December 27, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Draper!

500 years ago
1521

Religion
The Zwickau prophets--Nicholas Storch, Thomas Dreschel and Markus Stübner--arrived in Wittenberg after their exile from Zwickau, continuing their radical Reformation activities.

450 years ago
1571

Born on this date
Johannes Kepler. German astronomer and mathematician. Mr. Kepler was one of the most influential astronomers in history, best known for his laws of planetary motion. He believed that God created the world according to an intelligible plan that is accessible through the natural light of reason. Mr. Kepler's books included Astronomia nova (1609); Harmonices Mundi (1619); and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae (three volumes, 1618-1621). He served as imperial mathematician to Holy Roman Emperors Rudolf II, Matthias, and Ferdinand II, and while often criticizing astrology, devised horoscopes in order to make a living. Mr. Kepler died after a brief illness on November 15, 1630 at the age of 58.

300 years ago
1721

Born on this date
François Hemsterhuis. Dutch philosopher. Mr. Hemsterhuis wrote on aesthetics and moral philosophy. His philosophy has been characterized as Socratic in content and Platonic in form; its foundation was the desire for self-knowledge and truth, untrammelled by the rigid bonds of any particular system. Mr. Hemsterhuis died on July 7, 1790 at the age of 68.

260 years ago
1761

Born on this date
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, 56. Russian military officer and politician. Prince Michael was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Russian Army who was best known for his military reforms and leadership during the 1812 invasion of Russia by French forces commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. Prince Michael was Governor-General of Finland from 1809-1810. He died while on a visit to Germany on May 26, 1818 at the age of 56.

250 years ago
1771

Died on this date
Henri Pitot, 76. French physicist and engineer. Mr. Pitot was a hydraulic engineer who invented the Pitot tube, and designed the Aqueduc de Saint-Clément near Montpellier and the extension of Pont du Gard in Nîmes.

190 years ago
1831

Exploration
English naturalist Charles Darwin began his voyage to the New World aboard the HMS Beagle.

140 years ago
1881

Born on this date
António Granjo. Prime Minister of Portugal, 1920, 1921. Mr. Granjo was a lawyer and a republican who was first elected to the National Constituent Assembly in 1911, resigning to serve in World War I. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Chaves (February-July 1919) and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies later in 1919 as a member of the Evolutionist Party, which soon merged into the Republican Liberal Party. Mr. Granjo led coalition governments from July 19-November 20, 1920 and August 30 until his forced resignation and assassination at the age of 39 on October 19, 1921 as part of the military insurrection known as Bloody Night.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Louis Bromfield. U.S. author and conservationist. Mr. Bromfield won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Early Autumn; his other novels incuded The Rains Came (1937) and Mrs. Parkington (1943). He operated a farm in Ohio, and was one of the first modern champions of organic and self-sustaining farming. Mr. Bromfield died on March 18, 1956 at the age of 59.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Irene Handl. U.K. actress. Miss Handl was a character actress who appeared in more than 100 movies, as well as numerous television programs, in a career spanning 50 years. Her films included Night Train to Munich (1940); Spellbound (1945); and Brief Encounter (1945). Miss Handl died of breast cancer on November 29, 1987, four weeks before her 86th birthday.

Marlene Dietrich. German-born U.S. actress and singer. Miss Dietrich became a star in her native land with her appearance in The Blue Angel (1930), and then moved to Hollywood, where her movies included Morocco (1930); Blonde Venus (1932); Desire (1936); Destry Rides Again (1939); A Foreign Affair (1948); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Touch of Evil (1958); and Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). Miss Dietrich was an opponent of Germany's Nazi regime and aided the Allied effort in World War II. She narrated the documentary Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler, which won the Academy Award as best documentary feature of 1962. Miss Dietrich was known for performing the songs Falling in Love Again and Lili Marlene. She died of kidney failure on May 6, 1992 at the age of 90.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Anna Russell. U.K.-born Canadian musician. Miss Russell, born Anna Russell-Brown, was a pianist and singer known for her parodies of operas, reaching the peak of her popularity in the 1960s. She died on October 18, 2006 at the age of 94.

Indianica
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

80 years ago
1941

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Chattanooga Choo Choo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires) (4th week at #1)

War
Japanese planes bombed the undefended open city of Manila for 40 minutes in the morning and 3 hours 22 minutes in the afternoon, starting huge fires. The U.S.S.R. announced the capture of Likhvin, Vysokinichi, Novosil, and Tim on the front southwest of Moscow.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, continuing their talks in Washington, assured representatives of Axis-occupied countries that the United States and United Kingdom would do everything possible to restore their independence after World War II. Mr. Roosevelt announced that "excellent progress" had been made during the conferences of 26 Allied governments in Washington to prosecute the war on a worldwide scale.

Society
U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle issued an order requiring all Japanese, German, and Italian aliens in seven Pacific Coast states to surrender their shortwave radio sets and cameras to local police.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Office of Production Management issued an order, effective immediately, restricting the manufacture of new farm machinery in the 12-month period beginning November 1, 1941 to 83% of 1940 production.

Labour
Federal spokesmen announced that the American Federation of Labor Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes had agreed to end the six-day strike by 1,500 Greyhound drivers and submit the dispute to arbitration.

Disasters
Lisbon was rocked by a severe earthquake at 6:25 P.M.

Football
NCAA
Blue-Gray Game @ Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama
Blue 16 Gray 0

75 years ago
1946

War
Fighting between French forces and Vietnamese nationalists spread to Cochin, China, where 24 civilians were killed.

Economics and finance
Albania and Yugoslavia ratified a pact providing for economic collaboration.

The U.S. State Department announced that it would release $19.3 million in Polish assets frozen in the United States and $27.5 million in gold to the current Polish government.

U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Director George Allen resigned after urging that the agency be reduced to a lending institution for banks and small businesses.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission authorized a 10% rate increase by Western Union Telegraph Company.

Cuba's cabinet raised the wages of all public employees $5-$10 monthly.

Tennis
With Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder winning the men's doubles event in Melbourne, the United States won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1938.

70 years ago
1951

Movies
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1951 were announced. The winners were: Picture--A Streetcar Named Desire; Director--Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire); Actor--Arthur Kennedy (Bright Victory); Actress--Vivian Leigh (A Streetcar named Desire); Foreign Language Film--Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan).

War
U.S. and Communist truce teams in Panmunjom failed to conclude an armistice by midnight, thus nullifying the November 27 agreement on a Korean cease-fire line.

World events
The Romanian government announced the execution of five Romanians convicted by a military court of spying for the United States.

Politics and government
Former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen announced in Philadelphia that he would seek the 1952 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

Crime
Communist Party U.S.A. official Gus Hall was sentenced in New York to an additional three years in prison for jumping bail to escape his five-year sentence for conspiracy.

Transportation
The first right-hand drive automobile for the delivery of mail in the United States was put into service in Cincinnati.

Economics and finance
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas signed a bill enabling the government to control prices and buy and sell essential goods.

Labour
The United Steel Workers of America's Wage Policy Committee cancelled a strike scheduled for January 1, 1952, leaving the strike decision up to a special convention to open January 3 in Atlantic City.

Olympics
Soviet press announced that the U.S.S.R. would enter the Summer Olympic Games in 1952 for the first time since the participation of pre-Soviet Russia in 1912.

60 years ago
1961

At the movies
The Outsider, directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, and Bruce Bennett, opened in theatres in Los Angeles.



50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Ame no Midōsuji--Ouyang Fei Fei (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops (10th week at #1)

Diplomacy
Delegates representing 18 Arab countries met in Cairo to discuss plans for coordinating military and economic strategy against Israel.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): How Great Thou Art--Howard Morrison (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Sharazan--Al Bano & Romina Power

Died on this date
Hoagy Carmichael, 82. U.S. musician and songwriter. Mr. Carmichael, one of the best-known American songwriters of the first half of the 20th century, wrote such standards as Stardust and Georgia on My Mind. He appeared in several movies, usually as a pianist. In the last year or two of his life, Mr. Carmichael appeared in a television commercial for recordings of his greatest hits; the ad began with a clip of Ole Buttermilk Sky, followed by Mr. Carmichael saying, "Ole Buttermilk Sky; they don't make 'em like that anymore--maybe they shouldn't."

Hockey
NHL
Los Angeles (13-20-3) 3 @ Edmonton (24-8-6) 10

Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals and 1 assist to set the league record for the fastest 100 points in a season, helping the Oilers rout the Kings at Northlands Coliseum. Mr. Gretzky was playing his 38th game of the season, breaking Phil Esposito's mark of 51 games set in 1970-71. Mr. Gretzky's goals game him 45 for the season. Steve Bozek scored all 3 Los Angeles goals.

Football
NFL
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Buffalo 31 @ New York Jets 27

See video.

NFC Wild Card Playoff
New York Giants 27 @ Philadelphia 21



25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Breathe--The Prodigy (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): 2 Become 1--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

War
Taliban forces in Afghanistan recaptured the strategic Bagram Airfield, which solidified their buffer zone around Kabul.

20 years ago
2001

Abominations
The United States announced plans to hold Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

U.S. President George W. Bush permanently normalized trade relations between the U.S.A. and China.

Politics and government
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate Levy Mwanawasa was elected President of Zambia, receiving 29.15% of the vote. United Party for National Development candidate Anderson Mazoka was second with 27.20% of the vote, with nine other candidates also participating. The Movement for Multi-Party Democracy won a plurality of seats in the 159-seat National Assembly, but their total of 69 seats was a decrease of 62 from before the election. Five new parties won at least one seat; the United Party for National Development, in its first election, was second with 49 seats.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Johnny Wilson, 82. Canadian-born U.S. hockey player and coach. Mr. Wilson, a native of Kincardine, Ontario, played left wing with the Detyroit Red Wings (1950-55, 1957-59); Chicago Black Hawks (1955-57); Toronto Maple Leafs (1959-61); and New York Rangers (1961-62), scoring 332 points on 161 goals and 171 assists in 688 regular season games and 14 goals and 13 assists in 66 playoff games. He set a record, since broken, of 580 consecutive regular season games played (1951-60), including 8 straight complete 70-game seasons. Mr. Wilson helped the Red Wings win four Stanley Cup championships (1950, 1952, 1954-1955). He coached at Princeton University (1965-67) and then in the minor leagues, leading the Springfield Kings to the Calder Cup championship in 1971. Mr. Wilson coached the Los Angeles Kings (1969-70); Detroit Red Wings (1971-73); Colorado Rockies (1976-77); and Pittsburgh Penguins (1977-80) in the NHL, compiling a record of 187-241-89. He coached in the World Hockey Association with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974-75) and Cleveland Crusaders (1975-76), compiling a record of 56-93-9. Mr. Wilson coached Canada's entry in the 1977 IIHF World Championships, leading the team to a fourth-place finish in Canada's first appearance in the tournament in eight years. He settled in the Detroit area, and died of pulmonary fibrosis.

November 6, 2021

630 years ago
1391

Born on this date
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster. English nobleman. Sir Edmund, a great-great-grandson of King Edward III, was heir presumptive to King Richard II of England when King Richard was deposed in favour of King Henry IV. Sir Edmund unsuccessfully rebelled against Henry IV, but was loyal to Kings Henry V and Henry VI. When Henry VI acceded to the throne as an infant in 1422, Sir Edmund was appointed to the Regency Council, and in 1423 was appointed the King's lieutenant in Ireland. He remained in England while exercising his authority at first, but was sent to Ireland in the fall of 1424, and died there from the plague on January 18, 1425 at the age of 33.

360 years ago
1661

Born on this date
Carlos II. King of Spain, 1665-1700. Carlos II acceded to the throne upon the death of his father Felipe IV; since he was a minor, much of his reign was governed by a regency under his mother Queen Mariana. King Carlos suffered from many health problems for his entire life; the extent to which they were the result of inbreeding remains the subject of debate. He died on November 1, 1700, five days before his 39th birthday without fathering an heir, and was succeeded by Felipe V, grandson of King Louis XIV of France, leading to the War of the Spanish Succession.

180 years ago
1841

Born on this date
Nelson Aldrich. U.S. politician. Mr. Aldrich, a Republican, represented Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives (1879-1881) and in the Senate (1881-1911). He served as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee (1898-1911), earning the nickname "General Manager of the Nation." Mr. Aldrich died on April 16, 1915 at the age of 73. His grandson Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was Governor of New York (1959-1973) and Vice President of the United States (1974-1977).

Armand Fallières. Prime Minister of France, 1883; President of France, 1906-1913. Mr. Fallières, a member of the Democratic Republican Alliance, was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1876, and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jules Ferry before serving as Prime Minister from January 29-February 21, 1883. He resigned in the face of opposition over the issue of pretenders to the throne, but held several cabinet posts in subsequent governments through 1892. Mr. Fallières was elected to the Senate in 1890; he was its President from 1899-1906, and was President of the Republic from 1906-1913. He died on June 22, 1931 at the age of 89.

170 years ago
1851

Born on this date
Charles Dow. U.S. journalist and economist. Mr. Dow worked at newspapers in Springfield, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island in the 1870s, specializing in regional history. He moved to New York City in 1880 and began working with the Kiernan Wall Street Financial News Bureau. Mr. Dow, Edward Davis Jones, and Charles Bergstresser founded the financial reporting firm Dow, Jones & Company in 1882 and The Wall Street Journal in 1889. Mr. Dow devised the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896, and began writing editorial columns in The Wall Street Journal in 1899, which formed the basis of the Dow theory of stock price movement. Mr. Dow began experiencing health problems in 1902, and sold his share of the company. He died of a heart attack on December 4, 1902, four weeks after his 51st birthday.

160 years ago
1861

Born on this date
James Naismith. Canadian-born U.S. basketball pioneer. Dr. Naismith, a native of Almonte, Ontario, was a physician who invented basketball in 1891 while working at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. He founded the basketball program at the University of Kansas in 1898 and coached there until 1907, compiling a record of 55-60. Dr. Naismith died on November 28, 1939, 22 days after his 78th birthday. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 as a charter member of both. The Basketball Hall of Fame was later renamed in Dr. Naismith's honour.

Politics and government
Jefferson Davis, who had been elected President of the provisional government on February 9, was elected to a six-year term as President of the Confederate States of America.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Jeff McCleskey. U.S. baseball player. Mr. McCleskey was a third baseman with the Boston Braves (1913), batting 0 for 3 with a base on balls in 2 games. He played seven seasons in the minor leagues (1911-1917), and died on May 11, 1971 at the age of 79.

Football
ORFU
Final
Osgoode Hall 10 @ University of Toronto 10 (Replay scheduled for November 9)

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Juanita Hall. U.S. actress. Mrs. Hall was best known for playing Bloody Mary in the stage musical (1949) and movie (1958) South Pacific, winning both a Tony Award and a Donaldson Award for her supporting performance in the former. She played Madam Liang in the stage musical (1958) and movie (1961) Flower Drum Song. Mrs. Hall developed diabetes in later years, which resulted in blindness, and eventually caused her death on February 28, 1968 at the age of 66.

100 years ago
1921

Football
APFA
Cleveland (2-2) 6 @ Buffalo (6-0) 10
Hammond (1-2-1) 0 @ Chicago Cardinals (3-2) 7
Akron (7-0) 21 @ Columbus (0-6) 0
Detroit (1-4-1) 9 @ Chicago Staleys (4-0) 20
Evansville (2-2) 6 @ Green Bay (2-1) 43
Dayton (2-3-1) 0 @ Canton (1-1-2) 14
Minneapolis (1-3) 3 @ Rock Island (4-1-1) 14
Tonawanda (0-1) 0 @ Rochester (1-3) 45

The Jeffersons' rout of the Kardex at the Baseball Park was Tonawanda's only game in the American Professional Football Association.

80 years ago
1941

War
U.S.S.R. dictator Joseph Stalin, addressing the Supreme Soviet in Moscow, falsely stated that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near. He said that the United States has granted the Soviet Union a $ 1 billion loan in addition to supplying tanks and aircraft, and that the Soviet Union did not aim to impose its communist regime in European countries, but only to liberate them. Mr. Stalin declared that a second front would "undoubtedly" be created on the European continent soon, and called for "the extermination to the last man of all Germans who have penetrated the territory of our native land...Death to the German invaders!" U.S. Representative Hamilton Fish (Republican--New York) introduced a resolution stating that Congress should decide a state of war between the U.S.A. and Germany should be formally declared. The move was intended to force a congressional vote on the isse.

Diplomacy
Maxim Litvinov was appointed Soviet Ambassador to the United States, succeeding Constantine Oumansky.

Haj Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, arrived in Berlin from Rome and was hailed by a government spokesman as a "great man."

Crime
George E. Browne and Willie Bioff, leaders of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, were convicted in New York on three counts of extorting $1.2 million from the movie industry.

Business
The Panamanian government banned Japanese commercial establishments.

Football
NFL
Aldo "Buff" Donelli resigned as assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers; he was a two-way back who had taken over from Bert Bell as head coach after two games, and then in mid-season turned the duites over to Walt Kiesling, who had coached the team in 1939 and 1940. The Steelers had posted the league's worst record at 1-9-1.

75 years ago
1946

Diplomacy
The Pan American Union, meeting in Washington, elected Colombian Ambassador to the United States Antonio Rocha as chairman of the governing board.

Politics and government
In a trusteeship plan submitted to the United Nations Security Council, U.S. President Harry Truman demanded sole authority for the United States over the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana chains of islands taken from Japan during World War II.

Defense
The U.S. Army Air Forces announced the start of production on its new B-36 bomber, which could carry nuclear weapons to any inhabited region in the world and return home without refuelling.

Journalism
A meeting of state assembly representatives in the U.S. occupation zone in Germany adopted a law guaranteeing freedom of the press.

Economics and finance
Austrian Chancellor Leopold Figl announced that food rations would be increased from 1,200 to 1,500 calories daily due to a rise in United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration shipments.

Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson (73-1-1) knocked out Artie Levine (45-10-5) with 19 seconds remaining in the 10th and final round of a middleweight bout before 12,102 fans at Cleveland Arena.

70 years ago
1951

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Moonfleet: Part 1, starring John Baragrey, Jack Diamond, and Edgar Stehli

At the movies
The Sea Hornet, produced and directed by Joseph Kane, and starring Rod Cameron, Adele Mara, Adrian Booth, and Chill Wills, opened in theatres.



Space
Harvard University astronomer Harlow Shapley reported the discovery of a clear patch in the Milky Way's dust clouds through which 100 new galaxies could be seen.

War
U.S. delegates at Panmunjom rejected a Communist proposal for an informal, unenforced cease-fire pending further Korean armistice negotiations. The U.S. Navy claimed that its planes had destroyed 603 enemy vessels and damaged 1,428 others in the Korean War.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom accused Egypt of violating the United Nations Charter by denouncing the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty.

Politics and government
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, addressing the House of Commons, outlined his government's program, calling for denationalization of the steel industry; efforts to stimulate free enterprise; high-level negotiations to ease Cold War tensions; resolute attempts to recoup British losses in Iran; and a firm stand in the Suez dispute with Egypt.

Republicans won four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in special elections, raising Republican Party strength to 200, against 233 Democrats and 1 independent.

A Gallup Poll survey of U.S. presidential candidate popularity showed General Dwight D. Eisenhower far ahead of President Harry Truman, General Douglas MacArthur, and U.S. Senator Robert Taft.

Labour
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen postponed a strike against four major railroad systems after U.S. President Truman created a three-man emergency board to investigate the wage and working contract dispute.

Disasters
The U.S. Army Engineers Corps listed total damage from July's Mississippi River floods at $870,245,000.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Quisiera Ser--Dúo Dinámico (7th week at #1)

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

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Big Bad John--Jimmy Dean
2 Runaround Sue--Dion
3 Bristol Stomp--The Dovells
4 Hit the Road Jack--Ray Charles and his Orchestra
5 Fool #1--Brenda Lee
6 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)--Sue Thompson
7 This Time--Troy Shondell
8 The Fly--Chubby Checker
9 I Love How You Love Me--The Paris Sisters
10 Tower of Strength--Gene McDaniels

Singles entering the chart were Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night by Kenny Dino (#77); Smile by Timi Yuro (#80); Tonight by Eddie Fisher (#82); Fly by Night by Andy Williams (#88); Language of Love by John D. Loudermilk (#92); I Cried My Last Tear by Ernie K-Doe (#93); It's Too Soon to Know by Etta James (#94); The Gypsy Rover by the Highwaymen (#95); Steps 1 and 2 by Jack Scott (#98); Just Because by the McGuire Sisters (#99); and Losing Your Love by Jim Reeves (#100).

On television tonight
Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Last of the Sommervilles, starring Boris Karloff, Phyllis Thaxter, and Martita Hunt



Disasters
The most disastrous fire in southern California's history to date started in suburban Los Angeles, in the Bel-Air Brentwood section in the Santa Monica Mountains. Many stately homes, including those belonging to movie stars, were destroyed as the fire swept through 10 square miles of the development.

At least 43 people died in a windstorm in Athens.

58 lives were lost when the British freighter Clan Keith sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 15 miles off Tunisia, after a boiler explosion.

4 were killed an 9 injured in a fire aboard the U.S. Navy supercarrier Constellation during its maiden sea trials 60 miles southeast of New York City.

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Never Ending Song of Love--The New Seekers

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Tanta voglia di lei--Pooh (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Reason to Believe/Maggie May--Rod Stewart (5th week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Daddy Cool--Drummond (8th week at #1)
2 Love is a Beautiful Song--Dave Mills
3 Banks of the Ohio--Olivia Newton-John
4 Butterfly--Danyel Gerard
5 Come Back Again--Daddy Cool
6 Signs--Five Man Electrical Band
7 Mammy Blue--Joel Dayde
8 I Woke Up in Love this Morning--The Partridge Family
9 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez
10 Never Ending Song of Love--Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

Singles entering the chart were Speak to the Sky by Ricky Springfield (#27); Riders on the Storm by the Doors (#36); and He's So Fine by Jody Miller (#38).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Soley Soley--The Middle of the Road (2nd week at #1)
2 Spanish Harlem--Aretha Franklin
3 Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes--Rod McKuen
4 Only Lies--Greenfield & Cook
5 Non, Non, Rien N'a Changé--Poppys
6 Het Soldaatje (De Vier Raadsels)--De Zangeres Zonder Naam
7 The Witch Queen of New Orleans--Redbone
8 Mamy Blue--Pop-Tops
9 Without a Worry in the World--Rod McKuen
10 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart

Singles entering the chart were Imagine by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (#16); Tap Turns on the Water by C.C.S. (#29); Goodbye Forever by Paul Brett's Sage (#31); Everybody's Everything by Santana (#32); Alma Mia by Marty (#33); and Mary Madonna by Sandra & Andres (#35).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
2 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
3 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
4 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
5 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
6 Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children--Carpenters
7 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
8 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
9 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye
10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down--Joan Baez

Singles entering the chart were Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone (#50); You are Everything by the Stylistics (#76); An American Trilogy by Mickey Newbury (#84); Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by the Temptations (#85); Long Ago Tomorrow by B.J. Thomas (#86); Cherish by David Cassidy (#87); For Ladies Only by Steppenwolf (#88); I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross (#89); Friends with You by John Denver (#90); Tell Mama by Savoy Brown (#91); Behind Blue Eyes by the Who (#93); Show Me How by the Emotions (#97); White Lies, Blue Eyes by Bullet (#98); Fool Me by Joe South (#99); and I Want to Pay You Back by the Chi-Lites (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher (2nd week at #1)
2 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
3 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
4 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
5 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
6 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement
7 Superstar--Carpenters
8 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
9 Tired of Being Alone--Al Green
10 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)--Marvin Gaye

Singles entering the chart were Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by the Temptations (#69); Stones by Neil Diamond (#70); An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night (#75); Friends with You by John Denver (#77); I'm a Greedy Man - Part I by James Brown (#81); 90 Day Freeze (On Her Love) by 100 Proof Aged in Soul (#86); Long Promised Road by the Beach Boys (#90); Just for Me and You by Poco (#94); I'm Yours by Ike & Tina Turner (#95); If it's Good to You by Flaming Ember (#97); I've Just Begun to Care (Propinquity) by Michael Nesmith & the First National Band (#98); An American Trilogy by Mickey Newbury (#99); and Don't Pull Your Love by Sam & Dave (#100).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Theme from Shaft--Isaac Hayes
2 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
3 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
4 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
5 Maggie May/Reason to Believe--Rod Stewart
6 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
7 Do You Know What I Mean--Lee Michaels
8 Superstar--Carpenters
9 Have You Seen Her--Chi-Lites
10 I've Found Someone of My Own--The Free Movement

Singles entering the chart were Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone (#70); Cherish by David Cassidy (#78); Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by the Temptations (#79); Scorpio by Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#81); I'm a Greedy Man - Part I by James Brown (#83); I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross (#85); Stones by Neil Diamond (#86); Friends with You by John Denver (#88); You are Everything by the Stylistics (#89); Soledad by Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon (#90); Long Promised Road by the Beach Boys (#95); For Ladies Only by Steppenwolf (#96); I'm Yours by Ike & Tina Turner (#99); and A Child of God by Millie Jackson (#100).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
2 One Fine Morning--Lighthouse
3 Maggie May--Rod Stewart
4 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
5 Superstar--Carpenters
6 Down by the River--Joey Gregorash
7 Sweet Sounds of Music--The Bells
8 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
9 Absolutely Right--Five Man Electrical Band
10 Birds of a Feather--Raiders

Singles entering the chart were Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin (#61); I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Anne Murray/Glen Campbell (#65); Got to Be There by Michael Jackson (#66); Thin Line Between Love and Hate by the Persuaders (#91); One Day I Walk by Bruce Cockburn (#95); Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers (#96); Turned 21 by Fludd (#97); To a Place Near the River by Marty Butler (#98); Cherish by David Cassidy (#99); and She by Booker T. and Priscilla (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Peace Train--Cat Stevens
2 The Desiderata--Les Crane
3 It's a Cryin' Shame--Gayle McCormick
4 Yo-Yo--The Osmonds
5 Imagine--John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
6 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves--Cher
7 New Jersey--England Dan and John Ford Coley
8 One More Mountain to Climb--Doctor Music
9 Mammy Blue--Pop-Tops
10 Birds of a Feather--Raiders
Pick hit of the week: Two Divided by Love--The Grass Roots

Defense
In the face of large worldwide protests and shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court had barred any delay, the United States detonated a 5-megaton hydrogen bomb beneath the island of Amchitka in the Aleutians, off the coast of Alaska. The blast, code-named Cannikin, was the last and most powerful of more than 20 tests for a Spartan missile warhead. It was the most powerful man-made explosion in history, registering 7.0 on the Richter scale according to measurements taken in Alaska, and 7.4 on seismographs in Sweden. Although the explosion caused a ground side roll on Amchitka and Adah, an island 190 miles away, it did not cause the earthquake, tidal wave, or emission of radiation feared by protesters.



Football
CFL
Western Semi-Final
Winnipeg 23 @ Saskatchewan 34

Before 14,488 fans at Taylor Field in Regina on a cold Saturday afternoon, Saskatchewan fullback George Reed rushed 31 times for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns, while catching 3 passes for 36. The Roughriders totalled 203 yards rushing, as Bobby Thompson carried 10 times for 48 yards and Silas McKinnie rushed 7 times for 31. Mr. McKinnie also caught 4 passes for 75 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Ron Lancaster completed 15 of 19 passes for 208 passes; in addition to his touchdown pass to Mr. McKinnie, he also completed touchdown passes to Alan Ford and Nolan Bailey. Jack Abendschan converted 4 of the 5 Roughrider touchdowns. Winnipeg quarterback Don Jonas completed 15 of 30 passes for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns. Bob LaRose caught just 2 passes, but they went for touchdowns of 83 yards--on the last play of the 1st half--and 5 yards. Mr. Jonas' other touchdown pass was to Pete Ribbins, and it was the rookie receiver's first CFL major. Jim Thorpe led the Blue Bombers with 6 receptions for 89 yards. Mack Herron rushed 10 times for 49 yards as the Blue Bombers were held to 71 yards rushing.



CIAU
Sherbrooke 2 @ Bishop's 49
Western Ontario 13 @ Ottawa 0
Saskatchewan (2-6) 1 @ Manitoba (5-3) 15
British Columbia (2-6) 14 @ Calgary (5-3) 17

Henry Lodewyks rushed 4 yards for a touchdown and John Radzisewski returned a Saskatchewan fumble 15 yards for a TD in the 2nd quarter as the Bisons beat the Huskies at Pan Am Stadium in Winnipeg in weather that was so cold that the teams agreed to play 20-minute quarters with the clock running continuously, with stoppages after every play in the last 3 minutes of each half.

Don Moulton made 3 interceptions for 132 yards, including a 72-yard return for a touchdown with 4 minutes left in the game, to help the Dinosaurs defeat the Thunderbirds before about 300 fans at McMahon Stadium on a cold Saturday afternoon. Jim Tarves completed a 41-yard pass to Henry Thiessen for a UBC TD with 50 seconds remaining, and UBC linebacker Ted Jung recovered a Calgary fumble at the Dinosaurs' 10-yard line with 24 seconds remaining, but the officials didn't see the recovery, and gave the ball back to Calgary.

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Två av oss--X-Models

#1 single in France (IFOP): Mademoiselle Chang--Michel Berger

South Africa's Top 10 (Springbok Radio)
1 Urgent--Foreigner (4th week at #1)
2 Wired for Sound--Cliff Richard
3 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
4 Endless Love--Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
5 Hold on Tight--Electric Light Orchestra
6 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through--Jim Steinman
7 Green Door--Shakin' Stevens
8 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around--Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
9 One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson
10 Oh No No--Bernie Paul

Singles entering the chart were Slow Hand by the Pointer Sisters (#18); and Everlasting Love by Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet (#19).

At the movies
The Cineplex 12 theatre complex began showing movies at the Village Tree Mall in St. Albert; it was the first Cineplex to open in the Edmonton area. The first movies to show there were: On the Right Track; Dragonslayer; Endless Love; Escape from New York; Life of Brian; So Fine; An Eye for an Eye; The Four Seasons; An American Werewolf in London; Mommie Dearest; The Watcher in the Woods; and Superman II.

Boxing
Larry Holmes (39-0) recovered from a 7th-round knockdown to score a technical knockout of Renaldo Snipes (22-1) at 1:05 of the 11th round at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, retaining his World Boxing Council world heavyweight title. Mr. Snipes was upset that the fight had been stopped, and expressed his dissatisfation to ABC's Howard Cosell in one of Mr. Cosell's most entertaining interviews.



30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Good Vibrations--Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (featuring Loleatta Holloway)

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

Died on this date
Gene Tierney, 70. U.S. actress. Miss Tierney was one of the most popular leading ladies in Hollywood in the 1940s in movies such as Laura (1944); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); The Razor's Edge (1946); and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). She struggled with depression in the 1950s, was institutionalized for a time, and mostly retired from acting. Miss Tierney took up smoking in an effort to acquire a deeper voice, and habit led to her death from emphysema, 13 days before her 71st birthday.

Environment
A Canadian team in Burgan, Kuwait put out the last of 751 oil well fires started by Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's troops at the close of the Gulf War; the estimated cost to Kuwaitis was close to $2 billion.

Olympics
South African officials announced that their nation would participate in the Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992 for the first time in 32 years.

25 years ago
1996

At the movies
The English Patient, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, received its premiere screening in Los Angeles.



20 years ago
2001

Politics and government
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a Republican, was elected Mayor of New York in the most expensive mayoral campaign in American history. Mr. Bloomberg, a Democrat until shortly before the election, received 50.3% of the vote to 47.9% for Democratic Party candidate Mark Green.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (11-7) 12 @ British Columbia (8-10) 24

The game at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver had been rescheduled from September 15 because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.A. The Lions clinched third place in the West Division, and the CFL's final playoff spot, with the win. The Tiger-Cats, with nothing to play for, used backup Cody Ledbetter at quarterback.



10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Hal Kanter, 92. U.S. film and television writer, producer, and director. Mr. Kanter directed the Elvis Presley movie Loving You (1957) and wrote the screenplay for Blue Hawaii (1961), and wrote for comic actors such as Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis. Mr. Kanter was the creator and executive producer of the television comedy series Julia (1968-1971), and was a writer for the Academy Awards broadcasts.

August 3, 2021

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Inka!

1,140 years ago
881

War
Louis III of France defeated Vikings in the Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.

420 years ago
1601

War
Habsburg Monarchy forces, aided by Wallachian forces and Cossacks, captured Transylvania from Transylvanian troops in the Battle of Goroszló in what is now Romania.

230 years ago
1791

Canadiana
New Brunswick's first lighthouse became operational on Partridge Island in Saint John harbour.

210 years ago
1811

Born on this date
Elisha Otis. U.S. industrialist. Mr. Otis invented the safety elevator in 1852, which automatically comes to a halt if the hoisting rope breaks. He successfully demonstrated it at the New York World's Fair in 1853, and founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York the same year. Mr. Otis died of diphtheria on April 8, 1861 at the age of 49.

150 years ago
1871

Born on this date
V.L. Parrington. U.S. historian and football coach. Vernon Louis Parrington taught English at the University of Oklahoma (1897-1908) and was head coach of the university's football team (1897-1900), compiling a record of 9-2-1. He moved to the University of Washington in 1908, and was known for his radical anti-capitalist views and as the founder of the American Studies movement with the publication of his three-volume Main Currents in American Thought (1927), which won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for History. Mr. Parrington's progressive view of American history was heavily influential upon historians from the late 1920s through the 1930s, but came under heavy criticism in the '40s, and he was largely forgotten by 1950, more than two decades after his death on June 16, 1929 at the age of 57.

125 years ago
1896

Born on this date
Ralph Horween. U.S. football player. Mr. Horween, born Ralph Horwitz, was a fullback and punter with the Harvard Crimson in 1916, 1919, and 1920, making the All-American team his first two years and playing on the team that won the 1920 Rose Bowl. Under the name Ralph McMahon, Mr. Horween played in the National Football League with the Racine and Chicago Cardinals from 1921-1923, serving as an assistant coach in 1923. He had a successful career as a lawyer and businessman; he and his brother Arnold, who also played football, ran the family business, the Horween Leather Company, which made the NFL's footballs for many years. Ralph Horween was the first NFL player to reach the age of 100, and he and Arnold were the only Jewish brothers to play in the NFL until Geoff and Mitchell Schwartz in the 2000s. Ralph Horween died on May 26, 1997 at the age of 100.

Died on this date
Philip Abbot. Canadian mountaineer. Mr. Abbot was climbing Mount Lefroy in Alberta when he slipped on rocks and plunged to his death, becoming the first person to die in a mountaineering accident in Canada.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
John C. Stennis. U.S. politician. Mr. Stennis, a Democrat, represented Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1947-1989. Nicknamed "Mr. Integrity," Sen. Stennis was the first Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics from 1965-1975, and Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services from 1969-1981. He died on April 23, 1995 at the age of 93.

Baseball
Ed Scott (6-6), playing the 59th and last game of his 2-year major league career, pitched a complete game and batted 2 for 5 with 2 runs, hitting a solo home run in the top of the 10th inning to break a 7-7 tie as the Cleveland Blues defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-7 before 1,800 fans at Lloyd Street Grounds in Milwaukee.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Alex McCrindle. U.K. actor. Mr. McCrindle, a native of Glasgow, appeared in several television programs in the late 1930s and in movies and television from the early 1950s until his death on April 20, 1990 at the age of 78. He was best known for playing General Jan Dodonna in Star Wars (1977).

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Marilyn Maxwell. U.S. actress. A radio singer whose real first name was Marvel, Miss Maxwell's movies included Lost in a Harem (1944); Champion (1949); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); New York Confidential (1955); and Critic's Choice (1963). She died of an apparent heart attack on March 20, 1972 at the age of 51.

Richard Adler. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Adler and Jerry Ross combined to write songs such as Rags to Riches (1953) and Broadway musicals such as The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (1955). After Mr. Ross's death in 1955, Mr. Adler wrote alone and with various partners; he combined with Robert Allen to write the song Everybody Loves a Lover (1958), a major hit for Doris Day. Mr. Adler died on June 21, 2012 at the age of 90.

Baseball
Ignoring the acquittal by a Chicago jury of the White Sox players accused of conspiring to fix the outcome of the 1919 World Series, major league baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis banned the eight for life, saying, "Regardless of the verdict of juries, no player that...undertakes or promises to throw a ballgame...will ever play professional baseball."

80 years ago
1941

War
Several hundred British planes bombed Berlin, Hamburg, and Kiel during the night of August 2-3. Saigon dispatches reported that Australian and Indian troops were massing on the Malayan-Thai border and that strong Thai forces were concentrating on the Indochinese frontier as Japanese troops moved into Cambodia. Five days after its arrival in Wellington Harbour, the four-masted Finnish barque Pamir was seized in prize by the New Zealand government, which regarded Finland as "territory in enemy occupation" (Finland had joined Nazi Germany’s invasion of their mutual enemy, the Soviet Union, but was not formally a member of the Axis powers). The Pamir remains the only "enemy" vessel ever to be seized by New Zealand.

Diplomacy
U.S. special envoy Harry Hopkins returned by plane to London from Moscow. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked at New London, Connecticut for what was described as a cruise, but actually for the Argentia conference with U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Economics and finance
Japanese ships in American harbours were allowed to sail for home after surrendering $4 million worth of silk as a bond for importers' claims.

Gasoline filling stations along the Eastern seaboard of the United States stopped selling gas at 7 P.M., with only isolated instances of refusal to comply.

75 years ago
1946

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Surrender--Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra (Best Seller--1st week at #1); To Each His Own--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio (Airplay--1st week at #1); The Gypsy--The Ink Spots (Juke Box--10th week at #1); The Gypsy--The Ink Spots; Dinah Shore (Honor Roll of Hits--11th week at #1)

War
Chinese Communist sources said that the Nationalist government had begun an offensive in the province of Shantung south of Peking.

Americana
Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opened in Santa Claus, Indiana.

Agriculture
Canada helped the United Kingdom during postwar shortages by agreeing to supply large amounts of Canadian wheat at below world prices.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Harry Truman announced that the budget deficit for fiscal 1947 would be reduced to $1.9 billion because of increased revenues.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio The Lives of Harry Lime, starring Orson Welles, on BBC
Tonight's episode: Too Many Crooks

This was the first episode of the series.

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Verdict from Space, starring Lon McCallister, Martin Brandt, and William Lally

This was the first episode of the series.



Died on this date
Clarence Everett Field, 81. U.S. physician. Dr. Field was a pioneer in the use of radium for cancer treatment and was head of the New York Radium Institute.

War
United Nations forces took a strategic mountain near Kumsong on the east-central Korean front.

Diplomacy
The U.S.A. and Greece concluded a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, their first since 1921.

Politics and government
The French National Assembly rejected former Finance Minister Maurice Petsche as Prime Minister of a new cabinet based on the June 17 election results.

A U.S. Senate Elections subcommittee unanimously approved a report denouncing "despicable" tactics used by Senator John Marshall Butler (Republican--Maryland) to defeat former Sen. Millard Tydings (Democrat) in the 1950 election, but found no evidence to justify unseating Mr. Butler. Mr. Butler had received support in his campaign from Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Republican--Wisconsin), and had distributed a pamphlet featuring a faked photograph showing Sen. Tydings with former Communist Party U.S.A. leader Earl Browder.

Scandal
U.S. Army Secretary Frank Pace announced the dismissal of 90 U.S. Military Academy cadets, many of them football players, for cheating on exams.

Economics and finance
The Colombian government lifted restrictions on profits earned from foreign capital investments in the country.

Labour
The Argentine government broke a wildcat strike of anti-Peronist railroad workers by threatening them with military trials.

60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade): The Boll Weevil Song--Brook Benton

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Well I Ask You--Eden Kane

Died on this date
Tom Downey, 77. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Downey was an infielder with the Cincinnati Reds (1909-1911); Philadelphia Phillies (1912); Chicago Cubs (1912); and Buffalo Blues (1914-1915), batting .240 with 7 home runs and 188 runs batted in in 651 games. He played 10 seasons in the minor leagues (1902-1919).

Politics and government
A new federal party was created in Canada, as the socialist New Democratic Party came into being, replacing the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation at its convention at Ottawa Coliseum. Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas was elected the NDP's first leader on the first ballot, defeating CCF leader Hazen Argue 1,391-380. It was expected (and proved to be the case) that Woodrow Lloyd would succeed Mr. Douglas as Premier of Saskatchewan.

Baseball
Roberto Clemente batted 5 for 6 with 2 doubles, 4 runs, and 2 runs batted in, while Smoky Burgess was 2 for 4 with 2 home runs, 2 bases on balls, 3 runs, and 6 RBIs, as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored all their runs in the first 6 innings of a 19-0 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals before 11,514 fans at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Harvey Haddix (7-5) pitched a 4-hit shutout, while Al Cicotte (2-4) took the loss.

John Roseboro led off the 9th inning with a home run to tie the score and reached first base on an error by Joey Amalfitano with the bases loaded and 2 out in the bottom of the 10th, allowing Larry Sherry to score the winning run as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the San Francisco Giants 4-3 before 33,505 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mr. Sherry (3-2) allowed 1 hit in 3 scoreless innings of relief, and drew a base on balls to lead off the 10th.

Rocky Colavito led off the bottom of the 4th inning with his 30th home run of the season to break a 1-1 tie as the Detroit Tigers edged the Washington Senators 2-1 before 8,991 fans at Tiger Stadium. Jim Bunning (12-8) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Bennie Daniels (6-6).

The Boston Red Sox broke a 0-0 tie with 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning as they shut out the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 before 12,057 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Don Schwall (12-2) pitched a 4-hitter to outduel Ken McBride (9-7).

50 years ago
1971

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Kvällstoppen): Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)--Raiders

#1 single in Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade): Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep--Middle of the Road (9th week at #1)

Politics and government
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics officially changed its name to Statistics Canada. I don't know what it was like under the old name, but under its present name it's the most overrated such agency in the world, full of dishonest, butt-covering incompetents.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (1-2) 16 @ Montreal (1-0) 29

40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Medley--Stars on 45 (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Shiroi Parasol--Seiko Matsuda

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Ay, Amor--Víctor Manuel (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes (4th week at #1)

Music
This blogger and his brother were in attendance at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton to see Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in the second-last concert of a lengthy tour. It was a good show, featuring old and new Four Seasons' songs as well as songs from Mr. Valli's solo career. The price of a single ticket was $12.50.

Politics and government
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launched the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.

Labour
U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.

Baseball
Because the major league strike was still on, the annual Hall of Fame Game, scheduled to be played at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York this year between the Cincinnati Reds and Oakland Athletics, was cancelled, and replaced by a game between the Oneonta Yankees and Elmira Pioneer Red Sox of the Class A New York-Pennsylvania League. The Yankees came back from a 6-2 deficit to win 8-6, with the teams combining to hit 6 home runs.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Rapput (Senza Fiato)--Claudio Bisio; Rocco Tanica (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)--Crystal Waters (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)--Crystal Waters (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): La Zoubida--Lagaf' (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (CIN): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (4th week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Driver's Seat--Sniff 'n' the Tears (3rd week at #1)
2 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
3 Burbujas de Amor--Juan Luis Guerra y 4;40
4 More than Words--Extreme
5 Now that We Found Love--Heavy D and the Boyz
6 You Could Be Mine--Guns N' Roses
7 I Wanna Sex You Up--Color Me Badd
8 La Cumbia--Sailor
9 Send Me an Angel--Scorpions
10 Mooi Man--Mannenkoor Karrespoor

Singles entering the chart were Always There by Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown (#28); The Beginning by Seal (#30); Tu Solo Tu by Gerard Joling (#31); Bitter Tears by INXS (#34); Words by Nadieh (#37); and From a Distance by Bette Midler (#38).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (2nd week at #1)
2 P.A.S.S.I.O.N.--Rythm Syndicate
3 Right Here, Right Now--Jesus Jones
4 Summertime--D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
5 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
6 It Ain't Over 'til it's Over--Lenny Kravitz
7 Unbelievable--EMF
8 Temptation--Corina
9 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)--Roxette
10 I'll Be There--The Escape Club

Singles entering the chart were The Truth by Tami Show (#72); Hole Hearted by Extreme (#75); The One and Only by Chesney Hawkes (#79); Turn it Up by Oaktown's 3.5.7 (#82); That's the Way Love Goes by Young M.C. (#87); Get Serious by Cut 'N' Move (#90); Just Want to Hold You by Jasmine Guy (#91); and Don't Want to be a Fool by Luther Vandross (#92).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
2 Right Here, Right Now--Jesus Jones
3 P.A.S.S.I.O.N.--Rythm Syndicate
4 Every Heartbeat--Amy Grant
5 Unbelievable—EMF
6 Place in this World--Michael W. Smith
7 Fading Like a Flower--Roxette
8 Rush Rush--Paula Abdul
9 Temptation--Corina
10 It Ain't Over 'til it's Over--Lenny Kravitz

Singles entering the chart were There She Goes by the La's (#64); Got a Love for You by Jomanda (#75); The Truth by Tami Show (#81); Silver Thunderbird by Marc Cohn (#84); Don't Want to Be a Fool by Luther Vandross (#87); Power Windows by Billy Falcon (#88); Hey Stoopid by Alice Cooper (#89); and Latin Active by Lighter Shade of Brown (#90).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams
2 Rush Rush—Paula Abdul
3 Fading Like a Flower--Roxette
4 It Ain't Over 'til it's Over--Lenny Kravitz
5 More than Words—Extreme
6 Superman's Song--Crash Test Dummies
7 Something to Talk About--Bonnie Raitt
8 A Better Love--Londonbeat
9 The Rhythm of Your Love--Glass Tiger
10 Crazy--Seal

Singles entering the chart were It Hit Me Like a Hammer by Huey Lewis and the News (#40); I am Here by the Grapes of Wrath (#61); Higher than Hope by Daryl Braithwaite (#78); Too Many Walls by Cathy Dennis (#86); Hard to Handle by the Black Crowes (#87); Things that Make You Go Hmmm... by C + C Music Factory (#89); Love You 'Til it Hurts by Chrissy Steele (#90); D for Democracy by Spirit of the West (#95); Temptation by Corina (#97); and Smokestack Lightning by Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991.

25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Macarena--Los Del Rio (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Macarena--Los Del Rio

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Wannabe--Spice Girls (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
2 You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow--Toni Braxton
3 How Do U Want It/California Love--2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo/2 Pac featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
4 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman
5 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)--R. Kelly
6 Change the World--Eric Clapton
7 Twisted--Keith Sweat
8 You Learn/You Oughta Know--Alanis Morissette
9 C'mon n' Ride It (The Train)--Quad City DJ's
10 Loungin--LL Cool J

Singles entering the chart were Why Does it Hurt So Bad by Whitney Houston (#60); Baby Luv by Groove Theory (#70); All I See by A+ (#77); Po Pimp by Do or Die (featuring Twista) (#78); So Many Ways by the Braxtons (#94); and Tell Me (I'll Be Around) by Shades (#97). Why Does it Hurt So Bad was from the movie Waiting to Exhale (1995). So Many Ways was from the movie High School High (1996).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow--Toni Braxton (4th week at #1)
2 You Learn/You Oughta Know--Alanis Morissette
3 How Do You Want It/California Love--2Pac (featuring KC and JoJo)/(featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman)
4 I Can't Sleep (If I)--R. Kelly
5 Twisted--Keith Sweat
6 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio
7 Change the World--Eric Clapton
8 C'mon n' Ride It (The Train)--Quad City DJ’s
9 Give Me One Reason--Tracy Chapman
10 Who Will Save Your Soul--Jewel

Singles entering the chart were You Oughta Know; Change the World; Elevators (Me & You) by Outkast (#35); Stupid Girl by Garbage (#37); Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis (#54); Like a Woman by Tony Rich (#70); Paparazzi by Xzibit (#83); Waiting for Wednesday by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (#84); Pepper by Butthole Surfers (#86); Baby Luv by Groove Theory (#88); Wishes by Nathan Morris (#89); and The Bizness/Stakes is High by De La Soul featuring Common Sense/De La Soul (#92).

Olympics
Caribbean natives Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey (running in that order) won the gold medal in the men's 4 X 100-metre relay race to crown Canada's performance at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.



Football
CFL
Ottawa (1-5) 2 @ Edmonton (4-2) 30

Danny McManus threw touchdown passes to Darren Flutie, Eddie Brown, and Nick Mazzoli as the Eskimos routed the Rough Riders before 25,773 fans on the first Armed Forces Night at Commonwealth Stadium. Mr. Brown caught 5 passes for 115 yards, while Eric Blount led the Edmonton rushing attack with 100 yards on 19 carries. The Edmonton defense recorded 8 quarterback sacks. The Rough Riders, playing their last game in Edmonton, opened the scoring on a single by Wayne Lammle on the opening kickoff.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Christopher Hewett, 80. U.K. actor and director. Mr. Hewett acted in and directed plays on Broadway in New York and the West End in London, but was best known for playing the title character in the television comedy series Mr. Belvedere (1985-1990). He died from complications of diabetes.

Terrorism
Seven people were injured when a car bomb containing 45 kilograms of explosives was detonated in west London.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (2-3) 14 @ Winnipeg (3-2) 32
Toronto (2-3) 36 @ Calgary (1-4) 35



Baseball
The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 10-1 before 20,115 fans at SkyDome in Toronto in a game that saw an invasion of aphids in the 3rd inning. Home plate umpire Tim Welke asked that the SkyDome roof be closed. Toronto third baseman Felipe Lopez batted 2 for 5 with a double, run, and run batted in, making 4 assists in his first major league game. Kris Foster, the third of four Baltimore pitchers, pitched a scoreless 7th inning, allowing 1 hit, striking out 1 batter and walking none in his major league debut.

Jason Giambi led off the 9th inning with a home run to break a 1-1 tie as the Oakland Athletics edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1 before 30,071 fans at Comerica Park in Detroit. Tim Hudson (13-6) pitched a 9-hitter to outduel Jeff Weaver (10-10), who allowed just 4 hits.

Mark Buehrle (9-6) pitched a 1-hitter, and Paul Konerko and Jose Canseco each hit 2-run home runs for the Chicago White Sox as they shut out the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-0 before 19,330 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Damian Rolls' single leading off the 7th inning was the only hit off Mr. Buehrle, who had a perfect game through 5 innings.

David Ortiz doubled home Greg Mientkiewicz from first base with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th inning to tie the score and Jacque Jones doubled home pinch runner Chad Allen from second base with 2 out to give the Minnesota Twins an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals before 21,006 fans at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Randy Johnson (14-5) and Troy Brohawn combined to pitch a 2-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they shut out the New York Mets 7-0 before 43,806 fans at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.

The Colorado Rockies allowed 4 runs in the top of the 1st inning, but came back with 6 in the bottom of the 1st and 4 in the 2nd as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-7 before 38,836 fans at Coors Field in Denver. Colorado starting pitcher Mike Hampton (11-8) allowed 9 hits and 6 runs--all earned--in 7 innings, while Pittsburgh starter Jimmy Anderson (6-11) allowed 11 hits and 11 runs--all earned--in just 2.1 innings. Kimera Bartee played the last 3 innings in left field for Colorado, with no plate appearances or fielding chances in the 243rd and last game of his 6-year major league career.

Pinch hitter Angel Echevarria led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a double, and pinch runner Lou Collier advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a wild pitch to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves before 42,259 fans at Miller Park in Milwaukee.

Barry Bonds was hit by a pitch with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning and Andres Galarraga hit a home run with 2 out to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 41,679 fans at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco.

10 years ago
2011

Died on this date
Bubba Smith, 66. U.S. football player and actor. Charles Aaron Smith was a defensive end with the Michigan State University Spartans (1964-1966), earning All-American honours in his last two seasons. He was the first choice in the National Football League draft in 1967, and played with the Baltimore Colts (1967-1972); Oakland Raiders (1973-1974); and Houston Oilers (1975-1976), helping the Colts win the NFL championship in 1968 and the Super Bowl in 1970-71, and earning First Team All-Pro recognition in 1971. Mr. Smith appeared in movies and television programs and commercials, usually in comic roles. He played Moses Hightower in the first six Police Academy movies, and appeared in commercials for Miller Lite beer. Mr. Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He died from heart disease and acute intoxication of the weight-loss drug Phentermine; an autopsy revealed that he had CTE, a degenerative brain disease commonly found in football players.

World events
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied all charges against him as he went on trial for alleged corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters who'd helped drive him from power.

August 1, 2021

730 years ago
1291

Europeana
The Old Swiss Confederacy was formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.

450 years ago
1571

War
The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus concluded with the surrender of Famagusta.

220 years ago
1801

War
The American schooner USS Enterprise captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.

130 years ago
1891

Born on this date
Karl Kobelt. President of the Swiss Confederation, 1946, 1952. Mr. Kobelt, a member of the Free Democratic Party, was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1940-1954), and was also in charge of the Military Department during his time as President. He died on January 5, 1968 at the age of 76.

120 years ago
1901

Born on this date
Francisco Guilledo, aka Pancho Villa. Filipino boxer. Mr. Guilledo fought under the name Pancho Villa and won the world flyweight title by knocking out Jimmy Wilde in the 7th round on June 18, 1923. He still held the title at the time of his death on July 14, 1925, 18 days before his 24th birthday, resulting from infection after having several teeth removed. Mr. Villa compiled a professional record of 89-8-4-2. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994.

110 years ago
1911

Born on this date
Jackie Ormes. U.S. journalist and cartoonist. Mrs. Ormes, born Zelda Mavin Jackson, was a journalist with the Pittsburgh Courier and later the Chicago Defender, but was better known as the first Negro female cartoonist in the U.S.A., writing and drawing the comic strip Torchy Brown (1937-1954) and comic panel Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger (1945-1956). She died from a cerebral hemorrhage on December 26, 1985 at the age of 74.

Died on this date
Samuel Arza Davenport, 77. U.S. politician and journalist. Mr. Davenport, a lawyer by profession, was owner and publisher of the Erie Gazette (1865-1890). A Republican, he represented Pennsylvania's at-large district in the U.S. House of Representatives (1897-1901).

Aviation
Harriet Quimby took her pilot's test and became the first American woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.

100 years ago
1921

Born on this date
Jack Kramer. U.S. tennis player and broadcaster. Mr. Kramer was the world's number one-ranked player in the late 1940s-early '50s. He won three Grand Slam singles titles and six Grand Slam doubles titles, and after turning professional in 1947, two Pro Slam singles titles. He worked with the British Broadcasting Corporation as a commentator on the Wimbledon Championships from 1960 until he was dropped in 1973 because of his leading role in the boycott of Wimbledon by 81 male professionals in response to the tournament's exclusion of Yugoslavian professional Nikola Pilić. Mr. Kramer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1968, and died on September 12, 2009 at the age of 88.

Pat McDonald. Australian actress. Miss McDonald appeared in radio, stage, screen, and television, and was best known as a longtime cast member of the television soap operas Number 96 (1972-1977) and Sons and Daughters (1981-1987). She died of pancreatic cancer on March 10, 1990 at the age of 68.

80 years ago
1941

Economics and finance
In Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, wartime rationing forced the Prince Albert Restaurant Association to raise coffee prices from 5¢ per cup to 6¢ per cup.

75 years ago
1946

Died on this date
Andrey Vlasov, 44. U.S.S.R. military officer. Lieutenant General Vlasov joined the Soviet Red Army in 1919; he fought in the Battle of Moscow in World War II, and was captured attempting to lift the siege of Leningrad in 1942. Lt. Gen. Vlasov then defected to the Germans and headed the Russkaya osvoboditel'naya armiya (ROA) (Russian Liberation Army) until near the end of the war, when he switched back and ordered the ROA to aid the Prague uprising against the Germans. He was captured by Soviet forces, and hanged for treason in Moscow with 11 other ROA officers.

Politics and government
U.S. President Harry Truman signed the congressional acts that established the Atomic Energy Commission and the Fulbright Scholarship program.

70 years ago
1951

On the radio
Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, on NBC

Theatre
Le Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) was founded in Montreal by comedians Jean-Louis Roux, Jean Gascon , Guy Hoffmann, Georges Groulx, Robert Gadouas, and Éloi de Grandmont. The evening of the premiere, l'Avare by Molière was presented in a production by Jean Gascon.

War
In response to Communist demands for the restoration of the 38th Parallel as the demarcation line in Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson said that the United States wanted a truce line on the present front, which it considered "defensible."

World events
The Western Allies began a "little airlift" of freight cargoes from West Berlin to West Germany to thwart Communist control of land shipments of through the Soviet zone.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom demanded in the United Nations Security Council that Egypt end its "unjustified" and "increasingly abusive" blockade of shipments to Israel through the Suez Canal.

Defense
U.S. President Harry Truman named Atlantic Fleet Commander Admiral William Fechteler to succeed the late Adm. Forrest Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations. President Truman established an independent Defense Materials Procurement Agency to supervise the stockpiling of strategic materials.

The British Supply Ministry reported that atomic weapons were now under construction in Britain, but refused to disclose whether any had been completed.

Politics and government
Uruguay's two major political groups, the Colorado and Nationalist Parties, agreed to abolish the presidential system of government in favour of a nine-man federal council based on the Swiss model.

Journalism
French Morocco lifted press censorship, which had been in place since 1939.

Health
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee condemned the use of chemicals to make bread softer and more attractive, urging a ban on the addition of non-nutritive ingredients to food.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Truman formally proclaimed the suspension of trade concessions to the U.S.S.R. and all Soviet bloc states in Europe and the Far East.

Boxing
Former world heavyweight champion Joe Louis (65-2) won a unanimous 10-round decision over Cesar Brion (32-6) at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. It was the second decision Mr. Louis had won over Mr. Brion in just over eight months.



60 years ago
1961

Hit parade
#1 single in Norway (VG-lista): Hello Mary Lou/Travelin' Man--Ricky Nelson (4th week at #1)

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Ottawa (3-1) 22 @ British Columbia (2-2) 14
Saskatchewan (0-2) 7 Calgary (1-2) 14 @ Spokane

50 years ago
1971

Died on this date
Johnny McDermott, 79. U.S. golfer. Mr. McDermott turned professional in 1908, and the Philadelphia native became the first American-born golfer to win the U.S. Open, winning it in 1911 and 1912. He was 19 when he won in 1911, and remains the youngest to win the tournament, while his 1912 U.S. Open win marked the first time a golfer was able to break par over 72 holes in a significant event. Mr. McDermott won five more tournaments through 1913, and in 1914 attempted to play in the British Open, but was delayed by travel difficulties, and arrived too late to play. On the return voyage aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, the ship collided with an English grain carrier in fog in the English Channel and was forced to return to port. There were no fatalities and the passengers made the trip aboard another ship the next day, but the incident, combined with other concerns such as failed investments, apparently so upset Mr. McDermott that he had a mental breakdown shortly afterward, and never recovered, spending the rest of his life in and out of mental hospitals. He attended the 1971 U.S. Open near Philadelphia, six weeks before his death from heart failure, 11 days before his 80th birthday, and a day after playing nine holes at Valley Forge Golf Club.

Jim Maloney, 68. U.S. boxer. Mr. Maloney was a heavyweight who compiled a professional record of 51-18-2 from 1924-1934. He had four fights against future world champion Jack Sharkey (1924-1927), losing three. Mr. Maloney was a fish peddler during his boxing career, and later worked as a referee and boxing instructor.

Space
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin discovered the "Genesis Rock," thought to date from the origin of the moon.

Music
George Harrison and several other prominent musicians staged The Concert for Bangladesh, which attracted 40,000 people to two shows at Madison Square Garden in New York.



40 years ago
1981

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Enola Gay--OMD (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Only Crying--Keith Marshall (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland: The Streets of New York--Wolfe Tones (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need this Pressure On)--Spandau Ballet

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Green Door--Shakin' Stevens

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Strada del sole--Rainhard Fendrich
2 Stars on 45--Stars on 45
3 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
4 Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)--Ottawan
5 Agadou--Saragossa Band
6 Video Life--Bilgeri
7 Consuela Biaz--Boney M.
8 This Ole House--Shakin' Stevens
9 Maledetta primavera--Loretta Goggi
10 Sarà perché ti amo--Ricchi & Poveri

Singles entering the chart were Strada del sole; Maledetta primavera; Sarà perché ti amo; All Those Years Ago by George Harrison (#14); and No me hables by Juan Pardo (#17).

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 One Day in Your Life--Michael Jackson (2nd week at #1)
2 Caribbean Disco Show--Lobo
3 Rio--Maywood
4 Going Back to My Roots--Odyssey
5 More Stars--Stars on 45
6 Chequered Love--Kim Wilde
7 Only Crying--Keith Marshall
8 You Drive Me Crazy--Shakin' Stevens
9 A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)--Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio
10 How 'bout Us--Champaign

Singles entering the chart were De Nederlandse Sterre Die Strale Overal! by Rubberen Robbie (#14); Wordy Rappinghood by Tom Tom Club (#20); Hold on Tight by Electric Light Orchestra (#23); Ghost Town by the Specials (#28); There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis by Kirsty MacColl (#30); Une Chambre Pour la Nuit by Pussycat (#36); and Amor de Mis Amores (Que Nadie Sepa Mis Sufrir) by Julio Iglesias (#37).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield
2 The One that You Love--Air Supply
3 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
4 I Don't Need You--Kenny Rogers
5 Elvira--The Oak Ridge Boys
6 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
7 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
8 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
9 Hearts--Marty Balin
10 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton

Singles entering the chart were I Could Never Miss You (More than I Do) by Lulu (#71); A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#82); Tempted by Squeeze (#83); The Sensitive Kind by Santana (#85); We Can Get Together by Icehouse (#86); and We're in this Love Together by Al Jarreau (#88).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Elvira--The Oak Ridge Boys
2 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
3 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield
4 The One that You Love—Air Supply
5 I Don't Need You--Kenny Rogers
6 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
7 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
8 You Make My Dreams--Daryl Hall & John Oates
9 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
10 Hearts--Marty Balin

Singles entering the chart were I Could Never Miss You (More than I Do) by Lulu (#77); The Sensitive Kind by Santana (#86); Straight from the Heart by the Allman Brothers Band (#87); We're in this Love Together by Al Jarreau (#89); and Secrets by Mac Davis (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield
2 Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not)--Joey Scarbury
3 The One that You Love--Air Supply
4 Elvira--The Oak Ridge Boys
5 I Don't Need You--Kenny Rogers
6 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
7 Queen of Hearts--Juice Newton
8 Bette Davis Eyes--Kim Carnes
9 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
10 Hearts--Marty Balin

Singles entering the chart were For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton (#69); Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) by Don Felder (#73); Chloe by Elton John (#76); I Could Never Miss You (More than I Do) by Lulu (#85); Straight from the Heart by the Allman Brothers Band (#86); We're in this Love Together by Al Jarreau (#87); She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) by Carl Carlton (#88); The Sensitive Kind by Santana (#89); You Don't Know Me by Mickey Gilley (#90); and Just Be My Lady by Larry Graham (#95).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Gemini Dream--The Moody Blues (3rd week at #1)
2 Boy from New York City--The Manhattan Transfer
3 A Life of Illusion--Joe Walsh
4 Jessie's Girl--Rick Springfield
5 In the Air Tonight--Phil Collins
6 Arc of a Diver--Steve Winwood
7 Slow Hand--Pointer Sisters
8 You Make My Dreams--Daryl Hall & John Oates
9 Hearts--Marty Balin
10 The One that You Love--Air Supply

Singles entering the chart were Stop Draggin' My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks (with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (#22); Lady (You Bring Me Up) by the Commodores (#25); Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe it or Not) by Joey Scarbury (#26); Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton (#28); and Hold on Tight by Electric Light Orchestra (#30).

Died on this date
Paddy Chayefsky, 58. U.S. writer. Sidney Aaron Chayefsky wrote novels and plays, but was primarily known for his work in television and cinema. He was one of the most renowned dramatists in the "Golden Age of Television" in the 1950s, with his best known work being Marty (1953). Mr. Chayefsky was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning for his screenplays for Marty (1955); The Hospital (1971); and Network (1976). He died of cancer.

Kevin Lynch, 25. U.K. criminal. Mr. Lynch was a member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in Northern Ireland who was sentenced to 10 years in Maze Prison in December 1977 for stealing shotguns, taking part in a punishment shooting, and conspiring to take arms from the security forces. Mr. Lynch was one of several prisoners taking part in a hunger strike, and died on the 71st day of his hunger strike.

Television
MTV began broadcasting in the United States at 12:01 A.M. The first video shown was Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-2) 5 @ Edmonton (4-1) 41

Jim Germany became the first Eskimo to score 4 touchdowns in a game; he scored all his touchdowns on the ground as he rushed for 75 yards in the game at Commonwealth Stadium.

30 years ago
1991

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): (Everything I Do) I Do it for You--Bryan Adams (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Chris Short, 53. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Short played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1959-1972) and Milwaukee Brewers (1973), compiling a record of 135-132 with an earned run average of 3.43 in 501 games. He was at his best from 1964-1968, winning 20 games in 1966. Mr. Short suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in November 1988, and remained in a coma until his death.

Football
CFL
Toronto (3-1) 41 @ British Columbia (3-1) 52 (OT)

Ray Ethridge's 94-yard kickoff return for a B.C. touchdown in overtime was the key play in an exciting game before a capacity crowd of 53,527 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver.





25 years ago
1996

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Killing Me Softly--The Fugees (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Tadeusz Reichstein, 99. Polish-born Swiss chemist. Dr. Reichstein succeeded in synthesizing vitamin C and shared the 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Philip Hench and Edward Kendall "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects," which culminated in the isolation of cortisone. Dr. Reichstein died 12 days after his 99th birthday.

Mohamed Farrah Aidid, 61. Somali warlord. General Aidid led a faction that opposed President Mohamed Siad Barre's regime in the early 1990s. Gen. Aidid declared himself President of Somalia in June 1995, but was not internationally recognized as such. He died of a heart attack eight days after being wounded in a clash with rival factions.

Olympics
Michael Johnson of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 200-metre run in a world record time of 19.32 seconds before 82,884 fans at Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, becoming the first man to win the 200-metre and 400-metre events in the same Olympics. Three days earlier, Mr. Johnson had run the 400 metres in 43.49 seconds.



Football
CFL
Montreal (2-4) 31 @ Toronto (5-1) 40

Doug Flutie rushed for 2 touchdowns and passed for another to lead the Argonauts over the Alouettes before 20,302 fans at SkyDome. Norman Bradford rushed for 184 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Alouettes.

20 years ago
2001

Died on this date
Korey Stringer, 27. U.S. football player. Mr. Stringer played offensive tackle at Ohio State University (1992-1994), earning All-American honours in his last season. He played 93 games with the Minnesota Vikings (1995-2000), and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl in his final season. Mr. Stringer stood 6' 4" and weighed 336 pounds when he showed up to the Vikings' training camp late in July 2001, and experienced difficulty in practice, brought on by the extremely hot weather the team was practicing in. He died shortly after practice from multiple organ failure resulting from heat stroke. Mr. Stringer's death resulted in drastic changes in how professional and amateur teams deal with heat-related illness.



Crime
Scotland Yard police were investigating claims by a 13-year-old boy in London that he had been kept prisoner in his home for eight years.

10 years ago
2011

Economics and finance
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 269-161 to pass emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.