounce.<br>
<br>
The Bolivian government charged that low tin prices paid by the United States were forcing the country toward an "imminent economic, political and social crisis."<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
Philippine President Elpidio Quirino appealed for aid to 10,000 people made homeless by volcanic eruptions and typhoons which had struck the country in the past month.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">60 years ago<br>
1961</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)">The Twilight Zone</a></em>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(The_Twilight_Zone)">Once Upon a Time</a></em>, starring Buster Keaton, Stanley Adams, and Jesse White<br />
<br />
<strong>World events</strong><br />
A three-man Israeli court panel sentenced former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann to death by hanging, four days after he was convicted of all 15 charges against him. The charges were:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>1/Causing the enslavement, deportation and murder of Jews;<br />
2/Causing the deaths of millions of Jews;<br />
3/Putting millions of Jews in ghettos, labour and concentration camps with the aim of destroying them (the Jews, that is);<br />
4/Sending thousands of Gypsies to extermination camps; <br />
5/Causing the inhuman treatment, deportation and murder of Jews in Axis-occupied areas;<br />
6/Inflicting physical and mental harm on millions of Jews;<br />
7/Planning a program for sterilization of Jews;<br />
8/Deporting 100 Czechoslovakian children from Lidice to Poland, where they were killed; <br />
9/Persecuting Jews on religious, racial, political and national grounds;<br />
10/Appropriating Jewish property by force;<br />
11/Deporting over 500,000 Poles;<br />
12/Deporting 14,000 Slovenes; <br />
13/Being a member of the SS;<br />
14/Being a member of the Nazi Security Police;<br />
15/Being a member of the Gestapo.</blockquote><br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">50 years ago<br>
1971</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://www.nightgallery.net">Rod Serling's Night Gallery</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660863/">The Messiah on Mott Street</a></em>, starring Edward G. Robinson, Yaphet Kotto, and Tony Roberts; <em>The Painted Mirror</em>, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Arthur O'Connell, and Rosemary DeCamp<br />
<br />
<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Rahim Jaffer!<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b> <br>
The Quebec National Assembly unanimously passed <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2257.html">Bill 65</a>, a measure from the Liberal government of Premier Robert Bourassa to reorganize health and social services in the province.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The U.S.A., in an effort to resolve the world monetary crisis, announced that it was prepared to devalue the dollar as part of an international agreement to realign the rates of major currencies.<br>
<br>
<strong>30 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
Austria's Top 10 (<a href="https://austriancharts.at/charts/singles/15-12-1981">Ö3<a>)<br>
1 Ja, wenn wir alle Englein wنren--Fred Sonnenschein und seine Freunde (5th week at #1) <br>
2 Tainted Love--Soft Cell <br>
3 Du entschuldige - i kenn' di--Peter Cornelius <br>
4 Dance Little Bird--Electronica's <br>
5 Pretend--Alvin Stardust <br>
6 Japanese Boy--Aneka <br>
7 Physical--Olivia Newton-John <br>
8 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra <br>
9 Der Durscht--Ulli Bنer <br>
10 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra<br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Pretend</i>; <i>Der Durscht</i>; <i>It's Raining</i> by Shakin' Stevens (#11); and <i>Medley of Platters Songs</i> by Rolling 60's (#19). <br>
<br>
<strong>Music</strong><br />
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performed a free lunch hour concert at the Edmonton Centre mall.<br />
<br />
<b>Terrorism</b><br>
The Iraqi Shia Islamist group al-Dawa carried out one of the first modern suicide bombings, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_embassy_bombing_in_Beirut">targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut</a>, Lebanon, resulting in 61 deaths and 110 injuries.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">30 years ago<br />
1991</span><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
Austria's Top 10 (<a href="https://austriancharts.at/charts/singles/15-12-1991">Ö3</a>)<br>
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (5th week at #1) <br>
2 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff <br>
3 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams <br>
4 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan <br>
5 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
6 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life--Monty Python <br>
7 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung <br>
8 Love to Hate You--Erasure <br>
9 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai <br>
10 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Save Up All Your Tears</i> by Cher (#27); and <i>Dizzy</i> by Vic Reeves & the Wonder Stuff (#29). <br>
<br>
<b>Protest</b><br />
In Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Ronald George led British Columbia Indian chiefs protesting upcoming celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World. The chiefs asked the Spanish consul to apologize for Spanish oppression of natives. <br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago <br>
1996</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): No Woman, No Cry--The Fugees (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Austria (<i>ض3</i>): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (4th week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe<br />
<br />
#1 single in Scotland (OCC): Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Throw These Guns Away--Dunblane <br>
<br>
<b>20 years ago<br>
2001</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Rufus Thomas, 84</b>. U.S. entertainer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Thomas">Mr. Thomas</a> was a Memphis blues singer, songwriter, dancer, and disc jockey who had a career spanning more than 60 years. He was best known for his novelty dance hits such as <i>Walking the Dog</i> (1963); <i>Do the Funky Chicken</i> (1969); and <i>(Do the) Push and Pull</i> (1970). Mr. Thomas often performed duets with his daughter Carla. He died of heart failure.<br>
<br>
<b>Italiana</b><br>
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Bob Brookmeyer, 81</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brookmeyer">Mr. Brookmeyer</a> was a jazz trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer whose career spanned more than 60 years. He performed in combos and bands led by artists such as Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Jimmy Giuffre, and Stan Getz before becoming a session musician in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. A serious drinking problem hampered his career in the 1970s, but he overcame the habit, and was named music director of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1979. Mr. Brookmeyer was nominated for eight Grammy Awards, with his last nomination, in the category of instrumental arrangement, coming shortly before his death from congestive heart failure, four days before his 82nd birthday.<br>
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<b>Christopher Hitchens, 62</b>. U.K.-born journalist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens">Mr. Hitchens</a> was a Marxist and socialist who wrote for various magazines and newspapers in a career spanning 40 years. He moved to the United States in 1981 as part of an editor exchange program between the <i>New Statesman</i> and <i>The Nation</i>, and eventually became an American citizen in 2007. Mr. Hitchens was critical of American foreign policy in the 1980s, but broke with most leftist opinion in the 2000s when he supported the American war in Iraq. He also broke with the left when he criticized U.S. President Bill Clinton. Mr. Hitchens was, with Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris, one of the "Four Horsemen" of the New Atheist movement in the mid-late 2000s, expressing his views in his book <i>God is Not Great</i> (2007). New Atheism was already a spent movement by the time Mr. Hitchens was diagnosed in 2010 with esophageal cancer, which likely resulted from decades of heavy smoking and drinking. He wrote essays on cancer, which were published as the book <i>Mortality</i> (2012) after his death from pneumonia.<br>
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<b>Crime</b><br>
A triple murder-suicide north of Claresholm, Alberta resulted in three people dead, including two members of the Lethbridge Bulls baseball team; a fourth survived.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-69454425782112105672021-12-15T23:04:00.015-07:002022-04-08T13:34:44.541-06:00December 14, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Wendy Welt!<br />
<br />
<b>710 years ago <br>
1311</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Margaret of Brabant, 35</b>. Queen consort of Germany, 1308-1311. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Brabant">Margaret</a>, the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders, married Henry, Count of Luxembourg in 1292, and became Queen consort when he acceded to the throne in 1308. The couple had 3 children. Queen Margaret accompanied her husband on his Italian campaign, and died several months after falling ill during the siege of Brescia.<br>
<br>
<b>475 years ago<br>
1546</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Tycho Brahe</b>. Danish astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe">Mr. Brahe</a> was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations, despite not using a telescope. He believed that the Moon orbited Earth and the planets orbited the Sun, but erroneously considered the Sun to be orbiting Earth. Mr. Brahe was granted an estate by King Frederik II, and created a research institute, where his studies included supernovae and comets. He had disagreements with King Christian IV and went into exile in 1697, accepting an invitation from Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to go to Prague, where he became the imperial astronomer. During the last year of his life, Mr. Brahe had Johannes Kepler as his research assisant, and Mr. Kepler used Mr. Brahe's data in developing his three laws of motion. Mr. Brahe died on October 24, 1601 at the age of 54, 11 days after suddenly contracting a bladder or kidney ailment after attending a banquet in Prague; his death may have been from uremia or prostate cancer, and recent research has debunked claims that he was poisoned.<br>
<br>
<b>430 years ago<br />
1591</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
John of the Cross, 49</b>. Spanish mystic. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross">John of the Cross</a>, born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, was a Roman Catholic priest and prior in the Carmelite Order who, with Teresa of Ávila, helped to found the movement eventually known as Discalced (barefoot) Carmelites. He died of erysipelas, and was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726 as St. John of the Cross.<br />
<br />
<b>270 years ago<br>
1751</b><br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresian_Military_Academy">Theresian Military Academy</a> was founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.<br>
<br>
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Mary Tappan Wright</b>. U.S. authoress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tappan_Wright">Mrs. Wright</a>, the wife of classical scholar John Henry Wright and the mother of legal scholar Austin Tappan Wright and geographer John Kirtland Wright, wrote novels and short stories about academic life. She died on August 25, 1916 at the age of 64.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Toronto <i>Globe</i> publisher George Brown was first elected to the Province of Canada Assembly as an independent Reformer for the county of Kent, in southwestern Canada West, with the support of future Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie.<br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br />
1861</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 42</b>. U.K. Prince Consort, 1840-1861. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert">Prince Albert</a> was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1840 until his death. He was formally granted the title Prince Consort in 1857. The cause of Prince Albert's death was reported as typhoid fever, although he had been in declining health for several years.<br />
<br />
<b>150 years ago<br>
1871</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Marc-Amable Girard was sworn in as the first Premier of Manitoba of French Canadian ancestry, leading a Conservative Party government.<br>
<br>
<b>140 years ago<br>
1881</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Katherine MacDonald</b>. U.S. actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_MacDonald">Miss MacDonald</a> was a leading lady in silent movies from 1918-1926, and produced nine films from 1919-1921, becoming one of Hollywood's first female producers. She died on June 4, 1956 at the age of 65. <br />
<br />
<b>125 years ago<br />
1896</b><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br />
Jimmy Doolittle</b>. U.S. aviator and military officer. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle">Mr. Doolittle</a> was a pioneer military aviator in the 1920s who left the United States Army in 1930 and set a speed record for land planes in 1932 of 296 miles per hour. In 1940 he returned to the Army, and on April 18, 1942, led 16 B-25 bombers on a raid on five Japanese cities, including Tokyo. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid">Doolittle Raid</a> was the first retaliatory air raid on the Japanese homeland after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and had a significant positive effect on American morale. The movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Seconds_Over_Tokyo">Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo</a></i> (1944) was a dramatization of the raid, with Spencer Tracy playing Mr. Doolittle. Mr. Doolittle returned to reserve status in 1946 as a lieutenant general and retired from active service in 1959. In retirement he was promoted to four-star general. He died on September 27, 1993 at the age of 96. <br />
<br />
<b>Transportation</b><br />
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway">Glasgow Underground Railway</a> was opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.<br />
<br />
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Paul</b>. King of the Hellenes, 1947-1964. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_Greece">Paul</a> succeeded his brother George II as King of Greece during the Greek Civil War. He died of stomach cancer on March 6, 1964 at the age of 62, and was succeeded by his son Constantine II. King Paul was a first cousin of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. <br />
<br />
<b>Henri Cochet</b>. French tennis player. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cochet">Mr. Cochet</a> was one of the "Four Musketeers" who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won 22 major tournaments, including seven Grand Slam singles, five doubles and three mixed doubles, as well as silver medals in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cochet">Mr. Cochet</a> was ranked as the world's number one player from 1928-1931. He turned professional in 1933 and had less success, but regained his amateur standing in December 1941, playing until 1956, while also coaching and running a sporting goods store. Mr. Cochet and the other Musketeers--Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and René Lacoste--were inducted together into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1976. Mr. Cochet died on April 1, 1987 at the age of 85. <br>
<br>
<strong>110 years ago<br />
1911</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br>
Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz</b>. Polish-born Greek athlete and saboteur. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Iwanow-Szajnowicz">Mr. Iwanow-Szajnowicz</a>, a native of Warsaw, moved to Greece with his mother and stepfather in 1926. He was a swimmer who won the national championship in the 100-metre freestyle competition, but moved back to Warsaw, becoming a Polish citizen in 1935 and the top player on the Polish national water polo team. <a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Iwanow-Szajnowicz">Mr. Iwanow-Szajnowicz</a> aided Polish and Greek resistance fighters in World War II, and was effective in sabotaging German aircraft and U-boats. <a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Γεώργιος_Ιβάνοφ">He</a> was eventually betrayed, captured, escaped, recaptured, and executed by a firing squad in Athens on January 4, 1943 at the age of 31.<br>
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<b>Spike Jones</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones">Lindley Armstrong Jones</a> was a drummer and bandleader who was popular in the 1940s and '50s as leader of Spike Jones and his City Slickers. The band was known for satirizing popular tunes, usually using bizarre sound effects. Their best-known hit was <i>Der Fuehrer's Face</i> (1942). Mr. Jones was a heavy smoker who died of emphysema on May 1, 1965 at the age of 53. <br />
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<b>Hans von Ohain</b>. German-born U.S. physicist and engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Ohain">Dr. Ohain</a> designed the first operational jet engine in1937, and a leter development powered the world's first flyable all-jet aircraft, the prototype of the Heinkel He 178 (He 178 V1), in 1939. None of his engine designs entered widespread production or operational use, as other German designs eclipsed his. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Joachim_Pabst_von_Ohain">Dr. Ohain</a> was brought to the United States in 1947 as part of Operation Paperclip, and worked for the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. In 1956, he was made the Director of the Air Force Aeronautical Research Laboratory, and by 1975 he was the Chief Scientist of the Aero Propulsion Laboratory there. Dr. Ohain retired from Wright-Patterson in 1979, and taught at the University of Dayton. He held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum in 1984-85. Dr. Ohain died on March 13, 1998 at the age of 86.<br>
<br>
<strong>Exploration</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0803830.html">Roald Amundsen</a> of Norway became the first man to arrive at the South Pole.<br />
<br />
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Paul Émile Lavigne, 24</b>. Canadian crime victim. "Punch" Lavigne died two days after being <a href="https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/2022/01/01/the-sad-story-of-punch-lavigne-and-billy-seabrooke/">shot and robbed</a> while working at the Domestic Service Station on Sussex Street in downtown Ottawa. Billy Seabrooke was convicted of the crime, and was executed on January 10, 1933. <br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em>The Dark Gentleman</em><br />
<br />
<b>Theatre</b><br />
Robert E. Sherwood ordered his Pulitzer Prize-winning play <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Shall_Be_No_Night">There Shall Be No Night</a></i> to close in Rochester, Minnesota. The play was based on the Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 and expressed an anti-Soviet viewpoint which now seemed inappropriate, with the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. having become allies within the past few days.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Ireland and Turkey announced their neutrality. Japan signed a treaty of alliance with Thailand. Japanese troops began a general land and air offensive against Hong Kong at dawn after their ultimatum for surrender was rejected.<br />
<br />
<b>Academia</b><br />
The University of Cincinnati estimated, on the basis of a nationwide survey, that there had been a 9.16% decrease in college and university enrollment in the United States over the previous year.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b><br />
NFL<br />
West Division playoff<br />
Green Bay 14 @ Chicago Bears 33<br />
<br />
The Packers and Bears had finished the regular season with records of 10-1, with each beating the other once, thus forcing a playoff game. The Bears played at home against the East Division champion New York Giants a week later for the NFL championship.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids) (Best Seller--1st week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--1st week at #1); Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Juke Box--8th week at #1; Airplay--8th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce%2046-12-14%20(10)%20The%20Adventure%20Of%20The%20Elusive%20Emerald.mp3">The Elusive Emerald</a></em><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Nationalist Chinese troops claimed the capture of Yengcheng, one of the last Communist centres in the economically crucial coastal province of Kiangsu.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the UN headquarters in New York City, accepting an offer from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to buy and turn over to the UN an $8.5-million property on the east side of Manhattan between 42nd and 48th streets.<br />
<br />
The UN General Assembly rejected South Africa's plan to annex South West Africa, and requested that a trusteeship plan be drawn up for the territory.<br />
<br />
Greek acting Foreign Minister Stephanos Stefanopoulos protested to the U.S.A., U.S.S.R., U.K., and France concerning "unjust" Greek-Bulgarian frontier provisions contained in the Bulgarian peace treaty.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Muslim League leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah rejected a British proposal that the Federal Court of India rule on the Muslim-Hindu differences on the U.K. plan for drafting an Indian constitution.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved a disarmament proposal calling for prohibition of nuclear weapons; international control of atomic energy; and creation of arms control agency not limited by a great power veto.<br />
<br />
Columbia University announced that it would build a 2,500-ton cyclotron as part of a research centre being set up in cooperation with the U.S. Navy in Irvington, New York.<br />
<br />
<b>South Americana</b><br />
Chile laid claim to parts of Antarctica "between the 53rd and 90th meridians west of Greenwich."<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
U.S. President Harry Truman dropped building materials priorities and the $10,000 limit on new homes, allowing greater participation in the housing market.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br>
1951</span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br>
<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Tomorrow">Tales of Tomorrow</a></span>, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0717069/">The Invader</a></span>, starring William Eythe, Eva Gabor, Salem Ludwig, and Edgar Stehli<br />
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<br>
<b>At the movies</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awaara">Awaara</a></i>, produced and directed by, and co-starring Raj Kapoor, opened in theatres in India. <br>
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<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Indonesia reported that 1,000 Army troops, rebels, and civilians had been killed in recent fighting between loyal troops and Army deserters near Semarang in central Java.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The Charter of San Salvador, signed two months earlier to create the Organization of Central American States, took effect following ratification by Honduras.<br>
<br>
<b>Germanica</b><br>
The West German Bundestag passed a measure integrating West Berlin into the country's financial system and increasing the number of West Berlin representatives in the Bundestag.<br>
<br>
<b>Scandal</b><br>
Psychologist Louis Gellermann was convicted in Seattle of using sexual intercourse in an attempt to shock three of his female patients out of their "guilt complexes."<br>
<br>
U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means subcommittee Chairman Cecil King (Democrat--California) crticized Charles Oliphant, former chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Bureau, for accepting gifts, free trips, entertainment, and other favours from clients interested in tax fraud cases.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Canada lifted all foreign exchange controls, becoming the first country to do so since World War II.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Retailer</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series)">The Untouchables</a></i>, starring Robert Stack, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0737746/">City Without a Name</a></i> <br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Liberal Party candidate Claire Kirkland-Casgrain won a <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/1407.html">Quebec provincial by-election</a> in the riding of Jacques-Cartier, making her the first woman member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. The by-election was made necessary following the death of the current MLA, Charles-Aimé Kirkland (Liberal), the current candidate's father. She won by more than 50,000 votes, a Quebec record.<br>
<br>
<strong>Disasters</strong><br />
20 children were killed when a passenger train hit a school bus at a crossing near Greeley, Colorado.<br />
<br />
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (10th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>At the movies</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Forever_(film)">Diamonds are Forever</a></i>, directed by Guy Hamilton, and starring Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Charles Gray, opened in theatres in Munich. It was Mr. Connery's last appearance as James Bond until <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Say_Never_Again">Never Say Never Again</a></i> (1983).<br>
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<br>
<b>Abominations</b><br>
Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals were executed by the Pakistani Army and their local allies. The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.<br>
<br>
<b>Society</b><br>
The Quebec National Assembly unanimously passed Bill 66, <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2256.html">reducing the age of majority</a> in Quebec from 21 to 18. Individuals still had to be at least 21 to be a company director or to serve as a juror. <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Physical--Olivia Newton-John (5th week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Akujo--Miyuki Nakajima (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (12th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Polonäse Blankenese--Gottlieb Wendehals (a.k.a. Werner Böhm) (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>Personal</strong><br />
This blogger finished his first term at Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton by writing three exams, making for an extended and enjoyable Christmas and New Year's break.<br />
<br />
<strong>World events</strong><br />
The Knesset passed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights_Law">Golan Heights Law</a>, extending Israeli "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the Golan Heights, effectively annexing the territory internationally recognized as part of Syria. <br />
<br />
<b>30 years ago<br>
1991</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Australian Music Report</i>): Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
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#1 single in France (SNEP): Qui a le droit...--Patrick Bruel (2nd week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--George Michael/Elton John (2nd week at #1) <br>
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Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1991/week-50">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Kon Ik Maar Even Bij Je Zijn--Gordon (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 Roodkapje--Pater Moeskroen <br>
3 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
4 I Love Your Smile--Shanice <br>
5 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa <br>
6 Over and Over Again--Robby Valentine <br>
7 Smells Like Teen Spirit--Nirvana <br>
8 Go--Moby <br>
9 Obsession--Army of Lovers <br>
10 Ring My Bell--DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Justified & Ancient</i> by the KLF (#24); <i>Olee Olee Sinterklaas is Here to Stay!!!</i>/<i>Het is Weer Kerstfeest Dit Jaar</i> by Ole Henk (#25); <i>Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me</i> by George Michael/Elton John (#29); <i>Live and Let Die</i> by Guns N' Roses (#34); <i>Stars</i> by Simply Red (#35); <i>This House</i> by Alison Moyet (#36); and <i>Tu</i> by Mecano (#38). <br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1991-12-14">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1) <br />
2 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men <br>
3 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn <br>
4 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton <br>
5 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd <br />
6 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul <br>
7 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey <br>
8 Finally--CeCe Peniston <br />
9 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant<br />
10 Wildside--Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch<br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>All Through the Night</i> by Tone-Loc (#83); <i>Uhh Ahh</i> by Boyz II Men (#88); <i>Everybody Move</i> by Cathy Dennis (#90); <i>Insatiable</i> by Prince & the New Power Generation (#92); <i>Right Down to It</i> by Damian Dame (#93); and <i>Move Any Mountain</i> by the Shamen (#100). <br />
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19911214.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men<br />
2 Black or White--Michael Jackson<br />
3 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br />
4 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn<br />
5 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey<br />
6 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd<br />
7 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
8 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br />
9 Street of Dreams--Nia Peeples<br />
10 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton <br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>To Be with You</em> by Mr. Big (#78) and <em>Addams Groove</em> by MC Hammer (#79). <br />
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Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.1696.pdf">RPM</a></span>)<br />
1 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br />
2 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart<br />
3 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane <br />
4 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton<br />
5 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
6 What About Now--Robbie Robertson<br />
7 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant<br />
8 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation<br />
9 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br />
10 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Smells Like Teen Spirit</em> by Nirvana (#69); <em>Someday</em> by Aldo Nova (#72); <i>If She Could Sing</i> by Art Bergmann (#75); <em>Go Back to Your Woods</em> by Robbie Robertson (#82); <em>Martika's Kitchen</em> by Martika (#88); <em>King's Highway</em> by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#90); and <i>Finally</i> by Ce Ce Peniston (#95).<br />
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Robert Eddison, 83</b>. Japanese-born U.K. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eddison">Mr. Eddison</a> was a character actor on stage, screen, and television for more than 60 years, known for his mellifluously resonant, baritone voice. He played Grail Knight in the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade">Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade</a></i> (1989).<br>
<br>
<b>Married on this date</b><br />
Happy Anniversary, Eileen and Leo Sasakamoose!<br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (7th week at #1)<br />
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#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (4th week at #1) <br />
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#1 single in Flanders (VRT): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler <br>
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#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (7th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (8th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Gabbertje--Hakkûhbar (2nd week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): A Different Beat--Boyzone <br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-12-14">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) <br>
3 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage <br>
4 Don't Let Go (Love)--En Vogue <br>
5 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge <br />
6 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion <br>
7 Pony--Ginuwine <br />
8 I Finally Found Someone--Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams <br>
9 I'm Still in Love with You--New Edition<br>
10 Where Do You Go--No Mercy <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>I Believe I Can Fly</i> by R. Kelly (#26); <i>Without Love</i> by Donna Lewis (#60); <i>Nothin' But the Cavi Hit</i> by Mack 10 & Tha Dog Pound (#65); <i>It's Your Body</i> by Johnny Gill featuring Roger Troutman (#83); and <i>Sugar Honey Ice Tea</i> by Goodfellaz (#88). <i>I Believe I Can Fly</i> was from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Jam">Space Jam</a></i> (1996). <i>Nothin' But the Cavi Hit</i> was from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_%26_Reason_(film)">Rhyme & Reason</a></i> (1997). <br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">20 years ago<br />
2001</span><br />
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<b>Died on this date<br>
John Guedel, 88</b>. U.S. radio and television producer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Guedel">Mr. Guedel</a> created <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet">The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet</a></i>, and co-created and produced <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Party_(radio_and_TV_show)">House Party</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Are_Funny">People Are Funny</a></i>, and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Bet_Your_Life">You Bet Your Life</a></i>. It was said in 1956 that he was producing as many as 25 half-hour radio and television shows per week.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
Koloa Talake took office as Prime Minister of Tuvalu.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
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<b>Died on this date<br>
Joe Simon, 98</b>. U.S. author and illustrator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Simon">Mr. Simon</a> created or co-created many comic book characters in the 1930s and '40s. He and partner Jack Kirby created Captain America in 1940; they also created romance comics, and were pioneers in horror comics. Mr. Simon founded the satirical magazine <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_(magazine)">Sick</a></i> in 1960 and edited it for almost a decade. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1999.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-76957122363521497522021-12-13T02:13:00.012-07:002024-02-28T23:45:38.943-07:00December 13, 2021<b>980 years ago<br>
1041</b><br>
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<b>Politics and government</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_V_Kalaphates">Michael V</a> was proclaimed Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, three days after the death of his uncle Michael IV.<br>
<br>
<b>500 years ago<br>
1521</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Sixtus V</b>. Roman Catholic Pope, 1585-1590. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_V">Sixtus V</a>, born Felice Piergentile, was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1547 and was made a cardinal in 1570. He succeeded Gregory XIII and launched a rebuilding project in Rome, financing it with heavy taxation. Pope Sixtus also rooted out corruption and lawlessness in Rome, and excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Henri IV of France. Sixtus V died on August 27, 1590 at the age of 68, three days after taking ill with malarial fever, and was succeeded by Urban VII.<br />
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<b>Died on this date<br />
Manuel I, 52</b>. King of Portugal, 1495-1521. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_of_Portugal">Manuel I</a>, the grandson of King Duarte and nephew of King Afonso V, succeeded his first cousin João II on the throne. King Manuel I oversaw an era of prosperity and Portuguese imperial expansion. He was succeeded by his son João III.<br />
<br />
<b>400 years ago<br>
1621</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Katarina Stenbock, 86</b>. Queen consort of Sweden, 1552-1560. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Stenbock">Katarina</a>, the niece of King Gustav I's second wife, Queen Margaret, became Queen consort when she became his thrid wife in 1552. The couple had no children, but Queen Katarina served as a mediator of disputes between King Gustav and his children. Gustav I died in 1560, and was succeeded by Erik XIV, his son from his first marriage. <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Gustavsdotter_(Stenbock)">Katarina</a> spent the rest of her life as a Dowager Queen.<br>
<br>
<b>150 years ago<br>
1871</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Emily Carr</b>. Canadian artist. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr">Miss Carr</a>, a native of Victoria, was known for her paintings of aboriginal themes and landscapes, especially forest scenes. She died on March 2, 1945 at the age of 73. <br />
<br />
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Kenneth Patchen</b>. U.S. poet and artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Patchen">Mr. Patchen</a> was a pacifist whose poetry often dwelt on the loss of innocence in society and the corrupted human spirit. Collections of his poems were accompanied by his paintings and drawings, and his public readings were acompanied by jazz music. Mr. Patchen attracted just a cult following in his lifetime, but he influenced the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat Generation. He long suffered from health problems deriving from a back injury in 1937, and died on January 8, 1972 at the age of 60.<br>
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<b>Trygve Haavelmo</b>. Norwegian econometrician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trygve_Haavelmo">Dr. Haavelmo</a> was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures." He died on July 28, 1999 at the age of 87.<br />
<br />
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Turgut Demirağ</b>. Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgut_Demira%C4%9F">Mr. Demirağ</a> produced 64 movies, directed 19, and wrote 19 from 1947-1974. He produced and directed <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314041/">Evvel zaman içinde</a></i> (1951), Turkey's first full-length animated feature film; unfortunately, the negatives of the film were lost when they were sent to MGM Studios in California for colour printing, and have never been found. <a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgut_Demirağ">Mr. Demirağ</a> died on January 14, 1987 at the age of 65. <br>
<br>
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Gustave Le Bon, 90</b>. French polymath. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Le_Bon">Dr. Le Bon</a> was a psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist who was best known for his book <i>Psychologie des Foules (The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind)</i> (1895). He believed that crowds developed their own new psychological entity, the characteristics of which are determined by the "racial unconscious" of the crowd. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Le_Bon">Dr. Le Bon</a> influenced people such as Theodore Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, and Sigmund Freud. <br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
New York (7-6-1) 25 @ Chicago Bears (8-5) 6
The season ended with the Green Bay Packers winning their third straight National Football League championship, with a 12-2 record and a winning percentage of .857. The Portsmouth Spartans finished second at 11-3 (.786).<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Chattanooga Choo Choo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires) (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
The governments of Hungary and Bulgaria announced that a state of war existed between their respective countries and the United States. Russian armies reportedly continued their advance against German forces. U.S.S.R. Ambassador to the United States Maxim Litvinov said in Washington that the Soviet Union intended to concentrate on defeating Germany, and would not join the war against Japan at the moment. British Governor of Hong Kong Mark Young rejected a Japanese demand for the surrender of the island, as defense of the island was organized into a West Brigade, commanded by Brigadier J. K. Lawson, and including the Winnipeg Grenadiers; and an East Brigade, under Brigadier C. Wallis, including the Royal Rifles of Canada. Major-General Christopher Maltby deployed both Canadian units to defend the southern beaches against a seaborne attack, as heavy Japanese artillery fire and air raids began. The Venezuelan embassy in Washington announced that Venezuela had opened her ports to ships of all American nations fighting the Axis. Argentina issued a decree recognizing the United States as a non-belligerent, and declaring Argentine neutrality toward Germany and Italy. The U.S. Navy conceded that Guam had apparently been captured by Japanese forces, while U.S. Army Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters claimed that Filipino troops had wiped out a Japanese landing party in the Lingayen area of Luzon.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br />
German authorities in Paris announced that 100 "Jews, Communists, and anarchists" would be executed as a result of attacks on German soldiers.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
In a move to prevent hoarding or speculation, the U.S. Office of Production Management froze sugar stocks and limited new deliveries by importers and refiners to 1940 levels.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The Administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the selection of 12 industry representatives and 12 labour leaders to draft a basic war labour policy.<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
More than 500 people were killed in a mud and rock slide in Huaraz, Peru.<br />
<br />
<b>Tennis</b><br />
The United States Lawn Tennis Association announced its annual rankings, with Bobby Riggs as the top men's player, and Sarah Palfrey Cooke as the top women's player.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
U.S. Reparations Commissioner Edwin Pauley charged that Soviet forces had done $850 million in damage by dismantling industrial facilities during their occupation of Manchuria.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The British House of Commons ended a two-day debate by endorsing the government policy on Indian independence.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States had 550,000 troops stationed aborad, mainly in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea.<br />
<br />
<b>Americana</b><br />
Abilene, Kansas announced that the boyhood home of U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower would be preserved as the centre of a $1-million memorial to him and the U.S. armed forces.<br />
<br />
<b>Protest</b><br />
The National Negro Congress in New York picketed screenings of the Walt Disney movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_South">Song of the South</a></i> as "an insult to the Negro."<br />
<br />
<b>Crime</b><br />
A grand jury in Atlanta indicted white supremacist organization Columbians, Inc. President Emory Burke and Secretary Homer Loomis on charges of conspiracy to riot, and illegal possession of dynamite.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
AAFC <br>
Brooklyn (3-10-1) 20 @ Miami (3-11) 31 <br>
<br>
<b>70 years ago<br />
1951</b><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
U.S. Sabrejet pilots reported their biggest one-day kill of Communist MiG-15s, 13 to 15, in dogfights over North Korea.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_Organization_of_American_States">Charter of the Organization of American States</a>, signed in Bogota on April 30, 1948, went into effect as Colombia became the 14th of the 21 signatories to ratify it.<br>
<br>
France, supported by the U.S.A. and U.K., won indefinite postponement of a United Nations General Assembly debate on Arab charges of oppression in French Morocco.<br>
<br>
The U.S. State Department dismissed Far Eastern policy adviser John Stewart Service after the Civl Service Loyalty Review Board found "reasonable doubt" of his loyalty. Mr. Service had been cleared six times on disloyalty charges by a grad jury and the State Department's Loyalty Security Board.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The South African delegation to the United Nations withdrew from the General Assembly sessions to protest the Trusteeship Commission's decision to hear testimony fro tribal chiefs of South-West Africa on the question of UN trusteeship for the territory.<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
A U.S. federal grand jury in Chicago indicted seven local officials on charges of violating the civil rights of Negroes in the race riot in Cicero, Illinois the previous July.<br>
<br>
<b>Academia</b><br>
A panel of college presidents chosen by the American Council on Education recommended five steps to prevent future college sports scandals, including the elimination of football bowl games; grade requirements for athletes; and barring freshmen from varsity teams to discourage recruiting of high school stars.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The French National Assembly ratified the European Coal and Steel Community plan 377-233 as Prime Minister Rene Pleven succeeded in overcoming the opposition of Communists and Gaullists.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas ordered the seizure of all commercial aircraft in Brazil and drafted 16,000 striking airline employees into the Air Force to end a five-day strike for higher wages.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">60 years ago<br />
1961</span><br />
<br />
<b>At the movies</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Planet">The Phantom Planet</a></i>, directed by William Marshall, and starring Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, and Tony Dexter, opened in theatres.<br>
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<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Grandma Moses, 101</b>. U.S. artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses">Anna Mary Robertson Moses</a> was a folk artist who began painting scenes of rural America when she was young, but produced most of her paintings after she turned 78, achieving tremendous popularity. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Music</span><br />
The Beatles--John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best--performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. Mike Smith, an artists and repertoire representative of Decca Records, was in attendance; he didn't think they were good enough to be offered a recording contract, but he invited them to come to London on January 1, 1962 for an audition.<br />
<br />
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Maggie May--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Midōsuji--Ouyang Fei Fei (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (8th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Montreal journalist Pierre Vallières, who had gone underground three months earlier, <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2255.html">announced that he was breaking from the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)</a>, and now advocated the use of democratic means to achieve the liberation of Quebec workers. <br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Washington (9-3-1) 38 @ Los Angeles (7-5-1) 24 <br>
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<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Physical--Olivia Newton-John (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland: Physical--Olivia Newton-John (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Pigmeat Markham, 77</b>. U.S. entertainer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmeat_Markham">Dewey Markham</a> was a comedian, singer, dancer, and actor who had a career spanning more than 60 years, performing mainly for Negro audiences on the "Chitlin' Circuit" of theatres and nightclubs. He was best known for his "Here Comes the Judge" routine, which became a hit record for him in 1968, and which he performed on the television program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i> during the 1968-69 season, exposing him to white audiences. Mr. Markham died from a stroke.<br>
<br>
<strong>World events</strong><br />
Poland's Communist government <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/newsid_2558000/2558955.stm">imposed martial law</a> in an attempt to suppress the Solidarity trade union movement.<br />
<br />
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b> <br>
The Organización de Estados Centroamericanos (ODECA) countries signed the Protocol of Tegucigalpa, extending earlier cooperation for regional peace, political freedom, democracy and economic development. <br>
<br>
<b>Health</b><br>
The Quebec Superior Court <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/20750.html">ruled</a> that "there is nothing to identify miuf (urea formaldehyde foam) as the cause (of) health problems" experienced by those who used this product, which had been approved by the government of Canada, to insulate their homes between 1977-1979. 80,000 Canadians insulated their homes with the foam, and the plaintiffs rejected the government's offer of $5,000 to have it removed, demanding greater compensation. The ruling was a bitter result for these people since it did not recognize the federal government's responsibility to grant compensation greater than the amounts previously offered. <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b> <br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Don't Speak--No Doubt <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>At the movies</b><br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher%27s_Wife">The Preacher's Wife</a></i>, starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance, opened in theatres.<br />
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<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Nations Security Council chose Kofi Annan of Ghana to be the UN's seventh Secretary-General.<br />
<br />
<b>Baseball</b><br />
Pitcher Roger Clemens signed as a free agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. Mr. Clemens had been an outstanding pitcher with the Boston Red Sox from 1984-1996, but had had an off-season in 1996, posting a record of 10-13 with an earned run average of 3.63 in 34 games.<br />
<br />
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Terrorism</strong><br />
At least 12 people were killed and 22 injured when Kashmiri terrorists broke through security and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/newsid_3695000/3695057.stm">attacked the Indian parliament building</a> in New Delhi.<br>
<br>
The Pentagon released a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaeda leader said the deaths and destruction achieved by the September 11 attacks exceeded his "most optimistic" expectations.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
U.S. President George W. Bush served formal notice that the United States was pulling out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia.<br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br>
Bombardier, the world's leading equipment supplier in the rail sector, signed its <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21681.html">largest rail contract ever</a>, a $2.3-billion deal with the French National Railways Company (SNCF) for 500 high-capacity railcars.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
After murdering a woman at his home, Nordine Amrani, 33, threw grenades and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Li%C3%A8ge_attack">fired a rifle at crowds</a> in Liège, Belgium, killing 6 people and injuring 125 others, before committing suicide.<br>
<br>
<b>Sport</b><br>
World men's figure skating champion Patrick Chan was named the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding athlete of 2011.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-6935183814335448722021-12-12T16:42:00.007-07:002022-01-07T19:23:28.644-07:00December 12, 2021<b>200 years ago <br>
1821</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Gustave Flaubert</b>. French author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert">Mr. Flaubert</a> was a leading proponent of literary realism and was known for his exacting style, looking for "just the right word." His best-known work was the novel <i>Madame Bovary</i> (1857). <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert">Mr. Flaubert</a> died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 8, 1880 at the age of 58, after suffering from venereal disease for years.<br />
<br />
<b>190 years ago<br>
1831</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
William Lyon Mackenzie was expelled from the Upper Canada Assembly by a Tory majority vote of 24-15 for calling the assembly a “sycophantic office,” in his newspaper <i>The Colonial Advocate</i>. A mob of several hundred then entered the Assembly, demanding that Lieutenant Governor John Colborne dissolve parliament; he refused. Mr. Mackenzie was re-elected in a by-election several weeks later.<br>
<br>
<strong>120 years ago<br />
1901</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Radio</strong><br />
Using a 500-foot (150-metre) kite-supported antenna for reception, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland, from his company's wireless station at Poldhu, Cornwall, England.<br />
<br />
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA<br>
Army 17 Navy 7 @ Yankee Stadium, New York <br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
César Basa, 26</b>. Filipino military aviator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Basa">Lieutenant Basa</a> was shot down in a battle against numerically superior Japanese forces, and was the first Filipino fighter pilot to be killed in World War II; he was awarded a posthumous Silver Star.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Hungary and Romania declared war on the United States. The United Kingdom declared war on Bulgaria. India declared war on Japan. Panama, Honduras, Haiti, and El Salvador declared war on Germany and Italy. 54 Japanese A6M Zero fighters raided Batangas Field, Philippines; Jesْs Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fended them off, while César Basa was killed. The U.S. War Department claimed that Japanese landings at several points on the Philippine island of Luzon had been repulsed. Japanese troops advanced in northwest Malaya, while Japanese bombers raided Penang. The U.S.S.R. claimed that the German armies besieging Moscow had been routed. The British command reported that its troops had pushed 40 miles west of Tobruk, Libya and had surrounded El Gazala. The United States Coast Guard seized 14 French ships in American ports, including the luxury liner SS <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie">Normandie</a></em> at New York; it was subsequently renamed USS <i>Lafayette</i>. A U.S. federal jury in New York convicted 14 men on charges of espionage and failure to register as agents of Germany; 19 others had already pled guilty. U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh was scheduled to address an America First Committee in Boston, but, because of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor five days earlier, the America First Committee dissolved, and his speech, titled <em><a href="http://www.charleslindbergh.com/pdf/dec121941.pdf">What Do We Mean by Democracy and Freedom?</a></em>, was never delivered. The U.S. Senate passed and sent to conference a $10,572,350,705 defense appropriation bill, increasing the House of Representatives measure by $2,328,511,774. <br />
<br />
<b>Abominations</b><br />
German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the Jews at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Chancellery_meeting_of_12_December_1941">meeting in the Reich Chancellery</a> in Berlin.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Three days after taking office as Premier of British Columbia, John Hart formed a Liberal/ Conservative coalition government in order to prevent the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from forming the government.<br>
<br>
<b>Religion</b><br />
Three Protestant women's organizations merged under a single constitution as the National Council of Churchwomen at a meeting in Atlantic City.<br />
<br />
<b>Business</b><br />
Ford Motor Company began a 24-hour day, 7-day week for all defense projects.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Charles B. Thwing, 86</b>. U.S. physicist. Dr. Thwing devised Thwing's law of inductivity.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Greek Prime Minister Constantin Tsaldaris accused Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Albania of creating a state of "undeclared war" in border clashes against Greece.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Nations General Assembly passed a compromise resolution on Spain, urging member nations to recall their ministers from Spain, barring the country from participation in UN agencies, and calling on the UN Security Council to take up the issue again if Spain did not establish a democratic government "within a reasonable time."<br />
<br />
The Council of Foreign Ministers ended its New York meetings after agreeing to set up special committees to study the Austrian and German peace treaties.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
The Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force were reintegrated into one central command. <br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Socialist Léon Blum was elected by the French National Assembly to serve as President of the Provisional Government, effective December 16. He had served as Prime Minister from 1936-1937 and March 13-April 10, 1938.<br />
<br />
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a cabinet shuffle, resulting in Paul Martin assuming the office of Minister of National Health and Welfare, replacing Brooke Claxton, who was named Minister of National Defence. Mr. Claxton replaced Douglas Abbott, who was named Minister of Finance and Receiver General. Mr. Abbott replaced J.L. Ilsley, who was named Minister of Justice, replacing Louis St. Laurent, who had recently been named Secretary of State for External Affairs.<br />
<br />
South Korea's first occupation legislature opened in Seoul, boycotted by the rightist Han Kook Party because of the invalidation of elections in two provinces.<br />
<br />
U.S. President Harry Truman created an office of Temporary Controls, headed by General Philip Fleming, to take over and liquidate the Office of Price Administration, Civilian Production Administration, Office of Economic Stabilization, and Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.<br />
<br />
<b>Technology</b><br />
Dr. Luis W. Alvarez was awarded the Robert J. Collier Aviation Trophy for his work on radar.<br />
<br />
<b>Journalism</b><br />
Allied authorities in Tokyo issued requirements for the licensing of news media in Japan to control "propaganda" from Soviet and other sources.<br />
<br />
<b>Energy</b><br />
U.S. President Truman named nine scientists as advisers to the Atomic Energy Commission, including Manhattan Project workers Enrico Fermi, Glenn Seaborg, and J. Robert Oppenheimer.<br />
<br />
<b>Scandal</b><br />
The U.S. Senate War Investigating Committee heard Army engineers testify that Sen. Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) was active in securing over $25 million in contracts to build war installations in his state.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The government of Guatemala temporarily banned strikes and slowdowns in the face of threatened protests against United Fruit Company and International Railways of Central America.<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
A fire at an ice plant in Hudson Heights, Manhattan, New York City, spread to an adjacent tenement, killing 37 people.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Mildred Bailey, 44</b>. U.S. singer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Bailey">Mrs. Bailey</a> was a jazz singer who was popular in the 1930s and '40s, performing and recording with the bands of artists such as Paul Whiteman and Red Norvo, and frequently appearing on radio. She was the older sister of musician Al Rinker, who teamed up with Bing Crosby and Harry Barris in the Rhythm Boys in the 1920s. Mrs. Bailey suffered from diabetes in later years, and died of heart failure.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The latest U.S. Defense Department reports placed U.S. casualties in the Korean War at 102,576 (17,441 dead).<br>
<br>
<b>Protest</b><br>
3,000 South Koreans demonstrated in Pusan against any armistice agreement that would leave Korea divided.<br>
<br>
<b>Aviation</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter">de Havilland DHC-3 Otter</a> made its first test flight.
<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
The Canadian Parliament voted to set up the <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/1000.html">St. Lawrence Seaway Authority</a> as the Canadian project manager in cooperation with the United States.<br>
<br>
<b>Oil</b><br>
Iran threatened to shift its oil sales to Soviet-bloc countries if former customers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company did not place orders on Iranian terms within 10 days.<br>
<br>
<b>Boxing</b><br>
Former world heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles (73-6-1) won a 12-round unanimous decision over world light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim (77-18-4) at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. Mr. Charles had won a 15-round unanimous decision over Mr. Maxim on May 30, 1951, when Mr. Charles was still heavyweight champion.<br>
<br>
<b>Baseball</b><br>
Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from the New York Yankees. The outfielder batted .325 with 361 home runs and 1,537 runs batted in in 1,736 games in 13 seasons (1936-1942, 1946-1951), leading the American League in batting twice, home runs twice, runs batted in twice, slugging twice, and runs once, while being named as the AL's Most Valuable Player three times. He was one of the best defensive center fielders in history, and helped the Yankees win 10 AL pennants and 9 World Series, batting .271 with 8 homers and 30 RBIs in 51 World Series games. He hit safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941, a record that still stands.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart--Cliff Richard and the Norrie Paramor Orchestra (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i>, on NBC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508244/">Services Rendered</a></i>, starring Stephen Dunne and Hugh Marlowe<br>
<br>
<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Robb Findlay!<br />
<br />
<strong>Space</strong><br />
The U.S.A. launched the satellite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_1">OSCAR 1</a>, whose mission was "radio propagation." It was the first amateur radio satellite.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Tickets went on sale for New Zealand’s new national <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/first-golden-kiwi-lottery-draw">Golden Kiwi lottery</a>. All 250,000 tickets sold within 24 hours, with the £12,000 top prize (equivalent to nearly $550,000 today) four times that offered in previous lotteries.<br>
<br>
<strong>Boxing</strong><br />
The Edward J. Neil Memorial Trophy, awarded annually by the Boxing Writers' Association of New York to the person doing the most for boxing in the previous year, was awarded to Gene Fullmer, National Boxing Association world middleweight champion.<br />
<br />
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
David Sarnoff, 80</b>. Belarusian-born U.S. broadcasting executive. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sarnoff">Mr. Sarnoff</a> founded Radio Corporation of America in 1919, and led RCA until his retirement in 1970. He was a major figure in the development of radio and television. <br />
<br />
<b>Hockey</b><br>
NHL<br>
<a href="https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/197112120CBH.html">Minnesota 3 @ Chicago 5</a><br>
<br>
Bobby Hull scored his 1,000th career point with an assist on Chico Maki's goal at 7:59 of the 1st period, and scored the winning goal at 12:21 as the Black Hawks scored all their goals in the 1st period of their win over the North Stars at Chicago Stadium. Dennis Hull scored 2 goals for the Black Hawks.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Cleveland (8-5) 21 @ New Orleans (4-7-2) 17 <br>
Chicago (6-7) 10 @ Green Bay (4-7-2) 31 <br>
Dallas (10-3) 42 @ New York Giants (4-9) 14 <br>
St. Louis (4-8-1) 7 @ Philadelphia (5-7-1) 19 <br>
Atlanta (6-6-1) 3 @ San Francisco (8-5) 24 <br>
Pittsburgh (6-7) 21 @ Cincinnati (4-9) 13 <br>
Oakland (7-4-2) 14 @ Kansas City (9-3-1) 16 <br>
Denver (4-8-1) 17 @ San Diego (6-7) 45 <br>
Houston (3-9-1) 20 @ Buffalo (1-12) 14 <br>
New England (5-8) 6 @ New York Jets (5-8) 13 <br>
<br>
See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgYE0esJio">video</a>. <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago<br>
1981</b><br>
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span><br />
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Cicale--Heather Parisi <br>
<br>
#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Pretend--Alvin Stardust <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland: Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)--Julio Iglesias (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)--Julio Iglesias <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Don't You Want Me--The Human League <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1981/week-50">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie <br>
2 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
3 Pretend--Alvin Stardust <br>
4 Annie--Miggy <br>
5 Wünderbar--Tenpole Tudor <br>
6 Let's Start II Dance Again--Bohannon <br>
7 It's Raining--Shakin' Stevens <br>
8 Physical--Olivia Newton-John <br>
9 Should I Do It--Pointer Sisters <br>
10 Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees--Marcia Hines <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>One of Us</i> by ABBA (#18); <i>Spirits in the Material World</i> by the Police (#29); <i>We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)</i> by Boney M. (#34); <i>Saturday Nights</i> by Patricia Paay (#37); and <i>I'm a Rocking Machine</i> by Babe (#38). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1981-12-12">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1) <br>
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br>
3 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police <br />
4 Oh No--Commodores <br />
5 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire <br>
6 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
7 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You)--Air Supply <br>
8 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
9 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
10 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>Sweet Dreams</em> by Air Supply (#74); <em>All Our Tomorrows</em> by Eddie Schwartz (#80); <i>Sea of Love</i> by Del Shannon (#81); <em>Keeping Our Love Alive</em> by Henry Paul Band (#88); <em>A World Without Heroes</em> by Kiss (#92); <i>Every Home Should Have One</i> by Patti Austin (#93); and <em>Titles (Chariots of Fire)</em> by Vangelis (#94). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19811212.html">Cash Box</a></span>) <br />
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
3 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind and Fire<br />
4 Oh No--Commodores<br />
5 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates<br />
6 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police<br />
7 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
8 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross<br />
9 Here I Am--Air Supply<br />
10 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Sweet Dreams</em> by Air Supply (#78); <em>All Our Tomorrows</em> by Eddie Schwartz (#84); <em>Keeping Our Love Alive</em> by Henry Paul Band (#85); <em>A World Without Heroes</em> by Kiss (#86); <em>Could it Be Love</em> by Jennifer Warnes (#88); and <em>Titles (Chariots of Fire)</em> by Vangelis (#89).<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-12-12.pdf">Record World</a></i>) <br>
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br />
3 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
4 Let's Groove--Earth, Wind & Fire <br />
5 Oh No--Commodores <br>
6 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross <br>
7 Young Turks--Rod Stewart <br>
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police <br>
9 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey <br />
10 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You)--Air Supply <br />
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>Sweet Dreams</em> by Air Supply (#74); <i>Falling in Love</i> by Balance (#84); <i>Sea of Love</i> by Del Shannon (#87); <em>All Our Tomorrows</em> by Eddie Schwartz (#88); <i>Love in the First Degree</i> by Alabama (#89); <i>Call Me</i> by Skyy (#90); <i>Closer to the Heart</i> by Rush (#97); <i>Better Things</i> by the Kinks (#98); and <i>Blue Jeans</i> by Chocolate Milk (#99). <br />
<br />
Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0431.pdf">RPM</a></span>) <br />
1 The Friends of Mr. Cairo--Jon and Vangelis (5th week at #1)<br />
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
3 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack<br />
4 Physical--Olivia Newton-John<br />
5 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
6 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie<br />
7 Oh No--Commodores<br />
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police<br />
9 No Reply at All--Genesis<br />
10 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Wind Him Up</em> by Saga (#43); <em>Comin' In and Out of Your Life</em> by Barbra Streisand (#45); and <em>Waiting on a Friend</em> by the Rolling Stones (#46). <br />
<br />
<b>30 years ago<br />
1991</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Mysterious Ways--U2 <br />
<br />
<b>Europeana</b><br />
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federation">Russian Federation</a> gained its independence from the U.S.S.R.<br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
Canadian Justice Minister Kim Campbell introduced into the House of Commons a new rape shield law that defined consent, allowing case questioning only when crucial to the defendant. The new bill restored protections lost by a court ruling the previous August.<br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Breathe--The Prodigy <br />
<br />
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Breathe--The Prodigy (4th week at #1)<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Vance Packard, 82</b>. U.S. journalist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_Packard">Mr. Packard</a> wrote for newspapers and magazines from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, but was best known for his books critiquing trends in modern society. His books included <i>The Hidden Persuaders</i> (1957); <i>The Status Seekers</i> (1959); <i>The Waste Makers</i> (1960); <i>The Pyramid Climbers</i> (1962); <i>The Naked Society</i> (1964); <i>The Sexual Wilderness</i> (1968); <i>A Nation of Strangers</i> (1972); and <i>The People Shapers</i> (1977).<br />
<br />
<b>Radio</b><br />
The government of Canada decided to take over operation of Radio Canada International, reversing Canadian Broadcasting Corporation President Perrin Beatty's earlier decision to close it down.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/3726.html">named Lise Thibault as Lieutenant Governor of Québec</a>, with her appointment to take effect January 30, 1997. Mrs. Thibault was the first woman and first person with a disbility to hold the post.<br />
<br />
<b>Baseball</b> <br />
Outfielder Moises Alou signed with the Florida Marlins as a free agent. Mr. Alou, the son of Montréal Expos' manager Felipe Alou, had been with the Expos since 1990, and batted .281 with 21 home runs and 96 runs batted in in 143 games in 1996.<br />
<br />
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date <br>
Jean Richard, 80</b>. French actor and businessman. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Richard_(actor)">Mr. Richard</a> appeared in movies and television programs in a career spanning more than 40 years. He was best known for starring in the television detective series <i><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Enquêtes_du_commissaire_Maigret">Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret</a></i> (1967-1990). <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Richard_(acteur)">Mr. Richard</a> owned and managed three major circuses, two theme parks, and a private zoo. <br>
<br>
<strong>World events</strong><br />
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat closed the offices of the organizations <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0822500.html">Hamas</a> and Islamic Jihad.<br>
<br>
<b>Environment</b><br>
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải announced the decision on upgrading the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phong_Nha-K%E1%BA%BB_B%C3%A0ng_National_Park">Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng</a> nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Environment</b><br>
Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that Canada was <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23969.html">withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol</a>, adopted in 2002. Mr. Kent stated that the Kyoto Protocol's targets of greenhouse gas emiission reduction were unrealistic.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-89444942663112655122021-12-12T08:56:00.009-07:002022-02-24T16:46:19.479-07:00December 11, 2021<b>1,660 years ago <br>
361</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
A month after succeeding Constantius II, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor)">Julian</a> entered Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.<br>
<br>
<b>1,160 years ago<br>
861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Al-Mutawakkil, 39</b>. Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, 847-861. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil">Al-Mutawakkil ʽalà Allāh</a> succeeded his older half-brother al-Wathiq. The Abbasid Empire reached its territorial height under Al-Mutawakkil's reign, and he ended the persecution of many Islamic scholars, while being less tolerant toward non-Muslims. Al-Mutawakkil had his Turkic commander-in-chief killed, which contributed to his unpopularity. He was assassinated along with his secretary, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fath_ibn_Khaqan">Al-Fath ibn Khaqan</a>, 43-44 (?)</b>, by the Turkish guard, who raised Al-Mutawakkil's eldest son al-Muntasir to the throne, beginning the period of civil strife known as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy_at_Samarra">Anarchy at Samarra</a>."<br>
<br>
<b>780 years ago<br>
1241</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Ögedei Khan, 55 (?)</b>. Emperor of the Mongol Empire, 1229-1241. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96gedei_Khan">Ögedei Khan</a>, the third son of Genghis Khan, acceded to the throne upon the death of his father. He continued his father's expansion of the empire, which reached its farthest extent west and south during the Mongol invasions of Europe and conquests of China. Ögedei Khan's wife Töregene Khatun succeeded him as regent until the election of their son Güyük Khan in 1246.<br>
<br>
<strong>130 years ago<br />
1891</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Diplomacy</strong><br />
Two months after the <a href="http://tv.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/1114.html">brawl between American sailors and Chilean nationals</a> outside the True Blue Saloon in Valparaiso, Chilean Foreign Minister Manuel Matta declared that the U.S. government was insincere, wrong, and bellicose.<br />
<br />
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Val Guest</b>. U.K. film director and screenwriter. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Guest">Mr. Guest</a>, born Valmond Grossman, began writing comedy films in the mid-1930s, and began directing them in 1942. He began working with Hammer Films in the mid-1950s, and the success of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatermass_Xperiment">The Quatermass Xperiment</a></i> (1955) influenced Hammer in the direction of horror films. Mr. Guest and Wolf Mankowitz share the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Caught_Fire">The Day the Earth Caught Fire</a></i> (1961), which Mr. Guest directed and co-produced. He was one of five directors of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(1967_film)">Casino Royale</a></i> (1967), and worked in television as well as cinema in later years, retiring in the mid-1980s. Mr. Guest died of prostate cancer on May 10, 2006 at the age of 94.<br>
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<b>Naguib Mahfouz</b>. Egyptian author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz">Mr. Mahfouz</a> wrote 34 novels and over 350 short stories. He was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind." Mr. Mahfouz died on August 30, 2016 at the age of 94.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Premier James Whitney led his governing Conservative Party to a third consecutive majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Ontario_general_election">Ontario provincial election</a>. The Conservatives won 82 of 106 seats, a decline of 4 from before the election. The Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, took 22 seats, an increase of 3. The Labour Party and Liberal-Conservative Party each elected 1 candidate.<br>
<br>
<b>Law</b><br>
Alberta brought in its first Motor Vehicles Act. The law set speed limit in towns and cities at 15 miles per hour, and at 20 mph in less settled areas; outside urban areas, drivers were required to slow down to 6 mph when approaching or passing pedestrians and horses, and to assist any horseman who required assistance. Drivers were required to take out a license, must be over 16 years of age if a boy, or over 18 if a young lady. <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Liz Smith</b>. U.K. actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Smith_(actress)">Miss Smith</a>, whose real name was Betty Gleadle, was a character actress in numerous television comedy series and several movies from 1969-2013. She died on December 24, 2016, 13 days after her 95th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
APFA<br>
Canton (4-2-3) 0 @ Chicago Staleys (9-1) 10<br>
Cleveland (3-5) 0 @ Washington (1-1) 7 <br>
<br>
<strong>90 years ago<br />
1931</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Law</strong><br />
King George V gave royal assent to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931">Statute of Westminster</a>, establishing legislative equality for self-governing dominions within the British Empire. A noticeable effect of the statute was that countries such as <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/467.html">Canada</a>, Australia, and <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/statute-of-westminster-passed-confirming-nz-autonomy">New Zealand</a> would decide for themselves whether to go to war rather than having that decided for them by Great Britain.<br />
<br />
<b>Religion</b><br>
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, 48, succeeded Monsignor Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau as <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/468.html">Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec</a>. He remained in office until January 17, 1947.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., 19</b>. U.K. military aviator and poet. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.">Pilot Officer Magee</a>, born in Shanghai to Anglican missionary parents, grew up in England, and was visiting the United States when World War II began. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and was sent to England after training in Ontario. P.O. Magee took part in four convoy patrols in November and December 1941 before being killed in an accidental collision with an Airspeed Oxford trainer flying out of RAF Cranwell, piloted by Leading Aircraftman/Pilot Under-Training Ernest Aubrey Griffin, 19, who was also killed in the collision. P.O. Magee is best known for his poem <i>High Flight</i> (1941), which has been frequently quoted on the occasion of disasters; U.S. President Ronald Reagan recited the poem after the explosion of the U.S. space shuttle <i>Challenger</i> in 1986.<br>
<br>
<strong>War</strong><br />
Germany and Italy <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/11/newsid_3532000/3532401.stm">declared war on the United States</a> (hear audio <a href="https://archive.org/download/TheHitlerSpeechTheyDontWantYouToHearPart1/The%20Hitler%20Speech%20They%20Don%27t%20Want%20You%20To%20Hear%20-%20Part%201.ogv">here</a>, <a href="https://archive.org/download/TheHitlerSpeechTheyDontWantYouToHearPart1/The%20Hitler%20Speech%20They%20Don%27t%20Want%20You%20To%20Hear.Part%202.ogv">here</a>, and <a href="https://archive.org/download/TheHitlerSpeechTheyDontWantYouToHearPart1/The%20Hitler%20Speech%20They%20Don%27t%20Want%20You%20To%20Hear.Part%203.ogv">here</a>), while Italian Duce Benito Mussolini told a crowd of 150,000 at the Piazza Venezia in Rome that <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mussolini-s-war-statement-december-1941">Italy was at war with the United States</a>. The text of the Axis pact among Germany, Italy, and Japan was <a href="https://archive.org/details/HitlerDeclaresWarOnUsAndGermanWarReportSpeech11Dec1941">disclosed by German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler</a>; it committed the three Axis powers to a joint war against the United States and United Kingdom, and precluded a separate peace. The U.S. Congress responded in kind, unanimously declaring war on Germany and Italy. The U.S. Congress amended the Selective Service Act to permit sending troops outside the Western Hemisphere and to extend the terms of all soldiers until six months after the end of the war. U.S. Senator Charles Tobey (Republican--New Hampshire) demanded that Navy Secretary Frank Knox be removed from office after the "unspeakable disaster" at Pearl Harbor. The America First Committee announced that it was dissolving and urged its supporters "to give their full support to the war effort...until peace is attained." Poland declared war on the Empire of Japan, while Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic declared war on Germany and Italy. Australian Prime Minister John Curtin announced in Melbourne that all single men aged 18-45 and married men aged 18-35 would be required to register for military service under the new draft laws. In the Battle of Hong Kong, D Company of the Winnipeg Grenadiers was dispatched to the mainland to strengthen the Gin Drinkers' Line against the Japanese invaders and saw some action, thus becoming the First Canadian Army unit to fight in the Far East. At midday, General Maltby ordered the mainland troops to withdraw to the island; the Winnipeg Grenadiers covered the Royal Scots' withdrawal down the Kowloon Peninsula. The Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its first loss of surface vessels during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island">Battle of Wake Island</a>.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Democratic National Committee Chairman Edward J. Flynn and Republican National Committee Chairman Joseph Martin pledged to call off politics in the United States for the duration of the war.<br />
<br />
<b>Religion</b><br />
A plan to merge eight of the largest Protestant interdenominational agencies in the United States and Canada was presented at the Conference on the Cooperation of Interdenominational Agencies.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
Trading in German, Italian, and Japanese securities on the New York Stock Exchange was suspended "until further notice."<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
Iranian forces occupied Mianeh in Azerbaijan, ending the province's autonomy. Azerbaijani nationalist leader Jaafar Pishevari ordered his forces to surrender, and fled to Russia.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br />
Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt announced that a day-old military revolt against the government had been crushed and that there would be no executions.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
Speaking at the World Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, Vice President Emanuel Neumann of the Zionist Organization of America rejected negotiations with the United Kingdom and said that Zionists must depend on American influence and the armed strength of Palestinian Jews.<br />
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A four-day All-Slav Congress ended in Belgrade after adopting a resolution to create a cultural alliance of five Slavic nations: Russia; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Poland; and Yugoslavia.<br />
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The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.<br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
The United States Army in Germany announced a lifting of the ban against marriage of American soldiers to German girls.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
The U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning issued its final report, recommending lower income taxes, continued rent controls, and "constructive, but not punitive" labour legislation. Former U.S. Office of Price Administration head Paul Porter was named leader of a State Department economic mission to Greece.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations released a market analysis report stating that "total corporate business can support a 25% increase in wages" without raising prices. CIO President Philip Murray said that unions would use the report as a "guidepost" in wage talks.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br>
1951</b><br>
<br>
<b>On television tonight</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspense_(American_TV_series)">Suspense</a></i>, on CBS<br>
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119065/">Mediation in Mexico</a></em> <br />
<br />
<b>War</b> <br>
Communist negotiators at Panmunjom agreed to start discussing a prisoner exchange.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
Big Four representatives at the United Nations General Assembly reached agreement on the formation of a new Atomic Energy and Conventional Armaments Commission, to be drawn from Security Council members plus Canada with the task of considering arms control plans.<br>
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The European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg endorsed plans for a supranational authority to control the proposed European Army.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The Argentine government ordered the arrest of oppositional Radical Party leader Ricardo Balbin for failing to appear in court to answer charges of showing disrespect to President Juan Peron during the recent presidential election campaign.<br>
<br>
East Germany opposed proposals for a United Nations study on the possibility of holding all-German elections as a step toward German reunification.<br>
<br>
Alabama adopted a state constitutional amendment giving county registrars authority to determine who may vote. Negroes charged that the measure would curb their voting rights.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees urged the General Assembly to approve a $250-million land development program intended to make Arab refugees from Israel self-sufficient by 1954.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br />
1961</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span><br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-12-11">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes <br>
2 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean <br>
3 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren <br>
4 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br>
5 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke <br>
6 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
7 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
8 Tonight--Ferrante & Teicher <br>
9 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson <br>
10 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Jambalaya (On the Bayou)</i> by Fats Domino (#63); <i>Dear Lady Twist</i> by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#65); <i>Jingle Bell Rock</i> by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#71); <i>Baby's First Christmas</i> by Connie Francis (#73); <i>Twistin' U.S.A.</i> by Chubby Checker (#78); <i>Maria</i> by Roger Williams (#86); <i>Just Got to Know</i> by Jimmy McCracklin (#88); <i>But on the Other Hand Baby</i> by Ray Charles and his Orchestra (#94); <i>Irresistible You</i> by Bobby Darin (#95); <i>Letter Full of Tears</i> by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#99); and <i>Flying Circle</i> by Frank Slay & his Orchestra (#100). <i>But on the Other Hand Baby</i> was the B-side of <i>Unchain My Heart</i>, charting at #26.<br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>Macabre</em>, on USAFRS Far East Network<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Macabre_35/Macabre611211-5TheMidnightHorseman403.mp3">The Midnight Horseman</a></em><br />
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<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2052-83%20-%20Hobbs%20&%20Shelly/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2052-83%20-%20Hobbs%20&%20Shelly%2061-12-11%20(03)%20The%20Adventure%20Of%20The%20Resident%20Patient.mp3">The Resident Patient</a></em><br />
<br />
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mike_Douglas_Show">The Mike Douglas Show</a></i>, on KYW <br>
<br>
This was the first broadcast of the long-running talk and music program, which was originally just broadcast locally in Cleveland. <br>
<br>
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(American_TV_series)">Thriller</a></em>, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://athrilleraday.blogspot.com/2010/10/return-of-andrew-bentley-season-2.html">The Return of Andrew Bentley</a></em>, starring John Newland, Antoinette Bower, Philip Bourneuf, and Terence de Marney<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGHF7jgxE7g" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe><br>
<br>
<strong>World events</strong><br />
Adolf Eichmann, head of the Nazi Jewish Bureau in Germany during World War II, was convicted in an Israeli court on all 15 counts. He had been kidnapped and spirited out of Argentina in 1960, and had been charged with 7 "crimes against humanity," 4 "crimes against the Jewish people," 3 based on his membership in the Nazi party, and 1 classified as a "war crime." The charges were:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>1/Causing the enslavement, deportation and murder of Jews;<br />
2/Causing the deaths of millions of Jews;<br />
3/Putting millions of Jews in ghettos, labour and concentration camps with the aim of destroying them (the Jews, that is);<br />
4/Sending thousands of Gypsies to extermination camps; <br />
5/Causing the inhuman treatment, deportation and murder of Jews in Axis-occupied areas;<br />
6/Inflicting physical and mental harm on millions of Jews;<br />
7/Planning a program for sterilization of Jews;<br />
8/Deporting 100 Czechoslovakian children from Lidice to Poland, where they were killed; <br />
9/Persecuting Jews on religious, racial, political and national grounds;<br />
10/Appropriating Jewish property by force;<br />
11/Deporting over 500,000 Poles;<br />
12/Deporting 14,000 Slovenes; <br />
13/Being a member of the SS;<br />
14/Being a member of the Nazi Security Police;<br />
15/Being a member of the Gestapo.</blockquote><br />
The trial in Jerusalem, one of the most publicized trials in history, had lasted from April 11-August 14, 1961.<br />
<br />
<strong>Americana</strong><br />
Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was awarded the Freedom Foundation's Patriot's Medal.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
An assistant military attaché at the U.S.S.R.'s Canadian Embassy was expelled for receiving secret Canadian documents. <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Pensiero--Pooh <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill <br>
<br>
Australia's Top 10 (<i><a href="http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19711211.html">Go-Set</a></i>)<br>
1 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart <br>
2 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John <br>
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde <br>
4 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills <br>
5 Speak to the Sky--Ricky Springfield <br>
6 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney <br>
7 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher <br>
8 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez <br>
9 Peace Train--Cat Stevens <br>
10 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Freedom Come, Freedom Go</i> by the Fortunes (#22); <i>Baby Without You</i> by Johnny Farnham and Allison Durbin (#27); <i>Daddy Cool</i> (EP) by Daddy Cool (#28); <i>Me and Bobby McGee</i> by Charley Pride (#34); <i>Till</i> by Tom Jones (#34); and <i>Love is a Beautiful Song</i> by Barry Crocker (#40). <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1971/week-50">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 How Do You Do--Mouth & MacNeal <br>
3 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen <br>
4 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken <br>
5 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road <br>
6 Schِn ist es auf der Welt zu sein--Roy Black + Anita <br>
7 I Will Return--Springwater <br>
8 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart <br>
9 Mama Oh Mama--George Baker Selection <br>
10 Out of Sight, Out of Mind--Shocking Blue <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Student Demonstration Time</i> by the Beach Boys (#27); <i>Johnny Reggae</i> by the Piglets (#31); <i>Des Chansons Pop</i> by the Poppys (#34); <i>Let's See Action</i> by the Who (#36); and <i>De Mosterdpot</i> by Tony Bass (#37). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-12-11">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes <br>
3 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br />
4 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson <br>
5 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br />
6 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread <br />
7 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher <br>
8 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br>
9 Brand New Key--Melanie <br />
10 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>Anticipation</em> by Carly Simon (#61); <em>Sugar Daddy</em> by the Jackson 5 (#72); <i>Those were the Days</i> by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (as the Bunkers) (#73); <i>After All this Time</i> by Merry Clayton (#84); <em>Way Back Home (Vocal)</em> by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (#85); <i>Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt 1</i> by Little Johnny Taylor (#86); <i>Love Potion Number Nine</i> by the Coasters (#88); <em>Take it Slow (Out in the Country)</em> by Lighthouse (#89); <i>That's the Way I Feel About Cha</i> by (The Preacher) Bobby Womack (& Peace) (#91); <i>Get Up and Get Down</i> by the Dramatics (#92); <i>Five Hundred Miles</i> by Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti (#94); <em>No Good to Cry</em> by the Poppy Family (#96); <i>Ain't Understanding Mellow</i> by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (#97); <i>Long Time to Be Alone</i> by the New Colony Six (#99); and <em>The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get</em>) by the Free Movement (#100). <i>Those were the Days</i> was the opening theme from the television comedy series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family">All in the Family</a></i>. <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19711211.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone (3rd week at #1)<br />
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes <br />
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread<br />
4 Brand New Key-Melanie<br />
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
6 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites<br />
7 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin<br />
8 Cherish--David Cassidy<br />
9 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night<br />
10 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart included <em>Sugar Daddy</em> by the Jackson 5 (#60); <em>It's One of Those Nights</em> by the Partridge Family (#65); <em>Make Me the Woman that You Go Home To</em> by Gladys Knight and the Pips (#71); <em>No Sad Song</em> by Helen Reddy (#80); <em>You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth</em> by the Undisputed Truth (#84); <em>Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)</em> by the Persuaders (#86); <em>Without You</em> by Nilsson (#87); <em>Take it Slow (Out in the Country)</em> by Lighthouse (#88); <em>The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get</em>) by the Free Movement (#91); <em>No Good to Cry</em> by the Poppy Family (#94); and <em>Once You Understand</em> by Think (#95).<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-12-11.pdf">Record World</a></i>)<br>
1 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br />
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone <br />
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread <br />
4 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson <br>
5 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br />
6 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin <br />
7 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band <br />
8 Cherish--David Cassidy <br />
9 Brand New Key-Melanie <br />
10 All I Ever Need is You--Sonny & Cher <br />
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <em>It's One of Those Nights</em> by the Partridge Family (#65); <em>Levon</em> by Elton John (#72); <i>Men are Getting Scarce</i> by Chairmen of the Board (#76); <i>Devil You</i> by the Stampeders (#78); <em>Make Me the Woman that You Go Home To</em> by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#82); <em>George Jackson</em> by Bob Dylan (#84); <i>So Many People</i> by Chase (#85); <i>Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt 1</i> by Little Johnny Taylor (#87); <i>Truckin'</i> by the Grateful Dead (#88); <em>You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth</em> by the Undisputed Truth (#89); <em>Take it Slow (Out in the Country)</em> by Lighthouse (#90); <em>Way Back Home (Vocal)</em> by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (#95); <i>You Keep Me Holding On</i> by Tyrone Davis (#96); <i>Number Wonderful</i> by Rock Flowers (#98); and <i>Don't Say You Don't Remember</i> by Beverly Bremers (#99). <br>
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Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5321.pdf">RPM</a></span>) <br />
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes<br />
2 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone<br />
3 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane<br />
5 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread<br />
6 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots<br />
7 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night<br />
8 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher<br />
9 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band <br />
10 Peace Train--Cat Stevens<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>I Can Smell that Funky Music</em> by Eric Mercury (#75); <em>George Jackson</em> by Bob Dylan (#77); <em>Levon</em> by Elton John (#89); <em>It's One of Those Nights</em> by the Partridge Family (#90); <em>An American Trilogy</em> by Mickey Newbury (#91); <em>Anticipation</em> by Carly Simon (#93); <em>Fly Across the Sea</em> by Edward Bear (#94); <em>Treat Me Like a Good Piece of Candy</em> by Dusk (#95); <em>Little Old Rock 'N' Roll Band</em> by Billy Mysner (#97); <em>Pain (Part 1)</em> by Ohio Players (#98); and <em>I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again</em> by Buffy Sainte-Marie (#99).<br />
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Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)<br />
1 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack<br />
2 The Desiderata--Les Crane<br />
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread<br />
4 Do I Love You--Paul Anka<br />
5 Everybody's Everything--Santana<br />
6 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes<br />
7 Questions 67 and 68--Chicago<br />
8 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson<br />
9 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher<br />
10 Bow Down to the Dollar--Joshua<br />
Pick hit of the week: Take it Slow (Out in the Country)--Lighthouse<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Maurice McDonald, 69</b>. U.S. businessman. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_and_Maurice_McDonald">Mr. McDonald</a> and his brother Richard founded the fast-food chain McDonald's, opening their first restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940, and franchising their system beginning in 1953. They hired Ray Kroc as their franchise agent in 1954, and sold the business to him in 1961. Maurice McDonald died of heart failure.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Miami (9-3-1) 3 @ Baltimore (10-3) 14 <br>
Detroit (7-5-1) 10 @ Minnesota (10-3) 29 <br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago<br />
1981</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Ooa hela natten--Attack (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Chi Mai--Ennio Morricone (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2019/09/20/11-december">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 Urgent--Foreigner <br>
3 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey <br>
4 It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin <br>
5 It's You, It's You, It's You--Joe Dolan<br>
6 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones <br>
7 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens <br>
8 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard <br>
9 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton <br>
10 Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love)--Third World <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Japanese Boy</i> by Aneka (#19); and <i>Young Turks</i> by Rod Stewart (#20). <br>
<br>
<b>Abominations</b><br>
Armed forces in El Salvador <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mozote_massacre">massacred</a> an estimated 900 civilians around the village of El Mozote in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The United Nations Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be its fifth Secretary-General.<br>
<br>
<strong>Boxing</strong><br />
Canadian heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick (20-2-1) won a 10-round unanimous decision over former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (56-5) at Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre in Nassau, Bahamas. For Mr. Ali, 39, it was his first fight since losing to current champion Larry Holmes 14 months earlier, and was the last fight in a professional career stretching back to 1960. A regular bell wasn't available for the fight, so a cowbell was used. The bout was broadcast on radio in Edmonton on CJCA, with Don Chevrier calling the blow-by-blow. Among the judges was former Canadian welterweight champion Clyde Gray.<br />
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<br>
<b>30 years ago<br />
1991</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Sweden (<i>Topplistan</i>): Black or White-- Michael Jackson (4th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Years">The Wonder Years</a></em>, on ABC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750297/">Christmas Party</a></em><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Robert Q. Lewis, 70</b>. U.S. radio and television personality. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Q._Lewis">Mr. Lewis</a>, born Robert Goldberg, was known for his many appearances on radio and television quiz and game shows from the 1950s through the 1970s, sometimes as host, often as panelist. He died from emphysema.<br />
<br />
<b>Business</b><br />
Miller Ayre announced the closing of the 60-store St. John's, Newfoundland-based Ayres retail chain, blaming the Goods and Services Tax imposed at the beginning of 1991 by the Progressive Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The company was 142 years old. <br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br>
1996</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Willie Rushton, 59</b>. U.K. humourist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Rushton">Mr. Rushton</a> was a cartoonist and satirist who co-founded the magazine <i>Private Eye</i> in 1961. He was part of the cast of the satirical television program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was">That Was the Week That Was</a></i> (1962-1963), and was a panelist on the radio game show <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Sorry_I_Haven%27t_a_Clue">I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue</a></i> (1974-1996), among many other credits. Mr. Rushton died of a heart attack.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada President Perrin Beatty announced new cuts of $5.5 million and 378 employees. <br>
<br>
<b>20 years ago<br>
2001</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Mainza Chona, 71</b>. Prime Minister of Zambia, 1973-1975, 1977-1978. Vice President of Zambia, 1970-1973. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainza_Chona">Mr. Chona</a>, born Sikaye Chingula Namukamba, became the first president of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) in 1959, stepping down in favour of Kenneth Kaunda when Mr. Kaunda was released from prison in 1960. Mr. Chona served as National Secretary of UNIP (1961-1969); following Zambian independence in 1964, he held various cabinet posts until the constitution of the Second Republic came into effect in 1973. Mr. Chona served two terms as Prime Minister, but was removed from UNIP's central committee in 1981, and refused an appointment as Amassador to China. He changed his mind in 1984, and served as Zambian Ambassador to China (1984-1989) and Amassador to France (1989-1992). Mr. Chona died while undergoing dialysis in Johannesburg.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The government of Canada issued a statement of regret over the execution of 23 volunteer soldiers for cowardice or desertion during the First World War, and allowed the soldiers' names to be added to the Book of Remembrance on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO).<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
Consignia, the company which ran the U.K. Post Office, announced that up to 30,000 Post Office workers <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/11/newsid_2546000/2546289.stm">could lose their jobs</a> over the next 18 months.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Susan Gordon, 62</b>. U.S. actress. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Gordon">Miss Gordon</a>, the daughter of director Bert I. Gordon, began appearing in television commercials at the age of 2, and appeared in numerous television programs as a child and teenager. She retired from acting in 1967, and died of thyroid cancer.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Economist Daniel Paillé was <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/23971.html">elected leader of the Bloc québécois</a>, receiving 61.28% of the vote on the second ballot of the party's leadership convention in Quebec City. Maria Mourany, MP for Ahuntsic, finished second in the voting.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-81073273948303596362021-12-10T08:56:00.009-07:002022-03-09T00:32:39.990-07:00December 10, 2021<b>980 years ago <br>
1041</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Michael IV, 31 (?)</b>. Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, 1034-1041. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian">Michael IV</a> "the Paphlagonian" was the son of a peasant and worked as a money changer before his brother John found him a job in the imperial court. Michael began an affair with Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita; it was believed that they conspired to murder Emperor Romanos III. Michael and Zoë were married the day of Emperor Romanos' death, and Michael was crowned Emperor the following day. He suffered from epilepsy, and entrusted most of the business of government to his brother. Emperor Michael led his troops in a successful campaign against Bulgarian rebels in 1041, but his epilepsy got worse, and he developed dropsy in both legs. The illnesses led to his death, and he was succeeded by his nephew Michael V.<br>
<br>
<b>480 years ago<br>
1541</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Francis Dereham, 32-35</b>. English courtier. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Dereham">Mr. Dereham</a> had an affair with Catherine Howard when she was a teenager and before she became the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. She made him her Private Secretary and then a Gentleman Usher of the Queen's Chamber in August 1541; when their previous relationship was exposed, Mr. Dereham admitted that there had been a pre-contract of marriage with Miss Howard, but denied that there had been any intimacy since then, and that he had been supplanted in his affections by the courtier Thomas Culpeper. Mr. Dereham was convicted of treason on December 1, and was executed at Tyburn by hanging, drawing, and quartering. <br>
<br>
<b>Thomas Culpeper, 27 (?)</b>. English courtier. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Culpeper">Mr. Culpeper</a> was a cousin of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, and a distant cousin of Catherine Howard. He was keeper of the armoury when he began an affair with Queen Catherine in 1541. The affair was discovered, and Mr. Culpeper was tried with Mr. Dereham and convicted of treason. Because of his previous status as a favourite, he was spared Mr. Dereham's punishment, and was executed at Tyburn by beheading. The heads of both men were displayed on London Bridge.<br>
<br>
<b>170 years ago<br>
1851</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Melvil Dewey</b>. U.S. librarian. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey">Mr. Dewey</a> founded <i>The Library Journal</i> in 1876; he was one of the founders of the American Library Association, and was its secretary (1876-1891) and president (1891-1893). He was chief librarian of Columbia University Libraries (1883-1888); director of the New York State Library (1888-1906); and secretary and executive officer of the University of the State of New York (1888-1900). Mr. Dewey established the standard dimensions for catalogue cards, but was best known for creating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification">Dewey Decimal System</a> of classification system, first published in 1876. He had a reputation for sexually harassing women, which finally forced his resignation as N.Y. State Library director and from active participation in the ALA. Mr. Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club as a resort in 1895, with a policy that barred Jews, Negroes, and other minorities from membership. He died from a stroke on December 26, 1931, 16 days after his 80th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Trung_Tr%E1%BB%B1c">Nguyễn Trung Trực</a>, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French lorcha <i>L'Esperance</i>.<br>
<br>
<b>Americana</b><br>
The Confederate States of America accepted a rival state government's pronouncement that declared Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.<br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br />
1891</b><br />
<br />
<b>Born on this date<br />
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis</b>. Governor General of Canada, 1946-1952. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis">Field Marshal Alexander</a> served with distinction in both World Wars, and was Commander-in-Chief of British forces in the Middle East during World War II. He was created Viscount Alexander of Tunis and was appointed Governor General of Canada, a role in which he was popular and effective. Viscount Alexander returned to England in 1952 and was given a peerage in order to join the cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill as Secretary of Defense from 1952-1954. Earl Alexander died on June 16, 1969 at the age of 77. Alexander Circle in Edmonton, the street on which this blogger spent his earliest years, is named in his honour.<br />
<br />
<b>Nelly Sachs</b>. German-born Swedish poet and playwright. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Sachs">Miss Sachs</a> was Jewish, and fled Germany with her mother in 1940 when Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany increased. She was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength." Miss Sachs died on May 12, 1970 at the age of 78.<br />
<br />
<b>Transportation</b><br>
The Calgary and Edmonton Railway, built in 1890-91, was absorbed by the Canadian Pacific Railway. <br>
<br>
<b>125 years ago<br>
1896</b><br>
<br>
<b>Theatre</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_Roi">Ubu Roi</a></i> by Alfred Jarry received its premiere performance at Théâtre de l'Œuvre at the Nouveau-Théâtre in Paris. The production was regarded as offensive and obscene by many, and a riot broke out at the end of what turned out to be its only performance.<br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Torsten Bergström</b>. Swedish actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Bergstr%C3%B6m">Mr. Bergström</a> was best known as a stage actor with several companies in Stockholm, but also appeared in 32 movies from 1919 until <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Bergström">his</a> death on May 26, 1948 at the age of 51. <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Alfred Nobel, 63</b>. Swedish chemist and engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel">Mr. Nobel</a> became fluent in six languages, and obtained the first of 355 patents at the age of 24. His best-known invention was dynamite, which he patented in 1867. <a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel">Mr. Nobel</a> acquired the weapons manufacturing firm Bofors-Gullspång in 1894. When his brother Ludwig died in 1888, several newspapers erroneously printed Alfred's obituary, with one accusing him of being a war profiteer and killer. The accusation prompted Mr. Nobel to create the Nobel Prizes to recognize those who "conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Mr. Nobel was accused of high treason against France for selling the propellant ballistite to Italy, so he moved from Paris to Sanremo, Italy in 1891, and died there from a stroke.<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
The Province of British Columbia declared the Red Mountain Railway complete.<br>
<br>
<strong>120 years ago<br />
1901</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>World events</strong><br />
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm. The winners were Wilhelm Roentgen of Germany (Physics), for his discovery of X-rays; Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff of the Netherlands (Chemistry), for his discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions; Emil Adolf von Behring of Germany (Physiology or Medicine), for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria; and Sully Prudhomme of France (Literature), for his poetry. The Nobel Peace Prize was (and still is) presented in Oslo in honour of the king of Norway, and the winners were Henry Dunant of Switzerland, for his role in founding the International Committee of the Red Cross; and Frederic Passy of France, for being one of the main founders of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the main organizer of the Universal Peace Congress. <br />
<br />
<b>110 years ago
1911</b>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Chet Huntley</b>. U.S. journalist. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Huntley">Mr. Huntley</a> was a radio newscaster with CBS from 1939-1951 and ABC from 1951-1955 before joining NBC in 1955. In 1956 he was teamed with David Brinkley to provide television coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, and the combination proved so successful that they became the network's regular evening newscasters. <i>The Huntley-Brinkley Report</i> ran on NBC from 1956-1970, when Mr. Huntley retired. He died of lung cancer on March 20, 1974 at the age of 62. <br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date <br>
Joseph Dalton Hooker, 94</b>. U.K. botanist and explorer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker">Sir Joseph</a>, the son of botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker, obtained a medical degree and served as Assistant-Surgeon on HMS <i>Erebus</i> with Captain James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition to the South Magnetic Pole (1839-1843). He worked with the Geological Survey of Great Britain (1846-1847), and was granted a leave for an expedition to the Himalayas and India (1847-1851). Dr. Hooker also conducted expeditions to Palestine (1860), Morocco (1871), and the western United States (1877). He was appointed Assistant-Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1855, and succeeded his father as Director, holding the position from 1865-1885. Sir Joseph was a friend of Charles Darwin and one of the earliest scientists to support the theory of evolution. Sir Joseph wrote numerous articles and monographs, with longer books that included the seven-volume <i>The Flora of British India</i> (1872-1897). <br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Toh Chin Chye</b>. Singaporean politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toh_Chin_Chye">Mr. Toh</a>, a reader in physiology by profession, was a chairman of the People's Action Party (1954-1981), and held various cabinet posts, including Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1968). He died in his sleep on February 3, 2012 at the age of 90.<br>
<br>
<strong>80 years ago<br />
1931</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>At the movies</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Struggle_(1931_film)">The Struggle</a></em>, the last movie directed by the legendary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffith">D.W. Griffith</a>, opened in theatres in New York City. It ran there for just eight days, had three-day runs in Boston and Philadelphia, and as far as I know, was screened nowhere else during its initial release.<br />
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<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Colin Kelly, 26</b>. U.S. military aviator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kelly">Captain Kelly</a> was a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew bombing runs against the Japanese Navy in the first days after the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was killed when his B-17 exploded, but before the explosion he had ordered his crew to bail out, earning him a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
The British Royal Navy capital ships HMS <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)">Prince of Wales</a></i> and HMS <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)">Repulse</a></i> were sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers in the South China Sea near Malaya. Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma landed on the Philippine island of Luzon; U.S. bases and Manila suburbs were bombed, while the U.S. War Department reported that American bombers had sunk the Japanese battleship Haruna off northern Luzon. Japanese forces captured Kota Bharu, an air base on the east coast of northern Malaya. The British command claimed that U.K. troops had broken the siege of Tobruk, Libya. A Soviet communique reported that Elets, 225 miles south of Moscow in the Orel sector, had been recaptured. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Defense Communications Board to take over or close any private radio facilities if deemed necessary by the Army or Navy. U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle reported that 2,303 "enemy aliens"--1,291 Japanese, 865 Germans, and 147 Italians--had been arrested for internment. U.S. Office of Production Management Director General William Knudsen called for a 24-hour day, seven-day week in war industries in announcing a victory program in Washington. Washington state police reported that fires in the form of arrows pointing toward Seattle had been found and extinguished the previous night.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull proposed before the governing board of the Pan American Union that a meeting of foreign ministers of the American republics be held in Rio de Janeiro in January 1942 to discuss hemispheric defense.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Louis St. Laurent was sworn in as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, succeeding the late Ernest Lapointe.<br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b> <br>
The U.S. Office of Production Management banned the sale of new tires for civilian use through December 22, 1941. <br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br />
A Motion Picture Industry Conference Committee was organized in Chicago by film producers, distributors, and exhibitors to coordinate action on taxation, advertising, and general practices.<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
The new U.S. freighter <i>Oregon</i> sank after colliding with a U.S. Navy ship south of Cape Cod; nine men drowned and eight were missing.<br />
<br />
<b>Boxing</b><br />
The Boxing Writers Association of New York awarded the Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque to world heavyweight champion Joe Louis as the outstanding boxer of the year.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Damon Runyon, 66</b>. U.S. writer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Runyon">Mr. Runyon</a>, born Alfred Damon Runyan, covered baseball and boxing for Hearst newspapers for many years, but was probably best known for his short stories about colourful characters in New York City in the 1920s and '30s. The Broadway musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_and_Dolls_(musical)">Guys and Dolls</a></i> (1950) was based on two of his stories. Mr. Runyon was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer.<br />
<br />
<b>Walter Johnson, 59</b>. U.S. baseball pitcher and manager. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Johnson">Mr. Johnson</a>, nicknamed "The Big Train," played with the Washington Nationals from 1907-1927, compiling a record of 417-279 with an earned run average of 2.17 in 802 games. His career total of 3,502 strikeouts was the major league record until 1983, and he remains the record holder with 110 shutouts. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-10#walter-johnson-dies">Mr. Johnson</a>'s career win total is second to Cy Young, and was a major factor in becoming one of the first five men--and the first pitcher--to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Mr. Johnson was also a dangerous hitter, batting .235 with 24 home runs and 255 runs batted in in 933 games. He managed the Nationals from 1929-1932 and the Cleveland Indians from 1933-1935, compiling a record of 529-432. Mr. Johnson died of a brain tumour.<br />
<br />
<b>Television</b><br />
CBS announced the development of a receiver capable of handling either black and white or colour images.<br />
<br />
<b>Aviation</b><br />
The U.S. Army Air Forces disclosed that their first rocket plane, the Bell XS-1, capable of 1,700 miles per hour at an altitude of 80,000 feet, had been successfully flown at Muroc Lake, California.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Nations General Assembly approved, despite Soviet opposition, a draft constitution for the International Refugee Organization.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov agreed in the UN General Assembly to a British proposal for creation of a veto-free international commission to inspect troops and armaments of all nations.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
Allied commanders in Berlin approved the 14 new members of the city's council of aldermen.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
General Motors President Charles Wilson, head of U.S. President Harry Truman's civil rights commission, proposed a five-point labour law program which would outlaw industry-wide bargaining and compulsory unionization as well as sympathy strikes and boycotts.<br />
<br />
<b>70 years ago<br />
1951</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_(radio_show)#Television">Lights Out</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0632331/">The Angry Birds</a></i>, starring John Forsythe, Constance Dowling, and Vaughn Taylor<br />
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<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Algernon Blackwood, 82</b>. U.K. writer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood">Mr. Blackwood</a> worked as a journalist in Britain and the United States, but was primarily known for his supernatural fiction, particularly the novellas <i>The Willows</i> (1907) and <i>The Wendigo</i> (1910). He died after a series of strokes.<br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br>
A company of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry carried out a raid behind Hill 277 in Korea, while the Royal Canadian Regiment sent a 35-man fighting patrol against Hill 166; both patrols reached their objectives and brought back useful information on enemy defenses. <br>
<br>
<b>Germanica</b><br>
The southwest states of Baden, Wuerttemberg-Baden, and Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern voted in a plebiscite to merge.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
King George VI of Great Britain resumed his state duties after his recovery from a lung operation.<br>
<br>
Nebraska Governor Val Peterson (Republican) named conservative newspaper publisher Fred Seaton (Republican) to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Kenneth Wherry (Republican).<br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b><br>
The Dade County sheriff's office deputized 50 Jewish war veterans to help guard Miami synagogues after the fifth dynamiting attempt against Jewish centres in the past six months failed.<br>
<br>
U.S. author Dashiell Hammett was released from prison in Ashland, Kentucky after serving a six-month sentence for contempt of court.<br>
<br>
<b>Technology</b><br>
The first gas turbine helicopter was tested in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.<br>
<br>
<b>Transportation</b><br>
East Germany announced the completion of a new system of railroads around Berlin, circumventing the Western sectors.<br>
<br>
<b>Oil</b><br>
Iran agreed to participate in International Court hearings on Britain's complaint against nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
World Bank President Eugene Black dismissed as "unrealistic" proposals that his organization lend $1 billion per year to backward countries.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis announced that his union and soft coal operators had joined in a plan for increased coal shipments to Western Europe, involving the creation of a union-industry corporation which would charter "mothballed" U.S. Liberty ships.<br>
<br>
<b>Disasters</b><br>
A typhoon swept the central Philippines, causing 569 deaths.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago <br>
1961</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b> <br>
African National Congress President Albert Luthuli of South Africa accepted the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He used his <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10/newsid_3223000/3223074.stm">acceptance speech</a> to denounce the South African racial policy of apartheid and to appeal for racial equality. Mr. Luthuli was awarded the prize "for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid in South Africa." He was put under a travel ban by the South African government and was unable to accept the prize in 1960, but the ban was lifted for 10 days in order for him to travel to Oslo to accept the prize. <br>
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<b>Hockey</b><br>
Canadian junior<br>
Teams from Drummondville and Montreal played in the <a href="https://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/21387.html">first game ever played at the Maurice Richard Arena</a> in Montreal. 3,000 people attended the game, including Maurice "Rocket" Richard, who had retired from the Montreal Canadiens in 1960 after an 18-year Hall of Fame career. Formal ceremonies for the arena's opening took place in January 1962.<br>
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<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Cleveland (8-5) 14 @ Chicago (7-6) 17 <br>
Dallas (4-8-1) 13 @ St. Louis (6-7) 31 <br>
Green Bay (10-3) 21 @ San Francisco (7-5-1) 22 <br>
Minnesota (3-10) 7 @ Detroit (8-4-1) 13 <br>
New York (10-3) 28 @ Philadelphia (9-4) 24 <br>
Pittsburgh (6-7) 30 @ Washington (0-12-1) 14 <br>
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AFL <br>
Buffalo (6-8) 10 @ San Diego (12-1) 28 <br>
Denver (3-11) 21 @ Dallas (5-8) 49 <br>
Houston (9-3-1) 48 @ New York (7-6) 21 <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br>
1971</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (4th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (6th week at #1) <br>
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South Africa's Top 10 (<a href="https://sacharts.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/10-december-1971/">Springbok Radio</a>)<br>
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (8th week at #1) <br>
2 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy <br>
3 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard <br>
4 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill <br>
5 You--Peter Maffay <br>
6 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers <br>
7 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast--Daniel Boone <br>
8 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
9 Cousin Norman--Marmalade <br>
10 I Believe (in Love)--Hot Chocolate <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Till</i> by Tom Jones (#18); <i>Soley Soley</i> by Middle of the Road (#19); and <i>(Is This the Way to) Amarillo</i> by Tony Christie (#20). <br>
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1971/cklg121071.html">CKLG</a>)<br>
1 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br>
2 Brand New Key--Melanie <br>
3 Hey Girl--Donny Osmond <br>
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane <br>
5 It's a Cryin' Shame--Gayle McCormick <br>
6 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots <br>
7 Devil You--Stampeders <br>
8 Wild Night--Van Morrison <br>
9 Stones--Neil Diamond <br>
10 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Can I Get a Witness</i> by Lee Michaels (#29); and <i>(I Know) I'm Losing You</i> by Rod Stewart with Faces (#30). <br>
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Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKVN/1971/ckvn121071.html">CKVN</a>)<br>
1 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites <br>
2 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night <br>
3 Got to be There--Michael Jackson <br>
4 Brand New Key--Melanie <br>
5 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone <br>
6 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels <br>
7 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces <br>
8 Stones--Neil Diamond <br>
9 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family <br>
10 Lovin' You Ain't Easy--Pagliaro <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Life in the Bloodstream</i> by the Guess Who (#19, charting with its A-side, <i>Sour Suite</i>); <i>American Pie</i> by Don McLean (#27); <i>Tightrope Ride</i> by the Doors (#36); <i>Take it Slow (Out in the Country)</i> by Lighthouse (#37); <i>Hey Big Brother</i> by Rare Earth (#38); <i>George Jackson</i> by Bob Dylan (#39); and <i>One Monkey Don't Stop No Show</i> by the Honey Cone (#40). <br>
<br>
<strong>Baseball</strong><br />
In <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/12.10.html">one of the worst trades in history</a>, the New York Mets traded pitchers Nolan Ryan and Don Rose, outfielder Leroy Stanton, and catcher Frank Estrada to the California Angels for shortstop Jim Fregosi. Mr. Ryan was 10-14 with an earned run average of 3.97 in 30 games with New York in 1971; Mr. Rose was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 1 game with the Mets, and 11-10 with a 3.33 ERA in 31 games with the Tidewater Tides of the AAA International League. Mr. Stanton batted .190 with no home runs and 2 runs batted in in 5 games with the Mets, and .324 with 23 home runs and 104 runs batted in in 139 games with Tidewater in 1971. Mr. Estrada hit .500 (1 for 2) with no homers or RBIs in 1 game with the Mets, .252 with 7 home runs and 28 RBIs in 51 games with the Memphis Blues of the AA Dixie Association, and .260 with 6 homers and 21 RBIs in 58 games with Tidewater in 1971. Mr. Fregosi hit .233 with 5 homers and 33 RBIs in 107 games with California in 1971. <br />
<br />
<strong>40 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Hit parade</strong><br />
Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)<br />
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart<br />
2 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra<br />
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner<br />
4 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond<br />
5 Steal the Night--Stevie Woods<br />
6 Oh No--Commodores<br />
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash<br />
8 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard<br />
9 Take Off--Bob and Doug McKenzie<br />
10 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley<br />
<br />
<strong>Health</strong><br />
A mysterious disease mainly affecting sodomites and later known as AIDS, was <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10/newsid_4020000/4020391.stm">causing increasing concern</a> in the United States.<br />
<br />
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Greta Kempton, 90</b>. Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Kempton">Miss Kempton</a>, a native of Vienna, emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. She was a portrait painter who became the official White House artist during the administration of President Harry Truman (1947-1953). Miss Kempton died from heart failure.<br>
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<b>Tippy Larkin, 74</b>. U.S. boxer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippy_Larkin">Mr. Larkin</a>, born Antonio Pilliteri, was world light welterweight champion in 1946, but vacated the title after just one defense because of his inability to maintain the weight. He compiled a record of 136-59-1-1 in a professional career spanning 1935-1952. <br />
<br />
<b>War</b><br />
The Canadian Defense Department said that the Gulf War had cost Canada $690 million, below the $1 billion anticipated. <br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b> <br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Faron Young, 64</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faron_Young">Mr. Young</a> was a country singer who had numerous hit singles from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s; his biggest hit, <i>Hello Walls</i>, reached #1 on the <i>Billboard</i> country chart and crossed over to reach #12 on the <i>Hot 100</i> pop singles chart. Mr. Young's career declined in later years, and he became a heavy drinker and suffered from depression. He committed suicide by shooting himself. Mr. Young was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Africa">Constitution of South Africa</a> was promulgated by Nelson Mandela.<br />
<br />
<b>20 years ago<br>
2001</b><br>
<br>
<b>At the movies</b><br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</a></i>, the first in a three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy, received its premiere screening at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. It was directed by Peter Jackson, and starred Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, and many others.<br>
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<b>Died on this date <br>
Ashok Kumar, 90</b>. Indian actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Kumar">Mr. Kumar</a>, whose real name was Kumudlal Ganguly, was one of the biggest stars in the history of Indian cinema, appearing in more than 300 films and television programs in a career spanning more than 60 years, with his greatest popularity occurring in the 1940s. He was also a qualified homeopath, and acquired a reputation for delivering miracle cures. <a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/अशोक_कुमार_(अभिनेता)">Mr. Kumar</a> died of heart failure.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Football</b><br>
NCAA<br>
Navy 27 Army 21 @ FedExField, WashingtonJack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-71603964496091616352021-12-09T06:48:00.013-07:002022-02-24T13:03:06.507-07:00December 9, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Natalia, Mary-Ann Murphy, and Maria Mercedes Forero Hernandez!<br />
<br />
<b>300 years ago <br>
1721</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Peter Pelham</b>. U.K.-born American musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pelham_(composer)">Mr. Pelham</a>, a native of London, moved to Boston with his family at the age of 9. He was organist at Trinity Church in Boston from 1744 until about 1750, when he moved to Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Pelham was organist for Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg from 1755 until blindness forced his retirement in 1802. He was also a harpsichord teacher, supervisor for the printing of currency (1758-1775), and superintendent of the Public Gaol (1770-1780). Mr. Pelham's compositions have disappeared except for a short harpsichord minuet. He died on April 28, 1805 at the age of 83.<br>
<br>
<b>160 years ago<br>
1861</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Hélène Smith</b>. Swiss medium. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Smith">Miss Smith</a>, born Catherine-Elise Müller, became a spiritualist in the early 1890s; Surrealists referred to her as the "Muse of automatic writing." Miss Smith claimed to communicate with Martians, and to be a reincarnation of a Hindu princess and Marie Antoinette; psychologist Théodore Flournoy publicized her claims in his book <i>Des Indes à la Planete Mars (From India to the Planet Mars)</i> (1900). Dr. Flournoy regarded Miss Smith's automatic writing as the result of "cryptomnesia" (unrecognized forgotten memories), and her "cycles" as the products of infantile imaginings, with the Martian language merely a constructed language. Miss Smith died on June 10, 1929 at the age of 67. In 1952, psychologist Donovan Rawcliffe examined her case in depth, and noted that she had suffered from a fantasy prone personality and hysterical hallucinations.<br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_the_Conduct_of_the_War">Joint Committee on the Conduct of the [Civil] War</a> was established by the U.S. Congress.<br>
<br>
<b>150 years ago<br>
1871</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Joe Kelley</b>. U.S. baseball player. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kelley">Mr. Kelley</a> was a left fielder with five major league teams from 1891-1908, but was best known for his years with the Baltimore Orioles of the National League (1892-1898), whom he served as captain. He played on 6 teams that won the NL pennant, and finished his career with a .317 batting average with 65 home runs and 1,194 runs batted in in 1,853 games. Mr. Kelley managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1902-1905, compiling a record of 338-321. He died on August 14, 1943 at the age of 71, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans' Committee in 1971. <br />
<br />
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b> <br>
U.S. President Benjamin Harrison delivered his third annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-14">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. Subjects included foreign relations and relations with American Indians. <br>
<br>
<b>125 years ago<br>
1896</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Abner Reid McClelan took office as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, succeeding John James Fraser.<br>
<br>
<b>120 years ago<br>
1901</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Jean Mermoz</b>. French aviator. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mermoz">Mr. Mermoz</a> flew with the Franch Air Force in Syria (1922-1924) before becoming an air mail pilot. He flew from Senegal to Brazil in 1930, and was the chief pilot for Aeroposta Argentina, Argentina's first air mail service. On December 7, 1936, two days before his 35th birthday, <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mermoz">Mr. Mermoz</a> disappeared four hours after taking off from Dakar, Senegal to Natal, Brazil after engine repairs; it was assumed that the engine they had tried to repair lost its propeller midflight, and being one of the aft engines, the loose propeller either badly damaged or cut the hull entirely, causing the plane to lose its tail and crash instantly. An investigative committee of the Uruguayan Parliament concluded in 1941 that the deaths of Mr. Mermoz and his four-man crew were the result of sabotage by Nazi fifth columnists operating in Uruguay, although Mr. Mermoz had been complaining for months about the poor quality of the planes he was forced to fly.<br>
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<b>Ödön von Horváth</b>. Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and author. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96d%C3%B6n_von_Horv%C3%A1th">Mr. Horváth</a> wrote almost 20 plays and four novels; he often wrote about politics and history, and warned of the dangers of fascism Mr. Horváth lived in Germany in the 1920s, but moved to Vienna after the Nazis came to power in 1933, and moved to Paris after the German Anschluss of Austria in 1938. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ödön_von_Horváth">He</a> died on June 1, 1938 at the age of 36 when he was hit by a falling tree branch during a thunderstorm on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.<br>
<br>
<strong>110 years ago<br />
1911</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Born on this date<br />
Broderick Crawford</strong>. U.S. actor. The beefy, fast-talking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderick_Crawford">Mr. Crawford</a> was usually a supporting actor in movies, but won the Academy Award for Best Actor for <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_King%27s_Men_(1949_film)">All the King's Men</a></em> (1949). He moved to television in the 1950s, starring in the series <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Patrol_(American_TV_series)">Highway Patrol</a></em> (1955-1959), <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Diamonds_(TV_series)">King of Diamonds</a></em> (1961-1962), and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interns_(TV_series)">The Interns</a></em> (1970-1971). He died on April 26, 1986 at the age of 74, after a series of strokes.<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br>
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Mountain_Mine_disaster">Cross Mountain Mine disaster</a>, a coal mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.<br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Radio</b><br>
Ted Rogers Sr., who would later invent the first alternating-current vacuum radio tube and give birth to Toronto’s CFRB Radio, became the first amateur radio operator in Canada to successfully transmit a signal across the Atlantic. He was taking part in a competition sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).<br>
<br>
<strong>90 years ago<br />
1931</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em>A Study in Scarlet, Part 4</em><br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
The Constituent Cortes approved a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1931">constitution</a> which established the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Spanish_Republic">Second Spanish Republic</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Hart O. Berg, 76</b>. U.S. engineer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_O._Berg">Mr. Berg</a> worked with Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in the 1890s, helping to develop the revolver and the machine gun. He represented American automobile interests in Europe from the late 1890s until the late 1900s, but was best known for representing the Wright Brothers in Europe from the late 1900s until parting ways with them around 1912. Mr. Berg was credited with selling the airplane to Europe. He travelled back and forth between the United States and Europe for many years thereafter, representing various business interests. Mr. Berg died after a long illness. <br>
<br>
<strong>War</strong><br />
China, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa declared war on Japan, while China also declared war on Germany and Italy. The Cuban Senate and House of Representatives voted for a declaration of war against Japan, while Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declared war on Germany and, Japan. In the Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese ground forces attacked across the frontier of the New Territories and captured the key position of Shing Mun Redoubt; D Company of the Winnipeg Grenadiers was dispatched to the mainland to strengthen this sector. Japanese troops supported by warships and planes landed on the northern and western coast of Luzon, main island of the Philippines. The American 19th Bombardment Group attacked Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon. Japan landed reinforcements in the Kota Bharu area of northeastern Malaya and in the Singora-Patani area of Thailand. Russian forces recaptured Tikhvin, near Leningrad. As fear of Japanese invasion spread on the west coast of Canada, the federal government ordered blackouts, and closed Japanese-Canadian newspapers and schools in British Columbia. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt invoked "enemy alien" regulations and ordered federal agents to round up dangerous German, Italian, and Japanese nationals. New York, Boston, and other East Coast American cities held their first air raid alarms.<br />
<br />
<b>Defense</b><br />
Argentina and Chile announced that they would grant non-belligerent status to the United States as an act of solidarity.<br />
<br />
<b>World events</b><br />
The Vichy French regime disclosed that 1,850 Communists had been arrested in unoccupied France during the past three days, bringing the total arrested in the past six weeks to 12,850.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
John Hart was sworn in as Premier of British Columbia, replacing Duff Patullo, who had been in power since November 15, 1933. Mr. Hart headed the province's first coalition government, composed of Liberals and Conservatives, in an effort to prevent the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from coming to power.<br />
<br />
Robert F. Rockwell (Republican) defeated Frank Delaney (Democrat) in a special U.S. congressional election in Denver to fill the seat of the late Rep. Edward Taylor (Democrat).<br />
<br />
<strong>Baseball</strong><br />
Cleveland Indians' ace pitcher Bob Feller, 25, became the first major league player to volunteer for active military service since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor two days earlier. Mr. Feller had posted a 25-13 record with an earned run average of 3.15 in 1941, leading the American League in wins; games (44); starts (40); innings pitched (343); hits allowed (284); bases on balls (194); strikeouts (260); and shutouts (6).<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/40s_files/19461209.html">Cash Box</a></i>)<br />
1 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)<br />
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul<br />
--Betty Rhodes<br />
--Tony Martin<br />
2 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers<br />
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis<br />
--Hoagy Carmichael<br />
3 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra<br />
--The Three Suns<br />
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio<br />
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra<br />
5 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra<br />
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra<br />
--Hal Derwin<br />
6 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra<br />
--Jo Stafford<br />
7 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio<br />
--The Ink Spots<br />
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade<br />
--Tony Martin<br />
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly<br />
8 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters<br />
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra<br />
9 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra<br />
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra<br />
10 The Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil)--Frank Sinatra<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Huggin' and Chalkin'</i>, with versions by Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, and Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (#19); <i>The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)</i> by the King Cole Trio (#20); and <i>Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They’ll Do it Every Time)</i> by Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five (#36).<br />
<br />
<b>On the radio</b> <br />
<i><a href="http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Case-Book-of-Gregory-Hood.html">The Casebook of Gregory Hood</a></i>, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS<br />
Tonight`s episode: <i>The Jade Tree</i><br />
<br />
<strong>War</strong><br />
The "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsequent_Nuremberg_trials">Subsequent Nuremberg trials</a>" began with the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctors'_trial">Doctors' trial</a>," prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United Kingdom sent Albania a note protesting the laying of mines in the Corfu channel as a "deliberately hostile act."<br />
<br />
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in New York elected U.S. State Department Alger Hiss as its president.<br />
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The World Zionist Congress convened in Basel, Switzerland and heard its president, Chaim Weizmann, reiterate his demand for a Jewish state in Palestine.<br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
King Farouk of Egypt named Mahmoud Fahmy Pasha of the Saasist Party as Prime Minister after Ismail Sidky Pasha resigned because of ill health.<br />
<br />
Despite the Muslim League boycott, the Constituent Assembly of India met in New Delhi for the first time to write the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India">Constitution of India</a>.<br />
<br />
<b>Law</b><br />
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1928 murder conviction of Leroy Carter of Illinois, despite evidence that Mr. Carter had had no lawyer at his trial.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
AAFC <br>
New York (10-3-1) 31 @ Miami (2-11) 0 <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br />
1951</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Out There</span>, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667624/">Mewhu's Jet</a></span>, starring Dennis Alexander, Janie Alexander, John Boruff, and Eileen Heckart<br />
<br />
<b>Crime</b><br>
U.S. singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his wife, actress Ava Gardner, were robbed of $16,800 in jewellery in London.<br>
<br>
Canadian-born U.S. bandleader Guy Lombardo killed a pedestrian with his car in New York, but police filed no charges, saying that Mr. Lombardo had the light in his favour.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The U.S. government invoked the Trading with the Enemy Act to prevent Chinese-Americans from sending money to Communist China.<br>
<br>
<b>Labour</b><br>
The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations announced a contribution of $100,000 intended to encourage the growth of strong unions in backward nations.<br>
<br>
The U.S. Civil Service Commission reported that the salaries of the government's 1,004,624 full-time employees averaged $3,954 per year.<br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Chicago Bears (7-4) 45 @ New York Yanks (1-8-2) 21 <br>
Cleveland (10-1) 28 @ Pittsburgh (3-7-1) 0 <br>
Detroit (7-3-1) 24 @ Los Angeles (7-4) 22 <br>
Green Bay (3-8) 19 @ San Francisco (6-4-1) 31 <br>
New York Giants (8-2-1) 23 @ Philadelphia (4-7) 7 <br>
Washington (5-6) 20 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-9) 17 <br>
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<br>
<b>60 years ago <br>
1961</b> <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (4th week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (8th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (12th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Mirror</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19611209.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens<br />
2 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren<br />
3 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean <br />
4 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes<br />
5 Moon River--Jerry Butler<br />
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus<br />
6 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke<br />
7 Run to Him--Bobby Vee<br />
8 Tonight--Ferrante and Teicher<br />
--Eddie Fisher<br />
--Jay and the Americans<br />
9 Runaround Sue--Dion <br />
10 The Twist--Chubby Checker<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <em>Can't Help Falling in Love</em> (#50)/<em>Rock-a-Hula Baby</em> (#54) by Elvis Presley; <em>Jambalaya (On the Bayou)</em> by Fats Domino (#86); <em>Small Sad Sam</em> by Phil McLean (#90); <em>Turn on Your Love Light</em> by Bobby Bland (#91); <em>Tuff</em> by Ace Cannon (#92); and <em>You're Running Out of Kisses</em> by Chuck Foote (#94). <br />
<br />
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CFUN/1961/cfun120961.htm">CFUN</a>)<br>
1 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee (3rd week at #1) <br>
2 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
3 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens <br>
4 The Wanderer--Dion <br>
5 Static--Dana and Dexter <br>
6 Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
7 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon <br>
8 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
9 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley <br>
10 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Jingle Bell Rock</i> by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#20); <i>Fujikami the Warrior</i> (#27)/<i>Mo-Shun</i> (#50) by the Hi-Fives; <i>Just a Little Bit Sweet</i> by Charlie Rich (#35); <i>Tennessee Flat-Top Box</i> by Johnny Cash (#39); <i>What a Walk</i> by Bobby Lewis (#42); <em>If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody</em> by James Ray (#45); <i>Let Me Down Easy</i> by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers (#47); and <i>A Little Bitty Tear</i> by Burl Ives (#48).<br>
<br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKWX/1961/ckwx120961.htm">CKWX</a>)<br>
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee <br>
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker <br>
4 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon<br>
5 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka <br>
6 Gypsy Rover--The Highwaymen <br>
7 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion <br>
8 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley <br>
9 Dreamy Eyes--Johnny Tillotson <br>
10 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Weekend</i> by Eddie Cochran (#29); <i>When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)</i>/<i>Baby's First Christmas</i> by Connie Francis (#30); <i>Jingle Bell Rock</i> by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#34); and <i>A Little Bitty Tear</i> by Burl Ives (#40). <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roaring_20%27s_(TV_series)">The Roaring 20's</a></i>, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100489/">Asparagus Tips</a></i> <br>
<br>
<b>Africana</b><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_Territory">Tanganyika Territory</a> gained its independence from Britain; it became part of Tanzania three years later.<br>
<br>
<strong>Boxing</strong><br />
Gene Fullmer (55-4-2) retained his National Boxing Association world middleweight title by knocking out world welterweight champion Benny "Kid" Paret (35-11-3) at 2:30 of the 10th round at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Mr. Paret was knocked down 3 times in the 10th round of the bout, which was scheduled for a maximum of 15 rounds.<br />
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<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL<br>
Baltimore (7-6) 17 @ Los Angeles (4-9) 34 <br>
<br>
AFL <br>
Boston (8-4-1) 35 @ Oakland (2-11) 21 <br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago<br />
1971</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Ireland (<i>IRMA</i>): I Don't Know How to Love Him--Tina and the Real McCoy <br>
<br>
<strong>Died on this date<br />
Ralph Bunche, 68</strong>. U.S. political scientist and diplomat. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bunche">Dr. Bunche</a> was the first Negro to earn a Ph.D. in political science from an American University, taught at Howard University (1928-1950), and was president of the American Political Science Association (1953-1954). He worked with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (1941-1943) and then with the State Department and Institute of Pacific Relations, helping to prepare the founding of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-09/#ralph-bunche">Dr. Bunche</a> worked to end colonialism, and supported the civil rights movement for Negroes in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 "for his works in resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine" while serving as chief mediator for the United Nations. Dr. Bunche was appointed Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1968, but resigned for reasons of ill health shortly before his death from complications of heart disease, kidney disease, and diabetes. <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghna_Heli_Bridge">Operation Cactus Lilly</a>, the Indian Air Force executed an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defenses.<br>
<br>
<strong>40 years ago<br />
1981</strong><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
Vancouver's Top 10 (<a href="http://www.vancouvertop40radio.com/Station%20Selection/CKLG/1981/cklg120981.html">CKLG</a>) <br>
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John <br>
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner <br>
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley <br>
5 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones <br>
6 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham <br>
7 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates <br>
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police <br>
9 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack <br>
10 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Talking Out of Turn</i> by the Moody Blues (#17); <i>I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)</i> by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#18); and <i>Yesterday's Songs</i> by Neil Diamond (#19). <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
John Kieran, 89</b>. U.S. journalist and broadcaster. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kieran">Mr. Kieran</a> was a sportswriter with <i>The New York Times</i>, serving as the paper's lead sports columnist from 1927-1943. He was best known as a panelist on the radio (1938-1948) and television (1952) quiz program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information,_Please!">Information, Please!</a></i> Mr. Kieran hosted television's first widely-syndicated program, <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267190/">Kieran's Kaleidoscope</a></i> (1949-1952), commenting on various topics. He was an amateur naturalist and birdwatcher, and wrote the book <i>A Natural History of New York City</i> (1959). Mr. Kieran was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1971, and in 1973 was honoured by the Baseball Writers' Association of America with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for distinguished baseball writing.<br>
<br>
<b>Sonny Til, 53</b>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Til">Mr. Til</a>, born Earlington Carl Tilghman, was the lead singer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orioles">the Orioles</a>, generally regarded as the first rhythm and blues vocal group, from their beginning in 1948 until his death from a heart attack. The group's hits included <i>It's Too Soon to Know</i> (1948); <i>Tell Me So</i> (1949); and <i>Crying in the Chapel</i> (1953). Mr. Til and the other original members of the Orioles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as an influence.<br>
<br>
<b>Daniel Faulkner, 25</b>. U.S. police officer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_v._Abu-Jamal#Shooting_victim">Constable Faulkner</a> was a soldier and corrections officer before joining the Philadelphia Police Department; he aspired to become a city prosecutor, and was working toward a degree in criminal justice administration when he got into an altercation with William Cook, whom he stopped in traffic. Mr. Cook's older brother, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal">Mumia Abu-Jamal</a>, whose taxi was parked across the street, ran toward the altercation, shooting Constable Faulkner in the back and then in the face. Constable Faulkner managed to shoot and wound Mr. Abu-Jamal in the stomach before he was killed. Mr. Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 and sentenced to death; years of appeals failed to change the verdict, but resulted in the sentence eventually being commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole. The case attracted much attention, with Negro rap thugs supporting the killer.<br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago <br>
1991</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Piece of My Wish--Miki Imai <br />
<br />
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Laatikoita--Sielun Veljet <br />
<br />
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (4th week at #1) <br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Macarena Christmas--Los del Rio <br />
<br />
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): I Can't Help Myself (I Love You, I Want You)--The Kelly Family (6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe <br />
<br />
Canada's Top 10 (<i><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.9892.pdf">RPM</a></i>)<br />
1 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (4th week at #1)<br />
2 Black Cloud Rain--Corey Hart<br />
3 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge<br />
4 When You Love a Woman--Journey<br />
5 How Bizarre--OMC<br />
6 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies<br />
7 Dance Into the Light--Phil Collins<br />
8 Leave it Alone--Moist<br />
9 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow<br />
10 Bittersweet Me--R.E.M.<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <i>Through Your Hands</i> by Don Henley (#81); <i>Kissing Rain</i> by Roch Voisine (#84); <i>Love is the Power</i> by Michael Bolton (#85); <i>Watching the World Go By</i> by Maxi Priest (#91); <i>Crossing a Canyon</i> by 54-40 (#92); <i>Look Like Me</i> by the Killjoys (#93); and <i>Bad Time to Be Poor</i> by Rheostatics (#95).<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Alain Poher, 87</b>. President of France, 1969, 1974. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Poher">Mr. Poher</a> was a centrist politician who was affiliated with several parties. He represented Val-de-Marne in the Senate from 1946-1995, and was President of the Senate from 1968-1992, serving briefly as interim President of France from April-June 1969 and April-May 1974.<br />
<br />
<b>Mary Leakey, 83</b>. U.K. paleontologist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Leakey">Mrs. Leakey</a> and her husband Louis spent decades in Africa searchng for specimens of man's supposed ancestors. Mrs. Leakey discovered the first skull of Procunsul, and the skull of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. The Leakeys' son Richard has continued their work.<br />
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<b>Patty Donahue, 40</b>. U.S. singer. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Donahue">Miss Donahue</a> was the lead singer with the Waitresses, a New Wave group that achieved success in the early 1980s. She was a heavy smoker, and died of lung cancer.<br />
<br />
<b>Crime</b><br />
Horrett Campbell, 33, was found <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/9/newsid_2543000/2543755.stm">guilty of attempted murder</a> for attacking three children and four women with a machete at a teddy bears' picnic at St. Luke's infants school in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, England on July 8, 1996.<br />
<br />
<b>20 years ago<br>
2001</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Michael Carver, Baron Carver, 86</b>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Carver,_Baron_Carver">Field Marshal Baron Carver</a> joined the British Army in 1935 and served in World War II in Italy and North Africa. He rose through the ranks during the war and afterward; he was Deputy Chief of Staff at East Africa Command (1954), taking part in the closing stages of the response to the Mau-Mau rebellion, and then being promoted to Chief of Staff in East Africa (1955). Lord Carver had several more commands, and was promoted to Chief of the General Staff (1971) and Chief of Defence Staff (1973), serving until his retirement in 1976. He was appointed resident commissioner designate for Rhodesia in August 1977 with responsibility for ending the dispute over independence there, but resigned in October 1978 after 14 months of deadlock.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Business</b> <br>
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan sold its 80% cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, and the Air Canada Centre for $1.3 billion. Telecommunications rivals Rogers and Bell Canada paid $1.07 billion for a 75% share, while Larry Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports raised its share to 25%.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-63968312471489388172021-12-08T17:43:00.008-07:002022-01-03T16:55:28.125-07:00December 8, 2021<b>Born on this date</b><br>
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<br>
<b>500 years ago<br>
1521</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Christina of Saxony, 59</b>. Queen consort of Denmark (1481-1513); Norway (1483-1513); and Sweden (1497-1501). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Saxony">Christina</a> married the future King Hans in 1478, and became Queen consort when he acceded to the Danish throne upon the death of his father. Hans was subsequently elected King of Norway and conquered Sweden. <a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_af_Sachsen">Queen Christina</a> accompanied her husband to Sweden, but he began an adulterous affair in 1501, and was removed as king, while Queen Christina was taken into custody, and wasn't permitted to return to Denmark until 1503, where she lived separately from King Hans until her death, 17 days before her 60th birthday.<br>
<br>
<b>330 years ago<br />
1691</b><br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br />
Richard Baxter, 76</b>. English clergyman. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Baxter">Mr. Baxter</a> was a Nonconformist and Puritan who wrote over 140 books. He was persecuted by the Church of England and served time in prison for operating a conventicle (a gathering of lay people not authorized by the state church).<br />
<br />
<b>220 years ago<br>
1801</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
U.S. President Thomas Jefferson delivered his first annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/first-annual-message">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. Subjects included war with the Barbary States. <br>
<br>
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<b>175 years ago<br>
1846</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
U.S. President James K. Polk delivered his second annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/second-annual-message-6">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. The main subjects were Texas and the war against Mexico. <br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b> <br>
Canada imposed a duty on fish imported from Newfoundland, to retaliate for a Newfoundland law restricting bait for Canadian fishermen. <br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br />
Lee J. Cobb</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_J._Cobb">Mr. Cobb</a>, born Leo Jacoby, was known for his starring role in the <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/2111">original Broadway production</a> of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman">Death of a Salesman</a></i> (1949) and his supporting roles in movies such as <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront">On the Waterfront</a></i> (1954); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film)">12 Angry Men</a></i> (1957); <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Man_Flint">Our Man Flint</a></i> (1966); and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Like_Flint">In Like Flint</a></i> (1967). He died of a heart attack on February 11, 1976 at the age of 64.<br />
<br />
<b>90 years ago<br>
1931</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
U.S. President Herbert Hoover delivered his third annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/annual-message-the-congress-the-state-the-union-24">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. Subjects included defense, foreign relations, and the Depression. <br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<strong>War</strong><br />
The day after the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the United States Congress followed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's advice, and voted to declare war on Japan. The only dissenting vote was cast by Rep. Jeannette Rankin (Republican--Montana), who had also voted against U.S. entry into World War I. The Royal Rifles of Canada and Winnipeg Grenadiers, under command of Brigadier J. K. Lawson, were caught by the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. They had not received training as front-line troops, and as the first Canadian units to fight in World War II had almost no air or naval defences. At 8 A.M., Japanese aircraft destroyed all six Royal Air Force planes at Kai Tak airport; two men of the Royal Canadian Signals were wounded--the first Canadian casualties--in the camp at Sham Shui Po, as the Japanese 38th Division moved across the frontier of the New Territories. Governor General the Earl of Athlone announced that Canada was officially at war with Japan. Several dozen Japanese-Canadians suspected of subversion were arrested; the government of Canada began to impound all fishing boats owned by Japanese-Canadians and shut down Japanese language schools and newspapers. The governments of the United Kingdom, <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/new-zealand-declares-war-on-japan">New Zealand</a>, Netherlands, Greece, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Panama, and the Free French Committee declared war on Japan. Japanese forces simultaneously invaded Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Netherlands East Indies. San Francisco underwent a 2½-hour blackout upon a report that two formations of enemy planes had flown to within 20 miles of the city. A German spokesman in Berlin said that winter weather had halted the German offensive against Moscow and that its capture was not expected before the end of 1941.<br />
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<br />
<b>Crime</b><br />
U.S. Federal Judge M.M. Joyce in Minneapolis sentenced 12 of the 18 Socialist Workers Party members convicted in the recent sedition trial to 16-month prison terms, and the other six to terms of a year and a day.<br />
<br />
<b>Horse racing</b><br />
Whirlaway, the Triple Crown winner, was named horse of the year in a poll conducted by <i>Turf & Sports Digest</i>.<br />
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Economics and finance</b><br />
U.S. acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson said that the United States would not give free relief to nations which had not proved their need or which maintained large armies after the end of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
The New Jersey Congress of Industrial Organizations approved a strong resolution opposing Communist "interference in the affairs of the CIO."<br />
<br />
<b>Golf</b><br />
Sam Snead won the Miami Open.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NFL <br>
Chicago Bears (8-2-1) 45 @ Detroit (1-10) 24 <br>
Green Bay (6-5) 17 @ Los Angeles (6-4-1) 38 <br>
Washington (5-5-1) 0 @ New York (7-3-1) 31 <br>
Philadelphia (6-5) 40 @ Boston (2-8-1) 14 <br>
<br>
AAFC <br>
Cleveland (12-2) 66 @ Brooklyn (3-9-1) 14 <br>
Los Angeles (7-5-1) 7 @ San Francisco (9-5) 48 <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago <br />
1951</span> <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hit parade</span> <br />
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): My Truly, Truly Fair--Guy Mitchell; Donald Peers (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett (Best Seller--6th week at #1; Jukebox--1st week at #1); It's No Sin--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (Disc Jockey--4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19511208.html">Cash Box</a></span>) <br />
1 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces (6th week at #1)<br />
--Eddy Howard<br />
2 Because of You--Tony Bennett <br />
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra<br />
3 Down Yonder--Del Wood<br />
--Joe "Fingers" Carr<br />
--Champ Butler<br />
4 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett<br />
5 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin<br />
--Louis Armstrong<br />
6 And So to Sleep Again--Patti Page<br />
7 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown<br />
8 Charmaine--Mantovani and his Orchestra<br />
9 Domino--Tony Martin<br />
10 Jealousy (Jalousie)--Frankie Laine<br />
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <em>Cry</em> (#23)/<em>The Little White Cloud that Cried</em> (#27) by Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads; and <em>Never</em> by Dennis Day (#39).<br />
<br />
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
Yugoslavia agreed to establish diplomatic relations with West Germany.<br>
<br>
Czechoslovakia sent the U.S.A. a note of protest against alleged American aid to anti-Communist undergrounds in eastern Europe.<br>
<br>
Egypt recalled its ambassador to the United Kingdom to protest British actions in the Suez.<br>
<br>
U.S. Senator William Knowland (Republican--California) reported that 32 Americans were in jail in Communist China.<br>
<br>
<b>Defense</b><br>
<i>United Press</i> reported that membership in U.S. veterans' organizations had dropped to a post-World War II low.<br>
<br>
<b>Business</b><br>
Guatemala accused the United Fruit Company of systematically understating the value of bananas shipped from the country to reduce export tax payments.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">60 years ago<br>
1961</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>Basketball</strong><br />
NBA<br />
<a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196112080PHW.html">Los Angeles (20-7) 147 @ Philadelphia (13-11) 151</a> (3 OT)<br />
<br />
Wilt Chamberlain scored 78 points to lead the Warriors over the Lakers, while Elgin Baylor, who had set the single-game scoring record the previous year with 71 points, scored 63 for the Lakers.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">50 years ago<br>
1971</span><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>New Musical Express</i>): Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)--Benny Hill (2nd week at #1)<br>
<br>
<strong>On television tonight</strong><br />
<em><a href="https://www.nightgallery.net">Rod Serling's Night Gallery</a></em>, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660796/">Cool Air</a></em>, starring Barbara Rush and Henry Darrow; <em>Camera Obscura</em>, starring Rene Auberjonois and Ross Martin; <em>Quoth the Raven</em>, starring Marty Allen<br />
<br />
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Walter Horton, 60</b>. U.S. musician. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Walter_Horton ">Big Walter</a>" was known as one of the best blues harmonicists in history. He had a performing and recording career spanning more than 40 years, mainly as a sideman for various artists. Mr. Horton drank heavily, and died of heart failure.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b> <br>
The Senate of Canada voted 59-23 in favour of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's package to patriate the Constitution, and signed a joint resolution with the House of Commons. The package, to end Canada's last colonial and legal tie with Britain, was now sent to the British Parliament for final approval. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">30 years ago<br />
1991</span><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)<br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1) <br />
<br />
Austria's Top 10 (<a href="https://austriancharts.at/charts/singles/08-12-1991">Ö3</a>)<br>
1 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa (4th week at #1) <br>
2 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams <br>
3 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff <br>
4 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan <br>
5 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
6 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung <br>
7 The Fly--U2 <br>
8 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life--Monty Python <br>
9 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red <br>
10 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>No Son of Mine</i> by Genesis (#25); and <i>Change</i> by Lisa Stansfield (#29). <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Buck Clayton, 80</b>. U.S. musician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton">Wilbur Dorsey Clayton</a> was a jazz trumpeter and arranger who worked with various bands, but was best known for playing with Count Basie.<br />
<br />
<b>Kimberly Bergalis, 23</b>. U.S. medical patient. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Bergalis">Miss Bergalis</a> died of AIDS, which she contracted from her dentist, Dr. David Acer, a bisexual. It was the first known case of clinical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).<br />
<br />
<strong>Politics and government</strong><br />
The heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met at Minsk, Belarus to sign a treaty creating the <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813056.html">Commonwealth of Independent States</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Constitution">Romanian Constitution</a> was adopted in a referendum.<br />
<br />
<b>25 years ago <br>
1996</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): No Woman, No Cry--The Fugees <br />
<br />
#1 single in Austria (<i>Ö3</i>): Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Switzerland: Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)--Backstreet Boys (3rd week at #1) <br />
<br />
#1 single in Scotland (OCC): A Different Beat--Boyzone <br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br />
Howard Rollins, 46</b>. U.S. actor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Rollins">Mr. Rollins</a> was best known for his performances in the movies <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime_(film)">Ragtime</a></i> (1981) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Soldier's_Story">A Soldier's Story</a></i> (1984), and for playing Virgil Tibbs in the television series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(TV_series)">In the Heat of the Night</a></i> (1988-1994). He was fired from the series because of his heavy drinking and cocaine abuse, but sobered up, and returned to acting before he died of AIDS-related lymphoma.<br />
<br />
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Dan "Bee" Spears, 62</b>. U.S. musician. Mr. Spears was a country musician who played bass guitar in Willie Nelson's travelling band for 40 years. Mr. Spears slipped and fell outside his Nashville home, and was found dead of exposure.<br>
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<b>Dick Sims, 60</b>. U.K. musician. Mr. Sims played keyboards in Eric Clapton's rock band in the 1970s. Mr. Sims died of cancer.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738112169304277570.post-38122660547175191322021-12-08T00:16:00.019-07:002022-05-22T20:12:47.473-06:00December 7, 2021<strong>Born on this date</strong><br />
Happy Birthday, Angelina Pratt and Elena!<br />
<br />
<b>1,500 years ago<br>
521</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Columba</b>. Irish-born cleric. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba">Columba</a> was a Roman Catholic missionary who founded several monasteries in Scotland, most notably the abbey on the island of Iona. He died on June 9, 597 at the age of 75. Columba is a Roman Catholic saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.<br>
<br>
<b>225 years ago<br />
1796</b><br />
<br />
<b>Politics and government</b><br />
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1796">United States presidential election</a> concluded with Federalist Party candidate John Adams receiving 71 electoral votes to 68 for Democratic-Republican Party candidate Thomas Jefferson. Under the rules then in place, Mr. Adams was elected President, and Mr. Jefferson was elected Vice President.<br />
<br />
U.S. President George Washington delivered his eighth and last annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/eighth-annual-address-congress">State of the Union</a> address to Congress. Subjects included relations with Britain and Spain.<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">180 years ago<br />
1841</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Politics and government</span><br />
U.S. President John Tyler delivered his first annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/first-annual-message-5">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. Subjects included foreign relations and the economy. <br>
<br>
<b>130 years ago<br>
1891</b><br>
<br>
<b>Died on this date<br>
Arthur Blyth, 68</b>. U.K.-born Australian politician. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Blyth">Sir Arthur</a> grew up in Birmingham and moved to South Australia with his parents at the age of 16. He held various cabinet posts in South Australia, and served three terms as Premier of South Australia (1864-1865, 1871-1872, 1873-1875). Sir Arthur was appointed as South Australia's agent-general in London in 1877, and represented S.A. at the 1887 colonial conference. He died in Bournemouth, England.<br>
<br>
<b>125 years ago<br>
1896</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
U.S. President Grover Cleveland delivered the fourth annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fourth-annual-message-second-term">State of the Union</a> message of his second term to Congress. Subjects included foreign relations, the economy, and defense. <br>
<br>
<b>110 years ago<br>
1911</b><br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b> <br>
U.S. President William Howard Taft delivered the second part of his four-part annual <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-17">State of the Union</a> message to Congress. <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/third-annual-message-17#part2">Part II</a> dealt with foreign relations. <br>
<br>
<b>Hockey</b><br>
PCHA<br>
Brothers Lester and Frank Patrick founded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Hockey_Association">Pacific Coast Hockey Association</a>; the original teams were the New Westminster Royals, Victoria Senators, and Vancouver Millionaires.<br>
<br>
<b>100 years ago<br>
1921</b><br>
<br>
<b>Born on this date<br>
Swami Maharaj</b>. Indian religious leader. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramukh_Swami_Maharaj">Pramukh Swami Maharaj</a>, born Shantilal Patel, was initiated as a Hindu swami in 1940, and in 1950 was appointed Pramukh (president) of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Hindu denomination Swaminarayan Sampradaya. He built more than 1,100 Hindu temples, and oversaw the growth of BAPS into an international movement. Pramukh Swami Maharaj died on August 13, 2016 at the age of 94.<br>
<br>
<b>80 years ago<br>
1941</b><br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<i><a href="http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/W%20Series/Walter%20Winchell/Walter%20Winchell%2041-12-07%20Japanese%20Nationals%20Are%20To%20Be%20Interned.mp3">Jergens Journal</a></i>, with Walter Winchell, on NBC<br />
<br />
<em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="https://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2043-46%20-%20Rathbone%20&%20Bruce/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2043-46%20-%20Rathbone%20&%20Bruce%2041-12-07%20(057)%20Mrs%20Warren%27s%20Key.mp3">Mrs. Warren's Key</a></em><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television today</span><br />
Regularly scheduled programming in New York was <a href="http://www.tvobscurities.com/2011/12/television-broadcasts-on-december-7th-1941b/">interrupted</a> by news of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.<br />
<br />
<strong>War</strong><br />
The United Kingdom and Canada, New Zealand, and India went to war against Finland, Hungary, and Romania at 12:01 A.M. British time. The Royal Canadian Navy Flower Class corvette HMCS <i>Windflower</i> was rammed by the Dutch freighter <i>Zypenberg</i> in dense fog off the Grand Banks, while escorting convoy SC.58; <i>Windflower</i> sank, and 23 of her ship's company were lost. Moscow radio claimed that Soviet troops had broken though German lines at two points on the Moscow front, annihilating two divisions and recapturing a village near Kalinin. Japanese planes <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_3494000/3494108.stm">bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii</a> and declared war on the United States three hours later, bringing the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-07/#air-raid-on-pearl-harbor">United States into World War II</a> (see also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1207.html#article">here</a>). U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the entire country to be on a war footing, and in the evening conferred with his cabinet and congressional leaders on his war message; he also talked by transatlantic telephone with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Censorship was imposed on all messages leaving the United States by radio and cable. U.S. Senator Gerald Nye (Republican--North Dakota) said that the Japanese attack was "just what Britain planned for us," and that the United States had been "doing its utmost to provoke a quarrel with Japan." Canada, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala declared war on Japan.<br />
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<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
U.S. President Roosevelt's Coal Arbitration Board ruled that all coal mine workers must join the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America as a condition of employment, thus reversing a decision of the National Defense Mediation Board. The United Brotherhood of Welders, Cutters and Helpers ordered strikers to return to work at an ordnance plant in Morgantown, West Virginia because of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. The New Jersey CIO pledged support for President Roosevelt and denounced United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis for his membership in the America First Committee.<br />
<br />
<strong>Football</strong><br />
NFL<br />
Chicago Bears (10-1) 34 @ Chicago Cardinals (3-7-1) 24 <br />
Brooklyn (7-4) 21 @ New York (8-3) 7 <br>
Philadelphia (2-8-1) 14 @ Washington (6-5) 20 <br>
<br />
<b>75 years ago<br />
1946</b><br />
<br />
<b>Hit parade</b> <br />
#1 single in the U.S.A. (<i>Billboard</i>): Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes (Best Seller--8th week at #1; Juke Box--7th week at #1; Airplay--7th week at #1; Honor Roll of Hits--6th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<strong>On the radio</strong><br />
<em>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>, starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce, on ABC<br />
Tonight's episode: <em><a href="http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/S%20Series/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce/Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%2046-47%20-%20Conway%20&%20Bruce%2046-12-07%20(09)%20The%20Singular%20Affair%20Of%20The%20Coptic%20Compass.mp3">The Coptic Compass</a></em><br />
<br />
<i>This is Hollywood</i>, hosted by Hedda Hopper, on CBS<br />
Tonight's episode: <i>The Stranger</i>, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Roland Morris, and Gerald Mohr<br />
<br />
<b>Died on this date<br>
Laurette Taylor, 63</b>. U.S. actress. Miss Taylor, born Loretta Cooney, was best known for starring in the <a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/peg-o-my-heart-7544">play</a> (1912) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_o%27_My_Heart_(1922_film)">movie</a> (1922) <i>Peg o' My Heart</i>, written for her by her husband, playwright J. Hartley Manners. Heavy drinking contributed to a decline in Miss Taylor's career in the late 1920s, but she made a successful comeback by playing Amanda Wingfield in the <a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-glass-menagerie-1691">original Broadway production</a> of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie">The Glass Menagerie</a></i> (1945), winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Miss Taylor died of a coronary thrombosis.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br />
The United States told the United Nations Political and Security Committee that it would not observe a UN decision to break off diplomatic relations with Spain.<br />
<br />
The British government postponed the reopening of the London Palestine Conference until January 1947 to allow delegates from the World Zionist Congress to attend after their forthcoming meeting.<br />
<br />
<b>Labour</b><br />
Congress of Industrial Organizations United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis ended the 17-day national coal strike, claiming that the U.S. Supreme Court must be allowed to judge the union-government dispute "free from public pressure induced by the hysteria and frenzy of an economic crisis."<br />
<br />
<b>Disasters</b><br />
A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winecoff_Hotel_fire">fire at the Winecoff Hotel</a> in Atlanta killed 119 people; it was the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b><br />
NCAA<br />
The Football Writers Association of America named Notre Dame tackle George Connor as the winner of the Outland Trophy for the outstanding lineman in college football in the United States for 1946.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">70 years ago<br>
1951</span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold;">On television tonight</span><br>
<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Tomorrow">Tales of Tomorrow</a></span>, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0717046/">Sneak Attack</a></span>, starring Zachary Scott, Barbara Joyce, and Theo Goetz<br />
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<br>
CBS presented the first surgical operation televised in colour, on a coast-to-coast closed circuit.<br>
<br>
<b>World events</b><br>
Israeli authorities seized a cargo of ammunition bound for Egypt from a French ship in Haifa.<br>
<br>
<b>Diplomacy</b><br>
The United Nations General Assembly voted 54-5 in favour of asking the Security Council to approve UN membership for Italy.<br>
<br>
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, ending a visit to London, criticized the United Kingdom's "lack of interest" in European unification, and urged the British to establish liaison offices with newly-formed European institutions.<br>
<br>
<b>60 years ago<br>
1961</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (<i>Record Retailer</i>): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan <br />
<br />
<b>On television tonight</b> <br>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series)">The Untouchables</a></i>, starring Robert Stack, on ABC <br>
Tonight's episode: <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0737765/">Man Killer</a></i> <br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
The Bank of Montreal opened a branch in Tokyo, becoming the first Canadian bank in Japan.<br>
<br>
<b>50 years ago <br>
1971</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops (9th week at #1) <br>
<br>
<b>War</b><br>
Indian and Bangladeshi forces defeated Pakistani forces in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sylhet">Battle of Sylhet</a> in Bangladesh.<br>
<br>
<b>Politics and government</b><br>
Pakistani President Yahya Khan announced the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.<br>
<br>
<b>40 years ago <br>
1981</b> <br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b><br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Kent Music Report</i>): Physical--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1)<br>
<br>
#1 single in Japan (<i>Oricon Singles Chart</i>): Akujo--Miyuki Nakajima (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ma Quale Idea--Pino D'Angio (11th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Polonäse Blankenese--Gottlieb Wendehals (a.k.a. Werner Böhm) <br>
<br>
<b>30 years ago<br>
1991</b><br>
<br>
<b>Hit parade</b> <br>
#1 single in Australia (<i>Australian Music Report</i>): Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Black or White--Michael Jackson (4th week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (2nd week at #1) <br>
<br>
#1 single in France (SNEP): Qui a le droit...--Patrick Bruel <br>
<br>
#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--George Michael/Elton John <br>
<br>
Netherlands Top 10 (<a href="https://www.top40.nl/top40/1991/week-49">De Nederlandse Top 40</a>)<br>
1 Kon Ik Maar Even Bij Je Zijn--Gordon (2nd week at #1) <br>
2 Roodkapje--Pater Moeskroen <br>
3 Let's Talk About Sex!--Salt-N-Pepa <br>
4 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br>
5 I Love Your Smile--Shanice <br>
6 Over and Over Again--Robby Valentine <br>
7 Change--Lisa Stansfield <br>
8 James Brown is Still Alive!!--Holy Noise featuring the Global Insert Project <br>
9 The Fly--U2 <br>
10 Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)--Rozalla <br>
<br>
Singles entering the chart were <i>Mysterious Ways</i> by U2 (#24); <i>Diamonds & Pearls</i> by Prince & the New Power Generation (#25); <i>Ik Vraag Aan Sinterklaas Een Heel Gelukkig Kerstfeest</i> by Henk Temming (#31); <i>Skat Strut</i> by MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob (#35); and <i>Elke Vrouw</i> by Hanny (#36). <br>
<br>
U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1991-12-07">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson <br />
2 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton <br>
3 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn <br>
4 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men <br>
5 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd <br />
6 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul <br>
7 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation <br />
8 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey <br>
9 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant<br />
10 O.P.P.--Naughty by Nature<br>
<br />
Singles entering the chart were <i>Smells Like Teen Spirit</i> by Nirvana (#40); <i>The Unforgiven</i> by Metallica (#65); <i>Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me</i> by George Michael/Elton John (#72); <i>Addams Groove</i> by MC Hammer (#84); <i>The Comfort Zone</i> by Vanessa Williams (#86); <i>Diamonds & Pearls</i> by Prince & the New Power Generation (#88); <i>Hearts Don't Think (They Feel)</i> by Natural Selection (#92); and <i>In Paradise</i> by Laissez Faire (#97). <i>Addams Groove</i> was the theme from the movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(1991_film)">The Addams Family</a></i> (1991).<br />
<br />
U.S.A. Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19911207.html">Cash Box</a></span>)<br />
1 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant<br />
3 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men<br />
4 Blowing Kisses in the Wind--Paula Abdul<br />
5 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn<br />
6 Set the Night to Music--Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest<br />
7 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
8 Street of Dreams--Nia Peeples<br />
9 I Wonder Why--Curtis Stigers <br />
10 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <i>Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me</i> by George Michael/Elton John (#65); <i>Diamonds & Pearls</i> by Prince & the New Power Generation (#77); <i>Somewhere, Somebody</i> by Aaron Neville (#86); <i>Too Blind to See It</i> by Kym Sims (#89); and <i>I Love Your Smile</i> by Shanice (#90).<br />
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Canada’s Top 10 (<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.1690.pdf">RPM</a></span>)<br />
1 Life is a Highway--Tom Cochrane (2nd week at #1)<br />
2 Cream--Prince and the New Power Generation<br />
3 Can't Stop this Thing We Started--Bryan Adams <br />
4 What About Now--Robbie Robertson<br />
5 No Son of Mine--Genesis<br />
6 Broken Arrow--Rod Stewart<br />
7 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton<br />
8 That's What Love is For--Amy Grant<br />
9 Get a Leg Up--John Mellencamp<br />
10 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx<br />
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Singles entering the chart were <i>All 4 Love</i> by Color Me Badd (#50); <i>Rescued (By the Arms of Love)</i> by Glass Tiger (#80); <i>Convictions of the Heart</i> by Kenny Loggins (#81); <i>One Little Word</i> by the Boomers (#88); <i>The Sky is Crying</i> by Stevie Ray Vaughan (#89); <i>Love Don't Last Forever</i> by Chrissey Steele (#90); <i>Ghosts</i> by Kerri Anderson (#91); <i>Wildside</i> by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch (#93); and <i>There Will Never Be Another Tonight</i> by Bryan Adams (#96).<br />
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<strong>Skiing</strong><br />
A.J. Kitt became the first American to win a men's downhill event since the 1984 Winter Olympics when he <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/12.07.html">won the first race of the 1991-92 season</a> at Val D'Isere, France.<br />
<br />
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Navy 24 Army 3 @ Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia <br>
<br>
<b>25 years ago<br />
1996</b><br />
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<b>Hit parade</b><br />
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Wannabe--Spice Girls (6th week at #1)<br />
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#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): One & One--Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler (3rd week at #1) <br />
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#1 single in Flanders (VRT): It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Céline Dion (5th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Aïcha--Khaled (6th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in France (SNEP): Freed from Desire--Gala (7th week at #1) <br>
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#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Gabbertje--Hakkûhbar <br>
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#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): I Feel You--Peter Andre <br>
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U.S.A. Top 10 (<i><a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-12-07">Billboard</a></i>)<br>
1 Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton <br>
2 No Diggity--BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) <br>
3 Nobody--Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage <br>
4 Don't Let Go (Love)--En Vogue <br>
5 It's All Coming Back to Me Now--Celine Dion <br>
6 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge <br />
7 Pony--Ginuwine <br />
8 I Finally Found Someone--Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams <br>
9 I'm Still in Love with You--New Edition<br>
10 Where Do You Go--No Mercy <br>
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Singles entering the chart were <i>I'm Not Giving You Up</i> by Gloria Estefan (#79); <i>I Like It</i> by the Blackout Allstars (83); and <i>Leavin'</i> by the Tony Rich Project (#95). <br>
<br>
<b>Football</b> <br>
NCAA <br>
Army 28 Navy 24 @ Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia <br>
<br>
<strong>20 years ago<br />
2001</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>War</strong><br />
Afghanistan's Taliban regime <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_4031000/4031711.stm">surrendered its stronghold in Kandahar</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>Economics and finance</b><br>
Statistics Canada reported an unemployment increase to 7.5%, the highest level since mid-1999.<br>
<br>
<b>10 years ago<br>
2011</b><br>
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<b>Died on this date<br />
Harry Morgan, 96</b>. U.S. actor and director. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Morgan">Mr. Morgan</a>, born Harry Bratsberg, had a long career as a character actor in movies, radio, and television, but was best known for portraying Officer Bill Gannon in the television series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(series)">Dragnet</a></i> (1967-1970) and Colonel Sherman Potter in the television series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)">M*A*S*H</a></i> (1975-1983) and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfterMASH">AfterMASH</a></i> (1983-1984). <br />
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<b>Bob Burnett, 71</b>. U.S. musician. Mr. Burnett was an original member of the folk group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwaymen_(folk_band)">the Highwaymen</a>, who began performing together at Wesleyan University in Ohio in 1958, and continued until 1964. Their version of <i>Michael</i> reached #1 on the <i>Billboard Hot 100</i> pop singles chart in 1961, and reached #1 in several other countries, while <i>Cotton Fields</i> reached #13 on the <i>Billboard Hot 100</i> early in 1962. Mr. Burnett had a long career in law and banking. <br>
<br>
<b>Crime</b> <br>
District Attorney of Philadelphia R. Seth Williams announced that prosecutors, with the support of the family of slain police officer Daniel Faulkner, would no longer seek the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal and would accept a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. On December 9, 1981, almost 30 years earlier to the day, Constable Faulkner conducted a traffic stop of Mr. Abu-Jamal's younger brother William Cook, when the confrontation turned physical. Mr. Abu-Jamal, whose taxi was parked across the street, shot Constable Faulkner in the back and then in the head; Constable Faulkner shot his assailant in the stomach before being fatally shot. Mr. Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 and sentenced to death, but years of appeals resulted in the sentence being commuted.<br>
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<b>Scandal</b><br>
Ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Democrat) was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.Jack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.com0