December 24, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Hilary Hahn!

260 years ago
1761

Born on this date
Selim III, 46. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1789-1807. Selim III 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.

175 years ago
1846

Britannica
The United Kingdom acquired the island of Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei; it was established as a Crown Colony in 1848.

170 years ago
1851

Disasters
Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.

150 years ago
1871

Opera
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida 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.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Charles Wakefield Cadman. U.S. composer and critic. Mr. Cadman was appointed music editor and critic for the Pittsburgh Dispatch 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.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Feodor Rojankovsky. Russian-born illustrator. Mr. Rojankovsky, 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. Mr. Rojankovsky won the 1956 Caldecott Medal for illustrating John Langstaff's Frog Went A-Courtin'. He died on October 12, 1970 at the age of 78.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Bill Dudley. U.S. football player. Mr. Dudley 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.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Siegfried Alkan, 83. German composer. Mr. Alkan, 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. Mr. Alkan 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.

War
Admiral Émile Muselier captured the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon 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.

Diplomacy
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."

Religion
Pope Pius XII outlined a five-point peace plan based on the "integrity and security" of all states.

Academia
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.

Journalism
Brazilian police closed the Japanese newspaper Brasil Asahi and German newspapers in Sao Paulo and Santa Catharina.

Technology
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.

Economics and finance
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.

75 years ago
1946

War
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.

World events
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.

Diplomacy
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.

Politics and government
The French Fourth Republic officially came into existence as the Council of the Republic, the upper legislative house, held its first session.

A committee representing the United Kingdom, native Sultans, and the United Malaya nationalist organization proposed a new constitution for an independent "Federation of Malaya."

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.

Labour
The Mexican Oil Workers union voted not to fight the dismissal of 50 union leaders from their jobs in the government-owned oil industry.

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.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Hallmark Television Playhouse, on NBC
Tonight's broadcast: Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors, 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.



Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: This Way to Heaven, starring Kathleen Comegys, Beverly Dennis, Burgess Meredith, and Robert Webber

Africana
The Kingdom of Libya was proclaimed, with Idris as King.

War
The South Korean government claimed that 117,361 S.K. civilians were missing or known to have been abducted by the Communists.

Economics and finance
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas signed a decree raising minimum wages 150% to a monthly average of $45.

Labour
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.

60 years ago
1961

Football
AFL
Championship @ Balboa Stadium, San Diego
Houston Oilers 10 @ San Diego Chargers 3

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.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (6th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (8th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (10th week at #1)
2 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill
3 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy
4 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
5 Cousin Norman--Marmalade
6 You--Peter Maffay
7 The Desiderata--Les Crane
8 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers
9 Soley Soley--Middle of the Road
10 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast--Daniel Boone

The only single entering the chart was Tokoloshe Man by John Kongos (#17).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Brand New Key--Melanie (2nd week at #1)
2 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers
3 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
4 American Pie--Don McLean
5 Sunshine--Jonathan Edwards
6 Devil You--Stampeders
7 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family
8 Hey Girl--Donny Osmond
9 Day After Day--Badfinger
10 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone

Singles entering the chart were Stay with Me by Faces (#27); Where Did Our Love Go by Donnie Elbert (#28); Without You by Nilsson (#29); and Sour Suite by the Guess Who (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces
2 Brand New Key--Melanie
3 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers
4 Day After Day--Badfinger
5 American Pie--Don McLean
6 Sunshine--Jonathan Edwards
7 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone
8 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels
9 Devil You--Stampeders
10 Respect Yourself--The Staple Singers

Singles entering the chart were Black Dog by Led Zeppelin (#34); Without You by Nilsson (#35); Levon by Elton John (#36); Me and Bobby McGee by Jerry Lee Lewis (#37); Joy by the Ventures (#38); Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison (#39); and Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir (#40).

Crime
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.

Disasters
LANSA Flight 508, 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.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Vancouver (CKLG): Young Turks--Rod Stewart (4th week at #1)

Edmonton's Top 20 (CHED)
1 Take Off--Bob and Doug McKenzie
2 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
3 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
4 Working for the Weekend--Loverboy
5 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
6 Lunatic Fringe--Red Rider
7 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
8 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
9 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie
10 Oh No--Commodores
11 Centerfold--J. Geils Band
12 Our Lips are Sealed--Go-Go's
13 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
14 For Those About to Rock--AC/DC
15 Here I Am--Air Supply
16 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
17 I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)--Daryl Hall & John Oates
18 Wind Him Up--Saga
19 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
20 No Reply at All--Genesis

Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)
1 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
3 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
4 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
5 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond
6 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross
7 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
8 Comin' in and Out of Your Life--Barbra Streisand
9 The Theme from Hill Street Blues--Mike Post
10 Heart Like a Wheel--Steve Miller Band

25 years ago
1996

Disasters
A Learjet 35 en route from Bridgeport, Connecticut to Lebanon, New Hampshire crashed into Smarts Mountain near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board. The wreckage wasn't found until November 13, 1999.

20 years ago
2001

World events
A truce between the new government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam went into effect.

Politics and government
Patrick Manning took office as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Johannes Heesters, 108. Dutch-born German entertainer. Mr. Heesters 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. Mr. Heesters easily made the transition to postwar popular culture, but his previous Nazi associations ttracted controversy in later years. He 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.

December 17, 2021

1,475 years ago
546

War
The Ostrogoths, led by Totila, sacked Rome after a nearly year-long siege, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.

150 years ago
1871

Diplomacy
Grand Duke Alexei, a son of Czar Aleksandr II of Russia, arrived in Montreal 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.

130 years ago
1891

Died on this date
José María Iglesias, 68. President of Mexico, 1876-1877. Mr. Iglesias, 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. Mr. Iglesias 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.

Economics and finance
The Canadian Bankers Association was founded in Ottawa.

125 years ago
1896

Disasters
Schenley Park Casino in Pittsburgh, the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, was destroyed by a fire.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Lore Berger. Swiss authoress. Miss Berger studied German and Romance studies at the University of Basel, and volunteered for the military women's service despite being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. She wrote the novel Der barmherzige Hügel (The Mercy Hill) (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.

Economics and finance
The maple leaf design of the new nickel Canadian 5¢ coin was proclaimed; it was originally silver, but soon changed to pure nickel.

80 years ago
1941

Movies
The U.S. Roman Catholic National Legion of Decency announced in New York its approval of Two-Faced Woman, starring Greta Garbo, after the elimination of "objectionable scenes."

War
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.

Diplomacy
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.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Spruille Braden as Ambassador to Cuba to succeed George Messersmith.

Defense
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 Haruna.

Americana
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.

Technology
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.

Economics and finance
U.S. Price Administrator Leon Henderson placed all tire sales under a consumer coupon rationing system, effective January 4, 1942.

Labour
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.

Disasters
Japan announced that 319 people had been killed and 437 injured in an earthquake in southern Formosa.

Baseball
The Associated Press 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.

75 years ago
1946

Space
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.

War
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.

Defense
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.

World events
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."

Politics and government
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.

Venezuela's new Constituent Assembly officially assumed power.

An electoral commission in Warsaw approved the candidacy of 110 conservative Peasant Party members in upcoming parliamentary elections.

Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen declared his candidacy for the 1948 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

Exploration
The U.S. Antarctic Expedition discovered a submarine mountain range which apparently connected Easter Island with the South American mainland.

Music
German orchestra conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler was cleared by a denazification tribunal in Berlin and allowed to resume his career.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Perchance to Dream, starring William Eythe, Logan Ramsey, Louanna Gardner, and David White



Movies
The U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named A Place in the Sun as the year's outstanding film and Rashomon as the best foreign film.

Diplomacy
The U.S. Civil Rights Congress presented the document We Charge Genocide 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.

Africana
Sudan's National Front informed the Untied Nations that it favoured a plebiscite on Sudanese union with Egypt.

Defense
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.

Politics and government
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.

Aviation
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."

Economics and finance
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.

Labour
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.

Disasters
A train derailment near Carneiro, Brazil caused 53 deaths.

60 years ago
1961

Disasters
Fire 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.

Football
NFL
Cleveland (8-5-1) 7 @ New York (10-3-1) 7
Dallas (4-9-1) 24 @ Washington (1-12-1) 34
Green Bay (11-3) 24 @ Los Angeles (4-10) 17
Minnesota (3-11) 35 @ Chicago (8-6) 52
Philadelphia (10-4) 27 @ Detroit (8-5-1) 24
Pittsburgh (6-8) 0 @ St. Louis (7-7) 20



AFL
Boston (9-4-1) 41 @ San Diego (12-2) 0
Houston (10-3-1) 47 @ Oakland (2-12) 16
New York (7-7) 24 @ Dallas (6-8) 35

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (7th week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Mammy Blue--Charisma (9th week at #1)
2 Get Me Some Help--Neville Whitmill
3 Amen--Peanutbutter Conspiracy
4 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
5 Cousin Norman--Marmalade
6 The Desiderata--Les Crane
7 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast--Daniel Boone
8 Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers
9 You--Peter Maffay
10 I Believe (in Love)--Hot Chocolate

The only single entering the chart was Imagine by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#14).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Brand New Key--Melanie
2 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
3 Hey Girl--Donny Osmond
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane
5 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
6 Devil You--Stampeders
7 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family
8 Wild Night--Van Morrison
9 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers
10 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone

Singles entering the chart were George Jackson by Bob Dylan (#26); One Monkey Don't Stop No Show by the Honey Cone (#28); Hey Big Brother by Rare Earth (#29); and Behind Blue Eyes by the Who (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Brand New Key--Melanie
2 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone
3 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels
4 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces
5 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)--The New Seekers
6 Devil You--Stampeders
7 Day After Day--Badfinger
8 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
9 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
10 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family

Singles entering the chart were I Can Smell that Funky Music by Eric Mercury (#27); Fly Across the Sea by Edward Bear (#28); Bless the Beasts and Children by the Carpenters (#34); Sugar Daddy by the Jackson 5 (#35); Give Us One More Chance by Pagliaro (#38); and If Santa were My Daddy by Little Jimmy Osmond (#39).

On television tonight
The Dick Cavett Show, on ABC

California Governor Ronald Reagan was one of Mr. Cavett's guests.



Abominations
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.

Politics and government
Steps were begun to set up the government of the new nation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Congress temporarily extended the current foreign aid program.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart (3rd week at #1)
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
3 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
5 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
6 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
8 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
9 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
10 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross

Singles entering the chart were Town Without Pity by Wildroot Orchestra (#18); and Oh No by the Commodores (#20).

Edmonton's Top 15 (CHED)
1 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
2 Working for the Weekend--Loverboy
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
5 Oh No--Commodores
6 Take Off--Bon and Doug McKenzie
7 Don't Stop Believin'--Journey
8 Lunatic Fringe--Red Rider
9 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
10 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
11 Under Pressure--Queen & David Bowie
12 Here I Am--Air Supply
13 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
14 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
15 No Reply at All--Genesis

Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)
1 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
3 Why Do Fools Fall in Love--Diana Ross
4 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond
5 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
6 Take Off--Bob and Doug McKenzie
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
8 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
9 Come Go with Me--The Beach Boys
10 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley

Died on this date
Antiochos Evangelatos, 77. Greek composer and conductor. Mr. Evangelatos 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. Mr. Evangelatos died six days before his 79th birthday.

Terrorism
U.S. Army Brigadier General James L. Dozier was abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.

25 years ago
1996

Abominations
Six Red Cross workers were shot dead as they slept in a hospital in Chechnya, where they were caring for victims of the war between Chechnya and Russia. The dead included Nancy Malloy, 51, from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Diplomacy
Kofi Annan of Ghana took office as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Politics and government
Rodrigue Biron and Gilles Duceppe announced that they were candidates to lead the Bloc québécois.

20 years ago
2001

World events
Armed men stormed the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in an unsuccessful coup attempt.

Politics and government
The new parliament of the Solomon Islands chose Sir Allan Kemakeza as the new Prime Minister.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Kim Jong-il, 70. 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea, 1994-2011. Kim Jong-il, 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. Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack, although reports differ as to the circumstances. He was succeeded as Supreme Leader by his son Kim Jong-un.

Eva Ekvall, 28. Venezuelan journalist. Miss Ekvall, 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.

December 9, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Natalia, Mary-Ann Murphy, and Maria Mercedes Forero Hernandez!

300 years ago
1721

Born on this date
Peter Pelham. U.K.-born American musician. Mr. Pelham, 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.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Hélène Smith. Swiss medium. Miss Smith, 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 Des Indes à la Planete Mars (From India to the Planet Mars) (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.

War
The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the [Civil] War was established by the U.S. Congress.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
Joe Kelley. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Kelley 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.

130 years ago
1891

Politics and government
U.S. President Benjamin Harrison delivered his third annual State of the Union message to Congress. Subjects included foreign relations and relations with American Indians.

125 years ago
1896

Politics and government
Abner Reid McClelan took office as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, succeeding John James Fraser.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Jean Mermoz. French aviator. Mr. Mermoz 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, Mr. Mermoz 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.

Ödön von Horváth. Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and author. Mr. Horváth 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. He 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.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Broderick Crawford. U.S. actor. The beefy, fast-talking Mr. Crawford was usually a supporting actor in movies, but won the Academy Award for Best Actor for All the King's Men (1949). He moved to television in the 1950s, starring in the series Highway Patrol (1955-1959), King of Diamonds (1961-1962), and The Interns (1970-1971). He died on April 26, 1986 at the age of 74, after a series of strokes.

Disasters
The Cross Mountain Mine disaster, a coal mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

100 years ago
1921

Radio
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).

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: A Study in Scarlet, Part 4

Politics and government
The Constituent Cortes approved a constitution which established the Second Spanish Republic.

80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Hart O. Berg, 76. U.S. engineer. Mr. Berg 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.

War
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.

Defense
Argentina and Chile announced that they would grant non-belligerent status to the United States as an act of solidarity.

World events
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.

Politics and government
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.

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).

Baseball
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).

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
2 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
--Hoagy Carmichael
3 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--The Three Suns
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
5 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Hal Derwin
6 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
7 To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
--The Ink Spots
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra with Stuart Wade
--Tony Martin
--The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
8 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
9 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
10 The Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil)--Frank Sinatra

Singles entering the chart were Huggin' and Chalkin', with versions by Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, and Kay Kyser and his Orchestra (#19); The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) by the King Cole Trio (#20); and Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They’ll Do it Every Time) by Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five (#36).

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, on MBS
Tonight`s episode: The Jade Tree

War
The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" began with the "Doctors' trial," prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom sent Albania a note protesting the laying of mines in the Corfu channel as a "deliberately hostile act."

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in New York elected U.S. State Department Alger Hiss as its president.

The World Zionist Congress convened in Basel, Switzerland and heard its president, Chaim Weizmann, reiterate his demand for a Jewish state in Palestine.

Politics and government
King Farouk of Egypt named Mahmoud Fahmy Pasha of the Saasist Party as Prime Minister after Ismail Sidky Pasha resigned because of ill health.

Despite the Muslim League boycott, the Constituent Assembly of India met in New Delhi for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

Law
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.

Football
AAFC
New York (10-3-1) 31 @ Miami (2-11) 0

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Mewhu's Jet, starring Dennis Alexander, Janie Alexander, John Boruff, and Eileen Heckart

Crime
U.S. singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his wife, actress Ava Gardner, were robbed of $16,800 in jewellery in London.

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.

Economics and finance
The U.S. government invoked the Trading with the Enemy Act to prevent Chinese-Americans from sending money to Communist China.

Labour
The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations announced a contribution of $100,000 intended to encourage the growth of strong unions in backward nations.

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.

Football
NFL
Chicago Bears (7-4) 45 @ New York Yanks (1-8-2) 21
Cleveland (10-1) 28 @ Pittsburgh (3-7-1) 0
Detroit (7-3-1) 24 @ Los Angeles (7-4) 22
Green Bay (3-8) 19 @ San Francisco (6-4-1) 31
New York Giants (8-2-1) 23 @ Philadelphia (4-7) 7
Washington (5-6) 20 @ Chicago Cardinals (2-9) 17



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake

#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven--Johnny Hoes (12th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
2 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
3 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
4 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
5 Moon River--Jerry Butler
--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus
6 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
7 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
8 Tonight--Ferrante and Teicher
--Eddie Fisher
--Jay and the Americans
9 Runaround Sue--Dion
10 The Twist--Chubby Checker

Singles entering the chart were Can't Help Falling in Love (#50)/Rock-a-Hula Baby (#54) by Elvis Presley; Jambalaya (On the Bayou) by Fats Domino (#86); Small Sad Sam by Phil McLean (#90); Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby Bland (#91); Tuff by Ace Cannon (#92); and You're Running Out of Kisses by Chuck Foote (#94).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee (3rd week at #1)
2 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
3 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
4 The Wanderer--Dion
5 Static--Dana and Dexter
6 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
7 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
8 The Twist--Chubby Checker
9 Can't Help Falling in Love--Elvis Presley
10 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes

Singles entering the chart were Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#20); Fujikami the Warrior (#27)/Mo-Shun (#50) by the Hi-Fives; Just a Little Bit Sweet by Charlie Rich (#35); Tennessee Flat-Top Box by Johnny Cash (#39); What a Walk by Bobby Lewis (#42); If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody by James Ray (#45); Let Me Down Easy by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers (#47); and A Little Bitty Tear by Burl Ives (#48).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens (2nd week at #1)
2 Walkin' with My Angel/Run to Him--Bobby Vee
3 The Twist--Chubby Checker
4 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
5 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
6 Gypsy Rover--The Highwaymen
7 The Wanderer/The Majestic--Dion
8 Blue Hawaii (LP)--Elvis Presley
9 Dreamy Eyes--Johnny Tillotson
10 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes

Singles entering the chart were Weekend by Eddie Cochran (#29); When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)/Baby's First Christmas by Connie Francis (#30); Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#34); and A Little Bitty Tear by Burl Ives (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Asparagus Tips

Africana
Tanganyika Territory gained its independence from Britain; it became part of Tanzania three years later.

Boxing
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.



Football
NFL
Baltimore (7-6) 17 @ Los Angeles (4-9) 34

AFL
Boston (8-4-1) 35 @ Oakland (2-11) 21

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Don't Know How to Love Him--Tina and the Real McCoy

Died on this date
Ralph Bunche, 68. U.S. political scientist and diplomat. Dr. Bunche 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. Dr. Bunche 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.

War
In Operation Cactus Lilly, the Indian Air Force executed an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defenses.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart (2nd week at #1)
2 Physical--Olivia Newton-John
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley
5 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
6 Trouble--Lindsey Buckingham
7 Private Eyes--Daryl Hall & John Oates
8 Every Little Thing She Does is Magic--The Police
9 My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)--Chilliwack
10 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash

Singles entering the chart were Talking Out of Turn by the Moody Blues (#17); I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#18); and Yesterday's Songs by Neil Diamond (#19).

Died on this date
John Kieran, 89. U.S. journalist and broadcaster. Mr. Kieran was a sportswriter with The New York Times, 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 Information, Please! Mr. Kieran hosted television's first widely-syndicated program, Kieran's Kaleidoscope (1949-1952), commenting on various topics. He was an amateur naturalist and birdwatcher, and wrote the book A Natural History of New York City (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.

Sonny Til, 53. Mr. Til, born Earlington Carl Tilghman, was the lead singer of the Orioles, 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 It's Too Soon to Know (1948); Tell Me So (1949); and Crying in the Chapel (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.

Daniel Faulkner, 25. U.S. police officer. Constable Faulkner 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, Mumia Abu-Jamal, 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.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Piece of My Wish--Miki Imai

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Laatikoita--Sielun Veljet

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (4th week at #1)

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Macarena Christmas--Los del Rio

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): I Can't Help Myself (I Love You, I Want You)--The Kelly Family (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Verpiss' dich--Tic Tac Toe

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (4th week at #1)
2 Black Cloud Rain--Corey Hart
3 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
4 When You Love a Woman--Journey
5 How Bizarre--OMC
6 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies
7 Dance Into the Light--Phil Collins
8 Leave it Alone--Moist
9 If it Makes You Happy--Sheryl Crow
10 Bittersweet Me--R.E.M.

Singles entering the chart were Through Your Hands by Don Henley (#81); Kissing Rain by Roch Voisine (#84); Love is the Power by Michael Bolton (#85); Watching the World Go By by Maxi Priest (#91); Crossing a Canyon by 54-40 (#92); Look Like Me by the Killjoys (#93); and Bad Time to Be Poor by Rheostatics (#95).

Died on this date
Alain Poher, 87. President of France, 1969, 1974. Mr. Poher 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.

Mary Leakey, 83. U.K. paleontologist. Mrs. Leakey 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.

Patty Donahue, 40. U.S. singer. Miss Donahue 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.

Crime
Horrett Campbell, 33, was found guilty of attempted murder 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.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Michael Carver, Baron Carver, 86. Field Marshal Baron Carver 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.

10 years ago
2011

Business
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%.

December 4, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Marina Kosan!

1,250 years ago
771

Died on this date
Carloman I, 20. King of the Franks, 768-771. Carloman I inherited half of the Kingdom of the Franks with his older brother Charlemagne upon the death of their father Pepin the Short. The brothers were opposed to each other, and seemed to be on the verge of war when Carloman suddenly died, perhaps from a severe nosebleed. Carloman I's death allowed Charlemagne to take all of Francia and begin his expansion into other kingdoms.

890 years ago
1131

Died on this date
Omar Khayyam, 83. Persian polymath. Mr. Khayyam was a mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher, and poet. He was notable for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided geometric solutions by the intersection of conics. As an astronomer, Mr. Khayyam designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle that provided the basis for the Persian calendar that is still in use after nearly a millennium. In 1079 he accurately calculated the length of a year. Quatrains attributed to Mr. Khayyam were collected and published in an English translation as Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859).

325 years ago
1696

Died on this date
Meishō, 72. Empress of Japan, 1629-1643. Meishō, born Okiko, acceded to the Chrysanthemum throne upon the abdication of her father Go-Mizunoo. She had no children, and abdicated in favour of her brother Go-Kōmyō.

230 years ago
1791

Journalism
The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, published its first edition in London.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Hannes Hafstein. Minister for Iceland, 1904-1909, 1912-1914. Mr. Hafstein, the son of Governor of North and East Iceland Pétur Havstein, was the first Icelander to be appointed to the Danish Cabinet while being responsible to the Icelandic Althing. He was managing director of the Bank of Iceland after both his terms as Minister, resigning as director of the Bank in 1917 because of declining health. Mr. Hafstein died on December 13, 1922, nine days after his 61st birthday.

Politics and government
The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elected Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

150 years ago
1871

Politics and government
U.S. President U.S. Grant delivered his third annual State of the Union message to Congress. Subjects included foreign relations and defense.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Erwin von Witzleben. German military officer. Generalfeldmarschall Witzleben joined the Prussian Army in 1901, and served in both World Wars, winning numerous decorations. He was one of the officers involved in the conspiracy to assassinate German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944; after the plot failed, he was arrested on July 21. Generalfeldmarschall Witzleben was convicted by the Volksgerichtshof (People's Court) in a show trial on August 7, and executed on August 8, 1944 at the age of 62 by hanging with a meat hook and piano wire.

Journalism
The first edition of the Los Angeles Times was published.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Deanna Durbin. Canadian-born actress and singer. Miss Durbin, born Edna Mae Durbin in Winnipeg, moved to southern California with her parents as an infant. She sang with the vocal range of a lyric soprano, and achieved popularity in musical films such as Three Smart Girls (1936); Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939); and Hers to Hold (1943). Miss Durbin retired from acting when her contract with Universal Pictures expired in 1949; she married producer-director Charles David in 1950, and the couple moved to France, where she lived until her death on April 17, 2013 at the age of 91.

Football
APFA
Akron (8-3-1) 7 @ Chicago Cardinals (3-3-1) 0
Buffalo (9-1-2) 7 @ Chicago Staleys (8-1) 10
Columbus (1-8) 6 @ Louisville (0-2) 0

The Staleys' win over the All-Americans at Cubs Park was Buffalo's second game in as many days.

80 years ago
1941

War
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Polish Prime Minister Wladyslaw Sikorski signed a declaration in Moscow stating that the U.S.S.R. and Poland would continue the war until Germany was defeated. A bill to empower the British government to conscript all British men and women aged 18½-51 passed its first test in the House of Commons after a Labour Party amendment urging the government to seize transport, coal mining, and munitions factories was defeated 336-40. A conference in Washington adopted a resolution urging the creation of a 200,000-man Jewish army, to be recruited in the U.S.A. and Palestine to fight the Nazis. Chesley Manly of the Chicago Tribune reported that the U.S. Army and Navy Joint Board had prepared a confidential report for President Franklin D. Roosevelt on how the United States could defeat Germany and her allies. Mr. Manly said the report envisioned an expeditonary force of five million men.
Diplomacy
A Japanese news agency criticized U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull's November 26 position on American-Japanese relations, declaring, "It is utterly impossible for Japan to accept the stipulations of the American document."

Defense
The U.S. National Association of Manufacturers urged that a single agency with a single head be created to supervise defense production.

Law
Under the Indian government's new policy of freeing all civil disobedience political prisoners "whose offenses have been formal or symbolic in character," 500 members of the Indian National Congress Party were released from prisons.

Terrorism
A bomb destroyed the Detroit home of Patrick J. Currier, head of a lumber company involved in a labour dispute.

Academia
The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools dropped 10 state colleges of Georgia from its accredited list, effective September 1, because of "unprecedented and unjustfiable political interference" by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge.

Journalism
The Chicago Sun published its first edition.

Medicine
The U.S. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced its approval of the polio treatment that had been developed by Australian nurse Elizabeth Kenny, consisting of massage, movement, and re-education of paralyzed muscles as soon as possible after the disease was discovered.

Labour
American Federation of Labor President William Green and Congress of Industrial Organizations President Philip Murray denounced the defense anti-strike bill passed the previous day by the U.S. House of Representatives.

75 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
In the first Soviet concession on the veto issue, U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov told the United Nations General Assembly that the veto need not apply to proposed international arms control commissions. The UN General Assembly turned over all resolutions on Spain to an 18-nation subcommittee for consideration. Greek delegate Vassili Dendramis submitted to the UN Security Council charges of border violations by Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria, asking that an investigation commission be sent to Greece.

Defense
The U.S. Army announced the creation of a commission of five generals to study defense against atomic and other modern weapons.

Politics and government
General Joseph McNarey ordered the U.S. military government in Germany to drop its policy of hostitlity toward Germans and help in the country's reconstruction.

Economics and finance
The Australian Labour Party refused to approve the Bretton Woods Agreement, preventing Australia from joining the World Bank by the end of 1946.

Labour
The day after convicting United Mine Workers of America President John L. Lewis in Washington, D.C. of contempt of court, U.S. District Court Judge T. Alan Goldsborough fined the UMW $3.5 million and Mr. Lewis $10,000.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Far-Off House, starring Judith Evelyn, Douglas Watson, and Henry Jones



War
Clashes between British forces and Egyptian civilians and police in the Suez continued, causing 65 deaths. The Egyptian government placed the nation under a state of emergency.

World events
The U.S.A. demanded the immediate release of the C-47 transport plane and crew forced down over Hungary on November 19.

Politics and government
United Nations headquarters in New York disclosed that Nobel Prize-winning British biochemist Ernest Chain had twice been barred from entering the United States in 1951 under the 1950 Internal Security Act.

Labour
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruled that a large Christmas bonus paid annually for 12 years by the Niles-Benent-Pond Company of West Hartford, Connecticut had become part of the wage structure and was therefore subject to collective bargaining. The NLRB asked the company to negotiate with the United Auto Workers of America on its plan to slash the bonus.

Disasters
Hibok Hibok volcano on Camiguin Island in the Philippines erupted for the second time in two years, causing 209 deaths, with 500 inhabitants reported missing.

Football
NCAA
An Associated Press poll of sportswriters listed Tennessee, Michigan State, Maryland, Illinois, and Georgia Tech as the top U.S. college teams. Princeton Univesity halfback Dick Kazmaier was named the 1951 winner of the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding college football player in the United States.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Moliendo Café--Lucho Gatica (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): L'Auto-circulation--Henri Tisot (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean (5th week at #1)
2 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
3 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
4 Runaround Sue--Dion
5 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
6 The Twist--Chubby Checker
7 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
8 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels
9 I Understand (Just How You Feel)--The G-Clefs
10 Crazy--Patsy Cline

Singles entering the chart were Can't Help Falling in Love (#57)/Rock-A-Hula Baby (#62) by Elvis Presley; The Peppermint Twist by Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks (#59); The Majestic (#64)/The Wanderer (#79) by Dion; Lonesome Number One by Don Gibson (#66); I Hear You Knocking by Fats Domino (#67); Turn on Your Love Light by Bobby Bland (#81); Small Sad Sam by Phil McLean (#86); Unsquare Dance by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (#87); Norman by Sue Thompson (#94); (How Can I Write on Paper) What I Feel in My Heart by Jim Reeves (#95); Pop Goes the Weasel by Anthony Newley (#96); She Really Loves You by Timi Yuro (#98); and Walkin' Back to Happiness by Helen Shapiro (#100). Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks were a British group; The Peppermint Twist was a different song from Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee & the Starlites, charting at #29. I Hear You Knocking was the other side of Jambalaya (On the Bayou), which had yet to chart. (How Can I Write on Paper) What I Feel in My Heart was the other side of Losing Your Love, charting at #90.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Music Vendor)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
2 Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes
3 Goodbye Cruel World--James Darren
4 Walk on By--Leroy Van Dyke
5 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
6 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
7 Moon River--Henry Mancini, his Orchestra and Chorus
--Jerry Butler
8 Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson
9 Tonight--Ferrante and Teicher
--Eddie Fisher
--Jay and the Americans
10 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters

Singles entering the chart were Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley (#51); Jambalaya (On the Bayou) by Fats Domino (#59); Funny How Time Slips Away by Jimmy Elledge (#71); Twistin' U.S.A. by Chubby Checker (#75); Small Sad Sam by Phil McLean (#76); Little Altar Boy by Vic Dana (#79); Searching by Jack Eubanks (#80); What a Walk by Bobby Lewis (#84); A Kiss for Christmas by Joe Dowell (#86); You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength by Gloria Lynne (#87); Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley by Ella Fitzgerald (#88); Baby, it's You by the Shirelles (#91); He's Not Just a Soldier by Little Richard (#96); Sweet Water by the Stereos (#97); Three Steps from the Altar by Shep and the Limelites (#98); Let's Go Trippin' by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (#99); and Norman by Sue Thompson (#100). You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength was an "answer" to Tower of Strength by Gene McDaniels, charting at #20.

On the radio
Macabre, on USAFRS Far East Network
Tonight's episode: The House in the Garden

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley, on BBC
Tonight's episode: The Reigate Squires

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Dialogues with Death, starring Boris Karloff, Estelle Winwood, and Ed Nelson



Society
U.K. Health Minister Enoch Powell announced that women who wanted to obtain oral contraception would be able to get it through the National Health Service.

Boxing
Sonny Liston (33-1) knocked out Albert "Quick Fall" "Westphal (24-9-3) at 1:58 of the first round of a heavyweight bout before 2,432 fans at Convention Hall in Philadelphia. This bout and the subsequent heavyweight championship fight between Floyd Patterson and Tom McNeeley were shown on closed-circuit television as a doubleheader--the first time that had happened with fights in different cities. Among the interested viewers was U.S. President John F. Kennedy, watching in the White House.



Floyd Patterson (38-2) retained his world heavyweight championship by knocking down Tom McNeeley (23-1) 8 times and finally out at 2:51 of the 4th round before a crowd of 7,813 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Former world heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott was the referee for the first world heavyweight title fight to take place in Canada.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Mammy Blue--Charisma (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Coz I Luv You--Slade (4th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John (4th week at #1)
2 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
3 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
4 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
5 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
6 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
7 Speak to the Sky--Ricky Springfield
8 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
9 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney
10 Peace Train--Cat Stevens

Singles entering the chart were Imagine by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#34); and Free the People by Sherbet (#36).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
2 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen
3 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road
4 Pappie Loop Toch Niet Zo Snel--Herman Van Keeken
5 How Do You Do--Mouth & MacNeal
6 Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart
7 Schön ist es auf der Welt zu sein--Roy Black + Anita
8 Kom Van Dat Dak Af [Maxi Single]--Peter en Zijn Rockets
9 Mama Oh Mama--George Baker Selection
10 I Will Return--Springwater

Singles entering the chart were Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes (#20); Coz I Love You by Slade (#29); Als Ik Jou Kus by De Twee Pinten (#30); Fireball by Deep Purple (#32); and Jeepster by T. Rex (#33).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
5 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
6 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
7 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
8 The Desiderata--Les Crane
9 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin
10 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Singles entering the chart were I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by the New Seekers (#61); Let's Stay Together by Al Green (#68); Day After Day by Badfinger (#74); Lay Lady Lay by the Isley Brothers (#82); Once You Understand by Think featuring Lou Stallman (#86); Looking for a Love by J. Geils Band (#87); Carolyn by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (#88); No Sad Song by Helen Reddy (#90); George Jackson by Bob Dylan (#93); The Girl Who Loved Me When by the Glass Bottle featuring Gary Criss (#96); Devil You by the Stampeders (#98); and Daisy Mae by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone (2nd week at #1)
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
6 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
7 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
8 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin
9 Cherish--David Cassidy
10 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots

Singles entering the chart were George Jackson by Bob Dylan (#70); Day After Day by Badfinger (#78); Anticipation by Carly Simon (#81); Me and Bobby McGee by Jerry Lee Lewis (#88); Truckin' by the Grateful Dead (#93); Devil You by the Stampeders (#94); I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again by Buffy Sainte-Marie (#95); Tightrope Ride by the Doors (#96); Pain (Part 1) by the Ohio Players (#98); and Way Back Home (Vocal) by Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (#99). Way Back Home had the vocal version on the A-side in mono, and the instrumental on the B-side in stereo.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Family Affair--Sly and the Family Stone (2nd week at #1)
2 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
5 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
6 Rock Steady--Aretha Franklin
7 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
8 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
9 Everybody's Everything--Santana
10 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night

Singles entering the chart were American Pie by Don McLean (#59); Daisy Mae by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#74); Let's Stay Together by Al Green (#75); Anticipation by Carly Simon (#78); Lay Lady Lay by the Isley Brothers (#86); Me and Bobby McGee by Jerry Lee Lewis (#89); I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again by Buffy Sainte-Marie (#91); Treat Me Like a Good Piece of Candy by Dusk (#93); Tightrope Ride by the Doors (#94); and After All this Time by Merry Clayton (#99).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (2nd week at #1)
2 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
3 Everybody's Everything--Santana
4 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
5 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
6 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
7 The Desiderata--Les Crane
8 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
9 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
10 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson

Singles entering the chart were American Pie, Parts I and II by Don McLean (#67); Day After Day by Badfinger (#68); Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#75); Love Me, Love Me, Love by Frank Mills (#78); I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by the Hillside Singers (#83); One Monkey Don't Stop No Show by the Honey Cone (#85); Looking for a Love by J. Geils Band (#92); Tightrope Ride by the Doors (#93); Where did Our Love Go by Donnie Elbert (#94); I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by the New Seekers (#96); Have You Seen Her by the Chi-Lites (#97); Take it Slow (Out in the Country) by Lighthouse (#98); Daisy Mae by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#99); and I Knew You When by Donny Osmond (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 The Desiderata--Les Crane (2nd week at #1)
2 Lonesome Mary--Chilliwack
3 Baby I'm-A Want You--Bread
4 Got to Be There--Michael Jackson
5 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
6 Bow Down to the Dollar--Joshua
7 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
8 Stones--Neil Diamond
9 I Don't Need No Doctor--Humble Pie
10 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
Pick hit of the week: Do I Love You--Paul Anka

Personal
This blogger and his father became the first people to move into the the new Mattonabee area of Yellowknife. The new house had no address at the time, but it later became 5 Albatross Court.

War
The Indian Navy attacked the Pakistan Navy and Karachi. PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, was sunk.

Terrorism
15 people, including 2 children and 3 women, were killed when a bomb exploded in a crowded pub in Belfast.

Football
NFL
New York Jets (4-8) 10 @ Dallas (9-3) 52

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Ooa hela natten--Attack (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Chi Mai--Ennio Morricone (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (2nd week at #1)
2 Urgent--Foreigner
3 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey
4 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
5 It's My Party--Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
6 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
7 Start Me Up--Rolling Stones
8 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
9 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
10 It's You, It's You, It's You--Joe Dolan

The only single entering the chart was Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie (#20).

Died on this date
Jeanne Block, 58. U.S. psychologist. Dr. Block was an expert on child development who conducted research into sex-role socialization and, with her husband Jack Block, created a person-centered personality framework, examining personality in terms of two variables: ego-resiliency (the ability to respond flexibly to changing situations) and ego-control (the ability to suppress impulses). Dr. Jeanne Block died of cancer.

Africana
South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" in a move that was not recognized by any government outside South Africa.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Black or White-- Michael Jackson (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Dinner Out

Terrorism
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released by his Islamic captors after spending more than six years as a hostage in Lebanon.

Business
Pan American World Airways ceased operations after 64 years, and 11 months after declaring bankruptcy. The last Pan Am flight took place that afternoon: Flight 436, a Boeing 727-200 from Bridgetown, Barbados to Miami, piloted by Captain Mark Pyle.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Ed Whalen, 74. Canadian broadcaster. Mr. Whalen, a native of Saskatoon, began his broadcasting career there before moving to Calgary in 1955 to work with the fledgling television station CHCT (later CFAC). He became internationally known as the host of Stampede Wrestling (1958-1983), quitting on the air in protest against the promotion's increasing violence. Mr. Whalen returned to the program in 1985, hosting it until 1989. He also served as the television voice of the Calgary Flames from the team's move from Atlanta in 1980 until his retirement in 1999. In addition to his other duties, Mr. Whalen was CFAC's news director, and provided editorial comments at the end of evening newscasts. His wife Nomi was a Calgary alderwoman in the 1970s. The Whalens were visiting friends in Florida when Ed suddenly had a heart attack and "melted away in his chair."

Economics and finance
The United States froze the financial assets of organizations allegedly linked to the terrorist group Hamas.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Hubert Sumlin, 80. U.S. musician. Mr. Sumlin was a Chicago blues singer and guitarist who performed as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band from 1954 until Howlin' Wolf's death in 1976, and with remaining members of the band for several years thereafter. Mr. Sumlin also worked as a solo artist, and was nominated for four Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2008. Mr. Sumlin died of heart failure, 18 days after his 80th birthday, and 13 days after completing recording sessions for his contribution to the album Cracking The Code (2013) by Stephen Dale Petit.