April 6, 2019

820 years ago
1199

Died on this date
Richard I, 41. King of England, 1189-1199. Richard I, popularly known as Richard Cœur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart, participated, while a teenager, with his two older brothers in an unsuccessful revolt against his father Henry II, but made peace with King Henry and helped to put down further revolts against him. However, Richard later led another revolt against his father, defeating him in battle and succeeding him on the throne upon King Henry's death two days later. King Richard I was known for courage in battle, and he helped to lead the Third Crusade in the early 1190s, achieving success against Saladin's Muslim forces, including the conquest of Cyprus, but failing to take Jerusalem. King Richard spent most of his adult life in France, and he was in Châlus in the Duchy of Aquitaine when he was struck in the shoulder by an arrow fired from a crossbow by a young man who was reportedly trying to avenge the deaths of his father and two brothers. Surgery to remove the arrow led to gangrenous infection, and King Richard I died 12 days after being wounded. He left no legitimate heirs, and was succeeded by his younger brother John.

175 years ago
1844

Born on this date
William Lyne. Australian politician. Sir William began his career in New South Wales politics as a member of the Protectionist Party, and was elected party leader in 1895, serving as N.S.W. Leader of the Opposition before serving as Premier from 1899-1901. With the Australian colonies due to unite in a federation in January 1901, Governor General Lord Hopetoun asked Sir William to become Prime Minister of an interim government; however, Sir William was unable to form a government, and returned the commission to Lord Hopetoun. Sir William resigned as Premier of New South Wales to enter federal politics, and represented Hume in the Australian Parliament from 1901-1913, holding several cabinet posts. He died on August 3, 1913 at the age of 69, a few months after losing his seat in the 1913 federal election.

150 years ago
1869

Technology
John Wesley Hyatt patented a method of covering billiard balls with the addition of collodion.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
William Branham. U.S. religious figure. Mr. Branham was generally acknowledged as the founder of the post-World War II healing "revival." He claimed to be the "Elijah" prophet of the time just prior to the return of Jesus to Earth, and became the object of a personality cult. He died on December 24, 1965 at the age of 56, six days after suffering serious injuries in a car accident; his followers apparently expected Mr. Branham to rise from the dead, and didn't bury him until April 11, 1966. Other people have done a better job than this blogger ever could of cataloguing Mr. Branham's heresies and false prophecies; for further information, I suggest Seek the Truth.

Exploration
Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Georgios Mylonas. Greek politician. Mr. Mylonas, a member of the Greek Centre Union and then New Democracy, was a close aide to Prime Minister George Papandreou; among the cabinet posts he held was that of Culture Minister (1989-1990). Mr. Mylonas was exiled on the island of Amorgos during Greece's military dictatorship (1967-1974), but escaped. He died on February 15, 1998 at the age of 78.

90 years ago
1929

Politics and government
Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long was impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

80 years ago
1939

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Toronto 1 @ Boston 2 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Bobby Bauer scored with 3:29 remaining in regulation time to break a 1-1 tie as the Bruins edged the Maple Leafs at Boston Garden.

75 years ago
1944

Died on this date
Rose O'Neill, 69. U.S. cartoonist and illustrator. Ms. O'Neill created the Kewpie figures in cartoons that began appearing in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. Dolls inspired by the cartoons began being manufactured in 1912, which brought Miss O'Neill $1.4 million in royalties. She eventually lost much of her fortune, and died of heart failure resulting from paralysis.

War
Yugoslavian partisans reported that a Nazi armoured force had smashed to within five miles of Marshal Tito's headquarters at Jajce. Soviet troops captured Skala, north of Cernauti in northern Bukovina. Indian troops reached Imphal in the state of Manipur after being held up by the Japanese for three weeks.

Oil
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Vice President Eugene Holman said that U.S. oil reserves were "sufficient for a thousand years."

Energy
U.S Solid Fuels Administrator Harold Ickes predicted tighter restrictions on the use of coal during the next winter because of shortages resulting from the drafting of young miners into the armed services.

Labour
The U.S. National War Labor Board ordered Montgomery Ward to continue its contract with the Congress of Industrial Organizations Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employes Union until an election determined whether workers wanted union representation.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Montreal 3 @ Chicago 1 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Maurice "Rocket" Richard scored all 3 Montreal goals as the Canadiens defeated the Black Hawks at Chicago Stadium.

70 years ago
1949

Died on this date
Ezra Winter, 63. U.S. artist. Mr. Winter was known for painting murals on buildings such as Radio City Music Hall in New York City and the Library of Congress in Washington. While working on one of his murals, he forgot how high above the ground he was and took a step back, falling and breaking his tailbone. An unsteady hand and pain from his injury left him unable to paint, and he committed suicide, 27 days after his 63rd birthday.

Andrew Somers, 54. U.S. politician. Mr. Somers, a Democrat, represented New York's 6th (1925-1945) and 10th (1945-1949) Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives, and was chairman of the House Public Lands Committee at the time of his death. he was succeeded in this position by Rep. J. Hardin Peterson (Democrat--Florida).

War
In a speech to members of Congress, U.S. President Harry Truman said that he would not hesitate to order the use of the atomic bomb under circumstances similar to those under which it was dropped on Japan in 1945.

Defense
The U.S. Navy announced plans to shift its focus of strength from the Pacific to the Atlantic Fleet in line with post-World War II strategy changes.

Americana
The last Army Day was observed throughout the United States, as Defense Secretary Louis Johnson ordered Army, Navy, and Marine Corps days to be merged into a single Armed Forces Day.

Aviation
Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that its X-1 rocket plane had achieved speeds of 1,100 miles per hour, the fastest by a piloted aircraft.

Crime
Herbert Philbrick, an undercover Communist Party member and Federal Bureau of Investigation informant since 1940, appeared as a surprise prosecution witness in the New York trial of 11 accused Communist Party leaders. He testified that the party had planned "violent revolution" since 1945, and that Communists in Boston were instructed to infiltrate key industries in Massachusetts. Mr. Philbrick told the full story of his activities in his book I Led 3 Lives (1952).

Economics and finance
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps presented Parliament with a severe austerity budget, calling for reduced food subsidies and maintenance of sales and income taxes at their existing levels.

Basketball
BAA
Finals
Washington 62 @ Minneapolis 76 (Minneapolis led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Don Carlson scored 16 points and Herm Schaefer added 13 to help the Lakers defeat the Capitols before 10,212 fans at Minneapolis Auditorium. George Mikan scored just 10 points for Minneapolis. Sonny Hertzberg led Washington scorers with 13 points.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Mariquilla--José Luís y su Guitarra (8th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Venus--Frankie Avalon (5th week at #1)
2 Come Softly to Me--The Fleetwoods
3 It's Just a Matter of Time--Brook Benton
4 Pink Shoe Laces--Dodie Stevens
5 Tragedy--Thomas Wayne with the DeLons
6 Never Be Anyone Else But You--Ricky Nelson
7 Charlie Brown--The Coasters
8 Alvin's Harmonica--David Seville and the Chipmunks
9 It's Late--Ricky Nelson
10 Guitar Boogie Shuffle--The Virtues

Singles entering the chart were So Fine by the Fiestas (#77); Lovey Dovey by Clyde McPhatter (#83); Only You (Loin de Vous) by Franck Pourcel’s French Fiddles (#95); 77 Sunset Strip by Don Ralke (#96); That's My Little Suzie by Ritchie Valens (#98); and I Never Felt Like This by Jack Scott (#99).

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKWX)
1 I Need Your Love Tonight/(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I--Elvis Presley
2 Guitar Boogie Shuffle--The Virtues
3 It's Late/Never Be Anyone Else But You--Ricky Nelson
4 Venus--Frankie Avalon
5 Come Softly to Me--The Fleetwoods
6 Sea Cruise--Frankie Ford
7 Pink Shoe Laces--Dodie Stevens
8 I've Had It--The Bell Notes
9 It Doesn't Matter Anymore--Buddy Holly
10 Raw-Hide--Link Wray and the Wraymen

Singles entering the chart were Who's That Knocking by the Genies (#34); Poor Jenny/Take a Message to Mary by the Everly Brothers (#35); As Time Goes By by Johnny Nash (#45); That's My Little Suzie by Ritchie Valens (#48); I Still Get a Thrill by Joni James (#51); Almost Grown/Little Queenie by Chuck Berry (#52); Only You (Loin de Vous) by Franck Pourcel’s French Fiddles (#53); Love Me in the Daytime by Doris Day (#54); Bonaparte's Retreat/The Kissing Tree by Billy Grammer (#57); and The Walls Have Ears by Patti Page (#60).

At the movies
The Sound and the Fury, directed by Martin Ritt, and starring Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, and Margaret Leighton, opened in theatres.

Movies
The Academy Awards for 1958 were presented at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winners included: Picture--Gigi; Director--Vincente Minnelli (Gigi); Actor--David Niven (Separate Tables); Actress--Susan Hayward (I Want to Live!); Supporting Actor--Burl Ives (The Big Country); Supporting Actress--Wendy Hiller (Separate Tables); Foreign Language Film--Mon Oncle.

Protest
French troops were flown to Dahomey to halt demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Sourou Migan Apithy stemming from opposition charges that recent legislative assembly elections were rigged.

World events
Paris police arrested 172 Algerians, seven of them suspected nationalist leaders, in raids throughout the metropolitan area.

Crime
Caryl Chessman, sentenced to death in 1948 for kidnapping and attempted rape, lost a California Supreme Court appeal for release from San Quentin State Prison on a writ of habeas corpus.

50 years ago
1969

Disasters
11 people, including 6 children, died in a tenement fire in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

At least 20 were killed in floods in Azerbaijan.

25 died in the fiery collision of a Taiwanese freighter and an oil barge under the New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
Montreal 4 @ New York 3 (Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-0)
Boston 3 @ Toronto 2 (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-0)
St. Louis 4 @ Philadelphia 1 (St. Louis won best-of-seven series 4-0)
Oakland 2 @ Los Angeles 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Derek Sanderson scored shorthanded 1:21 into the game and scored the eventual winning goal with 3:53 remaining in the 2nd period as the Bruins eliminated the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens. Punch Imlach, who had led Toronto to four Stanley Cup championships in 11 seasons as coach and general manager, was fired immediately after the game.

CHL
Adams Cup
Semi-Finals
Omaha 1 @ Dallas 4 (Dallas won best-of-five series 3-0)
Tulsa 4 @ Oklahoma City 3 (OT) (Tulsa led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Jim Marsh scored at 2:18 of the 1st overtime period to give the Oilers their win over the Blazers.

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Y.M.C.A.--Village People (9th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Heart of Glass--Blondie (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France (IFOP): Born to Be Alive--Patrick Hernandez (6th week at #1)

Died on this date
Norman Tokar, 59. U.S. film and television director. Mr. Tokar was an actor in radio before he directed 93 episodes of the television comedy series Leave it to Beaver (1957-1960) and 22 episodes of The Donna Reed Show (1960-1962). His success in directing juvenile actors led to work with Walt Disney Productions, directing episodes of Mr. Disney's television programs in addition to movies such as Big Red (1962); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); and The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). Mr. Tokar died of a heart attack in his sleep.

Protest
Student demonstrations began in Kathmandu, protesting the April 4 execution of Pakistani Prime Minister Ali Bhutto. The protests later expanded to demanding political reforms within Nepal.

Energy
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United States turned down a request by California Governor Jerry Brown to temporarily close the Rancho Seco nuclear plant near Sacramento, a twin of the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania.

Economics and finance
The United States cut off all aid to Pakistan after intelligence sources reported that Pakistan was acquiring capability of building nuclear weapons.

Hockey
NHL
Guy Chouinard of the Atlanta Flames scored his 50th goal of the season, in a game against the New York Rangers.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Finnish Singles Chart): Like a Prayer--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Eternal Flame--Bangles

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher held day-long talks in London. Mr. Gorbachev repeatedly opposed Mrs. Thatcher's insistence that U.S. short-range nuclear missiles in West Germany must be modernized. At a state dinner, Mr. Gorbachev called himself a "confirmed opponent" of nuclear weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, meeting with U.S. President George Bush in Washington, said that Israel would be willing to hold elections in the occupied territories that could lead to a "self-governing administration."

Labour
The British government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced plans to abolish legislation to guarantee jobs for more than 9,000 dock workers.

25 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Juvénal Habyarimana, 57. 3rd President of Rwanda, 1973-1994; Cyprien Ntaryamira, 39. 5th President of Burundi, 1994. Messrs. Habyarimana and Ntaryamira (who had taken office as President of Burundi on February 5, 1994) were killed when the plane they were in crashed in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. They were returning from Tanzania after attending a conference with other African leaders that had sought to end the war in Rwanda and Burundi between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. Burundi's Ambassador to the United Nations claimed that the plane had been shot down by rocket fire. The event sparked further fighting between the ethnic groups, resulting in 20,000 deaths within a week.

Terrorism
Seven people were killed in Afula, Israel when a Palestinian driving a car outfitted with a bomb drove into a school bus.

Law
Harry Blackmun, 85, announced his retirement after 14 years on the Supreme Court of the United States. He had been appointed to the Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in 1970, and had written the majority judgment in Roe v. Wade (1973), which had struck down all laws in the United States prohibiting abortion.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Red Norvo, 91. U.S. musician. Mr. Norvo, born Kenneth Norville, was nicknamed "Mr. Swing," and was one of the first jazz vibraphonists, playing with bands such as those of Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman, and also leading his own band in a career spanning 60 years from the mid-1920s to the mid-1980s. He died six days after his 91st birthday.

War
Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic declared a unilateral cease-fire in the rebellious province of Kosovo. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization said that Mr. Milosevic had to withdraw Serb troops and allow refugees to return under international protection.

Diplomacy
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji began a visit to the United States, but was unable to reach a comprehensive trade agreement with the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Politics and government
The Supreme Court of Nigeria annulled some of the results of February elections for local and regional offices.

Crime
Pierre Lebrun, a former employee of the Ottawa bus company OC Transpo, shot and killed four former co-workers and wounded another before killing himself.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
J. M. S. Careless, 90. Canadian historian. Dr. Careless, a native of Toronto, taught at the University of Toronto from 1945-1984, teaching courses in Canadian political, ethnic, urban, and intellectual history. His best-known book was Canada: A Story of Challenge (1953).

Protest
Tamil protesters started non-stop, continuous demonstrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, requesting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call for a ceasefire to the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Disasters
A 6.3-Mw earthquake struck the region of Abruzzo in central Italy, killing 308 people and injuring more than 1,500 others.

April 5, 2019

1,100 years ago
919

War
The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt began when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, set out from Raqqada at the head of his army.

800 years ago
1219

Born on this date
Wonjong. King of Korea, 1260-1274. Wonjong, the son of King Gojong, acceded to the throne with the help of Kublai Khan, and ruled as a vassal of China's Yuan dynasty. King Wonjong died on July 23, 1274 at the age of 55 and was succeeded by his son Chungryeol.

410 years ago
1609

War
Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan completed his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

225 years ago
1794

Died on this date
Fabre d'Églantine, 43. French playwright and politician; François Joseph Westermann, 42. French military officer; Pierre Philippeaux, 39. French lawyer; François Chabot, 37. French politician; Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, 34. French judge and politician; Georges Danton, 34. French politician; Camille Desmoulins, 34. French journalist and politician. The seven men were figures in the French Revolution, but were convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of various offenses, and, with eight others, were executed by guillotine in Paris.

140 years ago
1879

War
Chile declared war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

125 years ago
1894

Born on this date
Lawrence Bell. U.S. aviation executive. Mr. Bell founded Bell Aircraft Corporation in 1935. Bell Aircraft made fighter planes during World War II, but was perhaps best known for the Bell X-1, in which Chuck Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier in 1947. Mr. Bell died from a stroke on October 20, 1956 at the age of 62.

Hans Hüttig. German war criminal. Mr. Hüttig was an SS officer who worked at various concentration camps in the 1930s and '40s, and oversaw the construction of camps and prisons. He was interned by the Allies after World War II and was sentenced to death by a French military court in 1954. The sentence wasn't carried out, and Mr. Hüttig was released in 1956, living a quiet life until his death on February 23, 1980 at the age of 85.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Albert R. Broccoli. U.S. film producer. "Cubby" Broccoli was best known for producing or co-producing most of the James Bond movies from 1962-1989. He died on June 27, 1996 at the age of 87.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Lester James Peries. Sri Lankan film director. Mr. Peries directed more than 20 movies in a career spanning more than 50 years, and was regarded as the "father of Sri Lankan cinema." He died on April 28, 2018, 23 days after his 99th birthday.

Died on this date
Joe Hall, 37. U.K.-born Canadian hockey player. "Bad Joe Hall" grew up in Brandon, Manitoba, and was a defenceman in various amateur leagues, but was best known for his years in the National Hockey Association with the Montreal Shamrocks (1909-10) and Quebec Bulldogs (1910-17), and in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens (1917-19). He scored 52 goals and 17 assists in 137 NHA games, and 15 goals and 8 assists in 35 NHL regular season games, with 1 assist in 7 playoff games as an NHL player. Mr. Hall scored 6 goals in 12 playoff games before turning professional, and helped the Kenora Thistles win the Stanley Cup in 1907. He was with the Bulldogs' Stanley Cup championship teams in 1912 and 1913, and was playing with the Canadiens in the Stanley Cup finals in Seattle when most of the Canadiens took ill with influenza, and Mr. Hall died a week after the fifth game. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.

Hockey
Stanley Cup
Finals
Montreal @ Seattle (Best-of-five series tied 2-2-1)

With most of the Canadiens hospitalized because of the influenza epidemic and the death of Joe Hall, the deciding game of the finals was cancelled, and the Cup was not awarded for 1919.

75 years ago
1944

War
German troops executed 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura. Soviet troops captured Kubanka, 17 miles north of Odessa, and also took Razdelnaya and Kuchurgan, thus cutting the last rail and highway escape route for an estimated 100,000 German troops in the Odessa area. Japanese invasion forces seized a 15-mile stretch of the Imphal-Kohima highway in the Indian state of Manipur and pushed to a point 80 miles east of Dimapur, which was the Allied lifeline to northern Burma.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom ended public telephone service to Ireland and, as a safety measure, halted exports of newspapers and most other printed matter to Ireland and Gibraltar.

Politics and government
Crown Prince Humbert of Italy said that he was prepared to act as deputy for King Victor Emmanuel III, who had agreed to name him his lieutenant with authority to exercise the prerogatives of the crown.

Wendell Willkie, the Republican Party candidate for President of the United States in 1940, announced his withdrawal from the contest for the 1944 Republican nomination after a poor performance in the Wisconsin primary.

The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals announced that it had withdrawn a 1940 deportation order against the Russian-born wife of Communist Party U.S.A. leader Earl Browder.

Society
The U.S. Committee on Fair Employment Practices revealed that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company had agreed to employ qualified dining car stewards without regard to race, creed, colour, or national origin.

70 years ago
1949

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Man Upstairs, starring Mildred Natwick and Anthony Ross

Died on this date
Erich Zeigner, 63. German politician. Mr. Zeigner took office as Justice Minister of Saxony in 1921, and became Minister-President of Saxony in March 1923. On October 10, 1923, he appointed two Communists to his cabinet, and 17 days later, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann issued an ultimatum demanding their dismissal. Mr. Zeigner refused, and was deposed as Minister-President two days later by German President Friedrich Ebert. Mr. Zeigner opposed the Nazi Party in the early 1930s, and was arrested shortly after they took power in Germany in 1933. He was acquitted at trial in 1935, but had difficulty earning a living. After a brief imprisonment in 1939, Mr. Zeigner worked as a bookkeeper in Leipzig until being arrested and interned after the unsuccessful assassination attempt against German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler in July 1944.

War
Israel and Syria began armistice talks in the Upper Galilee region.

Diplomacy
Philip Jessup and Jacob Malik, U.S. and U.S.S.R. delegates, respectively, to the United Nations, held a second informal discussion in New York on the subject of Berlin, following consultations among the Western Allies. Mr. Jessup read Mr. Malik a statement tentatively approving the Soviet offer to lift the Berlin blockade in return for a German conference and an end to Western traffic restrictions.

Canadiana
The coat of arms for the mythical “Republic of Madawaska,” designed by P.C. Laporte and J. Gaspard Boucher, was officially registered in Ottawa. Ten knights sat on the Executive of the Order of the Republic, with the Mayor of Edmundston, New Brunswick as President.

Labour
New Jersey Governor Charles Driscoll signed a bill strnegthening bans against racial and religious employment discrimination.

Disasters
A fire at St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, Illinois killed 77 people, leading to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Montreal 1 @ Detroit 3 (Detroit won best-of-seven series 4-3)

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in France (IFOP): La marche des gosses--Annie Cordy (4th week at #1)

On television tonight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Cheap is Cheap, starring Dennis Day and Alice Backes

Politics and government
Cyprus Governor Sir Hugh Foot announced a 12-member Cypriot provisional cabinet in which Archbishop Makarios held the post of Foreign Minister.

The Panchen Lama arrived in Lhasa and assumed the chairmanship of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibetan Autonomous Region, empowered by the People's Republic of China to rule Tibet.

Law
In the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding "double jeopardy," U.S. Attorney General William Rogers indicated that the Justice Department continued to believe that "after a state prosecution there should be no federal trial for the same act or acts unless the reasons are compelling."

Environment
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory disclosed that atmospheric radioactivity over the eastern United States had increased up to 300% after Soviet nuclear tests had been conducted in the autumn of 1958.

Auto racing
Roberto Mieres and Fritz d'Orey, sharing a drive in a Porsche RSK, won the first sports car race ever held at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. The race was scheduled for 620 miles (1,000 kilometres), but was shortened to 560 miles (900 km) because of darkness.

Golf
Art Wall shot a 6-under-par 66, with birdies on 5 of the last 6 holes, to win the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia with a 4-under-par total score of 284, 1 stroke ahead of Cary Middlecoff. First prize money was $15,000.



Basketball
NBA
Finals
Minneapolis 108 @ Boston 128 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-0)

Bill Sharman scored 28 points and Tom Heinsohn added 24, while Bill Russell grabbed 30 rebounds to help the Celtics easily defeat the Lakers before 11,082 fans at Boston Garden. Vern Mikkelsen led Minneapolis scorers with 35 points, while Elgin Baylor made just 2 of 17 field goal attempts and scored 13 points.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/While My Guitar Gently Weeps--The Beatles (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Rhodesia (Lyons Maid): Crimson and Clover--Tommy James and the Shondells (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Oh Lady Mary--David Alexandre Winter

#1 single in Italy (FIMI): Ma che freddo fa--Nada (5th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Atlantis--Donovan (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?--Peter Sarstedt

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): I Heard It Through the Grapevine--Marvin Gaye

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Why--The Cats (3rd week at #1)
2 Don Juan--Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
3 First of May--The Bee Gees
4 Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)--Peter Sarstedt
5 Sorry Suzanne--The Hollies
6 I Can Hear Music--The Beach Boys
7 The Walls Fell Down--The Marbles
8 Spooky's Day Off--Swinging Soul Machine
9 Atlantis--Donovan
10 Good Times (Better Times)--Cliff Richard

Singles entering the chart were Ich Sing' ein Lied für Dich by Heintje (#24); De Laatste Dans by Anja (#25); Pinball Wizard by the Who (#35); 5th Symphony Beethoven by Ekseption (#38); and Michael and the Slipper Tree by the Equals (#40).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Dizzy--Tommy Roe (4th week at #1)
2 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)--The 5th Dimension
3 Time of the Season--The Zombies
4 You've Made Me So Very Happy--Blood, Sweat & Tears
5 Galveston--Glen Campbell
6 Run Away Child, Running Wild--The Temptations
7 Only the Strong Survive--Jerry Butler
8 Traces--Classics IV
9 My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)--David Ruffin
10 Proud Mary--Creedence Clearwater Revival

Singles entering the chart were I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get it Myself) by James Brown (#61); To Know You is to Love You by Bobby Vinton (#72); Pinball Wizard by the Who (#73); Atlantis by Donovan (#75); In the Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) by the Foundations (#77); Grazing in the Grass by the Friends of Distinction (#80); Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) by Peter Sarstedt (#85); Love is All I Have to Give by the Checkmates, Ltd. (#86); Badge by Cream (#87); More Today than Yesterday by the Spiral Starecase (#88); Back in the U.S.S.R. by Chubby Checker (#90); These Eyes by the Guess Who? (#91); Morning Girl by Neon Philharmonic (#93); Gitarzan by Ray Stevens (#94); When You Dance by Jay and the Americans (#95); A Million to One by Brian Hyland (#96); California Girl (And the Tennessee Square) by Tompall and the Glaser Brothers (#97); Rhythm of the Rain by Gary Lewis and the Playboys (#98); and Idaho by the 4 Seasons (#99). Idaho was the other side of Something's on Her Mind, which had charted a week earlier at #98, and was now off the chart.

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)--The 5th Dimension
2 Dizzy--Tommy Roe
3 Time of the Season--The Zombies
4 Galveston--Glen Campbell
5 You've Made Me So Very Happy--Blood, Sweat & Tears
6 Traces--Classics IV
7 It's Your Thing--The Isley Brothers
8 Run Away Child, Running Wild--The Temptations
9 My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)--David Ruffin
10 Rock Me--Steppenwolf

Singles entering the chart were Gitarzan by Ray Stevens (#58); The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel (#60); Pinball Wizard by the Who (#69); Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin (#72); Badge by Cream (#73); The River is Wide by the Grassroots (#77); Happy Heart by Petula Clark (#84); Love is All I Have to Give by the Checkmates, Ltd. (#85); Happy Heart by Andy Williams (#86); Love (Can Make You Happy) by Mercy (#88); You Came, You Saw, You Conquered! by the Ronettes (#92); These Eyes by the Guess Who? (#93); July You're a Woman by Pat Boone (#95); Back in the U.S.S.R. by Chubby Checker (#98); and Grazing in the Grass by the Friends of Distinction (#100).

Calgary's Top 10 (Glenn's Music)
1 Things I'd Like to Say--The New Colony Six (2nd week at #1)
2 Indian Giver--1910 Fruitgum Co.
3 Dizzy--Tommy Roe
4 Build Me Up Buttercup--The Foundations
5 Proud Mary--Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)--The 5th Dimension
7 Galveston--Glen Campbell
8 Rock Me--Steppenwolf
9 Something's Happening--Herman's Hermits
10 Johnny One Time--Brenda Lee
Pick hit of the week: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'--Crazy Elephant

Died on this date
Ain-Ervin Mere, 66. Estonian spy. Mr. Mere, born Ervin Martson, joined the Soviet secret police force NKVD in 1940-1941, reporting on Baltic activities. He surrendered to the German military in July 1941, and became a member of the Estonian Security Police, forming the anti-Communist organization Eesti Vabadusliit in February 1945. Mr. Mere eventually lived in England, and was convicted in absentia by a Soviet war crimes court in 1961 and sentenced to death for active involvement in the killing of Estonian Jews during World War II. British authorities refused to extradite Mr. Mere to the U.S.S.R. because of a lack of evidence, and he lived the rest of his life in England.

Rómulo Gallegos, 84. 48th President of Venezuela, 1948. Mr. Gallegos was a novelist whose criticism of dictator Juan Vicente Gómez led to Mr. Gallegos' exile in Spain from 1929-1936. He returned to Venezuela and was elected to Congress in 1937, serving as Mayor of Caracas from 1940-1941. Mr. Gallegos was involved in the coup that brought the "Revolutionary Government Junta" to power; in 1947, as the Acción Democrática candidate, he won what was believed to be Venezuela's first honest presidential election, taking office on February 17, 1948. After just nine months in office, President Gallegos was deposed by a military coup on November 24, 1948, and spent the next 10 years in exile in Cuba and Mexico. He returned to Venezuela in 1958 and was made a Senator for Life in 1961, but took no active role in politics.

Alberto Bonucci, 50. Italian actor. Mr. Bonucci appeared in 53 films from 1950-1967; his movies included Fugitive in Trieste (1951) and Toto in Color (1952).

Crime
Donald Lambright, the son of comic actor Stepin Fetchit, shot at cars travelling along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, killing his wife and two other people, and then killed himself. At least 17 people were wounded or cut by flying glass as bullets shattered windshields.

Protest
On a rainy day in New York, more than 20,000 walked up Fifth Avenue in what was both a tribute to Martin Luther King on the first anniversary of his assassination and a protest against the Vietnam War. Some protesters wore armbands bearing the number "33,000," signifying the number of Americans killed in the war to date.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
Montreal 4 @ New York 1 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 3-0)
Boston 4 @ Toronto 3 (Boston led best-of-seven series 3-0)
St. Louis 3 @ Philadelphia 0 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-0)
Oakland 5 @ Los Angeles 2 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Gary Sabourin scored the winning goal at 7:41 of the 1st period, and Jacques Plante made 27 saves for his second straight shutout in goal as the Blues blanked the Flyers at the Spectrum.

CHL
Adams Cup
Semi-Finals
Dallas 4 @ Omaha 3 (OT) (Dallas led best-of-five series 2-0)
Tulsa 5 @ Oklahoma City 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Wayne Maki scored Dallas' first 3 goals, and Jim Wiste scored 39 seconds into the 1st overtime period as the Black Hawks edged the Knights.

30 years ago
1979

Protest
Demonstrators protesting the execution of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto clashed with police in numerous locations in Pakistan.

Oil
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced that he would seek to gradually phase out price controls on domestic oil production by July 1, in an effort to spur U.S. production and to cut consumption.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Like a Prayer--Madonna (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Like a Prayer--Madonna

Died on this date
Frank Foss, 93. U.S. pole vaulter. Mr. Foss won the Amateur Athletic Union championship in 1919 and 1920, and won the gold medal in the men's pole vault competition at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp, breaking his own world record.

War
Vietnam announced that it would pull all of its troops out of Cambodia by September 30. Vietnamese forces had entered Cambodia a decade earlier to overthrow the regime led by Pol Pot.

Politics and government
Poland's Communist government and its opposition, led by Lech Walesa, agreed to a new structure for government that would include a new bicameral national legislature. A new Senate would have 100 seats, and the existing parliament would become the lower house with 460 seats, 65% of which would be reserved for the Communist Party and its allies. The legislature would elect a president for a six-year term and strong executive powers. Agreement was also announced to grant official recognition to the Roman Catholic Church.

25 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Kurt Cobain, 27. U.S. musician. Mr. Cobain was the leader of the grunge rock group Nirvana, who achieved popularity in the early 1990s. Mr. Cobain was a drug addict who seems to have spent most of his life rebelling against God. He was found dead on April 8, 1994 of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound; the coroner estimated April 5 as the date of death. Some people considered Mr. Cobain a genius, and he was regarded as "the spokesman of a generation," but it's a generation that this blogger wants no part of.

War
Serb forces broke through Bosnian army defense lines at the Muslim enclave of Gorazde.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the Index of Leading Economic Indicators had declined 0.1% in February.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 3,675.41, an increase of 82.06 from the previous day.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Paul David, 79. Canadian physician and politician. Dr. David, a native of Montreal, was a cardiologist who founded the Montreal Heart Institute in 1954, and directed Canada's first heart transplant. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1985, and represented Bedford, Quebec until his retirement in 1994.

Terrorism
Libya released two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan American flight 103 (which killed 270 people when the plane exploded over Lockerbie Scotland) to a United Nations official. The two men were to be tried in the Netherlands under Scottish law. By turning over the suspects, Libya gained automatic release from UN--though not United States--sanctions.

War
Four bridges over the Danube River had been destroyed by the bombing of NATO forces upon Yugoslavia.

10 years ago
2009

Space
The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns that it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.

April 4, 2019

125 years ago
1894

Politics and government
Canadian Prime Minister John Thompson hosted the Canada-Newfoundland Confederation Conference in Ottawa, which ran until April 16.

90 years ago
1929

Died on this date
Karl Benz, 84. German automotive engineer. Mr. Benz invented the first practical automobile--the Benz Patent Motorcar--in 1885. His company merged with Daimler in 1926, with the brand name becoming known as Mercedes-Benz. Mr. Benz died of a bronchial inflammation.

80 years ago
1939

Died on this date
Ghazi, 26. King of Iraq, 1933-1939. Ghazi succeeded his father Faisal I on the Hashemite throne. He died under mysterious circumstances in an accident involving a sports car that he was driving. Ghazi was succeeded as king by his 3-year-old son Faisal II.

Diplomacy
Canada recognized the government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain, following the end of the Spanish Civil War.

75 years ago
1944

War
The first bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces killed 3000 civilians. After three days of street fighting, Soviet forces gained control of Tarnopol, Poland. Because of jungle fires set by the Japanese, British troops were forced back into the plain east of Imphal in the Indian state of Manipur. The French Committee of National Liberation announced that a National Defense General Staff had been established under General Charles de Gaulle with complete authority over the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Politics and government
New York Governor Thomas Dewey won the Wisconsin primary in the contest for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States in the November 1944 election. Mr. Dewey finished ahead of Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen, 1940 Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie, and U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur.

Scandal
Movie star and director Charlie Chaplin was acquitted by a U.S. federal court jury in Los Angeles of violating the Mann Act. Mr. Chaplin had been charged with transporting aspiring actress Joan Berry on a round trip from Hollywood to New York for immoral purposes.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Finals
Chicago 1 @ Montreal 5 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 1-0)

70 years ago
1949

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring John Stanley and George Spelvin (Wendell Holmes), on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Elusive Agent: Part 3

Radio City Playhouse, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Wardrobe Trunk, starring David Gothard and Joe DeSantis

Wardrobe Trunk was written by Cornell Woolrich, under the pseudonym William Irish.

Defense
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington. The signatories were the United States; United Kingdom; France; Canada; Portugal; Italy; Norway; Denmark; Belgium; the Netherlands; Luxembourg; and Iceland. The goal of NATO was, in the words of its first Secretary General, Lord Ismay, was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

World events
The Bulgarian government announced the dismissal and arrest of Deputy Premier Tricho Kostov for espousing "nationalistic" policies similar to those of Yugoslavian President Marshal Josip Broz Tito.

Politics and government
The New Jersey State Senate completed action on a series of bills requiring loyalty oaths from all public employees and elected officials.

Technology
The U.S. National Bureau of Standards reported the development of a non-magnetic compass for polar navigation.

Journalism
A court in Paris awarded anti-Communist author Victor Kravchenko 150,000 francs plus court costs in a libel suit against the French Communist journal Lettres Francaises.

Basketball
BAA
Finals
Washington 84 @ Minneapolis 88 (Minneapolis led best-of-seven series 1-0)

George Mikan scored 42 points for the Lakers as they beat the Capitols before 8,210 fans at Minneapolis Auditorium. Fred Scolari led Washington scorers with 20 points.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Smoke Gets in Your Eyes--The Platters (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes--The Platters (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Tom Dooley--The Kingston Trio (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Side Saddle--Russ Conway

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Venus--Frankie Avalon (5th week at #1)
2 Come Softly to Me--The Fleetwoods
3 It's Just a Matter of Time--Brook Benton
4 Charlie Brown--The Coasters
5 Never Be Anyone Else But You--Ricky Nelson
6 Pink Shoe Laces--Dodie Stevens
7 Tragedy--Thomas Wayne with the DeLons
8 (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I--Elvis Presley
9 Alvin's Harmonica--David Seville and the Chipmunks
10 It's Late--Ricky Nelson

Singles entering the chart were "Yep!" by Duane Eddy and the Rebels (#51); Someone by Johnny Mathis (#64); Three Stars by Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires (#79); Almost Grown (#86)/Little Queenie (#91) by Chuck Berry; That's My Little Suzie by Ritchie Valens (#89); Take a Message to Mary by the Everly Brothers (#91); So Fine by the Fiestas (#96); You Can't Be True Dear by the Mary Kaye Trio (#98); Only You (Loin de Vous) by Franck Pourcel’s French Fiddles (#99); Rockin' Crickets by the Hot-Toddys (#100); and The Kissing Tree by Billy Grammer (#100).

Canada's Top 25
1 It's Just a Matter of Time--Brook Benton
2 Come Softly to Me--The Fleetwoods
3 Venus--Frankie Avalon
4 Alvin's Harmonica--David Seville and the Chipmunks
5 Never Be Anyone Else But You--Ricky Nelson
6 Tragedy--Thomas Wayne with the DeLons
7 Charlie Brown--The Coasters
8 Pink Shoe Laces--Dodie Stevens
9 If I Didn't Care--Connie Francis
10 It's Late--Ricky Nelson
11 The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)--Andy Williams
12 Tomboy--Perry Como
13 No Other Arms, No Other Lips--The Chordettes
14 I've Had It--The Bell Notes
15 Please Mr. Sun--Tommy Edwards
16 For a Penny--Pat Boone
17 It Doesn't Matter Anymore--Buddy Holly
18 Heavenly Lover--Teresa Brewer
19 Peter Gunn--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
20 Petite Fleur (Little Flower)--Chris Barber's Jazz Band
21 The Tijuana Jail--The Kingston Trio
22 Where were You (On Our Wedding Day)?--Lloyd Price
23 Guitar Boogie Shuffle--The Virtues
24 Since I Don't Have You--The Skyliners
25 The Happy Organ--Dave "Baby" Cortez

Montreal's Top 20
1 Venus--Frankie Avalon
2 Come Softly to Me--The Fleetwoods
3 It's Just a Matter of Time--Brook Benton
4 Pink Shoe Laces--Dodie Stevens
5 Never Be Anyone Else But You--Ricky Nelson
6 Alvin's Harmonica--David Seville and the Chipmunks
7 Tomboy--Perry Como
8 Charlie Brown--The Coasters
9 The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)--Andy Williams
10 French Foreign Legion--Frank Sinatra
11 Please Mr. Sun--Tommy Edwards
12 Tragedy--Thomas Wayne with the DeLons
13 Peter Gunn--Ray Anthony and his Orchestra
14 Petite Fleur (Little Flower)--Chris Barber's Jazz Band
15 Heavenly Lover--Teresa Brewer
16 If I Didn't Care--Connie Francis
17 I Got Plenty of Nothin'--Fred Darian
18 Moonlight Serenade--Tommy Leonetti
19 It's Late--Ricky Nelson
20 Stagger Lee--Lloyd Price
Coming up fast: For a Penny--Pat Boone

Died on this date
Benjamin Lacayo Sacasa, 75. President of Nicaragua, 1947. Mr. Lacayo was President of the lower chamber of National Congress of Nicaragua in 1933 and 1947, and was installed as President on May 26, 1947, with the help of former president Anastasio Somoza García. After less than three months in office, Mr. Lacayo was deposed by a coup that installed Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes as President.

George Amick, 34. U.S. auto racing driver. Mr. Amick competed in 43 United States Auto Club races in Championship Cars, with 3 wins. He failed to qualify for the 1957 Indianapolis 500, but finished second in 1958, his first appearance in the race. Mr. Amick was killed in a crash on the final lap of the only USAC race ever run at Daytona International Speedway in Florida; he was attempting to pass Rodger Ward for third place, and hit a wall.

Diplomacy
The United States delivered a memorandum to U.S.S.R. representatives at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, rejecting Soviet efforts to impose a ceiling of 10,000 feet on Western military planes. Meanwhile, the Soviet Foreign Ministry protested to the United States that "premeditated violation...of the established order of air communication with Berlin" by U.S. transport planes was intended to "worsen conditions" for the forthcoming East-West foreign ministers conference on Germany.

Politics and government
Sudanese political leader Modibo Keita was named the first Prime Minister of the Mali Federation.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged the United States to liberalize trade with Japan.

Auto racing
Jim Rathmann won the 100-mile United States Auto Club Championship Car race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida; his brother Dick finished second, with Rodger Ward third, as George Amick was killed in a crash attempting to pass Mr. Ward on the last lap. The average speed of 170.26 miles per hour made it the fastest race ever to that time.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Boston 5 @ Toronto 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)
Montreal 5 @ Chicago 4 (Montreal won best-of-seven series 4-2)

Bronco Horvath scored with 7:04 remaining in regulation time to break a 4-4 tie as the Bruins edged the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens. Johnny Bucyk scored 2 goals for Boston and Frank Mahovlich scored twice for Toronto, including a shorthanded goal at 7:37 of the 3rd period to tie the score 4-4.

Claude Provost's second goal of the game, with 1:28 remaining in regulation time broke a 4-4 tie and enabled the Canadiens to eliminate the Black Hawks before more than 18,000 fans at Chicago Stadium, the largest crowd at a hockey game anywhere in 12 years. The winning goal came right after Chicago's Bobby Hull stepped on the stick of Montreal's Junior Langlois and went down. Chicago fans thought Mr. Langlois should have been penalized for tripping, and when no penalty was called and Montreal scored, some fans respnded by ripping seats out of their chairs and throwing them on the ice. At least a couple of fans ran onto the ice to attack referee Red Storey, and Montreal defenceman Doug Harvey clubbed one of the fans over the head with his stick. When National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell declined to publicly support Mr. Storey for his call, Mr. Storey resigned, and never officiated another NHL game. Dickie Moore also scored 2 goals for the Canadiens, while Ted Lindsay and Ed Litzenberger each scored twice for the Black Hawks, with Mr. Lindsay's second goal, with 5:28 remaining in regulation time, tying the score 4-4.

Basketball
NBA
Finals
Minneapolis 115 @ Boston 118 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Frank Ramsey scored 29 points and Tom Heinsohn added 24, while Bill Russell grabbed 28 rebounds to help the Celtics defeat the Lakers before 8,195 fans at Boston Garden. Elgin Baylor led Minneapolis scorers with 34 points, and grabbed 11 rebounds.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Galveston--Glen Campbell
2 You've Made Me So Very Happy--Blood, Sweat & Tears
3 Indian Giver--1910 Fruitgum Co.
4 Dizzy--Tommy Roe
5 Games People Play--Joe South
6 Hot Smoke & Sasafrass--The Bubble Puppy
7 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)--The 5th Dimension
8 You Gave Me a Mountain--Frankie Laine
9 Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'--Crazy Elephant
10 Things I'd Like to Say--The New Colony Six

Singles entering the chart were Hair by the Cowsills (#26); Sweet Cherry Wine by Tommy James and the Shondells (#27); First of May by the Bee Gees (#28); No, Not Much by the Vogues (#29); and Pinball Wizard by the Who (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)--The 5th Dimension
2 Things I'd Like to Say--The New Colony Six
3 Dizzy--Tommy Roe
4 Galveston--Glen Campbell
5 Time of the Season--The Zombies
6 Long Green--The Fireballs
7 Indian Giver--1910 Fruitgum Co.
8 To Susan on the West Coast Waiting--Donovan
9 Rock Me--Steppenwolf
10 Mendocino--Sir Douglas Quintet

Medicine
A team led by Dr. Denton Cooley performed the world's first total artificial heart transplant on a human in Houston, Texas. The artificial heart, which was linked to an electric pump, was about the size as the human heart and made of Dacron and plastic. The recipient, Haskell Karp, was kept alive by the artificial heart for three days until a heart donor could be located.

Crime
Henry Loeb, the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, put his city under a curfew and stopped the sale of alcohol and some gasoline after young Negroes began smashing windows along Main and Beale Streets. Mr. Loeb's action came as Senator Edward Kennedy was a t city hall eulogizing Martin Luther King on the first anniversary of his assassination.

Disasters
Four people died in a fire in the high-pressure oxygen treatment room of Tokyo University Hospital.

Hockey
CHL
Adams Cup
Semi-Finals
Dallas 4 @ Omaha 3 (Dallas led best-of-five series 1-0)
Oklahoma City 3 @ Tulsa 2 (Oklahoma City led best-of-seven series 2-1)

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): In the Navy--Village People

Died on this date
Edgar Buchanan, 76. U.S. actor. Mr. Buchanan was a gravelly-voiced character actor who appeared in numerous movies and television programs, but was best known for starring as the title character in the Western television series Judge Roy Bean (1955-1956) and as Uncle Joe Carson in the comedy series Petticoat Junction (1963-1970). He died of a stroke complicated by pneumonia, 15 days after his 76th birthday.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 51. 4th President of Pakistan, 1971-1973; Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1973-1977. Mr. Bhutto, a nationalist and socialist, held various cabinet posts from 1958-1966, including Foreign Minister (1963-1966), and founded the Pakistan People's Party in 1967. He took office as President on December 20, 1971, shortly after East Pakistan had seceded to become the independent nation of Bangladesh, and Pakistan's military defeat by India. Mr. Bhutto's government achieved the adoption of a new constitution in 1973, and Pakistan became an Islamic republic with a parliamentary form of government, Mr. Bhutto resigned as President and took office as Prime Minister. His government pursued socialist economic reforms, the acquisition of nuclear weapons, and a foreign policy away from the West and friendlier toward Arab countries and China. Mr. Bhutto became increasingly unpopular, and he was deposed by a military coup in July 1977; two months later, he was charged with authorizing the 1974 murder of an opponent. After a five-month trial that was criticized by impartial observers as a mockery of justice, Mr. Bhutto was found not guilty of murder, but was sentenced to death. An appeal on his behalf resulted in a guilty verdict in February 1979, with a further appeal dismissed by the Supreme Court a month later. Despite international calls for clemency, Mr. Bhutto was hanged at Central Jail Rawalpindi. His daughter Benazir later became Prime Minister, and his son Murtaza became a member of parliament; both were assassinated.

War
Exile forces hostile to dictator Idi Amin and their Tanzanian allies continued their invasion of Uganda, assaulting the capital of Kampala.

Vietnam requested peace talks with China to seek resumption of normal relations, dropping its demand that China withdraw her troops before beginning negotiations.

Scandal
A U.S. House of Representatives ethics panel charged Rep. Charles Diggs (Democrat--Michigan) with 18 counts of violating House rules. Mr. Diggs had been convicted on federal charges of payroll padding and accepting kickbacks from his staff.

Disasters
Federal investigators reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that a combination of human, mechanical, and design errors were responsible for the near-disaster at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

30 years ago
1989

Diplomacy
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addressed the Cuban National Assembly in Havana, and in an apparent warning to his hosts, said that the Soviet Union "categorically opposed...the export of revolution or counterrevolution and all forms of foreign interference in the affairs of sovereign states." He said that the U.S.S.R. would stop aiding the Sandanista regime in Nicaragua if the U.S.A. halted military aid to America's Central American allies.

Baseball
With 2 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning, Damaso Garcia singled home Rex Hudler, and Tim Raines followed with a bases-loaded walk to force home Nelson Santovenia with the winning run, as the Montreal Expos rallied from a 5-3 8th-inning deficit to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 to open the season before 35,154 fans in the first game played at Olympic Stadium in Montreal since the installation of a permanent roof. Pittsburgh leadoff hitter Barry Bonds batted 4 for 4 with a home run, triple, stolen base, and 2 runs.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Germany (Media Control): Omen III--Magic Affair (4th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The Sign--Ace of Base (3rd week at #1)
2 Mr. Jones--Counting Crows
3 Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen
4 Without You--Mariah Carey
5 Return to Innocence--Enigma
6 Now and Forever--Richard Marx
7 Swimming in Your Ocean--Crash Test Dummies
8 Hasn't Hit Me Yet--Blue Rodeo
9 Love Sneakin' Up on You--Bonnie Raitt
10 High Road Easy--Sass Jordan

Singles entering the chart were Box of Miracles by Barefoot Servants (#85); Leaving Las Vegas by Sheryl Crow (#88); Locked Out by Crowded House (#90); Back to Avalon by Heart (#92); Yes (Means it's Hard to Say No) by the Odds (#93); Big Time Sensuality by Bjork (#95); Let's Get Married by the Proclaimers (#96); and A Certain Slant of Light by the Tea Party (#97).

Diplomacy
French organizers of ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day in June reversed the cancellation of long-standing hotel reservations for over 100 Canadian Army veterans. There had been a huge public outcry after veterans had been bumped to accommodate U.S. television news crews and other VIPs.

Business
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark founded Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 3,593.35, almost 10% below its level less than two weeks earlier.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Lucille Lortel, 98. U.S. actress and producer. Miss Lortel, born Lucille Wadler, appeared in numerous Broadway plays in New York in the 1920s and '30s before retiring from acting to become a producer of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays. She produced or co-produced almost 500 plays, five of which were nominated for Tony Awards.

Early Wynn, 79. U.S. baseball pitcher and broadcaster. Mr. Wynn played with the Washington Nationals (1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1948); Cleveland Indians (1949-1957, 1963); and Chicago White Sox (1958-1962), compiling a record of 300-244 with an earned run average of 3.54 in 691 games, batting .214 with 17 home runs and 173 runs in 796 games. He tied for the American League lead in wins in 1954 (23), and led the league in 1959 (22); led the league in strikeouts in 1957 (184) and 1958 (1979); and in earned run average in 1950 (3.20). Mr. Wynn was known for his willingness to throw brushback pitches at hitters or knock them down. Gout forced him into retirement as a player, and he served as pitching coach with the Indians (1964-1966) and Minnesota Twins (1967-1969), and as a radio broadcaster with the Toronto Blue Jays (1977-1981) and Chicago White Sox (1982-1983). Mr. Wynn was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, and died after heart complications and a stroke.

War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces began attacking Serbian troops and armoured vehicles. Serbia reversed its position and announced that it would not try three captured American soldiers, but would free them when the bombing stopped. Several NATO countries agreed to take in refugees forced out of Kosovo.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Maxine Cooper, 84. U.S. actress. Miss Cooper appeared in plays, films, and television programs in the United States and Europe, but was probably best known for playing Mike Hammer's secretary Velda in the film noir Kiss Me Deadly (1955). She retired from acting in the early 1960s to raise her family, while also pursuing an interest in photography and promoting liberal political and social causes.

Movies
The Genie Awards for the best achievements in Canadian cinema in 2008 were presented at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa. The winners included: Picture--Passchendaele; Director--Benoît Pilon (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)); Actor--Natar Ungalaaq (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)); Actress--Ellen Burstyn (The Stone Angel); Supporting Actor--Callum Keith Rennie (Normal).

Defense
France returned to full participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 43 years after withdrawing to pursue an independent defense system.

Crime
Johnson Aziga was found guilty in Hamilton, Ontario of two counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault, and one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault, for transmitting HIV through unprotected sex with co-workers and other women.

April 3, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Evgeniya!

460 years ago
1559

War
The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty was signed, ending the Italian Wars.

170 years ago
1849

Academia
The University Bill secularized higher education in Canada West and led to the renaming of King's College, founded by Anglican Bishop Rev. John Strachan in 1827, as the University of Toronto. Bishop Strachan, anticipating the act, founded a new Anglican institution, Trinity College, now a federated college of the U of T.

130 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Grigoraș Dinicu. Romanian musician and composer. Mr. Dinicu was a violin virtuoso of Roma ancestry, whose career spanned more than 40 years. He wrote mainly for violin and piano, with his violin piece Hora Staccato (1906) being his most popular work. Mr. Dinicu died of laryngeal cancer on March 28, 1949, six days before his 60th birthday.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Clairette. French-born Canadian actress, singer, and impresario. Clairette, born Claire Oddera, performed on stage and in radio and films in France before emigrating to Quebec in 1956. She continued to perform, but was better known for operating the Chez Clairette nightclub in Montreal, which served as a venue for up-and-coming artists, including Robert Charlebois. Clairette died on October 28, 2008 at the age of 89.

Larry Shepard. U.S. baseball pitcher, coach, and manager. Mr. Shepard, a native of Lakewood, Ohio who lived in Montreal for several years and attended McGill University, played 13 seasons in the minor leagues from 1941-1958, compiling a record of 179-84 in 418 games. With the Medford Nuggets of the Class D Far West League (1948) and Billings Mustangs of the Class C Pioneer League (1949-1951), he was a combined 89-26, leading his leagues in wins and winning percentage from 1948-1950, and leading the Pioneer League with a 2.54 earned run average in 1950. Beginning in 1948, Mr. Shepard added managing to his pitching duties, and continued as a manager in the minor leagues after his playing career ended. He worked his way up through the farm systems of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1948-1951) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1952-1966), winning pennants in 1956 and 1959. Mr. Shepard was the pitching coach with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1967, then returned to Pittsburgh as manager of the Pirates in 1968-1969. The Pirates were sixth in the National League in 1968 with a record of 80-82, and were third in the NL's East Division in 1969 with a record of 84-73 when Mr. Shepard was fired with just five games remaining in the season. He was soon hired by Cincinnati Reds' manager Sparky Anderson as the Reds' pitching coach, and remained with the Reds for nine seasons, helping the team win four NL pennants and World Series championships in 1975 and 1976. Mr. Shepard ended his career in professional baseball as the pitching coach of the San Francisco Giants in 1979. He died on April 5, 2011, two days after his 92nd birthday.

Ervin Drake. U.S. songwriter. Mr. Drake, born Ervin Druckman, was the younger brother of songwriter Milton Drake. Ervin wrote in various genres, but was best known for writing the pop ballads I Believe (1953) and It was a Very Good Year (1961) and the jazz ballad Good Morning Heartache (1946). He died of bladder cancer on January 15, 2015 at the age of 95.

90 years ago
1929

Transportation
The Hudson Bay Railway was completed to Churchill, Manitoba on Hudson Bay.

75 years ago
1944

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Fingerprints that Couldn't Lie

War
Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant Commander Roy Baker Falkner led an audacious low-level dive-bombing attack against the German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord; 14 dive-bombing hits crippled the ship and prevented Tirpitz from posing a major threat in the forthcoming invasion of Normandy by the allies in June 1944. U.S. Army forces completed the occupation of 10 more atolls in the Marshall Islands. Japanese forces cut the main road supplying Imphal in the Indian state of Manipur. The Soviet drive across the Prut River into Romania established two bridgeheads: one at Carpiti and the other beween Dangeni and Saveni.

Politics and government
Emmanouil Tsouderos announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the Greek government-in-exile after a cabinet meeting in Cairo, and suggested to King George II, who was now in London, that Sofoklis Venizelos be named as his successor.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Negroes could not be barred from voting in the Texas Democratic Party primaries on the grounds of race, and repudiated the contention that political parties were private associations free of constitutional regulation. Applying equally to other states with "white primaries," the decision held that discrimination against Negroes by a political party violated the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution and that political parties functioned as state agencies in primary elections.

70 years ago
1949

War
Israel and Transjordan signed an armistice in Rhodes covering Jerusalem and most of Palestine. The agreement allowed continued division of Jerusalem between Jews and Arabs, and Transjordanian occupation of central Palestine.

World events
Costa Rican Defense Minister Edgar Cardaona Quiros surrendered to government forces following an unsuccessful attempt to seize power.

Business
Ford Motor Company reduced prices on its new model cars by $12-$120.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Side Saddle--Russ Conway (2nd week at #1)

Politics and government
The Italian Monarchist and Popular Monarchist Parties agreed to reunify the Italian monarchist movement, split since 1954.

The U.S. administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower created a special study committee of government officials to determine whether the Atomic Energy Commission or the Public Health Service should be responsible for the U.S. atomic radiation and fallout protection programs.

Crime
A U.S. federal court in New York convicted Vito Genovese, alleged head of a multi-million dollar narcotics ring, of conspiracy to violate federal narcotics laws.

Society
Nightclub entertainer Christine Jorgensen, who had been known as George Jorgensen before undergoing a sex change operation in 1952, was refused a marriage license in New York.

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Fox on the Run--Manfred Mann

On television tonight
Dragnet 1969, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Juvenile: DR-35



War
United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced that the United States would start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. 312 Americans had been killed in Vietnam in the previous week, bringing the total to 33,641--12 more than in the Korean War. The Vietnam War had now become the third costliest war ever fought by the United States.

Defense
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said that his government would begin a "planned and phased reduction" of its North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces at the end of the year.

Politics and government
Alexander Dubcek, the liberalizing Czechoslovak Communist party leader, went on nationwide television to warn that new demonstrations could provoke Soviet repression. Mr. Dubcek said that this week's tightening of press censorship was necessary to "prevent a return of the August crisis"--the previous year's Soviet invasion.

Economics and finance
The Federal Reserve Board in the United States, in "a further move against inflation," raised both its discount rate and the reserves required of the nation's banks. The discount rate was raised from 5.5% to 6% (the highest rate in 40 years) and reserve requirements from 16.5% to 17% on net demand deposits of less than $5 million. On checking account-type deposits of more than $5 billion, the reserve requirement was raised from 17% to 17.5%.

Crime
7,000 Illinois National Guardsmen were patrolling the streets of Chicago after violence erupted in Negro neighbourhoods on the eve of the first anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. Mayor Richard Daley imposed a curfew for anyone under 21 years of age.

Religion
Pope Paul VI said in a Maundy Thursday sermon that the Roman Catholic Church was the victim of "a practically schismatic ferment."

Disasters
53 people were killed when a Polish airliner crashed on a mountain peak near the Czech border.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
New York 2 @ Montreal 5 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Toronto 0 @ Boston 7 (Boston led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Philadelphia 0 @ St. Louis 5 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-0)
Los Angeles 2 @ Oakland 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Johnny Bucyk scored the first 2 goals of the game and Gerry Cheevers made 22 saves for his second straight shutout as the Bruins routed the Maple Leafs for the second straight night, outscoring Toronto 17-0 in the first 2 games.

Bill McCreary scored the winning goal on a powerplay just 41 seconds into the game and Jacques Plante stopped 21 shots for the shutout in goal as the Blues blanked the Flyers at St. Louis Arena.

40 years ago
1979

Diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announced in Cairo that the Egypt-Israel border would be reopened after the Sinai capital of El Arish was returned to Egyptian control on May 26.

Politics and government
Jane Byrne received 82% of the vote to become the first woman to be elected Mayor of Chicago.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Like a Prayer--Madonna (4th week at #1)

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Washington, and Mr. Bush declared that the two countries "share the goals of security for Israel, the end of the occupation, and achievement of Palestinian political rights."

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev flew from Ireland to Cuba, where he met with dictator Fidel Castro. Mr. Castro had publicly opposed Mr. Gorbachev's economic and social reforms in the U.S.S.R., but had scaled back his criticisms, since Cuba depended heavily on economic aid from the Soviet Union.

Law
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield, upheld the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

Basketball
NCAA
Men's Championship
Final @ Kingdome, Seattle
Michigan 80 Seton Hall 79 (OT)

Rumeal Robinson's 2 free throws with 3 seconds remaining in overtime provided the winning margin for the Wolverines as they edged the Pirates, but teammate Glen Rice was the star, with 31 points and 11 rebounds. John Morton of Seton Hall led all scorers in the game with 35 points.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Gangsta Lean--DRS (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): All for Love--Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting (8th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: It's Alright--East 17

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Everything Changes--Take That

Died on this date
Frank Wells, 62. U.S. entertainment executive. Mr. Wells served with Warmer Brothers as president (1973-1977) and vice chairman (1977-1982), and was president of the Walt Disney Company from 1984 until his death in a helicopter crash returning from a ski trip in Nevada's Ruby Mountains. Of the five people aboard, one survived.

20 years ago
1999

Died on this date
Geoffrey Walsh, 89. Canadian military officer. Lieutenant General Walsh served with the Canadian Army in World War II, and rose up the ranks to become Chief of the General Staff (1961-1964). He was the last person to hold the position, as it was eliminated in 1964 as part of the reorganization of Canada's military which culminated in the unification of the various branches into the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968.

Lionel Bart, 68. U.K. songwriter and composer. Mr. Bart, born Lionel Begleiter, who has been called "the father of the modern British musical," was best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for Oliver! (1960). He also wrote the theme for the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963), and some of Britain's early rock and roll songs, including Living Doll (1959), a major hit for Cliff Richard. Heavy drinking and drug use contributed to a physical and musical decline in Mr. Bart's later years, and he died of liver cancer.

War
In their first attack on the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade, NATO forces struck the Yugoslav and Serbian interior ministry buildings.

Hockey
NHL
Toronto 5 Calgary 1

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
John King, 55. U.S. musician. Mr. King adapted classical music for the ukulele, and was perhaps the world's only classical ukulele virtuoso. He died of a heart attack.

Abominations
The Iowa Supreme Court legalized sodomite/lesbian "marriage."

Crime
Jiverly Antares Won, a Vietnamese immigrant, opened fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing 13 and wounding 4 before taking his own life.

Politics and government
Tsawwassen First Nation in British Columbia implemented its Final Agreement, and became self-governing. The existing Indian Act government was transitioned, and the first election of the new Legislature was called. The first urban treaty negotiated in B.C. came after a five-year transition period.

Business
The Canadian government joined the United States in a plan to bail out the bankrupt Chrysler Corporation, as the company tried to restructure and pull together an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat.

April 2, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Elena and Elya!

230 years ago
1789

Born on this date
Lucio Norberto Mansilla. Argentine military officer and politician. General Mansilla participated in several wars in a career spanning more than 40 years. A successful campaign against the Republic of Entre Ríos resulted in the abolition of the republic and Gen. Mansilla serving as Governor of the Province of Entre Ríos (1821-1824). He died of yellow fever during an epidemic in Buenos Aires on April 10, 1871, eight days after his 82nd birthday.

150 years ago
1869

Born on this date
Hughie Jennings. U.S. baseball player and manager. Mr. Jennings, nicknamed "Ee-Yah!" for the shout he commonly uttered while he was coaching at third base, was a shortstop, second baseman, and first baseman with five major league teams, most notably the Baltimore Orioles (1893-1899). He batted .311 with 18 home runs and 840 runs batted in in 1,284 games. He played on five National League pennant-winning teams, and became the only shortstop to bat over .400, hitting .401 in 1896, when he also set a single-season record when he was hit by a pitch 51 times. His career total of 287 times being hit by a pitch remains the major league record. Mr. Jennings managed the Detroit Tigers from 1907-1920, leading them to three straight American League pennants from 1907-1909. He coached with the New York Giants from 1921-1925, and briefly filled in as manager when John McGraw took ill in 1924 and 1925. Mr. Jennings had a nervous breakdown after that season and never fully recovered, dying of meningitis on February 1, 1928 at the age of 58. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 as a player.

Clifford Berryman. U.S. cartoonist. Mr. Berryman was the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post (1891-1907) and Washington Star (1907-1949). He was awarded the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, but is perhaps best known for his cartoon Drawing the Line in Mississippi (1902), which inspired the creation of the teddy bear. Mr. Berryman died on December 11, 1949 at the age of 80. His son Jim also became an editorial cartoonist, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950.

120 years ago
1899

Born on this date
Peyami Safa. Turkish writer. Mr. Safa was a journalist and novelist of conservative and nationalist views. His novels included Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu (The Ninth External Ward) (1930). Mr. Safa died on June 15, 1961 at the age of 62.

100 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Delfo Cabrera. Argentine runner. Mr. Cabrera won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, passing Etienne Gailly with 400 metres remaining and finishing 16 seconds ahead of silver medalist Tom Richards of the United Kingdom. Mr. Cabrera won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, and retired from competitive running in 1954. He was killed in a car accident on August 2, 1981 at the age of 62.

90 years ago
1929

Politics and government
Former Canadian Solicitor General and Quebec Supreme Court Justice Henry George Carroll took office as Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, succeeding Lomer Gouin, who had died five days earlier. Mr. Carroll served until April 1934.

80 years ago
1939

Golf
Ralph Guldahl shot a 3-under-par 69 in the final round to win the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia with a then-Masters record 9-under-par total score of 279, 1 stroke ahead of Sam Snead. First prize money was $1,500.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
New York Rangers 1 @ Boston 2 (3 OT) (Boston won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Mel Hill scored at 8:00 of the 3rd overtime period to give the Bruins their win over the Rangers at Boston Garden, preventing the Bruins from being the first team to lose a playoff series after winning the first three games. The winning goal was Mr. Hill's fourth of the series and his third in overtime, earning him the lasting nickname "Sudden Death" Hill.

75 years ago
1944

Music
Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8 was performed in the United States for the first time by the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York.

War
Soviet troops entered Romania, the first time in the war that they had stepped on territory not claimed by the U.S.S.R. A U.S. Army spokesman claimed that 100,000 Japanese troops were trapped in the Marshall Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, northern Solomon Islands, and parts of New Guinea.

World events
An uprising in El Salvador aimed at overthrowing President Maximiliano Hernandez-Martinez was crushed.

Politics and government
Harry Woodring resigned as chairman and withdrew from the American Democratic National Committee, saying that many people opposed to the renomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the party's candidate in the November 1944 election were too timid "to stand up and be counted."

Economics and finance
The U.S. Federal Economic Administration reported that Lend-Lease munitions and supplies to the U.S.S.R. in January and February had exceeded 1 million tons and that total shipments since October 1941 were 9.5 million tons.

Labour
The U.S. National War Labor Board denied a 9.5% wage increase to Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) workers, saying they had received all increases allowed under the Little Steel formula.

70 years ago
1949

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Buttons and Bows--Dinah Shore and the Happy Valley Boys; Gene Autry (13th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Cruising Down the River--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cruising Down the River--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
--Blue Barron and his Orchestra
--Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters
2 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm--Les Brown and his Orchestra
--The Mills Brothers
3 Far Away Places--Bing Crosby
--Perry Como
--Margaret Whiting and the Crew Chiefs
4 Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)--Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
5 Galway Bay--Bing Crosby
6 Red Roses for a Blue Lady--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
--Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
7 I Love You So Much it Hurts--The Mills Brothers
8 Sunflower--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra
--Jack Fulton
9 Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Dinah Shore
10 So Tired--Russ Morgan and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Ya Wanna Buy a Bunny? by Spike Jones and his City Slickers (#23); All Right, Louie, Drop the Gun, with version by Cass Daley; and Louis Prima and his Orchestra (#31); I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore by the Stardusters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (#32); Dreamer with a Penny by Margaret Whiting (#33); Lovesick Blues by Hank Williams with the Drifting Cowboys (#34); Candy Kisses by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra (#35); Need You by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (#36); and Comme Ci - Comme Ca, with versions by Tony Martin; and Dick Haymes (#37).

On the radio
Pat Novak For Hire, starring Jack Webb, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Father Lahey and Joe Feldman

Tales of Fatima, starring Basil Rathbone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: The Biggest Game

War
Peace talks between Chinese Communists and Nationalists began in Peking (Beijing), as Communist leader Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) indicated his willingness to work with former Nationalist "war criminals" who had "repented" their past actions.

Defense
Foreign ministers of the 12 North Atlantic Treaty nations, meeting in Washington, rejected Soviet protests against the alliance, and reaffirmed its "completely defensive nature."

U.S. President Harry Truman signed a bill creating a new permanent undersecretary position in the Defense Department, wile Defense Secretary Louis Johnson eliminated nine "superfluous military boards.

Energy
Electric signs were turned on at full brightness in London for the first time since 1939, as all restrictions on outdoor electric lighting were ended.

Academia
James Killian was formally installed as President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, succeeding Karl Compton.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Detroit 1 @ Montreal 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

60 years ago
1959

Died on this date
William Morrow, 74. Canadian lawyer. Mr. Morrow, grandfather of this blogger, operated a law practice from an office in the MacLeod Building in Edmonton from 1915 until his death.

World events
The Colombian Senate convicted former dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla of violating the constitution, degrading the presidency, and abusing his powers following his seizure of power in 1953.

The Hungarian Presidential Council freed former President Zoltan Tildy, a member of Imre Nagy's revolutionary cabinet, from a six-year prison sentence under a partial amnesty.

Defense
The U.S.A. agreed to supply Pakistan with eight B-57 jet bombers under the Mutual Security Act, the first American bombers designated for Pakistan since the beginning of the U.S. military aid program in 1954.

Economics and finance
Iraq cancelled its contract with a British engineering firm for construction of a steel plant in Baghdad, announcing that the factory would instead by built by the U.S.S.R.

The American Iron and Steel Institute reported a 10% increase in steel industry employment costs during the past five years.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals
Toronto 4 @ Boston 1 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-2)
Chicago 2 @ Montreal 4 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 3-2)

50 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): I Heard It Through the Grapevine--Marvin Gaye (2nd week at #1)

Australia's top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/While My Guitar Gently Weeps--The Beatles (3rd week at #1)
2 Edge of Reality/If I Can Dream--Elvis Presley
3 Build Me Up Buttercup--The Foundations
4 Crimson and Clover--Tommy James and the Shondells
5 Adios Amor--Jose Feliciano
6 Star Crossed Lovers--Neil Sedaka
7 Fox on the Run--Manfred Mann
8 I Started a Joke/Kilburn Towers--The Bee Gees
9 Lily the Pink--The Scaffold
10 Stand by Your Man--Tammy Wynette

Singles entering the chart were Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) by Peter Sarstedt (#21); The Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel (#39); and I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye (#40).

War
Nigerian federal troops were reported to have resumed their advance into Biafra after a six-month lull. The Nigerian government announced the capture of Ovim, a major rail junction, and three nearby towns.

Diplomacy
Australian Prime Minister John Gorton arrived in Ottawa to begin a visit to Canada.

Politics and government
The presidium of the Czechoslovak Communist party tightened press censorship, threatened to discipline party members, and rebuked Josef Smrkovsky. The moves were made under Soviet pressure after anti-Soviet violence following a Czechoslovak hockey victory.

The U.S.S.R. called the Chinese Communist Party congress a "Maoist farce."

Lieutenant General Joseph Ankrah resigned as Ghana's head of state after admitting that he had received $5,760 from private companies, which he gave to various politicians. The ruling National Liberation Council appointed Brigadier A.A. Arifa, 33, the new head of state.

Religion
Pope Paul VI warned that the "restless, critical, unruly and demolishing rebellion" of priests and laymen threatened the Roman Catholic Church's institutions and contradicted its authority. He appealed for spiritual solidarity among Catholics and, apparently referring to priests who had resigned, assailed the "defection and the scandal" of those who "crucify the church."

Americana
Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, was buried in his hometown of Abilene, Kansas.

Economics and finance
The government of Ontario ruled that ores mined in the province after January 1, 1970 must be processed in Canada.

Labour
The U.S.A.'s longest dock strike ended when longshoremen in Galveston and Houston, Texas ratified new contracts.

Disasters
A coal mine explosion on the Japanese island of Hokkaido killed 18 and injured 27.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals
New York 1 @ Montreal 3 (Montreal led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Toronto 0 @ Boston 10 (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Philadelphia 2 @ St. Louis 5 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 1-0)
Los Angeles 5 @ Oakland 4 (OT) (Los Angeles led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Phil Esposito scored 4 goals, all against Bruce Gamble, as the Bruins embarrassed the Maple Leafs 10-0 at Boston Garden, with Gerry Cheevers making 40 saves to get the shutout in goal. The game featured some mayhem, including Bobby Orr of the Bruins being knocked unconscious by a check from Pat Quinn of the Maple Leafs. Late in the game, Mr. Cheevers and Toronto forward Forbes Kennedy ignited a brawl that produced 69 minutes in penalties against the Maple Leafs and 54 against the Bruins. Mr. Kennedy, who had led the National Hockey League that season with 219 minutes in penalties, knocked linesman George Ashley to the ice with a half-shove, half-punch. He was subsequently hit with a 4-game suspension and a $1,000 fine. It turned out to be a dramatic exit from the NHL for Forbes Kennedy, because he never played another NHL game.



Ted Irvine scored 19 seconds into overtime to give the Kings their win over the Seals at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena. It set a record for the fastest overtime goal in Stanley Cup history to that time. Gary Croteau and Eddie Joyal each scored twice for Los Angeles.

CHL
Adams Cup
Semi-Finals
Tulsa 1 @ Oklahoma City 6 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

40 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Heart of Glass--Blondie

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Young Man (Y.M.C.A.)--Hideki Saijo (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?--Rod Stewart (5th week at #1)

Disasters
Spores of airborne anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the Russian city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), killing 66 people plus an unknown amount of livestock.

30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): She Drives Me Crazy--Fine Young Cannibals (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Like a Prayer--Madonna

Died on this date
Manolis Angelopoulos, 46. Greek singer. Mr. Angelopoulos, of Romani ancestry, achieved popularity in the 1960s with love songs as well as songs about Greek refugees and exotic places. He died of complications from triple bypass heart surgery, a week before his 47th birthday.

Diplomacy
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in Ireland, where he conferred with Prime Minister Charles Haughey.

Hockey
NHL
Calgary 4 Edmonton 2

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): It's Alright--East 17 (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Serenata Rap--Jovanotti

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Dimension Divertida--Paco Pil

#1 single in Denmark (Nielsen Music Control & IFPI): All For Love--Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting (12th week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen

#1 single in France (SNEP): Je danse le Mia--IAM (4th week at #1)

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): Without You--Mariah Carey (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Doop--Doop (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 The Sign--Ace of Base (4th week at #1)
2 Bump n' Grind--R. Kelly
3 Without You/Never Forget You--Mariah Carey
4 The Power of Love--Celine Dion
5 Whatta Man--Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue
6 So Much in Love--All-4-One
7 Now and Forever--Richard Marx
8 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies
9 Gin and Juice--Snoop Doggy Dogg
10 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)--Us3

Singles entering the chart were I'll Remember by Madonna (#35); Dreams by the Cranberries (#79); You Mean the World to Me by Toni Braxton (#86); No Doubt About It by Neal McCoy (#89); I've Been Thinking About You by Jocelyn Enriquez (#95); and Neon Moonlight by Rosco Martinez (#98). I'll Remember was from the movie With Honors (1994).

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Without You--Mariah Carey
2 The Sign--Ace of Base
3 Now and Forever--Richard Marx
4 So Much in Love--All-4-One
5 Bump n' Grind--R. Kelly
6 Whatta Man--Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue
7 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)--Us3
8 Streets of Philadelphia--Bruce Springsteen
9 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm--Crash Test Dummies
10 The Power of Love--Celine Dion

Singles entering the chart were I'll Remember by Madonna (#47); You Mean the World to Me by Toni Braxton (#58); Completely by Michael Bolton (#69); How Do You Like It? by Keith Sweat (#73); Laid by James (#75); Pumps and a Bump by Hammer (#77); Dream On Dreamer by Brand New Heavies (#78); I Want You by Juliet Roberts (#80); The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get by Morrissey (#85); and You by Candlebox (#89).

Died on this date
Betty Furness, 78. U.S. actress. Miss Furness had supporting roles in such movies as Magnificent Obsession (1935) and Swing Time (1936), but was best known for doing television commercials for Westinghouse refrigerators from the late 1940s through the 1950s. She later became a prominent consumer advocate.

Politics and government
The National Convention of New Sudan of the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) opened in Chukudum, Eastern Equatorea, with over 500 delegates discussing Sudanese governance.

Hockey
NHL
Anaheim 3 @ Toronto 1

20 years ago
1999

Business
Tembec acquired Cranbrook, British Columbia-based Crestbrook Forest Industries.

10 years ago
2009

Died on this date
Bud Shank, 82. U.S. musician. Clifford Everett Shank, Jr. was an alto jazz saxophonist and flautist who played with Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra in the 1950s, and worked thereafter with various small combos and as a studio musician. He played the flute solo in the Mamas and the Papas' recording of California Dreamin' (1965). Mr. Shank died of a pulmonary embolism the day after returning to his home in Tucson Arizona from San Diego, where he had been recording a new album.

Scandal
A 19-count federal racketeering indictment was returned against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Democrat), who denied doing anything illegal.