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.

September 12, 2021

230 years ago
1791

Franciana
The Papal States lost Avignon to the revolutionary France by vote of the National Constituent Assembly.

Politics and government
Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester was appointed Governor-in-Chief of Canada; he served from December 26, 1791-December 15, 1796.

160 years ago
1861

Died on this date
George N. Briggs, 65. U.S. politician. Mr. Briggs, a Whig, represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives (1831-1843) and was Governor of Massachusetts (1844-1851). He supported capital punishment and opposed the Mexican-American War. In 1861, Mr. Briggs was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to a diplomatic mission to the South American Granadine Confederation (roughly present-day Colombia and Panama), but before Mr. Briggs could take up his position he died eight days after accidentally being shot when his gun discharged after he dropped it.

140 years ago
1881

Died on this date
John "Chub" Sullivan, 25. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Sullivan was captain of the Worcester Worcesters (aka Brown Stockings) of the National League before falling fatally ill with tuberculosis in the spring of 1881. He died in Boston.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Arthur Hays Sulzberger. U.S. journalist. Mr. Sulzberger published The New York Times from 1935-1961; he was succeeded as publisher by his son-in-law Orvil Dryfoos and eventually by his son Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. Arthur H. Sulzberger died on December 11, 1968 at the age of 77.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Ben Blue. Canadian-born U.S. comedian. Mr. Blue, born Benjamin Bernstein in Montreal, moved to Baltimore at the age of 9, and was in a touring company by the age of 15. He appeared on stage, screen, and television in a career spanning more than 60 years, often playing a dumb-bell with a goofy expression. Mr. Blue died on March 7, 1975 at the age of 73.

110 years ago
1911

Baseball
The New York Giants scored 4 runs in the top of the 8th inning to offset a 5-run 7th by the Boston Rustlers as they defeated the Rustlers 9-6 in the first game of a doubleheader before 10,000 fans at South End Grounds in Boston. New York center fielder Fred Snodgrass hit his first home run of the season, a 2-run blast in the 5th. Rube Marquard (20-6) got the win despite allowing 12 hits and 6 earned runs in 7 innings. The Giants scored 9 runs in the first 3 innings and coasted to an 11-2 win in the second game to complete the sweep. Fred Merkle led the New York attack with 2 home runs and a single, driving in 4 runs. New York manager John McGraw removed starting pitcher Christy Mathewson (23-12 from the game after 2 innings, but he was still credited with the win. Doc Crandall, who had pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief in the first game, allowed 2 runs in 7 innings in the second game to get credit for saves in both games. Boston starter Cy Young (3-2) allowed 8 hits and 9 runs in 2.2 innings. It was the only time that Mr. Mathewson and Mr. Young ever pitched against each other.

The Detroit Tigers scored 3 runs in the top of the 13th inning to break a 6-6 tie and defeat the Cleveland Naps 9-6 before 5,120 fans at League Park in Cleveland. Ty Cobb, Jim Delahanty, and George Moriarty each had 3 hits for the Tigers, with Mr. Moriarty driving in 4 runs.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Frank McGee. U.S. journalist. Mr. McGee was a television newscaster who began his career in Oklahoma before being transferred in 1955 to New York City, where he became prominent as an anchorman and reporter with the National Broadcasting Company. He anchored NBC's coverage of the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 and covered the manned space program. Mr. McGee hosted The Frank McGee Report in the 1960s, co-anchored NBC's weekend newscasts and the NBC Nightly News (1970-1971), and hosted The Today Show from 1971 until six days before his death on April 17, 1974 at the age of 52, after a four-year battle with multiple myeloma.

Academia
Université Laval's École supérieure de chimie (Higher School of Chemistry), developed by Swiss chemist Paul Cardinaux, opened, with 18 students.

80 years ago
1941

War
The Ecuadorian government claimed that Peruvian troops had been repulsed with losses in an attack the previuous day on the Ecuadorian port at Porotillo in the Jubones River section of the border.

World events
Reports reaching Stockholm stated that German authorities were carrying our mass arrests in Norway to crush spreading opposition.

A Spanish freighter built to carry 28 passengers arrived in Brooklyn with 769 refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe.

75 years ago
1946

Movies
Retired baseball star Babe Ruth sold screen rights to his life story to Howard Hughes Productions.

Literature
A group of prominent authors, including John Erskine, Benjamin Stolberg, and Katherine Bush, founded the American Writers Association to counteract alleged Communist efforts to gain "monopoly control" over U.S. literary output.

Diplomacy
U.S. Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace, speaking in New York, warned against growing "get tough with Russia" sentiment in the United States, saying, "the tougher we get, the tougher the Russians will get." He also attacked British "imperialism" in the Middle East and urged United Nations control of atomic bombs and military bases "with which the U.S. and Britain have encircled the world." U.S. President Harry Truman said in Washington that he had read and endorsed the speech, and did not think it contradicted State Secretary James Byrnes' policy at the Paris Peace Conference.

World events
Oscar Wilhelm, government-appointed administrator of Jewish properties in Austria, was reportedly sentenced by U.S.S.R. authorities to two years' imprisonment for resisting Soviet seizure of Jewish property.

Defense
The governments of Panama and the United States agreed to negotiate the return of 131 military bases held by the U.S.

Politics and government
Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha formed a new three-party cabinet with Ibrahim Abdul Hadi Pasha as Foreign Minister.

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins was appointed Civil Service Commissioner by President Truman.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Dr. Jonathan Budd

War
U.S. Marines pushed back Communist forces north of Inje in eastern Korea, making the deepest penetration of 1951 into North Korean territory.

Argentina ended its state of war with Germany.

Defense
General Charles de Gaulle reiterated his opposition to integrated Western European defense forces, warning that the identity of the French Army would be "suppressed."

Politics and government
General George C. Marshall resigned as U.S. Defense Secretary. U.S. President Harry Truman nominated Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Lovett to succeed him.

Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson (129-2-2) regained the world middleweight title with a technical knockout of Randy Turpin (41-3-1) at 2:52 of the 10th round before 61,437 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Mr. Turpin had won the title from Mr. Robinson two months earlier on a 15-round decision in London, and opened a gash over Mr. Robinson's left eye, but Mr. Robinson unleashed a savage barrage to end the fight in his favour.



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson (10th week at #1)

On the radio
Sherlock Holmes, starring Erling Lindahl and Einar Vaage, on Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian State Broadcasting Corporation)
Tonight's episode: The Naval Treaty

Died on this date
Carl Hermann, 63. German physicist. Dr. Hermann was a professor of crystallography. With Charles-Victor Mauguin, he invented an international standard notation for crystallographic groups known as the Hermann–Mauguin notation or International notation. Dr. Hermann was imprisoned and sentenced to death during World War II for helping Jews to escape the Holocaust, but because of his prominence as a scientist, the sentence was never carried out.

Space
The United States launched the satellite Discoverer 30, whose mission was to test improvements of orbital period controls. The mission ended on September 14.

Diplomacy
The Union Africaine et Malgache (African and Malagasy Union) (UAM) was founded in Antananarivo by members of the Brazzaville Group of French-Speaking States developing out of a meeting held in Brazzaville in December 1960. 12 francophone countries agreed to maintain close relationships but also a special relationship with the former colonial power, France.

Baseball
Don Demeter batted 4 for 5 with 3 home runs, 4 runs, and 7 runs batted in to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 19-10 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 8,629 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The teams combined for 9 home runs. Losing pitcher Sandy Koufax (15-11) was knocked out of the game when the Phillies scored 9 runs in the 2nd inning, allowing 5 hits and 6 runs--all earned--in 1.1 innings in what may have been the worst start of his career Philadelphia starter John Buzhardt allowed 3 hits, 2 bases on balls, and 4 runs--all earned--in 1/3 inning; he was relieved by Chris Short (6-10), who allowed 9 hits and 6 earned runs in 7.2 innings to get the win.

Joe Gibbon (11-10) pitched a 3-hitter and Dick Stuart drove in all the runs with a pair of home runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the San Francisco Giants 3-0 before 9,539 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Losing pitcher Mike McCormick (12-15) allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in 8 innings.

50 years ago
1971

Died on this date
Walter Egan, 90. U.S. golfer. Mr. Egan was runner-up in the Western Amateur tournament three times, and won it in 1903. He was runner-up in the U.S. Amateur championship in 1901, and was a member of the American team that won the gold medal in the men's team competition at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, although he was eliminated in the first round of match play.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-3) 14 @ Toronto (6-2) 23
Calgary (7-1) 25 @ British Columbia (3-5) 10

Tom Wilkinson, out with injury since the final pre-season game, played his only regular season game as quarterback of the Lions. He completed 11 of 19 passes for 236 yards, including a 60-yard completion to Jim Young for the Lions' only touchdown, but left with a season-ending knee injury in the 3rd quarter.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Out Here on My Own--Nikka Costa (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Wordy Rappinghood--Tom Tom Club

#1 single in Ireland: A Bunch of Thyme--Foster and Allen

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Tainted Love--Soft Cell

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Tainted Love--Soft Cell (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton
2 Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)--Ottawan
3 De Nederlandse Sterre Die Strale Overal!--Rubberen Robbie
4 Wordy Rappinghood--Tom Tom Club
5 The Old Calahan "Live"--BZN
6 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
7 Why Tell Me, Why--Anita Meyer
8 P.S.--Dolly Dots
9 Who Let the Heartache In--Patricia Paay
10 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens

Singles entering the chart were I'm So Glad to Be a Woman by Love Unlimited (#21); The Marvellous Marionettes by Doris D and the Pins (#26); On the Beat by the Brooklyn Bronx & Queens Band (#30); 'n Beetje Verliefd by André Hazes (#32); and It's Your Conscience by Deniece Williams (#34).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (5th week at #1)
2 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
3 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
4 Urgent--Foreigner
5 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
6 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
7 Who's Crying Now--Journey
8 Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores
9 Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do)--Christopher Cross
10 Step by Step--Eddie Rabbitt

Singles entering the chart were Tryin' to Live My Life Without You by Bob Seger (#61); Say Goodbye to Hollywood by Billy Joel (#70); Steal the Night by Stevie Woods (#82); You Saved My Soul by Burton Cummings (#83); In the Dark by Billy Squier (#85); Sausalito Summernight by Diesel (#86); (Want You) Back in My Life Again by the Carpenters (#88); You've Got a Good Love Coming by Van Stephenson (#89); Stay Awake by Ronnie Laws (#90); and Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) by West Street Mob (#91).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (5th week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
4 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
5 Urgent--Foreigner
6 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
7 Who's Crying Now--Journey
8 Lady--Commodores
9 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
10 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys

Singles entering the chart were Tryin' to Live My Life Without You by Bob Seger (#47); Say Goodbye to Hollywood by Billy Joel (#67); You Saved My Soul by Burton Cummings (#87); and I'll Do Anything for You by Denroy Morgan (#89).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (4th week at #1)
2 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
3 Urgent--Foreigner
4 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
5 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield
6 Who's Crying Now--Journey
7 Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores
8 (There's) No Gettin' Over Me--Ronnie Milsap
9 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
10 The Beach Boys Medley--The Beach Boys

Singles entering the chart were Tryin' to Live My Life Without You by Bob Seger (#51); Say Goodbye to Hollywood by Billy Joel (#59); Sausalito Summernight by Diesel (#86); In the Dark by Billy Squier (#87); Stay Awake by Ronnie Laws (#88); Aiming at Your Heart by the Temptations (#89); and No Time to Lose by the Tarney/Spencer Band (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Urgent--Foreigner
2 Sausalito Summernight--Diesel
3 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
4 Fire and Ice--Pat Benatar
5 Gemini Dream--Moody Blues
6 In the Air Tonight--Phil Collins
7 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
8 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
9 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
10 The Stroke--Billy Squier

Singles entering the chart were (There's) No Gettin' Over Me by Ronnie Milsap (#42); Love on a Two Way Street by Stacy Lattisaw (#44); Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do) by Christopher Cross (#47); The Night Owls by Little River Band (#49); and Draw of the Cards by Kim Carnes (#50).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton (2nd week at #1)
2 Lady (You Bring Me Up)--Commodores
3 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
4 Fire and Ice--Pat Benatar
5 Who's Crying Now--Journey
6 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
7 Urgent--Foreigner
8 The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'em)--Greg Kihn Band
9 Endless Love--Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
10 Thirsty Ears--Powder Blues

Singles entering the chart were My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) by Chilliwack (#24); The Night Owls by Little River Band (#29); and Tube Snake Boogie by ZZ Top (#30).

Died on this date
Eugenio Montale, 84. Italian writer. Mr. Montale wrote lyrics, poetry, and prose translations. He was awarded the 1975 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature "for his distinctive poetry, which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions." Mr. Montale served as a Senator for Life from 1967 until his death from a cerebral vasculopathy.

Americana
Elizabeth Ward, representing Arkansas, was crowned Miss America 1982 at the annual pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.



Auto racing
USAC
Gold Crown Series
Larry Rice led all 100 laps as he won the 100-mile Hoosier Hundred on a dirt track at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis; it was his only win in an Indy car. Rich Vogler finished second and Garry Bettenhausen third in the 26-car field.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-2-1) 26 @ Montreal (1-9) 10
Saskatchewan (6-4) 32 @ Winnipeg (5-4) 25

CIAU
Saskatchewan (1-1) 5 @ Calgary 25

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Hay Wrap--The Saw Doctors

At the movies
Until the End of the World, directed and co-written by Wim Wenders, and starring William Hurt and Solveig Dommartin, received its premiere screening in Germany. The film proved to be one of the biggest box office flops of its time.



Space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, with a five-man crew led by Commander John Creighton, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to begin the six-day mission STS-48.



Albertana
The world's largest tepee was erected in Medicine Hat.

Scandal
Canadian Senator Michel Cogger (Progressive Conservative--Lauzon, Quebec) was charged in Montreal with accepting illegal benefits from industrialist Guy Montpetit and Japanese investors; Mr. Montpetit was charged on September 17, 1991 with giving a $212,000 payment.

Former British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm was charged in Victoria with breach of trust in connection with the sale of the Fantasy Gardens theme park.

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians barely withstood a 3-run rally in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 before 20,401 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The Indians led 6-2 after 8½ innings, and Tom Kramer made his major league debut on the mound in relief of Charles Nagy (9-12). Mr. Kramer promptly surrendered a double to Cal Ripken, Jr., a double to Sam Horn, and a base on balls to Randy Milligan. Steve Olin then relieved Mr. Kramer and allowed Messrs. Horn and Milligan to score, and the bases were loaded with 1 out, but Mike Devereaux grounded into a double play to end the game. It was also the major league debut for Wayne Kirby, who played the final 2 innings in left field for Cleveland, without a plate appearance or fielding chance.

The Boston Red Sox scored 2 runs in each of the 1st, 5th, and 7th innings as they beat the New York Yankees 7-2 before 19,312 fans at Yankee Stadium.

The Milwaukee Brewers broke a 0-0 tie with a run in the bottom of the 6th inning and 6 in the 7th to blank the Detroit Tigers 7-0 before 9,835 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Chris Bosio (11-10) allowed 4 hits in 6 innings to get the win.

The Texas Rangers edged the Minnesota Twins 4-3 before 17,974 fans at Arlington Stadium as Nolan Ryan (10-6) became the second major league pitcher (after Don Sutton) to win at least 10 games in 20 different seasons. Jack Morris allowed 5 hits and 4 earned runs in pitching a complete game defeat, dropping to 16-11 for the season.

The Chicago White Sox scored 3 runs in the top of the 8th, but the California Angels came back with 4 in the bottom of the 8th to beat the White Sox 7-4 before 26,447 fans at Anaheim Stadium.

Mariano Duncan drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs to help the Cincinnati Reds defeat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 before 15,923 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Hal Morris also homered for the Reds, while Matt Williams homered for the Giants.

Felix Jose drew a base on balls with the bases loaded, forcing in Ray Lankford with the game's only run in the bottom of the 6th inning, as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 before 21,412 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Ken Hill (9-9) won the pitchers' duel over Doug Drabek (13-13).

Darryl Strawberry hit a 3-run home run and Kal Daniels added a solo homer two batters later as the Los Angeles Dodgers scored 4 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Houston Astros 6-2 before 10,146 fans at the Astrodome.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Insomnia--Faithless

Died on this date
Ernesto Geisel, 89. 29th President of Brazil, 1974-1979. General Geisel was President during Brazil's military government; he adopted slightly more liberal democratic policies than his immediate predecessors, and a more pragmatic foreign policy.

Politics and government
Jean-Louis Roux was sworn in as Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.

Transportation
Rocky Mountain Railtours ran the longest passenger train in Canadian history, hauling 34 cars to Kamloops, British Columbia using three GP40 locomotives.

20 years ago
2001

Business
Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapsed due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.

July 8, 2021

260 years ago
1761

Diplomacy
The Mi’kmaq of Chignecto, New Brunswick agreed to the 1760 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, as a renewal of the agreements of 1725 and 1749, reaffirming Mi’kmaq hunting and fishing rights.

190 years ago
1831

Born on this date
John Pemberton, 57. U.S. pharmacist. Dr. Pemberton is best known for creating Coca-Cola in 1886 in Atlanta. He died on August 16, 1888 at the age of 57.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
John Murray. Australian politician. Mr. Murray, a Liberal, represented Warmambool in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1884 until his death, and held several cabinet posts before serving as Premier of Victoria (1909-1912). He resigned as Premier in the result of opposition within his party, and served as Chief Secretary in the government of his successor, William Watt. Mr. Murray died in an equestrian accident on May 4, 1916 at the age of 64.

Arthur Evans. U.K. archaeologist. Sir Arthur was a journalist and keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford who was a pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He was best known for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete in the early 1900s. Sir Arthur died on July 11, 1941, three days after his 90th birthday.

130 years ago
1891

Married on this date
Future U.S. President Warren G. Harding married Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio.

125 years ago
1896

Politics and government
Sir Charles Tupper resigned as Canada's 6th Prime Minister; he had held the position since May 1, 1896, after serving as Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He was replaced as Prime Minister by Liberal Party leader Wilfrid Laurier, ending 18 years of Conservative Party government.

110 years ago
1911

Baseball
Rube Marquard (8-3) hit his only major league home run as he pitched the New York Giants to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds in New York, which had recently been refurbished after a fire. Harry McIntire (9-3) gave up Mr. Marquard's home run and was the losing pitcher.

The Cincinnati Reds scored 8 runs in the top of the 1st inning en route to an 11-7 win over the Boston Rustlers at South End Grounds in Boston.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
John Money. N.Z.-born U.S. psychologist. Dr. Money was a pervert who promoted the normalization of pedophilia and sexual reassignment surgery, and advocated the idea that gender identity is a matter of social learning rather than biology. His most infamous deed was the sexual reassignment surgery of David Reimer, an infant who had been left without a penis because of a botched circumcision. Dr. Money encouraged David's parents to have the boy's testicles removed, give him hormone treament, and have him raised as a female. For years, Dr. Money promoted the sexual reassignment as a success story, but in 1997 David Reimer, who had previously been anonymous (known in the literature as "John/Joan"), went public with the revelation that the sexual reassignment had been a disaster, and that he had transitioned to living as a male at the age of 15. David's twin brother Brian died from an overdose of antidepressants at the age of 36, and David fatally shot himself at the age of 38 on May 4, 2004. Dr. Money died on July 7, 2006, the day before his 85th birthday.

Law
An order was issued in Pittsburgh allowing baseball fans to keep balls hit into the stands at Forbes Field. Director of public safety Robert Allardice made the ruling after three policemen were threatened with lawsuits by fans who had been arrested for refusing to throw balls back onto the diamond.

80 years ago
1941

Diplomacy
U.S. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, Argentine Ambassador to the U.S.A. Felipe Espil, and Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S.A. conferred in Washington on means to settle the border dispute between Ecuador and Peru.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told a press conference that the United States would defend those areas where her vital interests lay, whether or not they were in the Western Hemisphere.

Scandal
The New York State Board of Pardons announced that former New York Stock Exchange President Richard Whitney would be paroled from Sing Sing prison on August 11, 1941 after serving three years and four months of his 1938 sentence for grand larceny.

Baseball
Major League All-Star Game @ Briggs Stadium, Detroit
National League 5 @ American League 7

Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit a 3-run home run off Claude Passeau of the Chicago Cubs with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the American League the win before 54,674 fans. Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop Arky Vaughan became the first player to hit 2 home runs in an all-star game, homering in the 7th and 8th innings. Mr. Williams and Mr. Vaughan each batted in 4 runs.







75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 The Gypsy--The Ink Spots (8th week at #1)
--Dinah Shore
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
2 Prisoner of Love--Perry Como
--The Ink Spots
3 They Say it's Wonderful--Perry Como
--Frank Sinatra
4 Doin' What Comes Natur'lly--Dinah Shore and Spade Cooley and his Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
5 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)--Dinah Shore
--Andy Russell
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
6 Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti)--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra
7 I'm a Big Girl Now--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
8 Surrender--Perry Como
--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
9 Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop--Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
--Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra
10 One More Tomorrow--Frankie Carle and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were the version of Doin' What Comes Natur'lly by Freddy Martin and his Orchestra; Salute to Glenn Miller by the Modernaires with Paula Kelly (#29); Remember Me, with versions by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, and Bing Crosby (#33); Baby, You Can Count on Me by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra (#34); and From This Day Forward by Frank Sinatra (#39). From This Day Forward was the other side of Something Old Something New, charting at #22.

On the radio
The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon and Carl Harbord, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Derringer Society

Died on this date
Aleksandr Vasilevich Aleksandrov, 63. U.S.S.R. composer. Mr. Aleksandrov wrote the Soviet national anthem, which is now--with different lyrics--the Russian national anthem. He died while on tour in Berlin.

War
Nationalist Chinese forces occupied the transportation centre of Hsuanhuatien, threatening to trap 60,000 Communist troops in the province of Hupeh.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman signed a $4,119,659,300 Navy appropriations bill.

Literature
New York police seized 130 copies of Memoirs of Hecate County by Edmund Wilson, condemned as obscene by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.

Diplomacy
Representatives of 51 nations attended the opening session of the League of Red Cross Societies in Oxford, England.

Scandal
U.S. Representative Andrew May (Democrat--Kentucky) publicly repudiated his earlier admission of procuring government orders for Cumberland Lumber Company, claiming he was a victim of "sinister attacks."

Economics and finance
The U.S.A., U.K., and Canada abolished their blacklists of firms and individuals who had aided the Axis.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Mr. Moto, starring James Monks, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Sabotage

War
Preliminary arrangements for Korean truce talks were completed by U.S. and Communist liaison teams meeting in Kaesong.

Defense
11 Western European and American countries reached agreement in Washington on the allocation of tungsten and molybdenum, with the U.S.A. receiving 44.8% of the West's tungsten production and 77.8% of its molybdenum.

Franciana
Paris celebrated its 2,000th anniversary.



Health
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reported that the number of polio cases in the United States had risen 400% in the past 12 years.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Travelin' Man/Hello Mary Lou--Ricky Nelson (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Legata a un granello di sabbia--Nico Fidenco (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)--Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra (7th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40): Wheels--The String-A-Longs (8th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Temptation--The Everly Brothers

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds (2nd week at #1)
2 Raindrops--Dee Clark
3 The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton
4 Moody River--Pat Boone
5 Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson
6 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis
7 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
8 Yellow Bird--Arthur Lyman Group
--[Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra]
9 Stand by Me--Ben E. King
10 The Writing on the Wall--Adam Wade

Singles entering the chart were The Fish by Bobby Rydell (#74); A Tear by Gene McDaniels (#75); Wooden Heart by Joe Dowell (#77); Somebody Nobody Wants by Dion (#85); Granada by Frank Sinatra (#88); Think of Me by Maxine Brown (#91); Starlight, Starbright by Linda Scott (#93); You'll Answer to Me by Patti Page (#95); Have a Drink on Me by Buddy Thomas (#98); I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven by Tex Ritter (#99); That's What Girls are Made For by the Spinners (#100); I Don't Want to Take a Chanceby Mary Wells (also #100); and I'll Never Be Free by Kay Starr (also #100).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
2 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon
3 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
4 Don't You Sweetheart Me--Bobby Curtola
5 Classmate--The Beau-Marks
6 Sea of Heartbreak--Don Gibson
7 Don't Be Cruel--Elvis Presley
8 Daydreams/So Goes the Story--Johnny Crawford
9 Never on Sunday--The Chordettes
10 Tossin' and Turnin'--Bobby Lewis

Singles entering the chart were So Goes the Story; Last Night by the Mar-Keys (#26); Michael by the Highwaymen (#36); Have a Drink on Me by Lonnie Donegan (#40); What Would You Do? by Jim Reeves (#43); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Frankie Avalon (#45); I'm Comin' on Back to You by Jackie Wilson (#47); So Close to Heaven by Ral Donner (#49); and Gidget Goes Hawaiian by James Darren (#50). Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was the title song of the movie. Gidget Goes Hawaiian was the title song of the movie.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 Hats Off to Larry--Del Shannon (3rd week at #1)
2 Quarter to Three--U.S. Bonds
3 Dum Dum--Brenda Lee
4 Sea of Heartbreak--Don Gibson
5 Daydreams--Johnny Crawford
6 Classmate--The Beau-Marks
7 Fallen Idol--Ken Lyon
8 Never on Sunday--The Chordettes
9 I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door--Eddie Hodges
10 Don't You Sweetheart Me--Bobby Curtola

Records entering the chart were Something for Everybody (LP) by Elvis Presley (#19); Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker (#30); Last Night by the Mar-Keys (#35); Michael by the Highwaymen (#36); Princess by Frank Gari (#39); and The Mountain's High by Dick and Deedee (#40).

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Green defeated Gold 21-19 in the Edmonton Eskimos' annual intrasquad game at Clarke Stadium.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Pour un flirt--Michel Delpech

Defense
American and Soviet delegates opened the fifth round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in Helsinki.

World events
Two men were killed by British soldiers during rioting in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (0-2) 10 @ Toronto (1-0) 29

40 years ago
1981

Died on this date
Bill Hallahan, 78. U.S. baseball pitcher. "Wild Bill" played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1925-1926, 1929-1936); Cincinnati Reds (1936-1937); and Philadelphia Phillies (1938), compiling a record of 102-94 with an earned run average of 4.03 in 324 games, batting .162 with 2 home runs and 32 runs batted in in 328 games. He led the National League in bases on balls and wild pitches three times each, in strikeouts twice, and tied for the NL lead in wins in 1931 (19). Mr. Hallahan played in four World Series with the Cardinals, and helped them win in 1926, 1931, and 1934; he was 3-1 with a 1.36 ERA in 7 World Series games. Mr. Hallahan died of cancer, 25 days before his 79th birthday.

Joe McDonnell, 29. U.K. terrorist. Mr. McDonnell, a native of Belfast, was a member of the provisional Irish Republican Army who was serving a 14-year sentence at Maze Prison for illegal possession of a firearm, and joined Bobby Sands and others in a hunger strike for special rights. He died on the 61st day of his strike.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Beat Emotion--Tomoyasu Hotei

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Lensin matalalla--Eppu Normaali

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Wind of Change--Scorpions (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
James Franciscus, 57. U.S. actor. Mr. Franciscus was known for his starring roles in the television series Naked City (1958-1959); The Investigators (1961); Mr. Novak (1963-1965); and Longstreet (1971-1972). He died of emphysema.

Politics and government
A Gallup Poll reported that 69% of Canadians wanted Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to resign; 80% in Ontario and 54% in Mr. Mulroney's home province of Québec favoured his resignation.

Abominations
Joseph Burke a former teacher for the Roman Catholic Christian Brothers order, was sentenced to 25 months in prison for abusing boys under his care at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, Newfoundland in the 1970s.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Forever Love--Gary Barlow

#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (2nd week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Ahead by a Century--The Tragically Hip (2nd week at #1)
2 You Learn--Alanis Morissette
3 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman
4 Fastlove--George Michael
5 The Only Thing that Looks Good on Me is You--Bryan Adams
6 Killing Me Softly--The Fugees
7 You Still Touch Me--Sting
8 Flood--Jars of Clay
9 Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)--Hootie & the Blowfish
10 Theme from Mission: Impossible--Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen, Jr.

Singles entering the chart were Tucker's Town by Hootie & the Blowfish (#83); You're Makin' Me High by Toni Braxton (#87); Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis (#90); Free to Decide by the Cranberries (#93); Someday by All-4-One (#94); Forever by Mariah Carey (#95); Waiting for Wednesday by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (#97); Whatever You Need by Damhait Doyle (#98); and Mother Mother by Tracy Bonham (#99).

Died on this date
Irene Prador, 84. Austrian-born actress. Miss Prador, born Irene Peiser, emigrated to France in 1933 and later worked in the U.K. and Germany, appearing in plays, films, and television programs in a career spanning more than 50 years. She was the older sister of actress Lilli Palmer, and died in Berlin, eight days before her 85th birthday.

Crime
Three young children and four adults were attacked by a man with a machete at an infant school in Wolverhampton, England.

Disasters
Hurricane Bertha struck the Caribbean islands and eastern United States.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
John O'Shea, 81. N.Z. movie producer and director. Mr. O'Shea was active from 1940-1970 and co-founded Pacific Films in Wellington, producing and directing short films as well as Broken Barrier (1952); Runaway (1964); and Don't Let it Get You (1966), the country's first three feature films made during that era. Mr. O'Shea also worked in television, and died 18 days after his 81st birthday.

Baseball
A librarian found a reference to "base ball" from 1823, marking the earliest known reference to the game.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Betty Ford, 93. U.S. First Lady, 1974-1977. Mrs. Ford was born Elizabeth Bloomer in Chicago. She married insurance salesman William Warren in 1942, and the couple were divorced in 1947. A year later, Mrs. Warren married lawyer and aspiring politician Gerald Ford, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time a few weeks later. Mrs. Ford became First Lady when her husband succeeded Richard Nixon as President upon Mr. Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. She became addicted to alcohol and pills in the late 1970s, but recovered and founded the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic which has served as a second home for many a celebrity since 1982.

Roberts Blossom, 87. U.S. actor. Mr. Blossom was a character actor in plays, films, and television programs in a career spanning more than 40 years. He was known for his supporting roles in the movies Deranged (1974); The Great Gatsby (1974); and Home Alone (1990). Mr. Blossom wrote poetry in his later years, and died of cerebrovascular disease.

Space
The U.S. space shuttle program began its last mission as a four-member crew commanded by Christopher Ferguson launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard space shuttle Atlantis to begin mission STS-135. For its final mission, Atlantis was carrying 8,000 pounds of spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station. The space shuttle program officially ended when Atlantis returned 13 days later.



Football
CFL
Toronto (1-1) 16 @ Winnipeg (2-0) 22



Calgary (1-1) 34 @ British Columbia (0-2) 32

March 19, 2021

300 years ago
1721

Died on this date
Clement XI, 71. Roman Catholic Pope, 1700-1721. Clement XI, born Giovanni Francesco Albani, became a cardinal in 1690, and succeeded Innocent XII on the papal throne. Pope Clement was known for his interest in archaeology, and was responsible for saving much of Rome's antiquity. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library. Pope Clement XI was succeeded by Innocent XIII.

200 years ago
1821

Born on this date
Richard Burton. U.K. explorer. Sir Richard, who reportedly spoke 29 languages, was known for translating into English One Thousand and One Nights (aka The Arabian Nights); visiting Mecca and Medina in disguise in 1853; and journeying with fellow Englishman John Hanning Speke to the Great Lakes of Africa from 1857-1858 in search of the source of the Nile River. He died on October 20, 1890 at the age of 69.

190 years ago
1831

Crime
James Honeyman and William J. Murray stole $245,000 (about $7 million in 2021 dollars) from City Bank of New York in one of the first bank robberies in the United States, and likely the first major bank robbery in New York City.



160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
Lomer Gouin, 68. Canadian politician. Sir Lomer, a native of Grondine, Quebec and a Liberal, sat in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1897-1920, and was Premier of Quebec from 1905-1920. He represented Laurier—Outremont in the Canadian House of Commons from 1921-1925, and took office as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec on January 10, 1929, but died on March 28, 1929, nine days after his 68th birthday, and less than three months into his term. Sir Lomer was succeeded as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec by Henry George Carroll.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
Edith Nourse Rogers. U.S. politician. Mrs. Rogers, a Republican, was the wife of U.S. Congressman John Jacob Rogers, and after his death in 1925, won a special election for his seat, and represented Massachusetts' 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1925 until her death in office on September 10, 1960 at the age of 79. She was known for her advocacy for military veterans, and served two terms as chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (1947-1949, 1953-1955).

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Earl Warren. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1953-1969. Mr. Warren, a Republican, was Governor of California from 1943-1953 until being appointed Chief Justice by President Dwight Eisenhower. During Mr. Warren's years as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court became known for liberal activism, in such decisions as Brown v. Board of Education (1954); Engel v. Vitale (1962) ; Griswold v. Connecticut (1963); and Miranda v. Arizona (1966). Chief Justice Warren chaired the commission appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the November 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The commission's report, issued in September 1964, concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy. The report and its conclusion remain controversial. Mr. Warren died on July 9, 1974 at the age of 83.

110 years ago
1911

World events
International Women's Day was first observed, by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Tommy Cooper. U.K. comedian and magician. Mr. Cooper, a native of Wales, was popular on stage and television, wit his popularity peaking in the late 1960s and early '70s. He smoked and drank heavily, leading to a serious decline in his health and career by the late '70s. Mr. Cooper suffered a fatal heart attack while performing on Live from Her Majesty's, which was televised nationally, on April 15, 1984, 27 days after his 63rd birthday.

War
One of the biggest engagements of the Irish War of Independence took place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escaped an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.

90 years ago
1931

Abominations
Governor Fred B. Balzar signed a bill legalizing gambling in Nevada.

80 years ago
1941

Diplomacy
French authorities in Indochina protested to Japanese military officials that Thailand had violated the March 11 peace agreement.

Defense
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $7-billion Lend-Lease appropriation bill by a vote of 336-55 and sent it to the Senate. U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox revealed that the United Kingdom had asked the United States to repair an undisclosed number of British warships. The 99th Pursuit Squadron, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-Negro unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces, was activated.

Transportation
Representatives of the United States and Canada signed an agreement in Washington for the immediate development of a $266,170,000 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River seaway and power project.

Labour
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created an 11-man National Defense Mediation Board (NDMB) "to assure that all work necessary for national defense shall proceed without interruption." Dr. Clarence Dykstra was named chairman.

The Congress of Industrial Organizations Amalgamated Clothing Workers won 10%-13% pay increases for 135,000 garment workers.

75 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
Following a formal Iranian appeal, United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie put the Iran-U.S.S.R. dispute on the Security Council agenda.

World events
American authorities in Berlin reported Soviet reactivation of the Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen concentration camps to house Germans who opposed the Communist-Social Democratic Party merger.

Defense
More than 4,200 New Zealand troops under the command of Brigadier Keith Stewart, known as Jayforce, arrived in Japan to serve in the 36,000-strong British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF).

U.S. Selective Service Commissioner Lewis Hershey called for indefinite extension of the draft, with service limited to 18 months.

The U.S. Senate Military Affairs Committee approved a bill for federal funds for scientific research.

Scandal
Dr. Alan Nunn May pled not guilty in London to charges that he had disclosed atomic bomb information to the U.S.S.R.

Franciana
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion became overseas départements of France.

Politics and government
Mikhail I. Kalinin, President of Russia since 1919, retired because of ill health, and the Supreme Soviet elected Nikolai M. Shvernik to succeed him.

Democrats and Republicans in the United States Senate and House of Representatives attacked former Vice President Henry Wallace for proposing that Congressmen who defied the party line on major issues be denied party support in elections.

Former U.S. War Production Board aide Edwin Locke, Jr. was named a special presidential assistant to plan reorganization of the government.

Economics and finance
The U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate a bill taking all farm credit agencies from the Agriculture Department and placing them under a seve-man independent board.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations United Auto Workers notified General Motors that 154,400 members had ratified the wage agreement, but the commany said that it would remain closed and assume that the strike was continuing until 20 more locals voted to return.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Lights Out, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Western Night, starring Richard Derr, Biff Elliot, and William Free

Died on this date
Dmytro Doroshenko, 68. Ukrainian politician and historian. Professor Doroshenko was a Ukrainian nationalist and member of the Ukrainian Party of Socialist Federalists who held several major offices during the revolution of 1917-1918, including Krai Commissar of the General Government of Galicia and Bukovina (April-August 1917). He resisted the increasing leftward movement of the Central Rada (council), supported a conservative coup, and served as Foreign Minister of the resulting Hetamanate (monarchy) (May-October 1918). Prof. Doroshenko's efforts to reconcile various factions failed; he resigned, and spent 20 years in Prague as a history professor, with works that included the two-volume A Survey of Ukrainian History. He fled to western Germany in 1945, and lived and taught in Winnipeg for several years, but took ill and returned to Germany, dying in Munich, 20 days before his 69th birthday.

Literature
The novel The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk was published in New York by Doubleday.

Politics and government
The South Korean government sent a delegation of 112 officials to Seoul, but decided provisionally not to restore the city as the country's capital.

Crime
Former Iranian Education Minister Abdul Hamid Zanganeh, a close friend of assassinated Prime Minister Ali Razmara, was shot and critically wounded by a Tehran University student.

Society
The U.S. Federal Security Agency's annual report revealed that illegitimate births in the United States had risen from 87,000 in 1938 to 129,000 in 1948, while the proportion of children living in urban areas had risen from 49% in 1940 to 52% in 1949.

Economics and finance
Delegates from France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, meeting in Paris, signed a treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, with a market of 150 million consumers.

The U.S. Office of Price Stabilization issued an order freezing prices on farm products within five days after they reached parity or the highest level before the Korean War.

60 years ago
1961

Died on this date
Carroll Reece, 71. U.S. politician. Mr. Reece, a Republican, represented Tennessee's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1921-1931, 1933-1947, 1951-1961), and was chairman of the Republican National Committee (1946-1948). He led the House's Reece Committee (1954),, originally the Cox Committee (1952-1953), which investigated the use of funds by tax-exempt organizations (non-profit organizations) to see if they were being used to support Communism. Mr. Reece's commission concluded, "Some of the larger foundations have directly supported 'subversion' in the true meaning of that term--namely, the process of undermining some of our vitally protective concepts and principles. They have actively supported attacks upon our social and governmental system and financed the promotion of socialism and collectivist ideas." Mr. Reece died of lung cancer, shortly after beginning his 18th term as a Congressman.

Disasters
Tornadoes in East Pakistan killed at least 226 people.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Burning Bridges--The Mike Curb Congregation (2nd week at #1)

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Knock Three Times--Dawn (5th week at #1)
2 Rose Garden--Lynn Anderson
3 My Sweet Lord--George Harrison
4 No Matter What--Badfinger
5 A Summer Prayer for Peace--The Archies
6 Do It--Neil Diamond
7 Immigrant Song--Led Zeppelin
8 Have You Ever Seen the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 I Hear You Knocking--Dave Edmunds
10 Understanding--Peanutbutter Conspiracy

Singles entering the chart were The Raver by the Troggs (#18); Silver Moon by Michael Nesmith & the First National Band (#19); and We're All Playing in the Same Band by Quentin E. Klopjaeger (#20).

Jacksonville, North Carolina's Top 20 (WXQR)
1 Southern Man--The Dave Clark Five
2 Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes--The 5th Dimension
3 Whatcha Gonna Do--Denny Doherty
4 Snow Blind Friend--Steppenwolf
5 Grab On--Crabby Appleton
6 Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin
7 I Wish I Were--Andy Kim
8 Sit Yourself Down--Stephen Stills
9 C'mon--Poco
10 Joy to the World--Three Dog Night
11 Midnight Rider--The Allman Brothers Band
12 Eighteen--Alice Cooper
13 Home Cookin'--Eric Burdon and War
14 When You Dance I Can Really Love--Neil Young
15 L.A. Goodbye--The Ides of March
16 Free--Chicago
17 Band Bandit--Tundra
18 For All We Know--Carpenters
19 What is Life--George Harrison
20 Sweet Mary--Wadsworth Mansion

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Ocean (2nd week at #1)
2 She's a Lady--Tom Jones
3 Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin
4 Stay Awhile--The Bells
5 Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted--The Partridge Family
6 Woodstock--Matthews' Southern Comfort
7 Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Hey Tonight--Creedence Clearwater Revival
8 Help Me Make it Through the Night--Sammi Smith
9 Oh What a Feeling--Crowbar
10 One Toke Over the Line--Brewer and Shipley

Singles entering the chart were I Am...I Said by Neil Diamond (#23); Country Road by James Taylor (#25); Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) by Daddy Dewdrop (#26); Sit Yourself Down by Stephen Stills (#27); Wild World by Cat Stevens (#29); and A Country Boy Named Willy by Spring (#30).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKVN)
1 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Ocean
2 Me and Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin
3 Woodstock--Matthews' Southern Comfort
4 Oh What a Feeling--Crowbar
5 What is Life--George Harrison
6 Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Hey Tonight--Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 Wild World--Cat Stevens
8 She's a Lady--Tom Jones
9 Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why--Paul McCartney
10 Blue Money--Van Morrison

Singles entering the chart were Me and My Arrow by Nilsson (#24); Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#26); Help Me Make it Through the Night by Sammi Smith (#29); and Sit Yourself Down by Stephen Stills (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Have You Ever Seen the Rain--Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 One Bad Apple--The Osmonds
3 Amos Moses--Jerry Reed
4 Put Your Hand in the Hand--Ocean
5 She's a Lady--Tom Jones
6 Where Evil Grows--The Poppy Family
7 Knock Three Times--Dawn
8 Mother--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
9 One Toke Over the Line--Brewer and Shipley
10 Beautiful People--The New Seekers

On television tonight
The Interns, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Castle of the Lion

Politics and government
Turkish President Cevdet Sunay named Nihat Erim, a moderate, to replace Suleyman Demeril as Premier. Mr. Demeril had been forced to resign a week earlier under pressure from the army.

Disasters
At least 400 were killed and 50 hospitalized after a mountainside toppled into Peru’s Lake Yanahurin, launching an avalanche of rain, mud, and rocks onto a mining camp high in the Andes Mountains.

30 years ago
1981

Hit parade
Edmonton's Top 20 (CHED)
1 Rapture--Blondie
2 Turning Japanese--The Vapors
3 Woman--John Lennon
4 Shaddap You Face--Joe Dolce
5 Keep on Loving You--REO Speedwagon
6 The Best of Times--Styx
7 Just Between You and Me--April Wine
8 A Little in Love--Cliff Richard
9 Hey Nineteen--Steely Dan
10 Crying--Don McLean
11 Hearts on Fire--Randy Meisner
12 I Love a Rainy Night--Eddie Rabbitt
13 As the Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide--The Kings
14 Celebration--Kool & The Gang
15 Kiss on My List--Daryl Hall & John Oates
16 Every Woman in the World--Air Supply
17 The Tide is High--Blondie
18 Treat Me Right--Pat Benatar
19 Morning Train (Nine to Five)--Sheena Easton
20 Hello Again--Neil Diamond

Died on this date
Frank Lane, 86. U.S. football player and sports official and executive. "Trader" Lane played guard with the Cincinnati Celts with the professional Ohio League in the 1910s, and umpired baseball and refereed college basketball and football games before entering professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in 1933 as business manager, running their farm system by 1937. After serving with the U.S. Navy in World War II, he managed the Kansas City Blues of American Association and supervised the New York Yankees' farm system in 1946, and was President of the American Association from November 1946 until becoming the general manager of the Chicago White Sox after the 1948 season. Mr. Lane was general manager of the White Sox (1948-1955); St. Louis Cardinals (1956-1957); Cleveland Indians (1958-1960); Kansas City Athletics (1961); and Milwaukee Brewers (1971-1972), trading almost 700 players in more than 400 transactions. He made more than 200 trades during his years with the White Sox, building the team into a contender and laying the foundation for the team that won the American League pennant in 1959. Mr. Lane had less success with his trades in his later GM positions, often seeming to make trades for the sake of making trades. He was fired in Kansas City after less than eight months on the job, and his dispute with Athletics' owner Charlie Finley over his compensation dragged on for several yers, and he eventually won. While in forced inactivity from baseball during his dispute with Mr. Finley, Mr. Lane was general manager of the Chicago Zephyrs of the National Basketball Association (1962-63), but stayed behind when the team moved to Baltimore to become the Bullets. He served as a scout with the Baltimore Orioles from the mid-1960s until joining the Brewers. After two years as general manager, Mr. Lane was demoted to a scouting job with the Brewers; he then served as a scout with the Texas Rangers and California Angels, and was a consultant for the San Diego Padres in 1980 before he fell and broke his hip.

Alfred Pinkston, 63. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Pinkston was an outfielder and first baseman with various teams in various Negro and minor leagues in a career spanning 1936-1965, with time out for service in World War II. Records from Mr. Pinkston's early years in baseball are hard to find, although he seemed to have been the leading hitter for whatever team he played for. He didn't play in what is regarded as "Organized Baseball" until 1953, when he was 35. In six years in the minor leagues from 1953-1958, Mr. Pinkston batted .334 with 97 home runs and 483 runs batted in in 700 games. At the age of 41, he went to the Mexican League, where he played right field with the Mexico City Red Devils (1959-1960) and Veracruz Aguilas (1961-1965). In seven seasons in the Mexican League Mr. Pinkston batted .372 with 108 homers and 659 RBIs in 879 games, and won the Mexican League batting title in each of his first four seasons; his career batting average remains the highest in Mexican League history, and he was inducted into the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, as well as the U.S. National Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. Mr. Pinkston died of a heart attack.

War
124 Iranians and 17 Iraqis were killed in the Gilan area of western Kermanshah province in Iran.

Terrorism
The Syrian government announced that the three Pakistani political dissidents who had hijacked a Pakistani jetliner to Kabul, Afghanistan on March 2 and had surrendered to authorities on March 14 before being flown to Syria would be allowed to stay in Syria until another country agreed to take them in. Pakistan asked that they be extradited home.

Protest
A demonstration by farmers in Bydgoszcz, Poland was broken up by riot police, and many of the farmers, who were seeking to form a union, were hospitalized.

Politics and government
Premier Bill Davis led his governing Progressive Conservative Party to a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly in the Ontario provincial election. The PCs won 70 of 125 seats, an increase of 12 from before the election. The Liberal Party, led by Stuart Smith, remained in second place with 34 seats, while the New Democratic Party, led by Michael Cassidy, dropped from 33 seats to 21.

Society
The Research Triangle Institute, who had conducted a study for the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Use and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, found that 1/3 of the nation’s high school students were problem drinkers, and that 13% more girls than boys were moderate drinkers and 14% more boys than girls were heavy drinkers. The problem drinker was defined as someone who was drunk at least six times per year or experienced alcohol-related problems with friends, family, school, the police, or while driving.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Senate Budget Committee unanimously adopted a package of budget cuts totalling $36.4 billion--more than had been recommended by President Ronald Reagan.

Labour
12,000 U.S. coal miners had gone out on wildcat strikes in the previous two days, protesting the industry’s plan to run mining shifts on Sundays and claiming that the mine owners wanted them to work 56-hour weeks.

Disasters
One technician died and two others who were working on the U.S. space shuttle Columbia were injured when they were exposed to a pure nitrogen atmosphere in an enclosed area around the engines inside the shuttle. The lack of oxygen proved fatal.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 4 @ Buffalo 14

The Sabres set a National Hockey League record with 9 goals in the 2nd period in their rout of the Maple Leafs at War Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres' total of 31 goals and assists set another NHL record.

30 years ago
1991

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that consumer prices had increased 0.2% in February.

The U.S. Senate voted to approve a $78-billion package to help bail out insolvent savings and loan associations.

Society
National Football League owners voted to take the 1993 Super Bowl away from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe and give it to the Rose Bowl because Arizona had not approved a ballot proposition to recognize Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday.

25 years ago
1996

World events
Sarajevo became a united city again after four years when Moslem-Croat authorities took control of the last district held by Serbs.

20 years ago
2001

Energy
California officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts.

10 years ago
2011

War
After the failure of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launched Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk attended a meeting, in Paris, with leaders from France, Britain, the Arab League and the United Nations, to discuss the Middle East.

Soccer
MLS
Toronto 2 @ Vancouver 4

The Whitecaps beat Toronto at Empire Field in their first game in Major League Soccer. The first all-Canadian clash in MLS history marked the Whitecaps' return to the top soccer league in North America; the old North American Soccer League folded in 1984.