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 16, 2021

590 years ago
1431

Franciana
King Henry VI of England was crowned King of France at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.

260 years ago
1761

War
After a four-month siege, Russian forces under Pyotr Rumyantsev took the Prussian fortress of Kolberg.

210 years ago
1811

Disasters
The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes, with an estimated magnitude of 7.7, struck the central Mississippi River Valley in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
130 years ago
1891

Scandal
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.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Margaret Mead. U.S. anthropologist. Dr. Mead influenced the sexual revolution and feminist movement through books such as Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (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.

Radio
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.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Eulalio González. Mexican entertainer. Eulalio "Lalo" González Ramírez 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. Mr. González was nominated for four Ariel Awards, winning for his minor role in Espaldas mojadas (1955) and for his comedy performance in El pocho (1970). He died of a heart attack on September 1, 2003 at the age of 81.

Died on this date
Camille Saint-Saëns, 86. French musician and composer. Mr. Saint-Saëns 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 Danse macabre (1875); the suite Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) (1886); and Symphony No. 3 in C minor aka "Organ Symphony" (1887). Mr. Saint-Saëns promoted modern music when he was young, but in later years he was regarded as a reactionary.

90 years ago
1931

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb

80 years ago
1941

War
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 Calgary 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.

World events
The Argentine cabinet declared a state of siege throughout the country; all constitutional guarantees were suspended.

Politics and government
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 Associated Press executive news editor Byron Price as director of the new censorship office.

Law
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.

Aviation
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."

Labour
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."

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Ole Buttermilk Sky--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Hoagy Carmichael
--Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
--Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Matt Dennis
2 Rumors are Flying--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
--Betty Rhodes
--Tony Martin
3 The Old Lamp-Lighter--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Kay Kyser and his Orchestra
--Hal Derwin
4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons--King Cole Trio
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
5 This is Always--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Jo Stafford
6 The Things We Did Last Summer--Frank Sinatra
--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
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 Five Minutes More--Frank Sinatra
--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--The Three Suns
8 South America, Take it Away--Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
--Xavier Cugat and the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
10 Passe--Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Margaret Whiting

Singles entering the chart were Oh, But I Do, with versions by Margaret Whiting; Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra; and Harry James and his Orchestra (#19); A Rainy Night in Rio by Sam Donahue and his Orchestra (#23); and Sonata, with versions by Perry Como; and Jo Stafford (#30).

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

War
Reports from Irkutsk revealed that three million German and Japanese prisoners of war were building railways and highways in Siberia.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman approved a directive placing the armed forces under a single commander in each overseas theatre.

Politics and government
French Prime Minister Leon Blum, a Socialist, formed an all-Socialist cabinet with Guy Mollet as Minister of State.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha receive a vote of confidence from Parliament on his intention to bring about a union with Sudan.

Scandal
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.

Economics and finance
Argentine President Juan Peron announced the liberalization of credit, allowing the government to make home and business loans at 2%-5% interest.

Labour
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.

The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Office and Professional Workers announced a policy to eliminate "Communist interference" in its affairs.

Football
NFL
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.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Out There, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Seven Temporary Moons, starring Ann Gillis, Robert P. Lieb, Robert Pastene, and G. Albert Smith

Dragnet, starring Jack Webb and Bart Yarborough, on NBC Tonight's episode: The Human Bomb

This was the first episode of the series, which had been running on radio since 1949.



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

Politics and government
Uruguayan voters approved a proposal to abolish the presidency and set up a nine-man State Council in its place.

Society
The Iranian Parliament passed a resolution to consider legislation banning alcoholic beverages in Iran in line with the Islamic doctrine of total abstinence.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations urged U.S. President Harry Truman to raise the minimum wage from 75¢ to $1.25 per hour.

Disasters
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.

Football
NFL
Chicago Cardinals (3-9) 24 @ Chicago Bears (7-5) 14
Cleveland (11-1) 24 @ Philadelphia (4-8) 9
Detroit (7-4-1) 17 @ San Francisco (7-4-1) 21
Green Bay (3-9) 14 @ Los Angeles (8-4) 42
New York Giants (9-2-1) 27 @ New York Yanks (1-9-2) 17
Pittsburgh (4-7-1) 20 @ Washington (5-7) 10



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Boomerang Won't Come Back--Charlie Drake (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Nata per me--Adriano Celentano (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Weiße Rosen aus Athen--Nana Mouskouri (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Tower of Strength--Frankie Vaughan (2nd week at #1)

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

Versions of Maria by the Clebanoff Strings and Johnny Mathis were now listed with that of Roger Williams, standing at #61. Singles entering the chart were Baby it's You by the Shirelles (#71); Twist-Her by Bill Black's Combo (#74); Norman by Sue Thompson (#77); The Wanderer by Dion (#79); Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker (#87); A Little Bitty Tear by Burl Ives (#88); Letter Full of Tears by Gladys Knight & the Pips (#89); She's Everything (I Wanted You to Be) by Ral Donner (#90); Dear Lady Twist by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#94); The Bells at My Wedding by Paul Anka (#98); Lonesome Number One by Don Gibson (#99); I Could Have Loved You so Well by Ray Peterson (#100); Baby's First Christmas by Connie Francis (also #100); and Go on Home by Patti Page (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 The Wanderer--Dion
2 Walkin' with My Angel--Bobby Vee
3 Jingle Bell Rock--Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker
--Bobby Helms
4 Run to Him--Bobby Vee
5 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen--Neil Sedaka
6 The Twist--Chubby Checker
7 The Lion Sleeps Tonight--The Tokens
8 Static--Dana and Dexter
9 Hey! Little Girl--Del Shannon
10 Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee & the Starliters
--Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks

Singles entering the chart were Norman by Sue Thompson (#26); Multiplication by Bobby Darin (#32); Memories of Maria by Jerry Byrd and his Guitar (#39); Young Love by Sonny James (#42); Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker (#46); Dear Lady Twist by Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#48); and The Majestic by Dion (#50). Multiplication was from the movie Come September. Memories of Maria was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Young Love was a new version of the song that had been a major hit for Mr. James in 1957.

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

Singles entering the chart were Six White Boomers by Rolf Harris (#20); Norman by Sue Thompson (#22); Multiplication by Bobby Darin (#36); My Boomerang Won't Come Back by Charlie Drake (#37); Small Sad Sam by Phil McLean (#39); and Tennessee Flat-Top Box by Johnny Cash (#40).

On television tonight
The Roaring 20's, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Blondes Prefer Gentlemen

Died on this date
Hans Rebane, 78. Estonian diplomat, politician, and journalist. Mr. Rebane was editor-in-chief of the newspapers Postimees (1913-1914, 1916-1917) and Eesti Päevaleht (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. Mr. Rebane 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.

Basketball
NBA
Philadelphia (18-12) 112 @ Chicago (6-21) 110

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.

Football
NFL
Baltimore (8-6) 27 @ San Francisco (7-6-1) 24

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Le rire du sergent--Michel Sardou (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): I Don't Know How to Love Him--Tina and the Real McCoy (2nd week at #1)

War
The surrender of East Pakistani forces in Dacca concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War.

Asiatica
The United Kingdom recognized Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.

Politics and government
A three-day federal-provincial conference 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.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Piece of My Wish--Miki Imai (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Laatikoita--Sielun Veljet (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Let's Talk About Sex--Salt-N-Pepa (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Hits)
1 Black or White--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)
2 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday--Boyz II Men
3 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss--P.M. Dawn
4 All 4 Love--Color Me Badd
5 Can't Let Go--Mariah Carey
6 Wildside--Mark Mark & the Funky Bunch
7 When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton
8 Keep Coming Back--Richard Marx
9 Finally--Ce Ce Peniston
10 No Son of Mine--Genesis

Singles entering the chart were Addams Groove by MC Hammer (#32); Is it Good to You by Heavy D & the Boyz (#41); Hearts Don't Think by Natural Selection (#45); and Keep it Comin' by Keith Sweat (#50).

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism.

Asiatica
Kazakhstan declared its independence from the U.S.S.R.

Abominations
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.

Politics and government
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.

Business
Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. purchased 15% of Australia's John Fairfax Group Ltd. for $1.32 billion, making Hollinger the largest single shareholder.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Macarena Christmas--Los del Rio (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): I Can't Help Myself (I Love You, I Want You)--The Kelly Family (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Time to Say Goodbye--Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Head Over Feet--Alanis Morissette (5th week at #1)
2 Mouth--Merril Bainbridge
3 When You Love a Woman--Journey
4 How Bizarre--OMC
5 Black Cloud Rain--Corey Hart
6 Bittersweet Me--R.E.M.
7 He Liked to Feel It--Crash Test Dummies
8 Angels of the Silences--Counting Crows
9 Diggin' a Hole--Big Sugar
10 Dance Into the Light--Phil Collins

Singles entering the chart were Don't Let Go by En Vogue (#81); One Headlight by the Wallflowers (#82); The Grease Megamix by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (#86); A Long December by Counting Crows (#87); Bang Bang by ZZ Top (#88); Wannabe by the Spice Girls (#89); Get it While You Can by Lawrence Gowan (#97); Any Road Back by Universal Honey (#98); and I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly (#100).

Politics and government
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.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Stuart Adamson, 43. U.K. musician. Mr. Adamson, 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 In a Big Country (1983) and Look Away (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.

Protest
More than 10,000 people joined the Scottish Countryside Alliance in the streets of Edinburgh to protest decisions being made on rural affairs.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Dan Frazer, 90. U.S. actor. Mr. Frazer 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 Kojak (1973-1978). Mr. Frazer died of cardiac arrest, 26 days after his 90th birthday.

Robert Easton, 81. U.S. actor. Mr. Easton, 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.

Nicol Williamson, 75. U.K. actor. Mr. Williamson, 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 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), but his best-known film role was as Merlin in Excalibur (1981). He died after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.

Abominations
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.

December 10, 2021

980 years ago
1041

Died on this date
Michael IV, 31 (?). Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, 1034-1041. Michael IV "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.

480 years ago
1541

Died on this date
Francis Dereham, 32-35. English courtier. Mr. Dereham 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.

Thomas Culpeper, 27 (?). English courtier. Mr. Culpeper 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.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Melvil Dewey. U.S. librarian. Mr. Dewey founded The Library Journal 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 Dewey Decimal System 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.

160 years ago
1861

War
Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French lorcha L'Esperance.

Americana
The Confederate States of America accepted a rival state government's pronouncement that declared Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis. Governor General of Canada, 1946-1952. Field Marshal Alexander 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.

Nelly Sachs. German-born Swedish poet and playwright. Miss Sachs 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.

Transportation
The Calgary and Edmonton Railway, built in 1890-91, was absorbed by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

125 years ago
1896

Theatre
Ubu Roi 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.

Born on this date
Torsten Bergström. Swedish actor. Mr. Bergström was best known as a stage actor with several companies in Stockholm, but also appeared in 32 movies from 1919 until his death on May 26, 1948 at the age of 51.

Died on this date
Alfred Nobel, 63. Swedish chemist and engineer. Mr. Nobel 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. Mr. Nobel 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.

Transportation
The Province of British Columbia declared the Red Mountain Railway complete.

120 years ago
1901

World events
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.

110 years ago 1911 Born on this date
Chet Huntley. U.S. journalist. Mr. Huntley 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. The Huntley-Brinkley Report ran on NBC from 1956-1970, when Mr. Huntley retired. He died of lung cancer on March 20, 1974 at the age of 62.

Died on this date
Joseph Dalton Hooker, 94. U.K. botanist and explorer. Sir Joseph, the son of botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker, obtained a medical degree and served as Assistant-Surgeon on HMS Erebus 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 The Flora of British India (1872-1897).

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Toh Chin Chye. Singaporean politician. Mr. Toh, 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.

80 years ago
1931

At the movies
The Struggle, the last movie directed by the legendary D.W. Griffith, 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.



80 years ago
1941

Died on this date
Colin Kelly, 26. U.S. military aviator. Captain Kelly 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.

War
The British Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse 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.

Defense
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.

Politics and government
Louis St. Laurent was sworn in as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, succeeding the late Ernest Lapointe.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Production Management banned the sale of new tires for civilian use through December 22, 1941.

Business
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.

Disasters
The new U.S. freighter Oregon sank after colliding with a U.S. Navy ship south of Cape Cod; nine men drowned and eight were missing.

Boxing
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.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
Damon Runyon, 66. U.S. writer. Mr. Runyon, 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 Guys and Dolls (1950) was based on two of his stories. Mr. Runyon was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer.

Walter Johnson, 59. U.S. baseball pitcher and manager. Mr. Johnson, 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. Mr. Johnson'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.

Television
CBS announced the development of a receiver capable of handling either black and white or colour images.

Aviation
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.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly approved, despite Soviet opposition, a draft constitution for the International Refugee Organization.

Defense
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.

Politics and government
Allied commanders in Berlin approved the 14 new members of the city's council of aldermen.

Labour
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.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Angry Birds, starring John Forsythe, Constance Dowling, and Vaughn Taylor



Died on this date
Algernon Blackwood, 82. U.K. writer. Mr. Blackwood worked as a journalist in Britain and the United States, but was primarily known for his supernatural fiction, particularly the novellas The Willows (1907) and The Wendigo (1910). He died after a series of strokes.

War
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.

Germanica
The southwest states of Baden, Wuerttemberg-Baden, and Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern voted in a plebiscite to merge.

Politics and government
King George VI of Great Britain resumed his state duties after his recovery from a lung operation.

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).

Crime
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.

U.S. author Dashiell Hammett was released from prison in Ashland, Kentucky after serving a six-month sentence for contempt of court.

Technology
The first gas turbine helicopter was tested in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

Transportation
East Germany announced the completion of a new system of railroads around Berlin, circumventing the Western sectors.

Oil
Iran agreed to participate in International Court hearings on Britain's complaint against nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

Economics and finance
World Bank President Eugene Black dismissed as "unrealistic" proposals that his organization lend $1 billion per year to backward countries.

Labour
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.

Disasters
A typhoon swept the central Philippines, causing 569 deaths.

60 years ago
1961

Diplomacy
African National Congress President Albert Luthuli of South Africa accepted the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He used his acceptance speech 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.



Hockey
Canadian junior
Teams from Drummondville and Montreal played in the first game ever played at the Maurice Richard Arena 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.

Football
NFL
Cleveland (8-5) 14 @ Chicago (7-6) 17
Dallas (4-8-1) 13 @ St. Louis (6-7) 31
Green Bay (10-3) 21 @ San Francisco (7-5-1) 22
Minnesota (3-10) 7 @ Detroit (8-4-1) 13
New York (10-3) 28 @ Philadelphia (9-4) 24
Pittsburgh (6-7) 30 @ Washington (0-12-1) 14

AFL
Buffalo (6-8) 10 @ San Diego (12-1) 28
Denver (3-11) 21 @ Dallas (5-8) 49
Houston (9-3-1) 48 @ New York (7-6) 21

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey--Paul & Linda McCartney (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Mamy Blue--Pop Tops (6th week at #1)

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

Singles entering the chart were Till by Tom Jones (#18); Soley Soley by Middle of the Road (#19); and (Is This the Way to) Amarillo by Tony Christie (#20).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
2 Brand New Key--Melanie
3 Hey Girl--Donny Osmond
4 The Desiderata--Les Crane
5 It's a Cryin' Shame--Gayle McCormick
6 Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots
7 Devil You--Stampeders
8 Wild Night--Van Morrison
9 Stones--Neil Diamond
10 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family

Singles entering the chart were Can I Get a Witness by Lee Michaels (#29); and (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rod Stewart with Faces (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
2 An Old Fashioned Love Song--Three Dog Night
3 Got to be There--Michael Jackson
4 Brand New Key--Melanie
5 Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone
6 Can I Get a Witness--Lee Michaels
7 (I Know) I'm Losing You--Rod Stewart with Faces
8 Stones--Neil Diamond
9 No Good to Cry--The Poppy Family
10 Lovin' You Ain't Easy--Pagliaro

Singles entering the chart were Life in the Bloodstream by the Guess Who (#19, charting with its A-side, Sour Suite); American Pie by Don McLean (#27); Tightrope Ride by the Doors (#36); Take it Slow (Out in the Country) by Lighthouse (#37); Hey Big Brother by Rare Earth (#38); George Jackson by Bob Dylan (#39); and One Monkey Don't Stop No Show by the Honey Cone (#40).

Baseball
In one of the worst trades in history, 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.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 10 (CFRN)
1 Young Turks--Rod Stewart
2 Hooked on Classics--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
3 Waiting for a Girl Like You--Foreigner
4 Yesterday's Songs--Neil Diamond
5 Steal the Night--Stevie Woods
6 Oh No--Commodores
7 Harden My Heart--Quarterflash
8 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
9 Take Off--Bob and Doug McKenzie
10 Leather and Lace--Stevie Nicks with Don Henley

Health
A mysterious disease mainly affecting sodomites and later known as AIDS, was causing increasing concern in the United States.

30 years ago
1991

Died on this date
Greta Kempton, 90. Austro-Hungarian-born U.S. artist. Miss Kempton, 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.

Tippy Larkin, 74. U.S. boxer. Mr. Larkin, 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.

War
The Canadian Defense Department said that the Gulf War had cost Canada $690 million, below the $1 billion anticipated.

25 years ago
1996

Died on this date
Faron Young, 64. U.S. musician. Mr. Young was a country singer who had numerous hit singles from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s; his biggest hit, Hello Walls, reached #1 on the Billboard country chart and crossed over to reach #12 on the Hot 100 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.

Politics and government
The new Constitution of South Africa was promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

20 years ago
2001

At the movies
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 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.





Died on this date
Ashok Kumar, 90. Indian actor. Mr. Kumar, 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. Mr. Kumar died of heart failure.

10 years ago
2011

Football
NCAA
Navy 27 Army 21 @ FedExField, Washington

November 3, 2021

310 years ago
1711

Died on this date
Ferdinand Tobias Richter, 60. Austrian musician and composer. Mr. Richter became court organist in the imperial court in 1683, and was organist in the court chapel from 1690 until his death. His compositions included several toccatas, five suites, and other pieces for keyboard, as well as works for the stage.

220 years ago
1801

Born on this date
Vincenzo Bellini. Italian composer. Mr. Bellini wrote eight symphonies, seven piano works, an oboe concerto, and 40 sacred works, but was best known for his 11 operas, which were characterized by flowing melodies, earning him the nickname "The Swan of Catania." He died after an intestinal and liver illness on September 23, 1835 at the age of 33.

Karl Baedeker. German publisher. Mr. Baedeker founded Verlag Karl Baedeker in 1827, becoming world famous as a publisher of travel guides. He died from the strain of overwork on October 4, 1859, 30 days before his 58th birthday.

140 years ago
1881

War
The Mapuche uprising against Chilean forces began when group of Arribanos attacked the fort of Quillem, two days earlier than the date agreed upon at a meeting of chiefs earlier in the year.

125 years ago
1896

Politics and government
Republican Party candidates William McKinley and Garret Hobart were elected President and Vice President, respectively, of the United States, defeating the Democratic Party ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall. Mr. Bryan was also the presidential candidate of the People's (aka Populist) Party, although that party chose Tom Watson as its vice presidential candidate. The Democratic ticket received 271 electoral votes. Mr. Bryan received 176 electoral votes, but the electoral vote total for his running mates was split--149 for Mr. Sewall, and 27 for Mr. Watson.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Lionel Hitchman. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Hitchman, a native of Toronto, was a defenceman with the Ottawa Senators (1922-25) and Boston Bruins (1925-34), scoring 62 points on 28 goals and 34 assists in 417 regular season games and 2 goals and 2 assists in 35 playoff games. He played on Stanley Cup championship teams in 1926 and 1929, and was regarded as one of the best defensive defencemen of his era. His jersey #3 was the first to be retired by the Bruins. Mr. Hitchman worked as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer during off-seasons, and continued that work after his playing career. He died on January 12, 1999 at the age of 67.

André Malraux. French author and politician. Mr. Malraux explored foreign continents and fought in the Spanish Civil War and World War II, but was best known for novels such as La condition humaine (published in English as Man's Fate) (1933). He served in the cabinet of President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Information (1945-1946) and Minister of Cultural Affairs (1959-1969). Mr. Malraux died on November 3, 1976, 20 days after his 75th birthday.

Leopold III. King of the Belgians, 1934-1951. Leopold III succeeeded to the throne upon the death of his father Albert I. He was King during World War II, and led his troops when the Nazis attacked Belgium. King Leopold surrendered to the Nazis on May 27, 1940, a move which was heavily criticized by the Allies. Leopold spent most of the war as a prisoner of the German occupation before being deported to Germany in 1944 and to Austria in 1945. He and his family spent the next five years in exile in Switzerland, returning to Belgium in 1950 after a referendum favoured his return. He soon abdicated in favour of his son Baudoin. King Leopold III died on September 25, 1983 at the age of 81.

110 years ago
1911

Business
The Chevrolet Motor Car Company was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Charles Bronson. U.S. actor. Mr. Bronson, born Charles Buchinsky, was known for rugged action roles in movies such as Machine-Gun Kelly (1958); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Great Escape (1963); The Dirty Dozen (1967); and Death Wish (1974). He died on August 30, 2003 at the age of 81.

90 years ago
1931

Died on this date
Robert Williams, 37. U.S. actor. A stage actor on Broadway in the 1920s, Mr. Williams went to Hollywood in 1931, and appeared in supporting roles in several films before being cast as the male lead opposite Jean Harlow and Loretta Young in Platinum Blonde (1931), directed by Frank Capra. Mr. Williams projected definite star power, but he died of peritonitis just three days after the movie's release, shortly after falling ill while rehearsing for his next picture, Lady with a Past (1932); he was replaced in the latter picture by Ben Lyon.

80 years ago
1941

War
The German command announced the splitting of the Soviet forces in Crimea into two groups, both attempting to escape. Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich announced in Prague that he had "completed" his campaign to end Czech resistance, during which about 300 Czechs had been executed.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said that if Finland wished to maintain American friendship, she must halt her invaion of Russia and withdraw her troops from Russian soil. The Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies adopted a resolution urging other American nations to protest jointly to Germany against the killing of civilians in occupied countries.

Defense
The U.S. Navy Department announced that it would build 50 convoy-escort warships in Navy yards for Britain out of Lend-Lease funds, at a total cost of $300 million.

U.S. Senators Francis Maloney (Democrat--Connecticut) and Theodore Bilbo (Democrat--Mississippi) announced their opposition to amending the Neutrality Act.

Scandal
James Mulloy, a former associate of U.S. Senator William Langer (Republican--North Dakota), testified before the Senate Elections Committee that he had acted as Sen. Langer's intermediary in a 1935 attempt to bribe a federal judge.

Howard Hopson, former president of Associated Gas & Electric System, pled guilty in New York to income tax evasion and was sentenced to two years in prison.

75 years ago
1946

War
Jawaharlal Nehru and three other Hindu and Muslim leaders appealed from Calcutta for an end to civil strife in India.

Politics and government
Emperor Hirohito of Japan read an Imperial Rescript officially promulgating Japan's new constitution.

Gabriel Gonzalez Videla was inaugurated in Santiago as President of Chile.

Sir John Shaw was named Governor of Trinidad and Tobago.

Aviation
U.S. Navy airship XM1 landed in Glynco, Georgia after setting a record of 170.3 hours in the air without refuelling.

Football
NFL
Green Bay (2-3) 7 @ Chicago Bears (4-1-1) 10
Los Angeles (3-2-1) 41 @ Detroit (0-6) 20
New York (4-2) 14 @ Philadelphia (4-1) 24
Washington (3-2-1) 7 @ Pittsburgh (4-1-1) 14
Chicago Cardinals (4-3) 28 @ Boston (0-5) 14



AAFC
Cleveland (7-2) 16 @ Los Angeles (4-3-1) 17
Miami (1-7) 21 @ New York (6-2-1) 24

70 years ago
1951

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Too Young--Nat "King" Cole; Toni Arden (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett (Best Seller--1st week at #1); Because of You--Tony Bennett (Disc Jockey--7th week at #1; Jukebox--6th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (It's No) Sin--The Four Aces
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
2 Because of You--Tony Bennett
--Les Baxter and his Orchestra
3 Cold, Cold Heart--Tony Bennett
4 I Get Ideas--Tony Martin
--Louis Armstrong
5 The World is Waiting for the Sunrise--Les Paul and Mary Ford
6 Down Yonder--Del Wood
--Joe "Fingers" Carr
--Champ Butler
7 And So to Sleep Again--Patti Page
8 The Loveliest Night of the Year--Mario Lanza
9 Undecided--The Ames Brothers and Les Brown and his Band of Renown
10 Turn Back the Hands of Time--Eddie Fisher

Singles entering the chart were Just One More Chance by Les Paul and Mary Ford (#34); and I Ran All the Way Home, with versions by Buddy Greco and Sarah Vaughan (#40).

On television tonight
Sherlock Holmes, starring Alan Wheatley and Raymond Francis, on BBC
Tonight's episode: The Dying Detective

Diplomacy
A Soviet note to Turkey protested Turkish entry into "the aggressive Atlantic bloc."

U.K. authorities in Suez evacuated 1,000 British women and children from Port Said.

Defense
The Egyptian government ordered all Egyptians employed by the British Army in the Suez to quit their jobs by the end of the month or face treason charges.

Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower began a four-day round of consultations with U.S. President Harry Truman and military leaders.

United Press reported that recent nuclear tests in Nevada showed that the United States had a tactical atomic bomb that could be used in the field without harming friendly troops in foxholes little more than half a mile away.

Politics and government
The Minnesota State Republican Convention endorsed former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen for the 1952 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (3-9) 6 @ Hamilton (7-5) 31
Ottawa (7-5) 18 @ Toronto (7-5) 23

The game between the Rough Riders and Argonauts at Varsity Stadium included an unusual incident when Ottawa's Pete Karpuk, who was standing on the sidelines, ran onto the field during a play and tackled Toronto's Uly Curtis in order to prevent a touchdown. The tackle took place at the Ottawa 24-yard line, and referee Seymour Wilson penalized the Argonauts half the distance to the goal line, and forced the Rough Riders to play with just 11 men while Mr. Karpuk sat out a 3-minute penalty.

Unlike the Western Interprovincial Football Union, the Big Four had no formula for breaking a three-way tie for first place at the end of the regular season. Coin tosses resulted in the Ottawa Rough Riders winning a bye into the 2-game total points finals, while the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats would play 2-game total points semi-finals.

WIFU
Finals
Saskatchewan 11 @ Edmonton 15 (Edmonton led best-of-three series 1-0)

Rollie Miles returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown to spark the Eskimos to victory over the Roughriders at Clarke Stadium. Jim Chambers scored the winning touchdown on a 95-yard rush in the 4th quarter, wearing a pair of workman's boots he had bought for $3 shortly before game time.

ORFU
Finals (1st game of 2-game total points series)
Sarnia 15 @ Toronto 23

Bobby Lee scored 3 touchdowns to lead Balmy Beach past the Imperials at East York Memorial Stadium. It was general manager Paul McGarry's first game as Balmy Beach coach; he had taken over from quarterback Gerry Tuttle, who had taken the coaching reins just a week earlier after the sudden dismissal of Art West the day before the last game of the regular season.

Canadian university
Queen's (0-5) 2 @ McGill (4-1) 19
Toronto (4-0-1) 13 @ Western Ontario (1-3-1) 13

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Walkin' Back to Happiness--Helen Shapiro (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight's episode: It's a Good Life, starring Billy Mumy, John Larch, and Cloris Leachman

Diplomacy
U Thant, 52, Burmese Ambassador to the United Nations, was unanimously elected Acting Secretary-General of the UN by the 103-member General Assembly. He replaced Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden, who had been killed in a plane crash on September 18.

Football
AFL
Dallas (3-5) 21 @ Boston (5-3-1) 28

On the last play of the game, Texans' quarterback Cotton Davidson threw a pass into the Patriots' end zone, but a fan who had sneaked onto the field ran through the end zone at Boston University Field and knocked the ball away. Game officials chose to do nothing, and the game was over.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Maggie May--Rod Stewart (6th week at #1)

On television tonight
Rod Serling's Night Gallery, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Midnight Never Ends, starring Susan Strasberg and Robert F. Lyons; Brenda, starring Laurie Prange, Glenn Corbett, Robert J. Hogan, and Barbara Babcock

40 years ago
1981

Died on this date
Thérèse Casgrain, 85. Canadian politician. Mrs. Casgrain, a native of Saint-Irénée-les-Bains, Quebec, was the daughter of Conservative Member of Parliament Rodolphe Forget, but married Pierre-François Casgrain, a Liberal, who succeeded Mr. Forget in the riding of Charlevoix-Montmorency. She campaigned for women's suffrage and other feminist causes in Quebec, and after suffrage was finally granted in 1941, campaigned unsuccessfully to win her husband's riding after he was appointed to the judiciary. Mrs. Casgrain joined the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1948, and led its Quebec wing, the Parti social démocratique du Québec (1951-1957). She ran six times in federal elections and by-elections as a candidate of the CCF and its successor, the New Democratic Party, but failed to get elected. Mrs. Casgrain represented the Quebec riding of Mille Isles in the Canadian Senate from October 7, 1970 until her mandatory retirement on July 10, 1971, her 75th birthday. She died in Montreal.

Politics and government
The Ontario government of Premier Bill Davis invoked closure to end debate in the Legislature for the first time since 1874, in order to get access to tax funds.

Oil
Dome Petroleum found huge new oil deposits in the Beaufort Sea, about 68 miles north of the Mackenzie River delta in the Northwest Territories.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): The Fly--U2

#1 single in Switzerland: (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (14th week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (6th week at #1)
2 Do the Limbo Dance--David Hasselhoff
3 Any Dream Will Do--Jason Donovan
4 Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')--Kate Yanai
5 Wind of Change--Scorpions
6 Love and Understanding--Cher
7 Jambo--Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
8 Ich hab' mich so auf dich gefreut--Matthias Reim
9 Keep Your Love Alive--Bilgeri
10 Something Got Me Started--Simply Red

Singles entering the chart were Send Me an Angel by the Scorpions (#13); and Let's Talk About Sex by Salt-N-Pepa (#17).

Died on this date
Chris Bender, 19. U.S. singer. Mr. Bender was a rhythm and blues singer who released two albums before he was shot to death while sitting in his car outside the housing project in Brockton, Massachusetts where his mother lived.

Music
Neil Young reunited with Crosby, Stills & Nash before 300,000 people in a free concert at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in memory of recently-deceased rock promoter Bill Graham. Other acts included the Grateful Dead; Joan Baez; Santana; and Journey.

Crime
Allan Legere was convicted in Fredericton of four counts of first-degree murder in the beating deaths of three women and a Catholic priest during a reign of terror in the Miramachi region of New Brunswick after his 1989 jail break. He filed a hand-written appeal a few days later.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (7-11) 31 @ Toronto (13-5) 34
Edmonton (12-6) 28 @ Winnipeg (9-9) 18
Saskatchewan (6-12) 27 @ Calgary (11-7) 39

Lance Chomyc kicked a 50-yard field goal on the last play of regulation time to give the Argonauts their win over the Rough Riders before 36,001 fans at SkyDome. Mr. Chomyc finished the season with a CFL record of 236 points.

Much of one end zone at Winnipeg Stadium was covered with ice, so CFL officials decided to shorten the length of the field of play. Edmonton quarterback Tracy Ham completed 12 of 29 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown to Chris Armstrong. Mr. Ham, who had rushed for over 1,000 yards in 1990, rushed 5 times for 52 yards and 2 touchdowns, finishing with 998 yards in 1991. 24,240 fans were in attendance.

Danny Barrett threw 3 touchdown passes and Keyvan Jenkins rushed for a TD as the Stampeders clinched second place in the West Division ahead of the British Columbia Lions with their win over the Roughriders before 18,488 fans at McMahon Stadium. For Saskatchewan quarterback Rick Worman, it was the last game of his 6-year CFL career, most of which was spent with the Stampeders.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): What's Love Got to Do with It--Warren G featuring Adina Howard (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): How Bizarre--OMC

#1 single in Switzerland: Zehn kleine Jنgermeister--Die Toten Hosen

#1 single in Scotland (OCC): What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/Saturday Night at the Movies/You'll Never Walk Alone--Robson & Jerome

Died on this date
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 75. 2nd President of the Central African Republic, 1966-1976; Emperor of Central Africa, 1976-1979. Captain Bokassa took power in a military coup on January 1, 1966, overthrowing the government of President David Dacko. Mr. Bokassa ruled as a dictator, changing the name of the country to Central African Empire, and declaring himself to be Emperor Bokassa I on December 4, 1976. He was deposed in a French-backed coup on September 20, 1979, Mr. Dacko was reinstated as President, and the country reverted to its former name. Mr. Bokassa was exiled to France but returned to the Central African Republic in 1986, and was tried for treason and murder. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, later commuted to life in solitary confinement. Mr. Bokassa was freed in 1993, and lived in last years in the capital city of Bangui.

Abdullah Çatlı, 40. Turkish gangster. Mr. Çatlı led the Turkish ultra-nationalist organization Grey Wolves in the 1970s and was used by the government as a hired killer in later years. He was killed in a deliberately-arranged car crash in the small town of Susurluk while travelling with state officials. The circumstances surrounding Mr. Çatlı's death prompted investigations leading to the resignation of Turkish Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party (DYP)).

Politics and government
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien accepted the resignation of Québec Lieutenant-Governor Jean-Louis Roux, after revelations that he had worn a swastika while a student.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-13) 23 @ Calgary (13-5) 46

Robert Mimbs rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter to help the Roughriders take a 13-0 lead, but Danny Barrett relieved Jeff Garcia at quarterback in the 3rd quarter and threw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Stampeders to victory before 19,747 fans at McMahon Stadium. The loss by Saskatchewan clinched fourth place in the West Division for the British Columbia Lions; the Roughriders also finished at 5-13, and each team beat the other once, with the Lions outscoring the Roughriders 41-37 in the two games.

10 years ago
2001

Football
CFL
Toronto (7-11-0-1) 20 @ Hamilton (11-6) 31

Kerwin Bell started at quarterback for the Argonauts on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Ivor Wynne Stadium, and his career ended in memorable fashion when head coach Mike Clemons pulled him from the game and replaced him with Jimmy Kemp. Mr. Bell said something to Mr. Clemons that went beyond the bounds of acceptability, and the coach decided on the spot that Mr. Bell would never quarterback the Argonauts again. It was one of Chris Walby's most entertaining games as a colour analyst on the CBC telecast. Scott Oake reported from the sidelines that Hamilton punter/kicker Paul Osbaldiston was pacing himself after an injury, and the former Blue Bomber tackle said, "I've gotta jump all over that statement...A kicker's gotta pace himself? He plays 10 plays a game..." Later, when Toronto receiver Mookie Mitchell was on the bench when his team had the ball, Mr. Oake reported that the Argonauts were saying that he'd be available "if we need him." Mr. Walby immediately said, "You're down here playing for your playoff lives. What does that mean: 'If we need him?'"



Saskatchewan (6-12) 42 @ British Columbia (7-10) 10

The Roughriders' upset win over the Lions at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver clinched first place in the West Division for the Edmonton Eskimos, and prevented the Lions from clinching the CFL's final playoff spot.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 2 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 15 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

The Diamondbacks scored all their runs in the first 4 innings as they routed the Yankees before 49,707 fans at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix. The big inning was the 3rd, when Arizona scored 8 runs to take a 12-0 lead. Danny Bautista batted 3 for 4 with 5 runs batted in. Winning pitcher Randy Johnson (2-0) struck out 7 in 7 innings. New York starter Andy Pettitte (0-2) lasted just 2+ innings, giving up 6 runs--all earned. The Diamondbacks set a World Series record for a single game with 22 hits.



10 years ago
2011

Football
CFL
Hamilton (8-10) 16 @ Toronto (6-12) 33