November 9, 2017

300 years ago
1717

Born on this date
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye. Canadian explorer and trader. Mr. La Vérendrye, his three brothers, and father Pierre pushed the fur trade and exploration west from the Great Lakes. The La Vérendrye brothers and two colleagues were thought to be the the first Europeans to have crossed the northern Great Plains and seen the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye was six days past his 44th birthday when he was among the casualties of the ship Auguste when it sank off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on November 15, 1761.

150 years ago
1867

Politics and government
The Tokugawa shogunate handed power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

130 years ago
1887

Defense
The United States took possession of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with the U.S. Navy having exclusive rights to maintain a coaling and repair station.

125 years ago
1892

Born on this date
Mabel Normand. U.S. actress. Miss Normand was a popular leading lady in silent comedy films with the Mack Sennett studio in the 1910s. She appeared with Charlie Chaplin in 12 movies and with Fatty Arbuckle in another 17. Her career declined in the 1920s, and she was linked to several scandals before her death from tuberculosis at the age of 37 on February 23, 1930.

Politics and government
Edgar Dewdney was installed as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.

120 years ago
1897

Born on this date
Harvey Hendrick. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Hendrick played football and baseball at Vanderbilt University before playing first base and outfield with seven major league teams from 1923-1934, batting .308 with 48 home runs and 413 runs batted in in 922 games. His best season was 1929, when he batted .354 with 14 homers and 82 RBIs with the Brooklyn Robins. As a rookie in 1923, Mr. Hendrick was a member of the New York Yankees when they won their first World Series championship, and batted 0 for 1 in the World Series. Mr. Hendrick committed suicide by shooting himself on October 29, 1941, 11 days before his 44th birthday.

110 years ago
1907

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (2-4) 0 @ Montreal (5-1) 25

ORFU
Final
(Montreal) Westmount 4 @ Peterboro 25

ARU
Calgary (1-1) 5 @ Edmonton (2-0) 23

Canadian university
Ottawa (3-1-1) 0 @ McGill (2-3) 23
Queen's (1-3-1) 5 @ Toronto (3-2) 20

Percy Hardisty scored a touchdown and 3 converts to help the Capitals defeat Calgary to win the Alberta Rugby Union championship.

80 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Ramsay MacDonald, 71. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1924, 1929-1935. Mr. MacDonald was one of the founders of the British Labour Party; he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1906, and became leader of the party in 1914. He became the first Prime Minister from the Labour Party when he led a minority government from January-November 1924, but Labour was defeated in the 1924 general election, and Mr. MacDonald was Leader of the Opposition until 1929, when the general election resulted in a Labour government, with Liberal support. The onset of the depression resulted in a decline of support for the Labour government, but Mr. MacDonald formed a National Government, which included Conservatives and Liberals, and which won a majority in the 1931 general election, but led many members of the Labour Party to regard Mr. MacDonald as a traitor to the party. Mr. MacDonald was known for his interest in foreign policy, and was criticized as an appeaser of Germany's Nazi regime. Mr. MacDonald's health declined, and he resigned as Prime Minister in 1935 in favour of former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, a Conservative. Mr. MacDonald died while at sea on a voyage to improve his health.

War
The Chinese Army withdrew from the Battle of Shanghai against invading Japanese forces.

Law
Québec Police undertook their first action to uphold Québec Premier Maurice Duplessis' Padlock Law (Act Respecting Communistic Propaganda) against subversive organizations, locking the doors of the Communist Party newspaper Clarté. The statute allowed the attorney general to close any building used for propagating "communism or bolshevism;" the Act was declared unconstitutional, as an invasion of the federal field of criminal law, by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1957.

70 years ago
1942

Died on this date
Charles Courtney Curran, 81. U.S. artist. Mr. Curran painted over 1,500 pictures, mainly of women in various settings.

Edna May Oliver, 59. U.S. actress. Miss Oliver, born Edna May Nutter, was a character actress who was known for comic roles, often playing sarcastic spinsters. She starred in the first three movies of the Hildegarde Withers series of detective films (1932-1935), and appeared in serious parts in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) and David Copperfield (1935). Miss Oliver died of an intestinal ailment on her 59th birthday.

War
Allied European Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower named General H.H. Giraud as the leader of the French movement to prevent Axis aggression in North Africa and would organize a French North African army. U.S. troops penetrated east and west of Oran, Algeria. American torpedo boats attacked three Japanese destroyers in Indispensable Strait and scored a hit on one, while U.S. planes destroyed six Japanese landing craft west of the American positions on Guadalcanal.

Diplomacy
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Mexican President Manuel Avila Camacho announced that their respective countries were breaking diplomatic relations with the Vichy French regime.

Law
In his first case as a lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court, former Republican Party U.S. presidential nominee Wendell Willkie defended California Communist Party leader William Schneiderman against a lower court ruling cancelling his naturalization papers.

Agriculture
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 1941 congressional act penalizing farmers 49c per bushel for all wheat grown in excess of their marketing quotas.

70 years ago
1947

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring John Stanley and Alfred Shirley, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Cadaver in the Roman Toga

World events
Former Siamese dictator Luang Pibul Songgram overthrew the government of Prime Minister Luang Dhamrong Nawasawat in a bloodless coup in Bangkok.

The Ecuadorian Army reported the suppression of an armed revolt in Quito.

Academia
China signed an exchange pact with the United States, promising an annual payment of $1 million for 20 years to cover the cost of educating Chinese and American students in universities of both countries.

Basketball
PBLA
Chicago (6-0) 51 @ Tulsa (5-2) 48

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Around the World--Bing Crosby; Nat "King" Cole (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Köhlerliesel--Die Heimatsänger (5th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): That'll Be the Day--The Crickets (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Jailhouse Rock--Elvis Presley
2 Wake Up Little Susie--The Everly Brothers
3 Chances Are--Johnny Mathis
4 Silhouettes--The Rays
5 You Send Me--Sam Cooke
6 Be-Bop Baby--Ricky Nelson
7 Honeycomb--Jimmie Rodgers
8 My Special Angel--Bobby Helms
9 Fascination--Jane Morgan
10 Melodie d'Amour (Melody of Love)--The Ames Brothers

Singles entering the chart were Raunchy by Bill Justis and his Orchestra (#43); Rock and Roll Music by Chuck Berry (#46); Bony Moronie by Larry Williams (#48); Kisses Sweeter than Wine by Jimmie Rodgers (#50); Love Me Forever by the Four Esquires (#55); Never Be Afraid by Bing Crosby (#58); and Could This Be Magic by the Dubs (#60).

Defense
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, ending a four-day state visit to India, said that his country, although under Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) protection, would not join any military alliance.

Politics and government
The U.S. Senate Government Operations Committee staff report urged a major overhaul of U.S. scientific and technological programs, criticizing "unnecessary duplication and waste of scientific personnel" in current government-sponsored projects.

Football
IRFU
Toronto (4-10) 27 @ Montreal (6-8) 0
Ottawa (8-6) 12 @ Hamilton (10-4) 13

WIFU
Semi-Finals
Winnipeg 13 @ Calgary 13 (First game of 2-game total points series)

ORFU
Finals
London 8 @ Kitchener-Waterloo 14 (Kitchener-Waterloo led best-of-three series 1--0)

The Stampeders led 13-4 after 3 quarters, but Kenny Ploen threw a touchdown pass to Frank Gilliam, Mr. Ploen converted, and Gerry James scored 2 singles on missed field goal attempts to give the Blue Bombers the tie at Mewata Stadium.

Royal Bailey and Syl O'Hara scored touchdowns and Mike Norcia and Bob Celeri added singles for the Dutchmen as they beat the Lords at Seagram Stadium in Waterloo. Ed Dearmon scored the London touchdown, converted by Don Wright; Jim Thompson added a single.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Kitaguni no Futari (In a Lonesome City)--Jackey Yoshikawa and his Blue Comets (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Dragnet 1968, starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Big Ad



Died on this date
Charles Bickford, 76. U.S. actor. Mr. Bickford was a character actor in plays, movies, and television programs in a career spanning 56 years. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his supporting performances in The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Farmer's Daughter (1947); and Johnny Belinda (1948). Mr. Bickford died of pneumonia and a blood infection.

Space
Apollo 4, the first test of the Saturn V rocket, lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida; the unmanned spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean eight hours later ( see video and hear audio).



Journalism
The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published.

Disasters
14 people were killed and 70 injured when a Milan-to-Palermo express train ran into a herd of buffalo and then hit another train.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): The Name of the Game--ABBA

Died on this date
Fred Haney, 81. U.S. baseball player, coach, and manager. Mr. Haney was a third baseman with the Detroit Tigers (1922-1925); Boston Red Sox (1926-1927); Chicago Cubs (1927); and St. Louis Cardinals (1929), batting .275 with 8 home runs and 228 runs batted in in 622 games. In a 16-year minor league career from 1918-1938, Mr. Haney batted .304 with 31 homers in 1,741 games. He managed the St. Louis Browns (1939-1941); Pittsburgh Pirates (1953-1955); and Milwaukee Braves (1956-1959), compiling a record of 629-757 (.454). He led the Braves to the World Series championship in 1957 and the National League pennant in 1958. Earlier, Mr. Haney had managed the Hollywood Stars to the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1949. Mr. Haney served as the first general manager of the Los Angeles and California Angels of the American League from 1961-1968.

War
Israeli planes conducted heavy bombing raids over southern Lebanon, ostensibly in reprisal for a recent attack on Nahariya in northern Israel. The Lebanese government reported that more than 100 people, most of them civilians, had been killed. Israeli officials claimed that the targets were Palestinian guerrilla enclaves near Tyre, held responsible for the attack on Nahariya.

Diplomacy
Seven U.S. Senators visited Panama to inspect the Panama Canal and see how Panamanians regarded the new treaties with the United States.

Law
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation revising federal mine-safety regulations.

Hockey
NHL
Vancouver 6 @ St. Louis 8

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): La Bamba--Los Lobos (7th week at #1)

Politics and government
U.S. Senator Bob Dole of Kansas announced his intention to enter the contest for the 1988 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): It Will Make Me Crazy--Felix

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (8th week at #1)

Died on this date
Carl G. Hempel, 92. German-born U.S. philosopher. Dr. Hempel, began his career in Germany, but emigrated to the United States in 1937. He became a major figure in the field of logical empiricism.

Football
CFL
East Final
Montreal 30 @ Toronto 37

West Final
Saskatchewan 31 @ Edmonton 30

Doug Flutie completed a short pass to Mike "Pinball" Clemons, who turned it into a 58-yard touchdown with 40 seconds remaining in regulation time, breaking a 30-30 tie as the Argonauts defeated the Alouettes in an exciting game before 30,085 fans at SkyDome. Chris Wright returned a punt 70 yards for one of the Montreal touchdowns.



Quarterback Reggie Slack's second touchdown of the game, with 26 seconds remaining in regulation time, was converted by Paul McCallum, giving the Roughriders a 31-22 lead, clinching victory over the Eskimos before 38,258 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. On the first play after the kickoff, Edmonton quarterback Danny McManus connected with Robert Gordon for a 58-yard gain to the Saskatchewan 1-yard line, and Henry "Gizmo" Williams rushed 1 yard for the touchdown with 7 seconds left. Mr. McManus completed a 2-point convert pass to Darren Flutie, but the Eskimos failed to recover a short kickoff. Saskatchewan dominated the early part of the game, taking a 24-9 lead in the 2nd quarter, but the Eskimos dominated the action thereafter until Mr. Slack's last-minute drive. The Eskimos made numerous mistakes that cost them the game: they were stopped on a third-down gamble near the Saskatchewan goal line; allowed Curtis Mayfield to return a punt for a touchdown--the only kick return touchdown allowed by the Eskimos all year--and took considerably more penalties than was usual for them, including one that wiped out a punt return touchdown by Mr. Williams. It was the last game for Ron Lancaster after seven years as Edmonton's head coach, and the last game in an Edmonton uniform for Messrs. McManus, Flutie, Gordon, Eddie Brown, Glenn Rogers, Jr., Mark Farraway, and centre Rod Connop, who ended a 16-year Hall of Fame career.



10 years ago
2007

Law
The German Bundestag passed the data retention bill, mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.

November 8, 2017

150 years ago
1867

Americana
General Rosseau, representing the United States, was at New Archangel to formally accept the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States.

Politics and government
John Rose was sworn in as Canadian Minister of Finance, replacing Alexander Galt.

Disasters
More than 300 lives were lost in the explosion of a colliery in Glamorgan, Wales.

A boiler exploded in Pittsburgh, killing 12 and injuring 30.

130 years ago
1887

Died on this date
Doc Holliday, 36. U.S. dentist and gunfighter. John Henry Holliday was a dentist who developed tuberculosis soon after beginning his practice in Griffin, Georgia at the age of 21. He moved to the Southwest for his health, and became friends with Wyatt Earp. The two ended up in Tombstone, Arizona, and Dr. Holliday was deputized by Mr. Earp's brother Virgil on October 26, 1881 in order to aid the Earps against the Clantons in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Dr. Holliday spent his last years in Colorado, where he died from tuberculosis.

125 years ago
1892

Politics and government
Grover Cleveland, who had served as 22nd President of the United States of America from 1885-1889, was elected again, defeating incumbent Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Cleveland, representing the Democratic Party along with vice-presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, captured 277 electoral votes to 145 for Mr. Harrison and vice-presidential candidate Whitelaw Reid, and 22 electoral votes for Populist Party presidential candidate James B. Weaver and vice-presidential candidate James G. Field. Mr. Cleveland took 46.0% of the popular vote to 43.0% for Mr. Harrison and 8.5% for Mr. Weaver. Other candidates receiving popular votes--but no electoral votes--included Norman Thomas (Socialist), 2.2%; William Z. Foster (Communist), 0.3%; William David Upshaw (Prohibition), 0.2%; William Hope Harvey (Liberty), 0.1%; and Verne Reynolds (Socialist Labor), 0.1%.

Terrorism
Anarchists in Paris set off dynamite explosions.

Labour
The New Orleans general strike began, uniting Negro and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

100 years ago
1917

Politics and government
The first Council of People's Commissars was formed in Russia; the council included Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Josef Stalin.

Journalism
Canada's daily newspapers founded the Canadian Press as a co-operative cross-Canada news gathering service, setting up offices in the Maritimes, Ontario, Québec, and British Columbia.

80 years ago
1937

Abominations
The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew) opened in Munich.

70 years ago
1942

War
German spy Werner Janowski landed from German submarine U-518 off New Carlisle, Quebec; he iwas arrested a day later by the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and was persuaded to become a double agent, feeding the Germans with false information. Canadian warships helped to back Allied landings in Algeria and French Morocco as part of Operation Torch, the first major seaborne invasion by the Allies. Royal Canadian Navy Captain Frederick Peters rammed his cutter, HMS Walney, into a line of of ships blocking access to Oran harbour during Operation Reservist (part of Operation Torch). The attack, to prevent the Vichy French from sabotaging the harbour, was a failure; Capt. Peters, badly wounded, was captured, but was released on November 10, 1942 when the French garrison surrendered. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in face of point blank fire and the explosion of his ship, but was killed in a plane crash before the award ceremony. A French Resistance coup took place in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralized the Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrested several Vichyst generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers. Surrounded Axis forces at Matruh surrendered to the British as the Allied pursuit of German and Italian forces into Libya continued. U.S. and U.K. officials assured Spain and Portugal that the North African invasion was in no way intended as preparation for a move into the Iberian Peninsula. U.S. ground troops penetrated central and northern Papua to the vicinity of Buna.

Diplomacy
The Vichy French regime severed diplomatic relations with the United States.

Radio
The U.S. Office of War Information and Federal Communications Commission announced that the U.S. government had seized station WRUL in Boston after negotiations for leasing the station's facilities had failed.

Hockey
NHL
Maurice "Rocket" Richard of the Montréal Canadiens scored his first National Hockey League goal, at the Montreal Forum in his third career game.

70 years ago
1947

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra (8th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Near You--Francis Craig and his Orchestra (5th week at #1)
--Larry Green and his Orchestra
--The Andrews Sisters
--Alvino Rey and his Orchestra
--Elliot Lawrence and his Orchestra
2 I Wish I Didn't Love You So--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Dinah Shore
--Dick Haymes
--Betty Hutton
3 Feudin' and Fightin'--Dorothy Shay
--Jo Stafford
--Bing Crosby and the Jesters
4 I Have But One Heart (O Marinariello)--Vic Damone
5 When You were Sweet Sixteen--Perry Como and the Satisfiers
6 You Do--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Margaret Whiting
--Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
--Dinah Shore
--Vic Damone
7 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now--Ted Weems and his Orchestra with Perry Como
--Perry Como
8 Kate (Have I Come Too Early, Too Late)--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
9 Peg o' My Heart--The Harmonicats
--The Three Suns
--Art Lund
--Buddy Clark
--Clark Dennis
10 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)--Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
--Phil Harris and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Too Fat Polka (I Don’t Want Her) (You Can Have Her) (She’s Too Fat for Me) by Arthur Godfrey (#21) and It Takes a Long Long Train with a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away) by Peggy Lee (#38).

Theatre
All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller and directed by Elia Kazan, closed at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway in New York after 320 performances.

Economics and finance
The U.S. President's Committee on Foreign Aid, headed by Commerce Secretary Averell Harriman, issued a report urging Congress to appropriate $12.7-17.2 billion over the next four years for Marshall Plan aid to Europe. The report also recommended expansion of the World Bank's lending operations, and encouragement of private loans to Europe.

The British government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee imposed potato rationing for the first time since World War I, allowing a weekly quota of three pounds per person.

Politics and government
The U.S. Civil Service Commission named a 20-man Loyalty Review Board headed by Washington attorney Seth Richardson as the highest administrative appeal panel for dismissed federal employees.

Basketball
PBLA
St. Joseph (1-5) 36 @ Waterloo (1-4) 45
New Orleans (3-4) 62 @ Grand Rapids (2-2) 67
Oklahoma City (1-3) 53 @ St. Paul (5-2) 60
Springfield (1-6) 51 @ Birmingham (4-2) 72

Football
IRFU
Toronto (7-4-1) 12 @ Ottawa (8-4) 11
Montreal (6-6) 27 @ Hamilton (2-9-1) 19

ORFU
Semi-Finals
Ottawa 16 @ Toronto Balmy Beach 7

Fred Doty scored the first touchdown and Len Cassidy the second as the Argonauts came back from an 11-0 deficit to edge the Rough Riders at Lansdowne Park. George Hall and Beaver Dalton scored touchdowns and Buck Rogers added a convert for Ottawa in the 1st half, but Mr. Doty got the Argonauts on the scoreboard in the 2nd half. Joe Krol converted and surprised the Rough Riders by taking the Ottawa kickoff and kicking the ball back; it dribbled over the Ottawa goal line and Mr. Cassidy fell on it for a touchdown, converted by Mr. Krol.

The Alouettes scored 19 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Tigers before 5,000 fans at Civic Stadium. With Hamilton leading 19-8, Tigers' halfback Joe Soyka attempted a pass from his own end zone, only to have it fall into the arms of Montreal tackle Herb Trawick for a touchdown. Virgil Wagner then scored 2 touchdown, converting the second. Tommy Cates scored the first Montreal touchdown in the 3rd quarter, which came between sensational Hamilton scores. Jack Stewart rushed 80 yards for a touchdown, and after Mr. Cates scored, Frank Filchock fielded the kickoff and lateralled to Joey Pal, who returned it 85 yards for a touchdown. Bus Stephens scored the first Hamilton TD in the 2nd quarter.

The Trojans took advantage of Balmy Beach fumbles to score 14 of their 16 points in upsetting the defending Ontario Rugby Football Union champions at Maple Leaf Stadium. Moe Segal recovered 2 Toronto fumbles in the span of 3 plays, setting up a field goal by Joe Farley to give Ottawa a 9-7 halftime lead. The Trojans opened the scoring in the 1st quarter on a touchdown by George Gilmour, converted by Mr. Farley. Balmy Beach took the lead in the 2nd quarter on a touchdown by Norm Millen, converted by Bruce Coulter, and a single by Bob Cunningham. Ottawa quarterback and coach Wally Masters scored a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to make the score 14-7, and Mr. Farley and Jim McFaul scored the final point when he blocked Mr. Coulter's punt into the Toronto end zone, and Mr. Coulter recovered. Mr. Cunningham suffered a dislocated collarbone in the game.

Canadian university
Queen's (0-4-1) 5 @ Toronto (4-1) 15
McGill (0-4-1) 0 @ Western Ontario (5-0) 22

Bruce Cummings threw touchdown passes to John Roe and Ted Toogood, converted them both, and added a 25-yard field goal to lead the Varsity Blues over the Gaels before 16,000 fans at Varsity Stadium. Quarterback Al Lenard handled the Queen's scoring with a field goal and 2 singles.

Bob McFarlane, George Curtis, and George Arnott scored touchdowns for the Mustangs as they shut out the Redmen before 7,000 fans at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London.

Baseball
Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman Jackie Robinson was named major league baseball's first Rookie of the Year in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Mr. Robinson batted .297 with 12 home runs, 48 runs batted in, 125 runs, and a National League-leading 29 stolen bases in 151 games in helping the Dodgers win the NL pennant. He finished with 129 points in the voting, followed by New York Giants' pitcher Larry Jansen (105); New York Yankees' pitcher Frank Shea (67); Philadelphia Athletics' first baseman Ferris Fain (43); and Cincinnati Reds' outfielder Frank Baumholtz (42).

60 years ago
1957

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): Tu n'as pas très bon caractère--Dalida

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): That'll Be the Day--The Crickets (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
Harbor Command, starring Wendell Corey
Tonight's episode: Fisherman's League

Space
U.S. Defense Secretary Neil McElroy ordered the Army to prepare "for launching a scientific satelllite by use of a modified Jupiter-C test vehicle."

Diplomacy
U.K. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd rejected Soviet proposals for an East-West summit under present conditions.

Press and radio in Egypt rnewed pleas for Jordan's Palestinian refugees to overthrow the regime of King Hussein and destroy the Hashemite dynasty.

Defense
The United Kingdom conducted its first successful hydrogen bomb test, over Kiritimati in the Pacific Ocean.

Politics and government
William Rogers was sworn in as Attorney General in the cabinet of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, succeeding Herbert Brownell.

Disasters
Pan Am Flight 7, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser on the first leg of a round-the-world flight, disappeared between San Francisco and Honolulu. All 36 passengers and 8 crew members were killed, but the wreckage and bodies weren't discovered until a week later. No definitive cause has ever been determined.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Baby, Now that I've Found You--The Foundations

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 The Last Waltz--Engelbert Humperdinck (3rd week at #1)
2 Itchycoo Park--Small Faces
3 (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts--The Bee Gees
4 The Letter--The Box Tops
5 It Must Be Him--Vikki Carr
6 Lightning's Girl--Nancy Sinatra
7 Homburg--Procol Harum
8 Hole in My Shoe--Traffic
9 Living in a Child's Dream--Masters Apprentices
10 Dream Girl--Davy Jones

Singles entering the chart were My Prayer/Don't Let Your Left Hand Know by the Vibrants (#19); Alternate Title by the Monkees (#26); The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky) by Petula Clark (#33); Gimme Little Sign by Brenton Wood (#37); and Ambush by Maria Dallas (#39). Alternate Title was the alternate title used for the single release in the United Kingdom and Australia for the song that was originally released as Randy Scouse Git on the album Headquarters (1967); the song was never released as a single in North America.

At the movies
The Ernie Game, written and directed by Don Owen and starring Alexis Kanner, Jackie Burroughs, Anna Cameron, and Leonard Cohen, opened in theatres in Canada.

Diplomacy
U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey concluded his eight-day tour of Asia. He had discussed the Vietnam War and other problems with Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and his cabinet. In Indonesia, Mr. Humphrey countered talk and rumours unfavourable to the United States and its Asian policies.

Disasters
A dynamite explosion at a construction project in central Peru resulted in the deaths from gas fumes of 15 workers.

40 years ago
1977

On television tonight
Family, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Little Brother

Died on this date
Bucky Harris, 81. U.S. baseball player and manager. Stanley Raymond Harris was a second baseman with the Washington Nationals (1919-1928) and Detroit Tigers (1929, 1931), batting .274 with 9 home runs and 508 runs batted in in 1,263 games. He became manager of the Nationals in 1924 at the age of 27, and led them to the World Series championship that year--still the only World Series title for a Washington team--and the American League pennant in 1925, earning the nickname "The Boy Wonder." Mr. Harris managed the Senators through 1928, and again from 1935-1942 and 1950-1954, and also managed the Detroit Tigers (1929-1933, 1955-1956); Boston Red Sox (1934); Philadelphia Phillies (1943); and New York Yankees (1947-1948), leading the Yankees to the World Series championship in 1947, and narrowly missing the AL pennant in 1948. His major league career record as a manager was 2,158-2,219 (.493). Mr. Harris was general manager of the Red Sox from 1959-1960, with little success. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975, elected by the Veterans' Committee--a questionable choice. Mr. Harris died on his 81st birthday.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Where the Streets Have No Name--U2

#1 single in Switzerland: You Win Again--Bee Gees (4th week at #1)

#1 single in France: La Bamba--Los Lobos (4th week at #1)

Terrorism
11 people were killed and at least 63 injured when a bomb exploded at a Remembrance Day service in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (12-6) 18 @ Toronto (11-6-1) 20
Saskatchewan (5-12-1) 14 @ British Columbia (12-6) 34

Lance Chomyc’s 55-yard field goal on the last play of the game gave the Argonauts their first win of the season over the Blue Bombers before 21,042 fans—including this blogger—on a rainy Sunday at Exhibition Stadium. The winning kick was Mr. Chomyc’s 6th field goal in 7 attempts; he had been successful from 38, 54, 46, 47, and 32 yards earlier, and had scored a single on his only miss with 1:32 remaining in the game. Hank Ilesic’s 47-yard punt single in the 3rd quarter accounted for the other Toronto point. Mark Seale scored his only CFL touchdown for the Blue Bombers in the 2nd quarter when he recovered a fumble by Argonaut quarterback Gilbert Renfroe in the Toronto end zone. Winnipeg quarterback Tom Clements rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter, just after completing a 67-yard pass to Jeff Boyd. Darrell Smith of the Argonauts caught 7 passes for 104 yards, and teammate Paul Pearson caught 5 for 91. Mr. Boyd caught 3 for 86, while teammate Sheldon Gaines, playing his second and last CFL game, caught 3 for 37. Mr. Clements and Tom Muecke split the quarterbacking for the Blue Bombers, while Mr. Renfroe went the distance for Toronto, completing just 18 of 46 passes, but for 308 yards. The Blue Bombers had won the first 2 games of the season between the teams, including a 24-23 win at Winnipeg Stadium a week earlier. This game began a tradition of bad feelings between the teams that lasted for at least a decade. The Argonauts took 16 penalties for 159 yards, and defensive lineman Jearld Baylis was disqualified in the 3rd quarter shortly after taking 2 penalties for objectionable conduct and another for roughing the passer to extend a drive that ended with Trevor Kennerd kicking a field goal for the Blue Bombers. Mr. Baylis recorded 2 of the Argonauts’ 6 sacks as the Toronto defense limited the Blue Bombers to 178 yards of net offense.

Defensive back Darrell Hemphill, playing his only CFL game, made 2 interceptions and returned the first 39 yards for a touchdown just 1:41 into the game as the Lions beat the Roughriders before 38,730 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. Ray Crouse rushed 20 times for 114 yards and a touchdown, while backfield mate Anthony Parker added 87 yards on 13 carries as the Lions rushed for 237 yards. Mr. Crouse also caught 2 passes for 62 yards. Roy Dewalt started at quarterback for B.C. and played the 1st half, rushing 25 yards for a touchdown. Condredge Holloway played the 2nd half at quarterback for the Lions and completed a 34-yard touchdown pass to Jan Carinci. David Conrad scored the only Saskatchewan touchdown on a 4-yard pass from Kent Austin on the last play of the 3rd quarter. Mr. Hemphill, who had been on the B.C. practice roster or injured list all season, was named the CFL’s defensive star of the week for his performance; he didn’t play in the Western Final and retired in the off-season, and remains the only player to earn a star of the week award for every CFL game he ever played.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Birthday Song--Power Pack (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (6th week at #1)

Business
Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. acquired Torstar's 22.5% stake in Southam Inc. for $259 million; the chain's losses this year totalled $186 million. Southam owned 19 dailies, with sales of 1.5 million copies, and also Coles Books stores.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (11-7) 48 @ Toronto (6-12) 35
Ottawa (9-9) 6 @ Winnipeg (11-7) 18
Saskatchewan (9-9) 17 @ Calgary (13-5) 40

Toronto quarterback Rickey Foggie completed 2 touchdown passes to Eddie Brown as the Argonauts jumped to an early 14-0 lead, but Paul Osbaldiston kicked a field goal late in the 1st quarter to get the Tiger-Cats on the scoreboard, and then the Tiger-Cats exploded for a record-tying 38 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 41-14 halftime lead, coasting from there to victory before 29,075 fans at SkyDome. Don McPherson completed touchdown passes to Nick Mazzoli and Earl Winfield; Scott Walker returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown; Lee Knight rushed 1 yard for a TD; Mr. Osbaldiston kicked another field goal; and linebacker John Zajdel returned a fumble 2 yards for a touchdown. Mr. Osbaldiston converted all Hamilton touchdowns. The 38 points tied a single-quarter record set by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 2nd quarter of a 62-11 win over the Montreal Alouettes at Commonwealth Stadium on September 26, 1981. In the 3rd quarter, Lance Chomyc scored 2 single points on missed field goals, and Mr. Knight rushed 1 yard for his second TD of the game with 1 second remaining as the Tiger-Cats took a 48-16 led into the 4th quarter. Mike Kerrigan, one of three Toronto quarterbacks who saw action, completed a 19-yard TD pass to Anthony Cooley, converted by Mr. Chomyc. Kevin Smellie then ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns, with unsuccessful 2-point convert attempts following both. Mr. Foggie, Mr. Kerrigan, and John Congemi all played quarterback for the Argos, combining to complete 32 of 61 passes for 485 yards and 3 interceptions. Mr. Cooley led all receivers with 111 yards on 5 receptions, while teammate Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, in his final CFL game, caught 2 passes for 68 yards.

Michael Richardson caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Matt Dunigan in the 1st quarter and rushed 4 yards for a TD in the 2nd quarter as the Blue Bombers defeated the Rough Riders before 27,589 fans at Winnipeg Stadium to take first place in the East Division. Mr. Richardson led all rushers with 81 yards on 20 carries. Ottawa quarterback Tom Burgess completed just 9 of 29 passes for 116 yards and 3 interceptions. Mr. Dunigan was just 6 for 16 for 77 yards, while backup Danny McManus was 4 for 8 for 76
yards.



Doug Flutie completed 26 of 40 passes for 394 yards and touchdowns to Dave Sapunjis and Allen Pitts to lead the Stampeders over the Roughriders before 22,740 fans at McMahon Stadium. The Stampeders led 34-3 at halftime on Mr. Flutie’s 2 TD passes and touchdown rushes by Andy McVey and Eric Mitchel. The Roughriders scored 2 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter on passes from Kent Austin of 5 yards to Mike Saunders and 65 yards to Don Narcisse. Mr. Austin completed a pass to Mr. Saunders for a 2-point convert after the first touchdown. Mr. Pitts led all receivers with 144 yards on 10 receptions, while Mr. Sapunjis caught 8 for 117. Saskatchewan linebacker Tyrone Jones received 5 penalties for objectionable conduct and was ejected before the 2nd-half kickoff after swatting side judge Jamie Kramer, one of three officials attempting to escort him off the field. The Saskatchewan loss gave them third place in the West Division, clinching second place for the Edmonton Eskimos.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Barbie Girl--Aqua (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (7th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Savoir aimer--Florent Pagny (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Barbie Girl--Aqua

#1 single in Wallonia (Ultratop 40): Barbie Girl--Aqua (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Barbie Girl--Aqua (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Barbie Girl--Aqua (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (5th week at #1)

Environment
Chinese engineers diverted the Yangtze River to make way for the Three Gorges Dam.

November 7, 2017

525 years ago
1492

Space
The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

180 years ago
1837

Died on this date
Elijah Lovejoy, 34. U.S. journalist. Mr. Lovejoy was editor of the St. Louis Observer, and was known for his anti-slavery editorials. A drunken mob attempted to set fire to the warehouse where a new printing press was being stored, and when Mr. Lovejoy ran out to push away a would-be arsonist, he was fatally shot, two days before his 35th birthday.

150 years ago
1867

Born on this date
Marie Curie. Polish-born French physicist and chemist. Born Maria Sklodowska, Madame Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only woman to win in two fields. Marie, her husband Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel." Madame Curie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element." She died on July 4, 1934 at the age of 66 of aplastic anemia believed to have been contracted from her long-term exposure to radiation.

Politics and government
Governor General Lord Monck read the Speech from the Throne in the first session of the new Parliament of Canada.

Anti-Confederation Party leader William Annand took office as Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Hiram Blanchard.

Disasters
200 people were killed when a hurricane struck Puerto Rico.

A tornado struck Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.

110 years ago
1907

Died on this date
Jesús García Corona, 25. Mexican railroad worker. Mr. García was a brakeman who saved the entire town of Nacozari, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamite in reverse downhill at full steam for 3.7 miles (6 kilometres) away before it exploded, killing him, six days before his 26th birthday. The town was renamed Nazocari de García in his honour.

Economics and finance
Test tokens were struck for the first issue of Canadian coins at the Ottawa branch of the Royal Canadian Mint.

100 years ago
1917

Born on this date
Dmitry Polyansky. U.S.S.R. politician. Mr. Polyansky was Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Premier) of Russia from 1958-1962, and First Deputy Premier of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1965-1973. He died on October 8, 2001, 30 days before his 84th birthday.

War
The Third Battle of Gaza ended as British forces captured Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

World events
Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in Moscow, and forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. The date on the Julian Calendar, which was still used by Russia, was October 25, so the revolution was known there as the October Revolution.

90 years ago
1927

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto Balmy Beach (5-0) 9 @ University of Toronto II (2-3) 4

Yip Foster's 35-yard touchdown rush in the 4th quarter broke a 4-4 tie and gave Balmy Beach their win over the "Orfuns."

Montreal city championship
Montreal Winged Wheelers 0 @ McGill University 8

Mr. Tremain punted for 8 singles--3 in the 1st quarter, 2 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd, and 2 in the 4th--as McGill shut out the Winged Wheelers at Molson Stadium to win the first Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Trophy, presented in memory of football players who had been killed in World War I.

75 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): White Christmas--Bing Crosby (2nd week at #1)

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Johnny Rivers!
The performer of such hits as Memphis (1964); Secret Agent Man (1966); Poor Side of Town (1966); Summer Rain (1967); Muddy River (1969); Rockin' Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu (1972); and Swayin' to the Music (1977) was born in New York City, but grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

War
British forces in Egypt pushed retreating German Afrika Korps forces well west of Mutruh, taking a reported 20,000 Axis prisoners.

Politics and government
U.S. Representative Joseph W. Martin (Republican--Massachusetts) announced that he would resign as Republican National Committee chairman at a December 7 meeting of the committee in St. Louis.

Journalism
Argentine Interior Minister Miguel Culaciati forbade newspapers to refer to activities of the Chamber of Deputies committee investigating anti-Argentine activities.

Football
CRU
Ottawa Senior City Football League
Uplands RCAF (3-1) 22 Civil Service (0-3) 8

Tony Golab, playing his first game for Uplands, scored a touchdown and a convert for the Flyers before 1,000 fans at Lansdowne Park. Thain Simon, Buddy Hellyer, and Hart Findlay also scored RCAF touchdowns. Al Leach scored the Civil Service TD on the last play of the game after a 35-yard run by Norman Kuntz.

ORFU
HMCS York (5-2-1) 19 Toronto Oakwood Indians (2-6) 3
Hamilton (4-4) 10 @ Toronto RCAF Hurricanes (7-0-1) 17
Toronto Balmy Beach (5-3) 20 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (0-8) 1

Hugh Cuddie scored 2 touchdowns--one on a forward pass reception and the other after taking a lateral--and Ivan Edwards returned a fumble for a touchdown as HMCS York defeated the Indians before 7,000 fans in the first game of a doubleheader at Varsity Stadium.

Jack Parry threw a touchdown pass to Jack Buckmaster and Bill Stukus threw another to Don Crowe as the Hurricanes defeated the Wildcats in the second game of a doubleheader at Varsity Stadium. Al Lenard scored a touchdown, convert, and field goal for the Wildcats, but it was Hamilton's Joe Krol who was the game's outstanding player.

Mr. Jakubowski, Ken West, and Mr. Deadey scored touchdowns for Balmy Beach in their win over the Panthers in Kitchener.

WIRFU
Final
Regina Navy 6 @ Winnipeg RCAF-Bombers 13

Andy Branigan scored a touchdown and convert and Ches McCance added 2 field goals as the Winnipeg team, which combined players from the RCAF Flyers and the Bombers, plus three members of the University of Manitoba Bisons, defeated the Regina Navy club at Osborne Stadium. Claude Warwick scored the Navy touchdown, which was converted by John Millovona.

70 years ago
1947

At the movies
Body and Soul, starring John Garfield and Lilli Palmer, opened in theatres in several cities.



Politics and government
Communist Party leader Ana Pauker succeeded National Liberal George Tatarescu as Romanian Foreign Minister after Mr. Tatarescu lost a vote of confidence in parliament.

Labour
A U.S. federal court in New Orleans ruled that equally qualified Negro and white teachers must receive the same pay.

Business
A U.S. federal district court in Delaware dismissed a Justice Department complaint that the purchase of Consolidated Steel Corporation by the United States Steel subsidiary Columbia Steel Company violated antitrust laws.

Basketball
PBLA
New Orleans (3-3) 65 @ Chicago (5-0) 97
Louisville (2-3) 60 Omaha (0-4) 48 @ Chicago
St. Paul (4-2) 47 @ Kansas City (1-3) 52
Birmingham (3-2) 51 @ Chattanooga (2-2) 53

Football
CRU
ORFU
Semi-Finals
Toronto Indians 0 @ Hamilton 14

The Wildcats stopped the Indians on three downs from the Hamilton 1-yard line in the 1st quarter and three downs from inside the 5-yard line in the 2nd quarter as they shut out the Indians at Civic Stadium. After the second defensive stand, Hamilton quarterback Mel Lawson completed a 99-yard touchdown pass to Doug Toms to open the scoring, and threw a 63-yard TD pass to Ross Hemingway in the 3rd quarter. Bill Murmylyk converted the first touchdown, while Tony Labarbera converted the second and added a single. Gord Miller added a single for the other point. It was the last game for the Indians as a separate club, because of financial losses; in 1948 they merged with Toronto Balmy Beach and played as the Toronto Beaches Indians.

60 years ago
1957

Died on this date
Roy Worters, 57. Canadian hockey goaltender. Mr. Worters played with the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the United States Amateur Hockey Association (1923-25), leading them to championships in both seasons. He played in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1925-28); New York Americans (1928-37); and one game with the Montreal Canadiens (1930), compiling a record of 171-229-83 with a goals against average of 2.27 and 66 shutouts in 484 regular season games, and 3-6-2 with a 2.09 GAA and 3 shutouts in 11 playoff games. Mr. Worters won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player in his first season with the Americans, when he was 16-12-10 with a 1.15 GAA and 13 shutouts, becoming the first goalie to record shutouts in each of his first 2 games with a new team. He won the Vezina Trophy for leading to the Americans to the league's fewest goals allowed in 1930-31, and was named a Second Team All-Star in 1931-32 and 1933-34; had there been All-Star teams prior to the 1930-31 season, he undoubtedly would have been selected. Mr. Worters was at 5' 3", the shortest player in NHL history, and never had the luxury of playing with good teams, or his statistics would have been much better. He retired after a hernia operation in 1937, and died of throat cancer, 19 days after his 57th birthday. Mr. Worters was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969.

Charlie Caldwell, 56. U.S. baseball pitcher and baseball, basketball, and football coach. Mr. Caldwell played with the New York Yankees (1925), posting a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 16.88 in 3 games. He coached baseball at Williams College (1931-1944) and Princeton University (1945-1946), compiling a record of 118-96. Mr. Caldwell coached basketball at Williams College (1929-39), compiling a record of 78-66. He played back at center at Princeton (1922-1924)--helping the Tigers win the national championship in his first season--and was an assistant at Princeton (1925-1927) before serving as head coach at Williams (1928-1944) and Princeton (1945-1956), compiling a record of 145-67-9. He led the Tigers to consecutive 9-0 records in 1950 and 1951 and an 8-1 record in 1952. Mr. Caldwell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1961.

Defense
Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age--better known as the Gaither Report--was presented to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The report of the Security Resources Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee, chaired by Horace Rowan Gaither, called for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

The annual Soviet military review in Moscow displayed a variety of new weapons, including a 70-foot single-stage missile and rocket equipment suitable for tactical warfare.

Politics and government
U.S. President Eisenhower delivered a nationally-broadcast address, in which he conceded that "the Soviets are quite likely ahead in some missile areas and are obviously ahead of us in satellite development," and announced the appointment of Massachusetts Institute of Technology President James Killian to the new office of "Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology."

U.S. President Eisenhower appointed a six-member Civil Rights Commission, to be headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed.

Transportation
British Columbia Premier W. A. C. Bennett opened the $4-million West Arm Bridge at Nelson.

50 years ago
1967

On television tonight
The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Summit Meeting: Part II

Died on this date
John Nance Garner, 98. 32nd Vice President of the United States, 1933-1941. "Cactus Jack," a Democrat, represented Texas' 15th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1903-1933, serving as House Minority Leader from 1929-1931 and Speaker from 1931-1933. He was elected Vice President as Franklin D. Roosevelt's running mate in 1932, and re-elected in 1936. Mr. Garner opposed some of Mr. Roosevelt's policies, including his plan to pack the Supreme Court in 1937, and unsuccessfully opposed Mr. Roosevelt for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. Mr. Garner retired from politics upon leaving the vice presidency; he died 15 days before his 99th birthday.

Television
U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Space
The United States launched the lunar landing probe Surveyor 6 from Cape Kennedy, Florida.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously to adopt a declaration that "calls on governments, organizations, and individuals to work toward obtaining equal rights for women in employment, politics, education, and cultural life."

Politics and government
Carl Stokes, a Democrat was elected Mayor of Cleveland, becoming the first Negro to be elected mayor of a major American city. He took 50.5% of the vote to defeat Republican candidate Seth Taft, grandson of former U.S. President William Howard Taft. Mr. Stokes took office on January 1, 1968.

Law
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that under the British North America Act, offshore mineral rights on the west coast belonged to the government of Canada and not British Columbia.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Just Want to Be Your Everything--Andy Gibb (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Wanted (Shimei Tehai)--Pink Lady (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Rockollection--Laurent Voulzy (5th week at #1)

On the radio
The fifth station of the Canadian all-news network CKO began broadcasting in Calgary at 103.1 FM. It was the network's first station west of Ontario.

Canadiana
Catherine Swing, representing Toronto, was named Miss Canada 1978 at the annual pageant in Toronto, which was televised by CTV. Andrea Leslie Eng was first runner-up.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Bad--Michael Jackson (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): La Bamba--Los Lobos (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Pump Up The Volume--M|A|R|R|S

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): You Win Again--Bee Gees (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Faith--George Michael

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): You Win Again--Bee Gees (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Think We're Alone Now--Tiffany
2 Bad--Michael Jackson
3 Mony Mony (Live)--Billy Idol
4 Causing a Commotion--Madonna
5 Brilliant Disguise--Bruce Springsteen
6 Casanova--Levert
7 Breakout--Swing Out Sister
8 (I've Had) The Time of My Life--Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
9 Little Lies--Fleetwood Mac
10 Let Me Be the One--Expose

Singles entering the chart were There's the Girl by Heart (#74); Power of Love by Laura Branigan (#78); Candle in the Wind by Elton John (#79); (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance by Shanice Wilson (#82); I Live for Your Love by Natalie Cole (#83); Kick the Wall by Jimmy Davis and Junction (#86); Guaranteed for Life by Millions Like Us (#87); Reservations for Two by Dionne and Kashif (#88); True Faith by New Order (#89); and Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen (#90). (I've Had) The Time of My Life and Hungry Eyes were both from the movie Dirty Dancing (1987).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Mony Mony (Live)--Billy Idol (2nd week at #1)
2 Causing a Commotion--Madonna
3 Here I Go Again--Whitesnake
4 Paper in Fire--John Cougar Mellencamp
5 Bad--Michael Jackson
6 I Heard a Rumour--Bananarama
7 Lost in Emotion--Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
8 Only in My Dreams-Debbie Gibson
9 La Bamba--Los Lobos
10 Try--Blue Rodeo

Singles entering the chart were So Emotional by Whitney Houston (#79); Cherry Bomb by John Cougar Mellencamp (#90); Is This Love by Whitesnake (#93); I Won't Forget You by Poison (#95); Let the Light (Shine on Me) by Triumph (#96); and Believe in Me by Paul Janz (#97).

World events
Moroccan Prime Minister General Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali instigated a coup that overthrew President Habib Bourguiba, 83. Gen. Ben Ali said that the coup took place because of Mr. Bourguiba’s “senility and lingering illness…he has become totally incapable of undertaking the duties of the presidency.” Mr. Bourguiba had demanded the immediate trial and execution of a number of Islamic fundamentalists, which leading officials feared would create civil and religious conflict. Gen. Ben Ali became the new president and appointed a cabinet. Hedi Baccouche became the new premier.

Law
Douglas Ginsburg, a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals with the District of Columbia, withdrew as a candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court amid ethical concerns and after revelations that he had smoked marijuana on “a few occasions” while he had been a student at Harvard University.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (11-7) 39 @ Ottawa (3-15) 21

Milson Jones made 2 short touchdown runs in the 1st half and Damon Allen completed touchdown passes of 18 and 65 yards to Brian Kelly in the 3rd quarter as the Eskimos defeated the Rough Riders before 15,107 fans—including this blogger—at Lansdowne Park. Ottawa quarterback Joe Paopao completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Rick Wolkensperg and handed off to Cedric Minter for a 1-yard TD run, both in the 2nd quarter. Mr. Minter’s touchdown gave the Rough Riders a 17-14 lead with 2:33 remaining in the 1st half. Mr. Kauric scored a single on a missed field goal 58 seconds later, and then kicked a 50-yard field goal with 45 seconds remaining and a 40-yard FG on the last play to give the Eskimos a 21-17 halftime lead. The Eskimos amassed 200 yards rushing—led by Mr. Allen’s 75 yards on 5 carries—and 301 yards passing. It was the last CFL regular season game for a number of Rough Riders, including Mr. Wolkensperg, Mr. Minter, and Ken Clark, who punted 74 yards for a single as he ended a 14-year professional career. It was also the last game for Edmonton defensive end Tom Tuinei. Also ending his career was John Badham, who was in his fourth season of calling play-by-play for Rough Riders’ games on CFRA after many years in Toronto and one season as the voice of the British Columbia Lions.

CIAU
AUAA
Final
St. Mary’s 30 Acadia 23

Rookie quarterback Chris Flynn rushed for 224 yards—including a 23-yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter—and passed for 194 to lead the Huskies over the Axemen.

OQIFC
Final
McGill 32 @ Bishop’s 16

Michael Soles rushed for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Redmen upset the Gaiters in Lennoxville, Quebec.

OUAA
Yates Cup
Guelph 15 @ Wilfrid Laurier 28

Luc Gerritsen caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Rod Philp early in the 4th quarter and scored another TD later in the quarter as the Golden Hawks defeated the Gryphons before more than 6,000 fans in Waterloo.

WIFL
Hardy Cup
Alberta 8 @ British Columbia 26

Jordan Gagner completed 20 passes for 305 yards and a touchdown to Mike Bellefontaine as the Thunderbirds beat the Golden Bears at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver to win the Western title for the second straight year. Mr. Bellefontaine caught 11 passes for 186 yards and added 3 field goals and a single while converting his own touchdown and a 2-yard touchdown rush by Matt Pearce. Alberta’s only touchdown came with 10 seconds remaining in the 1st half when Neil Ferguson intercepted a pass by Mr. Gagne and returned it 60 yards to set up a 21-yard touchdown pass from Darren Brezden to Dave Bolstad. Steve Kasowski, who had punted 54 yards for a single in the 1st quarter, converted to reduce UBC’s lead to 15-8 at halftime. Mr. Brezden completed just 5 of 16 passes for 67 yards in his final game as a Golden Bear.

25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Hare tara īne--Dreams Come True

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Erotica--Madonna (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Because the Night--Co.Ro featuring Tarlisa

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Heading for a Fall--Vaya con Dios (5th week at #1)

#1 single in France (SNEP): Dur dur d'être bébé!--Jordy (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (13th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 End of the Road--Boyz II Men (8th week at #1)
2 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
3 I'd Die Without You--PM Dawn
4 Erotica--Madonna
5 How Do You Talk to an Angel--The Heights
6 Free Your Mind--En Vogue
7 When I Look Into Your Eyes--Firehouse
8 Jump Around--House of Pain
9 Real Love--Mary J. Blige
10 Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap!

Singles entering the chart were Drive by R.E.M. (#76); The Last Song by Elton John (#82); I Wish the Phone Would Ring by Expose (#84); Sad But True by Metallica (#85); Always Tomorrow by Gloria Estefan (#90); I'm Still Waiting by Jodeci (#93); and Groovin' in the Midnight by Maxi Priest (#96).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Layla--Eric Clapton
2 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth with Don Henley
3 Walking on Broken Glass--Annie Lennox
4 Song Instead of a Kiss--Alannah Myles
5 Am I the Same Girl--Swing Out Sister
6 Would I Lie to You?--Charles & Eddie
7 Washed Away--Tom Cochrane
8 Digging in the Dirt--Peter Gabriel
9 End of the Road--Boyz II Men
10 Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad--Def Leppard

Singles entering the chart were Love Can Move Mountains by Celine Dion (#61); Good Enough by Bobby Brown (#70); Cruel Little Number by the Jeff Healey Band (#72); Feels Like Heaven by Peter Cetera with Chaka Khan (#77); Always Tomorrow by Gloria Estefan (#82); I Love You Period by Dan Baird (#86); Goin' Back Again by Sass Jordan (#87); Shuffle it All by Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds (#93); and Yesterdays by Guns N' Roses (#94).

Died on this date
Alexander Dubcek, 70. Czechoslovakian politician. Mr. Dubcek was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1968-1969, and led the liberalization known as the Prague Spring. The invasion of Soviet tanks in August 1968 led to the end of the Prague Spring, and Mr. Dubcek was forced to resign as First Secretary in April 1969. A year later he was expelled from the Communist Party and lost his seat in parliament. Mr. Dubcek died 20 days before his 71st birthday.

Jack Kelly, 65. U.S. actor. Mr. Kelly was best known for playing Bart Maverick in the television Western series Maverick (1957-1962). His movies included the propaganda short Red Nightmare (1962). Mr. Kelly served as Mayor of Huntington Beach, California from 1983-1986. He died of a stroke, more than six months after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Kelly was the brother of actress Nancy Kelly.

Canadiana
Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn inaugurated the National Arts Centre Award to honour an outstanding contribution to Canadian culture by any individual performer or group in the previous year. The first winner was filmmaker Norman Jewison.

Politics and government
John Ostashek was sworn in as Government Leader of the Yukon Territory, replacing Tony Penikett. Mr. Ostahek's Yukon Party had taken 7 seats in the Legislative Assembly in the October 19 territorial election, to 6 for Mr. Penikett's New Democratic Party, 1 Liberal, and 3 independents.

An Angus Reid Southam poll said that the majority of Canadians wanted unity; only 38% in Québec wanted separation from Canada, while most wanted a five-year moratorium on talks. The poll was taken a week after the October 26 national referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord.

Hockey
NHL
Pittsburgh 2 @ Toronto 4

Football
CFL
Edmonton (10-8) 37 @ British Columbia (3-15) 33 (OT)

Lui Passaglia kicked a 33-yard field goal with 44 seconds remaining in the 1st overtime period to give the Lions a 31-28 lead, but Edmonton quarterback Tom Muecke completed a pass to Henry “Gizmo” Williams for 41 yards and then connected with Jim Sandusky for a 34-yard touchdown with 23 seconds remaining. Sean Fleming converted, and the teams exchanged safety touches in the 2nd overtime period. The Lions had the ball at the Edmonton 1-yard line as the game ended, but quarterback Mike Johnson threw 2 incomplete passes into the Edmonton end zone. The Lions were leading 28-21 and appeared to have the game in hand as the 4th quarter ran down. Thousands of children, allowed to come down to field level for a post-game autograph session, began wandering on to the field during the final seconds of regulation time. The Lions were forced to punt, and Mr. Williams returned the punt 71 yards for a touchdown with just 4 seconds remaining, and Mr. Fleming’s convert tied the score. The Eskimos led 20-3 late in the 2nd quarter on touchdown passes from Mr. Muecke to Craig Ellis and Kasey Dunn and 2 converts and 2 field goals by Mr. Fleming. B.C. struck back with 2 touchdowns in the last minute and 10 seconds of the 2nd quarter on a 13-yard pass from Mr. Johnson to Mike Trevathan and a 78-yard punt return by Willis Jacox. Mr. Passaglia punted for a single and Lorne King rushed 1 yard for a B.C. touchdown in the 3rd quarter. A single by Mr. Fleming made the score 25-21 in favour of the Lions after 3 quarters. Mr. Passaglia kicked a 40-yard field goal midway through the 4th quarter to give B.C. a 28-21 lead. Michael Soles of the Eskimos led all rushers with 116 yards on 16 carries. B.C.’s Ray Alexander led all receivers with 121 yards on 5 receptions. Mr. Johnson completed 21 of 40 passes for 311 yards, while Mr. Muecke was 11 for 29 for 216 yards. The loss before 22,200 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver was the eighth straight for the Lions, and was the last game for Bob O’Billovich as their head coach.



CIAU
AUAA
Final
Mount Allison 10 @ St. Mary’s 32

OQIFC
Dunsmore Cup
Queen’s 32 @ Bishop’s 6

Brad Elberg returned the 2nd-half kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to help the Golden Gaels beat the Gaiters at Coulter Field in Lennoxville, Quebec.



OUAA
Yates Cup @ Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Guelph 45 Western Ontario 10

Wally Gabler threw 5 touchdown passes to lead the Gryphons over the Mustangs.

CWUAA
Hardy Cup
Calgary 26 @ British Columbia 24 (OT)

Bruce Parsons kicked 6 field goals in as many attempts, including 3 in overtime, as the Dinosaurs upset the Thunderbirds at Thunderbird Stadium. Mr. Parsons’ final field goal, from 24 yards, provided the winning margin with 1:46 remaining in the 2nd 10-minute overtime half, and was set up by a 45-yard pass from Jason Assen to James Buchanan.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Barbie Girl--Aqua

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997--Elton John (7th week at #1)

At the movies
Eve's Bayou, co-produced by Samuel L. Jackson and starring Mr. Jackson and Lynn Whitfield, opened in theatres.



10 years ago
2007

Politics and government
The centre-right Saskatchewan Party, led by Brad Wall, unseated the New Democratic Party government of Premier Lorne Calvert in the Saskatchewan provincial election, ending 16 years of NDP rule. The Saskatchewan Party captured 38 of 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly, an increase of 10 from the most recent election in 2003. The NDP won 20 seats--a decline of 10--and the Liberals, led by David Karwacki, again failed to win a seat.

The British Columbia Legislature voted 63-4 in favour of the Tsawwassen First Nation treaty, Canada's first urban land claims treaty.

Crime
18-year-old student Pekka-Eric Auvinen opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol and killed eight people and wounded one at Jokela High School in Tuusula, Finland before fatally shooting himself. 12 others suffered sprained ankles or were injured by flying glass in attempting to flee the attack.

Economics and finance
The Canadian dollar closed at US$1.10, the highest level since 1950.

November 6, 2017

800 years ago
1217

Law
The Charter of the Forest was sealed at St Paul's Cathedral in London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The Charter re-established for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.

525 years ago
1492

Died on this date
Antoine Busnois, 62 (?). Burgundian composer. Mr. Busnois was noted for motets, sacred music, and secular chansons.

225 years ago
1792

War
French forces commanded by Charles Dumouriez defeated Holy Roman Empire forces led by Albert of Saxe-Teschen and the Count of Clerfayt in the Battle of Jemappes in Belgium.

180 years ago
1837

Protest
In Montréal, Thomas Storrow Brown led the Sons of Liberty (Les Fils de la Liberté) in a street battle with members of the pro government Doric Club (The Constitutionals), a group of young anglophone Tories, after a Doric mob wrecks the offices of his newspaper, The Vindicator, and stoned the houses of Louis-Joseph Papineau and Sons of Liberty president André Ouimet. Mr. Brown was wounded and partially blinded in one eye. The patriotes raised a liberty pole carrying the inscription: "Papineau, ses compatriotes reconnaissants, 1837."

150 years ago
1867

War
General Giuseppe Garibaldi was imprisoned in Piedmont, while Italian troops were recalled from Papal territory.

Politics and government
The first sitting of the first Parliament of Canada began; James Cockburn was elected Speaker of the House of Commons, and Joseph Cauchon Speaker of the Senate.

A Conservative State Convention met in Columbia, South Carolina.

Former Confederate Secretary of State James Seddon was pardoned.

130 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Walter Johnson. U.S. baseball pitcher and manager. Mr. Johnson, nicknamed "The Big Train," played with the Washington Nationals from 1907-1927, compiling a record of 417-279 with an earned run average of 2.17 in 802 games. His career total of 3,502 strikeouts was the major league record until 1983, and he remains the record holder with 110 shutouts. Mr. Johnson's career win total is second to Cy Young, and was a major factor in becoming one of the first five men--and the first pitcher--to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Mr. Johnson was also a dangerous hitter, batting .235 with 24 home runs and 255 runs batted in in 933 games. He managed the Nationals from 1929-1932 and the Cleveland Indians from 1933-1935, compiling a record of 529-432. Mr. Johnson died of a brain tumour on December 10, 1946 at the age of 59.

125 years ago
1892

Born on this date
Harold Ross. U.S. journalist. Mr. Ross wrote for various newspapers before he and yeast heir Raoul Fleischmann co-founded The New Yorker in 1925. Mr. Ross served as the magazine's editor-in-chief until his death from heart failure on December 6, 1951, a month after his 59th birthday, while undergoing surgery to remove a lung.

120 years ago
1897

Football
ORFU
Finals
Osgoode Hall 6 @ Hamilton 2 (First game of 2-game total points series)

110 years ago
1907

Communications
The first long-distance telephone call between Winnipeg and Regina was made.

100 years ago
1917

War
General Arthur Currie's Canadian Corps finally took the town of Passchendaele in Belgium after a battle of nearly four months. For their valour this day, Victoria Crosses were awarded to Colin Fraser Barron and James Peter Robertson. Ojibwa soldier Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow, one of over 4,000 Canadian Status Indians who enlisted during the war, earned the second of three Military Medals with his bravery at Passchendaele.

80 years ago
1937

Football
IRFU
Toronto (4-1) 2 @ Montreal (2-3) 11
Ottawa (2-3) 14 @ Hamilton (2-3) 4

Tommy Burns kicked 2 field goals and a single, and Abe Eliowitz kicked 4 singles and contributed a brilliant rushing performance as the Indians upset the Argonauts at Molson Stadium.

Dave Sprague rushed 1 yard for a touchdown and Ernie Morrison threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Stan O'Neil as the Rough Riders beat the Tigers.

ORFU
Hamilton (0-3) 6 @ Sarnia (3-0-1) 37

Bummer Stirling scored 15 points on a touchdown, 4 converts, and 6 singles, while Orm Beach added 2 touchdowns as the Imperials routed the Panthers. Eddie Strachan punted for a single for Hamilton's first point and returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter.

WIFU
Finals
Calgary 13 @ Winnipeg 10 (1st game of 2-game total points series)

Johnny Rosano completed touchdown passes of 23 yards to Herb Snowdon and 10 yards to Joe Turner in the 2nd quarter as the Bronks held on to defeat the Blue Bombers before 6,000 fans at Osborne Stadium. Bob Fritz rushed for the Winnipeg touchdown in the 3rd quarter.

Canadian university
McGill (1-4) 6 @ Toronto (3-1-1) 7
Queen's (3-2) 12 @ Western Ontario (2-2-1) 8

Cam Gray kicked 2 field goals and punted for a 60-yard single to give the Varsity Blues their win over the Redmen before 14,000 fans at Varsity Stadium. Mr. Gray's first field goal gave U of T a 3-1 lead on the last play of the first half, after McGill had been penalized for no yards. Cam MacArthur's punt single had given McGill a 1-0 lead in the 1st quarter. McGill's Andy Anton blocked one of Mr. Gray's punts in the 3rd quarter, returned it about 19 yards to the Toronto 1-yard line, and rushed 1 yard for a touchdown on third down; Mr. Hall missed the convert. Mr. Gray kicked a 40-yard field goal to tie the game 6-6 with 7 minutes remaining in the game, and kicked the winning point in the game's final minutes.

The Tricolor overcame an early 7-0 deficit to defeat the Mustangs before 4,000 fans at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London. Bill Ewener recovered a fumbled punt in the Queen's end zone for a touchdown early in the game to give Western a 5-0 lead. Boyce Sherk's convert was blocked, but Mr. Sherk added a single on a missed field goal and Johnny Munro punted for a single to extend the lead to 7-0.

75 years ago
1942

War
British forces in Egypt pushed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps forces to the Matruh region, 104 miles west of El Alamein, and attempted to cut the Germans off from Libya. Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson's patrol began as U.S. Marine Raiders on Guadalcanal advanced to the Metapono River, four miles east of Koli Point, without making contact with Japanese forces. An armistice was reached in Madagascar between British forces and the Vichy-controlled government. Speaking in Moscow, U.S.S.R. dictator Josef Stalin said there would be a second front sooner or later because "our allies need it no less than we do."

Defense
The prototype of the German Luftwaffe night fighter plane Heinkel He 219 made its first flight.

Diplomacy
Speaking in New York, former Republican Party U.S. presidential candidate and recent U.S. envoy to Europe Wendell Willkie demanded an end to the current emphasis on the Anglo-American world, claiming that the Atlantic Charter applied to the whole world.

Academia
The U.S. Office of Education reported that 50 small colleges had been forced to close because of financial difficulties resulting from a nationwide drop in student enrollment.

Society
Soprano Marian Anderson, a Negress, agreed to sing at an Army benefit program in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, stipulating that there would be no segregation of Negroes in the audience.

Economics and finance
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas established an economic defense commission to devise new economic war measures and manage all Axis-owned commercial properties.

The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that steel ingot production in October had totalled 7,584,864 tons at 100.1% of rated capacity, a record.

Labour
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed opposition to the extension of the 40-hour work week, although War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson told the Senate that such action would increase productive efficiency.

Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson (38-0) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Vic Dellicurti (30-20-6) in a middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

70 years ago
1947

On television today
Meet the Press, on NBC

This was the first broadcast of the the longest-running television program in history. The program's creator, Martha Rountree, the program's creator, was the moderator, and the first guest was former U.S. Postmaster General James Farley.

Eye Witness, hosted by Ben Grauer, on NBC

This was the first broadcast of “a new weekly series designed to promote video by explaining the medium.” The first show was broadcast from the top of the Empire State Building, home of NBC's flagship station WNBT.

Died on this date
Peter Cacchione, 50. U.S. politician. Mr. Cacchione joined the Communist Party USA in 1932 and ran unsuccessfully for New York City Council before being elected in 1941. He was re-elected in 1943 and 1945, serving as the Council's only Communist member until his death of a heart attack after attending a City Council meeting, five days after his 50th birthday.

War
Allied deputy foreign ministers met in London to discuss German peace terms in preparation for the next session of the Foreign Ministers Conference, scheduled for November 25.

Diplomacy
The United Nations General Assembly's Political and Security Committee passed a modified U.S. proposal for creation of an interim Committee on Peace and Security, empowered to consider urgent international problems when the General Assembly was not in session.

Canadiana
Canada formally invited Newfoundland to join the Dominion as a province.

Labour
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board barred the Congress of Industrial Organizations National Maritime Union and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Clerks union, which had refused to file affidavits required by the Taft-Hartley Act, from union elections.

Basketball
PBLA
Grand Rapids (1-2) 49 @ Louisville (1-3) 57
St. Paul (4-1) 52 @ Omaha (0-3) 39
Chattanooga (1-2) 44 @ Birmingham (3-1) 49 (OT)
Springfield (1-5) 46 @ Atlanta (6-0) 56

Football
ORFU
Toronto Indians' quarterback Bob Paffrath was named the winner of the Imperial Oil Trophy as the Ontario Rugby Football Union's Most Valuable Player for 1947. Mr. Paffrath scored 16 points on 3 touchdowns and a convert, while leading the team into the playoffs with his passing.

60 years ago
1957

Died on this date
Arno Luckhardt, 72. U.S. physician. Dr. Luckhardt discovered the anaesthetic properties of ethylene in 1923.

Politics and government
The French National Assembly voted to confirm Radical Socialist Felix Gaillard as the country's 28th Prime Minister since the end of World War II.

Economics and finance
The Syrian Parliament unanimously approved the Soviet-Syrian economic and technical aid pact.

Boxing
Alphonse Halimi (21-1) won the world bantamweight title with a 15-round split decision over Raul Macias (36-2) before 20,000 fans at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles.

Football
ORFU
Semi-Final
Sarnia 22 @ Kitchener-Waterloo 36

Don Loucks scored 2 touchdowns and Carl Johnston, Tex Robinson, and Royal Bailey also scored TDs as the Dutchmen defeated the Golden Bears at Seagram Stadium in Waterloo. Mike Norcia converted 3 of the touchdowns, Bob Celeri punted for a single, and Mr. O'Connell scored a safety touch. Dick Gregory scored 3 touchdowns for Sarnia, with Gene Lekenta kicking 3 converts and Ross Dowswell adding a single.

50 years ago
1967

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Los Chicos con las Chicas--Los Bravos (2nd week at #1)

Music
The album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. by the Monkees was released in the United States on Colgems Records and in Canada on RCA Victor Records.

40 years ago
1977

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Telephone Line--Electric Light Orchestra (6th week at #1)

Crime
Contractor Max Dunlap and plumber James Robison were convicted by a jury in Phoenix of murder and conspiracy in the 1976 death of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, who died 11 days after being maimed by the explosion of a bomb in his car. Mr. Bolles had been investigating land fraud, organized crime, and the Arizona Racing Commission. Messrs. Dunlap and Robison were also convicted of plotting to kill Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt and Al "King Alfonso" Lizanetz, a former advertising man. The prosecution based its case on the testimony of John Harvey Adamson, who had confessed to the killing and implicated the other two men.

Disasters
Torrential rains collapsed the Kelly Barnes Dam on the outskirts of Toccoa, Georgia, releasing a 35-foot wall of water that swept through a trailer park on the Toccoa Falls Bible College campus, killing 37 people and injuring 45 others.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (8-8) 25 @ Hamilton (5-11) 24
Saskatchewan (8-8) 0 @ Edmonton (10-6) 38

Gerry Organ's fourth field goal of the game, on the last play, gave the Rough Riders their win over the Tiger-Cats before 17,355 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Hamilton running back Jimmy Edwards rushed for 157 yards, finising the season with 1,581 yards rushing, an Eastern Football Conference record.

Dave Cutler kicked 5 field goals to finish the season with a league record of 50, and converted touchdowns by Jim Germany, Howard Strickland, and George McGowan as the Eskimos embarrassed the Roughriders before 25,434 fans at Clarke Stadium to clinch first place in the Western Football Conference. Defensive end Leon Lyszkiewicz, who had concluded his collegiate career with the University of Alberta Golden Bears eight days earlier, played his first CFL game as a defensive end for the Roughriders. It was his only game in a Saskatchewan uniform, and the last game for numerous other Roughriders, including running back Bobby Thompson and quarterback Eric Guthrie. Running back Steve Molnar and wide receiver Joey Walters appeared to be the only Saskatchewan players exhibiting a decent effort. The Eskimos, British Columbia Lions, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers all finished the season with 10-6 records, and were each 3-3 in game against the other two. The Eskimos took first place on the basis of having the best points for and against totals in games against the other two clubs.

30 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): You Win Again--Bee Gees (3rd week at #1)

At the movies
Less Than Zero, starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey, Jr., and James Spader, opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Ross Barnett, 89. U.S. politician. Mr. Barnett, a Democrat, was Governor of Mississippi from 1960-1964. He was known for his support for racial segregation and clashes with civil rights activists.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate in October had edged upward from 5.8%-5.9%.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-11) 36 @ Calgary (10-8) 42

Gary Allen rushed 15 times for 131 yards and touchdowns of 31 and 12 yards, and caught 5 passes for 58 yards and a 24-yard touchdown pass from Rick Worman as the Stampeders overcame a 20-7 2nd-quarter deficit to defeat the Tiger-Cats before 25,944 fans at McMahon Stadium. Vince Goldsmith scored the other Calgary touchdown when he blocked a punt and returned it 3 yards in the 3rd quarter. J.T. Hay added 4 field goals, 4 converts, and 2 singles. Tom started at quarterback for the Tiger-Cats and threw touchdown passes of 11 and 27 yards to Rocky DiPietro in the 1st quarter. The other 2 Hamilton touchdowns came in the 4th quarter on a 75-yard punt return by Less Browne and a 5-yard pass from backup quarterback Ken Hobart to Steve Stapler. Derek Noble, playing his only CFL game, added 2 field goals, 4 converts, and 2 singles. It was also the only CFL game for Hamilton defensive back Keith Stanberry.



25 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle (7th week at #1)

Law
The Supreme Court of Canada refused leave to appeal from the Quebec Towing Company of a ruling in April by the Quebec Court of Appeal of Quebec; the company had been ordered to pay fines totaling $83,200 for intimidating motorists and unlawfully detaining towed cars.

20 years ago
1997

Hit parade
#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): The Memory Remains--Metallica (2nd week at #1)

10 years ago
2007

Died on this date
Hank Thompson, 82. U.S. musician. Mr. Thompson was a country singer and songwriter whose career spanned 70 years, with 26 singles that made the Billboard country chart, including three--The Wild Side of Life (1952); Rub-a-Dub-Dub (1953); and Wake Up, Irene (1953)--that reached #1. He was a heavy smoker and died of lung cancer, 29 days after his last performance.

Hilda Braid, 78. U.K. actress. Miss Braid had a long career in British television, and was perhaps best known for playing Nana Moon in the soap opera EastEnders from 2002-2005. She died of Alzheimer's disease.

Literature
Elizabeth Hay won the Giller Prize, Canada's richest literary award, for her novel Late Nights on Air.